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           INTERPRET. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CADO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY MAYOR AND MAYOR BERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          THE TIME IS NINE 18. 
          UH, AND FIRST, UH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY THAT BEGINNING AT UH, NINE 20, WHICH IS ABOUT A MINUTE, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE OBSERVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR BATTLE WITH C OVID 19 IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ELSEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 
          UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR FAITH COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY OUR ARCHDIOCESE, ARCHBISHOP GUSTAVO GUER, WHO HAS CHOSEN TO RING THE BELLS OF THE CATHEDRAL AT 9:20 AM EVERY MORNING ON THURSDAY, WE'RE GONNA BE JOINED AND I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, REBECCA VIA GRAND, UH, FOR HELPING US JOIN IN THAT WITH MISSION SAN JOSE, AS WELL AS MISSION SAN JUAN, WHICH, UH, IF ANYBODY IS LISTENING OUT THERE, UH, YOU WILL ALSO HEAR THE BELLS RING, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFLECT ON ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING VERY HARD ON OUR BEHALF. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN REITERATE OUR THANKS, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS PANDEMIC, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OUR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, THOSE WHO 
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ARE UNSUNG HEROES EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, MANY OF WHOM, UH, GO UNNOTICED. 
          UM, I WAS ABLE TO, UM, I THINK ALL OF US, UH, WERE ABLE TO JOIN WITH, UH, OUR FOOD BANK THIS WEEK. 
          UH, AND I KNOW SOME OF US ARE GONNA BE DOING THAT LATER ON AS WELL. 
          UH, THE NUMBERS OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING OUT AND BEING SERVED ARE ONLY OUTNUMBERED BY THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE OUT THERE, UH, WORKING ON, ON VERY HARD ON BEHALF OF OUR NEIGHBORS OR IN A P D PEOPLE STRUGGLING HERE IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THAT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OF THE CITY IN THE COUNTRY. 
          UM, OR WENT TO HAVE LUNCH AT A PLACE CALLED BIBS BARBECUE THE OTHER DAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE IMMEDIATELY GREETED BY THE OWNER OF THAT, UH, RESTAURANT WHO CAME OUT AND WAS DEMONSTRATING HOW HE'S DOING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PROVIDING MASKS FOR ALL OF HIS EMPLOYEES AND, AND HOW IT WAS HIS PERSONAL MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH ONE OF THEM WAS SAFE, UH, BUT THAT ALSO THAT THEY COULD DO WHATEVER THEY COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAINED EMPLOYED. 
          UH, IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING. 
          I KNOW THERE'S MANY RESTAURANT WORKERS, UH, AND FOLKS WORKING IN SMALL BUSINESS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THAT VERY THING ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UH, SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM. 
          AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL, UH, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HARD, UH, TO GET THE RESOURCES OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, TO KEEP THEIR FAMILIES SAFE, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT SEEM TO ACCUMULATE OF CONCERN, UH, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY CALM AND OPERATING. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND ALSO RECOGNIZING OUR NEW CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          THIS IS A FIRST TERM WE WILL NEVER FORGET, UH, FOR YOU. 
          UH, BUT YOUR WORK IS SO VITAL AND SO APPRECIATED. 
          SO, AS WE GET STARTED NOW, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK FOR COUNCIL MEMBER ANAS SANDOVAL TO WELCOME OUR IN VIATOR. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. 
          IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE FATHER TONY POOR GIRLS, THE COORDINATOR OF PASTORAL FORMATION AT THE ASSUMPTION SEMINARY AND AIL PISAN PRIEST. 
          THIS IS FATHER TONY'S THIRD TIME SERVING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT HE IS A RATTLER, A GRADUATE OF ST. 
          MARY'S FROM, UH, THE 1977. 
          HE HAS SERVED, HE SERVED IN PARISH WORK FROM 1988 TO 94, AND THEN CAME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IN 2017. 
          HE IS THE SOCIOLOGY SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE AT THE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT ST. 
          MARY'S. 
          HE HOLDS A MASTER'S IN DIVINITY FROM ST. 
          MICHAEL'S COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, AND AN S T L FROM ST. 
          MARY'S SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY IN BALTIMORE, AND A PHD IN SOCIOLOGY FROM PURDUE UNIVERSITY. 
          HE'S AN ACTIVE RESEARCHER AND AN AUTHOR IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION. 
          AND HE IS ALSO ACTIVE IN LOCAL CHURCH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, WHICH IS HOW I MET FATHER TONY TO MY GREAT, UH, DELIGHT. 
          SO FATHER TONY, THANK YOU. 
          [1. Invocation]
LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER, GOD OF COMPASSION. 
          IN THE OLD HYMN, WE SING O SACRED HEADS SURROUNDED BY CROWN OF PIERCING THORN. 
          TODAY, EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THAT FROWN COUNT OF THORNS THAT CORONA PRESSED INTO THEIR HEADS. 
          OUR WORLD IS BLEEDING WHEN THE PEOPLE CAME TO MOSES BECAUSE SERPENTS WERE BITING THEM AND THEY WERE DYING, HE MOUNTED A SERPENT ON A POLE, AND THOSE WHO FACED IT AND BEHELD, THE VENOMOUS SERPENT LIVED. 
          TODAY, WE MUST FACE THE DEADLY CORONA SO THAT WE CAN LEARN AND LIVE. 
          HELP US, OH GOD, TO LEARN NEW WAYS OF LIVING. 
          WHEN WE FACE CRISES, MAY WE TELL THE TRUTH IN SERVICE OF THE COMMON GOOD. 
          MAY WE RECOGNIZE THAT ALL LIFE IN OUR COSMOS, HUMAN ANIMAL, PLANT, AND MINERAL IS CONNECTED. 
          AND TO DISREGARD, ONE IS TO HARM ALL. 
          MAY WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE HEALTH OF ONE PERSON 
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IS TIED UP WITH THE HEALTH OF ALL AND WORK TOGETHER SO THAT ALL MAY FLOURISH. 
          MAY WE CARE FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE OF OUR HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN KIN. 
          FOR JESUS SAID, WHATEVER YOU DO, TO THE LEAST YOU DO TO ME, MAY WE WORK TO CREATE AN ECONOMY THAT WORKS FOR ALL, NOT ONLY FOR THE FEW. 
          WITH POPE FRANCIS AND WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS, WE PRAY THAT WE MAY RESPOND TO THE CRIES OF PEOPLE AND THE EARTH. 
          WE PRAY FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL AND FOR ALL LEADERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY MAY THEIR LEADERSHIP GLOW WITH A GOODNESS AND MORAL VISION THAT IS EMPATHETIC, RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS, AND DILIGENT IN FACING THE DEMANDS OF OUR TIME. 
          WE PRAY TO YOU, OH GOD, WHO IS, WHO WAS, AND WHO IS TO COME, WHO LIVES WITH US NOW AND FOREVER. 
          AMEN 
          [2. Pledge of Allegiance]
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          THANK FATHER. 
          OKAY, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. 
          SO ACTUALLY, UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I DID WANT TO, UH, TALK ABOUT THE ORDER A LITTLE BIT TODAY. 
          UH, IN CONSULTATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE DIOCESE, WE'VE DECIDED TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND TRY OUT, UM, SOME DIFFERENT METHODS, UH, TO KEEP PACE OF THIS MEETING. 
          AND SO EVERY, UH, ITEM THAT IS GONNA BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL, UM, QUEUE UP, UH, AS NORMAL TO SPEAK. 
          THERE WILL BE A 10 MINUTE, UH, TIMER, UH, PER ROBERT'S RULES, UH, THAT IS STARTED. 
          UH, AND WHEN THAT DURATION IS OVER, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON IN THE QUEUE. 
          IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, THEY CAN QUEUE UP AGAIN FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE MINUTES. 
          WE'LL TRY THAT OUT, SEE HOW IT GOES, UH, BUT THAT WILL KEEP US, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          UH, SO WE'LL 
          [3. Approval of Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of February 20, 2020.]
BEGIN NOW WITH, UM, THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, AND THAT IS, UH, FEBRUARY 20TH. 
          SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 20TH. 
          AYE, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          IT'S NOT COMING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE'VE GOT, UM, AND JUST ON THE SCREEN, JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT, UH, ITEM THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          WE'VE GOT TWO ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, UH, OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 
          [Consent Agenda]
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM WHICH, UH, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW? NOW, ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          ITEM 10. 
          ANY OTHERS? OKAY. 
          IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT IS ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND 10. 
          SO MOVE SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          CONSENT AGENDA, ALL ITEMS FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND 10. 
          UM, LEMME SEE. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS TO TAKE YOU DOWN JACK FINGER. 
          MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. 
          ITEM NUMBER 17, NORA'S APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT OF LAWSUIT STYLE. 
          JERRY DIX, JERRY DIXON VERSUS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, PENDING THE, THE 407TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, COURT, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, 
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IN THE AMOUNT OF, LET'S SEE, WHAT IS IT? $195,000 TO BE PAID FROM THE SELF-INSURANCE LIABILITY FUND. 
          ALL I CAN SAY IS NOT SO FAST. 
          I'VE REPEATEDLY COME FORWARD AND ASKED QUESTIONS WITHOUT GETTING ANY ANSWERS AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. 
          LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, WE FIND OUT THAT, THAT A EMPLOYEE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS DEPARTMENT APPARENTLY WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MR. JERRY DIXON, AND MR. DIXON HAS SUFFERED AS MUCH AS, UH, WELL, $195,000 WORTH OF INJURIES AND EXPENSES THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THE QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EMPLOYEE THAT SUPPOSEDLY, IF HE DID, IF HE DID CAUSE THE ACCIDENT, IF WE THE CITY THINK THAT THERE'S THAT MUCH LIABILITY ON OUR PART, THAT WE WOULD SHELL OUT $195,000 ON THIS ACCIDENT. 
          WELL, WHAT KIND OF REPRIMAND ARE WE GIVING TO THE EMPLOYEE THAT SUPPOSEDLY CAUSED IT? YES, I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IS THIS PERSON BEING REPRIMANDED? IS HE BEING FIRED? IS HE BEING COUNSELED AND INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW SO THAT HE DOESN'T CAUSE ANOTHER ONE, ASSUMING HE STAYS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, $195,000. 
          THAT'S QUITE, QUITE A FEW, FEW SMACKERS THERE, YOU KNOW, 195,000. 
          I'D LIKE THE INQUIRING MINDS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EMPLOYEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. 
          ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL ITEMS SAY FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND 10, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE AYE. 
          AYE. 
          YOURS ARE WORKING. 
          CAN YOU GET MAD? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, SO THAT WE CAN CLEAR OUT FOLKS, UH, WHO DON'T NEED TO STAY FOR THE DURATION OF THE MEETING, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL UP ITEM NUMBER TEN FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE TWO LONGER ITEMS, UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          SO, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO ITEM 10, IF YOU CAN READ THE CLERK, MADAM, UH, READ THE CAPTION. 
          MADAM CLERK. 
          UM, MAYOR, UH, I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY FROM, UM, THE OTHER, FROM THE COMPANY WAS PLANNING ON BEING HERE, AND HE'S NOT ARRIVED YET. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF HE, AND THEN THEREFORE WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF JUST FOR THAT SAKE, WE COULD, UM, OR IF NOT, THEN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY HE ARRIVES SHORTLY BY THE TIME THE PRESENTATION IS, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP ON ITEM TWO. 
          NO, HE DID NOT SIGN UP. 
          HE WAS ON HIS WAY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          UM, UM, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DISCUSS THE OTHER ITEMS FIRST. 
          OKAY, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD. 
          UM, LET'S JUST TAKE 'EM IN ORDER THEN AND SEE IF THE GENTLEMAN ARRIVES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE 
          [4. Ordinance extending the current Declaration of Public Health Emergency issued by Mayor Ron Nirenberg to continue active preparedness and response for COVID-19 contingencies.]
TO ITEM FOUR. 
          ITEM FOUR IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE CURRENT DECLARATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ISSUED BY MAYOR RON BERG TO CONTINUE ACTIVE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR C OVID 19 CONTINGENCIES. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          MORNING MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, UH, THANK YOU. 
          THIS MORNING'S ITEM, UM, WILL, UH, IS COMPOSED OF, UH, COMPRISED OF TWO PIECES. 
          UH, THE FIRST WILL BE, UH, MARIA, UH, VIA GOMEZ, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WILL GO THROUGH PART TWO OF OUR FINANCIAL, UM, UH, UPDATE. 
          AND, UH, SPECIFICALLY THIS MORNING, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUND, OUR AIRPORT FUND, AND OUR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FUND, WHICH IS, UH, PRIMARILY FUNDED BY SALES TAX. 
          UH, AND SHE WILL OUTLINE THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE TO, UM, UM, UH, ADJUST FOR THE EXPECTED, UM, UH, LOSS IN REVENUE. 
          IN EACH OF THOSE THREE AREAS, UH, MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT, UM, UM, THESE STRATEGIES, UH, INCLUDE THE, UH, THE TEMPORARILY FURLOUGHING EMPLOYEES, WHICH WAS DONE YESTERDAY AND WILL BE INCLUDED, UM, IN THE, UH, PRESENTATION, UH, THIS MORNING. 
          THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND CHANGES, UH, IN 
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ORDER TO ENSURE THAT, UH, WE ARE PREPARED TO, UH, DEAL WITH THE REVENUE LOSS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, BE ABLE TO, UH, BE IN A POSITION TO RECOVER IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS. 
          UH, AND THEN SECONDLY, ANDY WILL, UH, COVER, UH, THE DECLARATION, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF MARIA'S PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MARIA. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, LAST WEEK, AS THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED, WE MADE A PRESENTATION ON THE STRATEGIES OF MITIGATION THAT WE IMPLEMENTED TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE LARGEST OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, $1.2 BILLION, BASED ON VERY PRELIMINARY ASSUMPTIONS. 
          BASED ON, UH, VERY FEW DATA POINTS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, WE, UH, IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES EQUAL TO $82 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS THAT WERE SLOWING DELAYING OR SUSPENDING FOR THE REST OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO, TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE GENERAL FUND THAT RECEIVE SPECIFIC REVENUES. 
          AND BY THE NATURE OF THOSE REVENUES, THOSE ARE RESTRICTED FOR SPECIFIC USES. 
          SO, IN PARTICULAR, TODAY, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, THE AIRPORT OPERATING FUND, AND OUR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. 
          SO, BEGINNING WITH THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, JUST TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE RATE THAT IS ASSESSED TO EVERY ROOM, HOTEL ROOM NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO, THE TOTAL RATE IS 16.75%. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPHIC, 6% OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE, 1.75% TO BEXAR COUNTY, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF 9% COMES TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          OF THAT 9%, 2% IS DEDICATED TO PAY FOR THE DEBT FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION, AND 7% IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORT OPERATING FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING, INCLUDING OUR CONVENTION FACILITIES FUND VISIT SAN ANTONIO HISTORY AND PRESERVATION AND THE ARTS. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY, UH, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, BEGINNING WITH A CONVENTION FACILITIES FUND, WHICH IS A $54.4 MILLION FUND AND SUPPORTS 358 POSITIONS. 
          THIS FUND IS SUPPORTED BY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES, AND IT ALSO SUPPORTED BY REVENUE THAT COMES FROM THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          THE NEXT CATEGORY IS VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WHO IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTE THE CITY AND HELP, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO SELL OUR CITY TO, TO OTHER, TO OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          $21 MILLION OF OUR HOTEL ANCY TAX IS ALLOCATED TO VISIT SAN ANTONIO IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          THAT REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 35% OF THE H O T TAX. 
          THE NEXT DEPARTMENT IS OUR ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, UH, FUNDED AT $10.7 MILLION FROM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX WITH 20 POSITIONS. 
          AND FINALLY, THERE'S A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE SAME AMOUNT, 10.7 MILLION OR 15% OF THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT SUPPORTS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND. 
          SO IN THIS NEXT GRAPHIC, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF THE HOTEL ANCY TAX REVENUES. 
          THE LINE IN THE DARK GREEN REPRESENTS OUR ADOPTED BUDGET, AND COLLECTIONS FLUCTUATE THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, DEPENDING ON ACTIVITY. 
          THE AQUA COLOR, OR THE LIGHT GREEN COLOR REPRESENTS THROUGH FEBRUARY ACTUAL COLLECTIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. 
          AND BEGINNING IN MARCH, YOU CAN SEE OUR PROJECTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          SO, AS YOU MAY NOTE, MARCH AND APRIL, WE ARE ANTICIPATING A VERY DRASTIC DECLINE ON OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX REVENUE. 
          AND WE BEGIN TO SEE, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH AGAIN IS LIMITED, THE THINGS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP SLIGHTLY IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
          HOWEVER, PLEASE KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THINGS MAY BEGIN TO RECOVER BASED ON THIS MODEL, THE COLLECTIONS WON'T BE AT THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS THAT WE HAD PLANNED IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          SO IN TOTAL, WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT OUR REVENUES WILL BE $40 MILLION BELOW BUDGET. 
          THIS, UH, PARTICULAR REVENUE COLLECTS A TOTAL OF $96 MILLION. 
          SO AGAIN, $40 MILLION IS AN IMPACT TO FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
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MOVING ON TO OUR OTHER REVENUES IN THE CONVENTION CENTER IN THE ALAMO DOME, UH, SAME TYPE OF GRAPHIC. 
          UH, THE DARK COLOR REPRESENTS THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET BY MONTH, AND THE AQUA COLA REPRESENTS ACTUAL COLLECTIONS THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH A SHARP DECLINE IN MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY. 
          AS ALL OF OUR EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AT THE ALAMO DOME IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE START A SLIGHT, UH, PICKUP AND REVENUES BEGINNING IN JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. 
          AND THAT REPRESENTS, UH, SOME EVENTS THAT UP TO THIS POINT HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELED, AND SOME PROJECTIONS THAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT PERHAPS WE'LL HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING IN, UH, BEGINNING IN JUNE AT THE ALAMO DOME AND BEGINNING IN JULY AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. 
          SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU A TOTAL SUMMARY OF THE REVENUE IMPACT IN THIS, UH, THREE FUNDS. 
          SO AGAIN, TO SUMMARIZE, THE, THE HOTEL TAX WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF 96 MILLION WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DECLINE OF $40 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AND THE ALAMO DOME WITH A TOTAL BUDGET OF 12.6 MILLION ANNUALLY, WE ANTICIPATED DECLINE OF 5.9 MILLION. 
          AND IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $20 MILLION, WE ANTICIPATED DECLINE OF $8.8 MILLION. 
          SO IN TOTAL, THE ESTIMATED REVENUE LOSS THAT WE ANTICIPATING TODAY FOR THIS FUND THROUGH SEPTEMBER IS CLOSE TO $55 MILLION. 
          SO THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS TAKEN TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THIS CATASTROPHIC, UH, LOSS OF REVENUE ON OUR NEXT SLIDE ARE INCLUDED. 
          SOME OF THESE ACTIONS INCLUDE SUSPENDING SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY THIS FUNDS AND TRANSFERRING ONGOING PROJECTS TO THE PROPERTY TAX DEBT SERVICE, WHICH IS FUNDED AGAIN WITH THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE THAT WE COLLECT. 
          SO WE'RE TRANSFERRING SOME OF THESE PROJECTS TO THAT, UM, FUND. 
          WE'RE ALSO TEMPORARILY TRANSFERRING DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR ALAMO DOMAIN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE COMPLETED A FEW YEARS AGO ALSO TO THE PROPERTY TAX DEBT FUND OF OUR CITY BUDGET. 
          THESE ACTIONS WERE DONE TO BE ABLE TO CREATE CASH WITHIN THE FUND TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE OPERATING REDUCTIONS THAT, THAT WE HAVE, UM, IMPLEMENTED AS OF YESTERDAY. 
          WE ARE ALSO USING A PORTION OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, CAPITAL REDEMPTION FUND, AND OUR OPERATING RESERVE, AGAIN, WITH THE IDEA OF CREATING CASH TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT, UH, 50 $55 MILLION LOSS IN REVENUE THAT I DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE SUSPENDED, UH, SEVERAL OPERATING ACTIVITIES WITHIN OUR OPERATING BUDGETS OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THE NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH A SUMMARY OF THOSE ACTIONS. 
          SO IN THE CONVENTION FACILITIES, AS I RE AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF $54.4 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ACTIONS TO REDUCE SPENDING TO THE TUNE OF 30%. 
          THAT INCLUDES THE FURLOUGHING OF EMPLOYEES THAT THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED SUSPENSION OF SOME OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSES, UH, INCLUDING REDUCTION IN UTILITY COSTS, SOME OF OUR MAINTENANCE, UH, OF FACILITY EXPENSES, AS WELL AS COMMODITIES. 
          THIS PARTICULAR FUND, AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, ALSO HAS A DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE ALAMO DOME A FEW YEARS AGO TO THE TUNE OF $3.8 MILLION. 
          THIS EXPENSE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PROPERTY TAX, UH, DEBT FUND OF OUR CITY BUDGET. 
          THE NEXT LINE IS VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UH, WORKING WITH VISIT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED REDUCTIONS TO THE TUNE OF 18% OF THEIR BUDGET, OR $4.6 MILLION IN THE AREA OF, OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET OF $10.7 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ACTIONS TO REDUCE SPENDING OF 24%. 
          THE 2.6 MILLION THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WHICH IS A REDUCTION TO THAT FUND, REFLECTS THE SUSPENSION OF TWO PAYMENTS TO ART AGENCIES, TOTALING 20% OF THEIR BUDGET. 
          THAT EQUATES, UH, TO ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.4 MILLION IN ARTS FUNDING. 
          AND THE BALANCE OF $1.2 MILLION ARE OPERATING REDUCTIONS WITHIN THE ARTS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE FURLOUGHING OF EMPLOYEES. 
          THE NEXT SECTION IS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. 
          THE $10.7 MILLION 
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IS A TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND THAT SUPPORTS HISTORY AND PRESERVATION ACTIVITIES WITHIN THAT FUND. 
          AND AS WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK, WE HAVE REDUCED THAT TRANSFER BY 50% OR 5.3 MILLION. 
          A PORTION OF OUR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, UM, OFFICE IS FUNDED BY THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, SO THERE'S A REDUCTION OF CLOSE TO 30%, UM, WHICH IS ACHIEVED BY FURLOUGHING SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THAT PARTICULAR OFFICE. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, WE ARE ALSO USING OUR OPERATING CONTINGENCY AND TRANSFERRING CAPITAL PROJECTS TO THE PROPERTY TAX DEBT FUND OF THE CITY BUDGET. 
          AND FINALLY, WE ARE ALSO, UH, UTILIZING OUR HOSTING OBLIGATION RESERVE AND OUR FILM INCENTIVES RESERVED TO THE TONE OF $2.6 MILLION. 
          ALL THIS ACTIONS COMBINED OF $54.8 MILLION IN OUR NEXT SLIDE, MAINTAIN OUR H O T FUND BALANCE WITH THE USE OF MORE THAN $22 MILLION IN ONE-TIME RESOURCES. 
          AND I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, WE CREATED CASH WITHIN THE FUND TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET THE LOSS IN REVENUE. 
          HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE TAKEN, THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN IN THIS FUND AND GREAT UNCERTAINTY GOING INTO 2021. 
          SO THE NEXT FUND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO COVER WITH YOU TODAY IS THE AIRPORT FUND. 
          SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC THAT THE TOTAL AIRPORT FUND IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS $200 MILLION. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE OPERATION OF THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE STINSON AIRPORT CAPITAL PROJECTS AS WELL, OUR AS OUR DEBT PAYMENTS FOR E UH, DEBT THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THE, THE RENTAL, THE CONSOLIDATED RENTAL CAR FACILITY. 
          THIS FUND SUPPORTS A TOTAL OF 499 POSITIONS. 
          OF THOSE 410 POSITIONS OPERATE THE AIRPORT, AND WE HAVE 89, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY POSITIONS DEDICATED TO THE AIRPORT. 
          SO IN THE NEXT CHART, UH, THIS IS, THIS PROVIDES YOU WITH A SUMMARY BASED ON THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR AIRPORT CONSULTANTS, WHAT WE'RE ESTIMATING IN TERMS OF LOWEST REVENUE TO THE AIRPORT FUND. 
          IN TERMS OF OPERATING REVENUES ANNUALLY, WE COLLECT ROUGHLY ABOUT $112 MILLION, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING CLOSE TO $27 MILLION IN OPERATING REVENUES. 
          THIS INCLUDES AIRLINE, UH, REVENUES, AS WELL AS KNOWN AIRLINE REVENUES. 
          THAT INCLUDES CONCESSIONS AND PARKING. 
          OUR PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE IS ESTIMATED TO SEE A DECLINE OF $10.6 MILLION, AND OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE IS ESTIMATED TO SEE A DECLINE OF $5.7 MILLION. 
          AND I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON EACH OF THOSE. 
          SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, BEGINNING WITH OUR, UH, OPERATING AIRPORT FUND, AS I MENTIONED, ALMOST $27 MILLION IS THE ESTIMATED, UH, LOSS IN REVENUE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING. 
          TO THAT EFFECT, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS IMPLEMENTED, UH, SEVERAL ACTIONS TO OFFSET THE LOSS, INCLUDING A HIRING FREEZE OF ALL POSITIONS AT THE AIRPORT AND THE SUSPENSION OF TEMPORARY SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE ALSO SLOWED SOME OF THE OPERATING EXPENSES, INCLUDING MARKETING, UTILITIES, COMMODITIES, AND NONE OF THE, AND SOME OF THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUILDING MAINTENANCE AT THE AIRPORT. 
          WE'RE ALSO SUSPENDING AIRLINE INCENTIVE FUNDS, AND WE ARE REDUCING OUR TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. 
          WHAT THIS DOES IS THE REVENUES THAT WE COLLECT AT THE AIRPORT. 
          ONCE WE OFFSET ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES, WE TRANSFER THE BALANCE TO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND TO BE ABLE TO DO CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE. 
          SO THE NEXT REVENUE CATEGORY IS A PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE. 
          SO THE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE IS IMPOSED ON EACH PASSENGER IN PLANE AND IS $4 AND 50 CENTS PER PASSENGER. 
          THIS PARTICULAR REVENUES ARE USED TO PAY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE RELATED TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND ALSO PAY AS YOU GO PROJECTS AT THE AIRPORT. 
          OUR ESTIMATED REVENUE LOSS IS 10.6 MILLION. 
          TO ADDRESS THAT, WE HAVE TRANSFER FROM THE PAY-AS-YOU-GO FUND, THAT IS DEDICATED TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, $1.9 MILLION TO THIS FUND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT. 
          AND WE ARE REDUCING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO FUTURE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $8.7 MILLION. 
          OUR CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGE IS ASSESSED TO EVERY CUSTOMER, 
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CUSTOMER THAT RENTS A CAR AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND IS $5 AND 50 CENTS PER CUSTOMER. 
          THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO BE USED FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES AND DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A CONSOLIDATED RENTAL FACILITY AT THE AIRPORT. 
          OUR ESTIMATE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS A LOSS IN REVENUE OF $5.7 MILLION. 
          TO OFFSET THAT, WE ARE TRANSFERRING $2.9 MILLION FROM OUR FUND BALANCE IN THE AIRPORT TO MAKE THE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO REDUCING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE C F C FUND OF $2.8 MILLION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO THE LAST FUND IN THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS OUR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. 
          SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS, UH, GRAPHIC, THE REVENUES FOR THE A T D ARE GENERATED BY ONE FOURTH CENT OF A SALES TAX. 
          THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2004, AND THOSE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. 
          THE DEDICATED ONE FOURTH OF THAT SALES TAX IS ALLOCATED TO VIA, THEY GET 50% OF THAT, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, 25%, AND TEXT THAT IN BEAR COUNTY, THE, THE BALANCE OF 25%. 
          ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE, OF THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU, YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS, THE, THE AMOUNT OF A T D REVENUE THAT COMES TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS 18 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT AMOUNT. 
          6.3 MILLION IS DEDICATED TO OPERATING EXPENSES, FUNDING 36 POSITIONS, AND $11.8 MILLION TO CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, STREETS, BIKE LANES, AND SIGNALS. 
          SO IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE COLLECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, ON THE NEXT GRAPHIC YOU'LL SEE, SIMILAR TO THE CHARTS THAT I'VE SHOWN IN THE PAST, THE DARK COLOR REPRESENTS, OR THE DARK LINE REPRESENTS THOSE COLLECTIONS THAT WERE BUDGETED. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OR FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE WERE RIGHT AT BUDGET. 
          AND AS WE, UH, PROJECT OUR COLLECTIONS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THIS FOLLOWS THE SAME TREND OF THE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS THAT I PRESENTED LAST WEEK. 
          FOR THE GENERAL FUND, WE'RE ANTICIPATING A REDUCTION OF $3.2 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          SO IN TOTAL IS A 2.9 MILLION, UH, REVENUE LOSS IN THE A T D FUND TO ADDRESS THAT. 
          UH, THE CITY MANAGER HAS TAKEN A COUPLE OF ACTIONS ON THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE IS TO DEFER OUR BIKE LANE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET OF $2.7 MILLION AND OPERATING SAVINGS OF $200,000 TO OFFSET THIS REVENUE LOSS. 
          WITH THESE ACTIONS, ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY REMAIN BALANCED. 
          SHOULD OUR CONDITIONS, UH, WORSEN, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL, UM, MEASURES TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT AT THE SAME, UH, EVENT, IF THINGS, UH, GET BETTER THAN WE WOULD COME BACK WITH, UH, THE REINSTATEMENT OF SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE DEFERRING OR SUSPENDING. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ANDY SEGOVIA, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER REAL QUICKLY THE, UH, ITEM THAT'S UP FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL THIS MORNING, WHICH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR'S FIFTH DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY FROM WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO END TODAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, AND EXTENDING THAT TILL APRIL 30TH. 
          UM, FIRST SLIDE PLEASE. 
          WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SLIDE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD, UH, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE HOW CLOSELY THE, UH, THE MAYOR AND JUDGE AND THEIR, UH, AND, AND ERIC AND HIS STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF WERE WORKING TOGETHER IN TERMS OF TRYING TO STAY ON THE SAME PAGE IN TERMS OF THE DECLARATION AND THE MEASURES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO COMBAT THE COVID VIRUS. 
          ON APRIL 3RD, THERE WERE ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT WERE ISSUED BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 
          UH, AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, THERE WAS A SERIOUS ISSUE GOING ON, UH, AT ONE OF OUR NURSING HOMES HERE IN THE CITY. 
          AND TO, UH, ADDRESS THAT AND MITIGATE POTENTIAL RISK OF OTHER, UH, NURSING HOMES BECOMING HOTSPOTS. 
          UH, THE MEASURE PRECLUDED OR PROHIBITS, UH, A SERVICE PROVIDER FROM A NURSING HOME OR AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT ANOTHER FACILITY. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS AIMED SO THAT, UH, A A SERVICE PROVIDER WHO IS POTENTIALLY INFECTED, UH, DOES NOT, UH, INFECT MORE THAN ONE FACILITY WHERE YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY A VULNERABLE POPULATION. 
          UH, AND IT APPLIES TO NURSES, UH, LAB TECHNICIANS, PHLEBOTOMISTS, UM, SO THAT, AGAIN, THEY'RE ONLY 
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OPERATING AT ONE FACILITY AND NOT GOING FROM ONE FACILITY TO THE OTHER. 
          UH, THE OTHER, UH, THING THAT IT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE DID IS IT REQUIRED, UH, THE, UH, LONG-TERM FACILITIES THAT FOLLOW ALL C D C GUIDANCE WITH RESPECT TO PROACTIVE PROTECTIVE MEASURES, UH, IN TERMS OF THEIR RESIDENTS AND THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE. 
          UM, AGAIN, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID, OR THE, THE MAYOR DID AND THE COUNTY DID TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BEING FACED AND, UH, SOME OF THE LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT, UH, THE MEASURES ADDED WAS A, A FURTHER TOOL TO, UH, ASSIST IN OUR ENFORCEMENT OF THE DECLARATION AND ITS REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO IF THEY ARE STORES THAT ARE NOT COMPLYING WITH THE ORDER, WE HAVE ADDED UNDER THE, UH, MEASURES, THE ABILITY TO REVOKE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, UH, FOR VIOLATING THE ORDER. 
          AND WE'VE, IN FACT, WE'VE ALREADY EXERCISED OR USED THAT TOOL, UH, AT LEAST TWICE ON STORES THAT HAVE BEEN RECALCITRANT IN TERMS OF NOT COMPLYING WITH THE ORDER. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT THE, UH, ORDER DID WAS IT REQUIRED WHERE WE DO ALLOW, UH, BUSINESSES TO HAVE PICKUP, PARTICULARLY WE WERE LOOKING AT RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA, UH, WHERE, UH, PICKUP IS ALLOWED, OR, OR EVEN THOSE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES LIKE GROCERY STORES. 
          UH, WE DO REQUIRE THAT THEY IMPLEMENT A PROTOCOL THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT AS THEIR CUSTOMERS EITHER PICK UP OR ARE, UH, UH, GROCERY SHOPPING, THAT THERE ARE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE SO THAT PEOPLE REMAIN SIX FEET APART. 
          UM, AND THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING IS MAINTAINED AND THAT, UH, AS YOU COME UP TO THE STORE, UH, THERE'S A POSTING SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS, SO THAT THINGS CAN RUN SMOOTHLY AND WE CAN MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          SO THAT WAS ANOTHER RE, UH, ADDED REQUIREMENT OF THE, UH, ADDENDUM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE ADDENDUM ALSO CLOSED, NOT ONLY, UH, CITY, BUT, UH, ALL, UH, OTHER RECREATIONAL AREAS WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SANITIZING REQUIREMENTS CAN BE A CHALLENGE, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET. 
          UH, FIRST THING OBVIOUSLY THAT COMES TO MIND ARE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, AND OTHER OUTSIDE, UH, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IN WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE USING THEM IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UH, SO THE, UH, ADDENDUM CLOSED THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, TENNIS COURTS, ET CETERA. 
          UH, BASKETBALL COURTS WAS ONE WHERE WE WERE FINDING A LOT OF VIOLATIONS. 
          UH, SO THOSE WERE CLOSED UNDER THE ADDENDUM. 
          UH, THE ADDENDUM ALSO SPECIFICALLY CLOSED ALL, UH, CITY AND COUNTY PARKS FOR THIS EASTER WEEKEND, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, UH, WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING THE GREENWAYS AND TRAILWAYS. 
          AND THEY ARE ONLY OPEN FOR WALKING, RUNNING BIKE. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVE, UH, ON THE TRAILWAY, UM, AND IN MOTION. 
          AND SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOCIAL DISTANCING GONNA BE MAINTAINED. 
          FINALLY, THE, UH, ADDENDUM ALSO CLOSED ALL GOLF COURSES AND DRIVING RANGES. 
          UH, WE DID GET SOME GUIDANCE, OR AT LEAST THE, UH, TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE GOT SOME GUIDANCE, UH, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, YESTERDAY THAT, UM, GOLF COURSES ARE NOT AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. 
          UH, WE'LL KEEP ON TOP OF THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS MONITORING DAILY THE, UH, TEXAS STATE WEBSITE, WHERE, AGAIN, BUSINESSES WHO THINK THEY ARE ESSENTIAL CAN ASK, CAN ASK THE STATE WHETHER THEY ARE ESSENTIAL OR NOT. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE BEEN MONITORING THAT. 
          WE HAVE NOT SEEN GOLF COURSES POP UP EITHER AS DEEMED ESSENTIAL OR NON-ESSENTIAL. 
          BUT AGAIN, BASED ON GUIDANCE THAT CITIES RECEIVED YESTERDAY, UH, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT GOLF COURSES HAVE BEEN DEEMED BY THE STATE AS NON-ESSENTIAL. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP MONITORING THAT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IT WON'T, UH, IN, IN OUR MIND, IT'LL, IT'LL BE ONE THAT'LL POP UP ON THE WEBSITE OF INDEED A A FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, THE COUNCIL ACTION THAT'S FOR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS AGAIN, TO EXTEND THE FIFTH DECLARATION UNTIL APRIL 30TH. 
          THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE'S ORDER, UH, LASTS UNTIL APRIL 30TH, AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER LASTS UNTIL APRIL 30TH. 
          UH, AND TO REMIND EVERYONE UNDER THE, UH, TEXAS DISASTER ACT, WHICH GIVES THE MAYOR THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THESE DECLARATIONS, UH, HE CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'S THE PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL, UH, TO EXTEND THEM. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE ACTION THAT'S BEFORE YOU THIS, THIS MORNING. 
          WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, SO JUST IN SUMMARY, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M, I'M, UH, I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'VE MADE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO MITIGATE THE REVENUE CHALLENGES THAT WE KNOW OF RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THERE'S STILL PROJECTIONS AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT DAILY, UH, AS IT CHANGES AND OUR PICTURE 
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CLEARS UP. 
          UH, I CAN ALSO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, NO, NO OTHER CITY THAT I'VE SEEN, AND I'VE BEEN PRETTY PROACTIVE ABOUT LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES, UM, AND, AND WHAT CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN, UH, HAS BEEN AS PROACTIVE AS US ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT, WHICH IS A, UH, IMPENDING EMERGENCY, UH, ON ITS OWN. 
          UH, I THINK THESE ACTIONS PUT US IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION TO RETURN TO WHATEVER NORMALCY EXISTS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          UH, AND AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, UM, FROM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE SOONER WE DID IT, THE BETTER OFF WE WOULD BE IN THE LONG RUN. 
          UH, MUCH LIKE MANY OF THE PANDEMIC ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          UM, AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN THE HOT FUND. 
          AS MARIA POINTED OUT, UH, IN HER CONCLUSION OF THE HOT FUND, WE ARE USING A GREAT DEAL OF ONE-TIME RESOURCES IN F Y 2020 THIS FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO WE'LL NEED TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE, UH, PULSE OF THE HOTEL OCCUP OCCUPANCY TAX FUND. 
          WE'LL WANT TO, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SHARED WITH THE EMPLOYEES YESTERDAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED, UH, MORE THAN PREPARED THAN ANY OTHER CITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION TO REBOUND THE VISITOR INDUSTRY IS A HUGE, UM, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          AND, UM, I WANT TO, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 
          LASTLY, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, UH, THE STAFF AND THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR, FOR THEIR WORK, UH, AND DEDICATION ON ALL FRONTS. 
          I MEAN, THE EMERGENCY, UH, THE RESPONSE, UH, THE, UH, FINANCIAL RESPONSE, UM, AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, THE INTERNAL STAFF, UH, LIKE I T S D AND HR AND FINANCE AND BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT AND INNOVATION. 
          AND, AND THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES SUPPORTING THE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, IT'S TURNING ON A DIME AND THEY'VE BEEN, UH, INCREDIBLE AND I WANTED TO THANK THEM. 
          AND THEN, UM, AND MAYOR AB, DO APPRECIATE YOU, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, UM, RECOGNIZING THE OPERATIONS STAFF, LIKE SOLID WASTE AND PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, A DEDICATED AND CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB. 
          UM, AND I'M SUPER PROUD OF THEM. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, AND THANK YOU, UH, TO, UH, ANDY AND MARIA FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          WE DO HAVE A FEW FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          SO I'LL CALL YOU NOW, UM, AND, UM, I'LL CALL THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE IF YOU WANT TO GET READY, UH, TO COME UP. 
          AND, AND AS A REMINDER, UH, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE SET UP BEHIND THE PODIUM SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH A MICROPHONE. 
          AND SO IF YOU CAN STAND BACK, WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S WIPED DOWN, UH, IN BETWEEN SPEAKERS. 
          SO, UH, FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST IS BRANDON BURKHART. 
          AND MR. BURKHART, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY LAMAR, HENRY, RAMON, AND LAMAR. 
          OKAY, YOU'VE GOT NINE MINUTES, BRANDON. 
          THREE, THREE. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          GONNA BE GOOD ENOUGH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, OBVIOUSLY THE C OVID 19 HAS KIND OF, UH, THROWN THE CITY IN DISARRAY. 
          I MEAN, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING HOME, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS IN ALAMO PLAZA. 
          WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THIS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS SINCE ALL THIS STARTED. 
          WE'VE GOT PICTURES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STANDING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. 
          THIS IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL JOB. 
          ALAMO PLAZA IS NOT ESSENTIAL. 
          AND THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS, NOT ONLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT ALL ACROSS THE STATE, ARE CALLING FOR A STOP OF THAT CONSTRUCTION UNTIL WE GET BACK TO NORMALCY. 
          AND AT THAT POINT, THEN WE CAN TAKE UP THE BATTLE AND CONTINUE OUR FIGHT. 
          IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN WE ARE LEFT WITH NO OPTION BUT TO BRING HUNDREDS OF TEXANS AND FILL THE PLAZA. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WANT THAT. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO DO. 
          SO IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS TO COME MAKE YOUR CONTACTS. 
          TALK TO THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. 
          WE SPOKE TO THE POORMAN OF SOME OF THESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. 
          THEY SAID THEY'RE THERE ON THEIR OWN ACCORD. 
          THEY SAID THAT THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A JOB AND A DEADLINE TO MEET FOR YOU GUYS. 
          THEY'RE NOT ESSENTIAL. 
          THE, THE, THE PLAZA OUT THERE AND THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE CAN WAIT. 
          SO GUYS, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, TO JUST CONTACT THEM, TELL THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS THEY NEED TO GO. 
          IF YOU NEED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVIDENCE THAT WE HAVE OF THESE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STANDING 
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NEXT TO EACH OTHER, UM, NOT WEARING MASKS, ANY OF THE STUFF THAT YOU'VE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO DO, THEN WE'D BE MORE THAN GLAD TO EMAIL YOU THAT THOSE PICTURES AND STUFF. 
          ALSO, I'M NOT SURE IF SOME OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS KNOW THE LADY BIRD JOHNSON FOUNTAIN, WHICH SITS RIGHT BEHIND THE ALAMO IS DESTROYED. 
          THERE'S RUBBLE ON THE GROUND IF YOU GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT AT IT. 
          AND I ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU LEAVE TODAY, GO DRIVE BY AND GO CHECK IT OUT. 
          THERE IS ROCKS ON THE GROUND THAT WAS PUT UP IN 1974, AND THEN TO SEE ON THIS SLIDESHOW THAT WAS JUST PRESENTED TO EVERYONE, THAT YOU'RE CUTTING HISTORY PRESERVATION BY 50%. 
          AND TO SEE THAT THAT FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN DESTROYED IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE, BUT IT'S PAR FOR THE COURSE. 
          BUT I'LL TELL YOU GUYS, OR AT LEAST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WHENEVER HURRICANE HARVEY HAPPENED, YOU GUYS RUSHED, VOTED ON THE TRAVIS PARK MONUMENT TO REMOVE IT. 
          AND IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT, YOU WENT OUT THERE AND REMOVED IT. 
          TEXANS. 
          REMEMBER THAT. 
          AND MOST OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE ALSO REMEMBER ME TELLING YOU, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN FOR THE SENATE HALF, AND WE AIM TO KEEP THAT WORD. 
          WE WILL BE PRESENT. 
          SO BALL'S IN Y'ALL'S COURT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. BURKHART. 
          JACK FINGER. 
          WELL, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. 
          FINGER. 
          YES, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, TYRANTS LIKE TO USE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES TO ACHIEVE THEIR NEFARIOUS GOALS. 
          THE IDEA OF TAKING AWAY CIVIL LIBERTIES. 
          AND WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IN A TIME OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY LIKE THIS ONE, WE, THE CITIZENS CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED TO, UH, WELL, TO GO FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GO EASY ON SOME OF OUR, OUR LIBERTIES IN ORDER TO GET US THROUGH THESE EMERGENCIES. 
          HOWEVER, AND THAT'S WHY I PUT UP THE, THE WORDING FOR, FOR OUR ORIGINAL MAN THAT SAYS, QUOTE, AND THIS IS FROM TEXAS VALUES INSTITUTION OUT OF AUSTIN. 
          QUOTE, MOST OF US UNDERSTAND THE IDEA THAT EMERGENCIES OFTEN CALL FOR US TO TEMPORARILY PULL BACK FROM SOME OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES. 
          HOWEVER, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO STAND VIGILANT IN MAKING SURE THAT NUMBER ONE, THE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T BORROW, QUOTE UNQUOTE, BORROW MORE RIGHTS FROM US THAN IT NEEDS. 
          NUMBER TWO, THAT IT DOES NOT TRAMPLE ON RIGHTS. 
          WE HOLD ABSOLUTE. 
          AND NUMBER THREE, THAT IT GIVES UP, IT GIVES UP WHAT WE SURRENDERED AS QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MR. DIVISION. 
          MA'AM, PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA TO TO, TO THE MICROPHONE HERE. 
          YES. 
          WELL, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS PREVENTING US FROM ASSEMBLING LIKE WE WANT TO, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THAT NEEDS, WE NEED TO GO EASY ON THAT IN ORDER TO STOP THE SPREAD OF A DISEASE. 
          BUT ONCE WE THE CITIZENS, YES, WE, AND THERE'S TOO MANY MEANS OF US LEARNING THIS ONCE WE THE CITIZENS SEE THAT THIS VIRUS IS DECREASING TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN FACTOR IT IN, INTO OUR DAILY LIVES, LIKE WE DO THE FLU OR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS OR HEART ATTACKS OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE INSIST ON YOU, OUR ELECTED LEADERS GIVING BACK OUR RIGHTS YES. 
          SO WE CAN GET BACK TO WORK. 
          AND YES, AND ALSO IN NATIONAL EMERGENCIES, I KNOW THAT AS THINGS TURN OUT, SOME PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. 
          AND YES, I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE, UH, THE PLANET K COMPANY SHUT, SHUT DOWN RECENTLY FOR THEIR, THEIR, THEIR NON-ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES. 
          BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT KEEPS, IS VERY NON-ESSENTIAL, AND IT KEEPS GOING. 
          AND MR. PALIS, IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          IT'S THE PLANNED PARENTHOOD FACILITY, AND WE AS CITIZENS WANT TO SEE THAT ONE STOPPED. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MR. FINGER, LIKE GOVERNOR SIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU ALRIGHT? UM, MOVE, MOVE NOW TO, 
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UM, OUR DISCUSSION. 
          AND SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST SIMPLY START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU AND THE CITY COUNCIL, MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UM, DURING THIS TIME, BOTH CITY STAFF, EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON THE HUMAN ASPECTS OF THESE DECISIONS. 
          AND AS WE HEARD TODAY, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME REALLY ISSUES WITH, WITH FUNDING AND REVENUES. 
          AND, UH, MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH ALL THE FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES, UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, WONDERING WHAT'S NEXT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, AND OF COURSE WE ALL, WE'VE ALL GOTTEN TO KNOW THEM, UH, AS WE WORK AT CITY, AT CITY HALL AND GO INTO OTHER CITY FACILITIES. 
          UH, I KNOW THIS WAS A TOUGH DECISION AND I WANNA THANK, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF FOR, FOR DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO, TO TRY TO LESSEN THE, THE IMPACT. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT AN EASY DECISION, AND I KNOW, UH, MY COLLEAGUES MYSELF, WE DO NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. 
          UH, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM, UH, B S A FROM, UH, OUR ARTIST COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, I JUST WANNA MENTION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I WANT TO ASK, I SHOULD SAY THAT OUR, OUR ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT DO WHAT IT CAN TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION CLARITY TO, TO THAT COMMUNITY AS, AS IT'S FEELING THIS IMPACT AS WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS, IS STAY FOCUSED ON, ON BEING NIMBLE, UH, BEING, UH, ABLE TO, TO RESPOND TO A VERY, VERY TRAUMATIC, UH, SITUATION. 
          I DO WANNA BRING UP A COUPLE POINTS TODAY REGARDING, UH, RENTERS AND NOTICES TO VACATE. 
          HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED AND NOTICES TO VACATE HAVE BEEN ISSUED SINCE THIS ECONOMIC, UH, IMPACT ON OF THE PANDEMIC HAS HIT. 
          UH, MR. KWAN HAS REVIEWED AND ENACTING A SIX DAY GRACE PERIOD FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RENTERS TO WORK WITH THEIR LANDLORDS TO PAY DOWN ANY RENT ACCRUED DURING THIS CRISIS. 
          UH, BEFORE A NOTICE TO VACATE CAN BE ISSUED. 
          UH, THE POLICY WILL HELP RESIDENTIAL RENTERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY GIVING THEM 60 DAYS TO APPLY FOR ASSISTANCE, RECEIVE THEIR STIMULUS CHECK, AND FIND ANOTHER SOURCE OF INCOME BEFORE RECEIVING ANY NOTICE TO VACATE. 
          AND I WANNA DRAW A DISTINCTION THAT A NOTICE TO VACATE IS NOT THE SAME AS AN EVICTION. 
          UM, BASED ON THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN, THE POLICY WOULD ALSO APPLY TO COMMERCIAL TENANTS WHO WOULD ALSO HELP MOM AND POP BUSINESSES GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR SEEING THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING SUCH AN ACTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE FOOD AND SHELTER, UH, COVID 19 GROUP, UH, AND THEIR WORK AND OUR, AND OUR, AS WELL AS OUR BEXAR COUNTY COLLEAGUES TO IMPLEMENT A GRACE PERIOD SWIFTLY. 
          UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING, UH, THE PEAK. 
          UH, THE PEAK IN SAN ANTONIO IS PROJECTED FOR SOME TIME DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF MAY. 
          AND, UH, AND I WOULD ASK, UH, YOUR DON EMRICK OR, OR COLLEEN BRIDGER, UM, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU VERIFY THAT? CAN YOU CLARIFY THEN WHAT, WHAT DO WE DO? WE ARE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MODELS AND, UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN ON THE NATIONAL NEWS, SO ARE A LOT OF OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS TRYING TO DETERMINE JUST WHAT YOU MENTIONED? WHEN WILL THIS PEAK? UM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE MODELS WE'VE SEEN SO FAR TO BE ABLE TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE. 
          UM, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE HURRICANE SPAGHETTI MODELS, UM, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. 
          I CAN SAY THAT, UM, WE HAVEN'T PEAKED YET. 
          AND, UM, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO SEE IF WE CAN FINE TUNE THE MODELS AND GET A BETTER PREDICTION. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER DO, DO WE HAVE, UH, PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THE CURVE STAYS FLAT? I'M SORRY, I WAS BEING MICD UP. 
          WHEN YOU, ARE WE DOING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FLATTENING THE CURVE? WAS THAT YOUR QUESTION? 
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NO, MA'AM. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          . 
          WHAT, WHAT I'M ASKING IS, UH, OUR GOAL IS TO, TO FLATTEN THE, THE IMPACT NOT IN THE CURVE, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING? UH, ONCE WE, ONCE WE ACHIEVE THAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THAT CURVE REMAINS FLAT GOING FORWARD? SO THE, THE CONCEPT OF FLATTENING THE CURVE IS DESIGNED TO BASICALLY SLOW THE SPREAD SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE, UM, SURGE OF INDIVIDUALS NEEDING HOSPITALIZATION, HITTING ALL AT ONE TIME. 
          UM, THE CHALLENGE WITH FLATTENING THE CURVE IS THAT IT LENGTHENS THE PANDEMIC AND IT LENGTHENS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO IT. 
          UM, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WILL WE KNOW WHEN THIS IS OVER? AND, UM, WE HAVE STARTED, UH, WORKING WITH, UM, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL EXPERTS TO BE ABLE TO MORE DEFINITIVELY ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          THE SIMPLEST ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS, IF WE GO TWO WEEKS WITHOUT A NEW CASE, THEN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          UM, THE, THE, THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS THAT WE CAN WORK OUT FOR. 
          WHEN DO WE START LOOSENING SOME OF THESE RESTRICTIONS? CAN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE THAT TWO WEEK MARK? DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE TWO WEEK MARK? BUT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T EVEN HIT THE PEAK YET, IT'S HARD TO TO THINK THAT FAR IN ADVANCE. 
          I THINK YOU FROZE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M GONNA ASSUME YOU ANSWERED THAT 'CAUSE MY VERY, MY AUDIO REALLY BROKE UP. 
          UM, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY FOLLOW UP. 
          I, I THINK YOU WERE, YOU WERE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT, UH, OUR PLANS TO RESPONSIBLY REACTIVATE SEGMENTS OF OUR LOCAL, UH, AND HOW WILL WE TARGET THOSE CERTAIN TYPES, UH, OF NECESSARY, IF NOT ESSENTIAL, NOT ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT THAT COULD, THAT COULD, UH, GET STARTED UP RESPONSIBLY AND, AND HOW ARE WE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH OUR LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, UH, LOCAL, UH, BUSINESS LEADERS AND RESTAURANTS, RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND SO FORTH. 
          WHAT ARE WE, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, TO AT LEAST START PLANNING? SO I DID ANSWER A LOT OF THAT, SO I WILL GIVE YOU A CALL AFTERWARDS. 
          UM, AND JUST REASSURE EVERYBODY THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR SCREEN AND WE WANNA HAVE A REALLY, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          AND, UM, WE'RE BALANCING WORKING ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH RESPONDING TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF POSITIVES THAT WE'RE SEEING AND THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AGAIN, I JUST SIMPLY WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, PART OF, PART OF TODAY'S VOTE IS, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM RESPONSIBLY. 
          I'VE ALSO GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THESE ACTIONS, UH, GIVING UP CERTAIN POWERS AND, UH, SORT OF TAKING AWAY THE, THE, UH, THE POWERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND, UH, AND I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON, ON STAYING NIMBLE, BUT DOING THE MOST RESPONSIBLE THING WE CAN. 
          AND, UH, I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 
          WE'VE ALL HEARD THEM ALL SAY THAT, THAT WE WANNA, WE WANNA STAY INVOLVED. 
          I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR FOR HELPING TO, UH, GET EVERYBODY, UH, TOGETHER AND SET UP, UH, INDIVIDUAL, UH, GROUPS TO TACKLE THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS CRISIS. 
          AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN GET OURSELVES BACK ON, ON OUR FEET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AGAIN, I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYBODY AND MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, FIRST I WANT TO THANK, UM, MANY OF THE CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. 
          UH, SPECIFICALLY I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, ALSO OUR BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE CREW BECAUSE YOU ARE COMING AFTER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND THOSE, UM, ON CUSTODIAL STAFFS AT THE, AT THE HOSPITALS, EVERYWHERE WORKING SO HARD CLEANING UP AFTER EVERYONE. 
          SO THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DILIGENCE IN WORKING SO 
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HARD BECAUSE IT'S, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TOO, TAKING, UM, UH, CLEANING UP AFTER ALL OF US. 
          SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UH, QUESTIONS FOR MARIA. 
          ON SLIDE NUMBER 14, YOU HAD, UM, KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS, OR NOT A T D, BUT PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGE, IN PARTICULAR THE AIRPORT, UM, OPERATION OPERATING BUDGETS ON SLIDE NUMBER 14. 
          DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN LIKE THAT FOR THE IMPACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS AND ARTS AND CULTURE OF WHAT EXACTLY THAT, UM, REDUCTION IN BUDGET IS, IS IMPACTING BESIDES JUST, IS IT, UM, STAFFING OR, OR WHAT IS THAT? IF YOU CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL? SURE. 
          YES, COUNCILMAN, THE ANSWER IS YES, WE HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN, UH, FOR ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE $2.6 MILLION REDUCTION. 
          AND I'M ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE. 
          DO THAT AGAIN. 
          SLIDE NUMBER NINE. 
          OH, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN. 
          OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THERE WE GO. 
          SO ARTS AND CULTURE HAS A REDUCTION OF 2.6 MILLION YEAH. 
          OF THAT AMOUNT. 
          1.4 MILLION AS A ARTS, AND THEN THE BALANCE 1.2 IS THE OPERATING EXPENSE OF THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE FURLOUGHING OF POSITIONS, THE ELIMINATION OF OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS MARKETING AND TRAVEL AND OTHER PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE OPERATING DEPARTMENT. 
          SO THE ARTS PORTION THAT IS THE PROGRAMMING AND, AND THE, THE, UM, DOLLARS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GIVE OUT. 
          YES. 
          THE 1.4 IS THE, THE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 20% OF PAYMENT TO THE ARTS AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU HAD ALSO A QUESTION ON HISTORY AND PRESERVATION. 
          YES. 
          THAT $5.3 MILLION COUNCILWOMAN TO CREATE CAPACITY IN THE HOTEL ANCY TAX FUND, WE REDUCED THAT 50% TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT I PRESENTED LAST WEEK, ABOUT $82 MILLION OF, UM, YES ACTIONS IN INCLUDES THAT $5.3 MILLION REDUCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET MORE DETAILS FROM YOU. 
          YOU HAPPY TO, BECAUSE I MEAN, HEARING IT IS ONE THING, BUT I, I WANTED TO ALSO SEE SURE. 
          WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR ME. 
          I GUESS I'M, I'M A VISUAL LEARNER AS WELL. 
          UM, QUESTION ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE. 
          UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE, SOMEBODY SAID, MENTION MENTIONED ABOUT WHERE IS THERE A REDUCTION IN PAYMENT TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND? ARE WE REDUCING OUR PAYMENTS TO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AT ALL? AND IS THERE ANY ALLEVIATION IN THIS TIME? UM, HAS THEIR AGENCIES OR ANYBODY, UM, THE COMPANIES THAT WE'RE PAYING THIS DEBT SERVICE TO, HAVE THEY REACHED OUT? ARE THEY MAKING ANY CHANGES, UM, THAT WE KNOW ABOUT? I MEAN, WE NEED TO KEEP PAYING THAT OF COURSE. 
          BUT HAVE THEY REACHED OUT? ARE THEY MAKING ANY CHANGES? I'M GONNA ASK BANG, ORELL OR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          OKAY, BEN, I'M ON A TIME CLOCK TOO. 
          ALRIGHT, MORNING COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY, SO WE HAVE FIXED TERMS ON OUR BONDS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DEPEND ON. 
          UH, IN THIS CASE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON THE HOT FUND, THERE WAS A $3.8 MILLION TRANSFER GOING INTO OUR PROPERTY TAX DEBT SERVICE FUND. 
          WE HAD ISSUED SOME CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ALAMO DOME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE ARE TEMPORARILY MOVING THAT OVER TO OUR PROPERTY TAX DEBT PLAN SIDE AND WE'RE GONNA MANAGE THAT WITHIN THE CAPACITY THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, WE DID THAT TO CREATE CASH FOR THIS FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          AND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE RUNNING VARIOUS SCENARIOS BECAUSE, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE CURVE AND THE PEAK, ET CETERA, UM, WE AS SAN ANTONIO MAY COME BACK, UH, AND BE OPEN, BUT WHAT IF OUR AIRPORTS OR OTHER AIRPORTS AND OTHER CITIES DO NOT COME BACK? SO YOU ALL ARE RUNNING VARIOUS SCENARIOS OF WHAT IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE, CORRECT? WE ARE COUNCILWOMAN, YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PUT INTO PLACE. 
          UH, QUESTION ABOUT ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. 
          THANK YOU MARIA. 
          QUESTIONS ABOUT ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, I GUESS THIS IS FOR ANDY AND OR FOR, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER LOOKING AT, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, DECLARATION, IS THERE ANYWHERE OR CAN WE, IS THERE ANYWHERE IN OUR DECLARATION THAT WE EXPLICITLY PUT PROTOCOL FOR THESE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN PROTOCOL FOR THEIR WORKERS? UM, FACE MASKS, GLOVES, UM, HAND SANITIZER. 
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IS THERE ANYTHING EXPLICITLY THAT MAKES IT MANDATORY THAT THESE ESSENTIAL WORKERS HAVE TO HAVE IT? DO WE HAVE THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN? NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPECIFIC, UH, DIRECTION. 
          UH, WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE, UH, GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW MASK, UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING, UH, BASED ON THE, UH, MAYOR'S ADVISORY ON THAT FOLLOWING THE C D C GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF MASKS SHOULD ONLY, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY SHOULD ONLY MASKS ARE APPROPRIATE, WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT READILY ATTAINABLE OR YOU CANNOT HAVE IT. 
          SO IF YOUR WORKPLACE IS ONE IN WHICH YOU HAVE MAINTAINED SOCIAL DISTANCING, THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO MANDATE MASKS. 
          UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT. 
          UM, AND AS I THINK I'VE MENTIONED LAST MEETING, UM, BUSINESSES GIVEN THEIR, UH, ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, IS IT OFFICE, IS IT REPAIR WORK, ET CETERA? UH, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROTOCOL, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE REALLY JUST MANDATING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING BE MAINTAINED. 
          SO WE DID PUT A SOCIAL DISTANCING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT AT GROCERY STORES, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT PEOPLE WHILE IN LINE, UM, OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE, THE GROCERY STORES, THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          SO CAN WE ALSO, UM, AND I'M, CAN WE ALSO ASK THAT THE, UM, WORKERS FOR, FOR, FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY, THEIR WORKERS INSIDE THE GROCERY STORE, MAINTAIN, HAVE THE PROPER, UH, GEAR, UM, FACE MASK, GLOVES, AND OR, UM, EVERYONE GOING INTO THE STORE AS WELL, HAVE A FACE MASK THAT PEOPLE GOING INTO THE WALGREENS OR ANYWHERE, UM, HAVE THAT JUST FOR THE, THE SAKE OF, OF, FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND I HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GOING TO, UM, TAKE ANOTHER ROUND. 
          BUT LET ME GIVE YOU JUST A HEADS UP OF WHAT THOSE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE, OR MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE CAN, UM, ASK THE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ABOUT THE, UM, JUST THERE ARE VARIOUS EXAMPLES, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AT GROCERY STORES. 
          WE KNOW THAT ANOTHER, UM, EMPLOYEE HAS TESTED POSITIVE AT AN H E B OF, OF C OVID 19. 
          UM, ALSO DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT ONCE SOMEBODY DOES TELL THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, BOSS OR SUPERVISOR THAT THEY HAVE TESTED POSITIVE THAT DO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE SAME WORKING AREA IN THE SAME FLOOR, WHAT ARE THE PROTOCOLS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO INTO PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS KEPT SAFE IF EVERYBODY ELSE HAS TO GO INTO WORK, UM, AT THAT LOCATION. 
          AND THEN, UM, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT IN THIS, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING? AND JUST AT SOME, UH, OTHER FACILITIES TAKE PEOPLE'S TEMPERATURE THAT MAY GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, BUT STILL IT'S ONE LAYER THAT WE CAN PUT ON THERE FOR INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, THAT WE CAN EVEN EXTEND THIS DECLARATION BEYOND APRIL 30TH TO HAVE IT EVEN TOWARDS MAY 4TH, JUST TO GIVE, BECAUSE IF WE COME BACK ON APRIL 30TH, AND THEN WE EXTEND IT ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, ANOTHER WEEK, I THINK I WANNA JUST SET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS THAT THIS WILL BE LONGER THAN APRIL 30TH. 
          UM, UNLESS I'M NOT, UNLESS WE'RE GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATING IT, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, WE SHOULD SET PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS THAT THIS WILL GO EVEN TO, TO MAY, UM, DEEP INTO MAY. 
          SO WHY NOT JUST MOVE THIS FORWARD INTO MAY 4TH? UM, SO I HAVE ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS, AND IF YOU WANNA ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS DURING THAT TIME, WE'RE ALL JUST GIVE ANOTHER 10 MINUTES LATER JUST SO THEY CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN, I DO WANNA CLARIFY ON MY PREVIOUS ANSWER IS THAT WE DO REQUIRE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THAT'S PART OF OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU, WE, IF YOU, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES CALLING US AT THEIR, AT THEIR WORKPLACE OR NOT MAINTAINING THE, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT IS REQUIRED, THAT'S PART OF OUR ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER YEAH. 
          SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS NOW, THAT'S FINE. 
          SURE, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL START WITH THE, IS THIS GONNA BE OVER ON APRIL 30TH? QUESTION? UM, I DO NOT THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE OVER ON APRIL 30TH. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS FOR EXTENDING THE ORDER OR NOT EXTENDING THE ORDER, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT, WE ARE NOT RETURNING TO NORMAL ON APRIL 30TH. 
          UM, ANDY ADDRESSED THE SOCIAL DISTANCING ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL TO REMEMBER IS MASKS ARE A SECONDARY LINE OF DEFENSE. 
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OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY WITH CLOTH MASKS, THEY, UM, ARE NOT 100% EFFECTIVE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT THERE IS THIS FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT IF I'M WEARING A MASK, I CAN GO HUG MY FRIEND. 
          UM, AND THAT I, THAT WORRIES ME A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND SO OUR, OUR, OUR TWO PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WASHING YOUR HANDS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN, UM, OUR ABILITY TO GET THROUGH THIS WITH THE LEAST NUMBER OF INFECTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON. 
          SO, UM, REAL QUICK, I, BEFORE WE GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, I AM GONNA GO BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, BECAUSE HE DID NOT VERBALIZE A DATE, AN EXTENSION DATE. 
          AND SO THAT, UH, KIND OF BEGS THE QUESTION ABOUT WHY APRIL 30TH. 
          UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BEFORE, UH, APRIL 30TH IS THE DATE OF THE STATE ORDER DECLARATION, IT'S ALSO THE ORDER OF, UH, SEVERAL OTHER URBAN COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN LINKED WITH IN WRITING THESE ORDERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          UM, I THINK THE EXPECTATION, UH, HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR FROM DR. 
          BRIDGER THAT, UM, THESE DATES ARE NOT MAGICAL. 
          THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF DATA ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE INFORMED. 
          SO, UH, ANYONE WHO'S UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS ALL OVER ON MAY 1ST, UH, SHOULD BE, UH, CORRECTED IN THAT. 
          UH, BUT IT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT DATE WE SELECT. 
          UH, BUT WE SHOULD BE PREPARED THAT THIS WILL GO BEYOND THAT. 
          EITHER WAY, UH, WE WILL BE COMING BACK HERE ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO EXAMINE WHERE WE ARE. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'LL FIGURE OUT AS WE MOVE ALONG, WHETHER IT'S APRIL 30TH, IT'S, UH, SOMETIME IN MAY OR SOME OTHER DATE. 
          SO, UM, I'LL GO NOW BRIEFLY TO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, SO WE CAN CLARIFY HIS MOTION AND THEN WE'LL GET TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK MAYOR. 
          UH, I WAS JUST HEAR MANNY , UH, CLARIFY MY MOTION TO EXTEND TO THE FIFTH DEC DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY TO APRIL 30, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. 
          THAT WAS, UH, A CLARIFICATION OF THE MOTION MADE TO, UH, EXTEND TO APRIL 30TH. 
          UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, YOU MADE THE SECOND. 
          UH, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, SO WE DO HAVE THE MOTION AND THE SECOND WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          UM, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, HAVE TO DO WITH OUR, UM, RESERVE BALANCE AND AS WE SEE THE SCENARIO PLAY OUT, WHERE DO WE STAND AS FAR AS OUR RESERVE BALANCE AND HOW LONG THAT WOULD CARRY US, UM, INTO THE FUTURE? COUNCILWOMAN? UM, IT, YOUR QUESTION ISN'T THE RESERVE BALANCE FOR THE, FOR, FOR WHICH FUND? EXCUSE ME. 
          UH, FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE CITY MANAGER, WE MAINTAIN OUR 10%, UH, GENERAL FUND FINANCIAL RESERVE, AND ALSO, UH, RESERVE FOR A TWO YEAR, UH, BALANCED BUDGET. 
          SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 120, A LITTLE BIT OVER $120 MILLION IN TOTAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, AND THEN, RIGHT. 
          AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS AND HOW CAN WE LOOK AT OUR CITY COUNCIL BUDGETS TO HELP WITH ANY OFFSETS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS TO DO THAT IF YOU WISH TO, UM, USE SOME OF, SOME OF THE, THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, BUDGET. 
          UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY, UH, STAFF TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FULL COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, DEPARTMENT AND, AND THEIR BUDGET, HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANYTHING WE CAN DO WITHIN, UM, THE CITY TO HELP OUR LOCAL ARTISTS, UM, TO MAYBE EITHER DO SOME INFORMAL, UM, COMMERCIALS OR, OR INFOMERCIALS, OR HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL ARTISTS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE WITHIN OUR CITY RESOURCES? WE CAN DEFINITELY COORDINATE, COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR ARTS DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO, 
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UH, MAKE THEM AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THEM, UH, AND EDUCATE 'EM ON THE RESOURCES THAT MAY MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ARTS AGENCY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY AVAILABLE, UH, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT CAN OFFSET WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING OUT IN THE, THE HIGH TAX? FROM WHAT I KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, THE, THE DOLLARS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL FUNDS? AND I'LL ASK CARLOS TO ENSURE THAT I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE CURRENT PACKET RIGHT NOW THAT IS AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO OFFSET FOR THE LOSS OF THE HOTEL ANCY TAX. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          THERE IS NO MONEY IN THE FEDERAL STIMULUS SPECIFICALLY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO REPLACE EITHER LOSS OF HOT REVENUE, HOT TAX REVENUE, OR GENERAL FUND REVENUE SALES TAX, OR PROPERTY TAX OR ANYTHING ELSE. 
          YET, THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR CITIES AND STATES ARE TO REIMBURSE THE CITIES AND STATES FOR MONIES YOU SPEND ON THE COVID RELIEF. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF WE USE OUR HOTELS, UM, TO HELP WITH SHELTER AND HOUSING AT THIS TIME, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE REIMBURSED? BUT YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING. 
          IF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WAS TO CONTRACT WITH A HOTEL TO UTILIZE THAT AS A OVERFLOW FACILITY TO HOUSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE POSITIVE WITH C OVID 19, THAT IS A REIMBURSABLE EXPENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M RECEIV RECEIVING PHONE CALLS ABOUT FUNERALS. 
          PEOPLE ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HOW FAMILIES CAN, UM, COME TOGETHER. 
          UM, WHAT IS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALLOWED, UM, IF THEY HOST THE FUNERAL OUTSIDE, UM, DO THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN JUST THE T PEOPLE LIMIT? UM, SO IF ANYBODY CAN CLARIFY THAT FOR ME PLEASE. 
          SO, FUNERALS, UM, ARE EXEMPT FROM THE ORDER PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE FUNERALS. 
          WE'VE SEEN IT DONE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT ARE, ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH, UM, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CONCEPT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE SEEING IT DONE IS THAT THE VISITATION HOURS ARE EXTENDED SIGNIFICANTLY SO THAT YOU HAVE FEWER PEOPLE, UM, SHOWING UP IN AN, IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE SEEING, UM, A LOT IS LIMITING IT JUST TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO, UM, ATTEND THE FUNERAL. 
          SO THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE HEART TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, FUNERALS CAN CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT THEY DON'T POSE, UH, SIGNIFICANT RISK OF TRANSMISSION OF, OF C OVID 19. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE LAST THING THAT I HAVE IS, WE RECEIVED SOME CALLS ABOUT EMPLOYERS HOLDING, UM, SALARIED EMPLOYEES CHECKS UNTIL THEY HAVE, UM, COVID TESTING. 
          HAS ANYONE HEARD OR RECEIVED ANY KIND OF, UM, CALLS ABOUT THAT? AND IF WE ARE HAVING THOSE CALLS, WHAT SHOULD OUR RESPONSE BE TO THOSE, UM, INDIVIDUALS? I'M LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM. 
          I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WHO'S HEARD THAT SPECIFIC, UM, COMPLAINT. 
          UH, I HAVE NOT HEARD IT. 
          MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO HAVE THE PERSON CALL 3 1 1 OR THE 2 0 7 SS A P D NUMBER AND, UM, MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. 
          I THINK ERIC WANTS TO WEIGH IN. 
          I WAS JUST GONNA ECHO THAT. 
          THANKS, COLLEEN. 
          AWESOME. 
          OKAY, WELL, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TO OUR CITY, UM, STAFF, AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          AS WE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THIS, WE KEEP EVERYBODY IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS BRINGING OUT THE BEST OF THE HUMANITY SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A BLESSED ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB IN PRESENTING, UH, WHAT'S BEEN DONE. 
          AND, AND I WANT TO JUST EXPRESS ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY, UH, ARE THANKS TO THE C OVID 19 TEAM AND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM WHO'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD, UH, ON THIS, UH, ON THIS EMERGENCY. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER STAFF. 
          THEY DID A GOOD JOB IN PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION AND, AND KEEPING US INFORMED. 
          I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD, UH, SHOW OUR APPRECIATION, THE COUNTY JUDGE WOLF AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY STAFF FOR THEIR COLLABORATION. 
          UH, ALSO, I WANNA REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE FOOD BANK DEFINITELY NEEDS MORE HELP AND MORE SUPPORT. 
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UH, THE, UH, LOCAL CHURCHES IN MANY OF OUR DISTRICTS ARE DOING A LOT OF THINGS, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          IN DISTRICT NINE, I WANT TO REALLY REACH OUT AND SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO THE WEST AVENUE COMPASSION PROGRAM, UH, AND MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF HAVE BEEN OUT THERE HELPING OUT. 
          BUT MOST OF ALL, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND IN OUR, IN OUR THANKS AND IN OUR PRAYERS, THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AND WORKERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINE EVERY DAY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THIS EMERGENCY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO NEED TO CONSIDER WHERE WE ARE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN A, A PERIOD OF GREAT STRUGGLE FOR MANY BUSINESSES, MANY INDIVIDUALS, UH, UH, FOR MANY OF US INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY AS A CITY. 
          BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE, THE STEPS WE HAVE TAKEN, GETTING OUT FRONT OF, UH, THIS VIRUS BREAKOUT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY MADE THIS COMMUNITY MUCH HEALTHIER THAN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, SAN DIEGO, PHOENIX, DENVER, PORTLAND, MANY CITIES THAT WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OFTEN FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES, THEY HAVE MORE THAN 50% MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN THOSE CITIES THAN WE'VE HAD HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE, UH, TESTED POSITIVE. 
          AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY TO EXTEND THIS IS A SMART MOVE, IS A, A MOVE THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE HEALTH OF EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY. 
          AND I JUST ASK EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, COLLABORATIVE SACRIFICE EVERYBODY'S MAKING FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF ALL OF US. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I HOPE THAT ALL OF US AS COUNCIL PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CALLS AND THE, UH, QUESTIONS THAT WE GET FROM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA DO, AND IT'S RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN JUST MENTIONED, AND THAT IS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE MORE OF THE FUNDING THAT I HAVE AVAILABLE IN MY OFFICE TO SOME OF THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES THAT ARE ABLE TO DO MUCH MORE WITH THAT MONEY THAN, THAN I MAY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP MORE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WITH RESOURCES THAT WE MAY HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND SO LET ME JUST GO STRAIGHT TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UM, UH, REGARDING, UH, ESPECIALLY THE BIKE LANES THAT, UH, WAS PRESENTED HERE. 
          I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE IT IS, BUT JUST GIVEN, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS WHEREVER WE CAN. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE DELAYED, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE BIKE LANES WERE REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW. 
          WE, I'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT ON THE STREETS. 
          WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S PHYSICAL, UH, ABILITY TO EXERCISE IS LIMITED, AND CYCLING IS ONE WAY THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND EXERCISE. 
          SO WHY THE CUT FOR THE BIKE LANES? UH, SO COUNCILWOMAN, UH, PART OF THAT THINKING WAS THAT AS PART OF LAST WEEK'S CONVERSATION, WE DEFERRED $50 MILLION IN STREET PROJECTS, UM, AND, AND TO 2021, UH, UPON FUNDING AVAILABILITY. 
          AND IF YOU, IF WE PULL UP THAT CHART THAT MARIA SHOWED, THE THREE BIGGEST COMPONENTS OF THAT CHART ARE SIDEWALKS, STREETS, AND BIKE LANES. 
          AND, UM, WE DID NOT WANT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM BECAUSE FRANKLY, THERE ARE, THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WALKING RIGHT NOW THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          AND, AND ON THE HEELS OF LAST WEEK'S DEFERMENT OF, UH, THOSE STREET PROJECTS, UM, WE WANTED TO, I I, MY MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT WE, WE TAKE THAT OUT OF THAT SMALLER PORTION DOWN THERE, YOU SEE, UH, IN THE, IN THE CHART. 
          SO THAT WAS THE LOGIC BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          UM, AND IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          WELL, ALL RIGHT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I I TRYING TO, UM, GIVE YOU ALL AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS YOU NEED TO REDIRECT. 
          UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. 
          WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ANYMORE. 
          SOME PEOPLE STILL NEED TO CRITICAL GET TO THEIR JOBS. 
          AND SO I ALWAYS, UM, OF COURSE EVERYBODY KNOWS MY POSITION ON THE BIKE LANES. 
          UH, BUT I JUST, I DO THINK IT'S A REALLY CRITICAL TIME, UH, RIGHT 
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NOW. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THERE'S A POTENTIAL, AND IN FACT, EVEN TO ACCELERATE THAT, I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN IN SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT PERHAPS WERE HEAVY, UH, TRANSIT LINES AREAS. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, THAT WE MIGHT IN FACT INCREASE THAT. 
          SO, UM, I WILL, I WILL JUST, UH, JUST QUICKLY, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A CRITICAL, UM, COMPONENT. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, REEXAMINE THAT TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THAT MARIA'S PRESENTATION. 
          WE NEED TO COME UP WITH $2.9 MILLION. 
          AND, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL, UH, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR CONCERN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ESPECIALLY, UM, UH, AS IT RELATES TO AREAS WHERE WE, UM, KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE USING THEM FOR TRANSPORTATION, UH, IN ADDITION AT THIS POINT TO RECREATION. 
          UM, SO THE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, UH, IS, UM, UH, REGARDING THE ARTS FUNDING AND, AND, UH, THE HOT TAX. 
          UM, SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAD MANY, UH, UH, NON-PROFIT NONPROFITS, UM, THAT WERE GETTING FUNDED THROUGH THE HOT TAX. 
          AND IN, IN OUR SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, OUR WORKING GROUP, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, UM, ALTERNATIVES, ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM APPLY FOR THE STIMULUS. 
          UH, ARE THESE NONPROFITS ELIGIBLE? I, I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING CAME OUT YESTERDAY THAT NONPROFITS WERE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE STIMULUS IN THE EVENT THAT THEY, UH, WERE, UM, UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. 
          AND MIGHT THOSE ORGANIZATIONS BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT? UM, I WONDER, UM, AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT AS THE EMPLOYEES ARE BEING FURLOUGHED, THAT WE CAN PERHAPS, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO THAT DO THAT FOR THE NONPROFITS, BUT THAT THERE IS AN ENTITY THAT CAN HELP SOME OF THE NONPROFITS APPLY FOR THE FUNDING IF IT'S AVAILABLE? COUNCILMAN? THERE ARE, UM, CERTAINLY EMPLOYEES OF NONPROFITS WHO ARE FURLOUGHED, UH, OR LAID OFF OR ENTITLED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS, UH, UNDER THE FEDERAL ACT AS WELL. 
          AND, AND THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PLAN PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO NONPROFITS, AS ARE THE S B A LOANS THAT ARE PART OF THE FEDERAL STIMULUS. 
          ALL OF THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR NONPROFITS, BUT IT'S NOT A UNIQUE SCENARIO IN THAT THEY ARE, I THINK THERE ARE SOME OF OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT MORE THAN 50% OF THEIR OPERATING BUDGETS CAME FROM THE HOT TAX LIMITATIONS IN THE PAYROLL, UH, UM, PROTECTION PLAN THAT RELATE TO EMPLOYEES AND THE AMOUNT THAT CAN GO TO EMPLOYEES. 
          AND ACTUALLY, IT'S, I BELIEVE IT'S THE OPPOSITE, WHERE A PERCENTAGE CANNOT GO TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN, I THINK IT'S 25%. 
          JEFF, CORRECT ME. 
          CAN CAN, CAN YOU CLARIFY, CAN I GO TO THINGS OTHER THAN PAYROLL? SO THAT WOULD BE OVERHEAD, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN, CARLOS? SO THE, THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE FEDERAL LAW RELATE TO THE AMOUNT OF, OF THE, OF THE LOANS OR THE PROGRAMS? THE GRANTS. 
          SO THE LOANS, I MEAN, IT'S EFFECTIVELY A GRANT BECAUSE IT'S FORGIVABLE AND IT RESTRICTS THE AMOUNT THAT YOU GET THAT CANNOT GO TO FUND FOR, UH, PAYROLL. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, MOST OF THE MONIES BEING PROVIDED TO, UM, THE EITHER NON-PROFITS OR THE SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, MOST OF THAT NEEDS TO GO TO PAYROLL. 
          A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT CAN GO TO THINGS LIKE RENT AND, AND LOAN PAYMENTS AND OTHER THINGS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JEFF, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO ADD? I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UM, JUST FROM A A LOGISTICAL STANDPOINT, UM, THIS IS A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, NUMBER ONE, IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR NONPROFITS THAT, THAT WANT TO SEEK SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE SECOND THING IS WE ARE TRACKING THAT AS PART OF THE STIMULUS WORK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING WITH THE FEDERAL STATE WORK GROUP, WITH THE INTENT THAT THE ITEMS THAT, UH, ADDRESS THE SOCIAL SERVICE COMMUNITY AND THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY WILL THEN BE ROUTED TO THE TWO WORK GROUPS WORKING ON THOSE SPECIFIC CATEGORIES. 
          SO I BELIEVE OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE FEDERAL STATE GROUP IS NEXT WEEK. 
          AND, UH, OUR INTENT IS TO SHARE WITH THEM ALL THE VARIOUS FUNDING STREAMS AND WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN GO. 
          BUT, BUT MUCH OF THAT INFORMATION IS ONLINE RIGHT NOW THAT IF, IF, IF PEOPLE NEED TO BE DIRECTED OR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, UM, AND IF YOU GET QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO OUR COVID WEBSITE FOR THE TABS, UH, FOR BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I I, I FEEL LIKE MAYBE IT JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY, BUT, UM, AS IT RELATED TO SOME OF THE NONPROFITS, SO, UM, I, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT PERHAPS WAS DIFFERENT FROM A NONPROFIT THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH A GENERAL FUND VERSUS THE NONPROFITS THAT WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE HOT TECHS SINCE IT WAS, UM, 
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SORT OF A DIFFERENT MECHANISM TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS. 
          SO, UM, UH, UM, I, I ALSO, I THINK IT'S, UH, IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UM, EVEN AS WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF EXTENDING THE DATES, UH, AND WORKING WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, IN, IN THE CITY THAT ARE ALLOWED TO REMAIN OPEN, THAT, THAT THERE'S STILL A SHORTAGE OF SUPPLIES, UH, FOR HAND SANITIZER AND, UH, CLEANING SUPPLIES. 
          NOT LIKE THERE WAS EARLY ON, BUT, UM, IT, IT CAN BE STILL A CHALLENGE TO GET SOME OF THOSE BASIC SUPPLIES. 
          UH, AND THEREFORE, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS FOR ASKING PEOPLE TO NOT HOARD AND DISTRIBUTE THOSE, UH, SUPPLIES AS NECESSARY. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK HAVING A RE A REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN THINGS IS UNREALISTIC, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S STILL A SHORTAGE, UM, OF SUPPLIES AVAILABLE. 
          AND WE DON'T WANNA TAKE MASKS FROM, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM. 
          BUT, UH, AND I KNOW NOW EVERYBODY'S MAKING HOMEMADE MASKS AND, UM, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          BUT, UH, STILL, THAT'S STILL, UH, THE REALITY IN THE AREA. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I THINK, UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UH, FOR THE MOMENT. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          VARDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, IS, IS ROD AVAILABLE? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ZONING. 
          HE'S COMING UP. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ROD, DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHETHER OUR ZONING MEETINGS ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD REMOTELY? WE, WE ARE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THAT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE TO TALK TO WITH IT TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S FEASIBLE. 
          AND, AND THERE'S SOME ISSUES ON, ON PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I STILL NEED TO WORK OUT. 
          UH, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO TO, TO TRY TO DO SOME THINGS IN, IN, IN MAY, POSSIBLY. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, BUT ALSO ABOUT CONTINUING WITH A CERTAIN ZONING CASES THAT ARE EITHER HIGH PROFILE OR MORE CONTENTIOUS. 
          MY CONCERN IS REALLY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UM, THESE CASES CAN, THESE TYPES OF CASES CAN CREATE, UH, A CHALLENGE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT NEED TO FIND COMMON GROUND TO COMPROMISE THE DEVELOPER. 
          UH, WE HAVE A FEW IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE VERY DELICATE AND WE'RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO, TO MEET AS A, AS A GROUP WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME CALL WITH THE DEVELOPER. 
          AND THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST CERTAIN NUANCES. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT THESE TYPES OF ZONING CASES ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN MEET AGAIN IN PERSON TO NEGOTIATE AND REALLY HEAR THE NEIGHBORHOODS OUT AND COMPROMISE IN THE GOOD FAITH STANDARD THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND WE'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          IF, IF WE HAVE A CONTROVERSIAL CASE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UH, DOING IT THROUGH WEBEX IS JUST NOT SUITABLE FOR THAT. 
          SO, SO THOSE CASES, I, IT WOULDN'T WORK. 
          IT WOULD BE FOR THE, THE EASIER CASES, IF YOU WILL, OR, OR YOU DO HAVE CONSENSUS AND, AND WE COULD EASILY VOTE THOSE THROUGH. 
          UH, SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WRESTLING WITH, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS, IT WON'T BE UNTIL MAY BEFORE WE HAVE A ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF YOU JUST KEEP ME, UH, APPRISED OF THE SITUATION. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, ROD. 
          WILL DO, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF, UH, FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TO, UH, OR FOLLOW UPS TO PREVIOUS QUESTIONS THAT I'VE ASKED. 
          UM, ONE WAS ABOUT OUR AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON, ON, UM, ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THEM? CHECK ON THAT. 
          AND, UH, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY CARVED OUT IN THE, UM, IN THE STIMULUS THAT RELATES TO AIRPORTS THAT THAT'S PROVIDED TO THEM. 
          SO THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE STIMULUS PROGRAM THAT RELATES TO AIRPORTS. 
          UH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER PROVISION THAT RELATES TO AIRLINES. 
          AND THERE WERE SOME CONTRACTING SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WERE ALLOWED AS PART OF THE AIRLINES, BUT THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE AIRLINES. 
          SO THE SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, UH, DEPENDING ON THEIR SIZE OF THE CONCESSIONS. 
          UH, AND THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM, AGAIN, BASED ON SIZE LIMITATION IS 500, NO MORE THAN 500, UH, EMPLOYEES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CARLOS. 
          AND I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY OUR SPECIAL SESSION, THAT THERE WAS A RETIRED NURSE IN MY DISTRICT WHO USED THE, OUR SELF SCREENING TOOL AND WAS ADVISED TO GET TESTED FOR COVID 19. 
          HE WENT TO FREEMAN COLISEUM AND OBSERVED SOME PEOPLE WORKING THE TESTING CENTER THAT WE'RE NOT OBSERVING OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND, AND OTHER STANDARDS. 
          IS THERE AN UPDATE TO, UM, HOW WE'RE MONITORING THAT? 
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UH, UNIFIED COMMAND DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE AND OUR REMINDING THE TESTING SITE, UM, STAFF TO PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH AND MODEL THE BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN OTHER, UM, IN EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS, UM, A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND, UH, THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT THEY TOO NEED TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND, AND PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE PORTRAYING. 
          ARE WE MONITORING THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY'RE ADHERING TO THOSE STANDARDS? WE, WE DO, WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO GOES OUT THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT I THINK THEY WEREN'T PAYING AS CLOSE ATTENTION AS THEY SHOULD. 
          SO, UM, WITH YOUR REMINDER, THAT'S NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, COLIN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU ERIC AND, UM, ALL OF THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I, I APPRECIATE IT AND I CAN'T TELL YOU THANK YOU ENOUGH. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO START THERE. 
          UM, AS WE SPEAK, THE LARGEST FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UH, BY THE FOOD BANK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN DISTRICT FOUR. 
          AND THERE WAS 5,000 FOLKS THAT WERE REGISTERED TO RECEIVE HELP. 
          THEY'RE EXPECTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE 6,000. 
          AND SO, UM, THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS, UM, IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG HELP, BUT I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCILMAN RIDGE AND WITH COUNCILMAN AVIO THAT WE NEED TO DO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, PERHAPS FROM, UM, FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. 
          SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF MAYBE WE CAN, UM, BRAINSTORM TOGETHER ON, ON WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD DO, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOOD BANK WILL GO A LONG WAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE OUT OF JOBS AND ARE, UM, WORRIED ABOUT, UH, WHEN THEY WILL BE GOING BACK TO WORK, BUT I AM WONDERING IF WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AND WHEN THEY'VE BEEN PEAKING. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, MY STAFF HAS BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER COUNTRIES AND IT LOOKS LIKE CANADA WON'T, UM, PEAK UNTIL EARLY JUNE. 
          AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, WHO ARE WE COMPARING OURSELVES TO? UM, AND THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR DR. 
          BRIDGER, OR I KNOW IT'S MAYBE NOT THAT WE'RE COMPARING, BUT WHAT ARE, HOW ARE WE MEASURING, UM, DURING, UM, OUR PEAK TIME? YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT, UM, IT WOULD NOT BE THE WISEST COMPARISON TO LOOK AT SAN ANTONIO VERSUS NEW YORK CITY, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          THEIR DENSITY IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM OURS. 
          UM, I, I THINK SOMETIMES, WELL, I'M GONNA RESPECT YOUR TIME LIMIT AND NOT WAX PHILOSOPHICAL AND SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE UNIVERSITIES, ALL OF THEIR EXPERTISE TO COME UP WITH THE BEST ESTIMATE. 
          AND THEN MAYBE I'LL CALL YOU AND WAX PHILOSOPHICAL. 
          HOW'S THAT? THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THAT MADE ME HAPPY THAT YOU SAID YOU'RE WORKING WITH UNIVERSITIES. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, ALSO, I HAVE, UM, A QUESTION. 
          UM, WORKERS IN OPEN WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENTS, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE PROTECTED? I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF WE HAVE, WELL, I'M SURE WE HAVE SOME AT THE CITY, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO, UM, TO LEARN, BECAUSE IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT I'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT THESE OPEN WORKSPACES THAT HAD BEEN ENCOURAGED FOR INNOVATION AND, AND COMMUNICATION. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR EMPLOYEES THAT MIGHT BE IN OPEN WORKSPACES? WE ARE WORKING WITH EMPLOYEE LIKE CALL CENTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT DO HAVE THIS OPEN WORK ENVIRONMENT, UM, TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN RECONFIGURE THEIR WORK ENVIRONMENT TO MAINTAIN THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          UM, ANOTHER COMMON QUESTION WE GET IS WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE PERSON IN AN OPEN WORK ENVIRONMENT IS DIAGNOSED WITH C OVID 19? AND, UM, THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS WE DO A CONTACT INVESTIGATION AND ANYBODY WHO HAD CLOSE CONTACT, SO LESS THAN THAT SIX FOOT CONTACT, UM, FOR AN A PERIOD OF TIME OF PERHAPS 20 TO 30 MINUTES, UM, WILL BE SENT HOME AND QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS. 
          BUT JUST BECAUSE, SO LET'S SAY I'M STANDING HERE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MANAGER IS DIAGNOSED WITH C OVID 19. 
          THE FACT THAT I'M STANDING HERE, AND I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO PICK  POOR ERIC, UM, JUST BECAUSE WE'RE STANDING IN THE SAME ROOM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE MORE THAN SIX FEET APART FROM EACH OTHER MEANS THAT THERE IS VERY MINIMAL RISK TO ME, UM, BECAUSE I'M IN THE SAME ROOM WITH HIM. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE KIND OF GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THESE, UM, OPEN 
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WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENTS TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE KEEPING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING, THAT THEY'RE DOING A BETTER JOB WITH THE, UM, THE DAILY CLEANING AND DISINFECTING, AND THAT WHEN THEY DO HAVE A POSITIVE, UM, WE GO IN AND DO THAT INVESTIGATION RIGHT AWAY. 
          IF, IF I MAY ADD DOCTOR, UH, A COUNCILMAN, A LOT OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE OPEN WORKSPACE ENVIRONMENT, UH, DO SO AS PART OF AN OVERALL EFFORT ALSO TO ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO OPERATE REMOTELY, TO WORK AT HOME. 
          AND SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MANY OF THESE COMPANIES THAT HAVE THAT SORT OF ENVIRONMENT, THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT CAN WORK AT HOME. 
          AND A AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY INSTITUTED A, A, A PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE VERY LIMITED EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY ON SITE. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          UM, AND IN RESPONSE ALSO, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING? LIKE, DO WE HAVE, UH, OPEN WORKSPACES AND HOW ARE WE TAKING EXTRA PERCUSSIONS WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES? SO, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          SO WE ARE, AND HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SOME TIME, MAKING SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE REMOTE WORKING IN MANY OF THOSE CASES THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING, MANY OF THEM CAN REMOTE WORK. 
          UM, WE'RE UP TO, UH, 24, 2500 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REMOTE WORKING. 
          THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF OUR ORGANIZATION THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL REPORTING TO WORK, AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE, UM, UH, ADHERING TO THOSE SOCIAL, UH, DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR SAFETY STAFF WHO WE'RE BRINGING BACK TO WORK, UH, THE SAFETY STAFF DO, UH, SAFETY INSPECTIONS AT ALL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. 
          THEY CAME THROUGH ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA ASK THOSE FOLKS TO REVIEW AND, AND AS THEY GO THROUGH CITY OFFICES THAT ARE STILL IN, IN OPERATION, UH, ON SITE, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, PROPER PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AND, AND REMINDERS. 
          WE DID ISSUE MASKS TO, UH, UH, EMPLOYEES EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF SANITIZER AT LOCATIONS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AND I'LL ADD, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT BEFORE, UH, THE, UH, BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED THE NUMBER OF REDEPLOYED, UH, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL STAFF, UM, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, DOUBLE UP AND SOMETIMES TRIPLE UP IN TERMS OF CLEANING PROTOCOLS IN OUR FACILITIES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THEN, UM, CAN YOU JUST GIMME AN UPDATE? I HAD ASKED LAST WEEK ABOUT WHAT OUR STAFF IS DOING TO INCREASE THE, UM, UH, THE PARTICIPATION OF, OF FOLKS OR, OR THE AWARENESS OF FOLKS FOR KIDS THAT MIGHT BE IN, UM, ABUSE SITUATIONS OR EVEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, FOLKS. 
          CAN MAYBE SOMEBODY GIVE ME A, A QUICK UPDATE, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO SOMEONE OFFLINE AFTER THIS, BUT JUST, I, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S HANDLING THAT. 
          IS THAT PD SPECIFICALLY? IS IT D H S STILL? IS IT A COMBINATION? IT'S A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          AND, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE AND THEN WE CAN TALK MORE OFFLINE. 
          UM, SO WE REMEMBER COUNCIL FUNDED THE POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM, UM, THAT IS A, A SERIES OF INTERVENTIONS, SOME OF WHICH IS VERY MEDIA HEAVY. 
          AND SO WE'VE REDEPLOYED THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT FUNDING TO ROLL OUT THAT MEDIA INFORMATION RIGHT NOW, UM, RATHER THAN LATER AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE, UM, WATCHING TELEVISION RIGHT NOW TO GET THE MESSAGES OUT ABOUT POSITIVE PARENTING. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN MY FINAL, UM, QUESTION IS, UM, IT IT'S IN REGARDS TO THE TOOL, THE MAPPING TOOL. 
          AND SO I, I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH, UM, ERIC YESTERDAY AND, AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKING, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE ZIP CODES IN DISTRICT FOUR IS JUMPING, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST EVERY DAY INTO A NEW CATEGORY OF, UM, OF CASES. 
          AND SO WE'RE ONE OF THE TOP ZIP CODES NOW ALONG WITH THE 7 8 2 2 2, WHICH IS WHERE THE, THE NURSING HOME WAS. 
          UM, AND SO I AM, AM WONDERING HOW WE'RE, UH, IF YOU CAN, SOMEBODY CAN EXPLAIN LIKE HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, I'D HATE TO USE THIS WORD, BUT TRENDS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND, AND HOW WE'RE STOPPING THEM. 
          SO LIKE, UM, ARE, ARE WE TRYING TO, WE'RE WE'RE, I KNOW WE'RE STILL TALKING TO PEOPLE, BUT, SO LIKE, LET'S SAY THAT WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE ALL IN THE SAME AREA TOGETHER. 
          UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S DOING THAT WORK. 
          I, I'M FIGURING IT'S SOMEONE FROM METRO HEALTH, BUT HOW BIG IS THE STAFF? LIKE, DO, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS DOING THIS? AND SO JUST GENERAL OVERVIEW AND THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH YOU AS WELL, DR. 
          BRIDGER LATER OFFLINE. 
          SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UM, WE ARE INVESTIGATING YOUR SPECIFIC REQUEST. 
          UM, ERIC TEXTED THAT TO, UH, DAWN LAST NIGHT, AND SHE'S LOOKING INTO THAT, UM, FROM A HIGHER LEVEL, METRO HEALTH, UM, DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT THEY'RE SENDING OUT TO WHAT 
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THEY'RE CALLING HOTSPOTS, UM, TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THIS PARTICULAR ZIP CODE, THERE DO SEEM TO BE A LOT OF POSITIVES. 
          SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO. 
          UM, BUT THERE THEY ARE, UM, ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR AND THEN RESPONDING TO HOTSPOTS IN ORDER TO TRY TO SLOW THAT SPREAD. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANT TO, UH, COLLEEN, MY, MY QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE FOR YOU, BUT, UH, TAKE A REST. 
          IT'LL, IT'LL BE A WHILE. 
          BEFORE I GET THERE, I HAVE A PREAMBLE, UM, , UM, I, I, I DO WANNA MAKE IT IT CLEAR THAT THE WAY I SEE IT IS THAT, UM, AS, AS, AS, UH, IMPORTANT AS I THINK A MAYOR IS, THE MAYOR DOESN'T SET THE TERMS OF THIS FIGHT. 
          NEITHER, NEITHER DOES THIS CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T SET THE TERMS OF THIS FIGHT. 
          CERTAINLY THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T SET THE TERMS OF THIS FIGHT. 
          THE, THE TERMS ARE SET BY A VIRUS, AND THE TIMING IS SET BY THE VIRUS. 
          AND, UH, WE CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, WELL, SHOULD WE EXTEND IT OUT A WEEK OR, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER WEEK TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STORY OF THE KING WANTED WANTING TO TEST HIS POWER AND GOING DOWN TO THE OCEAN AND TELLING THE WAVES WHAT TO DO, RIGHT? UM, THE, UH, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS VIRUS DOESN'T CARE IF, UH, WE WEAR MASKS OR NOT. 
          THE, THE VIRUS DOESN'T CARE IF I WANNA BUY ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES OR NOT. 
          THE VIRUS DOESN'T CARE IF, IF I'M BORED WITH MY KIDS STUCK AT HOME, OR IF I HAD TO CANCEL THEIR VACATION, OR IF I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT S OR WHATEVER. 
          UH, THE, THE VIRUS ONLY CARES IF YOU'RE ALIVE AND IF YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO ANOTHER PERSON. 
          AND, UH, IF YOU ARE, THEN WHAT YOU'VE DONE IS GUARANTEED THAT THE CHANCES OF YOU CONTRACTING THIS VIRUS ARE EXPONENTIALLY INCREASED. 
          UM, THIS VIRUS HAS CRASHED ECONOMIES. 
          IT'S BROUGHT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS TO ITS KNEES. 
          UM, IT'S FILLED HOSPITALS, IT'S EMPTIED PUBLIC SPACES. 
          IT'S SENT, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATION SYSTEM INTO A SPIRAL. 
          UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY OF THIS GENERATION HAS EVER BEEN PREPARED FOR, BECAUSE NOBODY'S WITNESSED IT. 
          WE'VE PRACTICED FOR IT, BUT NOBODY EVER PRACTICED FOR THIS ONE VIRUS AND ITS IMPACT. 
          UM, AND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IS, AND JUST, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SORT OF A RECKONING. 
          UH, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, A, A REVIEW OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ON OUR TABLE RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION OR SHELTER, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO QUARANTINE AND NOT ONLY KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE, BUT KEEP US SAFE, UH, FROM SPREADING THE DISEASE. 
          WE'RE DEALING WITH HOSPITALS RUNNING OUTTA MASKS AND VENTILATORS AND HAVING TO GO TO THE BLACK MARKET TO GO BUY SOME. 
          UH, WE'VE GOT A BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO KNOWS THAT ANY DAY NOW, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW THAT THEY'VE GOT A PATIENT, YOU KNOW, OR SOMEBODY TESTING POSITIVE OVER THERE. 
          UH, WE'RE DEALING WITH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WHO ARE GETTING SQUEEZED BY THEIR LANDLORDS, UM, DESPITE THEIR CA CLASSES BEING CANCELED AND THESE STUDENTS BEING FIRED FROM THEIR JOBS. 
          UH, WE GOT A FOOD BANK WHO'S BEGGING FOR NOT JUST DONATIONS, BUT FOR FEDERAL AND STATE SUPPORT BECAUSE THEY SEE A FOOD CRISIS CATASTROPHE ON THE HORIZON THAT HAS YET TO VISIT US. 
          UM, EVERY DAY WE'RE RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM THE HEADS OF LARGE EMPLOYERS LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY'RE FURLOUGHING OR LAYING PEOPLE OFF. 
          UM, AND THEN TODAY WE HAVE TO TELL CLOSE TO 300 SAN ANTONIO EMPLOYEES THAT THEY GOTTA GO HOME. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S REALLY HORRIBLE. 
          AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GOT POLICE OFFICERS EVERY DAY WE'RE GETTING EMAILS FROM MARIA VILLA GOMEZ, LETTING US KNOW ONE MORE POLICE OFFICER, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTED CORONAVIRUS. 
          AND THEN I'VE GOT FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO PLANNING FUNERALS BECAUSE THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THIS VIRUS. 
          THAT'S WHAT THIS CITY COUNCIL'S DEALING WITH. 
          AND THEN I COME TO WORK AND I OPEN UP MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR MY EMAIL BOX, AND IT'S FULL OF EMAILS THREATENING TO SUE US BECAUSE PLANET J OR PLANET K OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE HELL IT'S CALLED, IS CLOSED. 
          AND  EMAILS 
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ABOUT GOLF OF ALL THINGS. 
          UM, SO I, I'M TRYING TO MAINTAIN PERSPECTIVE HERE. 
          UH, AND I THINK OUR STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF KEEPING THEIR EYE ON THE BALL. 
          ERIC AND I, I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR, YOU KNOW, KEEPING YOUR EYE ON THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AGAIN, WHICH IS SAVING LIVES AT THE EXPENSE OF HURTING SOME PEOPLE'S FEELINGS OR MAKING THEIR LIVES, UM, INCONVENIENT. 
          SO, UH, I, I DO HAVE THE QUESTION FOR YOU. 
          UH, DOCTOR, I, I GOT A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE NORTH TEXAS MASS CRITICAL CARE GUIDELINES DOCUMENT PUT OUT BY THE, UH, HOSPITAL IN I C I. 
          IT'S THE, IT'S THE I C U AND HOSPITAL TRIAGE ALGORITHM. 
          IT'S A SIX OR SEVEN PAGE DOCUMENT. 
          I SHARED IT WITH YOU JUST, UH, SHORTLY AGO. 
          UM, I'M REALLY ALARMED BY IT. 
          THERE'S SOME, I, IT'S A 2014 DOCUMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR HOW HOSPITALS NEED TO EXCLUDE PATIENTS FROM TREATMENT AND HOW HOSPITALS, YOU KNOW, NEED TO DECIDE WHO'S GONNA GET LIFESAVING TREATMENT AND WHO'S NOT. 
          RIGHT? AND IT BASICALLY SAYS, THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT YOU'LL SEND HOME, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE TREATMENT TO IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC. 
          AND, UH, I'M ALARMED BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH, WITH OUR VALUES. 
          UM, BUT ALSO I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S A 2020 DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          UM, IT PROVIDES CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS THAT YOU EXCLUDE FROM TREATMENT, PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA, UM, AND PEOPLE WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. 
          AND THAT YOU, UM, EXCLUDE THAT YOU SEND HOME PEOPLE WHO'VE GOT WHAT THEY CALL INCURABLE METASTATIC CANCERS. 
          AND YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT INCURABLE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN TREATABLE, RIGHT? AND, UH, METASTATIC CANCERS THAT YOU CAN LIVE WITH FOR DECADES, UH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE INCURABLE. 
          AND SO THAT'S THE DOCUMENT THAT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW BY LOCAL HOSPITALS. 
          UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEBODY AT STRAC HAS BROUGHT THIS UP, UM, AND THAT THERE'S SOME BIOETHICISTS AT, UH, UT HEALTH SCIENCE WHO ARE SAYING, WHOA, WAIT A SECOND. 
          THIS IS, THIS DOCUMENT CAN BE IMPROVED. 
          BUT I'M, I'M FEARING THAT IN THE FOG OF WAR, THOSE VOICES ARE MAYBE NOT GETTING HEARD. 
          I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO MEET WITH ME AND, UM, SIT DOWN WITH, UH, WITH MYSELF AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF THESE BIOETHICISTS WHEN YOU'VE GOT A MOMENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HYDRANT, OR MAYBE IT'S DON EMERICK, OR MAYBE IT'S SOMEBODY, RIGHT? BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NOT LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO WITH A DOCUMENT GUIDING HOSPITALS THAT SAYS THAT PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA DON'T GET TREATMENT IF THEY CONTRACT COVID. 
          ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE SEEING NURSING HOME PATIENTS BEING THE ONES THAT ARE CONTRACTING, YOU KNOW, COVID AND DROPPING DEAD. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT'S MY MY COMMENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN TALK ABOUT THIS WITH ANYBODY. 
          WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY, I, FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE, THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING IS, WHAT DO WE DO WHEN WE RUN OUT OF BEDS AND WE RUN OUT OF VENTILATORS? HOW DO WE TRIAGE THE NEEDS? UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RUN OUT OF BEDS AND WE DON'T RUN OUT OF VENTILATORS. 
          AND OUR HOSPITALS ARE AT A HISTORIC LOW, UM, IN OCCUPANCY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF BEDS AVAILABLE, A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF VENTILATORS AVAILABLE IN PREPARATION FOR WHEN WE DO PEAK IF PEOPLE DO NEED SERVICES. 
          SO, SO I FOUND IT IS A TERRIBLE IDEA TO CONTRADICT YOU. 
          UH, IT'S JUST NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS TO ME WHENEVER I DO, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT AND IT'S GOT TRIAGE LEVEL ONE, TWO, AND THREE, AND, AND IT'S AN ESCALATING, UH, DEGREE OF SEVERITY AND CLOSE TO THE TOP OF SEVERITY. 
          THE SPECTRUM IS WHEN WE RUN OUTTA BEDS, BUT THAT EXCLUSION CRITERIA STARTS WHEN WE STILL HAVE BEDS. 
          AND SO, ANYWAY, I I, I GET IT. 
          AND YOU AND I AREN'T GONNA AGREE RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S A LONG DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, AND, AND SAN ANTONIO SPECIFIC DOCUMENT, THE ONE YOU SENT ME, IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S THE ONE THAT IS BEING USED BY HOSPITALS, RIGHT? AND SO THAT I, I THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO IS SOPHISTICATED ENOUGH TO DEVELOP ITS OWN DOCUMENT, RIGHT? AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO RELY ON A DOCUMENT FROM NORTH TEXAS THAT WAS BASICALLY PLAGIARIZED FROM UTAH'S, UH, HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. AND SO, UM, IT'S FINE. 
          IT, BUT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER AYA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND, UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME FOLKS WHO ARE STILL TRYING TO DO THEIR REGULAR WORK TOO, UH, AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC, LIKE, UH, MR. MCCARRY AND HIS TEAM WHO, WHO TOOK THE TIME TO GIMME A VERY THOROUGH BRIEFING ON THE ORGANICS CONTRACT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, I THINK THIS CITY AND THE TEAM, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE GONE, GONE 
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ABOVE AND BEYOND IN MANY ASPECTS. 
          AND I, I WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR THAT. 
          I'M GONNA LIST A FEW OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT I'VE SEEN THAT I, I DON'T THINK IS BEING DONE IN OTHER PLACES ARE BEING DONE IN OTHER PLACES. 
          UH, FIRST, UH, THE BUDGET ANALYSIS AND THE, THE PROACTIVE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON THAT. 
          UH, ALWAYS MAKING IT VERY CLEAR, UH, WHERE WE ARE. 
          MARIA, THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT. 
          I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT FINANCIAL TEAM, . 
          YEAH. 
          ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAD TO PREPARE FOR THIS YEAR, THAT WAS TOUGH. 
          SO I, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, UH, THAT'S NOT TO SAY I'M NOT DISAPPOINTED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE FURLOUGHED WORKERS AND THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I THINK THAT FOR SOME OF THEM, THIS IS, THIS IS VERY TRAGIC. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK, UM, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND, AND HOMER GARCIA FOR WORKING WITH US ON A PARKS, UH, SOCIAL DIS DISTANCING PILOT PROGRAM. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE'VE BEEN SOME CONCERNS AT THE PARKS ABOUT MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          UM, PERSONALLY, I DON'T SUPPORT, UH, CLOSING THEM. 
          I THINK THEY'RE CRITICAL, UH, TO, TO LEAVE OPEN. 
          OH, I HEAR, I SEE SOMEONE CHEERING IN THE BACK. 
          UH, BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S ABOVE ALL MOST IMPORTANT. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THAT. 
          I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE GRANDMAS ON THE PARK BENCHES TELLING PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          UH, WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW YET. 
          SO WE'LL BE PILOTING THAT. 
          THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR COOPERATION. 
          UH, WITH THAT, ERIC. 
          UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE MOBILE INTEGRATED, UH, HEALTH RESPONSE TEAM OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S JUST A FANTASTIC RESOURCE THAT I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF IT EXISTS, UH, EVERYWHERE ELSE, BUT WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, UH, IT'S DONE MIRACULOUS THINGS BEFORE THIS PANDEMIC, AND IT'S DOING GREAT WORK NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE DASHBOARD WITH ALL THE INFORMATION ON THERE, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S UNIQUE, UH, AND INTERESTING. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S GREAT THAT IT'S UP THERE. 
          AND, UH, AND THE, ALL THE, THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE ISSUED TO NURSING HOMES IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK, UH, I THINK THOSE ARE VERY THOROUGH. 
          I JUST GOT A LIST OF THEM, UH, TODAY, SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO, TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THAT WORK TO, TO EVERYONE. 
          UM, I, I JUST FEEL LIKE NO MATTER WHAT WE DO THAT AND HOW GREAT WE, UH, WE COME TOGETHER AND DO THINGS, THE CRISIS IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN, UH, THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA CONCUR WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND EXPRESS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE BICYCLE LANES. 
          I KNOW WE JUST STARTED DOING OUR EQUITY BUDGETING, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO. 
          AND IT, AND IT WAS IN THE STREETS PORTION. 
          AND $50 MILLION IS GONNA BE A BIG PART OF THE $135 MILLION BUDGET. 
          UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY PAINTING EMERGENCY BIKE LANES, UH, IN, IN THE STREETS IN RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS. 
          THEY'RE NOT IN THE US BUT THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE DOING THAT. 
          UM, I THINK, UH, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THE, THAT THE CITY IS WORKING DIFFERENTLY. 
          THEY'RE, YOU'RE BEING ADAPTABLE, YOU'RE BEING NIMBLE. 
          AND, AND I DO COMMEND THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THE EMERGENCY ORDER DOES NEED TO BE EXTENDED. 
          I THINK THE COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN VIVIE IS RIGHT. 
          UH, WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT THAT DATE IS. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE DATE WE'RE EXTENDING IT TO IS PROBABLY TOO, TOO SOON. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO COME BACK AND REVIEW THE ORDER. 
          AND MAYBE THERE ARE, MAYBE IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY. 
          IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT, UH, THE NEXT TIME WE, WE DISCUSS IT. 
          UM, I ALSO THINK, AND I KNOW THAT THE ORDER IS ONE PART OF THE RESPONSE TO KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. 
          IT IS, UH, IT IS A WAY OF KEEPING US AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL MEASURES, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO BE DOING RIGHT. 
          AND TO SOME EXTENT WE ARE, THAT AREN'T COVERED IN THE ORDER. 
          UH, AGAIN, IT'S ONE PIECE OF THE BIG RESPONSE. 
          AND, UH, AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MOUNTING A GREAT RESPONSE. 
          THE CRISIS IS ALWAYS GREAT. 
          GREATER, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO EXPLORE DOING TO ENSURE WE MINIMIZE RISK, UM, REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF PEOPLE ACQUIRING, UH, THE DISEASE. 
          UH, SO I, I JUST WANNA, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, MARIA, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU HERE. 
          SURE. 
          UH, REGARDING THE, UH, TOTAL REVENUE IMPACT HERE ON SLIDE, UH, SEVEN, I UNDERSTAND THAT ON WHAT THE, UM, BUDGET WAS FOR 2020 AND THE PROJECTION AND WHAT THAT VARIANCE IS ON, ON THE TOTAL FOR THE HOT TAX ALAMODOME AND CONVENTION CENTER. 
          THEN I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, ACTIONS TAKEN, 
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UM, UH, ON THESE ACTIONS TAKEN, WILL THAT BRING US IN LINE TO BE WITHIN BUDGET FOR 2020? OR ARE WE GONNA STILL BE SHORT AS OF RIGHT NOW? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THIS WILL BE BRING US IN BALANCE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, AND I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS, IT WAS A BITTER PILL YESTERDAY THAT, UH, A NUMBER OF, UH, FOLKS, I THINK 270 WERE FURLOUGHED. 
          UH, WERE, IF I LOOK AT THE, UH, UH, NEXT, NEXT, UH, SLIDE SLIDES NINE, UM, IS THAT, UH, REFLECTED ANYWHERE ON THE REDUCTIONS? HERE? IT IS. 
          COUNCILMAN IS, UH, THE TOTAL FURLOUGH AMOUNT IS THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CONVENTION FACILITIES, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHAT ARE THE, IS THAT JUST PART OF, UM, THAT'S TAKEN, I'M TRYING TO READ HOW THAT READS INTO THIS. 
          IS THAT PART OF THE REDUCTION COLUMN, OR IS THAT OKAY, SO IT'S JUST EMBEDDED IN, IN THOSE FIGURES THAT LESSENS THE REDUCTION? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THEN I GET DOWN TO, UH, USE OF CONTINGENCY AND TRANSFER CAPITAL THAT THOSE AREN'T REDUCTIONS TO THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S ACTUALLY ADDITIONS TO THESE PROGRAMS. RIGHT. 
          SO WHAT WE DID, COUNCILMAN, ON THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY IS THAT WE'RE USING A PORTION OF OUR OPERATING CONTINGENCY AND WE'RE ALSO TRANSFERRING CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WERE TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THE HOTEL ANCY TAX FUND AS A WHOLE INTO OUR PROPERTY TAX DEBT FUND. 
          SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. 
          SO IS, IS WITHIN OUR FUND BALANCES, IF YOU WILL, WITHIN OUR, UM, CONTINGENCIES THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE $22 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO OFFSET THE REVENUE LOSS AND THE FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT SHOULDN'T THOSE BE SHOWN AS PLUSES HERE THAT BASICALLY, UM, BALANCES OUT THESE REDUCTIONS IN, IN THOSE FOUR OR FIVE CATEGORIES? THERE SHOULDN'T THAT BE PLUSES THAT ACTUALLY IT'S NEGATIVES IN THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS, BUT TO THIS PROGRAM, IT'S POSITIVES. 
          YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN? I I DO, I DO. 
          AND, UH, WE COULD HAVE SHOWN IT DIFFERENTLY. 
          WE COULD HAVE SHOWN THIS IS A LOSS IN REVENUE AND THEN WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL 20 SOMETHING MILLION AND THEN THESE ARE ALL THE REDUCTIONS. 
          YEAH. 
          AND WE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SHOW HERE, IS THAT WE'RE PULLING MONEY OUT OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT THESE REDUCTIONS UP THERE. 
          WE CAN PRESENT IT THAT WAY AS WELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GREAT. 
          JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR IN MY MIND THAT THAT'S, THAT'S HOW THIS IS WORKING. 
          UM, I DID HAVE ONE, ONE OTHER QUESTION ON, UM, YOU SAID THAT Y'ALL ARE REDUCING NON-ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE TO THE FACILITY. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS A NON-ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE TO A FACILITY? WHAT, WHAT KIND OF CATEGORIES ARE THOSE? SO THOSE WOULD BE, UM, MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED. 
          FOR INSTANCE, REPLACEMENT OF, UM, UH, CEILING TILES, UH, UH, PAINTING THOSE NON-ESSENTIAL ITEMS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE TO DO IT. 
          WE ARE POSTPONING THOSE TO THE TIME WHEN FUNDING IS AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LIKE PAINTING WALLS, UM, REPLACING TILE, REPLACING TILE TILES, THAT KIND OF THING? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          UM, DID, UH, YEAH, IF YOU COULD RESTRUCTURE THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON THOSE SLIDES TO MAKE THAT MORE CLEAR PO PO POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES FROM WHICH PROGRAMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THAT WOULD, WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UH, COUNSEL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THAT SLIDE, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR. 
          WE'RE MAKING THOSE CUTS AGAINST THE BUDGET THAT ARE UP ON TOP AND THEN WHAT'S LEFT IN THE BUDGET. 
          WE'RE HAVING TO USE $23 MILLION IN CASH THAT WE CREATED BY EITHER USING OUR CONTINGENCY OR BY MOVING CAPITAL IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN THE EXPENSES THAT ARE LEFT IN THE FUND. 
          SO THE CUTS ARE HAPPENING, PLUS WE'RE DRAWING DOWN ON CASH PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY, PROBABLY MORE THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO, BUT GIVEN THE POSITION OF THE FUND, WE'RE HAVING TO DO THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT USING THE CASH TO PAY FOR THE CUTS. 
          THE CUTS ARE HAPPENING, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA USE CASH ON TOP OF IT. 
          YEAH. 
          I JUST THINK IT CAN BE SHOWN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY ON THE, ON THOSE SLIDES TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, PLUSES, MINUSES AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          UM, UM, 
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LET'S SWITCH JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE, ANDY. 
          UM, WE CORRESPONDED ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE CLOSURES AND AS YOU MENTIONED, A, A STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY THAT THERE GOLF COURSE. 
          THERE, THERE WERE A COUPLE THINGS, UH, COUNCILMAN, THERE WAS A PHONE CALL WITH, UH, APPARENTLY WITH THE GOVERNOR AND SOME MAYORS AND COUNTY JUDGES IN WHICH, UH, THE GOLF COURSE ISSUE CAME UP AND WERE, THEY WERE DESCRIBED AS NOT ESSENTIAL SERVICES. 
          AND THEN, UH, LATER THERE WAS SOMETHING WE GOT FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE THAT CONFIRMED THAT. 
          UH, NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS, AGAIN, UNDER THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S ORDER, UH, THERE IS A MECHANISM BY WHICH BUSINESSES CAN ASK THE STATE WHETHER THEY'RE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES OR NOT. 
          AND IF THEY ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, THEY ARE ADDED AND IDENTIFIED AS SUCH ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          SO IF GOLF COURSES, UH, SUBMIT THAT REQUEST TO THE GOVERNOR AND THEY'RE DEEMED AS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, IT'LL SHOW UP ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT DESIGNATION BY THE GOVERNOR, BY, OKAY. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOLFING INDUSTRY TO GET OUT AND GO DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNOR. 
          'CAUSE I, I HAD HEARD THAT THERE WERE SOME DISCUSSIONS AFTER THAT, UH, CALL THAT, UH, THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME CHANGES, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          WE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER WAS PRETTY EXPLICIT THAT, UH, HE WANTED TO BE THE, UH, FINAL ARBITRARY ON WHAT IS DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS OR NOT. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, I THOUGHT THE WEBSITE WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL MONITOR THAT CONSISTENTLY. 
          AND IF IT APPEARS, UH, AND THEY ARE DEEMED AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, AS I SAID, THAT'LL APPLY HERE AS WELL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ANDY. 
          UM, ERIC OR DR. 
          BRIDGER? I, I, I'VE, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING. 
          I, I JUST WANT TO KEEP POUNDING THE DESK ON THIS, ON HOW WE'RE GONNA ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA AND WHAT'S THE PROCESS FOR BACKING OFF OF THIS, THIS, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING VISUAL SAYING, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR US TO GET TO THAT POINT. 
          AND HERE'S THE ORDER OF HOW THINGS ARE GONNA BE REACTIVATED. 
          UH, OR, OR WE JUST GONNA SAY IT'S OVER WITH. 
          EVERYBODY GO BACK TO WORK. 
          I, I, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LAID OUT AND STRUCTURED THAT WAY SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST GET THAT OUT SAYING, HERE'S A PLAN WHEN WE GET TO THIS POINT. 
          AND I, I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT DOES NOT EXIST. 
          UM, WE, BECAUSE THIS IS A, A NOVEL VIRUS, WE'RE STILL LEARNING A LOT ABOUT IT. 
          UM, WE'RE STILL LEARNING THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL IT, AND WE'RE LEARNING HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN IT'S OVER. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE VERY AWARE THAT THAT IS AN ACUTE NEED RIGHT NOW. 
          THAT IS AN UNMET NEED, AND WE ARE HOW TO MEET THAT NEED WHILE ALSO MEETING THE CURRENT NEED IN FRONT OF US OF ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL GETTING SICK. 
          SO THAT IS, THAT IS HIGH ON THE LIST, COUNCILMAN, AND WE'RE LOOKING AROUND TO SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE FARTHER ALONG IN THIS PANDEMIC ARE DOING, ARE DOING SO THAT WE CAN LEARN BOTH FROM THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND THEIR MISTAKES, AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T MAKE THOSE SAME MISTAKES. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          I'M, UH, WAITING IN ANTICIPATION. 
          I KNOW FOR SOMETHING TO BE COMING OUT FROM, FROM Y'ALL, AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DIRECTORATE WILL BE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER OR WHO, WHO'S, WHO WILL BE WORKING THAT, PUTTING THAT PLAN TOGETHER. 
          ULTIMATELY, UNIFIED COMMAND WILL PRESENT THAT RECOMMENDATION TO Y'ALL. 
          UM, BUT THEY WILL BE INCLUDING A NUMBER OF, UM, NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL EXPERTS AS THEY PUT THAT PLAN TOGETHER. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          COUNCILMAN, LET ME, LET ME ALSO ADD THAT I THINK IN THIS UNUSUAL SITUATION, WE FIND OURSELVES IN THAT, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY THE, THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING IS PROBABLY A QUESTION THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS STATE ARE ASKING. 
          AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND DISCUSSION AT THE STATE LEVEL REGARDING THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND IT'S NOT JUST A, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A SAN ANTONIO ELEMENT AND A SAN ANTONIO PLAN, BUT I SUSPECT A LOT OF THAT GUIDANCE WILL COME THROUGH THE C D C AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, UH, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL METRO HEALTH AND, AND LOCAL EXPERTS. 
          GOT YOU. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK YOU HIT IT ON, ON THE HEAD THERE THAT WE'RE SAN ANTONIO, AND YES, THE FEDERAL STATE GUIDELINES, WE CAN'T BE 
          [02:15:01]
LESS RESTRICTIVE, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES, AND WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER STATES. 
          SO, UH, JUST BEARING THAT IN MIND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, ANDY. 
          UM, I KNOW WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT REVOKING, UH, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOW TRYING TO START AND SELL, UM, TOILET PAPERS OR SUPPLIES THAT WOULD BE DEEMED, UM, UH, HAND SANITIZER, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROCESS, OR MAYBE IF ROD OR WHOMEVER CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, IF THEY, THEIR C F O WAS PULLED AND REVOKED AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SELL OTHER, UM, ITEMS AT THEIR BUSINESS, PLACE OF BUSINESS, WHAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE? ISN'T THAT AN ADDITION AN AN ESSENTIAL CHANGE OF FUNCTION OF THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS? OR BECAUSE THEY'RE RETAIL, THEY CAN SELL WHATEVER? WELL, WELL, IT IS, UM, REMEMBER WE ISSUE A, A A C OF O FOR, FOR A PARTICULAR USE. 
          AND ALL THOSE USES ARE DIFFERENT, AND THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT, UH, REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO SOMEONE WANTS TO CHANGE WHAT THEIR BUSINESS DOES. 
          UH, WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE, UH, BEFORE WE COULD ISSUE 'EM A NEW C F O. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YES. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE DOING THE APPROACH THAT IF, IF A STORE IS SELLING THESE ITEMS THAT ARE TRULY, TRULY ANCILLARY TO WHAT THEIR FUNDAMENTAL BUSINESS IS, I THAT DOESN'T THEN BOOTSTRAP THEM INTO BEING AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, ERIC, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, JUST FOR EVERYONE LISTENING, WHY THE JULY 31ST DATE, UH, FOR OUR 200 AND, UH, 70, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES FOR FURLOUGH? SURE. 
          COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          UH, THE JULY 31ST DATE IS THE, UM, UM, THE DATE AT WHICH THE FEDERAL STIMULUS CARES ACT, UH, ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, IS FUNDED THROUGH. 
          UM, AND THERE HAS BEEN, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, DISCUSSION IN DC ABOUT, ABOUT FUTURE STIMULUS, UM, APPLICATIONS AND AND LAWS. 
          UM, BUT THAT WAS THE DATE THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW UNDER THE CURRENT STIMULUS. 
          AND, UH, AND THAT'S THE DATE THAT WE, UH, WE PUT IN PLACE, UH, YESTERDAY WITH THE EMPLOYEES. 
          IF YOU'LL NOTICE IN ALL THE COMMUNICATION, UH, BOTH TO THE EMPLOYEES AND TO YOU AND THE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WE, WE DID SAY, UH, UNLESS OTHERWISE ADJUSTED, SO MM-HMM. 
          , WE'VE LEFT OURSELVES SOME FLEXIBILITY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS ISSUE, IF, IF WE, IF WE GET TO A, A SUNNY DAY AND WE'RE RECOVERY AND BUSINESS IS BACK TO USUAL, THEN WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE READY TO GET BACK TO WORK. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND THE JULY 31ST. 
          THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT AND FOR SHARING THAT. 
          AND I'LL AGAIN, UM, ASK MORE FOR, UH, OUR FOLLOW-UP WITH THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE, OUR NURSING HOMES AND THE SOUTHEAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION. 
          I KNOW, UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WERE FOR THE SOUTHEAST NURSING REHABILITATION FACILITY THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR US IN THE UPDATE YESTERDAY. 
          I KNOW I DID, UH, CONTACT OUR STATE SENATOR TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT HE CAN DO TO HELP WITH, UM, H H S. 
          SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE NEED TO GIVE SOME SORT OF PEACE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE THERE AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THE SOUTHEAST NURSING, UM, FACILITY. 
          AND, UM, FINALLY, AS, AS EVERYONE IS, IS DOING THEIR WORK, I WANNA THANK MY DISTRICT THREE LEGACY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE STUDENTS. 
          UH, WE HAD OUR ZOOM MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARE ALL ADAPTING TO STUDYING AND SCHOOL ONLINE, SO THEY ALSO WANTED ME TO PASS ON TO THANK THE CITY AND THE MAYOR FOR DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THEY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THESE STUDENTS DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND AGAIN, UM, THANK YOU TO MISSION SAN JOSE AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE PARISHIONERS OF MISSION SAN JOSE FOR RINGING THE BELLS IN SAN JUAN. 
          REMINDER MISSION, SAN JOSE HAS BEEN UP FOR 300 YEARS, SO WE WILL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS AND TO BE ENCOURAGED AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND ALSO BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING AND CELEBRATING PASSOVER AND EASTER THIS, UH, THIS WEEKEND. 
          PLEASE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          AND AS, UM, THE NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER, JACINDA ARDEN SAID THE EASTER BUNNY IS AN ESSENTIAL WORKER, AND HE IS IMMUNE TO C OVID 19. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AT HOME, UH, SAFELY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          [02:20:01]
I HAD ONE ITEM THAT I HAD FORGOTTEN TO, TO MENTION WHEN I WAS, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT STAFF HAD, UH, HAD DONE THAT WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND. 
          AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC THE, UH, THE OTHER EVENING. 
          AND, UM, ERIC, DO YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US WHAT, UM, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH REGARDS TO SPEEDING UP TESTING? I WILL YIELD MY TIME TO YOU. 
          WELL, WE HAD LIKE AN HOUR LONG CONVERSATION, SO I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER . 
          SO, SO THE, JUST, JUST THE, THE FREEMAN TESTING PART YEAH, THE C P L LAB. 
          THAT, THAT'S, YEAH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          AND, AND I ACTUALLY, THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA ASKED ME SOMETHING SIMILAR THIS MORNING. 
          SO, UM, MANY OF YOU RECALL THAT, UH, WHEN WE OPENED THE FREEMAN TESTING CENTER, UM, WE WERE RELYING UPON FEDERALLY PROVIDED TESTS, UH, AND THOSE TESTS CAME WITH FEDERAL RULES. 
          UM, AND, UM, UH, THE TURNAROUND TIME ON THOSE TESTS WAS, UH, ONCE A DAY, UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD PACKAGE UP THOSE TESTS, SEND THEM TO A LAB THAT THEY HAD UNDER CONTRACT OUTTA STATE. 
          AND, UH, GENERALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT A, A SIX DAY TURNAROUND TIME. 
          UM, UH, LATE, UH, LAST WEEK, UH, WE HEARD THAT WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD, WOULD END, UH, WE WOULD STOP PROVIDING THOSE TESTS TO US, AND A WHOLE SLEW OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAD BEEN IN OPERATION. 
          AND SO, UH, THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, UH, DIVISION AND, UH, THE METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE, UH, PROCURED, UH, TESTING LOCALLY AND, UH, TRANSITION TO THAT TESTING AT FREEMAN COLISEUM. 
          YOU KNOW, NO, NO CHANGE TO THE CUSTOMER OR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT NEEDS TO GO THERE, BUT, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE A ONE DAY TURNAROUND TIME ON RESULTS. 
          AND SO I THINK WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL 10TH DEADLINE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE, UH, US AND A BUNCH OF OTHER CITIES WE PIVOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. 
          AND, UH, AND FRANKLY, WE'RE ABLE TO GET THE RESULTS A LOT SOONER, WHICH, WHICH HAS BEEN A CONCERN, I THINK, FROM THE BEGINNING BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IN THE TEST RESULTS AND, AND NOT KNOWING, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS NOT KNOWING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHETHER OR NOT THEY TESTED POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE. 
          AND, AND SO I THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. 
          AND, UH, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY BE, UH, UH, WONDERING, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, EXPENSE AND THAT CONTRACT THAT, UH, I SIGNED, UH, EARLIER IN THE WEEK, UM, IS REIMBURSABLE. 
          AND THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 25% OF THAT EXPENSE. 
          BUT, UH, IT'S A NECESSARY EXPENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, UH, TESTS FLOWING. 
          AND THE LAST PART OF THAT IS THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, THAT COUPLED WITH THE METRO HEALTH, UH, CHANGING OF THE GUIDANCE AND WHO'S, UH, UH, WHO CAN MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GO, UH, GET A TEST OVER AT FREEMAN, UH, WE'VE SEEN OUR TESTING, UM, ANYWHERE FROM, UH, THE UPPER THREE HUNDREDS TO 400, UH, PEOPLE A DAY. 
          SO PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED, UH, RESULTS ARE, UH, COMING IN QUICKER. 
          AND, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, WILL HELP US, UH, HELP IDENTIFY, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS QUICKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, GREAT WORK. 
          THE RAPID, UH, OR FASTER RESULTS OF THE TEST ARE ABSOLUTELY, UH, HELPFUL IN CONTAINING THE SPREAD. 
          AND I, I DO ALSO WANNA THANK AND COMMEND THE STAFF FOR, UH, CHANGING THOSE GUIDELINES FOR TESTING AND NOT REQUIRING THE, THE DOCTOR'S NOTE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN A, IN A STATE WHERE WE HAVE THE MOST UNINSURED PEOPLE AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS AND THEIR BENEFITS, UH, REALLY ASKING FOR THE DOCTOR'S NOTE AS REQUESTED BY THE C D C WAS, WAS REALLY A, A BARRIER, UH, FOR SOME, UH, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, I THINK MY QUESTION MAY BE FOR JEFF, BUT, UM, SO I, UH, ERIC, IN SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD ABOUT SOME PENDING BOND PROJECTS, IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT WAS HOLDING UP SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE JUST PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
          AND SINCE IT'S HARD TO ESTIMATE WHEN WE CAN HAVE A PUBLIC INPUT MEETING, DO WEB MEETINGS QUALIFY AS A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, SO THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND WE CAN START THE PROJECTS, THE OPINION OF THE CITY MANAGERS? YES. 
          AND I'M, AND, AND ANDY USUALLY SITS NEXT TO ME, BUT I THINK, I THINK IN THOSE CASES, THOSE PRO, 'CAUSE ALL OF OUR BOND PROJECTS ARE CONTINUING, UM, AND IF WE, UH, FIND OURSELVES IN A POSITION WHERE WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE LACKING IN PUBLIC MEETINGS, I THINK, UH, I THINK WE CAN DO ONLINE MEETINGS, UH, EITHER ZOOM MEETINGS OR WEBEX MEETINGS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE OR ON FACEBOOK. 
          AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT, ERIC, YES, WE CAN DO IT, UH, THAT WAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, THESE ARE MEETINGS 
          [02:25:01]
THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL ASKS US TO HAVE AS A PUBLIC OUTREACH IN TERMS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR BROWN PROJECTS, WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT 'EM. 
          SO YES, THEY CAN BE CONDUCTED, UH, IN A REMOTE MANNER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND SO THEN, WHAT WOULD BE THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS? IS THAT, IS THAT LIKE A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GIVE NOTICE ABOUT, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF HOUSING PROJECTS, THERE WAS A BOND PROJECT, UM, THERE WAS AN ARTS PROJECT, A PUBLIC ART PROJECT THAT WAS, THAT WAS SORT OF PENDING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, SOME OF THEM. 
          UM, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN EXPECTATION WITHIN THREE MONTHS WE COULD START THE PROJECT. 
          IT'S NOT A LIFETIME, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAD ONE PROJECT THAT WAS ONLY PENDING, UM, STAKEHOLDER MEETING THAT PERHAPS COULD BE JUST DONE ONLINE. 
          AND IS THAT FOR A LEGAL REQUIREMENT? THAT'S GOOD. 
          IN MANY OF THOSE CASES, THEY'RE IN A LEGAL REQUIREMENT. 
          IT'S JUST OUR PROCESS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, IN AN EFFORT TO BE TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE IN THOSE BOND PROJECTS, IT'S NOT A LEGAL REQUIREMENT, BUT, BUT, UH, WE, THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT, UH, SO THAT WE'VE GET, WE'RE GETTING THAT INPUT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I, I WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL GO BACK AND HAVE SOME SORT OF CEREMONIAL ITEM, UH, AS THE, UM, AS IS APPROPRIATE. 
          BUT, UH, THAT WAS MY QUESTION, JUST REGARDING COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOME OF THOSE, UM, UM, PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          AND I'LL, UH, JUST FINISH, UH, WITH SOME BRIEF COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, UH, FISCALLY AT THE CITY AND JUST COMMEND, UH, THE STAFF. 
          UM, THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES AND THE MEASURES THAT YOU'RE HAVING TO TAKE ARE UNPRECEDENTED AS WELL. 
          BUT I WAS VERY PLEASED, UH, TO SEE THAT THE EFFORT TO KEEP, UM, OUR EMPLOYEES PART OF THE CITY FAMILY HAS BEEN THE PRIORITY. 
          UH, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN WEATHER THE STORM SOONER THAN LATER, UH, BUT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A SENSE OF HOW SIGNIFICANT THE MAGNITUDE IS OF THE BUDGET ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN THE HOT TAX. 
          YOU KNOW, THE SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, UM, REALLY CAPTURES IT. 
          UM, BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER, THE HOT TAX REVENUE, WHICH FUNDS, UH, THESE IMPORTANT OPERATIONS AND SERVICES OF THE CITY IN PARTICULAR, ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, HAVE SEEN A 66% REDUCTION. 
          TWO THIRDS OF THE REVENUE WE COUNTED ON WITHIN THOSE SIX MONTHS, UH, IS NOW GONE. 
          AND SO IT IS A HERCULEAN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE OPERATIONS, KEEP AS MANY, UH, FOLKS, UH, AND ORGANIZATIONS ON A LIFELINE AS POSSIBLE, UH, KNOWING THAT THEY'RE ALL, ALL ESSENTIAL TO US IN TERMS OF OUR CULTURE, UH, AND VIBRANCY OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, MARIA, ERIC, UH, BEN, UH, OUR CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, UH, FOR DOING THAT. 
          UH, IF YOU ARE A CITY EMPLOYEE AND YOU FIND YOURSELF FURLOUGHED, KNOW THAT WE, UH, STILL ARE GONNA BE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KEEP YOU PART OF THE FAMILY AND BRING YOU BACK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND I DO ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, I DON'T WANNA LOSE HOPE. 
          UH, THERE'S SOME, SOME CREATIVE DISCUSSION ALREADY TODAY ABOUT HOW WE COULD LEVERAGE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US IN OTHER MEANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING TO THE RIGHT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          JOHN, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME RELIEF FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FEDERAL PACKAGE ON ARTS AND CULTURE, AND I KNOW THAT THE WORKING GROUP WILL BE PURSUING SOME OF THOSE. 
          UH, BUT ARTS AND CULTURE, LET'S NOT FORGET, THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES, BUT ARTS AND CULTURE IS THE SOLE AND THE IDENTITY OF THE CITY. 
          SO WE SHOULD BE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE WHOLE AND CAN GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, TOO. 
          UM, LAST TIME I USED THE QUOTE, MANNY CORRECTED ME AND SAID IT WAS A, IT WAS AN OLD WIVES TALE THAT IT WAS FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL. 
          UM, BUT THE ADAGE GOES THAT IN, DURING, DURING WARTIME, DURING DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN IT'S VERY EASY TO CUT ARTS AND CULTURE, UH, THE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED, WELL, WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR? AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS, WE WILL, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE SAN ANTONIO, WE KNOW, UH, IS STILL WITH US AND ALIVE AND WELL. 
          SO, WITH THAT, UH, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR AND EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER UNTIL APRIL 30TH. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          SAME TO YOU. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE VOTING SCREEN UP FIRST. 
          [02:30:02]
THERE WE GO. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE 
          [5. Ordinance moving a previously ordered Sales and Use Tax Election to authorize the continuation of the current 1/8th cent sales and use tax for eight additional years for the benefit of the San Antonio Early Childhood Education Municipal Development Corporation’s Pre-K 4 SA Program from May 2, 2020, to November, 3 2020. [Carlos J. Contreras III, Assistant City Manager; Sarah Baray, Ph.D., CEO, Pre-K 4 SA]]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          ITEM FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE MOVING A PREVIOUSLY ORDERED SALES AND USE TAX ELECTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUATION OF THE CURRENT ONE 8 CENTS SALES AND USE TAX FOR EIGHT ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAN ANTONIO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PRE-K FOR SA PROGRAM FROM MAY 2ND, 2020 TO NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. 
          OKAY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          IS THAT READY? OKAY. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, I'LL DO IT. 
          OKAY, GOT IT. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY, QUICK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, IT IS STILL MORNING. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, I'M SARAH BERE, C E O OF PRE-K FOR SA, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION FROM OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          UH, OUR BOARD CHAIR, ELAINE MENDOZA, APOLOGIZES THAT SHE'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY WITH US, SO AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THERE WE GO. 
          IS, NOPE, THERE WE GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, UH, PRE-K FOR SS A IS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. 
          AND OUR MISSION IS TO DEVELOP, UH, A WORLD-CLASS WORKFORCE IN ONE GENERATION THROUGH HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING. 
          WE HAVE FOUR PILLARS. 
          OUR AWARD-WINNING CENTERS, OUR BEST IN CLASS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR EDUCATORS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO SUPPORT ACCESS AND QUALITY IN OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS THE CITY, AS WELL AS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT THAT HELPS OUR FAMILIES TO BE THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT TEACHERS AND ADVOCATES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, PRE-K FIRST S A IS UP FOR REAUTHORIZATION THIS YEAR. 
          AND AS YOU MAY RECALL, UH, CHAIRMAN, UH, CHAIRWOMAN MOZZA AND I CAME BEFORE YOU IN FEBRUARY TO ASK FOR YOUR, UH, AUTHORIZATION TO PLACE PRE-K FIRST SS A ON THE MAY 2ND, 2020, UM, BALLOT. 
          AND YOU DID IN FACT VOTE FOR THAT. 
          UM, SUBSEQUENTLY A FEW WEEKS LATER, WE HAD C OVID 19, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS CAUSED A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND CAUSED, UM, UH, GOVERNOR ABBOTT TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION ON MARCH 18TH THAT ALLOWS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO, UM, POSTPONE THE MAY 2ND ELECTION TO NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020, WHICH IS THE NEXT UNIFORM ELECTION DAY. 
          UM, SUBSEQUENTLY, UM, THE CITY OR THE COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO SAID THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE ELECTION ON MAY 2ND, AND ALSO OTHER LOCAL ENTITIES HAVE MOVED THEIR ELECTION TO NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          SO OUR BOARD, THE PRE-K FIRST, A BOARD MET ON MARCH 26TH, UH, TO VOTE TO REQUEST THAT WE MOVE THE ELECTION FROM MAY 2ND TO NOVEMBER 3RD. 
          PRE-K FIRST A IS A PROVEN PROGRAM THAT IS QUITE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND WHEN WE CAME TO YOU IN FEBRUARY, WE SHARED WITH YOU THE DATA THAT PROVES THAT, UM, WE HAVE EVALUATION DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT PRE-K FOUR S A IS DELIVERING RESULTS EVEN BEYOND THOSE THAT WERE FIRST PREDICTED WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS LAUNCHED. 
          AND THOSE BENEFITS ARE REALIZED NOT JUST FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, BUT FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE FORM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, INCREASED INCOME LEVELS, BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND A MORE CAPABLE WORKFORCE. 
          AND THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT, UH, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT NOW, UM, THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          WHEN I CAME TO YOU IN FEBRUARY, I, UM, DID NOT HAVE THE RESULTS OF THIS COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. 
          THIS WAS RELEASED SHORTLY AFTER WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN FEBRUARY. 
          THIS, THIS STUDY WAS DONE BY RESEARCHERS AT TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, UH, THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND WESTAT. 
          UM, THERE SOME OF THE LEADING RESEARCHERS IN THE COUNTRY ON EDUCATIONAL COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED THIS STUDY. 
          AND WHAT THIS STUDY SHOWS IS THAT PRE-K FOUR S A IS DELIVERING $159 OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EVERY A HUNDRED DOLLARS INVESTED. 
          AND WHEN THAT'S CALCULATED OVER THE EIGHT YEARS, PRE-K FOUR S A WILL HAVE DELIVERED $59 MILLION IN BENEFITS TO THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY BEYOND THE COST OF THE PROGRAM. 
          SO THEY TAKE OUT THE COST OF THE PROGRAMS, AND EVEN THEN IT'S 59 BILLION 
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MILLION IN BENEFITS AND IT COMES IN THE FORM OF, UM, BETTER OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN. 
          BUT IT ALSO COMES IN REAL DOLLARS IN FAMILIES POCKETS. 
          THE STUDY FOUND THAT PARENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM HAD INCREASED WAGE EARNINGS, UM, THAT REALLY SHOWED UP IN THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACCESS, UH, BETTER JOBS AND GET MORE EDUCATION BECAUSE THEY HAD THE BENEFITS OF PRE-K FOR S A FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 
          ALRIGHT, I WANNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF UPDATES ABOUT, UH, THE PROGRAM AND WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE C OVID 19. 
          UH, AS YOU HEARD IN STAFF BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER, UM, OBVIOUSLY COVID TO 19 HAS HAD A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PRE-K FOR PRE-K FOUR SS A IS NO EXCEPTION. 
          SO ON MARCH 13TH, THAT WAS THE END OF OUR SPRING BREAK. 
          AND WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING WHILE, UM, OUR EDUCATION CENTERS WERE CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK WAS WE WERE CLEANING OUR CENTERS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE READY FOR THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY CAME BACK, UH, THE MONDAY FOLLOWING SPRING BREAK. 
          AND WE'D EVEN PUT TOGETHER A PLAN TO ASSESS, ASSESS THE HEALTH AND THE SYMPTOMS OF CHILDREN BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE BUILDING, UM, EACH MORNING SO THAT WE COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY HEAD OFF ANY, UM, POTENTIAL VIRUS THAT THAT MIGHT BE, UM, PRESENT. 
          AND WE WERE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MINIMIZE THE FACT, THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE CHILDREN MIGHT SPREAD C OVID 19 WHEN THEY WERE IN THE CLASSROOM, IF IN FACT THEY HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO IT. 
          BUT LATE ON, UM, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 13TH, WE LEARNED THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CLOSE THE CENTERS ALTOGETHER THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE OPENING THAT NEXT MONDAY. 
          AND SO WHAT THAT MEANT FOR OUR TEAM WAS WE PUT OUR PLAN, UM, ON THE SHELF FOR HOW TO, HOW TO DEAL WITH C OVID 19 WITH CHILDREN IN THE CENTERS, AND BEGAN THINKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR OUR FAMILIES? AND OVER THE WEEKEND, OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER AN EXTRAORDINARY PLAN. 
          I MEAN, I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY WHAT THEY, THEY DID. 
          I, UM, HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT PRE-K FOR SA TEAM IS EXCEPTIONAL. 
          THIS CRISIS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THEY ARE, UM, EVEN MORE EXCEPTIONAL AND EVEN MORE PASSIONATE AND COMMITTED THAN I EVER IMAGINED. 
          SO ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, WE STOOD UP OUR FIRST FOOD DISTRIBUTION, UM, SITE AT OUR CENTERS FOR OUR FAMILIES SO THAT WE KNEW THAT FAMILIES, UM, WHO HAD USUALLY EXPECTED THEIR CHILDREN TO HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD AT SCHOOL WOULD NEED HELP WITH THAT. 
          SO WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND BEGAN DELIVERING GROCERIES. 
          WE CALLED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FAMILIES TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR SITUATION WAS AND BEGAN DELIVERING EMERGENCY SUPPLIES LIKE DIAPERS AND FORMULA AND TOILET PAPER TO THEM AS THEY NEEDED IT. 
          WE TALKED TO ALL OF OUR GRANT PARTICIPANTS, UM, THE SCHOOLS, THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS, TO FIND OUT HOW THEY WERE RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS AND WHETHER WE COULD, UM, HELP THEM WITH THAT. 
          AND WE ALSO BEGAN ONLINE INSTRUCTION, UM, REMOTE, UH, INSTRUCTION FOR THE CHILDREN SO THAT THEY WOULD FEEL LIKE, UM, THEY WERE NOT BEING COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THEIR TEACHERS AND THEIR, UM, THEIR PEERS. 
          SINCE THEN, WE'VE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND WE'VE, UM, HELPED OUR FAMILIES WITH CONTINUED FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS. 
          WE'VE LAUNCHED ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND ALL OF OUR STAFF STAFF CONTINUE TO BE, UH, ENGAGED AND WORKING VERY HARD TO RESPOND TO C OVID 19. 
          UM, EACH ONE OF OUR PILLARS, THE FOUR PILLARS, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED IN TERMS OF THE WAY THAT WE WORK. 
          SO OUR EDUCATION CENTERS, THE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING EVERY DAY. 
          THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER AMAZING LESSONS. 
          THEY'RE TAKING KIDS ON VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS TO THE SAN DIEGO ZOO AND TO THE GRAND CANYON. 
          THEY'RE DELIVERING INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES THROUGH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION SO THAT FAMILIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS. 
          THEY'RE CRAFTING RESOURCES TO HELP FAMILIES, UM, UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTION WITH EVERYDAY MATERIALS IN YOUR HOUSE OR BY THINGS YOU FIND ON A WALK AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, THEY'RE ALSO DEVELOPING RESOURCES TO HELP WITH THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING OF THE CHILDREN AND SUPPORTING FAMILIES IN HELPING, UM, THE, THE, UH, CHILDREN ADDRESS AND DEAL WITH THIS UNIQUE SITUATION. 
          OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING STAFF HAS TAKEN ALL OF OUR, UM, TRAININGS THAT WE NORMALLY DELIVER FACE-TO-FACE AND TRANSFORM THEM INTO WEBINARS AND BOOK STUDIES AND OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CAN BE DELIVERED REMOTELY. 
          THEY'VE DEVELOPED SPECIALIZED TRAININGS FOR OUR STAFF. 
          IT'S KIND OF AN ODD THING IS THAT ONE, DURING THE REGULAR YEAR, WE OFTEN DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR SOME OF OUR, UM, STAFF, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY OUR TEACHER ASSISTANTS AND OUR TEACHER AIDES. 
          SO THIS HAS PRESENTED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS WHILE THE CENTER IS CLOSED, THAT WHEN WE OPEN BACK UP, THEY WILL HAVE AN EVEN GREATER DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS THAN WHEN WE, UM, THAN THEY WOULD HAVE IF WE HAD REMAINED OPEN FOR THE YEAR. 
          OUR COMPETITIVE GRANTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY REFIGURE. 
          WE'VE TALKED WITH EVERY GRANT RECIPIENT AND SAID, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? UM, CAN YOU, YOU CAN USE THE GRANTS 
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TO RESPOND TO C OVID 19 SO THAT IF YOU NEED TO BUY INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES OR IF YOU NEED SOMETHING FOR YOUR FAMILIES, WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE FINDING THEMSELVES OUT OF A WORK, UM, IN CRISIS, UH, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO. 
          AND SO WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THEM, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THEM AND CONNECT THEM TO RESOURCES EVEN BEYOND THOSE THAT WE HAVE AT PRE-K FOR SA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO JUST A COUPLE OF, UM, THE, THE SPECIFIC THINGS WE ARE DOING, UM, BECAUSE, UH, IT'S C OVID 19, SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE'VE ALWAYS DONE. 
          AND THEN SOME. 
          SO WITH FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS WHEN WE HAD DISTRIBUTIONS DAILY AT OUR SITES, WE DISTRIBUTED, UH, 2,500, UM, BOXES OF GROCERIES TO FAMILIES. 
          LAST WEEK, THE FOOD BANK WENT TO MEGA DISTRIBUTIONS, WHICH WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTING. 
          AND 500 OF OUR FAMILIES WENT THROUGH THAT. 
          AND, AND THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE'VE GOT, UM, STAFF OUT AT THE, UM, TRADER VILLAGE WHO ARE PART OF THAT DISTRIBUTION. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR WAS OUT ON EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND OUR STAFF WAS REALLY IMPRESSED THAT HE COULD CARRY TWO BOXES OF APPLES AT ONE TIME. 
          THAT'S . 
          I DID GET THAT REPORT, MAYOR. 
          SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING OUT THERE. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO DELIVER CRITICAL SUPPLIES TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THINGS LIKE DIAPERS AND FORMULA AND WIPES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. 
          SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS WELL. 
          SO WE'VE MADE MORE THAN 600 CALLS SINCE THAT, UM, FIRST WEEK TO CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH FAMILIES, PARTICULARLY THAT HAVE CRITICAL NEEDS. 
          UM, OUR PARENT, UM, SUPPORT IS, UM, CONTINUING TO REACH OUT, ESPECIALLY TO FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR UNIQUE NEEDS AND NEED EXTRA SUPPORTS OR BEHAVIOR SPECIALISTS OR HELPING FAMILIES FIGURE OUT WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR KID IS NOW HOME ALL DAY WITH YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE USED TO HAVING A ROUTINE AND TALKING THEM THROUGH THAT AND CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES. 
          OUR GRANTS TEAM, AS I SAID, HAS REASSESSED WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, OUT THERE. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF OUR RECIPIENTS, THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE TUITION BASED PROGRAMS AND FAMILIES ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PAY TUITION. 
          AND SO THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING. 
          AND THEY SAID, CAN YOU HELP US? AND WE SAID, WELL, WE CAN'T PAY TUITION, BUT WE CAN PAY FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU NEED, LIKE, UM, SUPPORT WITH SUPPLIES AND, AND OTHER MATERIALS. 
          AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO OFFSET THOSE COSTS AND, AND HELP FAMILIES WITH TUITION, THEN YOU CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, OUR, OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM IS NOW ROLLING OUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THAT WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED BY ANYBODY, ANY OF THE TEACHERS ACROSS THE CITY, UM, EVEN OUTSIDE OF PRE-K FOR SA AND IN PROGRAMS, UM, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS. 
          AND THEN THEY'VE DEVELOPED THIS SPECIALIZED PROGRAM SO THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING AT THE FOOD BANK ARE ALSO ABLE TO ENGAGE IN REMOTE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON THE TIME WHEN THEY'RE NOT AT THE FOOD BANK. 
          SO THEIR, THEIR SCHEDULE IS SET UP SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY GO TO THE FOOD BANK FOR PART OF THE DAY AND THEN THEY WORK AT HOME FOR PART OF THE DAY. 
          AND WE'VE, WE'VE DESIGNED IT SUCH THAT, UM, THE EMPLOYEES CAN COMPLETE THAT WORK WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT FOR THEM. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY TOO HAVE THINGS THEY'RE DEALING WITH LIKE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN AT HOME. 
          AND SO THEY CAN DO IT IN THE EVENING. 
          WE'RE JUST, THEY'RE RECORDING THEIR TIME SO THAT WE HAVE, EVERYBODY IS CONTINUING TO WORK AT FULL SPEED. 
          ALRIGHT, THE FOOD BANK SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE, UH, 90 EMPLOYEES IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OMEGA DISTRIBUTIONS. 
          WE HAVE AN AVERAGE 90 EMPLOYEES A DAY WHO ARE AT THE WAREHOUSE, BOXING FOOD, UM, HELPING TO PREPARE THAT SO THAT IT CAN GO OUT FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
          UM, THEY'VE, SO FAR, THEY'VE UH, THEY'VE BOXED OVER 68,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, UM, MORE THAN 14,000 BOXES AND ASSEMBLED TWO, UH, 2300 SNACK PACKS AND 5,700 PRODUCE, UM, BAGS. 
          SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK. 
          WE'VE HEARD, WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH, UM, ERIC COOPER AND HE SAYS THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRE-K FOUR SS A SUPPORT HAS BEEN A LIFELINE FOR THEM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEIR, UM, THEIR NORMAL VOLUNTEER GROUP IS DOWN. 
          AND SO THEY'VE REALLY RELIED ON US AND WE RELY ON THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE OUR PARTNERS. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. 
          NOW, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN JUNE WITH OUR, UM, BUDGET UPDATE AS I REGULARLY DO DURING THE YEAR. 
          BUT JUST IN GENERAL, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THIS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR BUDGET OFFICE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOSTLY SALES TAX FUNDED. 
          AND SO WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT FOR F Y 20, WHICH ENDS IN JUNE, WE WILL BE NOT DOWN, UH, 9.3%, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND FOR F Y 21, WHICH WILL BEGIN JULY ONE, WE WILL BE DOWN ANOTHER 8.6 UH PERCENT, WHICH IS CLOSE TO $3 MILLION. 
          SO WHAT WE ARE DOING TO ADDRESS THAT FOR THIS YEAR, BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF JUNE, IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME COST SAVINGS RELATED TO THE CLOSURE OF THE CENTERS. 
          BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT FEEDING KIDS EVERY DAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION. 
          THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, REDUCE OUR SPENDING THERE. 
          WE HAVE COST SAVINGS RELATED TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE OVER THE SUMMER. 
          AND THOSE WILL NOT BE HAPPENING. 
          AND WE ARE FREEZING ALL VACANT POSITIONS. 
          SO WE WILL NOT BE HIRING UNTIL WE KNOW WHEN WE WILL OPEN BACK UP. 
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GOING FORWARD FOR F Y 21. 
          OF COURSE, NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE THE BOARD HASN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS. 
          BUT WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL OR HIGH QUALITY EARLY LEARNING FOR 2000 CHILDREN IN OUR CENTERS. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE OUR PRIORITY. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HOW, UM, THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE MORE CHILDREN WILL QUALIFY FOR, UM, FREE PRE-K BASED ON THE STATE CRITERIA BECAUSE THAT'S LARGELY INCOME AND AND INCOME BASED. 
          AND SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT AS MORE OF OUR FAMILIES ARE, UM, FINDING THEMSELVES UNEMPLOYED OR BEING FURLOUGHED. 
          WE WILL HAVE MORE FOUR YEAR OLDS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR FREE PRE-K SERVICES. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS EFFECT WILL BE ON OUR, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RAMP UP. 
          AND WE CAME TO YOU IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HB THREE, WHICH WAS EXPANDING, UM, UH, RESOURCES TO EXPAND HIGH QUALITY PRE-K INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME THIS SUMMER FIGURING THAT OUT, ASSESSING THE LANDSCAPE. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND WE'LL REVIEW OUR CAPACITY TO OFFER, UH, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND GRANTS. 
          SO IF THERE ARE REDUCTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, IT WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND GRANTS BECAUSE WE WANNA BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR OUR REAUTHORIZATION MODEL? UM, THIS WAS WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN JANUARY. 
          WE HAD A PLAN TO, UM, RAMP UP SERVICES AGAIN, ASSUMING THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD EXPAND THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE THE ELIGIBLE FOUR YEAR OLDS IN THEIR PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE INTO SERVING THOSE, UH, FAMILIES THAT FALL IN THE GAP, THE 45,000 TO 65,000, UM, INCOME LEVELS THAT THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR STATE PRE-K, BUT THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          SO THAT WAS OUR PLAN. 
          BUT WITH C OVID 19, UM, WE'RE NOW SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. 
          WE STILL HAVE THE PLAN. 
          WE WILL, WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN. 
          WE WILL STILL SERVE 2000 CHILDREN IN OUR PRE-K FOUR S A EDUCATION CENTERS. 
          WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE FOUR THOU, 25,004 YEAR OLDS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE. 
          WHEN WE MET IN JANUARY, WE WERE, UH, OR FEBRUARY, WE WERE ESTIMATING ABOUT 30% OF FAMILIES COULD AFFORD HIGH QUALITY PRE-K IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT'LL BE THE CASE AFTER C OVID 19. 
          SO WE DON'T KNOW, UM, WHEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO RAMP UP TO SERVE THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE. 
          WE ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT IS. 
          IT'LL LIKELY BE MUCH SLOWER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE WE THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT, THAT CHART IS GONNA CHANGE SO THAT MANY MORE OF OUR, RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 60% OF OUR FOUR YEAR OLDS IN THE, IN THE CITY QUALIFY FOR HIGH QUALITY PRE-K OR FREE PRE-K THROUGH THE, BASED ON STATE CRITERIA. 
          IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT BASED ON, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE ECONOMY RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WITH THAT, UH, THE BOARD, THE PRE-K FIRST, A BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL RESCHEDULE THE MAY 2ND ELECTION TO MAY 3RD, 2020, NOVEMBER, SORRY,  NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BERE. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          UH, JACK FINGER, MAYOR NUREMBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER. 
          YES. 
          I WOULD URGE YOU TO YES. 
          NOT RESCHEDULE THIS ELECTION. 
          I WOULD URGE YOU TO JUST TO SCOTCH IT ENTIRELY. 
          YEAH. 
          WHY? BECAUSE I BELIEVE PRE-K FOUR SA IS AN ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS PROJECT. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT. 
          WHY? I'M ALWAYS INTRIGUED WITH THESE STATISTICS THAT TELL US THAT THE EARNING POWER OF THESE STUDENTS ARE SO MUCH MORE X X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON. 
          WELL, EXCUSE ME, THE OLDEST GRADUATE FROM THIS PROGRAM IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD, 12 YEARS OLD, 12 YEARS OLD. 
          NOW, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH THAT CHILD IS GOING TO EARN LATER ON? HE HASN'T EVEN GONE TO WORK. 
          SHE HASN'T EVEN GONE TO WORK YET. 
          LET THAT SINK IN. 
          WHERE ARE THESE STATISTICS COMING FROM? YOU KNOW, THE, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, IT IS A GLORIFIED, GLORIFIED DAYCARE PROGRAM. 
          MOTHERS 
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STAYING HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN WILL TEACH THEIR KIDS A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN MERE HOME, UH, DAYCARE PROGRAMS AT A PRE-K FOUR SA SCHOOL. 
          THE, UH, THESE STATISTICS ABOUT HOW THE, SAY THE THIRD GRADE LEVEL, BY THEIR TIME THEY REACH THAT THERE ARE SO MUCH FURTHER AHEAD. 
          THAT'S STATISTICS THAT I HEAR ALL THE TIME. 
          WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE FOURTH GRADE AND THE FIFTH GRADE AND THE SIXTH GRADE LEVEL? I WANNA KNOW WHY THE THIRD GRADE WAS CHERRY PICKED HERE. 
          I WANNA KNOW HOW, WHY, HOW ARE THE CHILDREN DOING IN THOSE GRADES? OR ARE THEY DOING WORSE, HEAVEN FORBID THAN EXPECTED COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS WHO DIDN'T GET PRE-K FOR SA? WE NEVER HEAR ABOUT THOSE, JUST THE THIRD GRADE. 
          NO. 
          I'D SAY, WHY DON'T WE TELL PEOPLE TO JUST KEEP THEIR MONEY, KEEP THEIR MONEY AND SAY NO TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MR. FINGER. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          UH, BREY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING UP HERE AND FOR SHARING THIS. 
          THIS IS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WITH THIS WHOLE C OVID 19 AND THE, THE DECREASE IN SALES TAX, WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH PRE-K. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION QUICKLY ON SOME OF YOUR SLIDES, ON YOUR SPECIFIC RESPONSE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 600 CALLS TO FAMILIES AND THAT IS STILL CONTINUING RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, DO YOU KNOW, OF YOUR 25 CDCS THAT YOU'VE BEEN, UH, IN CONTACT WITH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UH, FAMILIES OR, UH, THAT THEY'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH? DO YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A WORKING NUMBER? UH, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF HAND. 
          I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU. 
          I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, SINCE THEN CLOSED BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHILDREN COMING TO THEM SURE. 
          TO BE ABLE TO STAY OPEN. 
          UM, I'M ALSO PART OF A STATEWIDE TASK FORCE THAT'S LOOKING AT EMERGENCY CHILDCARE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS. 
          AND SO SOME OF THOSE CENTERS MAY BE COMING BACK ONLINE TO SERVE FRONTLINE WORKERS. 
          UM, BUT I CAN GET YOU MORE INFORMATION SPECIFICALLY ABOUT, UH, THE 25 CENTERS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED SERVICES FOR. 
          SO ARE ANY OF OUR PRE-K FOR ESSAY SITES BEING USED RIGHT NOW FOR, UM, CONTINUED FOOD DISTRIBUTION OR POTENTIAL, UM, CHILD DEVELOPMENT OR CHILDCARE SITES? WE ARE PREPARED TO REOPEN IF THAT'S NEEDED. 
          RIGHT NOW WE'RE ASSESSING ACROSS THE CITY WHAT THE NEED IS FOR EMERGENCY CHILDCARE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE BEST PLACE FOR CHILDREN TO BE RIGHT NOW IS AT HOME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEN THEY'RE NOT CONGREGATED TOGETHER. 
          BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS, WHICH INCLUDES NOT JUST HEALTHCARE WORKERS, BUT FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE, IN THE, UM, GROCERY STORES AND THE OTHER PLACES THAT WE NEED TO KEEP GOING DO NEED CHILDCARE. 
          AND SO WE ARE PREPARED TO OPEN BACK UP IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED TO DO THAT YET. 
          UM, AS FAR AS THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, WE ARE WORKING WITH SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE. 
          SO THEY'VE GONE TO THESE MEGA DISTRIBUTIONS. 
          SURE. 
          UH, BUT WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT POTENTIALLY OPENING UP SOME OPPORTUNITIES LIKE ON TO COVER WEEKENDS, UH, THAT'S EVER EVOLVING. 
          AND, UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          WE HAVE COMMITTED TO OUR FAMILIES, WE'LL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD. 
          AND SO, UM, AND HOW ARE YOU CONNECTING OR LIAISONING WITH, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT YOU ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH? SO WE HAVE, UM, DISTRICT LIAISONS, PEOPLE WHO ARE, UM, THE SORT OF REPRESENTATIVE. 
          AND SO TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT THEY NEED, THAT'S MOSTLY THROUGH GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          OKAY. 
          WHICH IS WHAT THEIR NEED IS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALSO, UM, PROVIDING ONLINE INSTRUCTION OR REMOTE INSTRUCTION TO THEIR CHILDREN. 
          AND SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT, UM, IN A WAY THAT STILL SUPPORTS, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST HAND A FOUR YEAR OLD A PACKET OF WORKSHEETS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP THEM. 
          AND SO HOW CAN WE DO THIS IN A NEW WAY THAT CONTINUES TO ENGAGE CHILDREN AND DEVELOP THE, THEIR BRAINS AND CONTINUE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT, UM, LOSING OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THIS UNIQUE PERIOD IN THEIR LIFE? 'CAUSE THEIR BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY, WHETHER C OVID 19 IS OUT THERE OR NOT. 
          AND SO HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND YOUR, UM, TEACHERS ARE STILL IN CONTACT WITH THEIR STUDENTS EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY. 
          THEY'RE HOLDING, SOME OF THEM ARE HOLDING, THEY'LL HOLD, UM, SYNCHRONOUS, UM, CLASSES WHERE THE KIDS CAN ALL SEE EACH OTHER. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SOMETIMES THEY'RE POSTING VIDEOS IF YOU GET ON ANY OF THEIR YOUTUBE CHANNELS. 
          UM, THEY HAVE TALENTS. 
          I HAD NO IDEA. 
          THEY'RE SINGING, THEY'RE DANCING, THEY'RE READING STORIES THAT WE'VE GOT ONE THAT THAT DID A, UM, HE USED A, A SORT OF A, A HIP HOP BEAT IN THE BACK AS HE READ A BEDTIME STORY. 
          AND KIDS CAN THEN ACCESS THOSE AND FAMILIES CAN ACCESS THOSE AS THEY, AS THEY CHOOSE. 
          AND 
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DO YOU HAVE, UM, WHAT DID YOU ALL DO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE EQUIP THAT YOUR FAMILIES HAD THE, UM, INTERNET OR THE, UM, ACCESS, BROADBAND ACCESS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THIS? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM SOME FAMILIES THAT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT. 
          AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM SPECIFICALLY, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES, UM, IT'S NOT WHEN YOU CAN USE A SMARTPHONE, THE, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE DIMINISHES AND OR ALMOST GOES AWAY. 
          AND WE, WE LEARNED THAT A LONG TIME AGO THAT IN FACT OUR FAMILIES PREFER COMMUNICATION THAT CAN COME THROUGH THEIR SMARTPHONE. 
          AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE PHONE. 
          AND THEN ON THOSE SMALL CASES WHERE FAMILIES MAY NOT HAVE THAT, WE'RE WORKING SPECIFICALLY TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THEM. 
          SO, SO A CHROMEBOOK OR WHAT HAVE YOU, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR AN IPAD. 
          AND, AND THAT'S TRUE EVEN FOR SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES LIKE THAT MM-HMM. 
           ARE WORKING REMOTELY. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE CHILDREN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A TECH HEAVY ORGANIZATION. 
          SURE. 
          BECAUSE YOUNG CHILDREN DON'T NEED A LOT OF ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO WE'VE HAD TO REALLY BE CREATIVE IN, IN DOING THAT. 
          AND YOU HAVE ALL THAT DATA AND IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT, IF YOU ALL CAN COLLECT THAT AND PROVIDE THAT TO US, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR WORKING GROUPS AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK I'M JUST GONNA THROW THIS IN. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS ALREADY LOOKING FOR CREATIVE THINGS TO DO FOR YOUR FAMILIES TO DO WITH THEIR STUDENTS. 
          AND I THINK, UM, AND TO MAINTAIN THE SPIRIT OR THE LEVITY OF FIESTA, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE DO THOSE FIESTA SHOEBOX PARADES AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          I KNOW, UH, REFA 72 IS CONT IS GOING TO BE PUSHING THAT TO CONTINUE WITH LIKE A VIRTUAL FIESTA SHOEBOX PARADE ONLINE. 
          SO WE CAN STILL BRING FORWARD THAT SPIRIT EVEN IN APRIL, UM, AND HOWEVER LONG. 
          SO ENCOURAGING THAT, BUT THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK WHAT YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED HERE AND WHAT YOU'VE SHOWED AND HIGHLIGHTED HERE JUST DEMONSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE THAT PRE-K FOR SA HAS BEEN, AND EVEN IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS AND WILL BE, UH, TO STANDING UP OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ECONOMY FOR THE FUTURE AS WELL. 
          SO WITH THAT MAYOR, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE TO MOVE THIS ELECTION DATE TO NOVEMBER OF THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO WITH THAT, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF, UM, RECOMMENDATION SECOND. 
          GREAT. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF A NUMBER FIVE OF ITEM FIVE AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE THE ELECTION DATE FOR PRE-K FOUR S A TO NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, OR EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRAY. 
          I, UM, ON YOUR PROJECTED LOSSES ON SLIDE NUMBER 13 FOR F Y 20, YOU'RE SHOWING ABOUT A 9% REDUCTION. 
          UH, WHAT IS YOUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR 20? IT'S ABOUT 48 MILLION. 
          48 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION BELOW THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE, THAT'S WITH THE, THAT'S THE SALES TAX PORTION THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING LOSING, RIGHT? YEP. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AND IS THAT IN LINE WITH OUR PROJECTIONS? IS ERIC HERE OR YEAH, THE SALES TAX, THE TOTAL SALES TAX IS ABOUT 36 MILLION. 
          SO THAT'S, THE 3 MILLION IS OUT OF THE SALES TAX, NOT OUT OF OUR TOTAL. 
          IT'S NOT 9% OUT OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET. 
          IT'S 9% OF SA IN SALES TAX REDUCTION. 
          AND, AND WHY THAT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW LAST WEEK IS REMEMBER, UH, PRE-K FOR SA BUDGET IS ON A JULY ONE FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY, I GOT YOU. 
          SO THOSE, THOSE PROJECTIONS, THOSE TWO PERCENTAGES THERE, LINE UP WITH PRE-K FOR SAS FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          I I JUST COULDN'T RECONCILE THE TWO, TWO NUMBERS ON THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT, UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          I, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE MERITS OF THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, MY VIEWS ABOUT, ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, BUT ON THE, ON THE ACTUAL MOTION TO MOVE THE ELECTION, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT PERSONALLY BECAUSE WE'RE SAVING ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS OUTTA YOUR, YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP TO MOVE IT FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY. 
          SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, UH, THIS IS NOW GOING BACK INTO THE NOVEMBER, UH, SESSION THAT WE DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO THAT ELECTION. 
          SO, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 
          UH, WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR BRINGING PRE-K FOR SA BACK UP. 
          WE KNOW, UM, THAT PRE-K FOR SA IS TRULY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR OUR CHILDREN WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THIRD GRADE AND WHY THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          JUST, UM, AN F Y I, WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE, THE PRISON SYSTEMS ARE BUILT BASED ON THE THIRD GRADE READING LEVEL 
          [03:00:01]
AND THAT'S WHY PRE-K FOR ESSAY IS SO IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR YOUNGEST MINDS ARE BEING GIVEN THE BEST START THAT THEY CAN HAVE WITHIN EDUCATION. 
          UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE IS FOR, UM, ARE THERE ANY PRE-K FOR SA UH, RESERVES OR IS THIS ALL BASED ON WHAT YOU ARE RECEIVING RIGHT NOW? SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A FUND BALANCE THAT WAS BUILT INTO THE BUSINESS MODEL AND THAT'S WHY FOR F Y 20 WE ARE GOING INTO OUR FUND BALANCE. 
          BUT THEN THAT WILL BE, WE'LL NEED TO MAKE IT UP OBVIOUSLY IN F Y 21, WHICH IS WHY WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS WHAT KINDS OF CUTS WILL BE MADE OR WHAT KINDS OF REDUCTIONS WILL WE NEED TO MAKE, UM, WITH PRIORITY OF CONTINUING TO OPERATE OUR CENTERS, UM, AT FULL CAPACITY, WHICH WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN DO. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE DISTRIBUTION, ARE YOU GUYS ADDING ANY FORM OF BOOKS TO THE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS THAT YOU'RE GIVING OUT? WE ARE. 
          WE, THE FIRST TWO WEEKS WHEN THEY WERE AT OUR CENTERS, WE, UM, ACTUALLY PUT IN BOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES LIKE CRAYONS AND MARKERS AND, AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE TEACHERS HAD. 
          UM, SINCE THEN, NOW THAT WE'VE GONE TO MEGA DISTRIBUTIONS, WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING SOME DISTRIBUTIONS AT THE CENTERS THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO DELIVERING SOMETIMES. 
          'CAUSE SOME OF OUR FAMILIES DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, SO WE'LL GO OUT AND DROP A BAG AT THE DOORSTEP SO THAT THEY HAVE THOSE EXTRA MATERIALS TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE HELPING FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF INSTRUCTION CAN HAPPEN WITH EVERYDAY ITEMS IN YOUR HOUSE. 
          AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE SHOWING. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYTHING PARTICULARLY SPECIAL. 
          IT'S HOW YOU USE THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND YOU. 
          OR WHEN YOU GO ON A WALK WHEN YOU FIND ROCKS AND LEAVES AND, AND YOU CAN OBSERVE THROUGH THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT'S POWERFUL LEARNING FOR OUR YOUNG CHILDREN. 
          AWESOME. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT I KNOW THAT CAN BE VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR YOUTH DURING THIS TIME IS FOR THEM TO WRITE THEIR OWN BOOKS. 
          UM, IF THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ASK OUR EDUCATORS TO HELP, UM, OUR YOUTH EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH WRITING THEIR OWN STORIES ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE FEELING OR WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH DURING THIS TIME. 
          UM, IF THAT COULD BE ACTUALLY PUT OUT TO, TO HELP, UM, WITH THE, THE CRISIS THAT WE NORMALLY SEE IN CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING THROUGH SITUATIONS THAT ARE SO, UM, NOT UNDERSTOOD. 
          AND SO IF I COULD ASK FOR THAT TO KIND OF HAPPEN AS WELL. 
          YOU, WE ARE GATHERING, WE'VE BEEN SORT OF, UM, ASTOUNDED AT ALL THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING. 
          I, I MEAN JUST, AND SO WE ASKED FOR SOME EXAMPLES AND GOT INUNDATED WITH ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS. 
          AND SO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS ACTUALLY TRYING TO PACKAGE THAT SO WE CAN CAPTURE IT ALL AND SHARE IT WITH OTHER PEOPLE. 
          SO CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS 'CAUSE IT'LL BE COMING AND, AND SOME OF THAT, THOSE SUGGESTIONS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE EXACTLY THE KINDS OF THINGS OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING. 
          AWESOME. 
          WELL I WANNA JUST THANK THE TEACHERS AT PRE-K FOR ESSAY, ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS AND, AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT ARE REALLY WORKING TO HELP OUR YOUNGEST MIND THINGS THAT WE CAN PHANTOM RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, AND I'LL JUST, UH, CLOSE BY UH, SAYING THANK YOU DR. 
          BERE INTO YOUR BOARD AND STAFFER FOR THEIR, UH, FORTHRIGHTNESS, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 
          I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE PROJECTIONS. 
          I DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE, UM, THE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL IN JUNE TO GIVE US AN ASSESSMENT SURE. 
          OF HOW PROJECT PARAMETERS MIGHT CHANGE. 
          'CAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. 
          UH, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO ITS SUCCESS. 
          UH, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, WE'LL MOVE 
          [10. Ordinance approving a lease and contract with Atlas Organics CU05, LLC for processing services for the Solid Waste Management Department's organics program in an amount of $1,870,000.00 for the first year of a ten year term, as well as a total payment of $5,528,749.00 for infrastructure improvements and sorting equipment to be constructed at the Nelson Gardens Landfill. [David W. McCary, Assistant City Manager; David Newman, Director, Solid Waste Management]]
NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          ITEM 10 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A LEASE AND CONTRACT WITH ATLAS ORGANICS CU ZERO FIVE L L C FOR PROCESSING SERVICES FOR THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT'S ORGANIC PRO ORGANICS PROGRAM AND $1,870,000 FOR THEIR FIRST YEAR OF A 10 YEAR TERM. 
          AS WELL AS A TOTAL PAYMENT OF $5,528,749 FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND SORTING EQUIPMENT TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE NELSON GARDENS LANDFILL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I THINK THERE'S A PRESENTATION. 
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YES, PLEASE. 
          IF YOU COULD GIVE THE PRESENTATION VERY WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR CITY, IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR US, A VERY IMPORTANT CONTRACT. 
          WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR ORGANICS MATERIAL PROCESSING. 
          UH, WE HAD TWO RESPONDENTS THAT, UH, RESPONDED TO THIS R F P. 
          THEY WERE THE INCUMBENT, WHICH IS NEW EARTH AS WELL AS A COMPANY THAT'S BASED OUTTA SOUTH CAROLINA CALLED ATLAS. 
          THEY OPERATE SEVERAL COMPOSTING FACILITIES IN MULTIPLE STATES. 
          THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THAT WAS MADE UP OF SIX INDIVIDUALS RECOMMENDS ATLAS AS THE, UH, AWARD FOR THIS CONTRACT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE ORGANICS PROGRAM ITSELF CONSISTS OF THINGS LIKE GR UH, GRASS LEAVES, OAK POLLEN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. 
          AND THIS IS ABOUT 68,000 TONS OF MATERIAL THAT WE COLLECT IN OUR GREEN CART ANNUALLY. 
          THIS SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS BECAUSE WE DON'T LANDFILL IT. 
          INSTEAD WE COMPOST IT. 
          SO, UH, IT GOES TOWARDS THOSE RECYCLING GOALS AS WELL AS OUR CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. 
          IT'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF OUR CART DOWNSIZING PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGING OUR CUSTOMERS TO DOWNSIZE FROM THE LARGE CART TO EITHER THE MIDDLE OR THE SMALL CART. 
          BY DOING SO, THEY CAN SAVE $144 A YEAR, BUT THEY NEED SOMETHING TO PUT THAT MATERIAL INTO. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THE GREEN CART COMES INTO PLAY. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE RECYCLE CART COMES INTO PLAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTRACT TERMS, ATLAS ORGANICS WILL BE LEASING CITY PROPERTY. 
          THIS IS THE OLD NELSON GARDENS LANDFILL. 
          IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. 
          THIS IS A 10 YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. 
          THE PRICE FOR THE PROCESSING IS 27 50 PER TON. 
          THE CITY WILL ALSO BE BUYING FROM THE COMPANY 3.5 MILLION IN PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR CITY PROPERTY, AS WELL AS 2 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT THAT THE CITY WILL PAY UP FRONT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SOME QUICK COMPARISONS RELATIVE TO THIS CONTRACT. 
          OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WITH NEW EARTH IS, IS ACTUALLY A ONE YEAR EXTENSION, UH, THAT WE, WE PUT INTO PLACE. 
          AND IT'S ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT EXTENSION TERM. 
          THE TOTAL VALUE OF THAT CONTRACT IS 2.6 MILLION AT ATLAS PROPOSED RATE. 
          UH, WE WILL SAVE ABOUT 800,000, UH, BASED ON THIS COMPARISON. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE OUR LANDFILL RATE, WHICH WE DO NOT OWN ANY ACTIVE LANDFILLS. 
          INSTEAD WE CONTRACT WITH THREE. 
          THE AVERAGE RATE FOR FIL MATERIAL IS CURRENTLY AT $26 PER TON. 
          SO THE RATE THAT ATLAS IS PROVIDING US AT $27 AND 50 CENTS A TON BASED ON THE 68,000 TONS OF MATERIAL IS $102,000 ADDITIONAL OVER LANDFILL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          VERY QUICKLY. 
          THIS IS A LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR OUR ORGANIC WASTE. 
          ONE OF THE, THE BENEFITS OF CONTRACTING WITH ATLAS IS THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT ALL OF THE MATERIAL THAT WE TAKE TO THEM. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WILL NOT REJECT LOADS, UH, WHICH TODAY WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 
          WE HAVE TO PICK UP ANY REJECTED LOADS THAT MIGHT BE REJECTED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, BUT, BUT MOSTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE, UH, MIGHT BE CONTAMINATED. 
          UH, AND THAT COSTS US MONEY AT THE CITY AS WELL AS IT DECREASES OUR RECYCLE RATE. 
          SO BY NOT REJECTING LOADS, UH, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A 2% INCREASE IN OUR RECYCLE RATE AT WHICH PUTS US VERY CLOSE TO 40%. 
          ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE WILL RECEIVE AND BE THE BENEFICIARY OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR PROPERTY, UH, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPT OF A CIRCULAR ECONOMY. 
          'CAUSE WE WILL NOT BE WASTING THIS MATERIAL, BUT IT WILL BE BE SOLD ON THE MARKET. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNSEL TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH ATLAS ORGANICS. 
          UH, UPON WHICH TIME THE, THE PERMITTING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD BE TURNED OVER TO ATLAS. 
          THEY WILL CONTINUE THE PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL AS THE SITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OVER THE NEXT EIGHT MONTHS. 
          UH, AT, AT WHICH POINT IN TIME? 
          [03:10:01]
JANUARY ONE, WE EXPECT TO BEGIN TAKING LOADS, UH, TO THIS NEW FACILITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, MR. JOHN, UH, NEEDLE BECKON HERE. 
          HE'S, UM, WITH NEW RECYCLING AND UM, WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. 
          UM, HE DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK, SO I'VE ASKED HIM TO COME UP AND PLEASE, UM, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD WITH THE R F P PROCESS AND THE CONTRACT AS IT STANDS. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          MR. CULTURE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS Y'ALL. 
          UH, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 
          UM, MY NAME IS JOHN ECK AND I'M THE C O O OF NEW EARTH SOILS, MULCH AND COMPOST, UH, LOCATED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 
          UM, AS WE ARE ALL DISCUSSING ITEM 10 ON THE AGENDA, UM, SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO IS REALLY THE, UH, THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN, UM, THE, THE, AS WE LOOK AT THE APPROVAL OF THIS 10 YEAR CONTRACT, UM, AND THE POINTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE R F P, WE THINK THERE'S SOME STARK DIFFERENCES. 
          UH, NEW EARTH IS THE INCUMBENT. 
          WE'VE HAD THIS CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. 
          WE'VE ENJOYED A SOLID RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME. 
          VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. MCCARRAN, MR. NEWMAN AS WELL. 
          SO WE FEEL PRETTY WELL VERSED IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE, UM, BETWEEN THE SCOPE AND THE PURPOSE OF THE WRITTEN R F P AND, UH, THE BID OR THE PLAN AS IT'S BEING POSED FOR APPROVAL. 
          APPROVAL. 
          KEY ISSUE BEING A $5.5 MILLION OF CITY FUNDS GOING TO THE CHOSEN OUT-OF-STATE BIDDER, UH, FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          IT WAS MADE CLEAR IN THE R F P DOCUMENTS, MULTIPLE Q AND AS, UH, THE PRE-BID, OTHER VERBAL CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT WAS GONNA BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR AND IN NO WAY PAID FOR BY THE CITY. 
          SO WE CONTEND THAT NEW EARTH AND FRANKLY OTHER BIDDERS AS WELL, WOULD HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED NOT JUST THEIR BID, BUT THEIR APPROACH TO THIS ENTIRE PROGRAM. 
          UH, HAD WE UNDERSTOOD THE NEW DIRECTION OR RULES THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS GONNA BE HEADING DOWN, SO WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING FOR A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND, UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE CITY CAPITAL, AND IF THIS NEW DIRECTION IS, IS ONE THAT WE WANT TO GO DOWN, THEN WE WOULD LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID EQUALLY WITH, WITH ATLAS ON THAT AS WELL. 
          SO IN SHORT, THE PLAN THAT WAS POSED FOR APPROVAL IS IN STARK CONTRAST TO WHAT WAS ASKED FOR, AND THEN SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED IN THE R F P IN WHICH WE ANSWERED. 
          SO MEANING OUR BIDS ARE REALLY APPLES AND ORANGES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, NEEDLE BECKER IS NEEDLE BECKEN, OR CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? KNEE BECKEN, JOHN NE DECKEN. 
          UM, SO I GUESS I JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO, TO OUR STAFF. 
          UM, DID THIS ITEM GO THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? I DON'T KNOW AT WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN WE RENEWED THE CONTRACT FOR ONE YEAR. 
          UM, BUT GIVEN SORT OF THE CHANGE IN DIRECTION, DID THIS ITEM GO THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? IT, IT WENT TO A B SESSION, I BELIEVE IT WAS ON DECEMBER 4TH. 
          IT WAS EARLY DECEMBER, UH, FOR A PRE, UM, A PRES SOLICITATION B SESSION. 
          UH, WE WERE SCHEDULED TO COME BACK, UH, AFTER THE SOLICITATION FOR A POSTS SOLICITATION B SESSION. 
          UH, BUT THAT'S ABOUT WHEN ALL THE C OVID 19 CAME ABOUT, AND RIGHTLY SO. 
          UH, AND, AND SO WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT. 
          A MEMO WAS SENT OUT THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE, THE POST R F P. 
          SO SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, YOU KNOW, GIVEN SORT OF JUST THE LARGE CONTRACT, IT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT'S FOR 10 YEARS WITH TWO YEAR EXTENSIONS. 
          UM, BUT TO HAVE ONLY HAD TWO, UH, COMPANIES SUBMIT. 
          AND THEN REALLY THE STARK DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS, UH, IS WHAT GAVE ME PAUSE ABOUT THE, PERHAPS THE PROCESS, UM, OR THE CONFUSION THAT MR. UH, JOHN, UM, DISCUSSES, UH, IN HIS, IN HIS REMARKS TODAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS PROGRAM FOR OVER 10 YEARS, YET WHEN THE R P PROCESS COMES OUT ONLY TO SUBMIT. 
          AND THERE'S, I MEAN, I I IF WHEN YOU JUST LOOK AT THE PRESENTATION HERE, AS YOU PRESENTED IT TODAY, YOU FEEL LIKE, WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ATLAS, UH, IS PROVIDING A BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMPANY. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $800,000. 
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IS THAT OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE CONTRACT, OR IS THAT PER YEAR OR WHAT THAT'S, THAT IS A COMPARISON OF ONE YEAR, UH, FOR COMPARING IT TO THIS, THIS CURRENT YEAR. 
          SO IT'S $800,000 A YEAR. 
          NO, I'M, I'M COMPARING THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH NEW EARTH THAT'S VALUED AT 2.6 MILLION COMPARED TO ONE YEAR WITH ATLAS, WHICH WOULD BE AT 1.8 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          MAYBE THAT'S WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION, UH, ALSO MYSELF. 
          UM, SO IT'S 2.6 MILLION A YEAR OR 2.6 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          LET ME, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ACTUALLY, DAVID, ACTUALLY, DAVID, CAN I, CAN I SAY SOMETHING REAL QUICK HERE? THAT THE, SO THIS WAS AN R F P AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CRITERIA THAT WE USED TO AWARD AND, AND MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AWARD EXPERIENCE. 
          THE PROPOSED PLAN, WHICH I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS AS WELL, BUT PRICE IS THE ONE THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, THE PRICE THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY NEW EARTH WAS $59 AND 50 CENTS PER TON. 
          THE PRICE THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY ATLAS ORIGINALLY WAS $39 AND 69 CENTS. 
          THAT PRICE INCLUDED ALL OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE TALK ABOUT, THE 5 MILLION, THE 5.5 MILLION. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE OF THIS PROCESS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND TRY TO GET THAT PRICE DOWN. 
          AND WE SAW THAT IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR THOSE MATERIALS UPFRONT FOR SEVERAL REASONS. 
          NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE PERMANENT. 
          UH, AND TO TRY TO, UH, INCLUDE THEM IN A, IN A CONTRACT, EVEN IF IT'S 10 YEARS, IS A LITTLE SHORT. 
          UH, ALSO WE EXPECT THE TONNAGE TO GO FROM 68,000 TONS TO PERHAPS 80,000 TONS. 
          WE DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR IT BASED ON A PER TON PRICE AND KEEP PAYING FOR IT IF THAT, IF THOSE TONS RISE. 
          RIGHT? SO, UM, THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE REASONS WHY WE CALLED IT OUT. 
          PLUS, UH, WE SAVE ON THE, THE FINANCING THAT THE COMPANY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IN BECAUSE, UH, WE WOULD PAY THAT DIRECTLY. 
          BUT A STRICT COMPARISON OF THOSE TWO PRICES WAS, AND IT WAS CERTAINLY INCLUDED IN ALL OF THAT. 
          UH, ATLAS WAS LOWER. 
          CAN I ALSO ADD TO THAT COUNCIL, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT VERY CONSISTENT, THE LAST TIME WE DID ONE ACT RESPOND THIS TIME, IT WAS TWO. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY DID WAS  COMMITTEE, IS THAT THEY LOOKED AT BOTH S HOLISTICALLY AND WHAT YOU SAW WAS A MAJOR DIFFERENCE WAS EVEN THOUGH NEWARK WAS INCUMBENT, THEIR PROPOSAL WAS NOT THE SAME AS THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST. 
          FOR INSTANCE, THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE CIRCULAR COMMON . 
          THEIR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO TAKE THE, AND SPREAD IT ACROSS THE, OUR NELSON GARDENS PROPERTY LOCATION, WHICH IS ALSO WORKING AGAINST US TRYING TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. 
          NOT ONLY DID WE NOT SEE THAT FROM A SUSTAINABLE PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE ALSO SAW THAT IT WAS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THEY WEREN'T LOOKING TO PUT IT BACK INTO THE MARKET. 
          THEY WERE LOOKING TO TAKE A SHORTCUT, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, AND ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THEIR SCORING DECREASING WAS A DIMINISHING RETURNS OF HOW THEY SAW OUR COMPOST. 
          AT ONE POINT, THEY WERE HAVING US REDO IT, THEY WERE REJECTING IT. 
          IT WENT ANYWHERE FROM 20% REJECTION ALL THE WAY TO 40% REJECTION. 
          SO WHEN YOU SAY, OR I HEAR THAT THE PROCESS WASN'T, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES, THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE. 
          IT WAS VERY CONSISTENT. 
          IT WAS VERY FAIR. 
          AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COMMITTEE WHERE YOU HAVE PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS, YOU HAD TODD, TED DE, UH, FROM SAS, WHICH IS ONE YOU ALSO HAD JULIA MURPHY, WHICH WAS FROM ALSO SUSTAINABILITY. 
          YOU ALSO HAD OTHERS THAT WERE THERE TO INCLUDE AUDREY RE. 
          SO WE HAD A FEW OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT LOOK AT THIS HOLISTICALLY. 
          WHEN WE SEE THAT THE MATERIALS THAT OUR CITIZENS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF RECYCLING AND PUTTING IN THE GREEN CART, AND THEN WE TURN AROUND AND SEE THAT THEY'RE REJECTED AT A HIGH RATE, THEN THAT ENDS UP COSTING THE CITY. 
          BUT MR. NEWMAN WAS SHARING WAS A 600,000 THAT WE'RE HAVING SPENT IN ADDITION, JUST TO MAKE 
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CERTAIN THAT THESE REJECTED RATES. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS CLEAR TO US IS THAT WHEN WE HEARD BOTH PRESENTATIONS, WE HEARD ATLAS CLEARLY SAY, WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IS A PART OF OUR STRATEGY. 
          WE ARE ALSO GOING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE DON'T DO THE REJECTION. 
          JUST ADDING THE TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS IS VERY CRITICAL FOR US AS WELL. 
          IT'S THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY. 
          IT'S MAKING CERTAIN THAT OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T RECYCLING OR GETTING BACK TO NATURE COMES THROUGH. 
          ALL COMPANIES THAT HAD A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO KNOW THAT THEIR BIDS WERE THEIR BIDS. 
          WHAT MR. NEWMAN POINTED OUT IS VERY CLEAR, THE $59 IS WHAT NEWARK ONE, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE PAID  VERSUS 39, AND WE TOOK THE 39TH AND SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CANNOT PAY FOR THINGS THAT SHOULD BE UPFRONT COST TO BEGIN WITH. 
          SO IN ANY MANNER WE'RE PAYING FOR, BUT WE DON'T WANT 10 YEARS FROM. 
          THE OTHER POINT THAT I IS CRITICAL IS THAT WE OWN ALL THESE MATERIALS 10 YEARS FROM NOW, AND THEY'RE ON OUR LANDFILL. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STREETS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCALE HOUSES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE NINE AS WELL AS THE SCALE ITSELF. 
          SO THERE'S ROBOTIC, THERE'S A LOT OF INNOVATIVE THINGS. 
          WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM ATLAS ORGANICS. 
          WE DID NOT HEAR THAT FROM NEWBERG. 
          SO THEIR PROPOSAL, IF ANYONE, IT WOULD TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND SO THAT ALL THE COUNSEL UNDERSTOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, FOR, FOR, UM, THAT, UH, DAVID, I GUESS IT, THE, THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT OF COURSE, UM, COMES TO MIND, UH, ABOUT, I MEAN, WHEN WE SEE VERY DRASTIC DIFFERENCES IN THE PRICING, UM, AND ONE OF THEM IS A LONG TERM INCUMBENT BECAUSE YOU'RE SOAKING UP HER TIME, UM, UH, MAKES ME THINK THAT PERHAPS, UM, WE'RE NOT HAVING A COMPARISON LIKE THE, THE, WE'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I, I WANTED TO PULL THIS ITEM TO GIVE THE VENDOR, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM, UM, LIKE EVEN THE SCORES WERE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. 
          I THINK ATLAS HAD A 79, I DIDN'T SEE THAT INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I KNOW THAT IT WAS PRESENTED AT ANOTHER DATE, AND THAT NEW EARTH ONLY HAD LIKE A 40, LIKE VERY DIFFERENT. 
          AND SO FOR THE SAME SERVICE AND A SERVICE THAT AT THE INCUMBENT WHO IS A LOCAL, UH, PROVIDER, UH, HAS BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO THAT REALLY GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE. 
          AND, AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT THAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I'M GONNA GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN NOW AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          TO CLOSE UP, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, DAVID, DAVID, UH, I THINK WHAT'S, UH, FOR, FOR ME, WHAT WAS VERY TELLING HERE WAS THE, UH, WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THE, UH, REJECTED LOADS. 
          I THINK THAT WAS VERY TELLING TO ME, UH, WHEN LOOKING AT THIS CONTRACT AS WELL AS WHAT IS THIS MEANING FOR, UH, OUR, OUR ECONOMY? YES. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND. 
          IT'S, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, CONTINUED, UM, EXPLANATION ABOUT HOW LAST TIME IT WAS ONLY ONE. 
          NOW WE HAD TWO INDIVIDUALS, UM, WELL, TWO COMPANIES THAT MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          SO MAYOR, I THINK OUR, OUR TEAM, WE ARE, WE'RE DOING OUR PART NOW EVEN MORE SO IS EVERYONE STAYING HOME AND BEING MORE THOUGHTFUL OF HOW TO SEPARATE THEIR ORGANICS AND THEIR RECYCLES AND IN WHAT NEEDS TO GO IN THEIR BROWN, UH, IN THEIR BROWN CARTS TOO. 
          SO WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 10. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, DO YOU WANT, UH, THE FLOOR AGAIN? UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I GUESS, UH, I JUST, UM, I, THIS IS A LONG-TERM CONTRACT. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LONG-TERM INCUMBENT, UH, WHO ARE LOCAL AND WHO HAVE, UH, BEEN PROVIDING THIS SERVICE FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, I FEEL LIKE THERE WAS PERHAPS A DISCREPANCY IN THE R F P PROCESS AND THAT, UM, UH, AND NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO CORRECT THAT. 
          AND SO I WOULD JUST, UM, MOTION THAT WE, UM, REVIEW THIS ITEM AGAIN IN ANOTHER MONTH OR SO, TO HAVE TIME TO, UH, GET A LITTLE MORE FEEDBACK FROM THE, THE CURRENT, UM, VENDOR TO MOTION TO DELAY 
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FOR A MONTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, ANDY, HOW DOES, HOW WILL THAT WORK? SINCE WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THERE? UH, THE, UH, MOTION FROM COUN, THE COUNCILWOMAN IS TO RECONSIDER THIS ITEM AT A LATER DATE, WHICH IS, UH, ALLOWABLE. 
          IS THAT PRIMARY RIGHT? IT'S A PRIMARY ONE. 
          IT'S A VOTE ON THAT FIRST. 
          FIRST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WE WILL, IF THAT MOTION FAILS, THEN WE WILL VOTE ON, UH, THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          RIGHT? OH, I'M SORRY. 
          WAS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ'S? MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          HEARING NO SECOND. 
          THAT MOTION FAILS. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GO NOW TO THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          UM, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 10. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HDA WILL BE MARKED ABSENT. 
          WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. 
          SHE HAD, SHE DROPPED OUT, SO, OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THAT IS ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY. 
          IS THERE A CITY MANAGERS? 
          [19. City Manager's Report]
UH, YES, SIR. 
          TWO QUICK ITEMS. UM, UH, THE FIRST IS MANY, MANY YOU'VE NOTICED THIS MORNING. 
          UH, EMILY IS BACK AND I WANTED TO WELCOME HER BACK. 
          UM, UH, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, ANNA BRADSHAW, WHO, UM, REALLY DID A GREAT JOB DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD AND, UH, AND THANK HER PUBLICLY. 
          UM, THERE'S EMILY HIDING BACK THERE. 
          UH, ANA IS GONNA BE HELPING US, UH, UNDOUBTEDLY AS, AS WE'VE GONE, THIS EMERGENCY HAS UNFOLDED. 
          UH, HER BACKGROUND HAS BEEN BOTH BUDGET AND HR AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE REDEPLOYING EMPLOYEES EVERYWHERE, SO SHE'LL BE HELP. 
          ANNA WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELPING US, UH, WITH THIS, UH, WITH THIS ISSUE. 
          AND I REALLY WANTED TO THANK, UH, HER, UH, PUBLICLY FOR, UH, FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DID, UH, DURING THE INTERIM PERIOD. 
          THE SECOND ITEM, MAYOR AND I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, AND I'VE GOT A REAL QUICK VIDEO. 
          I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE, THE BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I MENTIONED IT EARLIER, AND YOU SEE, UM, YOU SEE THEM, UH, WORKING IN FRONT OF YOU AFTER EVERYBODY LEAVES THE MICROPHONE. 
          BUT, UM, THE TEAM AT BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT SERVICES HAS REALLY TRIPLED THEIR EFFORT, UM, IN TERMS OF CLEANING, UH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR PUBLIC FACING, UH, AREAS. 
          AND, UH, SO I'LL ROLL A REAL QUICK VIDEO THANKING THE EMPLOYEES. 
          AND JORGE THERE SURPRISE EVERYBODY FOR YOU. 
          WE'RE DELIGHTED ON THE AIR FORCE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE PUT FORWARD TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC, OUR CITIZENS, AND OUR EMPLOYEES BY INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS IN OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO US IS THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          AND FOR THAT REASON, WE HAVE ENSURED THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED ALL THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS REQUIRED FOR A TASK OF CLEANING SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE MAINTAIN THE SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELLNESS OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, GUADALUPE, UH, UH, SAL DANYA, WHO'S STANDING OVER THERE NEXT TO JORGE, OVERSEES, UH, 68 CUSTODIAL EMPLOYEES, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CREW LEADERS, UH, AND SUPERVISORS, AND IS REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, UH, THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING, AND PASS THAT DOWN TO THE REST OF THE TEAM. 
          THANK YOU, GUADALUPE. 
          THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          WELL, BEFORE WE STOP HERE, I DO HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          LET, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I JUMP IN HERE. 
          COUNCILMAN REPAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON ON SATURDAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL KNOW IT, BUT, UH, IT'S THE MAYOR'S BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY. 
          I DON'T, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OLD HE IS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I WOULD YOUNGER THAN YOU. 
          I, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT YOUNGER THAN ME, AND I ACCEPT THAT. 
          I ACCEPT THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS. 
          NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. 
          . 
          BUT ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, UH, START OFF BY SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MAYOR. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS CLAY. 
          I'M GLAD WE INSTITUTED TIME LIMITS THIS TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          YOU ALL HAVE 
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A WONDERFUL WEEKEND. 
          WE DON'T HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SO WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU.
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