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>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL BUDGET WORKSESSION OF AUGUST THE 20TH, 2019,.
>> MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD MORNING, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGET SESSION.
[1. 19-6106 Staff presentation of the FY 2020 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Justina Tate, Director, Management and Budget] ]
AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL ITEMS, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WE'LL BE BRIEFED ON.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET OUR MEETING UNDER WAY.
WE'LL MOVE TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO BRING UP OUR DEPARTMENTS.
>> MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO THIS MORNING'S WORK SESSION WE'LL START OFF WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET, FOLLOWED BY CHIEF HOOD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN JUDGE BULL AND FRED GARCIA ARE HERE FOR OUR THIRD PRESENTATION MUNICIPAL COURTS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU.
>> I HAVE TWO PAMPHLETS FOR YOU TO REVIEW AT YOUR LEISURE.
THOSE PAMPHLETS ARE THE WORK PRODUCT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WHICH IDENTIFY US -- WHICH IDENTIFIED US AS ONE OF THE TOP 15 POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE NATION A FEW YEARS BACK.
IT'S TAKEN THEM THIS LONG TO PROVIDE US WITH THOSE DOCUMENTS.
THE IDEA BEHIND WHAT DOJ WAS DOING WAS TO, AGAIN, IDENTIFY THE TOP 15 POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY AND THEN REFER TO US, OR USE US AS MODELS FOR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS CALL US AND VISIT US, ASKING FOR DIRECTION AND EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THAT THEY COULD IMPLEMENT.
SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE PAMPHLETS ARE ABOUT.
THE FIRST SLIDE HERE IS A -- IS KIND OF A BIG PICTURE, SIMPLE, BUT A BIG PICTURE OF A BIG CITY, AND A BIG POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT.
1.5 MILLION RESIDENTS, 2463 SWORN POSITIONS, OVER 2 MILLION CALLS FOR SERVICE, AND 1,800 COMMUNITY EVENTS GO INTO WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HAVE OVER 1,000 POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO PATROL.
WE HAVE OVER 1 MILLION EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE EVERY YEAR.
AND WE HAVE OVER 800,000 NON-EMERGENCY CALLS FOR SERVICE.
WE HAVE A 3.5% INCREASE THUS FAR THIS YEAR IN OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE ATTEND ARE OF A VARIETY OF TYPES, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, COUNCIL EVENTS, VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, MEETINGS WITH AGENCIES AND BUSINESSES, SPECIAL PROJECTS.
THEY ALL GO INTO THAT 1,800 COMMUNITY EVENTS A YEAR.
SO THE TOP SENTENCE HERE ON THIS SLIDE IS A LITTLE SNIPPET FROM OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT TALKS ABOUT WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP PROVIDE FOR A SAFER SAN ANTONIO.
THESE ARE THREE CORE, OR THREE PRIMARY AREAS WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES.
NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THEM.
SAFFE, C.O.P., CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY, COMMUNITY QUARTERLY UPDATES, ROUNDTABLES WHICH WE JUST STARTED THIS YEAR.
ACTUALLY, WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WITH OUR SCHOOLS, THERE'S LOTS OF FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF SCHOOL PROGRAMS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO A RESPECT PROGRAM, A HANDLE FOR CARE PROGRAM, WE JUST STARTED THAT LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH REGION 20.
AND BUSINESSES, THE MOST RECENT THING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR BUSINESSES THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP AUGUST 28TH WITH A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES CONNECTED WITH THE CHAMBER.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTING, ACTIVE SHOOTERS.
WE HAVE A BATNET MEETING EVERY MONTH, IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS.
WE HAVE A CHIEF ADVISORY GROUP THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT, THAT'S REPRESENTATIVES
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FROM EACH ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS.THEY COME IN AND THEY TALK WITH US ON -- WE TALK WITH THEM ON ISSUES THAT WE'D LIKE THEM TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE WILL BE DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN LATER ON THIS YEAR.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT COMMUNITY -- THAT ADVISORY GROUP IS GOING TO BE THE CORE OF WHAT COMES OUT IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, THESE NUMBERS SHOW THE WORK LOAD THAT SAPD HANDLES EVERY DAY.
MOST OF THESE NUMBERS ARE ALL POSITIVE.
THE COMMUNICATIONS GRADE OF SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT IS -- WE LIKE TO HAVE 90% OF THE CALLS ANSWERED WITHIN 10 SECONDS OR LESS.
OUR GRADE OF SERVICE IN THOSE AREAS FOR 2017 WAS 92%, 2018, 98% AND IT STAYED STRONG AND STEADY UP TO TODAY.
NON-EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES ARE LOOKING GOOD.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES ARE VERY GOOD, 6 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS IS OUR ESTIMATE.
OUR TARGET HIS 6 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS.
CALL FOR SERVICE, THEY CONTINUE TO INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
HERE AGAIN, LOOK AT THE INCREASING WORK LOAD ACROSS THE BOARD FROM 2016 WHEN THE VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE WAS IMPLEMENTED, OR INSTITUTED.
AND LOOK AT THE NUMBERS THAT THE TASK FORCE CONTINUES TO PRODUCE EACH YEAR.
THE ONLY DECREASE WE'VE HAD IS IN WEAPONS SEIZED THIS YEAR, YEAR-TO-DATE.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT FROM WEEK TO WEEK, MO TO MONTH, YEAR TO YEAR, TO KEEP BEATING YOUR OLD NUMBERS.
AND THESE DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS IN THIS UNIT HAVE DONE THAT CONSISTENTLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM.
FOR PART 1 OFFENSES, THE TREND LINE SEEMS TO BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH IS DOWN.
PART 1 OFFENSES ARE YOUR -- THESE ARE THE OFFENSES THAT WE REPORT TO THE FBI EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY ARE MURDER, ROBBERY, RAPE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULTED, BURGLARY, THEFT, VEHICLE THEFT, AND ARSON ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE REPORT TO THE FBI.
AND THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS PART 1 OFFENSES, OR UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING OFFENSES.
AGAIN, THOSE NUMBERS ARE -- THE TREND LINE IS HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THIS PAGE IS RIGHT OFF OF THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING PAGE, OR THEIR WEBSITE.
AND THAT -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT VERY WELL ON THE SCREEN, BUT THE VERY LAST CITY ON THE RIGHT OF THE GRAPH IS SAN ANTONIO.
AND THIS -- THESE -- THIS CHART IS NOT TO BE USED AS A COMPARISON, TO SAY THAT THE KANSAS CITY, I THINK THAT'S A FIRST -- ST. LOUIS IS THE FIRST CITY THERE.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT ST. LOUIS IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY OTHER CITY MOVING DOWN TO THE RIGHT.
VIOLENT CRIME PER 100,000 AS REPORTED TO THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING DATABASE.
AND SAME THING FOR PROPERTY CRIMES.
THIS IS A SLIDE RIGHT OFF OF THEIR WEB PAGE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SAN ANTONIO COMES IN AROUND NUMBER 13.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT COMPARING CITY-TO-CITY AS TO HOW SAFE IT IS.
IT'S SIMPLY A REFERENCE TO SHOW YOU HOW MANY CRIMES PER 100,000 POPULATION WERE COMMITTED IN 2017.
IF YOU DIG DOWN INTO THESE NUMBERS, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE MOST COMMON OFFENSE, PROPERTY CRIME OFFENSE IN SAN ANTONIO IS THEFT.
SO IF SOMEBODY STEALS A LAWN TOOL OUT OF YOUR FRONT YARD, THAT'S A THEFT, THAT'S A STATISTIC THAT GOES AGAINST OUR UCR NUMBERS.
IF SOMEBODY STEALS A PLANT OFF OF YOUR PORCH, THAT'S A THEFT.
THAT'S A STATISTIC THAT GOES AGAINST OUR NUMBERS.
IF SOMEBODY SHOPLIFTS, SAME THING, THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED AND THEY GO TO THE FBI EVERY YEAR FOR INCLUSION IN THIS DATABASE.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS INCREASING BY $23 MILLION.
THE DRIVING FACTOR BEHIND THAT INCREASE ARE $10 MILLION ADDED
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TO PERSONNEL COSTS, FROM FILLING UNIFORMED POSITIONS.THIS FISCAL YEAR, 152 CADETS WILL GRADUATE.
AND NEXT YEAR WE PROJECT APPROXIMATELY 200 GRADUATES.
$11 MILLION FOR THE CPA INCREASES RELATED TO A 3% PAY INCREASE, CLOTHING ALLOWANCES AND RETIREE HEALTH PRE-FUND.
THIS PICTURE IS FROM A COMMUNITY MEETING.
COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN, YOU REMEMBER THIS ONE.
THIS MEETING IS FROM A -- THIS PICTURE IS FROM A MEETING WE HAD IN D-2 TWO SATURDAYS AGO.
THIS IS PART OF THE CHIEF'S ROUNDTABLE SERIES.
EACH WEEK AS WE CAN SCHEDULE THEM, WE GO TO DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
ONE WILL BE COMING TO YOURS SOMETIME SOON IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD IT YET.
AND WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE TALK ABOUT IT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS.
THIS SLIDE IS ALL ABOUT EQUITY AND EMBEDDING EQUITY IN SAPD.
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE STRIVE FOR INCLUSION.
EVERYTHING FROM TRAINING TO OUR PROGRAMS TO OUR RECRUITING TO OUR ADVERTISING FOR RECRUITING, WE HAVE WOMEN IN POLICING EVENTS STRICTLY TAILORED TO RECRUIT WOMEN CADETS.
WE'VE STREAMLINED THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR APPLICANTS TO GET ONBOARD.
AND WE'VE TARGETED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AS WELL.
AND THAT TARGETED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AND RECRUITING CAMPAIGN TAKES US TO MILITARY BASES, AND COLLEGES, AND EVEN HIGH SCHOOLS.
OUR NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THOSE HANDOUTS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT I PROVIDED, FROM THE DOJ.
IN 2016, SAPD WAS THE LARGEST OF THE 15 DEPARTMENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY POLICING INITIATIVE IDENTIFYING 15 POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WERE TO BE REPLICATED, OR IMITATED BY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THE THREE AREAS THAT DOJ LOOKED AT WERE MENTAL HEALTH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND OFFICER TRAINING AND WELLNESS.
AND AGAIN, A COPY OF THAT REPORT IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR READING PLEASURE.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY A NUMBER OF POLICE AGENCES AFTER THAT REPORT WAS PUT OUT.
OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT HAS DONE WORK THAT HAS BEEN WIDELY RECOGNIZED, NOT ONLY IN THE COUNTRY, BUT AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT UNIT WAS CREATED IN 2008.
WE HAD TWO OFFICERS AND ONE SERGEANT.
AND FROM THEN, IT'S GROWN TO ONE SERGEANT, 10 OFFICERS AND TWO DETECTIVES.
AND THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT OR MHU, THEY WORK WITH THE HAVEN FOR HOPE, THEY WORK WITH THE EMBASSY OF HOPE, AND THEY WORK WITH THE SALVATION ARMY.
ON DECEMBER 10TH IN 2016, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN "THE BOSTON GLOBE," AND THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE WAS THE SAN ANTONIO WAY, HOW ONE TEXAS CITY TOOK ON MENTAL HEALTH AS A COMMUNITY AND BECAME A NATIONAL MODEL.
ABC NEWS FEATURED A STORY ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, AND MOST RECENTLY TWO OFFICERS FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT WERE FEATURED IN THE SAN ANTONIO FILM FESTIVAL.
AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT FILM ON YOUTUBE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
BUT THEY'VE DONE GREAT WORK AND WE'VE RECEIVED NATIONAL AWARDS FROM NOME BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AS A DEPARTMENT AND AS A CITY, ALONG THE LINES OF MENTAL HEALTH.
WE HAVE 112 SAFFE OFFICERS AROUND THE CITY.
I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THE OTHER NIGHT, WHAT DO SAFFE OFFICERS DO.
WHICH IS KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME, BECAUSE I THOUGHT EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT SAFFE DOES.
THEY DON'T ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE, THEY DON'T INVESTIGATE CRIMES, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY ADDRESS QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, OR ISSUES THAT DETRACT AND BRING DOWN THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, IF NOT ADDRESSED.
SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY ADDRESS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.
AND ONCE THE SAFFE OFFICERS GOT INVOLVED, THEY WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THOSE THINGS.
AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT THAT CONNECTS WITH ITS CITY AND PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY HAVE A CONNECTION,
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THEY CAN REACH OUT AND TOUCH THEIR OFFICERS, AS THEY CAN WITH THE SAFFE OFFICERS, THAT MAKES THEM FEEL SAFER.EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE, IN OTHER CITIES, BUT IT JUST MAKES THEM FEEL SAFER AS STUDIES HAVE SHOWN.
ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES THIS YEAR IS FAMILY VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF VIDEOS THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT, I THINK ONE OR TWO AT LEAST HAVE ALREADY GONE OUT, WE HAVE THEM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL ONE OF THEM FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, I THINK.
>> DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR COUNTRY.
THE PATTERNS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND MANY VICTIMS STRUGGLE.
OFTENTIMES VICTIMS FEEL HELPLESS AND LOST.
IF YOU ARE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP OR HAVE BECOME A VICTIM OF STALKING, SEXUAL ABUSE OR TRAFFICKING, PLEASE, TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO GET HELP BY GETTING A PROTECTIVE ORDER TO KEEP YOUR ABUSER AWAY FROM YOU.
>> WALKING DOWN THESE STREETS, I SAW NOTHING BUT FIREFIGHTERS AND AMBULANCE AND POLICE CARS, AND JUST THE FEELING OF KNOWING THAT SOMEONE THAT WAS SO IMPACTFUL IN MY LIFE WAS NO LONGER HERE.
>> HELLO, I'M A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR.
ON DECEMBER 27TH, 2017, MY MOTHER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HER BOYFRIEND JUST BEFORE HE TURNED THE GUN ON HIMSELF.
THE EVENTS OF THAT DAY WILL AFFECT THE LIVES OF MY THREE YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND I FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
IN 2015, MY PARTNER AND I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT, AND I STRUCK HER.
PRIDE CAP AND LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AND LOOK ALL THE TEARS YOU CAUSE OTHER PEOPLE.
IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE CAUSING OTHER PEOPLE PAIN, YOU'RE CAUSING SO MUCH PAIN TO YOURSELF THAT IT JUST HASN'T CAUGHT UP TO YOU YET.
>> VIOLENCE IS ALL ABOUT POWER AND CONTROL.
ANY RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE GOING TO DISAGREE.
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU DISAGREE DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT PERSON SHOULD ASSAULT YOU.
>> MY MESSAGE IS THAT THERE IS HOPE, AND THERE IS THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF A SITUATION, AND IT MAY SEEM DAUNTING.
AND I HEAR A LOT OF VICTIMS WHO FEEL LIKE, WELL, I HAVE TO LEAVE MY STUFF AND I HAVE TO LEAVE MY HOME, WHICH IS -- IT'S NOT FAIR AND IT'S SCARY, AND THESE ARE YOUR THINGS AND THESE ARE YOUR POSSESSIONS.
BUT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR LIFE.
>> THE BEXAR COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IS LIKE, WHAT WE CALL OUR ONE STOP SHOP, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS HOUSED HERE, WITH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE OFFER, WHICH ARE PROTECTIVE ORDERS, COUNSELING FOR BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
MY JOB IS TO HELP THESE VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE MALE, FEMALE, CHILDREN.
IF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP, THE FIRST STEP IS TO REACH OUT TO US.
>> I'M CHIEF MCMANUS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE KNOW IT'S HARD TO RECOGNIZE AND ADMIT YOU'RE IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP, BUT HELP IS HERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT.
ONE PHONE CALL CAN BE LIFE CHANGING AND CAN BE THE BEGINNING TO A SAFER FUTURE.
>> THERE IS A SPANISH VERSION TO THIS.
BUT IT DIDN'T GET LOADED UP FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT THERE IS A SPANISH VERSION TO THIS.
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LET ME MOVE ON WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET UP THE NEXT SLIDE.ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 2020 IMPROVEMENTS, AND PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
WE ARE ASKING FOR SIX NEW CRT SERGEANTS, CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM SERGEANTS.
IF I COULD JUST BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
WE REPLACED OUR CRT OFFICERS IN EACH OF THE SUBSTATIONS WITH DETECTIVES, CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM DETECTIVES.
THE REASON BEING THAT AN OFFICER CAN ONLY TAKE A CASE SO FAR, AND THEN IT HAS TO BE TURNED OVER TO A DETECTIVE.
HAVE THE SAME PERSON STARTING IT, AND FINISHING THE INVESTIGATION.
WE'VE REPLACED THE OFFICERS WITH DETECTIVES.
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SUPERVISION, AND MORE CLOSELY MONITORING THE WORK THAT THE CRT DETECTIVES ARE DOING IN THE SUBSTATIONS.
WE ARE BRINGING ON SIX NEW SERGEANTS TO OVERSEE THAT.
THE 10 NEW SAFFE OFFICERS WILL WORK WITH CRT EXCLUSIVELY.
WHENEVER A CIVILIAN CRT WORKER HAS TO GO TO A RESIDENCE, IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF THE PERPETRATOR IS THERE, OR IF HE'S GOING TO COME BACK WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
SO THE OFFICERS WILL ACCOMPANY THEM, THE OFFICERS WILL ALSO DO OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ON FAMILY VIOLENCE SERVICES AND AVAILABILITY OF THOSE SERVICES.
THE 11,000 FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, THEY ARE PRIMARILY HANDLED BY THE CRT DETECTIVES IN THE SUBSTATIONS.
MOST OF THOSE ARE MISDEMEANORS, BUT THERE ARE THREE UNITS THAT HANDLE THOSE 11,000 CASES.
AND THAT IS CRT, THAT'S YOUR SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, AND THE HOMICIDE UNIT AS WELL.
THIS IS A DENSITY MAP OR HEAT MAP OF THE VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY.
AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE LITTLE CIRCLES SURROUNDING SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST HEAVILY POPULATED WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES.
SO SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY, AND PLAN ON DOING WITH FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION IS, ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THINGS, AND IT KIND OF LINES UP WITH WHAT WE DID BACK IN 2007, WHEN WE USED TO -- IF THERE WAS A FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENSE, WE USED TO WALK -- WE USED TO FILE THE CASE AT LARGE WITH THE D.A., WHICH MEANS THAT THERE WAS AN ASSAULT, WE'D TAKE THE REPORT, AND WALK IT OVER AND HAND IT TO THE D.A. AND THE D.A.'S OFFICE WOULD DO WHATEVER THEY DO WITH IT, BUT IT WOULD TAKE WEEKS, AND SOMETIMES MONTHS BEFORE THERE WAS ANY ACTION ON THAT CASE.
SO WHAT WE DO NOW IS, AND THIS STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2007, IF THERE'S AN OFFENSE, AND THERE'S PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST, WE DON'T FILE THE CASE AT LARGE, WE WALK A WARRANT FOR THE PERPETRATOR, AND WE WILL LOOK FOR THAT PERPETRATOR ONCE LEAVING THE SCENE UNTIL WE'VE RUN OUT OF LEADS AS TO WHERE THAT PERSON MIGHT BE.
SO WE'VE KIND OF UPPED THE ANTE.
IF YOU HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF FAMILY VIOLENCE, WE'RE GOING TO ARREST YOU ON THE SCENE, WE'RE GOING TO GET A WARRANT FOR YOU RIGHT AWAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND LOOK FOR YOU UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF PLACES TO LOOK FOR YOU.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS, ANYTIME AN OFFICER MAKES AN ARREST FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND WE JUST STARTED THIS, WE WILL ASK THE MAGISTRATE AT IMAGINE STRAGS FOR AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER.
JUDGE BOWEN AND I SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT THAT THE OTHER DAY.
BUT IF I ARREST SOMEONE, I'M NOT LEAVING THE MAG'S OFFICE WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER BEING ISSUED.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENT TO WHAT WE DO.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH, THAT WILL COME WITH THE NEW CRT -- I'M SORRY, THE NEW SAFFE OFFICERS, AND THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM, THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, WHERE WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND -- WE DON'T GO TO THE SCHOOLS, WHEN A CHILD HAS BEEN IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE
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THERE'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WHERE THEY'VE WITNESSED SOME TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC EVENT, THEN WE WILL E-MAIL THE SCHOOL AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CHILD WAS INVOLVED IN SOMETHING.WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT IT WAS, JUST SO THEY KNOW IF THEY SEE A BEHAVIORAL CHANGE IN THAT CHILD, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHILD IS GOING THROUGH SOME ISSUES, BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'VE WITNESSED.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM DOES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE GROWN DRAMATICALLY IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
MOST OF THESE ZONES ARE SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE EFFECTS OF THESE ZONES ON THESE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IS LOUD NOISE, CROWDED PARKING ON THE STREETS, WHEN THE BARS CLOSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE BREAKING OUT OF THE BARS AND USING THEIR FRONT YARDS FOR BATHROOMS AND LITTERING THEIR SIDEWALKS WITH TRASH.
SO WHEN WE GET ENOUGH -- WHEN WE'VE GOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS, WE GO UP THERE AND TAKE CARE OF IT.
BUT WE HAVE TO PULL RESOURCES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO DO THAT.
SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED RESOURCE TO HANDLE THESE ENTERTAINMENT ZONE AREAS DURING THEIR PEAK HOURS DURING THE WEEK.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS IT, PULL BACK, AND ADDRESS IT AGAIN, AND PULL BACK, THEY'LL BE ADDRESSED CONSISTENTLY THROUGH THE WEEK.
AND THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO START THIS WEEK.
COUNCILWOMAN, WE'VE GOT MILITARY DRIVE LISTED ON THERE.
TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADES, IN FY 2020'S BUDGET, 2.1 MILLION FOR PATROL FLEET UPGRADES.
WE'VE GOT WINDOWS 10 EQUIPPED LAPTOPS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE'VE GOT DUAL ROUTERS TO INCREASE CONNECTIVITY.
AMR AND UPGRADES LOOKING AT COMPANIES RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SUBSTATION SECURITY UPGRADES, CAMERAS, AND SECURITY GATES -- THERE ARE ALREADY SECURITY GATES THERE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCING THOSE GATES AND UPGRADING THEM.
WE'RE DOING A POLICE CIVILITY STUDY TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS THAT WE MIGHT NEED GOING FORWARD.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ALSO DETERMINE FROM THIS STUDY WHAT NEW FACILITIES MAY BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH.
AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION, THERE'S A FUND THAT WE HAVE, IT'S CALLED THE ASSET SEIZURE FUND, IT'S A RESTRICTED FUND, AND IT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES.
WE HAVE NEVER SHARED THAT FUND WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUT LATELY WE'VE HAD A COMMUNITY GROUP OR TWO ASK US ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THOSE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE COMING UP WITH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS ON HOW TO SHARE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS.
WE'LL ALLOCATE SO MUCH OF THAT MONEY TO COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR IT.
AGAIN, FOR CRIME-FIGHTING PURPOSES.
THE CITY HAS A NEW 175 PARK ACRES WHICH CONSISTS OF 13 TRAIL MILES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR NEW PARK POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS THAT COVER THAT AREA.
WE'VE REDUCED OUR EFFICIENCIES, REDUCED OVERFILL TIME BY $2 MILLION.
WE'VE ELIMINATED FOUR CIVILIAN OFF-DUTY POSITIONS, AND CELL PHONE DATA SERVICE PLANS THAT HAD LITTLE OR NO USE.
AND THAT SAVED US ALMOST $100,000.
FILLING OUR VACANCIES IS WHAT HELPED US FILL THAT OVERTIME BY ALMOST $2 MILLION.
ALL THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE ENHANCEMENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASED, SIMPLY TO COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES.
AND THE INCREASES ARE MINIMAL.
SO TO CLOSE THIS OUT, OUR 2020 KEY PRIORITIES, FAMILY VIOLENCE, OFFICER AVAILABILITY, AND THE
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STRATEGIC PLAN.THE OFFICER AVAILABILITY PART OF THIS COMES FROM, IN PART, SITE RELEASE, AND IT WILL COME IN PART FROM MAKING SURE THAT OUR MAGISTRATEION PROCESS WHEN WE ARREST SOMEBODY AND GETS OFFICERS IN AND OUT OF THAT MAG'S OFFICE IN A RESPECTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
OR AVAILABILITY ALSO DEPENDS ON US MAINTAINING THAT 60/40 RATIO, ON CALL/OFF CALL SPLIT.
AND THEN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT STARTING OCTOBER, AGAIN, WITH A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY GROUP THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND THAT IS -- THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO CHIEF HOOD.
>> THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER WHOLE BLOOD IN THE FIELD HAS MADE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN LIFE-OR-DEATH SITUATIONS.
>> SOMETIMES WHAT WE CAN'T SEE IS AS HAZARDOUS AS WHAT WE CAN SEE.
EVERY MEASURE WE TAKE TO REDUCE RISK MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
>> THE BEAUTY OF MOBILE INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE IS THE PEOPLE.
THE GENIUS BEHIND IT, THE ENGAGEMENT ON A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALBERT FOR THAT VIDEO.
AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HIS TALENT.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL THIS MORNING FOR THE BUDGET.
SO OUR MISSION STATEMENT BASICALLY EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS A MISSION STATEMENT.
WE HAVE SHORTENED OUR STATEMENT UP OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND IT'S BASICALLY DEDICATED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WE EMPOWER OUR EMPLOYEES TO GO OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND TAKE ES CARE OF THESE CITIZENS THAT ARE HAVING THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES AND DO THE RIGHT THING.
WE PROTECT THE COMMUNITY FROM ALL HAZARDS.
THAT HAZARD LIST INCREASINGLY IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT FLASH FLOODING, ACTIVE SHOOTER, HOUSE FIRES, THE MYRIAD OF THINGS WE DO, IS TO PROTECT THEM WITH COMPASSION AND PROFESSIONALISM.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR OVERVIEW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 1,766 UNIFORMED EMPLOYEES, 32 OF THOSE ARE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THEY'RE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS.
123 CIVILIANS, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES THAT I HAVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, OUR CIVILIANS ARE SO IMPORTANT AND WE THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
54 ENGINES, 54 FIRE STATIONS, 21 LADDERS, TWO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAMS, ONE LOCATED DOWNTOWN AT CHERRY AND NOLAN THE OTHER IS OUT ON 1604 BY TSA STATION.
ONE FIRE STATION 11 ON FRIO, THE OTHER IS STATION 51
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AUDIO] AIRPORT CRASH RESCUE TEAM, AND WE RUN PEAK PERIOD HOURS.COMMAND STAFF IS HERE, VERY EXPERIENCED DIVERSE COMMAND TEAM, COUPLE OF THEM ARE OUT OF TOWN BUT THE MAJORITY ARE SITTING BEHIND ME IN THE WHITE SHIRTS.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY DO.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BUDGET, OUR PROPOSED BUDGETED IS $329.1 MILLION.
FIRE SUPPRESSION, 185, AND EMS, 87, THAT IS THE BULK OF THE PERSONNEL COSTS THAT WE SEE.
IF YOU LOOK AT FLEET AND FACILITIES, WE HAVE AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF APPARATUS, AND FACILITIES TO MANAGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR DISPATCH, 14.1, FIRE PREVENTION 5.2, OTHER WHICH INCLUDES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, ARSON, RECRUITING WELLNESS PLANNING, AND IF YOU LOOK AT OUR GRANTS, WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ON ALL OF THESE DIVISIONS.
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, OUR ARSON BUREAU, FIRE PREVENTION COMMUNICATION, FLEET, PLANNING, ANALYTICS, HUMAN SERVICES, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WELLNESS.
THAT COMPRISES OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AREAS.
WE HAVE ARSON INSPECTORS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE FIRE ACADEMY.
THEY'VE TURNED AROUND AND GONE THROUGH THE POLICE ACADEMY, TOO, SO A VERY SPECIALIZED GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT INVESTIGATE ON FIRES.
OUR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION, AND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
ABOUT 61% OF OUR INSPECTIONS ARE DUE TO DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS A GROWTH CITY, AND WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE TO EVENTS IN WEST TEXAS BY CREATING A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS INSPECTION UNIT, A HAZMAT UNIT, AND ALSO A BOARDING HOME INSPECTIONS AND NIGHTCLUBS.
THESE HAVE ALL BEEN RESPONSES TO EITHER INCIDENTS IN THIS REGION OR IN THE CITY.
SO WE'RE VERY PROACTIVE IN OUR FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION.
ONE OF THE VALUES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIRE ENGINEER, PARAMEDICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY TO TAKE THOSE CALLS, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GIVING HEALTH ADVICE TO CITIZENS AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CALM VOICE ON THE LINE WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO OUR PARAMEDICS AND FIREFIGHTERS.
FLEET LO JIS TKS CENTER, IT'S AN AMAZING FACILITY.
WE'VE BEEN IN IT FOR A FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIANS THAT MANAGE THOSE VEHICLES.
WE HAVE LOGIC DECISIONS THAT WILL GET YOU FROM A TIRE OR SKILL ET, WHATEVER YOU NEED AT THAT FIRE STATION, WE MANAGE A HUGE WAREHOUSE.
WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.
POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE TACTICAL ATHLETES.
THEY'RE THE MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE WE HAVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO WE HAVE A PHILOSOPHY FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE BASICALLY, WHEN WE HIRE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PHYSICALLY FIT, EMOTIONALLY PREPARED TO DO THAT JOB THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER, SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE HEALTHY, YOU'RE SCREENED, WE TAKE CARE OF THEIR INJURIES.
WE HAVE A FULL-TIME TRAINERS WORKING ON ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE AND PRIORITY IN MAKING SURE OUR MEMBERS ARE HEALTHY.
IT GIVES US THE METRICS THAT WE NEED TO COME TO YOU AND MAKE REQUESTS.
YEARS AGO, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY WERE PROBABLY THROWING THINGS OVER THEIR SHOULDERS WITH GUESSING IT WOULD WORK.
WE BRING YOU VALIDATION, AND WE CON SANTLY WORK ON THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I CAN TELL YOU YESTERDAY THERE ARE LIKE 139 CALLS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THE AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME WAS.
I HAD TWO HOUSE FIRES YESTERDAY.
I HAVE THAT DASHBOARD OF METRICS EVERY SINGLE MORNING TO HELP US OUT.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES.
WHEN I SAY A FULL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU LOOK AT, SAY, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY DON'T DO EMS. FORT WORTH, THEY DON'T DO EMS EITHER.
CITY OF DALLAS, THEY DON'T DO AVIATION FIREFIGHTING.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ORGANIZATION, WE DO EVERYTHING.
FROM FIRE SUPPRESSION, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, TECHNICAL RESCUE, HAZMAT, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, MIH, AVIATION FUSION, AND SPECIAL MEDICAL OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE HAD AN UPTICK THIS YEAR OF APARTMENT FIRES, PROBABLY INCREASE OF ABOUT 20% OF APARTMENT FIRES WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION HAS CHANGED.
IF YOU LOOK IN NEW HOUSES, THEY'RE MORE OPEN.
IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE FIRE TO SPREAD.
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LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH NEWER CONSTRUCTION, AND ALSO BEING IN A LEGACY CITY WHERE WE HAVE OLDER HOMES.SO OUR FIRE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
IT'S BEEN A BUSY AND HOT SUMMER FOR US.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME ON THIS.
WE'RE A FIRE-BASED EMS SERVICE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME WITH THIS.
THIS IS A CAVE RESCUE OVER IN COUNCILMAN PERRY'S AREA.
I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD INNER CITY CAVES UNTIL THIS DAY.
IT TOOK US ABOUT 10 HOURS TO GET THIS YOUNG LADY OUT, VERY SPECIALIZED RESCUE.
THE MEMBERS WE HAVE ON OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY.
YOU'RE ALSO SEEING WATER RESCUES.
LAST YEAR WE WERE DEPLOYED 14 TIMES, TWO ON WILD LAND FIRES YOU SAW IN CALIFORNIA, A COUPLE OF OTHER REGIONAL WILD LAND FIRE INCIDENTS IN THE STATE, AND THEN NUMEROUS SEVERE STORM DEPLOYMENTS, WHERE YOU SAW OUR PARAMEDIC SWIMMERS ON BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, PULLING PEOPLE OUT OF THE RAVAGES OF STORMS. VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO AS FAR AS OUR TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAMS. HAZMAT.
WE HAVE TWO REGIONAL HAZMAT UNITS IN THE CITY, STATION 34, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND STATION 1.
WE ARE ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE IN THIS REGION IF WE ARE NEEDED.
WE HAVE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT, SPECIALIZED FOLKS.
WE CLOSED I-10 EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE OF A DIESEL SPILL, SO WE'RE ACTIVE WITH THE HAZMAT MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM.
THE BEST THING ABOUT THE SPECIALIZED TEAMS, THE FIRST MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THEY ARE FIREFIGHTERS, THEY ARE PARAMEDICS, THEY RESPOND TO THE EVERYDAY CALLS WE GO ON IN THE CITY.
OUR STAFF IS HERE FOR THE EOC.
SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE.
WE ARE PLANNING A LITTLE EDUCATIONAL FIELD TRIP FOR YOU IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE.
THIS IS A STATE OF THE ART CENTER.
WE PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS.
WE MITIGATE THOSE, AND WE MANAGE LARGE-SCALE INCIDENTS, THE SUPPORT OF LARGE-SCALE INCIDENTS FROM THE EOC.
YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO GO OUT THERE.
WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A POLICY ROOM RIGHT THERE, WITH THE SLIDE TO THE LEFT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE POLICY IS MADE.
THE OTHER SLIDE TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TABLES IN THE OPERATIONS ROOM WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS FROM AGENCIES, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL THAT COLLABORATE IN EMERGENCIES.
I'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD, SO WE WILL SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT MIH.
WE HAVE 32 POSITIONS AT INTERNATIONAL.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR AIRPLANE EMERGENCIES AND ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CAR FIRE, ANYTHING THAT GOES ON ON THAT PROPERTY, THAT'S ONE OF OUR BUSIEST ADDRESSES.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SOUTHWEST TEXAS FUSION CENTER LOCATED IN OUR BUILDING.
WE WILL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE VALUE OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.
THIS COLLABORATION OF INFORMATION MEDICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE SPENT OVER $700,000 ON BALLISTICS FOR OUR MEMBERS.
YOU SEE THEM CLAD IN THE BALLISTIC GEAR RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE MEDICAL OPERATIONS UNIT.
WE HAVE ONE AT STATION 1 DOWNTOWN, ONE AT STATION 45 OUT AT SEA WORLD.
THESE ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED PARAMEDICS THAT GO IN WITH S.W.A.T., THE SHERIFF'S S.W.A.T., OFFICIALS, IN FULL GEAR, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PROTECT THOSE S.W.A.T. MEMBERS.
THEY'RE ALSO CALLED OUT TO DELIVER BLOOD AND INFUSE BLOOD.
IF THERE'S A TECHNICAL RESCUE, WE CAN UTILIZE THEIR SKILLS TO GO DOWN AND TREAT PATIENTS.
SO VERY SPECIALIZED GROUP, VERY VALUED MEMBERS IN THIS ORGANIZATION.
SEVERAL OF YOU WERE ON THIS COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE WORKING TOWARD BECOMING A CLASS 1.
WHEN I ARRIVED, WE WERE CLASS 3.
WE HAVE DONE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF WORK TO LOOK AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR WATER SYSTEMS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS, STATION LOCATIONS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD IMPROVE THAT NUMBER FROM A 3 TO A 1.
IN 2017, WE WERE GIVEN A CLASS 1 CERTIFICATION.
ONLY .4 OF ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE NATION HOLD THIS CLASSIFICATION.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL DEPARTMENTS, I'M TALKING ALMOST 50,000 FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FIRE
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DEPARTMENTS THAT HOLD THAT CERTIFICATION ARE SMALL DEPARTMENTS, MILITARY DEPARTMENTS, WHERE IT'S A LOT EASIER TO OBTAIN A CLASS 1.I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF BEHIND ME AGAIN FOR WORKING REALLY HARD TO ATTAIN THAT.
ALSO, LAST YEAR, OR THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY, WE WERE CREDITED BY THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE IN BEING ACCREDITED.
THAT ACCREDITATION GOES TO 2024.
11% OF THE POPULATION IS SERVED BY AN ACCREDITED AGENCY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO, WE ARE THE SECOND LARGEST METRO DEPARTMENT IN THE NATION THAT IS A CLASS 1 AND ACCREDITED.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM WHEN I GO TO METRO MEETINGS AND TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE HOLD THIS DISTINCTION.
AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT THE MEN AND WOMEN BEHIND ME.
WE ACHIEVED THIS GOING THROUGH ACCREDITATION ONLY ONE TIME.
IT'S QUITE AN HONOR TO HAVE THAT DISTINCTION.
EVOLUTION OF EMS. FOR THOSE OF YOU ON COUNCIL, MAYOR, WHEN YOU WERE ON COUNCIL, YOU SAW THIS SLIDE.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN GO OUT AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
WE ARE A FIRE-BASED EMS SYSTEM.
WE ARE NOT AN AMBULANCE COMPANY.
WE ARE A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN.
WE WANT TO HAVE OPTIONS ON HOW WE DO THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT PRE-EMS, PRE-EMS WITH THE SA POLICE DEPARTMENT ON IT, I THINK BACK THEN, PEOPLE WERE THROWING PEOPLE IN THE BACK OF A RIG AND DROPPING THEM OFF AT A HOSPITAL.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF GUYS BACK TO MY LEFT THAT PROBABLY RODE ON THIS AMBULANCE.
AND JUST JOKING, BUT MAYBE NOT.
BUT WE START OFF WITH EIGHT OR NINE EMS UNITS, WHEN WE STARTED.
AND THOSE EMS UNITS WOULD RUN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THE STORIES THAT THOSE PARAMEDICS HAD OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DID BACK THEN, THEY SAVED A LOT OF LIVES, BUT WE RAN THE WHEELS OFF THE PROGRAM.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS -- THAT SLIDE IS PRETTY SCARY LOOKING, TOO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAMERA, THE PICTURES, THE WHOLE DEAL.
THIS WAS PROBABLY AROUND EARLY '70S, MID-70S.
WE STARTED PROVIDING BASIC FIRST AID TO THE FIREFIGHTERS.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO ON A FIRE CALL, BUT THEY STILL WEREN'T BEING UTILIZED AS THEY ARE TODAY.
FIRE ALS STARTED PROBABLY ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO, TO WHERE WE PUT PARAMEDICS ON FIRE TRUCKS.
EVERY SINGLE ENGINE COMPANY, LADDER COMPANY IN THE CITY HAS ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ON THOSE RIGS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 60% OF THOSE RIGS EVERY SINGLE DAY HAS A PARAMEDIC ON BOARD.
WHAT THAT HAS DONE, THAT HAS INCREASED OUR ALS RESPONSE TIME BY ABOUT A MINUTE AND 43 SECONDS WHERE I CAN GET A FIRE TRUCK THERE REALLY QUICK WITH LIFE-SAVING TOOLS, AND PERSONNEL TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME ON A PATIENT.
WE HAVE HAD STORIES TO WHERE WE SAVED A YOUNG LADY, AND IT WAS ENGINE 31.
THEY HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE, AND THEY WERE PARAMEDIC.
THIS WAS A YOUNG MOTHER THAT HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.
IF WE WOULD HAVE WAITED ON AN AMBULANCE, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED.
SO THE THING IS, WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND THEY ASK YOU, WHY DID A FIRE TRUCK SHOW UP, THOSE FIRE TRUCKS HAVE PARAMEDICS ONBOARD.
THOSE FIRE TRUCKS ARE GENERALLY QUICKER IN THEIR RESPONSE BECAUSE THEY ARE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I MIGHT HAVE A POCKET OF AMBULANCES AT A HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT UNIVERSITY, I COULD HAVE SEVEN, EIGHT AMBULANCES AT UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR AT METHODIST.
YOU COULD LOOK UP IN THAT AREA AROUND THE MEDICAL CENTER, I'VE GOT AN INFLUX OF EMS UNITS.
MANY OF THEM MAY BE OUT OF SERVICE, TRANSPORTING OR TRYING TO GET BACK IN SERVICE.
BUT THOSE FIRE TRUCKS ARE AVAILABLE AND THEY ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH ALS EQUIPMENT ON THEM.
WE TOUCHED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, AND OUR DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF ACTIVE SHOOTER, WE HAVE BECOME MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AS FAR AS HAVING TO RESPOND ON SOME OF THE INCIDENTS THAT YOU SEE ON TV BUT THESE ARE PARAMEDICS THAT ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED.
THEY HAVE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO ASSIST IN RESCUES, TO ASSIST IN HOSTAGE SITUATIONS, TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE MEDICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOLKS ARE
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THERE.THEY DO OPERATE AS A REGULAR AMBULANCE WHEN THE NEED ARISES.
BUT IF WE HAVE A BARRICADE SITUATION, IF IT'S IN THE CONTINUE, WE WILL RESPOND IN SUPPORT OF THEM.
MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE.
WE STARTED A PILOT IN 2016, SEVERAL OF YOU REMEMBER THAT.
WE HAD IDENTIFIED PROBABLY ABOUT 24 PATIENTS THAT WERE CALLING US ON A REGULAR BASIS, 12 TO 14 TIMES A YEAR.
THEY WERE CAUSING ABOUT 4,200 TRANSPORTS.
AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE JUST REPEAT.
SO YOU WOULD GO IN, AND YOU WOULD PICK MR. SMITH UP, AND YOU WOULD TAKE MR. SMITH IN, AND MR. SMITH HAD CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.
SO MR. SMITH GOES IN THE HOSPITAL THREE OR FOUR DAYS, HE'S RELEASED, HE'S NOT COMPLIANT WITH HIS MEDICATION WHEN HE COMES HOME, HE'S EATING TOP RAMEN THAT HAS A LOT OF SODIUM IN IT, SO PROBABLY NOT GETTING THE MEALS HE NEEDS, SO FOUR OR FIVE DAYS LATER HE CALLS FOR THE SAME ISSUE.
SO HOW CAN WE STOP THAT, HOW CAN WE NAVIGATE HIM INTO BETTER HEALTH, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE HE'S GETTING BETTER MEALS, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THEY HAVE FALL PROTECTION SO THEY'RE NOT FALLING.
THIS IS TO LIMIT THOSE AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE CALLING US AT A HIGH VOLUME.
HOUSTON, DALLAS ARE AHEAD OF US AS FAR AS TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HEAT MAP, TOTAL INCIDENTS, WE'LL TALK ABOUT TOTAL INCIDENTS VERSUS UNIT RESPONSES IN A MINUTE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE, 81% OF OUR RUNS ARE EMS. IF YOU LOOK AT SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX, PHILADELPHIA, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO REGISTER BETWEEN PROBABLY 80 AND 84.
THAT IS WHAT FIRE DEPARTMENTS DO NOW.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NON-MEDICAL, THOSE WOULD BE STRUCTURE FIRES, DUMPSTER FIRES, ANY OTHER CALL THAT IS NOT AN EMS RUN.
NFPA 1710 IS A GUIDELINE FOR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS AS FAR AS WHAT A RESPONSE LOOKS LIKE.
AND ANY CALL THAT WE GO ON, THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.
SO FOR CARDIAC ARREST, SOMEONE THAT THEIR HEART HAS STOPPED, THEY'RE NOT BREATHING, THEY COLLAPSE, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE NEAREST OR CLOSEST ENGINE OR CLOSEST LADDER, WE'RE GOING TO SEND TWO EMS UNITS WITH A TOTAL OF SEVEN OR EIGHT PERSONNEL.
WE'RE BRINGING INTENSIVE CARE UNIT INTO YOUR FRONT DOOR.
THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD TREAT SOMEONE WITH TWO PEOPLE.
YOU'LL HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THERE FOR CPR, TO MANAGE DRUGS, I.V.S, AIRWAYS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
FOR A CAR ACCIDENT, THAT'S A NUMBER ONE RUN THAT WE GO ON IN THE CITY ARE MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS.
SO ON A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO SEND AN ENGINE, AND THEN PROBABLY TWO LADDERS IF IT'S ON THE HIGHWAY, OR IF IT COMES IN AS A RESCUE.
WE END UP BLOCKING THOSE LANES TO PROTECT THE PATIENT AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
HOUSE FIRES, THREE ENGINES, ONE LADDER AND A COMMAND VEHICLE, 15 TO 18 PEOPLE.
ON A DAY LIKE TODAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO LEVEL 2 HEAT STRESS WHICH WE'VE PROBABLY ALREADY DONE TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO SEND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
ON A COMMERCIAL FIRE, YOU'LL GET A 4-2, AN APARTMENT FIRE, COMMERCIAL, WE'RE GOING TO SEND FOUR ENGINES, TWO LADDERS.
HIGH-RISE FIRES, WE'RE SENDING A LOT MORE RESOURCES TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT THESE ARE NATIONAL STANDARDS THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO.
NOW YOU LOOK AT UNIT RESPONSES.
SO OUR UNIT RESPONSES, BECAUSE OF STANDARD OF COVER, OUR UNIT RESPONSES WERE 402,000 UNIT RESPONSES THIS YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOUSTON, DALLAS, ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT, THEIR UNIT RESPONSES ARE GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE WE ARE SENDING MULTIPLE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ON FIRES.
WE COULD HAVE A SECOND-ALARM APARTMENT FIRE, AND I'VE USED 100 PEOPLE ON THAT FIRE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THAT INCIDENT RESPONSE.
SO WE DO SEND A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT TO CERTAIN INCIDENTS.
NATIONAL STANDARD AVERAGE IS EIGHT MINUTES.
AND THAT IS OUT OF 90% OF OUR CALLS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT FISCAL YEARS '16, IT WAS EIGHT.
WE CREDIT A LOT OF THAT TO EFFICIENCIES IN OUR EMS SIDE AS
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FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING.SO ONE OF THE MAIN CHALLENGES FOR FIRE CHIEF IN ANY CITY IS TO MANAGE RESPONSE TIMES.
WHEN YOU CALL 911, THERE'S A PARAMEDIC THAT IS GOING TO PICK UP THAT PHONE.
THAT PARAMEDIC IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU HEALTH INFORMATION IF NEEDED.
THAT UNIT, OR THAT ADDRESS IS GOING TO BE PICKED UP AND A GPS IS GOING TO PICK UP THE CLOSEST RESPONSE TO THAT ADDRESS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED SOMETIMES THEY WILL SHOW UP AT A FIRE STATION, NOBODY'S THERE, BECAUSE WE'RE OUT ON THE STREETS.
SO IT IS GOING TO PICK UP THE CLOSEST UNIT.
IT MIGHT NOT BE A UNIT THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THAT UNIT HAPPENED TO BE CLOSEST.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES TO THE CALL.
PEAK UNITS, WE HAVE EIGHT EMS UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE RUN DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THE BUSIEST TIME AND WHERE DO WE NEED TO PUT THIS UNIT.
SO WE RUN EIGHT PEAK UNITS AT THIS TIME.
OUR FIRE ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT PROGRAM, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE EARLIER.
PARAMEDICS AND EQUIPMENT ON OUR FIRE APPARATUS.
SOME CALLS ONLY DICTATE A FIRE TRUCK OR SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND CHECK SOMEONE.
BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, THIS PERSON DOES NOT NEED AN AMBULANCE, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND A FIRE TRUCK ONLY.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS KEEP THOSE EMS UNITS AVAILABLE, DECREASE THE WORK LOAD ON THOSE PARAMEDICS ON THOSE BOXES IF WE CAN.
LAST YEAR WE GAVE OUT OVER 1,600 TAXI VOUCHERS.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, I CAN GO AND LOOK AT A PATIENT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STABLE ENOUGH TO GO IN A CAR, AND I CAN CALL A CAB FOR THEM.
SO WHAT YOU SEE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU WILL SEE A FAMILY FOLLOW A PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL IN A PERFECTLY GOOD CAR, AND WE WILL GET TO THE HOSPITAL, WE'LL TAKE THAT PERSON OFF THE GURNEY, THEY WILL PUT THEM IN TRIAGE, THEY'LL SIT THERE FOR TWO HOURS, AND IT'S THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF SOME PEOPLE THAT BECAUSE I'M TAKING AN AMBULANCE, I'M GOING TO BE SEEN QUICKER.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IF WE CAN PUT PEOPLE IN TAXIS, TO KEEP OUR UNITS AVAILABLE FOR A DROWNING OR SHOOTING, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
OUR UNITS HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY CAN BE AT A HOSPITAL.
AND IT'S UP TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITAL THAT WE MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE OUR PARAMEDICS STANDING AT THE WALL, CALLED WALL TIME BECAUSE THERE'S NO BEDS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE UNITS ARE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL IN AN APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME.
OUR HOSPITAL DIVERSION PROGRAM.
YOU MAY GET A CALL, LIKE, WHY DID THEY TAKE ME TO THIS HOSPITAL WHEN I LIVE RIGHT OVER HERE? YOUR HOSPITAL WAS FULL.
WE DIDN'T WANT OUR MEDICS STANDING ON THE WALLS FOR AN HOUR BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BEDS.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO WITH A HOSPITAL DIVERSION.
AND SO YOU SEE THOSE PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
OUR EMS UNITS WILL UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WE'RE NOT TAKING ANYBODY TO THIS HOSPITAL, THEY ARE CLOSED FOR DIVERSION AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE A POLICY AS FAR AS HOW LONG OUR MEDICS AND FOLKS CAN STAY ON A SCENE, AS FAR AS WHAT THE TREATMENT IS, WHY THEY'RE STILL THERE.
WE WANT TO GET THEM BACK IN SERVICE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, WITH THE MIH SLIDE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THAT DON'T NEED TO BE IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE AND WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THEY GET TO THE PROPER LOCATION THAT THEY NEED TO BE TREATED.
IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE OTHER CIRCLES AROUND IT, WE HAVE CREATED SO MANY VALUABLE PROGRAMS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.
AS I MENTIONED, MR. SMITH EARLIER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING HOPEFULLY HIS NEEDLESS TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CONTRACTS WITH SEVERAL HOSPICE FACILITIES IN SAN ANTONIO.
I HAVE BEEN ON CALLS PERSONALLY, I RODE ON ENGINE 24 LAST YEAR, AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN, HIS FAMILY HAD BROUGHT HIM HOME FROM HIS CHEMO, HE WAS SICK AND COULDN'T GET OUT OF HIS CAR.
SO I WAS ON ENGINE 24, SO WE GO OVER, WE HELP GET HIM OUT OF THE CAR, AND THEY COULDN'T GET AHOLD OF THE HOSPICE NURSE.
AND SO THEN THEY WERE WORRIED, OKAY, WELL, SHOULD WE TAKE HIM BACK TO THE HOSPITAL? IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS BEEN SICK WITH CANCER, THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.
HOSPICE IS NOT DESIGNED TO TAKE PEOPLE BACK TO THE HOSPITAL.
SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS FILLING THAT GAP BY HAVING OUR MIH FOLKS GO AND STABILIZE, WORK WITH THAT
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PATIENT, UNTIL THEIR HOSPICE NURSE CAN GET THERE AND PROVIDE THAT CARE, AND BASICALLY KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES ON HOSPICE, PEOPLE CALL 911 BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARED.
WE'RE THERE TO REASSURE THEM AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE BEST END-OF-LIFE CARE IN THEIR HOMES.
THIS IS SOMETHING MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS DON'T DO.
BUT THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE MIH WORK.
ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW HOW BUSY STATION 11 IS.
IT'S A TECHNICAL RESPONSE STATION.
THEY WERE THE SECOND BUSIEST STATION IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE DROPPED RESPONSES TO HAVEN FOR HOPE 35%, AND THE CALLS CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS EMBED A PARAMEDIC FROM 8 TO 8 AT HAVEN FOR HOPE THAT CAN GO AND ASSIST SOMEONE WHO CALLS IN, GET THEM AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE DENTIST, GET THEM A TAXICAB TO A HOSPITAL.
AND IF THEY NEED TO GO IN BY PARAMEDICS, THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEND THEM IN.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THOSE RUNS THAT A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWN COMPANIES WERE GOING TO HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR.
THE TTOR, TEXAS TARGETED OPIOID RESPONSE.
THIS IS AN OUTREACH TO PATIENTS THAT HAVE SUFFERED AN O-D.
OUR GOAL IS TO CONTACT THEM THE DAY AFTER AND WORK WITH THEM THE NEXT TWO OR THREE DAYS TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE, TO HELP THEM, IF THEY O.D. AGAIN, TO GET THEM HELP AS FAR AS REHABILITATION SERVICES.
WE HAVE TWO OF OUR MIH MEDICS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS PROGRAM.
AND SO THAT IS ANOTHER PROGRAM, BECAUSE OF THE VALUE THAT MIH HAS CREATED.
A PROGRAM FOR INTENSIVE CARE COORDINATION.
WE WORK WELL WITH SAPD, AND CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES.
, HOMELESSNESS, BEHAVIORAL ISSUES.
A LOT OF THESE MENTAL CRIES EES DO NOT BELONG IN THE BACK OF AN AMBULANCE.
HOW CAN WE NAVIGATE THEM TO THAT WITHOUT TYING UP OUR RESOURCES.
I WAS AT A MEETING ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO, AND IT WAS A BIG MEETING, IT WAS FBI THERE, IT WAS REGION 20 FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SAPD, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF THESE SHOOTINGS YOU'RE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THE RED FLAG WAS RAISED AFTER THE SHOOTING.
THEY'RE SAYING, WE KNEW HE WAS THERE, OR WE KNEW HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS, OR THIS AGENCY KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND THEY HAVE SILOED THEMSELVES TO WHERE THE INFORMATION IS NOT GETTING OUT.
SO THIS IS A GROUP THAT'S FOCUSING ON COLLABORATION, FOCUSING ON GETTING INFORMATION THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WORKING WITH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THIS REGION BECAUSE WE REALIZE THAT IF THERE IS A SHOOTING ANYWHERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE'RE GOING TO BE RESPONDING TO IT, SO WHY NOT TRY TO ASSESS AND PREVENT, INCREASE THE COORDINATION AND THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL OUR PARTNERS IN THIS REGION.
AND TIFFANY ROLLED HER CAR OUT BY SEA WORLD IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.
SUFFERED A STROKE, FLIPPED HER CAR INTO A BRIDGE, WENT DOWN IN A CREEK.
SHE WAS BASICALLY UNCONSCIOUS, WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
OUR PARAMEDICS WERE ABLE WITH HELP WITH BYSTANDERS TO KEEP HER HEAD OUT OF THE WATER.
BUT WITHOUT WHOLE BLOOD, WHICH WE ADMINISTERED, IT SAVED HER LIFE.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO MEET WITH HER TWICE.
I WAS A PARAMEDIC FOR 17 YEARS, AND I WOULD -- I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING WHOLE BLOOD BACK IN THE DAY.
BUT WHOLE BLOOD WAS GIVEN, OVER 1 MILLION PINTS BETWEEN WORLD WAR I AND THE VIETNAM WAR.
IT NEVER REALLY TRANSCRIBED TO STREET USE UNLESS IT WAS ON A HELICOPTER.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY, WITH SAMSE, WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTORS WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT WE HAVE CREATED A PROGRAM, AND ALSO IN COORDINATION WITH THE BLOOD TISSUE CENTER TO WHERE WE HAVE BLOOD ON SEVEN UNITS WITHIN THE CITY.
ALL OF OUR MEDICAL OPERATIONS UNITS HAVE THEM, OR MEDICAL OFFICERS HAVE THEM.
IF WE GET A CALL FOR A CUTTING, STABBING, SHOOTING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DISPATCH A UNIT WITH WHOLE BLOOD.
WE ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO CARRY AND ADMINISTER WHOLE BLOOD.
WE'VE GIVEN OUT 14 POINTS ALREADY.
AND WE HAVE HAD EVERY MAJOR CITY
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IN THE COUNTRY HAS CALLED US TO ASK US ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING ON A WHOLE BLOOD BOOT CAMP IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND HOW THEY CAN GET THIS PROGRAM STARTED.
BUT IF THERE WAS AN INCIDENT, IF GOD FORBID WE HAD A SHOOTING, AIRPLANE CRASH, WE COULD GO INTO THE BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK AND GET AS MUCH WHOLE BLOOD WE CAN CARRY.
THAT WOULD HAVE PAID DIVIDENDS IN SUTHERLAND SPRINGS OR ANY OTHER INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD RESPOND ON.
WHOLE BLOOD IS AMAZING, IT'S A MIRACLE, AND I'M GLAD WE STARTED IT FIRST, YOU SHOULD BE ALSO.
I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE TACTICAL ATHLETE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FIT.
ANOTHER WAY I'LL DROP BACK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM IS AS A PSYCHOLOGIST.
WE HAVE RESILIENCY PROGRAMS. OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, PARAMEDICS SEE HORRIFIC THINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR MOTOR IS FUELED UP AND THAT THEY'RE RUNNING, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CARRYING THIS TRAUMA WITH THEM.
WE HAVE A FULL-TIME PSYCHOLOGIST.
WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HELP OUR MEMBERS OUT, WHETHER IT'S PURE COUNSELING, WHETHER IT'S OUR CHAPLAIN PROGRAM, WHICH WE HAVE SEVERAL CHAPLAINS ON SHIFT EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE CAN CALL THEM OUT AND UTILIZE THEM.
WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING TO OUR MEMBERS.
SO THE EMOTIONAL HELP FOR OUR MEMBERS IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE PHYSICAL FITNESS.
PHYSICAL FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT EVERY FIRE STATION, OUR MEN AND WOMEN, WE WANT THEM TO WORK OUT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRES WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO WEEKS WITH THIS HEAT, YOU HAVE HEARD OF ONE FIREMAN BEING TRANSPORTED BECAUSE OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES.
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF ONE FIREFIGHTER BEING TRANSPORTED BECAUSE OF HEAT EXHAUSTION.
THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE PHYSICAL FITNESS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CANCER IS A FIXTURE IN THE FIRE SERVICE NOW.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED, AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST NIGHT AT THE COUNCILMAN'S MEETING LOOK AT A HOUSE WITH LEGACY FURNITURE, AN OLD HOUSE, THAT FURNITURE IS GOING TO BE MADE OUT OF WOOD, IT'S GOING TO BE STUFFED WITH COTTON, PAPER, THINGS LIKE THAT, IF YOU GO INTO A HOUSE NOW, YOU BUY SOMETHING FROM WAYFAIR, IT'S CHEAP AND IT'S EASY TO GET BECAUSE IT'S FILLED WITH STYROFOAM.
IT'S FILLED WITH POLYCARBS, AND VARNISHES AND LACQUERS, AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT BURN, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS IN THOSE THINGS SOMETIMES, THOSE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION.
AND SO WE HAVE REALIZED THROUGH THE FIRE SERVICE THAT CANCER IS AN ISSUE THROUGHOUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE.
SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEAL OUR STATIONS UP.
ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS DIESEL FUMES GOING INTO SOME OF THE OLDER STATIONS.
SITTING THERE HAVING A NICE MEAL, THE LADDER GETS A CALL, THEY PULL OUT, IT BLOWS THE DIESEL FUMES INTO THE LIVING AREAS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
THE NEW STATIONS ARE DESIGNED WITH A WARM ZONE, HOT ZONE, COLD Z ZONE, OUR OLDER STATIONS HAVE BEEN CLOSED UP TO WHERE WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY OF THOSE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION GOING INTO THE STATIONS.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A DIESEL EXHAUST CAPTURE SYSTEM.
THIS WAS PLACED IN ALL OF OUR STATIONS.
SO EVERY VEHICLE, WHETHER IT'S AN AMBULANCE OR A FIRE TRUCK, HAS A DIESEL CAPTURE SYSTEM.
THAT IS BASICALLY TAKING THOSE DIESEL FUMES AND SUCKING THEM UP AND BLOWING THEM THROUGH A VENTILATION SYSTEM THROUGH THE ROOF.
OUR QUARTERMASTER IS UP AND RUNNING.
SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TWO SETS OF BUNKER GEAR FOR EVERY FIREFIGHTER.
SO IF WE HAVE A FIRE, AND THOSE FIREFIGHTERS ARE COVERED WITH SOOT LIKE THAT VIDEO SHOWED AT THE BEGINNING, WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM OUT OF THOSE TURNOUTS, WE'RE GOING TO PUT NEW TURNOUTS ON THEM AND GET THOSE TURNOUTS CLEANED AND BACK IN SERVICE AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
MOST DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTRY DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TWO SETS OF BUNKER GEAR.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING IS HAVING A CLEAN CAP.
THOSE BOTTLES YOU SEE ON THAT SLIDE, THEY'RE NORMALLY IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.
THEY ARE IN THE BACK OF THE SEATS.
SO WHEN YOU RIDE INTO A FIRE, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT BOTTLE ON.
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THAT BOTTLE, THOSE BOTTLES ARE HARD TO CLEAN.
THE STRAPS ARE HARD TO DECONTAMINATE.
AND SO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS, WE'RE MAKING THE INSIDE OF OUR RIG DIRTY WHEN WE ARE DRIVING IN IT ALL DAY, GOING ON CALLS OR INSPECTIONS, WE'RE DRIVING AROUND WITH THOSE BOTTLES IN THE
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BACK THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE BLEEDING OUT, OR OFF-GASSING COMPONENTS FROM A FIRE.SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MOVING ALL OF THOSE BOTTLES TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE RIG, AND MAKING OUR CABS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE HAVE DONE AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK IN OUR CANCER PREVENTION.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MAZE CANCER CENTER, WE HAVE A PROJECT WITH THEM LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS OF CANCER.
WE ARE HAVING ADDITIONAL TESTING AND SCREENINGS DONE FOR OUR MEMBERS.
AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
IT'S A PRIORITY FOR MR. WALSH ALSO.
WE HAD A FEW FIRES LAST YEAR THAT WERE MULTIPLE ALARM FIRES.
SOME OF THEM WERE IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
AND THEN WE HAD THE CAVE RESCUE.
SO THIS SLIDE IS A LOT CLEANER THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR WHEN I STOOD UP HERE.
NOT A LOT OF MAJOR FIRES, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS AN ACTIVE FIRE YEAR FOR US.
SO, ACTIVE SHOOTER FOR US IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AS MUCH AS WE TRAIN FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION ACTIVITIES, WE TRAIN FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER.
IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY, IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF WHEN, AND HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR THAT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE WE CAN GO INTO A SITUATION UNDER FORCED PROTECTION AND TRY TO REMOVE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
SO WE HAVE SPENT ABOUT $700,000 ON BALLISTIC GEAR.
WE HAVE 35 FIRE COMPANIES IN THE CITY THAT HAVE BALLISTIC GEAR ON THEM, 21 LADDERS, AND 14 ENGINE COMPANIES, ALL OF OUR COMMAND OFFICERS HAVE BALLISTIC GEAR.
YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF CITIES THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PROTECTION, SO THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO EVEN GET CLOSE TO A BUILDING.
WE WORK REALLY HARD WITH PD AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ON TRAINING.
WE HAVE CREATED RESCUE TASK FORCES TO WHERE WE CAN GO IN WITH PD, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT US.
YOU'VE SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE IN ORLANDO, THEY COULDN'T GET IN.
HOW MANY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE SHOT IN THE ELBOW, THEY BLED TO DEATH.
WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE A PART OF OUR LEGACY IN THIS CITY.
SO BETWEEN THE BALLISTICS, THE RTF TRAINING, THE WHOLE BLOOD, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE.
BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
WE'VE DONE NUMEROUS DRILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WORKING WITH OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TRAINED UP, AND WE'RE KIND OF MEETING EACH OTHER'S EXPECTATIONS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING OVER TO MY RIGHT ON THAT SLIDE IS OUR FUSION CENTER.
YOU SEE ONE OF OUR PARAMEDICS IN THERE.
IT IS A COLLECTION POINT OF INFORMATION.
IT GIVES US LEVERAGE ON REAL WORLD EVENTS.
IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FIRE COMPANIES, POLICE OFFICERS TO REPORT SOMETHING UP TO FUSION.
IF SOMETHING GOES ON UP THERE, THEY CAN BASICALLY AUDIO] SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE KNOW ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THAT.
WE ARE ALSO -- WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR ANY OF OUR LARGE-SCALE EVENTS SUCH AS FIESTA FINAL FOUR, WE CAN MONITOR THOSE LARGE SCALE EVENTS FROM THE FUSION CENTER VIA CAMERA, AND INTELLIGENCE.
SO DEVELOPING STANDARD THREAT ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS, BASICALLY FOR THESE TYPE OF INCIDENTS, WE HAVE DONE THAT.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING A COORDINATED DEFENSIVE CLASS THIS WEEK WHICH WOULD LOOK AT MORE ONE EVENT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN AN EVENT WHERE THERE ARE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS GOING ON WITHIN A CITY.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN WHERE THEY'VE INTRODUCED FIRE INTO A WE'RE TR THREAT PROTOCOLS, MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RESPOND, WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE WORST DAYS IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
YOU SEE OUR SERVICE DIVISION, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT, ELC AND TRAINING ACADEMY.
WE HAVE ABOUT 700,000 SQUARE FEET OF FOOTAGE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, MORE BUILDINGS AND PROPERTY THAN ANY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
SO AGAIN, WE ARE MANAGING THAT EFFECTIVELY.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FIRE STATIONS COMPLETED, STATION 32, 53, STATION 2.
COUNCILWOMAN AND I WENT OUT TO STATION 2 THE OTHER DAY, AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.
FIRE STATION 42 IS GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE SOMETIME LATER IN AUGUST.
FIRE STATION 24, WE'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND FOR THAT.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN IMPROVE RESPONSE TIMES IS HAVE BIGGER STATIONS TO WHERE I CAN ADD EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT STATION 24 ON HOUSTON HIGHWAY, ON AUSTIN
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HIGHWAY, I'M SORRY, I ONLY HAVE ROOM FOR TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.SO BY BUILDING A LARGER STATION, WHICH ALL OUR STATIONS AVERAGE ABOUT 14,000 SQUARE FEET, I CAN ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO WHAT AREA WE ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT OUR MIH PROGRAM, AND WE BELIEVE THAT BRINGS VALUE TO ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
BUT ESPECIALLY IN MORE OPPRESSED AREAS OF THE CITY.
ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR IN 2020 IS A TASK FORCE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT HOUSE ON FIRE, CAN YOU IMAGINE TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT.
THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'VE HAD FOUR FIRE FATALITIES THIS YEAR, THEY HAVE ALL HAD SOME DYNAMIC OF HOARDING.
WE DIDN'T MAKE THAT PICTURE UP.
AND WE HAVE HAD FOUR FIRE FATALITIES, AND HOARDING HAS BEEN IN INVOLVEMENT WITH ALL OF THEM.
IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE CITIZEN TO GET OUT.
WE HAD A 49-YEAR-OLD MAN DIE IN A HOARDER HOME.
IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO GET IN.
BECAUSE THE FUEL LOAD IS SO HEAVY, USUALLY BY THE TIME WE GET THERE, IT'S IN A SITUATION OR A STATE THAT NO ONE WOULD SURVIVE THAT FIRE.
IT CAUSES HUGE FUEL LOADS, WHICH ALSO IS AN EXPOSURE PROBLEM FOR THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY HOARDERS.
SOMETIMES IT'S SPIRIT OF POVERTY WHERE THEY WANT TO GET EVERYTHING.
WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE LIKE THAT.
HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY THEM AND HOW CAN WE HELP THEM PUT ORDER IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFER HOUSE FOR THEM.
A GREAT EVENT WE HAD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
WE HAD 50 YOUNG LADIES THAT WERE TRAINED OVER TWO WEEKENDS BY A FULL FEMALE STAFF.
WHETHER IT WAS ARSON, SPECIAL OPERATIONS, ANYTHING THAT WE DID, LEADERSHIP, IT WAS DONE BY FEMALES.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND WE BELIEVE FIREFIGHTERS OUGHT TO MI RROR THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE.
WE WANT TO GIVE OUR FEMALES IN THIS COMMUNITY A HEAD START BY CREATING A PROGRAM LIKE THIS TO WHERE THEY WANT TO BE FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP THEM BECOME FIREFIGHTERS.
WE JUST HAD AN ENGINEER LIST, WE HAVE THREE FEMALES IN THE TOP 10.
WE'RE LOOKING AT STATION 44, FOR ENHANCED SQUAD.
MOST OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT SQUADS RUN OUT OF MULTI-COMPANY STATIONS WITH AN ENGINE AND LADDER.
THIS IS OUR BUSIEST ENGINE COMPANY IN THE CITY.
WE'LL ADD A FIREFIGHTER TO THAT STATION AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A SQUAD, WHICH IS A PILOT.
WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO DICTATE THAT IT'S A SUCCESS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AT THAT STATION TO HELP OUT WITH SOME OF THE EMS CALLS.
THAT WILL ALSO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT ARE RUNNING INTO STATION 44'S AREA, AND THEY CAN STAY BACK AND PROTECT THEIR OWN AREA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SHOT OF THE TEAM CENTER, WHEN IT COOLS OFF, THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME OUT AND TRAIN.
WE NEED ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AT THE TRAINING ACADEMY TO HELP CONDUCT SURVIVABILITY TRAINING.
SOME OF THESE WERE MANDATED FROM THE SCOTT DEEM INCIDENT, SO WE'RE ADDING AN INCUMBENT TRAINING POSITION.
6,000 REQUESTS ANNUALLY, WE HAVE NEVER HAD A POSITION FOR THAT, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THEN THE DATA CELL SERVICE REDUCTION, THAT IS ELIMINATING USAGE ON SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
$1.5 MILLION IN FURNITURE, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, BUNKER GEAR AND STRETCHERS.
OUR STRETCHERS ARE RATED AT 750 POUNDS, POWERLESS STRETCHERS.
THIS HAS ELIMINATED KNEE INJURIES, BACK INJURIES FOR OUR PARAMEDICS.
AND 1.1 MILLION IN NEW VEHICLES.
AND 751 FOR THE CLEAN CAB INITIATIVE, MOBILE DOCKING STATION AND VENTILATORS.
THOSE ARE PICTURES OF THEM RIGHT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW HAZMAT TRUCK FOR STATION 34.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THIS COMMAND BUS HAS OUTUSED ITS LIFE SPAN.
WE WANT TO HAVE A BIG MOBILE COMMAND CENTER THAT ANY AGENCY IN THIS REGION CAN USE TO WHERE WE HAVE A COMFORTABLE PLACE FOR YOU TO SHOW UP FOR US TO BRIEF YOU.
THIS IS ANOTHER PIECE OF OUR EQUIPMENT.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANKS, CHIEF.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE BEFORE WE GET TO MUNICIPAL COURT AND GO THROUGH SOME QUESTIONS FOR POLICE AND FIRE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THAT.
CHIEF MCMANUS STILL HERE? CHIEF, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? THANK YOU BOTH FOR THOROUGH PRESENTATIONS.
I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT SLIDE IT WAS, CHIEF, BUT YOU WERE VERY CLEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS COMPARISONS BETWEEN CITIES.
BUT YOU'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT HOW YOU SEE OUR DATA AS BEST USED TO COMPARE OURSELVES VERSUS HISTORIC PERFORMANCE.
YOU SHOWED THE SLIDE OF JANUARY THROUGH JULY, UCR NUMBERS.
WHERE ARE WE ON TRACK IN TERMS OF OUR NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS?
>> SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'RE SLIGHTLY UP IN OUR CRIME.
WE HAVE NOT -- WE HAVEN'T SEEN -- WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ROBB ROBBERIES, A LOT OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT FOR VIOLENT CRIME.
SO WE'RE UP A LITTLE BIT SO FAR.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS?
REMINDER, WE HAD A 16% REDUCTION LAST YEAR.
WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF A YEAR THAT GOOD, IT'S HARD TO BEAT YOUR OWN NUMBERS SOMETIMES.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING WITH OUR COALITION IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AREA.
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION SHARING IS DONE BETWEEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES WHEN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE IS OPENED?
>> WELL, EITHER SAPD OR IN THE COUNTY, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD HANDLE IT.
BUT IF THERE'S A PROTECTIVE ORDER SOUGHT, WE WILL GUIDE THE VICTIM TO THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.
AND THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER TAKES IT FROM THERE.
WE HAVE TWO DETECTIVES IN THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A CALL? IT'S SEARED IN MY MIND, THE RIDE-ALONGS I'VE BEEN ON, 99% OF THE CALLS ARE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, FAMILY VIOLENCE CALLS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A DISRUPTION IN THE HOME ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ARREST, OR NOT, AND THERE'S FOUND TO BE WEAPONS IN THE HOME? WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL THERE?
>> IF THERE'S NO ARREST, THERE'S NO PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ARREST, WE WON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THE WEAPONS.
IF THERE IS AN ARREST, THEN WE WILL TAKE THOSE GUNS THAT ARE EITHER POINTED OUT TO US, OR THAT ARE IN PLAIN VIEW.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: IS THAT JUST A DIRECTIVE FROM YOUR OFFICE TO DO THAT, OR IS THAT FOLLOWING SOME --
>> THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
ON THE ASSET SEIZURE, CURRENTLY HOW ARE THOSE FUNDS BEING USED?
>> THEY'RE USED TO BUY EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE USED FOR TRAINING, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT RELATE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THE QUESTION WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY GROUP IS, CAN WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS TO DO CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS. AND THAT WAS A FIRST FOR ME.
SO WE CHECKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT WE WERE OKAY TO DO THAT, TO USE THOSE FUNDS IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND MY BOSS, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO DISTRIBUTE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS.
>> LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.
>> SO THE RULES AROUND HOW WE SPEND, OR HOW WE CAN'T SPEND ASSET SEIZURE FUNDS ARE PRETTY TIGHTLY CONTROLLED, BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
ONE OF THE BIG EXPENDITURES IN THAT CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND, ASSET SEIZURE FUND, IS WE PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE FACILITY THAT WE ARE IN IN DISTRICT 5 NEAR THE COLLINS GARDEN AREA.
WHEN THE CITY PURCHASED THAT BUILDING, AND RENOVATED IT, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR MAIN PROPERTY ROOM, WE PAY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT BUILDING.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO THE CHIEF'S POINT, AN ELEMENT THAT IS AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE ARE COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES, AND WE'VE NEVER TRIED THAT BEFORE, AND WE WANTED TO TRY THAT THIS YEAR.
ONE OF THE MAIN RULES WITH ASSET SEIZURE, WE CANNOT SUPPLANT LAW ENFORCEMENT SPENDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH MEANS IF WE WERE GOING TO BUY A CAR, OR SOMETHING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, WE CAN'T REDUCE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND AND PAY FOR IT
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OUT OF ASSET SEIZURE.IT'S GOT TO BE FOR AN ADDED LEVEL OF EQUIPMENT, NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW INITIATIVES, AND SO THOSE RULES ARE HIGHLIGHTED UNDER BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE MAY OPEN IT UP TO SOME SORT OF COMPETITIVE PROCESS, IS THAT GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE?
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I THINK THEY NEED TO -- THEY SHOULD HAVE A BRIEFING ON HOWEVER THAT CHANGE IS GOING TO OCCUR.
OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO -- WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A REPORT BACK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND ANY UPDATES YOU CAN GIVE US IN TERMS OF NUMBERS THERE, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: CHIEF HOOD, ARE YOU -- TELL ME ABOUT THE NEW COMMAND CENTER? HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE UTILIZED? THAT'S NEW TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET?
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THAT IS COMING THROUGH THE FUNDING WE'RE GETTING?
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WHERE IS THAT GOING TO BE DEPLOYED?
>> RIGHT NOW WE HAVE OUR CURRENT VEHICLE OF TECHNICAL SERVICES AT CHERRY AND NOLAN.
TODAY IF WE NEEDED ONE -- ACTUALLY, WE HAVE TWO VEHICLES, SOMEONE FROM OUR DISPATCH CENTER, THEY WOULD TAKE THAT VEHICLE OUT THERE, OUR INCIDENT COMMANDERS WOULD MAN THAT VEHICLE SO WE WOULD SET IT UP.
THERE ARE SOME AREAS WE, SAY ON AN APARTMENT FIRE WE MAY NOT BRING IT OUT TO BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE TOO TIGHT TO FIT IN.
IF WE HAVE A LARGE-SCALE EVENT, IT'S GOT SLIDEOUTS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT THING UP AND OPERATE IT JUST LIKE WE WOULD THE COMMAND BUS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE MASS CAMERAS, MULTIPLE -- THE ABILITY TO DOWNLINK INFORMATION BACK TO THAT COMMAND CENTER.
BUT IT'S A SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
IF YOU HAD AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, LARGE-SCALE INCIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT THING OUT, SET UP A PARKING LOT AND MANAGE AND PROTECT IT.
WITH THE TORNADOES THAT WE HAD, IF WE HAD HAD LARGE-SCALE INCIDENT WHERE YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF HOUSES WHERE WE HAD TO RUN AN AREA COMMAND, WE WOULD BRING THAT OUT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE ALWAYS DEPLOY THEM FOR FIESTAS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE'VE GOT THEM SITTING IN SOME OBSCURE SITE, SECURED, AND WE'RE MANAGING THAT INCIDENT THROUGH THAT COMMAND VEHICLE.
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU OTHER THAN TO JUST COMPLIMENT BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR TEAMS FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
OUR MEASURE IS TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING ON SERVICE DELIVERY, RESPONSE TIMES AND OBVIOUSLY CRIME AND FIRE RATES FOR THE CITY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN HAVRDA?
>> HAVRDA: THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR RISKING YOUR LIVES EVERY DAY TO PROTECT US.
AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILIES AND THE STAFF THAT SUPPORTS YOU.
WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY.
CHIEF MCMANUS, YOU MENTIONED THERE WILL BE A REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER IN CASES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WILL THAT REQUEST OCCUR IN EVERY SINGLE ARREST?
>> HAVRDA: AND HOW LONG IS THAT EMERGENCY? IT'S A DIFFERENT FROM A TRA?
>> I BELIEVE IT'S GOOD FOR ONLY 48 HOURS.
WILL THE VICTIMS OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE BE SORT OF SHEPHERDED OVER TO HAVING TO GET A TEMPORARY ONE, OR EVEN A PERMANENT ONE?
>> ANYTIME THERE'S A VICTIM, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GUIDED AS TO HOW TO PURSUE THE CASE AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER IN ORDER TO PUSH FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER.
HOW MANY NEW SAFFE OFFICERS WILL BE FUNDED IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE?
>> HAVRDA: IS THAT ONE PER DISTRICT?
>> NO, WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT EXACTLY HOW IT WILL BE DIVIDED, BUT LOOKING AT THAT DENSITY MAP, AND THE CIRCLES AROUND THERE, WE WOULD LOOK TO PUT THEM IN THOSE AREAS PRIMARILY.
THIS CAME UP WHEN YOU CAME TO DISTRICT 6 AND SPOKE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SAFFE OFFICERS BEING PULLED FROM THEIR SAFFE OFFICER DUTY INTO OTHER AREAS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MANY DEMANDS ON THE TIME OF AN OFFICER, BUT IS THERE ANY ASSURANCE THAT THAT WON'T HAPPEN, OR THAT WOULD BE MINIMIZED?
>> THESE NEW SAFFE OFFICERS WOULD NOT BE PULLED.
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THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING WOULD BE ASSISTING THOSE CIVILIAN CRT WORKERS, AND BEING PROACTIVE AND GOING OUT TO THE VICTIMS' HOUSES.WE CAN'T LET THEM GO OUT THERE BY THEMSELVES, BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGER IS TOO HIGH.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE GOING TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT FAMILY VIOLENCE, AND INSTRUCT PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ON HOW TO GET OUT OF IT, WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
IT IS TO EDUCATE AND PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUES.
>> HAVRDA: I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT SAFFE OFFICERS IN DISTRICT 6 ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.
THEY KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THEY REALLY ARE -- IN A LOT OF CASES, THEY ARE THE FACE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CONSTITUENTS OF DISTRICT 6, IN A GOOD WAY.
YOU MENTIONED THEY GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THEY HAVE BUILT A LOT OF TRUST.
SO I REALLY WANT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT PROGRAM.
>> THAT WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TOUTED ON BY THE DOJ ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SPECIFICALLY SAFFE.
I'M SORRY, CHIEF HOOD, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE ACCREDITATION.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS, ACCREDITATIONS AND PRIZES THAT ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS GET.
I THINK THAT IT HELPS, YOU KNOW, TO ESTABLISH TRUST IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS. SO THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS.
>> HAVRDA: MY MAIN CONCERN FOR FIRE IS 44.
I UNDERSTAND 44 IS THE BUSIEST, IS THAT TRUE?
>> THE BUSIEST ENGINE COMPANY IN THE CITY.
>> HAVRDA: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DISTINCTION?
>> THE DISTINCTION IS, STATION 32 IS GOING TO BE MY BUSIEST STATION, BECAUSE I HAVE A PLATFORM LADDER TRUCK AND A SQUAD, AND AN ENGINE AND A MEDIC UNIT.
SO THOSE FOUR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE ALL TOTALING CALLS.
STATION 44 HAS AN ENGINE, AND A MEDIC UNIT.
AGAIN, VERY BUSY AREA, BUT THEY'RE THE BUSIEST ENGINE COMPANY, NOT THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION.
BUT THAT AREA IS EXTREMELY BUSY.
IF I HAD MORE RESOURCES OVER THERE, THAT MIGHT BE THE BUSIEST.
BUT THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION, STATION 32 IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, BUSIEST ENGINE IS STATION 44.
SO WHAT THAT CAUSES WHEN ENGINE 44 IS OUT OF SERVICE, THEY'RE MISSING CALLS.
AND SOMEBODY ELSE FROM 36, 33, 26, 35, 45, IS RUNNING INTO THAT VORTEX RIGHT THERE OF CALLS.
>> HAVRDA: THAT'S REALLY WHERE MY CONCERN LIES.
THE PROPOSED ENHANCEMENT TO 44 INCLUDES I UNDERSTAND A PEAK MEDIC UNIT? IS THAT RIGHT?
SO SQUAD IS A PICKUP TRUCK OR SUV THAT WE HAVE AT EVERY MULTI-COMPANY STATION, WHICH WOULD BE THE STATION WITH AN ENGINE, AND A LADDER.
SO 24 STATIONS THAT HAVE SQUADS.
I HAVE EIGHT PEOPLE THAT I CAN ROTATE ON A SQUAD.
I CAN TAKE ONE OFF THE LADDER, ONE OFF THE ENGINE, AND THEN THE ENGINE AND LADDER ARE STILL RUNNING WITH THREE PEOPLE.
AND THEN I CAN SEND A SQUAD OUT ON SOME LOWER-LEVEL TYPE OF EMS RUN.
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T SEND THEM ON A CAR ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING VIOLENT BECAUSE WE WOULD SEND ONE OF THE BIGGER TRUCKS.
BUT I DON'T HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THAT IN THE CITY WHERE I HAVE A SQUAD.
SO WHEN WE ARE OVERSTAFFED, WE'LL NORMALLY SEND ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER TO 44S AND 19S AND THEY WILL WORK ON THAT SQUAD.
THAT WILL ALLOW ME TO TAKE A FIREFIGHTER OFF THE ENGINE AND RUN A SQUAD AND TAKE ANOTHER CALL.
AND IT'S NOT -- WE CAN PARK THAT SQUAD, EITHER BACK IT IN OR PARK IT OUTSIDE.
IF WE HAD ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, AND WE HAD A BIGGER STATION, THEN WE WOULD BE ASKING TO PUT A LADDER TRUCK OR ANOTHER ENGINE IN 44'S.
THIS PILOT WILL HELP SOLVE SOME OF THOSE RUNS.
I THINK WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT YEAR, I THINK YOU'LL SEE AN IMPROVEMENT WITH 44'S, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A REALLY GOOD VALIDATION ON WHY A SQUAD WOULD WORK.
SO THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS STARTING THERE AT 44?
>> HAVRDA: SO IT IS FULL-TIME?
>> HAVRDA: AND WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE PULLING FROM DIFFERENT STATIONS, THAT'S --
>> WHEN I SAY PULLING FROM OTHER STATIONS, MEANS THAT IF ENGINE
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44 IS OUT ON A CALL, LADDER 36 HAS TO COME IN AND RUN IN THEIR AREA, OR ENGINE 35, OR PLATFORM.SO WE WANT TO INCREASE THEIR AVAILABILITY OF ENGINE 44 BY ADDING A SQUAD.
BECAUSE IF THAT ENGINE IS OUT, SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO BE RUNNING INTO THAT AREA.
>> HAVRDA: DOES THE SQUAD INCLUDE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT?
>> IT WILL HAVE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ON IT, BUT IF THE CALL IS COMING IN AS A CARDIAC ARREST OR DROWNING, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ENGINE.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ENGINE.
THAT JUST GIVES THEM FLEXIBILITY.
IF IT'S A HOUSE FIRE, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL FIVE GUYS AND PUT THEM ON THAT ENGINE.
THIS IS JUST GOING TO ALLOW US MORE FLEXIBILITY OR EMS RUNS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HAVRDA.
LAST YEAR I ASKED YOU A QUESTION, AND I DON'T HONESTLY REMEMBER THE ANSWER, PROBABLY BECAUSE I HAD MY BELL RUNG THIS WEEK.
I HAD SOME DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS HAD BEEN EQUIPPED WITH A TASER, YOU KNOW, A -- ON THEIR BELT.
IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD HAPPENING, OR ARE WE JUST ASSIGNING THEM OUT BECAUSE THERE'S A LIMITED NUMBER OF THEM?
>> WHEN YOU GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY, YOU ARE ISSUED A TASER.
IF YOU LEAVE PATROL, AND MOVE TO A DETECTIVE POSITION, WE MAY TAKE YOUR TASER BACK, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO ISSUE PATROL.
IS THERE A REASON FOR NOT GIVING EVERY OFFICER A TASER?
AND DETECTIVES ARE NOT GOING TO CARRY.
WELL, YOUR NON-UNIFORMED DETECTIVES ARE NOT GOING TO CARRY TASERS ANYWAY.
CHIEF HOOD, I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, YOUR PRESENTATION REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU KNOW AND SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM KNOW THAT LAST MONTH WE ALMOST LOST MY DAD.
AND BUT FOR TWO OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS, TWO OF YOUR EMTS SHOWING UP, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MY DAD TODAY.
THEY SHOWED UP JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.
IT REALLY WORRIES ME THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC FROM A QUALITY OF LIFE PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ANNOYING TO BE IN TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE ARE UPSET THAT THEY'RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC JAMS, BUT WHAT IS CLEAR TO ME NOW IS THAT IT'S ALSO A LIFE-AND-DEATH PROBLEM.
I'VE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ARE ALSO CAUSING DELAYS IN AMBULANCES GETTING WHERE THEY NEED TO BE GETTING ON TIME.
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE BEEN SEEING MORE OF?
>> TRAFFIC IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE DURING RUSH HOUR.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING TO WHERE IT'S COMPLETELY DELAYED US FROM GETTING SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE WE CAN GO IN THE OPPOSITE LANES, WE CAN MANEUVER AROUND TRAFFIC.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, THOUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUILDING OF STATION 32, IF YOU KNOW THAT INTERSECTION, CALLAHAN AND BABCOCK, WE'VE GOT THAT STATION OFF OF THAT CORNER.
SO THAT'S GOING TO -- IT'S EASIER TO RESPOND OFF OF A SIDE STREET, SO WE CAN GET OUT INTO TRAFFIC.
SO THAT WAS A HUGE PROBLEM FOR US AS FAR AS THAT INTERSECTION.
SO YOU NEVER WANT TO BUILD A STATION IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION.
SO THAT HELPED ALLEVIATE THAT.
TRAFFIC IS A CHALLENGE FOR US, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT WE JUST FIND A WAY TO MANEUVER AROUND IT.
I'VE NEVER NEVER SEEN ANYTHING WHERE I SAY, OKAY, WE CAN'T GET THROUGH AND IT WAS GRIDLOCKED.
>> GLAD YOUR DAD'S DOING WELL.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
>> ANDREWS-SULLIVAN: THANK YOU TO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, AS FAR AS WITH THE UCRS, UNDER THE SIGNED RELEASE WHEN IT COMES TO THEFT, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT OUR NUMBERS IN ANY WAY WITH THE UCR, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT?
>> ANDREWS-SULLIVAN: THANK YOU.
AS FAR AS WITH THE SAFFE OFFICERS, I KNOW DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 3, WE KIND OF SHARE OUR SAFFE OFFICERS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
WITH THE NEW SAFFE OFFICERS THAT ARE COMING ON, WILL WE BE SHARING THEM IN RETROSPECT TO DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 3 AS WELL?
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THE SAFFE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED ACCORDING TO THEIR SUBSTATION, BUT NOT COUNCIL DISTRICT.>> ANDREWS-SULLIVAN: AS FAR AS WITH THE PROTECTIVE ORDERS, AND VIOLATIONS OF THOSE PROTECTIVE ORDERS, WHAT IS THE -- OR WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED RESPONSE TIME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS, SINCE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE NEW SAFFE OFFICERS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ISSUE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE AND CRIME OF THAT NATURE?
>> A RESPONSE TIME FOR VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN TO THAT DEGREE, COUNCILWOMAN.
I KNOW NORMALLY THERE'S A 24-HOUR PERIOD, THE VIOLATOR HAS TO BE ON THE PREMISES OR IN THE ACT OF COMMITTING THAT BEFORE A PROTECTIVE ORDER IS ACTUALLY ACTED UPON.
WILL THAT NOW KIND OF BE SUBSIDED WITH THE NEW SAFFE OFFICERS THAT WILL BE IN PLACE?
>> SAY THAT AGAIN? THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE PREMISES FOR 24 HOURS?
>> ANDREWS-SULLIVAN: WELL, NORMALLY -- OKAY.
IN MY CASE, WITH MY PROTECTIVE ORDER, HE HAD TO BE IN THE ACT OF.
BEING THAT IT WAS A 24-HOUR WINDOW, AND HE WASN'T FULLY ACTIVE IN THE ENGAGEMENT OF A VIOLENT OFFENSE AT THAT MOMENT, NO ONE RESPONDED.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ACT OF A VIOLENT OFFENSE FOR THE VIOLATION TO OCCUR.
IT SIMPLY HAS TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER BY HIS MERE PRESENCE.
SO WHEN SOMEONE CALLS AND SAYS THAT THE THREAT HAS BEEN MADE AGAINST THE PROTECTIVE ORDER, WILL THE SAFFE OFFICER THEN GO TO THAT --
>> NO, IT WOULDN'T BE A SAFFE OFFICER, IT WOULD BE AN OFFICER IN A PATROL VEHICLE.
>> CHIEF, I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY WANTS TO SPEAK.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, TO HELP ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT RESPONSE TIME, I THINK THE CHIEF ALREADY ANSWERED IT.
BUT IT DEPENDS OBVIOUSLY ON WHEN IT'S VIOLATED, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS, RESPONSE TIME AS CHIEF SAYS, THAT WOULDN'T BE BASED ON THE SAFFE OFFICER BUT THE PEOPLE PATROLLING AND THEY'LL RESPOND CONSISTENT WITH THE RESPONSE TIME THAT THE CHIEF PRESENTED EARLIER.
AND THEN LAST FINAL, CHIEF, AS FAR AS WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDERS THAT ARE GIVEN AT THE TIME OF ARREST, WILL THAT ACTUALLY HELP WITH GETTING THE PERMANENT PROTECTIVE ORDER IN PLACE AFTER THAT 48 HOURS IS UP?
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WOULD REVIEW ALL THE FACTS AS THEY NORMALLY DO ON A PROTECTIVE ORDER, WHETHER THERE'S AN EMERGENCY ONE IN PLACE OR NOT, I WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD REVIEW THEIR PROTOCOL IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER VALID REASONS FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR SYSTEM WORKS
>> WALSH: COUNCILWOMAN, LET ME FOLLOW UP BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP THAT WE DO FROM THESE WORK SESSIONS.
MAYBE -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, THAT WAY WE INCLUDE IT IN THE REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL THIS WEEK.
YOUR LAST QUESTION TO THE CHIEF WAS EXACTLY WHAT?
>> SULLIVAN: WHEN IT COMES TO THE EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER THAT'S GIVEN AT THE TIME OF ARREST, I THINK YOU SAID IT ONLY GOES FOR 48 HOURS.
WHEN THAT PROTECTIVE ORDER IS OVER, DOES THAT EXPEDITE A PERMANENT PROTECTIVE ORDER THAT IS GIVEN TO THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE WE GET THAT RESPONSE IN WRITING TO YOU.
COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS THE FLOOR.
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> PERRY: AND I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE FOR YOU.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TODAY, NOT THE NEXT BUDGET.
>> CHIEF: THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDING THE NEW CRT SERGEANTS AND THE TEN SAFE OFFICERS.
AND I WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR THAT SLIDE TODAY TO SHOW WHAT THE AUTHORIZATIONS WERE VERSUS WHAT WERE FILLED TODAY.
SO OUT OF THAT 2447, HOW MANY ARE ACTUALLY FILLED?
>> CHIEF: THERE ARE 29 -- 2423 ARE FILLED.
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AND SO I KNOW IN A B SESSION PRIOR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIZE OF THE CLASSES AND ALL THAT STUFF WE WERE GOING TO BE AT 100% MANNING, RIGHT? AND AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WERE WE GOING TO BE AT 100% MANNED.>> CHIEF: WE WERE TWO OVER ON JULY 8.
AND THEN AS PEOPLE LEAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER IS VERY FLUID.
AS PEOPLE LEAVE, THE VACANCIES ARE GOING TO GO UP.
NOW, WE HAVE A CLASS OF -- WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE 70, 72 THAT WILL BE IN THE NEXT CLASS IN SEPTEMBER.
SO WE WILL SHOOT WAY OVER THAT MARK.
BUT YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT THE RETIREMENTS AND PEOPLE GETTING OUT IS GOING TO NOT CHANGE, WHEREAS WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE RETIREMENTS AND PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT CLASS GRADUATING.
BUT THE NUMBER WILL NOT BE SO GREAT THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A GOOD CUSHION THERE.
SO WHEN WILL WE BE AT 100% AGAIN?
>> CHIEF: COUNCILMAN, YOU TRY TO PIN ME DOWN ON THIS EVERY TIME.
WE WILL BE OVER 100% ON OUR NEXT CLASS IN JULY.
IS IT 24TH? 28TH WE WILL BE OVER 100%.
NOW, AGAIN, AS ATTRITION AFFECTS US, THOSE NUMBERS FLUCTUATE.
AND, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE LEAVES, WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANOTHER UNIFORM TO FILL THAT SPOT.
THEY HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE ACADEMY.
>> PERRY: WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE A POINT HERE, CHIEF, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMPARING -- AND I DON'T WANT TO COMPARE BUT JUST THE NUMBERS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FILLED VERSUS AUTHORIZED AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE FILLED AND AUTHORIZED.
WE'RE NORMALLY AT 100% IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL THE TIME.
IN FACT, WE'VE GOT A WAITING LIST, I THINK, AROUND 2,000 PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND IT ALL GOES DOWN TO RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND GETTING THEM INTO THE FIELD.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, DO WHAT WE CAN ON THE RECRUITING TO GET ADDITIONAL FOLKS INTO THE CLASSES.
IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THE 70 NUMBER, BUT WHAT ACTUALLY GRADUATES AT THE END OF THE SESSION IS USUALLY MUCH LESS THAN WHAT ENROLLS TO BEGIN WITH.
>> PERRY: I JUST WANT TO -- YES.
I'M TRYING TO PIN YOU DOWN EVERY TIME ON WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE AT 100%.
AND THERE'S STILL THIS -- AND I DON'T AGREE WITH COUNTING THE CADETS AGAINST OUR AUTHORIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OUT THERE ON PATROL.
HOW LONG ARE THEY PATROLLING WITH SOMEONE ELSE? SIX MONTHS?
THEY'RE IN THE ACADEMY FOR 17 -- I'M SORRY.
AND THEN THEY RIDE ALONG HOW LONG?
>> PERRY: SO I STILL DON'T AGREE WITH COUNTING THEM AGAINST THOSE VACANCIES BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT OUT THERE PATROLLING ON THEIR OWN.
THEY'RE STILL DURING THAT TRAINING PERIOD.
SO THAT'S THAT GRAY AREA THAT WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE.
BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE COUNTING THOSE, SO I'M STILL LOOKING AT THIS AS THOSE POSITIONS BEING VACANT UNTIL THEY'RE ACTUALLY ASSIGNED AND THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I LOOK AT THAT.
AND I'M PRETTY SURE OTHERS AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL IN TRAINING.
THEY'RE NOT OUT PATROLLING ON THEIR OWN.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: COUNCILMAN PERRY, THE CITY MANAGER WANTS TO CHIME IN.
>> WALSH: I WASN'T SURE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE SLIDE.
THIS IS A BACKUP SLIDE, AND I WANTED TO REORIENT, BACK TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMAN.
YOU KNOW, A DEPARTMENT THIS LARGE, ANY LARGE CITY IS GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE PIPELINE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ENSURING THAT WE'VE GOT TRAINED FOLKS THAT ARE READY TO TAKE THE JOB.
THE CHIEF, UNLIKE NO OFFENSE TO TROY ELLIOTT, UNLIKE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WHEN AN ACCOUNTANT LEAVES WE POST FOR ACCOUNTANT, YOU ORIENT THEM AND YOU GET THEM IN THERE PRETTY QUICKLY.
THERE'S A LONGER LEAD TIME TO YOUR POINT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE FILLED POSITIONS NOW THAN WE HAD AT LEAST AS FAR BACK AS THAT CHART GOES.
I SHARED WITH THE DISTRICT 10 RESIDENTS LAST NIGHT, I WAS SPEAKING TO THE CITY MANAGER OF DALLAS SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, WHO HAS 500 VACANCIES.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT -- AND IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL TO FILL OUR EXISTING POSITIONS, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TARGETING GOOD-QUALIFIED
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APPLICANTS.AND, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CHIEF, MARIA AND I TALK ABOUT EVERY MONDAY.
THIS SLIDE HERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED, BUT I GET THIS INFORMATION EVERY WEEK AND WE ARE FOCUSED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE NEED TO HAVE.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE CONVERSATION IS THAT I'M OKAY IF HE GOES OVER A LITTLE BIT.
WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, PEOPLE WILL RETIRE.
AND THAT'S BEEN THE POSITION WE'VE PUT OURSELVES IN ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE.
IT MEANS A LOT MORE ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SIDE FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE STAFFING ARRANGEMENTS.
A VACANCY CREATES OVERTIME ON THE FIRE SIDE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT.
BUT THIS IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU SAW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS BACK UP SLIDE HERE.
I'M TRYING TO GET ALL THIS STUFF TO COMPARE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO -- AND YOU BROUGHT UP OTHER CITIES THAT WE'RE RATED THE 15TH SAFEST CITY.
>> CHIEF: ONE OF THE TOP 15 POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
ONE OF THE TOP 15 POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THOSE OTHER 14 CITIES AND HOW DO WE COMPARE TO THEM? WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ON THOSE 14 CITIES? WE'RE THE SEVENTH LARGEST SO, YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THOSE OTHER 14 CITIES ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING THAT PUTS THEM IN THAT POSITION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT FOR Y'ALL TO BE AT THAT POSITION, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE THAT POSITION? AND WITH THE STATISTICS ACROSS -- LET'S SEE.
ON THOSE COMPARISONS -- AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TOP CITIES VIOLENT CRIME AND TOP CITIES PROPERTY CRIME ON 7 AND 8.
IT'S INTERESTING ON THE VIOLENT CRIME THAT THE ONLY TEXAS CITY HIGHER THAN US IS HOUSTON.
I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER TEXAS CITIES ON THAT CHART.
DOES THAT MEAN THOSE OTHER TEXAS CITIES ARE BELOW --
>> CHIEF: DALLAS IS ON THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE RIGHT -- WE'RE AHEAD OF DALLAS AND HOUSTON THEN.
ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF "AHEAD" IS.
>> PERRY: LESS CRIMES PER 100,000.
>> CHIEF: IF YOU COULD COMPARE S FOREVER -- IF YOU CAN COMPARE UCR CRIME WITH HOW SAFE A CITY IS THEN, YES, WE'RE BEHIND THEM.
WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOR A WHILE IS OUR COMPARISON WITH OTHER CITIES TO SEE HOW WE RANK.
THE DATA POINT THAT I'M STILL NOT SEEING IS NOT ONLY WHAT OUR CRIME STATISTICS ARE BUT WHAT ARE OUR MANNING COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES PER 100,000 PEOPLE, HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE HAVE COMPARED TO HOUSTON OR DALLAS OR AUSTIN OR FORT WORTH.
THOSE ARE THE NUMBERS I'M INTERESTED IN ALSO BECAUSE THESE ALL HAVE RELATIONAL -- I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT.
BUT THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER ON HOW MUCH YOU'RE INVESTING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHERE YOUR CRIME IS AND HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS THERE ARE OUT THERE PATROLLING ON THE STREET.
SO THAT'S A DATA POINT THAT I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE ALSO IS, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER -- OH.
IS THIS A BACK-UP SLIDE? AWESOME! OKAY.
AND IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THESE OTHERS -- I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE TO COMPARE TO THESE OTHER CITIES ON THESE OTHER STATISTICS.
SHOULD WE BE INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS TO BRING DOWN OUR CRIME RATE ACROSS THE BOARD? WHETHER IT'S PROPERTY CRIME OR VIOLENT CRIME.
ALL OF THESE RELATE TO EACH OTHER, CHIEF, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET TO IS ARE WE AT THE RIGHT NUMBER COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES AND THEIR SUCCESS ON KEEPING CRIME DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DIG INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME ROOM TO GROW.
AND I KNOW YOU'D LOVE TO GROW BUT, AGAIN, IT'S HOW MUCH
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RESOURCES YOU'RE PUTTING TOWARDS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ACROSS THIS CITY WANT SAFETY AND SECURITY, BOTH ON THE FIRE AND POLICE SIDE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THEIR TOP PRIORITY.
I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT IN THE QUESTIONNAIRES THAT WE SENT OUT ALSO.
SO ARE WE INDEED GIVING THE TAXPAYER WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
WELL, LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE.
>> I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU.
ON THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND HOUSTON HAVE MORE POLICE OFFICERS PER THOUSAND.
HOWEVER, THE VIOLENT CRIME IS HIGHER THAN SAN ANTONIO.
THAT'S THE COMPARISONS THAT I WANT TO DO HERE.
WE HAVE OTHER -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S DALLAS AND HOUSTON BUT WHAT ABOUT LIKE AUSTIN? WHAT ABOUT FORT WORTH, EL PASO? YOU KNOW, THOSE AREAS, THOSE OTHER CITIES AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, IF WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, CHIEF.
>> PERRY: LET'S GO BACK TO SLIDE 5 AND 6.
THE VIOLENT CRIME TASK FORCE AND THEN THE CRIME OVERALL DECREASES.
AND THIS IS -- I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE METRICS ON TRACKING WHAT EFFECT THE CITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM WILL HAVE ON THESE STATISTICS.
BECAUSE EVEN ON THE VIOLENT CRIME, NARCOTICS CHARGES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AWAY A LOT WITH THAT WITH MISDEMEANORS, WITH MARIJUANA AND OTHER DRUGS AS WELL ON THE AMOUNTS.
I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THOSE METRICS ARE COMPARED TO THESE ON WHAT IS IT DOING OUT THERE TO OUR POPULOUS WITH THE CITE AND RELEASE PROGRAM AND WHAT IS IT GAINING US.
I KNOW WE HAVE HAD THAT DISCUSSION AFTER THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WE'LL SIT DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE TRACK THOSE METRICS ALSO.
ON SLIDE NO. 9, CAN YOU GO INTO THE RESTRICTED FUNDS AND WHY THERE'S AN INCREASE THERE? AND THE SAME WITH GRANTS.
WHY ARE GRANTS GOING DOWN AND CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING DOWN?
>> COUNCILMAN, OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS IS COMPRISED OF TWO FUNDS WHICH IS CONFISCATED PROPERTY AND ALSO OUR CHILD SAFETY FUND.
THE INCREASE PRIMARILY IS WE ARE BUYING SOME ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND.
THE CHIEF MENTIONED WE ARE INVESTING $2.1 MILLION TO REPLACE THE LAPTOPS AND DO SOME DUAL ROUTERS IN OUR POLICE VEHICLES, SO A PORTION OF THAT COST IS COMING OUT OF THE CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND, SPECIFICALLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE INCREASE.
ON THE GRANTS, THE PRIMARY REDUCTION IN THE GRANT -- THERE'S THREE GRANTS.
TWO ARE ONE-TIME GRANTS THAT WE GOT TO DO SOME UPGRADES TO OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE NIGHT VERSE GRANT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR THAT NEXT YEAR.
WE STILL HAVE SOME FUNDS FROM THE GRANTS WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR, SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT APPLICATION NEXT YEAR.
AND ALSO -- SO THE TAG GRANT, THAT IS NOW MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE STATE AND THE FUNDS COME DIRECTLY TO THE CITY.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHANGES ON THE GRANTS.
AND THEN ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, WE HAD SOME REPLACEMENT LAST YEAR OF SOME OF THE IN-CAR VIDEO CAMERAS FOR OUR OFFICERS.
WE'RE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE REPLACEMENT FOR THAT THREE-YEAR CYCLE SO THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE FUNDING FOR THAT REASON.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE I'M HITTING ALL THE SLIDES.
WE TALKED ABOUT MANNING VERSUS AUTHORIZATIONS METRICS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, THE ASSET FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNT.
HOW MUCH IS IN THAT ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW?
>> SO FOR 2019, COUNCILMAN, THE TOTAL REVENUES IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.
AND WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $1 MILLION OF THAT IN A FUND
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BALANCE OF 2.8.FOR 2020 OUR ESTIMATING ENDING BALANCE IS $2.2 MILLION.
>> PERRY: SO A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT OTHER AREAS THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY SPEND THAT MONEY FOR OUR TAXPAYERS OUT THERE ON IMPROVING OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY.
ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP A BALANCE IN THERE? WHY WOULD WE KEEP A BALANCE IN THAT BUDGET?
>> CHIEF: WELL, I THINK AS MARIA MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME OF THAT MONEY IS USED FOR DEBT SERVICE, OTHER TRAINING EQUIPMENT THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY BUDGET UNDER THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN THE REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.
BUT RIGHT NOW IN THE BUDGET FOR 2020 WE'RE STILL SHOWING A BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION IN THAT.
WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER WHAT IT WAS THE ESTIMATE.
YOU SAY 645 FOR OUR TARGET FOR 2020 ON SLIDE 4.
WHAT WAS -- WHY ARE WE A LITTLE BIT LONG ON THAT VERSUS WHAT OUR '19 ESTIMATE IS.
>> CHIEF: TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME?
THERE'S ABOUT A 15-SECOND DIFFERENCE THERE.
>> CHIEF: WELL, OUR TARGET IS 715.
NOT SEEING WHAT OUR ACTUALS ARE IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE OVER.
>> PERRY: THE 2019 ESTIMATE IS WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON BEING ATD AT THE END OF 2019 .
>> CHIEF: WE MOVE THAT AROUND BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES ON POPULATION, ON SERVICE CALL, WORKLOAD.
IT'S JUST PRETTY MUCH SOMEWHAT OF AN EDUCATED GUESS ON WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
SO WHAT DOES THAT TIME ENTAIL? DOES THAT -- THE SECOND SOMEBODY PICKS UP A PHONE AND CALLS 9-1-1 UNTIL SOMEBODY SHOWS UP? OR WHAT DOES THAT 6:45 REPRESENT?
>> CHIEF: THAT REPRESENTS THE TIME IT TAKES FROM THE CALL TAKER PICKING UP THE PHONE UNTIL THE OFFICER'S ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE.
>> PERRY: RIGHT WHEN THE PHONE CALL HAPPENS.
YOU'RE SHOWING A TARGET OF 2420 FOR THE NUMBER OF CADET APPLICATIONS PROCESSED.
SO IS THAT MEANING THAT'S HOW MANY YOU'RE EXPECTING TO GO INTO THE CLASSES? OR IS JUST THIS, OKAY, THEY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND WE DON'T ACCEPT THEM.
>> CHIEF: APPLICANTS PROCESSED.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HOW MANY ARE GOING TO MEET YOUR EXPECTATION GOING IN.
>> PERRY: TO ME THE APPLICATION PROCESS REALLY DOESN'T TELL US ANYTHING.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY YOU'RE EXPECTING TO GO INTO THE ACADEMY FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
>> CHIEF: WELL, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO PREDICT HOW MANY GOOD APPLICANTS YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF 2400.
>> PERRY: BUT WHAT'S YOUR GOAL? WHAT'S YOUR TARGET ON THE NUMBER OF FOLKS TO GET INTO CLASS?
>> COUNCILMAN, I THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YOU'RE ASKING US HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL TO BECOME A CADET.
WE HAVE -- WE'RE ANTICIPATING THREE CLASSES IN 2020.
SO IF 70 EACH OF THOSE CLASSES, THAT'S 210 INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL MAKE IT TO A CADET.
SO OUT OF THE 2100 APPLICATIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE, WE'LL REVIEW, ABOUT 210 WILL MAKE IT TO THOSE CLASSES.
>> NOW, IF WE NEED TO RUN AN ADDITIONAL CLASS, THIS YEAR WE RUN FOUR CLASSES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL AS WE MANAGE
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OUR VACANCIES.>> PERRY: AND WHEN WILL WE MAKE THAT DETERMINATION THAT WE NEED TO PUT ON ANOTHER CLASS?
THE LAST CLASS THAT WE PUT IN WILL BE SEPTEMBER, LIKE WE DO THIS YEAR.
BUT WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S A -- I MEAN, YEAH.
IS THAT WHY WE'RE NOT PUTTING THAT IN THE BUDGET?
>> SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THREE CLASSES AT THIS POINT.
AS WE MANAGE OUR PERSONNEL COUNT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE'LL COME BACK AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER CLASS.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE GONE AHEAD AND SEEN -- TO PUT IN AN ADDITIONAL CLASS BECAUSE WE'RE STILL NOT AT THAT POINT OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, ERIK, ABOUT HAVING THAT ABOVE THE NUMBER INSTEAD OF ALWAYS BEING TRAILING THE AUTHORIZATIONS.
AND I SUSPECT THAT AS I DO THE QUARTERLY UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL ON OUR FINANCES AND OUR BUDGET, WITH THAT FIRST QUARTER REPORT, THAT SEPTEMBER CLASS WILL HAVE STARTED -- WE'LL KNOW IN DECEMBER KIND OF WHERE WE'RE SITTING FROM A POSITION STANDPOINT.
SO I CAN INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THAT QUARTERLY UPDATE TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER.
AND THANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, CHIEF.
LET ME GO -- I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE.
MOST OF MY QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO EMS VERSUS FIRE.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
YEAH, THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT EMS VERSUS FIRE RESPONSES.
WHAT'S THE -- HOW MANY EMS RESPONSES ARE THERE AND HOW MANY FIRE RESPONSES ARE THERE IN THE CITY?
>> CHIEF: SO SLIDE 23, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS.
SO THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL CALLS THAT WE HAVE GONE ON WAS 81%.
SO I GUESS YOU'RE ASKING HOW MANY TIMES WAS IT JUST AN EMS UNIT THAT RESPONDED?
OR I GUESS ONE WAY TO ASK IT --
>> CHIEF: I HAVE THE ANSWER FOR YOU.
>> CHIEF: SO WE HAD 20,436 JUST BY EMS. AND THAT'S ABOUT 17%.
ONLY EMS. BUT, BEAR IN MIND, IF YOU'RE CALLING JUST FOR AN AMBULANCE, MOST OF THOSE CALLS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CALL FOR YOU'RE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES THOSE TWO PEOPLE.
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT THE TIME -- BECAUSE THE ONLY TIME WE'RE DISPATCHING AN EMS UNIT BY THEMSELVES, IT DEPENDS ON THE RUN AND IF THEY CAN GET THERE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO THE TOTAL MEDICAL RUNS, THOUGH, IS 106,000.
THE RUNS WHERE WE JUST SEND AN EMS UNIT, THOSE ARE NORMALLY NOT CRITICAL RUNS.
IF THEY'VE BEEN SHOT, IF THEY HAVE HAD A STROKE, IF THEY HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK OR A DROWNING, WE'RE GOING TO SEND HELP WITH THEM.
SO IT'S RARELY THAT WE ONLY SEND AN EMS UNIT.
IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE PATIENT AND IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THOSE MEDICS TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PERSON.
AND JUST LOOKING AT THAT SLIDE, BECAUSE YOU'LL SEND A FIRE UNIT OUT FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, CORRECT?
>> PERRY: BECAUSE YOU HAVE EMS PEOPLE ON THERE.
SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDICAL RUNS IS 160,000.
>> CHIEF: THAT'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MEDICAL RUNS.
>> PERRY: SO AM I TO TAKE THAT THE 39,000 ARE FIRE RESPONSES?
THOSE WOULD BE DUMPSTER FIRES, GRASS FIRES, STRUCTURE FIRES, APARTMENT FIRES, GAS LEAKS, FUEL SPILLS, SOMEONE FELL OUT OF BED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> PERRY: SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE MEDICAL VERSUS THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE NON-MEDICAL.
AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THAT AGAIN, CHIEF, IS BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING A LARGE PORTION OF OUR FIRE BUDGET ON FIRE RESPONSES
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WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESPONSES ARE EMS. AND TO ME IT LOOKS UP SIDE DOWN TO ME.WE SHOULD BE PUTTING MORE RESOURCES INTO THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL RUNS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN TOWN, BUT WE'RE USING HEAVY FIRE VEHICLES TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THAT'S WEAR AND TEAR ON THOSE BIG TRUCKS.
THAT'S WEAR AND TEAR ON THE ROADS.
YOU KNOW, THOSE TRUCKS AREN'T FULLY CAPABLE OF -- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE CAPABILITY ON THOSE EMS TRUCKS THAN YOU DO ON THE FIRE TRUCKS.
>> CHIEF: I DISAGREE WITH THAT.
BECAUSE CAPABILITY, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIRE TRUCK AND AN AMBULANCE IS A STRETCHER.
>> PERRY: THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE STATISTICS HERE, I'M STILL FEELING UNEASY THAT WE'RE NOT PROVIDING MORE EMS RESOURCES TO HANDLE THE REQUIREMENT OUT THERE WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IT'S SKEWED WAY ON THE EMS SIDE.
>> CHIEF: THAT'S CORRECT BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT REQUIRE AN AMBULANCE.
THEY DON'T REQUIRE A RIDE TO THE HOSPITAL.
AND SO IF I HAD A SYSTEM TO WHERE I HAD ANOTHER TEN AMBULANCES AND I'M NOT DISPATCHING FIRE ON THOSE RUNS AND I DON'T HAVE THE EFFICIENCIES, I WOULD RUN OUT OF THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO THIS IS A NATIONAL STANDARD.
THIS IS AN ACCREDITED STANDARD.
THIS IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DELIVER SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY BY HAVING DUAL-ROLE PERSONNEL.
BECAUSE THAT FIRE TRUCK THAT SHOWS UP AT YOUR HOUSE, THAT HEAVY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT SHOWS UP FOR THAT DROWNING, MAY MAY GO TO A HOUSE FIRE FIVE MINUTES AFTER THAT PULL OUT OF THAT SCENE.
SO I NEED TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THE RESPONSE.
I NEED TO HAVE EQUIPMENT WHEN IT'S RAINING.
I NEED TO HAVE EQUIPMENT TO DROP IN A CREEK TO PULL SOMEBODY OUT AND AN AMBULANCE IS NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
I MEAN, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE TRANSPORT AND WE WANT TO TRANSPORT LESS.
WE WANT TO TRANSPORT AS FEW AS WE CAN, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE GIVING THEM OPTIONS.
BUT TO ADD MORE EMS UNITS -- OF COURSE I'LL TAKE THEM BUT I WOULD NEVER OUTWEIGH WHAT THAT FIRE SUPPRESSION PIECE LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE A FIRE-BASED SYSTEM.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT WE SPENT ON EMS, IT IS $87.2 MILLION.
BUT THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THAT IS THAT 185 MILLION THAT WE HAVE ON A FIRE TRUCK.
BECAUSE IF I HAVE ALL MY AMBULANCES TODAY STACKED UP AT A HOSPITAL, THE RESPONSE TIME FOR ANOTHER AMBULANCE WOULD BE OFF THE CHARTS AND YOU WOULDN'T BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR RUNS ARE EMS. WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF AMBULANCES.
WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE MORE, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS WE WANT TO TRANSPORT LESS.
>> PERRY: WELL, I GUESS WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THAT AGAIN, CHIEF.
AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR TOO BECAUSE WE HAVE FAITH IN THIS MODEL.
THIS MODEL HAS BEEN HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED BY MEDICAL AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY THAT GAVE US AN ACCREDITATION AND AN ISO ONE.
THIS IS A BUSINESS PLAN THAT IS USED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.
BUT WE WILL ALWAYS TAKE MORE EMS UNITS IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM TO US.
>> PERRY: WELL, AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE RAW DATA HERE WHERE IT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF MEDICAL RUNS VERSUS FIRE.
AND THEN THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR FIRE VERSUS EMS. AND IT'S STILL -- I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE UPSIDE DOWN OR TO BS SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO RELIEVE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF RUNS PER YEAR FOR YOUR EMS UNITS, CHIEF.
>> CHIEF: AND IF YOU WOULD LOOK BEHIND ME TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE RIDDEN ON THOSE RIGS OR ANYBODY THAT'S FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEM, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF AMBULANCES EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE THIS DEPARTMENT WAS BEING RUN LIKE AN AMBULANCE COMPANY.
AND SO WE DON'T RUN OUT OF AMBULANCES.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THE LAST TIME WE HAVE RUN OUT OF AN AMBULANCE.
I HAVE NOT HEARD ONE CITIZEN SAY I DIED BECAUSE AN AMBULANCE DID NOT SHOW UP.
THEY'RE BEING SAVED BECAUSE THERE'S A QUICK RESPONSE BY A FIRE TRUCK, WHICH HAS IMPROVED OUR OVERALL ALS RESPONSE, A MINUTE 43 SECONDS GETTING THERE FASTER.
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YOU HAD A MILLION ONE FOR NEW VEHICLES AND UPGRADE OUTDATED VEHICLES.HOW MANY EMS UNITS IS INCLUDED IN THAT?
>> CHIEF: WE'RE NOT PURCHASING ANY EMS UNITS AT THIS TIME BUT WE HAVE A CONSTANT ROTATION OF EMS UNITS THAT COME INTO OUR FLEET.
AND SO THERE'S A LIFE SPAN OF AN EMS UNIT OF FOUR YEARS.
AND I GOT MY GUY THAT SPECS THEM ALL RIGHT THERE.
OUR EMS UNITS HAVE A LIFE SPAN OF FOUR YEARS.
I WAS IN CLEVELAND LAST WEEK AND THEIR UNITS WERE ALL RUSTED.
IF YOU SEE ANY SAN ANTONIO UNIT, THEY'RE IN GREAT SHAPE.
WE HAVE RESOURCES TO WHERE IF ONE OF THEM IS WRECKED OR IN THE SHOP, WE REPLACE THOSE UNITS.
SO WE HAVE A CONSTANT -- A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF NEW EMS UNITS BUT WE ROTATE THEM EVERY FOUR YEARS.
THIS IS BASICALLY -- HOW MANY -- GIVE ME AN AMBO STATUS.
SO WE HAVE CONTRACTS TO WHERE WE HAVE REPLACEMENTS GOING THIS IS FOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT, HAZMAT TRUCK UNITS, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EMS UNITS TO THE SYSTEM AND WE'LL ROTATE THE OLDEST OUT OF OUR RESERVE FLEET AND PUT THE ONES THAT WE'RE REPLACING INTO OUR RESERVES SO WE HAVE A RATIO OF IN-SERVICE UNITS TO RESERVE UNITS.
>> CHIEF: WE'RE NOT ADDING -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A UNIT AMBULANCE OR -- WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY IN THIS BUDGET.
>> PERRY: THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS.
THE -- AND SPECIFICALLY I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR EMS UNITS UP IN DISTRICT 10, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> CHIEF: ANY TIME YOU WANT TO.
>> PERRY: THE MOBILE COMMAND POST THAT YOU'RE WANTING TO PUT INTO THIS BUDGET.
>> PERRY: HOW OLD IS YOUR CURRENT ONE?
>> CHIEF: THE CURRENT ONE IS PROBABLY 15 YEARS OLD.
>> PERRY: IS IT IN GOOD SHAPE?
>> CHIEF: IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE BUT TECHNOLOGY, IT'S BEEN REWORKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, SO THE SLIDEOUTS WERE PUT IN.
AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE MORE SENSE FOR US TO BUILD A NEW UNIT BECAUSE CONTINUED REPAIRS FOR THIS UNIT -- IT'S A BUS -- IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
THERE'S OTHER VEHICLES ON A FIRE TRUCK FRAME, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE STURDY.
BUT THIS UNIT HAS PROBABLY OUTLIVED ITS EXISTENCE.
IS THAT A MOBILE COMMAND POST THAT EVERYBODY USES LIKE POLICE? ARE THEY A PART OF THAT?
>> CHIEF: POLICE, FIRE, WE SHARE IT.
SO IF WE HAVE A FIESTA EVENT, WE PULL OUR COMMAND VEHICLE UP AND THEY PULL THEIR VEHICLE UP AND WE SET UP AND RUN IT.
IF WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF EVENT, WHOEVER THE AGENCIES ARE, WE ARE GOING TO RUN IT OUT OF THIS.
WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FOR A MOBILE COMMAND POST SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THIS REGION, FOR A HURRICANE.
SO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND A SECOND UNIT OUT TO RUN AN INCIDENT COMMAND LOCATION.
SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BECAUSE WE NEED IT WITH TECHNOLOGY.
AND AS FAR AS THE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THAT WE RESPOND WITH NOW, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ENHANCEMENT FOR US.
>> PERRY: AND CHIEF MCMANUS, YOU HAVE A MOBILE COMMAND POST ALSO, RIGHT?
>> PERRY: WHY DO WE NEED TWO BETWEEN FIRE AND POLICE?
>> CHIEF: BECAUSE NOT EVERY EVENT INVOLVES FIRE AND NOT EVERY EVENT INVOLVES POLICE.
>> CHIEF: AND TO BE HONEST, WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT PROBABLY MORE, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE-ALARM FIRES THAT WE'RE GOING TO RESPOND TO.
SO IN A LOT OF CITIES WHERE I CAME FROM, IN PHOENIX, THAT RAN CONSTANTLY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT TO PROVIDE A BETTER PLATFORM FOR US TO MANAGE AN INCIDENT.
>> PERRY: CHIEF -- I'M SORRY, ON THE POLICE MOBILE UNIT, HOW OLD IS THAT ONE?
>> CHIEF: IT'S PROBABLY COMING UP ON ITS END OF LIFE PRETTY SOON.
>> PERRY: WELL, IF YOU ASK ME, IT'S PAST ITS END OF LIFE.
I'VE BEEN ON IT IN THE RAIN AND WATER IS COMING IN THROUGH THE ROOF ON THE THING.
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I GUESS I'M COUCHING THIS, WE'RE GETTING A NEW FIRE AND THE CURRENT ONE IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BUT THE ONE ON THE POLICE SIDE IS IN NOT VERY GOOD SHAPE.BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BUDGET.
>> CHIEF: I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU BY SAYING IT'S NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
IT'S NOT NEW, FOR SURE, BUT I PROBABLY DON'T SHARE THE SAME ASSESSMENT OF IT AS YOU DO.
>> PERRY: WELL, LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
LIKE I SAID, LAST TIME I WAS IN IT IT WAS RAINING AND WATER WAS COMING DOWN THE WALLS.
AND THEY HAD TO PUT A TARP OVER THE TOP OF IT TO KEEP IT FROM THE RAIN COMING IN.
IF IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
IF WE HAVE TO HAVE TWO MOBILE COMMAND POSTS, ONE FOR THE FIRE AND ONE FOR THE POLICE, I THINK WE CERTAINLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ONE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, IF WE NEED TO HAVE TWO SEPARATE COMMAND POSTS.
BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS.
I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GET TOGETHER AND GET TO THOSE.
>> PERRY: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> ON THE POLICE COMMAND BUS WE DO HAVE A NEW ONE THAT'S BEING OUTFITTED WITH THE EQUIPMENT.
WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE HERE? WHEN WAS IT PAID FOR?
>> IT WAS REPLACED OUT OF THE EQUIPMENT RENEWAL FUND.
I BELIEVE IT WAS 2018, BUT WE WILL DOUBLE CHECK.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> VIAGRAN: CHIEF HOOD, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FIRST OF ALL TO OUR SAPD OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR LOVE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I GUESS IT'S SLIDE 28 WITH THE EMS PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS, THE MIH PROGRAM.
CHIEF HOOD, THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.
>> VIAGRAN: I KNOW COUNCILMAN SALDANA WORKED SO HARD FOR IT AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR -- AND THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO CAME TO THE HOUSE TO TAKE CARE OF MY MOM AS WELL.
SHE'S DOING FINE AND THEY TOOK CARE OF HER AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO IN AN AMBULANCE, SO IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF VERY, VERY WELL.
MY QUESTION IS SO THIS MIH TRAINING AND REPEAT CALLS THAT THEY GO ON AND ANY OF THESE SPECIALIZED CALLS, DO THEY GET TRAINED TO LOOK FOR CERTAIN, I GUESS, SIGNS FOR ELDER ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ABUSE AS WELL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT -- IT'S BASICALLY A WELLNESS CHECK.
SO DO THEY HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS, ARE THEY HOARDEHERS, ARE THEY REPEATEDLY FALLING DOWN, DO THEY NEED FALL PROTECTION, DO THEY NEED LIGHTS? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY SHOWING UP WITH BRUISES.
WHEN WE EVALUATE THEM AND WE BASICALLY SIGN THEM UP, THE PEOPLE WE SIGN UP, WE SIGNED UP ABOUT 670 INTO THE PROGRAM, SO WE GO SEE THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND SO WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.
SO THEY WOULD IDENTIFY ANYTHING THAT WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY, WHETHER IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE JUST LOOKING AT.
WE WANT ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY -- WE PROBABLY GO IN CLOSE TO 800 HOMES EVERY DAY, SO WE WANT THEM TO ALL BE OBSERVANT, WHATEVER IT IS.
WHATEVER THEY SEE WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK OUT AND FUNNEL THAT INFORMATION.
PARTICULARLY THE MIH, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM SO THEY'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE HOME AND HOW THAT RELATES TO THAT PERSON.
>> VIAGRAN: YEAH, AND I SAW PICTURES OF CHRIS VALASQUES ALL OVER THIS PRESENTATION.
[LAUGHTER] AND I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE HAVEN FOR HOPE.
YOU SAID THAT HE IS EMBEDDED THERE, AND HOW MUCH IS THAT COSTING US? I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BALANCE OF IT INSTEAD OF HAVING A UNIT GOING OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
>> CHIEF: THIS IS THROUGH A GRANT.
BUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE -- THERE'S NO CLINIC, BECAUSE THEIR CLINIC CLOSES AT 8:00 AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE THERE ALL NIGHT LONG.
THEY HAVE TOOTH ACHES, THEY HAVE THE FLU, THEY'RE COLD AND HUNGRY AND THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT THAT WAS DOING GENERALLY WAS CAUSING CALLS FOR US AND
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THEY WERE JUST GOING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET OUT OF THE CONDITION THEY WERE IN.NOW IF WE HAVE A CALL OVER THERE WE GO WITH THEIR SECURITY OFFICERS AND WE EVALUATE THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY NEEDED, AS FAR AS SENDING A RESPONSE OUT THERE.
SO THE CALLS HAVE INCREASED THIS YEAR, BUT THE RESPONSE BY THIS -- HAVING THE PARAMEDIC THERE HAS DECREASED THE TRANSPORTS AND RUNS 35%.
>> I WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED.
WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR FOUR DIFFERENT GRANTS FROM STRAC TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO RELATED TO MIH, INCLUDING HAVEN FOR HOPE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT WAS $400,000.
AND THEN THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM, SO PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND MY LAST QUESTION IN THIS AREA IS FOR YOU, ERIK.
THE SAFD WELLNESS PROGRAMS, IS THAT PART OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT?
>> WALSH: NO, MA'AM, IT'S NOT.
IT'S A PROGRAM THAT WAS INITIATED ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, RIGHT, CHIEF? ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO INTERNALLY.
BUT IT'S AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL THAT FIREFIGHTERS GO THROUGH.
>> VIAGRAN: DO THEY GET INCREASED PAY IF THEY MEET CERTAIN PARAMETERS?
THEY GO THROUGH THAT PHYSICAL.
THEY GET EARLY DETECTED FOR ANY POTENTIAL HEALTH-RELATED ISSUES.
AND WE'VE GOT THE STAFF ON HAND TO HELP IDENTIFY THOSE ISSUES.
BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
>> VIAGRAN: SO FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM WITH THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND THE ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELOR IN TRAINING, IS THAT ALSO PROVIDED FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT?
NOW TO THE SAPD BUDGET, PLEASE.
AND IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE NUMBERS.
YOU SAID 1,000 ARE FOR PATROL.
SO THAT'S PATROL ON THE STREETS.
>> VIAGRAN: AND THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE MORE OF.
THEY WANT TO SEE MORE VISIBILITY OF OUR OFFICERS ON THE STREET.
AND SO 1,000 PATROL, DOES THAT MEAN IT'S 1,000 VEHICLES? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? JUST OFFICERS?
>> CHIEF: THERE ARE OVER 1,000 OFFICERS WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO PATROL, AND THAT 1,000 IS BROKEN UP INTO FIVE DIFFERENT SHIFTS OVER SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
SORRY, FOUR DIFFERENT SHIFTS OVER SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK.
>> VIAGRAN: THAT'S A NUMBER I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS ARE WANTING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN.
THE SWORN POSITIONS, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE PARK POLICE.
HOW MANY PARK POLICE DO WE HAVE?
AND ON THE SWORN POSITIONS, DO WE HAVE A NUMBER -- AND I KNOW YOU HAD THAT CHART HERE, I DIDN'T SEE IT.
HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE HAVE ON EXTENDED MEDICAL LEAVE THAT ARE NOT REPORTING INTO MAYBE IF THEY'RE SAFE OFFICERS?
>> CHIEF: BEFORE WE GET THE EXACT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AROUND 60-ISH.
>> VIAGRAN: I THINK I WOULD LIKE THAT AS PART OF THE FOLLOW-UP, MARIA AND ERIK, JUST TO FIND OUT WHEN YOU'RE COMING OUT WITH BREAKDOWNS OF OUR OFFICERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF ALSO OF HOW MANY ARE ON EXTENDED LEAVE AND ALSO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE SET TO RETIRE THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND FOR THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, ON THE 2020 PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- AND I KNOW THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS A WHILE AGO, AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE NOTICED THIS WHEN WE'VE ALL BEEN ON RIDE-ALONGS I THINK.
AND I THINK I WANT MORE CLARITY FOR BACK UP.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT NOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE CLARITY ON THE RESPONSE TIMES AND UNDERSTANDING ON THESE RIDE-ALONGS.
WE'RE THERE AND WE SEE THE SCREENS OF ALL THE CALLS ON THE SCREENS.
AND THEREFORE EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY.
AND THERE ARE CALLS THAT ARE WITHIN THESE SIX MINUTES, ET CETERA, THAT HAVE TO BE PRETTY QUICK.
AND THEN THERE ARE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE QUEUE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE CALLS THAT ARE ON THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IF HE THIS ARE LISTED AS A FAMILY DISTURBANCE, IF THEY'RE LISTED AS SOMETHING ELSE, IF THEY'RE LISTED AS A CAR ACCIDENT.
I KNOW WE ARE, AND PROBABLY SAFE OFFICERS HERE, IS THAT I CALLED A POLICE OFFICER TO COME, BECAUSE WE HEARD SOMETHING SCARY, AND THEY NEVER CAME.
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OR, IT TOOK THEM FOREVER, AND PEOPLE STILL WAIT THERE FOREVER, EXPECTING THEIR POLICE OFFICER TO COME.BUT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CALLS THAT THEY HAVE TO REPLY TO, RESPOND TO, IT'S ON THE QUEUE REALLY LOW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE CALLS THAT ARE ON THERE FOR 45 MINUTES, AN HOUR.
>> WELL, EVENTUALLY, WE RESPOND TO THEM.
THOSE CALLS THAT YOU SEE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT SCREEN, THEY ARE SPENDING CALLS AND TYPICALLY NOT YOUR EMERGENCY-TYPE CALLS THAT REQUIRE AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.
COULD BE A COLD BURGLARY CALL, COULD BE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT DON'T EQUATE TO AN EMERGENCY.
ALL OF THE CALLS THAT ARE DISPATCHED ARE DISPATCHED BASED ON PRIORITY AND THAT'S HOW THEY ARE CLASSIFIED.
SO, AGAIN, YOU WON'T SEE EMERGENCY CALLS OR CALLS WHERE SOMEBODY'S SCREAMING FOR HELP.
YOU WON'T SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THAT SCREEN.
IF I CAN MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, IF MY COLLEAGUES CAN COME BACK ON THE DAIS, WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS, BECAUSE WE NEED SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE.
PLEASE COME AS WE WORK THROUGH THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR BUDGET, 65 PERCENT OF THE BUDGET, SO --
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAD ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BACK HERE MOMENTARILY.
AND THEN, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT IF WE CAN GET MORE OF JUST THE CLARIFICATION ON OUR PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE VIOLENT CRIMES AND SOMETHING ALSO BROUGHT UP WAS THE PROPERTY CRIMES AND HOW PROPERTY CRIMES HAD INCREASED, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> BOTH PROPERTY AND VIOLENT HAVE INCREASED.
>> VIAGRAN: AND YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS PART OF THEFT.
PART OF MY QUESTION IS, WILL THIS HAVE, THIS THEFT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE D.A. CASES, THAT THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BE TAKING THESE CASES OF THESE -- THE THEFT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING OR IS THIS PART OF THE SITE AND RELEASE?
>> THEY ARE PART OF THE SITE AND RELEASE.
SO THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE OF THEFT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE -- OR, THE D.A. HAS THE DISCRETION, THEN, TO NOT PROSECUTE THESE CASES?
>> NO, IT'S -- DON'T SWITCH THE --
>> VIAGRAN: I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
>> THE SIGHT AND RELEASE, THAT CASE IS NOT BEING RELEASED.
THE OFFENDER IS EITHER BEING CITED OR ARRESTED BY THE OFFICER.
ONCE YOU'RE CITED, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AT THE CENTER, MEET WITH AN ASSISTANT D.A. OR ADA AND YOU'LL BE PUT IN SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING DISMISSED OUTRIGHT.
>> VIAGRAN: SO THIS THEFT IS UNDER THAT CATEGORY?
>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED, THIS WAS MENTIONED SO WE'LL FOLLOW THIS TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE -- YOU HAD THE -- IN THE VIDEO, IT MENTIONED THE FAMILY VIOLENCE JUSTICE CENTER.
>> VIAGRAN: THAT THERE'S A ONE-STOP CENTER, WHAT ALL DO THEY DO THERE WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES?
>> WE HAVE TWO DETECTIVES THAT ARE THERE AND THEY GUIDE THE VICTIMS TO ADVOCACY SERVICES, THEY ASSIST THEM IN GETTING A POTENTIAL ORDER.
>> VIAGRAN: IN OUR CTTS OR SAFE OFFICERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING IN CRT AND SIX CRT SERGEANTS, ARE THEY WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SCHEDULES WOULD BE, COUNCILWOMAN.
>> VIAGRAN: BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER THAT'S 48 HOURS AND IT HAPPENS ON A FRIDAY --
THAT EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER, I WAS THINKING OF ANOTHER THING THAT WAS 48 HOURS.
AND THEN IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NO. 16 IN THIS HEAT MAP, I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THIS, IS, THE -- OF THE MANY THINGS THAT THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT, REVEALED TO US, IS THAT THE BUSINESS AS USUAL OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN GENERAL, IS NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE.
WE KNOW THAT THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT SAID THAT WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED IN BEXAR
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COUNTY THAN IN TRAVIS, DALLAS, AND HARRIS COUNTIES.AND WE KNOW, IN ONE OF MY SUBSTATIONS, SAPD SELF SERVICE AREA, CAPITAL MURDER FROM 2018 TO 2019 IS A 60 PERCENT CHANGE.
AND THEN WE SEE THIS VIOLENT HEAT MAP, VIOLENT CRIME HEAT MAP, AND YOUR STATEMENT HERE WAS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE -- THE CRT -- THE SAFE OFFICERS ARE GOING TO BE IN THOSE AREAS OF THE CIRCLES, WHICH I THINK IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
WE ALL TALK ABOUT, WE, THE CITY, WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, BUT YOU ARE -- YOU ARE MAKING AN ENTIRE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY SHARE ONE SUBSTATION.
THERE'S ONLY ONE SUBSTATION IN THE ENTIRE CITY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90.
WE HAVE TO SHARE, BOTH THE SOUTH SUBSTATION, AND EAST STATION.
THAT IS NOT EQUITABLE IN MY OPINION.
AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A DISSERVICE TO THE WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES, WHEN WE'RE HAVING TO SPLIT OUR RESOURCES INTO ALL OF THIS AREA.
AND, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO -- WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND BE BETTER AS A COMMUNITY HERE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE LIVING IN THIS, AND WE STILL KNOW THE RATE OF SURVIVAL FOR LONGEVITY OF PEOPLE NORTH OF THIS CITY AND SOUTH IN THIS CITY, AND YET, WE ARE HAVING TO FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES, OR BE EXPECTED TO LIVE IN THESE VIOLENT CONDITIONS.
AND THAT IS WHY I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A SUBSTATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IN THIS VIOLENT CRIME HERE THE STATISTIC HERE, HOW MANY VIOLENT CRIMES -- ONE -- DESCRIBE WHAT ARE THE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT ARE THERE, AND, NUMBER TWO, HOW MANY, IN ORDER TO HAVE THESE HOTSPOTS THAT ARE THERE? AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE SAFE OFFICERS, BUT YOU'RE -- DISTRICTS 2 AND 3, AND EAST SIDE, TO SHARE SOME MORE SAFE OFFICERS HERE.
I'M JUST -- I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED, AND I -- THAT THE MAYOR'S NOT HEARING THIS EITHER, TO SEE THIS IMBALANCE, AND THIS INEQUITY THAT IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN HERE.
SO, THIS IS WHY I'M CONTINUING TO ASK FOR THE SUBSTATION.
AND I KNOW OUR OFFICERS COME AND THEY'LL GO.
THEY WON'T STAY THERE AT THE SUBSTATION.
WE WILL HAVE SOME CIVILIANS WORK THERE.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE -- IF WE HAVE SOMETHING IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, IT'S GOING TO THEN LIFT THE BURDEN OFF OF THE OTHER SUBSTATIONS IN OUR AREA.
AND THEN HELP THE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND KNOWING THAT THERE IS NOTHING SOUTH OF 90, AND WE GO ALL OF THE WAY TO 410 AND TO 1604 WITH CONTINUED GROWTH, I KNOW THAT YOU WENT VERY FAST OVER THIS -- THIS -- THIS PLAN FOR ANOTHER SUBSTATION POLICE FACILITY STUDY.
I WANT TO KNOW FROM YOU, CHIEF, AND FROM YOU, ERIC, WHAT IS OUR CLEAR PATH FORWARD TO RECTIFY THIS INEQUITY THAT IS HAPPENING HERE AND BE PROACTIVE FOR THE FUTURE.
AND I HAVE MY RESIDENTS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S LETTERS THAT I'VE GIVEN YOU ALL OVER AND OVER, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS ALL INTO ACCOUNT, BECAUSE PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE, OR ELSE YOU'RE SAYING, YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
AND THERE ARE PICTURES ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SLEEPING AND LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK THAT OUR KIDS ARE HAVING TO GO THROUGH.
SO, I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS OUR CLEAR PATH FORWARD TO STOP THIS INEQUITY THAT'S HAPPENING?
SO, I THINK WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET BY LAYING OUT AND ASKING FOR MONEY.
I'M REPRESENTING YOU SET ASIDE MONEY TO DO THAT FACILITY STUDY.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WOMAN THAT THE CITY HAS NOT ADDED, POLICE SUBSTATIONS IN 25 YEARS.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY SOLID WORK ON THE SIX EXISTING SUBSTATIONS IN ALMOST 20.
WE NEED TO GET A PUT TOGETHER PLAN TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL SUBSTATIONS WE MAY NEED AS A COMMUNITY.
FRANKLY, THERE ARE OTHER PARTS
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OF THE CITY THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME TYPE OF REQUEST.AND I NEED -- I'D LIKE SOME EXPERT ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US LOCATE WHERE THOSE FACILITIES ARE AT.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT LOCATION, BUT THERE'S NO DOUBT THERE'S ADDITIONAL NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT WILL ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE THE PROMS AND INCLUDE THEM IN A BOND PROGRAM.
WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING 15 TO $20 MILLION SUBSTATION.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'VE GOT BIG PIECES OF PROPERTY WE CAN GROW INTO IN THE NEXT 50 CLEARS AND I'M GOING TO NEED THE HELP WITH COUNCIL TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
THERE'S LIKELY MORE THAN JUST ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE OTHER PART OF THE FACILITY PLAN IS LOOK AT SIX SUBSTATIONS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THIS CITY.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
POPULATION WILL CONTINUE TO ESCALATE.
I NEED TO HAVE ROOM IN THE SUBSTATIONS TO PARK VEHICLES AND WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT PROACTIVELY IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.
I THINK THE CHIEF PROBABLY FEELS THE SAME WAY.
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN THAT SERIOUSLY.
I NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN AND PRESENT IT TO YOU.
WHAT I'M GOING TO NEED BACK FROM THE COUNCIL IS COMMITMENT TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
>> VIAGRAN: AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT ARE THESE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING INTO WITH ALL OF THIS? AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF RESIDENTS.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY NEED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, TOO.
>> I THINK THOSE FACTORS AND THERE ARE COMPANIES THAT DO THIS TYPE OF WORK FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITIES.
I'M NOT THE EXPERT OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR MONEY TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN HERE AND HELP US.
IT'S GOING TO BE FUTURE GROWTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE ACCESS TO HIGHWAYS AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. IT'S GOING TO BE A CRIME.
IT'S GOING TO BE CALLS FOR SERVICE.
I SUSPECT IT'S ALL OF THOSE THINGS COMBINED.
THERE ARE -- AND I'LL SAY THAT THERE'S PROBABLY -- I'VE HAD CONVERSATION WAS COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR FACILITIES OF 1604.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
TO YOUR POINT, IF WE'VE HAD SIX SUBSTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS-PLUS, PROBABLY IF WE PICKED UP THE BUILDINGS AND DROPPED THEM EQUITABLY AROUND THE CITY, THEY LIKELY WOULDN'T BE IN THE EXACT POSITION, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT, FRANKLY.
I KNOW IN THE 2017 BOND, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR $20 MILLION, AND BUILDING IS JUST A BUILDING.
WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE AMOUNT OF OFFICERS THAT WE NEED TO STAND UP, AND EMPLOYEES WORKING ON THAT, AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THAT SAME FACILITY.
SO, IT'S GO TO BE A MAJOR INVESTMENT BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME TO YOUR POINT.
WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE FROM YOU ALL IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS OUR CURRENT STATUS.
YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE SUBSTATIONS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.
WHAT IS THE -- WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE MAINTAINED THEM.
HOWING EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE THERE? THIS IS WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GET AS FOLLOW-UP FOR --
>> WE'LL INCLUDE THAT IN THE FOLLOW-UP.
YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED SAFE OFFICERS GETTING WITH THE CRT.
DO ALL OF OUR SAFE OFFICERS GO THROUGH WHATEVER SPECIALIZED TRAINING THAT OUR CRT OFFICERS HAVE TO GO THROUGH?
THE CRT OFFICERS ARE -- WELL, ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING THROUGH THE 40-HOUR CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING.
WE STARTED THAT A LONG TIME AGO.
NOW OUR CADETS GET IT WHEN THEY ARE COMING THROUGH THE ACADEMY.
I THINK MOST EVERYBODY IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRAINED WITH CRT.
>> VIAGRAN: SO, THAT MEANS ALL -- SO, ALSO TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN SHARED, SOME OF THEISH EYES THAT WE ARE HAVING IN THE SOUTHEAST -- THE EAST SIDE OF 37, THAT'S UNDER THE EAST SIDE SUBSTATION, IS, WE NEED OUR CONSISTENT SAFE OFFICERS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT CONSISTENCY, BUT THOSE OFFICERS THAT ARE SHOWING UP, THEY COME, THEY SHOW, THEY CARE.
BUT THEN THEY ARE PULLED TO OTHER LOCATIONS, OR THEY ARE PULLED TO SPECIALIZED UNITS.
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY, BECAUSE, AGAIN, OUR RESIDENTS ARE HAVING TO TELL THE SAME STORY AGAIN TO SOMEONE NEW.
AND THOSE OFFICERS, THEY WORK ON THE ISSUES, BUT IT'S JUST THEY ARE COMING INTO BRAND-NEW SITUATIONS WHERE THE CONSISTENCY IS KEY HERE.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, ERIC?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, THAT WE DEAL WITH THREE DIFFERENT
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TYPES OF THINGS.ONE, OFFICERS PROMOTE AND WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON FILLING THEM.
BUT THEN I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE LAST NIGHT IN DISTRICT 10 WHERE THE SAFE OFFICERS WERE NOT AT THAT COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WE PROBABLY HAD 120 PEOPLE.
AND WHEN I ASKED WHERE THE SAFE OFFICERS ARE AT -- ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTER.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT ISSUE THEY WERE DEALING WITH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS COUNCILMEN PERRY THAT HAS BEEN A SORE POINT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT 10.
AT TIMES OFFICERS AND SAFE OFFICERS, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG, YOU'RE THE POLICE CHIEF, NOT ME.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A LAW ENFORCEMENT REASON FOR THOSE SAFE OFFICERS TO BE PULLED.
MOST OF THE TIME IT'S IN ORDER TO ADDRESS A NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE.
AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.
WE DO WANT THEM ENGAGED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I THINK -- I THINK TO THINK THEY ARE NOT POLICE OFFICERS, 100 PERCENT OF THE TIME, ISN'T ACCURATE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE WE PULL, AND I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS MINDFUL ABOUT THAT.
AND WHENEVER WE CALL OUR OFFICE, WHEN WE CALL, THEY WILL BRING SOMEBODY TO BE THERE, TO SHOW UP AT THE LOCATION AT THE EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE TO SAY, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF MY RESIDENTS, TOO, BECAUSE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE CRITERIA THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME THAT SAID THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH GROWTH OR WE DON'T HAVE THE CALL VOLUME, ONCE WE TOLD THEM THAT, OUR RESIDENTS STARTED CALLING.
THEY STARTED CALLING ON EVERYTHING, THAT MAYBE THEY HADN'T CALLED BEFORE.
BUT THEY STARTED CALLING, AND SO THAT IS WHY THERE IS THE 9 1/2 PERCENT CHANGE IN CALLS.
CALLS FOR SERVICE, IN THE AREA.
BECAUSE WE PUT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS TO SAY, IF YOU WANT THIS, WE NED TO INCREASE THE CALLS.
AND NOT THAT THE CRIMES WEREN'T HAPPENING BEFORE, THEY WERE.
BUT THE RESIDENTS WEREN'T CALLING.
SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE RESIDENTS IN DOING THAT TO FOLLOW UP.
ALSO, CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING -- AND ERIC, FOR MAKING SURE THAT MILITARY DRIVE IS A PART OF THAT ENHANCEMENT FOR THE 2020 IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTERTAINMENT ZONES.
WE KNOW THAT IS GOING TO GO SUCH A LONG WAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT EVEN IN DAYTON, OHIO, THE OFFICERS THAT TOOK THAT -- BECAUSE THERE WERE OFFICERS IN THAT ENTERTAINMENT AREA, IT TOOK THEM 32 SECONDS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUT THE PERPETRATOR.
AND THE RESPONSE WAS SO QUICK.
SO, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ALL OF OUR AREAS.
NOT THAT WE EVER WANT ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE QUICK RESPONSE TIME THAT WE NEED IN THE AREA, TOO.
AGAIN, MARIA, CHIEF AND ERIC, I THINK WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEAR IS THAT A SUBSTATION IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AREA THAT IS GOING TO BE ONLY THE SECOND ONE IN -- SOUTH OF 90, IS JUST A START, IS A GOOD START.
BECAUSE THE WAYS THAT WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST, WE CANNOT KEEP DOING THE THINGS THAT WE KEEP DOING IN THE PAST.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
CHIEF, I HAVE JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.
ON PAGE 7 IT REFERENCES 2017 NUMBERS.
IS A NEW UCR AVAILABLE, OR MAYBE JUST A CAPTION -- OR THE --
>> NO, UCR NUMBERS WON'T COME OUT FOR 2018 UNTIL CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR.
HOW MUCH IS ALOE INDICATED FOR THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM.
>> HOW MUCH IS ALOE INDICATED FOR THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM.
>> ALLOCATED WITH THE HANDLE WITH CARE PROGRAM.
>> THERE'S NO BUDGET REQUIRED FOR THAT COUNCILWOMAN.
THAT'S HANDLED BY OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT ZONES THAT COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN REFERENCED A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 4 ALSO HAD THOSE CONCERNS.
DURING THE SAFE PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED THAT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT FOLKS FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY SEE SAFE OFFICERS.
SO, THIS IS ALSO ONE OF MY CONCERNS.
BY THE WAY, IF I CAN SEE SOME OF THE STUDIES, BECAUSE I LOVE READING, I WOULD LOVE TO READ ON THOSE, BUT I WANTED TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE COMING FROM.
ARE THEY NEW RECRUITS OR IS THAT COMING FROM OUR CURRENT POLICE? HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO THE NEXT SAFE OFFICER'S --
>> THOSE POSITIONS COME FROM OFFICERS ALREADY ON THE DEPARTMENT.
WE WOULD JUST HIRE THOSE POSITIONS.
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ON THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PIECE THAT YOU GAVE US, THERE WAS 65 VOLUNTEERS AND THREE PSYCHOLOGISTS ALLOTTED TO THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM, THE OCP.WHERE ARE WE NOW? ARE WE STILL WITH THOSE NUMBERS OR HAVE WE ALLOCATED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THAT?
>> I'M HAVING TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING YOU.
>> AND THREE PSYCHOLOGISTS ALLOCATED TO THE PEER SUPPORT TEAM.
>> AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE ARE STILL THERE NOW OR IF WE'VE ALOE INDICATED SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THAT.
>> NO, THERE'S BEEN NO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ALLOCATED OR REALLOCATED.
>> AND THEN THE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, THERE IS A PIECE THAT -- IN THE PIECE, IT ALSO SAYS THAT THERE'S SIX OFFICERS.
ARE WE INCREASING THAT AT ALL?
THERE ARE TEN OFFICERS AND TWO DETECTIVES.
AND THEN ON RECRUITMENT, I KNOW THAT -- I THINK WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, I CAN'T REMEMBER, I SAW A PIECE BUT I'D LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I KNOW THAT WE LESSON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO -- OR, CAN APPLY TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THAT ONE OF THOSE DEALT WITH FOLKS THAT HAD DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I SAW THAT, BUT I WANTED TO SEE IF SOMEBODY CAN GET ME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUS AND WHAT IS NOW THAT WE CHANGED THAT UP FROM.
AND SO THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR POLICE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> AND FIRE CHIEF HOOD? BY THE WAY, CHIEF, HOOD.
THAT WAS A VERY HEROIC VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS SHOWED EARLIER.
I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOR THE ADVOCACY ON THE GRANTS.
SAT NIGHT CHIEF HOOD WAS EMCEE FOR THE GRANTS PROGRAM.
HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND W RAISING MONEY FOR GREAT PURPOSES.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE ENHANCED SQUAD AT FIRE STATION 44.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT IN D-4 THAT'S IN D-6 BUT I KNOW FIRE STATION 44 RESPONDS TO A LOT OF OUR AREA, D-4.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT AND REALLY WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU, PUBLICLY.
TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINT, I WAS CONCERNED TOO.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE TODAY.
OUTSIDE OF THE GREY HOUND WHEN COMING TO COUNCIL, I SAW A HUGE TRUCK GIVING ASSISTANCE OR GIVING AID TO SOMEONE ON THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A HOMELESS GENTLEMAN, BUT THERE WAS ALSO A SCOOTER THAT LOOKED HALF OVER, OR MAYBE IT WAS SOMEONE WHO HAD A SCOOTER INCIDENT.
BUT I WAS CONCERNED MORE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED WE HAVE THESE BIG TRUCKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON THAT.
I LOVE TO SEE IF YOU CAN SHARE INFORMATION WITH ME ABOUT HOW WE'RE TAKING CARE OF --
AND AGAIN, NOT KNOWING WHAT THAT CALL WAS, SAY THAT WAS A AUTO PEDESTRIAN, OR SCOOTER WRECK, ENGINE 4 WAS CLOSEST.
THEY PROBABLY CANCELED THAT AMBULANCE.
THEY TURN AROUND AND GET A HIGH RISE FIRE DOWN THE BLOCK.
SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE -- ON OUR EQUIPMENT AND IT MAKES MORE SENSE AS TO SEND A FIRE TRUCK THAN SEND A AMBULANCE THAT'S NOT GOING TO TRANSPORT SOMEBODY, SO -- BUT WE'LL CONTINUE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THE TAG, THANK YOU FOR THE THREAT ASSESSMENT GROUP.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED A HOTLINE ALSO WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST CALL IN AND REPORT THESE SORT OF THINGS.
AND THEN THE WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM ALSO, AND THE CLEAN CLUB CAT PROVISIONS I THINK WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN THAT REGARD.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT CHIEF IS STILL HERE, AND I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR HER ADVOCACY AT THE CAMP HERO.
SHE WAS THERE TO INSPIRE THE YOUNG WOMEN AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH PERFORMANCE AND OPTIMIZATION TRAINING.
DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE SAPD THAT INCLUDES STRESS MANAGEMENT OR PHYSICAL RESPONSE OR NUTRITION AND FITNESS INCIDENTS OR RESPONSE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS?
>> YES, MA'AM, ALL OF THOSE AND ABOVE.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ONE BECAUSE SAPD GAVE ME A BEAUTIFUL PAMPHLET WITH THEIR EIGHT STEPS AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT FIRE DOES.
>> WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU SKIPPED ME JUST A MINUTE AGO.
>> NO, I WAS THERE, AND THEN IT WAS YOUR -- YOU WERE NEXT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE, GO AHEAD.
>> COURAGE: CHIEF, PLEASE, CHEER
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MCMANUS.ONE THING ABOUT THE STATISTICS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THEFT.
OKAY, YOU SAID THAT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ISSUES, DOES THAT MEAN THINGS THAT ARE STOLEN FROM PARKED CARS OR TRUCKS? IS THAT CONSIDERED THEFT?
>> NO, THAT'S CONSIDERED A VEHICLE BURGLARY.
SO, THEY ARE NOT MEASURED THE SAME WAY THEN?
NOW, YOU HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3621 BLOWS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, GIVE OR TAKE A DAY OR TWO.
>> COURAGE: AND 2470 OR SO ARE UNIFORMED OFFICERS.
SO, ABOUT A THIRD OF ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES ARE NON-SWORN.
HOW MANY OF THE SWORN OFFICERS, OUT OF THE 2400-PLUS THAT WE HAVE, ARE DOING JOBS THAT COULD BE DONE BY CIVILIANS AT A LOWER COST TO THE CITY? AN ESTIMATE.
WOULD YOU SAY 2 PERCENT, 5 PERCENT? YOU KNOW HOW MANY ARE SITTING BEHIND A DESK DOING WORK.
>> COURAGE: THAT COULD BE DONE BY SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> IN THE POSITIONS THAT COULD BE DONE BY NON-SWORN PEOPLE, WE CALLED THEM OUT YEARS AGO.
AND I THINK THE LATEST DEBATE, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE OFF-DUTY EMPLOYMENT ISSUE.
>> THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT CAME UP IN AN ARBITRATION, COUNCILMAN, AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL IN -- TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT, BUT GIVEN AN ARBITRATOR'S DECISION, RIGHT NOW WE'VE DECIDED WE NEED TO FILL THOSE WITH UNIFORM.
>> AND THEY ARE ABOUT THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE TRY TO CIVILIANIZE THEM, BUT WE GOT SUED OVER IT.
>> COURAGE: OKAY, BUT WHEN WE COME TO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A FACTOR FOR NEGOTIATING IN THE NEXT CONTRACT?
WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM.
>> COURAGE: HOW MANY POSITIONS WOULD THAT BE ROUGHLY?
>> COURAGE: BASICALLY 99.9 PERCENT OF THE JOBS THAT SWORN OFFICERS ARE HOLDING COULD NOT BE HELD BE ANYBODY ELSE BUT A SWORN OFFICER?
>> COURAGE: WE TALKED ABOUT AND YOU LISTED IN HERE, CASH SEIZED OVER THE LAST YEAR ABOUT 900 THOUSAND IN HERE.
WHAT IS THE VALUE OF OTHER PROPERTY THAT WAS SEIZED AND MAYBE SOLD? HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL REVENUE HAS THAT BROUGHT IN?
>> COULD IT BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS?
>> I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR MANAGING THIS PROCESS IS LIKE $1.6 MILLION.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, ARE WE SEIZING ENOUGH PROPERTY AND TURNING IT OVER ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THAT? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I SAW IN THE BUDGET, 1.6 MILLION FOR SEIZURE OF PROPERTY.
>> WE WILL DO THAT ANALYSIS, COUNCILMAN, PERSONNEL AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THE SERVICE AND WE'LL GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.
IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE COST EXCEEDS THE REVENUE -- OR THE --
>> THE PROPERTY AND THE CASH THAT WE ARE SEIZING.
I WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT, WITH THE NUMBER OF POSITIONS WE HAVE AUTHORIZED.
AND CHIEF, THIS IS NOTHING AGAINST YOU, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE.
I KNOW IF YOU COULD GET 100 OR 200 MORE POLICE OFFICERS IN AUDIO].
BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEEM TO BE IN THE RIGHT POSITION RELATED TO SO MANY OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
AND AS YOU NOTED, OUR CRIME RATE IS GOING UP A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
AND ON SLIDE NUMBER 6, I GUESS IT IS, IT SHOWS THAT THE UCR CRIMES REPORTED JUST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, FOR 44,197.
NOW, IF WE SIMPLY SAY IN THE SECOND HALF WE'RE GOING TO DUPLICATE THAT, THAT WOULD BE BACK UP OVER 88,000, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAD IN 2016.
AND IT'S A POINT OF CONCERN, IN LOOKING AT THESE FIGURES.
>> COUNCILMAN, THE 44,197, THE NUMBER OF UCR CRIMES, THAT IS
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FOR SEVEN MONTHS OF 2019.>> OKAY, IT WASN'T THROUGH JULY 1ST.
>> THEN HOPEFULLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE ANYTHING CLOSE TO THAT, BUT IT IS GOING ON AN UPTICK.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OVER THE LAST TWO OR YEAR TO COMBINE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
THERE ARE A LOT MORE GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED.
YET WE'RE STILL SEEING THESE NUMBERS RISE THIS YEAR.
AND I RECOGNIZE THINGS CAN HAPPEN FROM YEAR TO YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE PUT MORE COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES TO THIS, BUT WE DON'T SEEM TO BE MAKING THE PROGRESS, OR CONTINUING TO SEE THE PROGRESS WE MADE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND I WOULD JUST WONDER IF THERE WERE MORE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, IF WE COULD WORK ON LOWERING THOSE, BY HAVING MORE POLICE OFFICERS AVAILABLE.
AND I KNOW THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO ADD 100 POLICE OFFICERS, IT'S GOING TO COST US ABOUT $12 MILLION.
BECAUSE IT COSTS ABOUT $120,000 TO TRAIN, EQUIP, AND PUT A POLICE OFFICER OUT ON DUTY, INCLUDING BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING.
AND I DON'T PROPOSE WE HAVE THAT KIND OF FUNDING TODAY.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR POLICE FORCE.
I SAW THE CHART YOU HAD UP THERE EARLIER, AND IT SHOWED EVERY OTHER MAJOR CITY IN TEXAS HAS MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
WE EVEN HAD SAN DIEGO AND PHOENIX UP THERE.
AND STAAN DIEGO, ALTHOUGH THEY D LESS OFFICERS PER 100,000, SAN DIEGO HAS A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT HAS 400,000 PEOPLE IN THEIR COUNTY -- EXCUSE ME, 4,000 ADDITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, DEPUTIES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE RESOURCES BESIDES JUST THEIR POLICE, COMPARED TO US.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A VERY VALID EXAMPLE.
SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT OTHER THAN MAYBE SAN JOSE, EVERYBODY HAS MORE POLICE STRENGTH PER 100,000 THAN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE US DO SOME SERIOUS RESEARCH ON HOW WE CAN CLOSE THAT GAP SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.
ONE OTHER CONCERN I HAD IN LOOKING AT YOUR CRIME STATISTICS, WE HAD -- AGAIN, THIS IS SLIDE 5 -- AS I SAID, WE HAD MORE ARRESTS, MORE FELONY WARRANTS WERE SERVED, MORE NARCOTICS CHANGES, MORE CHARGES, MORE GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEIZED FEWER WEAPONS IN THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE WEAPONS? I MEAN, HOW COME WE'RE SEIZING LESS WEAPONS AND WE'RE ARRESTING MORE CRIMINALS? TO ME, THAT WAS VERY SURPRISING.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY CONCERNING IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL'S THOUGHT ABOUT, THAT WE NEED TO GET MORE WEAPONS OFF THE STREETS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST VERY SURPRISING THAT WE'VE GOTTEN SO FEW WEAPONS COLLECTED, AND WE'VE MADE SO MANY ARRESTS.
ONE SLIGHTLY RELATED ISSUE THAT I HAD ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT IS, THE COURT, THE MUNICIPAL COURT ISSUES TO ANYONE WHO'S ARRESTED FOR INTIMATE VIOLENCE OR ABUSE OF CHILDREN OR SPOUSE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEY'RE TAKEN TO COURT AND THEY'RE PENDING CHARGES ON THAT, ARE TOLD THEY ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO POSSESS A WEAPON.
AND WE'RE REPORTING THOSE PEOPLE TO THE STATE OVER THAT.
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE WEAPONS? EVEN THOUGH THE COURT IS SAYING, YOU'RE BEING ORDERED NOT TO HAVE WEAPONS.
IS ANYTHING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE ADHERING TO THOSE ORDERS, NOT TO POSSESS WEAPONS?
>> THOSE ORDERS DO NOT COME OVER TO US, COUNCILMAN.
I GUESS YOU CALL IT A GAP IN THE SYSTEM.
BUT WE'RE NOT TASKED WITH -- I MEAN, WE HAVE NO IDEA THAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD THAT AT MAGISTRATION.
IF THERE'S A -- WEAPONS THAT ARE BEING HELD BY THOSE FOLKS, THEY EITHER HAVE TO TURN THEM IN OR THEY'RE GOING TO HIDE THEM.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S BEING ACCUSED OF DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THEY'RE TOLD NOT TO HAVE A GUN, THERE'S NOTHING THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T?
>> WE TAKE THEM ON THE SCENE, WHEN WE MAKE ARRESTS, IF THEY'RE IN PLAIN VIEW, OR IF THEY'RE POINTED OUT TO US TO BE IN SOME OTHER LOCATION BY THE VICTIM.
BUT AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT GOES, THAT'S THE GAP IN THE SYSTEM.
>> WELL, I HOPE WE CAN WORK ON
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FIXING THAT GAP.I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE MAIN THINGS I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, CHIEF MCMANUS.
CHIEF HOOD, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ANSWER FOR ME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW OR TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAMS A FEW TIMES HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT TO OTHER AREAS TO ASSIST IN RESCUE PROBLEMS. AND YOU EVEN SAID, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COMMAND BUS MAY BE CALLED UPON BY OTHERS.
DOES THE CITY GET REIMBURSED WHEN THEY GO OUT AND DO THESE THINGS?
DEPENDING WHETHER IT'S FROM THE FOREST SERVICE OR WHETHER IT'S FROM THE STATE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REIMBURSED ON THOSE LONG DEPLOYMENTS.
SAY, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A TANKER ACCIDENT -- WHERE DID WE GO OUTSIDE, GOING TOWARD CORPUS? IT WAS YOUR SHIFT.
AND WE PROBABLY SENT 50 OR 60 PERSONNEL OUT THERE TO HELP THEM.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE THEM FOR THAT.
BUT IF WE GO ON A DEPLOYMENT TO WHERE THE STATE HAS REQUESTED US, OR THE FOREST SERVICE, SAY IN CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE GOING TO BASICALLY PAY PORTAL-TO-PORTAL FOR US.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT, SAY, THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE, WE WERE DEPLOYED 77 HOURS, THE DEPLOYED AMOUNT WAS 3,$3,477.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS WE LOOK AT FOR THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD 1,200 HOURS, ALMOST 1,300 HOURS.
SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THAT WAS $86,000.
SO WE DO GET REIMBURSED ON THOSE INCIDENTS WHERE WE RESPOND TO LIKE THAT.
>> DO WE HAVE A PARTICULAR POLICY THAT OUTLINES WHERE WE MIGHT NOT REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT, AND WHERE WE DO REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT?
>> WELL, IF WE HAVE AN INCIDENT WITHIN THIS REGION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS, CHANCES ARE WE'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE THEM, WE'RE GOING TO GO HELP THEM.
IF IT'S A DE EMPLOYABLE INCIDENT TO WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS CALLS US, WE ALREADY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM.
WE HAVE TASK FORCE 1 WHICH IS URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCE, THEY MAY NEED SIX OF OUR MEMBERS.
I HAVE A PERSON OUT RIGHT NOW DOING WILDFIRES ON AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.
HE IS GOING TO BE REPAID BY THE STATE.
SO WE HAVE AGREEMENTS ON ALL THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE'RE DEPLOYING ASSETS.
>> SO DO WE HAVE COSTS FOR ASSETS? I MEAN, THERE'S HUMAN COSTS OBVIOUSLY, SALARIES.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE COSTS OF EQUIPMENT, REIMBURSEMENT FOR EQUIPMENT, OR IF YOU SEND OUT THE COMMAND BUS, WHAT'S THE COST FOR THAT?
>> FOR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, SAY FOREST FIRE, SAY WE SEND A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT EQUIPMENT.
DID YOU EVER SEE A FOREST FIRE AND SEE THE FIRE TRUCKS AND THEY'VE GOT NUMBERS WRITTEN UP ON THE WINDOWS IN CHALK? THAT IS COSTS FOR EQUIPMENT.
WE WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE.
GENERALLY, ON SOME OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS, WE'RE JUST SENDING MANPOWER, AND THE PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, THE STATE OF TEXAS ALREADY HAS A CACHE OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE ONCE WE GET THERE.
>> COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO ADD ONE OTHER FACTOR.
THE COMMAND BUS, THE MAJORITY OF THAT BUS IS BEING FUNDED THROUGH UASC WHICH IS A HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT.
PART OF THE AGREEMENT THEN IS SINCE IT'S FUNDED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IF IT'S NEEDED IN THE REGION, WE WILL HELP DEPLOY THAT ASSET.
>> BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME IT'S AN ASSET THAT US LOCALLY UTILIZE.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT FOR OUR SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS AREA, WE DO HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS THAT SET THOSE COSTS IN PLACE.
THE WEDGEWOOD FIRE IN CASTLE HILL SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY REIMBURSED US.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO BUNKER GEAR BECAUSE THERE WAS ASBESTOS IN THE FIRE.
CASTLE HILLS REIMBURSED US FOR THAT EXPENSE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTH.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY RESULTS OF WHAT THE REDUCTION IN CALLS, OR THE SAVINGS HAS BEEN? BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING PEOPLE THAT WE WERE SERVICING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
>> SO THIS PROJECT WAS SUPPOSED TO REDUCE THAT, AND SAVE US SOME MONEY, SAVE US ON CALLS.
>> YEAH, WE DO HAVE METRICS ON THAT.
IT'S A 60% DECREASE ON PEOPLE WE
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HAVE SIGNED UP AS HIGH VOLUME UTILIZERS, 60% REDUCTION.>> DO WE HAVE A DOLLAR VALUE THAT WE CAN ATTRIBUTE TO THAT?
CERTAINLY, WE CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.
ALSO, LOOKING FOR THE STAFFING HOURS AS FAR AS WHAT THAT INCIDENT WOULD TAKE, BUT AGAIN, A 60% DROP IS SIGNIFICANT.
THIS IS A QUESTION, I THINK, FOR OUR CITY STAFF AS WELL AS YOU, AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
THE INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE OF -- I DON'T REMEMBER, $40 MILLION ON A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BETWEEN FIRE, POLICE, S.A.W.S., CPS, ET CETERA, THE COUNTY, WHAT'S THE PROGRESS ON THAT? HOW FAR ALONG IS THAT INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS RADIO SYSTEM?
>> COUNCILMAN, THAT PROJECT IS ONGOING.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW FOR THE FIRST TOWER SITE.
AND WE ARE ON TRACK, ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET.
IT WILL BE COMPLETED AND TURNED ON IN 2021.
SO IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN GOING TO A GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW, WE'LL BE THERE WITH -- EXCUSE ME, YOU MENTIONED S.A.W.S.
S.A.W.S. IS A UTILIZER UNDER THE CPS AND THE COUNTY THAT ARE PARTNERS.
>> CHIEF, HAVE WE RESOLVED THE KIND OF RADIO THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS PREFER TO USE? HAS THAT BEEN RESOLVED, AND IN PLACE NOW?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE STILL CONTINUING LOOKING AT WHAT WORKS BEST FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND SO THE MAIN THING IS TO HAVE A SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING UP AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, AND THEN HAVING RADIOS THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THAT.
BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AND TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A RADIO THAT THEY NEED, BECAUSE THE RADIO THAT A POLICE OFFICER MAY USE FROM A FIREFIGHTER IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE OURS IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO HEAT, IT WILL GET WET.
YOU HAVE TO OPERATE WITH GLOVES ON.
SO THOSE TYPE OF THINGS WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT.
IS THAT GOING TO RESULT IN ANY ADDITIONAL COST TO US, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO GET?
REMEMBER THAT DURING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THAT CONTRACT, WE BUILT INTO THAT CONTRACT THE ABILITY TO GIVE THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE THE -- REMEMBER, THE UNITS ARE IN THE SYSTEM, WE DID SO
I THINK THIS IS A LAST QUESTION.
YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT HOARDING BEING A MAJOR PROBLEM.
>> HAVE WE WORKED WITH ANY ORGANIZATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, MEALS ON WHEELS, TO IDENTIFY HOMES WHERE HOARDING COULD BE A PROBLEM? YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE OUT WITH THEM, WE'VE DELIVERED, AND I'VE SEEN SOME PLACES I'VE GONE INTO THAT I'VE THOUGHT, THIS IS -- THAT MAY BE THAT KIND OF A PROBLEM.
AND IF WE'VE GOT ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE WORKING WITH TO HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE, WHAT CAN WE DO, WHEN WE DO IDENTIFY PLACES LIKE THAT? THAT COULD BE A FIRE TRAP?
>> WE HAVE STARTED THIS PROJECT, AND MAINLY IT WAS INTERNAL, TO MAKE SURE WE GOT ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.
AND WE ACTUALLY FORGOT PD WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT WHO WE WERE GOING TO PUT INTO THIS TEAM.
I HAVE ALSO DELIVERED MEALS ON WHEELS, AND HAVE BEEN IN THOUSANDS OF HOMES OVER THE YEARS TO WHERE YOU SEE HOARDING.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE PROBABLY GO INTO ABOUT 800 HOMES A DAY.
SO OUR FIRE CREWS AND EMS CREWS, IF THEY GO IN THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE IDENTIFYING HOARDERS.
WE'RE GETTING THAT ADDRESS BACK ON THE DISPATCH SYSTEM, WE'RE PUTTING THAT ADDRESS UP ON THE BOARD SO EVERYBODY KNOWS.
BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO PARTNERS, I WAS JUST TOLD WE'VE GOT A MEETING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS NEXT WEEK.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO STRENGTHEN UP THE COORDINATION BETWEEN INTERNALLY AND THEN GO ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD HELP US IDENTIFY HOARDERS, AND THEN ONCE WE IDENTIFY THEM, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM.
>> SO WE'LL NEED HELP WITH THAT ALSO.
HOARDING IS A BIG PROBLEM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT AT YOUR MEETINGS, WE NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT LIKE WE DID AT COUNCILMAN PERRY'S LAST NIGHT.
I GUARANTEE THERE YOU A BUNCH OF COLLECTORS IN THERE.
WHAT YOU COLLECT CAN KILL YOU IF YOU COLLECT TOO MUCH.
WE'LL BE MEETING WITH MEALS ON WHEELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THIS CITY THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT PROJECT.
THE MAIN THING RIGHT NOW IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON IT.
>> IT SEEMS TO ME IT'S A PROBLEM, NOT EXACTLY ALIKE, BUT SIMILARLY TO THE HOMELESS.
HOMELESS HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, AND HOARDERS, ALMOST AN OPPOSITE, BUT STILL A DIFFICULT SITUATION TO DEAL WITH.
>> I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO NEED TO TRY AND FIND AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, OR WELFARE VISITORS TRYING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS TO
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HELP THEM BE BETTER PREPARED AND PROTECT THEMSELVES.>> ROCHA GARCIA: WE HAVE ONE FINAL SPEAKER, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU STILL HEADING THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU TODAY, TO GO OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS SAYING.
I, TOO, HAVE GONE WITH MEALS ON WHEELS, AND HAVE NOTICED A LOT OF THE HOARDING THAT HAPPENS OUT THERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SORT OF TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE OTHER COLLATERAL ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU, CHIEF, FOR THE HEALTH CARE, AND MY ONLY QUESTION, AND YOU CAN ANSWER THIS LATER, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT AS WE'RE ASSESSING THESE FACILITIES, OR THESE HOMES, YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE.
I THINK THE ISSUE REALLY IS NOT JUST HOARDING, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S HOARDING, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR HOME.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THEY PROBABLY HAVE A LEAKY ROOF.
GUESS WHAT, WE'VE GOT A ROOF PROGRAM.
PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, HOW DO WE IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE FOLKS? I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET THAT GOING.
AND SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS SOME OF THOSE DOTS.
I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONNECT SOME OF THOSE DOTS FOR EVERYBODY.
CHIEF MCMANUS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, I THINK A LOT OF QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED OF YOU, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING UP WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT OFFICERS.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL IN DISTRICT 1, BUT ALL OVER THE CITY FOR THAT MATTER.
AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE KEY PRIORITIES, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH WITH REGARDS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, OFFICER AVAILABILITY AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO IN AUDIO] WHERE YOU HELP A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN DISTRESS.
YOU HELP THEM COME UP WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN TO ADDRESS VERY SPECIFIC ISSUES.
AND I THINK THERE'S NO ONE SILVER BULLET.
I THINK THE ISSUE IS TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM, WORK ON, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU DO HAVE, AND HOW WE CAN USE YOUR EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THE TIME IS NOW 1:33 P.M. ON AUGUST THE
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, WELCOME BACK.
WE HAVE THREE DEPARTMENTS TO GET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR MUNICIPAL COURT.
THANK YOU, GUYS, FROM OUR MUNICIPAL COURTS FOR YOUR PATIENCE THIS MORNING.
>> THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION.
I WAS GOING TO DO A VIDEO, LIKE CHIEF HOOD'S, BUT I COULDN'T GET THE PERMISSION FROM GUNS 'N ROSES TO WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE.
I COULDN'T GET APPROVAL FOR THAT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YOU'VE GOT TO USE PUBLIC DOMAIN THERE, CHIEF.
>> SO, SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT IS A COURT OF RECORD.
WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST COURT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE'RE THE SEVENTH LARGEST IN THE UNITED STATES.
OUR VISION IS WE SEEK TO PROVIDE A LEGAL SYSTEM BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT AN INDEPENDENT, FAIR, COMPETENT JUDICIARY WILL INTERPRET AND GOVERN THE LAWS, AND JUDGES AND COURT PERSONNEL PROMOTE CONFIDENCE IN THE IMPARTIALITY OF THE JUDICIARY.
OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WE HAD A CONSULTANT COME IN 2006.
THE COURT WAS KIND OF VIEWED AS A DEPARTMENT UNDER THE CITY MANAGER, AND HE PROVIDED IN AUDIO] COURT NEEDED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THE PRESIDING JUDGE NEEDED TO BE THE ORGANIZATIONAL HEAD OF THE ENTIRE COURT.
AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE'VE OPERATED SINCE 2006.
THE COURT CONSISTS OF JUDICIARY.
WE NOW DO THE MAGISTRATION OPERATION WHERE WE'RE PERFORMING THAT FUNCTION, SEEING EVERYBODY
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THAT GETS ARRESTED IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND THAT IS OPERATING 24/7.WE HAVE THE REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY COURT OPERATIONS THAT HANDLES THE CLASS C VIOLATIONS AND CIVIL CASES THAT GET FILED.
WE HAVE A SEPARATE OPERATION THAT IS THE JUVENILE COURT, WHICH WE EMPLOY CASE MANAGERS, WE ARE THE ONLY LARGE COURT IN THE STATE THAT RECEIVED A GOVERNOR'S GRANT TO FUND A LARGE PORTION OF OUR JUVENILE CASE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT TO DO PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION WITH KIDS THAT ARE EITHER HAVING ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS OR THEY'RE CHARGED WITH A FIRST TYPE OFFENSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SECTION.
WE HAVE THE SLIDE THERE WITH THE PERSONNEL, CONSISTS OF EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN THE WAY WE PRESENT THE BUDGET FROM HERE ON OUT.
THERE IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT ALL OF THE LARGE MUNICIPAL COURTS ARE DEALING WITH.
SO YOU WILL SEE THERE IN THE BLUE, WHERE IT SAYS THAT THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS 11.8 MILLION OH, 12.1, I'M SORRY, 12.1.
THE THING THAT'S MISSING IN THERE IS THE COURT ACTUALLY COLLECTS LAST YEAR $24 MILLION, 60% OF WHAT'S PAID AT MUNICIPAL COURT IS REMITTED TO THE STATE FOR STATE MANDATED COURT COSTS.
I'M GOING TO GO OVER THAT BRIEFLY.
BUT THOSE INCREASE EVERY YEAR.
AND THOSE ARE THE FEES THAT HAVE TO BE COLLECTED FIRST.
SO WHEN YOU GET A TRAFFIC TICKET NOW, THE FIRST IS STATE MANDATED COURT COSTS.
WHAT'S EMBEDDED IN MANDATED COURT COSTS, ALL THE MONEY PAID ON CRIMINAL CASES IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE COLLECT THAT FEE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS COURT-APPOINTED LAWYERS, BUT WE FUND THROUGH THE -- WHAT IS IT, THE INDIGENT DEFENSE PLAN, THAT ONE WE PAY.
WE PAY FOR THE -- WHAT IS IT, THE VICTIM -- VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND, WE COLLECT THAT AT MUNICIPAL COURT.
WHEN THE DISTRICT JUDGES WANTED RAISES BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE'S RETIREMENT IS BASED ON DISTRICT JUDGE SALARIES, THAT IS AN EMBEDDED COURT COST.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE A MUNICIPAL COURT, WE'RE COLLECTING FEES AND FINES BOTH FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE STATE.
AND SO THE NUMBERS TEND TO, AS JUDGES, WE ONLY SEE IT AS WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
THE OPERATIONS OF THE COURT IS, WE'RE THE ONLY COURT IN TEXAS, WE HAVE A GENERAL APPEARANCE COURT WHERE REGARDLESS IF YOU GET A TRAFFIC VIOLATION, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME AND DAY YOU'RE SET TO APPEAR, WE HAVE A WALK-IN COURT.
AND SO ANYBODY CAN COME AT ANY TIME DURING REGULAR OPERATING HOURS, AND THAT IS THE HIGH VOLUME COURT.
WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COUNCILMAN PELAEZ TO TRY TO COME UP WITH METRICSES TO MEASURE THINGS.
ONE IS RECOGNIZED WITH THE NATIONAL OUR ADJUDICATION COURT HANDLES 72% OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS, WE HAVE A 90% CLEARANCE RATE IN THAT COURT WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 1,000 PEOPLE APPEARING A DAY.
WE ARE THE ONLY COURT AND GOT A LOT OF RECOGNITION FOR THIS, WE HAVE INTERACTIVE KIOSKS AT H-E-B THAT DO NOT WANT TO CONTEST THEIR TICKET, THEY COME IN AND TALK TO THE JUDGE REALTIME.
IF THEY WANT TO DO DEFENSIVE DRIVING THEY PAY WITH CREDIT CARD.
WE INVENTED THAT, AND NO OTHER COURT'S BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THAT YET.
64% IN-PERSON SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SPECIALTY DOCKETS AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
THE SPECIALTY DOCKETS ARE THE ASSAULT CASES, THE ANIMAL CASES, ENVIRONMENTAL CODE COMPLIANCE CASES.
WE HAVE CIVIL HEARINGS, WHICH WE CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO, WHICH RELATES TO SOME OF THE CODE COMPLIANCE CASES THAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEEK -- GET IT FIXED.
AND SO WE MOVED THAT TO A CIVIL PROCESS COMPARABLE TO A PARKING TICKET, TO WHERE THEY HAVE TIME TO CORRECT WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS.
BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING INTO THE CRIMINAL SIDE WHERE IT'S A JURY TRIAL AND WARRANTS ISSUED AND
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THINGS LIKE THAT.WE ALSO HAVE THE PARKING VIOLATIONS.
WE HAVE TWO CIVIL HEARING JUDGES IN ADDITION TO THE 11 MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES, INCLUDING ME, AND THE NINE PART-TIME JUDGES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
THE PERFORMANCE OF THOSE COURTS IS, THERE WERE 1,022 FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES FILED, 1,676 ANIMAL CASES FILED.
OUR ANIMAL COURT WAS ACTUALLY FEATURED IN, I THINK "THE NEW YORK TIMES" CAME DOWN BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE THE ONLY COURT THAT SET UP ONE JUST TO DEAL WITH ANIMAL VIOLATIONS.
AND ALMOST 50,000 PARKING CASES FILED.
147 FAMILY VIOLENCE CONVICTIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED PURSUANT TO AN INITIATIVE THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE HAD BROUGHT UP.
WE WERE THE FIRST COURT TO BEGIN REPORTING CLASS C FAMILY VIOLENCE CONVICTIONS, AND NOW THAT'S THE LAW.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
OUR JUVENILE SERVICES, WE HAVE BOTH COURT BASED CASE MANAGERS AND SCHOOL BASED CASE MANAGERS.
THE SCHOOL BASED CASE MANAGERS WORK WITH KIDS THAT HAVE ATTENDANCE PROBLEMS. THE COURT BASED CASE MANAGERS DEAL WITH THEFT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT GET FILED.
SINCE WE'VE MOVED TO -- SOME OF YOU THAT ARE NEW, WHEN THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT TOOK OVER ALL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FOR ALL 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 CRIMINAL SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CASES BEING FILED A YEAR.
WHILE IT WAS STILL CRIMINALIZED, WE REDUCED THOSE NUMBERS TO 16,000.
AND THEN WE ADVOCATED AUDIO] FOR DECRIMINALIZATION, AND THAT HAPPENED, AND CENTER WHITMEYER SAID THEY USED THE SAN ANTONIO BOTTLE IN DRAFTING THE LEGISLATION TO FOCUS ON INTERVENTION AND NO LONGER CRIMINALIZE CHILDREN THAT WERE MISSING SCHOOL.
BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THEY DON'T HAVE TRUANCY PROBLEMS, THEY HAVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE MAKING THEM TRUANT.
OUR CASE MANAGERS WORK WITH THE KIDS.
OUR SYSTEM THAT'S SET UP NOW IS CALLED MEDIATION.
BUT ONCE IT'S REACHED A POINT WHERE IT'S NOT WORKING AT THE SCHOOL, THEN WE HAVE THEM APPEAR BEFORE THE JUDGE.
WE HAVE 8,000 OF THOSE FILED THIS PAST YEAR.
THE GENERAL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE FOR THE JUVENILE PROGRAMS IS 85%.
WE'VE ONLY HAD TO FILE -- NOW, REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE 30,000.
THEY DID KEEP THE CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR PARENTS.
WE ONLY HAD 49 PARENT CONTRIBUTING CASES FILED LAST YEAR.
SO OUR TRUANCY DOCKET APPEARANCE IS 85%.
THIS IS THE THING I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO THE COURT COSTS YOU'LL SEE ARE NOW INCREASING.
THIS YEAR, ONCE AGAIN, STATE MANDATED COURT COSTS, THEY ELIMINATED SURCHARGES, WHICH WAS A BIG IMPEDIMENT TO PEOPLE IN BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSE.
AND WHEN YOU GOT SO MANY TICKETS, YOU HAD A SURCHARGE THAT YOU HAD TO PAY TO KEEP YOUR LICENSE CURRENT.
AND IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN COURT IS OVER HALF THE PEOPLE APPEARING DIDN'T HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE HORRIBLE DRIVERS, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY THE SURCHARGE TO KEEP THEIR LICENSE.
THE LEGISLATURE JUST ELIMINATED THE SURCHARGE PROGRAM.
BUT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE SURCHARGE MONEY, THEY'VE INCREASED OUR COURT COSTS AGAIN.
SO WE PUT AN EXAMPLE AS TO WHAT A BASE FINE WOULD BE, AND IF YOU GOT A TRAFFIC TICKET, HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST.
SO CURRENTLY, IF YOU GET A REGULAR DISREGARDING A STOP SIGN, WE HAVE A BASE FINE THAT WE WORK WITH, PLUS THE STATE MANDATED COURT COSTS.
SO THAT TICKET'S GOING TO COST SOMEBODY $202.
WE CAN DO A MAX FINE OF $200 ON ALL TRAFFIC CASES, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW IN YOUR OWN DISTRICTS, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOME PEOPLE TO HAVE TO -- EVERYBODY HAS TO PAY $350 ON A TRAFFIC TICKET.
AND WE'VE MADE A GOOD POINT OF TRYING TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE WHO APPEAR IN OUR COURTS.
OUT OF ALL THE COURT COSTS, WE DO GET TO KEEP FOUR IN-HOUSE.
IN '99, THEY PROVIDED A COURT TECHNOLOGY FEE THAT WE CAN ASSESS.
WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY DEPARTMENT THAT DOESN'T GET ANY GENERAL FUND MONEY TO FUND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE'VE ONLY PAID FOR THAT OUT OF THIS ENTERPRISE FUND ON FEES COLLECTED.
ALTHOUGH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH
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OUR CURRENT VENDOR, BECAUSE WITH THE MAINTENANCE FEES, THEY'RE KIND OF>> ALLOWING US TO CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR, WE USE THAT TO PAY FOR BAILIFFS, SECURITY SCREENING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE WORKED -- I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH REBECCA FLORES AND DHS ON YOUTH REENGAGEMENT.
OUR TRUANCY INTERVENTION PROGRAM'S KIND OF EVOLVED TO THE YOUTH REENGAGEMENT BECAUSE WE WERE FINDING SO MANY KIDS THAT NEEDED AN ALTERNATIVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD STARTED TO FOCUS ON WAS WHAT ARE CALLED LEVER LISTS.
I THINK COUNCILMAN COURAGE MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, BUT EVERY SUMMER THEY HAVE A LEVER LIST OF KIDS THAT WERE ENROLLED IN SEPTEMBER AND WEREN'T IN SCHOOL ANYMORE.
WE GET THE LIST OF LEAVERS AND WE TRACK THEM DOWN AND FIND THEM.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT HAVE DROPPED OUT.
THE YOUTH REENGAGEMENT IS FOCUSED ON 16 TO 24-YEAR-OLDS THAT AREN'T WORKING AND AREN'T IN SCHOOL AND SAN ANTONIO HAS NTAGE OF YOUNG ADULTS THAT FIT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. THEY ESTIMATE IT TO BE 30,000.
AND IT'S HOVERING RIGHT ABOUT 14% WHICH IS HIGHER THAN HOUSTON AND DALLAS.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE.
WE REFER KIDS TO THE YOUTH REENGAGEMENT CENTER AND THEN DHS IS ALSO GETTING PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT AND COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED.
SO THAT NUMBER JUST REFLECTS WHAT THE COURTS REFERRED TO THE YOUTH REENGAGEMENT CENTER THIS YEAR SINCE IT WENT INTO OPERATION.
WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE AND GIVE MORE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS TO YOUTH SCHOOLS, WE DO MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK, WE WORK WITH BIG BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL COURT EDUCATION CENTER FOR 2019, WE GOT THE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD FOR ALL OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS IN TEXAS FOR THE PROGRAMS WE'VE INITIATED.
WE ASSUMED MAGISTRATION SERVICES LAST NOVEMBER.
THE MUNICIPAL JUDGES DID MAGISTRATION FOR 30 YEARS PRECEDING 2007.
JUST SOME ISSUES CAME UP AND THERE WAS A DECISION MADE THAT THE CITY JUDGES WOULD BEGIN MAGISTRATING AGAIN.
EVERYBODY THAT HAD AN ONSITE ARREST FROM SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEN PEOPLE THAT WERE ARRESTED ON TRAFFIC TICKETS.
ON MAY 1ST, COMMISSIONERS COURT, BY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, -- AUDIO] -- PERFORMING REGISTRATION FOR ALL ARRESTEES IN BEXAR COUNTY.
WE DO THAT BY VIDEO FROM FRANK WING.
WE'VE PUT THE NUMBERS THERE, SINCE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, WE'VE -- CLASS B OR HIGHER OFFENSES WE'VE MAGISTRATED 10,374.
SINCE I'VE BEEN WORKING NIGHTS MOST OF THE TIME, I PROBABLY ACCOUNT FOR 40% OF THAT.
OF THE CLASS C VIOLATIONS, TRAFFIC TICKETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 22,248 CASES THAT WE'VE MAGISTATED.
GO BACK REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO -- I DID WANT TO ADD ONE THING.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE COUNTY HAD REQUESTED THAT WE START PERFORMING THEIR MAGISTRATION IS THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT I IMPLEMENTED AS PRESIDING JUDGE THAT WERE NOT IN EFFECT.
THE MAGISTRATION OPERATION WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SANDRA BLAND ACT, AND THERE WERE NO -- OR VERY LIMITED ORDERS BEING DONE FOR MEANT L HEALTH EVALUATION.
I IMPLEMENTED THAT PROGRAM TO ALLOW THE JAIL, BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT DIED IN THE JAIL, AND THEY WEREN'T FLAGGED AS HAVING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
SO WE NOW, ON ANYBODY THAT THERE'S ANY INDICATION THAT THEY MAY BE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, WE ORDER THE EVALUATION AND THAT IMMEDIATELY FLAGS THEM AND PUT THEM ON THE MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTION.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT NEVER EXISTED IN BEXAR COUNTY IS ALL OF OUR MAGISTRATION HEARINGS ARE NOW CONTESTED HEARINGS.
IT USED TO BE JUST THE JUDGE IN THERE, MAGISTRATE, SET THE BOND, SEND THEM THROUGH.
AT EVERY MAGISTRATION HEARING NOW, WE HAVE A DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESENT AND A PUBLIC DEFENDER PRESENT, AND THEY BOTH REVIEW THE HISTORY AND STUFF AND THEY BOTH MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE JUDGE, WHICH IS THE WAY IT PROBABLY ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO ROLL OUT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN.
AND THOSE WERE TWO THINGS THAT WERE NONEXISTENT WHEN WE TOOK OVER THE MAGISTRATION FROM THE
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COUNTY.SO ON EMBEDDING EQUITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS, I HAD GOTTEN THIS STRANGE E-MAIL FROM EQUITY SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE, AND SO I HAD TO GO BACK BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH STUFF THAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT I GUESS PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE VARIOUS LANGUAGE INTERPRETATIONS.
WE USE LANGUAGE LINE OVER NIGHT, WE HAVE A SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETER AT THE COURT.
49 OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAID FOR LANGUAGE SKILLS.
WE HAVE A RESOLUTION COURT FOR INDIGENCY ISSUES, AND WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THAT, WHILE THE CITY OF AUSTIN, CITY OF EL PASO, DALLAS, HOUSTON, WERE ALL GETTING SUED OR THREATENED TO BE SUED FOR PRACTICES OF JAILING PEOPLE THAT OWED MONEY ON TICKETS, WHICH THEY WERE REFERRING TO AS DEBTOR PRISONS, OUR COURT QUIT COMMITTING PEOPLE TO JAIL ON TICKETS 10 YEARS AGO.
WE WERE THE ONLY MUNICIPAL COURT IN THE STATE THAT DID THAT. WE WERE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY POST FERGUSON AS A NATIONAL MODEL AS TO HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH PEOPLE.
AND I -- THERE WAS EVEN AN ARTICLE IN TEXAS MONTHLY THAT REFERRED TO THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL COURT AS THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL, AS THE ONLY COURT IN TEXAS THAT WASN'T SENDING PEOPLE TO JAIL TO LAY OUT FINES ON A TRAFFIC TICKET.
AND THAT EASE -- THAT'S SOMETHING WE -- I WORKED CLOSELY WITH SENATOR ZAFFIRINI ON SENATE BILL 1913 WHICH PRETTY MUCH ELIMINATED THAT PRACTICE AND PUT A LOT OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THE PROCESS.
THE JUVENILE COURT, WE WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE LAW CHANGED IN TEXAS TO DECRIMINALIZE TRUANCY.
ALL WE DO IN THAT COURT IS WORK WITH CHILDREN AND TRY TO FIND WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE AND WHAT THE IMPEDIMENTS TO ATTENDANCE ARE.
AND TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO DIVERT THEM FROM EVER MAKING IT INTO THE COURT SYSTEM.
SO EVERYTHING WE DO OVER THERE, YOU'LL ALSO FIND THAT OUR JUDICIAL STAFF IS VERY DIVERSE, AND SO -- SO IS OUR -- YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES THERE AT THE COURT.
SOME OF THE 2020 ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THIS WAS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE WORKED WITH COUNCILMAN PELAEZ ON, WE'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING DATA TO ENHANCE JUDICIAL SERVICES, WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE TARGETED POPULATIONS.
WE DO WANT TO INCREASE OUTREACH INITIATIVES, BUT I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE I GET THIS QUESTION ALL THE TIME ABOUT, WELL, HOW, DO YOU EVALUATE JUDGES.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO AGREE, EVEN WHEN I TALK TO THE PRESIDING -- -- AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT HAS TO DO WITH CASE DISPOSITIONS, THAT'S IT.
ARE YOU TAKING CARE OF WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU OR IS IT BEING DELAYED? JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED.
YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE LOOK AT ON THINGS LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE WORKFLOW PROCESS.
WE'VE ALIGNED WITH THE 86TH LEGISLATURE CHANGES.
ALL OF OUR CLERKS -- WE WERE THE FIRST COURT IN THE STATE THAT REQUIRED ALL OF OUR CLERKS TO BECOME CERTIFIED, AND WE MAINTAIN THAT.
AND WE CONTINUE TO SEND THEM TO EDUCATION.
WE'VE SET UP A TEAM TO WORK ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OF OUR WORKFLOW.
WE'VE DONE MORE OUTREACH WITH THE MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM.
WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEND PREEN APPEARANCE NOTIFICATION TO TRY TO AVOID FTAS.
RIGHT NOW THEY GET A TICKET AND GET A LETTER FROM SIX LAWYERS THAT CAN TAKE CARE OF THE TICKET, BUT WE WANT TO START SENDING NOTICES TO REMIND THEM OF THEIR COURT DATE.
AND WE ALWAYS MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE IF ANY OF YOU EVER NEED ANYBODY FROM THE COURT TO COME SPEAK TO PEOPLE IN YOUR DISTRICT OR -- AND I'VE DONE THAT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.
WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I'LL PAUSE HERE FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO MUNICIPAL COURT BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FINAL TWO PRESENTATIONS FOR THE DAY.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, JUDGE, OTHER THAN TO VERIFY WHAT YOU DID SAY, ALL MAGISTRATION IS HAPPENING FOR ALL JURISDICTIONS NOW IN OUR AREA THROUGH YOU IN YOUR COURT AS OF MAY OF '19?
SO IT'S JUST WORKING OUT LOCATION ISSUE.
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COMPLIMENT YOU AND YOUR STAFF ON THE DIRECTION YOU MOVED TO BE AN OPERATION-FOCUSED MORE ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TECHNIQUES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP FOLKS IN JAIL WHO ARE TRULY THREATS TO OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN PEOPLE WHO ARE INDIGENT IN MANY CASES.I GUESS THE ONLY -- THE ONLY CLARIFICATION I DID WANT, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR SLIDE SB 1913, EXACTLY WHICH ONE WAS THAT?
>> SO SENATE BILL 1913 CAME AS A RESPONSE TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI.
>> AND AS I'D SAY, A NUMBER OF COURTS IN TEXAS HAD BEEN SUED FOR CERTAIN PRACTICES, AND SO THEY -- THEY CHANGED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LAW THAT PUT A BUNCH OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE THAT THERE WERE THINGS THAT REQUIRED FOR JUDGES TO DO IF THEY WERE GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY TO JAIL.
I WAS ALWAYS OF THE OPINION THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A TRAFFIC TICKET OR MURDER, IF THEY'RE SENDING YOU TO JAIL, YOU NEED TO HAVE REPRESENTATION.
THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THE LAW TO BE.
BUT THEY PUT A LOT OF THINGS IN ABOUT HAVING TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ON PAYMENT PLANS, GIVING PEOPLE ALTERNATIVES TO PAYMENTS SUCH AS COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THEY EXPANDED WHAT WE COULD USE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE DIFFERENT NONPROFITS.
THEY'VE EVEN APPROVED FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE JUST TRY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE TO GET THEIR ISSUES RESOLVED.
WELL, AGAIN, MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, JUDGE.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM BEGINS AND ENDS IN YOUR COURT, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND FRED FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND YOUR PATIENCE.
JUST A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS, I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS ON MAGISTRATION SERVICES, AND IS THAT -- WHAT TIME PERIOD DO THOSE REFLECT?
>> SANDOVAL: I MEAN HOW MANY MONTHS?
>> OH, MONTHS? IT'S FROM -- THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER TO JUNE.
AND IS THAT THE CASE FOR THE OTHER NUMBERS IN THE OTHER SLIDES? YOU GAVE US A REPORT ON JUVENILE COURT, SPECIALTY DOCKETS AND GENERAL APPEARANCE.
>> THE OTHER NUMBERS -- THE TRUANCY NUMBERS, THAT'S FROM THE FISCAL '19.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER ONES ARE EITHER THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR OR JUNE, LIKE FOR THE MAGISTRATION NUMBERS.
>> SANDOVAL: WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET THE NUMBERS FOR, LIKE, THE LAST COMPLETE FISCAL YEAR?
>> SANDOVAL: YEAH, FISCAL YEAR '18.
>> A LOT OF OUR INFORMATION THAT WE PULL FROM ARE REPORTED TO THE STATE, AND THAT'S USUALLY A MONTH BEHIND OR MORE, SO...
IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD TO GET A SENSE OF THE VOLUME BY TIME.
>> SANDOVAL: AND THEN COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE, JUDGE, ABOUT -- I'M ON SLIDE 3 -- JUST THE COURT OPERATIONS.
>> YEAH, SO THAT'S THE BULK OF OUR PERSONNEL.
SO THAT -- THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND CURRENTLY, SO WITH THE MAGISTRATION ADDED, YOU HAVE WHAT I WOULD -- MUNICIPAL COURT, WHICH WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 70% IN AND OUT, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SPECIALTY COURTS, SO THAT'S -- THAT'S ALL OF OUR PERSONNEL.
CLERICAL PERSONNEL, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL THAT ARE WORKING IN THE COURTROOM.
>> THE JUDICIARY NUMBERS REFLECT HOW MANY JUDGES YOU HAVE.
>> AND THAT'S 11 FULL-TIME JUDGES, INCLUDING ME, AND THEN THE REST ARE PART-TIME JUDGES.
AND WE ADD PART-TIME JUDGES TO TAKE ON THE MAGISTRATION OPERATION.
>> SANDOVAL: SO THEN -- SO IF THE JUDGES ARE UNDER JUDICIARY, WHAT'S UNDER MAGISTRATION? IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
>> THAT WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF.
AND THEN COURT OPERATIONS, THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF FOR ALL THE OTHER --
>> IT'S USUALLY EASY, NOW THAT WE'RE BACK DOING THIS.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I DID IT BACK IN THE DAY, IS YOU BASICALLY HAVE -- IT'S MUNICIPAL COURT AND MAGISTRATION COURT.
AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY SEPARATE OPERATIONS.
ONE'S 24/7 AND DEALING WITH DIFFERENT STUFF.
THERE'S SOME INTERACTION BECAUSE YOU'RE HANDLING SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT ARE SEEN IN THE FRONT, BUT FROM AN ACTUAL OPERATION'S STANDPOINT, THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT OPERATIONS.
SO, JUDGE, EVERY TIME I HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, EITHER FROM YOU OR INDIRECTLY, IT'S ALWAYS VERY IMPRESSIVE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE
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AHEAD OF THE CURVE NATIONALLY ON A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, AND IT'S -- IF WE DON'T TALK TO YOU OR IF WE DON'T HEAR IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE, WE KIND OF DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO HAVE THE PRESENTATION THIS TIME AROUND, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE MORE REPORTS.>> SANDOVAL: FROM YOUR DEPARTMENT INTO SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT EQUITY.
CLEARLY, IT'S EMBEDDED IN EVERYTHING --
I'M -- COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR PROGRAMMED ENHANCEMENTS FOR 2020 IN, WHAT IS IT, ENGAGING TARGET POPULATIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
>> I THINK WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPITALIZE IN 2020 IS LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, BEING ABLE TO SEE WHERE THERE'S NEEDS ARE, LIKE WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, THE ZIP CODES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED THAT MAY BE UNDERUTILIZED OR UNDERREPRESENTED AND TRY TO DO SOME MORE TARGETED OUTREACH TO THOSE FOLKS.
BECAUSE OUR OVERALL BELIEVE IS THAT OUR JOB IS OUR DUTY AS A COURT IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO JUSTICE.
THAT EVERYBODY GETS ACCESS TO JUSTICE, BUT THAT'S INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE.
SO WE HAVE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO USE OUR DATA TO START TRYING TO LOOK AT EXACTLY WHERE ARE THE HOT SPOTS AND WHERE IS IT COMING FROM? WE GENERALLY KNOW AND WE SEE THAT OUR POPULATION WHERE THERE'S EXTREME NEED? I MEAN, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE SLIDE ABOUT PERCENTAGES OF DISPOSITIONS AND YOU HAVE A 36% DISPOSITION RATE USING THE KIOSK AND THE ONLINE, AND THOSE FOLKS -- YOU'LL SEE PAYMENTS AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING.
AND THEY JUST -- THEY WANT TO RESOLVE IT, THEY GO PAY IT, AND THAT'S FINE WITH THEM.
BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT NEED TO COME IN AND TALK TO A JUDGE, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR STAFF IS -- IS TAUGHT AND TRAINED TO SAY, LOOK, WE TREAT EVERYBODY -- MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY LEAVE THE COURTHOUSE, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO JUSTICE AT THEIR LEVEL.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THE DATA FOR, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE TARGETING OF THE POPULATIONS.
BUT WE TRY TO DO MORE OF AN OUTREACH PROGRAM THIS PAST YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, BECAUSE NOT ONLY JUST IN TRAFFIC SAFETY, BUT IN OUR OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE DO AT THE COURT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL HAS COME BACK TO THE MAGISTRATION COURT THREE TIMES OVERNIGHT.
AND COUNCILWOMAN HAVRDA CAME LAST WEEK, AND THEY ACTUALLY -- WHEN I ALWAYS TELL THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK THERE, YOU GET TO SEE HOW SAUSAGE GETS MADE.
I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMEBODY COMING AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN NOTHING'S GOING ON.
SO THEY KIND OF GET TO SEE HOW THE WHOLE THING OPERATES.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SANDOVAL.
CAN YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE KIOSKS.
>> THERE'S ONE AT 1604 AND POTRANCO, THERE'S ONE AT THE -- ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE KIND OF IN THAT NACO/PERRIN AREA -- AT CITY BASE.
>> PELAEZ: SO WE'VE GOT THREE OF THEM.
DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR HOW OFTEN THEY'RE GETTING USED?
>> IT'S FUNNY, BECAUSE IT'S BECOME PART OF THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS.
SO YOU PROBABLY DO 20 TRANSACTIONS A DAY.
WE WERE ALSO ABLE, IN THE PAST, COUNCILPEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, CAN YOU OPEN THE COURT ON SATURDAY? THE KIOSK ALLOWS US TO DO COURT ON SATURDAY.
WE HAVE A PART-TIME JUDGE THAT COMES IN FROM 8:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL ABOUT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND SHE DOES A FAIR NUMBER ON SATURDAY.
WE -- WE CAN EXPAND THE KIOSK AT ANY TIME.
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT THROUGH CONNECTED COMMUNITIES AND CISCO WORKED WITH US AND WE USED SOME OF OUR TECH FUND.
THE WHOLE PROJECT COST ABOUT $100,000.
ONCE IT'S DONE, WE CAN REPLICATE AND GET NEW UNITS FOR 10.
SO EACH UNIT COSTS 10, BUT ALL THEY'RE USING IS -- YOU DON'T HAVE A CASHIER THERE, YOU DON'T HAVE A BAILIFF THERE, AND IT'S JUST -- AND H-E-B LOVES IT.
THEY NEVER ASK US TO PAY RENT OR --
>> PELAEZ: SO THESE ARE THREE KIOSKS LOCATED AT H-E-B.
>> PELAEZ: WHEN PEOPLE APPEAR VIA INTERNET, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE APPEARING FROM ONE OF OUR LIBRARIES, IS THAT
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HAPPENING OFTEN?>> PELAEZ: CAN SOMEBODY APPEAR VIA SKYPE OR WHATEVER FROM OUR LIBRARIES?
WE CAN PUT THE EQUIVALENT OF A KIOSK AT THE LIBRARY, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE.
BUT THE INTERNET'S EASY, TOO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO THE INTERNET TO MAKE A PAYMENT, IT EXPLAINS WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND IT GIVES YOU YOUR OPTION.
NOW, ON THE SPECIALTY COURT DOCKETS, THERE ARE CERTAIN VIOLATIONS THAT YOU MUST APPEAR ON.
>> YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT SOMEBODY LONG-TERM, THEY HAVE TO APPEAR, THEY CAN'T -- A COLLEGE STUDENT CAN'T GO ONLINE AND PAY A MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL CASE.
WE TELL THEM THEY HAVE TO APPEAR, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE REPERCUSSIONS, AND THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED TO THEM.
SAME THING ON SHOPLIFTING AND OTHER CASES LIKE THAT.
>> PELAEZ: AND THE ONLY REASON I RAISE IT, IT JUST, ERIK, IT SEEMS TO ME WE'RE MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY AT OUR LIBRARIES.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE FOLKS TO USE THOSE, IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT PLACE FOR US TO MAKE THAT AS AN OPTION.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T COST US ANY RENT, YOU KNOW, THE COMPUTER'S ALREADY THERE.
AND IF PEOPLE CAN APPEAR IN THE LIBRARY, I MEAN, WE CAN ALSO -- THEY CAN ALSO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF OTHER SERVICES AND IT MIGHT BE THE ONE TIME THEY VISIT OUR LIBRARIES, RIGHT? SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
AS FAR AS -- AND I WILL TELL YOU, JUDGE, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS -- IT'S ALWAYS GREAT, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE -- THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET PRESENTATION, SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON REALLY DRIVING HOME THE POINT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR PLACE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS AS FAR AS OTHER CITY INITIATIVES, AND I WILL CHALLENGE YOU, HOWEVER, I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR, YOU KNOW, A REVISIT OF THE MISSION AND THE VISION, BECAUSE IF I LOOK AT THE MISSION AND THE VISION ON PAGE 2, IT REALLY IS LIMITED ONLY TO ADMINISTERING, YOU KNOW, A JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN A COURT IN A FAIR, EFFICIENT AND TIMELY MANNER.
AND THEN NOTHING ELSE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, CONSIDERING HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VISIT YOU GUYS EVERY YEAR, TO SEE IF THE COURT CAN ALSO BECOME, YOU KNOW, A PARTNER WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY IN HELPING PUSH INITIATIVES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CROSS-POLLINATING THERE.
RIGHT? BECAUSE OFTENTIMES Y'ALL ARE THE FRONT LINES AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL WE KNOW, THAT MAY BE THE ONLY CONTACT SOMEBODY WILL HAVE WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MAYBE LETTING CUSTOMERS SLIP BETWEEN OUR FINGERS WHEN WE COULD HELP THEM PAY THEIR CPS BILL, WE COULD HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, GET THEIR LIBRARY CARD, REGISTER TO VOTE, ALL THAT STUFF, RIGHT? AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO GET MORE VALUE, AND SO THAT'S MY ONLY CHALLENGE FOR Y'ALL, IS -- AND I'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT ADDED VALUE.
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A VERY SPECIAL PLACE OVER THERE WHERE YOU'RE TOUCHING A LOT OF LIVES WHEREAS OTHER DEPARTMENTS DON'T.
>> AND I WOULD TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH FRANK WING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, BUT AS FRED WAS EXPLAINING WITH MORE PEOPLE USING VIDEO AND STUFF, WE HAVE SPACE AREAS THERE.
>> CASHIER WINDOWS WHERE YOU COULD PUT SOMEBODY FROM CPS, OR THAT YOU COULD HANDLE SOME STUFF THERE.
SO THAT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.
>> OUR CURRENT -- WE OVERLAP AND DEAL WITH PD AND HUMAN SERVICES A LOT.
>> BUT I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THAT COULD -- THAT IS POSSIBLE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PELAEZ.
THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU SPECIFICALLY FOR THE YOUTH REENGAGEMENT CENTER, NEXT LEVEL.
IT'S QUITE AN AMAZING PLACE, AND IT'S -- I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT IT'S AT THE FRANK GARRETT CENTER IN DISTRICT 1, WE HAD A BACK-TO -SCHOOL FARE THERE RECENTLY.
I THINK EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT BRAIN CHILD THAT YOU HAD, SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM FOR MENTAL HEALTH BEDS, AND SO WHAT'S -- CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT?
>> SO MUCH OF THIS STUFF IS WRAPPED TOGETHER, SO AS WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE COUNTY, THERE ARE CERTAIN ISSUES THAT OVERLAP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.
I'VE WORKED WITH DR. BRIDGER AND WE HAVE FOUND SOME BEDS IN A PROGRAM ON SOME OF -- LIKE THE CHRONIC INKNEE BRIE ATS AND THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT COME IN OVERNIGHT, I THINK LONG-TERM AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION INSTEAD OF EVERYBODY GOING IN DIFFERENT
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DIRECTIONS, THAT WE TRY TO POOL MONEY TOGETHER FOR MENTAL HEALTH BEDS AND TREATMENT BEDS.BECAUSE WHEN I WORK AT THE MAGISTRATE COURT OVERNIGHT, I'M SIGNING MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS ON 50% OF THE PEOPLE I SEE.
AND I'M GETTING A LARGE VOLUME OF LOW-LEVEL DRUG POSSESSION CASES AND STUFF LIKE THAT WHO ARE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO LIKE A TREATMENT BED INSTEAD OF GOING STRAIGHT TO JAIL, BECAUSE ALL THEY'LL DO IS SET IN THERE FOR THREE MONTHS, THEY GIVE THEM TIME SERVED, THEY'RE BACK OUT, YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, AND THEN I'M JUST SEEING THEM AGAIN.
BUT I THINK THOSE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON THE SPECIFIC ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT, WE'VE MOVED FORWARD ON THAT WITH DR. BRIDGER, AND -- RIGHT, BECAUSE WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE FOR THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
AND, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT TO BEING MORE -- YOU KNOW, MORE PROACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE THAT NEED THE HELP.
AND I'D LIKE -- I'D LIKE FOR US TO VISIT AGAIN REGARDING WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL TO HELP YOU ESTABLISH A MUCH STRONGER FOOTHOLD ON MENTAL HEALTH BEDS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER TREVINO.
JUST TO TOUCH ON, AGAIN, WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO ON, THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS BEDS, WHERE TO PUT THESE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT HAVE MAYBE NEED OF IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES IS A STATE AGENCY.
THAT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY THAT CAN PROVIDE MORE OF THIS SUPPORT IN THIS AREA.
AND SO I HOPE THIS BECOMES MAYBE AN ISSUE WE ADD ON TO OUR AGENDA IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO GET MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
I KNOW THEY'RE REDOING THE STATE HOSPITAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP MAY BE WHEN THAT'S COMPLETED FOR ALLOWING THE CITY TO PLACE SOME PEOPLE THERE IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHEN IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, BUT I THINK ALL OF US KNOW MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES DON'T BELONG IN JAIL.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET TREATED WELL THERE.
>> AND LET ME EXPLAIN THE DISTINCTION AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY IT'S AN OVERLAP.
AND IT'S FRUSTRATION THAT I HEAR FROM DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS ALL THE TIME.
SO WE DO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S TWO LEVEL OF OFFENSES THAT THEY CAN GET CHARGED WITH.
THEY GET CHARGED WITH A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AT MY COURT FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION OR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS, THEY'RE BROUGHT TO THE JAIL, THEY SOBER UP OR THEY TAKE THEM TO 601, THE RESTORATION CENTER, SOBER UP, THEY'RE OUT, RIGHT BACK AT IT.
SOMETIMES WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE SAME POPULATION, IT RISES TO A LEVEL WHERE THEY SAY CHARGE THEM WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
AND I USE THAT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THAT WAS WHY IT WAS SO MAJOR THAT I HAD TO ROLL OUT THIS MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING.
SO THEY HAD TWO HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE BOTH PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC THAT WERE BOTH CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL TRESPASS WHICH MOVES UP TO A B.
SO THAT MEANS I'M GOING TO MAGISTRATE THEM, THEY HAVE TO MAKE A BOND, WHATEVER.
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLAGGED AS MENTAL HEALTH BEFORE THAT HAPPENED.
THEY SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN DIVERTED DIRECTLY FROM THE COURT, BUT INSTEAD THEY WENT TO JAIL AND THEY WEREN'T FLAGGED.
BOTH OF THEM DIED IN THE JAIL OF NATURAL CAUSES, BUT THAT'S THE STUFF WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WERE BOTH DIAGNOSED PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIC AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TREATED FOR THAT.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS QUALITY OF LIFE PROBLEM DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, AROUND HAVEN AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S A CITY/COUNTY PROBLEM.
THEY DIED IN THE COUNTY JAIL, THEY COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY FACILITY WHEN THEY GOT ARRESTED, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK WE HAVE TO BE AWARE AND TRY TO FIND THE BEDS AND GET PEOPLE DIRECTED WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.
>> COURAGE: I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S RELATED TO YOUR WORK WITH JUVENILE DETENTION -- I MEAN, JUVENILES WHO ARE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL.
OKAY? THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM AS I WAS A TEACHER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING IT NOW.
ONE THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS -- AND THIS IS, I GUESS, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST AFFECTED IN IMPROVING THEIR ATTENDANCE?
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>> SO THE INTERESTING THING WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE DID IT, THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH WAS NORTH SIDE HAD AN IMPROVEMENT OF JUST A LITTLE UNDER 1%, WHICH TRANSLATED TO DOLLARS.
>> SO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVES MONEY FROM THE TEA BASED ON WHO'S IN THE SEATS.
AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ATTENDANCE, THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT CONTINUALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE 16 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SOME ARE HARDER TO DEAL WITH THAN OTHERS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD TO ACTUALLY GET IN THERE AND TELL THEM, YOU CAN'T DO THAT, WE NEED TO DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT -- BUT IF THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, THEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS GET MORE MONEY.
>> COURAGE: I REALIZE THAT YOUR STAFF IS, YOU KNOW, DOING A LOT OF WORK ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY AND FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO RECOGNIZE AND BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE MONEY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BUT IT'S ALSO IF THROUGH A DIVERSION PROGRAMS, STUDENTS GO BACK AND THEIR BEHAVIORS IMPROVE, THEN IT ALLOWS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE EFFECTS BY WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW COMPARED TO JUST PUTTING THEM IN COURT AND HAVING 30,000 OF THESE CASES A YEAR.
>> COURAGE: AND BRINGING IN THE PARENTS AND FINING EVERYBODY.
AND IT JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BE DOING VERY MUCH GOOD, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS AGO -- OR 10 YEARS AGO, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE NOW.
BUT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING NOW IF WE COULD SEE SOME REAL RESULTS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS' ARE TALKING ABOUT AND WE CAN SEE IT AS A PAY WE MEASURE IT AS A CITY.
>> AND WHILE WE'RE SO FOCUSED ON THAT, AND I MEAN, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HEAR THIS: THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO NOT HAVE A DROPOUT PROBLEM.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A DROPOUT PROBLEM.
BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE ON THE STREET.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE ALWAYS SEEN THIS AS A VERY IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR, BECAUSE IT'S A CITY ISSUE.
SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR PROBLEM OVER HERE, BUT ONCE THEY'RE -- THAT WAS WHY THE REENGAGEMENT WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING, THAT LEADS TO OTHER THINGS.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, SO...
>> COURAGE: LOOKING AT THE CHART, I THINK IT'S ON SLIDE 11, YOU'VE GOT A BREAKDOWN OF THREE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SERVICES NOW.
10,374, 22 STRAIGHT AND 10,432.
BEFORE THE CITY REAS ASSUMED THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAGISTRATING ALL OF THE CASES, WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS THAT WE WERE MAGISTRATING?
>> IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE -- WHAT IS THE CLASS C, THAT 10432.
THOSE WERE PEOPLE THAT GOT ARRESTED ON TICKETS.
>> AND USUALLY WHAT IT WAS, THEY WOULD BRING THEM IN, WE'D WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THEM.
WE'D NEVER COMMITTED ANYBODY TO JAIL, THEY WERE PICKED UP ON A WARRANT.
>> COURAGE: SO NOW IT'S 43,000 WHEN YOU PUT THOSE THREE NUMBERS TOGETHER?
>> COURAGE: OH, IT'S THE 22,000.
>> THE PROBLEM WITH THE MAGISTRATION IS IT'S SUPER LABOR INTENSIVE AND IT'S SUPER PAPERWORK HEAVY.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU CAN'T DO WITH TECHNOLOGY ON THAT, BECAUSE THE JUDGE IS JUST CONSTANTLY SIGNING COMMITMENT ORDERS, MAGISTRATE WARNINGS, PROTECTIVE ORDERS.
I THINK THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED THAT RECENTLY THEY'VE GONE TO A -- THEY'RE REQUESTING PROTECTIVE ORDERS ON EVERYTHING FAMILY VIOLENCE NOW.
THE JUDGE HAS DISCRETION ON WHAT BOXES THEY CHECK ON THE PROTECTIVE ORDER.
WE SIGN SEARCH AND ARREST WARRANTS ALL NIGHT LONG, SO IT'S JUST A VERY HEAVY OPERATION.
>> COURAGE: BUT I'VE HEARD YOU'VE ONLY ADDED A FEW ASSISTANT MAGISTRATES OR PART-TIME?
>> WELL, NO, WE'VE KIND OF GOT THAT UP AND RUNNING NOW.
WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE IT WAS NECESSARY THAT WE ADD PART-TIME JUDGES.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE POSTED A POSITION FOR A FULL-TIME JUDGE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY TO WORK OVERNIGHT SO I DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ANYMORE -- NO.
AND SO THOSE -- I THINK THAT CLOSED ON FRIDAY, AND SO WE'LL BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW THEY WANT TO CONDUCT THOSE INTERVIEWS.
>> COURAGE: BUT THE COUNTY HAS ASSUMED ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS SINCE WE'VE TAKEN THAT ON, IS THAT RIGHT.
>> COURAGE: THEIR PORTION, RIGHT.
>> SO OUR PORTION IS 70% OF THE ARRESTS IS SAPD.
>> AND THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE DOING AHEAD OF TIME.
THE COUNTY ADDED 30 -- ANOTHER 30%, SO, 89, AND WE'LL JUST -- LIKE I SAID, WE'RE DOING MOST OF THAT BY VIDEO, BUT WE DO
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SEND ONLY JUDGES OVER TO THEIR FACILITIES SOMETIMES.THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER COURAGE.
FOR SOMEBODY THAT PRACTICES THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW, IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE ENTRANCE TO THE SYSTEM THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOUR POINT ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT IT'S A CITY/COUNTY PROBLEM.
I RELATED TO YOU, BUT I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS, CRIMINAL CLIENTS WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY HAVE 10, 11, 12 PRIOR CHARGES AND I'M THE FIRST ATTORNEY THAT'S IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU TWEAKED THE SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT, THE FORMS, TO BETTER IDENTIFY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT BRIEFLY?
>> THE THING THAT HAD OCCURRED WHEN WE -- WE HAD JUST TAKEN OVER AND THEN THE ISSUE HAD COME UP ABOUT THE FIRST HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD DIED IN THERE, WE WERE REVIEWING THE FORMS THAT HAD BEEN BEING USED IN THE MAG OFFICE AND 18 MONTHS PRIOR TO US TAKING OVER, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED THE SANDRA BLAND ACT AND THAT WAS THE WOMAN WHO HUNG HERSELF IN A JAIL OUTSIDE OF BEAUMONT.
AND THEY REQUIRED THAT THE MAGISTRATE -- THAT THE JAIL STAFF, EITHER SHERIFF OR MUNICIPAL, AND THE MAGISTRATE, THEY HAD TO IDENTIFY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN 12 HOURS OF ARREST.
AND SO WHAT WE IMPLEMENTED WAS, THERE'S A FORM, A QUESTIONNAIRE THAT THEY ASK EVERYBODY THAT COMES IN, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE? ARE YOU CURRENTLY TAKING MEDICATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH? HAVE YOU EVER COMMITTED SUICIDE? ARE YOU HAVING SUICIDE THOUGHTS? THERE'S ANOTHER BOX THAT THEY REFUSE TO ANSWER AND THEY -- THEY'RE NOTING SOMETHING OFF, THAT'S THE FIRST -- IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE FORM.
WHEN THAT GOES IN THE JUDGE'S FILE, WE AUTOMATICALLY PUT THE EVALUATION FORM IN.
THAT WAS WHERE THE SANDRA BLAND NONCOMPLIANCE WAS OCCURRING.
SO THEN WHEN I'M TALKING TO THEM, IF THAT'S IN THERE, I DON'T -- NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THERE -- DEFENDER WILL RECOMMEND THE EVALUATION.
BUT THEN EVERYBODY THAT GOES TO JAIL WITH THAT ORDER FROM ME HAS TO -- AUDIO] -- BEFORE THEY GO FURTHER IN THE PROCESS.
>> HAVRDA: SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, THE EVALUATION BY THE PUBLIC DEFENDER IS HAPPENING PRIVATELY, RIGHT? SO THE DEFENDER HAS A LITTLE MORE PRIVACY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT THEIR ISSUES.
>> WE DON'T HAVE AN IDEAL SITUATION BECAUSE WE'RE ROLLING IT OUT.
THEY HAVE TO GO TALK TO THEM IN THE CELL SOMETIMES.
WE ARRANGE FOR THEM TO TALK TO THEM IN THE COURTROOM, I STAY IN MY OFFICE WITH THE DOOR CLOSED.
WHEN THEY'RE DONE TALKING TO THEM, THE DA COMES IN AND WE OPEN COURT.
THAT'S GENERALLY HOW WE DO IT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER CABELLO HARVEY.
JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO IN OUR CITY.
>> WALSH: THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
NEXT UP WE HAVE ROZI AND THE TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT THAT WILL GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGET.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK THEN AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE BEN GORZELL AND THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED 2020 BUDGET PROGRAM.
OUR MISSION STATEMENT THROUGH INNOVATION AND DEDICATION WE BUILD AND MAINTAIN SAN ANTONIO INFRASTRUCTURE.
OUR MAJOR PROGRAM IS A FIVE-YEAR INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, IMP, 2017 BOND PROGRAM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, PED AND BICYCLE SAFETY, UNDERWART -- UNDERWATER STORM WATER PROGRAM, NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESSIBILITY AND 3-1-1.
TCI, FY 2020 CAPITAL BUDGET IS 730 MILLION FROM WHICH 464 IS CAPITAL BUDGET, 230 MILLION OPERATING BUDGET.
S & P, 110 MILLION, SAME AS IS
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2019, AND THE POSITION IS 2019, 884 AND PROPOSED FOR 2020, 896.EMBEDDING EQUITY IN TCI, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAY USER, FY '19 PROGRESS, TARGETING INVESTMENT IN DISTRICT WITH LOW PAVEMENT CONDITION, ESTABLISHED SIDEWALK PROJECT SELECTION AND PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY AND USABILITY, COMMUNITY INPUT, VR PROJECT, PROGRAM MEETINGS, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING -- SPANISH-LANGUAGE SPEAKERS, BRAILLE AND ASSISTED LISTENING AND ASL.
FY '20 ENHANCEMENT ESTABLISH DEPARTMENT EQUITY GOALS, IDENTIFY KEY DATA FOR EQUITY-BASED DECISIONS, COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, LEVERAGE NEW ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION POSITIONS, TRAIN KEY STAFF ON EQUITY.
>> STREET MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE OVER 4100 MILES OF STREET, ONE-TIME NEED, 1.5 MILLION.
GOAL IS MAINTAIN ROADWAY NETWORK AT AVERAGE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 70 OR ABOVE.
PROGRAMS IS PAYMENT PRESERVATION -- PAVEMENT PRESERVATION, WHICH INCLUDE CRACKS, SEALING, MICROSURFACING, REHABILITATION WHICH INCLUDES OVERLAY, REMEMBERING CLAMATION AND -- RECLAMATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, PRIORITIZATION WILL BE PAVEMENT CONDITION.
AS YOU CAN SEE -- GO BACK, PLEASE.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OUR FUNDING FOR STREETS SINCE 2010, WHICH WAS 31 MILLION, AND NOW IT'S 110 MILLION.
2019, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT -- WE ARE GOING TO CONSTRUCT OVER 1200 PROJECTS, AND WE ARE PROJECTING FOR 2020 TO BE ABLE OVER 1,300 PROJECTS, WHICH IS 9% OF OUR NETWORK.
STREET NETWORK CONDITION: OUR NETWORK, WHICH IS OVER 4100, GOOD NEWS IS 38% IS GREAT, AVERAGE IS EXCELLENT.
24% IS GRADE B, WHICH REQUIRE MICROSURFACING [INDISCERNIBLE] SEAL.
14% IS GRADE C, ANOTHER 14% GRADE D, WHICH REQUIRE [INDISCERNIBLE] OVERLAY WITH BASE REPAIR, AND 10% IS GRADE F, WHICH REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION.
2018 AND 2019 STREET IMPROVEMENT STRATEGY, 2018, 99 MILLION.
YEAR 1 S & P, 2019, 110 MILLION.
YEAR 2 S & P, OUTCOME BY COMPLETING 2019 S & P IN MARCH OF 2020, ALL DISTRICT PROJECTED TO HAVE AVERAGE PCI SCORE ABOVE OR AT 70.
MORE THAN 760 MILES OF THE ROADWAYS MAINTAINED, 475 MILES IN COUNCIL DISTRICTS WITH LOW PCI.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IN 2018 AND '19, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO 576 BLOCK OF STREET WHICH IS EQUAL 54 MILES.
EQUITY-BASED STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDING.
YEAR FIRST S & P, 64 MILLION WERE DISTRIBUTED BASED ON ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY, 35 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR DISTRICTS WITH LOW PCI.
YEAR 2S & P, 64 MILLION BASED ON PROPORTIONALITY, 35 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR DISTRICTS WITH PCI SCORE BELOW 70.
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AND 11 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR D AND C STREETS IN ALL DISTRICTS WITHIN [INDISCERNIBLE] AND THE OLDER AREA OF DISTRICT 8 AND 9.MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR 2020 110 MILLION TO DISTRIBUTE 50/50.
55MILLION BASED ON ALLOCATED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK, AND ANOTHER 55 MILLION BASED ON CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK.
CITYWIDE NETWORK AVERAGE PCI FROM 2016 AND 2020.
LAST YEAR, WHEN I AND ANTONIO WAS DISCUSSING WITH EACH COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER PERRY HAD IDEA, WHY NOT SHOW THE PCI FROM 2016 TO SEE HOW MUCH IT HAS IMPROVED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IN 2016 OUR AVERAGE CITY WIDE PCI WAS 71.
AND WE ARE PROJECTING IN 2020 TO BE 75.
ALTHOUGH YOU REALIZE PCI IS NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING, EVEN IF WE ARE SENDING OUT MONEY, BUT SINCE OUR BUDGET ON STREET MAINTENANCE HAS INCREASED, WE ARE DOING REALLY MORE THAN JUST STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
WE ARE DOING MORE SIDEWALK, WE ARE DOING MORE WHEELCHAIR RAMP AND ALSO WE ARE DOING A LOT OF F STREET, THE CITY'S MAY NOT REALIZE PCI HAS GONE SIGNIFICANTLY.
TWO YEARS STREET MAINTENANCE DELIVERY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO DELIVER $110 MILLION IN TWO YEARS? YEAR 1, WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE WITH IN-HOUSE CREW, 12 MONTHS PER YEAR, 12.4 MILLION.
12 MONTHS CONTRACTED REHABILITATION, 70.6 MILLION.
24 MONTHS, CONTRACT RECLAMATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, 25 MILLION, WHICH WILL INCLUDE 110 MILLION.
THE TWO YEARS PROGRAM FOR THOSE PROJECTS, WE ARE DOING MORE THAN JUST MILL AND OVERLAY.
IT REQUIRES DESIGN, IT REQUIRE S UTILITY COORDINATION AND IT ALSO REQUIRES UTILITY.
BUDGET AND DESIGN, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR NEED.
REPAIRS ALLEY THAT DO NOT RECEIVE SOLID WASTE TRASH CONNECTION.
TWO YEARS PROJECT, 650K FOR YEAR 1, ADDRESSING 36 NONSERVICE ALLEY REPORTED WITH OVERGROWING VEGETATION, ROTTING AND POUNDING -- PONDING ISSUES.
FY '20 ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT ADT.
THIS IS QUARTER CENT TAX VOTER APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2004 WILL GENERATE FY '20 18.1 MILLION.
REVENUE GENERATED WILL BE USED ONLY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY PROJECT.
FY '20 OPERATING 6.3 MILLION, CAPITAL BUDGETS, 11.8 MILLION.
SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION: SINCE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ON SIDEWALK NEED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE HAVE TO CREATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO GRADE THEM TO GIVE US IDEA WHICH SIDEWALK NEEDS TO BE DONE FIRST.
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS 25 POINTS, SCHOOLS 17.5., TRANSIT ACCESS 15-POINT, ARTERIAL ROADWAY ACCESS 12.5, 0 COST HOLDERS, 12.5.
HEALTHCARE FACILITY, 10, AND OTHER DESTINATION, 7.5.
AS YOU CAN SEE PRIORITY ONE AND WE HAVE 3 MILES PRIORITY TWO, WE HAVE 31 MILES.
OUR GOAL IS TO FILL THE GAP AND REPAVE THE SIDEWALK CITYWIDE IN PRIORITIZED AREA.
AND ALSO WE HAVE CREATED -- WHICH WE'RE GOING TO CALL SIDEWALK SQUAD.
THANKS FOR COUNCILMAN TREVINO.
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WE HAVE OVER 5,000 SIDEWALK.WE HAVE UNDER 1900 SIDEWALK GAP -- 2019, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO 40 MILES OF SIDEWALK.
WE HAVE -- 61 PERCENT ALREADY.
OTHER FUNDING FOR FY '19 WAS 19 MILLION.
OTHER FUNDING FOR FY '20 IS 17 MILLION.
2MILLION YES, BUT THANKS FOR THE NEW PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE WITH LESS MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SIDEWALK SQUAD.
17MILLION IS BUDGET, 5 MILLION FROM ADT, AND 12 MILLION IS COMING FROM BOND.
SIDEWALK REPAIRS OR SIDEWALK SQUAD, EARLY THIS YEAR COUNCILMAN TREVINO CHALLENGED US.
THE QUESTION WAS, WE REPAIR THE ROADWAY FOR VEHICLE USE, WHY ARE WE NOT REPAIRING SIDEWALK FOR PEDESTRIAN USE? IT MAKES SENSE, COUNCILMAN.
WE START WORKING WITH COUNCILMAN TO CREATE PILOT PROGRAM FOR DISTRICT 1.
LAST THREE MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD .3-MILE OF SIDEWALK.
GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT BACK IN USABLE STATE 1.6-MILE SIDEWALK, RATIO OF 5 TO 1.
IF WE BUILD 1 MILE SIDEWALK, WE ARE GAINING 5-MILE OF USABLE SIDEWALK.
AND SINCE IT HAS BEEN REALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WE ARE PROPOSING TO USE THIS CITYWIDE, WHICH IS GOOD FOR DISTRICT 1, IT SHOULD BE GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE ASKING SEVEN-MEMBER SIDEWALK CREW, WE ARE ANTICIPATING MINIMUM OF 1.9-MILE SIDEWALK REHABILITATION REPAIRS WHICH WILL GENERATE 6-MILE OF USABLE SIDEWALK, AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS WILL BE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE RATIO WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE MINIMUM OF 7 TO 1, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 5 TO 1, DEPEND ON THE AREA WE SELECT TO DO THE SIDEWALK REPAIR.
VISION ZERO, FATALITY FOR LAST FIVE YEARS FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, AS YOU CAN SEE, CERTAIN AREA THEY HAVE GONE DOWN, CERTAIN AREA THEY HAVE STAYED FLAT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOME AREA THEY HAVE GONE UP.
VISION ZERO, THE BUDGET 1 MILLION.
CRUSH DATA ANALYSIS, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, SCHOOL/PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, 1 MILLION AGAIN.
12 NEW SCHOOL FLASHING BEACON.
205 SCHOOL FLASHING BEACONS MAINTAINED.
210 SCHOOL ZONE SIGN UPGRADE, AND 800 SCHOOL ZONE CROSSING REMARK.
AND THIS IS DONE IN GOOD TIME BEFORE WE START THE SCHOOL.
PAVEMENT MARKING, 5.6 MILLION, 230-MILE OF THE MARKINGS.
NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC COMING, 1 MILLION.
THREE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THREE DESIGN PROJECT.
TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, CONGESTION MEDICATION, IMPROVE YOUR BUS SERVICES, SIGNAL COMMUNICATION AND TIMING MANAGEMENT, TDA MANAGER, COMMUTE COACHING, EMPLOY BIKE SHARE, VAN POOL LAUNCH OCTOBER 2019.
OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN COORDINATION, ANNUAL BUDGET TO VR, 10 MILLION.
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OR ITS, 1.8 MILLION.
CONGESTION MITIGATION AND AIR QUALITY GRANT 3.4 MILLION.
BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE: MICROMOBILITY POLICY DOCUMENT, BEST PRACTICE AND POLICY GUIDANCE, PUBLIC OUTPUT ENGAGEMENT, DOWNTOWN, MIDTOWN, REGIONAL CENTER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BICYCLE FACILITY FOR 2020, 1.2 MILLION.
ANNUAL BICYCLE PROGRAM, 1 MILLION.
BIKE MASTER PLAN UPDATE, BIKE LANE RESCRIEPING, SMP
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ENHANCEMENT, SA BIKE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND THREE POSITIONS FOR 219,000.WE HAVE 173 LANE MILES, 13 PATH MILES AND 74 ROUTES.
RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT FUND, 3.7 MILLION.
REVENUE GENERATED FROM RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND INSPECTION FEE AND PENALTIES, RESTRICTED USE FOR RIGHT OF WAY STREET MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION.
FY '20, 3.8 MILLION BUDGET, AND 40 POSITIONS.
RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE EXPECTING FOR 2020, THE PERMIT WILL BE NOT SIGNIFICANTLY -- PERMIT APPLICATION IS NOT GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FROM 2019.
STORM WATER UTILITY AND REGIONAL FUNDS: AUDIO] STORM WATER FUND, 53.3 MILLION, REVENUE GENERATED BY AMOUNT OF STORM WATER UTILITY FEE, RESTRICTED USE FOR FLOOD MANAGEMENT WORK AND STORM WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, FY '20, 47-POINT -- 47.4 MILLION OPERATING, 7.9 MILLION FOR CAPITAL.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BE ABLE TO DO SIX PROJECTS WITH THIS -- UNDER THIS FUND.
STORM WATER UTILITY FEE INCREASE.
FIFTH AND FINAL YEAR, FIVE-YEAR RATE, PLAN INCREASE PROVIDE IN 2016.
[INDISCERNIBLE] EFFECT JANUARY 1ST, 2016.
FINAL YEAR OF THE RATE INCREASE OF 2.25% WHICH CONSISTS OF THE APPROVED PLAN.
ESTIMATED GENERATE 1 MILLION IN ADDITION REVENUE FOR CAPITAL DRAINAGE PROJECT.
THE FEE WILL BE INCREASING FOR RESIDENTIAL, 1.30 ANNUALLY.
AND FOR NONRESIDENTIAL, $8.90 ANNUALLY.
WHICH IS BASED ON 2.25 INCREASE BASED ON CPI.
STORM WATER UTILITY: OPERATIONAL CAPITAL ENHANCEMENT, WE ARE PROPOSING A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS TO BE DONE UNDER THIS FUND WHICH IS 7.9 MILLION.
W. W. WHITE, MLK INTERIM DRAINAGE, ALDINE AND BERG DRIVE DRAINAGE, [INAUDIBLE] DRAINAGE, CHURCHILL AVENUE DRAINAGE, CORE GATED METAL PIPE REPLACEMENT AND [INAUDIBLE] AREA DRAINAGE 2.8 MILLION.
ALSO WITH THIS ONE, WE'RE PROPOSING TWO STAFF FOR PROJECT DELIVERY AT THE COST OF $169,000.
2020 BUDGET SUMMARY FOR STORM WATER REGIONAL FACILITY FUND, 10.8 MILLION.
REVENUE IS GENERATED FROM FEE IN LIEU OF ONSITE STORM WATER DETENTION, RESTRICTED USE FOR DEVELOPMENT, PERMIT REVIEW AND STORM WATER REGIONAL CAPITAL PROJECT.
FOR MY2020, OPERATING AS 2 MILLION.
CAPITAL PROJECT, 8.8 MILLION, TOTAL 10.8.
AND THE POSITION IS STAY THE SAME AS 2019, 14.
STORM WATER REGIONAL FACILITY FUND, 9 MILLION.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO FUND A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS AS PART OF THIS FUND.
HALBRICK UNFLATTERED SSPR [INDISCERNIBLE], LBJ PARK CHANNEL STABILIZATION, OLMOS DAM IMPROVEMENT, REGIONAL STORM WATER MASTER PLAN PHASE 4, BARBARA DRIVE PHASE TWO, SAN PEDRO CREEK AND SA TUNNEL
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IMPROVEMENT, CEILING CHANNEL, PHASE 4 AND/OR -- AND ORSINGER LOW WATER CROSSING, AND WE'RE ALSO $250,000 FOR NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM: 750 MILLION 715 MILLION FOR 2020, 437 PROJECTS.
STREETS, WHICH THE IS BIGGEST ONE OF THE FUND, 279 MILLION, NEIGHBORHOOD AND FACILITY, 119 MILLION.
PARKS, 116 MILLION, DRAINAGE, 84 MILLION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 53 MILLION, AIR TRANSPORTATION, 52, AND POLICE AND FIRE, 11 MILLION.
UP FROM 437 PROJECT, TCI MANAGED 296 OF THEM, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 67 PERCENT.
STREET PROGRAM FOR FY-2020, 279 MILLION, STREET MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST ONE, 67 MILLION, PETERS ROAD INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT.
HARVEY WURZBACH HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT 6 MILLION.
PRU ROAD 5 MILLION AND WEST MILITARY AND INGRAM ROAD CONNECTION, 4.5 MILLION.
NEIGHBORHOOD AND FACILITY PROGRAM, 119 MILLION, ACS PARKING LOT EXPANSION, ALAMODOME RETRACTABLE SEATING.
CENTRAL LARGEST HVAC ROOF REPLACEMENT.
REPLACEMENT, BUILDING MAINTENANCE PUBLIC FACILITY MAINTENANCE.
SCHAFFER LIBRARY TRAIL IMPROVEMENT.
ELLA AUSTIN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE.
PARKS PROGRAM, 160 MILLION, WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT, EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM WHICH IS THE LARGEST ONE, 20 MILLION.
LEON CREEK, 2 .8, SALADA CREEK 3.2, ATHLETIC COMPLEX, 3.6 AND WOOD LAWN LAKE PARK, MULTI GENERATIONAL CENTER, 3.9.
ALDEAN DRIVE DRAINAGE, 2 MILLION, CEILING CHANNEL, 3.2, ORSINGER CROSSING, 35, 1 MILLION.
SOUTHBOUND STREET IS 3.5 MILLION.
WEST MILITARY DRIVE, IS 3 MILLION.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ENTERPRISE LAND MANAGEMENT, 5.7, I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT, 5 MILLION.
NEOTECHNOLOGY PROJECT, 5 MILLION.
>> POLICE AND FIRE PROGRAM, 11 MILLION, IN CAR RADIO REPLACEMENT, 1 MILLION, POLICE 475,000, SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT SUBSTATION AND PARKS POLICE HEADQUARTER, 4.9.
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TEZEL ROAD FACILITY, HALF A MILLION.COMPLETED, 30 UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 17%.
120 IS UNDER DESIGN, 71%, AND WE HAVE NINE PROJECTS PREDESIGNED, WHICH IS 5%.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN TO START US ON THIS ONE.
VERY HAPPY ABOUT THIS, THAT I GET TO GO FIRST.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, ROZI.
THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDS, AND I THINK FIRST I WANT TO START WITH THE END ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, BECAUSE I -- FOR CLARIFICATION, THESE -- THE CAPITAL BUDGET, THESE 715 MILLION, THE 437 PROJECTS, THESE ARE ALSO AUGMENTED OR LEVERAGED WITH BOND DOLLARS; IS THAT CORRECT?
BECAUSE THESE THAT ARE ALL ON HERE, IT SOUNDS WONDERFUL, ET CETERA, BUT THIS IS PART OF -- SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PART OF OUR BOND PACKAGE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE -- THAT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT VERY CLEARLY TO EVERYONE.
SO LET'S GO ONTO OUR EQUITY BUDGET.
SO WITH THE 55 MILLION, THE ALLOCATION BASED ON THE SIZE OF DISTRICT'S NETWORK, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE A SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE BREAK DOWN OF THE NETWORK SIZE IN EACH DISTRICT; IS THAT CORRECT?
>> VIAGRAN: I KNEW IT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE A WHOLE ATTACHMENT TO YOUR BACKUP SLIDES HERE.
SO THE CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORKS AND THEN THE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICTS NETWORK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT TO -- DEFINITELY, WE WANT TO BE EQUITABLE, AND WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE CITY NEEDS OUR SERVICES, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL STAY ON OUR THEME OF A NEEDS-BASED BUDGET THAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAD MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THESE PAST TWO YEARS, BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT US TO THEN FALL BACK BEHIND ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET DISTRIBUTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS IN THE FAR RIGHT-HAND CORNER -- WELL, MY RIGHT-HAND CORNER, CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT?
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW -- AND THIS IS JUST THE ALLOCATION OF THE --
SO THAT'S FOR THE 110 MILLION.
NOW WHAT IS ALSO DIFFERENT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TWO-YEAR SERVICE MAINTENANCE DELIVERY TO HELP SET EXPECTATIONS FOR US AND OUR COMMUNITY.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, LAST TWO YEARS WE ARE DOING IN TWO YEARS.
WE ARE NOT JUST COMMUNICATING, WE ARE DOING IN THESE TWO YEARS.
>> THE IDEA WAS SINCE IT'S REALLY TAKING TWO YEARS, WHY NOT WE PROGRAM FOR TWO YEARS.
SINCE AGAIN OUR BUDGET HAVE INCREASED, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DESIGN AND BUILD SOME OF THOSE STREET NEEDS BADLY, F STREETS.
THOSE REQUIRE DESIGN, THOSE STREETS REQUIRE UTILITY UPGRADE, WHICH REQUIRES TIME AND, OF COURSE, UTILITY AGENCIES, SAWS AND CPS, THEY HAVE TO BUDGET, IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE TO DO THOSE PROJECTS IN ONE YEAR.
THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE ANTICIPATING 75% OR SO WILL BE DONE IN ONE YEAR, THE REMAINING 25% WILL BE DONE IN NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS, SOME OF THEM WE MAY BE ABLE TO FINISH IN YEAR AND A HALF, BUT WE ARE SAYING ONE YEAR AND TWO YEARS.
AND BEFORE I FORGET, I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU, ERIK, AND FOR ROZI, I KNOW I MENTIONED IT TO YOU AND ANTHONY IN OUR MEETING ABOUT PROCESS AND WHEN IT COMES TO STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BOND PROJECTS AND THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE ALSO
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SELECT, THAT AS WE'RE DOING A REVIEW OF THAT, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE YOUR INSPECTORS THAT GO THROUGH AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WORK OF THE CONTRACTORS OR THOSE THAT ARE DOING THE SUBCONTRACTING WORK, BUT IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL -- AS YOU'RE DOING THE EVALUATION AND REVIEW, THAT YOU CONTACT THE COUNCILMEMBER'S OFFICE TO FIND OUT IF WE HAD PHONE CALLS FROM OUR CONSTITUENCIES COMPLAINING OR HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THE WORK OF THOSE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, IF THEY'RE LEAVING DIFFERENT SUPPLIES ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN EVALUATING THESE CONTRACTORS IN THE FUTURE.THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET AND I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD HERE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.
SLIDE -- ON THE -- PLEASE TURN TO THE SLIDE ON THE NONSERVICE ALLEY REPAIRS, PLEASE.
DO YOU HAVE A -- THAT'S 1.3 MILLION.
CAN I -- DO YOU HAVE A -- WORK ON THESE SERVICE ALLEYS ARE GOING TO BE? THE LOCATION OF WHERE THESE ARE GOING TO BE? BECAUSE --
>> NO, WE DON'T HAVE A MAP, BUT WE CAN GET YOU A MAP.
IF YOU CAN HAVE THAT FOR ME ON THE FOLLOW-UP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ISSUE WITH RUTTING AND OVERGROWN VEGETATION IS A BIG ISSUE, I KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, SOME OF THE OLDER COMMUNITIES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER, AS WELL AS WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ON THAT ITEM, BECAUSE SOME FAMILIES, SOME RESIDENTS OR HOMEOWNERS ALSO TAKE UP THE ALLEYS, THEY MOVE THEIR FENCES AND THEY TAKE PART OF THAT ALIAS -- ALLEY AS THEIR OWN, SO WE NEED TO WORK IN COORDINATION ON THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO SEE A MAP ON THIS, PLEASE.
SO LET ME GO TO THE ADT AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2020ATD.
ROZI, I KNOW YOU ALREADY FEEL AND ARE ANTICIPATING MY QUESTION OR MY STATEMENT THAT IS COMING UP HERE WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALK.
AND DISTRICT 3 HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SIDEWALK -- AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE $9 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR DISTRICT 3 FOR SIDEWALK AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY.
I QUESTIONS IN SLIDE 14 AND 15, LET ME START WITH SLIDE 15.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE FOR MY OFFICE -- OR FOR ALL OF US, TOO, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS NOW, I WANT TO SEE THE INRODES THAT WE'VE MADE OF -- INROADS THAT WE'VE MADE OF THE SIDEWALK GAP MILES.
WHERE WERE WE MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO AND WHERE WE ARE -- WHERE ARE WE NOW? KIND OF SEEING HOW WE'RE MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THESE SIDEWALK GAPS, IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT FOR US IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT IN THE BACKUP, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN MAKING POSITIVE CHANGES THERE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THAT BROKEN DOWN JUST FOR DISTRICT 3 OF HOWSM -- HOW MANY WE STARTED OFFCH I'D LIKE TO KNOW SINCE 2013, AND WHERE WE ARE NOW WITH CLOSING DOWN -- WITH FILLING THOSE SIDEWALK GAPS.
ON SLIDE 14, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION AND YOU ALL AREN'T SURPRISED BY THIS EITHER, BECAUSE I'VE MENTIONED THIS IN MANY DIFFERENT SETTINGS IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PRIORITIZATION, I'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW -- AND WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, SO DID WE, IN LOOKING AT THESE SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATIONS, ALSO LOOK AT THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THESE WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS AS WELL? WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRANSIT ACCESS, DOES THAT MEAN TRANSIT CENTERS? BECAUSE DISTRICT 3 NEVER HAD A TRANSIT CENTER UNTIL -- IT'S NOT EVEN OPEN YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING ONE AT BROOKS AND THEN ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.
WE DO HAVE A HOSTILE IN DISTRICT 3 AND SOME MEDICAL CLINICS, BUT I KNOW DISTRICT 2 DOESN'T HAVE A HOSPITAL IN THE AREA, AND SO I WANT TO KNOW IF WE HAD ALL OF THIS DISTRIBUTED IN ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS, OH, YEAH, 10 POINTS HERE, OR 15 POINTS HERE, AND THEN WE'RE PRIORITIZING AREAS WITH THE SIDEWALKS? I WANT TO KNOW THAT WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE IN WORKING TO SEE THAT.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, WHEN WE PRESENT THIS PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, WE HAD -- ITEM 6 WAS THE HOSPITAL, AND YOU HAD A CONCERN, AND IT WAS VERY LEGITIMATE CONCERN.
YOU SAID DISTRICT 3 DOES NOT HAVE ANY HOSPITAL AND IS NOT REALLY FAIR TO RATE.
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AND WE CHANGED THAT TO HEALTHCARE FACILITY MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THE DISTRICT HAVE -- ALL OF THEM HAVE.THEREFORE REALLY WE INITIALIZE THAT CRITERIA TO REALLY EVERY DISTRICT'S NEEDS.
>> VIAGRAN: SO YOU NEUTRALIZED IT.
I ALSO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSIT ACCESS.
I THINK I -- WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT TOP OF MIND WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIORITIZATIONS OF WHAT COULD BE -- HAVE A LOT OF ACCESS TO IT IN ONE PART OF TOWN, AND THE OTHER PART OF IT DOESN'T HAVE THE OTHER PART OF TOWN.
AND THEN WE'RE BAKING INTO OUR SYSTEMS PARTS OF TOWN TO CONTINUE TO STAY BEHIND EVEN WITH SIDEWALKS, SO LET'S CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF MIND.
WANTING TO ALSO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER DESTINATIONS, THAT MEANS PARKS AND LIBRARIES PROBABLY.
>> PARK AND LIBRARY, CHURCHES, ANYTHING PEOPLE GOES.
SO TELL ME HOW YOU ANTICIPATE THIS PLAYING OUT THIS YEAR.
>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO HIRE A SEVEN-MAN CREW, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO WORK IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE WEEKS.
OUR INTENTION IS TO DO ENTIRE CITY IN ONE YEAR.
>> WE WILL BASICALLY USE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK CRITERIA -- GOING TO START WHERE WE HAVE ACCURATE DATA AMIDST THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND OF COURSE WE WILL WORK WITH COUNCIL'S OFFICE.
WE WILL NOT DO THIS ONE ON VACUUM.
AND THEN HAVE OUR CREW GO OVER THERE AND START WORKING.
WHY CREW AND NOT CONTRACT? WE DID AN ESTIMATE, WE REALIZE IT'S MUCH, MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE IF WE DO IF-HOUSE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MEASURING, INPUTTING, PAYING THEM, GETTING [INDISCERNIBLE] PAYING ENOUGH, IDENTIFYING.
AFTER WE SPEND A FEW WEEKS, OR MONTH OR SO, TRAIN THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY ARE GOING TO ACT LIKE [INDISCERNIBLE] GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD, FIND THE AREA AND FIX IT.
OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO DOCUMENT WHAT THEY DID, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BASICALLY GO TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND FINISH AND OF COURSE REPORT BACK TO US.
THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO WORK.
AND IF IT WORKS VERY WELL NEXT YEAR, WE MAY COME AND ASK ANOTHER CREW FOR 2021.
>> VIAGRAN: WELL, THIS IS -- I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN DISTRICT 3 AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SIDEWALKS WERE NOT ADA COMPLIANT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE REGULATIONS WHEN THE SIDEWALKS WERE FIRST PUT IN PLACE, AND THEN ALSO WITH JUST THE GROWTH OF TREES AND BUCKLING OF SIDEWALKS, IT JUST CHANGES NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE VERY -- WE OR VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS AND TO SEE THE ACTION BEING TAKEN PLACE HERE.
IT SAYS HERE ON YOUR SLIDE REPAIR 1.9 MILES OF DETERIORATED SIDEWALKS TO RESTORE SIDEWALK USABILITY CITYWIDE, SO THAT'S 1.9 MILES TOTAL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR PER COUNCIL DISTRICT.
>> NO, THAT WILL BE TOTAL FOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUT IT WILL YIELD OVER 6-MILE OF USABLE SIDEWALK, OVER 6 MILES.
IF WE DO AS GOOD AS WE DID IN D1, TOBIN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, THE RATIO WAS 5 TO 1.
THIS COULD BE AS MUCH -- DEPEND ON THE AREA THAT WE SELECT.
THE MORE [INDISCERNIBLE] SIDEWALK THERE IS, THE RATIO WILL BE LESS.
THE LESS DETERIORATED SIDEWALK THERE IS, THE RATIO WILL BE HIGHER.
>> VIAGRAN: I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, ABLE TO MAKE US MAKE THAT CONNECTIVITY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK -- YOU SAID THAT IT'S ALREADY DATA THAT YOU HAVE, AND SOME OF THE DATA, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH US, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE A GREAT -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT RESPONSE TO THIS CREW AND THIS PROGRAM.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD JUST START LOOKING FOR IT IN THE FUTURE, ERIK.
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HERE, ON THE STORM WATER OPERATING FUNDS FOR THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, HAS THIS INCREASED OVER -- ANY TIME OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS? HAVE WE INCREASED THAT AMOUNT? ON SLIDE NUMBER 24.SO CREEK MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS VEGETATION MANAGEMENT.
HAVE WE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THOSE TWO FOR THE PAST --
>> COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME.
>> VIAGRAN: SO IN THIS STORM WATER OPERATING FUND, HAVE WE SEEN AN INCREASE OF DOLLARS IN THE CHANNEL AND CREEK MAINTENANCE AND IN THE VEGETATION MANAGEMENT FROM TWO YEARS TO NOW? THE CHANNEL.
>> THE CHANNEL AND CREEK MAINTENANCE, HOW OFTEN IS THAT?
>> WE DO FOUR TIME MOWING THE CHANNEL.
>> THE MEDIAN'S 12 TIMES, RIGHT OF WAY, SIX.
>> VIAGRAN: SO FOUR TIMES DOING THE CHANNEL.
AND IS THAT -- ARE WE STILL DOING THE CREEK MAINTENANCE AS WELL WITH THE COUNTY, TOO? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST, FOR EXAMPLE, IN COMANCHE PARK AND SOME OF THOSE CREEKS THAT GO THROUGH THERE, DO WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OR DOES THE COUNTY DO THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE CHANNELS?
OKAY. AND I STARTED WITH THE FIRST ONE.
THANK YOU, AND I THINK MY FINAL COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR YOU, ROZI, IS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE SIDEWALK DOLLARS AND THAT CONNECTIVITY IN LEVERAGING WHAT DOLLARS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT GAP FILLED WHEN IT COMES TO MISSION ROAD, IN AND AROUND STINSON AIRPORT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY TAKE PLACE.
AND THEN ALSO TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THE MPO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR AND TO REQUEST AND TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT EAST/WEST CONNECTOR THAT WE NEED SOUTH OF 410.
WE HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE GROWTH THAT IS HAPPENING AND WE NEED SOME SORT OF RELIEF GOING FROM HIGHWAY 16, PALO ALTO ROAD ALL THE WAY TO 281 AND THEN TO 37.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING NEAR PALO ALTO, NEAR TOYOTA, NEAR TEXAS A&M-SAN ANTONIO, TJX, WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF START IN MAKING A REALITY, ALL OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL LINES ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MAP COME TO LIFE AND TO BECOME A REALITY AND NOT JUST LINES ON A PIECE OF PAPER.
WE NEED TO PUT CONCRETE STEPS IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT EAST/WEST CONNECTOR FOR THAT RELIEF AND THAT TRAFFIC AND BE PROACTIVE AND NOT REACTIVE TO IT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, MAYOR .
ROZI, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK RECENTLY ABOUT YOUR BUDGET, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
BUT IN TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
ONE THING THAT -- HONESTLY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, AND MY CONSTITUENTS, I THINK, DON'T UNDERSTAND IS ON SLIDE 6 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREET NETWORK CONDITION AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE NETWORKS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PRESERVATION AND REHABILITATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A BETTER DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THOSE PROCESSES ACTUALLY ENCOMPASS.
YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN -- WELL, I KNOW WHAT CRACK SEAL IS, BUT WHEN DO WE DO FOG SEAL OR SLURRY SEAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT? AND SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME BY AND TALK WITH ME ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T MOW IF THE OTHER -- I DON'T KNOW IF THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE ANY MORE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID YOU'VE DONE THIS, THAT'S NOT GOOD
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ENOUGH, COULD WE HAVE DONE THAT? SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP AGAIN AND ASK THAT WE VISIT ON THAT SOMETIME.ON SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION ON PAGE 14, WHEN WE SET THE PRIORITIES AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE GAPS AND EVERYTHING AND THE ALLOCATIONS ON PERCENTAGES OF, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE MIGHT DO ON THESE SIDEWALKS, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND DECIDED MAX POINTS.
AND THEN WAS ALL OF -- ALL OF THAT CALCULATION, I THINK IT'S SLIDE 14, BUILT INTO HOW WE DEVELOP OUR IMP FOR SIDEWALKS? IS THAT THE TOOL THAT WAS USED?
WE USE THIS TOOL, AND, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS WORK WITH COUNCILS' OFFICE TO SAY THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
>> COURAGE: SO NOW EVERYTHING THAT'S ON MY IMP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR STREETS SHOULD BE BASED ON THESE 1 THROUGH 5 PRIORITIES?
>> SHOULD MEET MOST OF THIS CRITERIA.
ON SLIDE 17, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT VISION ZERO.
AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SUCCESS OR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE WE ACHIEVED IN VISION ZERO SO FAR? BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PUT ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS INTO IT.
AND I ASK THIS VERY CRITICALLY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD MORE PEOPLE DIE ON OUR STREETS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE INSTITUTED THIS.
>> LET ME ASK ART TO COME OVER AND TALK ABOUT THIS.
>> COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE GRAPHICS ON THIS SLIDE, AND WE HATE TALKING ABOUT STATISTICS BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS PEOPLE'S LIVES.
>> BUT WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS REALLY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES CITY WIDE.
WE'RE STILL AVERAGING 159 PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIVES CITYWIDE, SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ALSO SEEING OUR POPULATION GROW SIGNIFICANTLY.
AS YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO IS PROBABLY THE FASTEST GROWING CITY LAST YEAR, SO WE HAVE SEEN SOME DECLINE.
AND OVER TIME, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE SUCCESS, BECAUSE WE'VE IMPLEMENTED NOW ABOUT A DOZEN PROJECTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM, LIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND MIDBLOCK CROSSINGS.
IT TAKES SOME TIME TO EVALUATE THAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OVER TIME.
>> COURAGE: I'M JUST WONDERING, MAYBE WE NEED MORE MONEY IN THIS IF WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MAKE A DENT IN THESE NUMBERS, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ENCOURAGED SO FAR BY WHAT I'VE SEEN AND HEARD.
SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH AN EVALUATION THAT SHOWS US WE'RE REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
>> COUNCILMAN, ONE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO KNOW IF WE HAD NOT SPENT THIS 1 MILLION HOW MANY FATALITIES WE WOULD HAVE.
AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW.
ON SLIDE 19, WE TALK ABOUT A BIKE MASTER PLAN AND WE'RE PUTTING IN $1.2 MILLION, HOW MUCH WAS SPENT ON THE PREVIOUS BIKE MASTER PLAN? WHAT YEAR WAS THAT.
HOW MUCH DID WE SPEND? 300,000.
THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE, THE MASTER PLAN WE HAVE, COUNCILMAN, IS VERY GENERAL.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE CAN REALLY BUILD PROTECTED SIDEWALK.
AND COMMUNITY GETS BY [INDISCERNIBLE] COMMUNITY AGREE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BUILD.
WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECT, THEN WE ARE NOT GOING TO ARGUE SHOULD HAVE HAD THE SIDEWALK ON THIS ROAD OR NOT.
IT'S IDENTIFIED, THEN WE GO THROUGH THE BOND -- BUDGET PROCESS AND BOND COST ESTIMATING AND SCOPING, WE PUT ENOUGH MONEY AND WE BUILD THE PROJECT ACCORDING WHAT WE HAD AGREE WITH ALL OF US IN COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE REASON WE REALLY WANT TO UPGRADE THE MASTER PLAN WE HAVE, NOT HAVE REALLY LINE ON THE MAP.
WHEN IDENTIFY A ROADWAY, WE CAN PHYSICALLY BE ABLE TO BUILD BIKE LANE ON THAT ROADWAY.
>> COURAGE: WELL, I THINK YOU'RE OPTIMISTIC WHEN YOU SAY EVERYBODY'S GOING TO AGREE ON A NEW PLAN.
WE HAD A PLAN EIGHT YEARS AGO THAT WAS A MASTER PLAN, AND, YOU KNOW, NOW WE NEED A NEW MASTER PLAN AFTER EIGHT YEARS.
WHAT PERCENTAGE WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM THE PREVIOUS PLAN? CAN ART TELL US?
>> SO SINCE THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2011, WE'VE ROUGHLY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF BIKE FACILITIES IN PLACE, BUT ALSO I'LL REMIND YOU, 2011 WAS A WHILE AGO, AND THAT WAS PRESCOOTER AND PREDEMANDS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM MICROMOBILITY, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY THINGS AS WELL.
AND AS ROZI MENTIONED, REALLY GETTING INTO DEEPER DISKUGS ON WHERE FACILITIES CAN FIT.
>> COURAGE: HOW CLOSE WERE WE TO MATCHING WHAT WE PUT IN
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THAT ORIGINAL PLAN AS FAR AS WHAT WE'VE DONE? DID WE DO 50% OF IT, 80% OF IT, 20% OF IT.>> NO, WE'VE ONLY DONE A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OVERALL VISION.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE CALL THE LOW HANGING FRUIT, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT OUR NETWORK IS NOT VERY CONNECTED RIGHT NOW.
IT'S FRAG MED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DID THE EASY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT WITH THE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WITH THE UPDATE.
>> COURAGE: I GUESS PREVIOUS COUNCILS THAT APPROVED THAT PROBABLY SAID WE HOPE THIS IS GOING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
NOW IT'S GOING TO COME TO ANOTHER COUNCIL AND WE SAY WE HOPE IT'S GOING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TAKE BIKE LANES SERIOUSLY? I HOPE ANOTHER COUNCIL EIGHT YEARS AGO DOESN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER MASTER BIKE PLAN.
WE NEED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT OR STOP SPENDING MONEY ON IT.
THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT SLIDE 22.
WHAT ARE THE CHARGES FOR THESE VARIOUS RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT A TOTAL NUMBER PROJECTED FOR NEXT YEAR OF 21,000 PROJECTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE FOR RIGHT OF WAY.
AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING 3.7 MILLION, THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $170 FOR EVERY ONE ON AVERAGE.
WHAT ARE THE CHARGES FOR THESE? IS THERE ROOM FOR THE CITY TO INCREASE THESE CHARGES? YOU KNOW, ARE WE STAYING STABLE? ARE WE -- HAVE WE CUT CHARGES? ARE WE RAISING THEM, SO WHAT ARE THESE CHARGES FOR RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY AWAY TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES IN ALMOST ALL OF THESE.
>> COUNCILMAN, WE HAD LAST YEAR -- WE HAD 6,761 PULLING REPAIR PERMIT AND INSPECTION.
THE FEE FOR ALL OF THESE WAS 811,000.
WE HAD 352 PROJECT PERMIT AND INSPECTION.
I DON'T HAVE PER EACH, ANTHONY MAY HAVE PER EACH.
>> SO THE RIGHT OF WAY FUND IS AN ENTERPRISE FUND.
AND THE FEES ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTION OF PROVIDING INSPECTION SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE RIGHT OF WAY IS DONE IN THE MOST OPTIMAL MANNER.
>> COURAGE: SO WILL IT PAY FOR ITSELF?
>> YES, IT'S ITSELF-SUPPORTING.
>> I HAVE THE EXACT FEES THAT WE CHARGE, IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE SPECIFIC FEES THAT WE CHARGE FOR INSPECTIONS, BUT PRIMARILY THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED, SAWS IS DOING WORK IN THAT AREA, WE CHARGE -- IF IT'S A PROJECT, WE CHARGE A DAILY INSPECTION FEE BASED ON THE DURATION OF THAT PROJECT.
IF IT'S JUST A PART REPAIR, THEN WE CHARGE AN INSPECTION FEE JUST TO DO THAT POINT REPAIR INSPECTION.
>> COURAGE: SO I PRESUME, THEN, WE BROKE EVEN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT OVER?
>> PRIMARILY WE DESIGNED IT SUCH THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING A PROFIT IN IT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BASICALLY CAL WRAITED TO GENERAL -- CALIBRATED TO GENERATE REVENUE TO SUPPORT THE FUND.
>> COURAGE: WE HAVE SOME OTHER FUNDS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED THAT MAYBE COULD ADDITIONALLY BE USED BY THE CITY IN OTHER AREAS, BUT THEY'RE ENTERPRISE FUND SO THEY'RE UNTOUCHABLE.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF SPECIAL RESERVE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY?
>> WE DO HAVE SOME -- IT'S GROWING A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S NOT -- SOME OF IT IS USED FOR STREET MAINTENANCE, AND FOR NEXT YEAR, SOME OF IT IS PLANNED FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN JUST HEARING WHAT THAT IS SOMETIME.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT -- LET'S SEE IF I CAN READ THE SLIDE.
IT'S ON STORM WATER UTILITY AND REGIONAL.
IT'S THE FIRST ONE, IT TALKS ABOUT OPERATING FUND OF 55.3 MILLION.
ON THAT, YOU HAD MENTIONED, BUT I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T RECORD, HOW OFTEN WE ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PERFORM SOME OF THE MAINTENANCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, HOW OFTEN DO WE DO STREET SWEEPING ON OUR STREET SCHEDULE? HOW OFTEN DO WE DO CHANNEL AND CREEK MAINTENANCE? HOW OFTEN DO WE DO VEGETATION MANAGEMENT? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CITY-MANAGED ISLANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF OUR THOROUGHFARES THAT ARE IN TERRIBLE CONDITION.
AND I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THESE ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LOCAL FLAIBD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT -- NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, BUT WHAT IS THE NORMAL SCHEDULE FOR PROVIDING THESE MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN THESE THREE PARTICULAR AREAS?
>> ON STREET SWEEPING, RESIDENTIAL, TWICE PER YEAR.
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TIMES.CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN, NIGHTLY.
MOVING ON THE CHANNEL, SIX TIMES -- I'M SORRY, FOUR TIMES.
12 TIMES, AND RIGHT OF WAY IS SIX TIMES.
AND BUYOUT, ANY TIME WE BUYOUT THE PROPERTY IS NINE TIMES.
COULD YOU SEND THAT TO ME? I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO WRITE IT ALL DOWN.
>> WALSH: COUNCILMAN, I'M OVER HERE, WE'LL CLUE THAT IN THE FOLLOW-UP.
BUT I GUESS TO YOUR QUESTION, IS YOUR QUESTION ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE FREQUENCY OF THAT TYPE OF MAINTENANCE? BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER ANSWER THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE FOLLOW-UP?
>> COURAGE: WELL, I GUESS ONCE I HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW OFTEN IT'S DONE, IT'S A LITTLE EASER FOR ME TO GO BACK TO MY COMMUNITY AND SAY, WELL, THIS IS HOW OFTEN WE DO IT.
AND FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF MONITOR IT AND DETERMINE IS THAT ENOUGH, IS IT ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
>> COURAGE: TOO OFTEN PEOPLE IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES PRESUME THEY'RE GOING TO BE DONE MORE OFTEN THAN THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO BE DONE.
AND SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T GET DONE ACCORDING TO A SCHEDULE THAT PEOPLE ARE DEPENDING ON.
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE AN IDEA BECAUSE THERE'S A VARIETY OF SCHEDULES, DEPENDING ON THE KIND OF SERVICE WE'RE ASKING ABOUT.
>> COURAGE: I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AND BE ABLE TO RELAY THAT TO PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT.
>> COURAGE: AND THEN WE KNOW IF THE COST IS WORTH IT.
ON ANOTHER STORM WATER UTILITY FEE INCREASE, IT SAYS FIFTH AND FINAL YEAR, 1 MILLION.
I THINK IT'S PAGE 25 OR SLIDE 25.
IF WE'RE INCREASING THE RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL AMOUNTS THIS YEAR, WHAT WERE THEY LAST YEAR?
>> WE ARE INCREASING BASICALLY $1.30 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND $8.90 FOR NONRESIDENTIAL FOR FY '19 WAS 3.65 FOR TIER 1, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN TIERS, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
ON COMMERCIAL, BASIC WAS $65.82, AND THEN TIER 1 AND 2 GOES ABOVE THAT.
AGAIN, ALL OF THESE BASED ON HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT PROPERTY HAS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WALMART PAYS MORE THAN SOME OTHER, WHICH IS 100% PAVED.
>> COURAGE: BASED ON IMPERVIOUS COVER.
>> COURAGE: HOW IS THIS FEE COLLECTED?
>> IT'S COLLECTED THROUGH THE SAWS ON THEIR WATER BILL.
>> COURAGE: SO THIS INCREASE IS GOING TO RAISE PEOPLE'S SAWS BILL, RIGHT?
>> IT IS PART OF SAWS BILL, CORRECT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S -- THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE -- I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
WHEN WE USE OUR UTILITY BILLS TO COLLECT CITY FEES THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WATER DELIVERY, WATER SERVICE OR ENERGY SERVICE, LIKE THE PARK BILL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO HIDE IT FROM THE PUBLIC BY PUTTING THEM INTO OTHER SERVICES THAT REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
AND WE GIVE THEM NAMES THAT KIND OF INDICATE MAYBE THEY DO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH A LOT OF THESE FEES, PEOPLE HAVING TO PAY MORE IN THEIR WATER BILL, THEIR ELECTRIC BILL, THEIR UTILITY BILLS, WHICH ARE VERY CHALLENGING FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
ON THE ONE HAND, WE SAY WE'RE LOWERING YOUR TAXES, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO RAISE FEES THAT WE COLLECT THROUGH OTHER AVENUES.
COUNCILM AN, ERIK HAS SOMETHING HE WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THAT.
>> WALSH: I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, COUNCILMAN, THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY MORE EFFICIENT FROM A RATE PAYER/TAXPAYER STANDPOINT TO UTILIZE THE BILLING SYSTEMS AT BOTH UTILITIES RATHER THAN ACTUALLY REPLICATING THAT HERE AS AN ORGANIZATION.
AND WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR SOLID WASTE FEES OR STORM WATER FEE WITH SAWS, I'M NOT SURE THAT I'D REALLY WANT TO -- THAT I'D EVER RECOMMEND REPLICATING A BILLING SYSTEM THAT WE WOULD MANAGE WHEN THAT EXISTS AT BOTH UTILITIES.
I UNDERSTAND THE POINT YOU'RE MAKING, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A CITIZEN LAST NIGHT AT DISTRICT 10 RAISED THE SAME ISSUE WITH ME.
IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN CLARIFY WHAT THOSE RATES ARE, AND THAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR A SERVICE, THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THAT, BUT FROM -- IT'S MORE OF AN EFFICIENCY ISSUE, I
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THINK, FROM MY STANDPOINT.I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: WELL, ERIK, AND IF I MAY, I MEAN, THE MUNICIPAL STORM WATER UTILITY FEE IS A STATUTORILY GOVERNED UTILITY THAT THE CITY RUNS.
THERE'S NOT MANY OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW IT CAN BE BILLED.
THE SAWS BILL IS WHERE WE WOULD NORMALLY PUT IT, IS THAT CORRECT.
>> WALSH: WELL, WE COULD DO IT ON OUR OWN, I GUESS, BUT IT MAKES A LOT MORE SENSE FROM A WATER STANDPOINT TO UTILIZE THE STRUCTURES OF THE -- THE RATE STRUCTURE AT SAWS, BECAUSE AS ROZI POINTED OUT, RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS PAY TWO DIFFERENT RATES.
THOSE CATEGORIES ALSO EXIST ON THE SAWS BILL.
COUNCILM AN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
ON SLIDE 31, LET ME SEE -- NO, WAIT A SECOND.
THAT'S THE WRONG ONE, I'M SORRY.
ITEM AT THE TOP, IT SAYS EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE $20 MILLION GOING INTO THAT PROGRAM IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
AND I RECOGNIZE THAT'S PART OF OUR SALES TAX, BUT HOW MUCH IS THE CURRENT BALANCE IN THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM? AND THAT'S RUN UNDER PARKS, ISN'T IT?
>> COURAGE: WHAT'S THE COUNTERBALANCE?
>> VILLAGOMEZ: COUNCILMAN, GIVE ME A COUPLE MINUTES AND I'LL CALCULATE IT REAL QUICK AND I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU.
THANK YOU AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD TO ASK ABOUT, MAYOR.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT, I'M SITTING HERE LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU, ROZI, IT'S -- YOUR BUDGET IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE COMPLICATED ONES FOR US TO GET THROUGH.
BUT I WAS JUST OBSERVING, ERIK, THAT YOUR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION THAT'SEN -- THAT'S ENSUING IS IN STARK CONTRAST FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE.
I DON'T WANT US TO GET OFF TRACK.
WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FREQUENCY OF SERVICE OR MILES OF CENTER LINE REPAVING OR STRIPING, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO PARTICULAR BUDGETS, I DON'T WANT US TO GET OFF TRACK IN TERMS OF THE STRIDES THAT WE'VE MADE IN MEASURING OUTCOMES.
I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO WHEN WE ALLOCATE $14 MILLION INTO DISTRICT 2, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN SOME OTHER DISTRICTS, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE, FOR GREATER PART OF A GENERATION, BEEN LEFT BEHIND, WHERE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WALK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT GETTING, -- YOU KNOW, WALKING THROUGH MUD ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY HAVEN'T HAD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN WASHED OUT FROM REPEATED FLOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN AN AREA OF TOWN THAT IS MORE PRONE TO FLOOD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MORE CLEARLY ARTICULATED ERIK AS WE LISTEN TO THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, NOT JUST IN TCI, BUT THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET, WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE METRICS AND OUTCOMES AS OPPOSED TO COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THROUGH THE TURN STYLES.
I MEAN, IT'S -- IT'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY, EQUITY REMAINS THE FOCUS OF OUR EFFORTS HERE AT THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR THE LAST THREE YEAR, AND I DON'T WANT TO LOSE TRACK OF THAT. I THINK ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET, ERIK, WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS IS WE HAVEN'T REORIENTED OURSELVES TOWARDS THE NOTION OF EQUITY, THE CONCEPT, HOW WE DEFINE EQUITY, WHAT IT IS IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS OF BUDGETING AND THE DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHIES.
IF WE CAN INSERT THAT SOMEHOW, I'D -- I KNOW WE'VE GOT A CRAMMED REST OF THE NEXT MONTH OR SO BEFORE WE GET TO THE ACTUAL RATIFICATION OF THE BUDGET, BUT EITHER BRING -- DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER, IF WE CAN REORIENT OURSELVES AS A NEW COUNCIL TOWARDS BUDGET -- TOWARDS EQUITY IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE AS OPPOSED TO THE NUMERIC MEASURES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR US.
I'M JUST -- ONE THING THAT JUDGE BULL SAID THAT IS STILL RESONATING IN MY MIND IS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DIDN'T -- DOESN'T HAVE -- EXCUSE ME, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF SAN ANTONIO DON'T HAVE A DROPOUT PROBLEM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A DROPOUT PROBLEM.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT THE ISSUE THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE COUNTED IN A PERCENTAGE, AND NOW AS BEING SEEN AS A COMMUNITY-WIDE ISSUE THAT IS CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IT'S MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US.
BUT JUST WANTED TO INTERJECT THAT.
I DIDN'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, IF WE CAN GET BACK TO THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHASIS.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND, IN FACT, COUNCILMAN VIAGRAN ASKED SOME QUESTIONS
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THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO HER DISTRICT, AND I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION FOR MINE AS WELL REGARDING SIDEWALK GAPS AND, YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT ONE QUESTION I HAD, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION, SO YOU DO OPEN THE STREETS PRESENTATION, STREET MAINTENANCE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CENTER LINE MILES, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING, BUT THEN WE HAVE $1.5 BILLION ONE-TIME NEED.
IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE ALL OF THE STREETS TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, IT COSTS $1.5 MILLION.
>> GONZALES: 1.5 BILLION IF WE WANTED ALL OF OUR STREETS TO BE GRADE A OR EXCELLENT CONDITION?
>> GONZALES: I GUESS WE'RE ADDRESSING THINGS AS BEST WE CAN.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE STRETCHED OUR BUDGET OVER THE YEARS TO PROVIDE MORE STREET MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS HAVE ASKED US FOR OVER THE YEARS WAS TO INVEST MORE IN STREETS, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT BY THE INVESTMENT, BUT I'M CONCERNED THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREET MAINTENANCE AND PERHAPS IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE BETTER DATA ABOUT STREET MAINTENANCE THAN WE DO IN OTHER BUDGETS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR MANY YEARS WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET OUR DRAINAGE UP TO A HIGHER STANDARD? AND WHAT WOULD IT DO -- HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE TO GET OUR DRAINAGE REQUIREMENT AT LEAST ACCOUNTED FOR? AND I NEVER HAVE GOTTEN THAT ANSWER.
I'VE ASKED OVER THE YEARS WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET OUR FACILITIES BUDGET? WHAT ARE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS?
>> COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE A PROGRAM NOW WE ARE LOOKING -- TELEVISING UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE PIPE REGARDING THEIR CONDITION.
NOT NECESSARILY THEIR CAPACITY BUT CONDITION.
THEY ARE DETERIORATED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAPPEN TO BE COREGATED PIPE.
WHEN WE TELEVISED THEM, WE END UP CREATING A PROJECT TO FIX THEM.
>> GONZALES: BUT DO WE HAVE AN EXTENT OF THE NEED IN TERMS OF A BUDGET? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A NUMBER THAT HAS BEEN -- LIKE HAS NEVER BEEN PRESENTED TO US.
AND I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT WHEN WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE NEED, THEN IT'S HARD FOR US TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] TELLING ME OUR NEED TO BRING ALL OF THE UNDERGROUND SYSTEM IS $2 BILLION.
>> GONZALES: SO WE'RE SHOWING 1.5 BILLION FOR STREETS, WE HAVE NO NUMBER FOR SIDEWALKS.
>> WE HAVE NUMBER FOR SIDEWALKS.
>> GONZALES: WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?
>> UNDER 1900 MILES, AVERAGE PRICE IS $75 OR SO.
>> FOR SIDEWALK IS ABOUT $800 MILLION.
>> GONZALES: $800 MILLION? SO I THINK MY COLLEAGUES SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, OR PROBABLY WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THAT ERIK SEES WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS, I'VE ASKED MANY YEARS FOR THE NEED OF FACILITIES AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S IN EXCESS OF 200 MILLION.
AND SO WE AS A COUNCIL ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD INVEST THOSE DOLLARS, BUT WE -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'VE EVER GOTTEN A CLEAR PICTURE OF THE EXTENT OF THE NEED.
AND SO WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS LIKE WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD DO A HOMEOWNER'S EXEMPTION OR WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE FUND VIA OR HOW WE FUND OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, WE DON'T HAVE A TOTAL PICTURE OF THE NEED.
AND SO I -- IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RELUCTANCE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE WAY -- THE CITY HAS WAY, WAY MORE NEEDS THAN WE CAN EVER FUND.
SO I SAY THIS BECAUSE AS WE'RE EVEN MAKING DECISIONS HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 1.3 MILLION FOR ALLEYS.
THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT KNOW THAT WE NEED MORE FUNDING FOR
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THAT, BUT HOW CAN WE DETERMINE HOW MUCH IS APPROPRIATE IF WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXTENT OF THE NEED IS FOR ALLEYS, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A DROP IN THE BUCKET.AND EVEN AS WE DISCUSS THE VISION ZERO AND THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES WE'VE HAD IN OUR DISTRICT THAT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT OVER THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, EVERYONE AS WE'VE DRAWN MORE ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE, BUT ACTUALLY HAVE SPENT VERY LITTLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF FATALITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, EVEN WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE IS ABOUT 1% OF OUR STREETS BUDGET GOES TO ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF FATALITIES.
AND, IN FACT, STILL WONDERING WHY ARE WE NOT DEDICATING MORE FUNDS TO THE MOST DANGEROUS STREETS IN OUR CITY, WHICH WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.
IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO US MANY TIMES WHAT THE MOST DANGEROUS STREETS ARE, WE KNOW IT'S CULEBRA, FREDERICKSBURG, ZARZAMORA, AUSTIN HIGHWAY AND BROADWAY, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, COMMERCE IS ANOTHER ONE, GENERAL MCMULLEN.
I KNOW THEM VERY MUCH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT OUR MOST DANGEROUS STREETS ARE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT PERHAPS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW WHICH ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THEIRS, NOT JUST ON PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND CYCLISTS, BUT AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS BECAUSE THAT IS PART OF VISION ZERO AS WELL IS REDUCING FATALITIES IN EVERY MODE.
AND SO I -- I -- WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT OF YEARS NOW AND WE'VE SEEN THIS PRESENTATION ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME, THE NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED, BUT THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT.
MOST OF IT GOES TO STREET MAINTENANCE PER THE DIRECTION OF OUR CONSTITUENCY, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE JUST A BROADER SCOPE OF THE NEED OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT CAN HELP US MAKE MUCH MORE INFORMED DECISION AS WE ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THE CLIMATE ACTION, TRANSPORTATION, THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEE AT SOME POINT AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STORM WATER AND I THINK ROZI, THE WAY THAT IT'S PRESENTED HERE IS VERY UNCLEAR.
THE WAY THAT OUR STORM WATER IS -- IS -- WHAT THE FUNDING IS FOR STORM WATER.
BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF IT'S CAPITAL, SOME OF IT'S MAINTENANCE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GRAPH AND THEN LOTS OF BACKUP, BUT NONE OF THEM SEEM TO CORRELATE WITH THE GRAPH THAT I'M SEEING HERE REGARDING STORM WATER OPERATION FUND WITH THE 55 MILLION.
SO THE GRAPH REPRESENTS THE 55 MILLION, BUT THEN THE NEXT PAGE TALKS ABOUT THE STORM WATER UTILITY, WHICH LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THAT'S CAPITAL.
REGIONAL FACILITIES, COULD YOU PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN.
I'M NOT -- THIS WAS VERY UNCLEAR TO ME.
>> THE 55.6 MILLION FOR STORM WATER OPERATING FUND IS REVENUE GENERATED BY MONTHLY STORM WATER UTILITY FEE.
RESTRICTED USE FOR FLOOD MITIGATION WORK STORM WATER SYSTEM MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS 47.4 MILLION FOR OPERATING AND 7.9 MILLION FOR CAPITAL, WHICH WE ARE GOING TO DESIGN AND BUILD SIX PROJECTS, TOTAL 53.3.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU SEE THE POSITION, 277 POSITIONS.
>> GONZALES: SO THE STORM WATER FUND, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR STORM WATER IS 55 MILLION, THAT'S FOR OUR ANNUAL ONGOING -- FOR THE 2020 BUDGET, 55 MILLION.
SO THE REST IS CAPITAL THAT WAS PART OF THE BOND OR THE REST IS -- HOW IS THE REST --
>> NO, 55.3 ALSO INCLUDES 7.9 FOR CAPITAL.
THIS IS NOT BOND-FUNDED PROJECT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE REGIONAL FACILITIES FUND?
>> THAT ALSO GENERATE OTHER PROJECTS, 7.9 MILLION, WHICH WE HAVE THIS ONE ON SLIDE 26.
THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FOR -- FROM STORM WATER REGIONAL FUND.
>> WALSH: ROZI, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A STEP BACK OR NEPHI, DESCRIBE HOW THE STORM WATER UTILITY FUND IS FUNDED.
>> GONZALES: AND THEN I GUESS EVEN GOING TO MY POINT IS THAT IF WE KNOW WE HAVE OVER $2 BILLION OF NEED, THEN HOW MUCH IS THAT BEING ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND HOW MUCH IS CAPITAL AND THEN IS THERE ANY REAL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE NEED LONG-TERM?
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>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS, COUNCILWOMAN.
STORM WATER -- STORM WATER IS FUNDED OUT OF TWO FUNDS.
THE FIRST ONE BEING STORM WATER UTILITY.
AND THE STORM WATER UTILITY RATE IS A FEE THAT IS ASSESSED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THEY LOOK AND IT LOOKS AT THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER IN EACH LOT.
GENERALLY, WE USE THAT FUND FOR MAINTENANCE, AND THAT INCLUDES MOWING, THAT INCLUDES CREEK MAINTENANCE, THAT INCLUDES STREET SWEEPING.
WE GENERALLY RESERVE A SMALL PORTION, A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND THOSE PROJECTS GENERALLY TEND TO BE ABOUT MAINTENANCE.
SO IF THERE'S MAYBE A STORM DRAIN SYSTEM THAT HAS AGED AND IS FAILING, WE CAN GO IN THERE AND DO SOME OF THOSE REPAIRS.
WE ALSO HAVE A STORM WATER REGIONAL FUND, AND THAT'S -- THAT IS A FUND THAT IS ASSESSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WHEN NEW DEVELOPMENT CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT MAKING FLOODING WORSE ON ANYBODY, THEN THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE INTO THE REGIONAL FUND, THAT MONEY IS USED AND WE GENERALLY COLLECT THAT MONEY TO DO LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOND PROJECTS, THESE ARE PROJECTS SUCH AS -- ONE PROJECT IN YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT IS CONCEPTION CREEK THAT IS GETTING FUNDED STRICTLY OUT OF THE STORM WATER REGIONAL FUND, WHICH MONEY THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED FROM DWONMENT THAT IS GO -- DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING TOWARDS THAT.
SO WE USE BOTH OF THOSE FUNDS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
NOW, GENERALLY WHAT WE DO, WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN THAT WE -- WE KEEP.
THIS MASTER PLAN, WE UPDATE THAT WHEN WE GO OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE FLOODING ISSUES.
WE GET FEEDBACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS, WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO DO THAT, AND WE PUT IT ON THE MASTER PLAN.
THE MASTER PLAN THEN, AND OUR ENGINEERS SPEND THE TIME TO BEGIN IDENTIFYING WHAT'S THE LOGICAL PROCESS TO DO IT? I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A PROJECT UPSTREAM THAT THEN PUSHES THE FLOOD PROBLEM DOWNSTREAM.
SO I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT I CAN BEGIN WORKING FROM THE OUTFALL AND WORKING MY WAY UPSTREAM.
IF I CAN USE CONCEPTION CREEK AS AN EXAMPLE, THE WORK THAT ACTUALLY BEGINS IN CONCEPTION CREEK ACTUALLY BEGINS ON DISTRICT 3, WE BEGAIN WITH THE OUTFALL.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT AND MOVE OUR WAY UP.
>> GONZALES: AND THAT WAS FUNDED BY THIS ONE?
>> GONZALES: CAN THEY BE FUNDED BY ANY PARTICULAR FUND OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS ONE IN LIEU OF?
>> THE REGIONAL FUND HAS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CONCEPTION CREEK HAS A DRAINAGE AREA GREATER THAN ONE SQUARE MILE AND IT IMPACTS A LARGER REGION, SO GENERALLY, THE REGIONAL FUND LOOKS AT LARGE-SCALE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE MULTIPLE BENEFITS.
THE STORM WATER UTILITY, TO CONTRAST THAT, THE STORM WATER UTILITY, YOU'RE USUALLY GOING TO FIND CURB AND GUTTER TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO GET MORE OF THE DRAINAGE INSTEAD OF FLOOD CONTROL.
SO LOOK AT IT STORM WATER UTILITY IS MORE OF THE LOCALIZED DRAINAGE.
REGIONAL IS MORE THE FLOOD CONTROL LARGER, LARGER SCALE.
>> GONZALES: I THINK THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS BUDGET.
AND THEN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SO THERE'S THE TOTAL OF 84 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE, AND THAT'S THE -- THAT WOULD BE THE 55 MILLION PLUS THE 7.9 MILLION IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT TOTAL 84 MILLION IN DRAINAGE?
AND YET WE HAVE A $2 BILLION NEED THAT WE KNOW OF.
AND SO I SAY THIS SO THAT AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD MAKING PLANS FOR OUR CITY, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE WAY BEYOND WHAT WE CAN CURRENTLY AFFORD? AND WE CAN SUSTAIN -- WE KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO PLAN A CITY THAT WILL LAST ANOTHER 50 YEARS, AND THE NEEDS ARE WAY BEYOND WHAT WE CAN EVER PAY FOR TODAY, OR ANYTIME IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE DO OUR FUTURE PLANNING.
SO SORT OF THE BIG PICTURE, BUT JUST GOING BACK TO THE SMALLER PICTURE, I'LL GO BACK DOWN TO THE STREET LEVEL, AND BACK TO JUST A FEW CONCERNS THAT I HAVE FOR OUR -- THIS PARTICULAR
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PRESENTATION.ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING HERE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE I ASKED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, THE 84 MILLION FOR DRAINAGE, THAT'S ONLY FOR 2020.
PROJECT IS GOING TO BE COMING IN 2021 AND 2022.
AND I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ABOUT THE FUNDING.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE ALLEYS, AND THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IS THE NEED OF THE ALLEYS, SO THAT WE CAN, I THINK, ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ACCORDINGLY.
>> GONZALES: AND THE REST -- THE SMALLER QUESTIONS JUST REGARDING BICYCLE MOBILITY AUDIO] PERHAPS WE COULD CHANGE THE NAME TO FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE NOT ADDED MUCH CAPACITY OVER THE YEARS TO THAT.
AND SO WHETHER THE 1.2 MILLION FOR THE MASTER PLAN COULD HAVE BEEN USE IMPLEMENT ON-STREET FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WAS ALSO DEBATABLE, AND THAT I KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ACTUAL WORK ON THE STREET, AND LESS GOING INTO PLANNING LIKE THIS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES.
THIS BUDGET IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS THE ONE THING THAT I THINK REALLY TRULY MAKES SUCH AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE, I MEAN, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPACT OF TCI IS IN OUR CITY.
THANK YOU TO WE KNOW YOU WORK LONG HOURS, YOU WORK VERY HARD TO RESOLVE VERY COMPLEX ISSUES.
AND THERE ISN'T A ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THERE, TO HELP US KIND OF EXAMINE THIS, AND TRY SOME NEW THINGS OUT.
AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLEXITY HERE THAT I THINK IS -- WE'RE JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG ON THIS.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PILOTED THIS PROGRAM TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT -- HOW WE CAN BUILD MORE SIDEWALK WITH LESS OF OUR DOLLARS, AND SO THE ISSUE IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE -- WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES TO COVER SO MUCH NEED.
DEPENDING ON WHICH DISTRICT YOU LIVE IN, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS.
OF COURSE, DISTRICT 1 BEING CLOSER TO THE OLDER PART OF THE CITY.
AND SO AT THE HEART OF THAT IS FINDING DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES THAT CAN WORK.
WHILE WE APPROVE OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WE CAN DRIVE DOWN THE COSTS OF HOW WE BUILD MORE SIDEWALK IN OUR CITY WITHOUT -- WHILE INCREASING THE IMPACT.
BUT AT THE HEART OF THAT, I KNOW ALSO WE'VE SORT OF BEEN HAMSTRUNG WITH UDC 2911.
THIS PROGRAM CANNOT JUST STAND ON ITS OWN.
I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO BE AWARE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO HANDLE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES LIKE POLICY THAT KEEP US FROM BEING RESPONSIBLE FROM REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, RIGHT? IN THIS CASE, UDC 2911 ESSENTIALLY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.
IT'S BASICALLY, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER WE'RE REPAIRING SIDEWALKS.
AND THIS PROGRAM I THINK IS LAYING IT OUT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
IT'S FIXING SIDEWALKS IN OLD NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S BRINGING BACK MILES AND MILES OF SIDEWALK BACK INTO GOOD USE.
AND I THINK, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S CONNECTED TO A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE, A BIGGER PUZZLE, AND TCI, IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SIDEWALK MILES, HAS HAD TO SORT OF BALANCE THE APPROACH THAT WE'VE HAD WITH OUR UDC, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CHANGE.
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WE SIMPLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT LANGUAGE, 2911.IT'S ALSO IN OUR CHARTER, CHAPTER 3.
THE ISSUES ABOUT MAINTENANCE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS.
WHEN WE FORCE, LET'S SAY AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN THEIR HOME FOR 40 YEARS, TO FIX A SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT.
ESPECIALLY IN AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, IN AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AS -- MAYBE IT'S MORE IMPOVERISHED THAN OTHER AREAS OF OUR CITY.
THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
AND IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN WE'VE REALLY GOT A PROBLEM, RIGHT? SO MY CHALLENGE TO TCI HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT.
I CHARGE YOU GUYS WITH WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF HOW WE AS A CITY TRULY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERY RESIDENT IN OUR CITY.
I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
THAT'S THE -- REALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUTCOMES, WE CAN SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT DATA AND PSI AND COST SUPER SQUARE FOOT, I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT LIKE THAT.
YOUR JOB IS TO HELP US IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S A STREET, A SIDEWALK, DRAINAGE PROJECTS, LIGHTING.
THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
HOW IS THIS PROJECT HELPING OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CHALLENGE IS REALLY THAT WE'RE LIMITED WITH THOSE FUNDS.
AND THAT THAT LIMITATION, THAT LIMITATION OF RESOURCES MEANS WE'VE GOT TO BE INNOVATIVE, WE'VE GOT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT TO THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HOLDING US DOWN, OR ANCHORING US, OR KEEPING US FROM BEING ABLE TO DO MORE MILEAGE.
AS YOU SAID, RAZI, I'M TRULY HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS PROGRAM THAT I THINK IS GOING TO HELP, IN ADDITION TO THE SIDEWALK GAPS THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT.
BECAUSE WE'RE SHOWING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT DOWN THE COST OF SIDEWALKS DOWN TO BELOW MARKET RATE.
AT LEAST WHAT THE AUDIT SHOWED, WHICH SHOWED WAS SEVEN, EIGHT TIMES MORE THE MARKET RATE.
SO I'LL KEEP BEATING ON THAT DRUM.
I KNOW THE PROGRAM IS SAYING -- WAS IT $506,000? LOOK, I'M GLAD WE'RE STARTING IT.
OBVIOUSLY DO WE NEED MORE MONEY IN THERE? YES.
I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU CAN FIND MORE MONEY, I WILL BET THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTS IN EVERY DISTRICT THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM.
AND SO THE MORE WE CAN GROW THAT POT, THE BETTER.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE STARTING.
WHEN WE START SOMETHING NEW, START SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO KIND OF WORK OUT THE KINKS, TRY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
SO I'LL DEFINITELY -- I'LL BE PATIENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT US ALL TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND SORT OF THAT URGENCY.
THIS IS, AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF WHY WE PUSH THESE THINGS.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO SET THE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE CITY.
THIS IS CONNECTED TO A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE IN TERMS OF OTHER KINDS OF PROJECTS.
IF WE CAN BE EFFICIENT WITH THE WAY WE BUILD OUR SIDEWALKS, AND THE WAY WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEN WE'RE TRULY MAKING AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF EVERYONE IN OUR CITY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION.
YOU KNOW, RAZI AND ANTHONY AND ART, AND EVERYBODY, I MEET WITH YOU GUYS ALL THE TIME.
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE EVERY TIME WE MEET.
SO I'LL RESERVE THAT AND SIMPLY SAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO.
AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SORT OF REMOVE THOSE ANCHORS THAT ARE HOLDING YOU BACK TO GET THINGS DONE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW WE CAN PARTNER, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORTS ON THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
A LOT OF DETAIL HERE, RAZI, THAT'S GREAT.
APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.
JUST WANT TO START HERE ON THE BIG THICK BOOK HERE, THE BUDGET BOOK HERE.
IT SAYS THE -- ON PAGE 141, IT SAYS THAT OUR BUDGET FOR TCI, BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS 129,929,595.
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AND THE ESTIMATED 2019 IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.AND WE'RE SAYING WE'RE KEEPING THE AMOUNT THE SAME THIS YEAR AS LAST YEAR, BUT I'M SHOWING THE PROPOSED 2020 AS 113 MILLION VERSUS 129 MILLION.
>> COUNCILMAN, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET HAS TO DO WITH OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
LAST YEAR, AS PART OF OUR FIVE-YEAR -- SIX-YEAR CAPITAL BUDGET PROGRAM, WE ARE FUNDING A PORTION OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WITH GENERAL FUND, AND A PORTION WITH THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO CONSISTENT WITH THAT SIX-YEAR PLAN THAT WE INTRODUCED LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE FUNDING ROUGHLY ABOUT $40 MILLION OF THE 110.
AND THE BALANCE IS COMING OUT OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
LAST YEAR, IN 2019, THE ALLOCATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND WAS HIGHER, $17 MILLION HIGHER, AND THE CAPITAL BUDGET WAS LOWER.
SO THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU SEE ON THAT PAGE OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT.
>> PERRY: BUT THE OVERALL IS LOWER GOING FOR 2020 THAN IT WAS FOR 2019.
>> IT IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WHEN YOU COMBINE THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT IS FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CAPITAL, IT'S $110 MILLION.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME AND EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.
>> PERRY: I'M LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT AND IT SAYS 119 MILLION FOR 2019 AND 113 MILLION IN 2020.
>> THAT'S THE INCREASE IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND SHOW YOU THE CAPITAL PORTION OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT WENT UP BY THE AMOUNT THAT THE GENERAL FUND WENT DOWN.
WHY IS THERE A DECREASE IN GRANTS?
>> COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE IN MARCH THE COUNCIL ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A C-MAC GRANT.
THAT IS THE CITY'S MATCH FOR THAT GRANT.
SO THIS IS JUST A MATCH? OKAY.
>> I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE GRANT IN 2020.
RAZI, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS ALSO IN THE OPERATING BUDGET HERE ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES.
YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING UP BY ABOUT $5 MILLION, AND 12 POSITIONS.
AND WHERE ARE THOSE 12 POSITIONS GOING?
>> THREE OF THEM IS GOING FOR THE BIKE, TO MANAGE OUR BIKE MASTER PLAN, IMPLEMENTATION FOR THREE DIFFERENT AREA AND CITY.
TWO OF THEM IS GOING TO GO FOR OUR STORM WATER ENGINEERING.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECT FUNDED THROUGH THE [INDISCERNIBLE] OPERATION FEE WE CHARGE PROPERTY ANNUALLY -- EVERY MONTH, TO MANAGE THOSE PROJECTS, AND SEVEN CREW MEMBERS ARE GOING TO GO FOR THE SIDEWALK RE REPAIR.
BASICALLY THAT'S A PILOT PROGRAM TO DO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE PEOPLE TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER FOR THE BIKE?
>> IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE THAN THE PLAN TOGETHER.
>> PERRY: WHAT IS THAT MUCH, MUCH MORE?
>> COUNCILMAN, WHILE RAZI'S LOOKING FOR THAT, ART'S COMING UP, THE IDEA IS THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED STAFF THAT ARE FOCUSED ON MICROMOBILITY.
AND THE ISSUES THAT SEVERAL OF YOU SPOKE TO, AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES NOT ONLY DID THE PLANNING, BUT ALSO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MICROMOBILITY PLAN.
>> PERRY: YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVERALL PLAN?
>> THERE'S PORTIONS OF THE PLAN,
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AND ART CAN TALK ABOUT THE PORTIONS YOU'RE LOOKING AT.I'M MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY FOCUSED ON NOT JUST THE PLANNING BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECTS.
>> COUNCILMAN, JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT.
THROUGH THE PROCESS, IT'S GOING TO BE A TWO-FOLD PROCESS.
ONE COULD COMPONENT IS THE POLICY.
WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON THE DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTERS.
PART OF THE STAFF THAT IS BEING ADDED WITH THIS BUDGET WILL COMPLEMENT OF THE MOBILITY OFFICER, CREATING THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION TEAM.
AND THEY'LL FOCUS WHILE WE'RE DOING THE OVERALL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, ALSO DETERMINING AND IDENTIFYING PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN AND MIDTOWN CENTERS, AND IN THE FUTURE WE'LL BE EXPANDING OUTWARD.
>> PERRY: THERE IS MORE THAN THREE, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT FOUR, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT --
>> WE'LL BE ADDING -- WE'RE ADDING THREE POSITIONS TO COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING TEAM THAT WE HAVE.
BUT DIDN'T WE JUST HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO THE BIKE PATHS AND ALL THAT STUFF, AN INDIVIDUAL TO --
>> ONE PERSON WAS PROVIDED IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO OBVIOUSLY ONE PERSON CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.
SO THIS TEAM WILL AUGMENT THAT, REALLY FOCUSING ON ALL ASPECTS OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
>> PERRY: SO FOUR PEOPLE NOW TO LOOK AT THIS?
AND THE PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY OFFICER ALSO, THAT RESPONSIBILITY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL HAS IS ALSO UNDER OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED ARE CONSISTENT WITH OUR WALKABILITY THAT WE'RE DOING IS SMARTER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
>> COUNCILMAN, WE HAVE OVER 400 MILLION 2017 BOND PROGRAM.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS HELPING OUR DESIGN TEAM TO LOOK AT WHICH OF THOSE ROADWAY CAN WE INCLUDE SAFE BIKE PATH.
WE ARE PROPOSING FOR 2020 OVER 1,300 MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WILL HELP US TO SEE WHICH OF THOSE STREETS ALSO WE CAN IMPLEMENT SAFE BIKE LANES.
>> PERRY: NOW, I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME VISUALIZING FOUR PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PCI SCORES HERE, RAZI, ON SLIDE -- WHAT IS THAT, 9? YEAH.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS SLIDE TOGETHER.
I THINK IT TELLS A GOOD STORY, THAT OUR PCI SCORE IS RISING.
HOWEVER, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE INCREMENT THAT IT'S RISING, BETWEEN 2016 AND '17, THAT WAS AT $64 MILLION PER YEAR.
BUT THE PCI SCORE WENT UP A WHOLE PERCENT.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING YEARS, THERE'S HUGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY ADDED TO THAT PROGRAM.
AND IT WAS STILL THAT 1% INCLINE ON THE LINE.
SO SHOULDN'T WE BE GETTING A BIGGER BANG FOR OUR BUCK ON THAT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRIPLING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING INTO IT, BUT WE'RE ONLY RAISING THAT PCI SCORE 1%.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT ALL AT $64 MILLION A YEAR, AND STILL GOTTEN THAT 1% INCREASE.
>> COUNCILMAN, WHEN WE DID $64 MILLION SMP FUND, WE DID ONLY STREET MAINTENANCE, WE DIDN'T BUILD MUCH [INDISCERNIBLE], WE DIDN'T BUILD ANY SIDEWALK.
ALSO, WE WENT MOST OF THE TIME ON THOSE STREET, PROBABLY FAIR CONDITION.
WE NEVER REALLY DID DO EVERY STREET IN BAD SHAPE.
AS OUR FUNDING INCREASED, WE END UP DOING MORE THAN JUST ASPHALT WORK.
[INDISCERNIBLE] WE ARE BUILDING SIDEWALK ON CERTAIN PROJECT, AND ALSO WE ARE BUILDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT STREET.
WE ARE BUILDING 54 MILES OF [INDISCERNIBLE] STREET WHICH WE DID NOT DO WHEN WE HAD $64 MILLION FUNDING.
>> PERRY: WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS STATISTIC HERE, AND IT'S NOT TELLING ME A VERY GOOD STORY, THAT I'M TRIPLING THE AMOUNT -- OR DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING IN.
BUT I'M GETTING THE SAME INCREASE IN THE PCI SCORE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT SPENDING IT ALL ON BLACKTOP, OR THE ROADS, THEN BREAK THAT MONEY OUT.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT -- THAT'S WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW, IS HOW ARE WE IMPROVING OUR PCI SCORE WITH THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING INTO THE STREETS.
SO IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THOSE
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DOLLAR FIGURES DON'T REPRESENT EVERYTHING GOING TO THE STREETS, THEN PULL THAT MONEY OUT.AND LET'S IDENTIFY THAT AS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT SHOWING ME THE GOOD STORY I WAS HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE KEPT THAT FUNDING LEVEL AT $64 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND STILL GOT THAT INCREASE IN PCI SCORE.
DO YOU SEE WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THAT? OKAY.
LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT SOME MORE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING HERE.
BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT DOING MORE F STREETS, EVEN DOING THE F STREETS, THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE YOUR PCI SCORE ACROSS THE CITY.
EVEN THOUGH THOSE F STREETS, IT'S STILL GOING TO HAVE A COMMENSURATE AMOUNT ON YOUR PCI SCORE.
BUT THE COST OF THE STREET IS MUCH, MUCH SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHEN WE DO GRADE B OR C STREETS.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THAT LATE BIT MORE.
THAT'S ACROSS THE CITY, 1.3 MILLION?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1 AND 7.
>> PERRY: ARE YOU SAYING THE OTHER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE --
>> THIS IS THE ONE WE HAVE RECEIVED [INDISCERNIBLE], AND ALSO REQUEST FROM COUNCIL'S OFFICE.
YEAH, I KNOW I HAVE SOME AREAS THERE IN DISTRICT 10 ALSO.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GETTING OVERLOOKED.
BUT ALLEY MAINTENANCE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVED IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS, SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET TOGETHER ON THAT ALSO TO SEE WHERE I'M MISSING THE BOAT HERE.
AND YOU SAY TO WASTE TRASH COLLECTION SERVICES, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO GET TOGETHER WITH DAVID ON THAT, BECAUSE LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF, I HAVE A STREET WITH HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
ONE SIDE OF THE STREET HAS STREET COLLECTION SERVICES, THAT MEANS AN AUTOMATED TRUCK PICKING UP THE TRASH, WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THEY HAVE AN ALLEY IN BETWEEN WHERE THEY PUT THEIR TRASH.
AND YOU HAVE TO USE MANNED CREWS TO PICK THAT UP, YOU CAN'T TAKE AN AUTOMATED TRUCK.
THE ALLEYS ARE VERY CONGESTED, SMALL, OVERGROWN, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRUCKS, AND PLUS, YOU'RE HAVING TO USE PEOPLE TO HOIST THE TRASH ON THE TRUCKS.
WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE THAT SYSTEM? WHY CAN'T THOSE PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET BRING THEIR TRASH OUT TO THE STREET AND GET AWAY FROM THAT ALLEY MAINTENANCE AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP OPEN FOR THAT TRASH COLLECTION?
>> COUNCILMAN, WHERE DOES THIS EXIST AT.
>> PERRY: THAT EXISTS? MACARTHUR PARK, RIGHT BEHIND THE CATHOLIC LIFE BUILDING.
>> WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH DAVID AND HIS TEAM.
WHEN THE CITY WENT TO AUTOMATED COLLECTION, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WANTED TO KEEP THE COLLECTION IN THE ALLEYS.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN AUTOMATED FOR EIGHT, NINE YEARS, AND IF THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN MAYBE REVISIT, AND SOMETHING WE CAN MOVE TO THE STREET, FRANKLY, THAT'S EASIER FOR US.
>> BECAUSE WE CAN USE AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE TO DO THAT.
>> PERRY: THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK THAT BETWEEN Y'ALL TO FIND OUT WHERE THOSE STILL EXIST.
AND LET'S WORK WITH THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
LET ME TELL YOU, THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE PUTTING IT IN THE ALLEYWAY, THEY'RE HAVING TO DRAG THEM A LOT FURTHER THAN FROM THE GARAGE TO THE STREET, THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET ARE DOING.
SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT, EXACTLY TO YOUR POINT, ERIK, ABOUT SAVING TIME, MONEY, AND PEOPLE.
I SEE THAT YOU MENTIONED 10 EXTRA PEOPLE FOR THE ATD? WHAT IS THAT FOR?
>> PERRY: OKAY, I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDE AT PAGE 13.
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SEVEN FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS.WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE, BUT I'VE GOT A CON CONCERN, TAKING THIS IN-HOUSE VERSUS CONTRACT.
DON'T WE HAVE CONTRACTS THAT DOES SMALL CONTRACTS, SMALL REPAIRS ACROSS THE CITY FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS THAT WE EASILY CONTRACT OUT SERVICES?
>> FIRST OF ALL, BY STATE LAW, WE SUPPOSED TO USE FOR BUILDING, NOT HORIZONTAL WORK.
>> PERRY: WHEN YOU SAY NOT REALLY, THIS IS --
>> NOT FOR THE FLAT WORK ROADWAY PAVEMENT.
WE DO ON BUILDING MAINTENANCE, INSIDE A BUILDING.
IF SIDEWALK IS LEADING TO BUILDING, WE COULD.
BUT NOT THE SIDEWALK ON THE ROADWAY.
SECONDLY, MANY TIMES IT'S REALLY NOT THE CONTRACT THERE.
THEY HIRE CONTRACTOR TO DO MOST THE TIME, THEIR PROCESS IS AT LEAST 20% HIGHER THAN EVEN LOW BID CONTRACTOR.
THEY ARE JUST MANAGING CONTRACTOR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, DOING IT IN-HOUSE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EQUIPMENT CROSS, VEHICLES, TOOLS, INSURANCE, HEALTH CARE, RETIREMENT, ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GET ADDED ON TO THAT.
HAS ALL THAT BEEN FIGURED IN TO DO THE COST COMPARISON AND HAS THIS GONE THROUGH THE INNOVATION CENTER?
>> WE HAVE NOT DONE INNOVATION, BUT THE COST INCLUDES ALL OF THE COSTS.
>> COUNCILMAN, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS DURING THE SUMMER AS WE WERE PREPARING THE BUDGET.
THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT TCI RAN IN THE SPRINGTIME UTILIZED CONTRACT FORCES, EXISTING CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AS RAZI AND ROD AND REA AND JUSTINA AND I TALKED THROUGH THIS ITEM, FRANKLY, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE ADD THE POSITIONS TO DO THIS.
YOU WON'T SEE THIS VERY OFTEN, BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE CONTROL, AND IT'S MORE MODELED AFTER THE POTHOLE PATROL WHICH IS CITY CREWS WHICH ARE A LITTLE MORE QUICK IN TERMS OF RESPONSE, AND A LITTLE BIT MORE NIMBLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT, AS WE TALK THROUGH IT, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I FOUND -- TCI FOUND IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHEN WE'RE CONTRACTING FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A MILE WORTH OF SIDEWALKS, IT'S EASY TO BID, SET THE QUANTITIES, SPEC, AND GET IT IN PLACE.
BUT WHEN WE ARE REACTING TO, LIKE THE PICTURE SHOWS, A THREE OR SIX SQUARE METER -- NOT METER, FOOT CHUNK, WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT EASIER AND QUICKER WITH CITY FORCES USING QUANTITIES THAT WE HAVE ON HAND.
AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON WHY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE CREW.
MOST OF OUR STREET MAINTENANCE MONEY IS CONTRACTED OUT.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT PART OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON IS GETTING THOSE CONTRACTS OUT, AND THE PRODUCTION DONE FASTER, OUT OF THE $110 MILLION, WE HAVE 12 MILLION THAT'S DONE IN-HOUSE WITH CITY CREWS.
THE IDEA IS THAT WITH CONTRACT, WE CAN SCALE UP AND DOWN FASTER, AND NOT HAVE THAT OVERHEAD.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.
BECAUSE WE NEED THE BALANCE, TO COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES'S POINT EARLIER, WE NEED THE BALANCE ADDRESSING THE NEED, BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY.
AND I THINK RAZI AND HIS TEAM, AND ANTHONY ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN TURN THOSE THINGS AROUND FASTER.
WE CAN DO IT FASTER, THEN WE CAN POTENTIALLY DO MORE.
>> PERRY: AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS FURTHER ABOUT RUNNING THIS THROUGH THE INNOVATION CENTER AND LETTING THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW YOU GET WORK DONE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU USE, AND THAT KIND OF THING.
BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, WE CAN'T USE HORIZONTAL WORK FOR A JOC, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WHERE IS THE HANG-UP ON THAT AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO UNSTICK THAT.
AND HECK, WE CHANGE STATE LAWS ALL THE TIME.
SO I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
LET'S TAKE IT UP WITH OUR LEGISLATORS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY -- THEY WORK FOR US.
LET'S GET THAT ON THE TABLE AND TALK TO THEM.
WE'VE GOT AN IGR COMMITTEE AS WELL THAT THAT COULD BE TAKEN THROUGH.
SO LET'S -- WE TALKED ABOUT THE
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BIKE MASTER PLAN.AND THE PEOPLE REQUIRED FOR THAT.
THE STORM, ALSO, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STORM WATER UTILITY INCREASE, ON SLIDE 25.
YOU HAVE HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE, $1.30 FOR RESIDENTS?
>> PERRY: THIS WAS ALREADY LAID IN.
>> THIS WAS IN THE PLAN ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN 2016.
>> PERRY: SO WHAT IS OUR BACKLOG, OR WHAT IS OUR TOTAL REQUIREMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM?
>> THIS ONE IS BASICALLY FOR THOSE MAINTENANCE WE GOT TO DO ON EXISTING STORM WATER SYSTEM.
>> PERRY: BUT WHAT IS OUR BACKLOG? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING IN FOR A RATE INCREASE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO -- JUST BECAUSE WE LAY IN A RATE INCREASE DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO IT, IF WE DON'T NEED IT, RIGHT?
>> COUNCILMAN, WHEN THIS METHODOLOGY CHANGED BACK IN 2016, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT WE WERE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE WERE ASSESSING BASED ON LAND USE.
IT CHANGED TO IMPERVIOUS COVER, BECAUSE WE REALIZED IT'S IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT'S GENERATING THE RUNOFF.
WHEN WE DID THAT CHANGE, THEY IDENTIFIED WHAT THAT RATE NEEDED TO BE, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT TO OUR OVERALL SYSTEM.
INSTEAD OF JUMPING FROM THE CURRENT RATE TO THE NEW ONE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE DONE IN INCREMENTS, FIVE-YEAR ENKREMENTS TO THE POINT WE'RE AT TODAY, SO WE COULD ADDRESS ALL THE DRAINAGE ISSUES, AND IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED WHAT KIND OF FREQUENCY WE WERE GOING TO DO STREET SWEEPING, WHAT KIND OF FREQUENCY WE WOULD DO THE CREEK MAINTENANCE, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS FUND PROVIDES.
>> PERRY: AND SO YOU'RE SAYING WE STILL NEED THIS INCREASE OF $1 MILLION?
>> WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THAT, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STORM WATER DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT WE STILL NEED TO GET DONE, BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR SYSTEM, WE IDENTIFIED WE NEEDED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THOSE CAPITAL PROJECTS TO GET CONSTRUCTED TO DO ANY KIND OF REPAIRS OR MAINTENANCE WORK, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> PERRY: BUT WHEN YOU SAY CONSTRUCTED, AREN'T THE DEVELOPERS AND COMPANIES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT?T AS PART -
THAT'S OUT OF THE STORM WATER REGIONAL FUND.
>> PERRY: BUT I MEAN, WHEN THEY CONSTRUCT A FACILITY OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THE DRAINAGE, THE AREA DRAINAGE, RIGHT?
>> PERRY: SO I'M STILL -- IF YOU ALL CAN COME BACK TO ME, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS.
WE'RE JUST SAYING WE NEED AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS.
WHAT'S THE REQUIREMENT? WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? AND WHY DO WE NEED AN EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT?
>> WE CAN CERTAINLY SIT DOWN AND GIVE YOU SOME CLEAR EXAMPLES.
BUT IN A QUICK NUTSHELL, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS OUR CORRUGATE SILVER PIPE, CULVERTS, DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM AND KEEP THEM CLEAN AND SO FORTH, BUT SOMETIMES HEADWALLS WILL BEGIN FALLING, INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BEGIN FAILING AND WE NEED CAPITAL DOLLARS TO GO IN AND REPLACE AND REPAIR SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST THE NORMAL CLEANING OF THOSE SYSTEMS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY AND DO WITH THAT, IS TO IDENTIFY AREAS, DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, MAYBE WIDENING A CHANNEL OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE OF JUST THE WAY THE DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT THE TIME.
WE LOOK AT THOSE AREAS AND DO THOSE NEEDED REPAIRS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> PERRY: YEAH, I'D STILL LIKE -- BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, I TOTALLY AGREE, YOU IDENTIFY THAT NEED, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A BACKLOG, YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIST OF THOSE NEEDS, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A DOLLAR FIGURE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE, HERE'S WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS EXTRA MILLION DOLLARS.
RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT SHOWING THAT TO ME.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND THE REST OF THIS IS JUST THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK THAT'S -- HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
OH, WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC CALMING IN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO FOR TRAFFIC CALMING IN THIS BUDGET?
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YOU KNOW, I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REDUCE THE SPEED LIMITS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, THE SIGNAGE TO REDUCE THE SPEED LIMITS? CAN WE ADD STOP SIGNS? CAN WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF -- THAT'S WHERE I'M GETTING THE MAJORITY OF MY COMPLAINTS FROM IS INSIDE NEIGHBORHOODS.PEOPLE SPEEDING ALONG THOSE -- CUTTING THROUGH, OR EVEN NEIGHBORS COMPLAINING ABOUT SPEEDING.
SO WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO -- I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE MY MATT BUDGET INCREASE TO ADD MORE SPEED BUMPS, THAT KIND OF THING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ADD MORE SIGNAGE TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN, THAT KIND OF THING THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? I NEED Y'ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, AND SEE, LET'S LIST OUT, HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THAT SPEED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THAT'S MY NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS SPEEDERS.
AND HOW CAN WE CALM THAT TRAFFIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
SO IF Y'ALL COULD COME BACK TO ME ON THAT.
LIKE I SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR MATT BUDGET ACTUALLY INCREASED TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY ON ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> PERRY: I GOT A SECOND ON THAT HERE, ERIK.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
I HAVE SOME CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
BUT FIRST OF ALL I'M GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO DRAINAGE.
COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS QUESTIONING OR NEED FOR $1 MILLION MORE IN DRAINAGE NEEDS.
THIS ISN'T SO MUCH A QUESTION AS REALLY A STATEMENT TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IN DISTRICT 7 ALONE, THE DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEED ED AT TODAY'S ESTIMATES ARE AT ABOUT $200 MILLION.
AND WE HAVE TO USE EITHER BONDS OR THE STORM WATER FUND TO PAY FOR THOSE.
SO COUNCILMAN, THAT'S THE BACKLOG.
AND I UNDERSTAND THIS RATE INCREASE WAS DECIDED IN 2016, WHEN THAT WAS ADOPTED.
WH I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, WHEN DO WE REVISIT THAT? YOU SAID THIS IS THE FOURTH AND FINAL YEAR OF THAT RATE INCREASE.
SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD FOR THAT? WILL IT STAY FLAT? OR DO WE HAVE ANOTHER -- I GUESS, DO WE PLAN TO DEVELOP A FUNDING PLAN FOR THE REMAINING NEED? WHICH I THINK CITYWIDE IS ABOUT $2 BILLION, IS THAT RIGHT?
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE OTHERS TO CREATE ANOTHER FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
WE ARE GETTING TO THE 1 MILLION, WHAT WE NEED IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN 1 MILLION.
THAT IS THE MAXIMUM WE CAN INCREASE BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLAN APPROVED.
>> SANDOVAL: A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT -- I'VE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION MANY TIMES.
IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HEARD IT, I RECOMMEND IT.
HE TELLS US THE STORY OF WHEN FEMA WAS CREATED, WHICH WAS 1970.
AND THEN REMINDS US THAT THE CITY WAS FOUNDED IN, WHAT, 300 YEARS AGO.
SO THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO SOME OF THAT GUIDANCE.
PLUS, WE'RE IN FLASH FLOOD ALLEY.
SPEAKING OF ALLEYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WORKING THAT INTO THE BUDGET THIS TIME.
I KNOW MY TEAM HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME OF OUR ALLEYS FUNDED SINCE WE GOT INTO OFFICE TWO YEARS AGO.
WE HAVE A LIST OF 31 ALLEYS, THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL ON THE LIST.
SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN IN AROUND IN YOUR QUEUE SINCE 2006.
AND WE CERTAINLY COLLECTED A LOT MORE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FITTING THAT IN THERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THEM IN THERE, BUT I REALIZE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TO GO.
AND JUST FOR ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING, THE REASON I BELIEVE THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IS AT LEAST THE ONES IN 7, THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEY IS CAUSING DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THE ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
OUR STREETS AND OUR ALLEYS WERE DESIGNED, AS WE'VE BEEN TOLD IN THE PRESENTATION, IS TO CONTAIN WATER.
WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THOSE, OTHERWISE WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PROTECTING PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM FLOODING.
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FUNDING FOR THAT.AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE WHENEVER FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
ERIK, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS I HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION.
AT THE END OF IT, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR ERIK OR RAZI.
THERE'S A LIST OF I.T. PROJECTS, PAGE 35.
ARE WE GOING TO GET A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION FOR THOSE IN THE FUTURE, OR IS THIS IT?
>> WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT CRAIG IS HERE IN THE ROOM AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE RIGHT NOW IF YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS.
>> SANDOVAL: NO, I WAS JUST WONDERING.
I CAN ASK FOR A FOLLOW-UP FROM GREG.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE.
>> SANDOVAL: ON THE TDM SLIDE, 18, LAST BULLET SAYS OZONE ATTAINMENT MASTER PLAN COORDINATION.
DOES THAT MEAN TCI WILL BE COORDINATING THE WHOLE PLAN GOING FORWARD? I THOUGHT THAT WAS METRO HEALTH.
WE'RE PART OF THE OVERALL TEAM GETTING TO ZERO COMMITTEE.
OUR MANAGER IS EMBEDDED IN THAT PROCESS AND WORKING ON KEY INITIATIVES AS PART OF THAT OVERALL PROGRAM.
>> SANDOVAL: SO IT'S PART OF THE TEAM.
SO THE LEAD IS STILL METRO HEALTH ON THAT?
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE STAFF IF POSSIBLE SO STATEWIDE THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE FATALITIES TO ZERO.
I THINK THEY'RE PUTTING $600 MILLION TOWARD THAT EFFORT.
I IMAGINE THEY MAY HAVE SOME THINGS EARMARKED ALREADY.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY TO LEVERAGE THOSE FUNDS HERE LOCALLY.
OUR ROADS WITH THE HIGHEST FATALITIES AS COUNCILMAN GONZALES SAID ARE MANAGED BY TEX..
I THINK YOU HAVE A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE FOLKS, ART, SO THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST.
LASTLY, YOUR DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, FROM $64 MILLION TO NEARLY DOUBLE THAT, 110.
YOU'VE GROWN IN SCOPE AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S A LOT THAT YOU'VE HAD TO QUICKLY ADAPT TO.
AND OUR OFFICE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE THIS BEFORE I GOT THERE, BUT WE GET A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT, OF COURSE, STREET MAINTENANCE, WHEN IS MY STREET GOING TO BE DONE, BUT ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT ONGOING PROJECTS.
LOT OF CONSTITUENT CALLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TCI, RIGHT? IT'S UP THERE.
SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE WORK GOING FORWARD ON SOME SORT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE INITIATIVE, MAYBE WE SHARE WITH YOU WHAT TYPES OF CALLS WE GET, WHAT TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE GET, AND WE CAN COME TO SOME UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO ON THE FRONT END SO THAT REDUCES OUR LOAD A LITTLE BIT ON OUR SIDE, AND HOPEFULLY MAKES YOUR JOB EASIER, TOO.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, IT IS A GOOD IDEA, SINCE OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM HAS BEEN INCREASED, LAST YEAR WE GOT ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP US TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS, AND ALSO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THE ON-CALL CONSULTING AUGMENTATION.
ALSO SINCE OUR BOND PROGRAM SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AND ALSO THANKS TO THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR, THEY GIVE US APPROVAL TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO HELP US ON OUR BOND PROGRAM ALSO.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO GET INPUT TO SEE REALLY WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY WHICH WE DON'T KNOW.
>> SANDOVAL: EVERY SO OFTEN WE MEET WITH YOU AND TELL YOU, BUT THE TRUTH IS, THE MONEY CAN'T ALL JUST -- THE NEW MONEY CAN'T ALL JUST GO TO PUTTING THE PROJECT IN.
THERE'S ALL THESE -- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO COORDINATE IT, OF COURSE.
THEN I THINK YOU NEED TO SET SOMETHING ASIDE FOR JUST WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S GOT TO SCALE UP AS WELL WITH THE SIZE OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I DID WANT TO SHARE ONE THING.
ERIK ASKED OUR INNOVATION TEAM TO HELP US WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, EXACTLY WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ONE OF THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'VE MADE IS A 360 APPROACH, WHERE BASICALLY WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE'D BE GIVING THE CONTRACTOR FEEDBACK ON HOW THEY'RE DOING, AND ARE YOU ON TIME, ARE YOU ON BUDGET IN AUDIO], AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THE CONTRACTOR GIVE US FEEDBACK WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES AS WELL.
SO I THINK BY DOING THAT, HAVING THAT REVIEW, THAT'S GOING TO
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POINT OUT THOSE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE UPON, AND WE CAN PUT A PLAN IN PLACE TO TACKLE THOSE, ONCE WE START GETTING THOSE FEEDBACKS, SURE.>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL LIMIT MY COMMENTS TO THAT TODAY.
>> COUNCILWOMAN, I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.
WE MET WITH YOU YESTERDAY REGARDING THE --
>> SANDOVAL: I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
>> UNTIL LAST YEAR, WE USED TO BID MAJORITY IF NOT ALL OF THE STREET AND DRAINAGE PROJECT LOW BID.
SOMETIMES ON LOW BID YOU DON'T GET THE QUALITY OF THE CUSTOMER SERVICE YOU WANT.
LAST YEAR WE WERE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO USE COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL.
COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL, THE SELECTION IS DONE BASED ON THE QUALIFICATION, AND PRICE, NOT ONLY PRICE.
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE TO MAKE SURE WE GET MUCH, MUCH BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE BUILDING A LARGER DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN A VERY ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE F STREET.
>> SANDOVAL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE WE'RE GOING TO GET WITH THE NEW CONTRACTOR ON THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
I'M NEXT, SO I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS FROM HERE.
ON PAGE 338 OF THE BUDGET, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, RAZI.
I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE HAD TARGETED, NONE OF THE THREE WERE MET.
I'M SURE THERE'S A LOGICAL EXPLANATION.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT IT IS.
>> WE HAD A NUMBER OF THE PROJECTS, WE HAD FUND ING.
THE PARTNER PARTY WASN'T ABLE TO REACH OUT THEIR GOAL TO RAISE THEIR MONEY, TO US TO SIGN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS.
AND WE HAD ONE CONTRACTOR -- OR CONSULTANT CHANGE THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
WE HAD TO REMOVE THE PROJECT TO SIGN SOMEBODY ELSE, ANOTHER FIRM, THAT ALSO AFFECTED OUR PROJECT DELIVERY.
AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN OR WE DON'T GET BEHIND THIS YEAR?
>> WE ARE WORKING TO RECOVER SOME OF THIS TIME DURING CONSTRUCTION, CORRECT.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS ON SLIDE 14, ON YOUR SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION CHART.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF THE QUESTIONS ARE -- OR THE PRIORITY THAT'S THERE, ARE THOSE BEST PRACTICES? OR HOW DID WE DETERMINE THOSE SEVEN ITEMS.
>> I THINK OUR BEST PRACTICE, AND ALSO BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE GOT INPUT FROM THEM LAST YEAR.
I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
ON SLIDE 11, JUST THE SAME AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, VIAGRAN AND GONZALES, AND I THINK EVEN PERRY ASKED ABOUT THIS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE BREAKDOWN, WHERE THE DISTRICTS WERE.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED DISTRICTS 1, 3, 5, 7.
I HAVE ONE REALLY BAD ALLEY, AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE PUT IT ON A FUTURE LIST FOR DISTRICT 4.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS ON THE STORM WATER FEE? BECAUSE I KNOW S.A.W.S. COLLECTS IT.
DO WE STILL GET A FULL AMOUNT FROM S.A.W.S. OF WHAT WE BUILD? OR IS IT ONLY WHAT WE -- WHAT THEY'VE COLLECTED THAT THEY PAY US?
>> THEY PAY US WHAT THEY COLLECTED.
AND I BELIEVE THEY SUBTRACTED SERVICES, MANAGING THAT, HANDLING THAT COLLECTION.
>> THANK YOU, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM THAT WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND HELP US TO ADDRESS INTERSECTION THAT WE HAVE OF THE FIVE POINTS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS, AS WE KNOW, DISTRICT 2, I CAN TELL YOU 44 YEARS OF MY LIFE NEVER REALLY HAS HAD SIDEWALKS.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE GAP PLAN, CAN YOU GIVE ME KIND OF A BREAKDOWN -- I KNOW YOU PROBABLY
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HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME LATER, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT NOW -- ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR DISTRICT 2, HOW WE FALL INTO THAT PLAN, AND THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE HOSPITALS AND OUR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WE'RE STILL KIND OF IN THE MIX OF THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE THROUGH-WAY STREETS.SOME OF THOSE STREETS DO RUN ALONG OUR SCHOOL CORRIDORS.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW WE FALL INTO THE SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION PLAN, AND HOW IT LOOKS FOR US.
BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN YOU BROUGHT US THE MAPS OF WHAT OUR SIDEWALKS LOOK LIKE FOR DISTRICT 2, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A RED PENCIL HAD TAKEN UP THE WHOLE THING.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE ACTUALLY FIT INTO THAT AS FAR AS DISTRICT 2.
A LOT OF OUR ALLEYS ARE USED STILL BY S.A.W.S., AS FAR AS THE THROUGH-WAY FOR THEIR TRUCKS.
THEY TAKE OUT A LOT OF THE PROPERTY FITS LINES.
WE GET A LOT OF THE DAMAGE FROM THE TRUCKS WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT OUR ALLEYWAYS FOR THAT PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND JUST OUR STREETS AS A WHOLE.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STREETS THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED.
SO IS THERE A WAY -- BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE NEW H-E-B WAREHOUSE THAT'S COMING IN, BUT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY SITS THERE ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, THAT THE TRUCKS WILL BE TRAVELING THROUGH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE TO HOLD THOSE STREETS, THAT WON'T DAMAGE THE RESIDENTS' VEHICLES BASED ON THE 18-WHEELERS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
SO THAT'S JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE BROKEN DOWN FOR DISTRICT 2.
>> ROCHA GARCIA: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN.
THE TIME IS NOW 5:21 P.M., AND CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS TODAY'S SPECIAL SESSION AND CONTINUE THE BUDGET PRESENTATION REGARDING THE DEBT PLAN UNTIL TOMORROW, AUGUST 21ST, 2019, IN THE CITY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.