* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:26] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, 2019. COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER COVEO. BERDA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. AND MAYOR NUREMBERG HERE. MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, B SESSION AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:16 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND TO KICK US OFF, WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. TWO ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM, UM, IS A PRESENTATION BY ALAMO COLLEGES ON THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM, UH, AND A BRIEFING BY CITY STAFF ON SOME LARGER POLICY ISSUES, UH, THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR SOME DIRECTION ON TO WORK ON OVER THE NEXT YEAR. UH, JUST IN TERMS OF BACKGROUND, UH, IN JULY OF, UH, 2019, ALAMO COLLEGES, UH, VOTED TO, UH, LAUNCH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM, WHICH DR. FLORE, MIKE FLORES IS HERE. WE WILL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON TO PROVIDE, UH, NEW GRADUATES OF BEXAR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FREE TUITION AT ITS FIVE ALAMO COLLEGES, NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE, NORTHWEST VISTA, UH, PALO ALTO, AND SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND ST. PHILLIPS COLLEGE. UH, THE ALAMO PROMISE ENSURES THAT, UH, TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES THAT THE ALAMO COLLEGES ARE COVERED FOR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE FROM PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS AND, AND AS THE LAST DOLLAR FUNDING, UH, PROGRAM. AND MIKE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS IN HIS PRESENTATION. ALMO PROMISE COVERS THAT GAP BETWEEN FINANCIAL AID AND THE COST OF TUITION FOR UP TO THREE YEARS TO BECOME, UH, A PARTICIPANT. UH, YOU MUST BE A, A SENIOR GRADUATING FROM A PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. AND, UH, UH, PHASE ONE IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN 2020 AND INCLUDES 25 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS, UH, AND PHASE TWO AND 2021, WE WILL INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL 20 SCHOOLS. MIKE WILL COVER THAT AS WELL. UM, ALAMO COLLEGES SUBMITTED, UM, AND WE WORK WITH THEM BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER AS THEY'VE DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED A FIVE YEAR FUNDING PLAN THAT THEY'RE COORDINATING NOT ONLY WITH FINANCIAL AID, BUT PRIVATE SECTOR AND FOUNDATION MONEY, BUT ALSO REQUEST TO BOTH THE CITY, UH, OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY. UM, JUST A QUICK REMINDER, AND LORI WILL COVER THIS ON THE BACK END OF THE PRESENTATION. UH, THIS YEAR'S, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO WITH, UH, ALAMO COLLEGES TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME TRAINING, TRAINING FOR CITY EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS WORKFORCE TRAINING INCLUDED $154,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF ALAMO PROMISE. AND WE SET ASIDE, UH, IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET, A LITTLE OVER $1.4 MILLION, UH, FOR THE F Y UH, 21, UH, BUDGET, UH, AS A POLICY RESERVE FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION. UM, AND, UH, WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH, AND MIKE AND I HAD HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS IN THE SUMMER TO EARLY IN THE YEAR, BRING THIS TO THE FULL [00:05:01] COUNCIL FOR, UH, A DISCUSSION. AND, UM, IT'S GOT A LOT OF CONNECTION TO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL'S DOING FROM POLICY LEVEL. SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE RIGHT NOW, AND THEN LORI WILL WRAP US UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANNA THANK, UH, CITY MANAGER WALSH. I WANNA THANK, UH, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE INVITATION TO BE HERE FOR B SESSION. I WANNA JUST, UH, GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW AND A SENSE OF, UH, FIRST, WHO WE ARE AT ALAMO COLLEGE'S DISTRICT, AND THEN WHY ALAMO PROMISE, UH, WHAT ALAMO PROMISE IS IN PARTICULAR, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. I WANNA BEGIN, I'M JUST ONE OF 5,000 FOLKS, FACULTY AND STAFF THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M GONNA ASK MY COLLEAGUES, AND I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH, UH, COLLEGE PRESIDENTS TO PLEASE, UM, STAND AS I INTRODUCE THEM. AND SO, DR. VERONICA GAIA FROM NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE, DR. ROBERT VELA FROM SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, DR. RICK BAER FROM NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE, DR. ADINA WILLIAMS LOSTON FROM ST. PHILIPS COLLEGE, DR. ROBERT GOTSA FROM PALO ALTO COLLEGE. I ALMOST FORGOT THAT. UH, AND THEN I WANNA INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUES FROM ALAMO COLLEGES, OUR VICE CHANCELLORS FOR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BOB MCKINLEY, DR. ALINA SILVA FOR STUDENT SUCCESS, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FOUNDATION, UM, SHEILA DEW. AND THEN I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR PROGRAM CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER FOR ALAMO PROMISE, A GRADUATE OF SOUTH SAN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, STEPHANIE VASQUEZ AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. I'M GONNA ASK CHRISTY WYATT, AND I THINK YOU KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, XAVIER TIA, WHO SERVES NOW AS CHIEF OF STAFF, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS. SO WE CALL 'EM THE CORE FOUR. WE ARE WORKING IN TANDEM. THIS IS A COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY. SO WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP CAFE COLLEGE, LISA CUNNINGHAM IS HERE REPRESENTING THAT ORGANIZATION. WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, UM, SAN ANTONIO WORKS FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, AND ALSO WITH UP PARTNERSHIP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS A P 16 COUNCIL. AND RYAN LEGIA HOLLAND IS ON HIS WAY. WE HAVE A 17 MEMBER STEERING COMMITTEE, CO-CHAIRED BY MYSELF, MAYOR NURNBERG, JUDGE WOLFF, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE TO BE JOINED BY TWO MEMBERS OF THAT STEERING COMMITTEE AS WELL. AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE THEM, DIANE SANCHEZ, C E O, FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, AND ASK ALSO DR. LLOYD EFF FROM SOUTHWEST I S D TO PLEASE STAND. WHERE DID HE GO? OH, YES. THANK YOU ALL. . SO I WANNA TALK TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON AND JUST, UM, GO THROUGH AND GIVE YOU A CONTEXT FOR ALAMO PROMISE. AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT CAPITAL. IT'S ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL. IT'S ABOUT HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, SPEND SOME TIME ABOUT OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY, NOT ONLY OUR TEAM WITHIN ALAMO COLLEGE'S DISTRICT, BUT THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH LEVERAGING THEIR INSIGHTS TO ENSURE WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ALAMO PROMISE, WHICH IS A GAME CHANGING STRATEGY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS JUST OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES OF WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO, OUR VISION TO BE BEST IN THE NATION IN STUDENT SUCCESS AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. AND THERE ARE TWO PROOF POINTS WITH REGARD TO THAT. ONE IS THAT YOUR, UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACTUALLY ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT TO WIN AMERICA'S PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE AWARD. SO WE WERE FORTUNATE AT THE START OF THIS YEAR TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE MALCOLM BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD BY THE US SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, WILBER ROSS. AND THAT ISN'T ONLY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE BALDRIGE FRAMEWORK. IT'S NOT ONLY FOR HIGHER ED, IT'S NOT FOR PUBLIC SECTOR, IT'S FOR ANY ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES THAT DEMONSTRATES CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE. AND SO WE'RE ONE OF FOUR HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE BALDRIDGE CRITERIA AND THE ONLY COLLEGE DISTRICT AT SCALE TO ACHIEVE THAT. UM, WE'RE ALSO FORTUNATE THAT THREE OF OUR COLLEGES, UH, YESTERDAY WERE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE'S TOP ONE 50 FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. SO THEY ARE IN THE TOP 10% OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES THAT MAKES THEM ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE FOR A $1 MILLION PRIZE. IT WILL BE GIVEN IN 2021. AND WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT ACTUALLY PALO ALTO ALSO EARLIER THIS YEAR, WAS NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION AND RECEIVED THE RISING STAR AWARD. SO HERE'S OUR STUDENT PROFILE. WE ARE THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NOT ONLY SOUTH, BUT CENTRAL TEXAS, SERVING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS ANNUALLY. UM, REFLECTING THE COMMUNITY WITH 75% OF OUR STUDENTS BEING STUDENTS OF COLOR. THE MAJORITY ARE FEMALE, AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS, 80% ARE PART-TIME. [00:10:01] YOU SEE THERE THAT 53% ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND 70% RECEIVE SOME FORM OF FINANCIAL AID. ANOTHER PROOF POINT IS ACTUALLY THAT 60% OF OUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE FROM SEMESTER TO SEMESTER TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR EDUCATION. THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS WORK 30 HOURS OR MORE PER WEEK, AND THEY EXERCISE THE SAME ACADEMIC EFFORT AS FULL-TIME STUDENTS. YOU MET THE FIVE COLLEGE PRESIDENTS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE A REPRESENTATION IN EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE OVER 300 PROGRAMS. AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE EASE OF OUR STUDENTS IS WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT THEM INTO WHAT WE CALL INSTITUTES, WHICH ARE ALMOST META-MAJORS, WHICH ALIGN WITH THE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND SECTORS THAT THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE E D F HAVE IDENTIFIED, STEM AND BIOSCIENCE MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS, IT, PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, AEROSPACE AND AVIATION. SO WHY IS ALAMO PROMISE SO IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY? UM, JUST A COMMUNITY PROFILE. I THINK ALL OF US, IT MAY HAVE GIVEN US SOME PAUSE TO READ THE RELEASE OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT SAN ANTONIO NOW HAS, UH, THE HIGHEST URBAN POVERTY RATE AMONGST OUR METROPOLITAN AREAS. BUT I WOULD JUXTAPOSE THAT WITH ALSO, NOT ONLY DO WE NEED TO SERVE OUR CURRENT NEIGHBORS, RIGHT, AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PREPARE FOR GROWTH OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES. IN PARTICULAR, 1 MILLION MORE NEIGHBORS WHO WE WANNA WELCOME INTO THE FOLD BY 2040. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO AT FULL EMPLOYMENT. SO SAN ANTONIO HAS A 3% EMPLOYMENT RATE. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S HOLDING US BACK FROM ACTUALLY FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IS TALENT, IS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PROOF POINTS. IN FACT, IF WE LOOK AT WHAT IT IS NOW, WE NEED ACTUALLY ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF ADULTS OVER 18 TO HAVE A POST HIGH SCHOOL CREDENTIAL. RIGHT NOW, ONLY A THIRD IN OUR COMMUNITY DO SO. 11% OF EIGHTH GRADERS IN THE MIDDLE, YOU CAN SEE, ACTUALLY HAVE A TWO OR FOUR YEAR DEGREE THAT'S MOST PRONOUNCED IN 7 8 2, 0 2, 7, 8 2, 0 7, 7, 8, 2, 0 8, AND 11. SO THOSE FOUR ZIP CODES, IN PARTICULAR, ONLY 11% OF EIGHTH GRADERS WILL ACTUALLY STEP FOOT ON A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, LESS THAN HALF OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ACTUALLY ENROLL IN HIGH IN COLLEGE. SO THIS IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF A HEAT MAP. THE DARK BLUE OR THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU CAN SEE HAVE A MAJORITY, 55% PERHAPS IN ALAMO HEIGHTS, AND OVER 50% IN NORTH SIDE AND NORTHEAST HARLANDALE THAT YOU SEE THERE USED TO BE IN THE RED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND IS NOW MOVED UP WITH LEADERSHIP AND INTENTIONALITY. THOSE INCLUDE NOT ONLY PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, BUT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT, PALO ALTO COLLEGE AND SAN ANTONIO, AND ST. PHILIPS COLLEGE IN PARTICULAR. SO WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT DEMOGRAPHICS DOES NOT DETERMINE DESTINY THAT A TITLE ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS THAT STUDENTS CAN BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN PROVIDED WITH THE RIGHT WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. WE'RE HOPING TO SEE THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE IN THE LIGHT OR DARK BLUE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF ALAMO PROMISE. SO WHAT IS IT? SO YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, IN A SENSE WHY WE'D LIKE TO DO IT. AND SO WHAT IS ALAMO PROMISE? IT'S A INITIATIVE, AND THIS IS A GAME CHANGING STRATEGY AT SCALE. THAT'S WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS DONE AT SCALE TO SERVE ALL STUDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH NOT ONLY LAST $10 TO PAY FOR TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AT SCALE TO SERVE, AT THIS TIME, PERHAPS OVER 60,000 STUDENTS, BUT TO PREPARE TO SERVE CLOSE TO 80,000 STUDENTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND THEN OVER THE NEXT DECADE, HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? INCREASE ACCESS. WE WANNA ENSURE THAT WE, WE REMOVE BARRIERS, WE PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY, LOW COST, AND IN FACT, NO COST UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE. AND WE FOLLOW YOUR LEAD IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ALIGN TO HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS. I THINK I MENTIONED, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO TO THIS, GO TO THIS SLIDE. SO, THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF ALAMO PROMISE, THIS IS REALLY OUR MOONSHOT, IS TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER TO END POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION IN THE SAN ANTONIO REGION. WE'RE BIG, BUT WE'RE NOT THAT BIG. PARTNERSHIP IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. WE KNOW THAT INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY IS OUR, THE ACHILLES HEEL OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT INVOLVES PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR, WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, COMMUNITY BASED AND FAITH ORGANIZATIONS TO [00:15:01] PROVIDE THAT, A FOCUS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY. THE R O I FOR ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WITH A DEGREE FROM THE ALAMO COLLEGES, IS OVER $9,000 A YEAR. IT'S OVER $400,000 IN THEIR LIFETIME. AND THAT'S ONE STUDENT. THOSE ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT WE EXPECT. A SIGNIFICANT INCREASED IN ENROLLMENT, INCREASED PERSISTENCE FROM SEMESTER TO SEMESTER, INCREASED ASPIRATIONS FOR YOUTH, AND A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE LOANS. WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING THE FEDERAL STUDENT AID, UM, OFFICERS FROM WASHINGTON D C. SO OUR DEBT IS $1.4 TRILLION FOR STUDENT LOANS FOR 40 YEARS. THEY COMPILED HALF OF THAT DEBT. WE'VE COMPILED THE OTHER HALF IN THE LAST SIX YEARS. SO A QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN ASKED, UH, ACTUALLY MOST RECENTLY IS, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW AND WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF ALAMO PROMISE IN PARTICULAR? SO YOU CAN SEE WITHOUT PROMISE THAT OUR COLLEGE GOING RATE WOULD STAY THE SAME BETWEEN 45 TO 49% NET NEW. SO IN BLUE IS THE SAME WITHOUT PROMISE NET NEW. YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WITHOUT PROMISE, THAT'S CLOSE TO 19, 19,000 STUDENTS WITH PROMISE NET NEW, THAT'S ANOTHER 19,000 STUDENTS. SO WE PROJECT THAT THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO 38,000 STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE SERVED. THESE ARE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FROM 45 HIGH SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS AN ALGORITHM THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN TANDEM WITH THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT WHO RECEIVED PRIVATE SUPPORT TO DEVELOP IT, AND NOW IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR NEEDS YEAR ON YEAR. YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S A FIVE YEAR IMPACT, WHICH I MENTIONED. THIS INCREASES OUR OVERALL COLLEGE GOING RATE FROM 49% TO 70%, AND THAT'S JUST IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SNAPSHOT LOOKING AT THOSE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CLUSTERS, WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. SO THIS IN PARTICULAR IS ONE OF THOSE HEALTH AND BIOSCIENCE. SO WITHOUT PROMISE, WE WOULD STAY STEADY AT ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS WITH PROMISE. WE WOULD GO TO ABOUT 9,000 STUDENTS FOCUSED STRICTLY ON HEALTH AND BIOSCIENCE. SO THAT'S ALMOST DOUBLING THE RATE OF TALENT THAT WE WOULD HAVE IN THAT SECTOR. YOU SEE THE SAME THING IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS WITHOUT PROMISE, WE'RE AT ABOUT OVER 600 WITH PROMISE THAT DOUBLES TO 1300. WE KNOW WE'VE HAD THE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO OF OVER A BILLION DOLLARS, BOTH IN THE ENHANCEMENT AT TOYOTA, THE ARRIVAL OF NAVISTAR, OF ISON, ALL OF THOSE IN PARTICULAR. AND WHAT HOLDS THEM BACK AND THE COMMUNITY BACK IS HAVING TALENT. WE'RE CURRENTLY IMPORTING NOT ONLY TEACHERS INTO K 12, WE'RE ALSO IMPORTING NURSES. WE'RE IMPORTING FOLKS FROM MANUFACTURING, AND WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE LOCAL TALENT SO THAT PROSPERITY IS WIDELY SHARED IN EACH AND EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE ALSO HAD AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY DONE BY DR. BELINDA ROMAN, WHO ACTUALLY PREVIOUSLY WAS AT PALO ALTO COLLEGE, AND NOW HAS JOINED HER COLLEAGUE, UH, DR. STEVE NIVEN AT ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY. SO SHE CONDUCTED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY JUST ON THE, ON ALAMO PROMISE, WHICH WE SEE WOULD BE A 1% INCREASE TO G D P DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF CLOSE TO 1.5 BILLION, AND IT WOULD CREATE 5,000 NEW JOBS. SO WHO'S IT HELPING? SO YOU HAVE TO BE A GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR FROM A PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOL. YOU HAVE TO BE A SAN ANTONIO OR A BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENT, AND THEN YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO BE A SCHOLAR. SO I THINK AT ABOUT THIS TIME, YOU GET TIRED OF HEARING FROM ME, GO THROUGH SEVERAL OF THE SLIDES. SO I'M GONNA ASK ONE OF OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU JUST A SENSE FROM WHAT HE SEES IN PARTICULAR FROM THE, FROM THE SCHOOL PICTURE. SO, PHASE ONE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY RECRUITING NOW INVOLVES 25 HIGH SCHOOLS. THOSE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR HAVE A COLLEGE GOING RATE OF LESS THAN HALF WE'RE, UM, ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT THEM THROUGH A VARIETY OF WAYS. BUT DR. EF, IT'S GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT ONE IN PARTICULAR. THANK YOU CHANCELLOR. AND I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S REALLY GOOD TO BE HERE. UH, I'VE BEEN IN EDUCATION FOR, FOR 30 YEARS AND ALL OF THAT AT SOUTHWEST I S D. AND MATTER OF FACT, I'M A GRADUATE OF SOUTHWEST I S D AS WELL AS OUR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IN PRECINCT FOUR AND OR DISTRICT FOUR. AND WE REALLY LOVE HER AND VERY PROUD OF HER. UH, DURING THAT TIME, I'VE DELIVERED, UH, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER A LOT OF MESSAGES TO STUDENTS, AND I'D LIKE, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MESSAGE REALLY FELL UPON THE [00:20:01] GROUP OF STUDENTS WHEN WE BROUGHT IN OUR 2020, UH, FUTURE GRADUATE AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL AND OUR 2020 FUTURE GRADUATES OF SOUTHWEST LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE DELIVERED THIS MESSAGE TO THEM ABOUT LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OUT OF THEIR WAY SO THAT THEY TOO CAN PARTICIPATE IN EITHER A WORKFORCE CERTIFICATION LICENSURE OR AN ASSOCIATE TOWARDS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. UH, AND I CAN TELL YOU WITH ALL THE MESSAGES I DELIVER IN THOSE 30 YEARS, THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I FELT WAS MOST IMPACTFUL. UM, GAUGING THE BODY LANGUAGE OF OUR STUDENTS, THE WAY THEY RAISED THEIR HEAD, AND LOOKED ACROSS THE TABLE AT ONE ANOTHER, THE, UH, ONE-TO-ONE CONVERSATION THAT THEY ENGAGED IN. UH, AT THAT MOMENT, I HEAR A MOONSHOT USED A LOT IN, IN ALAMO PROMISE, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, IT LANDED LIKE A MOONSHOT AMONGST THE GROUPS, UH, TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS, TWO GROUPS OF SENIORS THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THAT MESSAGING. UH, WE SERVE ALMOST 14,000 STUDENTS IN SOUTHWEST I E D. 83% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE EQUAL DIS UH, STUDENTS. FINANCE IS A BARRIER FOR THEM GOING TO COLLEGE. UH, AND I JUST, I WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP HERE. I, I CAN TELL YOU, I HAD A FEW STUDENTS APPROACH ME AFTER WE HAD THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THEN THE STUDENTS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONIAL SAVIOR SEAT, UH, OPPORTUNITY AS PART OF THAT EVENT. OUT OF 950 POTENTIAL GRADUATES WE HAVE COMING UP OVER 500 HAVE ALREADY SAVED THEIR SEAT AT ONE OF THE A C C D COLLEGES, WHICH IS BIG, WHERE STUDENTS ARE THINKING DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND THE ADULTS IN OUR SYSTEM ARE THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW DO WE PREPARE OUR STUDENTS MORE AND BETTER BECAUSE THIS FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY IS BEING REMOVED FROM THEM. I EVEN HAD ONE MALE STUDENT COME UP TO ASK ME, SIR, IS MY MOM GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT THIS? AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY. UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF, OF, OF THE MOM AND THE FAMILY. AND SO I JUST WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE, GIVE SOME PERSONAL TESTIMONY ABOUT WHAT WE OBSERVED, UH, WANNA COMMEND, UH, CHANCELLOR FLOORS AND, AND HIS TEAM, THE CITY, THE COUNTY. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS THING IN SAN ANTONIO. AND JUST CONGRATULATIONS. SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE A PICTURE THERE OF THE CAFETERIA AT, UH, SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. AND SO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS, AND THAT'S SUPPORTED BY PALO ALTO COLLEGE. AND THEN WE ACTUALLY, UM, YESTERDAY AT LEE, AND TODAY AT ROOSEVELT, IT'S THE SAME PICTURE OF STUDENTS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REMEMBER THURSDAYS OR FRIDAYS, UM, DURING FOOTBALL SEASON, IN A SENSE, IT HAS THE SAME PALPABLE ENERGY AS A PEP RALLY TO, FOR STUDENTS TO SEE THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT. THAT THIS IS NOT JUST PUSHING PAPER AND HAVING THEM FILL IT OUT, THAT WE WORK WITHIN THEIR CURRENT REALM. SO THE QR CODE THAT YOU SEE THERE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE SLIP OF PAPER IN YOUR PACKETS. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SCAN IT WITH YOUR CAMERA. AND THE SAVIOR SEAT FORM COMES UP. WE RECEIVE ALL OF THAT, AND THEN WE ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THE WHOLE ENROLLMENT PROCESS TO PINGING THEM AND MESSAGE THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE MOVING ALONG ON TASK BECAUSE WE'RE SPEAKING IN THEIR LANGUAGE. THIS IS PHASE TWO. SO 25 2 OF DR. EFFS HIGH SCHOOLS ARE WITHIN PHASE ONE. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A BROAD REPRESENTATION IN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THEN ALL IN, NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IN BEXAR COUNTY AND THE ATTACHMENTS OF YOUR PRESENTATION. WE'VE ALSO BROKEN IT DOWN BY ALL 10 OF THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICTS. AND THEN, IF YOU'D LIKE, ALSO IN YOUR FOLDER, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT COLLEGE GOING RATE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS WITHIN YOUR AREA. SO HOW'S IT BEING IMPLEMENTED? I KNOW THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, WE CAN CUE THE VIDEO. IT'S NOT ONLY A LAST END SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A HOLISTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES FACE BIG DECISIONS. DO THEY GO TO COLLEGE, ENTER THE WORKFORCE, OR JOIN THE MILITARY? WHATEVER THEY DO, WE ALL HOPE THEY FULFILL THEIR PROMISE. AND AT THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICTS, WE WANNA HELP. THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM ENSURES THE COST OF TUITION AT ONE OF THE FIVE COLLEGES IN THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT IS COVERED FOR BEXAR COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS GRADUATING FROM PARTICIPATING PROMISE HIGH SCHOOLS. BECOMING A PROMISE STUDENT IS SIMPLE. A STUDENT FILLS OUT A SAVE YOUR SEAT FORM, PLEDGING TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL AND BECOMING AN ALAMO PROMISE SCHOLAR. THEN AN ENROLLMENT COACH HELPS STUDENTS APPLY FOR ADMISSION, SUBMIT FINANCIAL AID, AND COMPLETE ALL THE STEPS NEEDED TO GET READY FOR COLLEGE. WE WANNA HELP EVERY STUDENT BE SUCCESSFUL DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. DURING THE TRANSITION FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE, EACH PROMISE SCHOLAR WILL TAKE PART IN A CAREER EXPLORATION CAMP WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN A VARIETY OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING CAREER FIELDS IN OUR REGION. AND STUDENTS WHO NEED A LITTLE EXTRA HELP PREPARING FOR COLLEGE WILL GET TO JOIN A SUMMER BRIDGE SESSION WHERE THEY'LL GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THEIR JOURNEY. AT NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION PROMISE SCHOLARS WILL MEET WITH THEIR ADVISOR, REGISTER [00:25:01] AND GET A PREVIEW OF THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE TO ENSURE THEY KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND THEIR CAMPUS AND THE WAY TO THEIR FUTURE. WE KNOW NOT EVERY STUDENT STARTS IN THE SAME PLACE, BUT ALL STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE THE CHANCE TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. WITH ASSIGNED ACADEMIC ADVISORS FREE TUTORING SERVICES LIKE CAREER EXPLORATION AND FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO, THE ALAMO COLLEGES WANNA HELP STUDENTS MEET THEIR NEEDS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. SO LIFE EVENTS WON'T PREVENT ANYONE FROM BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND MEETING THEIR PROMISE. OUR STUDENTS' PATHS WILL CONTINUE AFTER EARNING THEIR DEGREE OR COMPLETE A CERTIFICATE, WHETHER TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, OR ENTERING THE WORKFORCE. WE WANT SAN ANTONIO'S YOUTH TO REACH THEIR GOALS, TO BUILD A FOUNDATION THROUGH FIRST RATE, HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION, AND TO BUILD A STRONGER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A WELL EDUCATED WORKFORCE TO MEET THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THIS CENTURY. WE BELIEVE EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN SAN ANTONIO HAS PROMISE, AND WE WANNA HELP THEM ALL LIVE THEIR DREAMS. IT'S THE ALAMO PROMISE. SO IN A SENSE, IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORT. WE KNOW WE'RE EDUCATORS, SO, UM, OUR WHEELHOUSE IS NOT TO PROVIDE THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, BUT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. EACH OF OUR STUDENTS RECEIVES A BUS PASS FOR TRANSPORTATION. WE JUST, UH, SIGNED A, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE FOOD BANK. SO EACH OF OUR COLLEGES HAS A FOOD PANTRY. WE HAVE NOW JOINTLY FUNDED FIVE BENEFITS NAVIGATORS. UM, SO STUDENTS CAN APPLY FOR NEEDED STATE OR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. UH, WE'VE PARTNERED WITH UP PARTNERSHIP ON DATA SHARING. WE WILL BEGIN IN SPRING OF 20 TO STAND UP A FEDERAL HEALTH CLINIC AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND THEN AT PALO ALTO COLLEGE, AND THEN TO ALL FIVE ONCE WE'VE BETA TESTED IT WITH UT HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING, IT'S ALSO A CLINICAL SITE FOR THEIR NURSING STUDENTS AND FOR OURS. SO WHATEVER'S NOT IN OUR WHEELHOUSE, THEN WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH A COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT'S ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SA WORKS WITH CAREERS AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CAREER NAVIGATORS FOR STUDENTS AS WELL. WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE, HOW ARE WE GONNA RESOURCE THIS. UM, ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY INVESTED $2 MILLION FOR PROMISE WAY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. THAT INCLUDES 4 53 TO K TO GO AHEAD AND RESOURCE WITH STAFF ALAMO PROMISE, THE INITIATIVE, THE ENROLLMENT COACHES, WHICH WERE MENTIONED, BECAUSE WE KNOW STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE ONE POINT OF CONTACT TO TAKE THEM THROUGH ALL THE WAY SAVING THEIR SEAT TO ENROLLMENT IS, UH, CLOSE TO A $900,000 INVESTMENT OF ENROLLMENT COACHES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED FROM OUR OWN SIDE, AND THEN ANOTHER HALF ANOTHER FULL MILLION DOLLARS, UH, FOR STUDENT ADVOCACY NETWORK AND ALL THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS. AND SO I ACTUALLY AM GOING TO, UM, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS FUNDING. YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT TABLE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITH REGARD TO ALL IN FROM ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT, FROM THE CITY, FROM THE COUNTY, HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA RAISE PRIVATELY. WE ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD RAISE $5 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, JUST IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. WE'VE ALREADY SECURED 2.2 MILLION. WE HAVE PENDING CONFIRMATION OF 2.5. WE EXPECT THAT WE'LL EXCEED THAT GOAL WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, AND THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE FOR THE NEXT, THE SECOND FIVE YEAR TRAJECTORY. I'M GONNA ASK, UH, DIANE SANCHEZ, C E O FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, I JUST CAME BACK FROM, UM, WE'VE HAD, I'M, I, THE CHAMBER REPRESENTS AN EVENT. WE HOST AN EVENT ONCE A YEAR CALLED CORE FOUR STEM. AND A LOT OF THE, WHAT THE, LOOKING AT 89% OF THE STUDENTS THAT CHANCELLOR FLORES MENTIONED WOULD PROBABLY NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO STEP ON A CAMPUS. WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT 5,000 STUDENTS IN THE LAST TWO DAYS, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS, WHO ACTUALLY DID GET A CHANCE TO GET EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE CURRICULUM IN, UH, IN THE STEM, UH, AREA. BUT A LOT OF WHAT MY SECTOR REPRESENTS AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS ARE PROBABLY THE COMPANIES THAT HIRE 80% OF THE STUDENTS THAT GO TO ALAMO COLLEGES. AND I THINK THAT THE ONE THING THAT WE SEE WITH ALAMO PROMISE IS IT'S NOT SO MUCH AN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE, BUT AN ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACT THAT ACTUALLY WOULD AFFECT MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, THE COMMUNITY THAT I REPRESENT, BOTH AS A GENERAL COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AS WELL AS A SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS I ALSO MADE THE TRIP WITH CHANCELLOR, UM, FLORES TO KNOXVILLE TO VISIT WITH THEM AND LOOKED AT WHAT THEY HAD DONE. AND IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT A CITY WHO HAD ALMOST IDENTICAL DEMOGRAPHICS AS SAN ANTONIO, IT WOULD BE KNOXVILLE. AND [00:30:01] THE SUCCESS THEY HAD WITH WHAT 66,000 STUDENTS LEFT RESONATED IN A LOT OF OUR, OUR, OUR MINDS. BUT I THINK, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO STRESS WAS AS A COMMUNITY REPRESENTING THE, THE SMALL MEDIUM ENTERPRISE AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE'RE LOOKING AT PARTNERING WITH ALAMO PROMISE. AND IT'S GONNA BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE SAW WITH KNOXVILLE, THAT THE MENTORING, THE ALIGNMENT WITH BUSINESSES EXIST. AND I THINK IF WE CAN, WE LOOK AT THIS AS CREATING AN ECOSYSTEM, AND AGAIN, RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THE STUDENTS ARE EMPLOYED 85, 80% OF THE TIME AND GO TO SCHOOL. A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT I SEE NOW, IT WAS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEE THE GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE LAST TWO DAYS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THESE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS WHO ARE JUST EXCITED, ENGAGED IN SO FORM IN THEIR FORMATIVE, UH, PHASE, TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THEM UP AS A COMMUNITY TO ALAMO PROMISE AND CONTINUE PUSHING 'EM THROUGH THE CYCLE, I THINK IT'S PHENOMENAL. BUT AGAIN, FROM A BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AND I HAVE IS HOW DO WE GET OUR BUSINESSES TO REALLY SUPPORT THE MENTORING? BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT MADE OR BRO, UH, BREAKS THIS PROGRAM. IF YOU LOOK AT KNOXVILLE, THEY DID THAT, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT'S OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE AS A BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO I WANNA THANK DIANE SANCHEZ, UH, THE CHAMBER AND THEIR BOARD APPROVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AND ALSO, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO RECEIVED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER. YOU CAN SEE THE PUBLIC FUNDING LOOKING AT THE DISTRICT, THE CITY, AND THE COUNTY, PRIVATE FUNDING FROM INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS. I KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIEFING MEMO AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON IS GONNA TOUCH ON THIS. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OVER THE FIVE YEARS. 122 MILLION IN PARTICULAR. UH, 11 MILLION FROM THE DISTRICT, COMMITTING TO RAISE 4.4 OR $5 MILLION ON OUR END, AND ALSO ADDING ADDITIONAL STAFF ON ADVANCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, WE'RE ALSO ALLOCATING INTERNAL GRANT AID OF $7 MILLION, WHICH IS A TUITION THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE TUITION DOLLARS THAT'S PAID IN. WE WOULD LEVERAGE CLOSE TO $89 MILLION IN FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID. SO THE INVESTMENT, UH, FROM THE CITY OF 11, THE COUNTY OF 11, AND THEN 11 FROM ALAMO, WOULD LEVERAGE $88 MILLION TO MAKE THIS ALL POSSIBLE. WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A SENSE OF WHAT AN R O I WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM OUR END. UM, AND SO WE KNOW, UH, BECAUSE OF PURPOSES AND LOOKING AT HOW THIS IS PACKAGED, THAT IT MAY INVOLVE OVER 4,000 STUDENTS AND OUR FUNDING REQUESTS OVER THE FIVE YEARS. BUT IN PARTICULAR, WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING THIS AFTERNOON IS A 1.4 MILLION THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD PUT ON POLICY RESERVE. UM, SO THAT EQUATES TO AN AVERAGE COST PER STUDENT OVER THE FIVE YEARS OF $2,700. OUR FULL COST IS ACTUALLY $3,300. UH, WE ESTIMATE WITH THE $9,400 INCREASE, THAT'S NET INCREASE. UM, AND THE HALF CLOSE TO $400,000 THAT THEY'RE GONNA EARN HAS A $1.6 BILLION IMPACT. SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT AN R O I OVER THE FIVE YEARS, IN PARTICULAR FROM THE CITY END, IT, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THE CITY WOULD PUT IN, ITS, UH, GENERATES, UH, $147. SO THAT'S A RETURN OF $147 FOR EVERY DOLLAR. AND, UH, DR. EFF MENTIONED THIS, BUT JUST IN ONE MONTH, WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, INTEREST OF OVER 3,700 STUDENTS WHO HAVE SAVED THEIR SEATS. AND SO THIS IS FROM ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND THERE WE GO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MIKE. AND MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF. IF WE CAN BRING UP THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'D BE GREAT. AS MIKE WENT OVER, HE WENT OVER THE FUNDING PLAN FOR THE ALAMO PROMISE, AND THE PROPOSED PLAN IS COMPRISED OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL DOLLARS, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND THE PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS THAT IT'S GONNA HELP WITH LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIPS. AND SO, AS STUDENTS COME INTO THE SYSTEM, THE TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANTS THAT ARE PROVIDED TO ALAMO COLLEGES, THEIR PELL GRANTS, THOSE WILL BE APPLIED FIRST TO THE TUITION, AND THE REMAINING WILL BE THAT LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP THAT THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL BE FUNDING. THE PROPOSED PLAN IS OVER FIVE YEARS, STARTING WITH YEAR ONE AT 5.6 MILLION AND YEAR FIVE AT 39.7 MILLION. AND AS MIKE MENTIONED, THIS WILL HELP 36,000 UNDUPLICATED STUDENTS OVER THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND AS PART OF THE REQUEST THAT ALAMO COLLEGES SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IN JULY OF 2019, THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CITY CONTRIBUTE $154,000 [00:35:02] IN YEAR ONE. AND THAT RAMPED UP TO $3.7 MILLION IN YEAR FIVE, AND THEY MADE THE SAME REQUEST TO THE COUNTY. UM, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FUNDING OF $11 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS WILL SUPPORT 4,100 STUDENTS OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. NOW, THE CITY FUNDING REQUEST FOR YEAR ONE HAS BEEN FUNDED AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALAMO COLLEGES. SO WE HAVE YEAR ONE FUNDED YEAR TWO OF $1.4 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE POLICY RESERVE AS PART OF, OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET PROCESS. AND SO WE DO HAVE YEAR FUNDING IDENTIFIED IN THAT POLICY RESERVE, BUT YEARS THREE THROUGH FIVE HAD YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. ALAMO COLLEGES HAS ALREADY RAISED ABOUT 2.25 MILLION OF THEIR OVERALL 15 MILLION GOAL FOR THE 10 YEARS, AS MIKE MENTIONED, YEAR ONE THROUGH FIVE, THEIR GOAL IS 5 MILLION. THEY'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THERE. AND BEXAR COUNTY HAS ALREADY CONTRIBUTED OR COMMITTED TO THAT YEAR ONE FUNDING OF $154,000. AND SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THE PURPOSE WAS FOR US TO PRESENT THE POLICY OR THE PROMISE PROGRAM TO COUNCIL, UM, AND ALSO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION ON HOW WE FUND IT. SO HOW MUCH DO WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE $11 MILLION REQUEST? WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF FUNDING? SO STAFF HAS LOOKED AT POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FUNDING, THE FIRST BEING AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING, WHICH IS TAX OR COMMIT FINANCING. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS EIGHT CITY INITIATED TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES. ONE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF FUNDING COULD BE THAT ALAMO COLLEGES PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TOURS, AND WE USE THEIR INCREMENT AND REBATE IT BACK TO THEM. THIS CAN BE REBATED BACK TO THEM IN THE FORM OF A WORKFORCE GRANT, AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO USE THEIR FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE AND TUITION. CURRENTLY, THEY CANNOT USE THEIR A VALOREM TAXES FOR TUITION OR SCHOLARSHIPS, BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO USE THE FUNDING IN THE FORM OF A WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANT TO BE COMMITTED TO THE PROGRAM IF IT FLOWS TO THE TS. ANOTHER OPTION IS TO USE OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, BUT THIS WOULD REQUIRE US TO REALLOCATE FUNDING THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROGRAM. SO WE WOULD GET ABOUT 23 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY THAT SUPPORT 64 AGENCIES, AND WE COULD REALLOCATE FUNDING, UM, WITHIN THAT 23 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM. BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO CUT ANOTHER AGENCY. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND. IF CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES, WE COULD LOOK AT FUNDING THIS TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THAT ALSO WOULD REQUIRE US TO CUT A PROGRAM. WE COULD ALSO LOOK AT A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE OR LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE MAY BE PRESENTED TODAY DURING THIS DISCUSSION. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL AS, AS OUR FUNDING CONTINGENT UPON BEXAR COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION. SO ALMA COLLEGES SUBMITTED THE SAME FIVE YEAR REQUEST TO BEXAR COUNTY. BEXAR COUNTY HAS ALREADY COMMITTED TO FUND YEAR ONE, YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE HAVE YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. AND WE COULD ALSO REQUEST THAT THIS BE A MATCHING GRANT IN THE FORM OF THE FOUNDATION'S DOLLARS THAT THEY BRING IN. THOSE ARE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE CAN, UM, OR DISCUSSIONS WE CAN HAVE AS WE CONSIDER THE FUNDING REQUEST. NOW, AFTER TODAY'S DISCUSSION, DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS DISCUSSED, CITY COUNCIL WILL GO BACK AND WE'LL DEVELOP A FUNDING PLAN THAT INCORPORATES THE DISCUSSION FROM TODAY'S B SESSION. AND WE WILL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A FUNDING PLAN, AND WE'D PRESENT THE FUNDING PLAN FOR MORE DISCUSSION. AND IF APPROVED, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL DURING THE MID-YEAR BUS BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IN APRIL OF 2020. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. UM, I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN, BUT I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, LAURA. ERIC, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING? YEAH, LET ME JUST, UH, UH, REITERATE, I THINK WAS SOMETHING THAT LORI SAID AND SOMETHING I SAID AT THE BEGINNING. UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT FIVE YEAR TIMELINE THAT, UH, BOTH DR. FLORES AND LORI SHOWED, YEAR ONE IS COVERED THROUGH OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. UM, YEAR TWO IS SET IS COVERED BY THE POLICY RESERVE. WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT LORI'S BRINGING UP. WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT FISCAL YEAR 22, 23, AND 24, WHICH, UM, UM, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF RUNWAY SPACE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. SO, UM, LORI AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, AT WHAT POINT DO WE BRING IT BACK? WE, WE COULD BRING IT BACK IN THE SPRINGTIME, BUT, UH, IT COULD, THAT COULD GET PUSHED BACK FURTHER BECAUSE WE HAVE FISCAL YEAR 21 COVERED IN THAT POLICY RESERVE. SO, UM, WE'VE LEFT OURSELVES A LOT OF RUNWAY SPACE TO, TO LEAVE THE COUNCIL, HAVE THOSE, LET THE COUNCIL HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND AT THAT TIMELINE SLIPS A LITTLE BIT. IT'S OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, ERIC. AND, UM, THANK YOU LORI AND DR. FLORES FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS TO SET THE TABLE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO HAVE THIS, UM, PRESENTATION. [00:40:01] SO MIKE, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, THE TERM MOONSHOT HAS BEEN USED SEVERAL TIMES. UH, I CERTAINLY SUBSCRIBE TO THAT. UM, WE KNOW THAT THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT, WE KNOW THE SUCCESS, UH, RECENTLY AND THE RECOGNITION. UM, BUT HISTORICALLY, THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES DISTRICT HAS BEEN THE ONE ACCESS POINT FOR, UH, STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ONE OF ITS MEMBERS GOING TO RECEIVE A HIGHER EDUCATION. RIGHT. UM, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ENROLLMENTS IN A C C D ARE FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS? AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN PER CAMPUS, BUT MAYBE JUST OVERALL FOR THE DISTRICT? IT'S, IT'S FAIRLY CONSISTENT. SO TWO THIRDS OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. UH, ANOTHER PART, UM, IS WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING ACTUALLY FROM EVERY QUADRANT, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THE CITY. IF YOU SHOW A BAR GRAPH BY QUINTILE SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, IT'S PRETTY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. SO THE TOP QUINTILE IS ABOUT 12%. MIDDLE INCOMES, UH, ABOUT 33%. AND THEN WORKING CLASS, UH, YOUTH ARE ABOUT 33. SO COMPARED TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, WE ARE THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE, UM, AND TWO THIRDS OR FIRST GENERATION WITHIN, UH, WITHIN ALAMO COLLEGES, ALL FIVE OF THE COLLEGES. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF, UH, INFORMATION, UM, DATA THAT OUR OWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND E D F PRODUCE THAT SHOW WHAT LEVEL OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED, AND THE SKILLS GAP THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, AND THAT WE PROJECT OVER THE NEXT 10, 20, 30 YEARS, AND KIND OF THE FIGHT AGAINST TIME THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO UPSKILL PEOPLE WITH OUR UPSKILL PROGRAM, BUT ALSO GET THEM INTO, UM, STREAMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. UM, WHAT IS THE COST, THE ANNUAL COST OF A STUDENT, UH, ENROLLING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A C C D AND ACHIEVING THEIR, UH, TWO YEAR DEGREE? SO IT'S A $2,500 A YEAR, SO IT'D BE 5,000 FOR TWO YEARS FOR A STUDENT GOING FULL-TIME. IMAGINE THAT, AND, AND I DON'T THINK I NEED TO REPEAT THE STATISTICS OF THE, THE, UM, UH, LEVEL OF SALARY WAGE INCREASE THAT A STUDENT WHO HAS A, A COLLEGE DEGREE, AN ASSOCIATE'S LEVEL DEGREE VERSUS SOMEONE WHO JUST GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THEMSELVES, THE RESIDUAL IMPACT ON THEIR FAMILIES, AND OF COURSE, TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMIC, UM, POTENTIAL OF THAT PARTICULAR PERSON OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR CAREER. UM, DOES A STUDENT WHO GRADUATES FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DISTRICT CAMPUS, UH, WITH THEIR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE, ASSUMING THEY MEET THE CRITERIA TO TRANSFER THAT EDUCATION TO ONE OF OUR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS IN TOWN? THEY ARE. SO, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT PROMISE IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE BOTH DR. AMY AND DR. DR. MATTSON ON OUR STEERING COMMITTEE. WHAT PROMISE PROGRAMS DO IS FIRST GET THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THEN FORGE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES. WE HAVE AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE SPRING WITH U T SS A, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ALONG THE WAY OVER 2020 AS PART OF THAT, UM, 33, WE JUST MET WITH DR. AMY TWO WEEKS AGO. OUR TEAMS, 33,000 STUDENTS AT U T S A, 11,000 OF THEIR STUDENTS, UM, HAVE EITHER GRADUATED FROM OR TAKEN A COURSE WITH THE ALAMO COLLEGES AND THEIR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE 3000 STUDENTS, 50% OF THEIR STUDENTS HAVE COME FROM ONE OF OUR FIVE COLLEGES. UM, AND SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO IS NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE ACCESS AND SUCCESS, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE A PATHWAY TO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND TO PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. IF YOU LOOK, THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED, SO NET NEW, WHICH ON SLIDES 20 AND 21, YOU CAN SEE THE IMPACT ON PROMISE ON HEALTH AND BIOSCIENCE AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, UM, BY SECTOR. AND SO WE HAVE THOSE FOR ALL FIVE OF THE SECTORS. BUT IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY, I DIDN'T WANNA, UM, ADD ADDITIONAL SLIDES TO THE PRESENTATION. SO THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OVERALL. OKAY. UM, AND, AND THAT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAD, UH, MIKE, AND, AND, AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO, TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS PART OF A PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS A COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT COLLEGE WAS EXPENSIVE WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL. UH, IT'S WAY MORE EXPENSIVE NOW. AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A STUDENT TO GET A TWO YEAR HEAD START, ESSENTIALLY DEBT, DEBT FREE IN ONE OF OUR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS, UH, WILL HAVE A MARKEDLY POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE ENROLLMENTS OF OUR FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS. WHETHER OR NOT THEY DECIDE TO DO THAT AS, AS, AS THEIR CHOICE. BUT, UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES. UH, OUR SALES PITCH FOR SAN ANTONIO, UM, IS ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS MAKING IN ITSELF. [00:45:01] UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING FOR US IN SAN ANTONIO. OUR ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING FROM THIS DIOCESE RECENTLY. WE HAVE A, A, A COMMUNITY THAT OWNS ITS OWN WATER AND ENERGY UTILITIES THAT ARE RELIABLE, THAT ARE AFFORDABLE. UH, WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF A CRISIS THAT'S OCCURRING ALL THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY. AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY. UH, WE HAVE REAL ESTATE AVAILABLE. SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING FOR US. THE ONE AREA THAT HAS ALLUDED US FOR YEARS, AND WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY REPORTS RECENTLY, IS THIS IS AN INTRACTABLE LEVEL OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY. UH, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT DESPITE OUR, UH, EXTREMELY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT, IT IS THROUGH ENSURING THAT WE SPEND THE NEXT DECADE INVESTING IN SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. UH, AND THE ONE AREA OF IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST, UH, NET EFFECT WILL BE IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS A CITY COUNCIL TO DO THAT. WE'VE BOOKENDED WITH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM CALLED PRE-K FOR SA, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT BEST OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO MAKE A GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD, UM, TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS DIRECTLY, UH, FROM OUR CITY STAFF THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO BE GRAPPLING WITH. AND I, WE DO NEED TO HEAR THIS FROM, UH, OUR COUNCIL AS WELL. I WOULD ASK US ALL AS A COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER A FEW THINGS ANNUALLY. THIS CITY SPENDS $820 MILLION ON PUBLIC SAFETY ANNUALLY. WE SPEND $52 MILLION ON PARKS ANNUALLY. WE SPEND THIS YEAR $128 MILLION ON INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE. OUR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT REQUIRES $131 MILLION. WE SPENT $26 MILLION THIS YEAR ADDRESSING A SYMPTOM OF, UH, SYSTEMIC FAILURE. AND THAT IS HOMELESSNESS. THE SINGLE BEST DOLLAR THAT WE CAN SPEND IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE IN EDUCATION. AND SO IT DOES GIVE, NOT GIVE ME PAUSE AT ALL, UH, TO SUGGEST THAT I'M COMFORTABLE NOT ONLY WITH THE, THE INVESTMENT WE'VE MADE THIS YEAR, THE ALLOCATION WE'VE MADE NEXT YEAR, BUT A COMMITMENT FROM THIS CITY ORGANIZATION THAT WE'RE GONNA FUND ALAMO PROMISE, UH, FOR AS LONG AS WE NEED A PROMISE PROGRAM. AND THAT, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COLLEAGUE, UM, HAS REMINDED US THAT A BUDGET IS A MORAL DOCUMENT. I WOULD SAY IN SIMPLER TERMS, IT'S JUST A LIST OF PRIORITIES. AND I DEFY ANYONE TO FIND A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY THAN INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION. AND AGAIN, AT ITS FULL FLIGHT, THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS BEING IMPACTED, MOST OF THEM FIRST GENERATION, MOST OF THEM GOING BACK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES IN WAYS THAT WE WOULD NEVER HAVE REALIZED BEFORE BEING ABLE TO SAY TO X COMPANY OR EX FAMILY OR WHOEVER IT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE DOING THAT AT FULL FLIGHT COMPARED TO SOME OF THESE OTHER COSTS THAT I SAID, UH, THAT I MENTIONED FOR THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE $3.7 MILLION. IT WAS 154 THIS YEAR. IT'S A 1.1 NEXT YEAR AT FULL FLIGHT YEAR FIVE, WE BETTER FIND WAYS AS A COMMUNITY, AS A CITY, AS A COUNTY, AND AS A PRIVATE SECTOR, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE PROMISE PROGRAM RUNNING. AND SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, AS MAYOR, I WILL MAKE THIS A PRIORITY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR US, UH, BY THE TIME WE ARE THROUGH THE FIRST COHORT, THAT WE WILL MAKE THIS A LINE ITEM IN OUR BUDGET. THAT'S WHERE I THINK OUR FINISH LINE NEEDS TO BE. UM, THIS IS A, A ONE PART OF A HOLISTIC SET OF SERVICES THAT OUR, OUR CITY IS INVESTING IN. THE ALAMO PROMISE, UH, TUITION IS ONE PART OF A HOLISTIC COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE WHO ENROLLS IN THE PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL AND CONTRIBUTES BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY. AND, UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS GOING TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR, UH, OUR LIFETIMES AND, AND FAR BEYOND THAT. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO OUR CITY STAFF. I KNOW LORI AND AND ERIC HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO, TO GIVE US SOME OPTIONS. UH, AND MIKE AND YOUR STAFF AND THE PRESIDENTS AND THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY HAVE BEEN DOING A WELL OF A JOB TO PROVE UP INITIAL SUCCESS. BUT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ONE PLACE WHERE YOU WILL FEEL [00:50:01] THE IMPACT OF A PROMISE PROGRAM, UH, THAT EXCEEDS ANY EXPECTATIONS THAT WE COULD EVER PUT ON IT. SO, UM, WE'LL NOW GO TO COUNCIL COMM. COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. THANK YOU. UM, SO DOC, UH, CHANCELLOR FLORES, UH, SO YOU SAID 2,500 A YEAR FOR FULL-TIME TUITION. AND SO PART-TIME IS, IT'S BEEN A WHILE. SO PART-TIME, UH, SCHOOL IS HOW MANY HOURS? PART-TIME WOULD BE THREE CLASS WOULD BE, UM, LESS THAN FOUR, FOUR CLASSES. OKAY. SO 12 HOURS IS FULL-TIME, 12 PLUS UHHUH . SO IT WOULD BE 11. UM, SO IT'D BE THREE CLASSES OKAY. OR LESS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE WHAT, UH, 25 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. SO IT'S, UM, ABOUT $350 PER CLASS. SO, SO THE ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, OR THE ALAMO PROMISE THAT IS OPEN TO BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME. SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS YOU WOULD HAVE TO AT LEAST TAKE THREE COURSES OR HAVE NINE HOURS. IF YOU TAKE NINE HOURS IN THE FALL AND NINE IN THE SPRING, THEN WE ACTUALLY WILL SCHOLARSHIP IN A, IN A WAY, THROUGH OUR SUMMER MOMENTUM PROGRAM. ONE COURSE. IF YOU'RE FULL-TIME, THEN THERE ARE TWO COURSES THAT YOU WILL, UH, RECEIVE IN THE SUMMER. AND SO WHAT WE KNOW THE TIME IS THE ENEMY OF DEGREE COMPLETION, YOU SAW MOST OF THE 80% ARE PART-TIME. WE WANNA KEEP THEM ENGAGED IN TAKING COURSES SO WE CAN SEE THEM CROSS THE STAGE. AND SO WE'VE STRUCTURED OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT FOR PROMISE, THEY HAVE TO TAKE NINE HOURS IN THE FALL AND NINE IN THE SPRING. IF THEY TAKE LESS THAN THAT, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE. OKAY. AND SO, UM, IF THEY DO NOT COMPLETE, OR THEY SAY THEY'RE DOING IT, THEY'RE STARTING IT, BUT LIFE JUST COMES IN THE WAY YOU ALL SEE IT EVERY DAY, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? SO WE PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SUPPORT SERVICES. OKAY. UM, IT COULD BE EMERGENCY GRANT AID, SO THEY DON'T GO TO A PAYDAY LENDER OR SIGN THEIR CAR TITLE AWAY, RIGHT? COULD BE FOOD BANK OR OTHER THINGS. A STUDENT HAS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL ACTUALLY FOLLOW WHAT, UH, FINANCIAL AID POLICIES ARE. IF THEY'RE BELOW A 2.0 ON ONE SEMESTER, SAY IN THE FALL, THEN THEY WOULD BE PUT ON PROBATION IN THE SPRING. IF THEY'RE BELOW THAT AGAIN, THEN THEY WOULD, UM, HAVE SCHOLASTIC WITHDRAWAL. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT BACK JUST AS THEY DO WITH FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID. SO WHERE IS THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY AND THE, SO MY WHOLE THINKING IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ALAMO PROMISE IS ALSO FLEXIBLE. YES. AND THAT IT'S, UH, DYNAMIC AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO IF WE'RE MOVING GANGBUSTERS, WE SEE WHAT KNOXVILLE'S DOING, WE'RE DOING OUR OWN THING THAT FITS SAN ANTONIO AND WE SEE CHANGES AND WE NEED TO MAKE THEM, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEM, UH, EASILY. YES. YES. SO I WANNA, I ACTUALLY WANNA NOT ONLY THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN VRAN BECAUSE WE FIRST PRESENTED THIS, THIS TIME LAST YEAR TO THE ECONOMIC, UH, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. UM, SO WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT THAT AFTERNOON, UM, AND LOOKED AT THAT. SO THIS HAS BEEN A FULL YEAR. WE WENT IN THE ESSAY TO DC TRIP. COUNCILWOMAN VI GRAND JOINED US WITH, UH, MARTHA CANTOR FROM THE COLLEGE PROMISE CAMPAIGN. UH, DIANE SANCHEZ FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER MENTIONED. WE ALSO DID A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS. WE LOOKED AT DALLAS'S PROGRAM IN DECEMBER. WE WENT TO KNOXVILLE IN MARCH TO LOOK AT TENNESSEE PROMISE. AND THEN WE CAME BACK TO SAY, WHAT MAKES IT SAN ANTONIO'S PROMISE? AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE ALAMO PROMISE IN PARTICULAR. UM, I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, AND I MENTIONED THE THREE TO FOUR COLLEGES THAT ARE PART OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE, TOP ONE 50. UM, YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE STUDY THAT HAVE PROMISED PROGRAMS. IF WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL WITH STUDENTS BEING ABLE NOT ONLY TO COME, BUT ACTUALLY TO CROSS THE STAGE, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE ME PAUSE TO PRESENT THAT HERE TO COUNCIL OR TO ANY PRIVATE FUNDER. UM, BUT OUR STUDENTS ARE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY'VE EVER BEEN. THAT'S VERY GOOD. UH, THAT'S VERY GOOD TO HEAR. AND YES, YOU'RE RIGHT. I'M GLAD. I APPRECIATE YOU AND GOING UP FOR THAT ONE DAY. JUST FOR A MEETING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, WITH THE, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, TO MEET WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING. UM, YOU MENTIONED THE FIVE AREAS. SO HEALTHCARE, IT, BIOSCIENCE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, AND WHICH IS THE OTHER HIGH WAGE AVIATION AEROSPACE. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE, ON HERE, YOU TALKED ABOUT THESE, THE FIRST PHASE, IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THESE HIGH SCHOOLS WERE SELECTED FOR THE PHASE ONE OF THE, THESE 25 HIGH SCHOOLS WERE THE PHASE ONE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S ON, LEMME SEE, 25 SLIDE. 25 5. I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY HIGH TECH. WE DON'T HAVE A MACHINE LIKE [00:55:01] THIS IN OUR BOARDROOM. SO THESE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, THESE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ACTUALLY WHERE, UM, A MAJORITY OF STUDENTS DO NOT GO TO COLLEGE. MM-HMM. . SO LESS THAN 50% WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COURSE, OF Y W L A. UM, BUT THE OTHER 24 HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE COLLEGE GOING RATE OF LESS THAN HALF, AND THEY'RE ALSO TITLE ONE HIGH SCHOOLS. SO WE WANTED TO START WITH A PILOT AND BETA TEST WITH THESE 25 FIRST. IT'S ALSO A BANDWIDTH ISSUE, AND THEN BE ABLE TO CORRECT ANYTHING OR TO FINESSE ANYTHING THAT WE SEE TO BE ALL IN, IN PHASE TWO WITH THE NEXT SET OF HIGH SCHOOLS. BECAUSE I'M VERY INTERESTED, YOU HAVE Y W L A THERE AND THEY HAVE A GREAT, IT'S, IT'S AN ANOMALY. OKAY. THEY, I WAS GONNA SAY THEY HAVE GREAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT OFF. OH, THEY'RE LIKE 80%, 80% OF THEIR, OF THE YOUNG LADIES ACTUALLY GO ON TO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY'LL BE COVERED UHHUH, . UM, BUT, UH, BUT THEY SHOULD BE PROBABLY IN PHASE TWO THEN IN PHASE ONE. OH, BECAUSE I SEE, I MEAN, LOOKING AT THE BACKUP SLIDES, NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN A C D, BUT 88% ARE GOING TO YES. THE UNIVERSITY. AND IT'S A GREAT SUCCESS STORY. IT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. SO, UH, WE WANNA, WE WANNA SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REPRODUCE THAT OR, OR TAKE WHAT WE CAN DO FURTHER ON. RIGHT? YES. COUNCIL ONE, AND WE WANNA DO IT AT SCALE. OKAY. SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT ANY PROGRAM WE SET UP IS AT SCALE THAT BENEFITS 60,000 STUDENTS FOR US. UM, THE OTHER PART IS NOT ONLY THE ENROLLMENT COACH, BUT EACH STUDENT IS THEN ASSIGNED TO AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR WHO CASE MANAGES THEM FROM THEIR FIRST SEMESTER TO THEIR FINAL SEMESTER. OKAY. UM, AND THAT IS 150 ACADEMIC ADVISORS AT ALL FIVE OF THE COLLEGES, UH, SERVING 350 STUDENTS EACH. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS, WHO IS HERE AND WHO SHARED THE WORDS, UM, OF THAT QUOTE. THE STUDENTS ARE THINKING DIFFERENTLY NOW AND THAT THE FAM, THE PE, THE PEOPLE AND THE SYSTEM AND EVERYONE IN THE ADMINISTRATION IS THINKING DIFFERENTLY NOW. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR PARADIGM SHIFT AND OUR MENTALITY NEEDS TO BE THINKING DIFFERENTLY AND, OH, WHY YOU EVEN SEE US AT THIS POINT, THE CITY BEING A PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. SO THANK YOU, UH, CHANCELLOR FLORES? YES, MA'AM. UM, LORI, I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UM, YOU WANTED TO HEAR FROM US ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS HERE. AND YES, WHILE I DO BELIEVE WE ARE SYSTEMICALLY AND HAVING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS AND THE CITY'S ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING, OH, BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS CHANCELLOR I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT IS THE FLEXIBILITY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THESE HIGH WAGE, UM, HIGH, UH, HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CLUSTERS ARE HERE, THERE'S STILL JUST LIKE, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN MAKING THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO, UM, IF STUDENTS CAN MAKE IT OR NOT MAKE IT THROUGH. AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GREAT. BUT WHEN WE ARE SEEING THE DYNAMICS AND THE CHANGING OF OUR WORK SKILLS OR WORKFORCE AND OUR SKILLS AND TRAINING BECAUSE OF AUTOMATION THAT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE OF, UM, AI THAT IS HAPPENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES, WE WILL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE, WE'RE RELATIVELY NIMBLE. GOOD. YES. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UH, THANK YOU. SO, UH, SO HOW DO WE FUND ALAMO PROMISE? BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THIS SINCE SYSTEMIC CHANGES. I THINK YES. I'M GLAD WE HAVE THESE DOLLARS IN FOR THESE, UH, COUPLE OF YEARS. ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS AND POINTS OF PAUSE, I WILL SAY FOR THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, UM, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING THAT AND OUR TURS, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT FOCUS FOR, UM, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO BRING THE HOUSING COSTS DOWN? AND WE'RE LOOKING ATTS AS BEING ONE OF THOSE COMPONENTS TO HELP BRINGING THAT HOUSING AFFORDABILITY DOWN. SO I WANNA BE, UM, I WANTED A LOT OF CAUTION AND DUE DILIGENCE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING ATT UH, TIFF AND TS DOLLARS. AND I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TS, WE'RE, WE'RE, LOOK, THE WAY WE WOULD FUND IT IS WE WOULD ASK ALAMO COLLEGES TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR TAX INCREMENT OKAY. TO THE TOURISTS. AND WE WOULD USE THEIR TAX INCREMENT OKAY. TO FUND THIS PROGRAM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND I, I'LL WANT TO HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT. AND IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, AND YES, IT'S TOUGH AND I KNOW, BUT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT DELEGATE AGENCIES AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, EVEN SOME OF OUR FUNDING OF THE ARTS AND HOW MANY ARTS, UM, GROUPS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TOO. SO LET'S LOOK IN AND SEE THAT, UH, COMPONENT THERE. UM, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS? YES. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON BEXAR COUNTY PARTICIPATION. AND THEN, UM, YES. MATCHING GRANT TO THE FOUNDATION WOULD [01:00:01] BE VERY, UM, GOOD AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHANCELLOR. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. GREAT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT. I KNOW THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A BLESSING TO ME AND MY FAMILY, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THE FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ARE ABOUT THE MARKETING STRATEGY AS IT COMES TO THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ALAMO PROMISE AND HOW THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PUT FORTH. MM-HMM. , I KNOW WE'RE DEALING A LOT WITH THE ON CAMPUS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO REACH, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PARENTS SOMETIMES DON'T GET THE NOTICE FROM THE STUDENTS. YES. YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT IS THE OUTSIDE MARKETING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT? SO, WE'RE DOING BOTH. SO THE MAIN INTENT WOULD BE, UH, THROUGH THE SAVIOR YOUR SEAT EVENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE IN EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WILL WORK WITH THEM IN TANDEM WITH, UH, BOTH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS OR WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS PARTNERSHIP. UM, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT DOOR TO DOOR CAMPAIGNS, GRASSROOTS BLOCK WALKING, VERY EFFECTIVE IN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIRST PHASE OF HIGH SCHOOLS. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THIS. AND SO THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, THROUGH GEO-TARGETING AND OTHER WAYS, UM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT, UM, THAT'S AN INCREASED, UH, SPEND THAT WE'RE GONNA RESOURCE FROM ALAMO COLLEGE'S DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO WE HAVE A VERY CAPABLE TEAM. OUR CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, CHRISTIE WYATT, SHE'S OVER. CHRISTIE, CAN YOU STAND? SO SHE HAS ALL THE TERMINOLOGY AND LINGO. AND SO, UM, BUT GEOTARGETING VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE FULL CONTINUUM OF NOT ONLY MARKETING, BUT THE BLOCK WALKING. SO LOOKING AT OUTREACH AS PART OF THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE, AS THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS CAN HAVE THAT WE CAN START POSTING THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES? YES. AND GETTING OUT THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS AND, UH, E-BLAST AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO MS. WYATT WOULD BE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH, WITH ALL OF YOU AT COUNCIL AND WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BE ABLE TO MESSAGE THAT OUT. SO IN YOUR DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS? UM, I RECEIVED SEVERAL OF THEM. SO, UH, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, I READ IT. I KNOW MANY FOLKS DO. UM, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT OTHER CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION. AND THEN AS THE SAVIOR SEATS, AS WE GO BACK OUT AGAIN, WE WOULD WELCOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE. AND I THINK, UH, POSITIVE ROLE MODELS AND OUR YOUTH SEEN INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE TRAVERSED, UM, AND GONE THROUGH THEIR, THEIR STEPS IS IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 'CAUSE THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION, MA'AM, ON CAN WE GET THE DATES? I ANTICIPATED THAT. YEAH, . THANK YOU. UM, SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE AS FAR AS WORKING WITH THE, UM, ALAMO PROMISE AND THAT SCHOLARSHIP, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP? UM, OR DO THEY OVERLAP, OR WHAT IS THE CONTINUUM WITH THAT? SO, I KNOW THAT, UH, LISA CUNNINGHAM IS HERE FROM PARTNERSHIP. UM, THEY'VE BEEN ONE OF OUR CORE PARTNERS. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO, THIS WOULD BE NET NEW. UM, WE ARE UTILIZING AND RESOURCING, UM, THE STAFF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND CAFE COLLEGE HAS. I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY IS DALLAS HAD TO STAND UP A WHOLE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, EITHER FROM THE STUDENT FACING COMPONENT OR FROM THE DATA SIDE. AND WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE LEVERAGED IN TRUE PARTNERSHIP TO LOOK AT THAT R O I AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ON TASK. UM, PROMISE IS LAST IN. SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT STUDENTS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO WHAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, WHICH ISN'T HERE FOR BREVITY, AND JUST PROVIDING A COACH AND PICTURE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING PROMISE PLUS, WHICH WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D UNVEIL IN A NEXT ITERATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO STUDENTS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, FOR SCRUBS, FOR TOOLS, FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS WHEN IT COMES TO S I I S D AND THE SCHOOLS AND THE PRINCIPALS, THE COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS, UM, AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT THAT WE HAVE THERE, UM, I KNOW THAT I MET WITH TRUSTEE PERRY, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, BECAUSE SAM HOUSTON IS ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT THEY HAVE NOW THE PROGRAM, AND TRYING AND ATTEMPTING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET A YOUTH RALLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY ARE ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT IS JUST NOT PARTICIPATING. UM, HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH DR. DIOP AND WHAT ARE THE, THE STEPS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO GET THEM FULLY IMPLEMENTED AND UNDERSTANDING THE TIMELINE AND THE SENSITIVITY OF MAKING SURE THE STUDENTS HAVE THESE APPLICATIONS IN? SO WE HAVE A, UH, SCORECARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH THE PENETRATION PARTICIPATION RATE BY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ALSO THE [01:05:01] TARGET. THIS IS THE BASELINE. SO IF WE, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GIVES US PAUSE, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TALK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WITH THE PRINCIPAL, THEY'RE GONNA START HAVING WEEKLY CALLS TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR WHERE THEY ARE, BOTH IN PARTICIPATION. IF SOMEBODY'S DOING SOMETHING WELL, PERHAPS AT EDISON HIGH SCHOOL, THEN PERHAPS THEY CAN SHARE THAT PRACTICE WITH SAM HOUSTON. IF SOUTHWEST IS SUCCESSFUL, PERHAPS, AND THERE'S A CHALLENGE AT AT JAY, THEY CAN SHARE THAT WITH JAY OR VICE VERSA. UM, DR. LAWSON IS, IS, UH, VERY INVOLVED WITH HER RECEIVING HIGH SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT EACH OF THE PRESIDENTS HAS GONE TO THE SAVIOR SEAT EVENTS. AND SO THEY'RE ALSO VESTED IN THAT. SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU ALL. OKAY. AND THEN AS FAR AS PHASING IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS. YES, I KNOW SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE, I KNOW ST. PHILLIPS EARLY COLLEGE, UM, IS, I THINK KIPP IS ALSO ARE YES. ARE THEY A PART OF THAT AS WELL? SO, UM, SO THIS IS ONLY FOR, AT THIS TIME, FOR PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. OKAY. AND THAT CONSIDERATION WAS JUST RESOURCING. UM, SO IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT OTHER TYPES OF SCHOOLS, EITHER PRIVATE OR CHARTER SCHOOLS, THEN THAT WOULD, UM, HAVE AN IMPACT ON, ON THE BOTTOM LINE. AND SO WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT AT THIS TIME. UM, AS WE TALK WITH PRIVATE FUNDERS, THAT MAY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAY COME UP IN THE CONVERSATION. SO THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT DOING THAT. WE KNOW THAT THE LANDSCAPE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS CHANGING, AND SO WE ALSO WANNA BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT, UM, ADDRESSED THAT YET IN PHASE ONE OR TWO. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR. I APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. AND I, I FAILED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF REMARKS HERE. UM, THE FIRST IS THAT, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE TOURS FUNDING, THE, THE ALAMO PROMISE PROGRAM REQUIRES NEW REVENUE. UH, AND SO I BELIEVE THAT THE INVESTMENT NEEDS TO COME FROM A, A VARIETY OF PARTNERS, A A, A COALITION. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE TS AND THE TIFF FUNDING IS THE PROPER SOURCE FOR PROVIDING NEW REVENUE WHEN, UH, IT REQUIRES, UH, DOLLARS IN FROM THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US FUND THIS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, THROUGH GENERAL FUND PRIORITY, UM, AND THEN WET. WE, WE AGAIN, UH, TALK ABOUT HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD, UH, ON A SUSTAINABLE BASIS. UH, THE OTHER THING I'D MENTION IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COUNT ON THE COUNTY, UH, THERE ARE A PORTION OF THE POPULATION, UM, BUT THE PROMISE PROGRAM ITSELF IS TOO IMPORTANT TO WAIT FOR ANYBODY. UM, AND, UH, TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT, UM, REQUIRE THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT, UH, THE COUNTY WILL PARTICIPATE. BUT WE NEED TO COMMIT GOING FORWARD AND BRING PARTNERS ALONG WITH US. UH, AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF, UH, CONTINGENCY ON BEXAR COUNTY. WE, WE MOVE FORWARD AND I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE COUNTY WILL TOO. UH, BUT WE MOVE FORWARD REGARDLESS. COUNCILS MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, THANK YOU. AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHANCELLOR, FOR BEING HERE AND, AND, AND, UM, GOING THROUGH THIS WITH US ONE MORE TIME. I, I AM, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THAT DISTRICT FIVE, ALL OF MY HIGH SCHOOLS ARE IN HERE, UM, IN THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT GIVEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF, UM, THE CITY. SO SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE RELATED TO THOSE THAT COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN ASKED ABOUT PEOPLE. UH, I MEAN, I GET STOPPED ON THE STREET EVERY DAY. MM-HMM. MOSTLY BY PARENTS, YOU KNOW, SAYING, YOU KNOW, MIJO WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE, UH, BUT THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO YOU'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO US ABOUT WHERE, HOW STUDENTS WILL KNOW IMMEDIATELY, UH, THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. UM, SO I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I, I JUST KEEPS COMING TO MIND IS RATHER THE DIFFICULTY IN PARTICULAR OF THE FUNDING MM-HMM. , UH, WHICH JUST IN CONVERSATIONS WITH PEERS, NOT WITH, UM, UH, IS SORT OF THE, YOU TALK ABOUT BRINGING IT TO SCALE MM-HMM. , SO RIGHT. HOW DO WE DO THAT TO SCALE? AND, AND PART OF IT WAS JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT WAS ELIGIBLE WOULD FILL OUT THE FAFSA FORMS YES. AND FILL OUT, JUST, JUST FILL OUT THE FORMS. YES. WHICH SEEMS TO BE LIKE, SUCH THE BARRIER. SO HOW DO YOU JUST OVERCOME THAT PART OF IT? NEVERMIND THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO, UH, BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL, UH, WHICH IS A VERY DIFFERENT PROBLEM THAN SIMPLY GETTING ALL THE DATA TOGETHER. SO HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST PHASE SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE IN MY DISTRICT. [01:10:01] SO I WOULD, I WOULD SAY COUNCILWOMAN, UM, TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT, IT'S REALLY THAT PERSONALIZED CONNECTION. SO IT'S CONNECTING EACH AND EVERY STUDENT WITH THEIR ENROLLMENT COACH, UM, SO THAT THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP, A PERSONALIZED RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO'S GONNA TAKE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO ONCE THEY COMMIT AND SAVE THEIR SEAT, THEN THEY WILL TAKE THEM THROUGH, UM, THE ADMISSIONS APPLICATION, WHICH IS APPLY TAXES, WHICH IS ONLINE. THEY'LL TAKE THEM THROUGH THE FINANCIAL AID UP, THEY'LL TAKE THEM THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. SO THEY HAVE A TRUSTED ADULT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THEM THROUGH THAT ENTIRE PROCESS. DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ADULT? UM, IT BE, COULD IT BE PEER? YEAH, IT CAN BE A PEER. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE UTILIZED IN OUR ACADEMIC ADVISING MODEL, PEER ADVISORS THAT ALSO WORK WITH THEM. SO WE WOULD USE THE SAME, UH, PEER CONCEPT OR NEAR PEER TO CONNECT THEM WITH THOSE, WITH STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR. SO I GUESS, AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT THE PEER TO PEER IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT TENDS TO BE MORE, UH, WELL, YES, MAY, MAYBE I'M, I'M ASKING SORT OF THE LOADED QUESTION, BUT WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE IN HAVING PEER-TO-PEER VERSUS AN ADULT THINK THAT OVERSEEING THE PROCESS? I THINK THAT PEERS AND NEAR PEERS HAVE MORE STREET CRED THAN WE DO SOMETIMES, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE MAY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT IT'S ALSO ESTABLISHING THAT RELATIONSHIP. AND SO THAT WOULD BE A MODEL THAT WE'D UTILIZE, I THINK, UM, THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK DIFFERENTLY, AS DR. EF MENTIONED AT HOW WE TALK ABOUT COLLEGE. MAYBE THAT'S COMING FROM A COMMUNITY MEETING DURING THE WEEK. MAYBE THAT'S COMING FROM YOUR PLACE OF WORSHIP ON THE WEEKEND. UM, SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SO THAT IT'S CONSISTENT IN HOW WE MESSAGE ABOUT PROMISE SO THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT ONCE YOU COMMIT RIGHT, AND SAVE YOUR SEAT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WORK WITH EVERYTHING STEP BY STEP WITH YOU AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO HAVE A CARING INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER THAT'S AN ADULT, A PEER, OR A NEAR PEER, SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA JUST DEMYSTIFY WHAT COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY FINANCING LOOKS LIKE, I THINK IS THE KEY. AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY TOO. AND, AND EVEN FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD PARENTS WHO WENT TO COLLEGE, IT WAS, IS STILL VERY DEMYSTIFYING. AND EVEN WITH FAMILIES THAT HAD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, YES, IT CAN BE VERY COMPLICATED. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING THIS PROGRAM, IS ANY OF THE CITY'S PORTION GOING TO THAT PHASE, OR IT'S STRICTLY TUITION? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. AND I, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. THIS IS, UH, THIS REQUEST FOR THE 1.4 MILLION FOR F Y UH, 21, THE REQUEST FOR 154. THIS IS ALL FOR LAST END SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS. SO THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY FOR STAFF SUPPORT. UM, THOSE ARE EITHER WE'RE LOOKING AT PRIVATE FINANCING OR WE'RE, UM, PROVIDING THOSE THROUGH OUR GENERAL REVENUE. SO THERE ARE NO STAFF COSTS IN ANY OF THE REQUESTS, ANY OF THE, UH, 11 MILLION THAT'S FORECASTED OVER THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. UM, ALL OF THIS IS, ALL OF THESE STAFF COSTS. THESE DIRECT COSTS ARE THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT. AND THAT IS ALSO SEPARATE FROM THE 11 MILLION THAT WE'RE PITCHING IN. SO THAT TABLE THAT YOU SAW IS JUST FOR LAST IN SUPPORT DIRECTLY TO, UM, PAY FOR TUITION AND MANDATORY FEES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. SO, I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR DR. BRIDGER. UM, UH, WHO'S HERE? SO, DR. BRIDGER, I, WE'VE MET A FEW TIMES WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES, SANDOVAL AND VERAN, ABOUT THE POVERTY REPORTS. AND I HAVE IT HERE. 'CAUSE I WAS AFRAID YOU MIGHT NOT, SINCE I I HAVE IT TOO. YOU DO. YOU HAVE IT. PUT IT ON. SO, UM, REGARDING THE POVERTY REPORT AND, UM, PAGE 3.1, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. UH, YOU HAVE SOME GRAPHS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, SOME COLLEGE, AND THEN BACHELOR'S DEGREE. AND SO SOME OF THIS WE SORT OF KNOW INHERENTLY, UM, BUT BECAUSE SAN ANTONIO SEEMED TO HAVE HAD, UH, CONTINUES TO HAVE HIGHER RATES OF POVERTY THAN OTHER CITIES, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCREPANCY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ACTUALLY FALLING FURTHER BEHIND CITIES. BUT WE KNOW THAT WE ARE, UH, GETTING POORER. OTHER CITIES MAY ALSO BE GETTING POORER. UM, BUT CAN YOU ADDRESS HOW THIS MIGHT, UM, IS THAT THE RIGHT, NOT, NOT THAT ONE. UH, THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT, UM, ONLY BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME THAN SOMETIMES SOME OF THE GRAPHS DO. SO THE NEXT ONE, 3.1. SO WE'RE GOING OLD SCHOOL HERE. 'CAUSE I, I, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T ASK FOR [01:15:01] THIS IN ADVANCE. AND I THINK NOW EVERYBODY HAS A COPY OF THE POVERTY REPORT. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO MY COLLEAGUES SHOULD HAVE IT IF YOU'RE SO INCLINED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OLDER, NO HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND THEN SAN ANTONIO COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AND EVEN COMPARED TO TEXAS. UH, AND SO THAT, THAT GAP, UH, THERE THAT WE SEE LIKE NO REAL, UM, I MEAN, THAT'S TO BE EXPECTED, BUT, OR IF YOU HAVE GREATER COLLEGE, YOU HAVE GREATER SUCCESS. BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION I'M GETTING AT IS THAT IF WE WERE TO TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE ISSUE OF POVERTY IN OUR CITY, HOW WOULD THIS HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT STRESS? UM, AS IT RELATES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT? I THINK WHAT YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPH, AS WELL AS THE CHART THAT I PUT UP TO START WITH IS, UM, A VERY CLEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POVERTY AND EDUCATION. AND SO AS YOUR EDUCATION LEVEL INCREASES, YOUR POVERTY LEVEL DECREASES. AND THAT IS MOST PROFOUNDLY NOTICED IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, PEOPLE OVER 25 WHO HAVE LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION AND THAT SAME AGE DEMOGRAPHIC WHO HAS, UM, AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THAT BASICALLY. UM, AND THAT OTHER CHART MIGHT BE GOOD TO SHOW TOO. UM, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN REALLY SEE ALMOST THAT DOSE RESPONSE, UH, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EDUCATION AND, UM, AND POVERTY. BUT THAT FIRST, SO IS DOSE RESPONSE. SORRY, I, I KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, UM, THE AMOUNT OF EDUCATION YOU HAVE AND THE PERCENT OF POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY. SO AS YOUR EDUCATION GOES UP, YOUR POVERTY GOES DOWN, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT CHART IS SHOWING. THE HIGHEST POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY ARE THOSE WITH LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE. AND THEN THAT NEXT LINE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY HALF OF THAT IS AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. SO THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UM, NOT GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GETTING AN A TWO YEAR DEGREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU. I, I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO REALLY WRAP, TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE AS A COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF POVERTY. UM, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, BUT IN AN IDEAL WORLD, UH, I KNOW I HAVE NOT PREPPED, WE HAVE NOT HAD EXTENSIONS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. BUT IF YOU WERE, TRY, IF YOU WERE, NUMBER ONE GOAL WAS TO TRY TO GET A PERSON OUT OF POVERTY, LIKE WHAT STEPS WOULD WE TAKE MORE TIME, LIKE BIRTH TO, I MEAN, IN, IN THEIR FIRST 25 YEARS OF LIFE, EDUCATION, EDUCATION IS THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO LIFT A FAMILY PERMANENTLY OUT OF POVERTY. I SWEAR I DIDN'T SERVE IT UP. I, I MEAN, I REALLY DIDN'T. I MEAN, I, I REALLY WAS TRYING, WE'VE, I WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL. CAN, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, DR. BRIDGE SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR IT. SERIOUSLY, EDUCATION, EDUCATION IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE THING YOU CAN DO TO PERMANENTLY LIFT A FAMILY OUT OF POVERTY. OKAY. AND SO, I, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GENERATIONAL POVERTY, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S MORE PREVALENT IN SOME AREAS THAN OTHERS, WHICH IS WHY I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT FOCUS OF THAT TIER ONE, ESPECIALLY, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE, WHICH I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. UH, BUT I THINK IT ALSO MAKES SENSE FROM A FINANCING PERSPECTIVE THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF POVERTY. UH, AND SO I'M SURE THAT'S NO SECRET, DR. UH, FLORES IS THAT THE, THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS ON THE AREAS OF GREATEST POVERTY. AND SO WE FOCUS ON THEIR TO, UH, TRY TO RAISE, UM, OUR, OUR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY, BECAUSE IT IS, UM, UH, I DO THINK IT'S REALLY THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE THAT WE CAN HAVE ON THIS COUNCIL IS HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS? AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT TRAUMA AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, WHY WE'VE TALKED, UH, ABOUT, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE WE WANNA IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR FAMILIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF, IF WE FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS AND THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT WILL COME UP, UH, THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING BECAUSE, UH, UH, THIS IS HOW WE AS A CITY HAVE TYPICALLY TRIED TO RESOLVE ISSUES OF POVERTY, UH, AND [01:20:01] SORT OF SOCIAL ISSUES IS THROUGH A DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING. AND WE HAVE FUNDED EDUCATION ON SOME LEVEL NOW THAT WE HAVE PRE-K FOR SA. BUT I THINK AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE HEARD ME SAY FOR MANY YEARS, THAT I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT THAT GOES TO DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO CHILDREN, UH, UM, AND ABUSIVE SITUATIONS. UH, AND SO THAT PARTICULAR PART, I ALSO DON'T THINK SHOULD, I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, UM, BUT NOT REDIRECT IT SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS THIS MODEL. I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM ALL. UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, AND I THINK YOU THANK YOU DR. BRIDGER. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UH, JUST REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. 'CAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STUDY IT FOR PEOPLE THAT, THAT DON'T LOVE DATA AS MUCH AS, AS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND DR. BRIDGER. UH, I HAVE TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE DATA REALLY, IT RELATES TO PEOPLE. UM, AND SO IF, IF, IF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AS THIS COUNCIL IS FUND SOME OF THESE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. I MEAN, I, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. AND SO AS WE LOOK FOR SOURCES OF DOING THAT, THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING IS ONE PIECE. BUT WHAT ABOUT, UM, WHAT ABOUT PRE-K FOR SA FUNDING? IS THAT AT ALL? I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S UP FOR A VOTE THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR PRE-K. IS THERE ANY ROOM THERE TO DEDICATE FOR EDUCATION? I'M SAYING THIS WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE FULL, UM, LIKE BUDGET AHEAD OF US, BUT IS THAT POTENTIAL AT ALL? OR BECAUSE IT'S VOTER APPROVED, CAN IT BE RE REDIRECTED? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, IT WAS VOTER APPROVED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PROGRAM. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO POTENTIAL TO MOVE IT IN THE OTHER POCKET. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO, UH, I GUESS MIKE, IS THERE ANY OTHER THAT'S CORRECT. VOTER APPROVED OPTIONS FOR FUNDING COUNCILWOMAN, WHILE MIKE'S COMING UP, LET ME JUST, UM, CLARIFY SOMETHING CARLOS SAID IN ITS CURRENT FORM, PRE-K FOR SA CANNOT BE UTILIZED BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE VOTER'S APPROVED. UM, IF IT WAS CHANGED IN THE FUTURE BY THE COUNCIL THAN IT POTENTIALLY, OKAY. SO THEN LET ME EXPAND ON THAT FOR JUST A MINUTE. AND THIS IS A B SESSION, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST TALKING HYPOTHETICALLY. SO COULD IT BE A TAX THAT SAID, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I MEAN, WOULD IT HAVE, UH, I KNOW THIS HASN'T BEEN VETTED, SO I'M, I'M BEING VERY CAUTIOUS. YES, I BELIEVE SO. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SET BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE VOTERS THOUGH. OKAY. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, MIKE, AND WE CAN DO SOME, WE CAN DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT SINCE, SINCE, UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY ON THAT AT THIS POINT. OKAY. AND SO, MIKE, HAVE YOU, UM, CONSIDERED ANY OTHER VOTER APPROVED OPTIONS? I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOUR CITY MANAGER. . WELL, FOR, FOR ALAMO PROMISE, I'M SORRY. UH, NO, NO, WE HAVE NOT. SO, SO DALLAS IS PRIVATELY FUNDED. TENNESSEE IS FUNDED THROUGH LOTTERY REVENUES. UM, SO, SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT RESOURCING MECHANISMS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM, FROM COUNCIL AND FROM THE MAYOR AND FROM STAFF, IS WE'RE AT AN INFLECTION POINT AND WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING, UM, TO SUSTAIN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, UM, PROSPERITY. AND AS DR. BRIDGER MENTIONED, EDUCATION IS THE WAY OUT OF POVERTY. EDUCATION IS FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN ANY OTHER INDICATOR TO ENSURE PROSPERITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR FAMILY. UM, AND SO I I, I JUST THINK THAT THAT'S PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IF WE'RE EVER GONNA, UM, LOOK LIKE AND ENSURE PROSPERITY LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE AND IN THE UNITED STATES. AND THOSE ARE, YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN FOR THOSE DATA, DATA QUESTIONS. UH, I, I THINK, UM, I THINK THAT WHAT YOU SAID THERE IS VERY KEY FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN ANYTHING YES. THAN ANYTHING. AND, AND, BECAUSE OF COURSE, WHAT, WHAT, UM, I THINK WHAT, AND THEN I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE. SO I'M ALSO SAYING THAT ONCE A FAMILY IS OUT OF POVERTY, LIKE WHAT ARE, MAYBE THAT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR DR. BRIDGER. LIKE, ONCE A FAMILY IS OUT OF POVERTY, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY GO WAY BACK? I MEAN, ONCE YOU ARE ON A CERTAIN PATH, ARE YOU, UH, I MEAN, I, I RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF SYMPTOMS THAT MAY EVOLVE THAT COULD CAUSE A FAMILY TO GO BACK. BUT, UM, IS THERE, UH, SO ONCE YOU, I, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST AS, AS DR. BRIDGER, AS SHE'S COMING TO THE PODIUM, TWO THINGS. WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH RICHARD REEVES, THE ECONOMIST FROM, UM, WHO'S WORKED WITH ROD SHETTY, UM, FROM THE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY [01:25:01] PROJECT. SO RICHARD REEVES CAME LAST AUGUST. HE'S THE ONE WHO BROKE DOWN BY QUINTILE WHERE OUR STUDENTS CAME FROM. UM, THE OTHER PART THAT HE LOOKED AT WAS CALLED THE MOBILITY REPORT CARD. AND SO HE LOOKED AT OUR STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE BOTTOM TWO QUINTILES AS A RESULT OF AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, JUST AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE FROM US, MOVE UP TO QUINTILES. SO THEY'RE ALMOST IN THE MIDDLE CLASS. UM, THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS ALSO MOVED UP TO QUINTILES. SO THEN THEY, CAN YOU LIKE REPHRASE IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY? I KNOW IT'S TO SAY ALL, ALL THE ACADEMICS, IT LIKE, MAKES SO SENSE TO ME, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION I'M TRYING TO GET AT. BUT SO SAY IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT SO, SO THOSE STUDENTS WHO WERE POOR, IF THEY HAD A DEGREE FROM ONE OF OUR FIVE COLLEGES, IF THEY HAD A DEGREE FROM US, ARE GONNA MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE CLASS. THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS ARE GONNA MOVE UP AND BE RELATIVELY AFFLUENT. SO TO UNDERSCORE THE POINT, UH, THAT DR. BRIDGER MADE, EDUCATION IS A PATH FORWARD FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. IT'S DEFINITELY A PATH FORWARD FOR THEIR FAMILY, AND IT PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR US WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. LIKE, UM, HOW LIKELY IS IT THAT FAMILIES WOULD GO BACKWARDS? BECAUSE, UH, WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES HAVE NOT MOVED UP. UH, AND ESPECIALLY, UM, THAT POPULATION SEEMS TO BE GROWING, SO THAT IF YOU'RE POOR TODAY, YOU'RE LIKELY TO STAY POOR. AND SO IS EVERYBODY IN YOUR FAMILY. IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING, I, I AGREE WITH THE URGENCY OF IT. UH, I AGREE THAT THIS IS AN URGENT PROBLEM, AND I HAVE, UH, ISSUED STATEMENTS ABOUT POVERTY IN OUR CITY AS IT BEING URGENT, AS URGENT AS, UM, AS, AS ANY NATURAL DISASTER. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THIS IMMEDIATELY, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SLIDE BACK. AND WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT AS A CITY. AND SO WHERE DO WE FIND A WAY TO MAKE THIS SUSTAINABLE FOR THE LONG TERM? SO, I MEAN, I, I I, I MEAN, RESOURCES ARE ALWAYS LIMITED. UH, WE KNOW THAT, UM, UH, I WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS A LINE ITEM. WE HAVE PROJECT QUEST AS A LINE ITEM, UM, AS IT RELATES TO EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S DIFFERENT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE IT OUT OF THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PROJECT QUEST WORKS WITH ADULT POPULATIONS AND NOT THIS POPULATION RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL. UM, BUT I, I THINK, I THINK I'LL, I'LL, UH, LEAVE IT THERE. UM, AND IF I, IF I DO HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO CHIME BACK IN, BUT I, I DO JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, SAY TWO OTHER THINGS. UM, WHAT, WHAT IS A RELATION TO CAFE COLLEGE? OR MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ERIC, WHAT I KNOW THAT CAFE COLLEGE WAS KIND OF STARTED FOR THIS PURPOSE TO GET STUDENTS INTO COLLEGE. SO WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP AND HOW, UM, MIGHT EITHER WE UTILIZE THEM OR DOES IT GET REDIRECTED TO SOMETHING LIKE, UM, THIS, UH, INITIATIVE? SO CAFE COLLEGE WAS CREATED TO, UM, IMPROVE COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY AND ACCESS. AND SO, BUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S TO HELP ENSURE THAT STUDENTS CAN GET ENROLLED IN COLLEGE. THEY HELP WITH FINANCIAL AID, THEY COUNSEL THEM ON AVAILABLE SCHOOLS, UM, FINANCING PACKAGES, AND JUST IN GENERAL HOW TO GO TO COLLEGE SO THAT THEY, WHEN THEY GET THERE, THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL. SO THEY'VE HAD CLASSES ON TIME MANAGEMENT, STUDYING, UM, AND TAKING CARE OF THEIR, THEIR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL NEEDS, UH, FOOD, HOUSING, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE ROLE OF CAFE COLLEGE IS TO BE THAT PLACE WHERE, UM, STUDENTS AND ADULTS CAN GO TO GET, UM, COUNSELING ON, ON HOW TO APPLY HOW TO, AND HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE. SO IT, AND, BUT THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP ALSO HAS A SEPARATE PROGRAM. IT'S THE ROAD TO SUCCESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM THAT, UM, IS WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS. UM, THE CITY FUNDS, THE SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS AND CAFE, OR THE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FUNDRAISERS FOR THE DOLLARS FOR COUNSELORS IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS. OKAY. I THINK IT MIGHT BE FOR ANOTHER BRIEFING TO GET, UM, ERIC A, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING. I THINK I'D ASKED SORT OF THIS QUESTION WHEN WE HAD THE PRE-K FOR ESSAY BRIEFING. I THINK THE QUESTION I ASKED WAS WHAT OTHER EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WE HAD WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT MAYBE FOR A FUTURE BRIEFING WE COULD GET, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING, UH, AS IT RELATES TO COLLEGE AND COLLEGE ATTAINMENT, SINCE THAT, THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR A LONG TIME, UH, I THINK IN OUR CITY, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN EXAMPLE LIKE ALAMO PROMISE TO REALLY GET US THERE. SO PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME WE COULD GET ALL THAT, UH, INFORMATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. [01:30:01] THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. AND LET ME JUST, UH, JUST CHIME IN REAL QUICK ON, ON PRE-K FOR SA. UH, THE MODELS THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED RIGHT NOW, AND THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY ARE BASED ON, UH, ASSUMPTION OF A RENEWAL. SO ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD TAKE OUT OF A PRE-K SOURCE OF FUND WOULD, WOULD DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF, OF THOSE EARLY CHILDHOOD DOLLARS. I, SO I, I WOULD JUST FOR EVERYONE, UH, OUT HERE AS WELL, WE, THIS SITUATION WILL NOT CHANGE SO LONG AS WE, UH, CONSIDER THE EDUCATION POT IN OUR CITY TO BE A ZERO SUM GAME. WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY EDUCATIONALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE FROM HUMAN SERVICES, DELEGATE AGENCIES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OR PRE-K FOR SA EARLY CHILDHOOD AND JUST SHIFTED OVER TO, UM, ALAMO PROMISE. THESE NEEDS ARE FIRST LEVEL PRIORITY. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WITH THE, WITH THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. NEW REVENUE IS NEEDED INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY. NEW EFFORT AND RESOURCES ARE NEEDED INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL PIPELINE IF WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. AND WHAT MY CONJECTURE IS, IS THAT RELATIVE TO ALL THE OTHER SPENDS THAT WE MAKE AS A COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR WITH OUR CITY BUDGET, I AM HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANY SINGLE MORE IMPORTANT NEED THAN ALAMO PROMISE. UM, SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH A SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STREAM GOING FORWARD, BUT I, I THINK PERSONALLY WOULD BE A MISTAKE IF WE WERE TO TARGET ANOTHER WORKFORCE OR EDUCATIONAL STREAM OF FUNDING TO DO THAT WORK. ON ALAMO PROMISE, COUNCIL MEMBER REALTOR GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. CHANCELLOR FLORES AND EVERYONE HERE TODAY, AND ALL THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, ON BEHALF OF THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS THAT I REPRESENT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WILL NOT ONLY HELP ALLEVIATE A FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THEM, BUT IT WILL ALSO MAKE PARENTS, PARENTS FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY BEHIND THEM. AND FOR A REALLY LONG TIME, A LOT OF OUR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT HAD THAT. SO ALSO THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THAT CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IN, IN MY DISTRICT, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WILL GREATLY BENEFIT FROM THAT. SO THANK YOU. UM, ALSO FROM THE MARKETING PERSPECTIVE, BEAUTIFUL LOGO, WHOEVER DESIGNED THAT LOGO, JUST, UH, I, I LOVED IT AND I HEARD SOME OF MY COUNCIL COMMENT, UH, COLLEAGUES COMMENT ON IT AS WELL. UM, I KNOW DR. SEF HAD TO STEP OUT FOR ANOTHER MEETING, AND, UM, I'M JUST, UH, I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT HE WAS HERE TO SPEAK ON THE BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AT SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST LEGACY. HE WAS ACTUALLY MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I KNOW HE ONLY LOOKS LIKE HE GRADUATED TWO YEARS BEFORE I DID OR SOMETHING. UH, BUT, UM, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT HE'S DOING WITH SOUTHWEST. AND I WANNA THANK PALO ALTO COLLEGE SPECIFICALLY FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR OUR STUDENTS. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, FIRST ON SLIDE 22, UH, THAT IT'S SLIDE 22 ON YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S PROBABLY 27 IN THE FULL DECK, UH, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE 4,800 JOBS TO BE CREATED. CAN YOU HELP ME, UM, WHAT KIND OF JOBS ARE, ARE WE LOOKING AT CREATING 4,800 NEW JOBS? I'M SORRY. YEAH, SO THAT'S A RESULT OF THE SPEND. SO THE $111 MILLION THAT ARE SPENT WOULD GENERATE, UM, FOR 4,800 NEW JOBS. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE JOBS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PROJECTIONS. UM, SO IT'S USING WHAT'S CALLED AN IMPLANT MODEL, WHICH IS, UH, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED BY U U S D A. DR. BELINDA DELMAN, WHO ACTUALLY DID THE STUDY LAST YEAR WITH THE HISPANIC CHAMBER ON WOMEN'S G D P. UH, WE ASKED HER SINCE SHE WAS A FACULTY MEMBER AT PALO ALTO AND NOW AT ST. MARY'S, TO UTILIZE THE SAME METHODOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, WE CAN SEND YOU, I'D BE GLAD TO SEND YOU THE REPORT. OKAY. SINCE I SEE A RECEPTIVITY TO DATA AND INFORMATION, UH, FROM THE DIA, UM, WE'LL SEND THAT TO YOU. IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY GOOD READ ABOUT THOSE 4,800, UH, NEW JOBS. IT WOULD BE CREATED IN PARTICULAR, IN LOOKING AT THE OTHER SLIDES ABOUT, UH, WITH PROMISE OR POST PROMISE WITHIN EACH KEY SECTOR, WHAT WOULD WE GENERATE? THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE IMPLANT MODEL, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, DR. NIVAN ALSO FROM ST. MARY'S USES YES. THAT QUITE OFTEN. SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UH, WHEN WE REFER TO THE $230 MILLION MORE IN INCOME, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'LL BE REFERENCED IN THAT REPORT AS WELL, SO, AS WELL, I'LL HOLD MY QUESTION FOR THAT. UM, ALSO, AND I KNOW DIANE JUST STEPPED OUT AS WELL FROM THE HISPANIC CHAMBER, BUT, UH, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THERE WERE SOME COMPARISONS WITH THE KNOXVILLE DEMOGRAPHICS. I HAD NEVER, UM, HEARD KNOXVILLE, BUT RIGHT AWAY I GOOGLED IT, AND, UH, I WAS, I THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HADN'T, I WASN'T AWARE ABOUT THIS. UM, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THOSE MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALSO IMPORTANT. SO, UM, I, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO [01:35:01] KIND OF CHAMPION THAT, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS IN, IN MY DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, THAT NEED MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES. THEIR PARENTS, UH, MIGHT HAVE TWO OR THREE JOBS, UH, TO MAKE IT THROUGH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FOLKS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES, UH, AND SO, OR IN PROFESSIONAL JOBS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. ON SLIDE 31, IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THE ALAMO ADVICE, CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS, MAYBE AS IT PERTAINS TO ALAMO PROCESS, UH, ALA PROMISE. AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO REFERENCING THE DISTRICT. IS THAT THE COLLEGE DISTRICT? IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT? UH, JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE MORE. UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE, UM, SO IN THE ECOSYSTEM, SO IT'S NOT ONLY A LAST END OR NO COST SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S PROVIDED, BUT WE WANNA PROVIDE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION TO, UM, ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, SINCE WE KNOW THEY HAVE COMPETING DEMANDS IN MOST ARE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. UM, WE STOOD UP FIRST A CASE MANAGEMENT ACADEMIC ADVISING MODEL IN WHICH THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH THE SAME ADVISOR FROM THEIR FIRST TO THEIR LAST OR GRADUATING SEMESTER. UM, SO THE 870, UH, CASE SPEND THAT YOU SEE THERE IS ACTUALLY FRONT LOADING THAT TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE SAME PERSONALIZED, UH, ADVISOR IN THE ENROLLMENT PART. SO WHEN THEY WENT TO SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, AS THEY GO FROM SAVE YOUR SEAT, AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO DO THE ONLINE ADMISSIONS APPLICATION AND THE FABS OF FORM, THEY WILL HAVE ONE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT THAT'S GONNA TAKE THEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THE 870 IS DURING, IS THIS YEAR DURING OUR FISCAL ACADEMIC YEAR TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF WHO ARE CALLED ENROLLMENT COACHES. GREAT. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONE OF MY NEXT QUESTIONS WAS GOING TO BE, DOES EVERY STUDENT HAVE TO SUBMIT A FAFSA OR FAFSA FOR THIS? I, I WAS ASSUMING SO, AND I WAS HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE TO HELP, UM, WITH THAT PROCESS. AND I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WITH, UM, THE BILINGUAL ASPECT OF THIS ALL AND HOW IT GETS DISTRIBUTED TO PARENTS WHO MIGHT ONLY SPEAK SPANISH. AS, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS ONLY SPOKE SPANISH, AND SO I WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL HELP. UH, SO I, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME STUDENTS THAT WILL GET SOME EXTRA GUIDANCE AND PARENTS SPECIFICALLY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN. SO WE WILL PROVIDE MATERIALS NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH, BUT ALSO IN SPANISH. WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN DEVOTED, UM, ONLINE IN, UM, UH, BILINGUAL MATERIALS, ALSO RADIO, TV, UM, ALL OF THOSE SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT ONLY TO CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT TO CONNECT WITH THEIR CHAMPIONS. SO THAT COULD BE SOMEBODY WITHIN A HOUSE OF WORSHIP RIGHT? WITHIN THE CHURCH THAT COULD BE AN A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. UM, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHAMPIONS HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION IN THE WAY THAT THEY COMMUNICATE. SOMETIMES FOR YOUTH, IT'S ON, ON HERE. MM-HMM. . UM, BUT FOR OTHERS IT'S HARD COPY. SO WE WANNA PROVIDE THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO THESE OPINION LEADERS, IF YOU WILL, IN THAT CHILD'S LIFE. AND A LOT OF TIMES IT IS, UM, AT OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP, ET CETERA. UM, WE'VE BEEN SHARING OUR INFORMATION ALREADY ON OUR NEWSLETTER, SO, UM, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR PART. UM, I AM HAPPY ALSO TO, UM, TO REPORT THAT WE, UH, JUST FROM LEARNING ABOUT THE STUDENTS AT SOUTHWEST, THEY'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT IT. YES. AND SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM. I'VE MET WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM SOUTH SAND RECENTLY. I'M SURE THAT THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY. UM, YOUR R O I, AND I'M SURE COUNCILMAN PERRY, UM, WOULD, WOULD, UH, WOULD AGREE WITH THIS, BUT JUST AS EXCELLENT, $147 PER $1 INVESTMENT. IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE MOST, UH, SUCCESSFUL, UM, PROGRAMS THAT, THAT I'VE SEEN, UH, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OR, OR THE PROJECTIONS ANYWAY. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT, UH, BE BEFOREHAND AND FOR GIVING US THAT PROJECTION. DO YOU, UM, ALSO HAVE, OR DO YOU HAVE, UH, PLANS TO WORK WITH OTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS TO BUILD ON AND ACCELERATE ENTRY INTO ON-DEMAND JOBS, LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU REFERENCED? SO I'M TALKING ABOUT BEYOND THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY, WHAT IF A STUDENT DECIDES NOT TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY? IS THERE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS KIND OF LIKE PROJECT QUEST OR, OR ANY OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH? YEAH. SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, WE ALSO CONFER OPPORTUNITY TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S ACTUALLY PROVIDING THEM WITH A WORKPLACE-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S JOB SHADOWING, AN INTERNSHIP, A CO-OP. SO WE WILL STAND THAT UP FOR EACH ONE OF OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE HEAVY INVOLVEMENT OF BOTH THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER, THE HISPANIC CHAMBER AREA CHAMBERS, UM, AS WELL AS SA WORKS WITHIN THAT REALM. THAT IS, UH, PART OF OUR WHEELHOUSE, BUT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING, UH, TO DO FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AT SCALE. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, AGAIN, JUST, JUST, I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. SO YOU'LL HAVE MY SUPPORT, AND I'M [01:40:01] LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ERIC AND WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM AT THE CITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SUCCESSFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS. UM, PALO ALTO COLLEGE, I JUST, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M A FAN, OBVIOUSLY, OF PALO ALTO COLLEGE. IT'S IN DISTRICT FOUR. UM, IF YOU WANT TO HELP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, PALO ALTO COLLEGE IS HAVING THEIR ON FRIDAY AT, UM, 6:30 PM AT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. THEY DID NOT PAY ME TO SAY THAT , BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND CELEBRATE THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE, UH, THE KEYNOTE, UH, FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR. YES. SO THANK YOU, DR. FLORES. THANK, THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANKS, CHANCELLOR. YOU GET, YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT ON THIS. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND, UM, TRULY AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT, UH, I WANNA FIND WAYS TO, TO SUPPORT AND TO GROW. UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, ALMO COLLEGES GRADS END UP STAYING IN SAN ANTONIO, DO YOU KNOW? SO, UM, ACTUALLY ABOUT 80%. 80%. 80%. SO, UH, LAST YEAR WE CREATED, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY 20,000 NEW JOBS. UH, THE FIVE ALAMO COLLEGES PRODUCED 12,000 GRADUATES, UM, BY AND LARGE, THAT EXCEEDS, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NEAREST PRO, UM, CREDENTIALING ENTITY. RIGHT? UM, AND SO 80% STAY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, LONG TERM. SO IT'S A PERMANENT INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE MAKING. SO THE R O I THAT YOU SAW IN THE SLIDES AND IN THE DECK ACTUALLY THEN JUST CYCLES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY MULTIPLE TIMES. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. AND A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL PROGRAM AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. , UH, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE VISITED WITH THEM. THEY'VE DONE PUBLIC ARTWORK FOR THE CITY. UM, AND I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT. THEY GO ON TO, UH, TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, AND I BECOME, UH, SOME OF THE, THE, THE HIGHEST RANKED STUDENTS AT MY, MY ALMA MATER. AND, UH, CAN ONLY SAY, I WISH I WOULD'VE PART PARTICIPATED IN THAT PROGRAM WAY BACK IN THE DAY, BUT IT DIDN'T EXIST, UH, THEN, UH, 2000 YEARS AGO, UM, . BUT, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR ALL YOU DO AT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, JUST A TESTIMONY TO, UM, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT SANTO ALMA COLLEGES IS, IS HELPING TO, TO, UH, SUPPORT AND CREATE. UM, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PICTURE, RIGHT? MM-HMM. . AND, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TOUCHING ON, AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL, UH, TO, TO MY FRIEND, UH, ROBERT GARZA IN TALKING ABOUT, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS LIKE AVIATION. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION AND, AND I JUST MENTIONED ARCHITECTURE. UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE, THESE ARE INDUSTRIES THAT I THINK ARE, ARE TRULY, UH, FLAGSHIP INDUSTRIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO INDUSTRY LIKE CONSTRUCTION. AND I'M GONNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND, UH, THE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTS. WE TALK ABOUT SORT OF A, A, A REAL DRAIN IN THE WORKFORCE ITSELF. AND, AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE REALLY GOOD CAREERS. UH, I KNOW I USED TO BE A PART OF THAT. AND, UH, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TOTAL COST OF GOING TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY MM-HMM. WITH, WITH, WITH YOUR COLLEGES. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S ALSO SORT OF AN ASSOCIATED COST OF ACTUALLY JUST SIMPLY GOING TO SCHOOL, RIGHT? TAKING THE TIME, TRAVELING THE TRANSPORTATION, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE NEED TO SORT OF TAKE CARE OF ONESELF. I MEAN, THAT, WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, I REMEMBER THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF GOING TO SCHOOL WAS, AND ACTUALLY SCHOOL. IT WAS JUST LIVING. RIGHT? AND, UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT, UH, TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE JUST MENTIONED FUNDING. I THINK WE'VE GOTTA FIND ALL KINDS OF FUNDING. AND WE, WE CAN'T GET, WE CAN'T JUST BE SO TARGETED ON JUST ONE, ONE FORM OF FUNDING. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO IDENTIFY HOW, WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO, TO HELP THE PROGRAM, EVEN IF IT'S NOT DIRECTLY FUNDING YOUR PROGRAM. IT'S, IT'S HOW WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL NEEDS OUT THERE. I HAD A LADY, UM, RECENTLY, UH, AT A MEETING ON THE WEST SIDE, AGAIN, 7 8 2 0 7 ZIP CODE. AND SHE, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS SHE MENTIONED TO ME WAS SHE, SHE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOW DARK IT WAS, AND THAT SHE HAD QUIT GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FEEL SAFE COMING HOME. [01:45:02] NOT ANYTHING ALMA COLLEGES DID, RIGHT. BUT CERTAINLY IT WAS AN EFFECT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD ALL PAY ATTENTION TO. AND I, I BELIEVE THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING HERE TODAY IS A PARTNERSHIP AND, AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY. AND, BUT BROADER, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MUCH BIGGER, BROADER WAY TO SAY, WHAT ARE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT? AND WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT'S KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GOING TO SCHOOL? THE CHART THAT DR. BRIDGER SHOWED EARLIER, UH, OF, OF MANY OF THE, YEAH, I WON'T CALL YOU UP. THAT'S OKAY. , YOU'RE GOOD. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO SIMPLY POINT OUT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF, LOTS OF PEOPLE IN POVERTY THAT, THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND WHY THEY GOT TO THAT POINT IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND I COULD, I HAVE JUST ANECDOTAL DATA THAT BASICALLY TALKS ABOUT THOSE KIDS THAT BASICALLY WERE, WERE PUT TO WORK, RIGHT? THEY, THEY, THEY STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT DIDN'T EVEN HAVE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY YOU, YOU HAD A LEAKY ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD ON YOUR PLATE. THAT'S WHAT YOU REALLY ARE CONCERNED WITH. AND SO, UM, I GUESS I ASK THAT, UM, AS WE DEVELOP THIS FURTHER, THAT MAYBE, MAYBE WE, WE COULD LOOK AT A TOTAL PICTURE. YES. RIGHT? WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF, OF THESE FOLKS IN THESE IMPOVERISHED AREAS, WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE? AND THEN CAN WE ROADMAP IT FOR THEM? BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES, I THINK HAS BEEN EXPLAINING TO SOMEBODY HOW THEY CAN DO IT, GIVING THEM THE CONFIDENCE AND THE TRUST TO SAY, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN DO IT. NO, NO, NO. PART ME, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT FOR ME. YES, IT IS. GIVE IT A SHOT. AND, AND THEN WE AS A CITY CAN SAY, LOOK, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO PROP UP. DOES IT, DOES IT MEAN BETTER STREETLIGHTS? DOES IT MEAN, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF BUS CONNECTIVITY, UH, SUPPORT WITH, WITH FOOD SERVICES AND SO FORTH? HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THOSE FOLKS? UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS TRULY AMAZING. AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE. I MEAN, I'M, I'M LIVING PROOF OF, OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND, UH, AND CAN SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANNA DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO BE A REAL PARTNER, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH KNOWING THAT THE CITY DOES MORE THAN JUST FUND YOU. WE, WE, WE DO SO MANY MORE THINGS. AND, AND SO I'D LIKE THAT TO BE IN YOUR PLAN, IF I CAN ASK THAT. AND WE'LL PUT THAT. I, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN TINO BECAUSE THIS IS A COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY. AND SO WE'RE JUST PROVIDING ONE DIMENSION, BUT WE NEED TO BRING BACK TO YOU THE FULL PICTURE AND THE WHOLE, THE FULL PANORAMA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY FOR DECADES, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE EXACTLY THAT. THAT IT IS A PARTNERSHIP, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD. THANK YOU CHANCELLOR. AND, AND COUNCILMAN, UH, JADA SULLIVAN. ANDERS, UH, ASKED ME TO ASK A QUESTION FOR HER, AND SHE'S, SHE ASKED, WILL THEY BE A SIGNING DAY? YES. YES. THERE YOU GO. AWESOME. YOU'RE WILL. YEAH. THANK YOU, CHANCELLOR MAYOR. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, CHANCELLOR. IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE YOU. UM, I, AS YOU WERE TALKING, I'M, I'M REMINDED OF A FRIEND OF MINE WHO, WHO GAVE ME THIS ONE PROFOUND OBSERVATION ONE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND I REMEMBER IT. HE SAID, UM, WE DON'T PREPARE. UH, NO, HERE IT GOES. WE PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR THE PATH. WE DON'T PREPARE THE PATH FOR OUR KIDS. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DUMBEST THINGS HE'S EVER SAID TO ME. UH, THE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK WE DO BOTH, UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE AS PARENTS, AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A PARENT. I'M A PARENT, RIGHT? UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MAX AND SOPHIA ARE READY FOR ANYTHING, RIGHT? BUT IF I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT, TO, UM, MAKE IT, UH, TO WHERE THEY CAN THRIVE MORE, RIGHT? THEY CAN KNOW MORE, UM, WELL THEN I WILL PREPARE THAT PATH SO THAT THEY WALK DOWN THAT RIGHT PATH. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT KNOXVILLE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT TENNESSEE, UH, PASSED THIS IN 2012, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? AND TENNESSEE AT THAT TIME, WAS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT STILL ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE STATES IN THE ENTIRE UNION, RIGHT? AND IT WAS A REPUBLICAN, VERY CONSERVATIVE GOVERNOR AND A CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURE THAT PUT THIS INTO PLACE. UM, AND THEY PUT IT INTO PLACE BECAUSE OF, WELL, BECAUSE OF THE EVIDENCE-BASED SUCCESSES, RIGHT? [01:50:01] LET'S, I'LL ALSO REMIND YOU ALL THAT TENNESSEE IS THE HOME TO THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL. UM, JUST IF YOU FORGOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY AS FAR AS EDUCATION IS CONCERNED, BUT, UM, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE SUCCEEDED, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UH, I, YOU CAME AND VISITED WITH ME AND YOU MM-HMM. , YOU LAID OUT A LOT OF THIS STUFF, AND YOU GAVE ME A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. AND I, I'LL CONFESS TO YOU, I DIDN'T DO MUCH THINKING AFTER THAT. UH, 'CAUSE A LOT OF OTHER PRESENTATIONS CAME BEFORE US, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF. AND, UM, WE HAD A, UH, BUT THEN I TALKED TO MY WIFE, UM, WHO IS AN A C C D EMPLOYEE. UM, AND SHE, AND SHE ORDERED ME TO START THINKING ABOUT IT. AND SHE GAVE ME SOME THINGS TO READ ABOUT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT SHE GAVE ME TO READ WAS A LOT OF REALLY, UH, EXCELLENT PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH FROM BROOKINGS. UM, THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, HAS, UH, SOMETHING CALLED THE BROWN CENTER ON, UH, ON EDUCATION POLICY. UM, REALLY EXCELLENT, UH, DATA ON THE SUCCESS OF THESE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. UM, AND I'LL STOP HERE AND, AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION ECONOMISTS ARE ALSO THE ONES ON WHOSE DATA WE RELY TO INFORM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. AND IT'S WORKING, RIGHT? AND SO I HAVE YET TO BE GIVEN ANY REASON TO DOUBT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE. UM, AND SO HERE'S WHAT I LEARNED, UM, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT, THAT WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS RESEARCH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU. BUT, UM, WHAT WE KNOW, AND IT'S NOT UP FOR DEBATE, IS THAT COLLEGE GRADUATES, UM, AND NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO GO TO FOUR YEAR DEGREES, BUT PEOPLE WHO GET TWO YEAR DEGREES ARE LESS LIKELY TO COMMIT CRIMES. UM, THEY HAVE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, THEY DRAW LESS ON SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS. THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO, THEY START USING AND BECOME ADDICTED TO DRUGS, UH, OR ALCOHOL. THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS. UM, THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HIGH PERFORMING KIDS IN SCHOOLS. UM, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE AFTER THAT. UM, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO START NEW BUSINESSES. THEY'RE LIKELY TO. THEY'RE, THEY SPEND MORE MONEY IN THEIR LOCAL ECONOMY, AND THEY CREATE, THEY CREATE JOBS, RIGHT? UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT INVESTING IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR ALL PROGRAMS LIKE THIS ONE, UH, PRODUCES IT'S JUST MATH. IT PRODUCES MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAN IF YOU TOOK A, THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, THAT YOU WOULD INVEST IN THAT PROGRAM AND GAVE EVERYBODY, UM, THE SIMILAR SIZE TAX CUTS. OR IF YOU, YOU KNOW, OR IF YOU SPENT THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ON ROADS AND BRIDGES, YOU WILL GET MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD THAN DOING THOSE OTHER TWO THINGS. UM, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE, THE REASON PEOPLE DON'T GO TO COLLEGE SOMETIMES IS NO VERY OFTEN IS BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE IN DEBT, AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT, RIGHT? THEY DON'T WANT TO BURDEN THEIR FAMILIES BY HAVING THEM CO-SIGN ON ALL THIS NONDISCHARGEABLE DEBT. UM, AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, IF THEY DO HAVE THAT DEBT, THEY'RE GOING TO END UP IN THE ARMS OF PREDATORY RE LENDERS, RIGHT? UM, OR PAYDAY LENDERS. AND SO I SUSPECT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, ON THE EVE OF THIS VOTE THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE ON THAT WE PROBABLY WILL ALL START GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM THE LOBBYISTS FOR THE PAYDAY LENDERS IN TOWN ASKING US NOT TO DO THIS . UM, SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT PAY, UH, THAT PEOPLE WHO ATTEND A C C D, THEY ARE OUR TAXPAYERS. THESE AREN'T JUST PEOPLE WHO GET FREE RIDES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY PAYING INTO THE SYSTEM, PAYING SALES, TAXING, PAY, PAYING, UH, PROPERTY TAX. UM, AND IN MANY INSTANCES, THESE AREN'T KIDS. THESE ARE ALSO ADULTS WHO ARE WORKING ON THEIR SECOND CAREER. A LOT OF THEM ARE VETERANS. UM, AND A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE ENTERING, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES, UH, REQUIRING THIS KIND OF TRAINING THAT QUITE SIMPLY ISN'T PROVIDED AT K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST NOT. UM, AND SO IF I'M GOING TO BET, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BET ON MY KIDS, RIGHT? UM, AND I'M GONNA, AND IF I'M GONNA BET, I'M ALWAYS GONNA BET ON MY CONSTITUENTS AND MY TAXPAYERS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO, WHICH IS TO BET ON MY TAXPAYERS, THEIR KIDS SO THEY CAN PREPARE FOR THE JOBS OF TOMORROW. SO FOR ME, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST INVESTMENT WE CAN MAKE, AND THAT'S WHY WE GOT ELECTED. SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT. UM, IF IT'S NOT EVIDENT, YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PALAIS. COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. HI. I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME THINGS AND FIRST SAY THAT I DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PRESIDENTS OF OUR, [01:55:01] UH, COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THANK YOU FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING. AND YES, I AM A PROUD PRODUCT OF, UH, PALO ALTO COLLEGE, HAVING ATTENDED PALO ALTO FOR A SUMMER WITH SOME GREAT PROFESSORS THERE. UH, THANK GOD I TOOK MY PHILOSOPHY CLASS OVER THERE, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME, AND IT WAS GREAT. IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. I REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT SUMMER. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO THERE. YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP AND TALK ABOUT IS ABOUT WHAT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP AND CAFE COLLEGE. I THINK THERE'S A WAY THEY'RE PART OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BOARD, CORRECT? YES. AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DELEGATE AGENCY AND FUNDING, I DON'T WANNA SEE THEM PUT ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THEM AS COMPLIMENT AND COMPLIMENTARY OF, OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM AND COLLABORATE IN THIS NATURE. SO I THINK I WANTED TO SHARE THAT PRETTY CLEARLY WITH, UM, CITY STAFF, SO THEY KNEW WHAT I WAS SHARING. AND, UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE SKILLS TRAINING, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, YOU KNOW, I AM NOT A PARENT. I DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN, BUT I DO FEEL ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY SINGLE YOUNG PERSON IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UM, UH, GIVING OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM AND ACCESS. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR ME. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN SANDAL. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, UH, A CHANCELLOR. UH, YOU ARE A VISIONARY. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE CORRECT DECISION AND THE BEST DECISION WAS MADE WHEN YOU WERE APPOINTED TO, TO THIS POSITION. AND I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE EVER HAD THIS CONVERSATION, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO. SO YOUR WORK IS INSPIRATIONAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR, FOR, FOR SUPPORTING HIM AND WHAT HE DOES. UM, I THINK, UH, THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO COLLEGE IS, UM, IT'S, IT ALMOST MAKES ME CRY, , RIGHT? UM, IT'S, IT'S MOVING AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY HAS OPPORTUNITY. UM, SO I, I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS, UH, FORWARD AND, UH, I WANNA ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR ROLE AS CITY LEADERS? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T GO TO YOU AND SAY, I NEED A SIDEWALK, OR I NEED A STREETLIGHT. RIGHT? THEY COME TO US, UM, BUT THEY ALSO COME TO US TO TALK ABOUT POVERTY OR EDUCATION, AND IT'S NOT VERY EASY TO SAY, WELL, GO TALK TO JOEL RETE. HE'S YOUR, UH, APPOINTED TRUSTEE . MM-HMM. , YES. HE'S, HE'S YOUR TRUSTEE. UM, SO I THINK THERE IS, THERE IS OF COURSE, A ROLE FOR US TO PLAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS COMMUNITY-WIDE CHALLENGE, UH, TO GET US TO THIS GOAL. UM, I THINK THE, THE DETAILS ARE, OR THE CHALLENGES, EXACTLY, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT? AND I THINK, UH, MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SPOKEN, AND I, IT APPEARS TO, TO BE AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IN SUPPORT OF THIS CONCEPT. AND I, OF COURSE, SUPPORT, UM, THE IDEA AND THE VISION. ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT, AS OF A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ALAMO PROMISE WAS. I THOUGHT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE RE-IMAGINING OF THE ALAMO THAT WE HAD CHANGED THE NAME, OR THAT WE'RE PROMISING IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD PRODUCT, , UM, UH, SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND AS YOU KNOW, NOW THERE'S A LAWSUIT, SO IT'S SO MUCH FOR THAT PROMISE . IT'S, UM, SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE SHOULDN'T BE INVOLVED IN EDUCATION, BUT LIKE THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, WE DO HAVE PRE-K FOUR S A. WHAT'S DIFFERENT WITH THAT IS I THINK WE WERE THE ONES CARRYING THE BIG BURDEN ON IT, AND THEREFORE WE WENT AND WE SOUGHT A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE, UH, FOR IT. UM, I COULD SEE THIS COMING FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, AND THAT WOULD BE A COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE WAY OF, OF FUNDING THIS. UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA ASK YOU ABOUT THE TS UH, FUNDING AND HOW WOULD THAT WORK FOR YOU? HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE BUDGET OF A C C D IF, UH, WE WENT THAT ROUTE EVEN FOR A PART OF THE FUNDING? WELL, I THINK THE, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE WAYS TO RESOURCE, UH, THIS PROGRAM TO LOOK AT NEW REVENUE SOURCES, PERHAPS, UM, TO DO THAT. I DON'T, I, I THINK ZERO SUM IS, IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THAT'S ANOTHER PARADIGM. I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO LOOK AT. WHAT IS A NET NEW [02:00:01] PARADIGM, RIGHT? TO LOOK AT ADDITIONAL, UH, RESOURCES. I THINK THAT WOULD INVOLVE, UM, INTENTIONAL CONVERSATIONS, OF COURSE, FROM CITY STAFF, UM, AND THEN FROM US. UM, BUT I THINK THE OTHER PART IS WHAT SUPPORT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT A PROCESS. UM, AND IF THAT OCCURS THROUGH THE TS PROCESS OF SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS THROUGH, UM, OR LOOKING AT A LINE ITEM IN THE GENERAL BUDGET OR GENERAL REVENUE. SO I KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED. UM, AND SO I KNOW THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU ALL. UM, BUT I, I NEED SOME BEFORE I CAN MAKE A DECISION OR EVEN A RECOMMENDATION TO STAFF, I NEED, I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT. SO THE WAY THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE TOURS WOULD WORK IS, UM, THEY WOULD OPT INTO WHICHEVER TOURS THEY VOTED INTO, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE HOW MANY TOURS RIGHT NOW? 30. WE HAVE 30. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WOULD FOCUS ON THE CITY INITIATED TOURS. OKAY. THERE'S ABOUT EIGHT OF THOSE. EIGHT OF THOSE. SO, UH, HOW MUCH FUNDING IS THAT COMING FROM ALAMO COLLEGES? IF THEY, IF THEY WENT INTO THOSE EIGHT TOURS? SO IF THEY WERE TO CONTRIBUTE, UM, YEAR ONE, IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, $500,000 AND THEN RAMP UP TO ALMOST 2 MILLION TO YEAR FIVE. UM, WHY WOULDN'T THEY JUST GO ALL IN EACH YEAR? OH, IT'S JUST LIKE TO, TO PHASE IN THEIR, WELL, ACTUALLY YEAR ONE, BECAUSE THEIR TAX INCREMENT IS GROWING. SO THERE, WE KNOW WHAT PROJECTS ARE COMING ONLINE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THOSE GROWTH RATES, AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT WOULD GROW UP TO THAT LEVEL. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW, IF THEY, UH, BECAME PART OF THE EIGHT TURS MM-HMM. , WE COULD EXPECT THAT FOR THE YEAR, SAY 2020. MM-HMM. , IT, IT WOULDN'T COME ONLINE UNTIL 2021. 'CAUSE THEY WOULD NEED TO PARTICIPATE. OKAY. AND THEN 2021, WE'D ESTIMATE ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 600,000 TO A MILLION DOLLARS. OKAY. AND THEN IT WOULD RAMP UP AS DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. MM-HMM. . SO IT'S ACTUALLY ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS, IT WOULDN'T COVER THE WHOLE COMMITMENT. IT WOULD NOT COVER THE WE'RE LOOKING WHOLE THING. NO. OKAY. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A COMPONENT OF SEVERAL SOURCES OF FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SO, CHANCELLOR, IF, IF IN 2021, UM, YOU SAW $600,000, WHAT, WHAT'S THE SIZE OF YOUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW? SO OUR BUDGET ON GENERAL REVENUE IS $342 MILLION. OKAY. AND THAT, UM, AND THAT COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES, ALL OF IT THAT, UH, WE ARE, UM, THAT COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES. 40% ROUGHLY COMES FROM PROPERTY TAXES, 40% COMES FROM TUITION AND FEES, 20% COMES FROM THE STATE. UH, SO WE'VE WITNESSED THE SAME THING OF DEVOLUTION BACK TO LOCAL, TO THE LOCAL ENTITY. SO ABOUT YOU SAID 40%, SO MAYBE 150,000, SORRY. $150 MILLION COMES FROM YOUR PROPERTY TAX MM-HMM. , UH, REVENUES. SO, I MEAN, I KNOW IT SEEMS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, LIKE 600,000 MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT I'M SURE THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN, IN WHATEVER YOU DO. SO HOW, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT YOU AND THE SERVICES THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE? SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE, UH, 34, SO SLIDE 34 HAS THE PROJECTIONS OF WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT, UH, WITH THE THREE LEGS OF THE STOOL FROM ALAMO, FROM THE CITY OR THE COUNTY. AND THEN IFTS WERE PART OF THAT CALCULATION. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT OVERALL. UM, WE WOULD ALSO, FROM OUR END, UM, CONSIDER THAT WOULD BE FOR US, WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE TURS, SO THAT WOULD BE A REALLOCATION OF EXISTING REVENUE THAT THAT WOULD THEN GO INTO THE TURS. UM, AND WHETHER THE CITY WOULD MATCH THAT AMOUNT, UM, OR WHETHER THAT'S JUST OUR REALLOCATION OF PROPERTY TAX DOLLARS WE'RE ALREADY RECEIVING. UM, I WOULD UNDERSCORE WHAT, UH, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED IN LOOKING AT MULTIPLE REVENUE STREAMS AND HOW TO RESOURCE PROMISE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT PROVIDES THE MOST, UH, LATITUDE FOR MYSELF AS A PRACTITIONER, BUT ALSO THE MOST LATITUDE FOR YOUR, FOR YOU ALL AS POLICYMAKERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT, THAT CLARIFIES THAT THE TOURS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FUND, UH, EVERYTHING. SO EVEN IF WE WANTED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK FOR FOR US TO DO ON THAT. UH, ON THAT END, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR, FOR STAFF IS, SPEAKING OF DIVERSIFYING OUR REVENUE SOURCES, HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO, IS THERE SOME SORT OF FEE WE COULD COLLECT THAT WE COULD DEDICATE TO THIS? WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT SPECIFICALLY ON HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS AS THEY COME THROUGH. MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT FEES THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A ONE-OFF, UM, LIKE A CASE BY CASE BASIS OF COURSE. UM, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL LOOK AT AND BRING BACK [02:05:01] TO YOU WHEN WE COME BACK IN THE B SESSION. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, JUST A, UM, ANOTHER QUESTION FOR, FOR THE CHANCELLOR, UM, IN, YOU KNOW, YOU GAVE US THE, THE R O I, UH, A VERY IMPRESSIVE, UH, NUMBER. UM, SOME OF THAT ONLY HAPPENS IF OUR GRADUATES STAY IN TOWN AND ARE ABLE TO FIND A JOB HERE. SO, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE END OF THAT PIPELINE? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS, UM, WITH THE STUDENTS ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR, THEIR TWO YEARS? YOU SAID SOME OF THEM WOULD GO INTO FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES AND THE OTHERS. SO WE HAVE ABOUT, UH, OVER 60,000 STUDENTS. UH, 85% OF THOSE STUDENTS ARE IN BEXAR COUNTY. AND WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, 15% ARE COMING FROM THE OTHER SEVEN COUNTIES THAT WE SERVICE. OUR ONLY TAXING AND OUR ONLY TAXING COUNTY IS BEARER. UM, SO WHAT YOU SEE FROM THOSE 85% THAT, UH, GRADUATE FROM ONE OF THE FIVE COLLEGES IS 80% STAY WITHIN BEARER COUNTY. SO YOU SEE THAT RESIDUAL AND THAT, UH, REVOLVING AMOUNT. AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION WAS, AND THEN 12,000 OF THOSE, UH, GRADUATE ANNUALLY. UM, AND THEN THAT, AND THEN 40% OF OUR 63,000 STUDENTS TRANSFER. UM, IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE TRANSFERRED 30,000 STUDENTS TO UT SAN ANTONIO. WE TRANSFERRED 12,000 STUDENTS TO A AND M SAN ANTONIO. WE TRANSFERRED 5,000 STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD. THAT'S OUR LARGEST PRIVATE RECEIVING INSTITUTION, 8,000 TO TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST PIPELINES TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES WITHIN, UM, OUR AREA. DO YOU HAVE, I KNOW IT'S STILL VERY, VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP SOME SORT OF TRACKING MECHANISM FOR EVERYONE THAT GOES THROUGH ALAMO PROMISE? YES. SO, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 20 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. YES. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY FORTUNATE. SO, UH, RYAN, RYAN HAS, UH, UH, JOINED US. SO, UM, UH, RYAN LEGIA HOLLAND IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR, UH, UP PARTNERSHIP PIECE, FORMERLY P 16 COUNCIL. AND SO THEY ARE OUR DATA SHARING PARTNER. SO THEY HAVE, UH, UH, INVESTMENTS THAT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE TO BE ABLE TO TRACK. WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED A PRIVATE DONATION THAT'S GONNA FUND AN EXTERNAL EVALUATION COMPONENT. UM, SO WE HAVE $150,000 WE'RE GOING TO USE FOR THAT. UH, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IN DR. MARTHA CANTOR FROM THE COLLEGE PROMISE CAMPAIGN IN DC. UM, AND SO WHAT SHE EMPHASIZED TO US IS THE NEED, JUST LIKE IN TENNESSEE, TO ACTUALLY HAVE EXTERNAL EVALUATION FROM THE FRONT END, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THE EFFICACY OF THE PROGRAM AND TO ALSO BE ABLE TO SHOW, UM, THE R O I FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR STUDENTS. SO WE'LL BE ISSUING AN R F P FOR THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. OKAY. GREAT. THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO, UH, I THINK LORI, YOU WERE ASKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK INITIALLY, UH, ON THIS. AND SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE COUNTY PARTICIPATE AS WELL. UM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO KIND OF CHALLENGE ONE ANOTHER, THE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE SOURCES YOU PRESENTED, I THINK I, I'VE BEEN CLEAR, I'D LIKE TO SEE A MIX OF THAT TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME SORT OF DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE FOR IT. AND IF WE CAN'T, PERHAPS THERE'S A DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE CAN FIND FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDING OUT OF THE, THE GENERAL, UH, FUND RIGHT NOW. UM, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE WE PASSED THIS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. THE, THE STATE PASSED SOME OF THAT LEGISLATION ON US, SO IT'S A, IT'S A DIFFERENT DAY THAN IT WAS WHEN I WAS FIRST ON, ON THE COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. CHANCELLOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION AND, UH, GREAT NUMBERS. UH, I, I'VE HEARD THIS R O I TALKED ABOUT A LOT. THAT IS FANTASTIC. AND IT, IT REALLY DOES LOOK GOOD AND, AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THIS. I TOTALLY SUPPORT IT, BUT WHAT DOES IT ALWAYS COME DOWN TO? WHERE'S THE MONEY COME FROM MM-HMM. . AND WHO'S GONNA FUND THIS PROGRAM? YOU, YOU, I, I GOT A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. YOU MENTIONED, UM, BENCHMARKING, AND YOU MENTIONED DALLAS. DO THEY, THEY HAVE A SIMILAR PROGRAM LIKE THAT IN DALLAS? UH, YES. UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THEY DO, THEY'VE BEEN, THIS IS THEIR FOURTH YEAR FOR THE PROMISE PROGRAM. OKAY. UH, TENNESSEE, AS COUNCILMAN ELIAS MENTIONED, HAS BEEN IN IT SINCE 2012. OKAY. AND, UH, WHEN YOU, DID YOU DO BENCHMARKING [02:10:01] WITH THEM? DID YOU, UM, GET THEIR DATA AND THEIR STATISTICS? YOU SAID IT'S ALL PRIVATE FUNDED, IT'S NOT, UH, COMING FROM THE CITY OR ANYTHING. UH, DALLAS IS ALL PRIVATELY FUNDED. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES WITHIN THE US. UH, SO THEY'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO DO THAT. WE DO HAVE THEIR BENCHMARKS. THEY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH DALLAS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO US AT NO COST. UM, SO THE PROJECTIONS IN BOTH IN ENROLLMENT, THE PROJECTIONS BY SECTOR FOR A NUMBER OF GRADUATES, THAT'S COMING FROM AN ALGORITHM THAT, UH, THAT THEY'VE, UH, GIVEN US AS PART OF OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT. THEY'VE MET WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS. WE'VE GONE UP TO DALLAS, THEY'VE FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS FOR US, AND THAT IS ALL, UM, AT NO COST, UM, TO ALAMO OR TO ANYBODY LOCALLY. OKAY. AND THAT ALGORITHM, YOU SHOW A LIST OF COLLEGES THAT YOU'RE, I MEAN, HIGH SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE STARTING WITH. YES. UH, IS THAT ASSUMING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS GOING THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM OR SOME PERCENTAGE? THAT'S, UH, ASSUMING ABOUT 33%. SO IN PHASE ONE, WE HAVE CLOSE TO 9,000 STUDENTS, AND WE ASSUME ABOUT OVER 3000 WOULD PARTICIPATE. PHASE TWO, IT'S A LIKE, UM, ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT. SO 33%, ABOUT A THIRD WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TWO PHASES. OKAY. AND THAT'S BASED UPON, UH, PER YOUR QUESTION, THAT'S BASED UPON, UH, WHAT DALLAS HAS SEEN. SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH THAT, WE'LL HAVE A BASELINE, THINGS WILL BE EVEN MORE PREDICTABLE THAN THEY ARE NOW. SO ONLY ABOUT 30, 30% OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS COMING OUT PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM THERE IN DALLAS? UH, THIR, UM, YES. 30 TO 40%. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT NO, SIR. OKAY. UM, SO COLLEGE ISN'T FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? UM, COLLEGE, UH, AS AN EDUCATOR, AS A HIGHER ED, I'D SAY THAT WE WOULD WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CREDENTIAL. OKAY. POST HIGH SCHOOL. BUT YEAH, EVEN THE STATISTICS SAY NOT EVERYBODY GOES TO COLLEGE AND WE'RE ONLY SEEKING TO TAKE IT UP TO 70%. OKAY. YES SIR. ALRIGHT. UM, SO LOOKING AT THIS, UH, PRIVATE VERSUS YOUR OWN FUNDING, EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU'RE A TAXING DISTRICT, RIGHT? AND THAT COMES OUTTA YOUR, UH, OUT OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES, AS YOU SAID. AND WHY, WHY NOT TAKE THIS EXTRA MONEY THAT YOU'RE SHOWING THE 11 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY AND 11 MILLION FROM THE CITY? WHY NOT GIVE THAT? WHY NOT JUST RAISE YOUR TAXES TO BRING IT IN TO, UH, FUND THIS WHOLE PROGRAM? SO WE'RE LOOKING, UH, TWO THINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL IS IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY, UH, COUNCIL. THAT'S ONE CITY LEGAL COUNCIL. THE SECOND PART IS JUST THE SCALE OF THE ENDEAVOR AND LOOKING AT IT BEING A COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY, UM, IS JUST WHETHER THAT WOULD BE, UH, ABLE TO HAVE THAT LIFT OVER TIME WITHIN YEAR ONE OR YEAR TWO TO BE ABLE TO RESOURCE THE INITIATIVE. AND I THINK LOOKING AT A PARTNERSHIP ASPECT, THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY CRITICAL TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS, BUT ALSO PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO STAND IT UP AND ALSO ABLE TO SUSTAIN IT OVER TIME. I'M JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, DALLAS, THEY HAVE ALL PRIVATE FUNDED. YES. BUT YOU'RE SHOWING, UH, A COMMITMENT FROM YOURS ON THE, UH, UH, ALAMO COLLEGE'S FOUNDATION AND ALAMO COLLEGE'S GRANT AID, AND THEN A HUGE PELL GRANT. UM, ARE THOSE ALL GUARANTEED ACROSS ALL FIVE YEARS? UM, YES. SO LOOKING AT THOSE FORECASTS, SO PRIVATE, WE ALREADY HAVE BOTH COMMITTED AND IN FLIGHT, UM, THAT AMOUNT OF THE 4.4 WE PROJECT THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO RAISE, UH, 15 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS. SO 5 MILLION OR 4.4 IN THE FIRST FIVE, AND THEN THE REMAINING AMOUNT, UH, TO FINANCE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. AND WE FEEL CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE ALAMO COLLEGE'S GRANT, IT'S CALLED THE TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATION GRANT, THAT IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE FROM THE STATE. NOTHING COMES FROM AUSTIN FOR THAT. THAT'S ACTUALLY A TUITION AMOUNT THAT WE SET ASIDE. AND SO WE HAVE COMMITTED AND WE'LL ALLOCATE THAT AMOUNT TO GRANT, UH, FOR STUDENTS IN PROMISE. AND THEN THE 88.6 IS OUR FORECAST OF NEED-BASED STUDENTS QUALIFYING FOR NEED-BASED FEDERAL AID. AND SO THAT ALSO, LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST IS FAIRLY ACCURATE. UM, THERE MAY BE A DEVIATION, STANDARD DEVIATION ABOVE OR BELOW, BUT TO GIVE YOU THE SENSE OF THE MAGNITUDE, UM, THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. UM, SO YOU WOULD SEE THEN 99,000,088 FROM FEDERAL NEED-BASED AID THAT WE WOULD COMMIT THE 11 MILLION IN THE FIRST, UH, FOUR YEARS. UM, WE'VE ALSO STAFFED UP TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT 4.45 MILLION THE FIRST, UH, FIVE YEARS, AND THEN THE REMAINING, UM, 9 MILLION IN THE NEXT [02:15:01] FIVE YEARS. SO THAT, THAT COMES WITH STAFF SUPPORT FROM OUR END IN ADDITION TO THE ADDITIONAL, UM, ENROLLMENT AND SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUT OF THE $362 MILLION BUDGET. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAD TO, YOU COULD, YOU COULD INCREASE YOUR, UH, TAXES ON PROPERTY TAXES TO MAKE UP THAT 11 FOR THE CITY, OR 22 MILLION FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY. UH, NOT TO THAT SCALE COUNCILMAN AND WHY? UM, ONE WOULD BE THE ROLLBACK AND THE OTHER WOULD BE WE, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SCALE IT UP TO COMPENSATE FOR THE 11 OR THE $12 MILLION OVERALL, 11 OR $22 MILLION. WHEN YOU MEAN SCALE IT UP, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, TO BE ABLE TO SCALE UP THE TAX RATE TO THAT, TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR PROMISE. OKAY. UM, NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH THE ROLLBACK. WITH THE ROLLBACK RATE. WITH THE ROLLBACK, YEAH. THAT'S COMING AS WELL. YES. UH, IT'S GONNA BE AFFECTING THE CITY AS WELL. YES, SIR. UH, AND THE COUNTY. SO, UM, YEAH, UH, THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE I HAVE THE CONCERN AT. YES, SIR. UM, AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S REALLY, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR 11 MILLION FROM THE CITY THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY CONFINES, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR 11 MILLION FROM THE COUNTY ALSO, WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY. SO REALLY, YOU'RE HITTING THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO TWICE. CORRECT. SO IN LOOKING AT IT, THE INTENT WAS TO ASK BOTH PUBLIC SECTOR JURISDICTIONS FOR EQUAL AMOUNT OF FINANCING. IF WE LOOK AT STUDENT FLOW, ACTUALLY 70% OF THE STUDENTS COVERED IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS RESIDE IN THE CITY AND 30% RESIDE IN THE COUNTY. OKAY. BUT THE PEOPLE WITHIN SAN ANTONIO ARE GONNA BE TAXED BOTH BY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO COVER THIS COST. UM, THE BEAR COUNTY TAXPAYERS RECEIVE BOTH OF THOSE BILLS IF THEY RESIDE IN THE CITY LIMITS. YES, SIR. RIGHT. OKAY. UM, THEN THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY ON PUBLIC SECTOR FUNDING AND PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING, YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOUR PROJECTIONS ARE SAYING IT CAN BE DONE, UH, WITHIN THE 10 YEARS. WHAT ABOUT BEYOND? IT WOULD ACTUALLY, YES. SO OUR INTENT WOULD BE ABLE TO SECURE THAT MONEY WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. UM, AND SO BEYOND THAT, WE WOULD THEN GO BACK OUT TO BE ABLE TO RAISE THAT BY YEAR TO START AGAIN IN YEAR SIX FOR YEARS 11 THROUGH 15. UH, WE KNOW THAT THINGS ALSO CHANGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES, AND SO THERE COULD BE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT WOULD BE, UM, THAT WOULD PROVIDE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR RESOURCING THE INITIATIVE. BUT, UM, I FEEL COMFORTABLE AND ALSO CONFIDENT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO RAISE, UH, $15 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO FINANCE IT FOR THE FIRST, UM, 10 YEARS. AND WE'RE ONLY, WE'RE NOT EVEN IN YEAR ONE YET. OKAY. BUT IF YOU CAN'T HIT THE MARKS IN THE PRIVATE FUNDING, ARE YOU GONNA BE COMING BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE? OR HOW WILL YOU MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE? WELL, THIS IS JUST, THIS IS A WINDOW OF WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING RIGHT NOW. IT'S A SNAPSHOT. AND SO, UM, LOOKING AT THE FIRST TWO LINES, I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT OF THOSE LINES ON THAT TABLE. ON SLIDE 34, UH, NEED-BASED AID, WE FORECASTED THAT AND LOOKING AT, UM, PREVIOUS AMOUNTS AND STUDENTS COMING IN AND THE PROFILE THAT THEY PRESENT. AND SO I THINK, UM, ALL THREE OF THOSE LINES ARE FAIRLY SECURE. THE FIRST THREE. SO IF YOU TAKE THAT CHART, UM, ON 34, AND YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY'S GONNA DO, BUT IF YOU, IF YOU DIDN'T GET THAT $11 MILLION FROM THE CITY OVER THAT PERIOD, UH, THAT WOULD LEAVE YOU $111 MILLION. WHAT, WHAT COULD YOU PROVIDE WITH THAT? WELL, WE'D RE HAVE TO RECALIBRATE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UH, THE WONDER OF A PROMISE PROGRAM IS THAT THE COMMUNITY'S ALL IN THAT IT'S A COLLECTIVE IMPACT STRATEGY. WHAT OCCURS IS THAT WHEN WE BEGIN TO ADD, UH, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS TO THE PROGRAM TO SAVE THEIR SEAT AND SIGN ON TO PROMISE, THEN YOU BEGIN TO SEE STUDENTS FALL OFF THROUGH ATTRITION, UM, OTHER COMMUNITIES. THAT'S WHY ALL COMMUNITIES, MOST COMMUNITIES ARE ALL IN WITH REGARD TO A PROMISE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEN IT DEMONSTRATES TO THE STUDENT THAT THERE'S A SENSE OF RECIPROCITY AND THE STUDENT IS UNDER THE COMMUNITY'S UNDERWRITING THAT INDIVIDUAL. SO, UM, IT COULD BE DONE DIFFERENTLY, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. AND IF WE'RE GONNA ACHIEVE THE DELTA, THEN WE WOULD NEED SOMETHING OF A GREATER MAGNITUDE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE CONFRONT. OR YOU, THE, THE, THE, UH, PROMISE COULD BE SCALED BACK A LITTLE BIT, WHERE 95% OF THE, [02:20:01] OF THE, UH, IF YOU WANNA CALL 'EM LOANS OR THE COST FOR GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM WOULD BE COVERED AND THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH A 5%. I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU COULD STRUCTURE IT THAT WAY AS WELL. RIGHT? UM, THERE COULD BE ALL SORTS OF WAYS THAT WE COULD RESOURCE IT. THIS IS, THIS IS THE OPTION COUNCILMEN THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO FOR YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR CONSIDERATION. SO TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. WHAT'S THEIR SKIN IN THE GAME? UM, SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND SO YOU HAVE, UH, POSED THAT EARLIER, UH, SKIN IN THE GAME. SO THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE THEIR SEAT AND GO THROUGH THE WHOLE ADMISSIONS PROCESS. UM, THEY HAVE TO GO TO ONE OF THE HIGH TECH, HIGH WAGE DEMAND BOOTCAMPS TO BE ABLE TO EITHER EXPLORE OR AFFIRM CAREER CHOICE IF THEY NEED SOME SUPPORT. UH, MOST STUDENTS DO, PARTICULARLY IN MATH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM THAT'S ALL REQUIRED. THEY HAVE TO THEN ENROLL FOR A MINIMUM OF NINE HOURS. THEY HAVE TO DO THAT AT, UH, 2.0 OR ABOVE. IF THEY ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD PLACE THEM ON PROBATION. IF THEY'RE UNSUCCESSFUL THE SECOND SEMESTER, THEN WE WOULD, UH, THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE A PROMISED SCHOLAR. THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK PRIVATE PAY. UM, SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE, THE OTHER PART IS THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A WORKPLACE-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE WHILE THEY'RE ENROLLED WITH US. SO, I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREVIOUS COSTS? THAT THEY PUT IT, THAT THEY WERE PAID IF THEY WERE, IF THEY WERE NOT ONLY IF THEY FLUNKED OUT OR WHATEVER, THEY WERE SUSPENDED. YEAH. YEAH. YES, SIR. OKAY. AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE SEMESTERS BELOW 2.0, THEY WOULD NOT BE IN GOOD ACADEMIC STANDING. SO IF THEY WERE A PROMISED SCHOLAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THAT BACK. IF THEY'RE ON FINANCIAL AID, THEY'RE RECEIVING, UH, PART OF THAT $88 MILLION. THOSE ARE CURRENT FINANCIAL AID REQUIREMENTS. A STUDENT HAS TO PAY IT BACK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ENDOWMENTS, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY PROGRAM LIKE THAT NOW? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS GO ON, THEY GET JOBS, THEY GO ON TO UNIVERSITIES, GET JOBS AFTER THAT AND, AND I KNOW I GIVE BACK TO MY UNIVERSITY YES, SIR. TEXAS A AND M AND, UH, I'M PROUD TO DO THAT BECAUSE I, I CHERISH THAT, THAT EDUCATION. AND DO Y'ALL HAVE A PROGRAM LIKE THAT AT ALL? YES. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE, SO, UH, MISS, UH, SHEILA MARLOW DE IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR FOUNDATION. SHE'S BEEN WITH US A YEAR. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE 10 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING A MILE A MINUTE IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ASK FROM PRIVATE FUNDERS AND CORPORATIONS. UM, AND SO WE HAVE $35 MILLION IN ASSETS RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT ARE UTILIZED, THAT'S UTILIZED OR WOULD BE NOT ONLY FOR PROMISE, BUT ACTUALLY FOR THE OTHER 50,000 STUDENTS THAT WE COVER. SO THIS IS ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR, FIRST TIME IN COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUT WE ALSO WANNA BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WORKING ADULTS AND, UH, CURRENT STUDENTS FACE. SO WE'VE ALSO, UH, WE'LL ADD FIVE ADDITIONAL, UH, FOLKS WITHIN OUR ADVANCEMENT OFFICE THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK NOT ONLY ON PRIVATE GIFTS, BUT ALSO ON ALUMNI. WE WANNA ENSURE THAT ALUMNI GIVE BACK. WE WANNA ENSURE THAT THOSE 19,000 NET NEW PROMISE SCHOLARS THAT THEY DEVELOP THAT SENSE OF LOYALTY AND RECIPROCITY AND SO THAT THEY GIVE BACK AS WELL. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE ALUMNI? WE'RE STANDING THAT UP RIGHT NOW. THE COLLEGES, UH, MOST OF THE COLLEGES DO HAVE THAT, BUT WE'RE SEEKING TO ENHANCE THAT SUPPORT SERVICE SO THAT, UH, WE CAN DO THAT AT SCALE. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. WELL, I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. I, I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. YES, SIR. AND I KNOW THE MAYOR SAID A WHILE AGO, WELL, LET'S JUST GO, GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. UH, I'VE GOT A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AS WELL. UH, I THINK WE NEED TO STUDY THIS VERY CLOSELY ON ALL THE POTS OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO SEE IF WE CAN, NUMBER ONE, AFFORD IT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT THIS, UH, STATE MANDATE COMING DOWN ABOUT THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, UH, UH, BUSINESS COMING DOWN THIS NEXT BUDGET YEAR, IN FACT. SO, UM, I'M NOT FOR TAKING IT OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND, AND HERE'S WHY. I'VE GOT RESIDENTS UP THERE IN DISTRICT 10 THAT WOULD SAY, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS MONEY GOING INTO MORE POLICE OFFICERS FOR ADDITIONAL PROTECTION, OR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MONEY GOING INTO GETTING MY STREET REPAVED. MM-HMM. OR DRAINAGE OR BETTER LIBRARY SYSTEM. A, A, A BIGGER PART WITH MORE AMENITIES IN IT. THOSE ARE WHAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT'S IN THIS GREEN BOOK. AND, UM, UH, I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF REFERENCES IN THIS GREEN BOOK THAT'S OUR CHARTER THAT TALKS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR, OUR CITIZENS HERE. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THIS BOOK IS ABOUT OUR CORE SERVICES. AND I WOULD, [02:25:02] I WOULD HOPE THAT WE DON'T BACK OFF FROM THOSE CORE SERVICES AND DEGRADE THOSE AT THE EXPENSE OF THIS. NOT SAYING, THIS IS A BAD PROGRAM. I, I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. MM-HMM. , IT'S WHERE IS THAT MONEY GONNA COME FROM? AND I'M GONNA BE VERY SKEPTICAL AND LEERY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, LET'S JUST PULL SOME MORE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MANY YEARS. UH, FUNDING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE EXPENSE OF POLICE, FIRE ROADS, DRAINAGE, PARKS, THAT KIND OF THING. SO, UM, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STAFF COMING UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE COULD AFFORD THIS FROM A CITY LEVEL. BUT, UM, YEAH, I GOT REAL CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. JUST SAYING, WELL, WE'LL MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT AND PUT IT IN THE, PUT IT AS ANOTHER REQUIREMENT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND. UM, I KNOW MY RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT 10 WOULD NOT RANK THIS VERY HIGH IN THE ESSAY. SPEAK UP WHENEVER WE PUT THIS THING OUT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR PRIORITIES FOR CITY FUNDS, YOUR TAX DOLLARS, WHAT'S YOUR PRIORITIES? I I CAN TELL YOU WHERE THIS WOULD END UP ON THAT LIST OF PRIORITIES. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, UH, THE CITY STAFF COMES UP WITH. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. HAU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'LL BE BRIEF. UM, I, UM, JUST WANNA TELL YOU, I FULLY SUPPORT ALAMO PROMISE. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE LONG TERM CHANGES TO COME IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTMENT. OF COURSE, UM, I BELIEVE IT HAS A POTENTIAL TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO OUR CITY, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. LIKE MANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, MANY OF US IN THE DIOCESE HAVE PERSONAL CONNECTION TO A C C D. I'VE, UH, TAUGHT, UM, AT NORTHWEST VISTA, I TAUGHT CRIMINAL AND BUSINESS LAW. MY HUSBAND BEGAN HIS HIGHER EDUCATION AT PALO ALTO. SO WE ALL HAVE THESE DEEP CONNECTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THOSE, UM, CONNECTIONS BEING, UM, FURTHERED AND, AND STRENGTHENED IN DISTRICT SIX. I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT JN HOLMES WILL, AND THEN WARREN AND MY ALMA MATER TAFT WILL BE PART OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM. I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROGRAM IS SUSTAINABLE. SO I WILL JUST EMPHASIZE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE CREATIVE, UH, FUNDING SOURCES AND, AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE DIVERSIFYING OUR RESOURCES. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHANCELLOR. I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, HARVARD TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE. ALRIGHT. UH, AND TO OUR CITY STAFF, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, WELL LET, LET, LEMME JUST MAKE SOME FINAL COMMENTS AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ONE ITEM, THEN COME BACK OUT FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. I APOLOGIZE, UH, FOR THAT, GIVEN SOME SCHEDULES UP HERE. UH, BUT, BUT AGAIN, UM, THE QUESTION IS, PRIORITIES SHOW ME A MORE IMPORTANT PRIORITY THAN MAKING SURE THE NEXT GENERATION OF SAN ANTONIANS HAS THE PROPER SKILLSET AND EDUCATION TO FILL THE JOBS THAT WE ALREADY KNOW HAS BECOME A WIDENING GAP. UH, THE DIFFICULTY WILL BE IN FINDING THE FUNDS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITIES, UH, WHEN WE ALLOCATE FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH, NEXT DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AND OPTIONS TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. THE TIME IS NOW 4:42 PM ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2019. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY LEGAL ISSUES RELATED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LITIGATION INVOLVING CITY PURSUANT INVOLVING THE CITY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. THE TIME IS NOW 5 28 AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION. ITEM NUMBER TWO, BRIEFING ON THE PROCUREMENT OF A RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, R M S FOR THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. SO OUR SECOND ITEM, AND I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF MCMANUS, UH, AND, UH, CAPTAIN KAREN FOX. THIS IS A, UM, A BRIEFING ON THE PROCUREMENT OF A NEW RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK, UH, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR ABOUT THE SOLICITATION OF THIS EFFORT. IT IS A HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT. THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THIS CONTRACT BEGAN BEFORE COUNSEL MADE CHANGES TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS. UH, AND, UH, I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRIEF THE COUNCIL, UH, TODAY IN ADVANCE OF THE FULL A SESSION HEARING [02:30:01] THAT'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. SO WE ADDED IT TO TODAY'S AGENDA. IT'S NOT A VERY LONG PRESENTATION, BUT THE CHIEF AND KAREN WILL WALK THROUGH, UH, THE POST SOLICITATION PROCESS, UH, THE SCORING, UH, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION, UH, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO US AND MANY OF YOU HAVE PROVIDED, HAVE GONE ALONG ON, ON RIDE-ALONGS WITH POLICE OFFICERS. UH, THIS IS HOW THEY DO THEIR WORK. THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THE FIELD REPORT ENTRY SYSTEM IS, IS, IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, WORK THAT OFFICERS DO IN THEIR VEHICLES. UM, AND, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL SHARE HOW WE INVOLVE OFFICERS, PATROL OFFICERS IN THE EVALUATION OF THIS PROCESS AND WHAT SOME OF THE BENEFITS ARE THAT WE EXPECT. CHIEF DEREK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING. UM, SO BEFORE WE, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE BEEN BRIEFED, OR AT LEAST YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN BRIEFED WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BY, UH, BY JOE FRANK AND CAPTAIN FAS AND, AND I THINK MARIA WAS WITH THEM. UM, SO I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THIS AGAIN, UH, FAIRLY, UH, HIGH LEVEL. AND, UH, I'LL DO THE FIRST FIVE SLIDES. KAREN WILL, UH, CAPTAIN FOX WILL PICK IT UP IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN I'LL CLOSE IT OUT AT THE END. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, WHAT IS, IT SAYS WHY REPLACE R M S? LET'S TALK ABOUT, JUST FOR A SECOND, WHAT IS R M S? SO, R M S OR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR THE STORAGE, THE RETENTION, AND THE ARCHIVING OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO A POLICE REPORT. IT'S A, IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WE'VE HAD OUR CURRENT SYSTEM SINCE 2009. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF UPGRADES OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S FINALLY TIME BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED CAPABILITY OF, OF WHAT'S REQUIRED GOING FORWARD OF THIS CURRENT R M SS A F R SYSTEM, UH, WE'VE GOT TO, UM, PURCHASE A NEW, UH, A NEW, UH, UH, R M S. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE OUR PRIORITIES FOR R M S? WHAT DO WE NEED IN AN R M S? IT'S GOT TO BE BRS COMPLIANT. UH, IF WE, WE REPORT OUR CRIME, UH, IN A, IN A U C R FORMAT, A UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING FORMAT. AND AT AT LEAST, UH, THOSE OF YOU ON A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE HAVE HEARD US TALK ABOUT U C R. WELL, WE ARE RE WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, BY JANUARY, 2021, WE'RE REQUIRED TO BE BRS COMPLIANT, AND THAT MEANS WE'VE GOTTA REPORT OUR CRIME IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY. THE CURRENT R M SS DOES NOT ALLOW US TO DO THAT. IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE. SO WE'VE GOT TO GO WITH A NEW SYSTEM. UM, THE R M S AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OFFICER AVAILABILITY TIME AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. THIS A, A NEW R M S THE ONE THAT WE'VE GOT OUR EYE ON, UH, WHICH WILL BE, UH, PRESENTED TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, THIS WILL REDUCE THE RE THE NUMBER OF, UH, UH, THE, UH, LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT TAKES OFFICERS TO WRITE THE REPORT. I THINK IT, I THINK THAT THE TIME IS, UH, IT TAKES AVERAGE OF 39 MINUTES NOW AND IT'LL BE REDUCED TO AN AVERAGE OF 19 MINUTES WITH THE NEW, UH, WITH THE NEW R M S. THIS IS A COMPLETELY INTEGRATED SYSTEM. UH, IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF OFFICERS HAVING TO SIGN INTO, UH, UH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, ONE LOGIN IS ALL TO BE REQUIRED FOR THIS SYSTEM TO INTEGRATE WITH THE OTHER ONES THAT THEY NEED TO USE THE SOLICITATE SOLICITATION TIMELINE. UH, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS TIMELINE REAL QUICK. UH, WE BRIEFED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IN JANUARY. WE ISSUED THE R F P IN MARCH. WE RECEIVED SEVERAL SEVEN PROPOSALS BY THE DUE DATE, WHICH WAS IN MAY. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE REDUCED THE SEVEN TO FOUR IN JUNE. SITE VISITS WE DID IN JULY, CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND DEMOS IN AUGUST. THE FINAL SCORING WAS DONE IN SEPTEMBER. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED IN OCTOBER. AND THIS MONTH, AS I JUST MENTIONED, IT'LL GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, THESE ARE THE, THESE WERE THE SEVEN RESPONDENTS WHO REPLIED TO THE RFPS. UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE FROM, UH, THE, THE, THE 1, 2, 3, 4. THE FOUR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, OF THE SLIDE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE THE FINALISTS. THE OTHER TWO, UH, OR THE OTHER THREE WERE, UM, DISQUALIFIED FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK KAREN TO WALK, UH, TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN ABOUT THE, UH, HOW THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE DID THEIR WORK AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT. THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. SO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEES WERE SEPARATED INTO AN EXECUTIVE SCORING COMMITTEE AND A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. THERE WERE 13 MEMBERS ON THE EXECUTIVE SCORING COMMITTEE. NINE WERE FROM SS A P D, AND THREE OF THOSE OFFICERS WERE CHOSEN, THANK YOU, SORRY, BY THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. THREE MEMBERS WERE FROM I T S D AND ONE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. [02:35:01] THERE WERE NINE MEMBERS COMPRISED ON THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, SEVEN FROM SS A P D AND TWO FROM I T S D. WE ALSO UTILIZED AN END USER GROUP OF 75 POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH CONSISTED OF SERGEANTS, DETECTIVES AND OFFICERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. THEY PARTICIPATED IN A LIVE USER TESTING EXPERIENCE WITH EACH OF THE FOUR LISTED VENDORS. THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE SCORING AND THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES ON SPECIFIC FEATURES OF EACH OF THE FOUR SHORTLISTED SOLUTIONS. MEMBERS OF OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE THEN TRAVELED TO THESE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, UH, TO SEE THE FOUR SHORTLISTED SOLUTIONS FULLY DEPLOYED IN A LIVE ENVIRONMENT. AND THEY WENT TO THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WHO CURRENTLY UTIL UTIL UTILIZES THE NICHE. R M SS BEXAR COUNTY STARTED THEIR R M SS PROJECT IN 2015 AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THAT SOLUTION. THE FORT WORTH POLICE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY UTILIZES TRITECH FOR THEIR R M SS. THEY ARE REPORTING NEIGHBORS, BUT IT IS A PARTIALLY MANUAL PROCESS THAT THEIR RECORDS UNIT PERSONNEL HAVE TO, TO TO, TO MANUALLY DO THAT PROCESS FOR THEM. THE TEMPLE POLICE DEPARTMENT USES INTERGRAPH HEXAGON FOR THEIR R M S. THEY ALSO ARE BRS REPORTING, BUT IT IS A FULLY MANUAL PROCESS THAT THEIR RECORDS UNIT HAS TO PERFORM. THE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS MARK 43 AS THEIR R M S. THEY ARE ALSO REPORTING BRS AND IT IS A COMPLETELY AUTOMATED PROCESS THROUGH THEIR R M SS. THE EVALUATION CRITERIA WAS BASED ON 100 POINTS AS FOLLOWS, 35 FOR THE PROPOSED PLAN. 30 FOR THE EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND AND QUALIFICATIONS OF THE VENDOR. 10 POINTS FOR TECHNICAL, 10 POINTS FOR LOCAL PREFERENCE, 10 POINTS FOR PRICING, AND FIVE FOR VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS. THIS IS THE INITIAL SCORING MATRIX MATRIX. IT DEPICTS THE SEVEN VENDORS AND EIGHT SOLUTIONS AS ONE OF THE VENDOR. OPTIMUM SUBMITTED TWO, UH, OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. AFTER THE, THE INITIAL SCORING, THE COMMITTEE SHORTLISTED THE SEVEN VENDORS DOWN TO FOUR, THE EXECUTIVE SCORING COMMITTEE AND THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE SCORED THE FOUR SHORTLIST LISTED VENDORS SEPARATELY. BOTH COMMITTEES REACHED THE SAME RESULT. MARK 43 AND NICHE FINISHED AS THE TOP TWO. AND FROM THIS POINT, I'LL FOCUS ON THOSE TWO VENDORS. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE EVALUATION SCORES, MARK 43 AND NICHE BOTH EARN THE SAME SCORE FOR EXPERIENCE, BACKGROUND, AND QUALIFICATIONS. BOTH VENDORS ARE WELL QUALIFIED IN THE R M S BUSINESS AND HAVE EXPERIENCE DEPLOYING WITH MAJOR CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS. HOWEVER, ON THE PROPOSED PLAN, MARK 43 DISTINGUISHED ITSELF AS THE TOP SOLUTION FOR MANY REASONS, AND WE'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AND A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THE TWO VENDORS. SO IF YOU REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION THAT CHIEF, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF OUR R M S AS WE BEGAN THIS PROJECT. AND ONE WAS THAT WE WANTED A WEB-BASED SOLUTION. AND THAT'S WHAT MARK 43 IS. IT'S CLOUD NATIVE, 100% WEB-BASED, WHICH MEANS THAT IT IS DEVICE AGNOSTIC AND IT CAN BE DEPLOYED ON ANY DEVICE THAT CAN ACCESS THE INTERNET. WE CAN USE IT ON A DESKTOP, A LAPTOP, A TABLET, EVEN YOUR PHONE. AND YOU CAN SEE NICHE IS WEB-BASED, BUT THROUGH A CLIENT THAT WE HAVE TO INSTALL ON THE DESKTOP OR THE LAPTOP. MUCH LIKE THE SOLUTION WE HAVE NOW, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. UH, MARK 43 HAS A MUCH MORE ROBUST FIELD-BASED REPORTING CAPABILITY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE OFFICERS ACTUALLY WRITE THEIR REPORTS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA GET THAT REDUCTION IN REPORT WRITING TIME FOR OUR OFFICERS. UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT MARK 40 THREE'S WEB-BASED, UH, THERE'LL BE MINIMAL DOWNTIME FOR UPGRADES AND UPDATES, UH, WITH NICHE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE, THERE WILL BE DOWNTIME, WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE IT COMPLETELY, UH, OFFLINE FOR THE UPDATES AND THE UPGRADES. MARK 43 IS A PREFERRED NYS SOLUTION. AND BY THAT I MEAN MARK 43 [02:40:02] ANTICIPATED THE BRS TRANSITION AT THE TIME THAT THE R M SS WAS BUILT AND COMPLETELY AUTOMATED THE BRS REPORTING THROUGH A REBO, A ROBUST RULES ENGINE AND HIDDEN LOGIC WITHIN THE SOLUTION. AND WITH MARK 43, THE CURRENT TEAM THAT WE HAVE NOW WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINMENT. AND WITH NICHE, WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, COMPLETELY DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE TEAM, UH, FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINMENT. THE EXECUTIVE SCORING COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED, UH, THE CUSTOMER'S, UM, FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM, UH, SEVERAL OTHER CLIENTS, INCLUDING SEATTLE PD AND WASHINGTON DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND WE ALSO CONSIDERED, UH, THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE SAW IN BOSTON, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST ONE SECOND. SO DUE TO ALL OF THESE REASONS, UH, THAT'S WHY WE SELECTED MARK 43 AS THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW R M S VENDOR. OKAY, I'M READY. OKAY, SO NO BACK ONE, SORRY. MM-HMM. . SO, UM, THESE ARE THE MAJOR CITY DEPLOYMENTS, UH, THAT MARK 43 THAT ARE CURRENTLY USING MARK 43 SOLUTION. WASHINGTON DC WAS THE FIRST MAJOR CITY DEPLOYMENT FOR MARK 43 IN 2015. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ABOUT 14,000 USERS ON THEIR R M S SOLUTION THERE. BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE MOST RECENT MAJOR CITY DEPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019 WITH JUST OVER 2000 USERS ON THEIR R M S SOLUTION. AND I MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT. MARK 43 WAS ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THAT SOLUTION, UH, IN 10 MONTHS IN BOSTON, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. UH, THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE AGENCIES THAT OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE VISITED DURING OUR SITE VISITS, UH, BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS THE MOST RECENT DEPLOYMENT, AND THAT WAS IN MAY OF 2019 WITH 1300 USERS. AND TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, SS A P D HAS APPROXIMATELY 2,400 USERS, UH, OF OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHIEF MCMANUS. GOOD JOB, KAREN. THANK YOU, KAREN. ALRIGHT, LET'S TO CLOSE THIS OUT, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE, UH, OF THE SYSTEM. I MENTIONED IT EARLIER THAT IT, IT WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF O OF TIME THAT OFFICERS SPEND WRITING REPORTS BY OVER HALF, AND IT ALSO, IT, IT, IT INTEGRATES WITH THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT OFFICERS HAVE TO SIGN INTO. THAT'LL BE ONE SIGN IN, NOT MULTIPLE SIGN-INS WHEN THEY'RE USING THE SYSTEM. WHEN A DETECTIVE IS INVESTIGATING A CASE, WHEN THEY PULL UP THE, THE CASE ON THE COMPUTER, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY LINK IT TO THE BODY CAM AND THE IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY TIME SEARCHING FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THOSE VIDEOS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE CASE. AND THEN IT HAS CUSTOMIZABLE REPORTING S UH, FEATURES, WHICH COMES IN HANDY WHEN, UH, WE SWITCH OVER TO NEIGHBORS. UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE TO DO AN UPGRADE TO OUR CURRENT SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO SHUT THE SYSTEM DOWN AND WE ALWAYS WIND UP DOING THAT ON A FOUR O'CLOCK OR FIVE O'CLOCK ON A SUNDAY MORNING WHEN IT'S LEAST BUSY WITH THIS SYSTEM, WE WON'T HAVE TO SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S WEB-BASED, JUST LIKE YOU GET A GET AN UPGRADE, UH, ON YOUR IPHONE. UM, THIS IS THE WAY IT HAPPENS WITH THE, UH, WITH THE R M S AND THEN, UM, UH, THE SEAMLESS INFORMATION SHARING, ANY, ANY, ANY AGENCY THAT WE NEED TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH, WE CAN DO IT OVER THE WEB. SO IT'S SEAMLESS IN THAT RESPECT AS WELL. THE PROJECT COST, UH, 4.9 MILLION FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. THE INITIAL COST IS 3.8 WITH AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE OF 277,000. THE, UH, EXPECTED GO LIVE DATE IS NOVEMBER, 2020. UM, NBRS, UH, U C R SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY, UH, DECEMBER 1ST, 2020. AND THEN THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS JANUARY 1ST, 2021. UM, UH, FOR THE AUTOMATIC OR FOR THE BRS, UH, REQUIREMENT, WE WILL HAVE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH MARK 43. AND THEN AGAIN, THE, UH, THE, UH, THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION WILL BE PUT FORTH TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. AND THAT COMPLETES THE PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS STARTING WITH COUNCILMAN VERAN. THANK YOU. UH, CAPTAIN FALK, I HAVE, UH, JUST SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON SLIDES NINE AND 10 ON NINE, YOU HAVE OPTIMUM UP THERE TWICE. YES. AND THEN ON THE FINAL FOUR THERE'S AN INTERGRAPH. [02:45:01] SO, UH, SO ONE IS IT, IS IT TYPO? IS THIS A TYPO? NO, SO OPTIMUM A ACTUALLY SUBMITTED TWO SOLUTIONS. OKAY. FOR, FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, UHHUH , AND THEY DID NOT MAKE THE FOUR SHORTLIST. SO, AND RAFT IS ACTUALLY HEXAGON INTERGRAPH HEXAGON. OH, OKAY. IS THE NAME OF THE COMPANY. OKAY. INTERGRAPH HEXAGON, YEAH. ALRIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. AND, AND THEN UM, ON SLIDE NUMBER 12, YOU TALKED, UM, YOU WENT TO THESE MAJOR DEPLOYMENTS, UH, 1300 USERS. HOW MANY ARE YOUR, OUR, OUR USERS? HOW MANY USERS WILL WE HAVE? WE HAVE ABOUT 20, I'M SORRY? WE HAVE ABOUT 2,400 USERS OF OUR OFFICE. SO THERE'LL BE 2,400 USERS? YES, CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, CHIEF YOU MENTIONED, OR NO, UH, CAPTAIN, YOU MENTIONED THE 2015, UM, THAT THE COUNTY HAD THEM HAD A NICHE IN 2015 R M SS, BUT THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING IT RIGHT NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? THEY BEGAN THEIR R M S PROJECT IN 2015 UHHUH AND THEY ARE NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED WITH, WITH THE SOLUTION. THEY ARE USING CER CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT FULLY IMPLEMENTED. OKAY. SO WHAT ARE THEY DOING THEN? SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE, UH, LIVE WITH THE FIELD-BASED REPORTING MODULE AND A PARTIAL OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT, A VERY BASIC PIECE OF THE CASE MANAGEMENT MODULE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THAT THEY'RE USING OF THE SYSTEM. OKAY. WHY, I MEAN, WHAT IS NOT WORKING COUNSEL? I'M NOT SURE THAT WE CAN ANSWER WHAT IS NOT OKAY. WHAT IS NOT OR WHY IT'S NOT, BUT WE JUST KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE LOOKED AT THE COUNTY AND A AGAIN, THEY STARTED IN 2015. UH, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE ONLY PARTS OF IT THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED. THE OTHER ONES, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE NOT. OKAY, BUT WAS THAT THE SAME PROPOSAL THAT THEY WERE SHOWING US THAT THEY GAVE TO THE COUNTY? YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT I, THAT I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME, UM, AS WELL AND JUST SHOWING ME SOME OF THE BASICS THAT YOU'LL BE DOING THAT AND THAT DURING THE EVALUATION, YOU TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE ALSO USING THE CURRENT, UM, LAPTOPS THAT OUR OFFICERS USE IN THEIR PATROL CARS RIGHT NOW, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. WHEN WE DID THE LIVE USER TESTING EXPERIENCE, UM, EACH OF THE VENDORS BROUGHT, UH, WITH THEM A LAPTOP THAT THE, OUR OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY USING IN THE VEHICLES AND THEN THE FUTURE, UM, UH, LAPTOPS THAT OUR OFFICERS WILL BE USING AS WELL. YES, CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN VIE COUNCILWOMAN, ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM. UH, CHIEF, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO R M S SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, HILBERT COUNTY CURRENTLY DOES USE R M S, BUT IT'S NOT FULLY INTEGRATED. CORRECT. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THEIR CONTRACT IS THROUGH BY ANY CHANCE? I DON'T MA'AM. OKAY. UH, AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ON SEVERAL THINGS, LIKE ON SLIDE 13 YOU MENTIONED THAT NICHE CONNECTS TO, UM, OR I'M SORRY, MARK 43 CONNECTS TO BODY WORN AND IN-CAMERA VIDEO. DOES THAT MEAN THAT, UH, NICHE DIDN'T? SO, UH, GOOD QUESTION. DID DO, DID THEY HAVE THAT KAREN, DO YOU KNOW COUNCILWOMAN THAT WOULD BE DONE THROUGH AN INTEGRATION, UH, BETWEEN THE R M S SYSTEM AND EVIDENCE.COM AND THROUGH OUR COBAN SYSTEM. SO THAT WOULD HAVE, WE, WE, WE COULD HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT INTEGRATION WITH NICHE. OKAY. UM, HAD WE GONE WITH THEM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO CURRENTLY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM, UH, WITH THE NEW R M S. SO IT COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY IF WE WENT WITH NICHE OR, UH, MARK 43, BOTH OF THEM WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. WOULD BOTH OF THEM BEEN ABLE TO DO CUSTOMIZABLE REPORTING FEATURES? I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO LIKE FIGURE OUT, I I I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR POINT AND I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I HADN'T SEEN THE, THE POINT SYSTEM WHEN I GOT BRIEFED, IT WAS KIND OF MORE GENERAL. AND SO NOW THAT I WAS LOOKING LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE MINIMAL DOWNTIME FOR SOFTWARE SYSTEMS UPDATE, WAS IT COMPARABLE OR DID WE GO WITH MARK 43 BECAUSE IT WAS LAST TIME LESS DOWNTIME? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. SO HAD WE GONE WITH NICHE, WE WOULD HAVE TO, HAD TO TAKE OUR SYSTEMS COMPLETELY DOWN AND, AND, AND, AND WE WOULD [02:50:01] HAVE TO STOP DOING BUSINESS, UM, BE BECAUSE OF THE DOWNTIME. OKAY. WITH THE MARK 43 SOLUTION THERE, THERE WILL BE NO DOWNTIME BECAUSE THOSE SYSTEMS ARE MADE IN THE CLOUD OR THOSE UPDATES, UH, ARE MADE IN THE CLOUD, SO THERE WOULD BE NO DOWNTIME. WHICH IS THAT LAST POINT. WHAT'S WHICH SAYS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S OVER A WEB INTERFACE, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? CORRECT. OKAY, GOT IT. AND THEN ON THE PROPOSAL PLAN, UM, I SAW ON THE INITIAL PROPOSAL PLAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT MADE MARK 43 SO GOOD OR, OR I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE NISH WAS ABOVE IN THE INITIAL, UH, EVALUATION, BUT THEN THE QUAL, YOU KNOW, BY, BY SIX POINTS. BUT THEN WHAT MADE MARK 43 INCREASE AND NICHE DECREASE? OKAY, SO FOR OUR INITIAL SCORING, OUR DECISIONS WERE BASED SOLELY ON THE PROPOSED PLAN OF EACH VENDOR, THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR BACKGROUND, THEIR REFERENCES, AND THE DUE DILIGENCE RESULTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE, UH, COMMITTEES FROM PROCUREMENT. AND THAT'S ALL WE LOOKED AT. AND BASED ON THOSE THINGS, UH, IS HOW THE, UH, INITIAL SCORING CAME OUT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE ON YOUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE, YOU HAVE, UM, SIX POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU HAVE THREE SPOA, IT LOOKS LIKE ONE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT THEN IT SAYS THAT THERE WAS A USER GROUP OF 75 POLICE OFFICERS. UH, AND I'M ASSUMING THESE WERE POLICE OFFICERS THAT USED THE SYSTEM EVERY DAY. THERE'S, THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF THE DIFFERENT SHIFTS AND EVERYTHING AND THE DIFFERENT SUBSTATIONS AND CORRECT. WE BROUGHT 'EM IN THROUGHOUT THE CITY FROM EACH SHIFT AND, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT USE THAT SYSTEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND TO INCLUDE DETECTIVES FROM FOLLOW UP UNITS, UH, WHO USE THE CASE MANAGEMENT, UH, PORTION. UH, SO, SO WE HAD A, UH, WIDE VARIETY OF OFFICERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO THE 75 POLICE OFFICERS, HOW ARE, HOW ARE THEY PICKED? LIKE HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHICH ONES? I, I I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE DO YOU JUST KIND OF LIKE BLIND TO EVERY NINTH POLICEMAN OR IS IT, HOW DO YOU PICK IT? SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE, UM, CALLED OUT TO THE SUBSTATIONS AND WE ALLOWED THE SUBSTATION COMMANDERS, UH, TO SEND, UH, THE OFFICERS THAT THEY CHOSE AND THEY SELECTED TO BE PART OF THAT USER EXPERIENCE. SO IF THERE WASN'T AN OFFICER THAT WOULD'VE VOLUNTEERED, THEN AT THAT POINT THE COMMANDER PROBABLY JUST ASKED FOR VOLUNTEERS OR JUST KIND OF SAID, YOU'RE GOING AND YOU'RE GOING TO TRY THE SYSTEM OUT. OR TYPICALLY IT WOULD BE A VOLUNTEER. OKAY. UM, PROCESS. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY SOME QUESTIONS. SURE. THANK YOU. UH, MAYOR . THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN JADA. ANDREW SULLIVAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, QUICK QUESTION. WHEN IT COMES TO THE LINK TO BODY WORN AND IN-CAR CAMERAS, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CAMERA IS NOT ON? HOW DOES THAT, WOULD IT REGISTER THAT IT'S NOT ON, HOW DOES THAT, THAT FEED, UM, GET NOTICED OR DOES IT RELATE BACK TO SAY THAT THE CAMERA'S NOT ON? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT NOW? THERE IS NO SOLUTION THAT ALERTS ANYONE THAT THE CAMERA'S NOT ON. WE DO A, A RANDOM AUDIT, UH, EVERY MONTH CHECKING ON, UM, UM, DIFFERENT VIDEOS. UH, AND THAT'S THE WAY WE COME ACROSS 'EM. OR IF WE GO TO CHECK ONE, IF YOU KNOW TO, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A COMPLAINT OR WHATEVER AND IT'S NOT ON, THAT'S HOW WE FIND OUT. SO THERE, THERE IS NO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AXON IS WORKING ON A SOLUTION THAT WOULD ALERT YOU OR IT WOULD DO SOME TYPE OF INVENTORY TO PROVIDE A REPORT OF WHICH, WHICH, UH, HERE WE GO. COUNCIL MAY, I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED. UH, WE DO HAVE AN AUDIT PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT OUR OFFICERS, OFFICERS ARE USING THE CAMERAS. IF THERE ARE NOT, THERE ARE, THERE'S A DISCIPLINE PROCESS AS WELL. SO, SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT, THAT IF THEY'RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR NON-ACTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS WITH THE MARK 43. WHEN IT COMES TO THE CUSTOMIZABLE REPORT FEATURES, I KNOW WE'RE REALLY DOING AN EMPHASIS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND MY QUESTION IS, WOULD THIS BE ABLE, OR WOULD THE SYSTEM BE ABLE TO KEEP A RECORD OF HOW MANY TIMES OR HOW MANY CALLS OR TO A SPECIFIC ADDRESS, UM, RELATED TO THAT SPECIFIC INCIDENT? AS FAR AS CUSTOMIZING IT? YES. AWESOME. AND THEN WITH THE PARTNER SHARING UPDATE, IS THAT THE SAME, UM, WOULD IT BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE INFORMATION [02:55:01] THAT WE HAVE TO SEND OVER FOR THE F B I NUMBERS AS IT REPORTS TO THE CRIME STATISTICS? UM, WOULD THAT BE WHAT IT'S SHARING OR IS THIS JUST WHAT LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OR OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS, IS THAT THE ONLY SHARING? WHAT KIND OF SHARING IS IT ACTUALLY DOING? WELL, IF, IF, IF WE NEEDED TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH ANOTHER AGENCY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH THE WEB. OKAY. AND, AND, AND I, I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION TO ASK. DOES IT, UM, GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO REPORT TO THE F B I? THE INFORMATION WILL BE YES. THAT'S THE COMPONENT? YES. SO THAT I KNOW IT'S UPDATING. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE DATE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THE NEW SYSTEM. SO 20 JANUARY, 20 21, 1. YES. SO THAT WOULD BE COMPLIANT WITH ALL OF THE, THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE COMING IN? YES, MA'AM. AWESOME. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCILMAN KAO. HDA. THANK YOU MAYOR. PRAYER. TIM, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NICHE, NICHE, AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? NICHE , I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT. NICHE, UM, IS NOT FULLY ONLINE AT THE COUNTY. UM, ASSUMING THAT THEY GET IT ONLINE EVENTUALLY, WOULD IT, WOULD IT MAKE OUR PROCESSES EASIER TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT CAN SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY AND, AND, AND ANSWER THAT, BUT ALSO DID IT, DID IT GET ANY POINTS FOR THAT IN THE, IN THE MATRIX? WELL, I MEAN, CLEARLY IT WOULD, IT WOULD, WELL THERE, THERE, THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF INTERFACE THAT COULD BE ESTABLISHED, WHETHER IT'S WITH NICHE OR NICE, WHATEVER IT'S PRONOUNCED, UH, OR WHETHER IT'S MARK. SO I, AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, UM, ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF, OF THE DECISION WHETHER THEY IT WOULD INTER INTERFACE WITH THE COUNTY OR NOT. BUT THERE WOULD BE SOME TYPE OF CONNECTION OR LINK THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH. AND COUNCILWOMAN TO ADD WHAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED, UH, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IS TO BE ABLE TO, AS WE BRIEF THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, TO FOLLOW THAT INDIVIDUAL WHO'S ARRESTED BY SS A P D AND FOLLOWS THE JUDICIAL PROCESS. UH, TRACK THOSE, UH, REPEAT OFFENDERS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH I T SS D AND AS PART OF THE SELECTION PROCESS IS THAT WE CAN BUILD THAT BRIDGE, IF YOU WILL, THAT INTERFACE WITH, WITH THE COUNTY THROUGH MARK 43. THERE'S A CAPABILITY THAT CAN BE DONE. UH, WE WILL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTY ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF MARK 43 IF APPROVED BY COUNSEL AND AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL PURSUE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, UH, CAPABILITY TO FOLLOW THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM ARREST TO THE, THE, TO THE JAIL SYSTEM. OKAY. SO THE MARK, UH, 43 DOES HAVE THAT CAPABILITY CURRENTLY, OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK ON AND ADJUST? AND I'M LOOKING AT KEVIN GOODWIN TO MAKE SURE I'M GONNA ANSWER IT CORRECTLY. YES, THEY DO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I, I'M GONNA BE SOMEWHAT REPETITIVE AND, AND REPEAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA'S, UM, QUESTION BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE ANSWER, BUT NOT SURE. AND THE INITIAL PROPOSAL. I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SURE I DO EITHER. OKAY. , WE'LL WORK THROUGH TOGETHER. CHIEF, UM, THE INITIAL PROPOSAL BETWEEN TRY, I'M SORRY, BETWEEN MARK 43 AND NIE HAD, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A POINT DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPOSED PLAN, AND THEN IN THE FINAL EVALUATION, THE PROPOSED PLAN HAD, YOU KNOW, SEVEN POINT DIFFERENCE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHY THERE WAS SUCH A BIG GAP FROM THE INITIAL TO THE, TO THE FINAL? UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, AND AS KAREN EXPLAINED, UM, WHEN WE BASE THAT INITIAL EVALUATION, WE WERE BASING IT ON WRITTEN PROPOSALS AND DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAD IN FRONT OF US. IN A PROCUREMENT LIKE THIS ONE, WE, UH, BRING THE, THE FIRMS WHEN WE DO A SHORT LIST FOR AN ACTUAL INTERVIEW ONCE, SO WE CAN SEE AND HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ASK QUESTIONS TO THE VENDOR. BUT ALSO, MORE IMPORTANTLY IN THIS CASE, WAS TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, TO TEST THE SYSTEM AND BE ABLE TO GIVE US THEIR FEEDBACK ON THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD THE CHANGE IN THE SCORE. UH, FROM THE EVALUATION, UH, COMMITTEE PERSPECTIVE, UH, THE FEEDBACK FROM THE 75 OFFICERS WAS KEY. AS WE MAKE OUR FINAL SELECTION. UH, WE WERE ALSO IMPRESSED WITH, WITH, UH, UM, UH, MARK 43 AND THEIR ABILITY TO, THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEIR ABILITY TO DO UPDATES WITH MINIMUM DOWNTIME, UH, THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY THE SYSTEM IN, IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. AND, AND IT WAS A MORE ROBUST CAPABILITY, THE, THE FACT THAT IT WAS CLOUD-BASED. UH, SO ALL THOSE BENEFITS WERE MUCH MORE EVIDENT AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW AND AGAIN, WITH THE FEEDBACK OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR PRAM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL. I LOVE HOW YOU KEEP SAYING COUNCILWOMAN [03:00:01] THIS, COUNCILWOMAN THAT. MAYOR PRAM. UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU HAD A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, IS THAT RIGHT? I WHAT? DID YOU HAVE A BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY, CHIEF? NO, I DIDN'T. NO. OKAY. . WELL, WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DAY. AND YOU DON'T LOOK A DAY OVER 30 CHIEF . I DON'T FEEL A DAY OVER 67 . THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. . UM, UH, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY CONGRATULATE CAPTAIN FOX. I THINK YOU'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB. UH, COUNCIL BIZ WAS JUST TELLING ME HERE, UH, HE SAID, HAVE YOU BEEN BRIEFED BY, UH, BY THIS WOMAN? AND I SAID, YES, I HAVE. AND HE SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY HER. AND SO IS I, YOUR, YOUR INTERVIEW WAS YOUR INTERVIEW, YOUR, UM, THE, IT FELT LIKE AN INTERVIEW. IT FELT LIKE AN INTERVIEW. YES. THE BRIEFING WAS VERY, VERY THOROUGH. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO, TO ANALYZE IT. UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE COME IN IN WITH THEIR PROJECT AND IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THIS, BUT YOU HAD VERY, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES THAT YOU WERE BALANCING. AND I, AND I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB. SO YOU, YOU MAKE MY JOB A LOT EASIER. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CAPTAIN. UM, UH, I JUST HAVE SOME, SOME BRIEF QUESTIONS. SOME OF THESE WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR BRIEFING, UM, BUT I WANNA REVISIT THEM. UH, COULD YOU REMIND ME HOW LONG MARK 43 HAS BEEN AROUND? SINCE 2012. SINCE 2012. SO IS THAT RELATIVELY NEW COMPARED TO THE OTHER COMPANY TO NICHE? YES. YES. UM, THEY ARE, THEY ARE RELATIVELY NEW. MOST OF THE OTHER VENDORS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS, UM, PROBABLY 20 YEARS, I WOULD SAY. OKAY. UM, SO THAT COULD BE GOOD AND BAD. RIGHT. . UM, IN TERMS OF, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, I BELIEVE. HOW DID YOU, UH, EVALUATE THAT? WERE YOU ABLE TO TALK TO SOME OF THEIR OTHER CLIENTS? SURE. SO OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE VISITED SEATTLE. MM-HMM. , WE WERE THERE ON SITE AND THEY RAVED ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE, ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAD DURING THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND THEIR DEPLOYMENT. UH, I BELIEVE THE CHIEF REACHED OUT TO, UH, WASHINGTON, DC TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'VE HAD THE PRODUCT SINCE 2015. AND I'LL LET THE CHIEF SPEAK. YEAH, I MEAN, I, I SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF UP THERE, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO AND ASKED HIM ABOUT MARK 43, AND HIS RESPONSE WAS SIMPLY, THE COPS LOVE IT, . OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. UM, I ALSO HAD SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT INTERACTION WITH THE COUNTY SYSTEM. UM, AND CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT FOR YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY IN TERMS OF EVALUATING. CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THAT IS? CAN YOU REPEAT TO THAT? SURE. COUNCILWOMAN, I CAN ADDRESS THAT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW. FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, THANK, WE DON'T HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE. UM, THEY PROVIDE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SET OF TECHNOLOGY THAT, THAT PROVIDES FOR EXCHANGING INFORMATION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS. IT GETS BACK TO IDENTIFYING THE USE CASE FOR WHAT DATA THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO SHARE WITH THE COUNTY AND VICE VERSA. AND BASED UPON DEFINING THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE VENDOR TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO, UH, THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO BUILD INTEGRATIONS LIKE THAT WITH, UH, WITHIN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND IF THERE'S A NEED TO DO IT HERE, WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THEIR PROPOSAL THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE AS WELL. OKAY. LET, LEMME BREAK THAT UP INTO, INTO TWO QUESTIONS. UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, CHIEF, IS IT IMPORTANT FOR US TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE COUNTY? IS IT IMPORTANT? SURE, IT IS. OKAY. UH, THROUGH OUR RECORDS MANAGEMENT, UH, OR WHATEVER THE SYSTEM IS THAT, THAT WE'RE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. SO THAT, THAT PART IS IMPORTANT. WELL, I, I, I DON'T MEAN TO, TO IMPLY THAT, THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT THAT WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEM THROUGH THIS SYSTEM. I GUESS BETTER, BETTER STATED WOULD BE THAT THE FACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, UM, MAKE SOME TYPE OF INTEGRATION MM-HMM. CONNECTION, I'M, I'M NOT A TECHIE, SO I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS, BUT IT'S THE FACT THAT WE COULD, WE COULD, WE COULD CREATE A CONNECTION WITH THE COUNTY. THAT'S WHY. BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA LIMIT, THAT DECISION'S NOT GONNA LIMIT THE CORRECT. THE, THE SOFTWARE DECISION THAT WE MAKE. IT'S NOT GONNA BE LIMITED BY THAT. OKAY. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT NONETHELESS. SURE. SO, SO MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, UM, GO AHEAD, MARIA. GO AHEAD. MM-HMM. , I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ADD ALSO COUNCILWOMAN AS WE PRESENTED THAT REPEAT OFFENDER, UH, REPORT TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, IT BECOME VERY EVIDENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SHARE INFORMATION, UH, WITH OUR OTHER ENTITY. SO IT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US TO, FOR US TO CONTINUE TO [03:05:01] DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TOO. UM, SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, SO CAP, EVERYONE WHO WAS IN THE BRIEFING WITH ME TOLD ME IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IS MY UNDERSTANDING? THAT IS CORRECT. COUNCILMAN. WHAT WE, UM, ARE BRINGING OVER IS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE R M SS. AND THAT WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT PROJECT THAT WE TAKE ON AFTER 2021 OR JANUARY, 2021. THAT'S WHEN WE WILL BEGIN THAT OTHER UH, UH, INTERFACE. WE, WE HAVE TO INSTALL FROM WHAT I T S E TELLS ME, WE HAVE TO INSTALL THE SYSTEM FIRST, CONVERT, CONVERT ALL OF OUR DATA, TRANSFER ALL THE DATA TO, TO THE NEW SYSTEM, STABILIZE IT, GET OUR OFFICERS TRAINED, AND THEN AFTER THAT, THAT'LL BE A SECOND PHASE. AND THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IN THE BUDGET FOR 2021. I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT ONE IS FOR. YES. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE PRIORITIZE THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. AND, AND THEN ONE LAST QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS SYSTEM SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY, THAT'S ALSO GOING TO DEPEND ON THE COUNTY, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT JUST JUST US. WELL, THEY'VE GOTTA WORK. YEAH. THEY'VE, WE'VE GOTTA WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND WHAT SYSTEM DO THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW? NICHE. NICHE. AND IS IT UP AND RUNNING? HOW LONG HAVE PARTS OF IT? PARTS OF IT. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION? YES, MA'AM, RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UM, AND THEN ONE, UH, ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED, UH, TO ME IN THE BRIEFING THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING WAS THE ABILITY TO PULL REPORTS AUTOMATICALLY. COULD YOU, UH, EXPLAIN THAT? UH, COULD YOU REVISIT THAT AGAIN? WHAT DO WE DO RIGHT NOW AND HOW WILL IT BE DIFFERENT ONCE THE NEW SYSTEM IS ON BOARD? ONCE THEY, ONCE THEY HIT THE, THE SYSTEM, NOW THEY'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH, IT'S GOTTA GO THROUGH THE WORKFLOW, THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR AND THEN TO, UM, RECORDS MANAGEMENT. AND THEN, UM, UH, WITH A NEW SYSTEM, SINCE IT'S WEB-BASED, WE COULD PULL IT RIGHT OFF. SO HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE RIGHT NOW TO REQUEST A POLICE REPORT? COUPLE OF WEEKS, I DUNNO, A COUPLE DAYS. I DUNNO. IT CURRENTLY TAKES ABOUT SEVEN DAYS FOR THAT REPORT TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WORKFLOW FROM THE OFFICER WRITING THE REPORT THROUGH THE TWO APPROVAL PROCESSES, UH, FOR THE RECORDS, UH, FOLKS TO GET IT INTO THE RM R M S SYSTEM CURRENTLY. SO IT'S ABOUT SEVEN DAYS. AND SO, UH, AND HOW MANY REPORTS DO WE HAVE REQUESTED IN A GIVEN YEAR? GOSH, I'M NOT SURE. SEVERAL THOUSAND? YEAH, SEVERAL THOUSAND. OKAY. SO THAT'S A LOT OF TIME SAVINGS. I'M, I'M GUESSING. SURE. AND, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE RIGHT NOW ARE TWO, SORRY, I'VE GOT YOU DANCING BACK IN ALL OF YOU BACK AND FORTH. UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S TWO APPROVAL PROCESSES RIGHT NOW FOR A POLICE REPORT AND, UH, THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE WHEN, UH, WHEN THIS NEW SYSTEM COMES ON BOARD? NO, THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE AN APPROVAL PROCESS, BUT, BUT IF WE NEEDED TO PULL IT OFF, WE COULD PULL IT. SO, SO HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM? PARDON? HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET A POLICE REPORT UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM? DO YOU ANTICIPATE? WITH THE NEW SYSTEM? MM-HMM. , I BELIEVE AS SOON AS IT'S ENTERED IN, IT COULD BE EXTRACTED, RIGHT? CORRECT. CORRECT. YEAH. CORRECT. OKAY. SO BY THE NEXT DAY, I MIGHT BE ABLE, BY THE NEXT WORKING DAY, I COULD ANTICIPATE HAVING RECEIVED THE REPORT, IF I MAKE A REQUEST, NOT ME AS A COUNCIL PERSON, BUT ME AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, I MEAN, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE SUPERVISOR, BUT WE COULD AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THE PERSON'S LOOKING FOR. OKAY. UM, ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS PROBABLY THROUGHOUT THE, THE CITY TO, IS PEOPLE TRYING TO FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. AND THE HOLDUP IS HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GET YOUR, YOUR POLICE REPORT. SO I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPROVEMENT NOT JUST FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR FORCE, BUT FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF, OF SAN ANTONIO TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF AGAIN, CAPTAIN FOX, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR HELP AND, UH, FOR YOUR WORK IN MARIA. THANK YOU, CHIEF. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YES MA'AM. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. COUNCILMAN PERRY. THANK YOU MA'AM. YEAH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHIEF. YEAH, THANKS. YEAH. UM, THE, UM, EVALUATION PROCESS. HAVE, HAVE Y'ALL BRIEFED SPOA ON THIS? YEAH, THEY'RE AWARE. OKAY. THEY, WE HAD, THEY HAD MEMBERS ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE. OKAY. AND WHAT, WHAT IS THEIR TAKE ON THIS IS ARE THEY AGREE WITH THIS, UH, SELECTION? THERE WERE THREE ON THERE. THERE WERE TWO THAT VOTED FOR MARK 43. THERE WAS ONE THAT VOTED FOR NICHE, UH, BY ONE POINT. OKAY. BUT HAVE, HAVE, HAVE WE GONE TO, UH, LIKE MIKE, HE OR ANYBODY WITH THIS? HE'S AWARE PROPOSAL'S. OKAY. UM, AND HAVE THEY MADE ANY COMMENTS SAYING THAT THEY, THEY AGREE OR DISAGREE [03:10:01] OR? I WAS TALKING WITH JIMMY RODRIGUEZ IN THE BACK HERE, UH, DURING THE, UH, EARLIER PART OF THE MEETING TODAY. UH, AND I'M, I'M QUOTING JIMMY, HE SAID THAT, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT WAS PICKED, THEN HE'S OKAY WITH IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. GREAT. AND THAT'S NOT MY QUOTE, THAT'S JIMMY'S. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, GREAT. I, I'M ASSUMING THAT EVERYTHING WILL GO ACCORDING TO HOYLE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION, EVERYTHING. BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, UH, WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE, FOR THE CONTRACTOR? I MEAN, IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION, IT DOESN'T, AND IT TAKES US LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE FALLBACK OR WHAT HAPPENS? UH, ERIC, DID YOU WANNA CHIME IN NOW OR YOU WANT THE CHIEF TO ANSWER? I'LL LET ANDY, I'LL, I'LL HAVE ANDY ASK THAT, ANSWER THAT LAST QUESTION AND I'LL SKIP BACK ABOUT MIKE HAYLEY. SO, OKAY. COUNCILMAN, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? BUT LIKE IN, IN, IN MOST OF THESE MAJOR CONTRACTS, WE WILL NEGOTIATE MILESTONES THAT THE, UM, CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE TO MEET, OTHERWISE THEY DON'T GET PAID, AND WE'LL HAVE THE APPROPRIATE REMEDIES, UH, THAT WILL BE ESCALATING REMEDIES IN TERMS OF NON-PERFORMANCE UP TO, UH, TERMINATION. OKAY. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN THEIR PROGRAM. THAT, UH, WE DON'T, UH, YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIND OUT WHY, WHY IS IT TAKING THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THEIRS AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S THEIR REMEDIES IN THERE? IS IT NOT WORKING? UH, THEIR REMEDY SITUATION. I, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT COULD BE APPLICABLE HERE ALSO IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS, UM, FOR THE CONTRACT ITSELF, WE, WE CAN ASK THE COUNTY, UH, WHAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN SPECIFICALLY THE COUNTY CONTRACT, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM IN TERMS OF WHAT PROVISIONS THEY HAVE HAD. BUT, UH, IT'LL BE UP TO THEM AS TO HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO DISCLOSE. OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ISSUES RELATED TO THE CONTRACT PERFORMANCE AND MAY NOT BE WILLING TO DISCLOSE THAT TO US, BUT WE CERTAINLY REACH, WILL REACH OUT. UH, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS COULD BE SIMPLY THE, UH, THE QUALITY OF YOUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT VERSUS THEIRS. . I WASN'T GONNA SAY THAT. WELL, OKAY. IT RIGHT ANDY, BUT, UH, I, AGAIN, I THINK THERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT. UH, IF, IF THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, WHY AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO REMEDY THAT AND IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM THAT? RIGHT. AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO 'EM, COUNCILMAN. 'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM THAT WILL HELP US. AND, UH, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN HELP THEM, WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL. OKAY. BUT WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT TO THEM. GREAT. GREAT. UH, ERIC, YOU SAID YOU HAD I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UH, THAT, UH, ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, UH, IN THE SPRING, UH, WITH MIKE HALEY, UH, AS WE WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOLICITATION, I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD APPOINT INDIVIDUALS FROM THE ASSOCIATION TO BE ON THAT SOLICITATION. SO THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED WERE APPOINTED BY WHATEVER PROCESS THEY, THEY GO THROUGH. SO, OKAY. THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US. I'M JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING AS A TEAM HERE ON THIS BIG HIGH PROFILE CONTRACT HERE. UM, WE DON'T NEED ANY NOISE OFF TO THE SIDE IF THERE'S, UH, SOME ISSUES WITH IT OR WHATEVER, BUT, UH, GREAT. CHIEF, YOU MENTIONED THIS IS GONNA SAVE A LOT OF TIME IN REPORT WRITING AND RUNNING REPORTS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. HAVE YOU FIGURED OUT HOW MANY FTES WE'RE GONNA SAVE BY THIS NEW SYSTEM? I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN YOU WOULD ASK THAT QUESTION AND, AND, AND PLAN FOR IT, BUT NO, I, I HAVE NOT. WELL, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE INVESTING A LOT INTO THIS AND WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SAVINGS IN MANPOWER. AGAIN, A LOT OF TIME. HALF YOU'RE SAYING HALF THE TIME IT TAKES TO, UH, INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GETTING BACK ON HERE? WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. GREAT. APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAN. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHIEF, THAT WRAPS UP, UH, THANK YOU. THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO RB SESSION IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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