[00:00:07] >> THE TIME IS NOW 2:32 P.M., ON THIS MONDAY, THE 24TH, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025. CAN I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. >> CASTILLO: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? >> WE HAVE NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. >> CASTILLO: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WE CAN NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 2. PRESENTED BY DR. CLAUDE JACOB. >> JACOB: OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE A PREVIEW OF THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND THE CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK TAKING PLACE NEXT MONTH. FOR TODAY'S BRIEFING, I WILL GIVE A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE STATEWIDE MEASLES OUTBREAK FOLLOWED BY AN OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK ACTIVITIES. JUST KNOW THAT I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THAT TODAY IS WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED EVERY YEAR ON MARCH 24TH AROUND THE GLOBE. JUST KNOW THAT FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WERE OVER 1,000 CASES DIAGNOSED IN 2022 OF WHICH WE IDENTIFIED 672 CASES HERE 62E IN BEXAR COUNTY. TECH RANKS SECOND WITH THE MOST CASES OF TB. WE HAVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TEAM IN OUR MIDST THAT WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH STATE LEVEL PARTNERS WHO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ON GOING WORK TAKING PLACE ON THE GROUND AS WE HEIGHTEN THE AWARENESS OF THESE NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AND THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITIES. WITH THAT, THIS IS E -- AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THIS QUICK UPDATE, ON THE CURRENT MEASLES SITUATION HERE, OUR TEAM REMAINS COMMITTED TO KEEPING YOU INFORMED WITH THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS UPDATES AND REINFORCING OUR DEDICATION TO PREVENTION, VACCINATION EFFORTS, AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION THROUGH TARGETED PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO THEY OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND HER INCREDIBLE TEAM FOR LEADING LOCAL RESPONSE EFFORTS ON THE GROUND WITH SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS AND AREA SERVICE PROVIDERS, THIS IS A QUICK SNAPSHOT. YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE PROVIDED A FORMAL BRIEFING ON FEBRUARY 28TH, AND FOLLOW-UP WITH TWO ADDITIONAL UPDATES SHARED WITH COUNCIL REGARDING THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY AND POTENTIAL EXPOSURE THAT OCCURRED MID FEBRUARY. AS HAS BEEN REPORTED, TEXAS HAS SEEN A SURGE OF MEASLES CASES REPORTED IN 2025 THIS YEAR, WITH CASES REPORTED ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTIES. JUST KNOW THAT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE OUTBREAK TO PREVENT THE FURTHER SPREAD OF MEASLES. JUST KNOW THAT GAINS COUNTY IN WEST TEXAS ACCOUNTS FOR THE LION'S SHARE OF THE REPORTED CASES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS PARTICULAR OUTBREAK. FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, YOU DO SEE ON THE SLIDE, WE CURRENTLY SEE AS A SNAPSHOT HERE IN TEXAS, JUST KNOW THAT LAST YEAR ACROSS THE UNITED STATES IN 2024, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 285 CASES REPORTED ACROSS THE US, AND JUST KNOW THAT AS OF THIS MONTH, WE HAVE ECLIPSED THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED CASES WHICH PUTS THIS OUTBREAK INTO A BROADER CONTEXT WITH OVER 300 CASE REPORTED TO DATE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT BY CONTRAST HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THERE ARE NO CONFIRMED CASES IN MEASLES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE GREATER BEXAR COUNTY, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, WE HAD 3 CONFIRMED CASES IN 2007, AND ONE AS RECENTLY AS 2019, AND WHEN WE CAME BEFORE YOU LAST TIME, JUST KNOW THAT WE LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL EXPOSURE HERE IS SO JUST KNOW THAT THE LAST DAY FOR MONITORING FOR MEASLES IN THOSE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO A POTENTIAL INFECTIOUS INDIVIDUAL THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 15TH WAS -- WE LOOKED THROUGH SATURDAY MARCH 8, SO AGAIN, NO CASES FROM RESULTING FROM THIS PARTICULAR EXPOSURE. SO JUST KNOW THAT REMINDER THAT WE, OUR DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED A VACCINE CAMPAIGN JANUARY 1. THIS CAMPAIGN INCLUDED PROMOTIONS TO OUR VACCINATION CLINICS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROMOTING THAT VACCINES PROTECT INDIVIDUALS AND KEEP THEM SAFE. THIS ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO RISK LESS AND DO MORE. AS YOU'VE HEARD THE MEASLES OUTBREAK IN TEXAS HAS BEEN [00:05:02] IMPACTING MULTIPLE CITIES AND TOWNS, METRO HEALTH, WE TOOK THE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO LAUNCH A MEASLES COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN PRIOR TO ANY EXPOSURE JUST KNOW THAT ON THE SLIDE THE POST THAT WAS MADE ON FEBRUARY 20TH RESULTED IN OVER 287,000 IMPRESSIONS, AND AS WAS MENTIONED DURING OUR BRIEFING LAST MONTH, ON FEBRUARY 23RD, OUR TEAM RESPONDED TO A POSSIBLE MEZE -- POSSIBLE MEASLES EXPOSURE IN OUR CITY, WE ISSUED A PRESS RELEASE SENT OUT THAT DAY, AN WITHIN A WEEK OVER 45 LOCAL NEWS STORIES COVERED THE SUBJECT OF MEASLES, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST HAS BEEN SHARED OVER 3,000 TIMES AND HAS GARNERED NEARLY 300,000 IMPRESSIONS. WE'RE NOW PIVOTING WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS AT THE STATE WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINES AND AIMS TO INCREASE PARENT GUARDIAN CONFIDENCE IN VACCINE DECISIONS, STRENGTHEN CONFIDENCE IN ROUTINE CHILDHOOD VACCINES AND EXPLAIN HOW TO BETTER PROTECT OUR CHILDREN FROM VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES. WE REMAIN VIGILANT ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT OUR LOCAL JURISDICTION. SO WITH THAT, I FEATURED UPDATE REVOLVES AROUND NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, DURING THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF APRIL EACH YEAR THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO OBSERVE THIS IMPORTANT WEEK. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS YEAR ALSO MARKS THE FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF A DECLARED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND LESSONS LEARNED, WE DO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH STAFF AND ENGAGE OTHER AMBASSADORS LIKE EACH AND EVERY ONE THE VALUE OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SO WITH THAT, THIS IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS A DISCIPLINE, IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING OUR OVERALL NATION'S HEALTH. THIS YEAR MARKS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED APRIL 7TH THROUGH 13TH. THIS YEAR'S THEME IS IT STARTS HERE. SO PUBLIC HEALTH STARTS WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. IT'S HOW THE PLACES WE LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND PRAY, AND OVERALL WELL-BEING, METRO HEALTH, WE HELP TO LOCALIZE THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR VISION OF HEALTHY PEOPLE THRIVING IN A HEALTHY COMMUNITY. IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A COMMUNITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS NOT ONLY HAVE GOOD HEALTH BUT ALSO LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES THEIR WELL-BEING. VERY PROUD TO ANNOUNCE, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE ON THE GROUND. THIS NATIONAL THEME EMPHASIZES THE IDEA THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS A FOUNDATIONAL SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WHILE A DOCTOR TREATS INDIVIDUALS, PUBLIC HEALTH AS A BROADER DISCIPLINE LOOKS AT THE HEALTH OF THE BROADER COMMUNITY. OUR TEAM AT METRO HEALTH TAKES ACTION TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE OR INJURY, PROMOTE HEALTHIER LIFE STYLES, AND PROTECT AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS, JUST KNOW THAT WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO ENCOURAGE EVERY PERSON TO TAKE A FIRST STEP TOWARD BETTER HEALTH. ON THIS SLIDE JUST A SHORT LIST, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED AGENCY AS RECOGNIZED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD, THERE ARE ABOUT 400 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES INCLUDING 8 HERE IN TEXAS, AS WELL AS 40 STATE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE MET THESE NATIONAL STANDARDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST DECADE. AS A RESULT OUR DEPARTMENT OFFERS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT RANGE FROM COMMUNITY DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL, CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAMMING, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, FAMILY CARE, ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACCESS TO RESPECTABLE CARE. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, LAST FALL, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT SAN ANTONIO WIZ AWARDED A 2024 GOM RATING FROM CITY HEALTH WHICH IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION AND KAISER HEALTH FOUNDATION, JUST KNOW THAT RECOGNIZING THE CITY'S ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE POLICIES THAT IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. AGAIN, THE CITY IS ONE OF 7 CITIES NATIONWIDE TO EARN THIS DESIGNATION AND THE ONLY CITY IN TEXAS TWO YEARS RUNNING TO RECEIVE THE GOLD DESIGNATION. THE THEME THIS YEAR, AGAIN, FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, IT STARTS HERE, HIGHLIGHTS THE REAL CHANGE THAT BEGINS WITH INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS, LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS WHICH INCLUDE COLLABORATING WITH OUR LOCAL AREA NONPROFITS. LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE CITY, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, THE YMCA, THE CENTER FOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, SUPPORTING OUR REGIONAL NETWORKS LIKE THE SOUTHWEST TEXAS REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CITY AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS AS WELL AS DOVETAILING WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS THE BIG CITY'S COALITION TO NAME A FEW, JUST KNOW THAT IT'S A ILLUSTRATION OF OUR PUBLIC HELL FRAMEWORK TO MOBILIZE AND STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS THAT WORK, SO JUST KNOW THAT THESE COLLABORATIONS ARE [00:10:01] ETION, STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT, AND MOBILIZE COMMUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH. SO WITH THAT, WE DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, AND THAT IT'S NEEDED TO CREATE A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY, JUST KNOW THAT OUR TEAM IS AIMS TO LOCALIZE A NATIONAL MESSAGE, DEVELOP A CONCRETE MARKETING STRATEGY TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION RESONATES WITH OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS AND TO SHARE THESE MARKETING EFFORTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. SO JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE THIRD ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE WHICH -- WHERE WE ARE -- WHEREBY WE ARE CALLED TO INFORM AND EDUCATE MORE EFFECTIVELY ABOUT HEALTH ISSUES, BY DEVELOPING AND ENGAGING MESSAGING AND VISUALS THAT REPRESENT OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BRANDING, AND REFLECT OUR COMMUNITY, WE CAN INSPIRE INDIVIDUALS TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD BETTER HEALTH WHILE HIGHLIGHTING OUR DEPARTMENT'S VITAL ROLE IN IMPROVING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. SO WE DO EMPHASIZE OUR COMMITMENT TO PREVENTION, PROMOTION AND PROTECTION, WHILE ALIGNING WITH THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME. SO WITH THAT, SOME OF THESE EXAMPLES, AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, TO PROMOTE DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK FROM, APRIL 7TH TO THE 13TH, WILL USE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MEDIA AND OUTREACH TACTICS, SO WE'LL HAVE A PRESS RELEASE, ANNOUNCING KEY EVENTS AND PRIORITIES, WHILE LOCAL MEDIA WILL BE INVITED TO COVER THESE ACTIVITIES AND SHARE IMPACTFUL STORIES AS WELL AS ATTEND PUBLIC HEALTH FEST WHICH I'LL ANNOUNCE TOWARD THE END. IN ADDITION WE'LL HAVE A CITYWIDE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, NEWSLETTERS, TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS YEAR'S THEME, AND NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. WE'LL HAVE FLYERS TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS AND DIGITAL BANNERS IN CITY BUILDINGS TO PROMOTE AND ENGAGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN OUR RESIDENTS, AND LASTLY, WE'LL HAVE CUSTOMIZABLE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLKITS WHICH WILL EMPOWER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO AMPLIFY OUR MESSAGING AN ENGAGE PUBLIC AND CITYWIDE CONVERSATION ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH. SOME OF THESE ADS, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THEM OUT THERE, YOU'VE SEEN THEM ON THE BILLBOARDS. JUST KNOW WE USE A VARIETY OF TACTICS, TV AND RADIO, LOCAL TALK SHOWS THAT WILL BE AIRING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THAT WEEK, DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WE'LL HAVE SOME BILLBOARDS AND BUS ADDS, PRINT ADS AND NEWSPAPERS, TO TARGET A DIVERSE AUDIENCE, WHEN IN DOUBT, YOU CAN GO TO SA.GOV FORWARD SLASH MPHW STANDING FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. JUST KNOW THAT IN ADDITION FOR THOSE THAT STILL MAKE IT TO MOVIE THEATERS, WE DO HAVE PRE-MOVIE THEATER ADS TO EDUCATE AUDIENCES ABOUT OUR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK INITIATIVES AS FOLKS ARE WEIGHT FOR THEIR FILMS, AND WE WILL HAVE -- WE WILL BE GIVING OUT FIESTA MEDALS TO CELEBRATE, AGAIN, DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. TO YOU ALL JUST KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL HAS A GAGGLE OF FITNESS COUNSELORS TO PROMOTING FITNESS AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES. FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, UTSA WILL FEATURE A DISTINGUISHED PANEL DISCUSSING IMPORTANT PUBLIC, ENGAGE IN THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AND EXPLORE WAYS THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH, THIS SERIES IS ACTUALLY IN THE NAME OF DR. FERNANDO A. GUERRA WHO SERVED OS MY PREDECESSOR FOR 23 YEARS HERE, WHEN HE RAN METRO HEALTH. FINALLY, JUST KNOW THAT THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION WILL BE READ ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING APRIL 7TH THROUGH 13TH AS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. SO WITH THAT, COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU, WE DO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AS WE PREPARE FOR THE LARGEST ANNUAL OUTREACH EVENT HOSTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT, AGAIN YOUR FAMILIAR LAY NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH DEPARTMENT, KNOW THAT THE VENT WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY APRIL 10TH AT ROSE DALE PARK FROM 4 TO 7 P.M. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH FEST CELEBRATES NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND DOES SERVE AS OUR PREMIER OPPORTUNITY TO REINTRODUCE COMMUNITY TO INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AT THE EVENT, JUST KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO WILL BE RECOGNIZED WITH A TROPHY PRESENTATION FOR WINNING THE HEALTHIER TEXAS CHALLENGE FOR THE TENTH YEAR. TEN YEARS. AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR IS PROUD OF THAT. I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE PROUD OF THAT MILESTONE, JUST KNOW THAT ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY INCLUDE FACE PAINTING, MUSIC, NO COST PRODUCE GIVE AWAY, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND AGAIN, FIESTA MEDALS FOR WIN IT ALL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. SO COME ONE, COME ALL, COME JOIN US DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU I DON'T AT PUBLIC HEALTH FEST ON APRIL 10TH, FROM 4 TO 7 P.M. THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. [00:15:01] >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, DR. JACOB, FOR THE PRESENTATION. AS ALWAYS, KUDOS FOR THE OUTREACH THAT YOUR TEAM AND THE INITIATIVES THAT Y'ALL TAKE PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND MEASLES, THE UPDATE WAS VERY HELPFUL IN SEEING THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENTS THAT Y'ALL HAD IN TERMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS AS WELL AS GOING BEYOND WITH THE ADVERTISEMENTS ON VIA BUS STATIONS. IT'S GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN ATTORNEY ON A BUS, SO JUST GREAT JOB WITH THOSE ADS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VIA. IN TERMS OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WITH THE CONTACTS YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE MAKING IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PUBLIC, IS THERE ANY LIKE IDENTIFICATION THAT IS BEING COLLECTED AND IS THERE A FOLLOW-UP CONTACT AND WHAT IS THAT FOLLOW-UP CONTACT IF ANY LOOK LIKE? >> JACOB: IDENTIFICATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTREACH EVENT OR SOMETHING ELSE. >> CASTILLO: FOR THES IN AL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK EVENT AT ROSE DALE PARK, FOR PARTICIPANTS, IS THERE ANY PHONE NUMBERS BEING GATHERED, ARE WE SAVING THOSE PHONE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF A TEXT BLAST WHEN THERE'S ANY METRO HEALTH EVENT. >> WE DO HAVE SCAIVE JER HUNTS, THIS IS A HEALTH FAIR OF SORTS, KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S ABOUT GETTING INFORMATION OUT TO FOLKS. IT'S REALLY INVITING RESIDENTS TO COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US FOR THAT 3 HOUR BLOCK ON THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH. >> CASTILLO: WONDERFUL, IN TERMS OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS, I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT FM RADIO, SHOUTOUT TO YOU ALL WORKING WITH THESE FM RADIO STATIONS ON GOING EVENTS AND UPDATE. WE CAN MOVE ON TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION, WE CAN BEGIN WITH COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: TO MY CONSTITUENTS SPECIFICALLY, TO GO TO THIS EVENT, SO -- AND THEN I GUESS COULD WE WE -- I'M LIKE PLEDGING ALL OF US. IF OUR STAFF, IF A CITY COUNCIL STAFF MEMBER WANTED TO TABLE AN EVENT, OR COULD WE HAVE A TABLE THERE WHERE WE COULD KIND OF SET -- BECAUSE I KNOW IN TEXT MESSAGE, MAYBE NOT HAVE METRO HEALTH GIVE OUT THE MESSAGE, BUT IF WE SIGN UP OUR RESIDENTS FOR OUR DISTRICT, THEN WE CAN SEND OUT MESSAGES THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THEM. SO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD SEND OUT A MESSAGE SO MAYBE WE HAVE ONE LONG TABLE AND WE PUT A STAFF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL STAFFERS THERE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, OGC STAFF, TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND ALSO GET THEM TO SIGN UP FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? >> YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US, AND SO OUR TEAM CAN FOLLOW-UP WITH AND EVERY COUNCIL OFFICE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HAVE YOU AT LEAST A TABLE. >> VIAGRAN: AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY, BUT I THINK -- I WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS PLANNING TO -- I'M PLANNING TO AT LEAST SWING BY, BUT I WOULD LOVE MY STAFF THERE TO GO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC THAT COMES OUT. BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND IT'S BEEN GREAT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S BEEN RAINED OUT SO -- I'M PRAYING FOR GOOD WEATHER, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT OUT AT THE PARK. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT MEASLES. I -- MY CONCERN IS WITH GAINES AND THE COUNTY REGION UP IN THE NORTH -- NORTHWEST PART OF TEXAS. ARE -- ARE WE GETTING IDEAS IF THIS IS -- I KNOW WE HAD THE FIRST DEATH, CORRECT, HERE IN TEXAS? >> WE HAD A PEDIATRIC DEATH REPORTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY. >> AND THAT HAPPENED UP IN LUBBOCK. >> VIAGRAN: IS THE STATE, OR ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO ADVOCATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HERE AND IMPACTING OUR REGION, HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE VACCINATED, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS STATE IS IN SESSION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RURAL HOSPITALS, BECAUSE THAT'S A RURAL AREA UP THERE, ARE GETTING THE FUNDS AND THE VACCINATIONS THAT THEY NEED. >> JACOB: YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT ACROSS THE STATE THERE IS A VOCAL ADVOCACY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY PAYING ATTENTION THOUGH THIS OUTBREAK, BUT WHATEVER SUPPORTS MAY BE NEEDED IN ESPECIALLY THE LESSER RESOURCES PARTS OF OUR STATE, SO JUST KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT NETWORK, LIKE THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CITY AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICIALS, AND OTHER STATEWIDE COALITIONS THAT ARE ADVOCATING TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING ON THE GROUND. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. AND THAT'S JUST THE ONE THING, CLAUDE, I JUST -- I KNOW YOU'RE A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR US AND FOR OUR DOACHT, DEPARTMENT, AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FAR AWAY, IT'S STILL IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'S STILL IMPACTING OUR RESIDENT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING YOUR EXPERTISE AND THEY'RE LISTENING TO YOU REGARDING THIS ISSUE. ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A COMMITTEE AND CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THAT, PLEASE KEEP US UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HEALTH FEST. I JUST GOT IT ON THE CALENDAR. SO YOU CAN BE ASSURED MY STAFF WILL BE THERE WITH STICKERS AND QR CODES TO SIGN UP TO GET TEXT BLASTS. [00:20:08] THANK YOU. >> CASTILLO: COUNCILMEN DR. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: >> >> ROCHA-GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION, DR. JACOB, I WANTED TO START OFF ASKING IS THERE GOING TO BE BLOCK WALK AROUND THE AREA OF ROSE DALE PARK SO THAT PEOPLE COULD KNOW ABOUT THE EVENT? >> JACOB: DID YOU SAY BLOCK WALKING. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: UH-HUH, DOOR TO DOOR, MAYBE JUST LEAVING -- >> JACOB: WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR STAFF, WE'LL IDENTIFY WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT IS OLD SCHOOL MAKING SURE WE ADVERTISE THE EVENT. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: ABSOLUTELY. NO, THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE EVENTS FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. THE EVENTS THAT YOU SHOW, DID WE ONLY HAVE FOUR. >> JACOB: FOUR EVENTS? >> ROCHA-GARCIA: UH-HUH. >> JACOB: WE'RE NOT ALONE, SHARING OUR METRO HEALTH SPONSORED EVENT, WE DO COLLABORATE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS, SO WE CAN SHARE WAS THE BROADER SCHEDULE, BECAUSE WE HAVE COLLATED THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR PARTNERS AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH, SO WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU, SO YOU CAN SEE THE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES HAPPENING HERE, AND THAT ALSO ARE BEING COSPONSORED BY THE COUNTY. >> I LIKE THAT, NO, I THINK UT HEALTH HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PROGRAMS, SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. ALSO THIS MORNING, I WAS AT THE TB DAY VENT, SO VERY GRATEFUL THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE THERE. I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES KNOW, THERE WAS THIS YOUNG WOMAN WITH AN AMAZING STORY, AND SHE HAD TBS A BABY, AND SHE WAS ADOPTED, AND SHE WAS FROM ETHIOPIA, AND HER MOM UNFORTUNATELY DIED. SO SHE GOT ADOPTED -- WAS ADOPTED AND GOT TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES, AND SHE IS NOW JUST INCREDIBLE AMBASSADOR FOR PREVENTION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING THAT SHE COULD DO. SO GREAT JOB SELE SELECTING THE SPEAKER, WHOEVER DID THAT THERE, DR. CURE I DON'T KNOW WAS THERE, SO I'M ASSUMING SHE HAD A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH IT. >> SHE AND HER TEAM THAT OVERSEES THAT UNIT, KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TEAM ON THE GROUND, IDENTIFIED THOSE THAT CAN SHARE THEIR STORIES. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: I LOVE IT. SHE WAS READY TO PARTNER WITH PEOPLE ON PUBLIC POLICY THAT COULD MAKE CHANGE, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, VERY REFRESHING. AND THEN ON ALSO EARLIER THIS MORNING, I WAS AT AT THE TAX CAVALIER'S ART FESTIVAL, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES WAS A SPONSOR AND THEY REMINDED EVERYTHING THAT ART IS HEALING AND HOW TO USE ART FOR HEALING. I DON'T THINK WE DO ENOUGH OF THAT FROM OUR -- OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE MIGHT BE JUST KIND OF LIKE THE TABLES THAT COUNCILMAN VIAGRAN MENTIONED, IT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF LIKE HAVE AN AREA FOR KIDS TO DO ART, AND SO JUST I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING, THAT WE HAD HAD THAT, AND THEN ALSO TODAY, I FEEL LIKE THREE THINGS THAT WERE ALL RELATED TO WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH A WOMAN WHO RUNS A SCHOOL FOR DYSLEXIA, AND I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION WITH HER, BECAUSE I WAS VERY JEALOUS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON HAS PUT A CONCENTRATED EFFORT ON DIAGNOSING FOLKS WITH DYSLEXIA, AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S 600 OF THE 900 PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN RESTORE EDUCATION WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM, WERE NOT READING AT THE READING LEVEL THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, SO THEY DIDN'T PASS A TEST, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE COULD HAVE BEEN CODED FOR DYSLEXIA, SHOULD -- IF THEY WERE TESTED FOR DYSLEXIA. AND I FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY A CODING -- CODING THING THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND THEN THEY COULD BE READ THE TEST, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING, AND I FEEL THAT WE'RE LEAVING A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY BEHIND IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON DYSLEXIA, SO I WAS TRYING TO SEE -- AND I'LL BE WORKING OUT TO THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM AS WELL TO SEE IF THEY'RE AWARE OF THE NUMBERS BEING SO HIGH, BUT ALSO TO ASK YOU IF HAVE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR TO DYSLEXIA THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. >> JACOBS: NOT DIRECTLY. I JUST MADE A NOTE BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED HOUSTON. I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE MODEL THAT THEY HAVE, WHETHER IT'S SPONSORED BY THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE HARRIS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. DON'T HAVE A INITIATIVE THAT DOES THE SCREENINGS AND WE COULD ALSO CIRCLE BACK TO THE TEAM AT READY TO WORK TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS MAY BE. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: WONDERFUL. THE LAST THING I MENTIONED WILL BE THE DI DEMENTIA, I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE DEALING WITH IT NOW, AND A LOT OF THE CAREGIVERS THAT ARE KIND OF CAUGHT IN THAT SITUATION, AND SO -- BUT THOSE ARE ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL YOU'RE DOING [00:25:03] FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. ALDERETE.>> ALDERETE: THANK YOU, CHAIR. I DO WANT TO GIVE A KUDOS TO METRO HEALTH FOR ALL THE INFORMATION YOU SHARED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINES, ESPECIALLY MEASLES VACCINES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP THERE, ALSO CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GOLD MEDAL FOR 2024. Y'ALL CONTINUE TO BE A POINT OF PRIDE FOR THE CITY. THAT'S ALL, THANKS, CHAIR. >> CASTILLO: COUNCILMAN? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. GREAT PRESENTATION AND GREAT WORK ON THE PUBLIC MEDIA CAMPAIGN. DO WE HAVE CONVERSION RATES THAT YOU GUYS CAN POINT TO IN TERMS OF LIKE IF THEY CLICK ON AN AD OR MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OR SCHEDULE A VACCINE LIKE WHAT THE TRANSGENDER GEEK AT THIS OF FOLKS ARE. >> WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU IN TERMS OF CLICK RATE AND CONVERSION RATES. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE IMPACT, BECAUSE IT'S ALSO INTERESTING, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE WHAT -- BE ABLE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST ACROSS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT CONVERSION RATES ARE, WHAT OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE SEEING AND WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WORKING, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE FIND THAT WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH IS IN ACS, SO WE COULD MAYBE SEE IF THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING THAT ARE EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE TO ACTION, AND IF THAT CAN BE TRANSLATED OR VICE VERSA, JUST TO SEE KIND OF WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL WITH OUTREACH CAMPAIGNS LIKE THIS, BUT OVERALL GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER -- DR. ROCHA GARCIA. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: I FORGOT ONE THING, APRIL 4TH, WHAT IS THE BASKETBALL SENDOFF? >> I'M GOING TO HAVE SONIA -- ONLY BECAUSE THAT'S AN EVENT TIED TO FINAL FOUR AND OUR STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAMS. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: I WAS HOPING. I SAW THE MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF REALLY COOL ACTIVITIES LIKE FOR READING, SO I WAS HOPING THAT WE WERE TIED IN, I WAS ASSUMING THAT WAS IT, GO AHEAD. >> JACOB: I'LL HAVE SONIA TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MARKETING TEAM. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY, THEIR COMMUNITY GIVE BACK AS PART OF THE FINAL FOUR EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A BEHIND-THE-SCENES PRODUCTION TIME SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT IT TAKES OR WHAT IT -- WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS FOR THESE SPORTS -- LIVE SPORTS TO HAPPEN, AND SO WE IN PUBLIC HEALTH IDENTIFIED THESE STUDENTS THROUGH OUR MAYOR'S FITNESS COUNCIL, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A SEND OFF FOR THEM AT CLAUDE BLACK, SO WE WILL BE SENDING THEM OFF ON A CHARTERED BUS, IT WILL BE A CELEBRATION ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH, IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TO PARTICIPATE OR REALLY KICK OFF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, THIS IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR THESE STUDENTS, THEY WILL BE BUSSED FROM CLAUDE BACK OVER TO THE THE ALAMODOME, AND GET A BEHIND THE SCENES EXPERIENCE, ONE OF THE SPORTS JOURNALISTS WILL INTRODUCE THEM, THEY WILL GET ONE ON ONE TIME WITH THE MAYOR AND CLAUDE FOR DOING PHOTO OLMOS PARKS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING POSTERS, AND AGAIN BROUGHT TO YOU BY PUBLIC HEALTH. >> HOW MANY KIDS. >> IT'S 25 STUDENT, PART OF THE MAYOR'S FITNESS STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: WONDERFUL. I APPLAUD Y'ALL FOR DOING THAT, I THINK IT'S A FUN WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> JACOB: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, DR. JACOB. >> JACOB: WE'LL SEE YOU APRIL 3TH THROUGH THE 13TH FOR NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. >> CASTILLO: WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 3, A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST BY COUNCILMEMBER JOHN COURAGE ON BUILDING REGULATIONS ENHANCING ANTIVAPING TRENDS AND HABITS, PRESENTED BY MICHAEL SHANNON. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. UNLIKE CLAUDE, WHERE HE'S SAYING COME ONE, COME ALL, THIS IS GOING TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE AWAY FROM A CERTAIN ESTABLISHMENT. AS MENTIONED I HAVE A PROPOSAL HERE RELATED TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE'S COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST ENTITLED BUILDING REGULAR LAKES, ENHANCING ANTIVAPING TRENDS AND HABITS OR B.R.E.A.T.H. SO THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST CAME IN SEPTEMBER, SOME OF YOU WERE A PART OF THAT AS WELL. BUT THE BACKGROUND WAS SPECIFICALLY THIS IS CAN WE UPDATE OUR CODE, OUR ZONING CODE, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, TO ADD SOME REGULATIONS FOR TOBACCO STORES AND VAPE SHOP, VAPE SHOPS SPECIFICALLY BECOMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOMETHING YOU ALL CONSIDERED ACTUALLY AS WE UPDATED OUR SMOKING ORDINANCE. WE ADDED THE ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE, ESD, VAPING DEVICE, TO THE SMOKING ORDINANCE, WENT INTO EFFECT GARNET 1, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THAT, I WON'T GO OVER ALL THE NEGATIVE HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. I THINK YOU'RE ALL WELL VERSED ON THAT. [00:30:02] BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOOK AT, AND POSSIBLY LOOK AT THROUGH ZONING, THE REQUEST WAS SPECIFICALLY THIS, TO UPDATE OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROHIBIT TOBACCO RETAIL STORES, WHETHER IT'S VAPE SHOPS OR SMOKE SHOPS FROM 1,000 FEET OF SCHOOLS, DAY CARES OR INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING, CERTAINLY, THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE POPPING UP CLOSE TO SCHOOLS IS CONCERNING, MAYBE TARGETING YOUNG KIDS TO GET IN EARLY, VAPING, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY CERTAINLY YEARS AGO. AS MENTIONED AT THE GOVERNANCE MEETING, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, THIS IS ALREADY STARTING TO BE ADDRESSED WITH SOME BILLS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, BLESS YOU. THERE ARE THREE BILLS, THERE'S THE LAST TWO -- THE LAST ONE THERE IS A COMPANION HOUSE BILL AND SENATE BILL, SOME PROPOSALS, THE FIRST ONE, SB464 IS A BILL TO ALLOW CITIES TO DO A 300-FOOT BUFFER AROUND SCHOOLS FOR VAPE SHOPS. I THINK THAT WAS SENATOR CAMPBELL THAT PROPOSED THAT. HOUSE BILL 1816, FROM REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN. ACTUALLY PROPOSED 1,000 FOOT BUFFER SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TODAY, AND THEN HOUSE BILL 3965, AND SENATE BILL 1315, HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A THOUSAND FOOT BUFFER, POSSIBLY, IN A 300-FOOT BUFFER FROM A CHURCH, SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE ARE SOME BILLS THAT MAY -- THEY'RE ACTUALLY MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT GET ADOPTED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE -- SOMETHING AT A LOCAL LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE AND WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO DO SO. NOW, VAPE SHOPS, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED, WE DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH, I KNOW THERE'S PERMITTING FOR TOBACCO RETAILERS AND SUCH, BUT JUST TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE SAW, WE DON'T HAVE A CITY REGULATION OR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THAT SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THIS TYPE OF ISSUE, SO WE DID SOME SEARCHING AND SOLVE RESEARCH. A LITTLE OVER 225 THAT WE SEE IN THE CITY, AND ALREADY THERE'S A THIRD OF THEM, A LITTLE OVER A THIRD OF THEM, 82, THAT WE BELIEVE ARE WITHIN A THOUSAND FOOT OF A SCHOOL ALREADY. THE ISSUE IS THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE. THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE ALREADY WITHIN 1,000 FOOT OF A SCHOOL, WE BELIEVE. NOW, THROUGH A ZONING ORDINANCE THOSE WOULD BECOME GRANDFATHERED, BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY STOP THE GROWTH OF THOSE, AND AS THOSE SHOPS IF THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS FOR A YEAR, THEY WOULD KIND OF FALL OFF THE LIST, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXPAND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WHICH IS OUR TYPICAL NONCONFORMING RULES IF WE DO THIS. A BREAK DOWN OF THOSE 225, JUST LIST THEM THERE BY COUNCIL DISTRICT, THEY'RE IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, THERE WASN'T ONE THAT HAD 50% OF THEM OR ANYTHING, SHOWED KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE IN OUR CITY. SO WHAT WE COULD DO, AND WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO IS A UDC AMENDMENT CHANGE, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE DO THE UDC CHANGES EVERY FIVE YEARS, THIS WOULD BE AN OUT OF CYCLE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS FINE, WE CAN DO THAT, WE HAVE DONE THAT, THIS ONE IS PROBABLY IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO DO IT. SO WE WOULD ADD SOMETHING TO THIS SECTION, ARTICLE III, WHICH IS A ZONING SECTION, ADD IT TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE ORGANIZATION, AND BASICALLY SAY NO TOBACCO STORE VAPE SHOP SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF SCHOOL OR HIGHER LEARNING. GRANTED SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION BY CITY COUNCIL, ESSENTIALLY A ZONING CASE, WE HAVE SOME OTHERS LIKE THAT, WE DID A GAS STATION ORDINANCE UPDATE UDC, IF IT'S TOO CLOSE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THEY COULDN'T DO IT UNLESS YOU ALL APPROVED IT. IT GIVES THEM AN AVENUE TO LOOK AT A VERY SPECIFIC LOCATION, MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 1,000 FEET, BUT IT'S STILL APPROPRIATE, IF YOU ALL AS THE LEGISLATORS THINK APPROPRIATE, WE COULD DO THAT, BUT WE THINK THE 1,000 FOOT BUFFER IS APPROPRIATE. AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE EXITING LOCATIONS, WE WOULD HAVE TO GRANDFATHER THOSE, LIKE WE WOULD WITH ANY NONCONFORMING USE, THAT IS DICTATED BY STATE LAW, THE CCR ASKED US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, POSSIBLY DOING A BUFFER, WE THINK IT'S VERY APPROPRIATE AND SHOULD DO THAT. VERY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY WITH ANTISMOKING AND VAPING ORDINANCE, SO IT FEELS RIGHT, AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WORK TO HERE, WORK THROUGH OUR PROCESS TO GET UDC CHANGE TO CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SIX WEEKS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, FIRST OFF, YOU WANT TO THANK COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR MOVING WITH URGENCY TO FILE THIS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST. WE KNOW THE IMPACTS OF VAPING ARE EXTREMELY HARMFUL PARTICULARLY FOR DEVELOPING YOUTH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DISTRICT 5 RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED ME QUESTIONS AROUND PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ZONING PROCESS AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AROUND VAPE SHOPS NEAR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL, AND IN TERMS OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M SUPPORTIVE OF. IN TERMS OF MY UNDERSTANDING [00:35:03] OF IT, SO THOSE THAT CURRENTLY ARE PERMITTED TO SERVE AS A VAPE SHOP WILL BE FROM GRANDFATHERED IN, HOWEVER, IF THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS FOR OVER A YEAR, THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR CONFORMING USE, IS THAT -- >> YEAH, THERE'S GENERALLY THREE WAYS. IF THEY TWO OUT OF BUSINESS, BASICALLY NOT A VAPE SHOP FOR OVER A YEAR, THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOSE YOUR NONCONFORMING. IF NAY GO OUT OF BUSINESS, SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN IN A MONTH OR TWO, IT'S NOT A VAPE SHOP, JUST A REGULAR RETAIL STORE, SOMETHING ZONE APPROPRIATE, THAT NONCONFORMING IS LOST AS WELL, THEY CAN EXPAND, IF THEY'RE 2,000 SQUARE FEET, THEY CAN'T EXPAND TO 2500 SQUARE FEET, SO THAT IS VERY TRADITIONAL IN LINE WITH OUR UDC WHICH MIRRORS STATE LAW SO -- >> CASTILLO: THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. WE CAN GO INTO COUNCILWOMAN DISCUSSION. COME ALDERETE. >> ALDERETE: THANK YOU, CHAIR, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, I WAS GLAD TO SIGN ON TO THE CCR, CONCERNS FROM NEIGHBORS ABOUT VAPE SHOPS POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH DOUGH NEED TO IMPLEMENT SOME RESTRICTIONS. WE DO NEED SOME BALANCE HERE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE 1,000 FOOT BUFFER, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT 300 FEET VERSUS 1,000 FEET LOOKS LIKE. >> GENERALLY IT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD OR MAYBE A CITY BLOCK. >> ALDERETE: OKAY A CITY BLOCK ZWHREE FOOTBALL FIELDS AND A COUPLE OF STIR BLOCKS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. >> ALDERETE: THANKS, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR FOLKS -- I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE 1,0,000 FOOT BUFFER. LET ME SEE. DO WE KNOW WHY THERE'S SO MANY DISTRICTS 1, 8 AND 9? ARE THERE ANY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. >> WE SAW THE NUMBERS, IT'S NOT 10%, EVERY DISTRICT HAS 10, SO I DON'T KNOW, WE DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING -- WE COULDN'T FIND A TREND WHYER THAT WHICH POP OPING IN ONE MORE THAN ANOTHER. THEY'RE NOT ALL DOWNTOWN. THEY'RE NOT ALL ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN. YES, SOME HAS MORE OR LESS, BUT THEY ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT I DON'T HAVE -- I DON'T HAVE A REASON WHY THERE'S A FEW MORE IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS. >> SOUNDS GOOD, THANKS, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, WANTED TO GIVE KUDOS TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE FOR PUTTING THE CCR FORWARD. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DR. ROCHA HEAD COACH HEAD COACH THANK YOU TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND I THINK DERRICK ROBERTS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF IS HERE, SO THANK YOU, DERRICK, AS WELL. DO WE KNOW THE BREAK DOWN OF THE 82 VAPE AND SMOKE SHOP LOCATIONS AS IT RELATES TO LIKE LOT TEAR, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL BREAK DOWN BY ANY CHANCE? >> I DON'T HAVE THAT. WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW-UP FOR THAT. WE HAVE THAT DATA. I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME TODAY. I HAVE BREAK DOWN OF THE -- OH, I'M SORRY, WE DO. THIS IS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> THAT IS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. >> YEAH, WE HAVE THE 82 BROKEN BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE AND BREAK THEM DOWN, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR YOU. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE A NOTIFICATION PROCESS WHEN A VAPE SHOP APPLIES LIKE TO THE SCHOOL OR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS EVEN IF THEY'RE USING THE SPECIFIC USE CLAUSE? >> I'LL SAY TODAY THERE IS NOT. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: OKAY. >> IF WE MAKE THE CHANGES PROPOSED, ABSOLUTELY THERE WOULD BE. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: OKAY. >> WE WOULD DO THE TYPICAL NOTIFICATION, NEIGHBORHOOD NOTIFICATION, CERTAINLY PROBABLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH ALCOHOL VARIANCES, WE WOULD HAVE TO NOTIFY THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL SO -- >> ROCHA-GARCIA: YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER, YOU SAID THIS IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE TO WAIT THE FIVE YEARS. AND SO JUST MADE ME WONDER, LIKE WHAT -- WHAT MAKES SOMETHING -- HOW DO Y'ALL DETERMINE IS THERE A RUBRIC THAT MAKES SOMETHING ELEVATE THAT MAKES IT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO NOT HAVE TO WAIT THE FIVE YEARS? >> THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A RUBRIC. THERE'S SOME RULES OF THUMB WE USE, IF WE CHANGE A LOCAL CITY LAW, WHICH THIS ONE PIGGY BACKS OFF THE CHANGE TO THE SMOKING ORDINANCE, WHICH I THINK WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY COUNCILMAN COURAGE'S CVR LAW, IF WE AS CITY STAFF FEEL THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT POPPING UP THAT EITHER IS A HEALTH ISSUE OR DEVELOPMENT-RELATED ISSUE, WE MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING. WE DON'T DO A LOT OF THEM, BUT I THINK -- >> THAT'S WHY I WAS SCK. >> I THINK THE FACT THAT WE JUST CHANGED THE CITY LAW ON SMOKING TO INCORPORATE THE VAPE SHOPS, IS SMOKING REALLY VAPING IS VAPING REALLY SMOKING. I THINK THAT ISSUE TO BED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR WHAT WE JUST DID. SO TO ME IT MAKES SENSE, I THEY JUST HAPPEN TO TIME UP THAT WAY. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT TO SAY, HEY, LET'S WAIT UNTIL '27. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: NO, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT ON THIS ISSUE, I THINK WE'VE ASKED BEFORE ON OTHER ISSUES I FEEL ARE SIMILAR LEVEL, LIKE WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2027, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW US, SO NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THIS ITEM JUST IN GENERAL -- >> I WOULD SAY GOING BACK HISTORICALLY, MOST OF THE [00:40:05] ONES THAT ARE OUT OF CYCLE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN A CCR, THE LAST SIX OR EIGHT YEARS. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: NOW I KNOW. I'LL GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO A CCR. WHEN WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT? >> AS SOON AS WE CAN GET IT TO CITY COUNCIL. THERE'S SOME STEPS WE WOULD GO THROUGH, IF WE GET THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FOR HERE, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD, ZONING CHANGES, WE WOULD THAT, WE WOULD WORK TO GET ON THE NEXT, LATE APRIL EARLY MAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO GET IT TO COUNCIL. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A SCHOOL HAPPENED. >> IF THE SCHOOL OPENS UP AND CAUSES THE DISTANCE BUFFER, IT DOESN'T SAY THE VAPE SHOP CAN'T OPERATE ANYMORE, SO THERE SHOULD BE MORE VAPE SHOPS OPENING UP NEAR AN EXISTING SCHOOL. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: GOT IT. DOES THIS -- ANY OF THIS INCLUDE CBD DISPENSARIES? CBD? I DON'T BELIEVE IT DOES. >> ROCHA-GARCIA: THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, THANK YOU, MIKE AND TEAM -- >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEN VIAGRAN. >> VIAGRAN: ON SLIDE NUMBER 4, THE 36% THAT ARE WITHIN $1,000 FEET OF A SCHOOL OR DAY CARE S. THERE ANY WAY WE COULD LIMIT THE TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENTS THEY DO, BECAUSE I'M -- I CAN GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, HARLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL, ALONG PLEASANTON, IF THIS COMES INTO EFFECT, SOME OF THOSE VAPE SHOPS ARE IN THAT AREA. AND THEIR ADVERTISEMENT OF FLAVORS IS OBVIOUSLY GEARED TOWARD YOUTH, AND TEENAGERS. SO I'M FINE -- I'M NOT FINE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY GET TO STAY BECAUSE THEY WERE THERE BEFORE WE DO THIS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THEIR ADVERTISEMENT ISN'T GEARED TO THE STUDENTS THAT ARE THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE WITH OUR -- WITH OUR STATE LEADERS AS THEY PUT IN THIS BAN THAT THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT IS NOT GEARED TOWARD THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. SO WE'VE GOT THIS ALL ALONG OVER BY HARLENDALE, WE'VE GOT SOME OVER BY HIGHLANDS ALSO IN SOME CORRIDORS, SO THAT'S WHY I WANT -- I DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE THAT -- THIS COME THROUGH, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT 82 THAT WERE WITHIN THE 1,000 FEET, SOME OF THESE SHOPS ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO... I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THAT. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ON OUR BOOKS TO ALLOWS US TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE VERY LIMITED ON REGULATING CONTENT OF ANY SIGN OR ADVERTISEMENT. WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE I GIVE YOU A FINAL ANSWER. CERTAINLY IF THE STATE GRANTS THEM AUTHORITY THROUGH A STATE BILL, MAYBE WE CAN MIRROR THAT OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE HELD TO THAT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW. >> VIAGRAN: OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IF WE COULD MAKE THIS GET WITH SOME OF OUR GROUPS UP AT THE STATE LEVEL TO KIND OF CHAMPION THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL AS THIS GOES THROUGH, BECAUSE IF IT'S WITHIN 300 FEET, WE CAN LIMIT THE TYPE OF ADVERTISEMENT THAT THEY COULD DO, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT DONE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE VAPE SHOPS ARE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ALSO. SO -- THANK YOU. >> ANY LAST QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER? >> ALDERETE: THANK YOU, SHARE. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS, DO WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN VAPE SHOPS AND SHOPS THAT SELL VAPES? >> YES, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THAT. OUR PROPOSAL WOULD BE, I THINK THE CCRS LOOK AT PREDOMINANTLY A VAPE SHOP, SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE DONE THIS, LEANDER, SUGAR LAND, THE HOUSE BILL AND THE SENATE BILL DEFINE IT THEY SELL MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR PRODUCT IS VAPE SALES, A TRADITIONAL VAPE SHOP, NOT NECESSARILY A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT HAPPENS TO SELL A FEW VAPE PRODUCTS. I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SAY TO EVERYONE WHO SELLS ONE NOT PREDOMINANT RETAIL STORE, YOU SEE THEM, THEY'RE ALL OVER, BIG SIGN THAT SAYS VAPE SHOP, THEIR SOME INTERESTING NAMES AND STUFF, SO WE WOULD CREATE A DID HE DEFINITION LIKE THAT, LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES, WHAT DISTINGUISH AS RESTAURANT VERSUS A BAR, YOU KNOW, A BAR AND GRILL. THERE'S SOME DEFINITIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY SELL WHICH DICTATES IT. >> ALDERETE: AND DO WE HAVE ANY DATA ON LIKE SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE -- WHAT'S THE SCHOOL RADIUS FOR ALCOHOL FOR A VARIANCE? >> 1,000 FEET. >> ALDERETE: 1,000 FEET. DO WE HAVE DATA ON EFFICACY, I'M WONDERING IF WE MOVE IT FROM 300, WHATEVER IT IS NOW, TO 1,000, DO WE BELIEVE IT WILL GET -- THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN GETTING -- AT LEAST MAKE IT [00:45:02] MORE DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO ACCESS? >> I DON'T -- I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT DATA. I THINK THERE'S NOTHING ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW T STATE IS PROPOSING DIFFERENT BILLS, ONE IS PROPOSING 300, ONE IS PROPOSING 1,000, WE WERE PROPOSING 1,000 AS MENTIONED IN THE CCR, SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, IT WOULD GET LESS LET'S SAY YOUNG SAN ANTONIANS, AND I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY DATA, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT. I THINK IT'S MORE OF A FEELING THAT THAT WOULD WORK, AND IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN TERMS OF KEEPING IT AWAY, DIRECTLY FROM SCHOOLS ON ALCOHOL FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MIGHT WORK HERE. >> OKAY. >> I'M SORRY, THE VARIANCE FOR ALCOHOL IS 300 FEET, NOT 1,000. >> ALDERETE: OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IDEA, I'M WONDERING IF IT'S DOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHAT IS -- MAYBE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH WE CAN TRACK, I KNOW WE GOT THAT PRESENTATION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE USAGE, MAYBE WE CAN TRACK ONCE THIS POLICY COMES -- GOES INTO PLACE, WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THAT YOU GUYS SAN ANTONIO IEWTION SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS OFT USAGE. THAT COULD BE OTHER FACTORS. WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF IT WAS WORKING. THE OTHER THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE LIKE THE FREE WEED STORES, RIGHT? ANY OF THE STORES THAT ARE DOING THAT. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE AN OVERLAY ON THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER STRUGGLE AT LEAST IN IN A LOT -- WHAT I HEAR FROM MY NEIGHBORHOODS. THE LAST THING I HAVE A QUESTION ON IS THE LIGHTING, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE LIKE IN STRIP MALLS THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS. DO WE HAVE ANY REGULATIONS IN OUR CODE ABOUT LIKE THE -- THE KNE NEON LIGHTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR SIGNS. >> WE DO HAVE LIGHT INTENSITY RULES AND REGULATIONS, THEY CAN BE LIT PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE SOME LIGHTING LEVELS. AND WE GET CALLS FOR SOME ON PREMISE SIGNS THAT ARE TOO BRIGHT. WE GET CALLS SOME THAT ARE TOO OBNOXIOUS LOOKING, YOU CAN'T REALLY REGULATE THAT. WE DO GO OUT, WE GET THAT CALL, IF IT'S TOO BRIGHT, WE HAVE LIGHT METERS WE CAN HAVE OUR TEAMS MEASURE, IF IT'S TOO BRIGHT, ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, IF THEY DON'T TAKE IT DOWN, ET CETERA, EVENTUALLY I CAN PULL POWER OFF. I'M NOT THINKING FOR EXAMPLES OF VAPE STORES, I'M THINKING OF OTHER BRIGHT DIGITAL SIGNS THAT WE'VE SEEN. BUT WE HAVE THAT TOOL IN THERE SO -- >> ALDERETE: I WAS THINKING, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE IT, SAY IN THE CODE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE NEON LIGHTING, BECAUSE NEON LIGHTING DRAWS MORE ATTENTION TO IT THAT YOU'RE THERE, SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT ALSO ABOUT DECREASING PROMINENCE IN AN AREA. >> WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL LOOK AT -- I KNOW WHEN YOU DID A ZONING CASE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION THERE MAY BE SOME CONDITIONS, IF YOU WERE TO EVER APPROVE ONE YOU CAN PUT SOME CONDITIONS ON IT, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, ANY MOVING FORWARD, CAN WE PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS, I DON'T HAVE THAT WITH ME, BUT I'LL LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE TO THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT STEP OF THIS. >> ALDERETE: OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU, MIKE. >> CASTILLO: ANY LAST QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. JUST LASTLY FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS ARE GOING TO ASK THIS QUESTION, SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED IT IN TERMS OF THE CBDG SHOPS AND FLOWER SHOPS THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR VAPE SHOPS. >> THAT IS CORRECT, YES. >> ONE OF THOSE SHOPS IS SELLING VAPES DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE OR ARE THEY NOT ALLOWED OR ARE THEY PROHIBITED FROM SELLING VAPES AT THOSE OTHER SHOPS. >> THEY'RE NOT. OUR PROPOSAL TODAY IS TO TARGET VAPING STORES, TOBACCO SMOKE OR VAPING, THAT'S THEIR MAIN -- MAIN RETAIL. AND WE'LL DEFINE MAIN, AGAIN, I THINK THE OTHER CITIES DID IT BY A MAJORITY, 50%, THE 50% RULE, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, A CONVENIENCE STORE THAT SELLS A COUPLE OF VAPE PRODUCTS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOT IT, SO -- BUT THIS IS REALLY NOT BRINGING IN THE CBD SO -- >> CASTILLO: IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM, DO YOU NEED ACTION FROM US? >> WE WOULD LIKE SOME ACTION TODAY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. TO CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE OUR GOAL. >> SECOND. >> CASTILLO: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES. >> THANK YOU. >> CASTILLO: THANK YOU. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH MEETING, THE TIME IS NOW 3:21, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.