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COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME IS 9:18 AM AND AS YOU'VE SEEN UP HERE ON THE DAIS, UH, THINGS ARE A LITTLE BIT SPACED OUT.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO MODEL GOOD SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO WE HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS ON OUR COUNCIL WHO HAVE DECIDED TO REMOTE IN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT STANDARDS, AND WE'VE REARRANGED THE DAAS A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL RELATIVELY, UH, SPREAD APART, SIX FEET OR SO.
AND AS YOU SEE, ANDY IS IN THE, IN THE PENALTY BOX NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAAS.
WELL, THIS MORNING WE'RE GONNA START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RECOGNITION, UH, OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
UM, AND I WAS, AS I WAS READING MY EMAIL ON THE WAY INTO WORK, UH, THIS CAME ACROSS MY DESK.
I GET A, A MEDITATION EVERY MORNING, UH, THAT COMES FROM ONE OF THE REVERENDS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT STATE, UH, BUT IT WAS, IT'S CALLED A COMMON MEDITATION, AND IT'S A QUOTE FROM, UH, THE UNITARIAN PASTOR, UH, WHO PASSED AWAY IN THE FIFTIES, NAMED A POWELL DAVIES.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF HIM, BUT THE QUOTE I THOUGHT WAS APROPOS FOR THIS MORNING.
I'D JUST LIKE TO READ IT AS WE GET STARTED.
SO FAR AS I CAN SEE, ALL THE GREAT LEADERS AND THE GREAT EXEMPLARS OF RELIGION POSSESSED FAITH AND LIFE'S ESSENCE IN ITS HIDDEN MEETING AND ITS MORAL CLAIM, AND IN THE RIGHTNESS OF ITS INNER SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.
AND BY THE GREAT ONES LIVE THEIR LIVES BY THIS, SO MUST WE.
THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS GREATER THAN OUR POWER TO SOLVE THEM.
THERE ARE NO BURDENS GREATER THAN OUR STRENGTH.
WE SHAPE BY EVERY MOMENT OF OUR LIVES, THE GREAT DECISIONS.
THEN LET US VENTURE STILL WITH REASON AS A LAMP TO GUIDE US, BUT LIGHTED WITH THE LIGHT OF FAITH.
SO AS THIS MORNING BEGINS, UH, THE ARCHDIOCESE AND ARCHBISHOP GUSTAVO, UH, SEER, UH, HAS AGREED TO RING THE BELLS FOR A FULL MINUTE, STARTING AT NINE 20, WHICH IS IN JUST A FEW SECONDS.
AND A RECOGNITION OF ALL THE FO FOLKS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO THE BATTLE OF C OVID 19, AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE STILL FIGHTING ALONG WITH OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, THE NURSES, THE MEDICAL DOCTORS, THE FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND FIRE, EVERYBODY WHO'S PITCHING IN FOR THEIR PART.
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THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.AND I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, A GOOD PRACTICE FOR US, UH, TO BEGIN THAT WAY EVERY WEEK AS THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, IS ONLY JUST BEGUN AS WE KNOW.
AND IT, IT'S, IT'S ALL OF US TOGETHER.
SO, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
UH, AND NOW LET'S BEGIN OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.
[1. Invocation]
WE'LL BEGIN WITH AN INVOCATION, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SHIRLEY GONZALEZ TO INTRODUCE OUR IN VINDICATOR.OH, I HAD THE WRONG NOTES HERE THEN.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR MARIA NAVA TO THE MICROPHONE.
PASTOR MARIO AND I NAVA ARE THE FOUNDERS OF LIVING FAITH CHURCH AND HAVE HAD A PASSION FOR SEEING LIVES TRANSFORMED, RESTORED, AND REDEEMED BY THE POWER OF JESUS.
SINCE LIVING FAITH'S BIRTH IN 1998, THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, REBECCA AND ANDREW, WHO BOTH SERVE IN THE CH IN THE CHURCH IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES AS WELL.
PASTOR MARIO IS OUTREACH MINDED AND BELIEVES IN BEING THE CHURCH OUTSIDE OF THEIR FOUR WALLS.
HIS MESSAGES ARE INSPIRING AND UPLIFTING, YET CHALLENGING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING.
THE WORD OF GOD IS BROUGHT OUT EACH WEEK IN A CASUAL, EASY TO UNDERSTAND WAY WITHOUT EVER COMPROMISING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES.
TIMA IS THE PERFECT COMPLIMENT TO PASTOR MARIO.
SHE'S FULL OF GRACE AND WISDOM AND BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN HIM.
SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A GODLY WOMAN.
I'M GRATEFUL TO KNOW PASTOR MARIO AND IMA AS THEY'RE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SERVE DISTRICT SIX AND OUR CITY.
WELL OLD TESTAMENT IN READING SECOND CHRONICLES SEVEN 14.
AS WE GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER, IF MY PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY MY NAME, WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN, AND I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND.
AND WE PRAY FOR A GLOBAL RIGHT NOW, AND ESPECIALLY A LOCAL ECONOMICAL IN OUR, OUR SETTINGS RIGHT NOW, THAT YOU'RE HEALING OUR LANDLORD, THE ECONOMY.
AND FATHER, I ASK THAT YOU'D BLESS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
LORD, I PRAY FOR THE LEADERS OF OUR CITIES THAT ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS RIGHT NOW.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP.
I BLESS THEM FOR THEIR VISION.
I BLESS THEM LORD, AS THEY STAND IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, AS THEY SIT IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW WITH VISION, WITH HOPE, WITH FAITH AND LOVE.
I THANK YOU FOR THEIR SACRIFICE DURING THIS TIME.
I PRAY FOR MAYOR, MAYOR NUREMBERG RIGHT NOW FOR CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH RIGHT NOW FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT TREVINO AND JADA ANDREW SULLIVAN AND, UH, REBECCA VERAN RIGHT NOW.
ADRIAN ROCHA GARCIA AND SHIRLEY GONZALEZ AND MELISSA BERRO, UH, JRA.
I THANK YOU FOR ANNA, UH, SON DEVAL RIGHT NOW, AND MANNY EZ RIGHT NOW.
FATHER BLESS JOHN, COURAGE LORD AND CLAYTON PERRY.
WE BLESS, UH, BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLF.
AND THANK YOU FOR OUR CHIEF BEING RES RIGHT NOW WITH US RIGHT NOW.
MCMANUS LORD, WE PRAY FOR THE STAFF, LORD, THAT'S HERE.
WE THANK YOU GOD, THAT YOU'RE BLESSING THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR LOVED ONES, LORD.
AND WE THANK YOU GOD THAT YOU'RE KEEPING THEM RIGHT NOW.
WE PRAY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
NOW, LORD, OUR DOCTORS ON THE FRONT LINE, OUR NURSES, LORD, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND WE THANK YOU THAT THEY'RE MIGHTY WARRIORS RIGHT NOW.
AND WE PRAY AGAINST THE VIRUS THAT IT AS IT SPREADS.
LORD, WE PRAY IT'S MINIMAL IN OUR CITY AND IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, IN OUR STATE, IN OUR WORLD.
WE PRAY FOR WISDOM RIGHT NOW, THAT THEY FIND A VACCINE LORD, ONLY BY YOUR HAND WILL IT COME, LORD.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR KNOWLEDGE COMING TO OUR, OUR PEOPLE IN SCIENCE RIGHT NOW.
WE PRAY FOR DIVINE HEALING FOR THOSE THAT ARE SICK AND AFFLICTED, LORD AND THE FAMILIES THAT ARE GRIEVING RIGHT NOW.
WE TOOK THAT MOMENT OF SILENCE AND WE REFLECTED RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S GREAT LOSS IN THIS SEASON AND WE DON'T DISCOUNT IT.
I JUST THANK YOU, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT AND STRENGTH THOSE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A VALLEY THIS DAY IN THIS SEASON.
LORD, I PRAY FOR ENCOURAGEMENT AND PEACE AND LIGHT AND THE GRACE OF GOD TO STAY WITH US.
THAT WE ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT ARE IN FEAR, LORD, AND THAT WE'RE HUMAN RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT WE NEED YOU, LORD, ONLY YOU CAN HELP US.
WE THANK YOU GOD, THAT THOSE THAT WOULD COME OUTTA DEPRESSION RIGHT NOW, THE HOPE OF GOD BE THEIRS AND THE GRACE OF GOD.
AND FINALLY, I PRAY FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS, LORD, THAT AS THE WORLD GROWS DARKER, LORD, THE LIGHT WOULD SHINE BRIGHTER THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH RIGHT NOW.
[2. Pledge of Allegiance]
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THANK YOU, PASTOR.SEEMS MY IPAD IS FORGOTTEN WHAT DAY IT IS AS MOST ALL OF US HAVE.
UM, I'LL MOVE NOW TO APRIL 2ND.
AT THIS POINT, UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING, AND THAT IS OUR CITY'S RESPONSE TO THE C OVID 19 SITUATION.
[Consent Agenda]
WE DO HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, AND I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THEY'D LIKE PULLED, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JACK, FINGER JACK, WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS, BUT I CAN SET MY CLOCK TO YOU.
YES, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK AM FINGER.
ONE ITEM I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.
IT IS A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BY THE LAS VADOS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION OF ITS MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE BONDS.
THIS IS BASICALLY, IT'S THE IDEA THEY ARE GOING TO AFFORD GOING TO TRY TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH, UH, MANY OF US ACTUALLY CALL WELFARE HOUSING.
AND BUT TO DO THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO SEEK THE, UH, THE FINANCING THROUGH SOME BONDS.
AND FOR THAT THEY NEED THE BLESSING OF THE LOCAL ENTITY CALLED THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
WELL, MR. DIVISION, MAN, IF YOU'LL, UH, PUT THAT I'M UNABLE TO DO THAT.
WELL, ANYWAY, THE, UM, BASICALLY THE, LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, I FOUND OUT THAT THE LAVAS PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION IS ACTUALLY AFFILIATED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
A VERY COZY RELATIONSHIP THERE.
AND NOW, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THAT COZY RELATIONSHIP AND, UH, BLESS THEIR ATTEMPT TO GET THESE BONDS FOR WHAT WE CALL WELFARE HOUSING.
UH, WE, THE CITIZENS HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THAT.
WE THINK YOU SHOULD SAY NO TO IT OR AT LEAST PUT IT ON HOLD IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
IS THAT POSSIBLE, MR. VIS MAN TO SEE IT? NOW JUST LOOK AT THE UNDERLINED AREA.
YEAH, JUST A LITTLE, LITTLE BLEACHED OUT THERE.
LAS VEGAS ALLOWS US PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION IN THE SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
MR. DIVISION MAN, THE ISSUE IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WE RETURNED THE CAMERA TO, TO THE, UH, MICROPHONE.
UM, THAT'S THE THING THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD TRY AND PULL, AT LEAST FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
IF NOT ACTUAL SAYING NO OR HOLDING OFF ON THAT, UH, WE, UH, WE'D RATHER NOT SEE SUCH, LIKE I SAY, COZY RELATIONSHIPS TAKING PLACE HERE.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS, UM, A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE, THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM FOUR AND ITEM SEVEN, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
[4. Briefing and possible action on the City’s response and preparednessfor COVID 19. (Part 1 of 2)]
I'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ THE CAPTION.WE DO HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED WITH SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. ON THOSE ITEMS. BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS FOR C OVID 19.
WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON
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ITEM NUMBER FOUR.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOU NOW.
MS. IGAS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.
GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TALK MUCH, BUT I WANNA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND SINCE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE BEEN GOING OVER THERE TO PAY TAXES AND WHATEVER, UH, AND THAT I, THAT HOW COME HE WASN'T KEPT QUARANTINED? HE WAS INFECTED.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT, MR. MAYOR? YOU KNOW, UH, YOU, YOU'D SAY TO US ON TV, YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, NELSON WOLF THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO STAY HOME AND, AND OUR KIDS BE HOMESCHOOL AND STUFF, BUT CONSTABLE CONSTABLE PRANKED THE HEAD, I WAS INFECTED AND HE WAS KNOWN TO BE AT THE PRECINCT ONE, UH, BUILDING, YOU KNOW, AND SO ALL THE PEOPLE IN THERE WERE NOT NOTIFIED.
THEY WERE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES THERE AND, UH, WORKERS MAINTENANCE, EVERYBODY IN THERE.
IF I COULD PLAY IT, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET YOU SEE, UH, HEAR IT.
THIS IS WHERE YOU COME AND PAY YOUR TAXES.
THIS IS WHERE THEY HAVE THE JUDICIAL PROCESSES INSIDE.
THEY'VE ALSO GOT, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ'S OFFICE AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS IN HERE.
WHY AM I HERE TODAY? CORONA HAS HIT THE SOUTH SIDE.
ONE OF THE CONSTABLES FROM THE PRECINCT, ONE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE WAS, HE WE'RE GONNA ASK TO ASK YOU TO MAKE, MAKE YOUR STATEMENTS.
WE CAN'T TAKE RECORDED VIDEOS INTO THE MICROPHONE, UM, UNLESS THEY'RE PREARRANGED WITH AV 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR IT.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT? MR. FRANK DEDA WAS, UH, CONTAMINATED AND HE'S CONTAMINATED THE WHOLE BUILDING, THE CARS AND EVERYTHING OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, AND CHICO RODRIGUEZ, UH, ORDERED, UH, UH, THINGS TO BE CLEAN, YOU KNOW.
BUT IT'S STILL ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THERE, THEY'RE ALL INFECTED NOW, YOU KNOW? AND THEY'RE OUT THERE.
IDEA MEANS ANYBODY THANK YOU, MISSOURI.
OKAY, JACK FINGER, MR. FINGER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY NAZARITE RUBEN FLORES PITTI.
WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, ONCE AGAIN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
FINGER REGARDING THE, UM, THE NATIONAL CRISIS WE'RE GOING THROUGH REGARDING ALL THE PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT YOU MAYOR NURENBERG HAD PLACED US ON.
UM, I COULD SEE WHERE SOME ARE QUITE REASONABLE IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS SO PEOPLE DON'T GET SICK AND MAYBE EVEN CONSEQUENTLY DIE.
BUT I THINK AT LEAST ONE OF 'EM HAS GONE A BIT TOO FAR.
AND IF THE AUDIO VISUAL MAN CAN SCROLL ON THERE.
THE WORSHIP SERVICES SAYS RELIGIOUS AND WORSHIP SERVICES MAY ONLY BE PROVIDED BY VIDEO TELECONFERENCE AND OTHER REMOTE MEASURES.
WELL, MR. MR. MAYOR, UM, THANK YOU.
RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD, TO THE, TO THE MICROPHONE.
I THINK, UH, THAT IS OVERLY RESTRICTIVE.
I THINK, UH, SINCE, SINCE, UH, EITHER YOU OR THE GOVERNOR OF OUR STATE HAVE ALLOWED US TO, TO, UH, GATHER IN GROUPS OF 10 OR LESS, I THINK, UH, RELIGIOUS WORSHIP SERVICES COULD BE PERFORMED IN THAT, THAT MODE THAT PEOPLE, UH, GATHERED IN THE,
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IN THE GROUPS OF 10 OR LESS.UM, I THINK THAT JUST YOUR PROHIBITION IS OVERLY BROAD, AND I THINK THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE ADJUSTED, MR. MAYOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN ONE CONSIDERS OUR, OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES AS SO THROUGH OUR CONSTITUTION.
UH, IN FACT, UM, MY GUESS IS THAT DEPENDING, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE DEFINED AS TO HOW CLOSE THE GROUPS OF 10 CAN, ARE, THE MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN SUCH GROUPS.
SO CHURCHES CAN ACCOMMODATE MULTIPLE GROUPS OF 10 FOR THE WORSHIP SERVICES, ESPECIALLY WITH PALM SUNDAY.
AND EASTER SUNDAY KEPT COMING UP AHEAD, AHEAD OF US HERE.
THE, UM, ALSO LAST WEEK, UM, I, UH, ASKED WHAT WE WERE, WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH OUR SISTER CITY IN CHINA.
YES, WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM THAT WE HAVE CHOSEN OVER THE YEARS.
AND THAT IS A CITY CALLED WIE, W U X I, I REPEAT W U X I IN THE JIANGSU PROVINCE IN CHINA, WIE IS ONLY ABOUT 400 MILES AWAY FROM THE WUHAN CITY IN CHINA.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, UH, I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, UH, RESTRICTIONS, WHAT, UH, UH, SEPARATIONS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FROM OUR SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP THERE.
ARE WE IN FACT, IMPORTING GOODS FROM WIE? ARE WE, UH, DOING ANY OTHER CULTURAL EXCHANGES? I I MEAN, INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S ONLY, LIKE I SAY, 400 MILES AWAY FROM WHERE THE EPICENTER OF THIS WHOLE THING IS.
THE, UH, AND FINALLY THE PROHIBITION OF, UH, OF 10 PE PEOPLE.
AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW I'M ANOTHER IN KINDNESS, A LOVE OF HEAVEN AND A LAND, THE LIBERTY LAWS.
UM, I JUST FOUND OUT THAT SOUTH SIDE, UH, THE VIRUS IS AROUND THAT AREA TOO.
UH, BUT I JUST GOTTA BE CAREFUL NOW.
UM, OH, YES, I DID WANNA REFER TO THAT.
I HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO SUCH A THING THAT WOULD BE WORLDWIDE.
UM, THIS VIRUS, UH, AS I SAID, UH, I, I DRINK CORONA, BUT WITHOUT, UH, VIRUSES, YOU KNOW, UH, HAVE BEEN TO MEXICO AND THERE'S A BEER I DRINK OVER THERE, BUT MINUS, YOU KNOW, UH, I SPOKE ABOUT THESE, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
NOW I WANNA REFER THAT, UH, THE, THESE ACTIONS ARE BEING COMING MORE OR COMING.
IT'S GONNA BE, THE SYSTEM IS FINISHING AROUND HERE.
IT STARTED IN, IN THE YEAR, UH, 19, UH, 14, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND IT IS GONNA BE INCREASING.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ABOUT THE, THE WORLDWIDE, UH, EARTHQUAKE THAT'S COMING.
AND IT'S GONNA SPLIT PLANET EARTH IN THREE SCRIPTURALLY.
IT'S IN REVELATION CHAPTER 16, VERSE 2021.
UM, IT SPEAKS ABOUT, THEN WE GOT REALLY WORRY, BUT IT'S GONNA BE KIND OF LATE.
THERE'S A REASON I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING TO MOST OF YOU THAT IN, IN CONNECTION, THAT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH JAH, OUR FATHER, THE ONE IN HEAVEN, THE ONE THAT JESUS USED TO SPEAK TO.
AND IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OF COURSE, HE'S OUR OLDER BROTHER.
WE RESPECT WHAT HE DID AND WE GO UNDER HIM TO GET TO JA THE, THE INVISIBLE GOD.
AND I HOPE, UM, AS TIME GOES ON, I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS JA DON MATCH ANDA ATTRIBUTES, LOVE, WISDOM, JUSTICE AND POWER, AND HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
'CAUSE WE DO HAVE THAT SPIRIT TOO.
AND THE SPIRIT IS, IT FALLS UNDER LOVE, WISDOM, JUSTICE AND POWER.
AND WE DISCHARGE US AND WE, HE CAN CHARGE US BACK.
YOU, WE GOTTA LEARN HOW TO CO COMMUNICATE WITH GOD.
AND WHEN WE GET, GET WEAK SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, HE CAN ALWAYS GENERATE YOU TO THE POINT OF GETTING GOING AGAIN.
AND THAT'S MY JOB TO EDUCATE BECAUSE THE SYSTEM IS COMING.
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SO BE AWARE THAT TIME AT THE END IS HERE.ITEM FOUR IS, UH, FOR BRIEFING AND THERE'S NO, UH, NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
SO WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF MY COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO REWIND JUST A MINUTE AND TAKE UP THE MINUTES FOR ACTION AS WELL AS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN SO WE CAN CLEAR OUT STAFF THAT DOESN'T NEED TO STAY HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.
[3. Approval of Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of February 19, 2020.]
UH, SO, UH, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL UP THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 19TH.WAS THERE A MOTION? OKAY, MOTION.
UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND THAT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[7. Ordinance approving the acquisition through negotiation or condemnation of interests in land sufficient for project purposes for 6.606 acres (287,788 square feet) of privately-owned real property located between Old Corpus Christi Highway and South Presa within CB 5158 NCB 10920 in Council District 3 for the Brooks City Base Stinson Corridor (Research Plaza to South Presa Street) project, a 2017 Bond project; declaring it to be a public project and a public necessity for the acquisition and authorizing an amount not to exceed $900,000 payable to the selected title companies for land, title and closing costs. Funding is available from the 2017 General Obligation Bond Program and is included in the FY 2020 – FY 2025 Capital Improvement Program. [Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Razi Hosseini, Director, Public Works]]
AND NOW WE'LL PULL UP ITEM SEVEN.ITEM SEVEN IS, IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ACQUISITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION OR CONDEMNATION OF INTEREST AND LAND SUFFICIENT FOR PROJECT PURPOSES FOR 6.606 ACRES, 287,788 SQUARE FEET OF PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN OLD CRO CORPUS CHRISTI HIGHWAY AND SOUTH PRESA WITHIN CB 515 8 N CCB ONE TEN NINE TWO.
AND COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE FOR THE BROOKS CITY BASED STINSON CORRIDOR, CORRIDOR RESEARCH PLAZA TO SOUTH PRESA STREET PROJECT 2017 BOND PROJECT, DECLARING IT TO BE A PUBLIC PROJECT OR A PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THE ACQUISITION.
AND AUTHORIZING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $900,000 PAYABLE TO THE SELECTION TITLE, TO THE SELECTED TITLE COMPANY FOR LAND TITLE AND CLOSING COSTS.
FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FROM THE 2017 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND PROGRAM AND IS INCLUDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025.
THIS IS FOR A PROJECT THAT IS PART OF THE BOND AND CONNECTING TO PRESSA AND EVENTUALLY TO OUR MISSION REACH.
SO I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE PRIVATELY OWNED REAL PROPERTY FOR A PUBLIC USE PROJECT FOR THE BROOKS CITY-BASED STINSON CORRIDOR PROJECT BY ACQUIRING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY DESCRIBED BY THE CITY CLERK AND INCORPORATED AS A PART OF THIS MOTION.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
[4. Briefing and possible action on the City’s response and preparednessfor COVID 19. (Part 2 of 2)]
THAT.WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW BACK TO ITEM FOUR.
AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE BRIEFING.
UH, SO, UH, CHARLES, CHIEF HOOD AND, UH, DAWN WILL GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON, ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
MARIA WILL UPDATE YOU, UM, AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO REVIEW OUR FINANCIAL POSITION AND THE IMPACT, UH, THAT, UH, THE ONGOING, UM, SITUATION, UH, HAS ON US.
UH, THAT'LL BE THE MAJORITY OF THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.
AND THEN ANDY WILL WRAP UP WITH, UH, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED, UH, EARLIER THIS WEEK.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE UP HERE TODAY.
BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, MEMBERS AT OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, MEN AND WOMEN WITH SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, ALL OF OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
'CAUSE THEY'RE COMING TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY'RE WORKING, REALLY WORKING REALLY HARD.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED DOING IN OUR E O C, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BIRTHDAYS, SO I GOT IT WRITTEN IN MY PLAN.
SO IF YOU GOT A BIRTHDAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LITTLE CAKES, LITTLE ICE CREAM.
SO TODAY'S DON EMERICK'S BIRTHDAY, AND I WANNA WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
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AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THOSE THINGS, UH, THAT ARE NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND AND CELEBRATE THOSE.SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE SLIDE.
SO, UM, YOU GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT UP.
SO EVERYONE'S HEARD ABOUT THE NURSING HOME.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE AS FAR AS UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES OF NURSING HOMES BECAUSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE WUHAN, UM, PEOPLE COMING IN AND ALSO KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER KIRKLAND WASHINGTON WAS KIND OF GROUND ZERO FOR, UM, CORONAVIRUS IN WASHINGTON.
THEY HAD MULTIPLE DEATHS FROM, UM, RESIDENTS AND MULTIPLE DEATHS FROM CARE WORKERS THERE.
SO ON MARCH 10TH, UH, THROUGH THE HELP OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE WENT OUT TO EVERY NURSING HOME, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALL 68.
WE WENT TO EVERY NURSING HOME IN THE COUNTY WITH HELP OF THE ESDS, AND WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY EVERY, UM, BOARDING HOME SLASH ANY TYPE OF FACILITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE HOUSING MULTIPLE ELDERLY PEOPLE.
WE GOT POINTS OF CONTACT FROM THEIR ADMINISTRATORS.
WE GOT INFORMATION AS FAR AS HOW ARE WE GOING TO INGRESS AND EGRESS, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GET IN TO GET TO A PATIENT WITHOUT, UH, FURTHER CONTAMINATING ANYONE THERE AND MAKING SURE OUR CREWS ARE SAFE.
SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THAT.
AND WE ACTUALLY VISITED THE NURSING HOME IN QUESTION ON MARCH 10TH WITH THAT INFORMATION.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD STARTED LOOKING AT WERE ADDRESSES OF NURSING HOMES THAT HAD, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS.
SO MARCH 21ST WAS AN ABER SEA.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO ONE TRANSPORT, AND THEN FIVE DAYS LATER, WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO, UM, ANOTHER E M S TRANSPORT FROM A NURSING HOME.
BUT THEN WE HAD A WORKER TEST POSITIVE.
AND THEN ON THE 29TH, UH, WE HAD THREE TRANSPORTS.
SO WITHIN ABOUT 12 HOURS, WE TRANSPORTED FOUR PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO THE FLAG CAME UP FOR US AS FAR AS WE WERE GONNA TARGET THIS.
SO WE WENT OUT WITH OUR SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT, M I H FOLKS WITH OUR METRO HEALTH PARTNERS AND STARTED MAKING ASSESSMENTS OF THAT.
AND SO METRO HEALTH AND OUR M I H FOLKS TESTED ALL THE RESIDENTS.
UH, WE DID CLASSES ON DONNING, WHICH IS PUTTING P P E ON AND DOFFING, UH, METRO HEALTH WENT OUT AND DID A SANITATION CLASS, CHANGED FILTERS, AND, UH, DID A LOT OF WORK WITH THE STAFF TO TRY TO MAKE, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT FACILITY.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE'VE DONE, WE'VE CREATED A TRANS TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS GONNA BE CALLED THE INNER FACILITY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION CENTER.
SO ANY NURSING HOME IN THIS REGION, IF THEY HAVE A PATIENT THAT THEY THINK NEEDS TO BE TRANSPORTED, WHETHER IT'S FROM US OR ONE OF THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES, AND ACADIAN DID THE MAJORITY OF THESE TRANSPORTS TO THIS NURSING HOME, THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING PARTNERS.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE COMPANIES.
UM, SO IF A NURSING HOME CALLS IN, UH, ONE OF OUR DOCTORS WILL SCREEN THEM.
THEY'LL ASK QUESTIONS, THEY'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE, AND THEN IF WE CAN TREAT THEM MEDICALLY IN THE FACILITY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
WHETHER IT'S FLUIDS, PORTABLE EKGS, ANTIBIOTICS, ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IN A FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IF THEY, IF, IF IT IS DECIDED BY THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR THAT THEY NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED, WHICH WE HAD ANOTHER TRANSPORT FROM THERE LAST NIGHT, BUT IT WENT THROUGH THIS SYSTEM TO WHERE IT WAS CLEARED, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOAD BALANCE THE HOSPITALS.
A LOT OF THESE NURSING HOMES MAY, UM, HISTORICALLY TAKE PATIENTS TO A CERTAIN HOSPITAL.
WE WANNA LOAD BASE PATIENTS TO HOSPITALS THAT ARE, CAN TAKE THEM.
WE WOULD ALSO WORK TO TRIAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET A BED AS SOON AS WE TRANSFER THEM IF WE HAVE TO.
SO BETWEEN, UH, METRO HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, WE'RE GONNA GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO EVERY NURSING HOME BY CLOSE OF BUS BUSINESS TOMORROW AS FAR AS A NEW PROCEDURE WHERE THEY WILL BE SCREENING BEFORE WE TRANSPORT.
THE OTHER THING WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH OUR DISPATCH CENTER IS EVERY TIME AN E M S UNIT OR A PRIVATE AMBULANCE WOULD BE DISPATCHED TO A NURSING HOME, UH, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT IF THAT IS A TRIGGER.
BUT BEFORE THEY TRANSPORT, THERE HAS TO BE AUTHORIZATION FROM OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
SO IN HOPES WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, BY THE NUMBERS, UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE HAD AT THIS TIME NOW SEVEN AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS.
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AT THIS TIME, WE ARE LOOKING AT 14 COVID POSITIVES, EIGHT RESIDENTS AND SIX STAFF.UNFORTUNATELY DID, WE DID REPORT A DEATH ON THE 31ST.
WE ARE HAVE, UH, TESTED EVERYONE AT THAT FACILITY.
THE TESTS ARE STILL, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, UH, UH, OUTSTANDING AND 60 STAFF WILL BE TESTED THROUGH THE DRIVE-THROUGH.
WE HAD THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE COME OUT YESTERDAY TO LOOK AT OUR DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY.
I THINK THEY WALKED AWAY VERY IMPRESSED.
IT IS A PLATINUM FACILITY, UH, VERY EFFICIENTLY RUN.
AND SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO DON AND, UH, WAIT FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
LEMME GO BACKWARDS ONE, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT IN ORDER.
IF YOU COULD START WITH A THIRD ONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO COME IN AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT METRO HEALTH IS DOING.
SO, AS WE MENTIONED LAST WEEK THAT WE DEBUTED OUR DASHBOARD, IT IS NOW INTERACTIVE.
UM, IT WAS DEBUTED ON MONDAY, AND THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OR SCREENSHOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS POSTED LAST NIGHT.
UM, AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE REALLY GETTING SOME GOOD, RICH DATA.
WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE INTERNAL FACING DOCUMENT OR DASHBOARD THAT WILL GIVE US A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INTELLIGENCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE VERY GOOD INFORMED DECISIONS.
BUT THIS IS THE EX THE EXTERNAL DATA, UM, EVERY 48 HOURS, OUR IT I T S D AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO UPLOAD EVERY 48 HOURS.
SO WE, EVERY 48 HOURS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE NEW INFORMATION ON HERE.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAS BEEN NEW SINCE THE DEBUT ON MONDAY IS THE GREEN BLOCK THAT SAYS RECOVERED.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT JUST GOT RELEASED JUST THE OTHER DAY.
AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING PROBABLY LATER ON TODAY WHEN WE DO THE SEVEN O'CLOCK UPDATE TODAY, WE'LL HAVE THE DATA FOR THE SCREENING TEST TOOL.
SO ALL OF THAT DATA THAT'S COMING THROUGH THE SCREENING TEST, WE CAPTURE THAT BY ZIP CODE.
AND SO ALL OF THAT WILL BE GEOCODED, SO THAT THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED IN AN ADDITIONAL MAP OVERLAY HOPEFULLY LATER ON TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THIS.
UM, AND IT'S JUST GONNA GET BETTER AS THE DATA GETS BETTER.
SO I WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU, SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THIS? SO THE DATA IS NOT, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE DATA IS UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
AND SO WE'RE PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE.
SO I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TWO THINGS THAT WE HAVE CREATED.
NUMBER ONE, IN ADDITION TO THE CONTACT TRACING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH EVERY POSITIVE AND MEDIUM AND HIGH RISK EXPOSURE, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND ACTUALLY BRINGING IT TO LIFE.
SO ON THE FIRST SIDE, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT IS OUR C OVID 19 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS A MULTI-SECTOR TEAM AMONG MANY, MANY DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY THAT ARE MEETING, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA, THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE MEANING BEHIND THE DATA.
AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THERE IS THAT SCREENSHOT THAT YOU SEE OF THE CITY IS THE SCREENSHOT THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU, JUST IN THE SMALLER AREA.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS FROM D H SS, METRO HEALTH, STRAC, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARKS AND REC, AND THEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DEPARTMENT.
ALL OF THEM ARE GETTING TOGETHER AS, AS A TEAM LOOKING OVER THE DATA AND THEN GOING INTO THOSE HOTSPOTS, IF YOU WILL, AND GOING INTO THE HOTSPOTS WITH THREE GOALS.
ONE IS TO EDUCATE, TWO IS TO MITIGATE, AND THREE IS TO ENFORCE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DECLARATION IS BEING ENFORCED IN THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN EITHER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT COMMUNITY AND CONTAIN THE SPREAD IF POSSIBLE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT'S THE C OVID 19 RESPONSE TEAM.
SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE DATA, THIS IS METRO HEALTH AND FIRE.
SO CHIEF JUST TOLD YOU ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN RESPONSE, AND THAT IS THE NURSING HOME.
SO WHEN WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK SOMEWHERE, THIS SAME TEAM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CROSSES OVER.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE PREVENTION TEAM ARE ALSO ON THIS RESPONSE TEAM.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS DATA THAT HAS REALLY COME TO US.
WE'RE DOING THE PREVENTION, AND THEN WE'RE DOING THE RESPONSE WHERE IT'S NECESSARY NEXT AND FINAL.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE DATA IS THAT WE'RE DOING CASE MANAGEMENT.
AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, NO ONE, NO ONE IS DOING THIS.
THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS TAKEN, UM, TAKEN THE LEAD ON.
WE ARE TAKING ALL OF THE POSITIVES THAT COME IN, AND WE ARE ASSIGNING NURSES AND OTHER METRO HEALTH AND PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OF THOSE POSITIVES.
AND WE ARE CASE MANAGING THEM FOR 14 DAYS WHILE THEY'RE IN QUARANTINE.
WHAT WE KNOW TO BE TRUE IS THAT THAT SECOND WEEK, IF THEY'RE POSITIVE, THAT SECOND WEEK
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OF QUARANTINE IS THE TIME THAT MAY BE, PERHAPS THE DISEASE MIGHT TAKE, TAKE THAT PERSON, UM, IN, IN THE PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE MAY CHANGE.AND SO WE WANT THOSE NURSES TO BE ABLE TO HAVE CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY SO THAT WE CAN GET A CUE OF WHETHER THAT DISEASE IS REALLY STARTING TO TAKE A TURN.
WE DON'T WANNA GET FOLKS IN THE HOSPITAL.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT ALL OF THOSE, UM, POSITIVES FROM GETTING INTO THE HOSPITAL, GETTING INTO THE I C U, AND THEN GETTING IN AND THEN GETTING INTUBATED WITH THE VENTILATOR.
SO, UM, THIS IS AN AMAZING EFFORT THAT WE'RE DOING.
AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER CROSS DEPARTMENTAL OFF EFFORT WITH THE DESIGN OF ASSURING FOLKS WHO ARE POSITIVE TALKING TO THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CATCH THAT DISEASE IF IT STARTS TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORSE.
GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS GONNA FOCUS ON THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SPECIFICALLY HOW WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND PROJECTING THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON THE CITY'S FINANCIALS.
AS WE HAVE UPDATED YOU FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU THAT BASED ON THE LIMITED DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, THE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS HAVE DEFINITELY CREATED A GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISRUPTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, THE, UM, INTERNATIONALLY AND HERE IN OUR COUNTRY AND HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IN TERMS OF HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA TAKE, HOW THE RECOVERY IS GONNA LOOK LIKE, HOW QUICKLY ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO RECOVER.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A JOB TODAY.
THERE WILL BE A JOB FOR THEM TO GO BACK TO WHEN THIS IS, THIS IS ALL OVER.
SO THE RECOVERY PHASE IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AT THIS TIME.
UH, WHAT IS CERTAIN ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT EXPERTS IS THAT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, EXPERIENCED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AS WELL, THAT THERE'S A DEFINITE ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND A POTENTIAL GLOBAL, GLOBAL RECESSION.
HOWEVER, AGAIN, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DATA AVAILABLE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR SALES TAX FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, SINCE THERE'S, UH, 30 DAYS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO SUBMIT THEIR REPORTS TO THE STATE, AND THEN FOR THE STATE TO SUBMIT THOSE REVENUES TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE WON'T KNOW THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS UNTIL MAY.
SO A LOT OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE ARE, UH, PROVIDING TO YOU TODAY IS OUR, OUR BEST PROFESSIONAL PROJECTIONS AT THIS POINT WITH THE LIMITED DATA THAT WE HAVE.
UH, WE ALSO GONNA TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE MEASURES THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS IMPLEMENTED TO TRY TO OFFSET AND MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE LOST REVENUE.
AND THIS IS VERY CRITICAL 'CAUSE THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING, UH, TODAY AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS UH, IMPLEMENTED, WILL ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCED, UH, AND ALSO WILL PREPARE US FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AS WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT NOT ONLY THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
LAST WEEK WE GAVE YOU AN OVERALL, UM, PROJECTION FOR SEVERAL REVENUE SOURCES.
UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GONNA FOCUS SPECIFICALLY IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TOTAL C CITY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 2.9, $2.9 BILLION.
UH, IN TOTAL, UH, THE LARGEST OPERATING, UH, FUND OF THE CITIES ARE GENERAL FUND 1.27 BILLION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GONNA FOCUS ON TODAY.
OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, AS YOU CAN SEE LISTED ON THE SCREEN, IS 938 MILLION ANNUALLY.
THE AIRPORT FUND, AS I MENTIONED, HAS BEEN IMPACTED.
WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME, UH, SLOW ACTIVITY IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES IMPACTED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT AT THIS, UH, TIME WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN IMPACT, LIKE OUR SOLID WASTE AND OUR STORM WATER FUND, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM OF $715 MILLION CONTINUES AS SCHEDULE AT THIS POINT.
AND AGAIN, TODAY I WILL FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND.
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OF OUR GENERAL FUND OF 1.27 BILLION IN THE OUTER CIRCLE OF THIS CHART, YOU SEE THE FOUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES ARE PAYMENT FROM C P SS, UH, SALES TAX, PROPERTY TAX, AND OTHER RESOURCES.THAT INCLUDES E M S TRANSFER FEES, RECREATIONS, TRAFFIC FINES, ET CETERA.
THE INNER CIRCLE REPRESENTS THOSE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH A GENERAL FUND, WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE, UH, REVENUES BEING ALLOCATED TO THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ABOUT TWO THIRDS FOLLOWED BY STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PARKS, AND ROUGHLY ABOUT 22 OTHER SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT TO OUR REVENUES.
LAST WEEK, UH, WE PRESENTED TO YOU A PROJECTION.
UH, WE WERE PROJECTING AT THE, AT THAT TIME, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 TO $75 MILLION.
WE HAVE REFINED THAT PROJECTION, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA REVIEW WITH YOU TODAY IN DETAIL.
SO, AS I MENTIONED, OUR PROPERTY TAX IS ONE OF THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET IS $381 MILLION.
AT THIS POINT, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW, WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING A REDUCTION IN THAT REVENUE SOURCE.
UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED MOST OF THE, UH, REVENUES FOR PROPERTY TAXES, BUT WE STILL HAVE, UH, A PORTION THAT IS LEFT TO BE COLLECTED.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, MONITOR THAT REVENUE SOURCE.
BUT AS OF TODAY, WE'RE NOW PROJECTING A DECLINE FROM WHAT WE ANTICIPATED IN THE BUDGET SALES TAX.
THAT COMPRISES 313 MILLION OF THE 2020 BUDGET.
THIS IS THE, THE, UH, REVENUE SOURCE THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE LARGEST, UH, VARIANCE, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 50 TO $53 MILLION.
AND I WILL GO OVER THAT IN DETAIL C P S ENERGY $354 MILLION.
AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH C P SS ENERGY TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
THE $8 MILLION, UH, THAT YOU SEE AS A NEGATIVE VARIANCE IS PRIMARILY FOR THE, UM, DUE TO THE WEATHER AND THE MILD TEMPERATURES THAT WE EXPERIENCE DURING THE MONTH OF, UH, FEBRUARY, AND WE'RE, AND WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
THE FINALLY, THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORY, WHICH IS $217 MILLION, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DECREASE OF 14 TO 20 MILLION.
AND I WILL GO OVER IN DETAIL WHAT THOSE, UH, REVENUES ARE.
SO JUST TAKING A CLOSER LOOK TO SALES TAX.
THE, THE, THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU PROVIDES A GRAPHIC, WHICH IS, UM, A LINE GRAPH THAT SHOWS YOU THE MONTHLY COLLECTIONS.
THE BUDGETED AMOUNT IS A DARKER GREEN, AND THE LIGHT GREEN, OR THE AQUA AQUA COLOR ARE THE ACTUAL COLLECTIONS.
THE DOTTED LINE REPRESENTS THOSE PROJECTIONS, WHICH MEANS THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO RECEIVE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE TABLE AT THE BOTTOM SUMMARIZES THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH FEBRUARY.
SO BREAKING DOWN THE TOTAL ANNUAL BUDGET OF 313 MILLION FROM OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE WERE 700,000 AHEAD.
IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER IS A DECLINE IN OUR WORST CASE SCENARIO OF ABOUT $54 MILLION, UH, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT IN THE MONTHS OF, UM, APRIL AND MAY, THERE'S A LARGEST, UH, LARGER DECREASE IN THOSE COLLECTIONS.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING A 50% DECLINE IN, UM, IN, IN FOR THE MARCH, UM, COLLECTIONS THAT WE'LL GET IN MAY.
AND THEN FROM THERE, 40% AND THEN, UH, UH, 30% DECLINE AND SO ON.
SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE THE THINGS WE'LL GET BETTER, BUT WE AT THIS POINT DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT WE COLLECTED WHEN WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET.
IN TERMS OF C P S ENERGY, UM, THE PAYMENT WE GET FROM C P S, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH C P S TO ANTICIPATE THE IMPACT.
TODAY'S NUMBERS ARE PRELIMINARY, AND AGAIN, THEY DO NOT REFLECT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF, UH, C OVID 19, SIMILAR TO SALES TAX, OCTOBER THROUGH FEBRUARY ARE REVENUES WERE $5.2 MILLION BELOW BUDGET.
THIS IS DUE TO, TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, NOTHING RELATED TO C OVID 19.
MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A $3 MILLION DECLINE, BUT STILL THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UH, THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19.
UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO BRIEF YOU NEXT WEEK, WE'LL HAVE A, A BETTER NUMBER FOR THIS REVENUE SOURCE.
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THE OTHER GENERAL FUND, UM, UH, REVENUE CATEGORY, AS I MENTIONED, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 217 MILLION.THESE ARE THE LARGEST CATEGORIES.
UH, WE GET A TRANSFER FROM THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX OF 15% FOR HISTORY AND PRESERVATION.
SO THE BUDGET WAS 10.7 MILLION.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THAT IS GONNA BE DOWN $5.3 MILLION.
RECREATION AND CULTURE IS A CATEGORY OF $17 MILLION.
THIS IS, UH, THE CATEGORY THAT INCLUDES THE RIVER BAR REVENUE.
OF THE $17 MILLION BUDGET, ABOUT 12 AND A HALF IS RELATED TO THE REVENUE FROM THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACT.
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT CATEGORY TO BE $5.2 MILLION BELOW BUDGET.
OUR INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS AS THE, UH, FEDS HAVE DECREASED THE, THE INTEREST RATES FOR INVESTMENTS WE ARE ANTICIPATING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, 20 28, 2 $0.2 MILLION DECLINE.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT IS GONNA BE SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, HIGHER IN FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 21, EXCUSE ME.
OUR E M S, UH, TRANSPORT, TOWING AND ALARM FEES.
THAT PARTICULAR, UM, CATEGORY OF PUBLIC SAFETY REVENUES IS 43 AND A HALF MILLION.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS OUR E M S TRANSPORTS, WHICH IS ABOUT 33 MILLION OF THE 43 AND A HALF.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, TOWING CONTRACT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MANAGES AND OUR, UM, ALARM FEES, UH, AS WELL AS INCLUDED IN THERE.
SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING AT THIS POINT A $6.7 MILLION, UM, DECREASE PRIMARILY IN E M S TRANSPORTS AS WE HAVE, UH, EXPERIENCED, UM, UH, LESS, UH, TRANSPORTS IN, IN THAT, UH, CATEGORY.
THE OTHER REVENUES, WHICH IS ABOUT 138.7 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES REVENUES FROM SOURCE PAYMENT, FINES, SELL THE PROPERTY, LIQUOR, BUY THE DRINK, UH, PROPERTY, UH, TAX PENALTIES AND INTEREST.
AT THIS POINT, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, BASED ON ACTUAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH MARCH, THAT WE ARE GONNA BE ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS BELOW.
UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO MONITOR THAT REVENUE SPECIFICALLY WITH THE REVENUES THAT COME FROM MUNICIPAL COURT, UM, THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE COULD HAVE A HIGHER IMPACT THAN WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL HERE TODAY.
SO, UM, OVERALL WHAT I JUST, UH, SHOW YOU FOR THE VARIANCE IN REVENUES, THAT'S ABOUT $81 MILLION IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO.
SO WHAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UH, DONE IS, UH, SUSPENDED OR SLOW DOWN SOME OF OUR, UM, EXPENSES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO I WANTED TO REVIEW THOSE WITH YOU.
SO THE, THE WAY THAT THIS, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, PROGRAMS WERE EVALUATED, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO SHOULD OUR ECONOMY RECOVER.
SO IF OUR PROJECT PROJECTIONS ARE OFF AND THE ECONOMY RECOVERS QUICKER THAN WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING, THIS PROJECT CAN BE PUT BACK INTO PRODUCTION AS, AS WE START COLLECTING THE DOLLARS, OR THIS PROJECT COULD BE DEFERRED TO FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2021, UH, DEPENDING ON FUNDING AVAILABILITY.
THE OTHER CATEGORY OF PROGRAMS THAT I REVIEWED WITH YOU ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING SUSPENDED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR DUE TO THE CURRENT SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, GUIDELINES THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING, LIKE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS AND PARKS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND I'LL GO, UH, OVER THOSE IN DETAIL.
SO ON, ON OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR ANNUAL BUDGET IS 110 MILLION.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THAT IS FUNDED IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET AND ROUGHLY ABOUT $31 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2020 IS FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
CURRENTLY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON COMPLETING THE 2018 PROGRAM, THE 2019, AND THE CURRENT 2020.
SO BASED ON THE CARRY FORWARD AMOUNTS FROM THE PRIOR YEAR, UH, ABOUT ROUGHLY ABOUT $20 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE CURRENT BUDGET OF, UH, $30 MILLION, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UM, UH, SLOWED DOWN THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, UM, UM, BEGUN OR THEY'RE FUNDED WITH OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, THOSE CONTINUE TO BE, UH, EXECUTED AS WE HAD, UM, A PLAN IN OUR BUDGET.
THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE THAT WE HAVEN'T EXECUTED A, A WORK ORDER AND WE CAN, UH, POSTPONE AND AGAIN, IF THE ECONOMY ECONOMY RECOVERS, AND THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN START AGAIN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, UH, TOTAL OF 12.4 MILLION.
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FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, UH, IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $7 MILLION ANNUALLY.THIS INCLUDES SOME CARRYOVERS OR CLOSE OUT OF PRIOR YEAR PROJECTS.
SO, UH, WE ARE, UM, SPENDING THOSE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROJECTS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS ALSO, UM, INDICATED THAT, THAT WE WILL HAVE A HIRING FREEZE AND SUSPEND SOME OF OUR AGENCY TEMPORARIES IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT WILL SAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT $4.4 MILLION.
UM, WE ARE ALSO SLOWING DOWN OUR SA TOMORROW PLANS, AND THAT IS $2 MILLION THAT WE WOULD SAVE THIS FISCAL YEAR.
OUR HOME REHABILITATION AND UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM ARE ALSO BEING SLOWED DOWN.
I WILL REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THIS PROGRAMS IN TOTAL, UH, THE BUDGET INCLUDES $35 MILLION, AND THIS ONLY THE PORTION THAT IS FUNDED IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THE PROGRAMS CONTINUE WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, GRANTS, AND ALSO THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST.
THIS IS ONLY, AGAIN, THE PORTION AND THE GENERAL FUND.
SO AS I MENTIONED, UH, DUE TO OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE NOT FEASIBLE TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTING AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT BRINGS COLLEGE STUDENTS AND PROVIDES, UH, PAID INTERNSHIPS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE SUSPENDING FOR THIS, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IS THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SUSPENDED FOR THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
OUR PARK SUMMER PROGRAMS AND DOWNTOWN EVENTS, UH, FOR THE SAME REASON FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING, THOSE ARE BEING SUSPENDED.
UM, ALSO WE HAD A COUPLE OF FACILITY CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DEFERRING UNTIL OUR ECONOMY GETS BETTER.
AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, UH, VIA IS, UH, DECREASING SOME OF THE FREQUENCY IN THEIR ROUTES DUE TO, UH, A LOW NUMBER OF RIDERSHIP.
SO THE CITY CONTRIBUTES $10 MILLION ANNUALLY.
WE'RE WORKING WITH VIA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, THE IMPACT OF THEIR, UM, SLOWING DOWN THEIR OPERATIONS HAS ON THAT PAYMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES TO VIA.
WE ARE PROJECTING ABOUT $3 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY PAID VIA $5 MILLION, UH, UP TO, UM, MARCH.
SO THE BALANCE TO PAY TO VIA FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS ANOTHER $5 MILLION.
SO WE'RE ESTIMATING, AGAIN, A POTENTIAL SAVINGS OF $3 MILLION.
THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVE, UH, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'RE PAUSING THAT PLAN FOR NOW.
SO WE ARE, UM, REALIZING THOSE SAVINGS OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
WE ALSO HAVE A CAPITAL BUDGET CONTINGENCY IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE ARE USING $1.9 MILLION TO FUND SOME PROJECTS THAT WE HAD BUDGETED IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT QUALIFIED TO BE PAID OUT OF THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND FINALLY, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A BALANCE OF OUR GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY OF $600,000.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE USE ONE THIRD FOR THE MIGRANT CENTER.
AND THIS WAS A BALANCE THAT WAS LEFT IN THAT, UH, CONTINGENCY.
SO ALL THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS COMBINED, AS I MENTIONED, THE SLOWDOWN OF SOME PROGRAMS AND SUSPENDING OTHER PROGRAMS DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES EQUATE TO $82 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2020.
OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UM, IS BEING PAID.
UH, TODAY FROM THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING, UH, THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE, AND FOR THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, UH, UH, PROGRAM THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THEY PAY FOR 75% OF THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES, AND THEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO MATCH 25%.
SO, UH, TODAY, AS OF MARCH 29, WE HAVE SPENT AND COMMITTED ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BETWEEN PERSONAL COST AND SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE EITHER PURCHASED OR HAVE ORDERED.
SO THAT IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF, OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT SO FAR.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE USING OUR CITY'S, UH, GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE TO COVER FOR THOSE EXPENSES.
SO IN CONCLUSION, UH, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY, UH, WITH THIS UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC DISRUPTION.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, I'VE SAID THIS SEVERAL TIMES, WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE YOU WITH RE RELIABLE PROJECTIONS.
WE, UM, THE TEAM, UH, BENELL AND OUR FINANCE AND BUDGET TEAMS, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO, UH, COME
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UP WITH SOME PROJECTIONS AND WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND, AND TAKE ACTIONS, UH, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO WE CAN BETTER POSITION THE CITY AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVENTUALLY RECOVERY WITH THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER TO SLOW DOWN OR SUSPENDE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS. THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE REMAINS BALANCE, UH, TODAY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.COVER REAL QUICKLY, UH, THE ORDER ISSUED BY TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG A ON TUESDAY.
THAT ORDER BECAME EFFECTIVE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN, UH, BOTH TONE OBJECTIVE AND CONTENT TO MANY, UH, WHAT'S BEING CALLED STAY AT HOME ORDERS.
IT HAD BEEN ISSUED BY GOVERNORS ACROSS THE NATION AND BY A LOT OF MAJOR CITIES.
UH, AND ALSO IT'S VERY SIMILAR, UH, TO THE DECLARATION ISSUED BY THE MAYOR THAT COVERS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UM, IT ESSENTIALLY IS TRYING, AGAIN, HAS THE SAME OBJECTIVE THAT OURS HAS, WHICH IS TRYING TO LIMIT, UH, SOCIAL GATHERINGS, RESTRICT SOCIAL GATHERINGS, UH, WHILE ALLOWING WHAT'S DEEMED EITHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES OR CRITICAL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE.
UM, THE CRITICAL, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, UH, UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS TIED TO THE SECTORS IDENTIFIED BY CSA, WHICH IS AN AGENCY UNDER HOMELAND SECURITY THAT IDENTIFIES, UH, ACTIVITIES OR SERVICES BUSINESSES RELATED TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE, THE PROHIBITIONS AND LIST OF EXEMPTED, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY ORDER IS ALSO BASED ON THOSE CSA SECTORS.
UH, ONE OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES THOUGH, IS THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER DOES IDENTIFY RELIGIOUS SERVICES AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, UM, AND, UH, DOES ALLOW FOR THE CONDUCT OF SERVICES.
UH, BUT THAT MUST BE DONE FOLLOWING WHITE HOUSE AND C D C MITIGATION STRATEGIES, ESSENTIALLY, UH, MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HYGIENE PRACTICES.
BUT EVEN BEFORE CHURCHES GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT SERVICES, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT MUST BE MET.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A COUPLE SLIDES.
SO, AGAIN, THE, UH, ESSENTIAL SERVICES UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO HAVE IS A WEBSITE, UH, THAT LISTS OUT THE VARIOUS SECTORS THAT ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
AND IT PROVIDES BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE STATE WHETHER THEY ARE DEEMED IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES OR, OR NOT.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE VERY OBVIOUS.
THEY'RE EITHER LISTED, EXPLICIT EXPLICITLY IN THE CECIL LIST, OR IT CAN BE READILY FITTED INTO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, HEALTHCARE PROVISION, UH, SERVICES.
THERE ARE SOME THAT EITHER, UH, ARE NOT COVERED OR THERE'S A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THEY'RE COVERED OR NOT.
THEY CAN ASK THE STATE THEN AS TO WHETHER THEY'RE DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE OR NOT, AND THE STATE WILL UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE AS THEY ADD ON BUSINESSES THAT THEY DEEM ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES.
IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT, UH, VIOLATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UH, UH, CAN LEAD UP A FINE OF UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR JAIL TIME OF UP TO 180 DAYS, AND IT MAY BE ENFORCED BY, UH, ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
UH, THE GOVERNOR ALSO MADE IT QUITE CLEAR UNDER THE ORDER THAT, UH, IF THERE ARE VIOLATIONS IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL PENALTIES, UM, THEY CAN ISSUE QUARANTINE ORDERS.
THE STATE CAN ISSUE QUARANTINE ORDERS, UH, TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN VIOLATION, WHICH AGAIN, IS VERY MUCH DRIVEN BY THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORDER WAS JUST TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME.
AND IF YOU, IF THEY DO FIND LARGE GATHERINGS THAT COULD LEAD TO INCREASED EXPOSURE, RISK OF EXPOSURE, UH, THEY CAN ORDER PEOPLE TO QUARANTINE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS CONCERNING WHETHER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UH, SUPERSEDES COMPLETELY, UH, THE LOCAL ORDERS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY A NUMBER OF TEXAS CITIES AND COUNTIES.
UH, THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NO, THERE'S NOT A WHOLESALE SUPERSEDING OF THOSE LOCAL ORDERS.
SO, UH, THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION STAYS IN PLACE.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER DOES SAY IS THAT, UH, TO THE EXTENT THERE IS CONFLICT ON TWO FRONTS, UH, THE ORDERS ARE SUPERSEDED.
SO THE TWO FRONTS ARE, IF ANY LOCAL ENTITY HAS ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT FOUND IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, THOSE ARE SUPERSEDED.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE CANNOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING WHAT ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES ARE AND ARE NOT.
SECOND, LOCAL ENTITIES CANNOT HAVE IN
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THEIR ORDERS, UM, GUIDELINES THAT ARE LESS RESTRICTIVE ON GATHERINGS.THE GOOD NEWS IS OURS IS NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE, SO THERE'S NO CONFLICT.
UH, THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE BETWEEN OUR LOCAL, UH, CITY AND COUNTY ORDERS.
UH, AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS AGAIN, HAVING TO DO WITH RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
UH, UNDER OUR CURRENT ORDER, WE RESTRICTED RELIGIOUS SERVICES ONLY TO THOSE THAT COULD BE DONE EITHER BY VIDEO OR THROUGH OTHER REMOTE MEASURES UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES CAN BE DONE, BUT UH, THEY CAN ONLY BE DONE IF THE CHURCH, UH, DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY OR CANNOT, UH, CONDUCT A SERVICE THROUGH REMOTE OR, UH, VIDEO MEANS.
UM, AND THE, THE CANNOT HAS BEEN CLARIFIED, UH, BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO MEAN CANNOT FOR EITHER FINANCIAL OR TECHNICAL REASONS.
UM, SO AGAIN, CHURCH SERVICES ARE ALLOWED, BUT ONLY IF THE CHURCH CAN ESTABLISH THEY CANNOT PERFORM SERVICES REMOTELY OR THROUGH VIDEO.
UM, OUR ENFORCEMENT, UH, ACTIVITIES AS A CITY AND COUNTY WILL CONTINUE.
UH, OF COURSE WE WILL BE GUIDED BY THE, UH, STATE'S DECLARATIONS AS TO WHAT ARE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES AND WHAT ARE NOT.
UH, SO WE'LL STAY IN CLOSE MONITORING OF WHATEVER THE STATE GUIDANCE IS ON THAT, ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UH, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
UM, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET INTO QUESTIONS.
UM, NOW, AND I JUST DO, DO WANT TO REMIND FOLKS, UH, WE ARE DOWN TO ESSENTIAL STAFF IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, PLEASE BE MINDFUL AS WE GET INTO QUESTIONS THAT WE WANNA MOVE THROUGH THIS VERY SPEEDILY.
UM, I DO HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, UH, ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND THE FAITH GATHERINGS, THE JUDGE AND I HAVE COMMUNICATED TO, UM, THE CHURCH COMMUNITIES, THE FAITH COMMUNITIES IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, AND ADVISED THEM OF THE C D C GUIDANCE AND WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY SPREAD.
AND ALL OF THE ONES THAT WE HAVE VISITED WITH ARE WILLINGLY COMPLYING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, LIVE STREAMING SERVICES, NOT CONDUCTING IN PER IN-PERSON SERVICES OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T PUT THEIR OWN CONGREGANTS IN HARM'S WAY.
SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN PROACTIVE, UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ON THOSE ISSUES.
UM, I DID HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS, ERIC.
UM, WOULD YOU DESCRIBE, UH, THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU'RE MAKING BECAUSE WE'RE CLEAR ON THIS IS NOT AN ACTION TO AMEND OUR BUDGET, BUT YOU'RE MAKING, UH, SOME ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE STAYING BALANCED? UH, YES, SIR.
UM, THOSE, ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT 81, 80 $2 MILLION HAVE ALL BEEN SUSPENDED, UM, AS MARIA PRESENTED.
UM, WE ARE NOT AMENDING THE BUDGET TODAY.
UM, WE WILL, AS MARIA MENTIONED, WE ARE MONITORING THIS, FRANKLY, DAILY AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED AND WE WILL, UH, UM, AT THIS POINT, UM, NOT BE SPENDING ANY OF THAT $82 MILLION ON ANY OF THOSE PROGRAMS UNTIL WE HAVE MORE, MORE INFORMATION.
I WILL ALSO ADD, UH, AND MARIA MENTIONED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF HER PRESENTATION, UM, THIS WAS OUR, UM, OUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO, UM, ADJUST BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE, WE KNOW, UM, AS WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM C P S, UH, WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS.
AND, UH, THAT'S WHY I THINK THESE, UH, WEEKLY BRIEFINGS WILL BE HELPFUL TO KEEP THE COUNCIL APPRISED OF THAT.
AND, AND JUST TO, TO GIVE FOLKS A SENSE OF WHAT THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR FIRST, UH, PRIORITY AND, AND IT IS SO, AND THE PROPORTION OF OUR BUDGET IS PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THOSE, UH, TWO DEPARTMENTS, UH, ARE PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.
THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE INTO THE OTHER ONE THIRD OF THE BUDGET.
SO, UH, IF WE'RE SAYING, LET'S SAY ROUGHLY $100 MILLION, WHICH IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR, WHICH WE ARE ALREADY HALFWAY THROUGH, THAT ADJUSTMENT IS BEING MADE IN ROUGHLY 400 TO $430 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENDITURES.
IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT POINT, MAYOR.
SO OF THE, OF THE ITEMS THAT THE, THAT THE MARIA PRESENTED TO YOU, THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR ALL OF THOSE ITEMS IS ABOUT $450 MILLION.
UM, SO WITH THAT 80, UH, $2,000,083 MILLION IN ADJUSTMENTS, THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 18%, UM, REDUCTION OR PAUSE ON THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THOSE ITEMS. OKAY.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING TO DO THAT IN ROUGHLY HALF OF A FISCAL YEAR.
UH, AND OF COURSE, WE'LL, WE'LL BE WORKING TOWARDS A BUDGET YEAR, UH, 21 WHEN WE GET TO IT, UH, WITH A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THAT WE HOPE TO FIGURE OUT AS NEW DATA COMES IN.
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WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF ESSENTIALS.UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE COMMUNITY LEADERS, OUR COUNCIL, OUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT, ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAFE ROOFS OVER THEIR HEADS.
THEY HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLE, UH, THEY HAVE SECURITY WITHIN THEIR FAMILIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS.
THAT'S JOB NUMBER ONE, TO RESPOND TO THE ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE HEALTHY.
UM, ERIC, ONE OF THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE STOOD UP OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO IS THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, UH, FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND THERE, THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION OF WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING THERE.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF LORI, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP OR, OR ERIC, YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT I, I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE WITH RISK MITIGATION, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMMEDIATE NEED.
UH, AND, AND ALSO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE APPLIED FOR RISK MITIGATION, UH, WHICH WILL GIVE US A SENSE OF, OF THE NEED OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THEIR HOMES.
WHILE MAYBE LORI CAN GIVE SOME STATS ON, ON THE ACTIVITY WE'VE SEEN, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE NOT PAUSED ON.
AND, AND, UH, FRANKLY, AND I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATION WITH, WITH, UH, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, NO EVICTION, UH, UH, UM, ORDER IN THE COUNTY'S ORDER.
UM, AND I SUSPECT THAT THAT ORDER WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED FORWARD.
UM, WE WILL NEED TO, UH, PREPARE FOR THE TIME WHERE WE COME OUT OF THIS, UM, AND, AND FOLKS ARE GONNA NEED HELP.
AND SO LORI AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT RISK MITIGATION FUND.
UM, I, I THINK WE WILL NEED TO BE DELIBERATE IN TERMS OF, UH, THE COUNCIL POTENTIALLY WORKING THROUGH SOLUTIONS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS TO, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION 60 DAYS FROM NOW OR 90 DAYS FROM NOW, HAVING A WHOLE, UM, SLEW OF FOLKS THAT ARE, UH, EVICTED.
UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL IN WORKING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO FOCUS OUR, UH, ATTENTION THERE.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE, UH, BIG TASKS, UH, THAT THE WORK GROUP OF FOOD AND SHELTER WILL HAVE UNDER THE, THE GROUP THAT, THAT YOU AND THE JUDGE ORGANIZED.
UM, AND I CAN EVEN ENVISION POTENTIALLY ENABLING ORDINANCES THAT ALLOW FOR, UM, UH, FOLKS TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOMES.
AND, UH, FIGURING OUT HOW THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN, CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AMPLIFIED HOUSING CRISIS AT THE END OF THIS.
LORI, DO YOU WANNA GIVE SOME STATS? 'CAUSE THAT STATS HAVE STARTED TO PEAK UP, UH, HERE THIS PAST WEEK.
ON AVERAGE, PRIOR TO MARCH, WE WERE GETTING ABOUT 56 CALLS A WEEK, UM, FOR ASSISTANCE WITH RENTAL OR MORTGAGES.
NOW WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 2000 CALLS A WEEK.
AND SO THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 10 A DAY TO OVER 200 TO 400 A DAY, DEPENDING ON, UM, THE DAY.
NOW WE ARE IN THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, SO WE EXPECT THOSE CALLS TO GO UP.
ERIC MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A MORATORIUM ON EVICTION COURTS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT PROPERTY OWNERS AREN'T GOING TO GIVE A NOTICE TO VACATE.
AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT TENANT RIGHTS THAT ARE COMING IN AS WELL.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, EDUCATION, AS WELL AS SOME FAQS ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE C OVID 19 WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE SET UP ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE, THERE IS ACTUALLY A RESIDENT ASSISTANCE TAB THAT EDUCATES TENANTS ON WHAT ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE.
AND AS ERIC MENTIONED AS WELL, THIS IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR US.
WE ARE WORKING TO SEE WHAT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WE CAN BRING TO THE TABLE, UM, TO INCLUDE THE HOUSING TRUST THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION ON ADDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN EARLY NEXT WEEK.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA STRESS IS WE HAVE ABOUT $430,000 RIGHT NOW.
UM, WE ARE SPENDING, WE SPENT ABOUT 30,000 OF THAT LAST WEEK.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING UP, UM, AS WE GET MORE AND MORE, UM, INTO THE MONTH.
BUT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR US AND BRING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE TABLE, UM, OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.
AND, UH, LAURA, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION.
I KNOW THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US MM-HMM.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT WILL IMPACT THE SITUATION? YES, AND FIRST, THE RISK MITIGATION POLICY HAS NOT CHANGED AT ALL.
THE RULES TO THE POLICY REMAIN THE SAME.
WHAT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION HAS DONE IS THEY ARE ENCOURAGING THEIR MEMBERS AND OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE A 25% DISCOUNT ON THE OVERDUE RENT AND WAIVE THE FEES.
AND SO WHAT THAT WILL DO IS, AS
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A TENANT OF ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES COMES TO REQUEST ASSISTANCE FROM A RISK MITIGATION FUND, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT 25% DISCOUNT, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE MORE FUNDING.BUT I WANNA STRESS THAT THE RISK MITIGATION FUND RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED.
THIS IS JUST AN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION COMING TO THE TABLE AND HELPING US LEVERAGE MORE RESOURCES BY ENCOURAGING THEIR MEMBERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK WITH TENANTS AND TO PROVIDE A DISCOUNT AND WAIVE FEES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A VOLUNTARY AND IT'S VOLUNTARY.
AND, AND I, AND I, I SUPPOSE THEN THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL.
UH, THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
OUR CHALLENGE UP HERE ON THE DAIS, AND I CAN, I THINK I CAN SPEAK, UM, IN CONCERT WITH MY COLLEAGUES, IS THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET ANYONE BEHIND, UH, LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND.
AND SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A COMMUNITY-WIDE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
UM, THERE IS NO CHALLENGE, UH, TOO GREAT FOR US TO OVERCOME HERE IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER, AND WE WILL BE WORKING 24 7 EVERY SINGLE DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE CASE.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU, LORI, OUR CITY STAFF, ERIC, EVERYBODY THAT'S WORK, BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS.
WE'VE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE ON THIS ISSUE, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE WORKING TO ADDRESS IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING AGAIN, THANK YOU.
UH, EVERYONE'S BEEN TERRIFIC, UH, REALLY FOCUSED ON THE EFFORT OF RESPONSE AND RELIEF.
THERE'S A, A LOT OF WORK AHEAD.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL HERE, ALSO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE'RE, WE'RE A TEAM AND WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
ALRIGHT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HOPEFULLY YOU CAN.
UM, SO I HAVE A TO THANK MY DISTRICT TWO STAFF FIRST, UM, AND OUR FAITH-BASED MINISTRIES AS WELL.
UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAD ONE CHURCH THAT WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT SERVICES THIS PAST SUNDAY, UM, VIA DOING A DRIVE IN, IN STYLE, UM, SERVICE.
AND THAT WENT REALLY WELL TO WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT EVEN MORE NOW.
UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS ARE STILL CONCERNED IN REFERENCE TO THE, UH, PRE-APPROVED TESTING CENTER AND NOW THE TRIAGE THAT'S BEING SET UP AT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT EFFORTS, UM, WE ARE STILL PUTTING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A BROCHURE OR SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION WE CAN POST SOCIAL MEDIA WISE TO GET OUT TO THAT COMMUNITY TO KIND OF CALM THEIR FEARS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS IS JEFF, UH, COYLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE DID SEND SOME MESSAGING OVER TO YOUR STAFF, UH, THIS WEEK.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WANNA REASSURE PEOPLE IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NO POTENTIAL EXPOSURE WITH THE PUBLIC AT ALL.
THOSE COMING FOR TESTS ARE DRIVING IN AND GOING INSIDE A FACILITY, UH, NOT, NOT INTERACTING WITH ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC.
THE, UH, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES SINCE IT'S ALL BY APPOINTMENT, IT'S STAGED OUT, SO THERE ISN'T A LINE OF OF VEHICLES.
UM, BUT I DID REACH OUT TO YOUR CHIEF OF STAFF THIS MORNING TO SEE HOW ELSE WE CAN HELP.
UM, I'VE ALSO CHECKED WITH DAVID MCCAREY AND WITH JENNIFER HARRIET FOR OUR 3 1 1 AND OUR HOTLINE.
AND FORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY, UH, CALLS OF CONCERN INTO THOSE LINES.
SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER THIS AND SEE HOW WE CAN ADDRESS IT.
I, I THINK THE OBJECTIVE FOR US IS TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED WITHOUT CAUSING A GREATER, UH, CONCERN AND, AND SUGGESTING THAT THERE MIGHT BE REASON TO BE UP, UM, WORRIED ABOUT IT.
SO I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, UH, BUTTON THAT UP.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOME-BASED GROUP HOMES, UM, WITH DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, I KNOW THAT WITH EVERYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE NURSING HOME, HOW ARE WE HANDLING THE HOME GROUPS, UM, THAT HAVE THE DISABLED RESIDENTS IN 'EM? ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING OUT OR HAVE WE CONTACTED, UH, THE HOME HEALTHCARE AGENCIES TO SEE WHICH GROUP HOMES ARE STILL HOUSING THOSE INDIVIDUALS? COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS ERIC.
UH, CHIEF HOOD, UH, LEFT, UH, UM, THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS, AS THEY VISITED, UM, SENIOR CARE FACILITIES, THEY ALSO WENT TO VISIT, UH, ALL KNOWN BOARDING HOMES.
OF COURSE, BOARDING HOMES NEED TO BE LICENSED BY THE, UH, BY THE CITY.
UM, AND SO THEY, UH, TREATED THOSE FACILITIES THE SAME AS THE SENIOR CENTERS AND THE, UM, REHAB CENTERS.
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THANK YOU, ERIC.UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, GOVERNMENT IS GETTING READY TO RELEASE THE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBERS FOR, UH, THE CCB OR, OR C D B G GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE.
SOME OF IT IS COMING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY AND OTHER, UM, GRANTS HAVE TO BE APPLIED FOR.
DO WE ALREADY HAVE OUR WORKING ON THOSE FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS AGAIN? UM, OUR TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER A, A TRACKING DOCUMENT OF ALL THE VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE A AVAIL AVAILABLE, HOW WE UNDERSTAND THEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, WHAT, UM, AGENCIES THEY WILL FLOW THROUGH.
SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE LOCAL, ARE ARE DIRECT TO LOCALS.
OTHERS WILL COME THROUGH THE STATE.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE C B D C D B G SPECIFICALLY, UH, A PORTION OF THE, I THINK IT WAS 5 BILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO THAT PROGRAM, UH, HAS TO BE DISTRIBUTED WITHIN 30 DAYS.
I THINK ABOUT 2 BILLION OF THE FIVE.
UH, SO WE, UM, WE EXPECT THAT THAT FUNDING TO COME SOON AND, AND WE'RE RUNNING SOME CALCULATIONS ON WHAT THAT WILL MEAN, UH, FOR THE CITY.
WE DO KNOW THEY'VE LIFTED SOME OF THE REGULAR RESTRICTIONS AROUND C D B G TO CREATE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR HOW IT CAN BE USED.
SO THAT'S VERY BENEFICIAL TO US.
AND, UM, TOMORROW IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE, OF THE CITY COUNTY WORK GROUP, UH, ON FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
SO WE'LL BE SITTING DOWN WITH THAT GROUP AND STARTING THE CONVERSATION TOMORROW ON HOW WE CAN, UH, BEST ALIGN OUR RESOURCES TO GO AFTER THIS FUNDING.
I KNOW WHERE
UM, HAVE YOU RECEIVED THAT DOCUMENT, JEFF? I I DID.
UH, YOU CUT OUT ON THE FIRST PART.
WHAT WAS THE DOCUMENT? IT WAS A RESOURCE GUIDE TO HELP, UM, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE NEEDED TO APPLY FOR, UH, THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY FOR TELEHEALTH, MONEY FOR THE AIRPORT, AND MONEY FOR VIA.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR TEAM ON THE SPECIFIC DOCUMENT, BUT, BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING AND SEEKING OUT AND, AND GATHERING FOR US.
OUR, OUR, UH, FEDERAL CONSULTANTS IN DC HAVE PUT TOGETHER ABOUT A 20 PAGE SUMMARY OF ALL THE DIFFERENT STREAMS. UM, SO I'LL, I'LL LOOK FOR THAT AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN COMPARE NOTES AND, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT IT.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF THE, THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, EXCEPT FOR ONE OTHER ONE.
IF I CAN GET A, UM, BREAKDOWN OF ALL THE AREAS THAT CAN BE USED FOR A COMMUNITY GARDEN.
IF SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE ME THAT COUNCILMAN, DO YOU MIND REPEATING THE QUESTION? IF SOMEONE CAN PROVIDE ME AN AREA OF ALL OF THE, UM, SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY GARDENING? OH, SPACES FOR COMMUNITY GARDENING? I THINK I HEARD YES.
AGAIN, I JUST WANT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THANK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR STAFF.
I WANT TO THANK OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
I WANNA ALSO THANK OUR MILITARY ACTIVE AND VETERANS FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY ARE DOING TO HELP.
I KNOW WE HAVE A NAVY SHIP RIGHT NOW THAT HAS SEEN SOME OF THE SEVERE CASE OF BEING OUT ON DEPLOYMENT, AND SO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THANK YOU TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR CONTINUING TO STAY OPEN.
UM, JUST THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO THE GUIDELINES.
AND THEN IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS, CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES, WE ARE STILL HERE TO HELP YOU.
UM, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL GET RIGHT TO MY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, UH, FOR BEN, REGARDING C P S ENERGY, OR I DUNNO IF IT'S MARIA OR ONE OF YOU ALL, UM, WE KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD GET BACK TO US NEXT WEEK WITH MORE INFORMATION, UH, ABOUT WHERE WE STAND.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE DIRECTED TO C P S ENERGY SPECIFICALLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THEY CAN COME NEXT TIME OR HAVE PAULA COME, BUT,
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UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE, UH, WILL VOLUNTARILY DECIDE NOT TO PAY, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE, UM, ORDERS NOT TO DISCONNECT.UM, IS THERE, IS THAT FIGURED INTO THE ESTIMATES? UH, COUNCILMAN AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE, WE ARE WORKING WITH C P SS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT.
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, PROBABLY WILL BE FACTORED IN AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH JUST AS THEY ARE WITH LIMITED INFORMATION, BUT WE PLAN TO WORK WITH THEM CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO DEVELOP A, AT LEAST SOME KIND OF PRELIMINARY PROJECTION OF WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE.
SO GIVEN, YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAD THE AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS, I KNOW WE WERE ALWAYS ASKING FOR MORE SUPPORT IN THE AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF, UM, THE NEED.
UM, BUT AT LEAST THERE WAS, UM, UH, WE HAD SOME DATA ABOUT WHO WAS ELIGIBLE.
UM, SO PERHAPS, UH, WE COULD USE THAT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED, UM, REDUCTION IN SERVICES BECAUSE IT DOES SHOW, I, I UNDERSTAND AGAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT, BUT THE REDUCTION THAT YOU SHOW HERE CURRENTLY, UH, DOESN'T SEEM SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH.
WELL, AND AS MARIA POINTED OUT, TO BE CLEAR, WHAT WE SHOWED YOU TODAY DOES NOT FACTOR IN ANY ESTIMATE FOR THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19.
WHAT WE SHOWED YOU TODAY WAS THE IMPACT THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, REALLY THROUGH FEBRUARY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
PRETTY MILD WINTER, YOU SAW ABOUT A $5 MILLION REDUCTION.
UM, MOST OF THAT HAPPENED IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WHICH IS VERY MILD.
UH, WE SAW ANOTHER REDUCTION DUE TO WEATHER IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE ADJUSTED THAT SLIGHTLY BECAUSE AGAIN, IN MARCH IT'S BEEN PRETTY MILD.
SO ALL OF THAT IS REALLY WEATHER RELATED.
UH, WHAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH C P S ON TO GET YOU A BETTER NUMBER NEXT WEEK IS ON WHAT DO WE THINK THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 WILL BE? OBVIOUSLY, AS HOTELS MEAN ARE NOT IN OPERATION, UH, RESTAURANTS NO LONGER HAVE DINE-IN SERVICE.
UM, WHAT BE THE IMPACT, AS YOU MENTIONED, OF CUSTOMERS THAT ARE NOT PAYING? BUT, UH, AGAIN, C P S DOES OFFER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PAY.
YOU MENTIONED THE AFFORDABILITY, DISCOUNT, THEIR PAYMENT PLANS.
UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THEM TO SUMMARIZE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT THEY OFFER.
AND WE CAN BRING ALL OF THAT TO YOU NEXT WEEK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE I DO HEAR PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY, WELL, I HATE TO SAY VOLUNTARILY, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, ASKED TO CLOSE HAVE JUST SAID, I'M NOT GONNA PAY THAT.
I'M NOT GONNA PAY, UM, THE C P S BILLS.
I, I, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE NO BUSINESS, SO I CAN'T PAY IT ANYWAY.
SO I, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT, UH, AND AS COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, WE PAY A HIGHER RATE.
SO IF, UM, THAT COULD BE FACTORED IN AS WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
SO WE GET THE FULL PICTURE, UH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND THEN, UM, SO I HAD SORT OF THE SAME QUESTION.
I THINK THAT'S ALL YOU, UH, I HAD SORT OF THE SAME QUESTION FOR LORI, UM, REGARDING, UM, YOU KNOW, HA HAS THERE BEEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE BANKING INDUSTRY? I MEAN, I'VE HEARD FROM THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, DO THE SAME STANDARDS APPLY REGARDING EVICTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES? AND I JUST, I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE BANKING INDUSTRY OTHER THAN, UM, SORT OF AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT HAS THERE BEEN COMMUNICATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL? I'M, I'M, I'M NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, I'LL LOOK INTO IT AND I CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A WORKING GROUP THAT'S DEALING WITH STATE FEDERAL LEGISLATION.
SO I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S CLARITY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, UH, ON WHAT, UH, ESPECIALLY IF YOU OWN A STRIP MALL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE STRIP MALL CONSISTED OF MULTIPLE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS OR PER OR MULTIPLE, NOT FAST FOOD, MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS, UM, THAT CAN NO LONGER OPERATE.
WHAT IS THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION THERE? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE STILL OBLIGATED TO PAY THOSE MORTGAGES, AND THAT'S GONNA CREATE, UM, SO IF WE COULD GET SOME THAT FOR THE NEXT BRIEFING.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD, UM, I GUESS JUST, YOU KNOW, EVEN REGARDING, UM, THE TESTING AND YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WRAP, UM, RAMPING UP THE TESTING.
DID DAWN LEAVE ALREADY? YES, BUT COLLEEN AND I ARE HERE.
UM, SO I, I MEAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW, IS THAT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE TESTING? ARE PEOPLE MORE, UM, MORE TESTS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE? UH, WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT? UNLIKE A LOT OF OTHER PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES,
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UM, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING REGULAR SHIPMENTS OF TESTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.UM, SO EVERY WEEK FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS, WE'VE RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF 3,500 TESTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, THOSE TESTS ARE BEING USED AT THE COLISEUM FOR THE PRE-APPROVED TESTING.
SO PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GO TO THEIR, THEIR PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, UM, OR DON'T HAVE ACCESS ANY OTHER WAY TO A TEST CAN GO TO THE, THE COLOSSEUM TESTING WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE 19 URGENT CARE CLINICS WHO ARE PROVIDING TESTING.
UM, THE MAJORITY OF HOSPITALS ARE PROVIDING TESTING AND, UM, A GROWING NUMBER OF PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICES ARE PROVIDING TESTING.
SO FROM, UM, THE PERSPECTIVE OF COMPARISON TO OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE US WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL WITH TESTING.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT DON'T SEEM TO HAVE AS MANY POSITIVE TESTS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TESTING, UH, OR THEY JUST DON'T HAVE AS MANY POSITIVE TESTS.
SO WE'RE DOING A, A MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS OF, OF THAT DATA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY SORT OF WHERE I WAS GETTING AT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONCERN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GETTING TESTED.
UH, BUT IS THAT NOT THE CASE? LIKE WE PEOPLE, IS IT NOW, IF PEOPLE WANT A TEST, THEY CAN GO TO THEIR DOCTOR AND GET ONE, EVEN IF THEY DID NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS. PEOPLE WHO, WHO CANNOT GO TO THEIR DOCTOR AND GET A TEST CAN GO TO THE COLISEUM WITH AN APPOINTMENT.
SO WE'VE GOT A, A, A NICE SAFETY NET THERE FOR PEOPLE WHO'S WHO, WHO EITHER DON'T HAVE A PHYSICIAN OR WHOSE PHYSICIAN DOESN'T HAVE THE TEST.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT TO FIGURE OUT IF THE, THE LOWER NUMBER OF POSITIVES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY ARE DUE TO, UM, LOWER INFECTION VERSUS LOWER TESTING.
UM, WE, WE DO HAVE THE SELF SCREENING TOOL INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ANALYZING BY ZIP CODE.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SCREENING AND ZIP CODES THAT HAVE LOWER POSITIVE RATES AND SEE IF THEY'RE JUST BEING SCREENED OUT AS NOT NEEDING A TEST OR WHETHER LOWER, UM, PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING THAT SITE AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEGATIVE TESTS, AND SO WE'RE COMBING THROUGH THE ZIP CODES FOR THOSE NEGATIVE TESTS TO ALSO DO AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MANY TESTS ARE BEING DONE IN THOSE AREAS, AND WHAT'S THE POSITIVITY RATE FOR THOSE COMPARED TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE CITY.
AND THOSE, HOW WILL THAT INFORMATION BE DISTRIBUTED, OR HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT'LL TAKE TO GET IT AND THEN, UM, SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC? WE ARE WORKING, UM, HOURLY ON IT.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS READY TO SHARE TOMORROW WITH, WITH COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS MORE AND MORE DATA COMES IN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE IT.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT ALTERNATE TESTING SITES ON THE, UH, IN THE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE AS MANY TESTS OR AS MANY POSITIVE TESTS.
UM, AND I, I KNOW THAT'S, I THINK THE BIG QUESTION, UH, IN THE AREA.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, CAN I ADD JUST ONE THING ON TESTING? YES.
GLOBALLY, UM, MUCH LIKE WE'RE DOING, UH, FROM, UH, A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT AND, UH, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT GLOBALLY, THE ISSUE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE ISSUE OF TESTING IS A HUGE ISSUE.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH, IT'S BEYOND THE CITY WORKING WITH THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, UM, AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO KIND OF THINK WHERE DOES, WHERE DO WE NEED TO GO FROM A TESTING STANDPOINT IN TWO WEEKS, IN THREE WEEKS NEXT WEEK? AND WHAT THINGS DO WE NEED TO SHIFT AS A COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PIECES IN PLACE? UM, AND, AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT ARE THE PIECES WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE, UH, BECAUSE, UM, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT TESTING IS HAPPENING AT EVERY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND EVERY, UH, BOARD MEETING OF A, OF A PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, I MEAN, THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION, AT LEAST, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING, CARLOS COUNCILMAN? I JUST, UH, WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A PRIOR QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT BANKS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR, UH, FOR BUSINESSES, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BANKS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND EACH OF THEM HAS A PROGRAM TO HELP THEIR, THEIR BORROWERS
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TO ADJUST TO THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC, AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH THE BANKS TO HAVE SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE THAT ENCOURAGES THE BANKS TO THE BORROWERS TO CONTACT THEIR BANKS.
UH, THEY ALL HAVE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY ON THE LOCAL SIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT WE KNOW ARE PRIMARILY LOCAL BANKS LIKE FROST AND BROADWAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE LEADING THE WAY AND TRYING TO OFFER, UH, RELIEF TO, AND SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR BORROWERS.
SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO COMPUTE, UH, TO COMMUNICATE THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, JUST, UH, ERIC OR MARIA REGARDING THE BUDGET, UM, I MEAN, SO WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE THAT THE CUTS THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY, OR THAT YOU'VE, UM, RECOMMENDED AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, THE, JUST EVEN THE FACT THAT SOME OF THOSE SERVICES ARE NOT BEING PROVIDED AT ALL, LIKE THE COMMUNITY CENTERS, HOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE TO OUR BUDGET WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY SENIOR CENTERS OPERATING? DOES THAT SH WHAT IS THE REFLECTION OF THAT? IN THE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, WERE THE PARKS PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE OUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR OUR SENIOR CENTERS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE CLOSE, UM, THOSE, UM, FACILITIES TO THE PUBLIC, THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE, UH, MEALS.
SO THERE'S STILL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
UH, THE PROGRAMMING PIECE THAT PERHAPS YOU MAY BE REFERENCING TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS REQUESTED THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH ALL THE DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE THAT PROGRAMMING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THEIR PLAN FOR, UH, THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO, UH, BRIEF THE COUNCIL, WE'LL BRING THAT TO, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR ALL THE PROGRAMMING PIECES THAT HAPPEN AT THE SENIOR CENTERS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE CANCELED THE R F P PROCESS FOR ALL THE, UH, DELEGATE, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN INFORMED, UM, THAT WE'VE DONE THAT.
SO, UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
BUT, UH, I HAVE GOT RECEIVED A COUPLE OF CALLS FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AT THE SENIOR CENTERS ASKING IF THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET, UH, FUNDED, UH, DURING THIS TIME.
ARE, ARE THOSE DELEGATE AGENCIES, COUNCILWOMAN? THEY'RE, WELL, UM, THEY'RE NOT DELEGATE AGENCIES.
THEY'RE MORE LIKE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS.
WELL, WHAT THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE, UM, UH, THE SENIOR CENTERS, LIKE YOGA CLASSES AND DANCING CLASSES AND ALL THAT.
SO THE, YOUR MICROPHONE'S ON, SORRY,
UH, SO THEY'RE, THEY GET FUNDED THROUGH THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS.
AND SO MAY, MAYBE COLLEEN, IF YOU CAN JUST SHARE WHAT WE SENT OUT TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES THIS WEEK.
UH, WHEN WE INFORMED THEM ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE R F P, WE HAVE NOTIFIED DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT THE R F P PROCESS HAS BEEN CANCELED.
UM, WE'VE ALSO NOTIFIED THEM THAT, UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY WILL GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDING NEXT YEAR AS THEY RECEIVED THIS YEAR, THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REASSESS THAT.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE STARTED HAVING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DIFFERENT DELEGATE AGENCIES TO DETERMINE, UM, ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, UM, AS LAID OUT IN THE CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY FOR FUNDING.
UM, IF, IF NOT, EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT A MODIFIED VERSION OF SERVICE PROVISION? IS IT SOMETHING THEY CAN DO NOW VIRTUALLY AS OPPOSED TO, UM, FACE-TO-FACE OR IN A CLASSROOM SETTING? UM, OR HAVE THEY JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES? WE EXPECT A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, UM, TO, TO Y'ALL TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR, UM, FUNDING.
UM, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAS ASKED US TO BE BRIEF, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE AREA, AROUND HAVEN AND AT MAREL ELEMENTARY, UH, AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET BRIEFED ON THAT, IF THAT IS A, UM, A CONFERENCE CALL, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE MAKE THAT HAPPEN, ERIC, AND THEN, UH, OR IS THAT, COULD THAT BE PART OF THE NEXT BRIEFING? ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE RESPONSES ARE URGENT AND THEN, UH, I PERHAPS I, I I UNDER RIGHT.
THESE ARE, UH, DIFFICULT TIMES.
BUT HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO THE PUBLIC WHEN THERE'S, UM, SEEMS TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION? UM,
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NOT, NOT JUST IN THE AREA WHERE THEY'VE TYPICALLY BEEN, BUT, UH, SPREADING OUT.AND, UM, WHICH I SAID LAST WEEK, I HAD NOT SEEN AN INCREASE.
AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE AS SOON AS I SAID THOSE WORDS,
THERE WAS A FIRE, UM, IN THE AREA, A VERY BIG FIRE A FEW NIGHTS AGO, AND IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT IT WAS STARTED BY HOMELESS.
AND SO HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE WHAT'S HAPPENING? SO I, I'LL ASK, UH, COLLEEN TO GIVE YOU JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, BUT I THINK, I THINK WE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I THINK, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN IT MORE, UM, AND THEN WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN ANOTHER BROADER BRIEFING WITH THE COUNCIL.
IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR, UH, SOCIAL SERVICE EMERGENCIES OR THE ASPECTS OF THIS EMERGENCY THAT WE ARE, THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH BEYOND THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE, THE, THE, THE HOSPITALS.
SO COLLEEN, WE LEARNED, UM, EARLY THIS WEEK THAT THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL $11 MILLION COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF FUNDING SOURCES TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.
UM, LORI AND I HAVE, HAVE FACILITATED SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AREA AND, UH, HUMAN SERVICES AREA TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE BEST USE THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS SPECIFIC TO HOMELESSNESS WITH D H SS ABOUT THE FACT THAT YES, UM, EVERY SINGLE SHELTER IN THE CITY HAS STOPPED, UM, GENERALLY ACCEPTING NEW HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
UM, HAVEN DOES MAKE SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR FAMILIES, FOR VETERANS, UM, AND A COUPLE OTHER SMALL CATEGORIES OF EXCEPTIONS, BUT AS A RESULT, WE HAVE CREATED A HOTLINE, UM, FOR HOMELESS SERVICE SEEKERS.
UM, SO THAT COULD BE EITHER SOMEBODY LIKE YOU WHO KNOWS SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS HELP, OR IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS HELP, WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY'RE HAVING TO CALL ALL THE DIFFERENT SHELTERS TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UM, RECEIVE SERVICES.
SO WE'RE ROLLING THAT HOTLINE OUT EITHER, UM, FRIDAY OR MONDAY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
WE'RE REDEPLOYING, UM, SOME STAFF TO THE FIELD SO THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, LET THEM KNOW WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
WE'VE STARTED WHAT WE'RE CALLING FEEDING HUBS FOR HOMELESS, UM, WHERE, UM, ONE TIME A DAY, WE, I THINK IT'S EVERY OTHER DAY WE PROVIDE MEALS TO THE HOMELESS, UM, ALONG WITH CONNECTIONS TO OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES AS NEEDED.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO PIECE TOGETHER AN ADDITIONAL SAFETY NET FOR THE GROWING NUMBER OF HOMELESS, BUT WE'VE ALL COMMITTED TO THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO USE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DOLLARS TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, UM, BECAUSE IT, IT'S, IT'S WAY TOO LATE ONCE THEY'VE BECOME HOMELESS.
WE WANNA GO MUCH FARTHER UPSTREAM.
AND, AND SO, UM, THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC? SO I STILL FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT AMONG THE MANY CONCERNS, BUT ONCE WE HAVE RESOURCES, THERE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE THOSE RESOURCES TO THE PUBLIC.
SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT PERHAPS SOME BUYS IN REGULAR, UM, MEDIA, WHICH PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, JEFF, DID, DID WE DO THAT ALREADY OR HAVE WE DONE THAT, OR, OR IS IT LEGAL FOR US TO DO? I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONCERN IT WASN'T LEGAL FOR US TO BUY ADS.
THERE'S A TV AND RADIO AD BUY COMING, BUT IT'S, BUT IT IS GENERAL COVID RELATED MESSAGING, BEST PRACTICES, SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHERE TO GET OTHER RESOURCE INFORMATION WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T, UH, DONE AN AD CAMPAIGN SPECIFIC TO THE HOMELESS ISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST THE HOMELESS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES.
UM, WELL, WE WILL JUST LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT IS NOTORIOUSLY SLOW FOR, UM, GETTING THOSE MESSAGES OUT.
SO I THINK NO DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THE, THE, UH, THERE'S A EXTREMELY LARGE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT.
THE CHALLENGE IS BALANCING ALL OF THAT, WHERE EACH DAY WE'RE IDENTIFYING WHAT THE PRIORITY MESSAGES ARE,
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AUDIENCES THAT NEED TO BE REACHED, AND IT CHANGES DAY TO DAY.UM, BUT THE HOMELESS ONE IS NOT ONE THAT WE HAVE FOCUSED, UH, HEAVILY ON IN TERMS OF A PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORK'S BEING DONE FROM THE SOCIAL SERVICE SIDE.
UM, BUT IF THAT, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR US TO GET THOSE TYPES OF DETAILS OUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES.
WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES ONCE WE GET THE HOTLINE UP.
I MEAN, AT A MINIMUM, HERE'S A HOTLINE.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, YOU'RE UP FIRST.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, WE'LL TALK TO MARIA ABOUT THE ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACT.
UM, SO YOU MENTIONED, UH, WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE, UM, ONE ITEM ON THE SLOW DOWN OF, OF THE SLOW DOWN IN SUSPEND OF THE AMOUNT MM-HMM.
AND SO CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN, WHAT DOES SLOW DOWN OR SUSPEND MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF YOU'RE, ARE YOU HOLDING THESE DOLLARS? WHAT, WHAT ARE WHAT'S GOING ON? WE WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY OF THAT MONEY.
SO YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ANY OF THAT MONEY.
AND IF YOU'RE NOT SPEND IT, THEN WHAT ARE WE HOLDING ONTO IT FOR? BECAUSE WE WILL LIKELY HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO OUR BUDGET.
'CAUSE AS REVENUES, UH, AS WE START TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND WE START TO GET A SALES TAX CHECK OR C P S CHECK OR WE SEE THOSE ACTUAL IMPACTS, WE WILL NEED TO AMEND OUR BUDGET TO KEEP IT BALANCED.
AND WHEN WE AMEND THAT BUDGET, YOU WILL COME TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHERE WE NEED TO FILL IN, UH, THE GAPS.
IDEALLY, UM, THOSE GAPS, YOU WILL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
NOW, AS OF THIS MORNING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE $82 MILLION OF THAT HOLD IS THAT IF, IF, IF IT, IT WILL LIKELY CHANGE AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM C P S AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO IDENTIFY, UH, OTHER AREAS WHERE WE CAN KEEP THE, UH, THE BUDGET BALANCED.
I'M LOOKING FOR, WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH WHAT THE LANDING LOOKS LIKE, UH, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.
THAT'S WHAT THE, THE $82 MILLION IS.
AND SO, UM, ON THIS HIRING FREEZE AND SUSPEND SOME TEMP AGENCY TEMPORARIES WITH HOW MANY, UH, JOBS ARE THAT? AND WITH THIS SLOWDOWN IN SUSPENSION, UM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE ARE, UM, LETTING GO OF CITY EMPLOYEES? OR HOW MANY AGENCY TEMPORARIES ARE WE LETTING? SO IS THIS CONNECTED TO, SO, UH, ON THE TEMPORARY AGENCIES IT'S ABOUT 90, ESTIMATED 90.
UM, THERE ARE, THE REST OF THE HIRING FREEZE, UM, DOES NOT INCLUDE, IT'S JUST THE HIRING FREEZE.
WE'RE NOT FILLING VACANT POSITIONS.
THE ONLY POSITIONS THAT I'VE AUTHORIZED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS TO BE FILLED HAVE BEEN 9 1 1 DISPATCHERS.
UM, THERE ARE GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY SOME VERY CRITICAL POSITIONS, UM, THAT WE WILL ALLOW, UH, TO, THAT I WILL ALLOW TO BE FILLED.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UM, AS IT STANDS TODAY, THERE ARE NO, UH, IMPACTS TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES, THE CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THIS PATH, WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING WE DO BEYOND THE BASIC OPERATIONS AND THE RESPONSE.
UM, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, TODAY'S PLAN DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT.
SO AGENCY TEMPORARIES, YOU MEAN JUST ALL OF THOSE TEMP POSITIONS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY POSITIONS THAT WE, THAT WE ARE USING, WE CONTRACT FOR.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY ARE, THEY ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SECURE THROUGH A TEMPORARY AGENCY.
THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND THESE ARE IN ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT'S HIT THE MOST? YES.
OR IS THERE ONE DEPARTMENT THAT'S HIT THE MOST? UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THERE ARE THE 90 POSITIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER WAS REFERRING TO.
THEY'RE IN SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, TEMPORARY, UH, EMPLOYEES IN OUR HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO NAME A FEW.
BUT IT, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH SPREAD OUT ACROSS, UM, MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND SO ARE, UH, I ASKED THIS QUESTION, I BELIEVE LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE, ABOUT PART-TIME.
DO WE HAVE PART, ARE ARE PART-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES STILL WORKING WITH, UH, OR STILL GETTING PAID, I GUESS? OR HAVE WE, UM, STOPPED THAT NOW? AND I'LL ASK BEN TO HELP ME ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE SOME, UH, TEMPORARIES ARE CONTINUING TO WORK IN, IN THEIR, UM, UM,
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SAME JOBS AND, AND SAME DUTIES THAT THEY HAD BEFORE THE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.AND, UM, I'LL ASK BEN TO ADDRESS A LITTLE BIT IN MORE DETAIL.
UH, COUNSEL, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF TEMPORARIES AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT CONTINUE TO REPORT TO WORK AND ARE ONSITE WORKING.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REMOTE WORKING.
ERIC'S TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
I THINK WE'RE APPROACHING, UH, SOMEWHERE AROUND 2000 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE REMOTE WORKING.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AS OF RIGHT NOW ON ADMIN LEAVE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO REMOTE WORK AND ARE NOT REPORTING TO WORK.
AND MARIA, YOU MENTIONED ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS NOT IMPACTED, UM, WAS SOLID WASTE MM-HMM.
SO YOU ALL ARE KEEPING A TRACK ON THAT ABOUT IF, ARE WE STILL KEEPING UP WITH THAT RATE, OR IS, IS, HAS THERE BEEN A CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT FOR COMMODITIES WHEN IT COMES SOLID WASTE? MM-HMM.
WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING ABLE TO SELL OUR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
UH, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY WHEN WE DO OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS TO GIVE YOU A MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE RECYCLING REVENUE.
WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS SOLID WASTE AND BEING IMPACTED.
THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE REVENUE COMES FROM THE SOLID WASTE FEE THAT IS CHARGED ON THE C P S BILL.
SO, UM, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE A, AT THIS POINT, A, A IMPACT TO THE SOLID WASTE FUND.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT NEXT WEEK TOO.
AND THEN, UM, BACK TO THE EMPLOYEES ARE OUR, OUR, OUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES ARE THEIR HOURS CUT BACK AND HOW MUCH HAVE THEY CUT BACK WITHIN THE CITY? I DUNNO.
UH, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY ACROSS THE CITY COUNCILMAN.
I KNOW THAT IN SOME CASES WE HAVE, UH, CITY TEMPORARIES THAT ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, EVENT DRIVEN.
UH, IF THERE ARE AN EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE ABU DOME, THEN THOSE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT WORKING.
SO SOME OF THOSE TEMPS THAT ARE REPORTING ARE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT REPORT ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS.
LIKE THOSE IN OUR LIBRARY I MENTIONED, THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ON ADMIN LEAVE AS OF TODAY.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT OUR WORKFORCE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOME HOURLY EMPLOYEES THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY WORK A FEW HOURS BASED ON AN EVENT HAPPENING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD NOT BE, UH, WOULD NOT BE WORKING.
AND IS THAT, ARE THOSE DOLLARS REFLECTED SOMEWHERE IN WHAT YOU'VE PUT UP HERE? NO, BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, WHAT I MENTIONED IN THAT CASE, THAT'S MORE THE ALAMODOME, THAT'S OUR HOT FUND.
SO REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE GENERAL FUND.
WE HOPE TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK AND GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SOME OF OUR OTHER FUNDS AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING THERE.
IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THAT IN, IN THE REPORT, THAT ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL DO THAT.
UM, TO SLIDE 10, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES.
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN IN CONVERSATION HAS BEEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO E UH, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES WHEN WE HAVE BROUGHT THESE NEW COMPANIES IN AND THERE ARE CERTAIN, UM, ELEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO GET THESE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HIT THOSE 500, 600 JOBS COMING OUT OF THIS EVEN, UH, RECOVERY THAT WE COME INTO.
SO JUST TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT, WHEN THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MAYBE 12 MONTHS, ET CETERA, AND THEY'RE NEEDING TO MEET ALL OF THESE, UH, THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT HITTING THEIR MARKS, WHAT ARE WE AS A CITY GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT MM-HMM.
WHAT IS THE CITY ALREADY DOING FOR FORGIVENESS? IF WE CAN STILL GET THOSE STATE THAT DATA, UM, TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE, UM, I GUESS LOSING THAT REVENUE OR ADJUSTING THAT REVENUE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US.
WE'LL, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA BE TRACKING THAT.
AND I, AND I GUESS THAT WOULD ALSO GO UNDER US KEEPING OUR RUNNING TAB OF THE WHERE C OVID 19 HAS
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IMPACTED OUR REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSES.AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO, AS WE'RE WORKING IN THESE WORKING GROUPS, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO KEEP ALL OF OUR, UM, OUR LAUNDRY LIST OF, OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAD THIS IMPACT.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN START THINKING ABOUT NOW IS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, OUR POLICIES MOVING FORWARD, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, AND I'LL SHARE THIS WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO ARE ON THE, UH, BUSINESS AND, UH, ECONOMY.
ONE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO HELP THE SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESSES GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET, EVEN IF THERE ARE DIFFERENT, UH, POLICIES THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY NOT BE HELPFUL, WHAT DO WE NEED TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT? MAYBE ASK THEM TO DO THAT TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT THAT, WHAT IS NOT HELPFUL AND HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GOING BACK, UH, TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND? THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS.
I WAS ON A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY, I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, UM, WITH THE HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION AND THEIR GROUP, THEY WILL BE MOVING FORWARD ON MONDAY TO PUT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS INTO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, BUT THEY ORIGINALLY SAID 1 MILLION.
I THINK THEY'RE GONNA PUSH BACK, UH, PULL BACK AND DO A, A A HALF A MILLION, 500,000 BECAUSE THEY'RE WANTING TO LOOK FOR LEVERAGING WITH THESE OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THEY'RE HOPING LISC COULD BE A PARTNER IN GIVING SOME DOLLARS FOR THIS, UM, HOUSING TRUST.
AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THE BANKS US TRUST WAS WORKING WITH, UM, LISC IN ORDER TO GET SOME MONEY IN, IN GOING AND FLOWING.
SO WE ARE IN CONVERSATION, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LEVERAGE THE HOUSING TRUST DOLLARS AND WE'LL BE HAVING A HOUSING, UH, TRUST, A P F C MEETING, UH, UH, DOWN THE WAY TO HAVE THOSE, THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THAT AS WELL.
AND I'M SHARING THIS WITH MY COLLEAGUES JUST AS A MATTER OF, OF COMMUNICATION, UH, TOO, AND JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
I ASKED THAT QUESTION AS WELL, AND I KNOW THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, IF JEFF IS STILL HERE, OR CARLOS, I KNOW THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HAS PUT OUT SOME OF THEIR INFORMATION.
I THINK THEY CAN JUST, YOU, YOU HAVE IT AS WELL.
UM, THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO START GIVING, MAKING MONEY APPEAR, UH, WITH THE COMPANIES IN APRIL 24TH, UM, START ALREADY IN APRIL 24TH.
SO THAT MEANS FOR OUR WORKING GROUPS, I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS YES TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN POINT, UH, THIS GROUP IS GONNA, OUR CO-CHAIRS ARE GONNA BE TELLING US WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY, KIND OF MATCH WHERE THE MONIES ARE, BUT THEN ALSO HAVE OUR PROJECTS AND OUR PLANS SHOVEL READY, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN, UH, 24 30 DAYS IN ORDER SO WE CAN START GETTING THIS MONEY THAT WE NEED TO GET FLOWING BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND IT'S EXTREMELY NEEDED NOW.
NOW TO, UH, IF DON OR, OR, UM, DR.
BRIDGER IS HERE, MY FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN TESTED POSITIVE.
UH, HOW MANY ARE THERE AND WHAT IS THEIR CONTACT TRACING AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT CONTACT TRACING TO SEE WHOM THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY? SO I'LL LET MARIA GO FIRST.
AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH ANYTHING SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE THAT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
THERE'S A THIRD OFFICER THAT WE WERE INFORMED, UH, LAST NIGHT THAT IT WAS A POSITIVE, UM, TEST, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CONFIRMED BY METRO HEALTH.
SO TWO CONFIRM AND ONE PENDING CONFIRMATION.
ON THE FIRST OFFICER, THEY, UH, CONTACT TRACING WAS COMPLETED.
UH, THERE WERE THREE, UH, SS A P D OFFICERS THAT, UH, WERE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK, AND THEY ARE, THEY HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED ACCORDING TO, UM, UM, WITH OUR GUIDELINES.
UM, WE ARE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED THE COMMUNITY CONTACT THAT, UH, THIS OFFICER HAD IN HIS, UH, DAILY JOB.
AND WE ARE SENDING, UH, TODAY LETTERS TO THOSE, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS.
UM, WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DR.
BRIDGER CAN ELABORATE, UH, THE CONTACT WITH THE OFFICER WITH A VERY, VERY LOW RISK.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE WANNA MAKE THEM AWARE THAT, UH, THEY WERE IN CONTACT WITH, WITH POLICE OFFICER.
THE SECOND OFFICER, UH, THAT TESTED POSITIVE, THE POL, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STILL CONDUCTING THE CONTACT, UH, TRACING OR THE, THE DOING THEIR INVESTIGATION.
SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONCLUDED.
AND ON THE THIRD OFFICER, WE'RE PENDING THE OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE TEST BEING POSITIVE.
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DR.BRIDGER, IF YOU WANNA ADD THE, THE THIRD OFFICER, WAS IT RELATED TO THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS? WAS IT CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS? THE, THE THIRD OFFICER WAS IN THE SAME UNIT AS THE SECOND OFFICER, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL DETERMINE IF IT WAS, UH, RELATED TO THAT SECOND CASE.
AND SO WITH, UH, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THOSE WHO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, CONNECTED WITH THEM, YOU SENT A LETTER.
WE ARE SENDING A LETTER TO THEM.
BUT DID YOU CALL THEM FIRST OR IT'S GONNA TAKE A COUPLE MORE DAYS AND THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL.
SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYPES OF CONTACT THAT CAN SPREAD.
UM, THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE IN THEIR VEHICLES AND THE OFFICER WAS OUTSIDE OF THEIR VEHICLES.
THEY HAD A FAIRLY SHORT CONVERSATION, JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO ISSUE A TICKET.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS DEEMED LOW OR NEGLIGIBLE RISK.
UM, THERE IS NOTHING THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY.
THEY DO NOT NEED TO SELF QUARANTINE.
UM, WE'RE REMINDING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHAT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR SINCE C OVID 19 IS NOW THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND WE ARE GIVING THEM THE HOTLINE NUMBER TO CALL IF THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
BUT THIS KIND OF EXPOSURE IS NOT AN EXPOSURE, UM, THAT WE WOULD DEEM MEDIUM OR HIGH RISK WHERE ANYBODY WOULD HAVE TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.
BUT THE, THE, IF THEY WERE, IF IT WAS A, A HIGHER, UM, I GUESS COMMUNICATION, WHAT HAVE YOU, WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE DIFFERENT? WOULD YOU HAVE CALLED THEM OR JUST SENT A LETTER TO THEM? WELL, WE WOULD'VE CALLED THEM.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO EVERY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF IF IT'S A POLICE OFFICER OR NOT.
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO EVERY PERSON WHO HAS COME IN HIGH OR MEDIUM CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO'S KNOWN TO BE POSITIVE.
UM, AND THEN SLIDE NUMBER, LET'S SEE, LET ME GET TO MY OTHER SLIDES.
UM, THIS IS GONNA BE FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE DASHBOARD.
UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, I T S D INNOVATION AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING ON THIS DASHBOARD.
I THINK IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY, UM, HELPFUL AND THANK YOU FOR ALSO PUTTING THE RECOVERED UP THERE, UM, AS WELL.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN FIND, FIND OUT PER ZIP CODE ABOUT WHERE ARE THE CLINICS THAT ARE, THAT ARE CONDUCTING THE TESTS? LIKE IF WE HAVE 30 TESTS OR 20 TESTS COMING FROM MISSION TRAILS BAPTIST HOSPITAL OR SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD SEE THAT IN, IN THIS DASHBOARD? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION.
YOUR MICROPHONE HAD BEEN, OH, HELLO.
UM, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD SUGGESTION.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS MAPPING THOSE NEGATIVE TESTS SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE ALL THE TESTS, WHERE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE TESTS LIVE.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS HAVING ANOTHER MAP LAYER THAT SHOWS WHERE CAN SOMEBODY GO TO GET A TEST.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK ON COMPILING THAT INFORMATION.
AND WHAT THE POSITIVITY RATE IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? B, BOTH, YEAH.
A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SOUTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL OR CENTRAL MED TO GET THE TEST AND THEY'VE QUALIFIED FOR THE SCREENING AND HAVE PRE-APPROVED TO GO AND GET THE TEST TOO, UH, IN THOSE, THOSE CLINICS AND SEE IF THEY ARE POSITIVE.
UH, IF, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SEE HOW MANY TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AND THEN HOW MANY WERE POSITIVE AS WELL? SO ACROSS THE CITY, YEAH.
WE ARE WORKING ON SHOWING YOU BY RESIDENTS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN A TEST AND HOW MANY OF THOSE TESTS WERE POSITIVE.
UM, TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO YOU THAT 17 PEOPLE WENT TO A SPECIFIC CENTRO MED CLINIC RECEIVED A TEST, AND THREE OF THEM WERE POSITIVE AND THE REST WERE NEGATIVE.
THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY WE DO NOT HAVE.
SO 17 TESTS WERE CONDUCTED AT CENTRAL MED FOR C OVID 19.
WE COULD, COULD THAT BE SAID? I, I COULD THAT BE IDENTIFIED, BUT WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS CENTRO MED AT THIS ADDRESS DOES PROVIDE TESTING FOR COVID 19.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL IF WE COULD GET MORE INTO THE GRANULARITY JUST TO SEE HOW MANY HAVE DONE THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT I KNOW Y'ALL ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF THAT, AND I THINK IT ALSO GOES TO THE POINT OF WHAT OTHERS WERE MENTIONING ABOUT WIDESPREAD TESTING THAT IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE EDUCATION
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AND THE, AND THE MITIGATION THAT IS, THAT IS HAPPENING TOO.UM, CONTINUING ON WHEN SOMEBODY IS TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19 AND WORKS IN AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS, SAY A CALL CENTER, SAY A TELECOMMUNICATION CENTER, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY'RE TESTED POSITIVE, THEN WHAT IS EXPLAINED TO ME, THE PROTOCOL AND PROCESS THAT YOU ALL DO TO LET THE COMPANIES, THE PRIVATE BUSINESSES KNOW, AND WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PROTECT EVERYBODY ELSE THERE? SO AT A REALLY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED OF A POSITIVE C OVID 19 TEST IS WE CALL THAT PATIENT AND WE SAY, WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT YOU RECEIVED A POSITIVE C OVID 19 TEST.
GENERALLY THEIR PROVIDER HAS ALSO NOTIFIED THEM AS WELL.
SO WE'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE TO TELL THEM THAT THEY WERE POSITIVE.
WE SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WITH THEM TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE OVER THE LAST WEEK? WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, UM, WITH WHOM HAVE YOU COME IN CONTACT? AND THAT INTERVIEW CAN TAKE HOURS, UM, TO, TO GO THROUGH AND FIGURE OUT OKAY, WHO DID YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH WHEN YOU CAME IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY? WAS IT, UM, CLOSE CONTACT LIKE YOU LIVE WITH SOMEBODY? WAS IT KIND OF THIS MEDIUM RANGE CONTACT WHERE YOU WORK WITH SOMEBODY, BUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO HAS YOU IN, UM, FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES A DAY? UM, THAT WOULD BE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD BE DESIGNATED AS KIND OF A MEDIUM RISK WHO WOULD ALSO BE TOLD TO, TO SELF QUARANTINE.
SO OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS GO THROUGH THIS INTERVIEW WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON, AND THAT'S WHY ON YOUR DAILY UPDATE YOU WILL SEE, UM, VARYING AMOUNTS OF CASES STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BECAUSE WHEN WE GET A LOT OF CASES IN ONE DAY, IT TAKES US A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET THROUGH THAT.
BUT OUR GOAL IS TO REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 24 HOURS OF NOTIFICATION OF A POSITIVE TEST AND START TO GO THROUGH THAT CONTACT TRACING AND MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THIS PERSON THAT'S AT THAT HIGH RISK OR MEDIUM RISK IS NOTIFIED BY US AND TOLD TO SELF QUARANTINE.
UM, THAT WILL ALSO BE A NOTIFICATION TO THE BUSINESS IF THESE PEOPLE WERE AT WORK TO LET THEM KNOW.
TYPICALLY WE RECOMMEND THE BUSINESSES GO THROUGH A PRETTY DEEP CLEANING, UM, IN THE AREAS WHERE THE, THE, UM, THE POSITIVE EMPLOYEE WORKS AND, UM, BE ON A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT HEIGHTENED ALERT FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN THE REST OF THE, IN THE BUILDING.
ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, BECAUSE THERE'S UM, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT NEW C OVID 19 TESTS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, OH, I CAN ORDER ONE ONLINE, IT'LL COME TO MY HOUSE.
WE EVEN HAD SOME PEOPLE DRIVE UP TO AUSTIN TO GET A C OVID 19 TEST THAT WERE NOT, UH, DIDN'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO DRIVE UP TO AUSTIN TO DO IT.
UM, I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT ARE, I THINK WE NEED CLARIFICATION ON THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T VIOLATE OUR OWN, UM, ORDERS AND KEEP, YOU KNOW, STAY IN THE CITY AND STAY AT HOME.
AND, UM, I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE C OVID 19 TESTS THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING BUY ON AMAZON OR BUY ONLINE, ET CETERA.
WE HAVE A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS WHO ARE REVIEWING ALL OF THE EMERGING TESTS AND LOOKING AT HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE, AND THEY ARE PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US ON WHICH TESTS WE SHOULD, UM, PURCHASE VERSUS WHICH TESTS WE SHOULD AVOID.
RIGHT NOW, THE TESTS WE USE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE VETTED TO BE MOST EFFECTIVE.
THE, THE THING THAT WE WORRY MOST ABOUT C OVID 19 TESTS ARE IF YOU HAVE THAT FALSE NEGATIVE.
SO IF SOMEBODY TAKES A TEST AND IT SAYS, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE C OVID 19, BUT YOU REALLY DO, THAT WOULD BE A FALSE NEGATIVE.
WE WANT TO AVOID THAT AT ALL COSTS.
A LOT OF THESE NEWLY EMERGING TESTS, A LOT OF THESE RAPID TESTS AREN'T MEETING THE STANDARD THAT WE NEED THEM TO MEET FOR THAT FALSE NEGATIVITY RATE.
AND SO THEY ARE NOT BEING RECOMMENDED BY THOSE SCIENTISTS.
AS MORE AND MORE TESTS BECOME AVAILABLE, THIS GROUP IS VETTING THEM AND GIVING US THEIR, UM, RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT WE SHOULD PURSUE.
UM, NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE NURSING HOME IN, UH, DISTRICT THREE, THE SOUTHEAST, UM, NURSING HOME.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF COLLEEN AND OR CHIEF HOOD CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
CHIEF HOOD FOR YOUR TEAM AND M I H GOING OUT THERE AND DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS ABOUT CONTACT TRACING AND ABOUT, UM, THRESHOLD.
SO IF WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, AMBULANCE GO OUT, BRING, COME TAKE SOMEONE INTO THE HOSPITAL TODAY, WHAT,
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WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR PROCEDURE AND THRESHOLD TO SAY IF THERE ARE, IF OUT OF THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE TESTED THE 74 OR THE 76, AND IF THE MAJORITY OF THEM COME BACK POSITIVE, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO, WHAT IS THE THRESHOLD OR DO WE, WHAT IS THE ACTION THAT'S GOING HAVE TO BE TAKEN?UM, THE, THE PLAN IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS WE DO WANNA UNDERSTAND THE LEVEL OF INFECTION AT THAT FACILITY.
UM, BUT THE PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO KEEP AS MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS IN THAT FACILITY AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO THE CHIEF MENTIONED BRINGING IN SOME ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES IN PLACE TO TREAT PATIENTS RATHER THAN TRANSPORTING THEM OUT TO THE HOSPITAL, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, A LOT OF THESE FOLKS, UM, DON'T NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THINGS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ON SITE, LIKE FLUIDS OR ANTIBIOTICS.
SO THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPORT FROM THAT FACILITY TO OTHER LOCATIONS SO THAT THIS DOESN'T GROW TO SPREAD TO OTHER AREAS.
AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING INTO OUR OFFICE THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING US ABOUT ARE ABOUT THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HA WHO WERE TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19 AND WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONTACT TRACING.
WELL, WHERE DID THEY GO? DID THEY GO TO THE H E B ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE? DID THEY GO HERE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE? WHAT ABOUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING? SO THIS IS NOW, IT'S GROWING A GREAT CONCERN TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IF THEY STOPPED AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE ACROSS THE STREET.
SO WHAT, WHEN WILL WE, WHEN WILL WE, AND HOW WILL WE COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE AREA THAT MAYBE TO BE ON EVEN MORE ALERT, EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY SHOULD BE STAYING HOME AND STAYING SAFE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT? WE ARE DOING CONTACT TRACING ON THOSE, UM, EMPLOYEES LIKE WE DO ON EVERYBODY ELSE WHO TESTS POSITIVE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, UM, IF I HAVE C OVID 19 AND I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND I BUY A GALLON OF MILK AND I CHECK OUT AND I GO HOME, UM, IF I DON'T STOP AND HAVE A 30 MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH ANYBODY IN THE GROCERY STORE, AND, UM, I DON'T YOU'RE LOW RISK.
SO THE, THERE REALLY IS NO SCIENTIFIC REASON TO BE SAYING, THIS PERSON WENT TO THIS GROCERY STORE AND THIS GAS STATION AND, AND THIS GROCERY STORE BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF CONTACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE IS, IS LOW RISK.
NOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO THE, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE AND THEY SAY, WELL, I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE ON WEDNESDAY.
WE'LL SAY, DID YOU STOP AND HAVE A PROLONGED CONVERSATION WITH ANYBODY IN THAT GROCERY STORE? UM, ODDS ARE THEY KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS AND WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD A MEDIUM RISK EXPOSURE.
AND THEN, UM, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF CHIEF HOOD IS STILL HERE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER ONE THAT HE PROVIDED.
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR? MARCH 10TH, IT TALKED ABOUT HOW, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT VISITED EVERY NURSING HOME AND DELIVERED METRO HEALTH INFORMATION.
SO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY VISITED THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, THEY JUST GAVE OUT INFORMATION.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS RE MAKE SURE THEY HAD A CONTACT AT EVERY FACILITY AND ENSURE THAT THEY, UH, AS THE CHIEF MENTIONED, THAT THEY KNOW, UH, THE PROPER WAYS TO GO IN AND OUT OF THE FACILITY.
AND WERE AWARE OF THE LAYOUT AND, UH, HOW INDIVIDUALS WERE SEPARATED.
UM, AND I THINK WHEN DID YOU, DID YOU SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH US, ERIC, ON ONE OF YOUR C OVID 19 UPDATE WEEKLY EMAILS OR DAILY EMAILS? WHICH PART? THE, ON THE MARCH 10TH AFTER KIRKLAND.
UH, CHIEF HOOD, UH, AT THE PRESENTATIONS HERE AT THE COUNCIL.
HAS MULTIPLE, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS HAS TALKED ABOUT THE, THE EARLY WORK WE DID WITH THE REHAB CENTERS AND NURSING HOMES BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN THE NORTHWEST.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I, AND I THINK THAT IS, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND I THINK WE, UM, WE, UH, HAVE A LOT OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE HAVE.
AND I THINK ONE OF MY CONCERNS, AND I'VE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, ERIC AND COLLEEN AND I EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT IT, IS ON OUR C OVID 19 WEBSITE, IF YOU COULD PUT, UH, JUST ANOTHER, UH, VIDEO FROM THE C D C PROCEDURALLY
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OF WHAT TO DO WITH THE DONNING AND DOFFING, UH, OF EQUIPMENT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT FOR PEOPLE IN CASE THEY NEED TO HAVE IT ON THE, UH, WEBSITE IF THEY'RE, UM, CURIOUS ABOUT IT.AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A TEAM HERE ON THIS COUNCIL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE INFORMATION AND WE HAVE THAT, UM, UH, COMMUNICATION IS ABSOLUTELY KEY.
AND IT ALSO WILL HELP, UM, ANY REDUNDANCY THAT, IF I'M TELLING, IF I'M CALLING ERIC AND SAYING, ERIC, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THAT WE HAVE THIS COMMUNICATION, SAY, WELL, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS AND THIS AND THAT, THE OTHER, UM, OR IF SOMEBODY ELSE IS SAYING THE SAME THING.
SO I THINK THE COMMUNICATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE DAILY EMAILS, THE DAILY UPDATES, UH, BUT I THINK EVEN MEETING MORE OFTEN WOULD BE, UM, KEY.
EVEN IF IT'S NOT JUST, IF IT'S NOT HERE ON THE DAIS, MAYBE IT'S VIRTUALLY THAT WE CAN, UM, MEET AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE HOTLINE THAT WE JUST MENTIONED TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S BRAND NEW, I THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN FOR BRINGING UP THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IF YOU HADN'T, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT THE HOTLINE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US JUST TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND WE ARE A TEAM AND WE HAVE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION IN THIS DATA WITH ONE ANOTHER.
AND WE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO THE BEST AND BE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, JUST WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
YOU ALL PROBABLY HAD A, UM, AN EMAIL SENT TO YOU ALL TODAY IN DISTRICT THREE AND WITH BROOKS IN BROOKS, WE HAVE MISSION TRAILS BAPTIST HOSPITAL.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, UH, WORKING VERY HARD, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR HEALTH WORKERS AND WE HONOR THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BROOKS WANTED TO DO WAS UNITE WITH LIGHT AND PUT UP SIGNS AND LIGHTS, UH, PORCH LIGHTS, CANDLES OR, UM, ANY KIND OF LIGHT.
YEAH, JUST LIKE THAT, UM, UH, LIGHTS UP THERE SO PEOPLE, THE HEALTH WORKERS THAT ARE GOING IN CAN KNOW THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THEM.
AND, UM, THAT'LL BE ON FRIDAY AT SEVEN 30.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO WE WANNA JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT AT SEVEN 30 ON FRIDAY.
ALSO, REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN STILL FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS FORM AND ALSO THAT, UM, THIS MONTH, APRIL IS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
AND WE KNOW THAT MANY CHILDREN ARE HOME AND MAYBE THEIR ADVOCATES AREN'T NECESSARILY AROUND THEM.
SO PLEASE, UH, BE AWARE AND BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU.
AND THEN, UM, THAT I'M ASKING EVERYONE TO, WE KNOW IT'S PALM SUNDAY, BUT PLEASE STAY HOME AND PARTICIPATE IN PALM SUNDAY ONLINE, UH, AND WORSHIP TOGETHER THAT WAY.
AND YOU SEE MY LITTLE THING UP HERE, CEP WEATHER, SAN ANTONIO, WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS AND GET, GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
AND JUST AGAIN, TO REMIND FOLKS, UH, IF A QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, LET'S TRY TO REFRAIN FROM ASKING IT AGAIN.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT HERE THAT NEED TO GET BACK TO THEIR DEPARTMENTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AHEAD FOR ALL OF US.
UH, SO WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, COLLEEN, YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER.
UM, THERE WAS, UH, AN OUTLINE IN THE EARLY PRESENTATION THAT SAID, UH, CASE MANAGEMENT IS DONE FOR 14 DAYS.
AND, AND TO ME, LET'S SAY SOMEBODY IS IDENTIFIED AS, UH, HAVING THE, UH, VIRUS.
ARE WE SAYING THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA WATCH HIM FOR 14 DAYS? UH, THAT, THAT SEEMED TO BE WHAT I SAW.
AND, AND I THOUGHT, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES THAT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED LONGER THAN, YOU KNOW, 14 DAYS IN PEOPLE.
SO EXACTLY HOW LONG DO WE CONTINUE TO CASE MANAGE PEOPLE WHO, UH, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING THE VIRUS? SO I WILL VERIFY THIS WITH DR.
MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO THE AVERAGE DURATION OF THE VIRUS, WHICH IS 14 DAYS, BUT THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE CASE MANAGED UNTIL THEY, UM, WERE RECOVERED AND ABLE TO BE COUNTED IN THE RECOVERED BOX ON THE DASHBOARD.
UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER, UH, YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN STARTING TO RECEIVE TESTS, UH, FAIRLY REGULARLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, HOW MANY TOTAL HAVE WE RECEIVED DURING THAT TIME? JUST FOR THE COLISEUM? WE RECEIVED THIR, WE, SO TECHNICALLY WE RECEIVED 5,000 A WEEK FOR THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
WE AGREED WITH THE STATE THAT WE WOULD TAKE 1500 OF THOSE TESTS AND WE WOULD SHARE THEM WITH AUSTIN
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AND EL PASO BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT GETTING THOSE DIRECT SHIPMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.SO FOR SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE KEEPING 3,500 A WEEK.
AND SO THAT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND CLOSE TO 10,000 OVER THREE WEEKS.
HOW ARE WE DISSEMINATING THEM LOCALLY? WE ARE NOT DISSEMINATING THEM LOCALLY.
WE ARE USING THEM EXCLUSIVELY AT THE COLISEUM PRE-APPROVED TESTING SITE.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE WE TESTED AT THAT SITE OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS? ABOUT 1200.
SO WE'VE GOT 8,500 THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
AND WHY AREN'T WE TESTING MORE PEOPLE? WE'RE TESTING ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CALL US AND ASK FOR TESTING.
AND AGAIN, PART OF THIS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS, URGENT CARE CLINICS, HOSPITALS, PRIVATE DOCTOR'S OFFICES THAT ARE ALSO, UM, PROVIDING TESTING.
SO THAT INITIAL CLOG IN THE PIPELINE HAS BEEN RELEASED.
AND SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO RECEIVE A TEST.
ARE THOSE TESTS SIMILAR TO THE ONES THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE? YES, THEY ARE.
AND, UH, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING AT YOUR FACILITY RIGHT NOW? AT OUR FACILITY RIGHT NOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE ONLY, UM, CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE REMAINING IS THAT YOU NEED TO BE SYMPTOMATIC.
AND THAT MEANS YOUR DOCTOR NEEDS TO SAY YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC AND YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TEST.
SO WE ARE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM REQUIRING A DOCTOR'S ORDER FOR THIS TEST.
I THINK THAT WILL START HAPPENING NEXT WEEK.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, YES, YOUR DOCTOR NEEDS TO SAY, I BELIEVE THIS PERSON HAS SYMPTOMS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH C OVID 19.
UM, THAT PHYSICIAN CALLS THE, UM, THE, THE NUMBER THAT HE HAS AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS GIVEN TO THE, THE, UH, HOTLINE STAFF WHO THEN REACH OUT TO THE PATIENT AND SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT.
SO YOU SAY WE MAY BE TRANSITIONING AWAY AND IF INDIVIDUALS DO THEIR SELF SCREENING ONLINE OR CALL IN AND RECEIVE SELF SCREENING AFTER THAT SELF SCREENING, IF THEY OR WHOEVER SCREENS THEM, BELIEVES THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO THE VIRUS, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO COME IN AND START GETTING THE TESTS SOMETIME NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.
AND, AND I, I DO WANNA JUST SAY THIS AGAIN, IT WILL NEVER BE, AT LEAST NOT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, A DRIVE THROUGH SITUATION.
YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO TALK TO A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS LAB.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, LABS, HOSPITALS, CLINICS, HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE TESTING? AS OF TODAY IN SAN ANTONIO? I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT IT'S APPROXIMATELY 35 DIFFERENT, UM, ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE THAT CAPACITY.
UH, I THINK COUNCILMAN VIRON HAD A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH A MAP THAT SHOWED THAT.
SO WE WILL START WORKING ON THAT SO THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE CLEARER UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS THE COST SOMEBODY IS INCURRING IF THEY GO TO ONE OF THESE PRIVATE LABS OR HOSPITALS, OR EVEN OUR SYSTEM.
OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT CHARGE FOR THE TEST.
UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS LIKE COMMUNICA OR CENTRALED DO NOT CHARGE FOR THE TEST.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER, UH, LOCATIONS ARE CHARGING.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING THOSE THINGS FOR ME.
UH, ERIC, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, RELEASING TEMPS FROM AGENCIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, ARE WE TRYING TO HELP THEM GET SOME KIND OF UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE? ARE WE JUST LEAVING IT UP TO THE TEMP AGENCY TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT DO SOMETHING? NO, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN.
UH, BECAUSE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED LAST WEEK IS A, UH, PRETTY HEFTY ADJUSTMENT IN TERMS OF, UH, ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
UM, LET, LET ME, LET ME TAKE, UH, LET ME TAKE THREE STEPS BACK MM-HMM.
WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT FULL-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE PART-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TEMPORARY, AND THEN WE HAVE TEMPORARY AGENCY EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THESE AGENCY EMPLOYEES, UM, THROUGH THEIR AGENCIES AND THEIR EMPLOYER, UH, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, THAT TYPE OF, UH, BENEFIT.
I, I WOULD HOPE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S RELEASED FROM EMPLOYMENT WITH OUR CITY FOR ANY REASON WILL BE GIVEN BY THE CITY SOME, UH, DIRECTION
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ON HOW THEY CAN APPLY, UH, AND HOW THEY MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, EVEN IF THEY WORK FOR A TEMP AGENCY.I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US ONCE WE START RELEASING PEOPLE THAT WE HELP THEM BE ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I HOPE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE, UH, AS, AS THIS GOES FORWARD.
WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT, COUNCILMAN.
UH, LORI, I HAVE A, A QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER.
UM, THE, THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION'S RISK MITIGATION SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE OFFERING, I UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE A 25% DISCOUNT, BUT THE CITY NEEDS TO PAY THEM THE OTHER 75%.
UM, SO WHAT THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS DOING IS THEY ARE JUST ENCOURAGING THEIR MEMBERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK WITH THEIR TENANTS AND PROVIDE A DISCOUNT ON THEIR RENT.
NOW, WHAT THAT DOES FOR US IS IF A TENANT IS GOING TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR RISK MITIGATION FUND, THAT HELPS US BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PAYING A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE RENT THAT'S BEEN, UM, OUTSTANDING, WE'RE ONLY PAYING 75%.
BUT WE'RE, WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMITMENT TO PAY ANY OF THAT OUTSTANDING, UM, RENT TO THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGING THEIR MEMBERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO DO A VOLUNTARY DISCOUNT AND WAIVE THE FEES, UM, IN THIS TIME OF NEED.
NOW, IF WE DECIDE TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT, IT'S ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO QUALIFY UNDER CITY GUIDELINES.
SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE GUIDELINES THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR IT'S ABSURD INCOME BASED OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS POLICY, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2018.
AND SO PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GO TO THE FUND AND ASK FOR FUNDING, AND WE ARE PAYING THEM OUT.
YOU MUST BE AT A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I OR BELOW, AND YOU MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US PROOF OF INCOME AND SHOW US A DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU CANNOT PAY YOUR BILLS.
AND THEN CITY STAFF, AFTER WE DO THAT VETTING, THEN WE CONTACT YOUR LANDLORD AND WE PAY, MAKE THE PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO THEM.
AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH A LOT OF THESE IS MAYBE MAKING 75% OF THAT PAYMENT IF THEY'RE FORGIVEN 25%.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO, UH, ARE NOW BECOMING UNEMPLOYED? UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THEIR QUALIFICATIONS? UH, I MEAN, THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EARNING $5,000 A MONTH, AND NOW THEY'RE UNEMPLOYED AND THEIR RENT IS $1,900 A MONTH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? SO WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME PROCESS VETTING THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE THAT PAYMENT, AND WE'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE LANDLORD TO MAKE THAT PAYMENT.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE C OVID 19 SITE, THERE'S NOW A RESIDENT ASSISTANCE TAB.
DOES THAT GIVE THIS KIND OF DETAILED INFORMATION TO PEOPLE? YEAH, DEFINITELY GIVES INFORMATION ON THE, UM, RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE RISK MITIGATION FUND.
WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD F A Q IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH ON TENANT'S RIGHTS TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE MORATORIUM AND EVICTION COURTS TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SAWS AND C P S, UM, NOT DISCONNECTING ANY RESIDENTS AT THIS TIME, AND SO IT JUST DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AT EDUCATING WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AND WHAT ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO INCLUDE THE UNITED WAY AND THE AREA FOUNDATION FUND AS WELL.
NOW, I KNOW WE STARTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE HAD ABOUT A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT FUND, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, THE HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION IS CONSIDERING, UH, PUTTING, UH, A $1 MILLION COMMITMENT INTO SUPPORTING THAT FUND.
ARE WE HEARING ANYTHING FROM ANY, UH, PHILANTHROPIC GROUPS, UH, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION, UNITED WAY, OR ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT HELPING TO SUPPORT THIS OR MAYBE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS? SO, UM, SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION WILL TAKE ACTION ON $500,000 ON MONDAY.
UM, THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS, UM, I WAS JUST MADE AWARE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH LISC TO ASK HOW THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
UM, WE HAVE SET UP, UM, AN ACCOUNT WITH THE AREA FOUNDATION AND THE UNITED WAY TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE DIRECTLY TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON HOW WE CAN DO MORE MARKETING OF THAT.
BUT WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING FOR PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS AS WELL AS UNDER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH, UM, THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN AND MAYBE REALLOCATION OF FUNDS THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO LATER ON IN THE FUTURE.
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TO DOUBLE CHECK, WHEN YOU SAID WE'RE SUSPENDING ABOUT $50 MILLION WORTH OF STREET AND SIDEWALK WORK, UH, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IF A CONTRACT'S BEEN LET AND THE MONEY HAS BEEN SET ASIDE, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE, BUT ANY CONTRACTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN LET OR MONEY HAS NOT BEEN, UH, COMMITTED, THEN THAT WORK WILL NOT CONTINUE? COUNCILMAN? SO THERE ARE, UM, THERE, THERE ARE DOLLARS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONTRACTED YET, AND THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTRACTED FOR, BUT TASK ORDERS HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED.SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT 50 MILLION HAS NOT BEEN CONTRACTED FOR AT THIS POINT.
WHAT ABOUT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE? ARE WE GONNA CONTINUE TO FILL POTHOLES? AND IF THERE'S SOME KIND OF PROBLEM WITH A A, A STREET OR A SIDEWALK, UH, THAT REALLY REQUIRES PRETTY MUCH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, ARE WE GONNA SERVICE THAT? YES, SIR.
I HAVE NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
SIR, IF YOU COULD, UH, GO BACK AND LET, UH, I'M SORRY.
UM, WE HAVE A TECHNICAL GLITCH HERE, AND ADRIANA ROCHA GARCIA'S NAME KEEPS DROPPING DOWN ON THE LIST, SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.
I, I DO, I HAVE SOME HARD QUESTIONS.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHY MY NAME KEPT FALLING OFF THE LIST.
UM, BUT, SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY RELATING TO THE WORKING GROUPS, UM, THAT THE MAYOR HAS ESTABLISHED.
AND THIS IS A QUESTION PROBABLY FOR ANDY.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE OPERATING POSTING OF AGENDAS AND REPORTING OUT OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS? BECAUSE GROUPS, I'M ASSUMING THEY STILL FALL UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND I'VE BEEN READING THROUGH THE CHARTER AGAIN, AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, UH, RELATING TO WORKING GROUPS THAT WOULD BE, UH, CO-WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
SO I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND IT'S IN PLACE.
AND AGAIN, I, I'M LOOKING FOR THE CHARTER AND I DON'T SEE ANYTHING, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, IF I, UH, UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, THE WORKING GROUPS THAT THE MAYOR, UH, AND THE, UH, JUDGE HAVE PUT TOGETHER, THOSE ARE AD HOC WORKING GROUPS, THEREFORE THEY DO, THEY DO NOT, THEY DO NOT FALL UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
UH, I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE UP TO THE RESPECTIVE CHAIRS IN TERMS OF, UH, POSTING, UH, INFORMATION OR MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, BUT NO, THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
SO ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE REPORTS OUT, UH, BECAUSE, UH, YEAH, WE MIGHT BE IN ONE GROUP, BUT WE MIGHT ALSO, WELL, NO, I KNOW ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WILL WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALL OF THE GROUPS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I, UM, BROUGHT THAT UP.
I'M, I'M STILL REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION.
BRIDGER AND ERIC'S UPDATE EVERY DAY ON NUMBERS, BUT THEN THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
I UNDERSTAND WE CAN'T HAVE, UM, SIX HOUR LONG MEETINGS EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GET TO WORK.
UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO PROBABLY BE MEETING MORE OFTEN AS A COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M JUST TRYING TO, UH, TO FIND OUT THEN IF THOSE WORKING GROUPS WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THAT PURPOSE SO THAT WE COULD KEEP GETTING INFORMATION ROLLING HOW WE'RE GONNA REPORT OUT TO EACH OTHER.
UH, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA POINT OUT, COUNCILWOMAN, IS THAT, UH, TO THE EXTENT, AND I'M SURE THAT, THAT THESE RESPECTIVE WORKING GROUPS WILL HAVE REPORTS EITHER TO, UH, COUNCIL WORKING COMMITTEES ONCE THEY START UP AGAIN OR TO THE COUNCIL ITSELF.
UH, THOSE ACTUAL REPORTS, OBVIOUSLY TO THE EXTENT THEY'RE OCCUR DURING COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS OR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS, THOSE OBVIOUSLY WILL BE POSTED AND, AND, UH, IN PUBLIC, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE MADE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL IN PUBLIC.
MAYBE I CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, THE, THE INTENT IS THAT THESE GROUPS ARE GONNA BE WORKING VERY INTENSELY ON PARTICULAR AREAS OF RELIEF, INCLUDING FOOD AND SHELTER, UM, AND UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL SERVICES, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND NEED TO HAVE THE FREEDOM TO, TO MEET AND WORK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
UH, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UH, REPORT OUT, UH, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH OUR COORDINATOR, GORDON, UH, THROUGH THE COUNCIL, UH, OR, OR ANOTHER METHOD, UH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE COURT IS INTERESTED IN, IN THE WORK AS WELL.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.
I WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GAVE, UH, THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO, UH, INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IS RELEVANT TO THEM ON A TIMELY BASIS.
AND SO I, I DEFINITELY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UH, THANKS ANDY FOR TRYING TO
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MENTION THAT, BECAUSE I'VE READ THE CITY CHARTER LIKE THREE TIMES, AGAIN IN THE LAST, UH, FEW, UM, YOU KNOW, HOURS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS WORKS.AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, ALSO, DO WE KNOW HOW OTHER CITIES ARE REPORTING OUT? I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE COUNTY, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I READ THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER BECAUSE I SEEM TO BE GETTING ALL OF MY INFORMATION FROM THE NEWS MEDIA THESE DAYS.
UM, THE, UH, COUNTY IS MEETING A COUPLE, OR, OR IS, IS HAVING PHONE CALLS WITH ALL OF THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS DAILY.
AND SO I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES OR WHAT OTHER ENTITIES, OR IF ANYBODY'S DOING THAT SORT OF RESEARCH SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS IS THE BEST, UM, YOU KNOW, FORMAT.
I'M, I'M STILL CONCERNED AGAIN ABOUT COMMUNICATION.
I'M ACTUALLY READY TO PROPOSE.
I, I REREAD IN THE CHARTER THAT IT SAYS THAT THREE OF US COULD CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION.
AND I KNOW I HAVE AT LEAST TWO OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SECOND MEETING A WEEK.
UM, I KNOW IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR STAFF, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GET OUR, OUR SLEEVES, UH, ROLLED UP AND, AND WORKING A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL PROBABLY FOLLOW UP ANDY WITH THAT QUESTION LATER ON.
UH, BUT I'M, I'M JUST CONCERNED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE VOCAL ABOUT IT AND EXPRESS THAT I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION.
I UNDERSTAND I'VE BEEN OUT OF POCKET PROBABLY IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
UM, BUT I, I, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.
UM, SO MEETING, I THINK WEEKLY IS GOOD, BUT I THINK IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, WE PROBABLY SHOULD GET A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNICATION AMONGST ALL OF US.
UM, I DO, HOWEVER, WANNA SAY THAT I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT G P A IS DOING WITH THE DAILY PRESS BRIEFINGS.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I APPRECIATE THE MEDIA'S QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M LEARNING A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, LIKE TODAY, EVEN, UH, FROM MY COLLEAGUES WHEN THEY ASK QUESTIONS, WHEN COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ ASKED ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION, THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME.
I'VE ALSO HAVE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS WITH GROUPS, UM, ON PHONE CALLS AND THEIR CONCERNED, THEY'RE ASKING QUESTIONS THAT I, UM, I'M HOPING ARE BEING WORKED ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE.
SO I THINK MORE COMMUNICATION IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE EXTENT OF, OF MY QUESTIONING TODAY, JUST BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WRITTEN GUIDELINES PERHAPS, OR JUST SOMETHING THAT COMMITS US TO REPORTING.
AND SO I'LL, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH WHOEVER YOU WANT ME TO.
UM, ANDY OR, OR MAYOR AND, AND MAYBE IT IS MR. HAGMAN, I KNOW THIS IS TOO FAST, SO MAYBE WE DIDN'T THINK OF THIS, BUT PEOPLE ARE ASKING, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME, WELL, WHAT ARE THESE, UM, GROUPS GOING TO FOCUS ON? ARE THE MEETINGS GONNA BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE INPUT? AND SO I DO THINK THAT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS CRITICAL.
AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT STRUCTURE.
MAYBE WE COULD PUT SOMEONE TO WORK ON HOW THIS REPORT ACT PROCESS WORKS.
UM, AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, I WANTED TO, UM, EXPRESS THAT YESTERDAY, I, UM, WAS OUT HERE AT THE FIELD OFFICE IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, FOR AN INTERVIEW.
AND THERE IS A, A GENTLEMAN, A SKATEBOARDER WHO COMPLETELY DEFIED, UM, OUR, UH, BAN ON THE SKATEBOARD PART THAT WE HAVE BACK HERE.
HE TORE DOWN THE YELLOW CAUTION TAPE, AND HE, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY SAID TO THE CAMERA, LOOK, WATCH ME.
I'M DEFYING THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S HIS PREROGATIVE.
UM, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT PARK SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY EVERY TIME THAT I, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE COME TO THE OFFICE WHEN, WHEN I HAVE, LIKE, EVEN THIS MORNING, PEOPLE ARE REALLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
THERE WAS SOMEONE PRACTICING BOXING YESTERDAY, SO I JUST WANNA BE ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THIS.
I ALSO WANNA GO, UM, ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT, UM, I, I, I AM APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT 3 1 1 IS DOING, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM, UH, THROUGH INFORMATION THROUGH THE MOST RELEVANT INFORMATION.
I JUST LEARNED A WHILE AGO THAT SOME OF THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS OR SOME OF THE TESTING PROCESSES MIGHT BE CHANGED UP.
I DON'T WANNA LEARN ABOUT THAT.
UH, THIRD HAND I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, LEARN ABOUT, AND I KNOW, AGAIN, THINGS ARE MOVING QUICKLY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT 3 1 1 TO LEARN ABOUT IT IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THEY'RE OFFERING THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS SAY THAT THEY CALL 3 1 1, AND THAT 3 1 1 ISN'T, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, CLEARLY CLEAR IN THEIR ANSWERS.
AND SO I JUST WANNA BE AN ADVOCATE FOR, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE 3 1 1 THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, BECAUSE I KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEY'RE DOING, ALL THAT, THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE, THERE IS A, IS IT'S APPROPRIATE HERE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OF HAVING SOME ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.
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REGULARLY SCHEDULED.IT'S BEEN CANCELED THE LAST TWO TIMES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REUSE AND REFOCUS EVEN B SESSION FOR THESE SPECIAL REPORTS.
BUT I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE ON, ON FIGURING OUT HOW WE COULD BE MORE ACCOUNTABLE, UH, AND TRANSPARENT TO EVERYONE FROM THOSE WORKING GROUPS.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IT'S JUST A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT'S WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, DECIDES ON SOMETHING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S MY WORRY RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR MY COMMENTS TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
UM, ERIC, UH, UH, MAY WANT TO GET BEN GOEL UP HERE TO, UH, ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, FUTURE FUNDING AND THAT KIND OF THING.
UH, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S OUR EMERGENCY FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY? UH, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND? YES.
IT'S ABOUT 10% IS WHAT WE CALL OUR EMERGENCY FUND.
IT'S ABOUT, UH, I HAVE THE NUMBER HERE.
OUR 10% IN THE GENERAL FUND IS 126 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
THE 10% RESERVE IN OUR GENERAL FUND IS 126 AND A HALF MILLION.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A TWO YEAR, UH, RESERVE THAT WE USE FOR THE FOLLOWING, UH, FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT $80 MILLION.
SO COMBINED THAT IS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN TWO MONTHS WORTH OF OPERATING, UM, CAPACITY IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, AND ALONG WITH THAT, WHAT ABOUT OUR, IS THAT INCLUDING OUR INVESTMENTS, WHAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN OUR PORTFOLIO? OR IS THAT IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S IN OUR PORTFOLIO NOW? UH, NO SIR, THAT THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR POOLED INVESTMENTS THAT WE MANAGE.
SO THAT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS.
WE'RE MANAGING EVERYTHING FROM BOND PROCEEDS TO THESE RESERVES TO OUR OPERATING FUNDS.
ALL OF THAT IS COMBINED AND WE'RE HAVE AN INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
AND HAS, UM, WITH THE MARKET, WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO, UH, UH, WHAT IMPACT HAS THAT HAD ON, ON THAT, UH, ON THAT BALANCE? SO, COUNCIL, WE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE INVEST AND WHAT WE CAN INVEST IN, WE'RE NOT INCURRING ANY INVESTMENT LOSSES PER SE.
SO WHEN WE BUY, WE WE'RE VERY LIMITED IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, INVEST IN BY LAW.
SO PRIMARILY IT'S GONNA BE TREASURIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, T-BILLS, AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT.
UM, WHEN WE BUY THOSE SECURITIES, WE'LL HOLD THEM TO MATURITY.
SO THAT MEANS WHATEVER THAT SECURITY WAS GONNA YIELD WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, THAT'S WHAT WE GET.
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, THOUGH, AND MARIA TOUCHED ON THIS IN HER PRESENTATION, IS AS WE HAVE INCOME COMING IN, OR AS WE HAVE INVESTMENTS MATURING THAT WE NEED TO REINVEST, THE MARKET HAS CHANGED FOR THOSE SECURITIES.
UH, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE FED HAS REDUCED THE FED FUNDS RATE DOWN TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 0.25%.
SO OUR PORTFOLIO WAS YIELDING ABOUT 2% AS OF DECEMBER 31ST.
I THINK 1.9%, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, GO DOWN QUARTER BY QUARTER.
AS OUR PORTFOLIO TURNS OVER BY THE TIME WE GET TO NEXT YEAR, I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE INVESTMENT INCOME COMING IN AT ALL.
UM, CAN YOU KIND OF PUT THAT IN A EASY SUMMARY? I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY TO DO, BUT, UH, ACTUALLY LIST THAT OUT SO THAT, UH, FOLKS HERE ON THE COUNCIL CAN SEE HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK AND HOW THAT COULD AFFECT US IN THE FUTURE ON, UH, TAKING OUT FUTURE DEBT, THAT KIND OF THING FOR THE CITY? SURE.
AND YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT OUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP.
UM, BECAUSE THAT WILL, WILL BE IMPACTING US IN THE FUTURE, AS YOU SAY, UM, UH, ON THAT, UH, SLIDE THAT SHOWED AN ESTIMATE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE, A 25% THAT, UH, UM, VERSUS A 75% MARIA, UH, THANK YOU, BEN.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF ESTIMATE ON WHAT THAT 25% WILL LOOK LIKE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE.
SO TODAY, UP THROUGH MARCH 20, THROUGH MARCH 29, BETWEEN EXPENSES, IN ORDER FOR SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN, UH, THE CITY HAS, UM, COMMITTED FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.
HOWEVER, OUR EMERGENCY CONTINUES, SO THAT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WILL, WILL GROW.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL AMOUNT WILL BE, BUT WHEN WE RESPONDED TO KATRINA, I
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THINK THE EXPENSE WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 35 TO $40 MILLION FOR THAT TOTAL EMERGENCY.SO, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TO HAVE A $50 MILLION RESPONSE, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 12 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS BEING OUR 25% MATCH.
BUT AS OF THE 29TH OF MARCH, WE WERE AT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION.
UM, SO REALLY CAN'T, AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH DATA TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT IN THE FUTURE ON HOW MUCH THIS BILL WILL CONTINUE TO GROW MONTH BY MONTH, OR DO WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER WAS ACTUALLY ASKING THAT LAST NIGHT.
UH, WE, UM, WE CAN WORK ON, ON TRYING TO, BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW COME UP WITH, WITH SOME TYPE OF, UM, UM, ESTIMATE.
SO COUNCILMAN, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE UNKNOWNS OF HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, AND, AND, AND IT COULD ENCOMPASS A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD ENCOMPASS, UH, IF WE HAVE TO CONTRACT FOR, UM, ADDITIONAL MEDICAL STAFF FOR AN ALTERNATE CARE FACILITY, UH, AND THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES, UH, POTENTIALLY TESTING, UH, THE COST OF PERSONNEL.
UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING AS, AND WAS PART OF THE BILL THAT THE GOV THAT THE PRESIDENT SIGNED, WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THE MONEY, THE $150 BILLION THAT'S BEING PUSHED OUT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THE STATES, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO GET THAT IN THE HANDS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
IT'S NOT MONEY TO OFFSET OUR $80 MILLION LOSS IN REVENUE.
IDEALLY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TO REIMBURSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THEIR EXPENSES.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND, AND FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS, WE'RE SEGREGATING ALL OUR EXPENSES, WHETHER THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE'RE SEGREGATING THAT SO THAT WE'VE GOT IT TRACKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEMA RULES SO THAT AS SOON AS WE CAN SUBMIT, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I WANNA BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE RATHER THAN THE BACK OF THE LINE.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE REDEPLOYED SOME OF OUR FINANCE STAFF THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE TO HELP, UH, THE E O C TRACK THOSE EXPENSES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR WHAT EXPENSES WERE INCURRING AND, UH, BE READY TO PUSH SEND ONCE THE THE STATE ASKS FOR THOSE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNTS.
UM, AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS SAYING, HEY, WE CAN'T, CAN'T TRIM ANYMORE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DIP INTO THAT EMERGENCY FUND.
IS THAT, IS THAT THERE A TRIGGER POINT OUT THERE THAT, UH, UH, WE WOULD BE GETTING INTO THAT RESERVE? SO THE RESERVES ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
UM, AND IF WE START TO SEE, UM, SOME CLARITY IN TERMS OF TIME AND IMPACTS TO OUR REVENUE, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF APPROACH THAT FROM A BALANCED STANDPOINT.
BECAUSE AS MARIA, I THINK MARIA JUST MENTIONED, WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE HAVE A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO MONTHS OPERATING RESERVE MM-HMM.
UM, AND THAT'S, WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES, UM, MY, MY MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO PRESS DOWN ON EXPENSES, UM, UNTIL WE HAVE SOME CLARITY ON THE LENGTH OF TIME WE'RE GONNA BE IN THIS RESPONSE PERIOD.
UM, AND UNTIL WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'RE GONNA NEED FOR WHAT THE RECOVERY IS, AND ANYBODY THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WATCHED THE, THE NEWS IN THE LAST WEEK, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, UH, VERY VASTLY DIFFERENT COMMENTARY ON, ON THE BOUNCE BACK.
UM, AND, AND IT'S JUST TOO UNCERTAIN.
BUT, BUT, UM, AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL HEAR THIS NEXT WEEK AS IT RELATES TO THE, THE DETAILED CONVERSATION OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND IN THE AIRPORT.
RESERVES ARE THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE.
AND IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A TWO WEEK SITUATION OR A 30 DAY SITUATION, AND WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA GET BACK TO NORMAL, THEN, THEN THAT WOULD GIVE US CLARITY.
UM, BUT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, UH, CERTAINTY ON, ON MANY OF THOSE FACTORS.
UM, YEAH, IT WOULD HELP TO JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT ALSO AND PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IN RESERVE, THIS IS HOW MUCH IT WOULD, UH, USE UP PER WEEK IF WE DID, UH, HAVE TO DIP INTO THAT WITHOUT ANY CHANGES.
AND I, I TOTALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW TO KEEP US ON, ON TRACK AND ON BUDGET, UH, WITH THOSE, WITH THOSE SUSPENSIONS OF FUNDING.
UM, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT IN THERE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS
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THAT IT'S GONNA HURT, BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS OUT THERE THAT ARE HURTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE LOST JOBS.THEY'RE WONDERING WHERE THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING THEIR NEXT, UH, UH, MEAL FROM, OR IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOUSE OR, OR APARTMENTS.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO, AS A CITY CONTINUE TO CLAMP DOWN ON THOSE AREAS, I DON'T WANT TO SAY CLAMP DOWN, BUT KEEP PUSHING DOWN ON AREAS THAT WE CAN DELAY OR SUSPEND TO KEEP THIS CITY OPERATIONAL.
UM, ALONG WITH THAT, I KIND OF, UM, BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS ALSO.
UH, IS THERE A MECHANISM IN HR THAT, THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE THAT CAN'T AFFORD IT, OR PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL THAT CAN AFFORD IT TO ACTUALLY FOREGO A PAYCHECK OR TWO PAYCHECKS TO HELP HELP THE CITY OUT AND HELP THE GENERAL FUND OUT? IS THERE A MECHANISM ESTABLISHED THAT WE COULD DO THAT FOR A PAYCHECK OR TWO OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, NOT A PERMANENT TYPE OF THING, BUT SAY, HEY, I WANT TO TAKE THAT OUT.
I WANT TO GIVE THIS ALLOTMENT PAY NOT BENEFITS, BUT, UH, PAY TO HELP THE, UH, GENERAL FUND OUT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ARE KIND OF INSULATED FROM THE IMPACT OF, OF, UM, JOB LOSS.
WE'RE ALL GETTING PAYCHECKS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, I, I THINK WE AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL, TO GIVE BACK AND TO SHOW WHETHER IT'S A GOOD FAITH EFFORT OR SOMETHING TO HELP THIS, THIS CITY OUT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT OPTION AVAILABLE TO US.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING FROM HR THAT, UH, COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, AS WELL AS COUNCIL FOLKS UP HERE TOO, TO SHOW THAT, SHOW THAT EFFORT.
I SEE BEN IS GETTING UP HERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC PROCESS SET UP.
WE COULD CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT.
WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE EMPLOYEES CAN DONATE LEAVE FOR OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT MAY BE, UM, HAVING A CATASTROPHIC TYPE EVENT.
BUT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, BUT WE CAN EXPLORE THAT.
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IF WE CAN, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SET UP OR, UH, INITIATED TO, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, ERIC, ARE WE, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING TO COMPENSATE FOR THIS.
DO IS THE, IS THE INNOVATION CENTER TAKING A LOOK AT THIS TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY HERE WITHIN THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH OUR GOALS OF STAYING WITHIN BUDGET? ARE THEY, ARE THEY WORKING THIS AT ALL OUR INNOVATION UNIT? YEAH.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL DEPLOYED TO HELP WITH THE DATA AND THE MAPPING.
UM, BUT OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAMS ARE DOING THAT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE, UH, AND THE, UH, E L T.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
THANK YOU'ALL AGAIN FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING TO THE CITY STAFF AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
UM, AND FIRST I, UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF FOR, FOR YOUR WORK.
UH, MARIA, I'M SURE YOU MUST HAVE A HARD TIME SLEEPING RIGHT NOW LOOKING, UH, LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, AND, UH, AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UH, STAYING HERE WITH US TODAY TO, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WE THINK YOUR WORK IS ABSOLUTELY VALUABLE.
UM, BUT, UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GET BACK TO WORK LIKE THE MAYOR SAID.
UH, BUT I CONSIDER THIS A PART OF, OF MY WORK IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE, WE WERE ELECTED AND WE, UH, WE WE'RE EXPECTED, AND I INTEND TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY DURING THIS TIME, AND I CAN'T DO THAT IF I'M NOT INFORMED.
SO I, UH, I CONCUR WITH THE REQUEST BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN BRAN, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHE GARCIA, REGARDING, UM, HOW DO WE KEEP OURSELVES IN INFORMED, WHETHER IT'S A FULL COUNCIL MEETING OR IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO, UM, HAVE A SUBSET OF US THAT CAN REGULARLY, UH, TALK WITH ONE ANOTHER AND ASK STAFF QUESTIONS.
UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, WHAT THE COUNCILWOMAN BROUGHT UP, ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT FOR THE REST OF US TO KNOW IN ORDER TO, TO BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND FRANKLY, ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT FOR
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THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE CITY IS DOING.IT'S, I KNOW THIS IS A, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BALANCE ALL THE MOVING PARTS BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISASTER, UNLIKE KATRINA, OR ANOTHER HURRICANE RESPONSE WHEN IT OCCURS OVER ONE OR TWO DAYS, AND THE REST OF THE TIME THERE'S DISASTER RESPONSE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DISASTER RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A THREE MONTH, FOUR MONTH, SIX MONTH DISASTER, ECONOMIC, AND BOTH HEALTH-WISE, BUT ALL THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING NOW THAT STAFF IS LEADING ON, OR THE MAYOR'S LEADING ON, THOSE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE THE SCALE OF THE DISASTER.
SO I THINK, UH, WE, WE ARE EX I EXPECT TO BE A PART OF, OF THAT CONVERSATION.
SO, UM, MAYOR, I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT YOU CONSIDER SOME WAY THAT WE, THAT WE DO THAT.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US ON THAT? NO, AS I MENTIONED TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, THE INTENT OF THE WORKING GROUPS, UM, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UM, UH, AVAILABLE TIME, UH, AND INTENSIVE EFFORT IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
BUT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, IN A, IN A REGULAR MANNER.
SO WE WILL WORK WITH, UH, EACH OF THE GROUPS TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND AGAIN, UH, GORDON HARTMAN, WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE, UH, COMMUNITY ACTION COORDINATOR CAN BE PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
SO, I MEAN, PERHAPS PART OF OUR MEETINGS CAN BE REPORTING OUT THE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE, WHO ARE CO-CHAIRING, UH, CAN BRING BACK A REPORT AND SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR REGULAR, AS PART OF OUR REGULAR MEETINGS.
THE OTHER THING I DO WANNA ADD IS THAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
UM, THE, UH, THE OTHER THING I DO WANNA ADD IS THAT, UH, WE DID ALSO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THE DAAS REGARDING SOME THINGS THAT MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THE WORKING GROUPS RIGHT NOW.
SO CERTAINLY COUNCILWOMAN V HAS PROBABLY BEEN FLOODED WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESPONSE AT THE NURSING HOME.
UM, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT TOO.
UM, AND SO IN TERMS OF THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH RESPONSE AND THE DECISIONS AND, AND THE TAX THAT WE'RE TAKING, I THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE ADDRESSED IN THE WORKING GROUPS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A, A BIG, UH, BURDEN TO ASK THE STAFF, THE HEALTH STAFF, TO BE AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF ANYTHING, UH, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AROUND, UH, THE HEALTH ISSUES.
I MEAN, THAT'S, I DID A TELEPHONE TOWN HALL THE OTHER NIGHT, AND, UH, WE DID A, WE DID ONE IN ENGLISH AND ONE IN SPANISH.
AND ONE OF THE POLL QUESTIONS WE DID WAS, WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST CONCERNS WITH, UH, THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW? WHETHER IT WAS GETTING INFECTED, LOSING YOUR JOB, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET SUPPLIES.
AND THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN BY FAR WAS GETTING INFECTED.
SO THAT, THAT IS STILL AS, I MEAN, THE, THE STAFF GPA IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT THERE.
UM, BUT IT DOESN'T, IT HASN'T TAKEN AWAY ALL THE FEAR THAT, THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
SO I THINK, UH, ENSURING THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE THROUGH OUR NETWORKS, UH, WOULD, WOULD BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
AND THAT, AND THAT ALSO WE, THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UM, SO MAYOR, I WOULD ASK YOU TO, TO CONSIDER A WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT, WHETHER IT'S AN ADDITIONAL MEETING OR A PHONE CALL, UH, DURING THE WEEK OR A SUBGROUP OF US, UH, LOOKING AT IT.
UM, SPEAKING OF, OF THE FEAR OF BEING INFECTED, I'M SO GLAD THAT, UH, PD WENT, SORRY, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WENT OUT TO, UH, NURSING HOMES AND BOARDING HOMES IN THE AREA.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH WORSE WE MIGHT BE IF THEY HADN'T, IF THEY HADN'T DONE THAT, UH, PROACTIVELY.
AND I'M GLAD THEY WERE MONITORING THE, THE CASES, THE THE 9 1 1 CALLS.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S EXCELLENT WORK, ERIC, ON, ON BEHALF OF, OF YOU AND, AND THE TEAM TO DO THAT.
UM, THE QUESTION HAS ARISEN REGARDING HOME HEALTHCARE WORKERS THAT MAY SEE MULTIPLE CLIENTS AT A TIME AND HOW WE CAN PROVIDE THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE ADEQUATE GUIDANCE TO PROTECT THOSE VERY VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY CARE FOR.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN TAKE ON THAT THE CITY OR THE COUNTY CAN TAKE ON WITH OUR, WITH OUR STAFF? ERIC? UM, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT.
LET ME, LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, DR.
MIIR MONTES AND CHIEF HOOD ON THAT ISSUE THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GO TO PEOPLE'S HOMES, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, WHENEVER YOU WANNA REPORT, I THINK ANY REPORT BACK TO THE, THE COUNCIL WILL BE VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND I, AND MAYOR, THIS QUESTION CAME UP DURING YOUR, YOUR PRESS UH, DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WITH THE JUDGE.
IT WAS REGARDING THE WORKERS OF THE NURSING HOME,
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UH, IN, IN D THREE.AND WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TESTED.
AND I, THE QUESTION IS, ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY WHILE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THEIR TEST RESULTS? AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY AT, AT A RISK OF, OF BEING POSITIVE, AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING OR POSSIBLY INFECTING THEIR, THE MEMBERS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD RIGHT NOW? SO YOU, YOU, YOUR, YOUR QUESTION WAS WHAT DO WE DO WITH PEOPLE PENDING TEST RESULTS? YES.
UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE PENDING TEST RESULTS ARE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO STAY HOME UNTIL THEY GET THOSE RESULTS.
UM, THEY DO NOT GET A HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONTACT, HOWEVER, UNTIL THOSE RESULTS ARE POSITIVE.
DO WE ASK THEM IF THEY HAVE OTHER MEMBERS IN THEIR, IF, IF THEY LIVE ALONE OR IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION IN THEIR HOME? SO, SO REMEMBER, THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THESE TESTS.
SO I CAN'T ANSWER FOR HOW, YOU KNOW, DR.
SMITH IS, IS, UM, HANDLING THAT, UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVED, WE ASK THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO, IF THEY DO NOT LIVE ALONE, TO FIND A ROOM IN THE HOUSE WHERE THEY CAN ISOLATE THEMSELVES FROM THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
I, I'D LOVE TO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR PEOPLE WHO IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ISOLATE, UH, IN, IN ONE ROOM, OR IF THEY SHARE A BATHROOM OR A KITCHEN, THAT MIGHT STILL BE DIFFICULT, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE A VULNERABLE, UH, MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AT HOME WHO MAY BE LIKE RECOVERING FROM CANCER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, SO I'D APPRECIATE A, A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION OFFLINE ABOUT IT.
UH, THOSE ARE MY, MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
I'M, UH, IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
I'M, I'M GONNA ERIC ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS OFFLINE AFTERWARDS.
AND SO, UH, APOLOGIES FOR, FOR TAKING UP SOME OF YOUR TIME, UM, LATER.
ANDY, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UH, YOU COVERED THIS EARLIER, BUT I, I'M, I'M CONFUSED NOW.
UH, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER AS I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING AT IT EXEMPTED THE, WAS IT 16 OR 17 DIFFERENT ESSENTIAL SECTORS IDENTIFIED BY D H S? RIGHT? BY D H SS, RIGHT.
ONE PARTICULARLY, WHICH IS AN AGENCY UNDER D H SS.
AND THEN I, I WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE AND THEY MAKE PERFECT SENSE.
IT'S CLEAR THAT SOMEBODY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THOSE.
UM, BUT HIS ORDER ENDS WITH THIS SENTENCE AND IT, AND NOW IT HAS ME SCRATCHING MY HEAD.
IT SAYS, I HEREBY SUSPEND AND HE LISTS OFF CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE HEALTH CODE, UM, TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL OFFICIALS DO NOT IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ORDER.
SO I, I'M LOOKING NOW AT OUR ORDER, UH, THAT WE PUT IN PLACE, WAS IT LAST WEEK? UH, AND IN THERE, AND I'M JUST THROWING THIS AS AN AS AS AN EXAMPLE IN THERE WE SAID, HEY, WE'RE ALSO TAKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO APPLYING THIS TO THE CSA 17 OR 16 SECTORS.
AND, BUT WE ALSO HAD OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL ESSENTIAL OR NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUCH AS LEGAL OR ACCOUNTING SERVICES WHEN NECESSARY TO ASSIST IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEGALLY MANDATED ACTIVITIES SUCH AS FILING TAXES.
AND SO I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE CSA, UH, WHATEVER ORDERS OR THE, THE, THE CATEGORIES, AND I CAN'T PLUG THAT ANYWHERE INTO THE 12 OR THE 16 OR 17 CSA CATEGORIES.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDER? DID WE, DID THAT JUST GET SUPERSEDED OUT? EXCELLENT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
THE ANSWER IS NO, IT DOES NOT GET SUPERSEDED OUT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR FROM THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER THAT HE'S TRYING TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT CITIES DON'T IMPOSE MORE RESTRICTIVE, UH, MEASURES THAN WITH RESPECT TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
UM, WE CAN BE LESS RESTRICTIVE OR EXPAND THAT LIST.
UM, AND SO OUR LANGUAGE CONCERNING, YOU KNOW, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCLUDING LEGAL SERVICES, IT, IT REMAINS IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER.
SO HYPOTHETICALLY, LET'S SAY, UM, AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A GOOD HYPOTHETICAL, UH, FOR YOU.
UM, LET'S SAY WE DISCOVER THAT TENNIS CLUBS ALL OVER SAN ANTONIO ARE STILL OFFERING GROUP CLASSES TO KIDS, RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT OBSERVING THE US TENNIS ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES FOR CLEANING THE BALL HOPPERS AND, YOU KNOW, WIPING DOWN RACKETS OR WHATEVER THE HECK IT IS THAT THE U S T A WANTS PEOPLE TO DO.
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I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE.WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE AS A CITY COUNCIL SEE THAT THERE'S A NECESSITY TO STEP IN HERE BECAUSE TENNIS CLUBS AT MAYOR, I, I DON'T, I DUNNO IF YOUR FAVORITE ONE IS HUNTER'S CREEK, BUT UH, THERE'S ONE OUT THERE AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, NEED TO FOLLOW THESE U S T A GUIDELINES.
AND WE, AND WE ISSUE THOSE, WE COULD, RIGHT.
THAT'S, UM, AND IT, AND AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION 'CAUSE THAT IT ALLOWS ME TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.
UM, TENNIS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF TENNIS CLUBS UNDER THE TEXAS WEBSITE ASK THE STATE ARE WE CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE AND THE STATE IDENTIFIES THEM AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THEM LISTED AS A NON-ESSENTIAL, OR IF OUR INTERPRETATION OF OUR ORDER HAD LIST IS NON ESSENTIAL, NOW THEY BECOME ESSENTIAL BECAUSE AGAIN, THE STATE HAS DEEMED THEM AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.
THAT BEING SAID, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DESIGNATED AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE BY THE STATE, THEY STILL MUST CONDUCT THEIR ACTIVITY CONSISTENT WITH THE C D C GUIDELINES ON SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO WE CAN STILL ENFORCE, EVEN THOUGH TENNIS CLUBS UNDER THAT THEORY ARE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, WE CAN STILL ENFORCE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO HAVE GROUP ACTIVITIES LIKE THE ONE YOU DESCRIBED.
YEAH, AND BY THE WAY, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE APPLY U SS T A GUIDELINES FOR, FOR TENNIS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE, UH, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
SO THEN ANDY, THAT'S A PERFECT SEGUE INTO, UH, 'CAUSE YOU USED THE WORD ENFORCEMENT, SO, UM, AND THIS IS REALLY FOR YOU AND ERIC.
'CAUSE UM, I, I READ EVERY ONE OF ERIC'S, UH, COVID BRIEFINGS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY WELL DONE.
UM, AND THE ONE I GOT YESTERDAY SAID, UH, THAT SINCE MARCH 19TH, WE'VE RECEIVED 1,107 COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS OF OUR, OUR EMERGENCY ORDER, AND THAT WE COSA HAVE OBSERVED 704 VIOLATIONS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, IT'S NO STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE PHONE'S RINGING OFF THE HOOK IN SOME OTHER ROOM IN THIS BUILDING, OR THE ONE NEXT DOOR, UH, WITH COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE VIOLATING THE ORDER.
AND RIGHT NOW, OUT IN THE FIELD, COSA STAFF IS OBSERVING VIOLATIONS AS I'M SPEAKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO LAST WEEK I ASKED, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A LINE IN THE SAND OR IF THERE'S A THRESHOLD WHERE WE JUST SAY, OKAY, NO MASS, RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA START REALLY ENFORCING THIS THING AS OPPOSED TO JUST OBSERVING, UH, VIOLATIONS.
WHERE IS THAT LINE? AND HAVE WE GOTTEN THERE YET? AND THE, THE ANSWER I GOT LAST WEEK FROM ERIC WAS, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL ON THE, SORT OF, THE EDUCATION IS EDUCATION.
FERC SEEK COOPERATION, SEEK CONSENSUS APPROACH IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE TAKING TO IT, RIGHT? AND I MADE THE, THE, THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OF THE DETERRENT, MAYBE AS A DETERRENT, WE OUGHT TO START ENFOR PICKING AND CHOOSING SOME HIGH PROFILE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT WE CAN PUT A FEW HEADS ON A STAKE AND, YOU KNOW, SERVE, LET LET PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE NOT, THAT THIS ISN'T AN EMERGENCY LIST OF SUGGESTIONS, BUT THAT THIS REALLY IS AN EMERGENCY LIST OF ORDERS AND THAT ORDERS HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE RULE OF LAW BEHIND THEM.
SO, ROD, WHAT, AND, AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER, I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAD YESTERDAY, I MEAN, CLEAR PROOF THAT, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL PROXIMITY EQUALS DEATH AND, YOU KNOW, UH, AND PEOPLE GETTING SICK BECAUSE OF THAT NURSING HOME IN D THREE, LIKE, HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE DO WE NEED TO WATCH GET SICK BEFORE WE SAY, OKAY, THIS IS NO LONGER AN WE'RE ASKING NICELY SITUATION, WE'RE REALLY GONNA START ENFORCING WITH TEETH.
NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE, WE'VE ISSUED, UH, I THINK IT WAS TWO CITATIONS YESTERDAY.
SO HOW MANY, HOW MANY? IT WAS, IT WAS TWO, TWO.
AND I'M CHECKING WITH THE CHIEF MCMANUS.
THEY, THEY MAY HAVE ISSUED A COUPLE MORE.
SO IF, IF, IF WE SEE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT BABE SHOP, THE GUY, YOU KNOW, HE WAS WARNED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ESSENTIAL.
UH, WE CAUGHT HIM AND WE ISSUED HIM A CITATION.
UM, BUT, BUT, UH, IT, IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER VIOLATION.
WE'RE ASKING OUR, OUR CODE OFFICERS AND, AND, AND POLICE OFFICERS TO, TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT IF YOU FIND A FLAGRANT VIOLATION, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THAT CITATION.
UH, BUT A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE FINDING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TO SOME RESTAURANTS AND, AND, AND, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD AN EXTRA PERSON IN THERE, OR, OR MAYBE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.
SO IT'S LIKE, WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO ISSUE A CITATION.
IT WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO SEPARATE NOW, IF WE HAVE TO GO BACK OUT THERE AGAIN, WELL THEN IT'LL, IT'LL BE A CITATION.
UH, SO WE'RE ENCOUNTERING THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO COMPLY.
BUT IT'S, UH, THE, THE OTHER ISSUE, YOU KNOW, IS WITH PARKS.
SO WE'VE SEEN SOME, SOME BASKETBALL GAMES.
YOU KNOW, YOU KIDS ARE OUT THERE PLAYING BASKETBALL GAMES.
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'EM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE AND THEN YOU COME BACK LATER, THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF KIDS.SO, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEPARATED AGAIN.
UH, SO, SO OUR OFFICERS ARE USING THEIR JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY.
SO, SO, SO TO BE CLEAR, THANK YOU, ROD.
THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT ANSWER.
AND TO BE CLEAR, I, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO START GOING AND, UM, INDISCRIMINATELY JUST START, YOU KNOW, POUNDING THIS HOME.
UH, I, I'M LOOKING FOR FLAGRANT VIOLATION, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO REMIND FOLKS, RIGHT? AND I GET IT.
THERE'S LOTS OF BUSINESSES OUT THERE WHO TRY AND, I MEAN, WHO OF US TODAY DID NOT COME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON CLOSER THAN, YOU KNOW, SIX FEET, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS WHO, YOU KNOW, UH, AREN'T NECESSARILY PERFECT, RIGHT? AND, BUT I AM TALKING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO BE IMPERFECT ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? AND WHO ARE, WHO KNOW WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE AND WHO ARE SCOFF LAWS NONETHELESS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT I'M, SO I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING AND, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT A FLAGRANT VIOLATION.
IF, IF I MAY COUNCILMAN, I, I PROBABLY, 'CAUSE AS, AS ROD SAID, A LOT OF IT IS JUDGMENT.
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES ON THAT.
IF WE COME UPON, FOR EXAMPLE, A BIRTHDAY PARTY WHERE THERE'S 30 OR 40 PEOPLE, THAT TO ME IS AN EGREGIOUS VIOLATION OF THE ORDER.
AND WE'LL PROBABLY ISSUE A CITATION.
IF YOU COME A, IF YOU COME ACROSS FIVE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS AROUND A PARK BENCH, WE'LL PROBABLY EDUCATE THEM ON THE ORDER AND ASK THEM TO EXERCISE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SO A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE VIOLATION, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED.
AND, AND AS ROD SAID, WE MUST RELY ON THE JUDGMENT OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE ENFORCING GUIDED THOUGH BY, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT'S GIVEN BY ROD'S, UH, LEADERSHIP, OUR, OUR, UH, STAFF.
UH, AND, UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE SPIRIT OF, OF THE ORDER OF THE CITY.
AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I'M NOT FAULTING ANYBODY HERE.
UH, I JUST REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE ALSO CALLING ME WHEN THEY, AND, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF CALLING Y'ALL, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN A VIOLATION.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT, COUNCILMAN? UH, I NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I ASKED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT LINE IS BEING DRAWN.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ELA AND, AND YEAH, I, I DO AGREE.
I THINK IN EGREGIOUS VIOLATIONS OR, OR ONES WHERE THEY'RE JUST WILLINGLY NEGLECTING, UH, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OTHERS, WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY CITE THOSE.
AND, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES ALREADY AND WE SHOULD PUT, MAKE THOSE PUBLIC COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
SO, UH, FIRST I WANNA SAY I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAN, ROSA GARCIA, SANDOVAL, AND PERRY ABOUT ROLLED OUT MY SLEEVES.
I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE MY SLEEVES ARE ROLLED UP.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.
UH, AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I WANNA BRING UP IS, UH, DO ARE, IS THE CITY AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A SECTION 1135 DISASTER EXEMPTION BEING PLACED AT THE STATE REGARDING PROPERTY TAXES? ARE, YOU DON'T ANSWER COUNCILMAN.
I, I GUESS I DON'T NEED THAT MIC.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE FOLLOWING THE PROPERTY TAX ISSUE.
I, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH MY TEAM SPECIFICALLY ON THE EXEMPTION REQUEST.
UH, BUT WE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED AND AWARE ABOUT THAT, OF THAT ISSUE BECAUSE OF ITS, I IMPORTANCE TO OUR BUDGET.
BUT JEFF, MAYBE IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THAT, THAT EXEMPTION, THAT ISSUE.
YEAH, I'M, I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO IT HERE, BUT, WE'LL, WE CAN GATHER SOME INFORMATION ON IT.
CAN I, CAN, CAN I OFFER SOME, I CAN OFFER A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION.
THE 1135 DISASTER EXPLANATION OBVIOUSLY WAS, LET'S SAY, UH, YOU HAVE A HUGE HURRICANE HIDDEN AREA, BUT THIS IS BEING PROPOSED IN WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS IMPACTING THE ENTIRE STATE.
UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA REALLY IMPACT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VALUES AND CAN HAVE A HUGE, HUGE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S COSTS.
SO WHAT I, WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THEY HAVE 105 DAYS TO FILE THIS FROM MARCH 13TH.
COUNCILMAN, I, I DID GET SOME INFORMATION WHILE WE WERE SITTING HERE THIS MORNING FROM THE BARE APPRAISAL DISTRICT REGARDING SOME OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
UH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND, UH, DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.
I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE
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ISSUE, BUT WE DID GET SOME, UH, INFORMATION FORWARDED TO US THIS MORNING, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.WELL, I, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S FOLLOW UP.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, PART OF WHAT, WHAT THE, THE APPRAISAL PROCESS AND THE LETTER WE SENT OUT, UH, A WEEK OR SO AGO REGARDING PROPERTY APPRAISALS, UH, WAS REALLY TRYING TO HEAD OFF.
AND, UH, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH ON THE GOVERNOR TO, TO POTENTIALLY ROLL TAXES TO HELP STABILIZE THIS SITUATION.
OTHERWISE, UH, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE A LOT WORSE THAN, THAN WE CAN EVEN IMAGINE.
UH, THE OTHER, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ACTUALLY FOR ERIC, UH, IS, IS THERE A DELAY? ARE YOU FORESEEING A DELAY IN, IN OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE BUDGET? YES, SIR.
UM, I'LL, I'LL FAST FORWARD TO, UM, NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
WE ARE ALSO, I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, UH, LOOKING AT OUR, UM, REVISING OUR BUDGET CALENDAR.
UM, THE FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST WAS SCHEDULED TO COME TO COUNCIL IN MID-APRIL.
AND, AND, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT WON'T HAPPEN 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
BUT I THINK WITH NEXT WEEK'S PRESENTATION, UH, WITH THE BALANCE OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS, UH, WE CAN LET BEGIN TO LAY OUT, UH, THE PIECES ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, OUR BUDGET CALENDAR TO INCLUDE THAT MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE.
UM, AGAIN, I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, MORE MEETINGS, UH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THINGS ARE CHANGING SO FAST, UH, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE ASKING US QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK WE CAN ALSO HELP PROVIDE SOME, SOME INPUT, UH, BACK TO THE, TO THE CITY AND TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS, AS WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, DI DISSEMINATE INFORMATION.
UH, WITH THAT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, JEFF COLE AND HIS TEAM REGARDING, UH, ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT THE GRAPHICS ARE, ARE LOOKING GREAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HARD WORK.
I, I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT AS WE'RE GETTING MORE INPUT FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY REGARDING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE.
'CAUSE THIS WILL, I THINK, HELP TO ALLEVIATE SOME CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE.
COUNCILMAN, I, UM, I, I WAS JUST, UH, TALKING WITH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THIS MORNING THAT I FEEL LIKE OFTEN MY ANSWER IS, OH, WE'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE PULLING A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL PIECES OF INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES AND, AND SO FORTH, AND BE PUSHING THOSE OUT INDIVIDUALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE, THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS AND SO MUCH INFORMATION.
THERE'S A STRATEGY TO TRY TO FEED IT INTO THE TWO PLACES WHERE THEY CAN BE, GET ANSWERS ON OUR WEBSITE AND THE HOTLINE.
UM, BUT I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY TAKE A LOT OF THOSE PIECES AND START INDIVIDUALLY PROMOTING THEM TO HELP TRY TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT IN A, IN A, UM, PROACTIVE WAY.
AND HOW ARE WE DOING? WHAT, HOW IS, UH, WHAT'S THE LATEST OR UPDATE ON 3 1 1? WE'VE EXPANDED, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS DAVID MCCAREY.
I CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE ME.
WE ARE STILL DOING 3 1 1 7 DAYS A WEEK, UH, 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND WE STILL HAVE OUR EMERGENCY PROCESS, SO IF A CALL COMES IN AFTER 7:00 PM WE CAN STILL BE RESPONSIVE.
WELL, THANK YOU YOU, DAVID, FOR ALL YOU'RE DOING.
UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S BEEN CRITICAL, AND I KNOW MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, UH, THE BENEFITS OF HAVING 3 1 1 UP AND RUNNING THE WAY IT IS.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT YOU WITH REGARDS TO THE RISK MITIGATION.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I WANNA SAY THE RISK MITIGATION FUND ONLY REQUIRES A NOTICE TO VACATE, NOT A, NOT AN EVICTION.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT THAT IT, IT'S, IT, IT COULD STILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOME OF OUR COMM IN OUR COMMUNITY TO, TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY, UH, MATERIALS.
SO I, I'D LIKE FOR US TO REVIEW THAT IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE CAN QUALIFY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING, WE'RE NOT, UH, KEEPING CERTAIN BARRIERS OR, OR, OR, UH, HELP, YOU KNOW, FINDING A, A WAY TO, TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, MORE PROACTIVELY WITH WHAT WE KNOW IS GONNA BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE SO DEARLY NEEDED IN THIS TIME.
UH, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE RECENT, THERE WAS A RECENT UPDATE FROM, FROM, UH, I GUESS IT WAS THE JUDGE SAYING THAT THE FREEMAN COLISEUM IS, IS GONNA BE,
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UH, CONVENED INTO, CONVERTED INTO AN AREA FOR ADDITIONAL I C U CARE.AND, UH, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO WE KNOW WHO WILL BE STAFFING THIS? AND HAVE WE REACHED OUT TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY RECALL ANY, UH, RETIRED PHYSICIANS OR NURSES TO HELP COUNCILMAN? I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UM, ON THE STAFFING, THE, UH, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS WORKING WITH THE STATE TO IDENTIFY STAFFING, UM, TO INCLUDE POTENTIALLY EITHER MILITARY OR, UH, CONTRACT.
UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE HOSPITALS HAVE ALSO DONE SOME WORK IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN STAFFING, BUT, BUT AS IT PERTAINS SPECIFICALLY TO FREEMAN, THEIR VARIETY OF, UH, OF, UH, AVENUES THAT WE'RE PURSUING IN CONCERT WITH THE STATE.
AND, AND, AND I, AND I SAY WE'RE DOING THAT WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE IS TRYING TO, AT THE, AT THE, FROM A STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, MOST, THAT MOST OF THE LARGE URBAN AREAS ARE COVERED.
THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME CHALLENGES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH THEM SO THAT WE'RE NOT PULLING ON THE SAME, UH, RESOURCE.
UM, UH, I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE MILITARY HAS SENT OUT A, A COMMUNICATION, UH, FOR, UH, A VOLUNTEER DATA RECALL FOR CALLBACK.
SO ASKING VOLUNTEERS FROM FORMER PHYSICIAN, FORMER MILITARY PHYSICIANS TO, TO COME BACK AND TO HELP SERVE.
WE, THE, THE, UH, SUSPICION IS THAT AT SOME POINT THAT WILL TURN INTO AN INVOLUNTARY AND RECALL MANY, UH, MILITARY PHYSICIANS BACK INTO SERVICE.
I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT REGARDING THE FACT THAT, UH, WE ARE MILITARY CITY U S A AND HOW THAT COULD IMPACT THINGS LIKE THE I C U AT, AT, AT FREEMAN COLISEUM AND, AND, AND OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST A REMINDER TO THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, SAM C UM, IS A, A CRITICAL PART TO OUR TRAUMA, UM, CARE NOT ONLY FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT THE 22 SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
AND, UM, WE ARE STILL, UM, ENGAGED WITH THEM, UH, BOTH FROM A, A MEDICAL STANDPOINT, BUT ALSO THROUGH GENERAL AYLA WHO HAS, UM, UM, HAS KEEPING, UH, CLOSE TABS AND COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, WITH ALL THE MILITARY BASES IN TOWN.
AND, UH, YEAH, GENERAL AYLA, UH, CERTAINLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE.
UH, I'M SURE HE IS WORKING VERY HARD ON THAT BEHALF.
UH, ONE OF MY LAST QUESTIONS IS REALLY, UH, TO JUST POINT OUT, UH, WITH, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, MEDICAL CRISIS.
HA HAVE WE, HAVE WE HAD ANY SPIKES IN CALLS, UH, REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH? UM, COUNCILMAN, I HAVEN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT STAT, BUT, UH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW UP AND THEN, UH, PUSH THAT OUT IN, IN, UH, IN AN UPCOMING COUNCIL UPDATE.
WELL, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT I, I DID TALK TO MR. CALVERT, AND SO IN OUR SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO MEET SOMEBODY, A PHYSICIAN, AND A, AND A MENTAL HEALTH EXPERT AS WELL.
AND I, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK US TO, TO, UH, UPDATE THAT DATA.
I THINK THE CITY IS, IS REALLY IN NEED OF, OF A LOT OF SUPPORT, UH, RIGHT NOW.
UH, NOT, NOT JUST, UH, MEDICALLY, BUT IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH.
AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE, MORE INFORMATION, MORE STRATEGIES REGARDING THAT AS PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY FEARFUL RIGHT NOW AND HELPS THIS COUNCIL UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION MUCH, MUCH BETTER.
YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY PURSUE THAT COUNCILMAN AND MAKE SURE WE PUSH THAT OUT TO, TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND JUST ONE LAST THING I WANNA POINT OUT, IF WE COULD, IF THAT RUN, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M AT A, I'M AT A LAB AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LACK OF, OF, OF CERTAIN, UH, RESOURCES.
AND I JUST WANT TO HAVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO, UH, MY TEAM HERE THAT HAS BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING QUITE AMAZING.
AND I WANNA SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE PROTOTYPE THAT'S WORKING RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND ME.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, OH, THERE IT IS.
AND WHICH, WHAT THAT IS, IS, IS IT'S, WE'RE WORKING ON A AFFORDABLE AND AFFORDABLE VENTILATOR SYSTEM THAT COULD ACTUALLY, UH, BE, UH, PRODUCED QUITE EASILY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, FRANKLY, UH, WE WILL BE SHARING THIS, UH, THROUGH AN OPEN SOURCE AND, UH, ALLOWING PEOPLE, OTHER COMMUNITIES TO BUILD THEIR OWN VERSIONS OF THIS AS NEEDED.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S BASICALLY HOW IT WOULD WORK.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO DEVELOPING THIS.
THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, REALLY
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WORK WORKING HARD TO, UH, INNOVATE AND CREATE THINGS TO HELP PEOPLE.AGAIN, I WANT, I, I'M HERE AT CAN OPENER LABS, UH, WITH A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE.
AND, UH, WE CALL THIS A SKUNKWORK SAN ANTONIO PROJECT, UH, THAT, UH, I THINK HAS INSPIRED A LOT OF FOLKS TO REACH OUT AND SAY THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO COME IN AND, AND HELP, UH, UH, BUILD SOME OF THESE, UH, UNITS.
AND, UH, WE KNOW THAT IF WE DESIGN IT JUST RIGHT, THEY, THEY CAN BUILD, REBUILD JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO OFFER MY THANKS TO SOUTHERLY FINE FRUIT AND, AND BREWERY SHELF BALFOUR AND HIS WIFE ALLISON, AS WELL AS THE FOLKS OVER AT WHATABURGER WHO HAVE BEEN GENEROUS AND GRACIOUS ENOUGH.
UM, AND EVEN IN DEALING WITH THEIR SCARCE RESOURCES AND THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS ISSUES NOW TO DONATE MEALS TO OUR FINE S A P D OFFICERS.
I WAS ABLE TO DELIVER, UH, TO BOTH WEST AND PR SUBSTATIONS THIS WEEK, UM, WHO BOTH SERVE DISTRICT SIX.
SO WE, UM, WE APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO BOOST THE MORALE OF SOME OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FROM MARIA, I'M NOT SURE, UM, BUT IT, REGARDING THE AIRPORT, IS THAT YOU MAYBE, OH, OH, I DIDN'T SEE YOU HERE, CARLOS.
IS THERE ANY RELIEF AVAILABLE FOR THE AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES WHO ARE, UH, DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LOWER AIR AIRLINE TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
COUNCILWOMAN, UH, I BELIEVE IN THE $10 BILLION ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE RELIEF FOR AIRLINES, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, THERE IT IS CATEGORY CALLED JUST CONTRACTORS OF THE AIRPORTS.
SO WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THAT.
UH, CERTAINLY THERE IS SOME MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR AIRPORTS.
THERE'S ABOUT $10 BILLION THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR AIRPORTS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND A SUBSET OF THAT IS FOR CONTRACTORS, OR IS IT JUST AIR AIRPORTS IN GENERAL? IT'S IN A DIFFERENT PROVISION OF THE STATUTE THAT TALKS ABOUT CONTRACTORS OF AIR OF AIRPORTS.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT DOES THAT INCLUDE CONCESSIONAIRES? IS IT OKAY.
ALL OF THE RENTAL CAR AGENCIES, AND THERE'S THE WHOLE BROAD CATEGORY OF CONTRACTORS.
SO YOU'RE WORKING ON IT? YES, MA'AM.
WILL YOU JUST KEEP ME IN IN THE LOOPT ON THAT? JUST MAKE KNOW.
UM, AND THEN, UH, MAY WE RECEIVE JUST A, AN KIND OF A NOTE, UH, ERIC, MAY WE RECEIVE INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS WHEN, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE BUDGET I NEED, I'D LIKE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO POUR OVER THE NUMBERS BEFORE, UM, IT'S PRESENTED HERE.
COUNCILWOMAN, UM, UM, THAT, UM, THAT WAS FINALIZED LAST NIGHT.
AND, AND WE WILL TRY TO, UH, PUSH OUT, UM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF NEXT WEEK'S CONVERSATION ON THE, THE RESTRICTED FUNDS.
'CAUSE WE'VE BEGUN, UH, THAT WORK ALREADY.
AND I, I, YOU KNOW, I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK Y'ALL ARE DOING.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING, ALL OF CITY STAFF IS WORKING LATE INTO THE EVENING, UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, NEXT QUESTION IS FOR JEFF.
DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, DO YOU HAVE, OR CAN YOU FORMULATE LIKE A ONE PAGER INFORMATIONAL SHEET REGARDING FEDERAL FUNDING OR, UM, FEDERAL, FROM OUR FEDERAL LOBBY TEAM ABOUT RESOURCES THAT, FOR THE COMMUNITY OR EVEN FOR US, WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS ASKING ABOUT THE FEDERAL STIMULUS BILL, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M GIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT.
UM, WHY DON'T I, WELL, LET ME SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT AT THE STAGE OF WHERE THERE ARE DIRECT RESOURCES FROM THAT STIMULUS BILL FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THERE ARE FUNDING STREAMS THAT WE'RE LINING UP TO IDENTIFY WHAT, WHAT AGENCY, UH, AND IF IT'S WITHIN THE CITY, WHAT DEPARTMENT THAT FUNDING COULD GO TO.
UH, AND WE'RE WAITING ON THE AGENCIES TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES SPECIFICALLY ON WHEN TO APPLY AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SUBMIT TO APPLY AND THE DEADLINE AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT, BUT WE CAN HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM CONSTITUENTS.
PART OF THE STIMULUS IS A, UH, IS A REBATE CHECK TO TAXPAYERS MM-HMM.
SO WE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THAT.
AND THEN WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE A LOT OF EXISTING SOCIAL SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE STIMULUS BILL THAT WE CAN HELP STEER TO PEOPLE.
AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE THINKING AS WE'RE LISTENING TO ALL THIS, WE PROBABLY NEED TO ESTABLISH SOMEBODY DOWN AT THE JIC, WHICH IS OUR JOINT INFORMATION CENTER, UH, AT THE E O C, TO BE CHECKING IN WITH EACH OF YOUR OFFICES AND HELPING ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU'RE GETTING.
I THINK THAT MIGHT ADDRESS A LOT OF, 'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF THIS STUFF, WE JUST NEED TO HELP MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT IT IN YOUR HANDS TO ANSWER.
HEY, COUNCILMAN, TWO OTHER THINGS.
UM, ONE, AS IT RELATES TO RELIEF FOR EMPLOYEES, WE'RE PUTTING THAT UP IMMEDIATELY ON THE WEBSITE.
AS IT RELATES TO RELIEF FOR EMPLOYERS.
THAT'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GATHERED FROM THE STIMULUS.
SECONDLY, UH, ERIC JUST, UH, WANTED ME TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL INCLUDE IN THE END OF THE DAY TOMORROW, WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE STIMULUS.
'CAUSE IT'S, UH, IT'S SEVERAL PAGES WORTH OF INFORMATION.
A LOT OF THE GUIDELINES THAT JEFF'S INDICATED
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ARE NOT OUT YET.BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU BROAD CATEGORIES OF THE AMOUNT, HOW MUCH WE KNOW OR BELIEVE IT'S COMING TO THE LOCAL AREA, WHICH AGENCIES RECEIVING AND FOR WHAT.
I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL AND JUST KIND OF LENDS INTO MY NEXT POINT.
THANK YOU ALL OF CITY STAFF FOR, UH, YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF COMMUNICATIONS.
THE DISTRICT'S OFFICE OFFICE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU.
WE WANNA MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGE IS, UH, CONSISTENT BUT ACCURATE.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT.
AND I THINK, UM, YOUR SUGGESTION ABOUT THE, THE LIAISON WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
A COUPLE OF THINGS VERY QUICKLY.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THREE STIMULUS BILLS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'LL NEED TO SEE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.
SO WE NEED TO SEE THE, THE LAYOUT FOR THAT WAY.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THAT FOR ALL OF US.
BUT THEN ALSO, MAYOR, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ASK YOU AND ASK STAFF IF WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER, A SECOND MEETING.
YOU KNOW, WE FOREGO OUR B SESSION BRIEFINGS.
UM, AND MAYBE BY HAVING A SECOND MEETING THAT WOULD BE MORE ABBREVIATED, UM, DURING THE WEEK, MAYBE ON A TUESDAY, NOT JUST A WEDNESDAY AND A THURSDAY, BUT A, A TUESDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, AND IT COULD HAVE ALSO THE REPORT OUTS FROM THE WORKING GROUPS.
I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS NOT SEEM SO LONG SO ALL OF US CAN GET BACK TO THE VERY IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING.
SO, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP HERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR, IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT IN A MOTION OR JUST DIRECTION? NO, THANK YOU.
UH, YEAH, SO I, I, I HEAR, UM, I HEAR THAT A VERY CLEAR CALL THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE WORKING GROUPS HAVE SOME KIND OF REPORTING MECHANISM, UH, TO THE FULL CITY, UH, COUNCIL AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC.
AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, A GOOD PART OF THE PROCESS.
SO WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH ANOTHER MEETING OR A TELEPHONIC MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OR SOME OTHER METHOD.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WE CAN ADD TO IT AND WE'LL DISCUSS WITH, UM, WITH, UH, GORDON AND, UM, EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL.
'CAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE SAME, THE SAME THING.
THANKS FOR LETTING ME CHIME BACK IN.
THERE'S ONE, ONE ITEM THAT, UH, WAS CALLED TO MY ATTENTION YESTERDAY.
I KNOW WE HAVE GUIDELINES ON OUR CITY PARKS.
UM, CAN YOU JUST GO OVER THOSE GUIDELINES AGAIN? WHAT CAN BE OPEN OR WHAT CAN'T BE, UM, USED IN OUR CITY PARKS? I, I HAVE SOME OF IT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
Y'ALL COULD BE LOOKING UP THE REST.
IF I COULD ACTUALLY, MAYBE, MAYBE ANDY SHOULD DO THAT.
AND ANDY, UM, IF YOU CAN ALSO REITERATE THE EASTER CLOSURE.
WE, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW, WE'VE CLOSED THE, UH, PLAYGROUNDS, UM, THE, UH, SPLASH PADS, THE, UH, ATHLETIC EQUIPMENT AND FIELDS IN WHICH WOULD REQUIRE, UH, PHYSICAL CONTACT, LIKE BASKETBALL COURTS, UH, MAYOR, WE'VE CLOSED ALL THOSE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE UP AND, UH, ALSO PHYSICAL BARRIERS OR OTHER, UH, VISUAL PHYSICAL MEANS BY WHICH PEOPLE KNOW WHAT, UH, PARTS OF THE PARK ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
UM, SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE HAVE GOING CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AS WE SEE WHAT, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE PARKS AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS.
WITH RESPECT TO THE EASTER CLOSURES, UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE, UH, LOOKING AT CLOSING THE, UH, ALL THE CITY PARKS, UM, ON, UH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OF EASTER WEEKEND.
SO STARTING MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY, ALL THE PARKS WILL BE CLOSED.
UM, THERE MAY BE AN EXCEPTION FOR, UH, TRAILWAYS GREENWAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE TO WALK, RUN, BICYCLE, UM, ANYTHING IN WHICH YOU'RE IN MOTION AND, UH, ACCOMPLISHING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS.
AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE, UH, ACTUAL, UH, WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THAT EFFECT HERE OUT PRETTY SOON.
MAYOR, LET ME JUST ADD, UH, I, I, I PULLED UP THE LIST AND WE INCLUDED IT IN YESTERDAY'S END OF DAY REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, BUT, UH, ANDY MISSED A COUPLE OF 'EM.
ALL COMMUNITY AND ADULT SENIOR CENTERS ARE CLOSED.
ALL CLUBHOUSES AND GYMS ARE CLOSED.
THE RESERVATIONS COUNTER AT THE RONNER PARK HEADQUARTERS IS CLOSED.
BASKETBALL COURTS, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, PLAYGROUNDS, SKATE PLAZAS, SPLASH PADS.
UH, AND THAT'S THE SIGNAGE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT, UH, AT ALL THE AREA PARKS.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT HANDLES THE CITY PARKS, BUT EVERY DISTRICT HAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
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THAT THEY, APPARENTLY THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE WORD ABOUT CLOSING DOWN FACILITIES, OR THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.AND I GOT A CALL YESTERDAY OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, KIDS PLAYING ON A BASKETBALL COURT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CLOSED DOWN WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEY HAD TO CALL THE POLICE AND TO GET THAT PLACE CLEARED OUT.
I, I THINK WE NEED TO GO THROUGH OUR HOUSING CONTACTS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DIVISION TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WORD GETS OUT TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL, WHAT THEY SHOULD DO AS FAR AS PHYSICAL BARRIERS, SIGNS, THAT KIND OF THING ON ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AS WELL.
UH, THAT, THAT IS NOT HAPPENING YET.
I DO HAVE A UPDATE ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE DID SEND A LETTER OUT TODAY TO ALL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THEM CLOSING THOSE, UM, AMENITIES SO THAT THAT INFORMATION HAS GONE OUT TO THEM.
APPRECIATE OR REQUIRING THEM TO, I MEAN, THAT, THAT, WHY WOULDN'T IT, WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE REQUIRED TO CLOSE 'EM JUST LIKE THE CITY AND THROUGH OUR EDICT TO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY HERE.
UM, IF I MAY, COUNCILMAN, UM, IF, UM, THE, UH, MAYOR WANTS TO SUPPLEMENT HIS, UH, MEASURES, WE CAN DO THAT AND REQUIRE ALL PARKS, OR I'M SORRY, ALL PLAYGROUNDS AND, UH, FACILITIES THAT WERE DESCRIBED IN THE LIST.
ERIC HAS, UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, OR THE MAYOR CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
THAT, THAT'S THE POINT THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP, THAT WE, WE WE'RE, WE'RE MISSING THAT, THAT PIECE IN THIS, UH, COMMUNITY-WIDE, UM, PROCLAMATION.
COUNCIL MEMBER PALIS, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
UH, I HADN'T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE PARKS WITHIN HOAS, RIGHT? UM, AND HOW THEY'RE REALLY NO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THAN THE PARKS THAT WE OPERATE.
AND YEAH, I, I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT SENDING WORD DOWN TO HOAS AND, AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES AS WELL.
A LOT OF THEM HAVE PLAYGROUND SPACES AND ALL THAT.
UM, WHERE WE OUGHT TO BE, WE OUGHT TO BE SENDING THAT MESSAGE DOWN.
UM, UH, MAYOR, I, I, I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT MEETINGS AND EXTRA MEETINGS AND ALL THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S FOR YOU TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU WANNA DO THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UM, ERIC, WE, WE LIKE TO COMPLAIN A LOT, UH, AND ABOUT WHEN THINGS, WHEN THINGS AREN'T PERFECT, BUT I GOTTA TELL YOU, THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNICATION I'M GETTING FROM YOU GUYS IS OUTSTANDING.
UM, YEAH, YOU KNOW, MARIA AND JOHN PATRIK AND COLLEEN AND ANDY, YOUR TEAM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ROD, YOUR TEAM, UH, IT'S JEFF, UH, YOU KNOW, EV EVERYBODY HAS CALLED ME REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
I'VE GOT VIDEO CONFERENCES STACKED ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE NOT SHY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT TO ME AND GIVING ME INFORMATION WHEN I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE, YOU KNOW, UH, UP THERE, UH, ON THE LIST OF MOST IMPORTANT.
UH, YOU GUYS ARE STILL GETTING BACK TO ME AND TREATING THEM AS IF THEY WERE, UH, WHICH I THINK IS AMAZING.
UH, AND SO I, I'VE NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT HOW MUCH COMMUNICATION I'M I'M HAVING WITH YOU GUYS AT ALL.
UM, AND I, I, WHATEVER IT'S YOU'RE DOING, KEEP KEEP DOING THAT TO ME.
UH, AND I'M SURE THAT YOU GUYS WILL FIND THAT MORE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, UH, ARE HUNGRY FOR MORE AND MORE THAN, THAN WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
BUT I PLEA DON'T BE AFRAID TO CALL ME AT NIGHT, UH, AND GIVING ME GOOD INFO.
UM, AND I'VE NEVER NOT GOTTEN ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UM, SO, UM, ANYWAY, ERIC, I, ALL THESE PEOPLE DESERVE A DAY OFF SOMETIME IN 2022.
UH, IF YOU COULD, THANKS, COUNCILMAN.
WE, WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'VE GOT A SUPER TEAM THAT IS WORKING REALLY HARD, AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, UM, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND PUSH OUT MORE INFORMATION.
IT IS A CHANGING, UM, SITUATION DAILY.
AND, AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE, FRANKLY, THERE, THERE'S NO FINISH LINE AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNICATION AND OUR INFORMATION FLOW.
UM, BUT, BUT I DO WANT TO, I DO WANNA THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE RUNNING ON ALL 10 CYLINDERS AND, AND, UH, I SUSPECT THAT BEFORE WE'RE DONE, WE'RE GONNA BE RUNNING ON 12 OR 14.
SO, UM, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO IMPROVING AND ENHANCING THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME JUMP BACK IN.
COUNCILMAN BLIS, I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND THAT YOU GET TO HAVE MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF STAFF.
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IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN ALL EXPECT, ERIC, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU CAN CALL ME ANYTIME YOU HAVE A QUESTION, AND I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, AS WELL AS ANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS.UM, WE ARE CERTAINLY HERE, UM, ANYTIME YOU NEED SOMETHING.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE ASKED ME TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION,
ANDY, COULD YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THE GUIDANCE ON DOG PARKS OPEN? YES.
RIGHT NOW, DOG PARKS ARE OPEN.
BUT AGAIN, AS LONG AS THERE'S SOCIAL DISTANCING THERE, THE PEOPLE, NOT THE DOGS,
AND I, AND I'LL JUST SAY I APPRECIATE, UM, THE DIALOGUE ESPECIALLY ABOUT, UM, THE ORDERS.
I, I WILL JUST, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
UH, OBVIOUSLY WE, WE HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ORDERS.
WHAT WE ULTIMATELY HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OF US.
UH, AND THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THROUGHOUT TEXAS AND REALLY THE UNITED STATES ABOUT, UH, OPEN SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS AND TRAILWAYS.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COOPED UP.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE STAYING HOME, UM, A LOT MORE THAN THEY USED TO.
AND MENTAL HEALTH DOES BECOME AN ISSUE THE LONGER WE ARE ISOLATED.
SO WE DO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT AND GET FRESH AIR, BUT IN A WAY THAT ALSO ENCOURAGES THEM TO, UH, PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE TAKEN THE STEP, UH, ALONG WITH THE OTHER TEXAS CITIES TO CLOSE THINGS, UH, LIKE PLAYGROUNDS AND BALL COURTS, WHERE IT'S JUST HARD TO KEEP DISTANCE FROM, UH, PHYSICAL DISTANCE WITH PEOPLE.
UH, I WILL ALSO LET FOLKS KNOW WE'RE ON, UH, CALLS WITH, UH, OTHER MAYORS AND COUNTY JUDGES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAJOR URBAN POPULATION CENTERS OF THE STATE ARE WORKING IN CONCERT.
UH, SO WE DON'T HAVE VASTLY DIFFERENT REGULATIONS FROM ONE CITY TO THE NEXT.
UH, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO DIALOGUE WITH THEM.
I'LL BRING BACK THAT FEEDBACK IN THE, IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH EACH OF YOU ON THE PHONE OR ON THE DAIS.
UH, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GUIDANCE FROM, FROM YOU AND, AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THAT IS THE, UM, DURATION OF OUR COUNCIL, A SESSION AGENDA.
WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT BEFORE THAT, DO WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? ERIC? YES, SIR.
AND I'M GONNA ASK JOHN TO COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
UM, THE, UM, I'D LIKE TO LAY OUT AND AT LEAST SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL OUR PLAN FOR, UH, CITY COUNCIL VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
UM, THE, UH, GOVERNOR HAS, UH, SEVERAL, TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS OR DIRECTION, UH, TO, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT VIDEOS THROUGH, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEETINGS THROUGH, UM, UM, VIDEO CONFERENCE OR AUDIO.
UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET.
IT'S GOTTA BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
PEOPLE WOULD STILL, UH, CAN ASK QUESTIONS.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A VIRTUAL COUNCIL MEETING.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK JOHN TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH WHAT OUR PLAN IS.
UM, I AM, UH, RECOMMENDING THAT WE TRY THIS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY NEED TO USE IT.
UM, MUCH LIKE I THINK WE'RE ALL GETTING USED TO, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCING, UM, UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND IF ANYBODY WAS LIKE ME, UH, THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES WERE CLUNKY AND, UH, MY SUGGESTION TO THE COUNCIL IS THAT WE TRY THAT SO THAT WE CAN WORK KINKS OUT AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE, UH, HAVING THESE PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS AND THE, UH, NECESSARY BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
SO, JOHN, YOU WANNA GIVE 'EM A HIGH LEVEL? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, THERE WOULD BE THREE WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PARTAKE, UM, IN VIEWING, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE VIRTUAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
THAT WOULD BE ONT V S A, SO THE, THE SORT OF STREAM OF YOUR VIRTUAL PRESENCE WOULD BE THERE.
UM, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A, A CALL IN NUMBER WHERE, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A TELEVISION OR, UH, INTERNET SERVICE, YOU COULD JUST CALL IN AND, AND, AND MONITOR THE MEETING THROUGH AUDIO.
SO THOSE ARE THE THREE WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC COULD PARTICIPATE IN JUST OBSERVING.
AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WOULD ESTABLISH FOUR CHANNELS FOR THAT.
SO A VOICEMAIL LINE WHERE SOMEONE COULD CALL, LEAVE THEIR, THEIR COMMENT, THAT WOULD BE TRANSCRIBED BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND PROVIDED TO YOU, UM, EMAIL AS WELL, UM, WHERE, UH, THERE'S A WORD LIMITATION, BUT THAT WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO AS WELL.
IF SOMEONE WANTED TO BRING IT IN PERSON, THEY COULD DO THAT AS WELL TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST PIECE BEING A LIVE CALLBACK.
SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COULD CALL AND SAY, UH, COUNSEL, I WANT YOU TO CALL ME BACK DURING THE MEETING SO
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YOU CAN HEAR MY COMMENT.WE WOULD ESTABLISH THAT CALLBACK ROUTINE DURING THE WEBEX AND TAKE THE COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE, DURING THE LIVE MEETING.
UM, WE'VE ESTABLISHED A TIME LIMIT FOR ALL THESE, UH, COMMENT METHODS.
SO BEEN BEGINNING EVERY MONDAY AT 8:00 AM THROUGH EVERY WEDNESDAY AT NOON.
WE'D, WE'D OPEN THOSE CHANNELS AND THEN THEY WOULD CLOSE SO THAT WE COULD PREPARE THEM FOR THE MEETING ON THURSDAYS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF WHAT YOU SEE FOR THE PUBLIC, WE WOULD HAVE USER GUIDES, SO FOLKS WHO, UM, MAYBE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DIAL INTO THE NUMBER.
THERE'D BE A EASY TO USE GUIDE FOR THEM.
AND THEN IN ADDITION FOR YOU ALL, WE'VE CREATED A USER GUIDE FOR HOW YOU WOULD DIAL IN, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO TEST WITH EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY.
MAYOR, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT, UM, UM, PENDING THIS ROLLOUT, UM, AND USE, UH, ROD AND, AND MIKE SHANNON ARE WORKING WITH, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND I T S D TO POTENTIALLY USE THIS, UH, TELEPHONIC, OR I'M SORRY, IT'S NOT JUST TELEPHONIC.
THIS, UM, VIRTUAL MEETING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF OUR ZONING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, H D R C, UH, AND BUILDING STANDARDS BOARD AND, AND, AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT WORK THAT ISN'T ON, THAT IS NOT OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, ONCE WE STAND THIS UP AND BEGIN, UH, UTILIZING THE, THE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, AND JUST BEFORE WE, UH, RECONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, I ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT AT 2:00 PM THEREABOUTS, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A ZONING AGENDA.
UM, AND I, AND I DON'T WANNA LEAVE, UH, UNADDRESSED, UH, I'M HEARING ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND, AND A CALL FOR MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS SO, UH, FOLKS CAN GET THE INFORMATION OUT.
WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS IN A, IN A VERY TRANSPARENT MANNER.
SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL WE'LL VISIT, UM, OFFLINE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST PACING FOR THIS, UH, SO WE CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ADDRESSED.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE, UH, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH WEBEX OR, UH, IN PERSON AS NECESSARY, OR EVEN THROUGH TELEPHONICS.
SO I'LL, I'LL VISIT WITH EACH OF YOU ON THAT, UH, AND ENSURE THAT WE GET, UH, JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE THAT Y'ALL WANT, UH, AND ALSO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE WORK, UH, OF THE CITY FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME.
SO, UM, PLEASE, UM, LET'S, LET'S VISIT ON THAT OVER THE NEXT 24, 48 HOURS OR SO AND, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN.
[Executive Session]
AT THIS POINT THEN WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.THE TIME IS NOW 1:03 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2020.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072, REAL PROPERTY CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071.
ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 2:25 PM CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION AND NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.
WE DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF ZONING AGENDA TODAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE COME FOR IT.
UH, WE WERE FINISHING UP AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ON THE ZONING AGENDA.
[Zoning Consent Agenda]
UM, AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.UH, Z 12, Z 12 IS ALREADY LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ITEMS, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR Z TWO AND Z 12.
UM, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO READ THE CAPTION FOR ITEM 18, WHICH IS A, A VARIANCE, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE READ, UM, INDIVIDUALLY.
SO TINA, IF YOU COULD DO THAT, ITEM 18.
SO ALCOHOL VARIANCE, AN ORDINANCE WAIVING THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR CITY CODE FOUR DASH SIX AND GRANTING, AND A VARIANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO TRAVIS SS JONES FOR A RESTAURANT ON LOT LOT NINE N C B 1 1 6 0 8, LOCATED AT 6 0 3 1 CALLAHAN ROAD FOR ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION WITHIN 300 FEET OF ST.
LUKE'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL, A PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN SAN ANTONIO.
OKAY, AND JUST TO, UH, VERIFY, WE DO HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
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THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z TWO AND Z 12.THAT INCLUDES ITEM EIGHT Z EIGHT, EXCUSE ME.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ON CONSENT ZONING ITEMS. UH, JACK, COME ON UP.
JACK FINKER, UH, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
FINGER ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS ZONING SESSION.
A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AND ONE OF 'EM IS YES, ITEM NUMBER 18, THE ALCOHOL VARIANCE.
MS. SANDOVAL, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
IT, IT'S THE, UH, ALCOHOL VARIANCE IS FOR A ESTABLISHMENT THAT WANTS TO SELL ALCOHOL, WINE, BEER, ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS.
AND THAT'S NICE EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S, IT'S LESS THAN 300 FEET FROM THE ST.
LUKE CATHOLIC SCHOOL IS JUST BACK, IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET OFF OF CALLAHAN ROAD TO, UH, ST.
MS. SANDOVAL, UM, MS. SANDOVAL MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, REALIZE IT, BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY THE STATE ALCOHOL COMMISSION, UH, PROVIDES RULES AGAINST THESE THINGS.
THEY DON'T WANT THE ALCOHOL INFLUENCE UPON SCHOOL CHILDREN AS THEY GET OUTTA CLASS, WALK AWAY FROM THE BALL FIELDS OR WHATEVER.
THEY'RE MS. SANDOVAL, MS. SANDOVAL, WELL, CAN'T SEEM TO GET HER ATTENTION, I GUESS, BUT ANYWAY, BUT YES, UH, IT'D BE NICE, MS. SANDOVAL, IF YOU WOULD ABIDE BY THO THOSE RULES AND SAY NO TO THE ALCOHOL SALES RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY, PLAY IN THEIR AFTER HOURS THERE.
THE, UH, LIKEWISE, UM, ITEM Z TWO AND DISTRICT ONE, MR. TREVINO? YES, SIR.
I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE WEARING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR SHIRT AND TIE THERE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE, UH, Z TWO IS THE IDEA OF A, UH, ESTABLISHING A METAL PRODUCTS FABRICATION, UH, SHOP, UH, RIGHT THERE ON STREET CALLED, IS CALLED JOHN ANN STREET.
IT'S RIGHT NEAR NEAR CBRA ROAD.
THE, UH, THE, THE STAFF, THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA AND THE REASON THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA IS BECAUSE OF THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF NOISE AND TRAFFIC AND WHAT ELSE? YEAH, NOISE POLLUTION, THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, UH, ADJUSTMENT THERE.
AND UH, AND THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS WHO DID DO LIVE IN THAT AREA, SIR.
UM, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
MR. VINNO, PERHAPS MR. VINNO, YOU COULD, UH, SAY NO TO THIS ONE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS THERE DON'T, DON'T HAVE TO PUT, SUFFER WITH IT.
UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR Z TWO AND Z 12.
[Z-2. ZONING CASE Z-2020-10700021 S (Council District 1): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District to "I-1 S AHOD" General Industrial Airport Hazard Overlay District with a Specific Use Authorization for Metal Products - Fabrication on 0.2599 acres out of NCB 6615, located at 102 Jon Ann Street. Staff recommends Denial. Zoning Commission recommends Approval with a Condition.]
Z TWO, MAYOR COUNCIL ITEM Z TWO FROM I ONE TO I ONE SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A METAL PRODUCTS FABRICATION LOCATED AT 1 0 2 JOHN N STREET.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIALS ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH A CONDITION NO OUTSIDE STORAGE.
AND THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO.
UH, JAMES POOLE? YES, THANK YOU.
I AM THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AT 1 0 2 JOHN ANN AND HAVE BEEN THE OWNER SINCE 1992.
I WAS, UH, GIVEN THE PAPER BY THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, ORIGINALLY BACK, I GUESS WHEN I DID THIS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, UH, IN IT, UH, THERE WERE I BELIEVE SEVEN
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PROPERTIES IN THE 200 FOOT, UH, AREA.I HAVE THE SIGNATURES OF ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORS APPROVING MY REQUEST THAT THE COMPANY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN THE BUILDING.
I ALSO HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT MR. MAX WOODWARD.
ALSO AT THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, I NOTED IN THAT CIRCLE OF PROPERTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I NOTED SIX COMPANIES THAT PERFORM METAL FABRICATING ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITHIN THIS CIRCLE OR WITHIN A BLOCK OF THIS CIRCLE WHO HAVE EITHER IN THE PAST OR PRESENTLY DO PERFORM METAL METALWORKS ADDIT.
ADDITIONALLY, JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS, AT THE CORNER OF COLORADO AND COLLIBRA STREET, THERE IS ANOTHER ORNAMENTAL METAL FABRICATOR AT THE CORNER OF ASHBY AND OR AT THE CORNER OF BLANCO AND CINCINNATI.
THERE ARE TWO METAL ORNAMENTAL METAL FABRICATORS.
MY TENANT WROTE THE FOLLOWING LETTER.
WE WILL BE EMPLOYING ONE PERSON AT THE LOCATION.
THERE WILL BE ONE TRUCK AND TRAILER.
THE TRAILER WILL ALWAYS BE INSIDE THE BUILDING.
WE WILL RECEIVE ONE DELIVERY A MONTH FOR MATERIAL.
THE EMPLOYEE AT THE LOCATION WILL BE DELIVERING THE MATERIALS TO THE JOB SITES, SO THERE WILL NOT BE ANYONE PICKING UP MATERIAL FROM THE LOCATION.
THE EMPLOYEE WILL BE PARKING BEHIND THE BUILDING.
WE WILL NOT BE STORING OR LEAVING ANYTHING OUTSIDE AT ANY TIME.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME WITH QUESTIONS.
RESPECTFULLY, UH, THE OPERATOR OF THE BUILDING, I ALSO DID A, YOU KNOW, THE DAY BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON MARCH THE SECOND, I DID A, A VERY INFORMAL TRAFFIC SURVEY TURNING IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING FROM 1:30 PM TO 2:15 PM IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING FROM COLLAB STREET GOING DOWN JOHN ANNE STREET, WHICH IS A ONE BLOCK STREET TO CINCINNATI.
THERE WERE THREE VEHICLES THAT WENT IN FRONT OF MY BUILDING TO CINCINNATI STREET FROM TWO 15 TO 2:45 PM LOOKING FROM GOING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ON CBRA STREET.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE, UH, TWO CARS PER MINUTE PER LANE.
DOES THAT MEAN MY TIME IS UP? YES, SIR.
I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
TO, TO RESTRICT THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT FROM BEING PRODUCED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE DENYING A FABRICATOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU OPEN UP A BOOK THAT ADVERTISES WHAT THE CUSTOMER WANTS, THAT'S DELIVERED TO HOMES THAT ADVERTISERS PAY $2,000 A PAGE FOR 60% OF THE ADVERTISING IN THAT BOOK.
UM, I WANNA TELL YOU HOW MUCH I CAN, UH, SPEC SPECIFICALLY APPRECIATE
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL FOR COMMUNITY AS WELL AND I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO A COUPLE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE, ARE HELPING US WITH THIS PROJECT.
WITHOUT THAT WE COULDN'T GET THIS MOTOR GOING.
ERIC AND GRANT HERE TOLD THEM THEY'D PROBABLY GET SOME GOVERNMENT CREDIT FOR LISTENING IN ON THE ZONING PROCESS.
SO HERE GOES THE APPLICANT'S METAL METALWORKING BUSINESS IS A WELL-KNOWN BUSINESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE AN EXCELLENT NEIGHBOR BY CANVASSING HIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM ALL RESIDENTS IN 200 FEET.
I APPRECIATE HIS EFFORTS AND WE WILL MOVE TO GRANT THE REQUEST FOR REZONING FOR COMPLIANCE PURPOSES WITH A SUGGESTION OF THE ZONING COMMISSION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH THE CONDITION OF NO OUTDOOR STORAGE.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z TWO WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE.
[Z-12. ZONING CASE Z-2019-10700292 (Council District 10): Ordinance amending the Zoning District Boundary from "I-1 IH-1 AHOD" General Industrial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District to "C-3 IH-1 AHOD" General Commercial Northeast Gateway Corridor Airport Hazard Overlay District on Lot 4, Block 2, NCB 14952, located at 11407 Wayland Way. Staff and Zoning Commission recommend Approval. (Continued from February 20, 2020)]
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WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM Z 12.Z 12 IS FROM I ONE TO C THREE LOCATED 11 4 0 7 WAYLAND WAY.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
EIGHT NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO 30 DAYS, WHICH WOULD BE MAY 7TH AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE 9:00 AM MEETING COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES.
I MOVE THAT THIS BE, UH, CONTINUED TO MAY 7TH.
THERE'S A MOTION IN THE SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM Z 12 TO MAY 7TH.
I SAID 9:00 AM AYE I DID SAY 9:00 AM MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.