Dec 12, 2019 Governance Committee on 2019-12-12 2:00 PM

THERE'RE FIVE, FIVE APPLICANTS.

AND SO WE HAVE, UH, SEVEN APPLICANTS PRESENT TODAY.

AND, AND THE FIVE SLOTS.

THREE REAPPOINTMENTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL, UH, INDIVIDUALLY, UH, FOLKS TO MAKE TWO MINUTE STATEMENTS.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, WE'LL GO AROUND THE DAIS.

AFTER EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, SPEAK BEFORE THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, WE'RE GOING TO BREAK INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION VERY BRIEFLY AND THEN COME BACK, UM, AND TO OPEN SESSION.

AND, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE FIVE APPLICANTS FOR FIVE POSITIONS, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP EVERYBODY IN THE CHAMBERS.

UH, AND YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HEARING EVERYONE'S COMMENTS.

GO AHEAD, CLERK.

SO THE FIRST APPLICANT TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE, UH, WOULD BE CHRISTOPHER C. GARCIA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ALRIGHT, CHRIS, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES AND THEN WE'LL GO AROUND WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.

I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I HAVE A DEEP PASSION FOR SAN ANTONIO.

I HAVE ALSO AN, AN INTEREST IN POLITICS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

I BELIEVE SERVING, CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION WOULD BE A GREAT WAY, UH, TO FUSE MY TALENTS, EXPERIENCE, AND INTEREST.

AS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR MASTER PLAN, KNOWN AS SA TOMORROW.

SA TOMORROW FEATURES IDEAS ON SUSTAINABILITY, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, AND A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT COVERS LAND USE, GROWTH, AND SERVICES.

TO ACCOMPLISH THAT BALANCE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THE MASTER PLAN, WHERE OUR CITY HAS BEEN AND WHERE IT'S GOING, AND THE ASSOCIATED MACRO AND MICRO EFFECTS OF THOSE DECISIONS.

OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE BEEN FORMED TO HANDLE VARIATIONS ON CODES, PLANS AND GUIDELINES.

I HAVE SERVED ON THE BUILDING RELATED AND FIRE CODE APPEALS AND ADVISORY BOARD, AND SERVED ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND MAKING THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS I SERVED WHEN IT CAME TIME TO UPDATE THEIR ASSOCIATED CODES AND STANDARDS.

I WANT TO CONTINUE SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE I WANNA SHAPE OUR CITY.

THE GROWTH OF OUR CITY NEEDS TO BE MANAGED IN A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.

MADISON IS IN CONCERT WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE CITIZENS DEVELOPED.

IT IS CLEAR THAT OUR CITIZENS BELIEVE WE CAN HAVE THE PERKS OF BIG CITY LIFE WHILE MAINTAINING THAT SMALL FRIENDLY SMALL TOWN FEEL.

AS THE FORMER H O A PRESIDENT, I WILL ALWAYS LOOK TO SEE HOW DEVELOPMENT

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AFFECTS NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS ASK IF THERE'S ANY RESPONSES, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY.

IN FACT, MY INITIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION HAS LED TO COMMUNITY RESPONSES BECOMING A REGULAR PART OF THE WORK SESSION.

UH, WE CAN HAVE THE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE NEED AND MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

ONE THING I DO AS CHAIRMAN IS FREQUENTLY ASK FOR CITY STAFF STAFF TO GET LARGE PRESENTATIONS TO US WITH ENOUGH TIME, UH, TO PROVIDE REVIEW.

I JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.

I'M A PRODUCT OF THE EDGEWOOD DISTRICT.

I HAVE PARENTS AND IN-LAWS WHO STILL LIVE IN THE AREA.

SO I RECOGNIZE THE CONCERNS THAT OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, AND I'VE BEEN AN ENGINEER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AND NOW I'M AT UT HEALTH.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, MR. GARCIA.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES? COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, AND ENCOURAGE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR APPLICATION AND FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVING AS CHAIR.

UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, THAT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU.

UH, IT IS TO ME AS WELL.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU MEAN BY RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT? UM, I LIKE TO SEE WHEN THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE IT'S NOT JUST, HEY, THIS IS MINE.

I CAN JUST DO WHATEVER I WANT.

WHERE THEY SIT THERE AND SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND I LIKE TO SEE WHEN THEY'VE MADE, UH, CONCESSIONS AND THEY WORK THINGS OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT ALSO IS ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED FOR THE INPUT.

AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WHEN THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE HOAS OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND OF ALL COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

I NOTICE THAT SOMETIMES AT COUNCIL WE GET VARYING, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON SOMETHING.

THE STAFF MAY MAKE A DIFFERENT, UH, RECOMMENDATION.

AND EVEN THE ZONING COMMISSION MAKE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS SOMETIMES.

UH, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR MEMBERS WOULD BE WILLING TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE AS AN EX-OFFICIO OBSERVER AND TRY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING TOGETHER THOSE DIFFERENCES? OR DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A WAY OF HELPING ALL THREE STAFF, UH, ZONING AND PLANNING TO, UH, KIND OF LOOK AT THINGS IN SIMILAR WAYS? OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT INTENTS BETWEEN EACH COMMITTEE, BUT WHEN WE GET SO OFTEN VARYING POSITIONS ON ISSUES THAT COME TO US, UH, IT IT CAN BE CONFUSING TO US.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING SOME KIND OF INTERCHANGE BETWEEN THE COMMISSIONS AND THE STAFF A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, GROWTH? I THINK THAT CAN BE A GOOD THING.

UM, AND, AND CURRENTLY THE, THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION SITS AS AN EX OFFICIO MEMBER, AND THEN THEY ATTEND WHEN THEY CAN.

SO WE KIND OF GET THAT INPUT.

BUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS, LET'S SAY IT CAME OUTTA PLANNING, AND THEN I THINK USUALLY IT GOES TO ZONING.

SOMETIMES IT GOES TO ZONING FIRST.

BUT IF YOU HAD THAT SITUATION WHERE WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD NOT BE UNREASONABLE TO SAY, HEY, CAN WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING OR SOMETHING TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THIS? THAT WAY WE CAN SEE WHY.

AND PART OF OUR WORK SESSION, WE DO ASK, WELL, IF IT WENT TO ZONING FIRST, SOMETIMES WE ASK, WELL, WHAT DID ZONING RECOMMEND AND WHY DID THEY RECOMMEND THAT? AND THEN WE START ASKING OTHER QUESTIONS BASED ON THAT.

AND SOME, SOME OF THESE CASES ARE CHALLENGING TOO.

RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU MR. GARCIA.

THE NEXT APPLICANT IS MICHAEL A. GARCIA JR.

ALSO A CURRENT MEMBER AND APPLIED FOR REAPPOINTMENT.

MIKE, AS YOU COME FORWARD, UH, SAME THING.

TWO MINUTES, UH, FOR STATEMENT, THEN WE'LL GO AROUND WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

BEEN PLANNING FOR THE BEST RESIDENTIAL AREAS, COORDINATED EDUCATIONAL WITH THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW BUSINESSES, INDUSTRIAL AND RECREATIONAL AREA.

I'LL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT ABOUT THIS.

UH, MY INTEREST, MY INTEREST IN SERVING THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO UTILIZE MY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE CITY.

I LOVE SAN ANTONIO, THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE NATION.

IT HAS AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS ATTRACTING PEOPLE IN BUSINESSES TO OUR AREA.

IN MY YOUNG CAREER, I SERVED ON THE DESIGN TEAM OF THE WORLD'S FAIR, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO HEMISPHERE 68, 50 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS EXCITING AND CHALLENGING.

AFTER MY CAREER AS A PLANNER AND ARCHITECT WITH THE AIR FORCE, I RETIRED BACK TO SAN ANTONIO, SO I AM RETIRED.

I HAD WORKED WITH OTHER, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CITY AND WE CREATED A COALITION OF NEIGHBORHOODS TO ADDRESS ISSUES AND BRING THEM TO THE CITY.

COUNCIL PLANNING IS A WAY FORWARD AND PRESENTS A FUTURE OF THE INTERACTION OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF HIGHWAYS AND ROADWAYS THROUGH THE CITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS HAS TO INTERATE TO THE BUSINESS AND AMENITIES OF THE URBAN AREA TO PROVIDE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE AND WORK ENVIRONMENT.

UH, A PROGRESSIVE CITY.

WE HAD

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WE NEED TO BE READY.

I HAVE SERVED ON THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'VE WORKED WITH THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY AS WELL.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY.

I'M SORRY.

ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU MR. GARCIA.

UM, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE SAME QUESTION.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU BELIEVE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IS? MR. GARCIA? AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON ALL OF THOSE BOARDS.

WELL, I THINK RESPONSIBLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMES WHEN PEOPLE THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO SEE HOW OUR MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY IS, AND THEY CAN COOPERATE WITH CITY TO DEVELOP THE AREAS THAT, UH, ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

AND ALSO WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THEIR POTENTIAL SITE.

MANY TIMES PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY DON'T ADDRESS THE CITIZENS OF THE AREA, AND I KNOW THEY BECOME VERY, UH, UPSET AND COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION SAYING, WE DON'T LIKE WHAT THIS IS GONNA BE, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND MAYBE THE LAND THAT WAS AVAILABLE HAD BEEN VACANT FOR 20, 30 YEARS, BUT SOMETHING HAS TO HAPPEN TO GENERATE MORE INCOME FOR THE CITY.

SO I THINK EVERYBODY SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AGREEING TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MIKE.

OUR NEXT APPLICANT IS CONNIE GONZALEZ.

CONNIE, SAME THING.

AND, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

YES, SIR.

WE, WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ON THE MUCH A BIGGER PICTURE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I'M CONNIE GONZALEZ.

I WAS RAISED, UM, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN THE NORTH SIDE, LIVING IN A MIXTURE OF, UH, DISTRICT SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.

UM, AND SO I DID BEGIN MY CAREER IN THE NEWS INDUSTRY, AND SO I THINK THEY REFERRED TO ME AS A BOOMERANG WHERE I WAS.

I DID LEAVE SAN ANTONIO TO PURSUE A CAREER BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY I WASN'T ABLE TO BEGIN IN A LARGE MARKET LIKE SAN ANTONIO.

UM, BUT THIS POSITION WITH, UM, THAT I NOW WORK IN, UM, BEING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AT BROOKS, UM, BROUGHT ME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO NOW I LIVE, UM, AND WORK ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE IN DISTRICT THREE, UM, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO DR.

ROCHA'S DISTRICT.

UM, AND SO AS A PR DIRECTOR OF BROOKS, I DO, UH, OVERSEE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

I, UM, BEING A PART OF THE LEADERSHIP, I ALSO DO OVERSEE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE START, FROM START TO FINISH AND THE LAND USE, AND THEN DO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF DEALING WITH NOT ONLY OUR TENANTS AND THE BUSINESSES ON THE CAMPUS, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AT BROOKS.

AND SO I GET THE MISSION AND VISION AND HOW WE CAN IMPACT, UM, ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST REALLY FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN, UM, SECTOR OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO I DO, I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M, I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO, TO GIVE BACK.

AND SO I DO SERVE ON SEVERAL BOARDS, INCLUDING THE SOUTH SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, URBAN LAND INSTITUTE, UM, S E I S D FOUNDATION AND CAST ME.

AND I'M ALSO, UM, A RECENT GRADUATE OF L SS A, UH, 44, WHICH, UM, WAS REALLY MIND BLOWING AND, AND OPENING, UM, AS FAR AS A LOT OF OUR, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AS A CITY.

AND SO NOW I'M SERVING ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE UPCOMING L S A CLASS.

UM, I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO, UH, TO SERVE ON PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

AND, UM, AFTER JUST A YEAR, UM, I WAS VERY HONORED THAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UM, DID, UH, FEEL EXCITED OR, OR, UM, FELT COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, ELECTING ME AS VICE CHAIR, WHICH I'VE BEEN SERVING IN FOR THE PAST YEAR.

UM, AND SO, UM, OVER MY TWO YEAR TERM FROM DIGGING THROUGH, UM, THE REGIONAL PLANS, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL, UM, APPROVING THE CAP, UM, TO BEING A PART OF THE APPROVAL OF THE ALAMOS FUTURE.

UM, AND IT'S BEEN VERY EXCITING AND IT IS, UM, VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT I THINK ALL OF US ARE A PART OF, UM, WHEN LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO'S FUTURE.

UM, AND SO AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, I, I DO HOPE THAT I ALREADY DO AND HOPE TO CONTINUE, UM, TO REALLY BALANCE, UM, THE SMART DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITH A REAL FOCUS ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND SO, AS A LATINA, AS A MILLENNIAL AND SOMEONE WHO REALLY CHOOSES TO LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, I HOPE TO CONTINUE SERVING, UM, AND BEING A, A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU MS. GONZALEZ.

QUESTIONS FROM COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, STOP ME.

HAVE YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.

UM, UH, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU BELIEVE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IS, MS. GONZALEZ? SURE.

AND SO AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, WE'RE FOCUSED ON LAND USE.

UM, BUT I THINK IT IS, UM,

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AND SO I KNOW YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE, UM, ABOUT, UH, SUSTAINABLE, UM, AND BUILDING A SMART COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST, UM, IF THAT BUILDING AND THE, UH, THE USAGE, UM, MAKES SENSE IN THAT AREA.

I THINK IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THAT AND SEEING WHERE WE CAN, UM, DEVELOP, UM, A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR CLIMATE, UM, ACTION PLAN AND BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT, UM, IN ANY SMALL OR LARGE WAY, HOW WOULD YOU DO THAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? SURE.

UH, SO NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF OVERSEEING AND, AND BEING A PART OF THE REGIONAL PLANS, UM, AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE DOWNTOWN OR THE MEDICAL CENTER, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON JUST NOT THEIR OVERALL PLAN, BUT GIVING FEEDBACK.

AND SO THE MEDICAL CENTER SPECIFICALLY, UM, SEEING HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE, UM, OR INCENTIVIZE OR ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO, UM, GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE TREE PRESERVATION, UM, FOR INSTANCE.

AND SO THAT'S SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT STAFF DOES LOOK TO US FOR.

SO, UH, WHEN YOU SAY, UH, US THE PLANNING COMMISSION YES.

WILL ADVISE STAFF ON HOW TO, UH, ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPER TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

WE DO PROVIDE THAT.

WE DO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS, YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. GONZALES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THE NEEDS OF OUR INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITIES AND CITIZENS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE PROCESS TO ADDRESS WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS A SYSTEMIC, UH, IMBALANCE, UH, BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS.

AND, UH, THOSE ARE THE THREE REAPPOINTMENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE.

UH, AND NOW WE HAVE JOHN JACKSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M JOHN JACKSON, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

I AM A RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER AND THE CURRENT AIR FORCE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE.

THOSE TWO, UH, CAREERS PRETTY MUCH, UH, CAPTURED THE TOTALITY OF MY ADULT WORKING LIFE.

I HAVE DEDICATED OVER 45 YEARS OF MY LIFE IN SERVICE TO OUR NATION.

UH, MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

AT THIS STAGE IN MY LIFE, I FIND MYSELF, UM, TRANSITIONING, UH, AND PLANNING FOR MY TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE AND CIVIL SERVICE, UH, TO THE AIR FORCE AND TO PRIVATE CITIZEN JOHN JACKSON.

UH, I'M A CURRENT CLASS MEMBER, CLASS 16, A MASTER'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

UH, ONE OF THE AREAS OF INTEREST AND MY DESIRES IS TO, UH, SEEK OUT NONPROFIT AND BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, CIVIL CIVIC BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO CONTINUE SERVING MY COMMUNITY, MY CITY, AND BY EXTENSION MY NATION.

AND OF COURSE, THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT I, UH, I CALL FELLOW CITIZENS.

I HOLD A UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, A COUPLE OF MASTER'S DEGREES, ONE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UH, A SECOND IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, UH, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, UH, MANAGEMENT.

UM, THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE SERVED AT A VARIETY OF LEVELS.

UM, ONCE STATIONED HERE, UH, CURRENTLY I'M AT A, UH, AT SECURITY HILL, BUT MORE GERMANE TO THIS POSITION.

I HAVE A NUMBER OF, OF, UH, CAREER EXPERIENCES IN, UH, PLANNING, MILITARY PLANNING.

UH, WHILE THE PROCESS IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, UH, THE GOAL, AND I THINK THE OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME, TO TO ARRIVE AT A WELL THOUGHT OUT, RATIONAL, DEFENSIBLE RECOMMENDATION FOR A POSITION BASED UPON WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JACKSON.

UM, QUESTIONS? I, I WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA, I KEEP YOU TOO LONG, MR. JACKSON, BUT, UM, YOU, I DUNNO HOW LONG YOU WERE SITTING IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY, BUT WE HAD SEVERAL, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED ITEMS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

OVER THE LAST, UH, SIX YEARS OR SO, WE'VE BEEN GEARING UP FOR, OR TRYING TO IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAND USE STRATEGY FOR THE CITY.

WHAT DO YOU VIEW YOUR ROLE IS AS A, OR, OR WOULD BE AS A, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, GIVEN ALL THE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT HOW THEY WANNA DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY? I, I, I THINK THAT AS A COMMISSION MEMBER, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT WE SHOULD TAKE SHOULD BE FROM THE DECISION MAKERS FOR OUR CITY, UH, UH, THE COUNCIL AND THE BROAD DIRECTION CONTAINED WITHIN MASTER PLANS AND, UH, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO DETERMINE AND BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY TO CONTINUE ITS PATH, UH, TOWARDS, UM, A GROWTH, UH, SUSTAINED, DIRECTED, UH, METHODICAL GROWTH AND BALANCING

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WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, ECONOMIC SEGREGATION IN OUR CITY THAT I'M DISCOVERING, AND IT IS CONCERNING TO ME PERSONALLY.

SO I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY AND BALANCE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMISSIONS WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE SUBMIT, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AND THE OTHER DEC AND AS DECISION MAKERS TO MAKE FOR OUR CITY.

AND SO YOU SEE A CONNECTION BETWEEN, UM, THOSE KIND OF SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES AND LAND USE STRATEGY AND LAND USE IMPLEMENTATION AT THE CITY LEVEL? AB ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

WELL, WELL SAID.

I AGREE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JACKSON.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE? YES.

THANK YOU MR. JACKSON, FOR OFFERING YOURSELF TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

UH, HAVE YOU ATTENDED ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS? I HAVE NOT, SIR.

HAVE YOU READ ABOUT THE COMMITTEE? IT'S, I HAVE.

IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WILL HELP TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, ENCOURAGE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT, INTERCONNECTIVITY.

GOOD.

UH, ONE THING THAT I TRY AND EMPHASIZE WITH PEOPLE I APPOINT TO DIFFERENT BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR COMMUNITY.

UH, SOMETIMES YOU MAY BE AT LARGE AS YOU WOULD BE IN THIS CASE, SOMETIMES YOU REPRESENT YOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MEET THE, UH, THE RESIDENTS THEY'RE REPRESENTING, LOOK AT THE ISSUE OR THE PROPERTY THAT, UH, THEY MAY HAVE SOME INPUT ABOUT, DEPENDING ON THEIR ROLE, WHAT COMMITTEE THEY'RE ON.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, DO YOU SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH YOU GOING OUT? IF, IF THERE ARE ITEMS ON THE, ON YOUR AGENDA COMING UP ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, GOING OUT, LOOKING AT IT YOURSELF, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, IF YOU THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE, UH, NEEDING MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY? UM, ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS. AND IN FACT, THAT IS, UH, VERY CONSISTENT WITH MY BUSINESS AND MANAGERIAL APPROACH IS A HANDS-ON, UM, AND, AND INVOLVED.

UM, I USE THAT SAME APPROACH AND MY MANAGEMENT ROLE TODAY IN THE AIR FORCE, WHICH IS TO GET OUT OF MY OFFICE AND TO VISIT THE INDIVIDUALS, THE EXPERTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY THERE THAT YOU GET A, A TRUE SENSE, UH, OF THE PROBLEMS AND THE CAPABILITIES OF YOUR EMPLOYEES.

UH, IN THIS SENSE IT WOULD BE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS, UH, AND DESIRES OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.

RIGHT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DON'T MEAN TO SAY THAT YOU NEED TO GO OUT THERE EVERY TIME OR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE A LONE WOLF OUT THERE.

I THINK, UH, YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON A BOARD AS A TEAM MEMBER AND COLLABORATIVELY, BUT I THINK IT'S WISE TO TAKE AN INDEPENDENT VIEW OF THINGS AND BE COLLECTIVE AS YOU CAN ABOUT INFORMATION, ABOUT WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA BE MAKING DECISION ON.

SO I WOULD COMMEND YOU WITH THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JACKSON.

OUR NEXT APPLICANT IS MATTHEW D.

PROFIT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU, APPRECIATE THE NOMINATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, FOR ME, I THINK A GOVERNMENT IS SUCCESSFUL WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT FOR THIS IS TO BE INVOLVED.

UH, UM, MY BACKGROUND IS 20 YEARS IN REAL ESTATE AND TITLE INSURANCE.

SO I HAVE THE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF PLATS AND SUBDIVISIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT I GET TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THAT PROCESS.

NOT JUST THE DEVELOPERS, BUT THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, THE BUILDERS, YOU KNOW, I SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY FACE.

UM, MOST OF MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO.

I'M A, A PRESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT 10, THE PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

UH, I'M ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD NORTHEAST ALLIANCE AND ATTEND THEIR MEETINGS.

UM, RECENTLY GRADUATED THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE CITY, THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. OF COURSE, YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS TO BE INVOLVED IN BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.

SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE THAT PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROGRAM.

UM, WHY I WANNA SERVE IS, I, I THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO DOES FACE A CHALLENGE.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A BIG ISSUE.

IT AFFECTS MY BUSINESS, IT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE CITY.

I MEAN, SOMETHING IN THE LINES OF 30% OF THE FOLKS CAN'T AFFORD HOMES.

SO ON THE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, YOU EMBRACING THE, UH, FRAMEWORK OF SA TOMORROW I THINK

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UH, SO I THINK THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS CRUCIAL TO INVOLVE ALL STAKEHOLDERS, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S INVOLVED SO THEY CAN PUT FORTH THE BEST PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PROPHET.

UH, MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

YES, SIR.

YEAH.

I'LL ASK YOU A SIMILAR QUESTION THAT I ASKED PREVIOUS APPLICANT, AND THAT IS, UH, AND LEMME START OFF BY NOTING THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TITLE INSURANCE BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS.

UH, ARE THERE ANY IMPEDIMENTS RIGHT NOW TO YOU BEING A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND BEYOND THAT, MAYBE BEING ABLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK, TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT MAY BE COMING BEFORE YOU? LITTLE BIT.

NO, UH, AS FAR AS BEING ENGAGED, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, UH, IDEA.

AGAIN, I MEAN, GOVERNMENT CAN'T OCCU, UH, GOVERNMENT AND POLICYMAKING CAN'T EXIST IN A VACUUM.

WE HAVE TO ENGAGE OUR CITIZENS.

WE HAVE TO GET BUY-IN FROM EVERYBODY.

SO I THINK BEING INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED IN WITH THE COMMISSION, ENCOURAGING THE COMMISSIONERS TO WORK WITH THE STAFF, AND WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, I CERTAINLY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT PROCESS.

HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING? I HAVE NOT, BUT I'M FAMILIAR AND I'M, I'M, I'M KIND OF GEEKY ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.

SO I READ A LOT OF THE AGENDAS.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, THE PROCESSES INVOLVED AND, AND WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES ON A DAILY BASIS OR ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS, I GUESS.

IS THERE A BASIC VALUE THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN, UH, THE TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OR ALSO ANY KIND OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT? WELL, CONFLICTS, I, I DON'T THINK SO.

AND IF THEY DID COME UP, OF COURSE, THERE'S PROCESSES TO RECUSE MYSELF IF IT BECAME AN ISSUE.

BUT NO, I THINK IT GIVES ME A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT THE TECHNICAL COMPONENTS ARE TO, TO PLAS AND SUBDIVISIONS, ET CETERA.

BUT, BUT AGAIN, I, I WORK WITH, WITH REAL PEOPLE.

I MEAN, WE, YOU KNOW, PLATTS AND, AND TITLE INSURANCE IS NOT AN ABSTRACT THING.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A PROCESS THAT PUTS PEOPLE IN HOMES.

SO I, I HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF GETTING FEEDBACK AND UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES THAT, THAT AFFECT THEM.

SO I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE BRINGING TO THE COMMISSION CAN BE AN ASSET.

WHICH NEIGHBORHOOD? FOREST.

UM, MR. PR, I, I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT? YES.

OAK.

FOREST OAK.

UM, MY EXPERIENCE AS A, UH, HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXPECTS YOU TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO PREVENT WHATEVER IS ATTEMPTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, AND, AND MAYBE YOUR EXPERIENCE IS NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT AS A PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER.

IT TAKES A, A BIT OF A, A SHIFTING OF GEARS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN, BUT DO SO IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LARGER COMPREHENSIVE PLANS THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? UH, HAVE YOU GIVEN IT ANY CONSIDERATION, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'LL MAKE THAT TRANSITION, HOW YOU'LL EXPLAIN YOUR NEW ROLE TO YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THAT SORT OF THING? AGAIN, I THINK WE, WE LOOK LIVE IN A COMMUNITY, UH, OF COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THINGS AT A MACRO LEVEL, UH, WITH THINGS THAT AFFECT FOREST.

OAK ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT.

UH, FOREST OAK AND, UH, MACARTHUR PARK, WHICH ARE JOINING NEIGHBORHOODS WERE CREATED TO THE COMMUNITY, DID NOT WANT, UH, SOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THEY CREATED THE ASSOCIATION, WENT AND HAD SOME REZONING TO RESTRICT THE SUBDIVISION OF LOTS TO A CERTAIN SIZE.

UM, YOU KNOW, FROM A, FROM A PLANNING COMMISSION STANDPOINT, WE NEED TO EVALUATE WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS ARE VERSUS WHAT IS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, UM, QUALMS ABOUT MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, RELATED TO WHAT'S AFFECTING, UH, FOR OAK IN PARTICULAR.

BUT I THINK THE PEOPLE FOR OAK ARE FOR ALL FOR THE SAME THING.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOR, UH, PEOPLE HAVING AFFORDABLE HOMES, FOR BEING ABLE TO WALK SAFELY TO AND FROM, UH, THEIR BUSINESSES OR SCHOOLS, UM, UH, HAVING, UH, GOOD ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION.

SO THOSE THINGS ARE UNIVERSAL, I THINK, INFECT US ALL.

YEAH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PROPHET.

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS, SO, UM, ALRIGHT.

WELL, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, MR. PROPHET AND, AND TO ALL THE APPLICANTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE, THE COMMITTEE

[A. 19-9137 Deliberate the appointment of At-Large Planning Commission Members pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 (personnel matters) ]

WILL BREAK VERY

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BRIEFLY, UH, SHOULDN'T BE A TOUGH DELIBERATION INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THEY'LL COME RIGHT BACK OUT.

SO THE TIME IS NOW 3:25 PM ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH, 2019.

THE GOVERNANCE COUNCIL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION AS FOLLOWS, DELIBERATE THE APPOINTMENT OF AT LARGE COMMI PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS.

ALRIGHT, TIME IS NOW 3:30 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IS NOW RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.

UH,

[2. 19-9122 Consideration of At-Large Appointments to the Planning Commission (5 slots). [Leticia M. Vacek, City Clerk] (Part 2 of 2)]

I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

I MOVE THAT WE REAPPOINT CHRISTOPHER C. GARCIA, MICHAEL A. GARCIA JR.

AND CONNIE GONZALEZ TO THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS AT LARGE POSITIONS FOR TWO YEAR TERMS, AND THAT WE APPOINT JOHN JACKSON FOR A TWO YEAR TERM AT LARGE POSITION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AND MATTHEW D.

PROFIT AS AN AT LARGE MEMBER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A ONE YEAR TERM.

SECOND.

OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS.

UH, AND I'LL JUST SAY, UM, ALL FIVE A, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OUR CITY COUNCIL VERY PROUD.

IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE, UH, AND SOME TENURE NOW IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE, UH, THIS DAY HAS BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF WHY WE NEED GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HOW COMPLICATED IT IS, UH, FOR US TO DO THOSE JOBS WITHOUT THAT KIND OF GUIDANCE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT THE CURRENT MEMBERS ARE DOING AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE COMMITTING TO, UH, AS STEPPING UP TODAY.

GREAT APPLICATIONS, GREAT APPLICANTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SERVICE.

UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPOINTMENTS AS READ.

UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WELCOME ABOARD, Y'ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THAT ITEM WILL BE PLACED ON THE JANUARY 16TH, 2020.

THAT'S RIGHT.

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IF YOU, SORRY.

YEAH, NOT QUITE OFFICIAL, BUT WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

SO GO TO THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH, .

ALL RIGHT.

UM, WE'LL

[3. 19-9123 Briefing and possible action on a Council Consideration Request from Councilmember Peláez regarding the assignment of delegate agency funding process responsibilities to United Way. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]

NOW MOVE TO ITEM THREE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT OF DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS RESPONSIBILITIES TO UNITED WAY.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY DR.

BRIDGER AND MELODY WOOSLEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO ON AUGUST 13TH OF THIS YEAR, COUNCIL MEMBER REP PEZ SUBMITTED A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR STAFF TO DEVELOP A PROPOSED PLAN FOR ASSIGNING RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS TO THE UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY, SPECIFICALLY TO PROPOSE A PLAN THAT STREAMLINES THE FUNDING PROCESS BY ASSIGNING UNITED WAY RESPONSIBILITY FOR VETTING DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING APPLICATIONS, FACILITATING THE SELECTION PROCESS, REVIEWING DELEGATE AGENCY PERFORMANCE, AND MAKING FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND YOU DO HAVE A ONE PAGE, UM, SUMMARY AT YOUR SEATS.

UM, SO AS BACKGROUND, SINCE 2005, THROUGH A TWO YEAR CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, THE HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDING TO SUPPORT HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, WE PARTNERED CLOSELY AND ALIGNED OUR FUNDING PROCESSES WITH UNITED WAY TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND OUR MOST RECENT PROCESS ALIGNS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

THE CITY'S FUNDING PROCESS INCLUDES GENERAL FUND AND FEDERAL GRANTS MANAGED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND THROUGH THIS, UM, MOST RECENT CONSOLIDATED FUNDING CYCLE, CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED $22 MILLION THROUGH BOTH A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND A NON-COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR SERVICES THAT WERE DESIGNATED BY CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS.

SO IN THE FIRST, WE HAVE, UM, FOUR OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, IN THE FIRST OPTION, HUMAN SERVICES AND UNITED WAY COULD CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN ALIGNMENT OF OUR PRIORITIES, PROCESSES, AND OUTCOMES, INCLUDING EXPLORING DATA SHARING, INCLUSION OF OTHER FUNDERS, AND POTENTIALLY PARALLEL PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.

THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE THE CITY AND UNITED WAY COULD ALSO ALIGN OR INTEGRATE PROCUREMENT PROCESSES.

UNITED WAY WOULD LEAD THE PROCUREMENT EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS WITH EACH GOVERNING BODY APPROVING RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE GOVERNING BODIES CITY COUNCIL AND THE UNITED WAY BOARD

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OF DIRECTION DIRECTORS.

AND EACH ORGANIZATION WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING OF THEIR FUNDED PROGRAMS, AND CITY COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE THIRD OPTION WOULD, UM, CON CONTRACT THE CITY CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS TO THE UNITED WAY WHO WOULD RUN THE PROCUREMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND MONITORING OF AGENCY CONTRACTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AWARDS AND REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE.

THE FINAL OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO FULLY INTEGRATE THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING AND MONITORING PROCESS.

IN THIS SCENARIO, CITY COUNCIL WOULD ANNUALLY APPROVE AND AWARD AND AWARD A POOL OF FUNDING TO UNITED WAY THAT WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO UNITED WAY'S FUNDING PROCESSES AND WOULD NOT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OR INDIVIDUAL AGENCY AND PROGRAM AWARDS.

AND SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING RELEASING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND 2022 HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CONSOLIDATED FUNDING R F P UNDER THE CURRENT PROCESS IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, UH, MARCH OF 2020, THE CITY AND UNITED WAY WOULD, UM, CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALIGNMENT AND INTEGRATION.

UNITED WAY HAS INDICATED THAT CURRENTLY THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, UM, ISSUE THE R F P AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND THEY WOULD NEED TIME AND FUNDING SUPPORT FOR A MAJOR TRANSITION.

UM, POTENTIAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE, UM, 2023 AND 2024 FUNDING CYCLE WOULD BE PRESENTED TO BOTH GOVERNANCE BODIES, CITY COUNCIL, AND THE UNITED WAY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ONCE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

MELODY, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL, THIS IS, UH, C C R YOU ORIGINATED.

UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? AND THEN WE'LL GO, UH, TO OUR COMMITTEE COMMENTS.

THANKS.

UM, I WON'T, UH, TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME OTHER THAN JUST TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE, THIS INTO CONSIDERATION.

I'M REALLY FLEXIBLE, UH, WITH, UH, WHICHEVER DIRECTION THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO TAKE THIS IN.

UH, THE GOAL OF THIS WAS TO START OFF A CONVERSATION, UH, AND ONE THAT I'D ALREADY BEEN HAVING WITH, UH, MANAGER WALSH AND DR.

BRIDGER AND MELODY.

UM, AND IT SEEMED THAT THIS WAS THE, UH, A GOOD VEHICLE TO SPUR THAT CONVERSATION FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO, TO CONSIDER.

AND SO, UH, I AM EXCITED THAT Y'ALL ARE TALKING TO UNITED WAY, AND I, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING TAKEN THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND, UH, I'LL STAND BEHIND WHATEVER RECOMMENDATION COUNCIL, UH, CITY COUNCIL STAFF GIVES YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI? UM, SORRY, NOT YET.

COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, QUESTION GONZALEZ.

UM, SO I, I GUESS, UM, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, OKAY.

UM, I GUESS WA WAS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY WE WERE DOING IT BEFORE THAT YOU FELT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED? NO.

UH, WELL, YEAH.

UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INEFFICIENCY, UM, IN RUNNING THIS IN-HOUSE UP UNTIL NOW.

IT'S BEEN DONE GREAT.

THERE WAS, UH, A CONVERSATION, UM, AND A QUESTION ASKED TO WHICH NOBODY KNEW.

THE ANSWER IS, CAN WE DO IT BETTER? UM, AND SO REALLY THIS IS AN EXPLORATION, UH, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THERE.

ONE OF THE OPTIONS, UH, THAT CAME UP, UH, WAS ASKING UNITED WAY TO DO IT, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FOREIGN FOR UNITED WAY.

UNITED WAY DOES THIS IN OTHER CITIES.

THEY HAVE TAKEN ON THIS ROLE BY WAY OF CONTRACT OR OTHER COLLABORATIONS.

AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT OPTION.

UH, AND SO, UM, I DUNNO ABOUT YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT BROKEN, DON'T FIX IT IS NOT THE WAY THAT I DO IT.

IT'S, UH, IF THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, THEN SEARCH FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY IS THE WAY THAT I DO IT.

AND SO THAT'S THE INVITATION REALLY, IS FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO DR.

BRIDGER AND MELODY TO TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD MAKE THEIR PROCESS MORE AGILE.

UM, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.

UH, I GUESS, UH, DR.

BRIDGER, UM, OR WHO, WHO WOULD RUNS THE PROGRAM? DR.

BRIDGER OR MELODY? MEL.

UH, MELODY.

C C R THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY POSITION HAS BEEN ALL THESE YEARS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE MORE FUNDING FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES.

UM, AND SOME INFORMATION THAT I'VE NEVER GOTTEN ALL THESE YEARS WAS HOW MANY JOBS, WHAT IS ECONOMIC IMPACT, UM, IT APPEARS, AND, AND SO I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE THIS INFORMATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT, UM, ARE THERE MORE WOMEN IN THESE FIELDS AND WHAT IS THEIR COMPENSATION? SO WE'RE DOING SOME OF THAT IN THE, UM, WOMEN'S, UH, PARODY,

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BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE QUE THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT THE FOOD BANK, C E O, IS VERY GENEROUSLY COMPENSATED.

UH, AND SO WOULD ANOTHER, UH, DELEGATE AGENCY HAVE SIMILAR COMPENSATION? I MEAN, I THINK THOSE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE WOULD ASK OR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE PAY PARITY, BUT I GUESS I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T REALLY, UH, SEE WHY WE NEEDED TO TAKE ON THIS ISSUE UNLESS, UM, WE COULD GET MORE MONEY.

UM, AND THAT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE WOULD BE A DECISION MADE BY THE COUNCIL IF, IF SOMEHOW BY DOING IT DIFFERENTLY, WE COULD HAVE MORE.

I, WELL, I THINK ANYTIME THAT WE, UM, ARE ALIGNED AND ARE, ARE INTEGRATED, WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERLAPPING, UM, DUPLICATING OR LEAVING GAPS IN SERVICES THAT WE IMPROVE THE WAY THE DOLLARS ARE SPENT.

SO MAYBE THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT DOESN'T GO UP, BUT IT'S, IT'S MORE EFFECTIVE.

UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS REGARDLESS OF THE DIRECTION WE GO IN.

UM, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN EXPLORE TO A GREATER LEVEL WHERE THOSE, WHERE MORE EFFICIENCIES CAN BE IDENTIFIED, SAY THROUGH A COMBINED PROCUREMENT OR, UM, A COMBINED PROCESS.

SO, UM, WE FEEL LIKE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES, UM, HOW THAT LOOKS.

UM, IN THE END, WE DON'T KNOW YET.

SO, UH, I, UM, YOU KNOW, SO MOST OF MY QUESTIONS SORT OF RELATE TO DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING, WHICH I THINK IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

RIGHT.

SO, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, UH, UM, I, I DON'T SEE A NEED TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

WHAT, I MEAN, I, I NEVER HAVE FELT OVER THESE YEARS THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THAT, UM, WE WERE HANDLING THINGS.

I WANTED TO SEE MORE FUNDING.

MM-HMM.

AND I HAVEN'T ALWAYS AGREED WITH, UM, THIS IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SPREAD IT OUT REAL THIN MM-HMM.

THAT NEED, BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN BETTER IN THE LAST FEW YEARS MM-HMM.

ABOUT IDENTIFYING WHAT WAS PRIORITY FOR US, WHICH HAVE BEEN HOMELESSNESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND SO WE SEEM TO BE GETTING MORE FUNDING FOR THAT, NOT JUST THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS, BUT JUST IN OUR GENERAL FUND MM-HMM.

DOLLARS.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I DON'T, UM, KNOW THAT THIS IS NECESSARY, BUT I, IT SEEMS TO ME IF IT WOULD GO TO A COMMITTEE, IT WOULD GO TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, I THINK.

UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, MELODY, I LOOKED AT THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT YOU DISCUSSED.

UH, THE FIRST ONE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE A, UH, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IMPACT, SO ALMOST LIKE A, A COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH, UH, EXCEPT IT'S FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDING.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AROUND ONE, UH, INITIATIVE.

AM I INTERPRETING THAT CORRECTLY? UH, SO WHAT THIS REALLY IS, IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT, BUT DIVING FURTHER INTO, UM, HOW WE CAN ALIGN.

SO LOOKING AT CAN WE, CAN WE SHARE DATA? CAN WE, UM, EXPLORE A SHARED DATA SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN SEE HOW OUR CLIENTS ARE DOING, UM, BETWEEN THE, THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE, THAT WE FUND, UM, OR POTENTIALLY, UM, INCLUDING OTHER FUNDERS WHO MAY BE ALSO FUNDING SOME OF THE SAME AGENCIES THAT UNITED WAY AND THE CITY ARE RIGHT NOW.

UM, WE HAVE ABOUT A 75% OVERLAP IN THE, UM, AGENCIES THAT WE FUND, BUT MAYBE WE FUND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, OR IN SOME CASES WE FUND THE SAME PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT LETS US SEE, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY HOW THAT IMPACT IS, UM, ROLLING OUT.

UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A THIRD WOULD BE POTENTIAL PROCUREMENT, UM, UH, PROCESS BEING PARALLEL.

SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON A VERY DIFFERENT TIMELINE WITH UNITED WAY'S.

THEY ISSUE FOUR SEPARATE PROPO, UM, RFPS FOR DIFFERENT HUMAN SERVICE AREAS.

AND, UM, THEY DO THAT OVER A, A LONGER TIME PERIOD.

WE ISSUE ONE EVERY TWO YEARS.

SO, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE MORE WAYS THAT WE CAN BECOME ALIGNED.

WE WOULD CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT.

UM, THAT'S THAT FIRST OPTION.

IT'S, UH, IT'S AN INTENSIVE PROCESS.

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IS WRONG WITH THE CURRENT PROCESS? I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH IT.

IT IS VERY TIME CONSUMING.

IT'S, UM, A LONG PROCESS.

IT ENDS UP REALLY GOING FROM THE START OF IT TO, UM, AWARDING CONTRACTS IS ABOUT NINE MONTHS.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE SOME EFFICIENCIES IN THAT TIMELINE.

UM,

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WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE USING A ONLINE PROCUREMENT, UM, SYSTEM SO THAT WE'RE NOT KILLING SO MANY TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, WE HAVE, AS, UH, COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ MENTIONED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, REALLY IMPROVED, UM, OUR FOCUS ON SPECIFIC OUTCOMES AND OUR FOCUS ON THE POPULATION'S MOST IN NEED.

UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO EVEN DRILL DOWN FURTHER INTO THE DATA AND I, AND, AND SERVE THE FOLKS THAT, THAT NEED THE SERVICES THE MOST.

AND SO THOSE ARE REALLY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR US.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WILL ALWAYS BE A INTENSIVE PROCESS.

WE HAVE A HUGE AMOUNT OF NEED.

IT'S A BIG POOL OF MONEY.

UM, BUT IF WE CAN IDENTIFY WAYS THAT BY UNITED WAY DOING IT, UM, THAT MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, WE WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO CONSIDER THAT.

COUNCILS MEMBER SANDOVAL.

UM, SO IF WE, IF IT BECOMES MORE EFFICIENT, PEOPLE CAN GET THE MONEY FASTER AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT MORE OF THE MONEY TO, TO WORK AS OPPOSED TO AN ADMINISTRATION.

YES.

I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT GIVES ME PAUSE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT WE HAVE A PREDETERMINED WHAT ORGANIZATION WE WOULD WORK WITH TO DO THAT.

UH, CAN YOU, UH, WOULDN'T WE NORMALLY BID SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR, FOR SOMEONE TO ASSIST US WITH EFFICIENCIES? UM, WE DO ISSUE RFPS FOR CONSULTANTS.

THIS IS A, A LARGER, I WOULD SAY, A LARGER ISSUE.

UM, THE C C R DIRECTED STAFF TO LOOK AT UNITED WAY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.

UM, IT IS THE COMMUNITY FUNDER THAT WE WORK THE MOST WITH.

UM, BUT THERE POTENTIALLY COULD BE OTHER, UM, FUNDERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED.

SO WE MM-HMM.

, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.

SO I, I, I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF YOU, UH, AND I KNOW THIS GIVES YOU MORE WORK, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDUCING YOUR, YOUR WORKLOAD, BUT, UH, GIVEN, GIVEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A CITY PROCESS WITH $22 MILLION MM-HMM.

, I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE FAIR IF WE, UM, DID EITHER AN INFORMAL BID PROCESS OR ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED WITH SOME OTHER PHILANTHROPIC, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.

UH, I, I UNDERSTAND UNITED WAY ALREADY DOES THIS WITH OTHER CITIES, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY SOME OF OUR LOCAL HOMEGROWN ORGANIZATIONS, UM, MIGHT NOT BE, BE ABLE TO DO IT.

AT LEAST I'M NOT CONVINCED OF THAT YET.

SO IF YOU CAN CONVINCE ME, THEN, THEN WE'LL GO FROM, UH, FROM THERE.

AND AT THIS POINT, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES AND ACTUALLY, UH, HAVING ANOTHER ORGANIZATION TAKE THAT ON, AT THIS POINT, I DO SUPPORT THE, THE FIRST OPTION, UH, STRENGTHENING ALIGNMENT OF PRIORITIES, PROCESS AND OUTCOME.

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE CITY'S INITIATIVES GO MUCH FURTHER.

SO I, I, UH, CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

LET ME ASK YOU ONE MORE QUESTION.

UH, I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY, UH, COMMITTEES OR SOME CITIZENS COMMITTEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE DELEGATE FUNDING PROCESS.

IS THAT RIGHT? THE, YES.

SA 2020 MM-HMM.

, AND IT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CAB DOES THE COMMUNITY ACTION ADVISORY.

THEY DO.

THEY, UH, WE ASK ALMOST ALL OF OUR BOARDS, WELL, ALL OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSION PARTICIPANTS TO EVALUATE PROPOSALS WITH US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS AND RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.

SO TELL, TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU SEE THAT FITTING INTO ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT WOULD FIT INTO ALL OF THEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST, UH, SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE JUST CONTINUING THAT TO DEEPEN THAT ALIGNMENT WITH UNITED WAY AND OTHER FUNDERS, WE WOULD ALWAYS BRING OUR, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN TO SERVE AS EVALUATORS.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS ALIGN WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WOULD STILL BE INVOLVED IN, IN THAT EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.

AND SO, UM, WE WOULD WANT OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO, UM, HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE ALSO, AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE R F P, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS UPCOMING CYCLE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND, AND MAKE COMMENT, UM, AND OUTSOURCING IT, OR EVEN FULLY INTEGRATING IT AGAIN, UM, WE WOULD ASK UNITED WAY OR, OR WHATEVER AGENCY WAS DOING THAT TO INCLUDE OUR BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, NOTIFY THEM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY INPUT AND TO PARTICIPATE IN EVALUATION.

UM, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, IT SEEMS, UH, APPROPRIATE TO ME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF STAFF IS INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE OPTION AND, UH, AND IS, IS WILLING TO LOOK AT A ADDITIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, UM, JUST TO JUSTIFY THE, THE ULTIMATE DECISION.

PERHAPS THEY COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE THIS SPRING WHEN THEY COME BACK WITH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.

UH,

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RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, I, I, DO I NEED TO MOVE THAT, OR LET ME PUT IT OUT THERE FOR CONSIDERATION.

I'M JUST THROWING IT.

UM, LET ME TOSS THIS BACK TO, UH, MELODY, YOU'RE HEARING THE COMMENTS UP HERE.

I, I THINK WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR ONE THREE STEP RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, A, A MORE EXPLORATION OF THE POTENTIAL OPTION DOWN THE LINE, AND ALSO ALIGNMENT IN THE INTERIM.

UH, THE ONE CHANGE BEING WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PERHAPS PERFORM THE SAME SERVICE.

IS THAT RIGHT? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? DO WE NEED, DO YOU NEED A MOTION, ANY DIRECTION FROM THIS, UH, BODY, OR ARE YOU GOOD TO GO WITH THAT? UM, THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL.

, I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU.

UM, IF YOU MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT ANY ACTION, YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE YES.

UH, OTHER CONSIDERATION FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LY ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK, I THINK WE'RE FINE THEN WITH A BRIEFING.

'CAUSE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS, SEEMS TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE THOUGHTS OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT WITH THE EMPHASIS ON STRENGTHENING, REALIGNING, UH, AND IMPROVING THE PROCESS.

I WAS INTRIGUED WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY THROUGH CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY, INTRODUCTIONS INTO PROGRAMMING THAT CAN MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT I DO WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IT'S REALLY THE HUMAN ELEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE KINDS OF SERVICES THAT CARRIES, UH, A GREAT AMOUNT OF WEIGHT.

UH, SOMETHING THAT IMPACTED ME RIGHT AWAY WAS WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE UNITED WAY IS NOT PREPARED AT THIS TIME TO TAKE ON THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES THAT THEY'D HAVE TO PLAN FOR MM-HMM.

AND EVEN THOUGH THE CITY MAY BE FUNDING PART OF THIS, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THIS, UH, I KNOW THEY'RE VERY COMMITTED WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE PROCESSES THEY USE NOW.

UH, I THINK THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THIS.

AND I, YOU KNOW, I'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THAT, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS LIKE SO MANY THINGS, IT DOES COME TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

I DON'T THINK BY CHANGING THIS INTO THE HANDS OF UNITED WAY, IT'S GOING TO LIMIT, UH, PEOPLE WANTING TO TALK WITH US AS THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER OR AS THEIR COUNSEL, UH, TO TRY AND HELP US UNDERSTAND THEIR STORY.

AND I'M ALWAYS WILLING TO, UH, LISTEN TO GROUPS ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S, UH, PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST, UH, WAIT AND HEAR THE REPORT THAT YOU PREPARING ON, UH, HAVING A BETTER PROGRAM TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES AS WE GO FORWARD.

I WOULDN'T MIND THE, UH, OUTREACH OR EXPLORATION A LITTLE BIT OF POSSIBLE OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE COULD MOVE WITH.

BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US CONTINUE ALONG LINES OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH IN THE SPRING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELODY.

WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALRIGHT,

[4. 19-9121 Briefing and possible action on a Council Consideration Request from Councilmember Gonzales regarding child care at boards and commissions meetings. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]

ITEM FOUR IS A BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ REGARD REGARDING CHILDCARE AT BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEETINGS.

OR THAT OTHER DEPENDENT CARE MIGHT BE NEEDED, PARENTS ARE REIMBURSED DIRECTLY FOR THAT CHILDCARE COST.

AND SO ON.

UM, JULY, THE FIRST CITY COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ SUBMITTED A COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE CITY TO OFFER FREE CHILDCARE AND MEETINGS OF THE CITY'S 81 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

AND AS BACKGROUND, IN NOVEMBER OF 2018, CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY OF WOMEN.

THE RESOLUTION NOTED THAT WOMEN HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN AND REMAIN UNDERREPRESENTED ON APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

WHETHER A BORDER COMMISSION MEETS DURING THE DAY OR DURING THE EVENING HOURS, APPROPRIATE CARE FOR THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN, UM, DURING THAT MEETING CAN BE A BARRIER TO SERVING IN THIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

ADDITIONALLY, MANY BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, OR BOARD AND COMMISSION BYLAWS INCLUDE PROVISIONS THAT REQUIRE REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO, UM, BE A MEMBER OF THE BODY.

SO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THROUGH THE CHILDCARE SERVICES SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND OUR HEAD START PROGRAM MANAGE A VARIETY OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE PROGRAMS. HEAD START PROVIDES FREE ONSITE CHILDCARE TO MEMBERS OF THE FEDERALLY MANDATED HEAD START POLICY COUNCIL.

THAT IS COMPRISED PRIMARILY OF ENROLLED PARENTS.

CHILDCARE IS PROVIDED ONSITE AT OUR FACILITY IN A DEDICATED EQUIPPED ROOM WITH CONTRACTED STAFF.

UM, IN THE EVENT ONSITE CARE IS AT CAPACITY, WE CAN HANDLE RIGHT NOW UP TO 14 PER EVENING.

UM, THEN,

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UM, TO EXPAND THIS OPTION TO THE MEMBERS OF ALL OF OUR 81 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, SEVERAL OPTIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

AND AGAIN, YOU HAVE A ONE PAGER AT YOUR SEAT THAT HAS A TABLE COMPARING THESE OPTIONS.

ONSITE CHILDCARE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE MODEL OF THE HEAD START PROGRAM, THIS OPTION DOES REQUIRE ADEQUATE SPACE AND APPROPRIATE COMM UH, EQUIPMENT.

SO THERE'S AN INVESTMENT THERE IN THE SAME FACILITY AS THE MEETING IS BEING HELD AS WELL AS, UM, CONTRACTED STAFF TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN.

UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S IN THE SAME FACILITY BECAUSE, UM, LICENSING WOULD REQUIRE, UM, THERE WOULD BE A LICENSE REQUIREMENT IF THEY WEREN'T IN THE SAME FACILITY AS THE MEETING.

THE PARENTS HAVE TO BE IN THE SAME BUILDING.

UM, REIMBURSEMENT TO PARENTS, UH, PARENTS SERVING ON A BORDER COMMISSION WOULD RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT DIRECTLY WITH A CERTIFICATION THAT THEY HAD PAID FOR CHILDCARE FOR THAT MEETING.

UM, POTENTIALLY A PER DIEM COULD BE SET BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WOULD RECEIVE A PER MEETING, PER CHILD STIPEND OR REIMBURSEMENT TO SUBSIDIZE THE COST OF CHILDCARE OR OTHER DEPENDENT CARE REIMBURSEMENT TO CHILDCARE FACILITIES DIRECTLY.

UM, IN THIS CASE, UH, WE COULD EXPLORE PARENTS ARRANGING CARE WITH A LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITY WHO IS WILLING TO STAY, UM, OPEN IN EVENINGS FOR THOSE MEETINGS THAT ARE HELD IN THE EVENINGS.

UM, THIS WOULD BE PAID DIRECTLY BY THE CITY TO THE VENDOR POTENTIALLY USING, UM, EXISTING, UH, CHILDCARE PAYMENT PROVIDER SYSTEMS THROUGH OUR C C S PROGRAM.

AND EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS DOES REQUIRE A GENERAL FUND SUPPORT INVESTMENT.

STAFF RECOMMENDS WORKING WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO ASSESS THE DEMAND FOR THESE SERVICES AND THE POTENTIAL COST TO PROVIDE FREE CHILDCARE WITH THE EXCEPT EXPECTATION THAT PROVIDING THIS CHILDCARE WOULD INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS, OF YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN SERVING ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

BASED ON THIS ASSESSMENT, A RECOMMENDATION WITH FISCAL ANALYSIS COULD BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE OR ANOTHER COMMITTEE IN APRIL OF THIS, OF THIS NEXT YEAR, 2020.

MELODY.

UH, THIS IS A C C R FILED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER.

YEAH, THERE, I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

UM, SO THANK YOU.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID NOTICE AS WE WERE DOING THE WORK ON THE WOMEN'S, UH, PAY PARITY AND, UH, WOMEN'S EQUITY WAS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY PREVENTED WOMEN FROM ADVANCING IN CAREERS AND IN, IN, UH, UM, SORT OF JUST PARTICIPATING WAS CHILDCARE THAT CAME UP AT THE YOUNG, UH, AT THE Y W C A, UH, EVENT AS WELL.

AND SO I, I WANTED TO TRY TO PILOT SOMETHING, UM, RATHER THAN HAVE, UH, AN ACTUAL SORT OF LONG-TERM LINE ITEM, UM, FOR WHAT MIGHT BE, UM, FEASIBLE.

UH, SO I, THE EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN, UM, THAT WERE HELPFUL, UM, WERE, IT WAS MORE LIKE A CHILD WATCH.

IT WAS MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE.

UM, THEY'RE NOT CERTIFIED, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE DEDICATED SPACES.

THE PARENTS ARE ON SITE, SO THE CHILDREN ARE JUST, UM, SORT OF NOT IN THE SAME, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THIS, JUST A SEPARATE ROOM.

THEY COULD BE JUST WATCHING VIDEOS.

IT'S NOT AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

THEY'RE JUST, UM, SORT OF, UH, NOT HAVING TO SIT IN THE MEETING.

SO I I, AND ALLOW THE PARENTS TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.

SO I, I GUESS IF WE WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE, UM, I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT, YOU KNOW, REIMBURSEMENT IS PROBABLY NOT THE ANSWER EITHER BECAUSE THAT STILL THEN PUSHES ALL OF THE EFFORT BACK TO THE PARENT TO MAKE CALLS AND DRIVE AROUND, AND THAT'S WHAT'S ALSO LIMITING.

UM, AND SO WHAT ABOUT, UM, WHERE ARE MOST OF THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETINGS? ARE THEY HERE ON, IN, UH, CITY HALL AND AT ONE STOP OR? MOST OF THE MEETINGS I ATTENDED WERE IN PUBLIC FACILITY BUILDINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FIVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND THEY'RE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

UM, AROUND THE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE HAVE SOME ONE AT OUR CLOUD, BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER, ONE AT OUR, UH, BUILDING, UH, AT ONE ALAMO.

UM, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPREAD AROUND.

UM, YOU KNOW, ZONING AND PLANNING ARE OVER AT THE ONE STOP.

UM, THERE ARE,

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SO I, I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT, MAYBE IF I COULD GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO GO TO COMMITTEE EXACTLY HOW THIS WOULD WORK, BUT IF IT'S IN A COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT'S PRETTY EASY.

UM, TO, IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN A COMMUNITY CENTER, HAVING, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, ON STAFF FOR CHILDCARE WHILE THE MEETING'S GOING ON SEEMS TO BE EASY ENOUGH.

IF IT'S IN THIS BUILDING, IT'S HARDER, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE.

BUT COULD WE TRY, UM, PERHAPS WE COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.

MM-HMM.

, WHERE ARE THE MEETINGS HELD? UM, WHERE, UH, THE, THE, IF WE PILOTED IT IN THOSE PLACES, UH, I KNOW THAT AT THE YW, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY TIME THEY HAVE MEETINGS, UH, THEIR CHILD WATCH FACILITIES OPEN AND YOU CAN HAVE YOUR KIDS IN THERE.

WHEN I'VE GONE TO MEETINGS AT S A I S D FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A ROOM CLOSE BY WHERE YOU CAN DROP OFF YOUR KIDS.

SO I, I, I, I'VE ALSO COME TO SOME REALIZATION AS I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS AND JUST TALKING TO MOMS, IF YOU HAVE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, YOU PROBABLY JUST CAN'T PARTICIPATE.

IT'S JUST TOO HARD.

UM, YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR CHILD IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AND THEN YOU CAN START PARTICIPATING.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY UP TO THE REPRESENTATIVES TO JUST TALK TO PEOPLE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING GOOD DECISIONS.

UM, I MEAN, THAT'S JUST, I THINK, THE REALITY.

SO WHAT COULD, COULD WE COME, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, UH, NEEDS TO GO TO COMMITTEE OR IF WE COULD, UM, PERHAPS, UH, GO THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND COME BACK, UH, AND TRY IT IN THOSE PLACES WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, UH, VERSUS TRYING TO ADAPT A ROOM LIKE THIS TO, UM, CHILDCARE.

YEAH.

UH, WE CAN REGROUP AND LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING A HANDFUL, MAYBE A, A PILOT TYPE PROJECT.

UM, WHAT, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

WE'LL GET WITH THE Y W C A ON HOW THEY DO THEIR CHILD WATCH PROGRAM, UM, WITH INFANTS, UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT THING.

YOU CAN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR KID IN FRONT OF A INPUT IN FRONT OF A TV.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S A, I I THINK AS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I, AS YOU TALK TO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE MM-HMM.

, UH, THE REALITY IS IF YOU HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN, IT'S JUST TOO HARD.

SO, UM, UH, PERHAPS WE COULD TRY THAT.

UM, WHERE ARE THE MEETINGS HELD? COULD WE PILOT THOSE AT FACILITIES WHERE THEY ALREADY HAVE A CENTER? AND THEN, UM, SEE IF IT ENCOURAGES MORE PARTICIPATION.

UH, ALTHOUGH MANY OF THEM, OF COURSE, ARE, UH, ALREADY APPOINTED, UM, TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MM-HMM.

, AND THEREFORE THEY KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE, UM, TO BEGIN WITH.

SO, UM, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING A LITTLE BIT RAMBLING ON THIS ISSUE, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S EVOLVING AND EVEN AS WE ARE, UM, ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF, OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS COME UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, CHILDCARE DURING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY JUST UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE, WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS ON THIS.

COUNCIL , UM, I MEAN, UH, SO MAYBE WE COULD START THERE.

YES.

WE CAN, WE'LL GO BACK AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION COME UP WITH ANOTHER OPTION.

AND, UH, AND MAYBE WE CAN MEET ONE-ON-ONE, AND THEN I'LL FIND A WAY TO BRIEF MY COLLEAGUES MM-HMM.

INSTEAD OF TAKING IT TO COM TO COMMITTEE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

THANK YOU MELODY FOR, UM, THE THOROUGH PRESENTATION.

I LOVE THAT YOU HAD OUR OPTIONS AND ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES IN THE WHOLE PROCESS, SO THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

UM, I WAS A SINGLE PARENT, OR I AM A SINGLE PARENT, AND SO 16 YEARS, I WAS A SINGLE PARENT.

MY KID'S ABOUT TO TURN 20 NEXT WEEK.

UM, AND THEN NOW I'M STUCK WITH, UH, I'M ALSO AN ONLY CHILD AND MY PARENTS ARE IN THEIR EIGHTIES.

SO, UM, YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD, I VISIT THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I TAKE CARE OF ALL THEIR MEDICATIONS, ET CETERA.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE, UM, ELDERLY PARENTS, RIGHT? SO NOT JUST CHILDREN.

SO I WANTED TO, TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT FOR THAT BECAUSE I'M IN THAT BOAT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT.

SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SOMEBODY'S CARING FOR THEM.

NOW I HAVE MY CHILD TO TAKE CARE OF THEM WHEN I'M AWAY TOO, RIGHT? UM, BUT I DO SEE, BY THE WAY, BABIES HERE ALL THE TIME.

I LOVE IT.

I, I LOVE WHEN MY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES RING THEIR BABIES.

THAT MAKES MY DAY RIGHT? AND SO IT, IT'S JUST AWESOME TO SEE THAT.

I THINK THAT MAYBE ONE, ONE SOLUTION MIGHT ALSO BE TO JUST REMIND THEM THAT IF THERE'S THE BABY, LIKE AT THE CHURCH, RIGHT? THERE'S A CRY ROOM, SO JUST STEP OUTSIDE IF YOUR CHILD'S GONNA CRY OR SOMETHING.

BUT I, I LIKE THAT WE ENCOURAGE THAT.

I ALWAYS SAY HI TO THE KIDS IF THEY STAY, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME, SOME PLACE AWAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T REALLY DISRUPT THE PROCESS.

AND I'M, I'M INCREDIBLY FOR THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE AND I'VE DONE

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THAT BEFORE.

I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT COLLEGE STUDENTS, UM, INTERNS, RIGHT? SO MAYBE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ'S POINT OF JUST HAVING KINDA LIKE A WATCH AREA, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT NEED HOURS FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, UM, OR EVEN MOVING THE COMMU THE, THE MEETINGS TO COMMUNITY REC CENTERS WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THE STAFF, LIKE COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ WAS SUGGESTING.

I REALLY LIKE THAT OPTION.

UM, AND, AND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE THAT IT MOVES AROUND TO MAYBE A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, EVERY TIME.

SO NOW IT'S NOT JUST DOWNTOWN THAT WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS, BUT WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT BRINGS AWARENESS OF THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

SO IF WE MEET IN THE, IN ONE OF THE D FOUR PARKS AND RECS, UH, SPACES, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE MONTH, AND THEN THE NEXT MONTH WE MEET IN D SEVEN, WE START BECOMING AWARE OF SOME OF THE NEEDS, RIGHT? AND SO, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE TRAINING OUR APPOINTEES TO CONSIDER EQUITY AND SO, AND TO, AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

AND SOMETIMES THEY STAY IN THEIR OWN LITTLE PLACE OR THEY JUST COME DOWNTOWN.

SO THEY COULD LITERALLY LIVE IN D NINE AND 10 AND NEVER GO TO D FOUR OR THREE OR FIVE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT FROM COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S, UM, STANDPOINT, UH, TO REFER THE CONSIDERATION.

BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND IF WE CAN CONSIDER THOSE AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.

UH, AS I OFTEN DO, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY'S GONNA UNDERTAKE, I KIND OF TAKE UP MY PENCIL AND I TRY AND DO A LITTLE ESTIMATE.

YOU WERE SAYING THERE ARE 800, UH, EXCUSE ME, 81, UH, VARIOUS COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS.

AND I WOULD GUESS ON AVERAGE, UH, MOST OF THEM MEET EVERY MONTH.

THERE'S A FEW THAT MIGHT MEET QUARTERLY.

THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW MORE THAT, UH, I KNOW SOMEONE LIKE THE BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD OR SOME OF THE OTHERS, THEY MIGHT MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS.

AND SO I, I WAS JUST ASKING, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY, UH, YOU KNOW, 800 MEETINGS, UH, IN A YEAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND IF YOU HAD, AND SOME OF THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS HAVE 10, 12, 15 PEOPLE ON 'EM.

AND IF YOU JUST HAD, YOU KNOW, FIVE PEOPLE, UH, WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME KIND OF CHILDCARE SUPPORT, OUT OF 800 MEETINGS, FIVE PEOPLE ALL YEAR LONG, THAT'S 4,000 POTENTIAL PEOPLE WHO MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, I COULD USE SOME HELP TAKING CARE OF MY CHILDCARE.

AND LET'S SAY WE JUST DECIDED WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PAY YOU $75, UH, YOU KNOW, TO COVER YOUR CHILDCARE, BRING US A RECEIPT FROM A REPUTABLE ORGANIZATION.

WELL, NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MAYBE 300,000 TO $400,000 IF YOU'VE GOT ONE CHILD.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT MORE THAN ONE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT MAY EVEN BE MORE EXPENSIVE.

BUT IF WE LIMIT IT TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE OR $400,000 A YEAR.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TOO MUCH.

I THINK WE, WE SHOULD BE WILLING TO INVEST IN ENABLING AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M MORE INCLINED TO GO ALONG WITH, UH, THE COUNCILMAN'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE, TRY AND DEVELOP A SIGNIFICANT ALTERNATIVES THAT COULD WORK FOR MOST PEOPLE.

BUT I HAVE, UH, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SAYING WE'RE GONNA MOVE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMITTEES GOING ON AND, UH, WE HAVE LIMITED FACILITIES OUT THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, 800 MEETINGS A YEAR IN, IN MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

AND I WOULD BE AFRAID WE COULD LOSE SOME MEMBERS WHO JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S TOO HARD TO TRAVEL TO TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT PARTS OF TOWN, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT TIMES A YEAR.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A VOUCHER SYSTEM TO REIMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE THE CONCERNS.

BUT THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS THAT COME INTO MY MIND ABOUT THIS.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN, FOR PROPOSING THIS.

I DO BELIEVE THAT IF THIS OPTION, ONE OF THESE OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE, WE COULD REALLY CHANGE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO THAT IT IS MORE REFLECTIVE OF, OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

UM, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, DOING A PILOT AND TESTING IT OUT AND THEN, UH, COMING BACK AND HEARING MORE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN OUR COMMITTEE'S ALSO AT YOUR DISPOSAL.

WE'RE REVIEWING BOARDS AND, AND COMMISSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROCESS.

UH, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE FINDINGS, I BELIEVE, IS THAT THIS IS A BARRIER TO, TO PARTICIPATION AS, AS YOU FOUND.

SO, UH, ONCE YOU'RE READY TO SCALE IT UP OR GET MORE INFORMATION, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO, TO ASSIST AS WE

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CAN.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

I, UH, APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.

ALSO THE C C R FILED.

UM, UH, MY WIFE ERICA OFTEN TALKS ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE OF CHILDCARE BEING A BARRIER TO, UH, WOMEN'S EQUITY AND REPRESENTATION, BUT ALSO JUST IN, IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TAKING IT ON.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST, UH, LOCATION IS AN ACTUAL ADVANTAGE FOR US.

I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE NOW FOUR PRE-K CENTERS WHERE WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE CURRENTLY HOSTING BOARD MEM BOARD MEETINGS THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, ALL IT WOULD REQUIRE IS A FEW EXTRA HOURS FOR SOME OF THOSE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO STAY AND PROVIDE THAT COURT KIND OF, UH, CHILD WATCH SERVICE.

BUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN LEVERAGE THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, I THINK COULD PERFORM IN THIS WAY.

SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PILOT AND, UH, HOWEVER, UM, ELSE WE CAN MAKE THIS MOVE AS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET MORE EQUITY IN OUR COMMITTEE.

SO CAN I ASK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, I JUST WANT TO ASK, ARE, ARE WE THEN AS A GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ASKING, UH, HUMAN RESOURCE, UH, HUMAN SERVICES TO DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM WITH INPUT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? AND IF SO, WOULD THAT THEN BE REFERRED TO, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL'S COMMITTEE FOR UH, FURTHER ACTION? I THINK, UH, I THINK WE JUST NEED A LITTLE MORE DIRECTION.

SO PER PERHAPS, I MEAN THE PILOT COULD START WITH WHERE ARE OUR CURRENT, UM, MEETINGS HELD AND COULD WE JUST, UM, SO THOSE, I WOULD, I WOULD RECOMMEND, YEAH, INDIVIDUAL STEPS IN THIS FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE, IF THERE IS A COMMITTEE, EITHER THE AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS MENTIONED, OR THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO EXECUTING THE PILOT, IT SHOULD COME BACK HERE TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.

UH, AND THEN WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE IT FROM THERE.

THAT'S, THANK YOU MAYOR.

OKAY, GREAT.

ANY FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION ON THIS NEEDED.

MOVE NOW TO UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

ALRIGHT.

UH, WE'LL

[5. 19-9119 Briefing regarding the timeline and status of the City Council staff compensation review. [Ben Gorzell, Chief Financial Officer; Lori Steward, Director, Human Resources]]

ITEM FIVE IS A BRIEFING REGARDING THE TIMELINE AND STATUS OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF COMPENSATION REVIEW.

GATHERED BEFORE SUBMISSION TO THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT.

COUNCIL MEMBER R GARCIA.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND AS THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL AID COMPENSATION AD HOC COMMITTEE, I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU ALL WITH SOME UPDATES FROM THE PAST FIVE MEETINGS.

AND THEN LORI STEWART'S GONNA WALK US WITH JUST GENERAL INFORMATION AS WELL.

AFTER THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER THE 16TH, THE MAYOR APPOINTED AN AD HOC COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT TINO, AN SANDOVAL JOHN COURAGE, AND MYSELF.

DURING THE FIRST MEETING HELD ON OCTOBER 18TH, THE GOALS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE DISCUSSED AND OUTLINED.

THE GOALS INCLUDE ENSURING THAT COUNCIL AIDE FEEL COMFORTABLE THROUGHOUT THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION REVIEW, THAT THERE IS A ROBUST FAIR THIRD PARTY REVIEW AND THIRD PARTY OFFER OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THERE'S AN ACCURATE DISTILLATION OF COLLECTED DATA INTO CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION.

THAT THE RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION ARE PRESENTED TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE WHO WILL THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERN, TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHO WILL THEN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO US AS THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL BE BRIEFED FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

AFTER PRESENTATION IS MADE TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE, THAT THERE'S APPROPRIATE TRANSPARENCY AND DATA COLLECTION EVALUATION ANALYSIS THAT COUNCIL AIDES ARE KEPT INFORMED REGULARLY DURING THE PROCESS.

THROUGH UPDATES PROVIDED TO EACH DISTRICT'S CHIEF OF STAFF, THAT CITY COUNCIL RETAINS A FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE ADJUST ADJUSTMENTS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF EACH COUNCIL OFFICE, THAT THE PROCESS MOVES FORWARD WITH A SENSITIVITY TO THE TIMELINE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEBRUARY 1ST, 2020 DA DEADLINE, AND THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMPLIANT WITH APPLICABLE APPLICABLE LAWS.

WITH THAT SAID, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 25TH TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT TIMELINE AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE DATA GATHERING PHASE WITH INTERNAL CITY STAFF FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO EXPEDITE THE COLLECTION OF INTERNAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS ALL GIVEN TO THE THIRD PARTY.

REVIEWING THE INFORMATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS REVIEWED CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS, EXPECT OF A HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF, AND FELT COMFORTABLE THAT INFORMATION GATHERED WOULD BE USED APPROPRIATELY TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

DURING THIS MEETING, THERE WAS A CONSENSUS OF INCLUDING A THIRD PARTY COMPENSATION CONSULTANT WHO WOULD DEVELOP A RECOMMENDED PAY STRUCTURE AND SALARY GRADES FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION BASED ON DATA GATHERED AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS CREATED.

THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED DIRECTION FOR THE SCOPE OF THE CONSULTANTS' WORK TO INCLUDE VALIDATING JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO MARKET DATA VALIDATED CURRENTLY USE JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO PROPOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND RECOMMENDING A PAY STRUCTURE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY STRUCTURE FOR SIMILAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

BEFORE JOB DESCRIPTIONS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND APPROVED ALL JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PART OF THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO

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IN ADDITION, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE EXPANDED THE LIST OF CITIES FROM WHICH HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF WOULD GATHER INFORMATION ON THEIR RESPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL STAFF PAY AND STRUCTURE.

THE LIST OF CITIES IDENTIFIED BY STAFF INCLUDED AUSTIN, DALLAS, FORT WORTH, KANSAS CITY, AND PHOENIX.

ADDITIONAL CITIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS ADDED INCLUDED CORPUS CHRISTI, HOUSTON, AND OKLAHOMA CITY ON NOVEMBER 1ST.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE PROJECT PLAN AND TIMELINE, THE STATUS OF COUNCIL AID AND INDIVIDUAL MEETING REQUESTS WITH HR STAFF AND A DRAFT CONSULTANT CONTRACT WITH WHIRLING ASSOCIATES INC.

HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF NOTED THAT WHILE NOT ALL CITY COUNCIL AIDS PARTICIPATED, THE DATA COLLECTION AND INTERVIEW PHASE HAD ENDED AND THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE INITIATED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE PROJECT TIMELINE ON SCHEDULE.

THE NEXT PHASE INCLUDED HR CLASS AND COMP STAFF COMPILING ALL INFORMATION GATHERED AND DEVELOPING DRAFT JOB DESCRIPTIONS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS.

ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS REITERATED THAT PRIOR TO SUBMITTING THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD REVIEW AND APPROVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS CREATED AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

AT THE MEETING ON NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE REVISED CONSULTANT CONTRACT WITH WHIRLING ASSOCIATES.

DR.

STEVEN WHIRLING WAS IN ATTENDANCE AND PROVIDED SPECIFIC DETAIL REGARDING THE CONTRACT SCOPE OF SERVICES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM BOTH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

INFORMATION PROVIDED TO DR.

WHIRLING INCLUDED CURRENT COUNCIL DISTRICT STRUCTURES, STAFF SALARIES, AS WELL AS A RETENTION HISTORY.

IN ADDITION TO MARKET DATA, THE DRAFT CONTRACT WAS REVISED TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AS NEEDED.

A BRIEF UPDATE OF THE PROJECT PLAN AND TIMELINE AS WELL AS THE FINAL STATUS OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF.

INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WAS PROVIDED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

APPROXIMATELY 69% OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF PARTICIPATED IN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.

THESE MEETINGS WITH HR CONCLUDED ON NOVEMBER 1ST A PRELIMINARY LIST OF DRAFT JOB DESCRIPTION TITLES WAS DISCUSSED, INCLUDING EIGHT JOB TITLES AND GENERAL SUMMARIES THAT WERE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE INDIVIDUAL CITY COUNCIL STAFF MEETINGS.

FROM THE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS, POSITIONS ARE GENERALLY FALLING WITHIN SEVEN OF THE PROPOSED JOB TITLES.

AN ADDITIONAL JOB TITLE WAS PROPOSED WITH A MUCH BROADER DESCRIPTION FOR THOSE POSITIONS THAT DO NOT FALL WITHIN ONE OF THE OTHER SEVEN.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THEN MET AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 15TH TO DISCUSS THE UPDATED PROJECT PLAN'S STATUS OF THE CITY'S COMPARISON.

PER THE PREVIOUS MEETING, THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT WITH THIRD PARTY COMPENSATION CONSULT CONSULTANT WAS APPROVED AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS WERE FINALIZED FOR REVIEW RESPONSES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM SEVERAL CITIES WERE STILL PENDING.

WHEN THIS MEETING TOOK PLACE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE EIGHT DRAFT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDED REVISIONS INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF ONE MORE JOB DESCRIPTION.

INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS WERE HELD WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR FEEDBACK BASED ON THE RECOMMENDED REVISIONS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

THE LIST OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS WAS REVISED.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS WERE EXPECTED TO BE FINALIZED AND FORWARDED WITH ALL DATA TO DR.

WHIRLING THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH.

HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL SUBMISSION TO DR.

WHIRLING WAS COMPLETED ON NOVEMBER 22ND TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO INCORPORATE ALL THE FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL AIDES MAY ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE IN ADVANCE OF MEETING TO PLAN LOGISTICS.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRESS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ATTEND.

PLUS WE BRING TACOS.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW DECEMBER THE 13TH, AND ITS COUNCILMAN COURAGES TURN TO BRING THE TACOS AFTER A BREAK FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

AND AFTER A BRIEF ABSENCE DUE TO ANOTHER ONGOING ISSUE THAT REQUIRED STAFF'S PARTICIPATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS ALSO KEPT US UPDATED ON ONGOING DISCUSSION WITH THE ATTORNEY THAT ASSERTED CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF UNSPECIFIED COUNSEL AIDE.

WE DO NOT EXPECT THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO DELAY THE PROCESS, I'D LIKE TO THANK LORI STEWART AND WELCOME HER UP TO THE PODIUM TO FOLLOW MY REALLY LENGTHY DISCUSSION THERE.

THANK YOU, LORI.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAS REALLY BEEN DEVOTING A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS PROJECT AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO US IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT BACKGROUND, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COVER A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LIST OF THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED.

UM, AS THE CHAIR HAD INDICATED, WE STARTED WITH EIGHT, WE FINALIZED WITH NINE.

SO THERE'S A CHIEF OF STAFF, A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AND THEN THERE'S A CONSTITUENT SERVICES GROUP.

WE HAVE A DIRECTOR, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S FLASHING A DIRECTOR ALONG WITH A REPRESENTATIVE ONE AND TWO LEVEL.

ALSO EVENT SERVICES AND POLICY AND ZONING AND PLANNING DIRECTORS.

AND THEN THE, UH, MORE GENERAL TITLE THAT WE DEVELOPED WAS THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO CITY COUNCIL.

THERE ARE SOME OFFICES THAT STAFF ARE DOING A COMBINATION OF THE VARIOUS DUTIES AND A MORE GENERAL TITLE MIGHT BE BEST.

SO THOSE ARE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITH THE COMPENSATION CONSULTANT BEING EVALUATED.

AND

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NEXT PART OF OUR TIMELINE FOR THE, UH, MONTH OF DECEMBER, WHERE WE ARE IS THAT AGAIN, IT'S IN THE HANDS OF OUR COMPENSATION CONSULTANT RIGHT NOW.

DR.

LING HAS ALL THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND HE'S DOING THAT ANALYSIS.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE HIS REPORT NEXT WEEK, SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK OF THE 16TH.

AND WE CAN PRESENT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AT OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 20TH.

UM, AT THAT POINT, WHATEVER, UH, FOLLOW UP WE HEAR FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WE CAN BE WORKING ON AND MEET AGAIN ON JANUARY 10TH, AND HOPEFULLY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS READY TO COME BACK TO THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AT YOUR MEETING IN JANUARY AND ALSO HANDLE ANY FOLLOW UP FROM THAT.

WE WOULD WANT TO INDIVIDUALLY BRIEF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LOOK TO HAVE ACTION BY THE FULL COUNCIL AT THE END OF JANUARY FOR THE, UM, FEBRUARY 1ST IMPLEMENTATION TARGET.

SO THAT IS OUR TIMELINE AND, AND SCHEDULE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, LORI AND TO OUR CITY STAFF TEAM, AND OF COURSE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROHA GARCIA FOR THE VERY THOROUGH, UM, UPDATE ON THE PROCESS.

I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO YOU ANSWERED EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS ALREADY WITHOUT, UH, WITH JUST BY THE UPDATE.

SO, UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

IT'S NOW FOUR 20.

I WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AND WE'RE GONNA LEAVE THE CHAMBERS.