Jan 28, 2020 Innovation and Technology Committee

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WE WILL START THE MEETING NOW.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH ROLL CALL.

WELCOME TO INNOVATION AND, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING.

UH, THE DATE IS, UH, JANUARY 28TH, AND IT IS TWO 12.

I'LL TAKE THE ROLE.

CHAIRMAN LAR HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO VARDA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

HERE.

CITIZEN MEMBER .

HERE.

CITIZEN MEMBER MONDOR.

HERE.

CITIZEN MEMBER GARRETT, CHAIR.

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

THE LAST AND WE GATHERED WAS DECEMBER 10TH.

[1. 20-1507 Approval of the December 10, 2019 Innovation and Technology Committee Meeting Minutes.]

WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME AND LOTS OF THINGS WERE DISCUSSED.

AND, UH, THERE ARE MINUTES, UH, MEMORIALIZING THAT MEETING.

HAS ANYBODY READ THEM? AND DOES ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE TO APPROVE THEM? COUNCIL, MOVE TO APPROVE.

THANK YOU.

WE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

AM I RIGHT? AND MY LEFT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? A.

ALL RIGHT.

UNANIMOUS.

THERE IS, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

ITEM NUMBER TWO,

[2. 20-1506 Briefing on City of San Antonio's new research and development program, the R&D League. [John Peterek, Assistant to the City Manager; Kate Kinnison, Research and Development Administrator, Office of Innovation]]

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

SO I JUST WANT PROVIDE A BIT OF CONTEXT BEFORE WE BEGIN, UM, AND KATE KINISON WILL PRESENT.

SO THIS PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN, UH, TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO AND U S A A.

AND SO IT WAS DEVELOPED, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE SOME CAPACITY FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

UM, SO THIS LEAGUE IS INTENDED TO HELP US CROSS TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES AND TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE PROVIDE CITY SERVICES.

UM, SO THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT TODAY WILL HELP US DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A NEW FRAMEWORK WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND HELP US DRIVE TOWARDS DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND RESIDENT FEEDBACK.

SO, KATE, WHO I MENTIONED, UM, IS OUR R AND D ADMINISTRATOR, AND SHE'LL BE PRESENTING THE FULL DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, SHE WAS, UM, PROMOTED, UH, IN THIS LAST YEAR TO DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS HER, HER WORLD.

SO KATE, THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN JOHN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PRESENTING TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE.

UM, THERE'S A BRAIN TRUST IN THIS ROOM.

WE HAVE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS AND DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO DESIGN THIS PROGRAM.

AND I, I WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO FINALLY BE TALKING ABOUT IT TO YOU.

SO, FIRST, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE LAYOUT OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT HERE.

UM, AND THE WHY.

WHY SHOULD THESE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS WORK TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT AN R AND D PROGRAM FOR THE CITY? WE'LL TALK ABOUT SIX PROJECTS THAT WILL HELP US GET OFF THE GROUND.

AND FINALLY, WE'LL TE TELL YOU WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

SO WHAT IS R AND D? UM, IT'S A PRETTY COMMON TERM IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT NOT EVERYONE IN OTHER SECTORS KNOWS ABOUT IT.

IT'S, IT STANDS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

UH, SIMPLY PUT, ITS STUDIES AND TESTS DESIGNED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OR CREATE NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, THE TYPES OF TOOLS THAT THEY'RE USING, UM, IN THE, AND TYPICALLY WE'RE SEEING MORE R AND D DONE IN THE PRIVATE SECTORS AT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS LIKE SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, AS WELL AS IN ACADEMIA.

AND THE TYPES OF TOOLS THEY'RE USING ARE VERY SCIENTIFIC IN NATURE.

SO THINKING BACK TO YOUR SCIENCE FAIR, SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGIES, UH, EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE, UH, VERY MUCH ABOUT USER-CENTERED DESIGN.

SO PUTTING THE USER AT THE CENTER OF THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DESIGNING SERVICES AND ASKING QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY.

DOES THIS PRODUCT OR SERVICE WORK FOR YOU? AND IF NOT, ITERATING IN AN AGILE WAY THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE YOU'RE DELIVERING.

SO R AND D IS VERY MUCH ABOUT A PHASED APPROACH AND A VERY COMMON AND, UM, GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE WITH R AND D IS THE IPHONE.

UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE THE IPHONE 11.

IT'S ITERATIVE IN NATURE.

UM, IT STARTED WITH A HYPOTHESIS, HYPOTHESIS THAT THE IPHONE WOULD BE, UM, TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE ACCESS INFORMATION.

UM, AND WHILE THEY, IT TOOK TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH TIME TO DESIGN, UM, IT'S BEING ITERATED EVERY YEAR.

UM, SO IT'S JUST A VERY COMMON, PERVASIVE EXAMPLE THAT'S IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

UM, SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS, NOT JUST TO THOSE SECTORS, BUT TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR? CONTROLLED RISK, COST AVOIDANCE.

IT HELPS US REMAIN RELEVANT TO OUR CUSTOMER, AND POTENTIALLY MOST IMPORTANT, IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AND DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE NOT THIS FIRST CITY, UM, LAUNCHING AN R AND D PROGRAM.

UH, TWO GREAT EXAMPLES THAT ARE ALSO VERY DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THAT THEY DECIDED TO APPROACH R AND D IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ARE THE LAB AT DC.

SO WASHINGTON, DC AND FOR THE CITY OF BOSTON, THEIR NEW URBAN MECHANICS LAB.

THE WAY THAT THE LAB AT DC APPROACHES IS VERY SCIENTIFIC.

THEY'VE HIRED PHDS

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UM, THEY HAD THE WORLD'S LARGEST FIELD STUDY OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BEFORE THEY MADE THEIR LARGE SCALE PURCHASE.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR LAB.

WHEREAS THE NEW URBAN MECHANICS IS MORE FOCUSED ON DEMOCRATIZING THE INNOVATION PROCESS.

THEY HAVE OFFICE HOURS WHERE ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN COME IN AND IDEATE WITH THEM AND SUBMIT CREATIVE IDEAS THAT THEY WORK ON.

THE MOST WELL KNOWN THING TO COME OUT OF THE CITY OF BOSTON'S NEW URBAN MECHANICS LAB, UM, IS THE CITY HALL TO GO MOBILE FOOD TRUCK THAT BRINGS CITY SERVICES OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO OVERCOME TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS.

HOW WE GOT HERE, THIS PROGRAM IS CUSTOMIZED TO SAN ANTONIO.

UM, YES, WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES AND WE'VE LEARNED BEST PRACTICES FROM THEM, BUT THERE WAS AN ORGANIC PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE THAT GOT US HERE TODAY IN 2018 WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE CIV TECH SA PROGRAM.

WE WERE VERY EXCITED TO SEE AT OUR DATA, HON, THAT YEAR, THAT HIGHLY SKILLED FOLKS FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, U S A A AND U T S A WERE COMING OUT TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH US AND ANALYZE DATA.

WHAT I LEARNED BY THE END OF THAT WEEKEND WAS THEY WEREN'T DOING IT NECESSARILY TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS.

THERE WERE FOLKS THERE WHO WERE, BUT THESE FOLKS WERE INTERESTED IN GIVING BACK THAT LEVEL OF SKILL TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT WE STARTED TO THINK WE NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON, ON THIS AND BUILD A LONGER TERM ENGAGEMENT THAN JUST A WEEKEND.

UM, AT THAT SAME TIME, I STARTED TO GET TO KNOW THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLICY LAB AT DC.

HE'S NOW THE DIRECTOR OF THE POLICY LAB AT BROWN UNIVERSITY.

BEFORE THAT, HE WORKED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SETTING UP THEIR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TEAM.

HE'S BEEN ADVISING US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

HE'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING CITIES AND STATES DEVELOP, UM, INSIDE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES TEAMS TO HELP THEM MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY DECISIONS.

HE CAME DOWN PRO BONO TO SPEND TWO DAYS WITH US AT THE END OF JUNE.

AND WHEN I SAY US, I MEAN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.

THERE WERE 40 FOLKS FROM OUR FOUR, UH, MULTI-SECTOR COLLABORATORS.

SO THAT'S, UM, A NON-PROFIT RESEARCH I INSTITUTION IN SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, A PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATOR IN U S A A AND A EDUCATION, EDUCATION SECTOR COLLABORATOR IN U T SS A, AND OF COURSE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A PUBLIC SECTOR.

UM, WE SPENT TWO DAYS LEARNING ABOUT WHAT R AND D LOOKS LIKE IN THEIR SECTORS AND IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS, AND HOW WE, HOW COULD WE APPLY THAT TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR.

WE ALSO SPENT THAT TIME TALKING ABOUT AREAS OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, WHERE A CHALLENGE WE FACED WAS ALSO A CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACED, AND HOW COULD WE WORK ON THOSE TOGETHER? FINALLY, WE ENDED THAT WEEKEND, THAT, UH, TWO DAYS TOGETHER.

IT WASN'T ON THE WEEKEND.

UM, WE DECIDED THAT YES, WE DID WANNA FORM AN ALLIANCE AND WORK TOGETHER.

THE WHY, UM, IF IT'S NOT OBVIOUS, LET'S BE EXPLICIT ABOUT IT.

WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER.

UM, WE HAVE THE TOP MINDS IN THE FIELD, RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD.

THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED R AND D PROGRAMS. WE DO NOT NEED TO RECREATE THE WHEEL AT THE CITY.

WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM.

UH, BRINGING DIFFERENT SECTORS TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGES AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO ALL OF US.

UM, AND WE'RE ALSO FINDING THAT A LOT OF FUNDERS RIGHT NOW ARE LOOKING FOR MULTI-SECTOR COLLABORATION.

AND JUST OVER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THREE NEW GRANTS FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND U T S A THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR HAD WE NOT CREATED THIS LEAGUE.

UM, FOR THE PARTNERS, IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO KNOW THAT THEY SEE VALUE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, THAT THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING ON THEIR CAMPUSES THAT THEY, THAT WORK THERE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY WORK IN THE REAL WORLD.

AND THE CITY CAN PROVIDE THEM ACCESS TO OUR, UM, COMMUNITY AND OUR DEPARTMENTS WHO CAN HELP THEM TEST IT.

AS I MENTIONED, THEIR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT FOR THEM, UH, PROBABLY MY FAVORITE IS JUST SEEING HOW INVIGORATED THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE AND OUR EMPLOYEES ARE WHEN WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

AND AGAIN, COLLABORATIVE BRA GRANT FUNDING.

SO COMING OUT OF THAT SYMPOSIUM, WE CAME UP WITH A MISSION STATEMENT AND IT REALLY HASN'T CHANGED.

UM, AND I KNOW IT'S LONG, SO I'LL TRY TO SLOWLY PIECE IT OUT.

SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO BRING TOGETHER HIGHLY SKILLED CROSS SECTOR TEAMS TO UTILIZE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND DATA TO INVESTIGATE NEW IDEAS, MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS, AND EXPLORE THE FRONTIER OF INNOVATION IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM CITY SERVICES.

FOR OUR 1.5 MILLION RESIDENTS, WE ALSO CAME UP WITH FOUR OBJECTIVES.

THEY'RE TO DRIVE DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY AT THE CITY TO ENGAGE CITY EMPLOYEES AND OUR RESIDENTS IN NEW WAYS TO DELIVER TOP-NOTCH CUSTOMER SERVICE EQUITABLY.

AND FINALLY, TO CREATE EFFICIENCIES THAT ALLOW US TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL STABILITY.

THERE ARE SIX PROJECTS, AND I HAVE A SLIDE ON EACH AND I'LL GO IN DEPTH.

UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS TO LET YOU KNOW, A, THAT THERE ARE SIX, UM,

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BUT ALSO, I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT SOME INVOLVE TECHNOLOGY AND SOME DON'T.

THEY EACH HAVE A DIFFERENT FEEL, AND THAT WAS BY DESIGN.

PART OF THE EXPERIMENT HERE IS USING THESE PROJECTS TO DETERMINE WHAT R AND D LOOKS LIKE IN THE CITY.

SO WE DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE JUST ASSOCIATED WITH ONE TYPE OF PROJECT, BUT TO TRY DIFFERENT THINGS TO INFORM THE WAY THIS PROGRAM SHOULD WORK FOR THE CITY.

SO THE FIRST ONE, UM, I'M JUST GONNA GO STRAIGHT TO THE CALL OUT.

208,000 IN FUNDING FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE WAS A HUGE WIN FOR THE R AND D LEAGUE.

SO THANK YOU TO SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

UM, THEY'RE CLEARLY COMMITTED TO HELPING US ON THIS PROJECT.

SO BIG PICTURE, WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO HERE? OUR SOLID WASTE VEHICLES COVER 95% OF THE CITY WEEKLY AND 25,000 MILES PER DAY.

THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETROFIT THEM WITH SENSORS THAT COLLECT DATA THAT CAN THEN BE COLLECTED, MAPPED, AND INFORM THE WAY WE OPERATE.

SO RIGHT NOW, OUR POTHOLE PATROL TEAM, SO WE'RE USING A CASE, UM, WITH TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT.

UM, THEY'RE PROACTIVE IN THAT THEY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEY LOOK FOR FOR POTHOLES.

AND THEN THEY ALSO UTILIZE 3 1 1 TO FIND OUT WHERE THE POTHOLES ARE.

BUT WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T NEED TO CALL IN? OR WHAT IF RESIDENTS IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S LOTS OF POTHOLES ARE NOT CALLING IN? SO WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT IS TO GET A MAP AND THEN STRATEGICALLY PLAN OUR DAYS, UM, CREATING BOTH EFFICIENCIES AND A BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND INFORMING THE EQUITY DISCUSSION AROUND RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

SO THAT'S THE LONG TERM VISION IN THE SHORT TERM.

AGAIN, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THESE ARE PHASED AND ITERATIVE.

WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SENSORS WORK BEST ON THE VEHICLES.

SO RIGHT NOW, SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S PLAN IS TO RETROFIT TWO VEHICLES WITH TWO TO THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORS.

THEY'RE USING CAMERAS TO BUILD ALGORITHMS THAT CAN AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFY POTHOLES.

THEY'RE ALSO GONNA USE LIDAR IN MUCH, MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY TO DE TO DETERMINE IF THE, UM, ALGORITHMS ARE RELIABLE.

AND THE REASON THAT THE LIDAR IS NOT THE LONG TERM GOAL IS BECAUSE IT'S SO EXPENSIVE, BUT THE LIDAR IN THE SHORT TERM TELLS US IF THE CAMERAS WILL BE, AND THE ALGORITHMS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BUILD THESE MAPS THAT I DESCRIBED TO YOU.

UM, JUST, OKAY, I'M GONNA MOVE ON.

SO THE NEXT PROJECT ALSO COMES TO US FROM SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND IS FUNDED THROUGH SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE'S INTERNAL, UH, R AND D PROGRAM.

UM, IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

WHEN WE STARTED THE LEAGUE, THEY WERE WORKING WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO LOOK AT HIGHWAYS AND COULD, AGAIN, SAME CONCEPT, COULD THE CAMERAS AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFY WHEN A TRAFFIC ANOMALY WAS HAPPENING ON HIGHWAYS, WHETHER INCIDENTS, UM, TRAFFIC IN INCIDENCES, CHANGES IN TYPICAL TRAFFIC PATTERNS, AND THEN COULD THEY BUILD IN AN AUTOMATIC ALERT SYSTEM TO LET TEXDOT KNOW.

WHAT THEY FOUND OVER TIME IS THAT THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE PICKING UP EVERYDAY THINGS LIKE PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES AND THINGS THAT, THAT DON'T HAPPEN ON HIGHWAYS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE LEAGUE, THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, CAN WE TAP INTO TCIS CAMERAS? AND BECAUSE TCIS BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNERS OF OURS, THEY SAID, WE HAVE 200 CAMERAS AT TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU ACCESS TO FIVE OR 10 OF THEM FREE OF CHARGE.

THEY'RE GONNA WORK ON OUR CAMERAS AND SEE IF THEY CAN BUILD US AN ALERT SYSTEM THAT COULD TELL YOU, LET'S SAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, DID SOMETHING HAPPEN.

NO ONE'S AROUND, UM, TO REPORT IT TO THE POLICE.

AND NOW WE AUTOMATICALLY ARE ABLE TO LET T C I KNOW THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THIS IS OUR SIGNATURE.

UM, BEFORE I GET INTO SOME OF THE TERMINOLOGY OF UP THERE, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS OUR SIGNATURE DATA INFORMED DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

UM, WE HAVE THREE PROFESSORS WHO'VE BEEN STUDYING GROWTH PATTERNS IN SAN ANTONIO FROM THREE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, UM, FROM THREE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT BECAUSE OF THE LEAGUE, THEY CAME TO US AND WANTED TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND EMPOWER NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT USE A DATA INFORMED APPROACH TO DETERMINE WHERE THEY WOULD CREATE BOUNDARIES FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES, WHICH ARE ZONES THAT THEY'RE UTILIZING STATE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE AND PRESERVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND A QUESTION WE WANT TO ASK OURSELVES IS, UM, HOW DO WE USE DATA TO DRAW THOSE, UH, THOSE BOUNDARIES? AND THEN EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS OVER TIME, ARE THE INTERVENTIONS WORKING? UM, AND SO THAT TEAM OF PROFESSORS WILL BE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING TO DO JUST THAT.

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AND RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT WAY AT THE CITY TO TOP TAP INTO OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES.

LUCKY FOR US, U S A A HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT EMPLOYEE INNOVATION PROGRAM FOR OVER THE, THE PAST 10 YEARS.

IT'S LED TO OVER 3,500 PATENTS AND 95% ENGAGEMENT RATE.

UM, IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THEY ROLLED OUT A PROGRAM TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AS WELL.

AND SO WORKING WITH THEM AS OUR ADVISORS, WE'RE GONNA BUILD OFF OF THEIR LESSONS LEARNED, WE'RE GONNA BETA THIS, SO THAT MEANS SIMPLY TEST IT WITH 50 EMPLOYEES THIS SPRING, 300 IN THE FALL.

AND THEN OUR GOALS WOULD BE TO SCALE IT OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND EVENTUALLY ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO SUBMIT IDEAS ON AN ONLINE PLATFORM, EVALUATE THOSE IDEAS AND EXPLORE THOSE IDEAS.

OH, IN THE CALL OUT HERE, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, UM, THAT WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED 'CAUSE USAA IS ACTUALLY LEADING A FULL DAY WORKSHOP FOR THOSE 50 PILOT PARTICIPANTS NEXT WEEK, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA LEARN ALL ABOUT HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND THEN APPLY IT TO DESIGNING THE PLATFORM.

SO THIS IS A VERY GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF HOW HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN WORKS.

THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE USING THE PLATFORM WILL ALSO BE THE ONES WHO ARE DESIGNING THE PLATFORM.

CITY HALL TO GO.

UM, YOU PROB MIGHT HAVE HEARD ME MENTION THIS IN TERMS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON.

UH, THEY PILOTED THIS A FEW YEARS BACK AS A WAY TO OVERCOME TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS TO LOW INCOME AND HARD TO REACH RESIDENTS.

UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE HAVE 12 DEPARTMENTS WHO HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE AREAS OF ALIGNMENT EXIST THAT THEY CAN BRING SERVICES DIRECTLY TO FOLKS AT A TIME THAT'S CONVENIENT TO THEM AT A PLACE THAT'S CONVENIENT TO THEM, UM, AND CAPITALIZE ON REACHING THOSE POPULATIONS TOGETHER.

UM, A REALLY, THIS ONE TOUCH TOUCHES PRETTY CLOSE TO HOME FOR ME.

I WAS THINKING THIS MORNING, LIKE, WHY I FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS ONE.

AND A COUPLE YEARS AGO AS A PART OF THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, I WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE A HEAD START FAIR AND, UM, ENROLLMENT FAIR WHERE FAMILIES COME AND THEY ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN HEAD START.

AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT THERE WAS A WOMAN THERE, UM, AND SHE HAD FIVE KIDS AND THEY WERE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND SHE WAS TRYING TO KEEP THEM, UM, OCCUPIED.

AND AS THEY CAME UP, UM, SHE HAD THEM ALL SIT AND THEY WERE REALLY WELL DISCIPLINED.

AND I JUST REMEMBER THINKING, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? AND SHE TELLS US THIS STORY ABOUT HOW, UM, THEY'RE NOT ALL HER KIDS.

THREE OF THEM WERE, TWO OF THEM WERE HER SISTER'S KIDS, AND HER SISTER WAS BATTLING STRUGGLING, AND, UM, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.

SO, AND SHE WAS A HAIRDRESSER, AND SHE QUICKLY NEEDED TO FIND SOMEWHERE FOR THESE KIDS DURING THE DAY WHILE KIDS DURING THE DAY WHILE SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

AND I THOUGHT AT THAT TIME, IF THERE WAS ONLY SOMEONE SOME WAY HERE NOW FOR HER TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THE OTHER SERVICES THAT MAY HELP HER IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS, UM, WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SHE'S SITTING HERE.

SHE COULD BE LEARNING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT OUR CITY COULD DO TO HELP HER.

AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, D H S, OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF CONNECTING THESE FOLKS TO RESOURCES, BUT THEY NEED OUR HELP TO CONNECT, UM, TO ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS WELL.

FINALLY, LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, THE R AND D PROGRAM STRUCTURE ITSELF IS AN EXPERIMENT.

WHEN WE MET AT THE SYMPOSIUM IN JUNE, I HAD HUGE POSTERS OF HOW I THOUGHT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD WORK.

I WAS NEWLY THE R AND D ADMINISTRATOR AND I THOUGHT I HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT.

AND LUCKY FOR ME, THE 20 BRIGHT FOLKS THERE SAID, THAT LOOKS REALLY NEAT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW.

YOU NEED TO FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF HOW THIS WORKS.

BEST.

LET'S DO SOME PROJECTS TOGETHER AND UTILIZE THOSE LESSONS TO INFORM THE STRUCTURE OF THIS PROGRAM.

AND SO WE DID JUST THAT.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT IN DECI DESIGNING HOW THIS COULD WORK LONG TERM FOR OUR CITY.

OKAY.

SO WHERE ARE WE AT? WE'VE SCOPED THESE SIX PROJECTS WE BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY.

WE'VE COMPLETED A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND WE'VE SECURED FUNDING FOR THREE OF THE SIX PROJECTS.

UM, NEXT UP WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH THESE PROJECTS.

UM, WE ARE WORKING ON PROJECT BASED AGREEMENTS.

SO FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THERE'S UM, CONCERNS OF, UH, DATA SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UM, AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

AND SO THERE, SOME OF THE PROJECTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR FUNDING RESOURCES FOR A FEW OF THE PROJECTS AS WELL.

I NEED TO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM, HONESTLY.

UM, I'M JUST A VOICE PIECE FOR THIS.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO BRING US, UH, WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU TODAY.

THERE'S BEEN OVER 40 PEOPLE PRETTY INVOLVED IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, SO I'D WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL RECOGNIZED.

SO IF YOU WOULDN'T

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I NOTICED NONE OF THE CITY STAFF STOOD UP, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WORKING WITH AS WELL, AND THEY DESERVE TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

AND WITH THAT SAID, I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, KATE.

UH, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

I GOT TO SIT THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THESE SLIDES, UH, PRESENTED TO ME AND YOU, YOU BLEW ME AWAY THEN.

AND, UH, I, I STILL, I'M EXCITED, UH, JUST SEEING IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

I'M, I'M GONNA LET, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, UH, START OFF OUR ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU, KATE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT I HAVE SEEN COME OUT OF A PRESENTATION THAT TRULY SPEAKS TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR PUTTING ALL OF IT TOGETHER.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, UM, WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, OUR CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TRULY DO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE AND TAKING WHAT THEY NEED TO THEM IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.

UH, THE FEW QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE WITH CITY HALL TO GO, UM, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE TEAM AND I WAS WONDERING IF SAWS AND C P S CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE IMPLEMENTED INTO THIS PROGRAM, INTO THIS AREA? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

UM, IT, IN OUR EARLY DISCUSSIONS, WE DEFINITELY WANNA BRING THEM TO THE TABLE.

THIS IS ABOUT ONE CITY.

IF WE DO THIS WELL, OUR DEPARTMENTS AND, AND THE ORGANIZATIONS WE WORK FOR FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND.

UM, AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT OUR SMART CITY PARTNERS, C P SS, SAWS, UM, ALL OF THOSE GUYS TO, TO JOIN US IN THIS EFFORT.

UM, WE'RE BEING ITERATIVE AND, AND WE'LL BE INVITING THEM TO THE EVENT.

UM, SO YES.

AWESOME.

AND THEN HOW MANY VEHICLES RIGHT NOW DO WE HAVE FOR THE CITY HALL TO GO? SO WE HAVE ONE, AND WE'RE BORROWING IT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.

WE'RE DOING THIS ON A REAL LOW BUDGET.

WE'RE BEING SCRAPPY.

UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO, WE'VE DONE OUR RESEARCH ON IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL THIS SPRING, AND WE DO FIND THAT THE NEED IS THERE AND THAT IT'S BRINGING VALUE BOTH TO OUR RESIDENTS, MOST IMPORTANTLY IN OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH PURCHASING A NEW, UM, A NEW VAN VEHICLE.

AWESOME.

AND THE, I GUESS THE CITY HOSPITAL IS EQUIPPED WITH EITHER IPADS OR COMPUTERS TO HELP, UH, THE RESIDENTS FILL OUT THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO FILL OUT, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.

AWESOME.

UM, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, HOW ARE YOU MARKETING THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE CITY HALL TO GO WILL BE SET UP? YEAH.

UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THAT.

THEY ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE MARKETING EFFORTS IN THE FIELD WHEN WE'RE ALIGNING.

SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN WE MET WITH A C S, THEY WERE PLANNING TO DO BLOCK WALKING FOR A CLINIC THAT THEY HAD COMING UP.

AND THEY SAID, PARKS IS DOING SOMETHING A WEEK LATER, WHY DON'T THEY JUST JOIN? AND IT WAS LIKE, BLOCKS APART.

AND SOUTHSIDE LIONS, THAT'S OUR FIRST EVENT ON MARCH 14TH, WHY DON'T WE INVITE THEM? AND THEN SOLID WASTE TOLD US, OH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH THAT COMMUNITY FOREVER.

UM, ON CART DOWNSIZING, WE WANNA ALIGN OUR EFFORTS, SO WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE BLOCK WALKING AND THE, UH, BUDGETS THEY ALREADY HAD FOR ADVERTISING.

AND INSTEAD OF DOING THREE SEPARATE MAILERS IN THREE SEPARATE ADVERTISEMENTS, WE'LL NOW BE DOING ONE.

AWESOME.

AND THEN UNDER THE, IS IT NEZ, N E Z Z NEIGHBORHOOD ENVIRONMENT ZONES IMPACTS ESTIMATOR? YES.

OKAY.

HOW IS THAT WORKING WITH SA TOMORROW? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE IN THE PLANNING STAGES OF SA TOMORROW, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AND, AND LOOKING AT, AT THAT ASPECT, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH SA TOMORROW BEFORE THE MASTER PLANS ARE ADOPTED? UM, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN SA TOMORROW.

UM, SO THERE'LL DEFINITELY BE A CONCERTED THERE EFFORT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ON THAT PROJECT IS APPLIED TO EVERYTHING THAT SA TOMORROW IS DOING.

OKAY.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LET'S SAY THE ACTIV VISION, IT, IT, ARE WE LOOKING TO CORRELATE THAT WITH SS A P D, UM, IN THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CAMERAS MORE INTEGRATED WITH, UH, NOT ONLY LOOKING AT TRAFFIC, BUT EVEN WITH THE AREAS THAT ARE KIND OF HIGH IN CRIME AND, AND PUTTING MORE VISUAL ASPECTS ON THOSE ROADS AND THOSE STREETS? UM, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE CORRELATED IN THE FUTURE, OR, OKAY.

YEAH.

COUNCILWOMAN, THEY'RE SOLELY FOCUSED ON TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT.

SO THOSE CAMERAS ARE POINTED AT INTERSECTIONS, SO THEY'RE NOT SORT OF OUTWARD FACING TOWARDS COMMUNITY MEMBERS' HOUSES OR, UM, YOU KNOW, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AT THIS POINT.

SO THIS PARTICULAR

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OKAY.

SO IF WE CAN MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF FEATURES WE CAN USE OUTSIDE OF JUST THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN PUT AN EYE ON IT, IF WE CAN PUT LIGHTING TO IT, THEN WE START HAVING NOT ONLY SAFER HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS, BUT SAFER NEIGHBORHOODS AS AS A WHOLE.

I JUST THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE FUTURE.

UH, JUST WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

COUNCILMAN HOBAR.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND NOTING THAT WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF MY BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION IS, IS THIS COLLABORATION AND, UM, DIFFERENT ENTITIES GETTING TOGETHER AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING.

UM, SO YOU ALSO MENTIONED THOUGH THAT A GOOD IDEA CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

I ALWAYS SAY, UM, I TELL MY COMMUNITIES THAT THE, THE BEST IDEAS COME FROM THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

.

SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT, WHO IS, WHO IS THE, UM, FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIED, WHO IS SETTING THE PRIORITY FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE HYPOTHESIZED? WHO IS SETTING THE PRIORITIES? MM-HMM.

.

UM, SO THE PRIORITIES ARE INTERNALLY DRIVEN FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UM, FOCUSING ON THOSE FOUR OBJECTIVE AREAS, WE ACTUALLY CAME UP INITIALLY WITH OVER 30 DIFFERENT THINGS WE COULD WORK ON.

UM, BUT THE FUTURE OF THIS PROGRAM IS GONNA BE VERY MUCH BASED ON HEARING FROM OUR WIDER COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THEN FINDING AREAS OF STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.

SO YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS INVOLVE ONE PARTNER, SOME INVOLVE MORE THAN ONE.

UM, SOME DON'T INVOLVE THE PARTNERS.

SO THEY'RE THE, THE PARTNERS ARE NOT NECESSARILY SETTING THE PRIORITIES, IT'S JUST WHERE STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT EXISTS.

UM, THEY'RE HELPING US SOLVE CHALLENGES THAT WE KNOW ARE, UM, ARE MAJOR ISSUES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

BUT IT'S COUNSEL, IF I COULD ADD, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS, THIS IS OUR FIRST START.

WE DO INTEND FOR THERE TO BE A YEARLY CYCLE OF FOCUS ON PROJECTS.

SO THEY, THE NATURE OF THEM WE HOPE WILL PROBABLY BE DIFFERENT EACH YEAR.

SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHERE WE COULD LAND WITH OUR PARTNERS THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S, BUT IS IT, DID I HEAR YOU CORRECT THAT IT'S PRIMARILY BEING DRIVEN BY THE CITY? YES, MA'AM.

OKAY.

OKAY.

UM, SO ON THAT SAME NOTE, IS WHICH ORGANIZATION SEND SETS THE RESEARCH AGENDA? IS THAT THE CITY AS WELL? YOU KNOW, IT WAS A CONVERSATION THIS YEAR, I THINK IS THE WAY I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AMONGST US ALL.

UM, THERE WERE SOME PLACES WHERE SWRI WAS ALREADY WORKING THAT ALIGNED NICELY WITH SOMETHING WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS COLLABORATIVE IN NATURE IN THIS YEAR.

OKAY.

BUT IT, THE OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES THAT KATE MENTIONED, UM, THE OBJECTIVES DEFINITELY CAME FROM, FROM THE CITY OF THINGS WE WANTED TO WORK ON.

OKAY.

AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S THE FIRST YEAR, SO, BUT I, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN HAD A, A GREAT IDEA.

AND WHEN I THOUGHT AS WELL, IF YOU HAVE THE CAMERAS OUT THERE, WHY SHOULDN'T WE , YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WE CAN PICK UP.

BUT, UM, IF YOU, YEAH, A GREAT IDEA CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVEN A PUBLIC SORT OF INPUT AT SOME POINT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

YES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY.

SO I MIGHT NOT HAVE MENTIONED THIS ON THE IDEA PORTAL.

THE LONG-TERM VISION IS TO ROLL IT OUT TO THE RESIDENTS.

OH, OKAY.

SO WE'RE BUILDING STRUCTURE ITERATIVELY INTO THIS.

UM, AND THERE'S GONNA BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR FROM OTHER FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING YOUR OFFICES.

UM, BUT IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE, THE TRAIN OUT OF THE STATION STATION, THE, AND LEARN AS WE GO, KIND OF BACK TO MY APPLE IPHONE REFERENCE.

MM-HMM.

, LIKE, WE'RE NOT AT VERSION 11, WE'RE AT VERSION ONE.

GREAT.

OKAY.

SO YES.

OPPORTUNITY IS THERE.

WELL, I'M GLAD WE STARTED VERSION ONE, .

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

UH, MS. CLA.

THANK YOU.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS, UM, DID Y'ALL LOOK AT THE VENDOR SUMMIT PERSONAS THAT THEY, UH, PRESENTED TO THE VENDORS A WHILE BACK JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN HAVER WAS TALKING ABOUT? I, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THOSE PERSONAS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE VENDOR SUMMIT WAS THAT IT GAVE PEOPLE A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF GETTING TO KNOW A SAN ANTONIAN.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING, LIKE, THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR ME, LIKE I, I WANNA SEE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE DISABLED, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE OVER 60, THEY'RE INVOLVED IN ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND SO ON THAT, LIKE, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, IF Y'ALL WOULD EVEN CONSIDER, UM, JUST PINGING A CONVERSATION WITH THE SANTO AREA FOUNDATION BECAUSE OF THEIR SASA INITIATIVE, LIKE ONE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SETTING POLICY AND FUNDING PRIORITIES, BUT TWO, THEY'VE ALREADY LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONVENED OVER 60 PLUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE OVER 60 AND THEY HAVE FOUR WORKING GROUPS, TRANSPORTATION CAREGIVERS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOOD SCARCITY.

SO LIKE THERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE ARE FOUR ISSUES THAT DIRECTLY IMPACT THIS.

AND THEN THE

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SO THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS YOU COULD DO WITH, YOU KNOW, A VEHICLE LIKE THAT THAT HAS WIFI ACCESS ALREADY.

YEAH.

THOSE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION AND, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN MIND.

UM, BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION ON THE PERSONAS, UM, WE DID, AND THERE WAS A ON THE CITY HALL TO GO, IF YOU SAW THE EXPANDED PRESENTATION, WHICH I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T, UM, WOULD'VE PROBABLY PUT YOU TO SLEEP.

UM, WE DID TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PERSONA OF A DISABLED PERSON, AND THIS IS SO MUCH RESONATES WITH, THERE'S SO MANY FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT WE GET IN OUR CARS OR EVEN THEY CAN'T EVEN TAKE THE BUS SOMEWHERE.

AND SO YEAH, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING.

UM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU POINTED OUT ALL THOSE THINGS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE IT.

COUNCILOR PERRY.

YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ON, ON YOUR SLIDE PRESENTATION, UM, SLIDE.

WELL, LET'S JUST START WITH SLIDE NUMBER NINE.

UH, GREAT.

AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT'S, THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED ON EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, PROJECTS.

UM, BUT GOING TO THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE ON NUMBER 10, I, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LITTLE CALL OUT BOX ON THE UPPER RIGHT SIDE THAT SAYS 208,000 SWRI FUNDING.

UH, SO THEY'RE PICKING UP THE ENTIRE COST FOR THIS OR WHAT'S THE ENTIRE COST FOR THIS PROJECT? RIGHT.

AND, AND MIKE AND JOSH ARE HERE FROM SWRI, SO FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

UM, BUT THEY HAVE AN INTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING PROCESS, UM, WHERE THEY CAN ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO TRYING SOMETHING NEW THAT THEY THINK, UM, WILL PROVIDE A NEW AREA OF, UM, EXPERTISE FOR THEM.

AND SO THIS WAS A BIG WIN FOR THEM.

AND SO THEY ALLOCATED THAT FUNDING, I BELIEVE, FOR THE TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OF THE STAFF HOURS THAT DATA SCIENTISTS, UM, AND THE, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCIENTISTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WHO WILL BE, UH, ENGINEERS THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THIS.

SO IT'S TO DO THEIR INTERNAL RESEARCH, BUT THE CITY BENEFITS.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW, DID THAT ANSWER COUNSEL? IF I COULD JUST TAG ON.

SO, UM, THESE ARE TRUCKS THAT WERE ALREADY GONNA BE DRIVING ROUTES.

THEY'RE NOT DIFFERENT TRUCKS THAT WE'RE DEPLOYING.

SO IT'S, IT'S AN EXISTING RESOURCE THAT WAS ALREADY GONNA BE TRAVELING.

UM, SO FROM THE STAFF SIDE, THOSE DRIVERS WERE ALREADY GONNA BE IN USE, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, THERE IS SOME, UM, ATTACHMENT OF STUFF TO OUR VEHICLES, RIGHT? BUT, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A, A LARGE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS INVESTED FROM OUR SIDE AT THIS POINT.

NOW WE'RE COOPERATING BECAUSE WE SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE REAL TIME DATA ABOUT OUR STREETS IN THE LONG RUN.

RIGHT? BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, UM, THERE'S NOT A, NOT A LARGE EXPENDITURE FROM OUR SIDE ON THIS PROJECT.

YEAH.

AND THAT'S GREAT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE GONNA BE USING CITY RESOURCES, I E DOLLARS FOR ATTACHING THE CAMERAS OR WHATEVER.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, YEAH, AND I, I, TO BE FULL, FULLY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT, I THINK THAT CALL OUT BOX SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, SW FUNDING $208,000, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS PROGRAMMING 10,000, OR WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS.

SURE.

I THINK WE NEED TO ADD THAT WE COULD ALLOCATE THE STAFF TIME AND YEAH, SURE.

EXACTLY.

UNDERSTOOD.

WE NEED TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT ON THESE PROGRAMS ON EACH ONE OF 'EM.

AND, AND IF I GO BACK, UH, TO THE REST OF THOSE PROJECTS, I DON'T SEE ANY CALL OUT BOXES FOR THE COST, AND EACH ONE OF THESE ARE GONNA COST MONEY, AND WHETHER IT'S COMING FROM SWRI OR WHATEVER ORGANIZATION IT IS, CALL IT OUT.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY TO ME IS, IS THERE GONNA BE A CITY CONTRIBUTION ON THAT AND WHERE'S THAT MONEY GONNA COME FROM? SO EACH ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, I THINK SHOULD VERY IMPORTANT IS TO PUT THAT COST UP FRONT AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS GONNA COME BE COMING FROM.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S GREAT ON THE SECOND PROJECT THERE, IT SAYS WE, HE FUNDED TWO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE SCOPE IS HERE.

WHAT, HOW MUCH ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? A HUNDRED DOLLARS, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS? WHAT IS, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM.

SO TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT ON ALL THESE PROJECTS, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO THAT STEP FURTHER AND KEEP THAT COST OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TO KNOW HOW MUCH IS BEING INVESTED IN THIS PROJECT AND WHO'S PAYING FOR IT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE.

UM, YOU MAKE A STATEMENT ON

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AND AGAIN, TO MY POINT, WERE HOW MUCH AND WHERE'S IT COMING FROM? BUT YOU MADE A STATEMENT SOMEWHERE THAT, OKAY, WE GOTTA IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE ON THE CITY HALL TO GO NE AN R D LEAGUE.

UM, AGAIN, TO ME, THAT'S THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM IS, OKAY, HOW MUCH MORE ARE WE GONNA NEED? RIGHT? AND WHERE'S IT GONNA COME FROM? RIGHT? DO YOU WANNA, YEAH, SO ABSOLUTELY, SIR, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS, THIS IS VERY NEW.

UM, WE WOULD COME TO YOU IN THE NORMAL CYCLE OF, OF BUDGETING IF WE WERE EVER GONNA USE CITY RESOURCES, UM, BEYOND SORT OF ALLOWING SOMETHING TO BE ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK AND ASK FOR THAT.

AND SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE ON BOARD WITH THAT, SO PLEASE KNOW THAT.

GOTCHA.

YEAH.

GREAT.

UH, REALLY THAT'S ALL MY, MY, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MONDOR.

OKAY, SO LET'S TRY THAT.

UM, SO PART OF THE OPENING PITCH ABOUT R AND D IS THAT THERE'S RISK INVOLVED, RIGHT? YOU'RE ITERATING TO CONTROL THAT RISK.

SO, UM, IN THIS PROCESS, WHICH OF THE SIX IS THE MOST RISKY, AND WHAT MAKES IT RISKY, OR HOW HAVE YOU CONTROLLED THE RISK ACROSS THESE PROJECTS? WOW, DIRK, I LOVE THAT QUESTION.

DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING.

GOTTA SAY, UM, LET ME LOOK AT THE LIST.

UM, HONESTLY, I, IT'S THE ONE THAT'S THE, FOR ME, THE ONE THAT'S THE LEAST TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY DRIVEN AT THIS POINT IS CITY HALL TO GO.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT BUREAUCRACIES IN AND OF THEMSELF WERE IN AN INNOVATION AT ONE TIME.

AND SO ALIGNING 12 DEPARTMENTS IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.

AND GOING TO SOMEONE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKS FOR THEM ISN'T AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA WORK THE FIRST OR THE SECOND OR THE THIRD TIME.

WHAT IF WE BRING 12 DEPARTMENTS OUT AND NO ONE REALLY SHOWS UP, YOU KNOW? SO THERE IS SOME RISK INVOLVED.

UM, I THINK SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE THE PROS INVOLVED.

AND TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S POINT, I MEAN, REALLY THERE'S VERY LITTLE, AND, AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MORE RESEARCH, UM, OR I'M SORRY, MORE DETAIL ON FUNDING.

I JUST DIDN'T WANNA BORE YOU GUYS TODAY, HONESTLY.

UM, BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME COVER THERE.

'CAUSE AT LEAST INITIALLY, THEY'RE HELPING US TEST IN A WAY THAT WORKS WELL FOR THEM.

SO I WOULD SAY CITY HALL TO GO ACTUALLY.

UM, BUT WE DO PLAN TO HAVE A HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN STUDY ABOUT THE FOLKS WHO COME TO CITY HALL TO GO SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT.

SO TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SERVICES ARE NEEDING.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE RISK, BUT I WOULD AGREE THAT IT'S, IT'S A RISKY PROJECT.

THANK YOU, MR. DRUMMOND.

NOW I'M CONFUSED.

I I'M NOT SURE YOU ANSWERED HIS QUESTION.

HE, HE ASKED YOU WHICH ONE'S THE RISKIEST.

IS THAT YOUR ANSWER? CITY HAL TO GO IS THE RISKIEST? UM, IT'S OKAY.

I JUST, JUST AS A SPOILER, ENGINEERING'S EASY.

PEOPLE ARE HARD.

, OH, I WIN .

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IT TURNS OUT PEOPLE, IT'S COMPLICATED.

SO WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT REPORTERS IN THE ROOM, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE LINE TOMORROW THAT WE'RE GONNA READ IN THE PAPER.

YEAH, .

UM, SO, UH, ONE THING, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE COUNCILMAN PERRY'S APPETITE FOR HEARING ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS COST .

AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL NEVER BORE HIM EVER, EVER, EVER BORE HIM IF YOU BRING HIM NUMBERS.

UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS I, I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE, UM, UH, WHATEVER THE SLIDE IS WITH YOUR MISSION STATEMENT.

THE, IT'S A BLACK BOX, UM, IF YOU READ THAT.

AND, UH, HIGHLY SKILLED CROSS SECTOR TEAMS UTILIZE SCIENTIFIC METHODS AND DATA TO INVESTIGATE NEW IDEAS, MAKE EVIDENCE-BASED DECISIONS, AND EXPLORE THE FRONTIER OF INNOVATION.

THAT'S GREAT.

UM, THERE'S ONE THING I THINK IS MISSING AND, AND I CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO THROW IN THERE, IS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ROLE OF RADICAL CREATIVITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, I MEAN, HOW YOU WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS IS BY PUSHING BOUNDARIES, RIGHT? AND CHALLENGING Y'ALL'S ASSUMPTIONS AND ALL THAT.

AND SO I WOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, EDITING THAT TO INCLUDE, INCLUDE THAT.

'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER MISSION STATEMENTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, THAT'S INCLUDED, AND I'LL READ YOU ONE RIGHT NOW.

UH, DARPA, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DUNNO, DARPA, DARPA WAS A PROGRAM STARTED MANY DECADES AGO.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, I MEAN, WHEN YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, A VERY, VERY, VERY YOUNG KID, RIGHT? UH, AND FOR THE DARPA WAS A, UM, YOU KNOW, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEMIA, PRIVATE INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, AND THEY, THEY INVENTED THINGS LIKE THE COMPUTER MOUSE, THE INTERNET, VIDEO CONFERENCING, ONLINE MAPS,

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AND SO, I'M, I'M DELIGHTED THAT YOU GUYS ARE CREATING OUR VERY OWN DARPA HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, RIGHT? AND, UM, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A BREAKTHROUGH IDEA AND THAT THAT IS SO INNOVATIVE OF YOU TO DO IT.

BUT IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT EVERY MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR VERTICALLY INTEGRATED ORGANIZATION ON THE PLANET, THEY HAVE AN R AND D DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? UM, AND I THINK WE'RE KIND OF LATE TO THE GAME, AND I'M EXCITED THAT WE'VE SHOWN UP TO THE PARTY AND THAT IT'S THIS TEAM, UM, WHO'S GONNA BE CREATING THIS, THIS, UM, THIS VERY FIRST, UM, YOU KNOW, R AND D EFFORT FOR US.

UH, ALONG THOSE LINES, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT I THINK ARE THE RISKIEST, I'LL TELL YOU WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE HAS ME WONDERING, UM, IS THE, UH, PORTAL, RIGHT? SO THE IDEA PORTAL, AND THAT'S TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A DIGITAL PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO COLLECT, EXPLORE, AND EVALUATE SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES.

AND THIS IS AN OUTWARD FACING PORTAL, RIGHT? SO THAT WE'RE ASKING CITIZENS, OR IS IT JUST CITY EMPLOYEES? IT'LL BEGIN WITH A, A GROUP INTERNAL AND THEN GROW INTERNALLY, AND THEN THE, THE HOPE IS THAT RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO INTERACT AS WELL.