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COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE PRESENT.
DID I GET SKIPPED OR DID I NOT HEAR YOU? NO, YOU GOT CALLED.
YOU, HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION TIME IS TWO 14.
[1. A Briefing by the San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio Police Department, and Transportation & Capital Improvements Department on emergency preparedness capabilities and Hurricane Harvey response. [Erik Walsh, Deputy City Manager; Charles Hood, Fire Chief]]
TO OUR ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS AN E O C BRIEFING.GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
YES, WE HAVE ONE, BUT A RATHER LENGTHY AND COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
IT IS A BRIEFING BY SEVERAL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO TALK ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
SO IT WILL INCLUDE A PRESENTATION BY OUR SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON EMERGENCY REPAIR, PREPAREDNESS CAPABILITIES, AND HURRICANE HARVEY RESPONSES.
LESSONS LEARNED THIS AFTERNOON.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR PRESENTERS.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TODAY WITH PAT ZEPEDA, WHO IS OUR NEW EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER DIRECTOR.
UH, SECONDLY, UH, NEFI GARZA, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHO HANDLES ALL OF OUR FLOOD CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT, IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR FLOOD ISSUES, UH, FOLLOWED BY BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS.
FIRST, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS TO TALK ABOUT POLICE RESPONSE AND THEN CHIEF HOOD, UH, ALSO TO TALK ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPABILITIES.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES OR DISASTERS AFFECTING VARIOUS AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, THE MISSION OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT IS TO COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES, ACTIVITIES OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTINUED OPERATIONS DURING DISASTERS, AND ALSO TO COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE PARTNER WITH.
AND THERE ARE DOZENS OF THOSE, UH, THAT PAT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, AS WELL AS COORDINATE TRAINING FOR OUR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.
AND I GUESS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT BUZZWORD ON THE ISSUE, RESILIENCY, UM, HOW ARE WE COORDINATING, UM, OUR PREPAREDNESS AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND COMMUNICATING NOT ONLY WITH THEM, BUT ALSO WITH THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO EMERGENCY RESPONSE ENCOMPASSES FOUR AREAS, PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY.
AND ALL THESE, UH, AREAS WORK TOWARD LESSENING THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING OPERATIONS, UH, AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE.
OF COURSE, HURRICANE HARVEY, UH, CAUSED CATASTROPHIC, UH, FLOODING AND NOT ONLY THE ON THE COAST, BUT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
AND WHILE IT MOSTLY MISSED OUR AREA, UH, THERE WERE STILL PREPARATIONS BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NECESSARY SO THAT IF WE DID HAVE THAT TYPE OF FLOODING HERE, AS WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, UH, IN YEARS PAST, THAT WE WERE PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT.
AND AS A SIDE NOTE, AGAIN, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
NOT ONLY DID THEY DO OUTSTANDING WORK HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ALSO PLAYED AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE RECOVERY IN RESPONSE, UH, IN OTHER TEXAS JURISDICTIONS AS MORE THAN 120 OF OUR STAFF ASSISTED, UH, THOSE ON THE COAST.
SO, UH, WE, UH, ALSO ARE CONSTANTLY UPDATING.
WE LEARN FROM OUR EXPERIENCES AND UPDATE OUR PLANS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON, OUR OWN CITY RESILIENCY, AND HOW WE ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH, UH, THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.
SO, AS I SAID, WE'LL START WITH PAT ZEPEDA, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER DIRECTOR, FOLLOWED BY NEFI GARZA FROM TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT FLOODING, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY BOTH OF OUR CHIEFS CHIEF MCMANUS, AND THEN FINALLY WITH CHIEF HOOD.
AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO Q AND A.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE, UH, PAT ZEPEDA FROM THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AS A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE BEEN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FOR 28 AND A HALF YEARS.I WAS APPOINTED OCTOBER THE FIRST, UH, THIS YEAR BY THE MAYOR.
PREVIOUS TO THIS, I WAS IN CHARGE OF, UH, THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM OUT OF THE OC THE HURRICANE TEAM.
AND I DID ALL THE PLANNING OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS.
I WAS ALSO A SPECIAL OPERATIONS CHIEF, SO HAZMAT TRAINED, UH, OUR AIRPORT TRAINED AS WELL.
BASICALLY, WE ALREADY STATED THAT OUR, OUR MISSION IS TO COORDINATE.
WE COORDINATE RESOURCES, UH, WE COMMUNICATE WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE DO PROVIDE TRAINING TO OUR CITIZENS AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
IT'S HAS BACKUP GENERATORS, IT HAS BACKUP COMMUNICATIONS, IT HOUSES I T S D.
ALL THE INFORMATION, UH, FROM I T S D IS BACKED UP THERE EVERY DAY, AS WAS STATED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
WE HAVE FOUR PHASES OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
OUR FIRST PHASE IS PREVENTION AND MITIGATION.
WE EXECUTE THIS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION HAZARD VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.
THE NEXT STEP IS PREPAREDNESS.
WE DO THIS THROUGH EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS, THROUGH TRAINING, THROUGH COOPERATION.
OUR NEXT PHASE IS THE ACTUAL DISASTER, THE RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER THROUGH LIFE SAFETY, INCIDENT STABILIZATION, EVACUATION, UH, SHELTERING MASS CARE.
THE LAST STEP, OF COURSE, IS OUR, OUR RECOVERY, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT, AND THE HEALTH AND SPECIAL SERVICES.
THE E O C CAN BE OPENED, ACTIVATED BY THREE PEOPLE.
IT CAN BE ACTIVATED BY THE MAYOR, IT CAN BE ACTIVATED BY THE CITY MANAGER, OR IT COULD BE ACTIVATED BY MYSELF.
THERE'S FOUR LEVELS OF READINESS.
BASICALLY, WE'RE ALWAYS ON LEVEL FOUR MOST OF THE TIME.
WE'RE JUST MONITORING, ALWAYS MONITORING LEVEL A.
LEVEL THREE IS WHERE WE'RE REALIZED A STORM MIGHT IMPACT SAN ANTONIO SHORTLY IN A FEW DAYS.
SO WE START TO MAKE SOME CONTACTS OF INTERNAL CUSTOMERS THAT ARE IN OUR ANNEX IN OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN.
UH, LEVEL TWO IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IMPACTED IN SOME WAY.
WE'RE NOT IN A 24 OPERATIONAL PERIOD YET, BUT THERE'S A HEIGHTENED AWARENESS.
PEOPLE IN THAT HEIGHTENED AWARENESS, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE CONTEXT WITH T C I, UH, WITH THE POLICE, WITH FIRE, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, ANY OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ANNEXES, WE DEEM NECESSARY.
WHEN WE GET TO A LEVEL ONE, WE'VE ACTUALLY ACTIVATED THE E O C.
SO WE'VE BEEN IMPACTED AND WE ALSO HAVE RESOURCES OUT THERE DOING THE LIFE STABILIZATION, BUT ALSO RECOVERY ASSETS OUT AS WELL.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE'RE A 24 HOUR AROUND THE CLOCK.
WE HAVE 12 HOUR OPERATIONAL PERIODS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION.
THEN OF COURSE, WITH OUR LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE'RE GONNA HIT HOME A LOT ABOUT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, BUT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN IS, IS VETTED AND DONE, NOT IN A VACUUM, BUT OF COURSE WITH A LOT OF PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITIZENS AND FROM OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
IT'S OUR PLAYBOOK ON HOW WE APPROACH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
IT ALSO ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITIES AHEAD OF THE INCIDENT.
ON THOSE OF THOSE ANNEXES WE SPEAK OF.
THEY'RE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW ENFORCEMENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS. IT'S REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT AFFECTS YOUR AREAS LIKE NATURAL DISASTERS, FLOODING SEVERE WEATHER.
IT'S TO UNDERSTAND MANMADE HAZMAT TERRORISM HAZARD IDENTIFICATION.
THAT'S OUR FIRST STEP IN, IN SOLIDIFYING OUR CITY, MAKING IT SAFE AND SOLID IS IDENTIFYING HAZARDS.
AND WE PUT A PRIORITY RANKING NEXT TO THOSE HAZARDS AS FAR AS SEVERE HIGH, HIGH POTENTIAL FOR THIS MEDIUM OR MINOR.
OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THEN ADDRESSES THE ACTIONS THAT WE WOULD ASSIGNED TO THESE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN SAN ANTONIO, IF WE HAVE A LOT OF FLOODING AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AREAS WE WOULD WORK WITH T C I TO POSSIBLY HAVE A, A DRAINAGE, UM, A BRIDGE, SOMETHING THAT WOULD MITIGATE THAT HAZARD.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED PREPAREDNESS, UM, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, AGAIN, OF COURSE WE DO A LOT OF EXERCISES, TABLETOPS FOR INTERNAL CUSTOMERS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL.
WE DO 'EM FOR WHETHER IT'S A PLANNED EVENT LIKE WE JUST COMPLETED FOR THE AIR SHOW OR FOR U S A A.
WE COMPLETE A LOT OF TRAINING EVENTS EVERY YEAR.
SPECIAL PLANNED EVENTS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION, OUR C I P.
SO WE IDENTIFY OUR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES ALSO.
AND THOSE ARE THOSE ONES THAT WE ARE PROTECTING INSIDE OF OUR
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MITIGATION PLAN.WE GET ALL OF THIS INFORMATION FROM OUR CLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, KEY RESOURCE DATA CATALOG.
BUT WE MAINTAIN IN THE G I S DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CONTINUALLY UPDATING THIS INFORMATION.
WE HAVE 6,553 DIFFERENT ASSETS THAT SPAN 16 DIFFERENT SECTORS, 13 DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
'CAUSE OUR E O C IS JUST AS IN FOR COSA 'CAUSE IT'S FOR THE SURROUNDING REGION.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WARNING DEVICES, NOTIFICATIONS.
I'M STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
UH, OUR MOBILE APPS, LIKE OUR READY SOUTH TEXAS APP, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN TO A SAFETY FAIR, THEY'LL HAND OUT THOSE LITTLE FLIP BOOKS.
HOW TO PREPARE FOR FLOODING, HOW TO PREPARE FOR, UH, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO CARRY ALL THOSE FLIP BOOKS WITH YOU.
OUR READY SOUTH TEXAS APP IS A NICE APP THAT'S ON YOUR PHONE.
AND ALL THOSE FLIP BOOKS ARE ON THERE.
IT TELLS THEIR FAMILY HOW TO PREPARE FOR FLOODS, WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE INSIDE YOUR GO BAGG IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE REAL FAST.
AND GOING UP FORWARD, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THEIR NOTIFICATIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, FROM MASS MEDIA.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STILL OCCASIONALLY HAS TO USE A, A DOOR TO DOOR.
UH, THE NEXT ONE UP IS OUR E N S, OUR ALERT SA.
IT'S, UM, A GREAT APP THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT AND WE'RE STARTING A NEW VENTURE WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, PARTNERING WITH THEM AND PARTNERING WITH OUR INNOVATION DEPARTMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP, TO OPT IN.
WE HAVE 22,000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP WITH THE APP RIGHT NOW.
AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS, IS PEOPLE WITH FUNCTIONAL NEEDS SIGNED UP.
WE HAVE 1,442 PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WITH FUNCTIONAL NEEDS THAT ARE SIGNED UP IN THERE.
SO IF WE HAD AN ACCIDENT OR A CHEMICAL SPILL IN A, IN A SQUARE FEW BLOCKS, DISPATCH IS ABLE TO TELL THE COMMANDER TO SEND A FIRETRUCK TO THE SPECIFIC TWO ADDRESSES BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SELF EVACUATE FROM THERE.
SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT APP.
E A S SYSTEMS IS BASICALLY, UM, THEY'RE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR TICKER TAPE ON YOUR TV.
THEY TELL YOU THAT, UH, UH, THUNDERSTORMS COMING TO YOU.
SO WHERE WE FINALLY PROGRESSED TO IS THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.
WE'VE TALKED TO SOME COUNCIL PEOPLE IN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AFTER HARVEY ABOUT NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS, AND WE COULDN'T OFFER IT UP 'CAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY WASN'T HERE YET.
UM, AND THERE WAS SOME STUMBLING BLOCKS TO GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY ONCE IT GOT HERE.
SO WE DID GET OUR FEMA CERT, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO USE THE SYSTEM.
WE HAD TO COMPLETE A TRAINING OF ALL OUR DISPATCHERS, WHICH IS COMPLETE ACTUALLY YESTERDAY.
AND WHAT THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM DOES IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPT IN FOR IT.
BASICALLY, ANYBODY WHO HAS A A DEVICE, A PHONE, WE CAN NOW ACTIVATE IT FOR AN EMERGENCY.
SO IF I IDENTIFY A SQUARE MILE, A SQUARE, FEW BLOCKS, FIVE SQUARE MILES, I CAN SEND AN EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION TO YOUR PHONE.
IT'S GONNA COME TO YOU IN AN AUDIBLE FORMAT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR.
IT'S GONNA COME TO YOU IN A VISIBLE FORMAT IN A TEXT.
IT SENDS OUT EMAILS REGARDLESS WHO YOUR CARRIER IS.
AND THE NICE THING ABOUT OUR THAT POTENTIAL FOR THAT IS IT TAKES PRECEDENCES OVER OTHER MESSAGES.
SO LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT, UM, THE ROCK AND ROLL MARATHON.
I HAVE IN TRADITIONALLY BEEN IN CHARGE OF THAT, RUNNING THAT, BUT YOU CAN'T GET A TEXT OUT.
EVERYBODY'S USING THE SAME CELL TOWER.
IT TAKES PRIORITY OVER EVERY OTHER EVERYBODY ELSE'S MESSAGES.
SO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT HERE AND WE'RE HAPPY WE HAVE IT.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HURRICANE SEASON AND WHY WE'RE SUCH A BIG SUPPORTER AND SUPPORTING TEXAS DURING THE HURRICANES.
SAN ANTONIO IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE COASTLINE THAT TRADITIONALLY NOT IMPACTED TRADITIONALLY BY A STORM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY.
IN ADDITION, SAN ANTONIO HAS A HISTORY WITH KATRINA AND RITA HELPING BEFORE.
WE ALSO HAVE A STATE FUNDED RE RESPONDER SHELTER THAT'S ON CENTENNIAL, SO THAT'S ALREADY OWNED BY THE STATE.
IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST ONE WE OPEN UP.
THE STATE ALSO HAS A STATE WAREHOUSE HERE ON JOINT BASE WHERE MOST OF THEIR STATE SUPPLIES ARE AT.
WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND EXERCISES EVERY YEAR FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MEGA SHELTERS VERSUS COMMUNITY SHELTERS FOR SOME ANSWERS.
I KNOW SAN ANTONIO HAS A BIG HEART AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO KIND OF HELP.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO OPEN UP A SHELTER DURING A HURRICANE, BUT THE THING TO REMEMBER IS WHEN YOU START OPENING UP MULTIPLE SMALL SHELTERS THAT MIGHT HAVE 200 PEOPLE IN THEM, WE CAN'T SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE I NEED TO PUT PUBLIC HEALTH IN THERE.
I NEED TO PUT RED CROSS IN THERE.
I NEED TO PUT FEMA IN THERE TO HELP PEOPLE RECOVER FROM THE INCIDENT.
AND WE CAN'T SUPPORT NUMEROUS SMALL SHELTERS VERSUS HAVING A MEGA SHELTER THAT WE CAN SUPPORT MORE EASILY.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DID FOR HURRICANE HARVEY.
SO WHILE THE STORM WAS ACTUALLY AFFECTING THE COASTAL REGION AFFECTING HOUSTON, WE WERE ALREADY AMASSING
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ALL THE RESOURCES TO RESPOND TO ASSIST.WE HAD 7001ST RESPONDERS AT OUR BASE CAMP.
WE HAD SEVEN STRIKE TEAMS, RESCUE STRIKE TEAMS FROM SIX DIFFERENT STATES.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A MARSHALING YARD.
SO OUR MARSHING YARD HAD 269 18 WHEELERS WITH COMMODITIES THAT WERE WAITING FOR THE WINDS TO DIE DOWN SO THEY COULD GO DOWNSTREAM, DELIVER FOOD AND FOOD AND, AND, UH, CLOTHING TO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE AFFECTED.
WE SERVED 22,000 MEALS DURING HURRICANE HARVEY TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE THERE.
AND I THINK WE ACTUALLY, I MIGHT'VE MISSED THAT.
WE HAD THREE MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS.
SO THOSE ARE THREE MOBILE HOSPITALS WITH ALL THE STAFFING THAT WERE LOCATED THERE, WAITING TO GO DOWNSTREAM.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR, OUR SHELTERS THAT'S ON CENTENNIAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT ONE OF OUR SHELTERS WOULD LOOK LIKE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S THE STATE FUNDED SHELTER.
WE DID SHELTER 1,786 PEOPLE AT THE SHELTERS.
UM, DURING THIS HURRICANE, WE'RE WRAPPING UP HURRICANE HARVEY.
DEPLOYMENTS WERE $3.8 MILLION.
100% OF IT IS REIMBURSABLE FROM THE STATE.
WE SHOULD HAVE EVERYTHING TURNED IN BY MID-NOVEMBER.
WE DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TEAMS TO MULTIPLE PLACES TO ASSIST.
WE DEPLOYED 80 EMPLOYEES FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TO, UH, REFUGIO, TO ARANTA COUNTY, EVEN TO THE STATE OPERATIONS CENTER IN AUSTIN.
SS A P D DEPLOYED TO HOUSTON WITH 30 OFFICERS, SOLID WASTE.
AND T C I SENT 61 EMPLOYEES AND EQUIPMENT TO HOUSTON.
I T S D SENT 13 PEOPLE DOWN TO, I BELIEVE IT WAS ROCKPORT AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES SENT 1311 INSPECTORS DOWN TO ARANSAS COUNTY KNEE.
WE STRIVE FOR PERFECTION EVERY DAY.
SO PART OF THAT IS OUR COSA CONDUCTS AFTER ACTION REPORTS, AFTER EVERY EXERCISE, AFTER A MAJOR EVENT.
UM, IDENTIFYING, IDENTIFYING THE BEST PRACTICES WITH, UM, ALL HAZARD TYPE OF APPROACH, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE CAUSE IT AND DRIVE AND AN UPDATE TO OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS.
SOME OF THESE, WHEN YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE HAD AN INTERNAL INCIDENT, WHICH WAS A POSSIBLE STORM AT THE SAME TIME AT THE E O C AS WELL AS WE WERE SUPPORTING THE STATE.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE, THE ONES WHERE THERE WAS KIND OF COMBINED COMMAND AND LEADERSHIP, BASICALLY HAVING A SHARED MESSAGE GOING TO OUR LEADERSHIP WITH SOME BETTER COMMUNICATION KIND OF LEADS WELL INTO THE P I O.
WHEN ALL OF THESE PIOS RESPOND TO OUR E O C, THEY KIND OF LOSE THEIR IDENTITY TO THEIR AGENCY.
WE ASSIGN THEM A ROLE IN THE JIC, THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER.
THEY ALL HAVE A SPECIFIC ROLE, BUT THE GOAL AT THE END OF THE DAY IS TO GET ONE SHARED MESSAGE OUT TO EVERYONE.
IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUALIZED MESSAGE BACK TO YOUR ORGANIZATION.
IT'S ONE SHARED MESSAGE THAT'S SENT OUT EVERY DAY.
AND WE HAD THE FIRST EVER P I O EXERCISE HERE.
AND SO THE PIOS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WERE THERE.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS WELL AS H E B VALERO, WE HAD 80 PIOS ATTEND THE EXERCISE.
IT WAS THE FIRST EVER, UM, I CLOSED THE EVENT.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY ENJOYED IT AND I KNOW THEY GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE DEPLOYING TEAMS OUTSIDE OF HERE TO GET THE DFAS, YOUR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OFFICERS, ADMINISTRATORS ON BOARD IN THE VERY BEGINNING.
FINANCE IS THAT FIRST THING THAT OPENS UP, AND IT'S THE LAST ONE THAT THAT CLOSES.
UH, TALKING SHELTERING AND MASS CARE MEGA SHELTERS VERSUS SMALLER SHELTERS AND THE KIND OF SUPPORT THAT WE NEED FROM PUBLIC HEALTH, THE UNI OR UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
LEGAL WAS GETTING OUR CONTRACTS HOPEFULLY THIS NEXT HURRICANE SEASON.
GETTING OUR CONTRACTS FOR SHELTERS EARLIER TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND E O C OPERATIONS WERE BASICALLY SOME CHANGES TO OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR PROCEDURES, BUT ALSO MATERIALS THAT WE NEED TO PUSH OUT AHEAD OF THE STORM TO THE SHELTERS.
UH, IT'S JUST A CHANGE IN SOME OF OUR INVENTORY, HUMAN SERVICES.
THE LAST PART WAS, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVACUEES THAT COME HERE AND MOST OF THEM GO BACK HOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM DO.
SOME WERE RENTERS AND WHEN THEY LOST THEIR PROPERTY THAT THEY RENTED DOWNSTREAM, THEY HAD NOTHING
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TO GO BACK TO.SO A LOT OF 'EM STAYED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HOMELESS WERE STILL HOMELESS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY HERE AND CHOSE TO STAY HERE SOME IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO IT WAS A KIND OF A TRANSITION PLAN, HOW TO TRANSITION 'EM FROM OUR SHELTER INTO OTHER, OTHER TYPES OF SERVICES TO TAKE CARE OF 'EM HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I FINISHED MY PRESENTATION AND I WOULD NOW BE HANDING OFF TO, UH, NEFE GARZA FOR, UH, PRESENTATION T C I.
UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON, UH, ON HURRICANE HARVEY.
THE, THE CONCEPT OF A SUPERSTORM IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS CAREFULLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
HURRICANE HARVEY CERTAINLY MATCHES THAT IDEA OF A SUPERSTORM, A SUPERSTORM DEFINED AS A, AN EVENT THAT IS GREATER THAN A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT.
AND, AND I'LL, AND I'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN COMPARING HURRICANE HARVEY, LOOKING AT THE EFFECTS IT HAD ON HOUSTON AND COM AND LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HAD THAT STORMED ACTUALLY COME INTO SAN ANTONIO, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
THE BIG DIFFERENCES BEING THE, OUR CLIMATE, OUR SOIL, AND OUR TOPOGRAPHY.
THE LOCATION OF CITY OF HOUSTON AND ITS PROXIMITY TO THE GULF COAST GENERATED A VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF, OF STORM.
HAD THAT STORM COME TO OUR AREA.
YOU SEE, SAN ANTONIO SITS AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT.
SO BY NATURE OF THAT, THE STORM WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DIFFERENT.
UH, THIS, THIS NEXT SLIDE REALLY ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE SEE.
SO THIS, SO THIS SLIDE, IF YOU LOOK TO THE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE YOUR LEFT SIDE, THAT'S BEXAR COUNTY.
THE DIFFERENT COLORS THERE, THESE PSYCHEDELIC COLORS THAT YOU SEE THERE REALLY DEFINE THE DIFFERENT ELEVATIONS WITHIN COMPARED, UH, BEXAR COUNTY TO, TO HARRIS COUNTY.
THE HIGHEST POINT IN ELEVATION WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY IS ROUGHLY 1,900 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHILE THE LOWEST POINT IN BEXAR COUNTY IS ROUGHLY 380 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
SO IF THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT IS 1,520 FEET DIFFERENCE IN VERTICAL ELEVATION COM, CONTRAST THAT AND COMPARE THAT TO HOUSTON OR HARRIS COUNTY, WHERE THE DIFFERENCE FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER IS ROUGHLY 300 FEET.
AND, AND LET ME REMIND YOU THAT AT THAT ZERO POINT, THAT'S THE GULF COAST, OUR 380 FEET CONTINUES TO DRAIN INTO WILSON CARNES AND GD COUNTY, AND THEN EVENTUALLY INTO THE GULF COAST.
SO THAT VERY DIFFERENCE CREATES A DIFFERENT STORM EVENT.
WHILE IN HOUSTON, YOU SEE THE WATER RISE AND POND, AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR IT TO DRAIN.
WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, IT WOULD RISE AND THEN WITH A MINUTE, WITH, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES OR EVEN HOURS, IT WOULD, IT WOULD DRAIN AND COME BACK DOWN.
NOW THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE GONNA SEE HIGHER VELOCITIES IN, IN THE EVENT.
SO IN COMPARING THE MODEL, AND I NEED TO, I NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE, THE PRESIDENT OF SUZANNE SCOTT AND STEVE GRAHAM, WHO ARE HERE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
THEY, THEY HELPED THE SAUDI REACHED OUT TO THEM TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THE MODELING.
WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE STORM AS IT OCCURRED IN HARRIS COUNTY, AND WE TRANSPOSED IT AND MOVED IT TO BEXAR COUNTY.
THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE THERE KIND OF ILLUSTRATES THAT.
AND WE, WE CENTERED THE STORM INTO THE MIDDLE OF TOWN, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT KIND OF EFFECTS IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.
AND WE LOOKED AT HOW ALMOST DAM AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER TUNNEL WOULD, WOULD WORK IN UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS.
SO WE, WE LIMITED THE STUDY TO THAT AREA.
THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY IS CONTINUING TO DO THE MODELING, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THE, ON THE OTHER WATERSHEDS DIVIDES IN OUR COUNTY, LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN LEON CREEK WATERSHED, AS WELL AS THE SATO, AND THAT THAT CAN COME, UH, THAT WILL BE COMING TO US LATER AS THE ANALYSIS, UH, CONTINUES.
THIS NEXT IMAGE HERE SHOWS THE AREA THAT WE FOCUSED ON, WHICH IS REALLY FROM ALMOST DAM ON HIGHWAY 2 81, DOWN THROUGH HILDERBRAND, THROUGH, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO, UH, THE GOLF COURSE, AND ONTO 2 81 AND GOING DOWN SOUTH TO THE PEARL, WE'VE, WE, WE LIMITED THE STUDY THERE.
AND WHAT, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU A SIMULATION OF WHAT THIS FLOODING WOULD DO.
WHAT I DID IS I OVER OVERLAID SOME RED LINES THERE.
THE RED LINES THAT YOU SEE ARE ACTUALLY, WHAT'S THE HUNDRED YEAR? SO THAT YOU CAN GET A COMPARISON OF WHAT THIS, WHAT THIS IS.
SO THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED
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AT THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THAT FELL ON HOUSTON, ROUGHLY 53 INCHES OR SO.BUT WHAT WE LOOKED AT IS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DEFINED WHAT HAPPENED IN HOUSTON AS 95% OF THEIR PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION, OR THE WORST RAINFALL THEY COULD GET.
WE TOOK THAT 95% AND APPLIED IT TO SAN ANTONIO, AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 40 INCHES OF RAIN.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT IS 10 INCHES.
SO PUTTING 40 INCHES INTO OUR SYSTEM WAS REALLY GONNA TEST TO SEE WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS.
AND WE'VE SPECIFICALLY PUT IT OVER THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS A WORLD CLASS FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, BEGINNING WITH ALMOST DAM, ALMOST DAM.
WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING NORTH ON 2 81, GOING TOWARDS THE AIRPORTS, THIS BIG CONCRETE STRUCTURE, IT CAN HOLD TWO 100 YEAR STORM EVENTS BACK TO BACK AND FILL THE DAM WITHOUT IT SPILLING OVER.
WELL, WHEN YOU PUT 40 INCHES, YOU'RE GONNA GET WATER OVER THE DAM DOWNSTREAM FROM THAT, THEN WE HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER TUNNEL.
THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER TUNNEL IS A 24 FOOT DIAMETER PIPE UNDER SAN ANTONIO, UNDER DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, 150 FEET BELOW SAN ANTONIO.
THIS TUNNEL CAN HOLD 80% OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR.
THE REMAINDER IS CONTROLLED THROUGH GATES AND CHANNELS ALONG THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, ALONG THE SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK AND SO FORTH.
SO IT WAS, I WAS, I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD HAPPEN.
THE PICTURES THAT YOU SEE ON THE, ON YOUR LEFT IS ALMOST DAMN IN ONE OF THE EVENTS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN NINE, IN, UH, 2000 JULY 7TH, 2002.
AND THEN THE, UH, THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT THAT IS, UH, WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING, ALMOST WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE SAN ANTONIO, UH, TUNNEL.
AND YOU SEE SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE WHILE THEY WERE BUILDING THIS, UH, THE TUNNEL ITSELF, THIS IS A, THIS SIMULATION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THAT WELL ON YOUR IPAD, BUT IF YOU LOOK UP HERE ON THE SCREEN, I HAVE IT ON A LOOP.
AND IT, AND YOU WILL SEE THE HURRICANE HARVEY CAME IN IN MULTIPLE WAVES.
THE FIRST WAVE TAKES THIS SECTION AND YOU SEE HOW THE, HOW THE WATER RISES, AND THEN IT HITS A SECOND WAVE AND IT'S THE SECOND WAVE THAT YOU SEE, THE MAJOR FLOODING THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
SO LET ME WALK THIS THROUGH WITH YOU.
ON THE TOP LEFT, YOU SEE THAT BLUE SHADING, THAT BLUE SHADING IS THE FLOODING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU'LL SEE, AND DURING THE SECOND WAVE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WATER BEGINS SPILLING OVER.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT 40 INCHES WOULD CREATE FOUR TO FIVE FEET OF WATER GOING ALMOST, UH, SPILLING OVER ALMOST DAM.
THAT WOULD GENERATE SOME SERIOUS EROSIONS, DOWNSTREAM EXPOSING SOME OF OUR UTILITY LINES, SEWER LINES, GAS LINES, CONTINUING DOWNSTREAM.
UH, INCARNATE WORD UNIVERSITY WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING TO MANY OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, WE WOULD SEE FLOODING IN FROM THE AUDITORIUM TO EVEN SOME OF THE DORMS AND SOME OF THE CLINICS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
WATER WOULD SPILL OVER HILDERBRAND SPILLING INTO, UM, THE WITTY MUSEUM.
AND, UH, IN, INTO, INTO THEIR FIRST FLOOR, THE WATER WOULD SPILL ONTO BROADWAY FLOODING LARGE PERCENTAGES OF, UH, OF MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER ITSELF.
WE WOULD SEE MAJOR FLOODING AT THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO CONTINUING DOWN SPILLING OVER MULBERRY ROAD ONTO RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YOU SEE SOME MAJOR FLOODING OCCURRING AT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SPILLING OVER HIGHWAY 2 81 AND EVEN FLOODING, UH, THE PEARL DEVELOPMENT.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF, THAT'S THE TYPE OF FLOODING WE WOULD HAVE.
THE SIMULATION TELLS US THAT THE FLOODING WOULD LAST ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 MINUTES TO MAYBE, MAYBE TWO HOURS OF FLOODING WHERE WATER WOULD BE WITHIN THOSE STRUCTURES.
SOMETHING TO NOTE THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER IS HIGHWAY 2 81 WOULD BE UNDERWATER HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH OF OLMOS DAM.
AND IT WOULD BE UNDERWATER BECAUSE THE, THE, THE BACKWATER OR THE FLOODING THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING ALONG OLMOS DAM WOULD KEEP HIGHWAY 2 81 LIMITING OUR ACCESS TO THE AIRPORT THROUGH HIGHWAY 2 81.
WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE OTHER ROADS TO GET TO THE AIRPORT.
AND IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT WOULD FLOOD HIGHWAY 2 81, ROUGHLY ABOUT SEVEN TO EIGHT DAYS.
UH, 2 81 WOULD BE UNDERWATER IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN THE INDUSTRY IS SHOULD WE BE DESIGNING FOR THIS TYPE OF STORM? VINCE, YOU SEE, WE LOOK AT STORMS AS WHAT WE REFER TO AS A RETURN INTERVAL, A HARVEY TYPE STORM EVENT THAT HAS ROUGHLY A RETURN ON INTERVAL OF ONE IN EVERY THOUSAND YEARS.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT AS AN A THOUSAND YEAR EVENT.
SO WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY STANDARDS ARE STREETS ARE ROADWAYS.
WE DESIGNED THINGS FOR THE 10 YEAR, FOR THE 25 YEAR TDOT DESIGNED THINGS FOR THE, FOR THE 50
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YEAR WE, IN THE SAN IN SAN ANTONIO.WE DESIGNED THINGS FOR THE A HUNDRED YEAR.
AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE ON BEN ZINGERMAN BRIDGE IN 2007, UH, T C I CONSTRUCTED A LOW WATER CROSSING AND WE RAISED IT TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR LEVEL.
THE COST OF THAT BRIDGE WAS ROUGHLY IS IS WAS ROUGHLY 8 MILLION, 8.7 MILLION, AND THE LENGTH OF THAT WAS 600.
IF WE WERE TO DESIGN THAT STRUCTURE TO HANDLE A THOUSAND YEAR EVENT, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A BRIDGE 10 FEET TALLER AT FOUR TIMES THE COST.
SO INSTEAD OF SPENDING 8 MILLION, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT 37 MILLION THAT WE WOULD BE, THE BRIDGE ITSELF WOULD BE AN ISLAND BECAUSE IT WOULD BE WAY UP THERE.
BUT WHEN IT WOULD, WHEN IT WOULD COME BACK DOWN, THOSE, THE LAND WOULD BE FLOODED.
SO IT'S VERY TOUGH AND, AND THE CHALLENGE FOR US TO DESIGN TO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS.
SO WHAT WE DO IS WE FOCUS ON THE 1% CHANCE, OR THE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT, SAN ANTONIO SINCE ITS INCEPTION, UH, WHEN, WHEN FEMA CAME TO TOWN INITIALLY IN THE SEVENTIES, HAD VERY, UH, DEFINED A VERY STRINGENT DESIGN CRITERIA.
UH, THIS IMAGE TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE A CROSS SECTION OF A STREAM.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FLOOD CONTROL, MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE WHAT WE DEFINE AS A FLOODWAY.
AND THAT MEANS THAT COMMUNITIES ALLOW STRUCTURES AND DEVELOPMENT TO CONSTRUCT IN THE FLOOD FRINGE IN THE EDGES OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
WE DON'T ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOOD FRINGE.
WE DON'T EVEN ALLOW DEVELOPMENT IN A SPECIAL, UH, FLOOD HAZARD AREA.
WE ACTUALLY REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT TO BE IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR ULTIMATE, AND WE DEFINE THE A HUNDRED YEAR ULTIMATE AS IF EVERYTHING UPSTREAM FROM IT, ASSUMING, LET'S ASSUME EVERYTHING UPSTREAM IS FULLY DEVELOPED, NO MITIGATION, WHAT'S THE WORST IT CAN BE IN A HUNDRED YEAR? AND THAT'S WHAT WE REGULATE TO.
NOW, REMIND, LET ME REMIND YOU, FEMA CAME IN IN 1970.
SO STRUCTURES BUILT PRIOR TO 1970 DID NOT HAVE THE STANDARD, BUT TODAY WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT.
SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESILIENCE, AND WE DEFINED RESILIENCE.
HOW DO WE BOUNCE BACK FROM A STORM LIKE THIS, OR A HUNDRED YEAR STORM? AND WE HAD, WE HAVE A DATABASE FOR 20 YEARS OR SO, AND WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT LAND USE AND WE CONSIDERED THE FOLLOWING.
WE LOOKED AT CLINICS, WE LOOKED AT COMMUNICATION TOWER, DAYCARE CENTERS AND SO FORTH.
AND OVERWHELMINGLY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FROM 93% TO 84% OF THOSE STRUCTURES AREN'T, ARE NOT IMPACTED BY THE A HUNDRED YEAR, THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE STRUCTURES THAT ARE WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN ARE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODPLAIN.
SO WE STILL HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.
BUT OVERWHELMINGLY, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT, THE MA 90 93% OF OUR CLINICS ARE OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO OUR GROCERY STORE, OUR GAS STATIONS, 93% OF THOSE WOULD BE OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
AND THROUGH OUR CONTINUAL INVESTMENT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET CONSTRUCT PROJECTS THAT REMOVED THE RISK OF FLOODPLAIN, UH, OF OVER 3000 STRUCTURES WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY PROJECTS LIKE THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL OR LAIE PLACE AND EVEN CEILING CHANNEL.
THOSE STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED BY BEXAR COUNTY WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE RIVER AUTHORITIES PLANNING.
OUR OUR MULTIPLE BOND PROJECTS HAVE REMOVED MANY STRUCTURES AND HOMES OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN BY CONSTRUCTING THESE PROJECTS.
BUT WE CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME WEAKNESSES, AND THAT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH A LOT OF OUR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THERE'S A WEBSITE AND I, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
WE'VE PARTNERED UP WITH BEAR COUNTY TO CONSIDER ALL THE LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN OUR COUNTY.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE CALLED BEAR FLOOD.ORG.
AND THIS WEBSITE ALLOWS YOU, IF YOU LIVE NEAR A, NEAR A LOW WATER CROSSING, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SUBSCRIBE TO GET UPDATES TO KNOW WHEN, WHEN WATER'S GOING OVER THAT ROAD.
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THAT AND, AND, AND, UM, AND, AND RECEIVE UPDATES VIA TEXT OR EMAIL ON WHEN THAT ROAD IS UNPASSABLE OR WHEN WATERS HAVE RECEDED.
ANOTHER WEBSITE THAT I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO ALSO VISIT IS ANOTHER WEBSITE THAT ACTUALLY WENT LIVE THIS MONTH THAT THE RIVER AUTHORITY HAD PARTNERED WITH FEMA TO DEVELOP CALLED RISK MAP.
IT HELPS US BETTER IDENTIFY THE RISK.
SO IT'S ONE THING TO BE IN THE, IN THE FLOOD PLAIN, BUT AT WHAT POINT OR, AND WHAT IS OUR RISK AND TRYING TO DEFINE THAT.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO INTO IT AND CLICK ON AN AREA AND SEE THE DEPTH OF, OF FLOODING THAT COULD OCCUR.
UM, IT IS THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THIS WITH PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY WHO HAS HELPED US QUITE A BIT, AND BEXAR COUNTY, WHO HAS ALSO INVESTED QUITE A BIT AND PARTNERING WITH OUR ENGINEERING COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE ARE MAINTAINING THOSE HIGH STANDARDS THAT WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO REMOVE STRUCTURES OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE
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A COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN BOUNCE BACK FROM STRUCTURE FROM, FROM EVENTS LIKE THIS.UM, THAT'S, THOSE ARE THE SLIDES I HAVE AND COUNSEL, UM, CHIEF MCMANUS, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE UP NEXT.
I WANNA TRANSITION FROM THE NATURAL DISASTER PART OF THIS TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE PART.
AND, UH, SO WE'RE, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR OR SO TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE CLASSIFY.
UH, THE MOST SERIOUS, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE, THE WORLD IS A TERROR ATTACK.
WE'VE GOT, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS, WE'VE GOT BARRICADE SUSPECTS, AND WE'VE GOT BOMB THREATS.
AND WHEN I SAY THREATS, I'M TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY EVENTS WHERE THE BOMB HAS EXPLODED.
SO EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE AND THE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, FIESTA, NEW YEAR'S TRICENTENNIAL ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, HERE, UH, THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, OUR SPECIAL EVENTS, M L K, MARCH, UH, MARATHONS, THE FINAL FOUR.
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, AND THAT IS LARGE CROWDS AND LARGE CROWDS WHERE ANYBODY CAN BLEND IN, UH, AND DO DAMAGE IF THEY WANT TO DO IT.
HOW DO WE PLAN AND COORDINATE FOR ANY SUCH EVENT? UH, EVERY ONE OF OUR OFFICERS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS TRAINED TO RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENT.
UH, WE HAVE ALERT TRAINING THAT HAS GONE ON OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UH, THE ALERT TRAINING, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WHEN WE GET TO ANOTHER SLIDE.
UH, WE COORDINATE WITH EVERY SINGLE SPONSOR OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE.
SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MEETS USUALLY OUR, UH, SPECIAL OPERATIONS PEOPLE.
THEY MEET WITH THE EVENT PLANNERS AND, UH, AND WE COORDINATE AND, AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO, THINGS THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND THINGS THAT WE TRY TO ADDRESS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE CONCERNED.
OUR SWAT TEAM GOES OUT, UH, THEY, UM, SURVEY THE VENUE, UH, LOOK FOR ANY TYPE OF, UM, THREAT THAT THAT MIGHT BE, UH, COMING AT THAT VENUE.
WE HAVE, UH, WE ADDRESS SPECIAL SECURITY NEEDS, UH, IN ANY SITUATION.
AND THAT IS ALL, UH, NOT THAT IS ALL, BUT, BUT THE FUSION CENTER.
AND, UH, I THINK MOST MANY OF YOU HAVE TOURED THAT FUSION CENTER.
UH, THE FUSION CENTER PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN PLANNING THESE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS WE LIAISON WITH, WITH, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF HOOD, UH, OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT ALL PLAY A ROLE IN WORKING THESE SPECIAL EVENTS WITH US, UM, IF NEED BE.
AND IN, AND IN MANY CASES, WE DE WE REDEPLOY OUR RESOURCES TO THESE EVENTS.
WE'LL PUT OUT, UH, COMMAND TRAILERS, WE'LL PUT OUT SPECIAL RESPONSE VEHICLES, UH, IF WE THINK THAT THEY'RE NEEDED.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT ARE VERY, VERY MUCH KEY, UH, TO PREVENTING THESE TYPES OF, UH, INCIDENTS FROM OCCURRING.
UH, THAT IS INFORMATION, INFORMATION AND INFORMATION.
UH, UNIFORM STAFFING PRESENCE IS A DETERRENT, AND SURVEILLANCE IS ALSO A DETERRENT.
UM, ONE EXAMPLE THAT I'LL, THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU ON, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND I THINK MANY OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS, THERE WAS A, UH, A, UH, FACEBOOK POST GOING AROUND WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO FREQUENTED THE STRIP ON MAIN AVENUE, UH, THREATENED TO COME DOWN THERE AND SHOOT UP THE PLACE, KILL EVERYBODY, SHOOT UP THE BUSINESSES.
UH, WE KICKED THAT OVER TO OUR FUSION CENTER.
THEY TRACKED THE GUY DOWN UP IN OKLAHOMA CITY, AND HE WAS ARRESTED FOR TERRORISTIC THREATS, UH, BY MIDNIGHT.
AND WE GOT THAT, UH, LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO.
UH, IT'S A COUPLE MINUTES LONG, BUT IT TALKS ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTERS.
NEWS FOUR AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE JOINED FORCES TO MAKE THIS ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING VIDEO TO GIVE YOU THE TOOLS YOU'LL NEED TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL SHOULD YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.
THANKFULLY, THOUGH, MOST OF US NEVER WILL.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-GUN VIDEO.
AND BY NO MEANS IS THE INFORMATION IN THIS VIDEO FAIL PROOF.
SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES YOU LEARN MAY NEED TO BE ADAPTED TO SUIT CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
NOW, THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS TRAINING VIDEO IS TO HELP EMPOWER YOU AND MOTIVATE YOU TO BE PROACTIVE IN DEVELOPING YOUR OWN PLAN.
NO ONE IS TIME TO RUN, KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HIDE, AND IF NECESSARY, BE PREPARED TO FIGHT.
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IT'S A TYPICAL DAY AT WORK.YOU'RE SITTING AT YOUR DESK DOING WHAT YOU ALWAYS DO, AND THEN YOU HEAR THIS, YOU'RE CONFUSED, SHOCKED, SCARED.
STAY CALM, KEEP YOUR COMPOSURE, BUT MOVE, DO NOT WASTE TIME.
HELP OTHERS IF YOU CAN, AND GET OUT OF THE BUILDING ANY WAY YOU CAN.
LOOK FOR THE CLOSEST EXIT AND BE AWARE OF ALTERNATE EXIT ROUTES.
OH MY GOSH, ONCE YOU'RE OUTSIDE, CALL 9 1 1 IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE GONNA NEED SOMEBODY HERE QUICK.
THE OPERATOR WILL NEED AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN.
GIVE THEM THE NAME OF THE BUILDING, THE LOCATION, HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY STILL BE INSIDE, HOW MANY MAY BE HURT.
THEY'LL NEED SUSPECT INFORMATION, RACE, GENDER, A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT.
IS THERE MORE THAN ONE SHOOTER? AND WHAT KIND OF WEAPON THEY'RE CARRYING.
AND IF YOU SEE UNSUSPECTING COWORKERS HEADING FOR THE DOOR, STOP THEM FROM GOING INSIDE.
IF YOU ARE NOT NEAR AN EXIT AND YOU CANNOT SAFELY GET OUTTA THE BUILDING, IT'S TIME TO HIDE.
GET OUT OF THE HALLWAYS IN COMMON AREAS.
GUNMAN TYPICALLY USE THEM AS HUNTING GROUNDS.
FIND A ROOM AND LOCK THE DOOR.
LOCK THE DOOR WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN.
FIND A DESK, FILE CABINET, A PRINTER.
TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, RADIOS, MONITORS, AND SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE.
DO YOUR BEST TO HIDE BEHIND SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH THAT MAY SHIELD YOU FROM BULLETS.
IF YOU OR SOMEONE WITH YOU IS BLEEDING, APPLY PRESSURE AND TRY TO ELEVATE THE WOUND.
HELP ME NOT ARRIVE UNTIL THE SHOOTER IS STOPPED.
AS HARD AS IT MAY BE, DON'T TRY TO RESCUE ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT DOOR.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE SHOOTER IS.
HE COULD BE RIGHT UP THE HALLWAY.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA PLACE ANYONE ELSE INSIDE THIS ROOM IN ANY DANGER.
ALSO, HE COULD BE TRYING TO TRICK YOU INTO OPENING THAT DOOR BY PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE WHO NEEDS HELP.
CREATE A SENSE THAT NO ONE IS INSIDE THAT ROOM.
IF THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN AND NOWHERE TO HIDE.
IF YOU ARE WITH A GROUP, ORGANIZE AN AMBUSH STYLE SURPRISE ATTACK AND GRAB ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND TO HURT THE SHOOTER AND DEFEND YOURSELF.
YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY SHOULD BE TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO STOP THE GUNMAN IMMEDIATELY, IF POSSIBLE.
IF YOU LET THE WEAPON GO OR CAN'T CONTROL IT, YOU'VE WON MORE THAN HALF THE BATTLE.
WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, MAKE SURE YOUR ACTIONS ARE SWIFT AND DECISIVE.
HESITATION CAN BE DEADLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS.
WHEN SECONDS COUNT, IF YOU HAVE A CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE AND HAVE YOUR OWN GUN, CHOOSE YOUR ACTIONS CAREFULLY.
MAKE SURE NO COWORKERS ARE BEHIND THE SHOOTER, OR YOU, YOU DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT SOMEONE OR HAVE THE GUNMAN RETURN FIRE AND HIT SOMEONE BEHIND YOU AND PROTECT YOUR WEAPON.
REMEMBER, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO FIGHT, YOU'LL BE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE.
YOUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO WIN BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.
WHEN POLICE ARRIVE, REMEMBER THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE HOLDING A WEAPON.
IF YOU ARE A LICENSED HANDGUN HOLDER, MAKE SURE YOU SET YOUR GUN DOWN, STEP AWAY FROM IT AND PUT YOUR HANDS UP.
MAKE IT CLEAR YOU'RE NOT A THREAT TO ANYONE.
YOU MAY BE SEARCHED, EVEN HANDCUFFED BY POLICE UNTIL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CERTAIN THE THREAT NO LONGER EXISTS.
YOU ARE TO DO EXACTLY AS THEY SAY UNTIL YOU'RE LET OUT OF THE BUILDING.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ONLY GUIDELINES.
SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES YOU'VE SEEN HERE MAY NEED TO BE MODIFIED TO BETTER SUIT YOUR WORKPLACE OR EVEN YOUR OWN HOME.
AND ONE LAST PIECE OF ADVICE HERE.
CREATE AN ALERT SYSTEM FOR EMPLOYEES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA SITES LIKE TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.
IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION, THINK ABOUT WHO WILL BE IN CHARGE OF SENDING OUT THOSE ALERTS.
THE BOTTOM LINE, HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN IN PLACE AND PRACTICE IT.
OFTEN, THE ODDS OF YOU BECOMING A VICTIM OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION ARE LOW, BUT IF IT DOES HAPPEN, YOU'LL BE MORE PREPARED.
ON BEHALF OF NEWS FOUR, SAN ANTONIO AND THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BE SAFE AND THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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UM, WE TRAIN CITY STAFF AND HOW TO RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.UM, WHEN I TALKED ABOUT ALERT TRAINING AND ACTIVE SHOOTERS, UH, TRAINING FOR OFFICERS, WHAT THAT DOES IS INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR SWAT TO ARRIVE TO MAKE AN ENTRY, UH, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AS LONG AS THERE'S FOUR OF THEM CAN GO IN THAT BUILDING TO STOP THE THREAT.
UM, WE'RE TRAINING MAYOR, I THINK WE'RE TRAINING YOUR STAFF, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AND ANY OF THE COUNCIL STAFF, UM, THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE TRAINED, JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TRAINING FOR YOU.
UM, OUR PRIMARY RESPONSE, UH, TO ACTIVE SHOOTERS, AS I JUST MENTIONED, IS WITH OUR PATROL OFFICERS.
USED TO BE BEFORE ALERT TRAINING CAME OUT, WE'D WAIT.
AND BY THAT TIME, THERE'S MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF DAMAGE THAT COULD BE DONE AND, AND, AND WERE WAS DONE, UH, IN VARIOUS ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
UH, OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS, UH, IS NEXT TO RESPOND.
UM, MEDICAL TREATMENT AND EVACUATION IS NEXT, AND THEN INVESTIGATION AND FOLLOW UP.
UH, THEY'RE THE, THE, UH, PRIMARY STEPS IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.
AND, UM, ANY QUESTIONS? AND WE'LL TAKE 'EM AT THE END OF THIS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, AS, UH, CHIEF MAN MCMAHON WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPARATION.
UM, THIS STARTED TO BE AN ISSUE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, RIGHT AFTER THE, UH, BATMAN SHOOTING IN COLORADO.
UH, WE WERE NOTICING THAT DURING THAT SHOOTING ON THE WAVE FILES, THERE WERE TONS OF RESOURCES THAT WERE BEING INAPPROPRIATELY DISPATCHED AND RESPONDING INTO THE THEATER, PUTTING FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS AT RISK, AND NOT REALLY COORDINATING THE RESCUE OF PEOPLE.
SO WE, UM, STARTED TO DEVELOP A RESCUE TASK FORCE.
WE ACTUALLY SENT ONE OF OUR DIVISION CHIEFS TO THE, UH, PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THAT, I HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH THE FIRE CHIEF OF, UH, ORLANDO.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KEEPS US UP EVERY SINGLE NIGHT IS THE EVENTS THAT YOU SEE ON TELEVISION.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE GEAR THAT WE PURCHASED AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE RESCUE TASK FORCE.
SO RESCUE TASK FORCE, ESPECIALLY TRAINED FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS THAT ARE WEARING LEVEL THREE PROTECTION, UH, BALLISTIC EQUIPMENT, LEVEL THREE PROTECTION WITH THE FRONT, FRONT PLATE AND THE BACK PLATE WILL STOP AUTOMATIC ROUNDS.
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU HAVE IN A, UH, ACTIVE SHEET OR INCIDENT IS THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT CAN LITERALLY BLEED TO DEATH BECAUSE THEY ARE SHOT IN THE KNEE, THEY ARE SHOT IN THE ANKLE, THEY'RE SHOT IN THE ARM.
AND IF YOU DON'T GO IN AND GET THOSE FOLKS OUT QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, THEY'RE GOING TO BLEED TO DEATH.
AND SO AGAIN, WE ARE TRAINED TO GO INTO, UM, A HOT ZONE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF OUR BIG ISSUES WAS COMMAND AND CONTROL.
SO FOR US TO GO IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO HAVE FACE-TO-FACE WITH A POLICE OFFICER OF RANK TO WHERE WE CAN ESTABLISH A RESCUE TASK FORCE.
SO, UH, WE SPENT ABOUT $354,000 ON BALLISTIC EQUIPMENT.
THAT EQUIPMENT IS, UH, ON EVERY HEAVY RESCUE, EVERY HAZMAT TEAM AND, UH, ALL 22 OF OUR LADDER COMPANIES STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PACKS OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT WE CAN DROP INTO AN AREA TO TREAT, UH, A MULTI CASUALTY INCIDENT.
IT COULD BE AN AIRPLANE CRASH, IT COULD BE A BUS WRECK, BUT, UH, ALSO FOR A, UH, ACTIVE SHOOTER OR INCIDENT.
UH, THERE YOU SEE THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AGAIN, UH, A LOT OF BALLISTICS DON'T HAVE THE FRONT AND THE BACK PLATES.
THESE DO, SO IT'S LEVEL THREE PROTECTION.
IT WILL STOP AN AUTOMATIC ROUND.
OUR MEDICAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS, UM, PARAMEDICS ON STATION ONE AND STATION 45 ACTUALLY HAVE THE FULL TURTLE SUITS WHERE THEY HAVE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY PRIMARILY GO IN BACKUP SWAT EVERY SINGLE DAY, STOP THE BLEED.
UM, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE BOXES JUST LIKE YOU SEE AN A E D IN A BUILDING, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE KITS.
WE HAVE PURCHASED A TOTAL OF, UH, 44 OF 'EM.
UH, EACH KIT HAS EIGHT STOP THE BLEED, BLEED PACKETS INSIDE OF THEM.
UH, WE HAVE GONE TO SOME OF THE BIG HOTELS.
THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THE AIRPORT, THE CONVENTION CENTER.
A LOT OF OUR HIGH TARGET VALUE, UH, FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE GONNA HAVE THESE BECAUSE, UM, IT COULD SAVE LIVES IF WE CAN'T GET IN THERE AND GET YOU OUT.
EFFECTIVELY, WE NEED TO TEACH PEOPLE TO DRESS A WOUND, TO PUT A CHEST SEAL ON, TO PUT A TOURNIQUET ON AND TO GET THEM OUT.
SO THESE ARE THE SAME PACKS THAT WE ARE GONNA BE CARRYING IN WHEN WE GO INTO A ROOM.
IF WE WALK INTO A ROOM AND THERE'S 16 PEOPLE IN THERE, WE'RE GONNA THROW 16 PACKS OUT.
WE'RE GONNA START TRIAGING, DOING RAPID TREATMENT AND, UH, GET THEM OUT AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
UH, DOWNTOWN PRE-PLANNING WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WE HAVE PUT ALL OF
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DOWNTOWN ON A GRID SYSTEM, UH, SCARY ENOUGH TO THINK ABOUT.THERE MIGHT NOT BE AN INTERSECTION DUE TO AN EVENT.
WE MAY NOT HAVE LANDMARKS DUE TO AN EVENT.
SO HOW DO YOU TELL PEOPLE HOW TO GET TO AN EVENT, UH, DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THE STREETS MAY NOT BE THERE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A LOTS AND LONGS GRID SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS, WHETHER IT'S PD, WHERE THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES COMING IN.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY WENT TO EVERY SINGLE HOTEL, EVERY RESTAURANT, EVERY UM, OCCUPANCY ON THE RIVER DOWNTOWN TO SEE WHO THEIR MANAGERS WERE, TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE WORKING THERE ON STAFF TO SEE WHAT THEIR CAPACITIES ARE.
AND SO, AND THAT'S CALLED A TACTICAL PREMISE FOR US.
SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TACTICALLY AND LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE STRUCTURE DOWNTOWN SO WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR AN EVENT, SAY WOULD HAPPEN AT THE BOTTOM.
WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS, WE KNOW WHAT THE LOTS AND LONGS ARE OF THAT INTERSECTION.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE REALLY CRITICAL FOR US TO, UH, BE ABLE TO PRE-PLAN AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO, UM, A COORDINATED COMPLEX ATTACK.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NOT SEEING, THANK GOD IN THE UNITED STATES YET.
SAY IF YOU HAD MULTIPLE TERRORIST EVENTS GOING ON AND YOU GET THE FIRST ONE, SAY YOU HAD IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE IT DRAWS A TON OF RESOURCES IN AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS A DEPARTMENT, UH, IS TO BE VERY DISCIPLINED IN OUR RESPONSE, COORDINATED IN OUR RESPONSE, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR SECONDARY DEVICES.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.
I DON'T WANNA SEND ALL OF MY RESOURCES RIGHT HERE WITHOUT HAVING THEM PROTECTED, WITHOUT HAVING THEM STAGED PROPERLY.
AND SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
BUT WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE, UM, TRAINING EVENTS.
UH, WE DID A WORKSHOP IN JUNE, UH, THE COUNTY, IN WITH THE COUNTY AND WAS FEDERALLY FUNDED.
ABOUT 200 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED.
UM, THEN WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.
WE'VE GONE OVER THINGS WITH U SS A A, VALERO, H E B U T S A, UH, FIESTA, TEXAS AND SEAWORLD.
WE'VE EVEN LOOKED AT CYBER TYPE INCIDENTS.
UH, WITH THIS, UH, AGAIN, WE DID A TABLETOP IN, UH, MAY 17TH, AND WE'RE PREPARING FOR A FULL SCALE SHOOTER AT THE ALAMO DOME PRIOR TO THE, UH, FINAL FOUR.
EVERY THURSDAY WE ARE DOING RESCUE TASK FORCE TRAINING AT THE ALAMO DOME WITH POLICE AND FIRE DURING OUR RECERTIFICATIONS.
THEY JUST DID A REALLY NICE ARTICLE ON CHANNEL 12 THE OTHER DAY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
UM, I I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETWEEN ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, WHETHER IT'S MY DIVISION CHIEF, UM, PAT ZEPEDA, WHO IS BRAND NEW TO THIS JOB, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE.
UH, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE PREPARED, WE ARE PREPARED, WE ARE READY.
UH, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO THINK ABOUT 50 INCHES OF RAIN.
IT'S ALSO HARD TO THINK ABOUT A GUY IN A HIGH RISE WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS, BUT WE PLAN EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETIMES FOR EVENTS EVEN MORE SINISTER THAN, THAN THIS.
SO AGAIN, I'LL CONCLUDE THIS BY LETTING YOU KNOW AND REASSURE YOU THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE COORDINATED, THE PARTNERSHIPS ARE STRONG AND WE ARE PREPARED.
SO WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU.
GREAT, THANK YOU CHIEF AND CHIEF MCMANUS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
ONE IS, UH, WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE'VE JUST BEEN HEARING ABOUT, UM, ACTIVE SHOOTERS AND OTHER, UM, TERROR INCIDENTS AND SO FORTH, WHEN THERE IS AN INCIDENT, UH, HIGH PROFILE INCIDENT, THERE WAS ONE YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK.
UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU EVALUATE HERE AS A TEAM TO KIND OF DRILL DOWN ON WHAT, WHAT WE WOULD'VE DONE, WHAT OUR CAPABILITIES WERE WE'VE BEEN, IF THERE ARE ANY WEAKNESSES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE DOING ACTIVELY? AND, AND I'LL JUST ANSWER ON OUR PART.
EVERY SINGLE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A COLLEAGUE IN THAT CITY, AND SO WE ALWAYS, AS METRO CHIEFS, THERE'S WHITE PAPERS THAT ARE DEVELOPED FOR ALL OF THESE INCIDENTS.
UH, IT'S REALLY EASY TO CALL THAT GUY UP, SAY, HEY, CAN I SEND SOMEBODY OVER? WHAT DID YOU LEARN? WHAT WENT GOOD FOR YOU? AND, AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF YOU LOOK BACK AT ORLANDO, THEY DIDN'T HAVE BALLISTICS.
SO THEIR CHIEF ACTUALLY CAME OUT HERE TO LOOK AT OUR PROGRAM POST-INCIDENT.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE AWARENESS ON ALL THE INCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND WE CONTINUE TO STUDY THEM AS FAR AS BEST PRACTICES.
AND ON THE POLICE SIDE, WE DO SIT DOWN AFTERWARDS.
WE DISCUSS THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTING AT LENGTH.
UM, UH, IN THE WAKE OF THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THESE VEHICLE TYPE ATTACKS, UM, ARE, UNLESS YOU KNOW IT'S COMING, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO PREVENT.
AND FROM THAT POINT, UH, IT, IT TURNS INTO A RESCUE OPERATION.
UM, AND ALONG THOSE LINES, UM, I FORGOT MY NEXT QUESTION.
UM, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY ABOUT PREPAREDNESS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE EVALUATING, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, EVENTS THAT OCCUR
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AND SO FORTH.I I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR NEPHI AS WELL.
UM, NEPHI, THE, THE, YES, SIR.
THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF YOUR PRESENTATION TO ME WAS ALMOST DAM.
HOW OFTEN IS THAT EVALUATED? UH, AND BY WHOM? OLMO DAM IS A STRUCTURE THAT GETS EVALUATED YEARLY BY OUR STAFF, ACTUALLY, UH, SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR.
AND THEN WE WORK ALSO WITH THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT WITH, TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
UH, IT WAS A, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT, UH, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH THE, WITH THE DAM ITSELF.
SO, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY, WE WERE ABLE TO ANCHOR THE STRUCTURE.
UH, BUT WE WORK REAL CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO HELP US DO SOME EVALUATIONS OF IT, SIR.
SO YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE TO IDENTIFY ANY OH, YEAH.
UM, YOU, YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE HUNDRED YEAR STANDARD DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
WE, WE CAN'T BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, BRIDGES FOR EVERY THOUSAND YEAR FLOODING EVENT.
I THINK WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT OUR OWN FLOOD WATER PLAN AND, AND CHANGES TO OUR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND CHANGES TO OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UM, I DO WANT TO GET SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU ALL AS ALONG THOSE LINES.
ARE THERE AREAS IN OUR OWN U D C THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE DO KNOW? WE WISH THAT THE THOUSAND YEAR EVENT AND THE 500 YEAR EVENT WERE ONLY 1000 YEARS IN EVERY, EVERY 500 YEARS, BUT THEY'RE OCCURRING SO FREQUENTLY NOW, AND THEY'RE MADE MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT, UH, QUITE OFTEN IS ONLY BUILT TO A HUNDRED YEAR STANDARD.
SO THE QUESTION I HAVE ALONG THOSE LINES, GOING BACK TO YOUR SLIDE 27, THAT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF FACILITIES BUILT BEFORE, UM, 77 THAT ARE IN FLOODPLAINS, THE A HUNDRED, THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, HAVE WE, DO WE HAVE AN EVALUATION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE IN FLOODPLAINS? OR ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT EVERYTHING IS COPACETIC? YES, SIR.
WE ACTUALLY DEVELOP, UH, WATERSHED MASTER PLANS FOR ALL, ALL OF OUR WATERSHEDS, SAN ANTONIO, LEON, AND SATO, AND LOOK AT NOT ONLY CRITICAL OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT.
AND THEN WE, THAT'S WHAT HELPS US WHEN WE'RE DEVELOPING OUR BOND PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA, IN THOSE AREAS, NOT ONLY OUR STREETS, BUT ALSO OUR CHANNELS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THAT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN MAYOR.
YEAH, LET ME JUST ADD THAT, UH, DUE TO THE, UH, BOND PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE DONE IN OH SEVEN AND 2012 AND WHAT'S PLANNED, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HUNDRED HOMES REMOVED FROM THE FLOODPLAIN WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE CAN GET YOU THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS, BUT EVERY TIME WE DO AND TAKE ON ANOTHER PHASE OF SOME OF THOSE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS, MORE AND MORE HOMES ARE REMOVED.
AND NEFE, YOU MIGHT COMMENT ON, YOU WERE SHOWING THAT EXCELLENT MAP THAT SHOWED THE FLOOD FRINGE.
AND IN OUR CODE, WE DO NOT ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION THERE.
WHEREAS IN HOUSTON, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION IN THE FLOOD FRINGE.
EVEN SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES WITHIN OUR COUNTY DO ALLOW THAT, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MINIMUM, UH, FEMA STANDARD.
NOW, ONE THING THAT I, I DO WANT TO ADD IS THAT PLEASE NOTE THAT IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WITH THE BOND PROJECTS THAT WE, WE HAVE DONE AND IN COOPERATION WITH BEXAR COUNTY, WE HAVE REMOVED OVER 3000 STRUCTURES OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'VE CONSTRUCTED IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT RISK HAS, HAS BEEN REDUCED, AND NOW THIS, THESE HOMES OR BUILDINGS ARE NOT AT RISK ANYMORE.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE EXTEND THAT? I MEAN, WE, WE DO BUILD TO STANDARD NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW FOR INSTANCE, NEAR THE OMO BASIN, IT FLOODS FREQUENTLY, UH, PARTICULARLY DURING A 100 YEAR EVENT THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A 500 YEAR EVENT.
SHOULD WE BE UPDATING OUR CODE TO REFLECT THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD QUESTION IN WORKING WITH, UH, DOUG AND HIS GROUP WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR RAIN PATTERNS AND, AND THE STORM EVENTS MOVING FORWARD, AS CLIMATE IS CHANGING, I MEAN, EVEN WITHIN MY LIFETIME, THE 100 YEAR HAS HAS CHANGED.
SO LOOKING AT THOSE POSSIBILITIES TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR DESIGN AND WE CAN IMPROVE OUR, OUR, OUR STANDARDS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
SO WE WILL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE UPDATE ON THE HOMES REMOVED FROM THE FLOODPLAIN I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN IS C P S FACILITIES SAW AS TREATMENT FACILITIES AND THE, AND SO FORTH.
ARE, DO WE HAVE, UM, A GOOD SENSE OF HOW THAT RELATES TO FLOOD MAP? ARE WE OUT OF DANGER WITH REGARD TO THAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE? WELL, WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, BUT, BUT MAYOR, I WILL SAY THAT FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 500 YEAR FLOODPLAINS, SO THAT MANY OF THOSE, MANY OF THOSE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES, WE MAKE SURE AND WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OUT OF EVEN THE 500
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YEAR.BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY STILL SOME ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT THAT WE NEED TO DO.
WELL, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UM, AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL BRIEFING OR, OR WHAT, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF GET A CLEARER SENSE OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAYOR HAVE BRIEFINGS, UH, WITH SAWS AND C P S UPCOMING, AND WE CAN ASK THEM TO BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO THE FLOODPLAIN AS WELL AS THEIR PLANS.
THERE IS A, I I SHOULD ADD, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COORDINATION BETWEEN T C I AND C P S AND SAWS.
NONETHELESS, WE WILL ASK THEM TO ADDRESS THIS WHEN THEY PRESENT.
I DID REMEMBER THE QUESTION I HAD.
UM, CHIEF, THANK YOU, NEFE, UM, A COUPLE OF THESE INCIDENTS, MOST, MOST SPECIFICALLY LAS VEGAS.
UM, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THERE'S A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID EMPLOYEES, FOR INSTANCE, OF THE HOTEL DO IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE INCIDENT? UM, HOW MUCH OF THE E THIS E O C PRESENTATION OR BEST PRACTICES ARE WE COMMUNICATING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? UM, I HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UH, MANAGER OF BOTH THE, UH, GRAND HYATT AND THE, UH, BOTH OF THE, UH, MARRIOTTS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT, I TOOK THE STOP THE BLEED PROGRAM, UH, KID OVER THERE.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE BEST PLACE TO PUT THEM.
WE TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME DRILLS WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES AS FAR AS EVACUATING THE HOTEL, AS FAR AS PUTTING TOURNIQUETS ON, AS FAR AS SHELTERING IN PLACE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT DISCUSSION HAPPENED, UM, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
SO WE CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND EDUCATE WHEN WE PUT THE BOXES IN AS FAR AS WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS GETTING OUT OR STAYING IN TREATING.
AND, AND I GUESS THE LAST THING I'LL ASK YOU TO SAY, CHIEF, IS YOU BOTH MADE A POINT ABOUT PUTTING OUT INFORMATION THAT'S ACCURATE DURING AN INCIDENT AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.
WE'VE SEEN THIS PLAY OUT BEFORE AND, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATES OF NUMBER OF CASUALTIES AND SO FORTH.
BUT CAN YOU BRIEFLY TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND AS, UM, YOU KNOW, CHIEFS OF YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS ON, IN TERMS OF THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE PUBLICLY IN THE EVENT THAT SOMETHING IS OCCURRING? I THINK, I THINK, UH, WHAT CHARLES AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE IS THAT WHEN THERE'S AN INCIDENT OF THAT TYPE, UH, WE WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH, WITH YOU OR WHATEVER COUNCIL PERSON, UH, WHOSE DISTRICT IT WAS, AND WE GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT COMES IN PRELIMINARILY AND 99% OF THE TIME IT TURNS OUT TO BE WRONG, AND WE'VE GOTTA ADJUST LATER ON.
SO, UH, I THINK IT'S BEST BEFORE ANY, ANY INFORMATION IS PUT OUT OTHER THAN PRELIMINARILY AT THE SCENE BY EITHER MYSELF OR CHARLES, UM, THAT WE GET, UM, VERIFIABLE INFORMATION BEFORE WE GIVE IT TO YOU OR THE, UH, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WHOSE DISTRICT IT IS.
GREAT PRESENTATION, UM, AND GREAT WORK AS ALWAYS.
UM, AND I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, UM, GO OFF OF WHAT THE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT REGARDING SOME OF THESE DRAINAGE PROJECTS.
UH, WE KNOW, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON SOME DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, UH, PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS THAT ARE THINK, I THINK ARE REALLY GONNA HELP, UH, IN, IN, IN MANY WAYS.
BUT AS THE CITY IS DEVELOPING AND GROWING, UH, WE'RE SEEING THE PROBLEM FURTHER AND FURTHER EXACERBATED.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT LOOKING AT CODE.
I DEFINITELY WANNA BE A PART OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'RE DOWNSTREAM FROM ALL OF THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THESE NON-POROUS, UM, UH, SERVICES THAT ARE EXACERBATING THE ISSUE.
BUT, UH, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW, HOW WE'VE, UH, IDENTIFIED SOME OF THESE LARGER SCALE DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND COMMUNICATED THAT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, WE KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE TACKLED, UM, A COUPLE OF PHASE TWO PROJECTS IN DISTRICT ONE IN THIS LAST BOND, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A COUPLE MORE, UH, ALREADY TO IDENTIFY IS HOW, HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE TACKLING THAT? GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, UH, LARGE PROJECTS, UM, WE REALLY LOOK TOWARDS OUR MASTER PLANS.
UH, WE REALLY LOOK TO THE MASTER PLANS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND, AND, AND THE RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE USUALLY GET THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INVOLVED.
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TQS GUIDANCE AND, AND TRY AND FIND PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK AT, THINGS LIKE BENEFIT TO COST RATIOS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN COMPARING AND IDENTIFYING THESE PROJECTS.AND I THINK THAT OVERWHELMINGLY, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE BENEFIT IT PROVIDES TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TO OUR STRUCTURES, BUT IT IS THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY.
AND THAT'S HOW, THAT'S WHAT GOES BEFORE, UH, THE VOTERS AND, UH, IN, IN OUR BOND PROJECTS AND THOSE COMMITTEES, IS PRESENTING THOSE PROJECTS, PROVIDING THE, THE, THE BENEFITS OF IT AND SEEING HOW WE CAN GET FUNDING FOR IT.
UH, I THINK, UM, THAT'S SPOT ON.
I WILL JUST SIMPLY ADD THAT, UH, SOME OF THE, THE CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING IN THE COMMUNITY IS ALSO KIND OF SOME, IN SOME CASES JUST, UH, MAINTENANCE OF, OF SOME OF THE, THE EXISTING PROJECTS OR EXISTING DRAINAGE SYSTEMS WITH REGARDS TO OVERGROWN, UH, VEGETATION AND, AND, AND IT SORT OF BACKING UP AND NOT BEING MONITORED.
AND OF COURSE, WE CREATE THESE, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, BUT MAYBE, UH, DON'T HAVE SOME KIND OF A MAINTENANCE PLAN, UH, MOVING AHEAD.
DO YOU, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WE, WE CERTAINLY DO.
COUNCILMAN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO THERE.
AND IF YOU SEE THE ROAD OR IF YOU SEE A CHANNEL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY CLICK ON IT AND FIND OUT, IS THIS OWNED BY THE CITY? AND IF IT IS, HOW OFTEN ARE WE GOING OUT THERE TO MOW IT, TO MAINTAIN IT? UH, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ONLINE.
AND CERTAINLY WE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP.
WELL, AND ANY OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR SURE.
AND KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S SOME, WE CAN GET IT OVER TO YOUR, TO, TO EVERYBODY'S, UH, UH, STAFF.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, CHIEF, UH, MCMANUS, UH, CHIEF HOOD, UH, THE BOTH OF YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND ALL YOU DO.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COMES TO MIND IN THIS BRIEFING IS THE TORNADO THAT WE RECENTLY HAD, AND THERE WAS, UM, A LOT OF GREAT WORK BEING DONE BY BOTH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REGARDING THAT EFFORT.
UH, IN THE CASE OF, OF C P S, THEY REALLY, UH, NEEDED, UH, SOME, UH, HELP WITH, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY AND CLEARING OF, OF THE ROADS BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WAS PASSING THROUGH THERE.
AND SO, UM, TELL US, DID WE, WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THIS TORNADO EVENT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, MOVING FORWARD? I THINK THE BIGGEST LESSON IS IT'S, IT IS A, IT'S A JOINT EFFORT.
UM, IT TAKES A JOINT EFFORT TO, UM, UH, GET BEYOND IT.
UH, I KNOW THAT CHARLES WAS OUT THERE, UH, UM, INSPECTING THE DAMAGE AND ASSESSING THE DAMAGE.
AND, UH, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WAS OUT THERE FROM START TO FINISH.
UM, AND IT WAS ALL COORDINATED, UH, WITHOUT COORDINATION, UH, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD'VE BEEN AS SUCC AS SUCCESSFUL.
AND TO THAT POINT, I MEAN, I, I, I THINK, UH, CREDIT GOES TO, UM, CHIEF, UH, TINO AT THE TIME, UH, WAS MANAGING THE, UH, EMERGENCY, UM, OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, WHO REALLY VISITED QUITE A BIT.
AND I, I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPOT ON WHEN, UH, TALKING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD GOOD LINES OF COMMUNICATION, C P S SAW US AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO HELP OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO CERTAINLY SET A, A GREAT EXAMPLE WITH THE RESOURCES WE DO HAVE.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE ABSOLUTELY IN THE CITY THAT WERE INVOLVED IN, THAT IT WASN'T JUST, UH, POLICE AND FIRE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN THAT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL ON THAT.
AND, AND CERTAINLY I, I, I DID SEE, UH, CHIEF HOOD, WE, WE SAW AN ENTIRE ROOF UP ON A, ON A, ON A TREE LIMB, UH, WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE.
UM, SO I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE TAKE THE, SOME OF THESE LESSONS.
YOU KNOW, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE A TORNADO HIT IN, IN THE CENTER CITY IS, IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL.
UH, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE, THESE EVENTS, AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE BEING EXACERBATED, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER SEEN AS A THOUSAND YEAR EVENT AS, AS POTENTIALLY, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OFTEN.
UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO PREDICT ANYTHING, BUT I, I, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
AND LASTLY, I I, ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID LEARN FROM, FROM THAT TORNADO EVENT IS THAT A LOT OF DISASTER VICTIMS, UH, DO HAVE LITTLE TO NO INSURANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT, ABOUT INSURANCE AND HELP PROVIDE, UH, UH, WAYS TO, TO, TO BETTER, UH, ADDRESS THAT.
I, I SEE, UH, I'M, I'M SURE MANNY PALAS WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MENTION THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT IS THERE, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO? I DON'T KNOW WHO WE CAN TALK TO OR WE CAN ANSWER THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT ABOUT OF, OF, UH, SOME OF THE RECOVERY.
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THE TORNADO, THERE WAS A, A LARGE, UH, LARGE NUMBER OF THOSE RESIDENTS DID HAVE INSURANCE, ONLY A FEW DID NOT.AND THAT WAS VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR THEM.
BUT WE KNOW IN GENERAL, IF IT HITS IN A CERTAIN AREA, UH, DO WE UNDERSTAND THAT GEOGRAPHICALLY THERE MIGHT BE THAT KIND OF ISSUE TO TACKLE? COUNCILMAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO, WANTED TO ADD TO, TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, INSURANCE IS AN INTERESTING THING BECAUSE IT'S A CHALLENGE TO, TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND ENCOURAGE.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO FLOOD, UH, INSURANCE, UH, IT'S NOT A PART OF YOUR NORMAL, UH, HOME INSURANCE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET THAT.
AND THAT'S SEPARATE OUT OF ALL THE STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
AND WE'VE, WE'VE ESTIMATED ROUGHLY ABOUT 11,000 STRUCTURES IN THE, IN, IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
ONLY A THIRD OF THOSE HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE.
SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO IN GETTING THE WORD OUT AND COMMUNICATING.
UH, PART OF THE CHALLENGE IS THAT IF YOU OWN YOUR, YOUR HOME OUTRIGHT, THERE'S NOBODY THAT'S GONNA FORCE YOU TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE.
YOU ONLY GET FORCED UPON FOR FLOOD INSURANCE IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE.
SO, AND USUALLY IT'S A MORTGAGE COMPANY THAT'S GONNA ENFORCE IT ON YOU.
NOT THE CITY, NOT THE STATE, NOT FEMA.
IT'S GONNA BE THAT MORTGAGE COMPANY.
SO, UH, WE STILL HAVE, UH, WORK TO DO TO ENCOURAGE, UH, COMMUNITIES TO, TO SEEK FOR IT.
IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF A FLOODPLAIN, OUTSIDE OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, INSURANCE COULD BE AS CHEAP AS ABOUT 200, $300 A YEAR, UH, FOR FLOOD INSURANCE.
AND CERTAINLY THAT, THAT, THAT'S A, A TOUGH PRICE FOR SOME, SOME FOLKS.
BUT, UH, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON TO GET THE WORD OUT.
I THINK, UH, I, I AGREE AND, UH, HOPE WE CAN, UH, REVIEW THAT AS, AS SOME KIND OF A COMMUNICATIONS PACKAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EDUCATE PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING.
I THINK, UM, TODAY IS VERY, UM, UH, IT, IT, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AS MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND ALL THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS THAT WE CAN, UM, CELEBRATE CERTAIN THINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE REALITY OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PREPARE AND THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE BECAUSE WE ARE A GROWING AND VIBRANT CITY, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PREPAREDNESS HERE.
AND KNOWING THAT EVEN HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK LIKE WE SAW IN LAS VEGAS AND IN NEW YORK CITY.
UM, SO I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT WE ARE PREPARED AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, UM, AND THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TOO FOR YEARS NOW.
UM, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, I'M GONNA GO FIRST WITH THE, UH, THE FLOODING, UM, ITEMS. SO NEFI, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, I THINK WE ARE SEEING A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS AND 500 YEAR FLOODS A LOT MORE OFTEN THAN 105 HUNDRED YEARS.
UM, BUT I, AND I DO HAVE TO SAY I LOVED YOUR PRESENTATION SEEING ALL OF THESE.
I MEAN, I, I HAD GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPH NEW PLANNING, SO THIS WAS JUST WONDERFUL FOR ME.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO SLIDE 22 AND TALK TO ME A, AGAIN, EXPLAIN THIS, THE FLOOD MODELING.
NOW WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE WITH THE S FLOOD MODELING IS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED HAD THE HURRICANE HARVEY HOUSTON RAIN WOULD'VE BEEN SETTLED IN SAN ANTONIO.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, COUNCILMAN.
WHAT WE TOOK IS WE TOOK THE PATTERN AND THE WAY THE HURRICANE HAPPENED IN HARRIS COUNTY MM-HMM.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, YOU SHOWED US NEAR THE ALMOST DAM AND THE, THE FLOODING, THE, UH, LOOP THAT YOU SHOWED NOW IN THE AREA OF LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHEAST AND THE HIGH PINK AREAS THERE, THAT IS AROUND, UM, WHAT IS, WHAT IS, UM, IS THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT SETTLED IN THAT AREA IN HARRIS COUNTY? IS THAT WHY IT'S THE SAME KIND OF LOCATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE? IT CERTAINLY IS.
THE, THE, THE GRAPHIC THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COLORS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, A PRODUCT OF THE, WHAT'S CALLED THE NEXT RAD DATA OR NEXT GENERATION RADAR.
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE, THOSE SQUARES AND THOSE, UH, HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAINFALL.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND THE STORM ITSELF HAD A CIRCULAR MOTION, SO IT, IT OCCURRED IN WAVES MM-HMM.
BUT IF, IF, IF WE WERE ABLE TO RUN THE LOOP AND SEE IT, YOU COULD SEE HOW THE STORM WOULD, WAS ACTUALLY MOVING.
AND IN SLIDE NUMBER 27, UM, UNDER THE FLOOD RESILIENCY, IT
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TALKS ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE ONES THAT REALLY, UM, STANDS OUT FOR ME IS THE, UH, RETIREMENT CENTERS AND HOW THEY'RE 94 OUT, BUT THERE ARE STILL 14 IN, IN THE RETIREMENT CENTERS.HAVE WE MADE THOSE, HAVE WE MADE THE CHANGES, I GUESS, IN THE CODE OR IN OTHER SITUATIONS, OR DO WE NEED TO, WHEN IT COMES TO RETIREMENT CENTERS IN AND AROUND FLOODPLAINS OR THE FLOOD RESILIENCY? BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL DID SEE THAT ICONIC PHOTOGRAPH OUT OF HOUSTON, OF PEOPLE JUST SITTING AND WAITING IN WATER.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT HERE.
SO, UM, HAVE WE LOOKED AT THAT MAYBE IN THESE CLINICS OR RETIREMENT CENTERS THAT WE'VE CAN IDENTIFY THEM IN THE CODE OR IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN? LET ME, LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, BECAUSE SURE.
THE NUMBERS ARE REAL INTERESTING.
BECAUSE WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT WE TOOK THE PARCEL WHERE THAT RETIREMENT CENTER IS, AND WE SAID, IS THIS PARCEL IMPACTED BY THE A HUNDRED YEAR? SO WE DIDN'T SAY, IS THERE WATER IN THE STRUCTURE? OKAY.
THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT I SEE WE NEED TO REFINE.
AND SIMPLY JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THOSE 14 STRUCTURES, IT MIGHT BE THAT HALF OF THOSE WATER DOESN'T GET INTO THE BUILDING, BUT THOSE ARE CRITICAL STRUCTURES THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND WORK THAT.
AND CERTAINLY WORKING WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GROUP TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY, ANY OF THESE STRUCTURES ARE ACTUALLY KEPT OUT OF THE A HUNDRED YEAR.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALSO.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS JUST THE CITY AND THAT THE COUNTY DOESN'T NECESSARILY, UM, IMPOSE THIS NECESSARILY.
IS THERE COORDINATION OR IS THERE TALKS ABOUT COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY ON OR OTHER, UH, CITIES LIKE, UM, LEON VALLEY UNI, UH, THE OTHER PLACES? WHAT ARE ALAMO HEIGHTS, THOSE, THOSE AREAS? UH, COUNCILMAN, WE CERTAINLY WORK WITH BEXAR COUNTY VERY WELL, AND THEY, AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THE E T J MM-HMM.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE, WE COORDINATE WITH THEM WELL.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
SOMETIMES IN THE UNINCORPORATED ERA, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
WE DO COORDINATE VERY WELL WITH SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES.
'CAUSE AS I MENTIONED TO YOU, SOME OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES DO ALLOW FLOODING IN THE FLOOD FRINGE.
SO WE, WE, WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE TO SEE IF THERE'S WAYS THAT THERE'S PROJECTS OR MAYBE EVEN A BUYOUT PROGRAM OR SOMETHING THAT COULD GET SOME OF THOSE STRUCTURES OUT.
SO WE HAVE TO WORK AND COORDINATE TOGETHER MM-HMM.
'CAUSE EVEN IN, UH, THE MEMORIAL DAY FLOODINGS OF MAY, 2013 TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND I KNOW ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAD LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS, UM, THE COUNTY HAD TO TAKE THOSE AND BUY THOSE HOMES, UM, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE FLOODPLAIN, OR THEY WERE, UM, CONTINUING TO BE, TO BE FLOODED.
AND SO THAT'S JUST THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT AND, AND LOOK AT AS WE MOVE DOWN.
SO I'M VERY, VERY INTERESTED IN, IN THIS AND THIS PART, IN THIS PLANNING.
AND I KNOW WE ALWAYS KEEP AN EYE ON IT.
SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE WORK, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY DOES ALWAYS ON TOP OF THINGS AND READY AND WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT EVERYONE IN AROUND THE AREA, BUT ALSO, WHATEVER WASHES INTO OUR RIVER, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THAT'S CORRECT.
ALSO TAKEN CARE OF OUR, OUR RIVER IS YES, MA'AM.
I REALLY DID ENJOY YOUR PRESENTATION.
UH, NEXT I DO WANT TO HAVE A, A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CHIEF OR PATRICK, WE MENTIONED, UM, THE, UH, PREPAREDNESS AND, AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND MAYBE I DIDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS INFORMATION, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE AREAS, WHEN IT COMES TO TERRORIST ATTACK OR, OR, UM, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR WATER SUPPLY, UH, SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEMS AND C P S ENERGY.
AND, UH, IF THOSE AREA, WHAT KIND OF, MAYBE WE CAN'T SHARE IT ALL HERE, BUT THE PRECAUTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND THE COORDINATION THAT WE DO TAKE WITH, UM, SAWS AND WITH C P S TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL IN COORDINATION TO BE AN ALERT AND, OR ARE WE DOING THAT, OR WE HAVE TO BE DOING THAT? WELL, I, I'LL TAKE THE FIRST PART THERE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SAWS AND C P S FACILITIES THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
SO SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD RESPOND TO ANY OF THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
SO THEY ARE GETTING OUR PROTECTION AS FAR AS THE SECURITY PIECE.
I'LL LET CHIEF MCMANUS OR PAT ANSWER THAT.
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ESPECIALLY SPEAK ABOUT C P S.UM, SO, SO THOSE ARE TAKEN CARE OF BY THOSE TWO PARTICULAR AGENCIES.
UH, ANY RESPONSE THAT'S NEEDED? I MEAN, WE, THERE ARE INCIDENTS THAT WHERE WE'VE RESPONDED TO, UM, THE POWER PLANT, UH, NOT CAL'S THE OTHER ONE, UH, BRO.
SO THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE'VE RESPONDED DOWN THERE FOR, UH, PROBLEMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PROBLEMS, BUT, UH, THEY TAKE CARE OF THE PRIMARY SECURITY, AND WE'RE, WE'RE CALLED.
AND IF WE'RE CALLED, UH, WE RESPOND, BUT ARE THESE OVERSEEN? OR IF IS SOME, IF SOMETHING IS SUSPICIOUS, IS THAT GO THROUGH OUR FUSION CENTER OR E O C OR THAT WOULD TYPICALLY COME IN THROUGH A 9 1 1 CALL.
AND THEN NEXT I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE, UM, THE COORDINATION, OR ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT, IT'S THE, I WANNA ALSO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THE WORK DURING HURRICANE HARVEY.
AND I JUST MENTIONED THIS TO THE MAYOR REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, THE COMMAND AND LEADERSHIP AND THE MESSAGING AND STAYING ON MESSAGE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT COULD HAVE QUICKLY GOTTEN OUT OF HAND, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO DO THESE MINI SHELTERS OR MINI DROP OFF AREAS AND THAT, OR COME TO THE SHELTERS AND DROP EVERYTHING OFF THERE, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN LOGISTICALLY VERY, VERY DIFFERENT.
SO I WANNA, UH, THANK THE MAYOR FOR HIS WORK AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR STAYING ON MESSAGE AND LETTING US KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBERS STAY ON MESSAGE.
UM, HOW WELL DO WE COORDINATE WITH OUR STATE GOVERNMENT IN GIVING OUT THE COORDINATION OF THOSE MESSAGES? OR HOW CAN, AS AN AFTER ACTION REPORT BETTER COORDINATE WITH OUR, UM, STATE LEADERSHIP THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT COORDINATED MESSAGING WITH OUR, OUR STATE LEADERS? WE, WE WORK CONTINUALLY WITH THE STATE OPERATION CENTER, THE SOC.
SO EVERY DAY DURING THE HURRICANE, WE HAVE CONTINUAL BRIEFINGS IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON, LATE IN THE EVENING.
SO WE, OUR PIOS ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEIRS, AND WE DO HAVE A SHARED MESSAGE THROUGHOUT.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE, YOU SAY YOU MEET WITH THE PIOS FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NA THE CORPORATIONS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS VERY, VERY, UM, UH, OBVIOUS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD TELL 'CAUSE EVERYONE WAS ON THE SAME MESSAGE.
I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR ELECTED LEADERS HERE ON THE SAME, UH, IN THE STATE LEVEL TOO, ON THE SAME MESSAGING FOR COORDINATION.
SO DEFINITELY CONNECTING THE DOTS WITH OUR, UM, STATE, OUR BEXAR COUNTY AND OUR OTHER STATE PIOS ON THE SAME MESSAGING TOO.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, PLANNING AND, AND CHIEF, UH, MCMANUS, YOU MENTIONED IT ABOUT THE, THE ATTACK THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND WE DO, YOU KNOW, FIRST THING THAT I THOUGHT OF WHEN I SAW IT WAS I THOUGHT OF WE JUST CELEBRATED SEGOVIA AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE THE PROTECTION THAT WE NEED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I, I KNOW WE JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WHENEVER THINGS HAPPEN AND YOU HAVE THE BARRICADES UP AND DO WHAT YOU CAN.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNING, AND I KNOW CHERYL, YOU MENTIONED IT TOO, AND I KNOW WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, WITH THE FINAL FOUR.
BUT EVEN THE PLANNING, I KNOW YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE AGAIN.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRE-PLANNING AND THE MITIGATION OR THE PLANNING THAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN IT COMES TO SEX TRAFFICKING HERE, NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING THE FINAL FOUR COME HERE, THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, BUT ALSO, UM, HAVE HELD THE FINAL FOUR BEFORE, BUT ALSO LEARN FROM HOUSTON OF WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SUPER BOWL AND WHAT TO DO OR WHAT NOT TO DO, AND THE RESOURCES AND WHERE TO PUT THE RESOURCES AND NOT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO MAYBE I CAN GET A BRIEFING FROM YOU ALL AS WELL.
UH, 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL WANNA STAY ON TOP OF AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN GET THE WORD OUT WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
AND MAY I ALSO SUGGEST OUR INTERFAITH COMMUNITY, UM, COALITION THAT WE HAVE, GET THEM CONNECTED TO, TO BE EYES AND EARS AND TO SEE SOMETHING, TO SAY SOMETHING, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRE-PLANNING FOR THE SEX TRAFFICKING, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING, IN FRONT OF THE FINAL FOUR.
SO THOSE ARE MY, UM, MY COMMENTS.
COUNCILWOMAN VARON AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ.
UH, AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATIONS.
UM, I, I THINK I'LL START WITH AN EASY ONE.
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CHIEF, UM, HOOD, YOU SAID THAT THE GROUP FROM FLORIDA CAME HERE FOR BALLISTICS TRAINING.WHAT IS BALLISTICS? EXCUSE ME.
COULD WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE? BALLISTICS IS BULLETPROOF.
THE ITEM WE SPENT ABOUT $355,000 OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO EQUIP OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
IT'S PROBABLY SECOND TO THE END, THIRD TO THE END.
UM, WE'LL PUT THAT PICTURE BACK UP THERE FOR YOU.
SO THAT'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE ON 22 LADDER COMPANIES.
ALL OUR HEAVY RESCUE TEAMS, SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNITS.
SO WE CAN GO INTO A HOT ZONE UNDER POLICE PROTECTION TO REMOVE PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED.
AND THAT'S A SPECIFIC, SO WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BALLISTICS TRAINING, IT'S TRAINING TO USE THE GEAR, YOU HAVE TO BE FITTED, UH, SPECIFICALLY FITTED.
YOU HAVE TO BE TRAINED TO PUT IT ON.
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING.
'CAUSE ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL WITH BALLISTICS.
AND SO WHEN WE WERE DOING THE METRO CHIEFS, WE HAD SEVERAL CHIEFS GO OUT AND LOOK AT OUR TRAINING.
AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE CHIEF FROM ORLANDO.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING MM-HMM.
'CAUSE I, I, UM, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION AND, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT ADDRESSED HERE AT ALL IN ANY OF THEM.
I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN HIT ON IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND WITH A BACKGROUND IN, UM, IN THE MILITARY AND NOW IN CYBERSECURITY, A LOT OF OUR DINNER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ARE ABOUT CYBER THREATS.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT ADDRESSED AT ALL IN YOUR RISK FOR THREATS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IT, BUT, UM, COULD WE TALK ABOUT THAT PERHAPS IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION? WE WOULD LIKE, I'D RECOMMEND THAT TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WELL THEN WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
BUT I WILL SAY A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE DO, DID DO A CYBER EXERCISE WITH ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
SO WE ARE AWARE AND WE DO PLAN FOR THAT.
WELL, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, ALSO A NEFI, I THOUGHT, I, I ALSO THOUGHT YOUR PRESENTATION WAS VERY, UM, INSIGHTFUL.
UH, BUT I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE ACHE CREEKS.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SUZANNE IS HERE, I THINK IF SHE'S STILL HERE.
SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE WERE DESIGNED IN THE 1970S RIGHT? WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BECAUSE OF SOME MAJOR FLOODING THAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE AREA THAT CAUSED, UM, SOME FATALITIES.
BUT WE KNOW THAT, UM, WHAT THEY DESIGNED IS FOR HEAVY FLOODING AND NOT NECESSARILY A NICE ENVIRONMENT ON A REGULAR, UM, FOR A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT.
SO, UH, AND IT'S JUST A LOT OF CONCRETE AND IT'S, UM, VERY UNATTRACTIVE AND VERY, UH, APPEALING FOR GRAFFITI AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
SO WHAT SORT OF BALANCE COULD WE COME UP WITH? WHERE WE'RE, I THINK WE DON'T DESIGN 'EM LIKE THAT ANYMORE, UH, YET WE CAN'T HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL SYSTEM LIKE THEY HAVE, UH, AROUND SOME OF THE OTHER CREEK WAYS BECAUSE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY BUILT.
SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF I'M, I'M NOT ANSWER ASKING A REAL CLEAR QUESTION, BUT IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD DO THAT'S LESS HARSH TO THE ENVIRONMENT, COUNCILMAN? ABSOLUTELY.
YOU KNOW, I, AND I HATE TO BE DATING MYSELF, BUT, UH, WHEN I STARTED MY CAREER, WE, WE DID THAT.
WE CONSTRUCTED CHANNELS FOR THE SAKE OF FLOOD CONTROL, AND THAT WAS THE MISSION.
LET'S, LET'S BUILD CHANNELS TO GET THE WATER OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
AND NEVER DID WE WORK WITH, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS, BIOLOGY DID, DID WE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE PUTTING THIS WATER IN? AND I'VE SEEN IT IN MY CAREER DEVELOP WHERE NOW WE ARE COORDINATING VERY WELL WITH THAT TO THE POINT THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A WHOLE SCIENCE CALLED FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY THAT LOOKS AT, YEAH, IT LOOKS AT, UH, UH, CHANNEL HYDRAULICS AND IS ALSO LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT OF THAT.
ONE GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT REALLY IS THE, THE, THE MISSION REACH AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO THERE.
UH, THE RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, WE'VE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED SOME OTHER STREAM RESTORATION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THAT REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND.
BUT THERE'S AN ABILITY TO DO A BALANCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF CHANNEL EXCAVATION THAT WE DO, AND WHILE STILL BRINGING IN
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VEGETATION TRAIL SYSTEMS AND DOING A MULTI-USE, UH, STRUCTURE, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT THIS, THIS TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE THAT WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT LOOKS AT MULTIPLE USES WHILE UNDERSTANDING THE GOAL OF FLOOD CONTROL.WE ARE MOVING TO THAT DIRECTION AND WE HOPE THAT THE ALSAN AND THE MARTINEZ AND THE APACHE CREEK, THAT WE CAN BEGIN DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
ALTHOUGH WE ARE LIMITED WITH THE AMOUNT OF RIDE OF OR, OR THE AMOUNT OF, OF LAND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THERE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THAT.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE GET THERE OR SHOULD THERE BE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO REDO SOME OF THOSE? UM, WE HAVE TO REALLY EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL BE VERY NERVOUS, UH, WHEN WE, IF WE UNDO THOSE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS.
UH, IF IT MEANS THAT THEIR AREA COULD FLOOD MORE, MIGHT FLOOD MORE.
AND SINCE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY SERIOUS RAIN, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AND THEY HAVE FLOWED PRETTY NICELY THROUGH THERE, THERE, THERE'S, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN AT RISK OF OVERFLOWING THAT, AT LEAST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, I WILL, I WILL TELL YOU COUNCILMAN, THAT I THINK THAT THE, THE INITIATIVES THAT PARKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING, AND I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD ONE, AS THEY'RE INSTALLING TRAILS INTO OUR SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE LEON.
AND SO, AND EVEN THROUGH THE, THROUGH THIS SECTION, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE IT, IT USED TO BE THAT, THAT THESE CREEKS WERE KIND OF THE BACK DOOR AND NOBODY REALLY CARED ABOUT THEM.
BUT NOW YOU PUT IN A TRAIL AND YOU BRING PEOPLE, AND THE COMMUNITY STARTS GETTING ENGAGED INTO THAT, AND THEY START LOOKING AT THAT AND, AND INTERESTED THROUGH THINGS LIKE, UH, BA BASH AND SOME OF THESE OTHER INITIATIVES.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME VERY GOOD RESPONSE, AND HOPEFULLY THE TRAIL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THERE AND REALLY MAKE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IN FACT, MY NEXT QUESTION REGARDING URA, UM, IN THE BIG, IN THE BIG FLOODS OF, UM, OF THE MEMORIAL DAY THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I HAD A BUILDING THAT FLOODED, AND THE, MY NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, EVERY, ALL OF US WHO GOT FLOODED IN THAT AREA, LIKE MY GREATEST CONCERN WAS, UM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THAT SOMEBODY WOULD DROWN, BUT THAT IT WAS SO CONTAMINATED.
I MEAN, THE WATER, EVERYTHING LOOKED, UM, SO FILTHY DIRTY.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS PREGNANT AT THAT TIME, NO SURPRISE.
UH, BUT I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, EXPOSURE, UH, TO THE WATER, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, WHAT LOOKED TO BE LIKE REALLY FILTHY.
WHERE DOES THAT FIT INTO OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS? IS THAT WITH SAWS THAT NEEDS TO COME BRIEF US, OR IT'S CERTAINLY GONNA BE A MULTI, UH, MULTI PHASED APPROACH.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS, OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, TO TALK ABOUT TRASH AND TALK ABOUT, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TRASH HAVING OPERATING THE SAN ANTONIO TUNNEL.
WE, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED ON THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE THAT WE RECEIVE DURING A FLOOD EVENT AT THE TUNNELS.
IT'S INCREDIBLE TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE A SEMI-TRUCK PARK THERE DURING A FLOOD EVENT, AND WE HAVE BOBCATS, UH, EQUIPMENT, HEAVY EQUIPMENT JUST SIMPLY TO PICK UP THE TRASH AND PUT IT IN.
AND IT'S AN OPERATIONAL THING BECAUSE WE'VE RECEIVED SO MUCH TRASH, AND IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE THAT DURING A FLOOD EVENT, EVERYTHING COLLAPSES.
UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR, OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD WORK TO COLLECT THE TRASH IN AT INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS SO THAT WE COULD THEN COME BACK WORKING WITH SOLID WASTE TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND DO SOME, SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
SOLID WASTE IS SHARING SOME STUDIES THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM AND SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT BETTER SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME OF THIS TRASH, NOT ONLY AT THE DAM, AT THE TUNNELS, AT OTHER OUTLETS OUT OUTLET, UH, UH, TUNNEL OUTLETS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THEM AND BE ABLE TO, TO PICK THEM UP TO TRY AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRASH GOING INTO OUR RIVER SYSTEMS. OKAY, GOOD.
THOSE ARE VERY, UM, GOOD ANSWERS.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD, UM, FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SORRY, JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION HERE.
UH, WITH, FOR CHIEF MCMANUS, UM, AND, UH, OR, OR MAYBE CHIEF MCMANUS AND CHIEF HOOD.
SO YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE, UH, ABOUT GOING OUT TO THE, SOME OF THE LARGER EMPLOYERS FOR WHAT TO DO IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTING.
UM, BUT REALLY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WORK IN SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO COULD WE WORK WITH SOME OF THE CHAMBERS TO, UH, HAVE, UH, SOME TRAINING FOR ACTIVE SHOOTERS IN SMALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS? BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES, UH, IN THAT, FOR EXAMPLE,
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A RESTAURANT GETS HELD UP OR A, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, A SMALL BUSINESS DOES.AND, UH, WHILE IT'S NOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A BURGLARY, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT IF SOMEBODY PUTS A GUN TO YOUR HEAD, THEY INTEND TO USE IT.
AND SO, UH, ARE THERE OTHER OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR BUSINESSES IN REGARDS TO THAT? WE DO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING, UH, AND ANYTIME, UH, UH, WE'RE ASKED IN A, IN A, WHETHER IT'S A CHAMBER MEETING OR WE'RE, IF WE'RE IN ATTENDANCE OR A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS OFFERED UP.
UH, SAFE OFFICERS WILL, WILL PUT THAT OUT THERE, BUT YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE IT TO ANY GROUP THAT ASKS FOR IT.
SO IT'S, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD DO QUARTERLY OR COUPLE TIMES? NO, WE DO IT ANYTIME.
PAT WOULD, UH, LIKE ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, FIRST OFF, UH, GREAT OPERATION DOWN AT THE E O C WHEN IT WAS, UH, HAPPENING HERE FOR THE, UH, EXPECTED HURRICANE.
IT NEVER REALLY SHOWED UP HERE, ALTHOUGH WE DID HAVE SOME ISSUES DURING THAT TIME AS WELL.
BUT, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGNING FOR, UM, DEAF FOLKS THAT, UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED DURING THAT TIME.
HAVE Y'ALL, IS THAT KIND OF A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE NOW THAT, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ANY TIME THAT WE ACTIVATE THE E O C FOR, UM, THAT TYPE OF OPERATION? WE DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WE CAN FOR, FOR TO SUPPLY, UM, A L A S L, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
UM, AND I THINK WITH THE, ALSO WITH THIS WIRELESS STUFF, UH, EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS TOO WORK WELL WITH THAT.
SO IT GOES OUT IN ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT FORMATS.
SO I THINK IT DOES A GOOD, GOOD JOB.
AND, AND YOU SAW AT THE VERY FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE, I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE HAD, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT INDIVIDUAL THERE, BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY AT ALL THOSE PRESS CONFERENCES RIGHT.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
SO PART OF THAT AFTER ACTION WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE, THAT THESE GUYS DID WAS MAKING SURE THAT FROM A COMMU PUBLIC COMMUNICATION STANDPOINT, WE'VE ENCOMPASSING ALL THAT AND, UM, AND THEN KNOCK ON WOOD FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCY, THEN WE'LL HAVE THE SIGN LANGUAGE.
UM, SPEAKING OF THAT EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS ALREADY ABOUT CORRECT.
HOW TO USE THAT AND IF WE'RE AUTHORIZED, THAT KIND OF THING.
WHAT, WHAT SYSTEM IS THAT GOING THROUGH? IS THAT GOING THROUGH A, A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE? UH, IT'LL BE OUR, OUR SYSTEM.
IT'S OUR, IT'S OUR OWN SYSTEM.
IT'S THROUGH, UH, BARE MET HAS THE SYSTEM, IT GOES, IT'S AN IPAS, IT GOES THROUGH AN EVERBRIDGE SYSTEM, BUT WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE JUST HAD A HAZARDOUS SPILL THERE ON, UH, WACH PARKWAY AND THOUSAND OAKS.
THE ACID, YEAH, THE ACID THING.
DID WE USE THAT SYSTEM AT ALL, OR SHOULD WE HAVE, UH, TO ALERT THE LOCAL FOLKS AROUND THAT AREA OR THAT THERE'S, I THINK THAT WAS A, A, A TRAFFIC ISSUE WITH PD, WHICH THEY, THEY SET UP THE CLOSED THE PARKWAY.
UH, IT WAS A SPILL THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE, THE CONTAINER ON TOP WASN'T LOCKED CORRECTLY, SO IT WAS ACTUALLY WHEN THEY STOPPED THE VEHICLE, IT SLOSHED AND SPILLED OVER A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF OFFGASSING THAT NEEDED TO HAVE EVACUATION.
UM, BUT, BUT LET ME, LET ME JUST ADD THAT, THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW US, RIGHT NOW, THE 9 1 1 CENTER POLICE AND FIRE CAN, UM, IT'S CALLED REVERSE 9 1 1.
SO THEY CAN DRAW AN AREA, BUT YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE A LANDLINE.
AND THE BEAUTY OF THIS WIRELESS SYSTEM, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S A NOTIFICATION MUCH LIKE THE AMBER ALERTS THAT WE GET, RIGHT.
OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
UM, AND SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT AT DISPATCH.
SO IF THERE'S A TRAIN DERAILMENT, UM, ALONG THERE ALONG THE AIRPORT AND THERE'S A CLOUD OF WHATEVER BLOWN UP, THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRST RESPONDERS WILL BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE MESSAGES BACK THROUGH OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND EITHER GEOCODE AN AREA OR THE ENTIRE CITY.
UM, AND, AND WHAT PAT DIDN'T ADD WAS THAT, UH, BEAR METRO NINE ONE FUNDED THE SYSTEM AND THEY'RE ASKING US TO OPERATE IT.
WE WILL ACTUALLY OPERATE IT FOR THE THREE COUNTY AREA OUT OF OUR DISPATCH CENTER.
SO IF THERE'S AN ISSUE IN NEW BRAUNFELS, THEY'LL ALERT US AND, UH, WE'LL SEND THE NOTIFICATION OUT TO THOSE CELL TOWERS.
IN FACT, UH, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT, PROBABLY AT THE LAST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, UM, OF NOVEMBER, UH, WE'LL HAVE THE MEMOR MEMORANDUM OF, OF AGREEMENT WITH THE 9 1 1
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DISTRICT TO START KICKING OFF THAT, UH, THAT SYSTEM.SO IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING HERE SOON.
UH, EVERYBODY JUST WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING.
WE HAD TO GET FEMA CERTIFIED AND ALL OF OUR FOLKS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING HERE THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
BUT IN THE INTERIM, IF I COULD, BECAUSE I TALKED WITH ERIC AND MAYBE THE CHIEF WHEN THAT INCIDENT WAS HAPPENING, WE TALKED ABOUT DO WE NEED TO EVACUATE THE AREA OR NOTIFY PEOPLE IN THE AREA? THEY WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT THEY DO NOW, WHICH IS IN SOME CASES EVEN GO DOOR TO DOOR, THEY WOULD CONTACT.
WHAT ERIC WAS JUST DESCRIBING IS SOMETHING MORE SOPHISTICATED THAT WE CAN USE WITH TECHNOLOGY.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THAT SPECIFIC INCIDENT, THEY DID MANAGE AND EVALUATE WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE AND WE WOULD'VE DONE WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO SURE.
TO NOTIFY IF THAT HAD BEEN NECESSARY.
UM, ALSO, UM, WHILE DOWN AT THE E O C, THERE, THERE WAS TALK ABOUT THE STATE HAVING, YOU KNOW, DIFFICULTIES KEEPING, KEEPING UP WITH THE DISASTER.
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE EVEN HAD IN OUR, OUR E O C, OUR AS A STATE WORKING TO BEEF UP THEIR, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER TO, UH, WORK THAT SITUATION A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I NOT EVEN JOKINGLY WHEN I SAY IT'S A FLUID SITUATION, BUT WITH THAT FLOOD, IT, IT JUST CHANGED SO MUCH THAT THE STATE HAD A HARD TIME RESPONDING TO IT.
UM, THE DRAINAGE THAT CAME DOWNSTREAM WHERE THEY HAD RIVERS CRESTING BECAUSE OF FLOODING UPSTREAM AND IT CLOSED PARTS OF THE HIGHWAY.
SO THEY WERE CONTINUALLY JUST REACTING.
SEEMS LIKE TO WHATEVER HAPPENED WITH CRESTING RIVERS.
BUT ARE THEY GONNA BE RAMPING UP THEIR, UM, SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE? I, I WOULD THINK SO.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY, UM, MKI OR ANYBODY THAT WE CAN TALK TO, TO FIND OUT, HEY, WHAT ARE Y'ALL DOING TO, UH, IMPROVE YOUR OPERATION? OH, YES SIR.
WE, WE HOLD ANNUAL EXERCISES A FEW TIMES A YEAR WITH THE STATE OKAY.
SO WE WILL BE UPDATING THEIR SYSTEMS AS WELL AS OURS.
AND JUST A, JUST A SMALL ONE CHIEF.
THE, UH, MOBILE MOBILE OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, IT WAS OUT THERE AT THE, UH, ASSEMBLY AREA THERE.
UM, AND IT HAD A TARP OVER THE TOP OF IT.
'CAUSE WATER WAS, IT HAD WHAT A TARP.
UH, WHEN IT WAS RAINING WATER WAS JUST COMING ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRAILER ITSELF.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN THERE TO FIX IT OR REPLACE THAT UNIT? I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS LEAKING.
IT HAD A BIG BLUE, BLUE TARP OVER IT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS WATER COMING ON THE INSIDE OF IT.
SO I THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT NOW.
IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
YEAH, IT'S BEING FIXED RIGHT NOW.
IT DIDN'T LOOK TOO GOOD HAVING A TARP OVER THERE.
UM, WHAT IS THE CURRENT GRADE OF ALMOST DAM CURRENT? ALL ALL DAMS AND BRIDGES ARE GRADED.
UH, WHAT'S THE CURRENT GRADE ON ALMA DAM? I'D HAVE TO GET THAT TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STRUCTURES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, SO WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU AND YOUR STATE.
THE, THE T CQ UH, RATED THAT STRUCTURE.
I'D LIKE TO GET THAT, SEE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH AL.
I KNOW IT SCORED REALLY HIGH BECAUSE OF THE, THE ADDED CAPACITY THAT IT HAS.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN THE WATER WAS OVER 2 81 AND MM-HMM.
SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE CURRENT GRADE IS.
AND SPEAKING OF THE OVERALL COST IMPACT, DO YOU HAVE, HAVE, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, A DOLLAR FIGURE FOR IF WE UPGRADED ALL OF OUR STREETS HERE.
UH, WHAT, WHAT'S A DOLLAR FIGURE THAT THE CITY'S LOOK HAS IN BACKLOG JUST TO GET US UP TO THE A HUNDRED YEAR? UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, THAT'S A QUESTION CHERYL HAS ASKED ME MANY TIMES, AND WE DO HAVE A NUMBER FOR THAT, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT $1.3 BILLION.
IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALCULATING THIS UP.
UM, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN DISTRICT 10 ON DRAINAGE PROJECTS OVER THERE AND, UH, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE PROJECTS GETTING COMPLETED AS WELL.
UM, ONE LAST, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT'S, UH, WHICH CHIEF BUT THE, UH, EXERCISE OUT AT THE AIRPORT, UM, WHEN THAT ONE, WHEN THAT ONE HAPPENED, UH, GREAT EXERCISE OUT THERE.
UM, WHAT I SAW OF IT, IT WAS A, A GREAT RESPONSE AND A LOT OF COORDINATION, BUT I UNDERSTAND, UH, F A A IS SUPPOSED TO GRADE US.
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GOTTEN A GRADE ON THAT YET? UH, THE F A A WHAT, WHAT THE EXERCISE WAS IS CALLED A PART 1 39.AND I GUARANTEE IF WE WOULD'VE FAILED IT, YOU'D HAVE KNOWN BY NOW.
SO WHAT THEY DO THOUGH, IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL LOOK AT EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT RESPONDED, FIRE EQUIPMENT, THE MECHANICAL HISTORY OF IT, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS.
AND SO WE WILL GET A REPORT BACK, BUT IF YOU FAIL, UH, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR INDEX.
AND SO WE DIDN'T FAIL 'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE KNOWN THAT, UM, PROBABLY THAT SAME DAY.
BUT WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT WHEN IT COMES OUT.
BUT AGAIN, EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE IT WENT VERY WELL.
WELL, HATS OFF TO, TO YOU ON THAT.
UH, YEAH, UH, WHENEVER THE REPORT COMES OUT, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT WERE ALSO.
I JUST REALLY HAVE ONE QUESTION AND IT WAS, UH, I'M NOT SURE WHO NEEDS TO ANSWER IT, BUT I RECALL THAT WHEN WE FIRST HAD, UH, SOME NOTICES ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RAIN HAZARD THAT WE FACED, AND WE WERE OUT AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, UH, YOU AND, UH, AND NELSON WOLF COUNTY JUDGE WERE THERE TALKING, BUT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE OUT THERE TO TRANSLATE FOR THE, UH, UH, HARD OF HEARING.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANYONE OUT THERE DOING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE'VE, UH, TAKEN CARE OF MAKING ARRANGEMENTS BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO'VE COME AND TALKED ABOUT IT.
BUT, UH, ARE WE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO TRY AND COVER OUR CITIZENS WHO HAVE THAT HEARING PROBLEM? WE, WE ARE COUNCILMAN AND, UH, UH, JEFF COYLE.
AND, AND PAT AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH, UH, SOME FOLKS HERE WITHIN THE WEEK TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AS THE MANAGER MENTIONED, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE DIDN'T HAVE IT AT THE FIRST ONE, BUT WE INCLUDED GOING FORWARD.
PART OF WHAT, PART OF WHAT WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE, WITH THE FOLKS, AND IT'S THE SAME FOLKS THAT MET WITH YOU, UM, UH, IS, UH, AS, AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FEMA HAVE ALLOWED LOCALITIES TO SEND OUT THESE WIRELESS MESSAGES.
THERE'S A SECOND WAVE THAT'S COMING, UM, BY THE, THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
AND THAT WILL BE THE USE OF SYMBOLS FOR, UH, THE, UM, HEARING IMPAIRED OR THE DISABLED.
AND, AND SO THAT'S THE NEXT WAVE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON, UH, AND PLUGGED INTO WITH FEMA.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT CONSTITUENCY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE COMMUNICATE IN TIMES OF EMERGENCY, WHETHER IT'S A ACID SPILL ON THE HIGHWAY, OR A HURRICANE OR TORNADO, THAT WE'RE IMPACTING AND TOUCHING ON EVERYBODY.
UH, NEFI, CAN I, CAN I START WITH YOU REAL QUICK? UH, WHEN COUNCILMAN TREVINO ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT WE TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT INSURANCE, I, I WROTE IT DOWN, UH, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT INSURANCE AND GET THE WORD OUT.
AND SO I WANNA CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT INVITING PEOPLE OUT TO THE RIVER PARADE.
WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT TELLING PEOPLE TO GO TO TRICENTENNIAL EVENTS.
WE TELL 'EM TO GO GET THEIR RAIN BARREL CATCHMENT DEVICES.
WE TELL 'EM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A FATSO, YOU'LL BECOME A DIABETIC.
AND HERE'S SOME GREAT TIPS ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, UH, DO WHATEVER IT IS YOU GOTTA DO.
AND YOU CAN COME OUT TO THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER'S FIVE K RUN AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOW UP, WHICH BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND, UM, AND THEN FIVE MINUTES AGO, I GET AN EMAIL INFORMING ME AND THE REST OF SAN ANTONIO THAT WE'VE BEEN DESIGNATED A CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY BY UNESCO.
AND SO I'M, I MEAN, I'M, I'M BEING CUTE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I'M BEING CUTE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO RE REALLY, REALLY RETHINK THAT POSITION.
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS A LITTLE DEFEATIST WHEN WE SAY, WELL, IT'S HARD.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HIRED TO DO, WE'RE TO DO THE HARD THING.
RIGHT? AND SO TO THAT EXTENT, SINCE WE ARE GOOD AT GETTING THE WORD OUT, UM, I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU KNOW THE METRICS AND YOU, YOU, YOU DISAGREE WITH ME IF YOU'RE, IF YOU WANT TO, BUT DO YOU AGREE THAT THE METRICS FOR DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF A CATASTROPHE'S CON, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ON A COMMUNITY IS EITHER THE NUMBER OF DEAD PEOPLE OR, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE? CERTAINLY, YES, SIR.
SO APRIL OF 2016, THIS CITY, UH, I'M SORRY, THE STATE OF TEXAS GETS HIT WITH BIBLICAL LEVEL HAILSTORMS THAT DO DAMAGE TO THE TUNE OF $5.5 BILLION.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SUSTAINS $2.2 BILLION OF PROPERTY DAMAGE.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT OUR RESPONSE WAS TO A CATASTROPHE.
AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW,
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OR WE DIDN'T FIGURE IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL FOLKS.BUT WE COULD HAVE, RIGHT, UH, SAID TO OUR COMMUNITY, UM, HEY, IT'S, IF YOU GOT INSURANCE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS WHERE YOU MAY WANT TO CALL AND GET A FREE INSURANCE ADJUSTMENT FROM YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE IT'S THEIR STATUTORY DUTY TO PERFORM THAT ADJUSTMENT.
WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
AND WE COULD HAVE ALSO SAID, HEY, BAD IDEA IF YOU'RE GONNA HIRE AN UNLICENSED, UNREGISTERED ROOFER, RIGHT? THAT COMES TO YOUR DOOR AND SELLS YOU REALLY SHADY SERVICES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENED A LOT BECAUSE A LOT OF LITTLE OLD LADIES IN THE LITTLE MEN OVER TOWN GOT RIPPED OFF.
AND WE COULD HAVE SAID, HEY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, FUTURE STORMS WILL HAPPEN AND YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT GETTING SOME INSURANCE GOING FORWARD.
OR WE COULD HAVE SAID, WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR INSURANCE, DON'T LET SOME OF THESE SHADY CROOKS SELL YOU SOMETHING CALLED AN A C V POLICY, BUT INSTEAD GET A REPLACEMENT VALUE POLICY, UM, FOR YOUR ROOF SO THAT YOU WILL BE COVERED.
AND SO WHAT, WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, IS THAT THERE IS A PLACE FOR US TO HELP OUR CITIZENS BE RESILIENT IN THIS INSURANCE, UM, UH, ON THE INSURANCE TOPIC.
AND I, I DO THINK THAT IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, AND TO FIGURE OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LEAST, GIVE THEM INFORMATION, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
I I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THE, THE NEW MAPS WERE UPDATED, THE DE FIRM MAPS, WE DID A HUGE OUTREACH EFFORT TO DO THAT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, CHIEF, I DON'T, UH, CHIEF MCMANUS, THANKS.
UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN, UM, I, I SWIM IN A DIFFERENT BOWL OF SOUP THAN JUST CITY COUNCIL ALL DAY LONG, RIGHT? AND SO I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH GENERAL'S, COUNSEL OF VERY LARGE COMPANIES, AND WITH HR DIRECTORS OF VERY LARGE COMPANIES WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE I JUST LISTED OFF, INCLUDING THE C D C, THE F B I, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH, OSHA, THEY ALL KNOW THAT WORKPLACE VIOLENCE, ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIOS AT, AT, AT EMPLOYMENT ARE, ARE HORRIBLE.
AND THAT IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR US TO TRAIN PEOPLE ON HOW TO RESPOND WHEN IT HAPPENS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THIS ON.
AND I, AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THAT.
AND I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW, THOUGH, THAT THOSE, ALL, ALL THOSE PEOPLE I JUST LISTED OFF, AND PARTICULARLY THE, THE C D C AND THE F B I AND THE N I H, THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'RE FORESEEABLE AND THAT THEY'RE PREVENTABLE, RIGHT? AND SO A LOT OF COMMUNITIES MAKE THE MISTAKE, AND A LOT OF LARGE EMPLOYERS MAKE THE MISTAKE OF TRAINING ONLY ON RESPONSE TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER, BUT NOT TRAINING TO AVOID IT FROM EVEN HAPPENING, RIGHT? AND SO, AND, AND THAT TRAINING EXISTS, IN FACT, THAT TRAINING EXISTS.
TOYOTA HANDLES IT, GIVES IT TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE 5,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THEIR CAMPUS, U SS A A GIVES IT TO THEIRS.
AND SO I KNOW THAT COSA ALSO GIVES IT, BECAUSE I TALKED TO OUR HR DIRECTOR.
AND SO I, I DO THINK THAT IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T END UP WITH DEAD PEOPLE OR SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE, THAT MAYBE THERE'S A VALUE IN US ALSO STUDYING WHETHER OR NOT AVOIDANCE IS, IS, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, LARGE EMPLOYERS AND FOR US AND FOR THE COUNTY AND WHOEVER, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HELP US EVEN HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS WE SAW ON THE VIDEO.
AND SO, CAN YOU AND I GET TOGETHER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, SOON TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE? AND I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THE MATERIALS I'VE GOT ON THE AVOIDANCE SIDE OF IT.
MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE DO DO TRAINING ON AVOIDANCE.
YOU DO, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC POLICY WE PUT IN PLACE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, SPECIFIC, FOR EXAMPLE, TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, IDENTIFYING UPFRONT PREVENTION RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYEES ON, UH, THE, THE SITUATION AND, UH, HAVING, UH, LIVED THROUGH AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION.
UH, IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT WHERE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE SHOT, ONE WAS KILLED, UM, ON A DV SITUATION, UM, I UNDERSTAND FIRSTHAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE FOR OUR OWN EMPLOYEES.
SO I JUST WANNA REASSURE YOU, WE DO, DO, UH, TRAINING ON PREVENTION AS WELL AS, UH, AFTER THE FACT.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND SO JUST A, A AGAIN, I, I, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT I, I CHECKED BEFORE I SPOKE UP ABOUT THE W P V POLICY THAT WE'VE GOT HERE, AND WE DO DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT CSA TO TRAIN OUR OWN EMPLOYEES ABOUT THAT.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO PARTNER UP WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYERS AROUND HERE TO TELL THEM THE INFORMATION THAT WE KNOW, RIGHT.
OUR BEST PRACTICES ON THE AVOIDANCE SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, CHIEF, IS THAT, OKAY.
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SO WITH THAT THEN, SINCE I MADE THAT LAST DISCLAIMER, LET ME TELL YOU THAT MR. SHAW AND I ARE LAWYERS AND, UH, WE BOTH LIVE WORLDS.UH, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF DISCLAIMERS.
AND SO LET ME, LET ME MAKE A FEW TO, TO THE, TO THE, THE, THE GROUP THAT JUST MADE THIS REALLY EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
UM, NUMBER ONE, I I SAY THE WORD RESILIENCE A LOT AT, AT THESE MEETINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT, THEY THINK TO MYSELF, THEY THINK TO THEMSELVES, IS THIS GUY SAYING THAT? LIKE, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE TO BE RESILIENT IN.
I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT THINK THAT.
I DO THINK WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE TO BE THE MOST RESILIENT CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WELL, DOES THIS GUY NOT THINK THAT, UH, WE'RE AIMING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESILIENCE? I DO NOT THINK THAT.
I THINK THAT WE ARE AIMING FOR THAT KIND OF RESILIENCE EXCELLENCE, RIGHT? I ALSO, UM, I'M WORRIED THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, I'M WORRIED THAT SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE STUMPED BY LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE SAYS THIS WORD A LOT, BUT WHAT THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT? AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT DOES HE CONSIDER A HOME RUN, RIGHT? AND SO I, I'D LIKE TO JUST SORT OF POINT OUT WHAT I CONSIDER A HOME RUN, AND MAYBE WE START TALKING ABOUT THIS HOME RUN INTO THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, IF WE WERE TO DO A, A FIRST BASE FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, USING OUR ASTROS AND BASEBALL, UH, ANALOGY NUMBER ONE IS TO START THIS CONVERSATION LIKE WE DID TODAY ABOUT RESILIENCE.
WHAT IT MEANS, THE VALUE OF RESILIENCE, THE COST OF NOT BEING RESILIENT, RIGHT? UM, BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE WORLD WITH REGARDS TO RESILIENCE.
AND I WANT TO LET Y'ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA START THIS CONVERSATION NOVEMBER 7TH, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL'S EQUITY, UM, I'M SORRY, HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST CONVERSATION, AND THANK YOU, CHERYL, FOR LENDING US YOUR STAFF TO, TO SORT OF FACILITATE THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, THE SECOND BASE I WOULD TELL YOU IS, IS BRINGING IN A TEAM SO WE CAN GET AN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF OUR STRENGTHS, OF OUR ASSETS AND THOSE RESILIENCY CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE ALREADY FACED AND THAT WE ARE PROBABLY GONNA FACE AS WE GROW TO A CITY OF 3.2 MILLION PEOPLE OVER THE NEXT UMPTEEN YEARS.
AND SO, UM, BY THAT I MEAN, I WANT TO BRING IN A THIRD PARTY, AND I WANNA BRING IN ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE PRESENTED TODAY, BUT VIA HOSPITALS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, T C I, YOU KNOW, FIRE POLICE SAWS, UH, U T S A, ET CETERA, AND GO THROUGH A HOW READY ARE WE ANALYSIS AND GO THROUGH A HOW READY SHOULD WE BE ANALYSIS.
UM, AND WE'VE DONE THESE BEFORE.
WE'VE DONE THIS WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE DID A HOW READY ARE WE ANALYSIS AND A RESILIENCY STUDY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE BROUGHT IN BROOKINGS AND THEY DID A HEALTH CHECK.
WE BROUGHT IN, UM, YOU KNOW, OTHER EXPERTS TO HELP US WITH OUR RATE, YOU KNOW, UH, ANALYSIS FOR SAWS.
AND WE'VE DONE THIS ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR SA TOMORROW PLAN THAT LOOKS AT SUSTAINABILITY, TRANSPORTATION AND LAND PLANNING.
AND SO I'M ASKING THAT WE HAVE A RESILIENCE CONVERSATION IN THE SAME WAY THAT WE WERE COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THOSE OTHER TOPICS AND SEE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE.
THIRD BASE WOULD BE TO BRING IN THE RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT ANALYSIS AND TO US SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE WHICH ONES ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO US AND HOW WE PLAN BUDGET, MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.
AND THEN HOME RUN FOR ME WOULD BE THAT JUST LIKE WE HAVE AN EQUITY OFFICE, RIGHT? AND WE WASH EVERYTHING THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS NOW, AND JUST LIKE WE HAVE AN ARTS AND CULTURE OFFICE, AND WE WALK, WASH EVERYTHING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ARTSY AND CULTURED AND JUST LIKE WE'VE GOT A SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE WHERE EVERYTHING WE WANT TO DO IS SUSTAINABLE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WASHING IT THROUGH RESILIENCE.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK THAT GOVERNMENT AT ITS MOST BASIC HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DIE LESS OFTEN THAN NOT UNDER OUR WATCH.
AND THAT WE CAN WITHSTAND ACUTE SHOCKS AND THAT WE CAN THRIVE IN THE FACE OF STRESSORS.
AND SO WITH THAT, I, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL, AND THE REASON I GO INTO THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS, I MEAN, AND WHAT HOME RUN I'M LOOKING FOR.
AND SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, THANKS.
UM, IS THAT BECAUSE OF THE WORLD SERIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW? ARE YOU ALWAYS USE THE HOME RUN METAPHOR.
UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE STAFF FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT TODAY, AND ALSO TO THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND, AND MY DISTRICT, UH, WHEN THE HURRICANE HAPPENED, WE SAW A LOT OF GOODWILL AND, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MANY BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE THAT WE GOT OUT OF THAT, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION HERE TODAY.
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ABOUT THE USE OF THE EMERGENCY.IS IT THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, UH, PAT ON PHONES AND TEXTS? IS THAT LIKE THE AMBER ALERT? IS THAT WHAT IT, OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S A NOD IS FINE.
UM, JUST TO, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME, UH, BUT JUST A, A BRIEF COMMENT IS I THINK WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR OWN VEHICLE, UH, ARE BEING CONSIDERED IN OUR EMERGENCY PLANS.
UH, I KNOW THAT IF WE RECALL, I THINK IT WAS WHEN RITA HA WAS HAPPENING IN HOUSTON AND THERE WAS A LOT OF EVACUATION, UH, PEOPLE WERE EVACUATING BY THEIR VEHICLE, AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE LIKE 10 HOURS DELAY ON THE FREEWAY AND PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF GAS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UH, TO WORK ON THAT ISSUE AS WELL, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE, ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR PLANNING? UM, SORRY, PAGE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AFTER HARVEY, BECAUSE HOUSTON IS SUCH A CRITICAL, UH, CENTER FOR PRODUCTION OF A FUEL, IS WE HAD A, A FUEL SITUATION HERE IN, UH, IN TOWN.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT, COUNCILMAN, UH, SAL AND I PUT TOGETHER A C C R ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVES.
AND I GUESS I WANNA KNOW IS ARE WE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE CAN AVOID A SITUATION LIKE THAT IN THE FUTURE? AND HOW TO, HOW TO INFORM THE PUBLIC PROPERLY ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING? SO WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AS A INTERNAL ORGANIZATION ON HOW, UH, WE BOTH PREPARE OURSELVES INTERNALLY TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICE THROUGH FIRE TRUCKS OR POLICE, POLICE CARS.
BUT THEN, UM, HOW TO, HOW TO, UM, ADDRESS THE ISSUE GOING FORWARD WHEN YOU HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA SCARE, UH, THAT TURNS INTO A SHORTAGE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WENT GOT GAS.
UM, THE EMERGENCY OPERATION PLANS THAT, THAT PAT TALKED ABOUT THAT WE SUBMIT TO THE STATE, UM, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON HOW WE SHOULD DEVELOP THAT AND WHAT AUTHORITY SHOULD WE POTENTIALLY ASK FOR THE MAYOR TO HAVE IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT.
BUT, AND, AND THEN, AND SO THE PLAN WOULD BE TO SETTLE THAT ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLLOW-UP ISSUES THAT CAME OUT OF THE AFTER ACTION, WRITE IT INTO THE ANNEXES AND RESUBMIT IT TO THE STATE SO THAT WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF THOUGHT THROUGH IN AN EMERGENCY, REAL OR NOT IN YOUR EXAMPLE, WE, WHAT TOOLS DO WE WANT AND HOW ARE WE GONNA COMMUNICATE IT, AND WHAT DO WE THINK THE MAYOR SHOULD, SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION? FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS CONVERSATION AT THE TIME WHETHER OR NOT WE COULD, UH, ASK ALL THE, UH, GAS STATIONS TO RATION, YOU KNOW, ONLY SEND 10, UH, SELL 10 GALLONS AT A TIME.
SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING NOW, BUT THE VEHICLE BY WHICH WE SHOULD DO IT, OR WHILE THE WAY WE WILL DO IT, IS BY WRITING AN AMENDMENT INTO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN AND SUBMIT IT TO THE STATE.
AND PART OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY IS, IS TALKING ABOUT IT WITH, UH, INTERNALLY WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY YOU GUYS.
SO HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED A LIST OF ISSUES THAT YOU WILL BE REVIEWING AS PART OF THAT? WE HAVE AND IS, SORRY, HAVE YOU CIRCULATED THAT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO, WE HAVEN'T.
WE CERTAINLY CAN THAT, THAT POSSIBLE.
WE CAN, THERE WAS, UM, AND, AND WE'VE DONE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF AFTER ACTION, WHETHER THERE'S A, A HOUSE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE THEIR OWN AFTER ACTION, UM, TO REVIEW THAT SITUATION.
UM, WE HAD, WE'VE HAD, WE HAD HAD TWO THAT WERE JOINING AT THE HIP.
AND THE SECOND ONE THAT, THAT I WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH WAS WHERE WE ASKED ALL THE EXECUTIVES FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE, WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH DEPLOYMENTS OR HERE LOCALLY IN SUPPORT, AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT DIDN'T WORK WELL.
AND WE'VE CREATED A LARGE LIST AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT.
AND PAT AND HIS GROUP AT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE LIST BECAUSE WE, WE MAY WANT TO, WE MAY WANNA, UH, BEEF UP, FOR EXAMPLE, THE, THE ANNEX THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, IF YOU'LL RECALL WHAT HUMAN SERVICES WAS DEALING WITH THAT SAME WEEKEND.
UM, WERE A, A LARGE NUMBER OF, UH, FOLKS THAT HAD BEEN TRANSPORTED HERE BY ICE AND, AND DROPPED OFF AT THE BUS STATION.
SO ABSENT THE HURRICANE AND THE EMERGENCY, WE ALSO HAD THE NEED TO OPEN UP A DOWNTOWN SHELTER FOR THEM.
UM, SO PART OF THAT LOOK INTERNALLY IS WHAT DO WE NEED TO LAY OUT IN THIS ANNEX, AND SHOULD WE HAVE BROUGHT IN D H S EARLIER? UM, UH, PAT MENTIONED A COUPLE OF 'EM DURING HIS PRESENTATION.
THE, THE CONSTANT BALANCE BETWEEN COMMUNITY, SMALLER COMMUNITY SHELTERS AND MEGA SHELTERS.
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IN THOSE SHELTERS.UM, MAYBE RED CROSS SHOULD HAVE A LARGER ROLE IN THE SMALLER SHELTERS, AND WE'LL TAKE ON THE LARGE, THE, THE LARGE MEGA SHELTERS.
THE, THERE'S A LONG LIST OF STUFF THAT, THAT WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND, AND, UM, UM, ALL IN THE HOPES OF MAKING SURE THAT THE PLANS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT EMERGENCY, UH, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
WELL, I'M, I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT.
UM, AND I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, UH, THE FLOODING.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR NEPHEW OR FOR, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SARAH THAT ARE HERE.
UH, THANK YOU SUZANNE AND STEVEN FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, YOU HAVE A GREAT CAMPAIGN TO UPDATE THOSE, UM, THE MODELING AND SORRY, I'M TURNING MY BACK.
AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE BEEN ON T P R TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND, UM, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, THAT MODEL.
UM, SO IS IT GIVING US A, UM, A FLOOD MODELING OR STORM MODELING WHEN WE SAY A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD? OR IS IT A HUNDRED YEAR STORM? WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO PARTS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STORM AS WELL AS THE RESULTS.
SO THE HYDROLOGY, WHICH IS THE STORM, THE, THAT, THAT'S COMING TO IT.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE HYDRAULICS OF IT, OF THE RESULT OF THAT RAINFALL FALLING IN.
SO WE LOOK AT THOSE TWO MODELS.
SO ARE YOU, HOW IS THE, THE IMPACT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER, UH, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTED IN THIS MODEL? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE, THE MODEL ITSELF IS, UH, AND I DON'T WANNA GET TOO TECHNICAL, BUT IT, BUT IT IS AN EMPIRICAL MODEL.
SO WE LOOK AT ACTUAL IMPERVIOUS COVER VALUES FOR THAT SUB WATERSHED AND INCLUDE THAT IN THE CALCULATIONS OF THE RUNOFF.
AND ULTIMATELY, UH, THE IMPERVIOUS COVER IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE HYDRAULICS ANALYSIS OF THAT.
SO HOW IT RESPONDS TO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO, SO THE NEW INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW IS GIVING US A SNAPSHOT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AS OF 2017, OR, OR WHEN IT IS AS OF 2017.
BUT LET ME ADD TO THAT, THAT THE THING THAT REALLY IMPACTS THE HYDRAULICS OF IT, AND WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF ANALYSIS OF THIS, IS REALLY OUR SOILS IN AREAS WHERE WE HAD FAT CLAYS, WE CALL 'EM FAT CLAYS.
IT WILL ABSORB A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND THEN IT SWELLS UP WHEN THE CLAY SWELLS UP.
YOU SEE IT IN OUR STREETS, A LOT OF THAT WATER JUST RUNS OFF.
IT DOESN'T ABSORB INTO THE GROUND.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECHARGE AS WELL IN THE CLAY AREAS.
IN THE RECHARGE ZONE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THESE GREAT RECHARGE BENEFITS.
SO WHILE IMPERVIOUS COVERS A, A KEY COMPONENT TO IT, OUR CLAYS SOILS IS REALLY WHAT DRIVES A LOT OF THE RESULTS.
SO WHAT, WHAT PERCENT OF OUR, OUR LAND IS CLAY VERSUS SOIL, THE COVER, WOULD YOU SAY? HOW WOULD YOU SAY, UM, SORRY, CLAY VERSUS THE ROUGHLY ABOUT 70% OF OUR, OF OUR CITY IS ABOUT IS CLAY, UH, ABOUT 70, 60, 70% OF IT.
AND I WAS GLAD TO, TO HEAR YOU AND, AND THE MAYOR TALK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.
AND SO WHAT WAS A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD OR HAD A 1% PROBABILITY, YOU KNOW, A WHILE BACK IS OCCURRING A LOT MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, SO THAT IS ALSO BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT TO THE MODEL.
THE, THE, I GUESS THE HYDROGEOLOGY IS UPDATED FOR THE MOST RECENT STUFF, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A HUNDRED YEARS OF, OF NEW CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA, RIGHT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY GOING INTO, INTO THE FUTURE.
UM, SO I GUESS I THINK IT, IT MIGHT BE WORTH TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE BUILDING TO A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, UH, LEVEL RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT THAT'S NOT CUTTING IT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IS IT TIME TO, TO RECONSIDER THAT? AND I'M LOOKING AT THE OTHER ENGINEER ON THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, UH,
UH, ALSO ARE WE LOOKING AT THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WE HAVE WITH, UH, LIKE RIGHT NOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE EXEMPT.
I, I BELIEVE FROM CERTAIN, UH, REQUIREMENTS IS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT AS WELL.
WE CERTAINLY ARE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.
UH, THERE, THERE IS SOME SPECIAL, UH, LITTLE NUANCES BETWEEN, UH, SOME SPECIALTY OLDER SCHOOLS INSIDE FOUR 10.
OUTSIDE OF THAT WE, WE, WE WORK WITH THEM.
UM, SO WHEN, UH, WHEN SARAH WAS ON T P R, THEY TALKED ABOUT THERE BEING 15,000 PROPERTIES STILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
I THINK THAT WAS FOR ALL OF BEXAR COUNTY, MAYBE NOT JUST FOR, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT ARE WE DOING ANYTHING LIKE WHEN WE HAVE RAIN EVENTS TO TRY
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TO REDUCE THE DAMAGE TO THOSE PROPERTIES? ARE WE DOING ANYTHING TO REDUCE THE DAMAGE? YEAH, THE POTENTIAL DAMAGE, LIKE, UH, PUMPING OR, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.DO DO YOU MEAN DURING, DURING THE EVENT ITSELF? WELL, WE DO A LOT OF, UH, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE UPFRONT BY OBVIOUSLY MOWING THE CHANNELS, MAKE SURE OUR STRUCTURES ARE, ARE IN PLACE AND THEIR FUNCTIONING, WE ASSESS THEM.
WE'RE ALSO CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO UPDATE MAPS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT RISK AND TRYING TO, AND, AND GETTING THOSE WORD OUT BY, BY UPDATING THE MAPS.
BUT REALLY IT'S OUR MAINTENANCE THAT, THAT, THAT WE DO.
UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE STORM WATER PROJECT THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR IN, UH, IN DISTRICT SEVEN.
I KNOW YOU, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT PUMPING
RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE, UH, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF OUR CITY DECIDES TO BE A PART OF THAT NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM, THAT WE COULD GET, UH, SOME KIND OF, UH, SAVINGS FOR FLOOD INSURANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UM, SOMETHING LIKE 10% FOR APPLYING, AND THEN IF WE FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS, LIKE 25% THAT HOUSTON HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK IT, IT COULD MAKE IT EASIER TO GET PEOPLE TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE IF IT COSTS LESS.
UM, SO WHERE ARE WE ON THAT PROCESS? YOU BRING UP A VERY GOOD POINT, BUT FIRST OF ALL, LEMME CLARIFY, WE ARE A PART OF THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.
WE ARE A PART OF THAT BECAUSE WE FOLLOW THE, THE FEMA GUIDELINES.
WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM OR, OR C R S, CORRECT, CORRECT, MM-HMM.
FEMA'S PRETTY OCCUPIED WITH HOUSTON AND FLORIDA, BUT, UH, WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GETTING INTO THE COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM THAT THE RESULT OF THAT WOULD RESULT IN LOWERING COST, UH, FOR FLOOD INSURANCE.
SO, UH, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT SIX MONTHS OR TWO YEARS? UH, I KNOW OUR RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO SEE SAVINGS WHENEVER, WHENEVER WE CAN BRING THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO YEAR, UH, TIMEFRAME SO THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO GET, 'CAUSE WE, WE ARE COMPETING WITH FEMA'S ATTENTION TO, TO GET THEM TO COME AND HELP US, UH, DO THE EVALUATION.
IT'S GONNA REQUIRE AN AUDIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING TO PREPARE FOR.
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR FOR, FOR THE TIME.
COUNCILMAN CRUZ, COUNCILMAN SHAW.
UH, GREAT PRESENTATIONS ALL GROUND.
UM, VERY PROFOUND, VERY DETAILED.
UM, JUST I GUESS SEVERAL POINTS THAT WERE MADE THIS THIS AFTERNOON IN TERMS OF, UH, CATASTROPHES OR DISASTERS THAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER AND THEN WE HAVE MANMADE WITH THE NATURAL DISASTERS, WE CAN KIND OF PREDICT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE MANMADE.
UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DISAGREE WITH MY, MY LAWYER COLLEAGUE HERE, UM, OR NO, NO LONGER COLLEAGUES, BUT IT, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE, I'M SURE CHIEF CAN SPEAK TO THIS ON HOW TO PREVENT, UM, MASS MANMADE SHOOTINGS, DISASTERS.
UM, WE CAN DO THE PRELIMINARY WORK, I BELIEVE, BUT THEN WE GOTTA BE VERY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THEN WE'RE STARTING TO SINGLE PEOPLE OUT JUST BECAUSE OF WHATEVER BELIEFS THAT WE HAVE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL.
SO IT'S MORE OF A REACTIVE, AND I'M, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO YOU.
I GUESS, DO YOU SENSE IT SPENDING RESOURCES OR AN ABUNDANT OF RESOURCES ON TRYING TO PREVENT AND EDUCATE, OR SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON, UH, HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE ONCE IT DOES HAPPEN? OH, I THINK, I THINK IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
UH, IT, IT'S, UNLESS YOU HAVE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION THAT THAT WILL HELP YOU GET AHEAD OF IT, UH, ARREST THE PERSON BEFORE OR STOP THE PERSON BEFORE THE, UH, THE ACT IS COMMITTED, THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT IT.
WE CAN HARDEN TARGETS, WE CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT, MORE DIFFICULT TO GET INTO BUILDINGS WITH WEAPONS.
UH, WE CAN DO THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT MINUS, UH, UH, INTEL AND, AND KNOWLEDGE, UH, WHEREVER IT MAY COME FROM, WE'RE NOT PREVENTING IT.
YOU KNOW, AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MILITARY, THEY USED TO ALWAYS TELL US IT'S NOT, IF IT HAPPENS, IT'S WHEN IT HAPPENS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BE, BE PREPARED, BE VIGILANT, AND THEN BE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, THE NATURAL DISASTERS, FLOODING, HAIL, DAMAGE, TORNADOES, FOR THE MOST PART, WE CAN DETERMINE WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HIT CERTAIN AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I LIKE TO SEE THAT WE'RE HAVING A MORE, UM, APPROACH OF USING TECHNOLOGY TO INFORM OUR MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE STILL HAVE THOSE WHO DON'T USE TECHNOLOGY.
SO DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY, UH, MATERIAL THAT, THAT WE CAN HAND OUT TO OUR SENIORS OR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CELL PHONES OR INTERNET ACCESS, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP 'EM, UPDATE
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WHAT'S HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE MASSIVE FLOODING, LIKE SATO CREEK, MANKEY PARK, UM, AND TO INFORM THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I LIVE IN MANKEY PARK, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS, IT'S A FLOOD AREA.SO GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS OVER THERE.
AND THIS QUESTION'S FOR ANYBODY, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NOW IS THAT'S PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
I THINK WE COULD, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A, A BROCHURE, A HARD COPY OF SOMETHING THAT COULD GO OUT LIKE THAT, SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER FOR CERTAIN GROUPS.
BUT PART PART OF THIS COUNCILMAN IS, IS THAT THE MODELING THAT YOU'VE, THAT YOU'VE SEEN TODAY THAT SARAH'S PUT TOGETHER, UM, NOBODY'S SEEN YET AND WE'RE SHARING IT WITH YOU, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON, ON THE SATO AND LEON CREEK.
SO PART OF WHAT NEPHI AND HIS GROUP ARE DOING, UM, OR WILL NEED TO DO WITH SARAH IS HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND SOME ON THE WEBSITES THAT, UM, THAT, UM, THAT HE DESCRIBED.
BUT IT'S LIKELY WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SHARE WITH THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET ABOUT THE REALITIES OF, OF FLOODING.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN FOLLOW UP AS, AS THESE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE CONSTRUCTED, THEN, UH, THAT'S INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH AND THEN THAT'S FAIR.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE CAN TRY TO TAP INTO ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE CAN, RIGHT.
TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE WELL INFORMED OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN OUR, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES ALONG THOSE AREAS AS WELL.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, I KEEP SAYING THAT.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE TO ABBREVIATE AND COME BACK TO TOMORROW.
UM, SO THAT IS IT FOR OUR B SESSION AGENDA.
[Executive Session]
ON THIS FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2017.AND PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 5 5, 1 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE V T C S, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE COMPETITIVE MATTERS OF C P S ENERGY AS A PUBLICLY OWNED UTILITY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY DELIBERATE ISSUES RELATED TO THE SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC RADIO SYSTEM PER PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5 5 1 0.076 SECURITY DEVICES AND AUDITS IN SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.087 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 REAL PROPERTY ISSUES RELATED TO THE CITY'S LEASE AGREEMENT AND LEASE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH GOOGLE FIBER PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE SS A P D INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.