[00:00:09] >> GALVAN: ALRIGHT. WELL, AT 10:32 A.M. ON APRIL 23RD, 2026, WE WILL OFFICIALLY CALL THE COMMUNITY HEALTH MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? [Approval of Minutes  ] QUORUM. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO. . FIRST THING, WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES. ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SO MOVED. >> GALVAN: AND A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> GALVAN: ALL IN FAVOR SAYAYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? GREAT. NEXT, WE MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. [Briefing and Possible Action on  ] MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? GREAT. ALRIGHT. THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO ITEM 2, THE UPDATE ON SAN ANTONIO'S HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK. '. >> MY NAME IS LAURA PATINO, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY. WITH ME IS DOUG MELNICK AS WELL AS MANY ■OTHER PARTNER DEPARTMENTS AS A KEY TESTAMENT TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF THIS WORK IN HEAT MANAGEMENT. SO THIS PRESENTATION COMES -- A LITTLE HIGHER? THANK YOU. THIS PRESENTATION COMES FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FROM APRIL 16TH, 2025 FOR TRACKING AND PREVENTING HEAT-RELATED DEATHS. TODAY'S BRIEFING PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON SAN ANTONIO'S HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK, ITS CONNECTION TO THE 2025 COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST ON HEAT-RELATED DEATHS, AND THE CITY'S SUMMER 2026 HEAT COMMUNICATIONS AND RESPONSE PLAN. BRIEFLY, I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE REASONING BEHIND THE HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK. SAN ANTONIO HAS EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF RECORDS. WE ARE EXPERIENCING HOTTER AND LONGER HEAT SEASONS WITH MORE FREQUENT EXTREME HEAT DAYS AND DOCUMENTED INCREASES IN HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. THIS MEANS A DIRECT IMPACT TO PUBLIC HEALTH. ON THE SLIDE DEPICTED, PUBLISHED BY SAN ANTONIO METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES BY MONTH REPORTED. SINCE 2022, WE HAVE REPORTED NEARLY 2400 HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES CATEGORIZED BY DEHYDRATION, FAINTING, HEAT CRAMPS, HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. THOSE IMPACTS ARE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED. USING METRO HEALTH DATA AS WELL AS UTSA'S HEAT VULNERABILITY MAPPING, WE CAN SEE THAT RESIDENTS IN HOTTER, LOWERCANOPYAND HIGHER VULNERABILITY AREAS FACE GREATER RISK. WE UTILIZE THIS MAP TO UNDERSTAND WHERE INTERVENTIONS NEED TO GO ACROSS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. SO TO TAKE ACTION, WE HAVE DEVELOPED THE CITY'S FIRST HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK. THE HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK IS THE CITY'S IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP FOR EXTREME HEAT. IT IS BUILT ON EXISTING ACTIONS, IDENTIFIED GAPS, CROSS-DEPARTMENT COLLABORATION AND RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS FOR ACCELERATING IMPLEMENTATION. THE PLAYBOOK HAS 52 ACTIONS, AND THEY'RE DIVIDED INTO NEW ACTIONS, EXISTING ACTIONS, AND IMPROVEMENTS. I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT OVER 80% OF THESE ACTIONS ARE ONGOING. ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE ACTIONS ARE DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC LEADS AS THE WORK CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS WORK THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING AND BUILT WITHIN THEIR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. THIS GRAPHIC DEPICTS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND FURTHER DEMONSTRATES THE LEVEL OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL ALIGNMENT AND COLLABORATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE EXTREME HEAT AND THAT CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THIS WORK. BEING PREPARED AND RESILIENT TO EXTREME HEAT REQUIRES ALL OF US. SO SAN ANTONIO'S HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK IS COMPRISED OF TWO OVERARCHING GOALS, SAFE AND PREPARED SAN ANTONIANS AND COOLER NEIGHBORHOODS. IT HAS FOUR OBJECTIVES, 11 ACTION AREAS, A LEAD TO 52 ACTIONS. THESE ARE OUR ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES AND ALLOW US TO FOCUS ON HUMAN-CENTRIC HEAT RESPONSE AND INFRASTRUCTURE-CENTRIC ADAPTATION TO THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WITHIN OUR FOUR OBJECTIVES, WE AIM TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND OUTREACH THROUGH APPROACHES THAT ENSURE SAN ANTONIANS ARE CONNECTED AND EQUIPPED TO NAVIGATE HOT SUMMERS, THIS INCLUDES TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS AND [00:05:04] DATA. HEAT RELIEF TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, OUR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WORKERS, AND THE GENERAL POPULATION. OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO STRENGTHEN AND ADAPT HOMES AND BUILDINGS AND OUR PARKS AND GREEN SPACES TO PROVIDE COOLING BENEFITS AND MAXIMIZE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH TREECANOPY AND LAND RESOURCES. TO SHOW HOW THE PLAYBOOK IS MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW EXAMPLES TODAY. SO UNDER AWARENESS AND OUTREACH, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING TWO ACTIONS. HEAT OUTREACH TO THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND HEALTH DASHBOARDS FOR HEAT. FOR HEAT OUTREACH TO THE MOST VULNERABLE, THE ACTION CONSISTS OF LAUNCHING A COORDINATED HEAT RISK AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO REACH SAN ANTONIO'S MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE ALREADY CONDUCTING HEAT OUTREACH TO THE UNHOUSED, THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THIS EFFORT WILL ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY ALIGN OACROSS DEPARTMENTS BUT TO UNDERSTAND OUTREACH MECHANISMS THAT WORK BEST AND PROVIDE THOSE TOOL KITS AND SKILLS TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. TO DATE, WE HAVE COMPLETED TWO SURVEYS, ONE INTERNAL AND ONE EXTERNAL, TO UNDERSTAND THE BARRIERS. THESE INCLUDE AWARENESS OF RESOURCES TO RESIDENTS, DISTRUST OF CITY, SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES TO DEPLOY INFORMATION FROM DEPARTMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO LOCATION DIFFICULTIES BY RESIDENTS, LITERACY, DIGITAL DIVIDE AND REACHING HOUSELESS RESIDENTS. BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS EFFORT WILL PROVIDE A TOOLKIT THAT CAN BE EMPLOYED BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS TO CONDUCT THIS OUTREACH. THE NEXT ACTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE TRACKING OF HEAT-RELATED DEATHS. METRO HEALTH HAS BEEN RESEARCHING THE BEST WAY TO CAPTURE HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY DATA BY DISCUSSING WITH OTHER CITIES WITHIN TEXAS AS WELL AS OTHER STATES, INCLUDING ARIZONA AND ALSO THE BEXAR COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE. TRACKING DEATHS TO HEAT IS COMPLICATED AND THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH METHODS TO BETTER ESTIMATE THE IMPACT THAT HEAT IS HAVING ON OUR COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY, THE MOST STANDARD METHOD FOR COLLECTING DEATH DATA IS THROUGH DEATH CERTIFICATES. METRO HEALTH WILL ADD DEATH DATA TO THEIR CURRENT HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES DASHBOARD STARTING THIS YEAR. SINCE THESE DATA ARE FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, DATA SUPPRESSION RULES MUST BE FOLLOWED. THIS MEANS THAT IF THERE ARE LESS THAN 10, THEY CANNOT BE RELEASED AND WILL BE MARKED AS SUCH. UNDER HEAT RELIEF WE WILL BE ADDRESSING ONE ACTION, WHICH IS ENHANCING THE NETWORK OF PLACES TO STAY COOL. ON COOLING ACCESS, THE CITY IS WORKING TO EXPAND AND DIVERSIFY ITS PLACE-ASSISTED COOL NETWORK INCLUDING TWO PILOTS, MAPPING EXISTING PUBLIC AND POTENTIAL PRIVATE SITES, AND COORDINATION WITH THE CLIMATE READY NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK PARTNERS. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS A FORMALIZED, COOLING NETWORK. BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE TEAM ENDS TO HAVE ONE TO TWO PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE TO REPRESENT OTHER POTENTIAL PARTNERS WITHIN THE PLACES TO STAY COOL MAP AS WELL AS ADDRESS THE BARRIERS THAT EXIST FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE TO ACCESS RESILIENCE HUBS AND THE PLACES TO STAY COOL. NEXT, WE HAVE HEAT RESILIENT MOBILITY AND HEAT RESILIENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT. MOBILITY HUBS ARE KEY FOR RESILIENCE. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED AN ANALYSIS FOR THE FIRST FOUR GREEN LINE STATIONS AND IS CONDUCTING AN EVALUATION OF SHADE. SHADE STRUCTURES AND TREE PLANTING AROUND THESE STATIONS IN SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALSO BEING CONSIDERED. BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE AIM TO FINALIZE DESIGN FOR BUS SHADE STRUCTURES AS PILOTS AND EXPLORE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNERS FOR SHADE ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. INTEGRATION OF HEAT-RELATED SYSTEMS WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. NEXT, HEAT RESILIENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT WHICH AIMS TO ALIGN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS WITH HEAT RESILIENCE. TO DATE, DEPARTMENT OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, CAPITAL DELIVERY DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, HAVE IDENTIFIED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN BE CAN INCLUDED IN PLAN SETS AND DEVELOP INTERNAL SCORE CARDS TO HELP EVALUATE AND ESTABLISH RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY METRICS WITHIN PROJECTS. IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE PLAYBOOK, WE WILL ADDRESS TREE PLANTING AND THE COOL NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM. LOOKING AT PROGRESS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS FULLY ON TRACK TO HIT THEIR PRIMARY TARGETS. CURRENTLY, THEY HAVE FUNDED AND COMMITTED RESOURCES FOR [00:10:02] OVER 11,000 NEW TREES ACROSS THE CITY. TO BREAK THAT DOWN, THERE IS FUNDING FOR 400 TREES ALONG OUR STREETS, AND 500 TREES IN OUR PARKS, FOCUSING ON ENGINEERING THOSE CRITICAL SHADE CORRIDORS AND GREEN SPACES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED THE MOST. THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PART OF THE FY '26 STRATEGY IS THE MAGNITUDE OF COMMUNITY REACH. ALREADY OVER 10,000 TREES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED FOR RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTINGS, ADOPTIONS AND GIVE-AWAYS AS PART OF THE PARKS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH EFFORTS. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE WITH OUR BESPOKE PROGRAM, THE COOL NEIGHBORHOODS PROGRAM, WHICH IS AIMING AT IMPLEMENTING TRIED AND PROVEN HEAT MITIGATION EFFORTS, MANY THAT WE'VE COVERED TODAY, AND CONCENTRATING THEM IN PRIORITY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS -- NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAXIMIZE THE TEMPERATURE REDUCTION. TO DATE, WE HAVE INSTALLED 28 MILES OF COOL PAVEMENT ACROSS THE CITY WITH A FOCUS ON DISTRICT 2, 3 AND 5, AND FIVE ADDITIONAL MILES ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL COMPLETE AN ADDITIONAL 75 ROOF REPLACEMENTS FOR COOL ROOFS IN THESE TARGET AREAS, WITH OVER 600 ALREADY BEING COMPLETED CITY-WIDE SINCE 2022. AND PARKS WILL PLANT AN ADDITIONAL 250 TREES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. WE ARE WORKING WITH UTSA RESEARCH IN THE EVALUATION WILL BE CONCLUDING FOR THE RESULTS TO BE PROVIDED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE INTERVENTIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED AND CAN BE SCALED CITY-WIDE. NOW, THIS CONCLUDES THE HEAT RESILIENCE PLAYBOOK UPDATE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLAYBOOK, YOU MAY VISIT SA.GOV/DRS AND ACCESS THE HEAT PLAYBOOK STORYMAP, PRESENTATION AND TRACKER. I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSITION TO DISCUSS THE HEAT RISK COMMUNICATION PLAN FOR THE SUMMER OF 2026. FIRST, WE HAVE A CENTRALIZED HUB FOR HEAT INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AT SA.GOV/HOTWEATHER. IN THIS PAGE, YOU CAN GET TIPS ON STAYING COOL AND HYDRATED AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT RESOURCES. YOU CAN FIND PLACES TO STAY COOL, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON SPLASH PADS, POOLS, CENTERS AND THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION. THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT WILL DISTRIBUTE PRESS RELEASES AHEAD OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. WE WILL BE SHARING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT ON SAFETY TIPS AND PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL WITH A TOOLKIT FOR RESOURCES TO SHARE WITH CONSTITUENTS. WE WILL BE ALSO WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ALIGN WITH DEPARTMENTS FOR TARGETED OUTREACH. PLACES TO STAY COOL WILL BE ACTIVE. THESE ARE FACILITIES THAT ARE OPEN DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR RESPITE FROM THE HEAT. PETS ARE WELCOME IN MANY OF THE LOCATIONS, BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CALL AHEAD AND CHECK TO ENSURE THAT KENNELS ARE AVAILABLE. THIS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE DYNAMIC WEBSITE WHICH HELPS RESIDENTS NAVIGATE TO THOSE PLACES AS SEEN ON THE IMAGE IN THIS SLIDE. THIS CAN BE FOUND AS WELL IN SA.GOV/HOTWEATHER. CITY RESILIENCE HUBS ARE IN PLACE AS WELL AND READY TO BE ACTIVATED. THESE FACILITIES ARE EQUIPPED WITH BACKUP GENERATORS, HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SERVE AS SHELTERS IF ACTIVATED. THESE ARE NORMAL COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER, NORTHEAST SENIOR CENTER, SOUTHSIDE LIONS SENIOR CENTER, COPERNICUS COMMUNITY CENTER AND MILLER'S POND COMMUNITY CENTER. I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE TWO LOCATIONS TO ACCESS INFORMATION AGAIN. THESE ARE THE CONSOLIDATED ALERTS PAGE WHERE EMERGENCY ALERTS ARE PUBLISHED AT SA.GOV/ALERTS AND AGAIN, THE HOT WEATHER PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL TOOLS, RESOURCES AND TIPS FOR INFORMATION ON NAVIGATING EXTREME HEAT. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHAIR AND MEMBERS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS WORK IN DETAIL, ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZING THAT YESTERDAY, APRIL 22ND, WAS EARTH DAY. WITH ME TODAY, THERE ARE SEVERAL PARTNERS, DEPARTMENTS, WHO ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, THE ENTIRE TEAM AND OFFICERS ON SUSTAINABILITY DO EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE FOCUSING ON ADDRESSING THE NEEDS RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR CHANGING CLIMATE. I WON'T STEAL COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO'S LINE SO I WILL HOLD OFF. HAPPY EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY TOMORROW. REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO READ A SNIPPET OF COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO'S LETTER. SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BUT DID WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE GAVE INPUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, GIVEN THAT SHE HAUTHORED [00:15:04] THE CCR FOR TRACKING HEAT DEATHS. THIS FALLS IN LINE FOR ENSURING ALL DEPARTMENTS ADJUST TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CHANGING CLIMATE AND IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE DIRECTION STAFF HAS DETAILED. IT IS VITAL FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT INJURY AND LEARN IT IS OKAY TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND AVOID THEM ELEVATING TO HEAT STROKE WHICH COULD BE DEADLY. SHE ALSO GOES ON TO SAY SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COOL NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM CONTINUED AND MAKE SURE WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO MAKE IT BROADER AND LOOKING AT NOT ONLY EXTREME HEAT BUT ALSO EXTREME COLD WEATHER, AND HOW THOSE RELATE TO -- HOW WE CAN TRACK THOSE FATALITIES AS WELL AND SEE HOW THEY CAN SHAPE OUR PROGRAMMING HERE. OF COURSE, THE IMPACT OF EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME WEATHER OVERALL, IMPACTS THE MOST VULNERABLE, OUR UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND POORLY HOUSED AS WELL WHO CANNOT AFFORD OR DO NOT QUALIFY FOR HOME REHAB. SO OVERALL, INCLUDING A PLAN OF INTEGRATION OF WEATHERIZATION AND CONSTRUCTION FOR REHAB PRACTICES FOR OUR STATE-OWNED FACILITIES AND WEATHERIZATION AND HOME REHAB PRACTICES AS WELL AS OUR OWN INTERNAL CITY PROGRAMMING, WOULD BE GREAT TO HELP ADJUST AND ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF OUR BUILDINGS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE MORE SECURE AND BETTER WEATHERIZED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS INITIATIVE GROW. GREAT. WOULD ANYONE WANT TO START? COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO? >> GAVITO: THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, LAURA. YES, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AND I'M GOING TO CONVINCE MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARC WHYTE ON, IS THAT EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY. HE WILL SAY IT ONE DAY. WE WILL RECORD IT ON VIDEO. YEAH. MAYBE TODAY. MAYBE RIGHT NOW. I'M KIDDING. THANK YOU, LAURA, FOR THAT REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. BEFORE THAT, I DO WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO AND MCKEE-RODRIGUEZ, FOR SPEARHEADING THIS EFFORT WITH THE CCR AND REALLY FOR BOTH OF THEM FOR CHAMPIONING THIS EFFORT. ON SLIDE 12, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S OUTREACH TO UNHOUSED COMMUNITY. HOW ARE WE PARTNERING WITH DHS ON THAT? OR ARE WE PARTNERING WITH DHS ON THAT? >> YES. >> GAVITO: OKAY. >> I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. SO IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS ARE CONDUCTING OUTREACH. WANT TO MAKE SURE MARK CARMONA IS HERE? OKAY. SPECIFICALLY FOR HOW WE COORDINATE WITH HHSD DEPARTMENT, EVERY TIME THERE IS AN ACTIVATION FOR EXTREME HEAT WEATHER, THEY DO HAVE THEIR REPRESENTATIVES THAT CONDUCT OUTREACH TO ENCAMPMENTS AS WELL AS CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH TEXT MESSAGES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS H HOTLINE, RESOURCES IN TERMS OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SITES, WHERE PLACES TO STAY COOL CAN BE ACTIVE, ARE ACTIVATED, CAN BE SHARED WITH THEM AS WELL AS COORDINATION WITH PARTNERS THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO THE UNHOUSED IN TERMS OF SHELTERING AND OVERNIGHT STAYS. THAT COORDINATION IS ONGOING. ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONDUCT WITH THIS ACTION IS THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT THE SAME INFORMATION THAT HHSD IS SHARING, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE UNHOUSED, IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS SO THAT AS THEY ENCOUNTER RESIDENTS THAT ARE NEEDING THESE SERVICES, THAT CAN BE SHARED AS WELL. >> GAVITO: OKAY. PERFECT. SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ARE IN LOCKSTEP. AWESOME. ON SLIDE 15, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOODS INSIDE LOOP 410 THAT ARE HEAT VULNERABLE. ARE WE DOING CONCERTED EFFORTS FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CLIMATE READY NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE? >> YES. I WENT TOO FAR. HERE WE GO. SO SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE LOCATIONS OF NETWORK OF PLACES TO STAY COOL WHICH IS PRIMARILY CITY FACILITIES AT THIS POINT. THROUGH THIS INITIATIVE, WE ARE WORKING ON TWO PILOT NEIGHBORHOODS, ONE IS IN DISTRICT 5 AS WELL AS 4 BECAUSE IT DOES OVERLAP, AND ONE OF OUR SPECIFIC IDENTIFIED HOT NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH IS IN DISTRICT 2. THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING EVALUATED FOR THE SPECIFIC RESOURCES AND LOCATIONS THAT PROVIDE A PLACE TO STAY COOL OR RESPITE FROM HEAT, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CITY FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE, THE HOURS OF OPERATION, BUT ALSO IDENTIFYING WHAT PARTNERS [00:20:01] EXIST IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO SEE HOW THOSE FACILITIES CAN BE ACTIVATED AND BE SHARED ON A MAP FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL. >> GAVITO: OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. I KNOW THAT DISTRICT 7 DOESN'T HAVE ANY, AND SO I KNOW KYLE ON MY TEAM HAS STARTED ON SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SUPPORT YOU ON THIS INITIATIVE AND GET THAT ACTIVATION IN DISTRICT 7 AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY MUCH HEAT VULNERABLE INSIDE LOOP 410, ESPECIALLY THE AREA OF DISTRICT 7 INSIDE 410. >> CORRECT. >> GAVITO: I KNOW ON SLIDE 17, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS, ME PREVIOUSLY SERVING ON THE VIA BOARD PRIOR TO JOINING COUNCIL IS THE LACK OF SHADE STRUCTURES ON THE BUS STOPS. I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AT THE NEXT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE FOR VIA TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS ON SHADE STRUCTURES. I MEAN, I KNOW IT WAS ALWAYS AN ISSUE WITH FUNDING, RIGHT, VIA IS ALWAYS STRUGGLING FOR FUNDS AND THAT WAS THE BIG THING, KEEPING US AWAY. BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE PRIORITIZE IT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T TAKE THE BUS BECAUSE OF A LONG WAIT TIME AT A BUS STOP WITHOUT A SHADE STRUCTURE. SO I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE BULLISH AND WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT. >> IF I MAY, DOUG MELNICK IS HERE AND I KNOW HE WORKED HARD AND DILIGENTLY WITH VIA TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. MAYBE HE CAN GIVE YOU INSIGHT. >> GAVITO: PERFECT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVID. YEAH. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH VIA FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. THEY HAVE PRETTY CLEAR GUIDELINES AS FAR AS WHERE -- WHAT STOPS MERIT A SHELTER AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH THEM IS AGAIN, FOCUSING ON OUR PRIORITY VERY HEAT-VULNERABLE AREAS, IS TO DETERMINE ARE THERE WAYS TO BETTER DESIGN SHELTERS TO HAVE THEM PROVIDE MORE HEAT RELIEF. A STANDARD SHELTER PROBABLY ONLY PROVIDES SHADE FOR A LITTLE BIT DURING THE DAY BECAUSE THE SUN MOVES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ARE THERE OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME PROTOTYPES TO START DEPLOYING LATER THIS YEAR TO SHOW THIS IS HOW YOU CAN DO IT. I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES ARE SITE CONSTRAINTS. BECAUSE WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THEM ON REALLY FOCUSING ON THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOMETIMES THERE JUST ISN'T ROOM, YET PEOPLE ARE STILL STANDING OUT IN THE SUN AND THE EXTREME HEAT. SO I THINK THERE'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIGURE OUT HOW, HOW DO WE DO THAT. THEN THE OTHER THING WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON WITH THEM AND OUR COOL NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM, IT'S NOT JUST PROVIDING SHADE AT THE LOCATION BUT PEOPLE NEED TO GET THERE. AND MAKING SURE THOSE ROUTES ARE SHADED AND COOL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS. >> GAVITO: YEAH, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU REMINDED ME, WHILE I WAS SERVING ON THE VIA BOARD AND I THINK IT'S JUST AS RELEVANT TODAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEXT TOPIC I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS TREES, IS HAVING NATURAL SHADE STRUCTURES, LIKE LET'S PUT, INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY ON METAL TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM THE HEAT, JUST PLANTING SOME BIG TREES OR RELOCATING SOME BIG TREES NEXT TO OUR VIA BUS STOPS. >> THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH IS AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST THE SHELTER. IT'S HOW DO WE START INCORPORATING TREES, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, CREATING A COOLER ENVIRONMENT. THE SHELTER'S GREAT BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S A BIGGER SYSTEMIC ISSUE WE NEED TO -- >> GAVITO: YEAH. YEAH. IT WOULD BE GOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR PERHAPS YOU AND VIA TO COME TALK TO US ABOUT THE PLANS AND WE CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING ON THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> GAVITO: BUT LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ON SLIDE 19, YOU KNOW, ON HOW WE CAN INCREASE AND PROTECT OUR TREE CANOPY. I'M DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF ANY ACTIONS THAT WE CAN DO. I KNOW OBVIOUSLY HOMER, I KNOW WE'RE PLANTING A BIG AMOUNT OF TREES AT WOODLAWN LAKE, 450 PLUS AND WE HAVE DONE THE FIRST 30 AND EVERY SINGLE DAY, PROBABLY -- WELL, NOT EVERY SINGLE DAY. I WOULD SAY TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK I'M GETTING ASKED BY NEIGHBORS WHEN ARE THE NEXT ROUNDS OF TREES COMING, YOU KNOW. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS HAS WANTED THOSE TREES FOR A LONG TIME. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THAT PROGRESS. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE Y'ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT TREE PLANTING AND RIGHT-OF-WAYS, WAS PLANTING THE TREES ON CALABRA. WE KNOW -- AND LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SO WE ARE USING TREES NOT ONLY [00:25:07] TO REVERSE ALL THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT THAT WE ARE FEELING BUT ALSO CALM TRAFFIC BECAUSE ALL OF US CONSTANTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT SPEEDERS, YOU KNOW, AND OUR RESIDENTS CONSTANTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT SPEEDERS. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE PUBLIC WORKS AND STREET DESIGN OVERLAP THERE? WITH TREE PLANTING? IF NOT, WE CAN COME BACK AROUND TO IT. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. YES, TREES ARE A FORM OF TRAFFIC CALMING. WE WORK IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON THAT AND LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO PLANT WHERE WE CAN. SOME OF THE THINGS WE LOOK AT, JUST HOLISTICALLY, ARE CHOKERS THAT PROVIDE AREAS WHERE WE CAN THEN PLANT AS WELL SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE CAN LOOK AT. THERE'S A CCR OUT THERE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROGRAM AND WE ARE STARTING TO UPDATE THE PROGRAM WORKING WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT AND EVENTUALLY WILL BRING THAT BACK THROUGH THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. HOMER? DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. JUST WANT TO AUGMENT THAT A LITTLE BIT. SO RELATIVE TO COLLABORATION WITH TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE REALLY THE '22 BOND WAS PASSED. GIVE YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES. I'M JUST LOOKING OFF OF WHAT OUR CURRENT YEAR SPEND PLAN IS, WHEN WE PRESENTED THE BUDGET BACK IN THE SUMMER. WE HAVE 400 TREES GOING IN ALIGNED WITH STREET PROJECTS AND I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT VERY SPECIFICALLY, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THAT CONNECTOR ALONG OLD HISTORIC HIGHWAY 90 TO WHAT WILL BE GOMEZ PARK, MULTI-USE SHARED PATH THAT IS SET BACK FROM THE ROADWAY AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CAT AND HER TEAM AND NOW MIKE SHANNON AND RAZITO MAKE SURE TREES ARE COORDINATED WITH THE PLAN. THAT'S THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR TREES TO SURVIVE. WE HAVE OTHER VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS AND CULEBRA IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, OR THAT PRESENTS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES ALREADY IN THE WORKS SO WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE IN THAT SPIRIT. >> GALVAN: GO AHEAD. >> GAVITO: IF I MAY, YES, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE, THANK YOU, HOMER, FOR LETTING US KNOW HOW WE ARE INCORPORATING IT. 400 TREES SOUNDS AWESOME. I WOULD JUST WANT US TO GET EXTREMELY BULLISH AND SEE HOW WE CAN DO 800 TREES. YOU KNOW? AND REALLY HAVE THIS JUST PART OF OUR PROCESSES AND JUST LIKE BREATHING. LET'S ADD TREES. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: SO TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, I LOVE THE EARTH AND HAPPY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO PROTECT IT. SO THAT'S EXCELLENT. JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. ON SLIDE 4, THE HEAT-RELATED DASHBOARD, ARE WE TRACKING WHETHER THESE ILLNESSES ARE CONCENTRATED IN SPECIFIC ZIP CODES, JOB SITES, NEIGHBORHOODS? >> HERE WE GO. SO WITHIN THE HEAT-RELATED DASHBOARD, THERE IS A WAY TO VISUALIZE DATA IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH -- HOW MANY ARE COMING BY MONTH. IT IS DIFFICULT BASED ON HOW MANY ARE PER ZIP CODE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEM DUE TO THE SUPPRESSION DATA REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE, SO THAT IF IT IS LESS THAN 10, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY ASSIGN THEM TO A SPECIFIC ZIP CODE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY. I DO WANT TO LET CLAUDE EXPAND ON THAT. >> JUST TO GO ALONG WITH THAT, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IT WAS SORT OF IN THE SAME VEIN. IF WE'RE CAPTURING WHERE THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY ARE WHEN THEY BECOME ILL, NOT JUST WHERE THEY LIVE. >> YES. DR. JACOB REPRESENTING METRO HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. JUST KNOW THE CASES ARE ASSIGNED TO RESIDENTS AND NOT THE ACTUAL PLACE WHERE THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED. IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION BUT JUST KNOW THE WAY THIS IS ASSIGNED, IT'S BASED ON THE ACTUAL ADDRESS OF THE RESIDENT. SO WE ARE EMPLOYING OTHER METHODS TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT LEAST UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST KNOW SPECIFICALLY TO WHAT WE'RE TRACKING AND WHAT'S REPORTED TO US, THE DATA ARE FROM EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, STIT'S A STANDARDIZED METHOD TO TRACK THE HEAT EFFECT ON OUR RESIDENTS. WHAT WE WILL BE REPORTING OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ASKED IN TERMS OF PROVISIONAL DATA, THE FATALITIES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND CONFIRM BIDE THE [00:30:06] MEDICAL EXAMINER AS WELL AS THE STATE, WE WILL BE AT LEAST PROVIDING THE PROVISIONAL DEATH CERTIFICATES AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE SHARING STARTING NEXT MONTH. BUT CORE QUESTION IS THAT THIS IS BASED ON RESIDENCE, NOT OCCUPATION, NOT -- AND ACTIVITY. >> WHYTE: I GUESS WE CAN TRACK IT BASED ON ZIP CODE. >> YES. >> WHYTE: BUT IN TERMS OF WHERE THE ILLNESS ACTUALLY OCCURS, WE DON'T. >> NO. >> WHYTE: OKAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD. >> AGAIN, WE ARE EMPLOYING THE BEST METHODS. WE ARE CONFERRING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS LIKE OUR FRIENDS IN MARICOPA COUNTY. TO THE POINT OF THIS PLAN, IT'S REALLY ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE AND CAN MODIFY THEIR BEHAVIORS. WE HAVE A ROBUST PLAN WORKING WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS BUT JUST KNOW THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO ZIP CODES AND THE RESIDENCE. >> WHYTE: OKAY. MY LAST QUESTION, I GUESS IT'S SOMEWHAT RELATED TO COUNCIL MEMBER GAVITO, RELATED TO VIA. ARE WE LOOKING AT WHETHER THE MORE SHADED TRANSIT STOPS ARE INCREASING RIDERSHIP? I SEE HEAD NODDING. WILL DO THEY? >> COUNCILMAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH VIA THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A CORRELATION. I THINK THAT -- >> WHYTE: OKAY. >> I THINK IT'S AN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLORED FURTHER, MORE SURVEYING. BUT AS OF NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOPS BASED UPON SERVING THEIR NEEDS TO GET TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND THEY DON'T REALLY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE DATA TO SAY IF THERE'S SHADE IT'S GOING TO DRIVE RIDERSHIP. >> WHYTE: GOT IT. THAT'S IT, CHAIR. THANKS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ? >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU. I THOUGHT WE WOULD GET THROUGH THIS ONE WITHOUT A DASHBOARD. JUST A FEW QUESTIONS REALLY TO CLARIFY. LET'S SEE. I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, AS WE PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION, THAT CONSTRUCTION PHASE FOR PROJECTS, SO JUST WONDERING ON THE EXTREME HEAT DESIGN STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT -- HAVE WE GOTTEN INTO THAT PART OF WHAT SPECIFICALLY WE WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING OR JUST THINKING OF LIKE REFLECTIVE ROOFING REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> I WILL TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THE ANSWER AND INVITE MY PARTNERS AT PUBLIC WORKS IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON. IN TERMS OF THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDING AND MODIFYING, IT'S DIFFERENT APPROACHES. THE FIRST IS LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER CITIES AND WHAT CAN BE INTEGRATED WITHIN THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CODE, UDC. THAT PROVIDE IS GOING TO BE ONGOING WITH THE DEVELOP SERDEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDING INFORMATION RESOURCES TO HELP INFORM THAT PROCESS OF WHAT CAN BE ADOPTED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. IN TERMS OF OUR OWN PROCESSES FOR THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES AND WITHIN OUR SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL ON HEAT-SPECIFIC RELATED INTERVENTIONS, INCLUDING COOLER ROOFS AND WHITE ROOFS, AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE ROADS, WE ARE PILOTING RIGHT NOW THE COOL PAVEMENT PROJECT, PROGRAM, WHICH HAS IMPLEMENTED OVER 28 MILES OF COOL PAVEMENT TECHNOLOGY. PUBLIC WORKS IS CWORKING WITH UTSA TO EVALUATE EXTREME HEAT IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED, BUT ALSO HELPS EXPAND THE DESIGN LIFE OF THOSE ASSETS. THOSE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BEING IMPLEMENTED ACROSS OTHER CITIES AND TESTING IT HERE LOCALLY TO SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S GREAT. WAS SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS GOING TO CHIME IN? >> I GUESS I WILL NOW. SO LAURA MENTIONED THE COOL PAVE PROGRAM. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT AND ALREADY IMPLEMENTED IS THE USE OF WARM MIX ASPHALT. WE HAVE GOTTEN RECOMMENDATIONS ON SMALLER THINGS LIKE CHANGING THE SEEDING TO MORE NATIVE GRASS AND CERTAINLY, LOOKING AT RECYCLING MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE THAT WE REMOVE FROM A PROJECT AREA OR IMPLEMENTING OTHER BEST PRACTICES. BUT LAURA MENTIONED ABOUT 28 MILES OF COOL PAVE IS WHAT [00:35:02] WE'VE DONE ACROSS THE CITY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. IS REFLECTIVE ROOFING PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ON ANYBODY'S SIDE? >> IT IS. COOL ROOFING AND WHITE ROOFING, WE DO HAVE CERTAIN FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BUT JORGE, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE JORGE FROM BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ON OUR BUILDINGS. >> CAN I INTERCEPT JUST SHORTLY? I KNOW OUR HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS ALSO A PART OF THAT. THEY DO IT IN CORRELATION WITH CPS ENERGY FOR SOME OF THE WEATHERIZATION, BUT MAINLY FOR THE ROOFING PART THAT DOES FALL UNDER OUR HOUSING DEPARTMENT. JUST FOR CLARITY. >> JORGE PEREZ, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES. COUNCIL MEMBER, EVERY TIME WE REPLACE A ROOF, WE DO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BUILDING, THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY NOW WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO OVERSEE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE FACILITY TO ALSO IMPLEMENT THE COOL ROOF FUND, ON THE SPECIFICATIONS ON THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE FOR THE COOL ROOF TO BE INSTALLED. WE PRESENTLY, EVERY TIME WE REPLACE A ROOF OR DO A MAJOR REPAIR TO A ROOF, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER WITH A DURALAST TYPE HIGH REFLECTIVE ROOFING THAT'S WHITE. WE ARE ABOUT TO START A PROJECT AT MUNICIPAL COURT THAT IS A REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF AND OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE DONE THAT USING OUR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AS PART OF THE REPAIRS AND ROOF REPLACEMENT WHERE WE WRITE THE SPECIFICATIONS IN SUCH A WAY THAT COOL ROOF REPLACE, BUILT-UP ROOFING BEING THE TYPE OF ROOFING TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIREMENT OF THE COOL ROOF. >> GONZALEZ: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE CENTRAL HUB, I GUESS, IF WE COULD INCLUDE A LINK TO WHAT WE'RE DOING AS A CITY. I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY, JUST KIND OF LISTING OUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID, JUST SO THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS KNOW THAT THE CITY THEMSELVES, WE OURSELVES ARE DOING THAT WORK, TOO, NOT JUST ASKING THAT OF COMMUNITY. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD ADD THAT LINK IN TO JUST SHARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID. THANK YOU. RELATED TO, I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES MEMBERS BROUGHT THIS UP, I SEE HOUSTON METRO IS WORKING ON SOLAR POWERED FANS AT THEIR BUS STOPS. DO YOU KNOW IF VIA, HAVE YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT A PILOT PROGRAM WITH THEM ON THAT? ANYBODY THINKING ABOUT THAT HERE? >> AT THIS MOMENT, I'M NOT AWARE SPECIFICALLY OF FANS. WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR PILOT IS LOOKING AT THE DESIGN FOR THE SPECIFIC SHELTERS AND WHAT INTERVENTIONS CAN BE INCLUDED FOR SHADE. HOWEVER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BRING BACK TO THEM FOR CONSIDERATION. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. LOOKS LIKE A SMALL PILOT PROGRAM IN HOUSTON, WITH HOUSTON METRO. THINKING, I WAS ASKING DAVID ABOUT IF WE HAVE A LIAISON FOR FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY AROUND US IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT, IN EVERY ST DISTRICT, REALLY. THERE'S PROBABLY 20 PLUS IN MY DISTRICT ALONE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE'RE WORKING WITH, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAVE A LIAISON. DO WE? EVERYONE'S LOOKING AROUND BACK THERE, LIKE DO WE HAVE A LIAISON? BUT YEAH, JUST AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE HELPING THOSE INSTITUTIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD HELP FOR THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PART. SO MANY PEOPLE GO TO THEIR CHURCH FOR INFORMATION AND SO HOW CAN WE PLUG INTO THOSE CHURCHES TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ON ANYTHING WE'RE DOING, BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS, AND JUST HOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON BUILDING STANDARDS AND ALSO ON THOSE LARGE STORAGE FACILITIES, RIGHT. WE HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, RENT A STORAGE SITE, A LOT OF THOSE ARE IN MY DISTRICT, THEY POP UP ALL OVER, SO IF WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THEIR LIGHTING OR, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE BY AT NIGHT AND LIGHTS ARE ON AND HOW TO BETTER MANAGE THAT FOR THEM. >> AT THIS MOMENT, IN TERMS OF OVERARCHING RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY, WE HAVE THE CLIMATE READY NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK. IT BRINGS PARTNERS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND WE ARE NOW ALSO LOOKING AT BRINGING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND BUSINESSES TO BE PART OF THE NETWORK. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 18 OFFICIAL MEMBERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP AND HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO EITHER PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, PROVIDE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S WATER, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, OR EVEN POTENTIALLY BE SHELTERS [00:40:03] OR AREAS OF RESPITE. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE ARE PROVIDING TRAINING IN TERMS OF WHAT CAPACITY BUILDING THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP THESE LOCATIONS TO PROPERLY SERVICE AN AREA, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND. SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC FAITH-BAI BASED ORGANIZATIONS, TEMPLES, THAT WANT TO BE PART OF IT THAT OFFER SERVICES, WE WOULD LOVE TO BRING THEM ON. WE DO HAVE ONE WHICH HAS ACTIVATED IN PREVIOUS WINTER STORMS, OFFERED RESOURCES LIKE BLANKETS AND FOOD AND WATER TO THE UNHOUSED, AND THEY HAVE ALSO EVEN OPERATED AS A SHELTER. SO RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE PART OF THE NETWORK AND THE VALUE OF THAT NETWORK IS THAT IT OPERATES IN, YOU KNOW, REGULAR DAY-TO-DAY DURING NON-DISASTER TIMES, AND DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SO THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL AS WELL. >> GONZALEZ: OKAY. GREAT. CAN YOU SHARE THAT WITH ME? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS TOPIC? GREAT. JUST A COUPLE QUICK THINGS. DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THE WAY WE CAN COLLABORATE ON THE SHADE STRUCTURES. I KNOW THERE'S A WHOLE SLIDE ON IT, OF COURSE, AND SOME FUNDING WILL BE PUT TOWARD IT SOMETIME SOON, AND OF COURSE, OUR CCR THAT CAME THROUGH AS WELL. INTERESTED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET VIA TO COME BY AND KIND OF GO THROUGH. I KNOW A WHILE AGO THEY HAD AN NPO, A GRANT TO AUDIT THE SHELTERS AND LOOK AT WHAT'S NEEDED THERE. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET AS CITY COUNCIL, SOME INFORMATION ON EACH OF THE STOPS IN OUR DISTRICT. I KNOW IT'S VERY GRANULAR. WE CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND ABOUT HOW MUCH THAT COSTS FOR US TO TRY TO HELP WHEREVER WE CAN, WHATEVER WE CAN, HOW WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND MOVE THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES I THINK IS ALWAYS THE BIGGEST QUESTION OR GOAL. PRF SI SIMILARLY, OVERALL, THE HEAT PLAYBOOK IS AN INCREDIBLE RESOURCE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR WORKING ON THIS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE HERE AND NOT HERE, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS. WE ARE A HOT CITY SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP COOL US DOWN IS HELPFUL. I THINK SIMILARLY THE SAME QUESTION AROUND VIA, IF WE CAN GET ANY DOLLAR AMOUNTS RELATED TO THE CAPITAL NEEDS OR WHETHER IT'S OUR OWN BUILDINGS THAT NEED THE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR REVITALIZATION, RETROFITTING OR PARTS UPGRADES OR STREET UPGRADES. WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE TO AGAIN HELP MEET THAT GOAL. AS A COUNCIL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BONDS AND OTHER THINGS, WE'RE MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE RIGHT APPROPRIATE NUMBER TO ACTUALLY DO THAT WORK AND NOT CUT ANYTHING HERE OR THERE FOR THE SHARED GOAL ABOUT ADDRESSING SUSTAINABILITY. I THINK THOSE ARE MY LARGER THINGS. COUPLE OF LAST -- TWO OR THREE THINGS. TO COUNCILMEMBER GAVITO'S POINTS, PARTICULARLY TREES GOING IN ON 410, I DO KNOW ON -- I THINK IT WAS CREATED A YEAR AGO OR RELEASED WITH UTSA, THERE SEEMS TO BE A GROWING HEAT ISLAND FURTHER OUT IN OUR CITY AS DEVELOPMENT SPURS THROUGH. IN DISTRICT 6 IN PARTICULAR I KNOW OUTSIDE OF 410 AS WELL WE'RE SEEING A GROWING URBAN HEAT ISLAND AROUND SOME OF OUR GROWING INDUSTRIES. SO WONDERING HOW YOU CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIES TO HELP SUPPORT BRINGING TREES BACK ON-SITE. ONGOING WORK THERE. BUT THIS ISSUE OF COURSE IS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED WITHIN OUR INNER LOOP, BUT ALSO CONTINUING TO SPREAD OUT FURTHER AND FURTHER AS DEVELOPMENT SPREADS FURTHER OUT. WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THE UDC WILL BE HELPFUL AND ALSO OTHER INTERVENTIONS WE COULD LOOK AT AS WELL WOULD BE GREAT. >> YEAH, NO, CHAIR, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND IF WE CAN COLLABORATE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. AND ZO OWE MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS TOO. I KNOW WE HAD THE DISCUSSION BEFORE AND IT DEPENDS ON THE MONEY IN THE CITY, BUT WHEN WE HAD SOME -- I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED, THE OUTDOOR SUPPORT STRUCTURES THAT WE DID WITH EDD TO SUPPORT IF ECOSYSTEM WANTED TO MAKE A BETTER SOUND BARRIER OUTSIDE FOR SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT WHAT THE POTENTIAL COULD BE TO COLLABORATE ON SHADE IN SOME FORM THERE TO SUPPORT REHABBING THEIR STOREFRONTS OR OUTDOOR SPACE TO PROVIDE THAT SHADE IN ADDITION PEDESTRIANIZING SOME OF OUR AREAS AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS CAN GET TO AND FRO OUR PARKS AND OTHER PLACES WHILE STILL HAVING QUALITY SHADE. [00:45:04] THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A BAKING IDEA. WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT WE COULD COLLABORATE WITH EDD ON THAT, PARTICULARLY THE PROGRAM IF WE COULD BRING ONLINE WITH FUTURE BUDGETS. >> YEAH. IN 2024 THROUGH THE REFUNDS $2 MILLION WERE ALLOCATED FOR A COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND. IT HAD OVER 100 PROJECTS THAT WENT TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS BUSINESSES, PROJECTS DID VARY ADDRESSING DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES FROM ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO TREE PLANTING AND GREEN SPACES. AND THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW TO INTEGRATE RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN REVITALIZE SA. THROUGH THEIR PROGRAM THEY HAVE THE CHANGE GRANT AND WE WILL BE WORKING TO HELP THE COHORT ON REVITALIZE SA TO HAVE IN THAT CHANGE GRANT FOR THE CORRIDORS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THIS YEAR. >> GALVAN: I THINK THAT'S GREAT. TO COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ'S POINT, I THINK LOOKING AT THE MAP WE LIKE THE VISUALIZATION OF THE DATA ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S HELPFUL IN THE CORRIDORS WHEN LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NOT ONLY ARE WE INVESTING IN TREES ON-SITE, ET CETERA, AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESSES AROUND IT AND GOING FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT. WE KIND OF SEE THAT IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A PUN, BUT BRANCHING OUT FURTHER AND FURTHER OUR INVESTMENTS HERE IN SUSTAINABILITY. LAST QUICK THING, I DON'T KNOW IF OHP IS HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE DECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM AND HOW OFTEN THAT ONE IS USED FOR ANY OF OUR HOME REHAB PROJECTS OR SOMETHING OF THE SORT? >> >> GALVAN: WE CAN GET IT OFFLINE. >> YEAH, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE FROM THE OFFICE -- OH, WE DO, VERONICA. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. >> NOT OHP, BUT THE DECONSTRUCTION -- >> BEING READY. [LAUGHTER]. >> CAN I PICK ON VERONICA FOR ONE THAT WAS RELEVANT TO AN EARLIER QUESTION. THE COOL ROOFS FOR RESIDENTS, THE UPDATE ON THAT? I KNOW WE HEARD FROM THE COMMERCIAL SIDE FROM JORGE, BUT AS IT RELATES TO THAT. >> YES, I THINK YOU SHARED WITH DAVID, THANK YOU FOR CHIMING IN. WE DO COOL ROOFS ON ALL OF OUR HOME REHAB PROJECTS SO WHETHER IT'S JUST GOING -- >> >> NO MORE AT ALL. OKAY. >> >> I'VE BEEN COUNTING MYSELF ALL THIS TIME. >> W >> GALVAN: MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 3, UPDATE ON METRO HEALTH'S ASTHMA PROGRAM, SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E. >> GOOD MORNING. I AM MARJORIE WHITE. I SERVE AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY DIVISION WITH METRO HEALTH. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE ON OUR CHILDREN'S ASTHMA PROGRAM TITLED SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E. B.R.E.A.T.H.E. IS AN ACRONYM FOR BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, ASTHMA AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS. TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL BE THE STATE OF ASTHMA, THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON OUR COMMUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND NEXT STEPS. WHAT IS ASTHMA? ASTHMA IS A CHRONIC CONDITION IN WHICH A PERSON'S AIRWAYS BECOMES INFLAMED AND NARROW IN THE PRESENCE OF CERTAIN TRIGGERS. ASTHMA IS OFTEN AFFECTED BY THE AIR PEOPLE BREATHE. ASTHMA IS OFTEN AFFECTED BY THE AIR PEOPLE BREATHE WHETHER IN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, AS WELL AS OUTDOORS EVERYDAY. SOME OF THE TRIGGERS INCLUDE POLLEN, PET DANDER, MOLD, CIGARETTE SMOKE, VAPING AEROSOL, TRAFFIC POLLUTION, DUST MITES, RODENTS, TO NAME A FEW. THESE TRIGGERS OFTEN RESULT IN SYMPTOMS SUCH AS SHORTNESS OF BREATH, TIGHTNESS IN THE CHEST, WHEEZING, COUGHING, AS WELL AS FATIGUE. AS ONE OF THE LEADING CHRONIC DISEASES AMONGST CHILDREN, THE LEADING CAUSE OF SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR TO HOSPITALIZATIONS AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS, ASTHMA IS DEFINITELY A PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGE. AS PER THE DATA ON THIS [00:50:01] SLIDE, APPROXIMATELY SIX MILLION CHILDREN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ASTHMA. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS CHILDREN BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL AS WELL AS AMERICANS, WHICH CONSIST OF 15.7%. TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND REGARDING SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E., IN THE 1990S, THE SOUTH TEXAS ASTHMA COALITION WAS ESTABLISHED TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING ASTHMA IN THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH INTERVENTIONS, EDUCATIONS, AS WELL AS RESEARCH. A MAJOR MILESTONE FROM THIS GROUP WAS THE CREATION OF A UNIVERSAL ASTHMA PLAN, WHICH IS STILL BEING USED BY BOTH SCHOOLS AS WELL AS HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS MANAGE THEIR ASTHMA. FAST FORWARD TO 2015, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLISHED A REPORT THAT SHOWED THAT BEXAR COUNTY'S HOSPITAL DISCHARGE RATES FOR ASTHMA WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS THE STATE RATES. IN ADDITION TO DURING THAT TIME THERE WAS UNFORTUNATELY PEDIATRIC DEATHS, ABOUT THREE OF THEM, DUE TO ASTHMA IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH PROMPTED THE COALITION TO RESTART IN JANUARY 2018. THE SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E. PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT TO LIFE BY A VERY DEDICATED GROUP OF PHYSICIANS AND ADVOCATES FROM THE COMMUNITY. AN ASTHMA SUMMIT WAS THEN HELD IN FEBRUARY OF 2018, WHERE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS ORGANIZED AND PETITIONED CITY LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS CONCERN. IN SEPTEMBER 2018, OUR CITY LEADERS INCLUDED A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR '19 TO ESTABLISH A HOME-BASED INTERVENTION FOR CHILDREN WITH HIGH RISK ASTHMA AND THE SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E. PROGRAM WAS THEN FORMED. DURING THIS TIME AN ADVISORY COUNCIL WITH APPROXIMATELY 80 MEMBERS WITH LOCAL FISSIONS, NURSES AND ASTHMA SPECIALISTS WERE FORMED TO GUIDE AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAM. WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT THIS ADVISORY COUNCIL STILL EXISTS AND CONTINUES TO MEET WITH OUR PROGRAM ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THERE ARE FILE GOALS OF THIS PROGRAM. KEEP KIDS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, KEEP KIDS IN SCHOOL, ACTIVE AND PLAYING. KEEP PARENTS AT WORK. SAVE MONEY AND HEALTH SYSTEMS MONEY, REDUCE TOBACCO USE AND EXPOSURE. ALL OF THESE GOALS ARE ACHIEVABLE WHEN CHILDREN HAVE WELL-CONTROLLED ASTHMA. THIS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A STAFFING COMPLEMENT OF EIGHT AND AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $8,702, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 16% OF METRO HEALTH'S CHRONIC DISEASE SECTIONS' PRESIDENT AND CEO. OUR PROGRAM IS NO COST TO ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS. WE RECEIVE REFERRALS FROM ANYONE, INCLUDING CAREGIVERS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, MIDDLE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND SCHOOLS. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, WE USUALLY TAKE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF THREE TO 17 YEARS OLD AND LIVE WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY HOWEVER, ON SPECIAL SITUATIONS WE HAVE SEEN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN THREE AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTY. WE HAVE FIVE CRITERIA TO BE ENROLLED INTO THIS PROGRAM, THREE ARE CLINICAL AND TWO ARE SCHOOL BASED. THEY INCLUDE ONE HOSPITALIZATION IN THE PAST YEAR, TWO OR MORE URGENT ACUTE OR EMERGENCY VISITS IN THE PAST YEAR, TWO OR MORE STEROIDS BURSTS IN THE PAST YEAR, WHICH IS A TREATMENT FOR ACUTE ASTHMA FOR REDUCE INFLAMMATIONS, AS WELL AS TWO OR MORE UNSCHEDULED SCHOOL TREATMENTS IN THE PAST WEEK AND MISSING 10% OR MORE OF SCHOOL DAYS IN THE PAST YEAR. BASED ON THIS CRITERIA APPROXIMATELY 85% OF OUR REFERRALS ARE ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE CLINICAL CRITERIA. AND 15% MOSTLY FROM THE SCHOOLS. IN FISCAL YEAR 25 OUR PROGRAM HAS SERVED 181 CHILDREN AND THE DATA FOR FISCAL YEAR '26 AS OF YESTERDAY WE'VE SERVED 116. THE PROGRAM CONSISTS OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS CONDUCTING THREE VISITS WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM. THE VISITS MOSTLY TAKE PLACE AT THE CHILDREN'S HOMES AS WELL AS SOMETIMES OTHER AREAS WHERE THE FAMILY MAY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SUCH AS RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, BUT ALSO WE DO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL OPTION. WE ENGAGE WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL NURSES TO STRENGTHEN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMILY TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING THE CARE OF THE CHILD. WE ALSO PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP VISITS AT SIX AND 12 MONTHS. AND EVEN BEYOND THE 12-MONTH MARK OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO ENGAGE WITH THE CLIENTS AS NEEDED. [00:55:02] THE PROGRAM HAS FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS. FIRST BEING EDUCATION. WE PROVIDE EDUCATION TO OUR PARTICIPANTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT ASTHMA. WE TEACH THEM HOW TO USE THEIR ASTHMA DEVICES, HOW TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR MEDICATIONS, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY ABOUT 50 TO 80 PERCENT OF OUR PARTICIPANTS USE THEIR INHALER INCORRECTLY, THUS NOT GETTING AN EFFECTIVE DOSE OF THE MEDICATION FOR THEIR LUNGS. WE HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEIR ASTHMA MEDICATION AND WE MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR ASTHMA ACTION PLAN AND HAVE A COPY OF IT. WE ASSESS HOW WELL THE CHILD'S ASTHMA IS CONTROLLED AT EVERY VISIT BY ADMINISTERING OUR ASTHMA CONTROL TEST, ALSO KNOWN AS ACT. IT'S A FIVE-QUESTIONNAIRE THAT MEASURES ASTHMA CONTROL OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS. AND WE ALSO DO HOME ASSESSMENTS, LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE TRIGGERS IN THE HOME THAT'S ALSO CAUSING CONCERNS WITH THE CHILD AND THEIR ASTHMA. WE PROVIDE TOOLKITS TO HELP THEM REDUCE TRIGGERS IN THEIR HOMES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROGRAM WE PROVIDE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF KITS FROM CLEANING KITS, FROM MEDICINE BOXES, SLEEPING KITS, WHATEVER IS NEEDED, AS WELL AS A PEST MANAGEMENT KIT TO HELP WITH RODENTS. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE REFERRALS TO ANY RESOURCES THAT THE FAMILY MAY NEED BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES OUR FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING MAJOR CHALLENGES WITHIN THEIR HOMES AND OUR TEAM DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF CONNECTING THEM THROUGH A WIDE VARIETY OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AS WELL AS SERVING AS ADVOCATES FOR THEM WHEN NEEDED. THE IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE POSITIVE RESULTS THAT WE ARE HAVING ON OUR PARTICIPANTS AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE ASTHMA CONTROL TEST, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ACT SCORES. AS A REMINDER, THE ACT IS THE FIVE-QUESTION SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT THAT IS ANSWERED BY THE CHILD AND PARENT TO RECALL HOW THE CHILD'S SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SCORES OF 20 OR MORE ARE CONSIDERED WELL CONTROLLED, WHICH IS INDICATED BY THE BRIGHT GREEN LINE. ANYTHING BELOW THAT LINE IS CONSIDERED POORLY CONTROLLED. THE RED BAR ON THE LEFT SHOWS OUR PARTICIPANT'S ACT SCORE AT ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS 16.6, WHICH IS DEEMED POORLY CONTROLLED. THE ADJACENT MAROON BAR REPRESENTS THE AVERAGE SCORE AT HOME VISIT TWO, WHICH HAS AN IMPROVEMENT OF 20.2, WHICH IS CONSIDRED OVERALL WELL CONTROLLED. THE LIGHT BLUE REPRESENTS THE HOME VISIT SCORE AT THE THIRD VISIT, WHICH IS 21.4, WHICH IS STILL SHOWING SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT OVER TIME. AND THE DARK TEAL BAR REPRESENTS THE ACT SCORE AT THE 12TH MONTH FOLLOW-UP, WHICH IS 22.8. ONCE AGAIN, INDICATING CONTROLLED ASTHMA AND DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SCORES FROM ENROLLMENT TO THE 12-MONTH FOLLOW-UP THERE IS A 37% INCREASE IN WELL CONTROLLED ASTHMA FOR OUR PARTICIPANTS AND WE'RE ALSO BROAD TO REPORT THAT 89% OF OUR GRADUATES AT THE 12-MONTH VISIT ARE WELL CONTROLLED. JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF TESTIMONY, SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS HAVE SHARED THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR WELL-CONTROLLED ASTHMA, THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN SCHOOL, THEY CAN DO SPORTS, CLIMB UP THE STAIRS AND SERVE THEIR DEPARTMENT ALL BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THIS TEAM. THIS TABLE REFLECTS HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA AT A POINT IN TIME WITH CHILDREN AS WELL AS 2024. THE 2015 DATA WAS AGAIN THE ALARMING DATA THAT TRIGGERED THE COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR A PROGRAM LIKE SA KIDS B.R.E.A.T.H.E. AT THE TIME AS YOU CAN SEE THE STATE'S SCORE WAS 8.3 AND WE WERE AT 14.7, ALMOST TWICE THE STATE AVERAGE. IN 2024, MANY COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING OURS, HAVE SHOWN A DECLINE THAT WE ARE STILL CONSIDERED HIGH AMONG OTHER COUNTIES WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE ARE WORKING TO EXPAND OUTREACH AND REFERRAL STRATEGIES, THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT WE WILL BE GIVEN A FULL-TIME POSITION TO HELP US INCREASE REFERRALS, STRENGTHEN OUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS, BUT ALSO BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE WORKING ON PREVENTION; PREVENT SMOKING [01:00:01] IN HOUSING AND AS WELL AS INCREASE HOUSING TO OUR STATE'S YES QUIT TOBACCO CESSATION PROGRAM AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR SMOKING ORDINANCE THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH IS RECENTLY UPDATED TO ALSO INCLUDE VAPING. MANY HELP TO ENVISION AND CREATE THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE TODAY. OUR KEY PARTNERS INCLUDE SOUTH TEXAS ASTHMA COALITION, UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY HEALTH, COMMUNITY FIRST HEALTH PLANS, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR INCREDIBLE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT INCLUDES PARKS AND RECREATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AS WELL AS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY, THE SAN ANTONIO COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL AND DRUG AWARENESS. THEY HELPED TO CO-LEAD THE BREATHE CLEAR COALITION WITH US AS WELL AS THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING IN OUR CITY TOPIC '21 POLICY AND OUR RECENT UPDATE TO OUR SMOKING ORDINANCE. THERE ARE ALSO MANY PHYSICIANS AND CLINICS AROUND SAN ANTONIO THAT ALSO REFERS TO OUR PROGRAM AS WELL. AS WELL AS THE AMERICORPS PROGRAM AND THE CDC'S PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATE PROGRAM THAT HAVE PROVIDED INCREDIBLE INTERNS TO OUR PROGRAM. BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A STORY ABOUT ONE OF OUR PARTICIPANTS NAMED MARY. SHE WAS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AS A PRETEEN. THIS TEAM SHOWS A POWERFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA RECEIVE THE RIGHT EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND FOLLOW-UP. 10 OUT OF 45 IS DEEMED POOR CONTROL. MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS WERE IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING MOLD THROUGHOUT THE APARTMENT, MOLDS, CIGARETTE SMOKE ODOR AND A DOG IN THE HOME. IN ADDITION, HER INHALER TECHNIQUE WAS POOR, LIMITING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MEDICATION SHE WAS USING. AFTER RECEIVING THE INTERVENTION THROUGH OUR PROGRAM, AT THE END OF HER GRADUATION, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A TWO-YEAR TIME FRAME BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT CHALLENGES AND DIFFERENT DELAYS, HER LAST ACT SCORE IMPROVED TO 24 OUT OF 25. TODAY MARIE IS MORE ACTIVE, SHE'S THANKSGIVING IN SCHOOL, SIPPING IN THE CHOIR AND EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. HER STORY REFLECTS MEASURABLE IMPACT THAT ASTHMA SELF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION CAN HAVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT WORK OF EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, MS. CARA HOUSELER WHO SERVES AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER. KATHY SHIELDS, THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE ADMINISTRATOR, DR. MANDY [INDISCERNIBLE], OUR MEDICAL ADVISOR WHO SUPPORTS OUR STAFF. AS WELL AS PAUL, OUR RESPIRATORY THERAPIST, AND OUR FOUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL NOW YIELD TO QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARJORIE FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FOLKS WHO ARE HERE WHO DO THIS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KEEP OUR KIDS. AS A CHRONIC ASTHMATIC I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO NECESSITY TO SEE THE WORK DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW AS THE WORK HAPPENS IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE ISSUE, INCLUDING THAT FOLKS ARE USING THEIR MEDICINE CORRECTLY, HAVE ACCESS TO THE MEDICINE, HAVE A HEALTHY AND SAFE HOME. THANK YOU AGAIN. I KNOW WE HAVE LIMITED TIME TODAY SO I WANT TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT ITEM AND ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS WE CAN SEND OVER. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. MOVING TO ITEM NUMBER 4, WHICH IS THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM UPDATE. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GRANT HE WILL SOP, THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER FOR THE APPRECIATION DEPARTMENT. ONE THING WE LIKE TO DO WHEN WE MAKE PRESENTATIONS ON THE AQUIFER PROGRAM IS TO DO SOME SHOW AND TELL, SO WE'VE GOT SOME -- WE'VE GOT SOME ROCKS THAT WE'VE COLLECTED IN THE FIELD THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU TO SHOWCASE WHAT -- A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AQUIFER AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE'RE OUT THERE. SO THE AQUIFER PROTECTION [01:05:04] PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE THE YEAR 2000, BUT ITS ORIGINS DATE BACK MUCH FARTHER THAN THAT. THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY BEGAN --F LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, IN THE '70S WHEN PEOPLE BEGAN TO REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER WAS TO THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA. IN THE '80S AND '90 THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE HELD, AND THEN IN 2000 THE FIRST ITERATION OF THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM, KNOWN AS PROPOSITION 3, WAS BORN. IT WAS A VOTER-SUPPORTED INITIATIVE THAT ALLOWED FOR THE ONE-CENT SALES TAX FOR PURPOSES OF PROTECTING LAND OVER THE MORE SENSITIVE PARTS OF THE AQUIFER. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPH THERE, THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER MAKES UP ALMOST 50% OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S DRINKING WATER. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER SOURCES OF WATER THAT NOW EXIST THAT DID NOT EXIST 20 YEARS AGO, AND SO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S WATER PORTFOLIO HAS EXPANDED QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER STILL MAKES UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE DRINKING WATER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AQUIFER ITSELF. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ROCKS THAT WE'VE PASSED OUT, THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER IS A KARST LIME TONE AQUIFER. WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS THAT IT'S VERY POROUS, THERE'S LOTS OF HOLES. THE AQUIFER SYSTEM ALLOWS WATER TO RECHARGE RAPIDLY AFTER A HEAVY RAINFALL. SO AFTER ALL THE RAINS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED RECENTLY, I BELIEVE THAT THE AQUIFER LEVEL JUST IN THE FOUR DAYS OF HEAVY RAINS THAT WE GOT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, THE AQUIFER LEVEL ROSE APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET, WHICH IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. THERE ARE THREE PRIMARY ZONES OF THE AQUIFER THAT WE FOCUS ON. THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE, THE RECHARGE ZONE AND THE ARTESIAN ZONE. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS CROSS-SECTION, THE BEST WAY TO THINK OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS LOCATED IN THE ARTESIAN ZONE. IT'S SORT OF THAT LOWER AREA. THE RECHARGE ZONE IS A NARROW STRIP OF LAND THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NORTHERN SECTION OF THE CITY AND BEXAR COUNTY IS THE MOST SENSITIVE PART OF THE AQUIFER AND THAT'S WHERE THE WATER RECHARGES. BUT WHEN RAIN FALLS IN THE HILL COUNTRY IT MAKES ITS WAY DOWN THROUGH THE CREEKS AND STREAMS IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND THEN IT RECHARGES AND FLOWS DOWN THROUGH THE BALCONES FAULT ZONE INTO THE ARTESIAN ZONE AND THAT'S WHERE WE DRAW OUR WATER FROM THE SAN ANTONIO POOL. A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY AND FOCUS FOR THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM IS IN BEXAR, MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTIES. THOSE ARE TO THE WEST OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE REASON WE FOCUS A LOT OF OUR ACTIVITY IN THOSE WESTERN COUNTIES IS BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUNDWATER FLOW PATH. THAT GROUNDWATER FLOW PATH IS FROM WEST TO EAST. SO WHEN WATER RECHARGES IN UVALDE AND MEDINA COUNTY, IT FLOWS UNDERGROUND EASTWARD AND ENDS UP IN THE SAN ANTONIO POOL FROM WHICH WE DRAW OUR WATER. THIS AGAIN SHOWS THAT THOSE ZONES, THAT PINK ZONE IN THE MIDDLE, THE NARROW PINK ZONE IN THE MIDDLE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF MEDINA AND UVALDE AND BEXAR COUNTY, THAT'S THE RECHARGE ZONE. THE GREEN SECTION TO THE NORTH IS THE CONTRIBUTING ZONE AND THE BLUE SECTION IN THE SOUTH IS THE ARTESIAN ZONE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EFFORTS AND PROTECTED LANDS ARE IN THE RECHARGE ZONE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRIDS. THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM IS OVERSEEN BY A NINE-PERSON COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMITTEE CALLED THE CONSIDERATIONVATION ADVISORY BOARD. IT IS NOT LIKE OTHER ADVISORY BOARDS FOR CONSIDERATION THAT ARE APPOINTED BY DISTRICT. RATHER, THESE ARE INDUSTRY EXPERTS AND AGENCIES THAT WERE SELECTED BY CITY COUNCIL WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS FIRST CREATED TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A SCIENCE-BASED ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION PROCESS TO THE SELECTION OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED ON THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD ARE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY. WE'VE GOT THE PARKS DIRECTOR WHO HAS A STANDING POSITION ON THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD. WE ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICE -- THERE IS A VOICE REPRESENTED ON THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE COUNTIES THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT IN THE WEST. OVER THE YEARS, AS I MENTIONED, THE PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS STARTED IN 2000, IT [01:10:05] WAS KNOWN AS PROPOSITION 3. THAT WAS A VOTER-SUPPORTED SALES TAX INITIATIVE THAT COLLECTED UP TO $45 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTING LAND IN EXCLUSIVELY BEXAR COUNTY. AT THE TIME THAT THAT PROGRAM EXPIRED AROUND 2025 THERE WAS A -- AROUND 2005 THERE WAS A CHANGE IN STATE LAWS THAT ALLOWED MUNICIPALITIES TO PURSUE CONSERVATION INITIATIVES THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THEIR CITY LIMITS. AND SO PROPOSITION 1 WAS THEN VOTED ON AND PASSED BY VOTERS IN 2005 WHICH ALLOWED THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS INTO MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTIES. THAT PROGRAM WAS FUNDED AT $90 MILLION, AS WAS ITS SUCCESSOR, PROP 1 IN 2010 AND 2015. IN 2020 THERE WAS A REDIRECTION OF FUNDS FROM THE SALES TAX AND CITY COUNCIL THEN DECIDED TO APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL FACILITIES CORPORATION FUND AT AN AMOUNT OF $100 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS. THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT WE ACQUIRE PROPERTIES. BY FAR THE MOST COMMON IS THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. OVER 95% OF OUR PROPERTY INTERESTS AND USE OF FUNDS HAVE BEEN SPENT TOWARD THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THE OTHER IS THROUGH JUST THE ACQUISITION OF FEE SIMPLE PROPERTIES. IN SOME INSTANCES WE HAVE PURCHASED LAND USING THE AQUIFER PROTECTION FUNDS. THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE -- SOME OF THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BECOME CITY PARKS ON THE NORTHSIDE OF THE CITY. SOME OF THEM HAVE BECOME INCORPORATED INTO GOVERNMENT CANYON STATE NATURAL AREA. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EFFORTS ARE THROUGH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. WE'RE WORKING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS IN SEVERAL COUNTIES THAT IMPACT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S FLOW OR POOL OF WATER, AND TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS WE WORKED WITH WILLING PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN NEGOTIATING THE SALE OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY. AGAIN, CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ARE -- THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS ON THOSE PROPERTIES. BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PURCHASING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON THESE PROPERTIES. WE'RE WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS. MOST OF THEM ARE RANCHERS OR FARMERS OUT IN MEDINA AND YAWLED COUNTY. WEAVER PURCHASING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS, BUT WHAT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO IS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THEIR PROPERTIES IN A CONSISTENT MANNER WITH WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE, BUT THEY ARE GIVING UP FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS IN EXCHANGE FOR FUNDS. THE ACQUISITION OF OUR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CAN TAKE ANYWHERE FROM NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR. AND THEN ONCE THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THESE ARE LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THESE LANDOWNERS THAT RUN IN PERPETUITY. SO THEY RUN WITH THE LAND. THE LANDOWNER MAY TRANSFER OR MAY SELL THE PROPERTY OR MAY PASS THE PROPERTY ON TO THEIR HEIRS AND THESE RESTRICTIONS TO THE PROPERTY RUN WITH THE PROPERTY. THE PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE: WE HAVE PROTECTED IN TOTAL 188,900 ACRES. LIKE I SAID, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE MAJORITY OF THOSE HAVE BEEN THROUGH CONSERVATION EATMENTS WITH ABOUT 8,000 ACRES IN FEE SIMPLE ACQUISITIONS. THIS IS THE ACQUISITION OF ACREAGE BY COUNTY. OBVIOUSLY MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF THE ATTENTION. BEXAR COUNTY IS A DISTANT THIRD, BUT WE FOCUS A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS IN BEXAR COUNTY. IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S FAR LESS LAND OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED OR ALREADY PROTECTED IN BEXAR COUNTY. THE WAY WE IDENTIFY PROPERTIES IS SCIENCE BASED FIRST AND FOREMOST. WE HAVE A SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION TEAM THAT CONVENES APPROXIMATELY EVERY FIVE YEARS. THEY LOOK AT THE RANKING MATERIAL THAT WE USE TO IDENTIFY AND RANK PROPERTIES AND THEN WE HAVE A WEIGHTING [01:15:08] MATRIX THAT HELPS US RANK PROPERTIES BASED ON SIZE AND KNOWN GEOLOGIC FEATURES ON THE PROPERTY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ADJACENT TO EXISTING PROTECTED LANDS, ET CETERA. THERE'S A WHOLE -- THERE'S A WHOLE MATRIX OF INFORMATION THAT COMES TOGETHER THAT HELPS TO INFORM THE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION TEAM'S WEIGHTING MEASURES. AND THEN THROUGH THE ACQUISITION PROCESS WE HAVE A LAND ACQUISITION TEAM. WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HELP US IDENTIFY, WORK WITH LANDOWNERS AND THEN GUIDE THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH. THIS IS THAT STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS THAT I JUST MENTIONED. WE IDENTIFY PROPERTIES, WE TAKE THESE PROPERTIES TO THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD. WE HAVE A SERIES OF STAGE ONE AND STAGE TWO DUE DILIGENCE THAT INCLUDE GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPORTS AND PHASE 1 SITE ASSESSMENTS. ONCE WE COMPLETE ALL OF THE DUE DILIGENCE WE BRING THOSE PROPERTIES TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL. IN 2015 THERE WERE $10 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE FROM THE $100 MILLION TOTAL THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL FOR THE SALES TAX TO BE USED FOR WATER QUALITY PROJECTS. THERE WERE 11 WATER QUALITY PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED. WE WORKED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE THE SELECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE PROJECTS. WE ARE -- ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE. WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A FINAL REPORT FROM ONE PROJECT WHICH WE EXPECT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, AT WHICH POINT IN TIME WE'LL BE CIRCLING BACK WITH CITY COUNCIL TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON THAT WEBSITE, INCLUDING FINALIZED REPORTS, PROJECT SUMMARIES, ALL THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED FOR THOSE WATER QUALITY PROJECTS. LEVERAGING FUNDS IS OBVIOUSLY ANOTHER VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM. TO DATE WE HAVE LEVERAGED OVER $34 MILLION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VARIOUS PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. THE SAN ANTONIO ENDOWMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT THROUGH THEIR SOUTHERN EDWARDS PLATEAU CONSERVATION PLAN HAS BEEN A CRITICAL LOCAL PARTNER MORE RECENTLY. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO END BY TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN SO -- IT HAS BEEN INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS RECEIVED LOTS OF ACCLAIM. AND THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN UNDERGROUND AT THE WOOT CAVERN ON THE SAGO VALLEY RANCH, WHICH WAS A PROPERTY THAT WE ASIDE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON BACK IN 2024. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A MASSIVE CAVE SYSTEM UNDERNEATH THE GROUND AT THAT PROPERTY. THERE IS A SMALL LIGHT SORT OF DOWN IN THE -- NEAR THE RIGHT-HAND CORNER. THAT IS A SPELUNKER. THAT IS SOMEBODY DESCENDING DOWN INTO THE CAVE ON A ROPE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SCALE. AND THIS PHOTO I LOVE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT IT SHOWS WHILE WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE GROUND AND WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, MOST OF WHAT WE SEE IS ABOVE THE SURFACE, BUT THIS SHOWCASES EXACTLY WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO PROTECT BECAUSE THESE SUBTERRANEAN CAVERNS AND SYSTEMS ALLOW THE WATER THAT WE ARE WORKING TO PROTECT TO CONTINUE TO FLOW BOTH, YOU KNOW, IN A WATER CAPACITY OR WATER QUALITY AND WATER QUANTITY CAPACITY. I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CALL OUT THE STAFF THAT WORKS ON THIS. THIS IS A SMALL TEAM. PHIL COULD HAVING TON AND SUSAN COURAGE ARE HERE TODAY. DAVID BERNAL IS NOT WITH US TODAY, BUT IT'S A THREE-PERSON TEAM AND THEY DO AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I REALLY LOVE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW WE GET OUR WATER. OF COURSE WE TALK FREQUENTLY ON COUNCIL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR WATER SYSTEM IS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THE AQUIFER IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY AND [01:20:03] ENTIRE AREA SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT AND MAINTAIN IT AND I THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO MANY OF US HERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION OR THIS ITEM? COUNCILMEMBER WHYTE? >> WHYTE: YEAH, I'LL BRIEFLY SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION AND FOR THE WORK. I WANT TO GIVE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO PROTECT THE AQUIFER. IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY REMAINS VIGILANT AND PROACTIVE AND SECURING THE LAND, THE EDWARD'S AQUIFER AS WE ALL KNOW IS SORT OF A LIFELINE FOR SAN ANTONIO, AND SO MANY ACRES OF THE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN PROTECTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. IT'S REALLY A GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY REALLY OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE Y'ALL'S BACK IF YOU WILL AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THAT REGARD. THANKS CHAIR. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ. >> GONZÁLEZ: JUST REALLY QUICK, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE EFFORTS. THIS IS ANOTHER REASON I THINK WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO SO UNIQUE IS WE'RE ONE OF THOSE FIRST CITIES THAT INVESTED IN PROTECTING OUR WATER RESOURCE LIKE THIS. SO RESOURCES REALLY. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON I KNOW THAT 100 MILLION IS OVER 10 YEARS. SO HAVE WE STARTED ANY CONVERSATIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? I THINK WE'RE FIVE YEARS INTO THAT 10 YEARS? ARE WE FIVE? >> WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT. WHILE COUNCIL APPROVED THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES CORPORATION FUNDING SOURCE IN 2020, IT DOESN'T KICK IN UNTIL 2022. SO WE'RE THREE YEARS INTO IT. >> GONZÁLEZ: SO I GUESS AT THE HALFWAY POINT WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT HOW WE BUILD THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND I THINK MY LAST QUESTION WAS -- JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS ON PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY? >> WE ALWAYS LOOK AT BEXAR COUNTY, RIGHT? SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF DISCUSSION WHEN IT COMES TO BEXAR COUNTY. THERE'S A FEW FACTORS TO CONSIDER. OBVIOUSLY PROPERTY VALUES IN BEXAR COUNTY ARE MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY ARE IN WESTERN COUNTIES. SO HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE BANG FOR THE PROGRAM'S BUCK, IF YOU WILL, BY PROTECTING LARGER OPEN SPACE IN MEDINA AND UVALDE COUNTY. THAT SAID, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT PROPERTIES IN BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE FEWER AND FARTHER BETWEEN. SO THERE IS ALWAYS A FOCUS ON THE PART OF THE STAFF TO EVALUATE VERY CRITICALLY THE PROPERTIES -- THE REMAINING OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES IN BEXAR COUNTY. >> GONZÁLEZ: GOT IT. THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> GALVAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY ONLY LAST QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK REALLY QUICK WAS DO WE -- ZERO WE HAVE A MAP OF -- I THINK TO COUNCILMEMBER MEZA GONZÁLEZ ABOUT THE WORK ONGOING, DO WE HAVE PREVIOUS ITERATIONS AND THE CREDITS AND EXCEPTIONS IN THE AREA? OF COURSE [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT OVERALL SEEING WHAT WE'VE ACQUIRED, WHAT PARTS WE'VE ACQUIRED AND WHAT THAT TIMELINE HAS BEEN? >> AND THIS -- MAYBE THIS ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN. THIS PARTICULAR MAP SHOWS BEXAR, MEDINA AND YAWLED COUNTIES. THE YELLOW PARCELS THAT YOU SEE, THE YELLOW POLYGONZÁLEZ THROUGHOUT, MOSTLY LOCATED ON THE RECHARGE ZONE, ARE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT WE PURCHASED UNDER PROPOSITION 1. THE GREEN PARCELS, WHICH ARE ALL PRIMARILY LOCATED IN SORT OF NORTHWESTERN BEXAR COUNTY WERE ACQUIRED IN PROPOSITION 3, THE $45 MILLION. AND THE RED PARCELS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ADJACENT TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE YELLOW PARCELS ARE PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE PROTECTED THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL UTILITIES FUNDING CORPORATION. >> GALVAN: OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR THE ROCK TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION. I WILL NOT PUT ON MY WRIST. APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION TODAY. AND AUTO 11:58 A.M. WE WILL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.