* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. YEAH, [00:00:57] HOW ARE YOU? GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 19TH, 2020. COUNCIL MEMBER TRINO. HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN IS PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER KADA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ELAS IS PRESENT VIA TELECONFERENCE. PRESENT. 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 NOW 9:35 AM BEFORE WE BEGIN TODAY, UH, IT'S WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE LOSS OF ONE OF OUR OWN HERE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. YESTERDAY, A 24 YEAR VETERAN OF OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, EDWARD RAMOS, UH, WAS KILLED YESTERDAY WHILE WORKING. UM, AND I'D LIKE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND HIS FAMILY TODAY, UH, WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EDWARD AND DENISE, AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WILL BE IN OUR PRAYERS. OKAY, AS WE START TODAY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ TO INTRODUCE OUR INDICATOR. UH, GOOD MORNING MAYOR. UM, IN MY HASTE THIS MORNING, I DON'T HAVE YOUR PROPER BIO, UH, BUT, UM, FATHER IS FROM ST. TIMOTHY'S CHURCH. UH, HE'S BEEN LEADING OUR CONGREGATION, UH, WITH GREAT PRIDE AND ENERGY SINCE THE RETIREMENT OF FATHER MIKE AND ST. TIMOTHY'S HAS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF SUPPORT IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS. UH, RUNNING FOOD PANTRIES, TAKING CARE OF OUR SENIORS, AND, UM, DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN, UH, IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME, UM, TO TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND, UH, FOR OUR INVOCATION. THANK YOU. THREE. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE CATHOLIC CHURCH CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF ST. JOSEPH, THE OF THE WHOLE CHURCH. IT'S, UH, IT IS, IT USUALLY IS TAMAL TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S GONNA BE POSSIBLE TODAY, BUT GOD'S WILL NEXT YEAR WILL BE SERER THE FE OF ST. JOSEPH WITH TAMALES AND RADO. PRAYER THAT CHOOSE FOR TODAY IS CALLED C OVID 19, A PRAYER OF SOLIDARITY. LET US PRAY FOR ALL WHO HAVE CONTRACT CONTRACTED CORONAVIRUS. WE PRAY FOR CARE AND HEALING FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE. WE PRAY FOR SAFETY AND PROTECTION FOR ALL WHO EXPERIENCE FEAR OR ANXIETY. WE PRAY FOR PEACE OF MIND AND SPIRIT [00:05:02] FOR AFFECTED FAMILIES WHO ARE FACING DIFFICULT DECISIONS BETWEEN FOOD ON THE TABLE OR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE PRAY FOR POLICIES THAT RECOGNIZE THEIR PLIGHT. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE HEALTH INSURANCE, WE PRAY THAT NO FAMILY WILL FACE FINANCIAL BURDENS ALONE. FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID TO ACCESS CARE DUE TO IMMIGRATION STATUS, WE PRAY FOR RECOGNITION OF THE GOD GIVEN DIGNITY OF ALL FOR OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AROUND THE WORLD. WE PRAY FOR SHARED SOLIDARITY FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES, THAT THEY BE PROTECTED BY GUTS SAVING POWER FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND DECISION MAKERS. WE PRAY FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE. FATHER OF HEAVEN, DURING THIS TIME, MAY YOUR PEOPLE BE A SIGN OF HOPE, COMFORT, AND LOVE TO ALL GRANT PEACE, GRAND COMFORT, GRAND HEALING. BE WITH US LORD. AMEN. TWO UP. THANK YOU, FATHER. OKAY, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 13TH. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. MINUTES FEBRUARY 15TH. FEBRUARY 13TH. PLEASE VOTE. YES. MOTION CARRIES. UH, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE, WE HAVE TWO MEMBERS, REMOTING IN, UH, WHO WILL MAKE VOICE VOTES, UH, TODAY. UH, OUR SECOND ITEM, UH, FOR BUSINESS IS THE, UH, SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER, OR EXCUSE ME, NEW MAYOR PRO TEM MELISSA CAVEO. HDA. GOOD MORNING. YOU CAN RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND FOR ME, PLEASE. I STATE YOUR NAME. I'M MELISSA CAVEO. HDA. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE, THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE DUTIES OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM, THE OFFICE OF MAYOR PRO TEM FROM MARCH 29TH, 2020 FROM MARCH 29TH, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 7TH, 2020 THROUGH JUNE 7TH, 2020 OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, I WILL TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND, PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS, THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS STATE. AND OF THIS STATE. SO HELP ME, GOD. SO HELP ME GOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, ALRIGHT. UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING TODAY. UM, AND SO, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT THOUGH, I'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD, UH, LIKE TO PULL, UH, FROM THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. UH, THERE ARE NO ITEMS OTHER THAN AN ITEM NUMBER FIVE LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FIVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. I DO KNOW WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, AND WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER. A FEW ITEMS WISH TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS, THE CONSENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA. [00:10:02] YES. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 15. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A BIG NATIONAL CRISIS. WE'RE, WE'RE PLACING BIG RESTRICTIONS ON A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED, NEED FULLY, YES. BUT WHAT DO WE, WHAT ARE WE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON? ? ITEM NUMBER 15 SAYS $38,000 FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. YEAH. PERFORMING ARTS. I, UH, IT REALLY MAKES ONE WONDER WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE HERE. THE, UH, OTHER ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC FOUNDATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 18. THEY, UH, HAVE A, UH, LET'S SEE, A SIX MONTH BUSINESS PLAN APPROVING A SIX MONTH BUSINESS PLAN THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROPOSING IN THE FORM, IN THE AMOUNT OF, IT SAYS OF $435,000 OUT OF 870,000 APPROVED BY THE CITY'S BUDGET BUDGET, UH, FROM THIS PAST YEAR. I LOOKED AT THOSE BACKUP DOCUMENTS AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE, UH, THE PLAN IS TO FUND PROJECTS YES, OUTSIDE OF TOWN NORTH TO AUSTIN AND THEN SOUTH OF US. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ENTITY GIVE ALL THIS MONEY TO SOME ENTITY TO DO ALL THIS, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL THEM TO FUND THE PRODUCTS HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD INSTEAD OF GOING WAY OUT? HMM. YEAH. I'D, I, I, FOR WONDER WOULD APPRECIATE THAT ELSEWHERE IN THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, 21 WE'RE GOING TO IS THE IDEA OF TRYING TO FIGHT, FIGHT, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND YOU'VE HIRED SOME COMPANY CALLED THE TRIPLE P. TRIPLE P AMERICA. WELL, I DID SOME BACKGROUND WORK ON TRIPLE P AND APPEARS THAT SOMEBODY FORGOT TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A STUDY ON TRIPLE P A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT SAID THAT TRIPLE P'S, TRIPLE P'S EVIDENCE OF BASE PROGRAM WAS DENOUNCED IN AN ARTICLE FROM THE MEDICAL ORGANIZATION, BIO MED CENTRAL IN 2012. IT WROTE ABOUT THE STUDY OF TRIPLE P AND CONCLUDED THAT QUOTE, THERE WAS NO, I REPEAT NO CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT TRIPLE P INTERVENTIONS WORK ACROSS WHOLE POPULATIONS, OR THAT ANY BENEFITS ARE LONG-TERM. YEAH. COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE SAY NO TO TRIPLE P ITEMS 22 THROUGH 25? A LOT OF WELFARE HOUSING I SEE ALL ACROSS THE DISTRICTS THERE, ESPECIALLY ONE THROUGH FIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 22 WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE EIGHT PROPERTIES WITHIN DISTRICT TWO AND IN DISTRICT THREE, UM, THAT WILL BE RATIFIED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY INFILL HOUSING PROJECTS AS WELL, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICTS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR TO TRULY TACKLE, UM, OUR HOUSING CRISIS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO ALL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S TEAM FOR WORKING DILIGENTLY TO FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR OUR FAMILIES. AND SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM NUMBER 15. AND, UM, AS WAS, AS YOU JUST HEARD, UH, THIS IS A, UH, ADO APPROVING THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. FIRST, WANT SIMPLY WANT TO THANK GLORIA HOUSTON AND DEBBIE ROCK SITTER AND THE, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AND WHAT MAKES OUR CITY SO GREAT. AND INVESTING IN THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS AND THESE KINDS OF STRATEGIC PLANS SHOULD NOT EVER CHANGE. AND WE WILL GET THIS, GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL DO IT, UH, IN, IN A WAY THAT, UH, WE RECOGNIZE WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AUTHENTICALLY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE AGREEMENT WITH TRIPLE P AMERICA INC. FOR THE HEALTH DISTRICT'S VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. AND, UM, I, I THINK OUR ATTENTION IS REALLY FOCUSED ON A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO, I'M JUST GLAD THIS IS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILDHOOD VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. AND I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT STOPPING OUR [00:15:01] WORK ON THAT. AND I WANNA THANK EVERYONE WHO, UH, RECOMMENDED THIS PROGRAM AND I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR ITEM FIVE. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH. EMERGENCY ISSUED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH, 2020, BY MAYOR RON NUREMBERG UNTIL 11:59 PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2020, TO CONTINUE ACTIVE PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FOR C OVID 19 CONTINGENCIES, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ACTIONS RELATED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND DECLARING OTHER REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE C OVID 19 VIRUS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A, UH, ERIC, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UM, THIS MORNING WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE C OVID, UH, 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, UH, AN ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE, A PRELIMINARY LOOK AT SOME OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS WE EXPECT. UH, AND OF COURSE, UM, THE, UH, DECLARATION ON THE AGENDA TODAY, LET ME SAY, UH, UPFRONT THAT, UH, UH, OF THIS BRIEFING THAT, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. UH, EVERY DAY HAS BROUGHT NEW CHALLENGES, UM, BUT WE ARE ORGANIZED, COMMITTED, PROFESSIONAL, AND A TEAM, UH, NO ONE HAS GONE THROUGH WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, A A FOOTBALL ANALOGY, WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH QUARTER OF THE GAME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, SO THERE IS DEFINITELY NO PLAYBOOK. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. UM, LAST FRIDAY, UH, AS A REMINDER, I AUTHORIZED THE, THE CLOSURE OF A NUMBER OF CITY FACILITIES, LIBRARIES, SENIOR CENTERS, PRE-K FOR SA CENTERS. JUDGE ODO, UH, MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT SCHEDULE AND JUVENILE COURT MEDIATIONS AND LINED UP JURY TRIALS, UH, WITH THE, UH, ACTIONS AT THE BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE. ALL CITY OWNED GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS WERE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, AND ALL CITY HOSTED EVENTS, UH, WERE CANCELED. I AUTHORIZED, UH, LAST WEEK DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO UTILIZE REMOTE WORK FOR EMPLOYEES WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO DO SO OR HAD CHILDCARE ISSUES BASED ON THE CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES. I'LL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REMOTE WORKING. UM, AND, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, UH, MAKE THAT AVAILABLE. I ALSO CANCELED ALL BUSINESS, CITY, CITY RELATED BUSINESS TRAVEL FOR EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTED ALL EMPLOYEES WHO WERE, UH, RETURNING FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL TO SELF QUARANTINE FOR A 14 DAY PERIOD. UH, THIS, THIS POLICY APPLIES IF SOMEONE ELSE IN THE HOUSEHOLD ALSO TRAVELED INTERNATIONALLY. AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 165 EMPLOYEES, UH, THAT ARE, UH, IN THIS CATEGORY. 64 OF THESE, UH, EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO REMOTE REMO REMOTE WORK. THEY HAVE THE TYPE OF JOB WHERE, UH, THEY CAN DO THAT. AND A HUNDRED AND THE BALANCE 101 EMPLOYEES, UH, WERE PLACED ON ADMINISTRATE PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE DURING THAT PERIOD. UH, LATER ON TODAY, I'LL BE GIVING, UM, DIRECTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, MAKE SIMILAR, UH, ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON DOMESTIC TRAVEL IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE COMING BACK FROM WHAT IS CALLED, UH, A HOTSPOT IN OUR COUNTRY. AND, UM, PART OF THIS IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR WORKFORCE, UH, AND OF THE RETURNING EMPLOYEES, UH, AND THE PUBLIC. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT WE HAVE, UH, REDEPLOYED A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. SO AS WE'VE GONE AND EBBED AND FLOWED OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, WE HAVE SHIFTED LIBRARY STAFF BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURES TO METRO HEALTH TO HELP, UM, STAFF UP THE METRO HEALTH HOTLINE WITH EXPANDED HOURS. UH, WE HAVE, UH, REDEPLOYED PARK STAFF TO HUMAN SERVICES TO HELP WITH THE DELIVERY OF SENIOR MEALS BECAUSE THE SENIOR CENTERS HAVE BEEN CLOSED. UH, WE HAVE SHIFTED PRE-K FOR SA STAFF TO THE FOOD BANK TO PREPARE THE FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN'S FAMILIES, OR TO ASSIST IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FOOD FOR THE CHILDREN'S FAMILIES. UH, OF OUR PRE-K FOR SA PARENTS. UH, WE HAVE SHIFTED OTHER, UM, DEPARTMENTS, UH, LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER STAFF TO BUILD IN EQUIPMENT SERVICES TO HELP, UH, BEEF UP, UH, CLEANING AND SANITATION SERVICES IN OUR, UH, BUILDINGS. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO DO THAT. UH, AS, AS, UH, TIME GOES ON, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT [00:20:01] THE FACT THAT, UM, WE ARE, UM, MOVING EMPLOYEES WHERE, UH, WE NEED THEM. AND, UM, I'M THANKFUL THAT, UM, UM, THAT'S GONE WELL. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DOING THAT. UH, THE E L T, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, ANDY HR, UH, AND IT, AND I MEET TWICE A DAY, ONCE IN THE MORNING, WHAT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY TO REVIEW WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT, COORDINATE ORGANIZATIONAL MESSAGING UPDATES ON THE EMERGENCY PLAN AND PLAN FOR THE NEXT DAY. UM, AND THAT'S BEEN OUR TEMPO, UH, FOR, UH, SINCE LAST FRIDAY. I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON. IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CONSISTENT AND THAT, UH, WE ARE REACTING, UH, QUICKLY TO ISSUES THAT COME UP. UH, I AM EXPECTING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. SO I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO DR. BRIDGER, WHO WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, THEN MARIA, FOR THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. UH, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO ANDY TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. SO, MY UPDATE'S GONNA BE PRETTY BRIEF AND QUICK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE, WE NEED A LOT OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS. UM, I DO, BEFORE I GET STARTED ON THE PRESENTATION, WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR C OVID 19 UNIFIED COMMAND. UM, SO WE DID OPEN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, AND WE DO HAVE A UNIFIED COMMAND STRUCTURE OVERSEEING THE RESPONSE. UH, CHIEF HOOD WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ERIC ELEY WITH STRAC, AND DAWN EMRICH WITH METRO HEALTH ARE OUR UNIFIED COMMANDERS. THEY ARE OVERSEEING THE RESPONSE TO, UH, C OVID 19. SO, UM, THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT FOR THEM AND, UM, EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING ON THIS. SO I, I KNOW YOU APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING, AND, UM, WE ALL APPRECIATE THE, THE KIND TEXTS AND EMAILS AND MESSAGES THAT YOU'RE SENDING OUR WAY. UM, SO THIS MAP IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE SUPER CURIOUS ABOUT WHERE C OVID 19 IS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, THE C D C HAS A MAP THAT THEY UPDATE. IF YOU HOVER YOUR MOUSE OVER THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE, UM, HOW MANY CASES ARE IN EACH STATE. IT'S A COUPLE DAYS DELAYED, UM, BUT YOU CAN STILL START TO GET A SENSE OF HOW MANY CASES ARE IN EACH STATE, AS WELL AS IF THERE IS COMMUNITY SPREAD IN THAT STATE. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT AN ENTIRE STATE ON THE MAP THAT DOESN'T HAVE AN INFECTION. UM, SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOW A NATIONAL, UM, UH, SITUATION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. UM, RIGHT NOW, IF YOU HOVER OVER TEXAS, THE NUMBERS AREN'T COMPLETELY UP TO DATE. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE HAVING WITH THIS, UM, RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION IS NUMBERS ARE CHANGING HOURLY, AND WE'RE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF, UM, COLLECTING, RESPONDING TO INVESTIGATING. AND SOMETIMES THE REPORTING OUT OF NUMBERS CAN GET A LITTLE BIT, UM, UH, DELAYED. AND I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT, WHERE WE SEND YOU AN EMAIL SAYING, HERE'S THE LATEST NUMBER, AND THEN AN HOUR LATER WE SEND YOU AN UPDATE SAYING, WAIT, NO, IT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER. UM, THIS IS, THIS IS A, A RAPIDLY CHANGING SITUATION, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE MOST UPDATED INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. SO, WHERE ARE WE WITH OUR NUMBERS? WE UPDATED THE NUMBERS, UM, LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK. AND AS EXPECTED, WE SAW OUR CASE COUNT INCREASE. WE NOW HAVE, UM, 25 POSITIVE TESTS FOR, UM, C OVID 19. UM, OF THOSE THAT WE'VE INVESTIGATED, EIGHT ARE TRAVEL RELATED. UH, FOUR ARE RELATED TO CLOSE CONTACTS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE, ARE, ARE KNOWN TO BE INFECTED. UH, BUT WE STILL HAVE 13 UNDER INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW. UM, THE CHALLENGE FOR US IS WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WHO CAN DO THESE INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEY'RE ALSO BEING PULLED INTO ANSWERING A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE SOME OF THOSE THINGS AS WE MOVE ALONG. UM, A LOT OF, UH, CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND, DO WE HAVE COMMUNITY SPREAD? AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL USING THE SAME DEFINITION FOR COMMUNITY SPREAD. ESSENTIALLY, COMMUNITY SPREAD WOULD BE IF WE IDENTIFY SOMEBODY WITH A POSITIVE TEST AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE EXPOSED, SO THEY DIDN'T TRAVEL SOMEPLACE THAT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE C OVID 19, THEY DIDN'T HAVE [00:25:01] CLOSE CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY WHO HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED. UH, IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THE EXPOSURE OCCURRED, THEN THAT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS COMMUNITY SPREAD. RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE THAT, BUT THAT IS COMING. THAT WILL HAPPEN. UM, THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN A NUMBER OF COUNTIES THROUGHOUT TEXAS. AND, UH, WHEN YOU START TO GET INTO THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, WE WILL START TO SEE COMMUNITY SPREAD. UH, WE HAVE AT THE PRESSES, UH, REQUEST AND AT YOUR REQUEST STARTED BREAKING OUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, UM, BY AGE AND, UM, BY GENDER. AND SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF, UM, INFECTIONS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH FIVE ARE IN THE 40 TO 49 CATEGORY. UM, BUT WE'RE SEEING, UH, ANYWHERE FROM, UH, YOUNG INDIVIDUALS TO, UH, 79 YEAR OLDS IN OUR SPREAD OF INFECTIONS. UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE GENDER BREAKOUT, UH, ABOUT 58% RIGHT NOW ARE MALES, AND 42% ARE FEMALES. SO, UM, AS WE SEE MORE AND MORE COMMUNITY SPREAD, WE, UM, TALK LESS AND LESS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT LACKLAND. UM, BUT I DID WANNA JUST BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH LACKLAND. AND JUST, UM, JUST A, A REMINDER TO EVERYBODY THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH, UH, C OVID 19 SINCE, UM, THE END OF JANUARY. AND, UM, ARE ONE OF THREE COMMUNITIES, ESSENTIALLY IN THE NATION WHO'VE BEEN, WHO'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS MARATHON FOR A LONG TIME. UM, SO THE, THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT, UM, IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, 388 INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED AT LACKLAND. UH, RIGHT NOW, 124 REMAIN ON BASE. UM, SO THAT IS THE, THE, THE PRIMARY TAKEAWAY FROM, FROM THAT SLIDE. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AT GETTING, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT FROM TEXAS TRANSFERRED BACK TO THEIR HOME STATE. WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS AT GETTING INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO CAN BE QUARANTINED AT HOME, EVEN IF THEY ARE FROM TEXAS, UM, TRANSFERRED OUT TO THEIR HOMES TO ALLOW THEM TO STAY AT HOME, TO, TO FINISH UP THEIR QUARANTINE PERIOD. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS AT, UM, T C I D HAS BEEN, UH, DECREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. WE'RE NOW DOWN TO JUST THREE INDIVIDUALS THERE. I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK TESTING UPDATE. WE, UH, OPENED, UM, A PRE-APPROVED TESTING SITE YESTERDAY. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD A PRE-APPROVED TESTING SITE OPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEK. IT WAS LIMITED TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS WITH SYMPTOMS. WE EXPANDED IT TO, UM, PHYSICIAN REFERRALS, UH, FOR NON-FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, TO INCLUDE VIA BUS DRIVERS YESTERDAY. AND, UM, YESTERDAY FOR, IN A NEW LOCATION, UM, WITH A NEW, A NEW WAY OF, UH, PROCESSING, THEY WERE ABLE TO, UM, SCREEN 60 INDIVIDUALS. SO THEY TESTED 60 INDIVIDUALS. THEY ACTUALLY SCREENED, UH, 303 CALLS. 205 WERE, UM, SENT TO THE ACTUAL SCREENER PHYSICIANS TO BE, UM, PROCESSED. OF THOSE 87 WERE, UH, SCHEDULED FOR TESTING 60 WERE TESTED YESTERDAY. UM, OTHERS WERE SCHEDULED TO BE TESTED TODAY. AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO WORK THAT. UH, SO ANYBODY WITH SYMPTOMS, WITH A DOCTOR'S REFERRAL, UM, CAN GET ACCESS TO TESTING. THAT'S A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER, UM, WHAT WE HAD BEEN DEALING WITH PRIOR TO, UM, PRIOR TO YESTERDAY, WE'RE, WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF TESTS THIS AFTERNOON, SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, UM, THOSE TESTING FACILITIES WITHOUT A PROBLEM. OH, I DO WANNA SAY, UM, WE DID WORK OUT A, UM, A SOLUTION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT, WHO DO NOT HAVE A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, WHO DO, DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO GO TO AN URGENT CLINIC CARE CLINIC, UM, THAT THEY CAN CALL THE, UM, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINE, AND [00:30:01] WE WILL GET THEM, UM, SCREENED OVER THE PHONE AND, UM, HOOKED INTO THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS RESPONSE IS MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS ACCESS TO CARE HAS IT. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN D H SS HAS, UM, RUN POINT ON THIS AND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY HELPFUL. UM, ALL OF YOUR OFFICES SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A HANDOUT ON HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN HELP. AND, UM, I INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. ANYWHERE FROM HYGIENE KITS FOR OUR HOMELESS STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MEALS FOR, UM, CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF SCHOOL TO OUR SENIORS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO GO TO THE SENIOR NUTRITION SITES, BUT YET STILL NEED, UM, HEALTHY, UH, HOT MEALS. UM, AND THEN HELPING THE FOOD BANK WITH PREPARING ALL OF THE, THE DELIVERIES AND THE FOOD COMMODITIES. UM, THE FULL LIST IS ON THE WEBSITE@SANANTONIO.GOV SLASH C OVID 19. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I BELIEVE ALL OF YOUR OFFICES HAVE THAT. AND SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE SHARING THAT AND SENDING THAT OUT FAR AND WIDE BECAUSE, UM, MY, MY HEART HAS BEEN WARMED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE REACHED OUT SAYING, HOW CAN I HELP? THIS IS, THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR CITY AND OUR STATE AND OUR NATION, AND I JUST WANNA DO SOMETHING TO HELP. AND SO WE'VE PUT TOGETHER THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, HELP SHEET FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARIA VIA GOMEZ, WHO'S GOING TO TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE, UH, FINANCIAL IMPACTS. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. UH, MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS GONNA FOCUS ON THREE THINGS. ONE, TO GIVE YOU A FINANCIAL UPDATE ON HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE SINCE FEBRUARY 6TH, UH, THROUGH FRIDAY, MARCH 13. UH, THE SECOND PART OF MY PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON GIVING YOU JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO OUR NATION AND TO SAN ANTONIO. AND FINALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND INDICATORS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, I WILL SAY, UH, UH, THAT SOME OF OUR REVENUES, UH, THE WAY THAT THE CITY RECEIVES THOSE DOLLARS, UH, IS IN ARREARS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, OUR SALES TAX FOR THOSE, UH, TAXES THAT WERE COLLECTED, LET'S SAY IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THOSE BUSINESSES REMIT THEIR TAXES TO THE STATE IN THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND WE GET THE REVENUES IN APRIL. SO THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS VERY LIMITED, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS WE GET THAT INFORMATION. SO, FIRST OF ALL, OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE SINCE FEBRUARY THE SIXTH. SO IN TOTAL, THE CITY HAS SPENT AND COMMITTED $1.6 MILLION. $675,000 HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT THROUGH MARCH 13. AND WE HAVE COMMITMENTS OF ABOUT $925,000 IN DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. THE MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES ARE RELATED TO PERSONNEL IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND METRO HEALTH MEDICAL STAFF CONTRACTS, AS WELL AS SUPPLIES. THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THIS EXPENSES. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OVER A $1 MILLION GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. THIS GRANT IS PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON THE RESPONSE THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDED, AND IT WILL BE UTILIZED TO REIMBURSE THE EXPENSES DIRECTLY OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO MOVING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR ECONOMY. SO THE MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN HAVE SLOWED TO SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD, OR THE VIRUS HAVE CREATED GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISRUPTION, NOT JUST TO, TO THE US, NOT JUST TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT TO THE ENTIRE WORLD. THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. IT IS HARD TO KNOW TODAY WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE. WE DON'T HAVE CERTAINTY FOR HOW MANY MONTHS. UH, THERE HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT REPORTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. WHAT I HEARD THIS MORNING, IT WAS THE ESTIMATE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS ABOUT 18 MONTHS. SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ON THE LENGTH AND ALSO A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OF HOW THE RECOVERY IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. THERE'S DEFINITE AND ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THERE'S HAS BEEN A [00:35:01] LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OF, UH, A POTENTIAL RECESSION. THERE'S SOME ECONOMISTS THAT SAY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, THAT WE ALREADY IN A RECESSION, OR WE GONNA START VERY QUICKLY. UH, DEFINITELY AGAIN, AN ECONOMIC SLOW SLOWDOWN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF WHAT WE CONSIDER ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. SO I'M GONNA BEGIN WITH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. OUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVES ABOUT 10,000, I'M SORRY, 10 MILLION PASSENGERS PER YEAR, ROUGHLY ABOUT 30,000 PER DAY. IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE SAW A DECREASE OF ABOUT 1.1% IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENTS. FROM MARCH ONE TO MARCH 15, THAT DECREASE INCREASE TO A 24%. JUST ON TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE SAW A DECLINE OF 67%, AND AS OF YESTERDAY, WE SAW A DECLINE OF 69%. TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, THE REVENUES THAT WE COLLECT AT THE AIRPORT, OUR ANNUAL REVENUE IS $105 MILLION. NOW, IN TERMS OF PARKING WITHIN THE AIRPORT, WE HAVE SEEN A 67% REDUCTION IN PARKING JUST IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. AND OUR CONCESSIONS ARE DOWN 45%. SO THAT HAS JUST HAS A LARGE IMPACT ON THE REVENUE THAT IS BEING COLLECTED AT THE AIRPORT. TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL CONTEXT OF THE $105 MILLION BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 2020 THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD COLLECTED $44 MILLION. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE REVENUE LEFT TO COLLECT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FISCAL YEAR. MOVING ON TO OUR CONVENTION CENTER. IN THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE HAD 28 OF 49 EVENTS THAT HAD BEEN CANCELED OR POSTPONED BETWEEN MARCH 4TH AND OCTOBER THE FOURTH. THE CONVENTION CENTER GENERATES ROUGHLY ABOUT $21 MILLION IN REVENUE PER YEAR. THROUGH THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD COLLECTED $8 MILLION. THE ALAMO DOM, ANOTHER SIGN OF OUR ECONOMY. THERE HAS BEEN 10 OF 31 EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR POSTPONED BETWEEN MARCH AND SEPTEMBER 30. OUR ALAMO DOME GENERATES $12.7 MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH FAB FEBRUARY, WE HAD COLLECTED $5 MILLION. ANOTHER SIGN OF AN OUR ECONOMY IS OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE HERE FROM SAN ANTONIO IS 16.75%. YOU SEE THE DISTRIBUTION ON THE SCREEN. 6% OF THAT GOES TO THE STATE, 1.75% TO BEAR COUNTY. AND THE BALANCE, WHICH IS 9%, COMES TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 7% OF THAT 9% IS DEDICATED TO COVER THE OPERATIONS OF OUR CONVENTION FACILITIES VISIT SAN ANTONIO HISTORY AND PRESERVATION AND THE ARTS. THE OTHER 2% IS DEDICATED TO PAY FOR THE DEBT OF THE CONVENTION CENTER. IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, OUR HOTEL TAX IS ABOUT $75 MILLION ON THE 7%, AND $21 MILLION ON THE 2% TAX. SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT $96 MILLION PER YEAR THAT THE HOTEL TAX BRINGS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. OH, THAT $96 MILLION THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY, THE CITY HAD RECEIVED $36 MILLION. SO AGAIN, THAT'S TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT OF WHAT IS LEFT TO BE COLLECTED BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. WE DON'T HAVE DEFINITE INFORMATION FROM THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AS OF YET, BECAUSE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING DAILY. WHAT WE HAVE HEARD IS THAT MANY HOTELS ARE REPORTING OCCUPANCY RATES OF LESS THAN 10%, AND MANY ARE ANTICIPATING TO SUSPEND SERVICES. ANOTHER INDICATOR OF OUR ECONOMY IS OUR PARKING FUND, SPECIFICALLY OUR DOWNTOWN PARKING. SO FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH, WE SAW A 6% DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES PARKED AT OUR GARAGES, OUR PARKING LOTS, AND OUR PARKING METERS. THE SECOND WEEK IN MARCH, WE SAW A DECREASE OF 26%, AND THIS WEEK WE'RE ANTICIPATING A REDUCTION OF 50%. WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. OUR ST. MARY'S GARAGE, [00:40:01] WHICH HAS AN OCCUPANCY OF A HUNDRED PERCENT. MOST OF THE OCCUPANCY IS FOR EMPLOYEES TO WORK IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA. ON MONDAY, THE GARAGE WAS OCCUPIED 70% ON TUESDAY, 40%, AND YESTERDAY DOWN TO 25%. OUR TOTAL PARKING REVENUES FOR THE YEAR ARE $11.3 MILLION, WHICH, WHICH OF THAT $9.2 MILLION IS FOR, FROM GARAGES, LOTS, AND PARKING METERS. SO, COUNCIL, UH, TODAY OUR PRESENTATION PROVIDES A VERY PRELIMINARY UPDATE. AS I MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DATA. WE ARE MONITORING THIS DAILY, AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING FUTURE UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. AND FOR THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ANDY SEGOVIA, OUR CITY ATTORNEY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS GO OVER IN, UH, SOME DETAIL THE, UH, CONTENTS OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER, UM, AND THE ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY'S COUNCIL'S CONSIDERING TODAY. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DOCUMENTS. ONE IS THE, UH, EMERGENCY ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE MAYOR. THE SECOND IS THE ORDINANCE THAT IS GONNA BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL THIS MORNING, EXTENDING THAT EMERGENCY ORDER AND PROVIDING THE CITY MANAGER ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY TO DEAL WITH THE C OVID 19, UH, CRISES. UH, THE EMERGENCY ORDER STARTS WITH, UH, THE BACKGROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT GOT US HERE. UM, SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THAT BACKGROUND IS THAT THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS DECLARED THAT THE C OVID 19 OUTBREAK IS A PANDEMIC. UM, IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT WE NOW HAVE A THIRD COHORT, UH, AT LACKLAND. AND ALSO THAT, UM, THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS DECLARED A, A STATE OF EMERGENCY, UH, REGARDING THE IMMINENT THREAT, PROVIDE, UM, IMMINENT THREAT OF C OVID 19. IT DOES ALSO EMPHASIZE, AS DOCTORS SAID, THAT, UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED COMMUNITY SPREAD YET IN BEAR COUNTY OR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, BUT THAT THE MAYOR IS GONNA TAKE MEASURES TO, UH, UH, MITIGATE ANY RISK OF THAT HAPPENING. THE, UH, EMERGENCY ORDER, UH, REFERS TO THE TEXAS DISASTER ACT OF 1975, WHICH GIVES THE MAYOR THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN EMERGENCY ORDER. UM, AND THE EMERGENCY ORDER, UH, THE FOURTH ONE WAS IN EFFECT AS OF MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. UH, SO AGAIN, I'M GONNA GO OVER INTO, WITH SOME DETAIL, UH, THE MEASURES THAT THE EMERGENCY ORDER PUT IN PLACE. UH, AND I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT IT HAS THREE SPECIFIC, UH, PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS, UH, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHT THE, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING AND WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PROHIBITING OR RESTRICTING UNDER THE EMERGENCY, UH, MEASURES ISSUED UNDER THE ORDER. UM, BUT BEFORE I GO OVER THE THREE RESTRICTIONS, I WANT TO FIRST START OUT WITH THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER, WHICH IS TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, UH, TO PROTECT THE ABILITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO HANDLE THE INFLUX OF PATIENTS AND TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. UH, I WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE AS WE GET QUESTIONS, WHICH, WHICH WILL BE QUESTIONS OF REGARDING WHAT THE ORDER REQUIRES AND WHAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE, I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD FIRST LOOK AT, TO WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORDER IS. 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT, TO WHAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORDER IS, IT WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE WHAT THE ORDER IS REQUIRING, AND IT'LL HELP YOU DEAL WITH SCENARIOS AND SITUATIONS THAT AREN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED IN THE ORDER. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THAT OBJECTIVE IN MIND, I THINK IT'LL HELP GUIDE YOUR ACTIONS IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDER. SO THE FIRST, THE FIRST RESTRICTION OR PROHIBITION IS THAT THERE WILL BE NO GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE. THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION RESTRICTIONS, NO GATHERING OF 50 PERSONS OR MORE. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, WHICH I'LL GET INTO LATER, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S RESTRICTION NUMBER ONE. NO GATHERINGS OF 50 PEOPLE OR MORE ANYWHERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE ORDER DOES IS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE C D C, IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THERE NOT BE ANY SOCIAL GATHERINGS OF 10 PEOPLE OR MORE. SO, AGAIN, THE 10 REFERS IS AS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED, AND IT REFERS TO SOCIAL GATHERINGS. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS I CAN'T HOST DINNER PARTIES AT MY HOUSE WHERE I'M EXPECTING A DOZEN OR MORE PEOPLE, OR 10 OR MORE PEOPLE. UH, I CAN'T HAVE SHOWERS, UH, OR I SHOULDN'T HAVE SHOWERS, THINGS LIKE THAT IN WORDS. IT, IT'S, IT'S STRONGLY RECOMMENDING AGAINST GATHERINGS OF 10 OR MORE PEOPLE ANYWHERE. UM, IT DOES ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANY BUSINESS OR PERSON IS DOING, UH, WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CRITERIA THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL. UH, SO THAT'S ALSO VERY CLEARLY [00:45:01] STATED IN THE ORDER THAT WE ARE EXPECTING EVERY PERSON IN BUSINESS TO COMPLY WITH THAT. SO HERE WE GO TO, TO RESTRICTION NUMBER TWO, REMEMBER, RESTRICTION WA WAS NUMBER ONE WAS NO GATHERING OF 50 PEOPLE OR MORE RESTRICTION. NUMBER TWO, WITH RESPECT TO RESTAURANTS, AT RESTAURANTS, IT WILL BE NO IN AREA DINING. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IN RESTAURANTS, RESTAURANTS ARE LIMITED TO TAKEOUT, DELIVERY, CURBSIDE SERVICE, ET CETERA. UH, SO NO DINING IN RESTAURANTS. THAT'S THE SECOND PROHIBITION. UH, THE THIRD PROHIBITION, AND THIS GOES TO THE CLOSING OF ACTUAL, UH, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS, IS THAT THE ORDER REQUIRES THE CLOSING OF BARS, LOUNGES, NIGHTCLUBS, TAVERNS, PRIVATE CLUBS, GYMS, OR HEALTH STUDIOS, INDOOR COMMERCIAL AMUSEMENT BUSINESSES, BOWLING ALLEYS, BINGO PARLORS, AND THEATERS. UM, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, AND I, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT, UM, THIS LIST IS THE LIST OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT THE ORDER IS REQUIRING THAT BE CLOSED. UH, THE MAYOR DESCRIBED THEM YESTERDAY. THESE, THESE ENUMERATED ESTABLISHMENTS AS NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, THE MAYOR DID NOT CREATE A SEPARATE CATEGORY OF NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES. HE WAS JUST DESCRIBING THIS LIST AS A LIST OF NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT THE ORDER HAS SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT NEED TO BE CLOSED. I WANNA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT COMES ACROSS PRETTY CLEARLY, IS THAT UNLESS YOU'RE ON THIS LIST, UH, THERE'S NO MANDATE THAT YOU BE CLOSED. SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE THREE PROHIBITIONS. UNDER THE ORDER IS NO GATHERINGS OF 50 OR MORE, UH, NO IN AREA DINING AT RESTAURANTS, AND THE CLOSING OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT I JUST SPECIFICALLY REFER TO. UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT TO CLARIFY IN TERMS OF THE ORDER, UM, IS THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE GATHERING OF 50 PEOPLE OR MORE. UH, THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LISTED EXCEPTIONS FOR THAT PROHIBITION. UH, THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND ITS OPERATIONS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, PLACES OF WORSHIP AND FUNERAL HOMES. THE THIRD ONE IS MUSEUMS. UM, THE NEXT ONE IS SPACES WHERE 50 OR MORE PEOPLE MAY BE IN TRANSIT OR WAITING FOR TRANSIT, SUCH AS BUS STOPS. THE, UH, FIFTH THE FIFTH EXCEPTION IS OFFICE SPACE, HOTELS OR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE NEXT ONE IS A BIG ONE. IT'S GROCERY STORES, SHOPPING MALLS, OUTDOOR MARKETS, OR OTHER RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE PRESENT. BUT IT IS UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO BE WITHIN AN ARM'S LENGTH OF ONE ANOTHER FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE NEXT CATEGORY IS HOSPITALS, MEDICAL FACILITIES, AND SHELTERS. AND THE FINAL ONE IS JAILS AND DETENTION CENTERS. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, UH, EXEMPTED FROM THE PROHIBITION OF A GATHERING OF 50 PEOPLE OR MORE. THE OTHER THING THAT THE ORDER DOES IS IT REQUIRES, UH, THE REPORTING OF TESTING. AS DR. BRIDGER, UH, POINTED OUT, IT REQUIRES A REPORTING OF TESTING, UH, TO, TO METRO HEALTH ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, SO THAT'S AN ANOTHER REQUIREMENT. IT'S NOT A PROHIBITION, BUT IT, IT REQUIRES ACTION IN TERMS OF REPORTING OF TEST RESULTS. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE KEY, UM, THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE ORDER THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR IN TERMS OF, OF WHAT'S, UH, THE ORDER CALLS FOR. UM, AND AS I SAID, THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING EXTENDS THIS ORDER ISSUED BY THE MAYOR YESTERDAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS. UH, SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY FOR ACTION. UH, IN ADDITION TO EXTENDING THAT ORDER ISSUED BY THE MAYOR, IT PROVIDES THE CITY MANAGER ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES AND POWER TO DEAL WITH THE COVID, UH, CRISIS, INCLUDING, UH, THE POTENTIAL OF, OF CLOSING GATHERING SPACES CONSISTENT WITH THE ORDER, CREATING OR MODIFYING REGULATIONS, RULES AND POLICIES TO PRESERVE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING THE EMERGENCY. UH, AS I SAID, IT ALSO REQUIRES PROVIDERS AND LABS TO PROVIDE TESTING DATA TO THE CITY ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, AND THE, THE, THE, UH, ANOTHER KEY THING THAT THE ORDINANCE DOES IS ALLOWS THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION OF ORDINANCES AND CITY PROVISIONS THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE RESPONSE TO THE COVID SITUATION. AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE, UH, TOLLING TIMELINES FOR APPLICABLE REVIEWS, UH, WAIVING CONVENIENCE FEES AND OTHER CHARGES THAT MAY IMPEDE, UH, BUSINESS BY THE CITY. UH, THE ABILITY TO [00:50:01] WAIVE, SUSPEND ORDINANCES OR REGULATIONS THAT INTERFERE WITH THE ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS OF THE CITY, UM, AND TO PROVIDE 'EM SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PROCUREMENT, UH, ET CETERA, SO THAT, AGAIN, WE CAN TAKE, UH, THOSE ACTIONS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON A NEAR TERM BASIS, UH, TO HELP DEAL WITH THE CRISIS. UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THAT VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, OR THE ORDER ARE A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF UP TO $2,000. OBVIOUSLY. THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, WHAT WE ARE RELYING ON IS THE, UH, THE COMMITMENT OF THE PUBLIC, UH, TO, UH, FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE AND THE ORDINANCE, THE MANDATES UNDER THE ORDINANCE. AND THE GUIDANCE. AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS. OBVIOUSLY, SELF-REGULATION WILL BE THE BEST THING, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. UM, AND WE ARE RELYING ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING ASKED OF THEM, UH, AND TO COMPLY. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER, BACK TO ERIC MAYOR. UH, LET ME JUST ADD A COUPLE OF ISSUES FROM WHAT YOU'VE HEARD. UM, SO, UM, UM, SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE EMERGENCY, KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, WHERE WE THINK WE MAY BE FINANCIALLY AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU HEARD FROM MARIA THAT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS WE GET INFORMATION. UM, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AS STAFF, AND IT'S VERY PRELIMINARY, IS, UH, LOOKING AT THE BEGINNING THAT THAT WORK, UH, TO, UH, FOCUS ON THE NEEDED RECOVERY. UM, THERE ARE, THE LAST TWO PHASES OF AN EMERGENCY ARE THE RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY. AND WE'RE STILL IN THE RESPONSE PART, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY IS MINDFUL OF THE IMPENDING RECOVERY. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION, UH, THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED, UM, AND WILL CONTINUE. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ANOTHER ROUND, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. WE'LL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A LARGE PART OF THAT. AND, AND WE'RE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, HOW WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, WE WILL, AT THE STAFF LEVEL, BE WORKING WITH THE CITIES OF AUSTIN AT DALLAS TO KIND OF SHARE IDEAS. UM, AND THAT'S AT THE STAFF LEVEL. I HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGERS OF AUSTIN AND DALLAS A NUMBER OF TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK, JUST TO COMPARE NOTES. UM, AND, UM, UM, I THINK THAT THAT BENEFITS ALL OF US. UM, I KNOW, UH, THAT IT, THAT ULTIMATELY, UH, IT WILL BE OUR NEAR TERM PRIORITY, UH, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS RESPONSE PHASE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN ACCORDINGLY, BEING MINDFUL OF THAT, GIVEN THE SCALE OF THE EVENT AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT. UH, I AM PRIORITIZING THE STAFF'S, UM, ATTENTION AND RESOURCES RIGHT NOW ON DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, UM, ON THE SUBSEQUENT RECOVERY. AND, UM, ALMOST AS IMPORTANT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY ON A DAILY BASIS EVERY DAY. UM, AND WHILE THE IMPACT, UH, TO US IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVES AND STRATEGIES AS WE DEVELOP AND GET MORE INFORMATION TO TRY TO MITIGATE, UH, IMPACTS. AND AS MARIA MENTIONED, THAT WILL BE, UH, WE WILL NEED TO DO THAT, UH, FREQUENTLY, IF NOT WEEKLY AT SOME POINT WITH THE COUNCIL, SO THAT, UH, WE KEEP YOU APPRISED OF THAT. UH, GIVEN THAT I WILL BE, UH, ALSO REVISITING OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR THE FINANCIAL FORECAST, THE FINANCIAL FORECAST WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BROUGHT TO YOU ON APRIL 15TH. UH, AND, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT MAYBE MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS AS MARIA, UH, SIMPLY DESCRIBED, UH, HOW OUR, UH, UH, A MAJORITY OF OUR CASH FLOW FLOWS FOR US. UH, WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON APRIL 15TH, SO, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING ON, ON A REVISED SCHEDULE SO THAT THE FORECAST AND THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH YOU ARE MEANINGFUL AND, UH, SET THAT, UH, FOUNDATION. UH, LASTLY, MAYOR, UH, AND COUNCIL, I, I WANT TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, UH, DAWN AND THE ENTIRE METRO HEALTH TEAM, UH, CHIEF HOOD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ENTIRE UNIFIED COMMAND STRUCTURE AT THE E O C, ALL OUR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. AND, UH, AND, UH, OUR, OUR, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, OPERATING, UH, LIKE ALL OF US IN A TUMULTUOUS PERIOD. UM, WE ARE, UH, ALL, UH, AS SAN ANTONIANS TEXANS, UH, AND AMERICANS GOING THROUGH UNCHARTERED WATERS. UM, I'M, UH, PROUD OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE SO FAR, AND, UH, WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT AND SERVE, UH, THIS COMMUNITY. UM, DR. BRIDGER SAID THIS EARLIER, AND I SAID IT EARLIER, WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS AND IT [00:55:01] WILL NOT BE EASY. UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COUNTING ON THE CITY, AND, UH, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR US. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ERIC. UM, AND I THINK I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT. UM, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, BUT BEFORE WE DO, I, I ALSO JUST WANNA REITERATE MY THANKS TO THE CITY TEAM, UH, ERIC, UH, DR. BRIDGER, THE ENTIRE METRO HEALTH TEAM OF FOLKS ATRAC, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS COUNTY, UH, STATE FEDERAL LEGISLATION, OR EXCUSE ME, FEDERAL, FEDERAL, UH, DELEGATION. EVERYONE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY WELL IN CON IN CONCERT. AND, UH, IT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT SO FAR. AND, AND WE ARE ONLY GETTING INTO THE TOUGHEST PART OF IT NOW. UH, AND I DO WANT TO SAY, AS IT PERTAINS TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, NO ONE TAKES ANY PLEASURE IN THE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THEY ARE DECISIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT, UH, AND HAVE DRAMATIC IMPACT, BUT OUR GOAL HERE IS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE. UM, THIS MORNING I WAS TALKING WITH SOMEONE THAT DESCRIBED THE DISRUPTION TO THE GLOBE AND CERTAINLY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AS BEING CHEMOTHERAPY, UH, FOR OUR COUNTRY. UH, AND I THINK IT WAS A VERY APPROPRIATE DESCRIPTION. UH, THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT MEASURES THAT WE KNOW CREATE, UH, CERTAIN, UH, IMPACTS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. AND WE WANT TO DO IT IN A, A SMART WAY, A A RATIONAL, LOGICAL WAY. AND WE DO WANT TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT GETS US OUT OF THIS, UM, CONDITION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL JUST SAY THAT I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A SAN ANTONIAN. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE DIOCESE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK WITH US TO GET OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS. UH, AND I'M ALSO GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF A VERY RESILIENT PEOPLE, UH, CALLED AMERICANS, UH, THAT ARE WORKING TOGETHER ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE US, UH, STRONGER AT THE END OF THE DAY. SO, UH, WE DO HAVE MANY CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. SO LET ME START WITH DAWN RIOS AND MS. RIOS, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY PATRICK COSTELLO. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. I'M HERE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. I AM HERE REPRESENTING SOME OF MY MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WITH ME. UH, I'M REPRESENTING ALL OF MY MEMBERS, SOME OF WHO ARE HERE WITH ME TODAY. I'M ALSO REPRESENTING THOSE THAT AREN'T MEMBERS, BUT ARE SUFFERING AS MUCH AS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE A DECISION. IT WAS INEVITABLE. WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR MAKING A DECISION TODAY, BUT I ASK THAT WHEN YOU ALL ARE CONSIDERING THE EXTENSION OF THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THINK ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SUFFER FROM THIS. WE SAW THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A WHOLE, BUT LET'S THINK OF ALL OF OUR RESTAURATEURS. LET'S THINK ABOUT ALL OF OUR ALLIED MEMBERS, OUR CISCOS, OUR ECOLAB, OUR AUTO CORES, US FOODS, MISSION, RESTAURANT SUPPLY, AMART, I I COULD GO ON ALL DAY. PLEASE THINK ABOUT ALL OF THEM AND ALL THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING LOST. UM, I THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK DR. DAWN EMRICH AND HER TEAM, MARIO MARTINEZ, JERRY TREVINO, DEIDRE MURPHY. THEY HAVE BEEN UNBELIEVABLE. THEY HOSTED A WEBEX THE OTHER DAY, WHICH ALL OF MY MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO TUNE INTO. I INVITED OUR PARTNERS, HOTEL LODGING ASSOCIATION, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, AND OTHER MEMBERS, UH, BUT, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM KEEPING US UP TO DATE AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, THIS TOO SHALL PASS. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHEN, UH, LIKE ERIC SAID, WE'RE SEEING UNCHARTERED, UM, WATERS. WE'RE, WE'RE IN UNCHARTERED WATERS. AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU ALL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY. THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS ARE BEING LOST SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK. SO, SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT I DEFER THE REST OF MY TIME TO PATRICK COSTELLO. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, GOOD MORNING. UM, I DON'T INTERVIEW YOU GUYS AT ALL. I KNOW THERE'S, UH, A LOT WEIGHING ON ALL OF YOU. UM, I'M JUST GONNA SNEAK, UM, TO A SMALL PORTION OF THIS. UM, I'M A FACULTY MEMBER AND I AM TEACHING THE, THE FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY. UH, CURRENTLY I HAVE 27, UH, STUDENTS PLACED IN INTERNSHIPS THIS SEMESTER. UM, AS OF THIS MORNING, SEVEN OF 'EM HAVE ALREADY BEEN TERMINATED FROM THEIR INTERNSHIPS. AND I BELIEVE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, PROBABLY MANY MORE, IF NOT ALL OF THEM. UM, [01:00:01] SO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING, UM, JOBS IN GENERAL, UH, NOW WE'RE ALSO DEFERRING GRADUATION. THESE STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GRADUATE THIS SEMESTER 'CAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR REQUIRED HOURS. AND SO NOW WE'RE PUSHING THEIR EDUCATION FORWARD, UM, MANY OF WHICH MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO CONTINUE ANOTHER SEMESTER OF EDUCATION AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL. AND SO, SORRY, I'M A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH DECISION. I KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO TAKE IT LIGHTLY. UH, NEITHER DO WE. UM, I BELIEVE SEVEN DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO START PLANNING, UM, IF MORE TIME IS NEEDED. I UNDERSTAND, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. BUT JUMPING STRAIGHT TO 30 DAYS, UM, I BELIEVE IS GONNA BE A, A, A TOUGH CALL. UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE SO DETRIMENTAL TO THE EDUCATION OF THESE STUDENTS TO THE FUTURE WORKFORCE. UM, LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT QUARTER OF THE GAME WE'RE IN. SO TRYING TO JUMP TO THE FOURTH QUARTER WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD YET, I THINK IS A TOUGH, TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. UM, AGAIN, I REALLY JUST DON'T KNOW THE DIRECTION TO GO, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DON'T EITHER. UM, BUT I THINK ONE DAY AT A TIME IS A GOOD WAY TO APPROACH IT. ONE WEEK AT A TIME IS A GOOD WAY TO APPROACH IT AND NOT JUMP STRAIGHT TO A MONTH OUT. UM, IT'S JUST NOT LIVELIHOODS, BUT EDUCATIONS AND FUTURES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AND SO, I MEAN, I KNOW I'M ONLY JUST A VERY SMALL PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE SCENARIO. AND, UH, MIKE COMRADES HERE HAVE, UM, MORE INFORMATION, INSIGHT ON THIS. UM, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER A DATA TIME, TIME A WEEK AT TIME, NOT A MONTH AT A TIME. I JUST DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD THAT. AND I KNOW I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT, BUT THESE GUYS HAVE WAY MORE TO SAY THAN I DO. I DO. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU GAVE ME THOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. MR. COSTELLO, COULD YOU, UH, SPEAK YOUR NAME, PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY FOR THE RECORD. YEP. . I MISSED THAT PART. FOR THE RECORD, I AM, UH, PATRICK COSTELLO. YEAH. UH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, I'M, UH, I'M CASEY COVINGTON. UM, CASEY, I'M A CASEY. OKAY, GO AHEAD CASEY. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OH, THANK YOU. UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR LISTENING TO US AND LETTING US COME AND SPEAK TO Y'ALL TODAY. I'M, UH, A MANAGER OVER AT, UH, WHISKEY CAKE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND, UM, THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND KIND OF VITAL. IT'S WHAT I'VE MADE MY CAREER OUT OF AND MANY OF MY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TOO. UM, I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING INVOLVED IN THIS. AND I'VE MANAGED IN MY CAREER SO FAR, THREE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. I'VE MANAGED WHISKEY CAKE RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED HOURLY EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT JUST MY LOCATION. UH, MY WIFE IS A MANAGER AT, UH, PATO 12, THE PATOS BY THE AIRPORT. UM, THAT LOCATION ALONE HAS ABOUT 300 HOURLY EMPLOYEES AT JUST THAT LOCATION. UM, AND THEN I HELPED OPEN THE NEW PATOS OVER AT, UH, 6 0 4 AND, UH, I 10. AND THAT ONE HAS ABOUT 250 TO 300 EMPLOYEES AS WELL. SO AT JUST THOSE THREE BUILDINGS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX TO 700 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HOURLY, AND THAT AS OF MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT WERE FURLOUGHED. UM, EVERY ONE OF MY HOURLY EMPLOYEES WAS FURLOUGHED LAST NIGHT. SO MANAGEMENT'S THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WILL BE DOING THE TO-GO SERVICE. IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAY OPEN AND HOPE TO HAVE A JOB FOR THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME BACK. UM, AT THOSE PATOS LOCATIONS, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO KEEP 25 HOURLY EMPLOYEES EACH, RIGHT? UM, AND MY, THERE'S ONLY THREE BUILDINGS IN THESE ENTIRE CITIES. SO THERE'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RESTAURANTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES WHO NO LONGER HAVE JOBS. AND I KNOW MY STAFF CAN PROBABLY SURVIVE SEVEN DAYS, MAYBE SOME OF THEM, SOME OF THEM WILL FALL OFF. THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT SEVEN WE CAN HANDLE. 15 MORE OF THEM WILL FALL OFF. THEY, THEY'LL STRUGGLE IF IT'S 30 DAYS OR IS, I'VE HEARD RUMORS. 30 DAYS WILL WIPE, WIPE OUT AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF MY STAFF THAT'S GONNA BE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, TWO MONTHS WORTH OF RENT. TWO MONTHS WORTH OF CAR PAYMENTS, TWO MONTHS WORTH OF, UH, ELECTRICITY. TWO MUCH WORTH OF PHONE SERVICE AND INTERNET SERVICE. PEOPLE CAN TALK ABOUT LOSING CERTAIN THINGS, BUT I CAN'T CALL MY EMPLOYEES AND TELL 'EM TO COME GET A FAMILY MEAL AT MY RESTAURANT. IF THEY TURN OFF THEIR PHONES. THEY CAN'T COME BACK AND GET THEIR JOBS. THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR TO COME BACK WITH. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE PARENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS, THEIR CHILDREN, SEVEN YEAR OLDS LIKE MINE, ARE NOW DOING ONLINE COURSES FROM HOME. THE FIRST THING THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA TURN OFF IS THEIR INTERNET AND THEIR CHILDREN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND THOSE CLASSES FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER. THAT'S, A LOT OF LIVES ARE BEING TOUCHED. AND THEN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY ITSELF IS ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES IN THE CITY. I'VE NOTICED IN THIS ROOM. WE'VE GOT MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE. UM, I AM NOW THE EIGHTH PERSON AT THIS PODIUM, AND IT HASN'T BEEN DISINFECTED OR SANITIZED ONCE, UM, THAT DOOR AND EVERY DOOR HANDLE IN THIS ROOM HAS BEEN TOUCHED AND HASN'T BEEN SANITIZED ONCE. AND THAT'S BELOW THE STANDARD THAT ME AND EVERY OTHER RESTAURANT IN THE CITY'S BEEN KEEPING FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THIS IS A MORE DANGEROUS PLACE YOU'RE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW THAN MY DINING ROOM IS. OKAY? WE ARE TRAINED AT THIS. THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING. AND EVERY PERSON IN MY BUILDING HAS TO TAKE MULTIPLE CLASSES EVERY YEAR ABOUT IT. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANNA PASS WHATEVER, 10 SECONDS I'VE GOT ON TO THE NEXT PERSON. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU, MR. COVINGTON. [01:05:02] GARY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. OKAY. UM, I'M GARY JOHNSON. I WORK, UH, FRONTIER ENTERPRISES. I'M ALSO THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. UM, I REALLY JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, LIKE CASEY SAID, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, HOSPITALITY IS OUR BUSINESS, BUT SANITATION AND, AND SAFETY IS OUR BUSINESS AS WELL. WE'RE REGULATED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO BY METRO HEALTH. UH, YOU KNOW, FOUR TIMES A YEAR THEY COME IN AND THEY INSPECT OUR RESTAURANTS. AND, AND WE, WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, EXCEED THOSE STANDARDS WHENEVER AT ALL TIMES. UM, OUR STAFF IS SUFFERING. UM, OUR PUBLIC IS SUFFERING 'CAUSE WE ARE AMERICA'S TABLE. AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE DEPEND ON US FOR THEIR MEALS AT GYMS, RESTAURANTS, WE HAVE PEOPLE EAT SOMETIMES THREE TIMES A DAY IN OUR RESTAURANTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GONNA DO. I, UM, I, I JUST WOULD, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, I KNOW WE HAVE TO TAKE SEVEN DAYS TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION. I WOULD ENCOURAGE TO DO IT A WEEK AT A TIME. LET'S DON'T HASTEN THAT, THAT, THAT PATH AND, AND, AND JUMP TO 30 DAYS. I'M GONNA CONCEDE THE REST OF MY TIME TO, TO MY BOSS. JIMMY HASLAUER. THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON. UH, JIMMY, YOU'VE GOT THREE MINUTES. ALRIGHT. UH, I WAS HOPING MAYBE I COULD HAVE A COUPLE MORE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU CAN TAKE HIS TIME. GO AHEAD JIM. UH, I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AT CITY HALL, CITY MANAGER WALSH. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR AND PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE ACOG BOARD THAT ARE HERE. AND, UH, WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK ALSO. SO I APPRECIATE THEIR WORK, THOSE THAT HAVE SERVED BEFORE THAT. UH, ALSO I WANT TO, SITTING ON THE BOARD AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, I WANT TO THANK DR. BRIDGER FOR HER STRONG COMMITMENT TO WORKING WITH US. UM, SO THAT I'M NOT JUST UP HERE AS A RESTAURANT GUY. I'M UP HERE AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SERVED FOR A LONG TIME IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIES. AND WE, UH, ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THIS AT UNIVERSITY. AND, UH, YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT TEAM, UH, THAT IS WORKING WITH OUR TEAM AT UNIVERSITY, AND I WANTED TO, UH, RELATE THAT TO YOU. AND, AND COLLEEN, UH, DR. SSEP AT, UH, AT UNIVERSITY, GEORGE HERNANDEZ, THE CITY MANAGER, HAVE ALL DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF WORKING WITH ALL OF THE HOSPITALS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO. WE'RE IN TOUGH TIMES. THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. THE FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE OUT THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT, NOT ONLY FOR OUR INDUSTRY, BUT FOR MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES, AS INDICATED BY MARIA AND HER, UH, UH, PROGRAM EARLIER THAT SHE PUT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO, TO LOOK AT. UH, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THERE'S AN INDUSTRY THAT'S MORE HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAN THE RESTAURANTS. AND, UH, SO MY MESSAGE TO EACH OF YOU, OUR BUSINESS IS DOWN 70%. MOST OTHERS ARE DOWN. AT LEAST THAT SOME ARE CLOSING. I HOPE THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS THAT YOU ALL WILL LOOK AT THIS. NO ONE EVER KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO END UP IN THIS TYPE OF A SITUATION, BUT I THINK IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE DON'T PANIC AND COOL HEADS PREVAIL. I THINK WE ALL CAN GET THROUGH THIS. I KNOW THIS IS TOUGH FOR MANY OF YOU ON THIS COUNCIL. I TOO SAT AT THAT DESK AT ONE TIME AND MADE A LOT OF TOUGH DECISIONS. AND LOOKING BACK ON IT, UH, SOME WERE PROBABLY PRETTY DARN GOOD DECISIONS. SOME MAYBE I REGRETTED A LITTLE BIT. BUT IF YOU'LL WORK WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HELP ALL OF THOSE THAT ARE IN REAL NEED OUT THERE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE APPRECIATED. AND I WANNA SAY ONE QUICK THING. MAYOR 1925, MAYOR TOBIN ASKED THAT THE CITY EMBLEM BE CREATED. A MAN NAMED JC SCHULZE, WHO WAS A GERMAN IMMIGRANT, CAME TO SAN ANTONIO AND MADE IT. THE PROBLEM WAS MAYOR TOBIN NEVER PAID HIM FOR IT. SO IN 1981, BEFORE MR. SCHULZE PASSED AWAY, WE HONORED HIM. AND THERE'S THE ORIGINAL SOMEWHERE AT CITY HALL, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CLERK HAS THAT ORIGINAL. AND I ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL PIECE OF WOOD THAT THAT WAS MADE FROM WITH MY NAME ON IT FROM JC SCHULZE. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE TRIVIA FOR MOST OF THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT WAS TO THE CITY. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU, JIMMY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, JODY NEWMAN, IS SHE HERE? OKAY, TWO LINES. SAY ONE LINE. UM, LET ME, LET ME READ ONE LIST. AND IS PETE CORTEZ HERE? YEAH. [01:10:02] COME ON UP, DON. YEAH. COME ON UP, DON. HMM. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, MAYOR COUNCIL, I URGE ALL OF YOU TO EAT LOCAL TODAY, AND FOR THE REST OF THIS CRISIS, WE HAVE STARTED A HASHTAG HASHTAG EAT LOCAL. I ASK THAT YOU SEND US YOUR PICTURES OF YOUR FOOD, YOUR BAG OF WHETHER YOU'RE CURBSIDE OR PICKING UP A TO-GO ORDER. I ASK THAT YOU SEND US YOUR PICTURES. WE WANT TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU ALL ARE EATING AT OUR ESTABLISHMENTS. SO I ASK THAT YOU DO THAT. SEND ME THE PICTURES. YOU CAN SEND THEM, UH, TEXT THEM TO ME AT 2 1 0 8 8 7 2 8 9 1. MOST OF YOU HAVE MY MOBILE NUMBER, AND I ASK THAT ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM, PLEASE EAT LOCAL TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DON. AND THAT, THAT, UH, GOOD MESSAGE FOR THE REST OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL. THANK YOU. UM, JACK FINGER, MAYOR BERGEN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. WE ARE YES, FACING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. AND YES, UH, REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS DO NEED TO BE MADE PRUDENT, REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS. AND, UH, YES, MR. MAYOR, UM, YOU ACTUALLY DID OBTAIN A COMPLIMENT, A COMPLIMENT FROM, UH, AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE LOCAL RADIO TALK SHOW, UH, A HOST THAT, UM, USUALLY HAS MANY UN COMPLIMENTARY THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. HE ACTUALLY DID HAVE A COMPLIMENTARY THING TO SAY, SAY, ABOUT YOU IN REGARDS TO YOUR, YOUR, UH, YOUR ACTIONS THAT YOU'VE TAKEN AS THE LEADER OF OUR CITY. SO YES, YOU ARE DESERVING. YOU GAVE, UH, CREDIT WHERE CREDIT WAS DUE, AND, UH, YOU ARE DESERVING OF THO THOSE ACCOLADES THERE. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, UH, HERE ARE SOME OTHER TH THOUGHT, UH, THOUGHTS FOR PAUSE HERE. UH, IN THE STATISTICS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS MORNING, WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS INDICATING THE RECOVERIES FROM THIS DISEASE? WE ALWAYS HEAR, EMPHASIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAUGHT THE DISEASE, BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD HARDLY ANYTHING EITHER FROM HERE OR FROM THE MEDIA AS TO WHO HAS RECOVERED. THEREBY, I MEAN, PEOPLE USUALLY DO RECOVER FROM A DISEASE UNLESS, OF COURSE, THEY, THEY THINGS GET REALLY BAD AND THEY, THEY DIE FROM IT. BUT USUALLY PEOPLE LIVE, THEY HAVE RECOVERED. AND WE, WE, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT REGARD. YES. UH, THERE WAS A, UH, IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, HE HAD AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, I THINK HIS NAME WAS RAH EMMANUEL. AND HE WAS NOTED FOR ONE VERY RENOWNED COMMENT HE MADE LONG TIME AGO, USED BY MANY POLITICIANS. HE SAID, NEVER LET A GOOD CRISIS GO TO WASTE. YES. SO THE QUESTION REMAINS, WILL OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES BE CURTAILED UNREASONABLY? I NOTICE HERE IN THE CHAMBER, WHOLE SECTIONS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OFF AS SAYING, WE ARE, WE WANT TO, UH, WE ACKNOWLEDGE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A, UM, ON POINT ON A FUTURE AGENDA DURING THIS CRISIS? YOU HAVE A BIG TAX HIKE OR A BIG WATER RATE HIKE AS THIS MIGHT BE COMING UP. HOW IF PEOPLE SAY DOZENS, HUNDREDS WANT TO COME BY AND SAY NO TO THAT, HOW WOULD THEY EVEN BE ABLE TO GET IN? WOULD THEY BE OUTLAWED IF THEY DID? SO, YES. I, WELL, MY TIME IS UP. THANK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW INTO COUNCIL. UM, COMMON QUESTIONS. WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER TREVINO. OH, I'M SORRY. MISREAD. YEAH, SORRY, I MISREAD THAT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER TRAVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND THANK YOU JOHN FOR, UH, SANITIZING, THE , THE PODIUM. UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, CITY STAFF, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, UM, AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S NOT EASY AND IT LOOKS GRIM, UH, RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT I'M CONFIDENT THAT, UH, THAT WE'LL [01:15:01] GET THROUGH IT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I, UM, I, YOU KNOW, UH, JUST BEFORE I CAME ON COUNCIL, WE ACTUALLY HAD A VACANCY, I'M SORRY. OKAY. UH, BEFORE I CAME ON COUNCIL, WE'D HAD A, A VACANCY IN THE METRO HEALTH DIRECTOR POSITION FOR, UH, OVER A YEAR, I THINK. AND I JUST WANNA THANK ERIC AND DR. BRIDGER FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T, THAT, THAT WE QUICKLY FILLED THAT POSITION. AND DAWN, I'M SO GLAD WE DON'T HAVE A VACANCY IN, IN THE METRO HEALTH POSITION. THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE. UM, I WANTED TO, UH, ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I'VE RECEIVED AND, UH, GET SOME GUIDANCE ON, UM, SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE, SUCH AS PAYING TICKETS FOR MUNICIPAL COURT, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE REQUIRED, UH, ALONG THE SAME TIMELINE AS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN RIGHT NOW, THE MUNICIPAL COURT IS LOOKING AT THEIR ENTIRE OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO, UH, DEAL WITH THE CRISIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS, UH, THE, THE ISSUE YOU BROUGHT UP IN TERMS OF PAYMENT, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF FACILITATING PAYMENT BY TELEPHONE OR ONLINE, UH, AND IN, UH, CERTAIN SITUATIONS IF, IF APPROPRIATE, UH, TO POSTPONE, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING. BUT THEY HAVE NOT, UH, YET COME UP WITH THE EXACT, UH, DETAILS FOR THAT PLAN. UH, AS SOON AS THEY DO THOUGH, WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH COUNSEL. UM, OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. PLEASE KEEP US POSTED OR WE CAN REACH OUT TO JUDGE ODO REGARDING THAT, UH, THAT QUESTION. UM, I ALSO, UH, DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CITY BUILDINGS ARE STAYING OPEN, UH, SUCH AS THIS ONE, UM, THE ONE-STOP CENTER, AND, UH, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME INFORMATION ON THE PRECAUTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING THERE, UM, TO PERHAPS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ASKED OUR OWN EMPLOYEES TO SELF QUARANTINE IF THEY'VE TRAVELED OUT OF THE COUNTRY. IS THERE ANY INDICATIONS, UM, FOR PEOPLE COMING INTO THE BUILDING WHO MAY NOT BE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES? I, I MEAN, WE WANNA PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE WHO ARE STILL, UH, IN THE BUILDINGS AND SHOWING UP TO WORK. SO WHILE EITHER JORGE OR DAVID MCCAREY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE MICROPHONE, I'LL TELL YOU, UM, LET ME ADD COUNCILWOMAN THAT, UM, WE ARE, UM, AS A TEAM CONTINUING TO LOOK AT, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL CHANGES. UM, BUT, UH, ACTIVITY AT THE ONE STOP CENTER, UM, HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN DOWN, BUT, UH, NOT LIKE, UH, SOME OF THE CHARTS THAT YOU SAW FROM MARIA. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FACILITATING, UH, BUT DOING SO SAFELY, WE MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO, UM, UM, HOW THAT ACTIVITY IS DONE FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT. UM, AND I'LL LET DAVE TALK ABOUT DAVE OR JORGE, TALK ABOUT THE, THE SANITATION SIDE. OKAY. I'M GONNA ASK JORGE TO COME ON UP. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON IS WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE. WE ARE SANITIZING ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. WE'RE DOING EXCESSIVE WIPE DOWNS, WE'RE DOING THE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH EXCEPTIONS SO THAT EVERY EMPLOYEE THAT COMES IN TO THOSE BUILDINGS, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT OUR EMPLOYEES, ARE ALSO GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS AS THEY COME THROUGH. SO I'M GONNA LET JORGE COME ON UP AND SHARE THE DETAILS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW EVEN AFTER SOMEONE COMES IN, THERE IS A COMPLETE WIPE DOWN AND SANITIZE AND OF STEPS THAT WE TAKE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN, FOR THE LAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, WE INCREASE THE LEVEL OF ATTENTION TO ALL CITY FACILITIES, IN PARTICULAR, THOSE BUILDINGS, THE ENTRYWAYS TO EVERY SINGLE BUILDING THAT HAS A LOT OF PUBLIC ACCESS. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO PROTECT OUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEES, THE WORK STATIONS, THERE'S ALL THE SURFACE AREAS. WE CHANGED THE PROTOCOL AS TO THE CLEANLINESS OF THE BUILDINGS TO ENSURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE ON SURFACE CLEANING AND SANITATION OF ALL THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. BUT THOSE BUILDINGS SUCH AS MUNICIPAL COURTS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, POLICE, SUB STATIONS, BUILDINGS WHERE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING, WE EMPHASIZE THE SANITATION AND THE CLEANLINESS OF ALL THE ENTRY WASTE TO THOSE FACILITIES DOOR HANDLES. UH, IN SOME FACILITIES LIKE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE AUTOMATIC DOORS, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONCERN, BUT BUILDINGS SUCH AS THIS ONE HERE WHERE THERE'S A PUBLIC IS COMING IN AND OUT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S RESTRICTED ACCESS, THE EMPHASIS HAS BEEN [01:20:01] ON SIGNIFICANT CLEANING AT THE END OF THE DAY, SIGNIFICANT CLEANING DURING THE DAY. SO OUR CUSTODIANS ARE EMPHASIZING THE NEED TO MAINTAIN ALL SURFACES CLEAN AT ALL TIMES. THIS, THIS ROOM, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS COMPLETELY FOG AND SANITIZED LAST NIGHT AT THE ADDITIONAL ATTENTION WAS GIVEN THIS MORNING. AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, OUR STAFF WILL COME IN AND COMPLETELY SANITIZE THIS BUILDING. WE HAVE HANDHELD, UH, FOCUS VERY SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT WERE USED, UH, OTHER LOCATIONS SUCH IN CHINA, YOU CAN SEE THAT ON, ON, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME SIZE, BUT THEY'RE HANDHELD FOCUS THAT WE UTILIZE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PICKED UP ALL THE PARTICULARS THAT ARE AIRBORNE, AND THEN ALL THE SURFACES OF THIS ENTIRE ROOM ARE COMPLETELY WIPED DOWN AND SANITIZED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH METRO HEALTH TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ARE PROTOCOLS THAT COMPLY WITH C D C AND COMPLY WITH THE LOCAL METRO HEALTH GUIDANCE. COUPLE OF FRIDAYS AGO, WE HAD A COMPLETE DETAILED MEETING WHERE WE BROUGHT IN ALL DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE DEPARTMENTS THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE, MUNICIPAL COURSE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, C C D O. AND WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS OF OUTLINING AND SHARING INFORMATION AS TO THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THE PURPOSE OF SANITIZING AND CLEANING ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES. SO WE HAVE A, A INTENSIFIED THAT EFFORT. WE'RE ADDING SOME PERSONNEL COMING OVER FROM THE CONVENTION CENTER TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN OUR STAFF, THE NUMBERS TO ENSURE THAT IN FACT, WE MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION THROUGHOUT OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. AS SOME OF THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING SHUT DOWN, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE RELOCATING THOSE RESOURCES THEN TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE OUR EFFORTS ON THOSE BUILDINGS THAT WILL REMAIN OPEN. THANK YOU. I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS, UH, SOUND GREAT. I, I DO. UM, I, FROM WHAT I'M SENSING AND READING AND HEARING IN THE PUBLIC, I THINK THERE IS STILL SOME FEAR THAT MAYBE, UH, SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE IN THE BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME, IN BETWEEN THESE SANITATION OF THE ROOM BEING USED. AND I, SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, DOES, DOES HELP WITH THAT. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. WE HAD TEMPERATURE CHECKS AS, AS WE WALKED IN. UM, SO I, I THINK THAT THAT STILL MAY BE A CONCERN FOR, FOR SOME PEOPLE, AND NOT JUST AT CITY BUILDINGS, BUT OTHER FACILITIES THAT ARE STILL OPEN. RIGHT? SO, UM, I WENT INTO A STORE THE OTHER DAY AND I, UH, UM, THE CASHIER WAS COUGHING INTO HIS HAND. HE'D, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, DRANK DOWN THE WRONG PIPE OR SOMETHING. BUT IT'S, UH, AND UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT MIGHT BE, UH, A LITTLE OFF-PUTTING, BUT ESPECIALLY, UH, AT NOW, I THINK IT IS VERY CONCERNING TO SOME PEOPLE. AND THAT'S KIND OF, UH, FEEDING SOME OF THE FEAR THAT, THAT WE SEE, UH, IN THE PUBLIC. I, UH, WHATEVER THE BEST PRACTICES ARE, UH, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO, UH, ENCOURAGE, UH, THE RETAIL BUSINESSES THAT ARE STILL OPEN TO, UH, UTILIZE THOSE BEST PRACTICES. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE, UM, SOME, SOME IN THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND CITY DIRECTORS. WE HAVE BEEN SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PROPER IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE BEEN REACHED OUT BY OTHER ENTITIES. LIKE THE CITY OF SELMA REACHED OUT TO US THIS PAST WEEK WANTING TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING. AND WE HAVE SHARED THAT WITH THE CITY OF SELMA. THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAS ALSO BEEN CHAIR WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT HAD AN INTEREST OF ON, ON FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING. THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER LEVEL OF INTEN INTENSIFYING THE CLEANLINESS AND SANITATION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDINGS, UH, BY REDUCING THE ATTENTION TO OTHER DETAIL CLEANING. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AREAS THAT ARE NOT THAT CRITICAL. UM, WE HAVE TAKEN ALL THOSE RESOURCES AND EFFORTS AND PLACED 'EM WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC ACCESS. AND ALSO, UH, A LOT OF, UH, UH, PEOPLE ACT STILL WORKING, LIKE SIMILAR TO THIS BUILDING RIGHT HERE, THAT WE STILL, THE UPSTAIRS OF THIS BUILDING. WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, NUMBER OF STAFF WORKING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UM, I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME. I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS HERE, BUT I THINK THE BIG QUESTION IS, UH, PROBABLY FOR THE, UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE 30 DAY AND WHY THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE EXTENSION AS OPPOSED TO, UH, ANOTHER SEVEN DAYS OR ANOTHER, [01:25:01] UH, 14 DAYS? I, I'M, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM, CERTAINLY FROM THE, THE PEOPLE WHO CAME TO SPEAK, UH, AND FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THE 30 DAYS AS, UH, IS THERE, BECAUSE IT, IT, WE WERE TRYING TO BALANCE, UH, AN APPROPRIATE TIME SO THAT THE COUNCIL WOULDN'T HAVE TO REPEATEDLY REVISIT, UH, THE ORDER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAYOR AND THE MANAGER DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY AS THINGS BECOME FLUID. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THINGS CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND, UH, THE NEXT WEEK OR NEXT THREE OR FOUR DAYS, THERE'S THE ABILITY STILL FOR THE MAYOR TO ISSUE A FIFTH EMERGENCY ORDER. UM, SO WE WERE TRYING TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY, UH, BUT STILL PRESERVE THE ABILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL TO REVISIT WHETHER WE NEED A EMERGENCY ORDER OR NOT. LET ME ALSO ADD, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, TO THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, UM, THERE IS NO CERTAINTY IN, UH, A LOT OF DAILY LIFE. UM, AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US WAS THAT, UH, WE PICK A POINT ON THE HORIZON SO THAT THERE'S AN END DATE, UM, WHERE WE'LL BE IN 30 DAYS. UH, I DON'T KNOW. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WERE GIVING SOME CLEAR TIMELINES, UM, TO THE PUBLIC, UM, AND BUSINESSES. UM, BUT WE DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT THAT TIMELINE EXISTS. IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, IT'S NOT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE WE DEAL WITH BECAUSE WE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT PART OF THE GAME WE'RE IN. SO, UM, THAT WAS, UM, UM, OUR BEST RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT. I DO WANNA REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, BARRING ANY SORT OF EMERGENCY MEETING, UM, THERE IS NOT A COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK, AND WE DO NOT MEET AS A GROUP AGAIN UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL. UH, I, UM, I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT WE DO WANT, UH, A POINT IN TIME SO THAT WE CAN PLAN AROUND THAT US AND THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. I, I DO THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THAT POINT IN TIME MIGHT NOT BE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, LIKE THE FIRST WEEK IN, IN APRIL? SO, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION, SORRY, WHY YOU WOULDN'T RECOMMEND? I KNOW IT CAN BE. SO, SO MY RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS 30 DAYS. UH, THAT IS SOMETHING FOR, UM, THAT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL. UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, AS HARD OF A DECISION AS THAT IS, UM, AND YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, THAT CAME DOWN TO THE CHAMBERS TODAY. UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILAR FOLKS IN THAT SAME POSITION, UM, AS AN EMPLOYER AND AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES SERVICES TO A MILLION AND A HALF PEOPLE, WE'RE IN THAT EXACT SAME POSITION. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A, UM, A, A, UM, A, A MAGIC BULLET BEHIND OUR RECOMMENDATION. I THINK IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE, UH, GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION, UH, AND ADVICE TO, UH, BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE 30 DAYS. UM, IF YOU NOTICED YESTERDAY, UH, THE GOV OR THE, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE, UM, UH, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ARE TALKING ABOUT 90 DAYS, UM, THAT, THAT SEEMED, UM, THAT WE, WE, WE ARE PROPOSING 30 DAYS AND SEE WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE'LL BE, UH, AS A CITY, AS A STATE, AND AS A COUNTRY AND, AND CONTINUE TO BE NIMBLE. I SAT, UH, I STOOD UP AT THAT DAIS LAST WEDNESDAY AND GAVE YOU A, AN UPDATE, UM, AT, UH, ON, ON WHERE WE WERE AT WITH LACKLAND. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UM, TRAVELED VERY FAR SINCE LAST WEEK'S UPDATE ABOUT LACHLAN. AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED, UM, AND, UM, AND CERTAIN GOING FORWARD, THANK YOU. AND I, I JUST WANNA SAY OUT THERE FOR, FOR ANYONE WHO IS WATCHING, I THINK, UM, WE, WE SHOULD BE FLEXIBLE TO BE ABLE TO, TO MEET. UM, I, I AM WILLING TO MEET AS OFTEN AS WE NEED TO, WHETHER IT'S BY PHONE OR, OR TV OR BEING HERE, BUT I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GET THE SENSE THAT WE'RE EXTENDING IT 30 DAYS OUT OF A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONVENE THE COUNCIL EVERY, EVERY SEVEN DAYS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT THE MESSAGE, UH, THAT WE WANT TO SEND. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE. AND, UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN INCONVENIENCE TO DO THE JOB THAT, THAT I'VE BEEN ELECTED TO, TO DO. UM, THAT'S WHY I'M DOING IT. SO, UM, ERIC, YOU SAID, UH, THERE WERE SOME PLACES THAT DID 60 DAYS OR 90 DAYS THAT THE COUNTY WAS CONSIDERING THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COUNTY'S, UH, INSTRUCTIONS ARE, [01:30:01] ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE NOT CL THEY'RE NOT DRIVE THROUGH ONLY OR PICKUP ONLY. CAN I I WOULD, UM, I KNOW I'M GOING LONG, BUT I THINK THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE HAS, IS WHAT ARE THE, CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS OF A, UH, DRIVE-THROUGH APPROACH VERSUS A DINE-IN AND SOCIAL DISTANCING APPROACH? COUNCILMAN, I CAN'T VERIFY THAT THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE, DOES NOT HAVE IN THEIR ORDER THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THAT WE DO. THEY DO TALK ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AT RESTAURANTS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE, UH, NOT AREA NOT EATING IN, IN THE, IN THE, WITHIN THE AREA WITHIN THE BUILDING. THANK YOU. COULD, COULD WE PLEASE HEAR ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS AND RISKS OF BOTH OPTIONS SO THAT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE OUR DECISION BASED ON THAT? THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER, REGARDING THE 30 DAY RECOMMENDATION. WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN CHINA AND EUROPE WHO ARE MONTHS OR WEEKS AHEAD OF US, IS THAT THIS IS A THREE MONTH RESPONSE. UM, WE, I'M SURE ALL OF Y'ALL NOTICED YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT CHINA DIDN'T HAVE A NEW CASE, AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS THAT CHINA HAS BEEN DEALING WITH, UM, THIS, THIS EPIDEMIC. SO I, I THINK THAT AS WE'RE GETTING, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO EXPECT THIS TO BE AN 18 MONTH RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, WE'RE SEEING PLACES IN CHINA AND, UH, EUROPE THAT ARE LOOKING AT A A THREE MONTH, UM, INFECTIOUS RESPONSE PERIOD. THAT, THAT WAS SOME OF THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT 30 DAYS. UM, REGARDING THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS ARE THERE TO, UM, CLOSING RESTAURANTS VERSUS, UM, IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL DISTANCING, UH, LIMITING DRIVE THROUGH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I, I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THIS OUTBREAK, IS IT'S A NOVEL VIRUS. AND, UM, WE, WE ARE SUCH A GLOBAL WORLD THAT THERE, THERE, THIS IS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. AND SO, UM, I THINK SOME OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT, UM, IN PLACES THAT HAVE TAKEN MORE AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO LIMIT PEOPLE'S INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, AND THIS IS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN CHINA, FOR EXAMPLE, ONCE THEY DID SERIOUSLY LIMIT INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, UM, WAS WHEN THEY STARTED SEEING THE SLOWDOWN IN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. SO JUST FROM A, UM, A HIGH LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, I THINK PUBLIC HEALTH'S OPINION IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO LIMIT, UM, PEOPLE'S INTERACTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE IS GOING TO START TO SLOW THE SPREAD AND HOPEFULLY SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS. THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER. THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. UM, I ALSO, UM, I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I DON'T WANNA WAIT UNTIL THERE'S A WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION FOR US TO TAKE MORE, UH, SERIOUS MEASURES. I THINK THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE A BE BE A MISTAKE. AND I, I DO THINK THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO EXPECT US TO BE PROACTIVE AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH SO THAT THAT DOESN'T, UH, THAT DOESN'T OCCUR. THERE IS A LOT OF FEAR RIGHT NOW, AND KNOWING THAT THEIR GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO TAKE, UH, THE BEST, MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS THEY CAN TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AT A TIME WHEN WE DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW SERIOUS THE ISSUE COULD BE, IS, IS I THINK SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DO. UM, I, THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN THAT, IN THAT FIELD. UH, THIS IS THE, THE POOREST BIG CITY IN THE US THESE CLOSURES ARE, ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HELP US, UH, AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED. UH, SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT IT'S ALSO, UM, A CRISIS. SO, UM, I, I DO WANT TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY AT THIS MOMENT. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND, UH, AND I WOULD ECHO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES' STATEMENTS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BEING AVAILABLE. UM, I, I DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, REASSURE THE, THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY TO, UH, FIGURE THIS OUT AND, UH, WANT TO THANK OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS, AND HIS TEAM FOR, FOR ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING. UH, WE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU GUYS ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT, UM, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. UH, BUT WE ALSO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE'RE, WE DO WANNA MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR ANY MEETING. AND, AND [01:35:01] I WOULD, I WOULD CALL FOR THAT AS, AS AS MANY MEETINGS AS AS WE NEED TO HAVE, UH, DAY OR NIGHT 24 7. UH, I'LL CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE. UM, AND MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING. UM, I THINK COMMUNICATION IS, IS A BIG DEAL. AND WE DID SIT DOWN WITH, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AS SANDOVAL COMMITTEE TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNICATION IN CONCERT WITH, UH, CITY STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS A TIME THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE, UH, A LOT OF THOSE, UH, CONCERNS AND ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE. UH, I ALSO, UH, WANT TO THANK THE, UH, THE RESTAURATEURS THAT ARE HERE, THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND, AND FEEL THE, THE ISSUE, UH, AS, AS HARD AS YOU DO, UM, SPECIFICALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR, YOUR, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND, AND APPRECIATION FOR, FOR YOUR STAFF AND ALL THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. UH, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY HARD TIME, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT A EASY DECISION. AND I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR, UH, YOU KNOW, DO, DO YOU WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WHILE WE DID SAY IT'S 30 DAYS, WE, WE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WE WOULD, UH, TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THESE ISSUES DAILY, AND IF THERE'S, IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO OPEN THAT UP, I THINK, I BELIEVE WE WILL. UH, BUT WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA CONSIDER, UH, THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST. AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I WELCOME, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU DAILY ABOUT THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AND DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE AS A CITY ARE, ARE HELPING YOU. UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT A, A LOT OF WORKING FAMILIES IN OUR, IN OUR CITY, AND THERE'S THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF RESTAURANTS, UH, ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE, THE WORKERS THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO RIGHT NOW. UM, I HAVE ASKED THE, THE CITY TO MAYBE LOOK AT, IS THERE A POTENTIAL FOR, FOR THOSE RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED IN ANOTHER FASHION? A LOT LIKE WHAT WE DID BACK IN, UH, IN WORLD WAR II, WHERE WE RE REAPPROPRIATED, UH, RESOURCES AND, AND ALLOWED PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO, TO HELP THEIR CITY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. UM, AND I KNOW ERIC, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, WHEREVER WE CAN FIND THEM. UM, AND AGAIN, AND, AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST CLOSE OFF BY SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, WELL, A YEAR AGO OR SO, THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, PAID SICK LEAVE. AND THIS IS, THIS REALLY EXEMPLIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING, UH, SOME, SOME LEVEL OF, OF UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY FOR, FOR HARDWORKING FAMILIES. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, VISIT, UH, THAT ISSUE IN A, IN A CREATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL WAY, UH, AS, AS, AS IT'S SORT OF NOW BEING BLOWN UP ON A GLOBAL SCALE. I MEAN, THESE ARE, THESE ARE WORKING FAMILIES THAT ARE IMPACTED AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS HOW, HOW DISEASE AND VIRUSES, UH, CAN IMPACT, UH, NOT ONLY THE WORLD, BUT INDIVIDUALS, UH, LIVES. AND, UH, WE AS A CITY, TO BORROW A PHRASE FROM MY, UH, COLLEAGUE PALAIS, HAVE TO BE MORE RESILIENT. UM, WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR, UH, WAS SOME PROTOCOLS REGARDING THOSE FOR THE UNSHELTERED OR ARE HOMELESS. AND, UH, CAN ANYBODY ADDRESS THAT? WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS, UM, SPECIFICALLY RAISON AND HAVEN. AND, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR HAVEN, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF, UM, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. UM, WE REACHED OUT FOR HELP FROM UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. AND SO, UM, DR. BRIAN ALSUP AND HIS TEAM ARE GOING TO WORK WITH CENTRO MED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT HAVEN HAS THE, UM, THE BEST INFECTION CONTROL STANDARDS IN PLACE, THAT THEY HAVE A, UM, A VERY CLEAR CUT PROCEDURE THAT THEY USE WHEN THEY NEED TO REFER INDIVIDUALS TO CENTRO MED. THAT CENTRO MED [01:40:01] UNDERSTANDS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, TO, UH, REQUIRE QUARANTINE, ISOLATION OR TESTING. AND, UM, IF NECESSARY, WE HAVE ASSURED HAVEN FOR HOPE THAT WE WILL SET UP A SEPARATE AREA WHERE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, UM, CAN GO TO QUARANTINE OR ISOLATE WELL. AND AS, AS FAR AS HOW, UM, SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERACTING WITH, WITH SOME OF OUR, UH, MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, UH, DO WE HAVE PROTOCOLS FOR THEM AS WELL? UH, YOU KNOW, WE, AS WE KNOW IN, IN MANY CASES, WE HAVE OUR HOPE TEAM, WE HAVE SAFE OFFICERS, UH, D H S, UH, ARE WE IMPLEMENTING ANY, ANY PROTOCOLS OR, OR, OR BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT SEEKING OUT, UH, THESE POPULATIONS THAT, THAT, THAT MAY BE AT RISK? SO I THINK THERE'S TWO QUESTIONS THERE. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHOSE JOBS HAVE THEM INTERACT WITH, UM, ANY VULNERABLE POPULATION? UH, SO LET ME ANSWER THAT FIRST QUESTION. UM, ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO, WHOSE JOB HAS THEM, UM, AT FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT WITH BASICALLY ANYBODY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ALL GONNA NEED TO, TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE GLOVES, THE MASKS, THE HAND SANITIZER, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED WITH PROVIDERS. I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVEN IS DOING IS, UM, THEY'RE INSTITUTING TEMPERATURE CHECKS FOR, UM, INDIVIDUALS AS THEY ENTER THE CAMPUS. AND IF THEY HAVE A FEVER, WHETHER IT'S A A STAFF PERSON OR A A, A CONS, UH, A HOMELESS PERSON, UM, THEY, IF THEY HAVE A FEVER, THEY ARE TURNED AROUND AND NOT ALLOWED TO AN ENTER ONTO THE CAMPUS. UM, SO THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT PERSON THOUGH WHEN THEY'RE TURNED AWAY? SO THEY'RE REFERRED TO CENTRALED, AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CENTRALED, UM, HAS ALL THE LATEST INFORMATION, AND THAT'S WHERE U H SS IS HELPING US. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, AS, AS YOU POINTED OUT, THIS IS ABOUT OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHAT I'M ASKING ABOUT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE PEOPLE WITH, WITH THE LEAST HAVE AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS EVERYBODY ELSE TO, TO SEEK HELP AND, AND, AND RECEIVE IT FROM, FROM WHATEVER RESOURCES WE'RE ALLOCATING. SO I DO MAKE THAT REQUEST. I ALSO, REGARDING OUR, OUR MOBILE SHOWERS, IS, IS THAT, UM, HAS THAT BEEN DELAYED OR DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, UH, THE DELIVERY OF THAT, THAT UNIT HAS NOT YET BEEN DELIVERED? I KNOW MEL WAS REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SEE WHAT THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE WAS. UM, I DON'T THINK THE ORIGINAL DELIVERY DATE WAS DUE UNTIL APRIL SOMETIME. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE DELAYED OR IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO EXPEDITE ITS ARRIVAL. AND THERE WAS A REQUEST THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WE THINK ABOUT MAYBE SOME MOBILE HAND WASHING STATIONS AS WELL. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I DID MAKE THAT REQUEST AND MAYBE EVEN ADD THAT TO THE, THE, THE SHOWERS. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL OR DEPLOYED IN, IN, IN CERTAIN SPOTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, PERHAPS? UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT THROUGH A, SO THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GIVING THE COMMUNITY IS, IF YOU DON'T NEED TO BE OUT AND ABOUT, PLEASE DON'T BE OUT AND ABOUT. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T HAVE HOMES TO SHELTER IN, THAT'S A CHALLENGING MESSAGE TO, UM, TO RELAY. SO WHAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT, AND, AND AS YOU SAW, ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UH, HOW CAN WE HELP LIST WAS HYGIENE KITS FOR THE HOMELESS, MAKING SURE THAT HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HAVE THEIR OWN HAND SANITIZER, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST, UM, BECOMING ILL WITH, WITH C OVID 19. SO, UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHETHER, UM, STATIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS HELPFUL OR WHETHER A, UM, A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT AROUND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WHO NEEDS HAND SANITIZER HAS ACCESS TO IT. SO THAT'S SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WEIGHING AND BALANCING AT THIS POINT. OKAY. THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALWAYS ANSWERING MY PHONE CALL. I DO. THANK YOU. UM, YOU KNOW, WOULD I ADD, WE, WE DID CALL FOR, UM, SAWS AND C P S TO, UH, PUT A MORATORIUM ON, UH, DISCONNECT. SO I WANNA PUBLICLY THANK THEM FOR, FOR RESPONDING SO QUICKLY ON THAT, AND I THINK OUR, SORT OF OUR NEXT STEPS NEED TO BE, UH, [01:45:01] THINKING ABOUT THE, THE IMPACT, UH, THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE ARE GONNA HAVE REGARDING THEIR, THEIR ACTUAL BILL ITSELF. SO I, I, AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO, I WANT TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION. I WANNA ASK THE MAYOR AS HE SITS ON THOSE BOARDS TO, TO, UM, TO THINK ABOUT SOME KIND OF, UH, AN ABATEMENT FOR, FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE AS, AS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING, UH, A LOT OF ISSUE. WE'RE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF ISSUES THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. SO I JUST, AGAIN, THANK YOU SAS AND C P S FOR TAKING THAT VERY FIRST STEP. UM, WITH THAT IN MIND, THERE'S ALSO THINGS LIKE, UH, UH, ALONG WITH FEES IS OUR RENTS THAT, THAT WE COLLECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND A LOT OF AREAS HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN, UH, QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY. AND, UH, I, I GUESS, UH, I, I WOULD JUST ASK ERIC, UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN AREAS, UH, LIKE DOWNTOWN, LIKE, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF LIKE MARKET SQUARE AND LA VITA, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE PLACES ARE, ARE, ARE TRULY BEING IMPACTED AND, AND CAN BE A, A, A REAL, A REAL STRESSFUL POINT FOR A LOT OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. YES, SIR. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT PROBABLY GOES BEYOND DOWNTOWN. AND WE'RE, UM, UH, WE'RE REVIEWING THAT NOW AND, UH, BECAUSE THAT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE AN ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CITY. UH, ALSO I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, WHICH IS, UH, I REALLY BELIEVE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA DO THE BEST WE CAN TO WORK WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND, AND LAUNCH SA TO, TO FOCUS ON, ON, UH, ON HOW WE HELP PROP UP, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND, UH, TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF IMPACT IS AND WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO NOW TO, UH, UTILIZE EXISTING RESOURCES TO, TO, TO HELP THESE SMALL BUSINESSES TODAY. UM, SO I'LL MAKE THAT REQUEST. UM, AND I'M ALSO, I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT I, I'M IN FAVOR OF ANY KIND OF MEETING THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE, WHETHER IT'S, UH, TELECONFERENCING, WEBEX, YOU NAME IT. UH, I THINK, I THINK WE GOTTA, WE HAVE TO STAY UP TO DATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN INFORM THE COMMUNITY WITH WHAT WE KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT, UH, I DID ASK, UH, LORI HOUSTON TO, TO LOOK AT EXPANDING 3 1 1, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GAVE A LOT OF PHONE NUMBERS AND, AND I'M SORRY, DR. BRIDGER, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T CATCH THE NUMBER YOU GAVE FOR THE PRI UH, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A PRIMARY CARE OR CAN'T AFFORD A PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, CAN YOU RESTATE THAT FOR US? SO THE METRO HEALTH, UH, CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE IS 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 7 7 9 5 7 7 9 FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE. AND, AND, AND I WILL, I, IF I COULD SAY THOSE FOLKS NEED LIKE A BADGE OF HONOR, UM, THEY ARE GETTING THOUSANDS OF PHONE CALLS A DAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE THE SCAREDEST WE HAVE EVER SEEN. UH, AND THEY ARE HANDLING THOSE CALLS WITH CALMNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM, UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT I THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO. SO I JUST WANNA GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THE HOTLINE FOLKS. ABSOLUTELY. AND I TOO WANNA, UH, EXTEND MY GRATITUDE FOR, FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND FOR HELPING TO ANSWER, UH, QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OF A, OF A COMMUNITY THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY, UH, FRIGHTENED, WHICH IS WHY I THINK THAT THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, UH, RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF REMEMBERING A NUMBER. AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK THAT WE EXPAND OUR 3 1 1 SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN LINK IT TO, TO, UH, ALL THE RIGHT FOLKS AT METRO HEALTH, UH, WHO ARE PROVIDING, UH, SOME ANSWERS AND PROVIDING SOME ASSURANCES ABOUT WHAT THE CITY'S DOING. THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE SCARED, AND I, I, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, OUR 3 0 1 SYSTEM DOES A GREAT JOB OF, OF, UH, COLLECTING DATA AND HELPING TO CONNECT THEM TO THE, THE PROPER CITY RESOURCES. SO AT MINIMUM, I, I WANT TO, I, I HOPE THAT WE CAN EXPAND. I KNOW RIGHT NOW, 3 1 1 SYSTEM IS, IS ONLY AVAILABLE FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE WEEKENDS. AND, UH, I'LL I'LL SAY PUBLICLY THAT I, I ALREADY MENTIONED TO LAURA HOUSTON THAT I WOULD BE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER AND MAN THE PHONES ON THE [01:50:01] WEEKEND OR AFTER HOURS. UH, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF THAT'D BE WILLING TO DO THAT, UH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IS A TIME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE LOOKING TO VOLUNTEER, THEY'RE LOOKING TO HELP. THEY, THEY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THE CITY IS, IS, UH, IS A CITY OF COMPASSION. AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE JUST, UH, LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP. AND I CAN SEE THAT BEING A BIG ONE. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, WELL TWO MORE. WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA BE ENTERING HURRICANE SEASON, AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A, A BRIEFING ON, ON HOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT OR IMPACT WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY, BECAUSE I THINK THE PREPARATION FOR, FOR, UH, UH, A NATURAL DISASTER LIKE A HURRICANE IS, IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. SO, UM, I THINK THAT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO BE, UH, THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF HOW THEY MAY LAYER ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT, UM, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME ASSURANCES THAT WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A, A, UM, A BRIEFING ON THAT. COUNCILMAN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF BRIEFINGS. UM, YEAH. YES, SIR, WE ARE. UM, AND YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, I'LL COMMENT ON IS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT 3 1 1, THE EXPANSION, AND WE ARE, UH, ATTEMPTING TO LINK THOSE. UM, MANY OF YOUR OFFICES HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRAINED IN 3 1 1, AND, UH, AT LAST NIGHT'S MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT REDEPLOYING EMPLOYEES TO 3 1 1, JUST LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE METRO HEALTH HOTLINE. SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO SHIFT FOLKS AROUND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT. UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER SORT OF BUSINESS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES THAT ARE IN HIGH DEMAND RIGHT NOW AND OTHERS THAT ARE NOT. AND, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UM, SHIFT AS AN ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO, UH, REACT TO THAT. AND, UM, IT'S UN IT'S, IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, A HURRICANE WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH THE STATE AND, AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE SET UP SHELTERS, STORM BLOWS THROUGH, WE SHUT IT DOWN. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING PROBABLY LONG-TERM DECISIONS HERE IN SHORT PERIODS OF, UH, IN SHORT WINDOWS, AND, UM, UH, BUT THOSE ARE ALL VERY GOOD POINTS, AND WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO SHIFT ACCORDINGLY. I, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I, I DO WANT TO ADD IS THAT, UM, OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, UM, IS, UM, IS CHANGING AND HAS CHANGED. AND SO I MENTIONED IT IN MY PRESENTATION, UH, THERE AT THE END. AND, AND, UH, WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW, UH, WHERE WE'RE GONNA LAND. UH, WE HAVE CORE SERVICE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THAT THE CITIZENS EXPECT, AND, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON THOSE, UM, NOT TO MAKE LIGHT OF IT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S EXTREMELY SERIOUS, AS YOU HEARD FROM SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS, UM, UM, THE CITY, UH, NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. UH, WE HAVE CORE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE NOT UNLIKE ANY, ANY OTHER CITY ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY. UM, BUT, UH, WE DO NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE BRIEFINGS ARE CRITICAL, UH, BECAUSE, UM, CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED. AND, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA NEED TO ADAPT TO THAT. THANK YOU, ERIC. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO ALSO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR DOING JUST THAT. UH, YOU HAVE PROVIDED THAT YOU, YOU, UH, VISITED EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE. YOU, YOU DO THAT, UH, VERY WELL. AND I WANNA THANK YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR, FOR MAKING SURE YOU'RE, YOU'RE KEEPING US ABREAST OF WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THANK YOU. BUT YOU ALSO POINT OUT, UH, GONNA GIMME A SEGUE TO MY LAST POINT. AND IT'S PROPERTY TAXES, UM, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT HELPS US PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT RUN THE CITY. UH, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING TOMORROW AT THE BETTER APPRAISAL DISTRICT. UH, AND IT'S TO TALK ABOUT THE 695,000 NOTICES THAT, UH, MAY OR MAY NOT GO OUT HERE SOON. AND WE CAN EXPECT THAT THERE'S, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME DELAY IN THE, UH, CER CERTIFYING OF THE ROLE. UM, YEAH, THERE IS, [01:55:01] THERE'S ALSO A PUSH, UH, A REQUEST BY, BY SEVERAL. AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, UH, CREATED A, UH, A LETTER, UH, ANDY CW IS, IS TAKING A LOOK AT IT, AND I ASK THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UH, IT IS, IT IS A REQUEST TO POTENTIALLY ROLL THE TAXES AND ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT WE MAY BE IN. UH, IT, THIS IS NOT A TIME TO PUT, PUT PEOPLE OR UNDUE PRESSURE, UH, ON FOLKS REGARDING THEIR PROPERTY TAXES OR VALUATIONS, I SHOULD SAY. UH, AND, AND HOW, UH, WE ALREADY ANTICIPATE A SEVEN TO 8% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD. UH, THIS IS AN, AN ADDITIONAL, UH, ADDED STRESS. AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT ROLLING THE TAXES WILL, WILL HELP BRING SOME CERTAINTY TO EVERYBODY AND, UH, NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT UH, EACH INDIVIDUAL, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNER THROUGHOUT THE, THE, THE CITY. AND ULTIMATELY, I THINK IT ALSO HELPS THOSE RENTERS OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE GONNA BE MOST IMPACTED BY THIS LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I THINK THAT COVERS KINDA MY POINTS. I KNOW MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A LOT OF OTHER, UH, POINTS, AND IT REALLY JUST TO ILLUSTRATE HOW MUCH WE'RE ALL READY TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND, AND GET TO WORK, AND, UH, KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. AND A LOT OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO, IT'S, IT IS UNCHARTERED WATERS, BUT, UM, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, UH, UH, A CALM SEED NEVER MADE A GOOD SAILOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN TREVINA. THAT'S A QUOTE THAT, UH, MAYOR HARDBERGER REMINDS ME OF HOW THEY DEALT WITH, UH, HURRICANE KATRINA. SO IT'S VERY WELL TAKEN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AROUND THE SECOND CORNER ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE FACING IN LIGHT OF THIS, INCLUDING, UH, THE DISCONNECT ISSUE AT OUR UTILITIES AND THE EVICTIONS, UH, WHICH WE HAVE SUSPENDED ACROSS THE BOARD. SO, UH, THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE OF, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS. UM, ONE QUICK POINT BEFORE I, UH, MOVE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. UM, THE ISSUE ABOUT THE TIMING, UM, OBVIOUSLY THESE THINGS CHANGE ON AN HOURLY BASIS, UM, CERTAINLY ON A DAILY AND A WEEKLY BASIS, WE WILL BE BRIEFING, WE'LL BE DOING, UH, SITUATION ASSESSMENTS CONSTANTLY. UH, ANDY, UH, IF THE COUNCIL EXTENDS FOR 30 DAYS, THE COUNCIL AT ANY TIME AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, HAVE THE POWER TO RESCIND THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MARY, AND, AND, UH, THE, THE STATUTE AND THE POWERS GIVEN TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL ARE, ARE, ARE DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THAT WAY, RECOGNIZING THAT DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES ARE VERY FLUID, THEY CAN CHANGE HOUR TO HOUR. UH, SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, THAT, THAT THE BOTH YOU AND THE COUNCIL HAVE THAT ABILITY, ABILITY, OKAY? AND, AND, AND AS I SAID FROM THE VERY START, UH, THESE ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE MAKING IMPACT. SO THE SECOND THAT WE CAN, UH, REDUCE THIS BURDEN AND, AND EASE UP RESTRICTIONS KNOWING THAT THE HEALTH, UH, GUIDANCE, UH, IS WHAT WE'RE FOLLOWING, UH, WE WILL DO. SO. I HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I I UNDERSTOOD THAT CLEARLY. OKAY. UH, COUNCILS MEMBER ELAS, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF EVER THERE WAS A NEED FOR, UH, SOME SORT OF COMMISSION THAT HELPED US UNDERSTAND AND SPEAK TO, UM, RENTERS NOW IS, NOW IS THAT TIME. AND, UM, THIS, THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE, ONE OF OUR, UH, BLIND SIDES HERE IS THAT 47% OF OUR SAN ANTONIANS, UM, ARE NOT HOMEOWNERS, AND WE HAVE A, THE MOST DIFFICULT OF TIME SPEAKING TO THEM. UM, A A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BEFORE, UH, I I JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, UM, AND, AND ERIC, THE, THE FIRST, UH, QUESTION'S GONNA BE TO YOU, BUT I, I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO IS ESSENTIAL, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO ITS OWNERS AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO, ITS, TO ITS EMPLOYEES. AND, UM, I I, I'VE BEEN SEEING A FLURRY OF COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND WE'VE GOTTEN CALLS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU CALL MY BUSINESS NOT ESSENTIAL. I'LL, I'LL REMIND FOLKS, UM, THAT , THE, THE MAYOR DOES NOT THINK, AND NOBODY ON THE CITY COUNCIL THINKS THAT BUSINESSES ARE NOT ESSENTIAL. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, STAPLES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LIFE SUSTAINING PRODUCTS, UH, AND THEN THERE'S BOTH BUSINESSES, UM, THAT, THAT DON'T. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION, UH, PARSES THOSE OUT, UH, IN THE END, IT'S, UH, IT'S GONNA BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO KNOW [02:00:01] IF, IF WE OVERREACTED OR IF WE DID TOO MUCH. UH, BUT IT IS GOING TO BECOME VIVIDLY APPARENT IF WE, IF WE UNDERREACT AND DID TOO LITTLE. AND SO, UM, MOST OF THIS THAT, UM, SAN ANTONIANS ARE SEEING PLAY OUT HERE ON THE DAIS TODAY IS REALLY, UH, YOUR LEADERS EXERCISING AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. AND, YOU KNOW, THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF LEADERSHIP IS, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING A CRISIS, UM, IS UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH, UH, TO DO IN ORDER TO SOLVE THAT CRISIS. AND ON OUR MIND, FOLKS, THAT THE EASIEST PART FOR MONDAY, UH, MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACKS, IS TO, YOU KNOW, CRITICIZE LEADERSHIP DURING THIS TIME. AND SO, UM, THAT'S EVERYBODY'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO CRITICIZE, YOU KNOW, THEIR LEADERS. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL ARE STAYING UP LATE AT NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT. UM, AND THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT PLAN. THERE'S NO PERFECT SOLUTIONS, THERE'S NO PERFECT RESULTS. UM, AND, AND CERTAINLY THERE'S NO PERFECT PEOPLE. THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, UH, THERE'S ONLY ONE PERFECT HUMAN BEING THAT EVER WALKED THE EARTH, AND IT CERTAINLY ISN'T ANYBODY ON THIS DIETS OR ANYBODY WATCHING AT HOME. AND SO, UM, I, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING, UH, FOR THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS. AND, AND TODAY I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, THAT THE STAFF WHO ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, HELPING COUNCILWOMAN RE, UH, REBECCA VIGRAN AND AND MYSELF JOIN THIS MEETING, UH, YOU GUYS ARE, UH, REALLY, UH, MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO SERVE OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND SO THANK YOU TO T V S A AND THE AV FOLKS OUT THERE. UM, THANK YOU TO FATIMA AND ANNA BRADSHAW. UH, SO ERIC, UH, IT, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE IDEA OF A CESSATION, UM, OR AN ABATEMENT OF NON-ESSENTIAL FEES THAT WE CHARGE TO BUSINESSES? COUNCILMAN? UM, MY ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATION AS A COUNCIL, AS AS, UM, AS MANY OF YOU FEEL, PROBABLY THE SAME WAY THAT, UM, I DO THAT WE WANT TO HELP. UM, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE CITY CAN HELP IS, UH, MAYBE FINANCIALLY OR PROGRAMS OR INVESTMENTS. UM, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE NOT MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS LIKE THAT UNTIL WHERE, UNTIL WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY, AS, AS DIFFICULT AS THAT MAY SEEM. UM, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE 12,500 EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDE SERVICE. AND, UM, UM, I'VE THOUGHT, I'VE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT THAT. THE TEAM AND I, UH, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. UM, I AM, I WOULD, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE START ADJUSTING, UM, POLICIES THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT. UM, WE'RE A BUSINESS, UM, THAT PROVIDES SERVICES. AND, AND, AND I SAID IT AT THE END OF MY COMMENTS THAT WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS, UM, AND IT WILL NOT BE EASY. SO, UM, I THINK CONTINUED CONVERSATIONS, UM, UM, BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND REGULAR UPDATES FROM THE STAFF, UH, ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. BUT, BUT, UM, WE CAN'T START, MY RECOMMENDATION IS WE NOT START MAKING ADJUSTMENTS RIGHT NOW, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE LIKELY GONNA BE IN A VERY SIMILAR POSITION THAT MANY ORGANIZATIONS ARE, AND BUSINESSES ARE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, I CAN'T STRESS THAT ENOUGH. I DON'T WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY, BUT I DO WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE REALITY OF WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND, AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE DON'T HAVE THE COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE REALITY. UM, SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE I, UM, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, AND, AND THOSE REGULAR UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL ARE GONNA BE CRITICAL. OKAY? SO, ERIC, I, I GET IT. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION. AND SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT PUTTING ON THE TABLE OR MAKING A MOTION THAT WE, UH, YOU KNOW, GO OUT AND FIND NON-ESSENTIAL FEES, UH, TO JUST SUSPEND. HOWEVER, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON, YOU KNOW, NON-ESSENTIAL FEES, UM, FOR A CONVERSATION AT A LATER DATE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY DECISION WE MAKE UP HERE HAS VERY, UH, SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS ON BUSINESSES, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HURTING. AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO KEEP OUR EYE ON ON THAT PAIN IS, IS IMPORTANT. UM, ANDY, UH, CAN, CAN I ASK YOU AT A LATER DATE [02:05:01] TO, TO GIVE US A BRIEFING ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CLAIM COVERAGE FOR, YOU KNOW, AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER AND OTHER FACILITIES? UH, UH, COUNCILMAN? YES, WE CAN, UH, CERTAINLY BRIEF, UH, YOU ON THAT. WE'LL, UH, CONSULT WITH RISK MANAGEMENT. WE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT AT A LOT OF OUR, UH, CONTRACTS AND IN TERMS OF, UH, PROVISIONS, FORCE MAJEURE, UH, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, ET CETERA. BUT YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRIEF THE COUNCIL ON THAT. SO THE OTHER THING TOO IS ALONG THOSE LINES IS THAT I THINK WE ALSO HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS WE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, NOT JUST ON HOW TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND HOW TO MAINTAIN PROPER HYGIENE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THEM HEADS UP AS TO RIGHTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM. AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND COMMUNICATE TIPS TO THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO THRIVE DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE WE ALSO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU SMALL BUSINESSES OUT THERE, YOU MAY HAVE A BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CLAIM, UM, THAT YOU'RE NOT ASSERTING AND YOU MAY WANNA TALK TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, ERIC AND ANDY AND, AND JEFF COYLE AND CARLOS, I, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO, HOW TO MOVE THAT, UH, FORWARD AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT BUSINESSES ARE CRYING OUT FOR HELP, AND SOMETIMES THE BEST HELP WE CAN GIVE 'EM IS, IS JUST GOOD TIPS. UM, SECOND, UH, QUESTION IS HAVE, HAVE WE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE MAYORS AND CITY MANAGERS OF OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES? I'M THINKING ABOUT CASTLE HILLS AU PARK, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A SWISS CHEESE APPROACH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? SO, UM, COUNCILMAN THE, UM, I'VE, I'VE BEEN, UH, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT, UM, FOR THE LAST STARTED LAST THURSDAY, UM, WITH, UH, LARGE CITY, CITY MANAGERS. UM, THERE WERE ABOUT IN BOTH THE US AND CANADA. UM, AND, AND WE HAVE BEEN SHARING INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER. UM, AND, AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A, A, A PEEK AT THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION YOU GET FROM THE CITY MANAGER OF SAN JOSE IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN YOU GET FROM THE CITY MANAGER OF CHARLOTTE. BUT WE'RE LEARNING, UM, BECAUSE EVERY CITY'S IN A DIFFERENT COLLEEN SHOWED THAT THAT MAP OF THE UNITED STATES, EVERY CITY AND STATE IS IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE SPECTRUM. SO WE ARE LEARNING AND, AND, UM, AND, AND THAT THAT GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE INFORMATION. AND THEN I MENTIONED, UH, AT THE END OF MY COMMENTS ABOUT KIND OF MORE LOCALLY IN TERMS OF RECOVERY, UM, WHAT, UM, WHAT I'D LIKE THE STAFF TO DO, UH, WITH AUSTIN AND DALLAS. UM, SO, OKAY. WELL, UM, MY, MY QUESTION, THANK YOU FOR THAT, ERIC, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. MY QUESTION, UM, REALLY FOCUSES ON OUR LOCAL, UM, TINY MUNICIPALITIES. THE ONE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE GOT A DOZEN OF THEM, UH, AROUND HERE. AND SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. UH, THE MAYORS AND MY FAVORITE SUSHI RESTAURANT, SAN ANTONIO IS KU KAWA, UM, OH, NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT. I THINK IT'S SUSHI HANA, SUSHI HANA MAYOR, UH, OVER AT CASTLE HILLS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I THEY'RE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS DECLARATION, RIGHT, ERIC? THAT'S CORRECT. UH, COUNCILMAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT FOCUSING JUST ON THE REGION. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, I HAVE BEEN SHARING, UH, THROUGH MY OFFICE INFORMATION TO THE REGION, THE, THE TEXAS CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION REGION, UH, AROUND SAN ANTONIO, UM, ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS AND DECLARATIONS. AND I'VE ALSO BEEN SHARING THE GUIDANCE THAT WE'VE DONE AS AN ORGANIZATION WITH BEXAR COUNTY. OKAY. SO THERE IS RIGHT NOW SORT OF A SWISS CHEESE, UM, SITUATION GOING ON, RIGHT? THESE RESTAURANT CLOSURES AND THESE BAR AND CLUB. SO CLOSURES THAT WE ARE ISSUING WILL NOT APPLY TO THESE MUNICIPALITIES, UM, THAT WE ENGULF, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, MY CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA GET CALLS FROM SAYING, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I SAW A RESTAURANT OPEN AND WE NEED TO GO SHUT THEM DOWN. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR CITY. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, TO BE PREPARED, UM, PREPARED WITH THAT. UH, DR. BRIDGER, I UNDERSTAND THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE COVID TEST, WE NEED TO SHOW UP WITH, UM, UH, DOCTOR'S NOTES, IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, YOU DON'T SHOW UP WITH A DOCTOR'S NOTE. YOUR DOCTOR CALLS THE NUMBER, AND A PERSON WILL CALL YOU AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOU AT A TIME SPECIFIC TO GO TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. UM, DOCTOR, AS DEFINED HOW OPTOMETRIST, CHIROPRACTOR, NO. PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. YEAH. SO IS IT, ARE WE SPECIFYING THAT IT HAS TO BE AN ? WE, WE CAN, IT FELT LOGICAL [02:10:01] AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GO AND, UH, CLARIFY THAT AGAIN THOUGH. IF AN OPTOMETRIST MADE A REFERRAL TO THE, UM, TO MEDCOM, MEDCOM WOULD TALK THROUGH, WHY DID YOU FEEL LIKE THIS REFERRAL WAS IMPORTANT TO MAKE? OKAY. AND WOULD TALK TO THE PERSON ALSO TO VERIFY THAT THIS PERSON INDEED NEEDED TO BE TESTED. SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A TWO PHYSICIAN APPROACH TO THIS. UM, BUT WHAT WE MEAN IS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR MID-LEVEL PROVIDER. SO YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CHIROPRACTORS OUT THERE THAT, UM, THINK THEY'RE PRACTICING MEDICINE AND THAT MIGHT GO AROUND ADJUSTING SPINES IN ORDER TO CURE PEOPLE OF THEIR COVID SYMPTOMS. UH, ARE WE SPEAKING TO THE CHIROPRACTIC, UM, COMMUNITY? WE ARE SPEAK, WE ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THE CHIROPRACTORS. NO. THAT, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN DOING. I MEAN, THEY HELP A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THEY ALSO SOMETIMES HARM A LOT OF PEOPLE BY NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. RIGHT. THAT ON THE LIST, COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ALSO, AND, UM, I I, I HAD COMMUNICATED THIS TO THE MAYOR YESTERDAY, THE SURGEON GENERAL AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS ARE RECOMMENDING A CESSATION OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES. UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE TABLE, UM, THAT WE TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT WHAT THOSE, UH, ELECTIVE SURGICAL CENTERS AND, UM, ARE DOING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS, I MEAN, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU, THERE'S A DOCTOR HERE IN TOWN THAT LINES UP, UM, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 VASECTOMIES AND DOES THEM ALL IN ONE DAY. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES, UM, YOU KNOW, PRESENT THE SAME KIND OF RISK AS PEOPLE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POKER ROOMS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, A, A BAR TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. AND SO, UM, DR. BRIDGER, I DO, I DO WANNA HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND ANDY SEGOVIA LATER TO SEE IF THERE IS AUTHORITY UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND THE HEALTH CODE, UM, TO DO, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON ELECTIVE SURGERIES. UH, IF THERE'S A DETERMINATION ON OUR PART THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY. HAVE YOU, UNLESS YOU'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT IT, DOUG? NO, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT SPECIFICALLY, COUNCILMAN. BUT YES, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, CERTAINLY, AND CAN DISCUSS WITH THAT, UH, BRIEFLY ON THAT INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. THANKS. AND THEN, ANDY, UM, I KNOW THAT THE DECLARATION IS AN IMPERFECT DOCUMENT IN THAT IT CAN'T BE EXHAUSTIVE, AND THERE'S NO GLOSSARY OF EVERY SINGLE TERM IN THERE. BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING IS WHAT IS A QUOTE UNQUOTE, OFFICE UNDER THE EXCEPTIONS OF MASS GATHERING PLACES? AND SO, UM, HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED THROUGH THAT? I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. UH, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. UH, AN AN ORDER IS IMPERFECT. WE HAVE TO BALANCE SIMPLICITY WITH TRYING TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, UH, PROBABLY SOME, SOME PROBABLE SCENARIOS. AND FRANKLY, SOMETIMES WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT VERY IMPROBABLE SCENARIOS. THAT'S WHY, UH, IN MY DISCUSSION, GOING OVER THE ORDER, I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE WHAT THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE WAS OF THE ORDER, UH, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN. IN, IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WE TRY TO USE THE COMMON MEANING OF MOST, UM, WORDS AND PHRASES. UH, SO I WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT FOR OFFICE, IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY DEFINED BECAUSE WE WOULD RELY ON THE STANDARD, UH, DEFINITION OR CONCEPTION OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD VIEW AS AN OFFICE, UH, WHICH IS A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO BUSINESS. UM, AND SO IF THERE'S SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, WE CAN ADDRESS THEM. BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE RELYING ON PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVE AND TO, UH, INTERPRET THE ORDER IN BOTH IN TERMS OF WHAT IT CALLS FOR, WHAT IT RECOMMENDS, WHAT THE DEFINITIONS ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT OBJECTIVE. AND SO EQUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'M, I'M SPLITTING HAIRS HERE, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT HAIR TO SPLIT, RIGHT? THE, UH, MUSEUM'S EXCEPTION. I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S THERE, BUT O OKAY, IT'S THERE. UH, THAT WOULD IT, WOULD IT ALSO INCLUDE LIKE I, THE RIPLEY'S WAX MUSEUM, UH, DOWNTOWN? I, I'M ANDY, I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT THAT IS GONNA COME UP, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT IS, AND WHAT IS NOT A SPECIFIC THING THAT WE'RE NAMING IN THERE. AND I THINK WHAT THE POINT IS HERE IS THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO USE THEIR COMMON SENSE, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND, AND I WOULD ANSWER YOU AGAIN, AND, AND IT'S, AND, AND THAT'S WHY, UH, ANOTHER THING I EMPHASIZE IN TERMS OF THE ORDER WE ARE CALLING ON EVERYONE AND EVERY BUSINESS TO EXERCISE IN, IN, AS THEY CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS OR AS THEY CONDUCT THEIR DAILY LIVE TO EXERCISE THE C D C REQUIREMENTS ON SOCIAL DISTANCING. UM, YEAH. SO I, UH, THE BEST WAY I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS WE WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, THE RIPLEY'S MUSEUM TO DO JUST THAT, RIGHT? BY THE WAY, UM, TO MY FRIENDS WHO OWN THE RIPLEY'S WAX MUSEUM, [02:15:01] I, I LOVE YOU GUYS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF PAIN. UH, AND, AND ALONG THE SAME LINES HERE, JUST ON MY LIST AS I WAS LISTENING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A MASSAGE F EXAMPLE? IS THAT A HEALTH FACILITY? IS THAT A ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY? I, I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT? AND THAT WOULD GO ALONG, UH, THE, UH, LIST OF SORT OF, I, I GUESS THAT WOULD GO UNDER THE LIST OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES, DR. BRIDGER. AND THEN BY THE SAME, UM, IN THE SAME VEIN, UM, WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, IS THE SHOPPING MALL THAT WE'VE GOT, THE, THE, THE TWO OR THE SHOPPING MALLS WE'VE GOT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? UM, ARE THOSE ON THE LIST? ANDY, AGAIN, MY, UH, THE SHOPPING MALLS ARE SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM THE, UH, 50 PERSON GATHERING. SO, SO THE REASON I BRING IT UP, ANDY, IS BECAUSE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PHENOMENON CALLED, CALLED . UH, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE MEXICAN, UH, WITH A CAR AND SOME MONEY COMES UP TO SAN ANTONIO AND DOES A LOT IN THEIR SHOPPING, IN OUR SHOPPING MALL IN, UH, IN, IN APRIL. UM, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE MALLS, UH, ARE GOING TO BE PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE. AND IF EVER YOU'VE SEEN A MASS GATHERING, IT'S AT NORTH STAR MALL AND AT LARA IN APRIL. AND SO, UM, I I, I WOULD ASK MAYOR, UH, AND ANDY AND ERIC AND THE REST OF MY COUNCIL, UH, TO START THINKING AHEAD ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FROM OUTSIDE OF SAN ANTONIO COMING IN, UH, TO COME SHOPPING. UH, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, COUNCILMAN, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A CONTINUAL LOOK AS, AS ERIC SAID, EVERY DAY WE MEET, EVERY DAY, WE ASSESS THE SITUATION. UM, AND WE DO WANT TO BAKE IN THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THINGS THAT THINGS CHANGE. UM, AND, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, AS THINGS COMING UP IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE, UH, THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE EITHER CONTINUE OR MODIFY WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE CURRENTLY. UH, A LOT OF, I WILL TELL YOU, A LOT OF MAJOR RETAILERS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION IN TERMS OF CLOSING. I THINK MACY'S HAS SAID THAT THEY WOULD CLOSE, AND OTHER MAJOR RETAILERS THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD SEE AT MALLS HAVE ALREADY TAKEN INDEPENDENT ACTION, UM, IN TERMS OF CLOSING OR, UM, LIMITING THEIR OPERATIONS. RIGHT? AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT, THAT LEADS ME TO THE, UH, FLEA MARKET PHENOMENON WE'VE GOT IN OUR SOUTH SIDE, UH, DISTRICTS TOO. AND, AND I WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, WE OUGHT TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. UM, I THINK COUNCILMAN GRO, IT'S ONE OF THE BIG, UH, FANTASTIC FLEA MARKETS. IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT. AND, UM, I'M, I'M, ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST ON MY MIND. AND, AND I'M, I'M SURE COUNCILMAN GRO HAS SOME IDEAS ABOUT, ABOUT THAT. I, I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE CALLED THE TEXAS RETAILERS ASSOCIATION, AND I GOT TO SPEAK WITH, UH, THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY AND, AND SOME OF THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND THEY REMIND ME THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST GROCERY STORES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL, UH, THAT SELL ESSENTIAL, YOU KNOW, LIFE SUSTAINING SUPPLIES AND GOODS. IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, LOWE'S, PETSMART, WE'LL SELL YOU PET FOOD FOR YOUR LOVED ONE AT HOME. DOLLAR GENERAL ALSO CARRIES FOOD. UM, YOU KNOW, GAS STATIONS ALSO IS WHERE PEOPLE WILL GET THEIR GROCERIES AND, AND ESSENTIALS. AND SO, UH, I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMIND SAN ANTONIANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEM RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT A DEMAND PROBLEM BECAUSE ON TOP OF A PANDEMIC, WE'VE GOT A PANIC DEMIC GOING ON, UM, AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, RUNS ON, UH, THESE STORES. AND SO, UH, I, I, I MAYOR, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I, I THINK THAT IN OUR MESSAGING TO SAN ANTONIANS, WE NEED TO REMIND THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, A RETAILER, A RETAILER, UH, YOU KNOW, ISN'T JUST A GROCERY STORE, RIGHT? UM, OR THAT THEY CAN GET THESE SUNDRIES AND STAPLES AT, AT DIFFERENT PLACES. UM, I, I WROTE DOWN HERE, PAYDAY LENDERS. DURING THIS TIME, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF SCAM ARTISTS AND A LOT OF, UH, PREDATORY, UM, BUSINESSES OUT THERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF FOLKS. ANDY, CAN, CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND LOOK, UM, WITH YOUR TEAM TO SEE IF WE HAVE AN AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT, UH, PAYDAY LENDERS FROM ABUSING PEOPLE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME? WE, WE SPECIFICALLY DON'T, AS THE CITY COUNCILMAN, BUT CERTAINLY THE STATE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT EVEN DURING EMERGENCIES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND YEAH, WE CAN, WE, AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE DETAILS ON THAT LATER. OKAY. UM, SO I'LL STOP HERE AND I'LL, I'LL TELL EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP THANKING FOLKS, UH, IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS FOR WORKING HARD AND GETTING US THROUGH THIS, AND ANDY, UM, AND ED AND LIZ AND, AND THE REST OF THE LAWYERS AND, AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I SEE YOU GUYS AND I, UH, I SEE HOW HARD YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THIS, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. YOU KNOW, NOTHING IS GETTING DONE WITHOUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF ONE OF OUR LAWYERS, UM, IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COLORING, UH, INSIDE THE LINES. UM, LASTLY, I'LL, I'LL END WITH THIS [02:20:01] MAYOR. UM, WE HAVE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK, WHO HAVE TO MAKE PAYROLL EVERY TWO WEEKS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF THEIR CITY COUNCIL DUTIES. AND, UM, I, I, I WILL POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE EVERY PERSON ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I CONSIDER TO BE VERY BRILLIANT AND DEDICATED, UH, WE ARE NOT A MAJORITY, UH, BUSINESS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, COUNSEL. AND, UH, WE NEED TO RELY ON OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO TELL US AND GUIDE US. UM, AND I KNOW THAT THIS 30 DAY, UM, DECISION IS, IS DIFFICULT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING MESSAGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. UM, ANDY NUN, WELL, I'VE BEEN ON, ON THE DAIS, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, YOU KNOW, BEGGING US, PLEASE MAKE IT SEVEN DAYS. NO, NO, NO, NO. PLEASE MAKE IT 14 DAYS, NOT 30 DAYS. IT'S TOO SCARY. AND SO, MAYOR, UM, I'M ABOUT TO HAND THE MIC OVER, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST REMIND FOLKS, UM, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REVISIT EVERY SINGLE, UH, TIME WE CONVENE AS A CITY COUNCIL, AND WE CAN EVEN CALL SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS. UM, I, I THINK IT'S FOLKS, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE CAN ALWAYS SCALE BACK AS THE SITUATION CHANGES ON THE GROUND. AND SO, I'LL, I'LL END MY, MY COMMENTS WITH, UM, REMINDING MY CONSTITUENTS AND, AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING OUT THERE, IS THAT, UH, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, UH, BAD PEOPLE, PREDATORY PEOPLE, SCAM ARTISTS ABOUND, UM, AND THAT IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH A, A PANDEMIC. UM, UH, ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE DEALING WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PANDEMIC. UM, AND SO WE HAVE A CHOICE, UH, TO BE THE CITY THAT RISES TO THIS OCCASION AND RISES TO THE CHALLENGE. UM, OR WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE THAT CITY THAT FREAKS OUT, UM, THAT GOES OUT AND HOARDS TOILET PAPER AND AMMUNITION, AND CLEARS OUT THE MEAT AND CHEESE, PERMANENT, H E B. UM, AND, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE ARE, UH, UH, GOING TO CONTINUE BEING THE, THE FIRST CITY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE THAT, THE LATTER. AND SO, MAYOR I, THE, THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING AT HOME IS THAT I CAN PRINT OFF PROPS, UH, IN REAL TIME. AND SO THIS IS, UH, IS THE NUMBER FOR THE COVID HOTLINE, UH, FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SEE IT. AND, UH, THIS IS A NUMBER THAT WE'VE BEEN PUMPING OUT NONSTOP, UH, AT OUR, UH, AT IN ALL OF OUR MEDIA OUTLETS AND, UH, COMMUNICATION OUTLETS. AND, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBER IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL HAND IT OFF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN PLY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU TO THE COMPLETE SAN ANTONIO, UH, TEAM AS YOU ARE GOING FORWARD, EVERYBODY THAT IS WORKING, UM, AT HOME, EVERYONE THAT IS WORKING HERE BEHIND THE SCENES, EVERYONE THAT ARE WORKING HANDS ON TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, FROM OUR FIRE TO OUR POLICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAWN. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK FOR THE RESTAURANTS, UM, AND YOUR MEMBERS. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME, UM, THAT WE'RE FACING AND NOT SURE WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT KNOWING THAT THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE A VOICE. UM, WE THANK YOU FOR COMING. UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE I KNOW DURING ONE OF THE COMMENTS, UM, FROM THE, UH, PROFESSOR AT, AT ST. PHILIP'S THROUGH THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT, HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT HOW SOME STUDENTS WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GRADUATE. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN ASK FOR, UM, FROM OUR ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES, BUT TO TRULY ASK OUR COLLEGES AND OUR UNIVERSITIES TO NOT HOLD STUDENTS TO ARE POTENTIALLY ABLE TO GRADUATE BACK BECAUSE OF INTERN OR EXTERNSHIPS BEING, UM, TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM DURING THIS TIME, IF THEY COULD, COULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD. WE KNOW DURING OUR POVERTY REPORT, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, IS THE EDUCATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND BURDENS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO MOVING FORWARD AS A CITY. SO ASKING THEM TO, TO TAKE THE LIMITS OFF OF THOSE GRADUATING STUDENTS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, UM, STAY WITHIN THOSE EX INTERN AND EXTERNSHIPS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO. UM, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, OUR RIDE SHARE SERVICES SUCH AS UBER EATS AND DOORDASH, AND THE MULTITUDE THAT ARE OUT TO OUT IN THE, IN THE FACILITIES TO TRULY FIND A DESIGNATED, UM, MAYBE DRIVING SYSTEM THAT CAN HELP OUR RESTAURANTS THAT DON'T HAVE DRIVE THROUGH CURBSIDE OUR DELIVERY SERVICE, TO HAVE DRIVERS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THOSE RESTAURANTS AS WELL. UM, AND THEN TO TRULY THANK SAHA FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT DISPLACING FAMILIES DURING THIS TIME WOULD BE GREAT, BUT TO ALSO ASK THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION TO START LOOKING AT, UM, OUR SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST, [02:25:01] UM, FACILITIES OR, OR RESIDENTIAL OR MULTI-FAMILY UNITS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, CAUSING ANY, UM, DISPLACEMENT OF FAMILIES AT THIS TIME WITH EVICTIONS AS WELL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY. UM, ALSO, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE MAIL TAX. IF WE CAN TRULY FIND A WAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE MEAL TAX AT THIS TIME FOR OUR RESTAURANTS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT, UM, AND THEN WE, WE REALLY NEED TO START WORKING WITH LIFT FUND AND ACOG AND SEEING HOW CAN WE PUT TOGETHER AN ECONOMIC IMPACT, UM, FOR OUR RESTAURANTS AND WHAT THAT FUND WOULD LOOK LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESTAURANTS CONTINUE TO STAY IN BUSINESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE DON'T HAVE A BURDEN WHEN THEY GO TO FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS FULLY PUT IN PLACE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL. UM, AND THEN TO ASK, UH, THE, OH, THERE'S DAWN. HI, DAWN. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL. UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME TO ME ARE FROM THOSE, UM, SUCH AS MYSELF. I SUFFER FROM LUPUS, AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRULY CONCERNED WITH HOW DOES THIS TRULY AFFECT THOSE THAT HAVE LUPUS OR, UM, MS OR LEUKEMIA? HOW DOES IT AFFECT THOSE THAT TRULY HAVE CANCER? UM, THEY'VE HEARD IF YOU'RE 65 AND OLDER, WHAT HAPPENS? UM, THEY'VE HEARD ABOUT YOU HAVE A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM, BUT WHAT DOES THAT TRULY MEAN? AND WHERE IS THE INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN FIND SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THOSE CASES? UM, I KNOW MY DOCTOR IS PROBABLY GONNA HAVE A FIT WITH ME FOR BEING HERE TODAY, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS TRULY MEANS, UM, FOR THEM AND TO FIND THE ACTUAL INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THOSE, THOSE DIFFERENT DIAGNOSES. YEAH, THAT IS A VERY COMMON QUESTION THAT WE'RE GETTING. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION, WHAT, HOW IT IMPACTS THEM IS THAT WE'RE, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE CREATED IS A CATEGORY OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. SO JUST AS YOU REPEATED 65 AND OLDER WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, WHAT THAT MEANS IS TAKING THE DECLARATION THAT THE MAYOR HAS PUT IN PLACE AND ACTUALLY REALLY O RIGHT, LIKE REALLY DOING IT. UM, MAKING SURE, UM, FOLKS MAY BE LIMITING PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING INTO YOUR HOUSE. UM, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT THAT, THAT FOLKS WHO HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS, THESE ARE THE EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY, UM, THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. THE MAIN THING THAT WE ARE HEARING IS THAT THE PROVIDERS ARE THE KEY TO THAT COMMUNICATION. THEY ARE THE TRUSTED ENTITY. WE CAN PUSH OUT INFORMATION, WE CAN GO TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, BUT IT'S THE PROVIDER THAT PEOPLE TRUST. AND SO I WOULD JUST HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS KEEP THAT MAIN, KEEP MAINTAINING THAT CONVERSATION AND THAT TRUST WITH THEIR PROVIDERS. UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO COME OUT AND DO TOWN HALLS, BUT OF COURSE, THEY CAN'T DO TOWN HALLS. SO WE CAN DO WEBINARS, WE CAN DO, UM, ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO RESPECT THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING, BUT THE PROVIDER IS KEY. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW ONE THING THAT MY PROVIDER WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKING, BECAUSE LUPUS MIMICS SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE GOING ON, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO FEVER RELATED. HOW DO THEY RELAY THE INFORMATION ON WHETHER TO COME INTO THE OFFICE? BECAUSE IT COULD BE A SPIKE IN FEVER DUE TO THE LUPUS, OR IT COULD BE A SPIKE IN FEVER DUE TO THE VIRUS. SO HOW DO THEY, THEY MINIMIZE, UM, THAT, THAT, UM, , I THINK YOU, I THINK YOU HIT IT. IT'S THE FEVER. OKAY. IT'S THE FEVER. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN SHARED, UM, WIDELY YET, BUT THERE IS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT DECREASING THE ACTUAL GOLD STANDARD OF THE TEMPERATURE. LIKE WHAT DEEMS A FEVER. RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN FOLLOWING IS THE A HUNDRED 0.4 AS A FEVER, AND THERE IS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT LOWERING THAT DOWN TO A 99.6. AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT THOSE WHO MAY, UM, BE ON THE VERGE OF SYMPTOMS OR HAVE SYMPTOMS IN THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, OR SYMPTOMS OF COVID, THAT THEIR ELEVATOR, I MEAN, THEIR ELEVATOR, IT'S BEEN A LONG SEVEN WEEKS. IT'S OKAY, THEIR FEVER OR THEIR, UM, TEMPERATURE IS ELEVATING, UM, OR COMING DOWN TO A 99.6, LIKE THAT'S THAT SLIGHT FEVER. SO WE'RE KIND OF TRYING TO CATCH THEM RIGHT BEFORE SYMPTOMS OCCUR. SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PROVIDERS JUST TO DO IT, NOT CHANGING THE GOLD STANDARD, BUT WE ARE SEEING IN THE LITERATURE TO MAYBE START ASKING PEOPLE TO MONITOR THEIR TEMPERATURE TO A 99.6 AND THEN CALL THEIR PROVIDER. AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WE KNOW A LOT OF THEM DO THE FOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE MINISTRY. YES, MA'AM. SORRY. THANK YOU. UM, A LOT OF THEM DO THE FOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE MINISTRY, AND SO SOMETIMES [02:30:01] THAT IS OUTSIDE THAT, THAT 50, UM, EVENT GATHERING NUMBER. AND SO ARE WE LIMITING THE FOOD UNDER THE BRIDGE PORTION OF FAITH-BASED, OR HOW ARE WE RESPONDING TO THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY STILL GATHERING TO PROVIDE THOSE FOOD SERVICES FOR, UM, THE HOMELESS POPULATION? MORNING COUNCILWOMAN, GOOD MORNING. I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DIRECTLY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. WE DO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, SHELTERS, UH, AND CHURCHES. SO SOME OF THOSE, UH, CONGREGATIONS WOULD PROBABLY FALL UNDER THAT, AND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES WOULD FALL UNDER THAT. BUT THEN ALSO WE STILL ARE ASKING FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING EVEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS. SO I THINK IT'S UP TO THE ENTITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ABIDE BY THE SPIRIT AND THE INTENT OF, OF THE DECLARATION, BUT THEY'RE, THEY AREN'T SPECIFICALLY DEALT WITH IN THE EMERGENCY MEASURES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS FOR ALSO THE RIDE SHARE SERVICES WHEN IT COMES TO THE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING. UM, I KNOW THAT WE'RE OFFERING IT TO BUS DRIVERS. ARE WE LOOKING TO MAYBE EXTEND THAT TO RIDE SHARE SERVICES, UM, PROVIDERS, COUNCILMAN? WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL EVALUATE AND GET BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT. AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, VIA BUS RIDERS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THAT SERVICE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR, FOR DON. UM, ONCE AGAIN, I'M SORRY TO KEEP BRINGING YOU BACK AND FORTH. I WAS KIND OF WRITING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THAT'S, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO TARGETING OUR YOUTH, WE KNOW A LOT OF OUR YOUTH, UM, WENT ON SPRING BREAK AND, UM, A LOT OF THEM DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THIS REALLY AFFECTS THE YOUTH POPULATION. I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS, WHERE'S THE TARGETING OR THE, THE SPECIFICS FOR OUR YOUTH AND OUR, AND OUR POPULATION WITH THOSE WHO HAVE MAYBE TRAVELED, UM, TO SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES AND, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE ARE, UM, AS FAR AS THIS HEALTH CRISIS, AND HOW CAN WE BREAK IT DOWN SO THAT OUR, UM, YOUNGER POPULATION UNDERSTANDS WHAT THIS WHOLE SCENARIO MEANS? YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU BRING UP, YOU'RE RIGHT IN SYNC WITH ME. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS OVER AT THE E O C. FROM DAY ONE, ALL OF OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE W H O RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS C D C RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO WORK WITH TARGETING OUR SENIOR POPULATION IN VULNERABLE. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE FINDING, AND IN FACT, SOME OF THE DATA, THE NATIONAL DATA IS REALLY SHOWING, UM, THAT WHAT WE SEE IS A, UM, AN INCREASED RISE IN, UM, 20 YEAR OLDS TO 29 YEAR OLDS, UM, UM, BECOMING POSITIVE WITH THE TEST. AND WE'RE NOT SEEING A SPIKE WITH OUR SENIORS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT MESSAGE. AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO PIVOT A LITTLE BIT AND SAY, UHOH, YOU KNOW, WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT MESSAGE WITH OUR SENIORS, CONTINUE TO DO THAT, BUT NOW WE NEED TO START FOCUSING ON SOME OF OUR OTHER POPULATION. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND WE'LL START GETTING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CATERING OUR MESSAGING A LITTLE BIT. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF THE YOUTH SERVICES THAT ARE, UM, THAT HAVE, ARE NOT WORKING ANYWHERE, ANY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CLOSED. AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET FAMILIES BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE GETTING EVERYONE, YOU MIGHT BE GETTING GRANDMA, YOU MIGHT BE GETTING MOM, AND YOU MIGHT BE GETTING YOUR CHILDREN, THE CHILDREN. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ON TOP OF THAT. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO H E B, I KNOW, UM, I HAD CALLED THE MAYOR AND ASKED HIM WHAT WE WERE DOING AS FAR AS THOSE THAT ARE STILL HANDLING FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, MONEY HANDLING, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT H E B IS STEPPING UP TO, TO ENSURE THAT THEY PUT SOME TYPE OF SAFETY GUARD IN PLACE. BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR THE OTHER, UM, ENTITIES THAT ARE STILL HANDLING FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION OR HANDLING MONEY? ARE WE ASKING THEM TO MAKE SURE THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE, ARE WITH GLOVES OR HAVE MASKS, OR WHAT, WHAT PRECAUTIONS ARE WE TAKING WITH THAT COUNCILWOMAN? UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT ANDY SAID, UM, EARLIER, UM, THE ORDER IS RECOMMENDING, UM, BOTH PERSONALLY AND IN EVERY BUSINESS, UH, THAT EVERYBODY PRACTICED SOCIAL DISTANCING. AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS A NUMBER OF THE, UM, BUSINESSES, NOT JUST GROCERY STORES ARE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THAT. UH, THE, WE HAVE NOT, UM, THE CITY DID NOT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SUGGEST OR REQUIRE H E B TO DO THOSE, THOSE, UM, UM, UM, [02:35:01] DIVIDERS, UM, MANY, MANY BUSINESSES ARE ARE DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN. AND, AND, AND THAT'S A GREAT THING BECAUSE THAT PROVIDES A LEVEL OF COMFORT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, UM, BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S CRITICAL. AWESOME. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS. I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER, WE'RE TRULY STRONGER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE TRULY LOOKING OUT FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE. SO IF YOU KNOW THAT YOUR NEIGHBOR CANNOT MAKE IT TO THE STORE, IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA ROLL OF TOILET PAPER AND THERE'S NONE ON THE SHELVES, UM, THAT YOU MAKING SURE THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR SENIORS THAT ARE TRULY, UM, WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION OR CAN'T GET TO THE PHARMACY TO GET THEIR MEDICINE, IF YOU HAVE SOME FORM OF COMMUNICATION TO GET THAT INDIVIDUAL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED, THAT WE ALL STEP UP AND WORK TOGETHER, WORK WITH EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE BENEFITS OF THE LIFE THEY NEED TO CONTINUE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. TAKE A MEAL TO A NEIGHBOR, TAKE A MEAL TO THE MOST VULNERABLE, MAKE SURE THAT THOSE KIDS THAT YOU KNOW THAT ARE STILL HOME BY THEMSELVES, TAKE THEM SOME FRUIT, DO SOMETHING TO STEP UP TO HELP EACH OTHER. THAT'S WHAT WE, AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE ALWAYS DONE. AND I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO US COMING OUT OF THIS EVEN STRONGER AND BETTER THAN WE WERE BEFORE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. HDA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, THANKS TO ERIC AND CITY STAFF AS WELL AS THE MAYOR AND MY CO UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR DILIGENCE AND COOL-HEADED LEADERSHIP THROUGH THIS UNPRECEDENTED TIME. UM, JUST A FEW QUESTIONS. UM, DOES THE CITY, DOES THE CITY PROVIDE A LIST OF RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYERS, UM, WHERE THEY CAN GO AND JUST KIND OF A, A ONE SHEET, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LIFT FUND, BUT ANY, ANY RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, ACTUALLY, WE JUST, UH, UH, ADDED A, YOU KNOW, SO ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE CITY WEBSITE AS A WHOLE, UH, C OVID 19, UH, BOX, RIGHT, RIGHT. WHEN YOU GET THERE, AND THERE'S A SERIES OF TABS. ONE OF THEM IS FOUR BUSINESSES. SO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THERE ABOUT THE S B A LOANS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE LIFT FUND LOCALLY, UH, RESOURCES FOR THOSE WHO ARE OUT OF WORK AND LOOKING FOR IT. UM, WE ALSO SENT A, UM, AN EMAIL OUT TO SEVERAL THOUSAND BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'RE, WE'RE STEERING THEM TO THE RIGHT PLACE, TRYING TO OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AS NEW RESOURCES, UH, POP UP THROUGH THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT. LEMME JUST ADD, IF I COULD, AS A GENERAL RULE, WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR UPDATES, UH, ON ALL OF OUR CHANNELS. OKAY. AND SO, UH, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY CLOSE TO THE, TO THE WEBSITE, TO SIGN UP FOR THE COSA TEXT, TO DOWNLOAD THE READY SOUTH TEXAS APP, FOLLOW US TO SOCIAL MEDIA. ANY OF THOSE PLACES WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE DAILY UPDATES. AND SO RATHER THAN US MARKETING NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON CHANNELS, WE'RE CONTINUING TO STEER PEOPLE TO THE CONSISTENT SOURCES OF INFORMATION THAT WE CAN UPDATE REGULARLY AS THINGS CHANGE. WILL YOU BRIEFLY EXPLAIN FOR THE AUDIENCE HOW YOU SIGN UP FOR THE TEXT? SURE. YOU, UH, TEXT, UH, 5,550 5,000 5 5 0 0 0, AND TYPE IN COSA GOV. AND THEN YOU WILL GET, UH, IN REAL TIME OUR UPDATES ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR THEM OR ASKING FOR THEM. WE WILL, WE'LL SEND THE NEW INFORMATION OUT, UH, THROUGH THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. UM, I HAD ANOTHER QUESTION REGARDING, UM, WHETHER WE COULD RESCIND THE 30 DAYS, BUT THE, THE MAYOR HAD THAT QUESTION ASKED, SO I'M, I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. UM, THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO CAME UP TO SPEAK TODAY, UM, I CAN RELATE. I WAS A, I HAD TO BARTEND MY WAY THROUGH COLLEGE, SO I REALLY ENJOYED THAT WORK, BUT I DO REMEMBER, UM, HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS WHEN THE RESTAURANT ITSELF WAS HAVING A HARD TIME. SO I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UM, I THINK THAT I COULD SPEAK FOR ALL OF US. IT, IT, THIS DOES NOT LAST 30 DAYS. I KNOW IT'S UNLIKELY, BUT IF IT DOESN'T LAST 30 DAYS, WE WILL TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT RESCINDING THAT 30 DAY, UM, THE 30 DAY EXTENSION, IF IT'S, IF IT'S FEASIBLE. UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE RESTAURANT PATIOS INCLUDED IN, IN THE DEFINITION OF IN AREA? UH, THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCILWOMAN, I, I, UH, THAT, THAT'S WHY I EMPHASIZE NOT, NOT INSIDE, BUT IN, IN THE RESTAURANT AREA THAT IS INCLUDED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE OKAY. LIMITED ONLY TO TAKE OUT CURBSIDE DELIVERY, ET CETERA. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. UM, THE, I HAVE A CONCERN. ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS IN MY DISTRICT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUING THE SHELTER PAUSE PROGRAM, AND, UH, ALSO WE ARE OFFERING FREE ADOPTIONS RIGHT NOW. UM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MEASURES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO PROTECT, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS, BUT ALSO THE EMPLOYEES OF A C S? YEAH, SO [02:40:01] WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE STILL TAKING OUR REGULAR PRECAUTIONS, MAINTAINING OUR SIX FEET. UH, WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING ADOPTIONS. THIS ACTUALLY IS A GREAT TIME FOR YOU TO HAVE A PET AT HOME THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO ADOPT WITH SO MUCH GOING ON WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES. BUT OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS, OUR CURRENT PROTOCOLS ARE ALL THE SAME, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WE'RE MAKING CERTAIN THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN TO ADOPT, WE DO HAVE SPACING. WE ONLY ALLOW SO MANY TO COME INSIDE, UH, THE ADOPTION AREA AT A TIME. UH, A C S THE WHOLE CAMPUS IS SO LARGE THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETE SPACING ALMOST ALL THE TIME. SO WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S, WE'RE NOT DOING LIKE, FREE, UH, RABIES SHOTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AT THIS TIME, BUT THE ADOPTIONS ARE STILL GOING STRONG WITH NO LIMITS ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. THE, THERE'S A, TODAY WE, I LEARNED OF, UM, POSSIBLE SHORTAGE OF GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZER FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THE EFFORTS BEING MADE THERE? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF THE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. WE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, LIKE MANY OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HAVE EXPERIENCED DELAYS ON THE, UM, ORDERS THAT WE HAVE PUT OUT AS A LARGE ORGANIZATION. AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE HAVE REDEPLOY EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE ALSO REDEPLOY SUPPLIES FROM THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT BEING UTILIZED TODAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TODAY, BUT WE'RE MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY. UH, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE OTHER, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, NEW YORK THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME SHORTAGES AND ARE GOING THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES. WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT VERY CLOSELY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, IS, IS, IS IT, WOULD IT HELP TO HAVE, UH, IF ANYBODY CAN CONTRIBUTE ANY HAND SANITIZER OR GLOVES, UM, FOR US TO HELP PUT THE WORD OUT WHERE THEY CAN DONATE? UH, DEFINITELY. IF THERE ARE, UH, BUSINESSES OUT THERE OR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WILLING TO DONATE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE SUPPLIES. AND SO IT WOULD BE GLOVES AND HAND SANITIZER OR ANYTHING ELSE. UH, THOSE ARE THE, THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON. UH, THERE'S ALSO MASKS THAT WE, UM, UH, HAVE PROCURE FOR, FOR THE OFFICERS AS WELL. UH, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THOSE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN, UM, UH, DONATING. AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, UM, I, IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PROCUREMENT OFFICE THIS MORNING, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE, UM, HOTELS THAT ARE CCING SERVICES TO SEE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, SELLING THAT INVENTORY TO THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MARIA. UM, FINALLY, I JUST WANNA, UM, A QUICK ACCOLADE TO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN DISTRICT SIX. WELL, I THANK ALL THE LEADERSHIP. I DO APPRECIATE IT. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY HEATING, THE, THE WARNINGS, AND STAYING HOME WHEN POSSIBLE. THERE'S A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN MY DISTRICT WHO REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE AS PART OF HIS BUSINESS, HE HAS THESE N 95 MASKS AND VERY GENEROUSLY DONATED THEM TO THE CITY WITH AT NO COST. SO, UM, HE WANTED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, BUT I DO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY PULLING TOGETHER. SO I, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO, VARDA, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE GREAT QUESTIONS. UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, I WENT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I, I SENT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY TO ONE OF MY STUDENTS. SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT THE ESSAY ZOO BEING CLOSED, AND SHE WAS DOING HER INTERNSHIP THERE. SO I SAID, WE'LL FOCUS ON THAT. I'M SURE EVERY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY STILL, UM, GET SOME SORT OF CREDIT OR PARTICIPATION, BUT, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE, SHARE WHAT I'M DOING. UM, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THE TRAVEL, UH, RESTRICTION, UM, THAT, THAT YOU SENT OUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, OR, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE, UM, THE QUARANTINING, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED QUARANTINE, BUT JUST THE STAY IN YOUR HOME IF YOU'VE RETURNED INTERNATIONALLY. UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT EXTENDED ALSO TO MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD UNTIL YOU CLARIFIED THAT TODAY. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR, FOR DOING THAT. UM, I'M INTERESTED IN, UH, AND WONDERING, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS OUT IN SPRING BREAK RIGHT NOW. UH, DO WE HAVE, HAVE WE SET ASIDE LIKE A BUDGET? I KNOW IT'S A CRAZY TIME, AND SO THIS IS A JEFF QUESTION, BUT LIKE A SOCIAL MEDIA BUDGET THAT IT JUST CAME UP BECAUSE, UH, I HEARD DR. EMRICH SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT THE 20 TO 29 AGE GROUP. WE KNOW THEY'RE ON INSTAGRAM. IS THERE, UH, MAYBE [02:45:01] A REDIRECTING OF CURRENT SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, EMPHASIS THAT WE CAN SHIFT AND, AND START PUSHING THAT MESSAGE OUT TO 20 TO 29 YEAR OLDS? WE DO, UH, FROM TIME TO TIME USE, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC TARGETING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE ON A, UH, GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, APPROACH RIGHT NOW. SO ALL THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN TO EVERYONE. WE HAVEN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY TARGETING CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION. OKAY. JUST, UM, JUST CHECKING ON THAT. I, I KNOW THAT ALL OF MY STUDENTS ARE ON INSTAGRAM AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ON IT, SO, AND, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO KIND OF, UH, SHIFT SINCE THERE, THERE SEEMS TO BE, UM, SOME CONCERN. UM, SO THANK YOU, JEFF, FOR THAT, THAT QUESTION. AND THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER ALL, ALL ALSO FOR MENTIONING, UH, THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING FOR FOLKS THAT ARE NOT COVERED WITH INSURANCE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S, UM, ONE OF THE MESSAGES THAT HAS BEEN, UH, UH, LOST, IF YOU WILL. UM, PEOPLE ARE JUST WORRIED. AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, UM, IT, IT'S A RIGHTFUL QUESTION TO US. SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT. UM, BEFORE WE GET INUNDATED WITH MORE QUESTIONS, I, UH, DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. EMRICH. AND SO, UM, WHO IS CHECKING? SO LET'S SAY THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE, A CONSTITUENT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A FEW TIMES TO THE DOCTOR AND I HAVE A FEVER AND IT'S ALLERGIES. AND IT'S LIKE, WHO'S MAKING SURE THAT IF THEY GO SEVERAL TIMES THAT IT'S NOT ALLERGIES, OR AT WHAT POINT IS THERE A RED FLAG THAT SAYS, HMM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THIS PERSON SHOULD GET TEST TESTED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. SO WHO CHECKS THAT? IS IT METRO HEALTH, OR, OR HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? YEAH, SO THAT WOULD BE THEIR PROVIDER AGAIN. OKAY. UM, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PROVIDER, WE ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THEM TO CALL URGENT CARE. UM, AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEY CAN CERTAINLY TRY TO CALL OUR HOTLINE. SOMETIMES WE DO HAVE NURSES THAT ARE ON OUR HOTLINE. THEY'RE THERE TO HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE MEDICAL QUESTIONS, BUT NOT TO DO ANY TYPE OF DIAGNOSIS. RIGHT. BUT JUST TO GIVE SOME GUIDANCE. OKAY. UM, BUT FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE PROVIDER. PERFECT. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, THE HOTLINE IS, UH, SENDING FOLKS TO A, A WEBSITE, UH, FIND A HEALTH CENTER, AND THEY ARE ASKED TO ENTER THEIR ZIP CODE. ONE, I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO, TO AN INTERNET CONNECTION. UM, BUT THEN THAT POPS UP WITH A PHONE NUMBER TO A CLINIC. AND SO, UM, THE CLINIC IS THEN REFERRING PEOPLE BACK TO METRO HEALTH IS WHAT I LEARNED AS OF THIS MORNING. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE MYSTERY SHOPPERS THAT ARE CALLING IN THAT. LIKE, SOME OF US CAN CALL IN AND, AND JUST ASK QUESTIONS THAT A RESIDENT MIGHT HAVE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF, UM, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON ON THE SAME PAGE. I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, POINT THAT OUT. COULD I COMMENT ON THAT? SURE. THAT WEBSITE IS STILL A PROTOTYPE. IT HASN'T, IT'S NOT EVEN, IT HASN'T BEEN MARKETED. OKAY. WE'RE STILL JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EVEN, AND WE'RE KIND OF, WE HAVEN'T EVEN TESTED IT YET. SO JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE OVER AT THE E O C AND WE JUST PUT THE LINK UP JUST TO SEE HOW IT WORKED. UM, BUT IT'S NOT LIVE YET. AND WE'RE, WE HAVEN'T CONNECTED IT TO ANYTHING. HOW YOU DESCRIBED IT IS HOW WE'RE HOPING IT'LL WORK, BUT IT'S JUST A PROTOTYPE RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO SET THAT UP IS BECAUSE WE DO HEAR SOME OF THE ANXIETY IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AREN'T EXPOSED, OR DO I HAVE THE SNIFFLES AND IS THAT A SYMPTOM? AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT ONLY HELP DECREASE, LET ME BACK UP. OUR, OUR HOTLINE IS REALLY GETTING A LOT OF CALLS. AND SO WE WANTED TO CREATE AN ALTERNATIVE OR AN ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR FOLKS TO GET SOME INFORMATION. AND SO THIS WEBSITE WAS JUST TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IF I FELT LIKE MAYBE, PERHAPS I HAVE A SYMPTOM, BUT I WANNA, IT'S LIKE WEBMD MM-HMM. THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY JUST FOR THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. NOW. I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO A SECOND PART TO YOUR, UM, TO YOUR QUESTION OR YOUR STATEMENT. WE ARE CLEARLY HAVING A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE PROVIDER'S OFFICE AND, AND METRO HEALTH. OUR PROTOCOL ACROSS THE STATE, WE'RE MIMICKING WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE STATE. AND THAT IS THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A TEST, 'CAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS THAT THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE FOR SOME TYPE OF TELEPHONIC SCREENING, UM, TO SEE. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECT, UM, WITH THE PROVIDER'S OFFICE, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF CAPACITY. I MEAN, THEIR PHONES ARE RINGING OFF THE HOOKS AS WELL. AND SO, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO DO SOME OF THAT REACH OUT AND OR THAT OUTREACH TO THE PROVIDER'S OFFICE TO DO SOME EDUCATION WITH THEM. AND, UM, WE ARE HEARING FROM THE HOTLINE THAT THERE ARE EVEN PROVIDERS THAT ARE NOT, UM, WANTING TO TREAT EVEN THEIR CURRENT, UH, PATIENTS, UM, IF THERE'S ANY, UM, SUSPICION OF THEM BEING POSITIVE OR HAVING SYMPTOMS. SO [02:50:01] WE HAVE SOME, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO WITH OUR PROVIDER COMMUNITY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID IT'S A PROTOTYPE, BUT I LITERALLY GOT THAT, UH, WEBSITE FROM ONE OF MY CONCERNED RESIDENTS THAT SAID THEY SENT ME TO THIS WEBSITE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE SOMEBODY STARTED SHARING AHEAD OF TIME OF BEFORE IT WENT LIVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE SHUT THAT DOWN. 'CAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUBLIC YET. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE WHOLE GO THROUGH YOUR SYMPTOMS. I CAN'T WAIT. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WEBSITE WOULD BE LIKE. I KNOW WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. MM-HMM. , I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT WEB LINK UNTIL SOMEBODY LITERALLY SAID, HEY, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE SENDING. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT. UM, ANDY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. THANK YOU, DR. EMRICH. UM, TO CLARIFY, UH, AND BY THE WAY, I THINK YOU SAID, UH, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE, YOU SHOULD NOT HOST SHOWERS, BUT YOU SHOULD TAKE A SHOWER. I SHOULD JUST, I THOUGHT THAT WAS WHAT, I HAD TO BRING SOME LAUGHTER IN THERE. BUT, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, AND THANK YOU BY THE WAY FOR CLARIFYING WHO NEEDS TO CLOSE AND WHO DOESN'T NEED TO CLOSE. UM, I HAD A, A, A MANY CALLS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHTFULLY PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED. AND SO I, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT. I DO THINK THAT, UH, JOY PALACIOS FROM TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO DID A, A GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO HAVE LIKE A RED LINE. UM, SO I KNOW FOLKS ARE, ARE STARTING TO GET OUT THERE AND TRYING TO CLARIFY THAT INFORMATION. DID YOU SAY THAT THERE COULD BE A FINE OF UP TO $2,000? IS THAT WHAT I HEARD? THAT'S CORRECT. A FINE OF UP TO 2000. SO I'M ASSUMING THERE'S DIFFERENT LEVELS AND WE'LL GET TO SEE THOSE LEVELS, OR THEY'LL BE PUBLISHED SOMEWHERE, OR WILL THEY NOT? JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND. UM, REALLY IT'S GONNA BE, UH, UP TO THE JUDGE. WE, IF IT BRINGS THAT UP. BUT AGAIN, AS I NOTED BEFORE, WE'RE RELYING PRIMARILY ON, UH, SELF COMPLIANCE. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S GOING TO RESPOND VERY POSITIVELY TO THAT. SO THAT WOULD, AS MO AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LAST DI I MEAN, THAT'S A LAST THING WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, IS FIND ANYBODY ON THAT. UH, SO AGAIN, WE'RE FULLY EXPECTING THE COMMUNITY TO COMPLY. GREAT. UM, AND THEN HOW MANY EMERGENCY ORDERS CAN WE ISSUE? BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE AT FOUR, UH, LIKE AT WHAT TIME DOES, I DON'T KNOW. IT BECOMES SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I, UH, I, I COUNCILMAN, I, I WOULD HOPE WE NEVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. OKAY. , UH, ONE OF THE REASONS, AS WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAD THE 30 DAYS, IS WE DON'T WANNA BE ISSUING EMERGENCY ORDERS EVERY DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY, OR EVERY SEVEN DAYS. SO, UM, THERE IS NO, UH, SET LIMIT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, ANDY. AND SO, UM, AND, AND ERIC, UH, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND SO YOU ALWAYS TAKE, TAKE MY CALLS. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE READY TO HELP A YOU ALL IN THE, UH, IN THE RECOVERY. AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE FOCUSED ON PRIORITIZING SERVICES THAT WE NEED NOW. UM, AND I, I WAS, UH, I WAS THINKING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT MIGHT HELP YOU ALL. AND SO I DRAFTED A C C R EARLIER AND SUBMITTED IT, AND YOU PROBABLY SAW IT ALREADY. IT CAME IN THE EMAIL. UM, BUT I HAD SOME COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SUPPORT, AND FIRST I WANNA THANK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO SIGNED THIS. UH, AND IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A HURRY UP AND GO. MY STAFF HAS BEEN DOING RESEARCH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FROM HOME, UH, SINCE, UH, SINCE MONDAY. AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON ALL SORTS OF THINGS ON WHAT RESTAURANT INDUSTRY IS DOING IN DIFFERENT CITIES. UM, UH, I MEAN, WE'RE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES AND WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. AND SO MY STAFF HAS BEEN FULLY INVESTED IN THIS. AND SO THEY STARTED PUTTING TOGETHER SOME PRELIMINARY IDEAS. AND SO, UM, WHEN I STARTED GETTING SOME CALLS YESTERDAY FROM, FROM SOME FOLKS, UH, I FIGURED WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING. AND I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU ALL, UM, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR NOT BEING TERRITORIAL IN THIS TIME. I THINK THAT THE MORE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE, UM, TALKING ABOUT IDEAS IS IMPORTANT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I ALSO ECHO COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND, AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO. UM, I WILL BE HERE HOWEVER MANY TIMES YOU NEED ME TO BE HERE. AND SO, UH, I AM FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF, UH, OF WHAT THE MAYOR IS, UM, IS DOING WITH, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, HEY, IT'S NOT A MANDATORY, BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT PEOPLE STAY HOME AFTER 10, ET CETERA. AND SO, UM, BECAUSE OF ALL THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR THE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN MADE. AND SO, IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WHOSE EMPLOYMENT IS JEOPARDIZED IN THE WAKE OF AN UNPRECEDENTED EVENT IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY, AND THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE AFFECTED, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE COMPILE A SERIES OF STEPS. AND THESE ARE JUST IDEAS. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A C C R, IT'S A CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION REQUEST. I'VE ALREADY HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE, UM, KIND OF FREAK OUT ABOUT IT. NOT GONNA LIE. AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE START SOMEWHERE. AND SO THE PROPOSED C C R TALKS ABOUT A MULTI-DEPARTMENT MULTIP PUBLIC ENTITY EFFORT TO ASSIST RESIDENTS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OWNERS. IT ASKS FOR AN INCREASE [02:55:01] IN, UM, IN FUNDING, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE NOT, NOT PREPARED TO DO YET. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. BUT THIS IS JUST A CONVERSATION. UH, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT FOCUSES ON EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SOME AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS. AND I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE TO A, BECAUSE I'M ASKING FOR, UH, CONSIDERATION OF SOMETHING THAT IS INEVITABLE. UH, WE KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS THE, THE RIGHT TIME TO, TO WORK TOGETHER. AND AGAIN, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CHAMPION ANY OF THOSE, AND I KNOW THAT DEPARTMENTS CHAMPION THIS ALL THE TIME, SORRY FOR NOT, UM, REACHING OUT TO THE DEPARTMENTS BEFORE, UH, AND GIVING YOU ALL A HEADS UP. BUT I, I THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO, UM, TO START CONSIDERING SOME OF THESE THINGS. UM, THE C C R THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE SIGNED CALLS FOR, UH, EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR RENTAL MAR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROGRAMS. THE DEMAND FOR THESE PROGRAMS WILL ALSO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO EQUIP OUR TEAMS FOR THE, UM, ADDITIONAL HELP, UH, POSSIBLY THINK OF ADDITIONAL CASEWORKERS WHO WILL BE NEEDING TO HELP THESE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY CALL IN. UM, AND THEN IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND SO HARDSHIPS THAT THEY MAY BE FACING. AND SO I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN VRAN HAS ALREADY EVEN BEEN WORKING WITH E D D ON A ONE PAGER, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONE PAGER THAT YOU REFERENCED, UH, JEFF EARLIER, UM, WITH INFORMATION ON, ON WHERE TO FIND, UH, WHERE TO FIND SOME ADDITIONAL HELP. UM, AND THEN IT'S ALSO MY SINCERE HOPE THAT WE, WE GET TO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW OUR RESIDENTS, THEY'RE FILLED WITH WORRIED, WITH ANXIETY, WITH CONCERN ABOUT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, JUST LIKE OUR, OUR RESTAURANTS OWNERS THAT WERE HERE EARLIER, ARE RIGHTFULLY UNEASY ABOUT HOW, HOW MOST OF THIS EMERGENCY, UM, WILL IMPACT THEIR EMPLOYEES SPECIFICALLY. SO THEY'RE GIVING UP THEIR OWN SALARIES THAT THEY'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO WE NEED TO REASSURE THEM THAT SAN ANTONIO IS HERE TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. UM, AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONSIDERATION, BUT AGAIN, I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE FOR ASKING FOR PROGRAMS TO BE CONSIDERED THAT WILL HELP RESIDENTS AFTER THE PANDEMIC. UM, AND I KNOW THAT I, I'VE SEEN SOME INFORMATION, I'VE GOTTEN SOME, UH, SOME CALLS AND SOME ENCOURAGING TEXT MESSAGES EVEN FROM, FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UH, ABOUT, OKAY, WELL WE KNOW WE JUST, WE NEED TO START SOMEWHERE. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO ADDRESS THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, AND THANK MY STAFF FOR WORKING ON THAT SO HARD. UM, BUT THE PREPARATIONS I KNOW ARE STARTING NOW. UM, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN B AND A PLAN C. AND SO I KNOW THAT NOW ISN'T THE TIME BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING AT EVERYTHING, BUT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES I THINK ARE READY TO JUST TAKE ON, JUST LIKE I TOLD COACH TRAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND HE IS PUT ME IN COACH. THIS IS THE TIME. LIKE WE ALL ARE, WE ARE ALL EXPERTS AT SOMETHING. AND SO WE'RE JUST HERE TO HELP. UM, ERIC AND MARY, YOU KNOW THIS, WHENEVER YOU, UM, WANT US TO JUMP IN, PLEASE. UM, SO THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR ALL THEIR IDEAS, FOR THEIR SUPPORT, UM, FOR THEIR TIME, UM, IN, IN, YOU KNOW, BEING HERE AND IN BEING AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES. AND I WANT TO, UM, REMIND COUNCILMAN PELEZ THAT I AM ALL ABOUT MESSAGING. I TEACH MESSAGING. AND SO WHILE THE HOTLINE NUMBER I HAVE IT MEMORIZED, UH, 2 0 7 5 7 7 9, BUT THE EASIER NUMBER TO REMEMBER, WE'VE BEEN PUSHING OUT AND I MADE MY OWN VISUALS, COUNCILMAN PAL. UH, THE NUMBER THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING IS 3 1 1. 'CAUSE THAT'S EASIER TO REMEMBER. UH, SO FROM A MESSAGING PERSPECTIVE, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO HAVE PEOPLE CALL 3 1 1. THEY WILL DIRECT THEM TO THE HOTLINE NUMBER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. AND WE ARE DEFINITELY ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE RECOVERY EFFORT. SO, UH, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR OFFICE AS WELL. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I WANNA FIRST START OFF BY COMMENDING ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF. I KNOW HOW HARD THEY'RE WORKING AND ALSO THE JOINT EFFORT THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE COUNTY AND STRAC. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS WHOLE REGION IS INVOLVED IN DOING THE VERY BEST JOB WE CAN TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. AND, UH, AGAIN, I, I KNOW OUR CITY STAFF IS JUST DOING A REMARKABLE JOB. AND, AND, UH, I I, I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE DAWN COULD ANSWER FOR ME RIGHT NOW. AS OF TODAY, DAWN, HOW MANY CAN WE TEST ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE IN PLAY, OUR PUBLIC RESOURCES? SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW WE ADMINISTER THOSE TESTS. SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A LUMP SUM AGGREGATE. UM, AND THEN I WANNA KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GETTING CONFUSED AROUND THAT. UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING, SO MESSAGING, WE WANNA TRY TO FIX THAT, RIGHT? YOU, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, TODAY, WE COULD DO 200 AND THAT'S EVERY DAY. NO, A TOTAL OF 200. YEAH. AND SO LET ME [03:00:01] EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TESTING, WE'RE SORT OF SEEING THEM AS INDIVIDUAL UNITS. AND IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE. THERE'S TWO BUCKETS. YOU HAVE THE COLLECTION KIT, WHICH INCLUDES THE SWABS, THE MEDIUM TRANSPORT, THAT'S THE, THE TEST TUBE THAT HAS THE, THE, THE LITTLE GOO AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S YOUR, UH, MEDIUM TRANSPORT. AND, AND THEN YOU HAVE ZIPLOC BAGS. YOU GOTTA HAVE ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS IN THAT COLLECTION KIT TO EVEN HAVE A TEST WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. SO YOU'RE HEARING PEOPLE SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TESTS, WE DON'T HAVE TESTS. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE MISSING THOSE VIALS. WE'RE MISSING THE TEST TUBES. THAT'S THE SHORTAGE. SO YOU CAN'T DO TESTING. YOU CAN COLLECT THE SPECIMEN, BUT YOU GOTTA PUT THAT INTO THE TUBE. AND WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON THE TUBE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE. AND THERE'S BACK ORDERS. SO THAT'S THE ONE PIECE, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP TO DOING TESTS. THE SECOND PART OF DOING TESTS IS THE LAB. AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE REAGENTS IN THE LAB IN ORDER TO ACTIVATE THE SPECIMEN. OUR LAB ONLY HAS ENOUGH TO PROCESS 200 SPECIMENS, AND THAT'S NOT JUST OUR LAB. THAT'S EVERY LAB. THAT'S THE BACK ORDER. I'M SO SORRY. I'M SO TIRED. SO THE BACK ORDER, THE BACK ORDER THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS THIS LABING, THIS LAB PROCESS. QUEST DOESN'T HAVE IT. LABCORP DOESN'T HAVE IT. SOME OF OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS WHO ARE TRYING TO SET UP LABS CAN'T, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE INGREDIENTS TO FINISH THE TESTING PROCESS. AND SO THAT IS PART, THAT'S JUST PART OF IT. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE PPES. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THE P P E SUPPLY FOR OUR PROVIDERS AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE SPECIMEN. SO WE'RE TRYING REALLY, REALLY HARD. I CAN TELL YOU UNDER, UM, UM, DR. BRIDGER, UM, YOU KNOW, SENT ONE OF OUR STAFF OUT. THANK YOU DR. BRIDGER STINT, ONE OF OUR STAFF OUT, UM, TO TRY TO FIND THESE, UM, THESE MEDIUMS. AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO DO SOME OF THE TESTING AT THE DRIVE-THRU. WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH THE TESTING TODAY AT THE DRIVE-THRU. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT A PAUSE ON IT. NO, I GOT A TEXT. OKAY. SORRY. I HAVE A, I HAVE A LIGHT ON THE TEXT. UM, I, I DID, I, I, UH, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT WE DID RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM NIM KIDD THAT, UM, WE ARE EXPECTING A SHIPMENT OF ADDITIONAL TESTING, UM, KITS AND SUPPLIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF TEST THAT WILL BE PROCESSED IN PRIVATE LABS. UM, AND WE EXPECT THAT TO ARRIVE TODAY. SO, UM, THE WAY THAT HOPEFULLY THIS IS ALL GONNA BE ORCHESTRATED IS WE'LL GET THROUGH TODAY USING THE TESTS THAT NEED TO BE RUN THROUGH METRO HEALTH LAB, AND THEN STARTING TOMORROW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSFER TO THESE NEW TESTS THAT CAN BE RUN, UH, IN PRIVATE LABS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WITH, UM, THE STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. WHAT ABOUT THE MEDIUM THAT THE PRIVATE LABS NEED TO CONCLUDE THE TEST? WILL THAT BE INCLUDED WITH THESE NEW TEST KITS? YES, SIR. OKAY. WELL, UH, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE COMFORTING THAN WHAT WE WERE YES, YES, IT IS INITIALLY HEARING, AND I'M SURE IT IS FOR, FOR YOU AS WELL. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE RELYING ON LOCAL, UH, LABS. I KNOW THERE ARE NATIONAL ONES LIKE QUEST AND LABCORP THAT ARE DOING THIS AROUND THE COUNTRY. SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UH, LET ME ASK DR. BRIDGER, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPOSITION, I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT, LOT OF PEOPLE ARE, ARE WONDERING, WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? AND SO IS IT SAFE AND HEALTHY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO GO OUT, TO GO OUT OF THEIR HOMES, TO WALK, TO JOG, TO RUN, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OR TO A CITY OR A COUNTY PARK IF THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, AS LONG AS THEY MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. UH, IS THIS A RECOMMENDATION THAT, THAT YOU WOULD MAKE AND THAT PEOPLE SHOULD CONSIDER ANYTHING PEOPLE CAN DO OUTDOORS? LIKE YOU SAID, MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING IS EXACTLY WHAT FOLKS SHOULD BE DOING RIGHT NOW. UM, WE ARE SEEING A TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN ANXIETY, RIGHT? UH, AND BEING OUTDOORS AND ENGAGED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS JUST ABOUT THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR THIS KIND OF ANXIETY. SO YES, ABSOLUTELY WE WANT PEOPLE OUT, BUT, BUT AGAIN, THINK ABOUT THAT SIX FOOT INVISIBLE CIRCLE MM-HMM. , UM, [03:05:01] BETWEEN YOU AND, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE IN, IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS, RIGHT? AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL HELP YOU PLUS WASH YOUR HANDS. SO WALK YOUR DOG, WALK YOUR CHILDREN, YES. YOU KNOW, GO TO THE PARKS AND YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS YOU SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM OTHER PEOPLE, UH, TRY AND ENJOY ANY KIND OF GOOD WEATHER WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S THROWING A BALL AROUND OR JUST WALKING AND ENJOYING NATURE. EXACTLY. OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT, THAT, THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT A LOT OF US WILL GET CABIN FEVER IF WE THINK, WELL, WE'VE JUST GOT TO STAY IN THE HOUSE. UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M ALSO GLAD, THANK YOU, DOCTOR, THAT WE, WE STILL HAVE SOME BUSINESSES OPEN. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AT HOME AND YOU WANT TO DO A HOME PROJECT, THIS IS THE TIME TO DO IT. SO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE THOSE PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT ARE REMAINING OPEN, THEY'RE PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING, THEY WANT TO BE THERE FOR YOU. UH, AND, AND SO WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE THERE ARE WAYS OF DOING THINGS WITH OUR FAMILIES, EVEN IF WE'RE NOT AT WORK, UH, THAT CAN HELP US MAINTAIN HEALTHY, UH, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL CONDITIONS AS WELL AS PHYSICAL CONDITIONS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE THAT I GAVE A LOT OF THOUGHT TO, UH, WAS THE FACT THAT UNTIL YESTERDAY OR UNTIL LAST NIGHT, PEOPLE COULD GO TO A RESTAURANT. UH, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK, UH, IF SHE'S STILL HERE. I THINK SHE IS DON, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR ME. AND I KNOW DON, YOU SPEAK FOR THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. SO LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE IN A CERTAIN DECLARATION RIGHT NOW OF EMERGENCY, BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED AS COUNCIL PEOPLE ABOUT IT MAY NOT LAST FOREVER, OR WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. DO YOU THINK, UH, THAT RESTAURANTS CAN MAINTAIN HEALTHY STANDARDS AND C D C AND LOCAL REGULATIONS IF THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE OPEN UNDER CERTAIN GUIDELINES? SIR, THEY HAVE BEEN, SINCE THIS BROKE OUT, AND SINCE WE HEARD THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE RESTAURANTS ALREADY STARTED PRACTICING EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. UH, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH, BUT THEY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON MANY ISSUES, AND MOST RECENTLY WE WORK WITH THEM ON THE LETTER GRADE PLACARD ISSUE. WE SAT WITH THEM, WE MET WITH OUR MAYOR AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THAT ISSUE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRESSED TO US IS, YOU KNOW, TAKE THOSE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SANITIZING EVERYTHING AT THE END OF THE DAY, DURING THE DAY. UH, THEY'VE BEEN SO WONDERFUL IN EDUCATING US AND, AND EDUCATING THE RESTAURATEURS ABOUT, UH, SOME THINGS THAT, THAT MAYBE THEY, THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME. UM, AND, AND SO FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, UH, THEY WERE ALREADY 10 STEPS WELL AHEAD OF THE GAME. OKAY. SINCE CORONAVIRUS HAS BROKEN OUT, THEY'VE BEEN USING TO GO UTENSILS, THEY'VE BEEN USING TO GO MATERIALS, UM, TO WHERE THEY CAN JUST THROW THEM AWAY AT THE END OF THE DAY OR, OR AFTER A CUSTOMER LEAVES. UM, ALSO MENUS. THEY'VE BEEN USING PAPER MENUS, THEY'VE BEEN THROWING THOSE AWAY. AS SOON AS THE CUSTOMER USES IT, THEY THROW IT AWAY. SO YES, THEY'RE TAKING ALL THOSE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. DO YOU THINK, UH, AND, AND I GUESS THIS IS A MAYBE THEORETICAL, BUT DO YOU THINK IF RESTAURANTS WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE SOME IN, IN STORE OR IN RESTAURANT SERVICE, THAT, UH, THEY COULD SURVIVE ON, LET'S SAY 10 CUSTOMERS PER HOUR INSIDE? SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LET 10 CUSTOMERS IN, YOU TELL 'EM YOU'VE GOT AN HOUR TO DINE. IF THEY LEAVE SOONER, FINE, YOU LET SOMEBODY ELSE IN. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 10 COMING, YOU SAY, WELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND WE'LL GIVE YOU TO GO SERVICE. DO YOU, DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THINK THAT THEY COULD SURVIVE THAT WAY IF THEY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY? I BELIEVE THAT IF THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THEY WOULD TRY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO LAY OFF PEOPLE. THE REASON WHY SOME OF MY FOLKS COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING THOSE HARD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND IT BREAKS MY HEART. AND SO THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME RESTAURANTS, LIKE THE MOM AND POP SHOPS ACROSS THE, THE CITY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO, TO HOST FIVE 10 PEOPLE, BUT WE WILL HELP THEM. WE, WE WILL MAKE IT WORK. WHATEVER YOU ALL PUSH FORWARD, UH, AND IF YOU ALL GIVE US, UH, IF YOU DON'T EXTEND IT TO 30 DAYS, I MEAN, WE'RE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. MM-HMM. , AND, AND I, I WILL ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT MOST OF OUR RESTAURANTS, THEY SCORE HUNDREDS, THEY SCORE IN THE, A'S [03:10:01] THE A LEVELS, UH, ALMOST EVERY INSPECTION. YEAH. SO, SO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. YEAH. AND I BRING THIS UP AGAIN, BECAUSE I THINK IF THE PUBLIC FEELS LIKE THEY'RE HEMMED IN IT, IT CREATES, UH, A LOT OF ANXIETY, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US FEEL ANYWAY. AND IT, BUT IF YOU CAN GO TO A RESTAURANT, OR EVEN IF YOU GO THERE AND IT'S OPEN, BUT 10 OTHER PEOPLE ARE THERE, AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A PLACE I COULD GO IF I WANT TO EAT OUT OR IF I WANT TO PICK UP FOOD. I KNOW WE'RE SAYING YOU CAN PICK UP FOOD ANYWAY, BUT JUST THE IDEA OF, OF WE'RE ENCLOSING PEOPLE SO MUCH, I'M TRYING TO GET US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND PEOPLE'S FAMILIES OPPORTUNITIES TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY SAFELY SO THAT THEY FEEL MORE CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL GO BY AND, AND THEY CAN HANDLE THE STRESS THAT GOES ON WITH THIS. YES, SIR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CAN THE RESTAURANTS HANDLE THE STRESS? AND, AND I GUESS A QUESTION I HAVE, DO YOU THINK MOST OF, OF YOUR MEMBERS, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE BUSINESS LOSS INSURANCE THAT THAT CAN PROTECT THEM IN THE SITUATIONS THEY'RE IN TODAY? YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, THE INSURANCE. AND, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAD TO BE A SPECIFIC, UH, DECLARATION BY OUR GOVERNMENTS, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO CLAIM CIVIL AUTHORITY, UH, AND THAT MOST RESTAURANTS WOULD BE PROTECTED BY THAT. THAT IS NOT TRUE. A LOT OF OUR RESTAURANTS CAN'T AFFORD THAT LEVEL OF INSURANCE. AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO SAY THAT YES, THEY'RE ALL COVERED. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UH, AND, AND IF THAT CIVIL AUTHORITY SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE CUSTOMERS INSIDE, BUT YOU CAN STILL SERVE CUSTOMERS TO GO OR DRIVE BY AND PICK UP OR STUFF LIKE THAT, THEN WOULD THAT INSURANCE STILL BE, YOU KNOW, COVERING THEM FROM THAT PART OF THE LOSS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE? AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, SIR. YEAH, I I WOULD HAVE TO YEAH. ASK THAT ONE. WELL, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAYOR'S MOTIVATION, THE CITY MANAGER'S MOTIVATION, AND I KNOW COLLECTIVELY OUR MOTIVATION IS TO PROTECT THE GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE OF, OF EVERYBODY. BUT I, I RECOGNIZE A BIG PART OF THAT GENERAL HEALTH AND WELFARE IS HAVING A JOB, SIR, HAVING YES, THE RESOURCES, THE CAPABILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. AND I KNOW THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING NOW, UH, DOES NOT HELP ABOUT PROBABLY A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, MAINTAIN THAT, THAT, THAT SAFETY FOR THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR WELLBEING, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTTA WORK. AND, AND, AND IT TROUBLES ME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANNA SAY ONE LAST THING. YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR HELD A MEETING WITH SEVERAL OF OUR RESTAURATEURS. OF COURSE, WE HAD TO KEEP THE, THE MEETING LIMITED. AND SO, UH, ONE DYNAMIC INDIVIDUAL, DAWN FRIDA, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU KNOW WHO SHE IS, BUT, UH, SHE HAS DENNY'S THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. UH, I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS 92. AND SHE'S JUST A DYNAMO. SHE STARTED OUT AT AN EARLY AGE WORKING AT A DENNY'S. SHE PURCHASED HER FIRST ONE AT 16 MM-HMM. . AND SHE HAS GROWN HER BUSINESS. SHE TOLD ME THAT THE OTHER DAY. SHE ONLY HAD SIX TAKEOUT ORDERS AT ONE OF HER DENNY'S. AND SHE SAID THAT, WELL, SHE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE, UH, DINE IN ALL DAY LONG WITH WITH NO LIMITS. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF SHE WERE TO HAVE FIVE OR 10 TABLES PER DAY, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY HARD ON HER AND HER EMPLOYEES. IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES SHOULD YOU EVEN HAVE THERE, IF, IF YOU'RE JUST CONSIDERING, UH, HAVING FIVE TABLES, 10 TABLES SERVED? MM-HMM. . I UNDERSTAND. SO SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ASKED FOR, FOR YOU ALL TO PLEASE THINK OF THAT, THINK OF ALL THAT, THINK OF HER EMPLOYEES. THINK OF EVERYONE'S EMPLOYEES. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE RESTAURANT OWNERS, IT'S ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES. IT'S ABOUT OUR ALLIED MEMBERS TOO. ALL THE SUPPLIERS. THEY'RE GONNA BE OUTTA WORK TOO. YEAH. I HAD, I HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY MORNING WITH FOUR BUSINESS, FIVE BUSINESS PEOPLE MYSELF, AND I HEARD THESE VERY CONCERNS, WHICH IS WHY I AM BRINGING THEM UP. AND, UH, I RECOGNIZE IT'S A DIFFICULT DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED, UM, OR ACTUALLY, MAYBE I SHOULD JUST SIT BACK DOWN AND WAIT FOR IT TO BE ANSWERED, BUT, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR RESTAURATEURS ARE ASKING IF WHEN THEY ORDER TAKEOUT, CAN THEY GO INSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT, OR DO THEY HAVE TO PICK IT UP CURBSIDE? THAT, THAT QUESTION HAS BEEN POSED SEVERAL [03:15:01] TIMES SINCE LAST NIGHT. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND LET ME ASK OUR STAFF TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THAT. UH, THANK YOU. POSSIBLY, UH, DAWN OR THE, OKAY. WE CAN ANSWER THAT, COUNCILMAN. YES, PEOPLE CAN GO INSIDE. AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING THOUGH THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, RESTAURANTS ALL DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THE SIZE AND LAYOUT OF THEIR PREMISES. PEOPLE CAN GO INSIDE TO PICK UP, UH, AS LONG AS, AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING THEM, UH, WE WE'RE MANDATING THAT THEY, UH, EXERCISE THE C D C REQUIREMENTS OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. AND AGAIN, THERE'S, I I, I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT THEY CAN DO THAT. AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THEIR LAYOUT AND THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE STORE. THANK YOU, ANDY. UH, MAYOR, UH, I, I WANNA BE A FULL PARTICIPANT IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS THAT THIS CITY GOES THROUGH. AND I'M, I WOULD IMAGINE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL THE SAME WAY. UH, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, OCCASIONS THAT ARRIVE UNEXPECTEDLY, OR THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A REGULAR PROCESS THAT WE CAN PROBABLY FOLLOW TO STAY INFORMED. HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND, UH, AN AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, CURRENT MOTION. AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT AFTER THE LAST SENTENCE OF THE DECLARATION THAT ENDS AT C OVID DASH 19 VIRUS, THAT WE INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL PHRASE, AND THAT PHRASE SAYS, AND REQUIRING THE CITY COUNCIL TO MEET EVERY WEEK OR ADDITIONALLY, AS NEEDED TO REEVALUATE THE DECLARATION TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND TO APPROVE POLICY CHANGES REQUIRED BY THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT AMENDMENT, UH, TO THE CURRENT DECLARATION AS PRESENTED. COUNCILMAN? THE, UM, WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR'S ORDER, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT. THE, THE STATEMENT THAT GIVES, UH, THE MAYOR THE ABILITY TO ISSUE EMERGENCY ORDERS. IT'S NOT ONE WHERE IT CALLS FOR A DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO COME UP WITH IT. THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT THE, WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO TODAY IS EXTEND THE ORDER, NOT AMEND IT. UM, AND SO, UH, THERE, THERE CAN'T BE AN AMENDMENT OR A CHANGE TO THE ACTUAL ORDER. AGAIN, ALL COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER IS THE EXTENSION OF IT. MA, MAYOR, LET ME ALSO SUGGEST ON, ON THE HEELS OF WHAT ANDY JUST SAID. UM, IF, IF, IF WE NEED TO HAVE WEEKLY, I'M PROPOSING IF WE NEED WEEKLY MEETINGS, THAT WE SCHEDULE THEM REGARDLESS OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF THE MONTH, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER PRIORITY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THAT'S RIGHT. SO, UM, UM, I, I, I DON'T THINK WE NEED IT IN AN ORDINANCE. EVEN IF YOU COULD AMENDMENT, AMEND IT, UH, UH, WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH OUR THURSDAY MORNING MEETINGS. UM, THERE WILL BE BUSINESS OF THE CITY THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, BUT, UH, THERE'S ONLY ONE PRIORITY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT THE MAYOR SAID IN LIGHT OF, OF, UH, WHAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS SAID, BUT I BELIEVE A LOT OF THAT ALSO RELIES ON YOU, MAYOR, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CALL OR NOT CALL A MEETING. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR CONCURRENCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS EVERY THURSDAY DURING THIS CRISIS. CERTAINLY, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WE WILL HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF MEETINGS, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC UPDATE, UM, FOR NOT ONLY THE COUNCIL, BUT ALSO IN A PUBLIC, UH, SETTING, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH TELECOMMUNICATION OR, UH, UP ON A PUBLIC MEETING ON A DAIS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE LATEST INFORMATION, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THAT INFORMATION MADE PUBLIC. I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE GET MEMOS, BUT SOMETIMES AS TODAY, IT'S VERY VALUABLE FOR US TO SIT TOGETHER TO SHARE A LOT OF THOSE IDEAS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SHARE COLLECTIVELY OUTSIDE OF A MEETING LIKE THIS. SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. AND, AND LET ME ALSO SHARE, UM, SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR TO THAT EFFECT. UH, HE UNDERSTANDS, AND, AND THIS IS A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND UNDERSTANDS THE NEED FOR CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, UH, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE IMPACTFUL TO THOSE, UH, STATE STATUTES REGARDING, REGARDING MEETINGS. UH, SO WE'LL BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. UH, I WAS ALSO NOTIFIED, UH, JUST, JUST NOW THAT THE GOVERNOR DID ANNOUNCE, UH, THAT ALL RESTAURANTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS WILL BE CLOSED, [03:20:01] UH, THROUGH APRIL 3RD. AND, AND CARLOS, DO YOU HAVE DETAILS OF THAT ANNOUNCEMENT? YES, SIR. MAYOR, UH, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. UM, YES, THE GOVERNOR JUST ISSUED A DECLARATION OF NO GATHERINGS OF GREATER THAN 10 PERSONS, UH, NO EATING, DRINKING AT BARS AND RESTAURANTS, UH, TAKEOUT AND DRIVE THROUGH. OKAY. SIMILAR TO WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL OR WHAT THE MAYORS, UH, ISSUED. ALL GYMS ARE CLOSED, NO VISITING OF NURSING HOMES EXCEPT FOR CRITICAL CARE. AND ALL SCHOOLS ARE TEMPORARY CLOSED, AND THIS IS EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT, UH, THROUGH APRIL 3RD. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, CARLOS. SO, UH, JUST COULD YOU COME BACK? MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR ANDY. SO THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDS OF OUR ORDINANCE AND PERHAPS THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT MAY NOT BE AFFECTED BY OUR RESTAURANT CLOSURES. UH, THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR, AND, AND I THINK I CAN ANSWER THE, THE QUESTION THAT IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND AS TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IMPACT OURS. AND, AND THAT'S A RELATIVELY EASY ANSWER, WHICH IS OUR ORDINANCE CAN BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE GOVERNOR'S, BUT NOT LESS RESTRICTIVE. UM, AND, AND ONE THING THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY SINCE MONDAY IS MAKING THE MANDATORY 10 PERSON GATHERING, UH, A, A, AN ENFORCED RESTRICTION AS OPPOSED TO A C D C GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S THE ONLY MATERIAL IMPACT ON OUR ORDINANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? FROM WHAT, UH, CARLOS JUST, UM, OUTLINED? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THE ONE THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I HEARD THAT, UH, WOULD, UH, REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT ON OUR PART AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. OKAY. SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, OUR DECLARATION REMAINS INTACT. IT COVERS THE ENTIRE COUNTY AS IT DOES THE REST OF THE COUNTIES IN THE STATE. UH, BUT HENCEFORTH, UH, UNTIL APRIL 3RD OR SUCH TIME THAT WE MODIFY IT BEYOND THAT, UH, GATHERINGS IN THE PUBLIC ARE RESTRICTED TO 10 PERSONS NO MORE. AND THAT'S AN ENFORCED RESTRICTION. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER THAT'S BEEN MEETING DAILY IN, UM, COMBATING THIS VIRUS, UH, CHIEF HOOD STANDING UP BACK THERE. AND, UH, THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING ON KEEPING ALL THIS, UH, RESPONSE GOING FOR, FOR THE CITY. UM, I JUST RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION ALSO ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, CALL ON THIS. AND I WAS GONNA ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. IS IT DAILY, WEEKLY? HOW, HOW MUCH CONTACT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE WE HAD WITH NIM KID AND THAT, THAT GROUP UP THERE AT THE CAPITOL CONSTANT. OKAY. DID WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, FROM THE GOVERNOR? YES. NO, SIR. OKAY. SO THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ANY INDICATION THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS GONNA BE MAKING THIS CALL. THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A CONFERENCE CALL WITH MAYORS AND JUDGES YESTERDAY WHERE THE QUESTIONS CAME UP. UM, THE GOVERNOR INDICATED THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF STATEMENT TODAY, UH, WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION OR AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. WE KNOW NOW AS OF ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO. OKAY. UM, AND, AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ABOUT TIMING. AND, UM, I'LL GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT I, I ALSO, ERIC, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON, UH, LET'S NOT CHANGE OUR POLICIES AT THIS POINT. AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A A C C R PUT INTO THE SYSTEM ABOUT CHANGING SOME THINGS HERE AT THE CITY. I I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR SOLID FOOTING IS, AS FAR AS OUR BUDGET GOES, AND THAT WE NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES UNTIL THAT'S KNOWN. AND I'M NOT SURE WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT FOOTING IS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO I'M, I'M CALLING ON MY COLLEAGUES. LET'S, LET'S STAY THE, STAY THE COURSE BUDGET WISE AND, UH, NOT BE MAKING CHANGES TO OUR POLICIES UNTIL, UH, WE HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT OUR BUDGETARY IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE FOR THIS CITY. UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT IN REGARDS TO THAT, ABOUT OFFERING HELP, I, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING AT THIS POINT. THEY ARE STEPPING IN AND OFFERING HELP TO SMALL BUSINESSES, TO INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS, THIS, UH, UH, VIRUS AS FAR AS CLOSURES AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO THAT, THAT AID IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE ALSO. UM, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THIS AS A WHOLE AND WE'RE NOT PIECEMEALING SOMETHING INTO A SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, OUR [03:25:01] NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING HELP FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, FROM THE STATE BEFORE WE START MESSING AROUND WITH, WITH OUR OWN ON OWN BUDGETS HERE. UM, PROCESS, YOU KNOW, I, WHEN THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, AND THIS GOES TO COUNCILMAN K'S, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT MEETING WEEKLY, I'VE BEEN SAYING WE NEED MORE MEETINGS AS A COUNCIL TO WORK THIS AS A TEAM. WE HAD ONE SPECIAL MEETING CALLED ON THE 11TH OF MARCH. WE HAD ANOTHER ONE CALLED FOR THE 15TH, BUT THAT WAS CANCELED. SO WE'VE HAD ONE EXTRA MEETING HERE AS A COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, THIS, TO ME, THIS IS NOT A WAY TO RUN THIS CITY. IT TAKES TEAMWORK. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ON THIS DAIS UP HERE, WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, NOT ONCE A WEEK. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT ADDING, UM, A MEETING THIS NEXT WEEK WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OFF. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY 24 HOURS A DAY, AND WE SHOULD BE READY TO COME TO THIS OFFICE AND, AND DO THAT SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND NOT JUST STAY ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE. LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR THESE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY. AND I DON'T LIKE TO GET PHONE CALLS A DAY BEFORE OR TWO DAYS BEFORE SAYING, HEY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? OR WHAT ABOUT THAT? ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS? THAT'S NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE RUNNING THIS CITY. WE SHOULD BE RUNNING THIS AS A TEAM, AS AN ENTIRE COUNCIL. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT, TO GET THAT FEEDBACK FACE-TO-FACE WITH EACH OTHER IS SITTING IN THIS ROOM OR IN AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IF THERE'S SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT. AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT. SO I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT. UM, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE CORRECTED SOON. AND SO THAT WE ALL GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DIALOGUE WITH EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ONE INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT THINK ABOUT THAT IS BROUGHT UP BY SOMEONE ELSE. YOU MAY AGREE OR DISAGREE, BUT AT LEAST IT GETS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE CRITICAL CONDITION, CRITICAL DECISIONS THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN THIS CITY, NOT JUST A PARTICULAR BUSINESS OR A PARTICULAR BUSINESS. IT'S GONNA AFFECT EVERYONE IN THIS CITY. WE GOTTA GIVE BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND, AND, AND HERE'S, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF US NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS 30 DAY PROCLAMATION BEFORE TODAY. IT WAS JUST GIVEN, AND NOW WE'RE HERE TO VOTE ON IT, THAT NOT HEARING WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE, THE PROS AND THE CONS AGAINST THIS IS, AGAIN, NOT THE WAY TO RUN THIS CITY. SO I GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ERIC, YOU MAY HAVE THE QUESTION, THE ANSWERS OR, OR DON SOMEONE TO ANSWER THESE. LIKE, WHERE DID WE, UH, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS. WHERE DID THE 14, WHERE DID THE 30 DAYS COME FROM? AGAIN, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. WHERE THE 30 DAYS ARE COMING FROM COUNCILMAN. UH, THAT'S THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION GIVEN THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. UM, YOU HEARD, UH, ANDY AND DR. BRIDGER ALSO, UH, COMMENT THAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME CERTAINTY FOR THE COMMUNITY. THERE HAS BEEN, I MEAN, WE LITERALLY JUST WITNESSED IT FIVE MINUTES AGO. THE, UM, THE IMPACT OF CHANGE OF EVENTS AND HOW WE ARE REACTING TO THEM. UM, YOU, THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THAT, THAT TIME PERIOD. IF YOU CHOOSE TO TODAY, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU CAN DO. UM, AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF THAT WE SET A A POINT ON THE HORIZON FOR PEOPLE TO PLAN FOR KNOWING THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR. I MEAN, UM, UM, SO THAT, THAT'S UP FOR, FOR YOU AND THE COUNCIL TO, TO DECIDE. UM, WE, WE DO HAVE THE, FRANKLY, THE, THE, THE PART OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH, UM, AN UNKNOWN. UM, AND, AND, AND LITERALLY WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING, UH, THE IMPACTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S DECISION OR ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WAS JUST MADE AND TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. SO, UM, I, I'M, I'M, UH, I'M, I'M OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND IT WAS JUST THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION [03:30:01] GIVEN ON WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. UM, AND, UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR CALL. THANK YOU. ERIC. WOULD WE HAVE MORE CERTAINTY OF 30 DAYS VERSUS TWO WEEKS, OR WOULD WE HAVE MORE CERTAINTY IN 60 DAYS? I MEAN, WE HEARD FROM THE STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN CHINA AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT IT'S TAKEN MONTHS. SO WHY ARE WE, WHY ARE WE SAYING 30 DAYS IF WE KNOW WHAT THE DATA SHOWS IS MORE THAN 30 DAYS? SO, COUNCILMAN, UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE BRING TO YOU AND THAT ARE ON YOUR AGENDA, WHERE WE KNOW THE TIMELINES OR CAN PROJECT THE TIMELINES AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS, THIS IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU'VE EVER VOTED ON. UM, AND I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. THERE IS NO MAGIC, UM, UH, BEHIND THAT. IT'S WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL DOES TODAY TO SET, UH, THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD FOR THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT OTHER DECLARATIONS COULD BE MADE, UH, ABOVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE, UH, THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS FRIDAY OR NEXT WEEK. UM, THERE IS NO, THIS IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM. AND, AND, UM, I'M, I'M RECOMMENDING THAT, UM, I'M STILL RECOMMENDING THE 30 DAY PERIOD. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, UP TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL. OKAY. UM, THE GOVERNOR JUST CAME OUT WITH 14 DAYS. SO DO YOU THINK HE HAS A BROADER VISION AND MORE INFORMATION TO ENACT THE 14 DAYS? AND WE HAVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT SAYS WE NEED 30? UM, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND, UM, THAT WE SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE, UM, ACTION THAT, THAT, THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL BELIEVE. UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, ERIC. APPRECIATE THOSE, THOSE COMMENTS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WRAPPED UP IN HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE ABOUT, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE 30 DAYS. WE HEARD FROM INDUSTRY THAT THEY COULD MAYBE HANG ON IF, IF THIS WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE SETTLED OUT, THAT, UH, MAYBE THEY COULD LAST TWO WEEKS, 14 DAYS. I WOULD SAY THAT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT BEING COMPASSIONATE ALL THE TIME, COMPASSION THI THIS IS A CITY OF COMPASSION. WHY DON'T WE SHOW SOME COMPASSION HERE AND SET IT AT TWO WEEKS AND REEVALUATE IT, WHETHER WE HAVE DAILY MEETINGS OR WEEKLY MEETINGS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO DO TWO WEEKS VERSUS 30 DAYS. YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT GO ON FOR SIXTY, NINETY, A HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS, WHO KNOWS? BUT WHY NOT? WHY NOT GO AT TWO WEEKS AT A TIME? AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE THIS'LL LEVEL OFF WITHIN TWO WEEKS. WE DON'T KNOW. JUST LIKE YOU SAID, ERIC, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT QUARTER WE'RE IN HERE, SO WHY TAKE THAT EXTRA TIME AT THE 30 DAYS? NOW, ANDY, YOU SAID THAT WE CAN'T MAKE A MOTION OR AN AMENDMENT TO THE TIME THE TIMELINE, NOT, NOT FOR THE, NOT FOR THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, BUT ONLY FOR THE TIME. I, I, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION. 'CAUSE I, I DO WANNA CLARIFY. YOU CAN'T AMEND THE ORDER. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE TIMING. OKAY. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXTEND IT INDEFINITELY. 30 DAYS, 14 DAYS. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, I DON'T KNOW OF A NON-ESSENTIAL . THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIAL. THEY'RE PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES TO OUR PUBLIC. AND I, I CHALLENGE ANYBODY TO SAY WHAT'S ESSENTIAL AND WHAT'S NON-ESSENTIAL. I'LL, I'LL HAVE THAT DEBATE, BUT I THINK ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES OUT HERE, SMALL BUSINESSES, LARGE BUSINESSES, EVERYBODY OUT THERE IS ESSENTIAL. WHETHER IT'S FOR MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION, OR PROVIDING GROCERIES. I, I'M HAVING A PROBLEM SINGLING OUT A COUPLE OF INDUSTRIES HERE. I MEAN, HAS ANYBODY GOING, GONE INTO THE GROCERY STORES OR MA BULK STORES AROUND HERE, IT'S CROWDED. [03:35:01] IT'S MORE CROWDED THAN IN DINING ROOMS AND RESTAURANTS. ARE THEY ESSENTIAL OR NON-ESSENTIAL? ARE RESTAURANTS ESSENTIAL, NON-ESSENTIAL? I THINK THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIAL. WE'RE GONNA CREATE A BIGGER BURDEN FOR THOSE SHOPPING CENTERS THAN WHAT THEY HAVE NOW. NOBODY'S GONNA BE ABLE TO GO DINE OUT. YEAH, THEY MIGHT GO TAKE OUT OR CURB DELIVERY, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU WE'RE GONNA PUT MORE OF A BURDEN ON THESE LARGER SHOPPING CENTERS THAN WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND I'VE BEEN IN SEVERAL OF THEM NOW, AND THEY'RE STRIPPED BARE OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU NEED ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS ALREADY. WHAT ARE WE CREATING HERE? I KNOW THE GOVERNOR HAS COME OUT WITH HIS EDICT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONLY FOR TWO WEEKS, AND I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE ON THAT. AND WITH THAT, I'M GONNA MOTION THAT WE CHANGE THE TIMEFRAME ON THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION FROM 30 DAYS TO 14. I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, LET'S SEE. THIS IS A, A FIRST AMENDMENT. SO IT WOULD BE TAKEN FIRST TO CHANGE THE, UH, EXTENSION DATE EXTENSION PERIOD FROM 30 DAYS TO 14 DAYS. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THAT. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT MOTION UP FIRST BEFORE THE BASE MOTION. IS THAT CORRECT, ANDY? THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. YOUR AUDIO IS NOT WORKING. COUNCILMEMBER, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES, AND I GUESS TO EVERYONE, IF YOU HADN'T HEARD, I'M SELF QUARANTINING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UM, AT THE N L C CONGRESSIONAL CITY CONFERENCE, UM, TWO PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19. UM, WE FOUND OUT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SO AS A RESULT, I'VE BEEN STAYING HOME SINCE THEN. AND JUST OUT OF PRECAUTION, I AM LOW RISK. I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH, UH, DR. BRIDGER AND, UH, THEY ARE NOT ON THE BOARD, AND THEY WERE NOT IN ANY OF MY SAME COMMITTEES. SO I'M JUST DOING THIS OUT OF, UM, EXTRA PRECAUTION. COUPLE OF THINGS. THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY, UM, TO ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE BEEN HAVING RIGHT NOW. AND THE QUESTIONS, I THINK I HAVE JUST A BIT CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. FIRST QUESTION, UM, ANDY, COULD YOU REPEAT PLEASE THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ORDER? UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT AGAIN. WHEN UNDER THE EMERGENCY MEASURES PART OF THE, UH, ORDER, THE, THIS IS THE, THE OBJECTIVE, THE VIRUS THAT CAUSES C OVID 19 IS EASILY TRANSMITTED, ESPECIALLY IN GROUP SETTINGS. AND IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BE SLOWED TO PROTECT THE ABILITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO HANDLE AN INFLUX OF PATIENTS AND SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. THAT IS THE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THE, UH, THE WHOLE EMERGENCY MEASURES PORTION STARTS. UH, AND WE INTENTIONALLY STARTED THAT WAY AGAIN TO, SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE OBJECTIVE IS. THANK YOU, UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WE ARE, UH, IN THIS TOGETHER, AND I THINK YOU TWO, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UM, SITTING NEXT TO ME, I DON'T KNOW WHICH SIDE, UH, ROCHA GARCIA WHO MENTIONED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A TERRITORIAL THING. I THINK WE DO NEED TO WORK ON. UH, WE ARE A TEAM IN THIS. EVERYONE'S GOING TO HAVE THE DIFFERENT EXPERTISE AS WELL AS WE CAN JUST DO BETTER TOGETHER AT A COORDINATED COMMUNICATION. BUT THAT'S WHY I DO AGREE WITH, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT SAID, MEETING ON A WEEKLY BASIS OR HOWEVER WE NEED TO MEET AS A COUNCIL IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL, IF YOU WILL, TO ALL OF OUR WORK BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE A TEAM WORKING TOGETHER TO LEAD THIS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL CITY AND TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL CITY. UM, I THINK WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S, UM, CALL, I WOULD SAY TO MY COLLEAGUE, UM, THE IMPORTANT, THE IMPORTANT THING, AND, AND ERIC MENTIONED THIS, WE HERE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL KNOW THE NUANCES, KNOW THE IMPORTANCE. WE'RE THE LOCAL LEADERS. WE SEE THE NUANCES, [03:40:01] WE SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS. SO I THINK OURSELVES TAKING THESE, UM, HYPER PRECAUTIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE. AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, UM, HEARTBREAKING, TROUBLING. I DO THINK OF MY MOM AND POP RESTAURANTS, MY PALM AND POP BUSINESSES, MY RESIDENTS WHO ARE WORKING AT ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS. THIS IS GOING TO BE TOUGH. I MEAN, TOMORROW'S FRIDAY DURING LENT THE TAKEOUT OF ALL OF THE SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE. BUT WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THIS C OVID 19 AND HOW IT WILL SPREAD BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY. OTHER POINTS OF CLARIFICATION? UM, ANDY, UM, I THINK IT WAS ASKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE ARE, WILL PEOPLE BE, WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE, UM, RESTAURANTS IN ORDER THERE AND THEN TAKE IT OUT OR JUST GRAB THE, UH, SO SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER TO THAT? YEAH, THE, THE ANSWER TO THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN IS YES, PEOPLE, UH, ARE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE RESTAURANT AND, UH, UH, PICK UP THEIR, UH, TAKEOUT, UH, ITEM. AGAIN, UH, RESTAURANTS, DEPENDING ON THEIR CONFIGURATION, THE SIZE OF THEIR PREMISES, UH, WILL COME UP, I'M SURE WITH INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THOUGH, THAT AS THEY DO THAT, THAT THE SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. OKAY. COLLEAGUE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS MENTIONED WAS ABOUT PAYDAY LENDERS. AND I THINK THIS IS FOR, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DISCUSS, BUT ALSO FOR ERIC AND JEFF AND CARLOS. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT, UM, PAY PAYDAY LENDING AND THE POSSIBLE, UM, PRE PREDATORY ACTIONS BY THEM ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, UNEMPLOYED OR WITHOUT A JOB RIGHT NOW? UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PAYDAY LENDING. THERE HAD BEEN WARNINGS FROM THE, FROM THE GOVERNOR TO, UH, UH, PREDATORY BUSINESS PRACTICES AROUND THE STATE. UM, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT LENDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT, HAS THERE, JEFF, OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SEE ME. JEFF, HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATION ABOUT RESTAURANT RELIEF FOR RESTAURANTS AND, UM, MAYBE, UH, MORTGAGE PAYMENTS OR DIFFERENT, UH, SALES TAX RELIEF, UH, TO THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY AT A STATE LEVEL? HAVE YOU DONE ANYTHING? NO, UH, NOT AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE, UH, THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED YESTERDAY, UM, HA IS, IS FOCUSED ON FAMILIES AND SORT OF THE, THE FAMILY LEVEL AND INDIVIDUAL, UH, LEVEL IMPACTS OF WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. UM, SO I, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT SAME CONVERSATION FROM THE STATE, BUT, UH, IF, IF THE MODEL FOLLOWS, THEN A LOT OF THE FUNDING AND RELIEF THAT'S COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL FLOW THROUGH STATES, UH, DOWN TO INDIVIDUALS. AND THANK YOU JEFF, UH, FOR WORKING. I KNOW SALLY WORKING WITH MYSELF. WE ARE WORKING WITH, UM, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND RELIEF THAT WE CAN GET LOCAL LEVEL ARE BEING TAKEN PREPARATION ON THIS COMPREHENSIVE STIMULUS PACKAGE. WE'RE GLAD WE HAD . WE ARE GLAD S P A MAKES UPDATES AND REVISIONS, THEIR, UM, LOANS. AND THANK YOU, UH, THAT THIS IS ALSO GETTING UPDATED ON OUR COVID WEBSITE, UH, UNDER THE BUSINESS TAB OR THE YEAH, THE BUSINESS TABS. AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO UPDATE THAT AS THE INFORMATION COMES AVAILABLE. ONE THING THAT I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH SOME RESTAURANT OWNERS [03:45:01] AND, UM, DISCUSSED WITH SOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND THAT'S HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT CITIES, IS SOMETHING CALLED A DINING BOND INITIATIVE@SUPPORTRESTAURANTS.ORG, SIMILAR TO WARTIME BONDS, UM, IS IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR, YOUR LOCAL, UM, RESTAURANT UP AND AFLOAT, WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUGGESTING IS TO BUY SOME DINING BONDS. AND AFTER THE 30 DAYS AFTER HOWEVER LONG, YOU CAN, UM, USE THIS DINING BOND AT YOUR FAVORITE RESTAURANT. UM, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IT. SOME OF THE RESTAURANT OWNERS WERE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IT WITH ARIA, AND IT'S UP TO EVERY RESTAURANT TO MAKE THAT DECISION IF THEY WANNA BE A PART OF IT. BUT IT IS A WAY THAT RESIDENTS CAN GET INVOLVED IN SAVING THEIR, UM, IN HELPING THEIR LOCAL RESTAURANTS. BUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES WILL TAKE A LOOK AT, AND IT'LL BE HELPED TO TAKE A LOOK AT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS, UM, C C R, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA HAS PUT FORWARD. UM, ONE OTHER, UH, THOUGHT THAT I HAVE ABOUT, UH, CITY STAFF, ERIC OR MARIA, HOW MANY OF THOSE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE WORKING REMOTELY ARE PART-TIME, OR HOW MANY PART-TIME EMPLOYEES DOES THE CITY HAVE RIGHT NOW? OR IF YOU CAN TALK, TALK TO ME ABOUT OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. UH, YES. COUNCILWOMAN AND I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON PART-TIME EMPLOYEES. COUNCILWOMAN, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS, UH, FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT CAN REMOTE, CAN WORK REMOTELY, UH, WE ARE, UM, WORKING WITH THEM SO WE CAN DO THAT. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS VULNERABLE, WE'RE GIVEN THOSE PRIORITY FOR THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO WORK FROM HOME. THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TRAVELED, UH, INTERNATIONALLY OR A FAMILY MEMBER, UH, THEY'RE BEING SELF QUARANTINE. UM, I DON'T HAVE A BREAKOUT OF PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME, BUT I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO, TO THE COUNCIL. AND WHAT ARE WE OFFERING TO OUR, UH, POTENTIAL PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT MAY BE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE OR DO NOT, ARE WE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM, BUT IF THEY NEED HELP AS WELL, OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO, UM, CENTRAL MED OR URGENT CARE CLINICS? I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. COUNCILWOMAN, I DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY HERE FROM HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THOSE DETAILS, BUT, UM, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO, UM, I KNOW PART OF THE CONCERN, AND WE'RE ALREADY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, H E B IS I HAVE A, I HAD A EMAIL AND CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MICHAEL KLEIN, THE PRESIDENT OF MISSION TRAILS BAPTIST HOSPITAL. AND PART OF THE STRUGGLE THAT WAS GOING ON WAS THE, UM, HIS HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT THE, UH, AT THE HOSPITAL ARE WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK AND, UH, REALLY TOUGH SHIFTS AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET OUT AND DO THEIR OWN GROCERY SHOPPING, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE ROUND THE CLOCK AND ONCE THEY GET OUT, SOME OF THE GROCERY STORES ARE CLOSED ALREADY. SO LET US JUST, THEY'RE ALREADY CONNECTED TO H E B NOW, BUT LET US KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THESE, UM, PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL OUT, WHO ARE STILL WORKING. AND I KNOW THERE WAS A, A CONVERSATION ABOUT SENIOR CITIZENS, BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK TO GET THOSE CONNECTIONS, UM, TO THEM AND THE FOOD THAT THEY NEED. AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT AT LIST, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT THREE, WE HAVE OUR VEEVA, SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. SO IF INDIVIDUALS NEED TO GO OUT AND LOOK FOR FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, THEY CAN STILL FIND THEM IN THOSE, UM, HEALTHY CORNER STORE PARTNERS. AND WE HAVE THOSE LISTS UP TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UM, INFORMATION CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL. UM, FINALLY, I THINK I JUST WANNA MENTION TO MY COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A STRUGGLE. UM, ONE MORE QUESTION. GETTING TO MARIA. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S VERY GRIM LOOKING HONESTLY, OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR BUDGET AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN. AND EVEN WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS, [03:50:01] IN PARTICULAR, IN SOME OF OUR, UM, DEALS THAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, RFPS, UH, CONTRACTS, WE HAVE THE MAGS, THE MINIMUM, UH, GUARANTEES HAVE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO MEAN? UM, ARE WE GONNA START LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CHANGES? UH, IF YOU CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. YEAH. UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AS PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY HAS. UM, COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT IS ALLUDING TO SOME OF THE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FROM THE ENTITIES TO PAY THE CITY, UH, A MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. WE ALSO HAVE, UM, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE, SOME OF THE, UH, MEASURES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PUTTING TOGETHER A PACKET THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE COUNCIL TO DO, UH, UM, AN INFORMED EVALUATION OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE, UM, MANY ACROSS THE CITY. SO WE ARE WELL AWARE AND WE ARE AWARE OF THE CONSTRAINTS. WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION ON, ON ALL THOSE CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS. BOTH REVENUE CONTRACTS AND EXPENDITURE CONTRACTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UM, ERIC, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE INDUSTRY THAT'S CONTINUING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD SO FAR AND KEEPING PEOPLE IN JOBS IS OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND, UM, THE BUILDINGS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL WANTING TO GO TO D S D GO THROUGH THE REVIEW OF, UM, THEIR PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN START PULLING THE PERMITS OR DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO EVERYONE REMAINS SAFE THAT WE CAN HAVE, CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, OUR DEPARTMENTS WORKING IN ORDER TO GET THE, THE PROPER PERMITS IN ORDER TO GET THE, UM, APPROVALS TO KEEP LEASE SOME INDUSTRIES GOING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT BUSINESS AS NORMAL OR AS USUAL, BUT IT IS CONTINUING THE FLOW OF APPROVALS AND PROCEDURES SO WE CAN KEEP SOME PEOPLE WORKING IN, IN CERTAIN JOBS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OR IN PLANNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN I'LL BE READY WITH MY, THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, UM, IN OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS TO WORK ON EXPEDITED TIMELINES TO WORK AT A DOUBLE PACE IF WE NEED TO, BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK IN, UH, STANDING UP EVERYTHING AS SOON AS WE, UM, YOU KNOW, GET, GET OUT OF THIS. ANY COMMENTS THERE, ERIC? UM, COUNCILWOMAN? UM, NO, WE'RE COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE AND THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED ONE STOP AND WE HAVE SEEN A, UH, A DECREASE, UH, BUT ACTIVITY STILL, UM, IS STILL OCCURRING AND WE WANT TO FACILITATE THAT. AND, UH, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE, WE RECOGNIZE WE'RE GONNA NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE, MAYBE CHANGE HOW WE OPERATE, BUT I THINK THE KEY IS OPERATE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE FACILITATING THAT. AND, AND I'LL ADD THAT, THAT, THAT GOES FOR, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, UM, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE AS A CITY HAVE RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD THAT, UM, UH, EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS MAY BE INDIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THOSE ISSUES WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE DO NOT WANT TO STYMIE THE NECESSARY GROWTH OR ACTIVITY THAT IS OCCURRING, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. AND THEN TO MY, UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, I THINK WAS ALSO MENTIONED IN, UH, THE C C R, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, INCREASING DOLLARS TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, UM, AND HAVING MORE DOLLARS FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAND DEVAL MENTIONED THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT, AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING SUCH GREAT STRIDES. AND SO IT'S REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S SO HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THIS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S THE WHOLE GLOBE AND THE THE NATION RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER AND PULL TOGETHER AND, UM, MEAN, AND I THINK ABOUT OUR, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SOME OF [03:55:01] THEM DON'T EVEN HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT THEY DON'T. SO HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO LEARN FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER? UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. THANK YOU, ERIC. UM, AND DAWN AND COLLEEN, EVERYBODY, BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY, LIKE WAS MENTIONED, ORGANIZED, PROFESSIONAL, AND YOUR LOVE AND CARE FOR THIS CITY, AND EVERYONE IS COMING THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR, SO THANK YOU MAYOR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UM, GOING OFF TWO LISTS HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOLKS REMOTING IN, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, YOU'RE NEXT. THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH, MAYOR. UM, I JUST, UH, WANT TO GO BACK TO THE, THE DURATION OF THE EMERGENCY ORDER. AND AFTER HEARING, UM, THE STAFF SPEAK AND, UH, SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMENT AND KNOWING THAT THE EMERGENCY ORDER OR THE DECLARATION OF DISASTER HAS COME OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR, UM, I AM GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE 30 DAY, UH, WITH, UH, THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE REVISITING THE STATUS OF THIS EMERGENCY ORDER EVERY TIME. UH, WE MEET IN THE EVERY WEEK WHEN WE MEET. SO I WAS VERY GLAD TO HEAR ERIC SAY THAT WE WOULD BE MEETING, UH, WEEKLY. I DID HAVE A CONCERN THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF, UH, NEXT WEEK WE DON'T HAVE A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. SO, UM, ERIC, CAN WE EXPECT TO BE HERE AT 9:00 AM NEXT THURSDAY, BARRING ANY OTHER EMERGENCY ? YES. UM, YES MA'AM. AND, AND IT, UM, ALIGNMENT FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE IN QUEUE. UM, THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNLESS WE PULL SOMETHING FORWARD. BUT, UM, UH, IF THAT BECOMES THE TEMPO THAT WE MARCH AT GOING FORWARD, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN SPREAD OUT THE, UH, THE, THE NORMAL BUSINESS THAT YOU, THAT YOU, UH, THAT YOU SEE EVERY WEDNESDAY. SO, YES, I, UH, NINE O'CLOCK NEXT THURSDAY. THANK YOU. I DO BELIEVE THAT HAVING SOME SORT OF REGULAR CONVENING, UM, IT GIVES ME A SENSE OF, UH, A PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT WE WILL BE HERE DISCUSSING, WE'LL BE, UH, UPDATED AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, GUIDANCE OR INPUT BASED ON WHAT WE HEAR FROM OUR OWN COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT, UH, ERIC. SO IF THINGS RADICALLY CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND TWO WEEKS, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO RESCIND THIS. UM, I, I THINK WE DON'T KNOW YET, SO WE'LL PLAN ON ON 30 DAYS, BUT IF SOMETHING CHANGES, UH, I'M SURE THE STAFF WILL, WILL LET US KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW MARIA IS MONITORING THAT SALES TAX, UH, AS IT'S, AS IT'S COMING IN, THAT WOULD, THAT IT IS GOING TO BE A HIT, UH, TO US. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I, I WANNA BRING UP, AND, AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALLUDED TO THIS, UM, OUR COUNCILMAN TREVINO IS APPARENTLY TRAINED IN THE 3 1 1 SYSTEM. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT, UM, SOME OF OUR STAFF IS AS WELL. UH, I'VE MADE THE OFFER TO ERIC THAT, UH, I, WE CAN, THAT MY STAFF CAN GO EITHER TO THE CENTER OR BE, UH, REMOTED IN TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. UM, I KNOW YOU'RE TRAINING OTHER STAFF TO DO THAT. WE CAN BE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE FIRST WAVE TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE GET INTO SOME KIND OF CHARTER VIOLATION, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE WILLING TO, TO ASSIST. UH, THE OTHER THING I WOULD REACH OUT TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I, I THINK COUNCILMAN ROCHE GARCIA, IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE. WHAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD ALREADY IS A START ON THE RECOVERY. UM, I DON'T THINK WE CAN WAIT UNTIL THIS IS DONE, UNTIL THE 30 DAYS ARE DONE TO BE DONE, TO BEGIN WORKING ON THE RECOVERY. PEOPLE NEED CASH NOW. PEOPLE NEED ASSISTANCE NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND, UH, AND I DO HOPE THAT THE REST OF OUR COUNCIL OFFICES WILL ALSO WORK TOGETHER PERHAPS ON, UH, COMMUNICATIONS OR, OR OTHER ISSUES IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT. UM, ONE LAST THING IS, UH, I HAD A, UH, A MEETING PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED THAT I DID NOT CANCEL. IT WAS WITH, UH, A, A PRIEST WHO WORKS AT THE SEMINARY AT THE ASSUMPTION SEMINARY, UH, ADVISING PRIESTS IN THEIR FORMATION. AND WHAT HE OFFERED WAS THAT PERHAPS, UH, WE COULD CALL ON THE FAITH COMMUNITY TO HELP US DO SOME SI SOME KIND OF, UH, TELEPHONE TREE TO SENIORS WHO MAY BE FEELING ISOLATED, UH, RIGHT NOW. AND SO HE'S BEEN ALREADY WORKING WITH REVEREND AND HELMKE TO TRY TO GET THAT MOVING. SO IF YOU'RE, UH, IF YOUR STAFF WANTS TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UH, PLEASE GIVE HER, GIVE HER A CALL. THIS IS, UH, THIS IS EXCITING. UM, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE ADVERSE IMPACTS [04:00:01] OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IS OF COURSE, ISOLATION, WHICH IS, UH, SOCIAL ISOLATION, WHICH IS TERRIBLE FOR, FOR SENIORS. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. AND SO MOST OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I STILL DO HAVE A FEW. UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF OUR VIDA PROGRAM, OR WHAT IS THE STATUS OF AT LEAST PEOPLE FILING? AND, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES IS A HUGE BENEFIT. ANY, I I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, COUNCILWOMAN. I, I, I SHOULD HAVE, I SHOULD HAVE MADE THOSE COMMENTS. UH, WHEN I SPOKE EARLIER, UH, LAST FRIDAY, UH, WE CLOSED THOSE SITES AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, OPERATIONALLY, FROM A COMMER COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, THAT PROGRAM IS CRITICAL JUST IN NORMAL TIMES TO GETTING FEDERAL MONEY BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND, UH, INTO THE HANDS OF, OF, UH, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. UM, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO SOLVE FAST BECAUSE GIVEN WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING AND CONSIDERING NOW, UM, WE, WE NEED TO PROBABLY, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP FOLKS WITH THAT AND, AND COLLEEN GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL. WHEN WE SHUT THE, THOSE, UH, SITES DOWN, WE, UM, WORKED WITH 2 1 1 TO START A, UM, AN ONLINE VERSION OF THAT. SO WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING, UM, DROP OFF OF INFORMATION. UM, AND WE ARE WORKING ONLINE AND OVER THE PHONE TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS AS MANY OF THOSE, UM, TAX FORMS AS POSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS. IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT'S, IT'S NOT COMPLETELY STOPPED. AND SO THEN WHAT IS, UH, I, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THE QUESTIONS SEEM OBVIOUS, YOU'LL GIVE ME A PASS THIS TIME, BUT SO IS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOT REQUIRING FILINGS OR EXTENDED THE DEADLINE? UH, AND AND DOES THAT THEN APPLY TO EVERYONE OR ONLY PEOPLE IN CERTAIN INCOME BRACKETS? DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER? UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, WHAT I KNOW, AND THIS IS, UH, SO PROBABLY DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO MAKE, UH, PROVIDE AN EXTENSION FOR PAYMENT FOR THOSE THAT OWE, UH, PRO, UM, INCOME TAXES, UH, BUT NOT TO FILE. SO YOU STILL HAVE TO FILE BY THE DEADLINE, BUT THERE'S AN EXTENSION FOR THOSE THAT OWE MONEY TO PAY LATER. OKAY. BUT NO, UH, PERHAPS INCREASE OR, UH, RAPID RETURN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY FILED. SO YOU CAN NOT PAY IF YOU OWE, BUT IF YOU'RE OWED, YEAH. WELL, WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY, IF THEY, UH, VISIT WITH, WITH OUR VITAL CENTERS BY CALLING 2 1 1, UM, THOSE TAX RETURNS ARE FILED ELECTRONICALLY. SO THEY WILL GET THEIR, THEIR, UH, TAX REFUND BACK WITHIN PROBABLY 48 HOURS AFTER TO FIVE BUSINESS DAY. SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S STILL PROCESSING THEM, UH, QUITE QUICKLY IF THEY ARE FILED ELECTRONICALLY. IF THEY'RE FILED, UM, BY PAPER FORM, THEN THAT TAKES, THAT TAKES FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. SO THE KEY IS TO FILE ELECTRONICALLY. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S STILL PROGRESSING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. UM, A COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE THAT I THINK, UH, HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED. UM, UH, AND AGAIN, MAYBE OBVIOUS, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKS BEING OPEN. UM, DOES THAT INCLUDE HEMISPHERE PARK? DOES THAT INCLUDE, UH, WE JUST OPENED A SPLASH PAD, UH, IN THE DISTRICT IN ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. THOSE ARE ALL STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO SHUTTING DOWN OF HEMISPHERE PARK OR NO, MA'AM. ALL THOSE PARKS ARE OPEN. OKAY. AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW. WE'VE BEEN GETTING SOME FEEDBACK THAT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE A SHUTTING DOWN OF OUR AT LEAST HEMISPHERE PARK, SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE. UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD ABOUT, UM, I GUESS SORT OF THE NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, I THINK MOST THINGS HAVE BEEN COVERED. I I DON'T SUPPORT EXTENDING THIS FOR AS, FOR AS LONG AS 30 DAYS. BUT COULD SOMEBODY ADDRESS, UH, IF, UM, WE THERE WAS A DESIRE TO RESCIND, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS OR CRITERIA WOULD WE USE TO DETERMINE THAT WE COULD LIFT IT? SO [04:05:01] I'LL ANSWER FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. UM, WHEN WE'RE IN AN EPIDEMIC OR AN OUTBREAK SITUATION, THE WAY WE KNOW THAT IT'S STARTING TO END IS WHEN WE STOP SEEING NEW CASES. UM, THE WAY WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND THINK THAT MAYBE IT'S OVER IS WHEN WE HAVE 14 DAYS WITHOUT NEW CASES. SO THAT WOULD BE THE, THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIGN FOR US THAT THINGS WERE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. AND IN CHINA, IT'S DAY ONE, WE HOPE OF 14. UM, SO HERE'S ANOTHER, I, I, I THINK THIS PROBABLY QUESTION WAS FOR DAWN, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE COULD PROBABLY ASK IT OR ANSWER IT. IF A PERSON IS SELF QUARANTINED, BECAUSE LIKE MAY, MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES, THEY'VE HAD SOME CONTACT, UM, AND THEY EXPERIENCE SOME SYMPTOMS, IF THEY DON'T GET TREATED, DOES A VIRUS GO AWAY? SO LIKE ALL VIRUSES, UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF TIME A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL CAN FIGHT IT OFF AND GET OVER IT WITHOUT DRUGS, WHETHER THERE ARE NO DRUGS, SO WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS OR WITHOUT DRUGS, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DRUGS. SO THERE ARE NO, THERE IS NO TREATMENT FOR, UH, THE VIRUS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. UM, SO, SO YES, MOST HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS ARE ABLE TO STAY AT HOME, UM, AND AFTER 10 TO 14 DAYS START TO FEEL BETTER. THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELDERLY OR IMMUNE COMPROMISED, UM, FOR WHOM THIS COULD TRIGGER A LIFE-THREATENING, UH, EVENT AND THEY WOULD NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED. UH, WHAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS IS THAT THEY DEVELOP PNEUMONIA AND THEY NEED TO BE INTUBATED. SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD NEED TO RECEIVE HOSPITALIZATION. AND I C SERVICES ARE OUR CURRENT HOSPITALS CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY. THEY ARE BUSY, BUT THEY ARE NOT COMPLETELY FULL. AND WE DO THROUGH STR, UM, REGULAR CHECK-INS ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE ROOMS AND ICUS AND VENTILATORS. AND, UM, WE ARE NOT AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THERE NOT BEING ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE SHOULD THERE BE AN INCREASING NEED AS A RESULT OF, OF C OVID 19 INFECTIONS. AND SO, UH, AND IN FACT, THE VERY, IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU MENTIONED THAT THE T D I C, T C I D T C I D, UM, THAT'S THE OLD TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL ON, AND THAT'S EMPTY CURRENT, OR YOU HAVE ONE OR THREE PATIENTS. THERE ARE. SO T C I D IS STILL A FUNCTIONING HOSPITAL FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH TUBERCULOSIS. UM, HOWEVER, THE STATE AGREED TO ALLOCATE AN ENTIRE WING OF THAT HOSPITAL, UH, TO THE LACKLAND, UH, EVACUEES WHO NEEDED NOT HOSPITAL LEVEL SERVICES, BUT NEEDED TO BE IN A LOCATION OFF BASE BECAUSE THEY WERE POSITIVE. AND YES, WE ARE NOW DOWN TO THREE INDIVIDUALS AT T C I D. THOSE ARE ALL INDIVIDUALS FROM THE FEDERAL QUARANTINE COHORTS. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE UPDATES. AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, DR. BRIDGER. UM, I THINK DAWN, I THINK YOU SEE THAT YOU'RE STILL HERE. UM, I KNOW AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, A STORE THAT'S OPEN FROM NINE TO SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, I HAVE HOURLY EMPLOYEES. UM, I'M DAILY CHECKING MY BANK ACCOUNTS TO CONFIRM THAT, UM, I CAN PAY MY TEAM. UH, AND SO WITHIN TWO WEEKS, I THINK A BUSINESS WILL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'LL SURVIVE. UM, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THE 14 DAYS IS SUFFICIENT, UM, BECAUSE 30 DAYS EFFECTIVELY, I THINK WILL SHUT EVERYONE DOWN AND, AND NOT LIKELY RECOVER. UM, IS THAT THE FEEDBACK YOU GET FROM, UM, YOUR BUSINESS OWNERS? AND, AND SO BECAUSE THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE ORGANIZED THAN OTHER TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, I KNOW THE HOTEL LODGING, BUT THEY'RE TYPICALLY OUR LARGE OPERATORS. UM, AND WE, UH, IN FACT, I KNOW IN MY DISTRICT WE HAVE NO LARGE EMPLOYERS, AND SOMEBODY CAN FACT CHECK ME ON THIS, BUT I THINK THE CITY IS THE THIRD LARGEST EMPLOYER IN THIS CITY, AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM IS GETTING PAID. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I, I JUST, I KNOW FOR ME, UH, PERSONALLY, TWO WEEKS, UM, WOULD BE THE DEATH OF ME, AND THAT WOULD BE THE END OF MY BUSINESS, UM, AFTER 60 YEARS IF I WAS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IS THERE SOME, I MEAN, UH, UH, SOMEBODY MENTIONED INSURANCE, BUT AGAIN, UNLESS YOU'RE A LARGE OPERATOR, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INSURANCE. WELL, EVEN SOME OF THE LARGE OPERATORS DO NOT HAVE THAT INSURANCE. UH, AND [04:10:01] YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THESE SMALL MOM AND POP RESTAURANTS, AND I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST, A LOT OF THEM AREN'T MEMBERS. SOME OF THEM CAN'T AFFORD TO BE MEMBERS, AND, AND WE EVEN HAVE LOW MEMBERSHIP RATES. UH, BUT THEY CHOOSE NOT BECAUSE THEY'D RATHER, YOU KNOW, PUT THAT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM, THEY WILL NOT SURVIVE. UH, I MEAN, WHO KNOWS IF THEY'LL SURVIVE AFTER ONE WEEK. UH, THEY'RE HURTING. WE, WE'VE SEEN IT THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO. PEOPLE ARE LOSING JOBS TODAY. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR BIG RESTAURANTS, AUTOMATICALLY YOU THINK, OKAY, SO THIS OPERATOR HAS FIVE RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO THAT THEY'RE WEALTHY, THEY CAN MAKE IT WELL, YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THEIR OVERHEAD. EVERY RESTAURANT, THEY, THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR RENT, THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR INSURANCE, THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR EMPLOYEES, UH, THEIR PAYROLL. THEY, THEY GET IT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES ON TIME, AND THEY'RE PAYING HEALTHCARE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY, THEY HAVE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT. I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON. A LOT OF THESE RESTAURATEURS HAVE THOSE BENEFITS THAT THEY CAN GIVE BACK TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. THE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS WILL KILL THEM. THEY, THEY WILL HAVE TO END SERVICES LIKE THAT FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU CAN HAVE A SEAT. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK UNLESS YOU'RE A VERY NIMBLE ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT HAS ALREADY INCORPORATED TECHNOLOGY INTO YOUR WORKPLACE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SURVIVE THIS. YOU, YOU WON'T SURVIVE TWO WEEKS. YOU WON'T SURVIVE 30 DAYS. YOU WON'T SURVIVE 90. IT, IT, YOU'RE EFFECTIVELY OUT OF BUSINESS FOREVER UNTIL YOU FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH YOURSELF. UM, AND IN FACT, I DO WANNA, UM, COMPLIMENT ERIC FOR BEING NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE. UH, WHICH I HAVE TO ADMIT, I DIDN'T THINK YOU COULD DO AS A LIFELONG BUREAUCRAT. I THOUGHT THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN SHIFT A BIG ORGANIZATION, UH, ON A MOMENT'S NOTICE. AND I THINK YOU'VE PROVEN YOU CAN DO THAT. SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR BEING CREATIVE AND FLEXIBLE IN THIS TIME, UH, AND THE STAFF AS WELL. I, UM, MOST OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE'RE NIMBLE AND FLEXIBLE EVERY DAY. UH, OF COURSE I DON'T HAVE 1200 PEOPLE, 12,000 PEOPLE, UH, TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT, UM, YOU JUST GIVEN THE STARK PRESENTATION, UH, AND THE FINANCIAL, UH, SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AS A CITY, UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT FURTHER TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IF WE CAN AVOID IT. AND, UH, I KNOW THESE ARE OF COURSE, DIFF DIFFICULT DECISIONS FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE. UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, MAKING THAT DECISION TODAY TO EXTEND FOR 30 DAYS IF WE COULD DO IT FOR TWO WEEKS. AND, UM, IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION AGAIN, WELL, WE'LL JUST BE PREPARED TO DO THAT. AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND, UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO WORK AS WELL AS WE CAN. UM, AND, AND OF COURSE, YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS TAKING ON AN EXTRAORDINARY BURDEN, UM, WHEN WE, THOSE SHOULD BE DIVERTED TO OTHER AREAS LIKE THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I KNOW THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES ASKED ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION, UH, WITH THEM, AND SO I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE DAILY COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. BUT, UM, WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE GET THE SUPPORT WE NEED FINANCIALLY FROM THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER? COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK, UM, I THINK WE SEE THAT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, GOVERNMENT TRYING TO REACT TO THE EMERGENCY. UM, IT'S MY HOPE AND DESIRE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE AS NIMBLY AS EVERYONE ELSE. UM, AND I TH I, YOU KNOW, I'M CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE MOTIVATED, BUT, UM, RESPONSIBILITY LIES AT THE LOWEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES. AND, UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT. I, I'M, IT DOES APPEAR TO ME THAT AT LEAST OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE ACTED QUICKLY. UM, UM, AND, BUT THERE ARE STILL DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND WILL PUSH OUT TO YOU, THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, THE PUBLIC. UM, BUT, UM, I THINK, I THINK NOW'S [04:15:01] THE TIME TO BE WORKING TOGETHER. SO WE'RE GONNA BE HOPEFUL AND BE PREPARED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WHERE WE NEED TO, UH, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM, AND THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT, ERIC. AND I GUESS I, I DID HAVE A QUESTION, UH, I THINK TO, UM, JEFF, UH, ABOUT OUR COMMUNICATION OPTION. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THING THAT KEEPS COMING UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, IS OUR ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC. AND I KNOW, I MEAN, I, I BELIEVE THAT, AGAIN, LIKE NOT BEING A REAL NIMBLE ORGANIZATION, WE'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF TRYING TO COMPILE RESOURCES AND GET THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. BUT DO WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR PODCASTS? DO WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR LIKE MULTIPLE, UH, COM UH, CONFERENCES THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBERS? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE STUFF THAT THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IS DOING TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR MEMBERS, UH, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE CITY COULD PROVIDE SOME OF THAT. UM, OR PERHAPS IT'S AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES IT, BUT HOW CAN WE HAVE LIKE A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL? CAN WE DO THAT TODAY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER? WELL, UM, YES, YOU COULD. I THINK YOU COULD DO IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. WE HAVE DONE TELE TOWN HALLS IN THE PAST. UM, WE, I'M SORRY. LET ME, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? TELE TOWN HALLS ABOUT, UM, SHOOT, WHERE'S LAURA? REMIND ME. BUDGET. WE, THE BUDGET AND THE, UM, PAID SICK LEAVE. PAID PAID SICK LEAVE BY THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. YEAH. NUMBER OF ITEMS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A LOT MORE IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS FROM COUNCIL THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING. UM, YESTERDAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE, UH, FOURTH, UH, UH, EMERGENCY DECLARATION WAS MADE, WE HAD A ROBOCALL, WHICH WAS A SUGGESTION FROM COUNCILMAN, UH, ROCHA GARCIA THAT WENT OUT TO 4,000 PLUS BARS AND RESTAURANTS, UH, NOTIFYING THEM SPECIFICALLY OF WHAT WAS IN IT. MAYBE IT WAS COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL. SORRY. UM, EITHER WAY, IT WASN'T OUR IDEA. UM, WE, UH, WE HAD, WHERE WE'VE HAD EMAILS GOING OUT, I THINK A, A BIG CONCERN HAS BEEN RAISED TO US FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DON'T HAVE A DIGITAL CONNECTION. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS OUR COMMUNICATIONS ON THERE IS DRIVING THEM TO THE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN GET THE INFORMATION, UM, SUCH AS THE HOTLINE IN THE CASE WHERE THEY DO HAVE THE INTERNET, UH, OUR WEBSITE. AND, AND THAT WAY WE'RE NOT PRODUCING THINGS THAT BECOME IMMEDIATELY DATED 24 HOURS LATER, BUT RATHER GIVING THEM THE CONNECTION SO THAT THEY CAN STAY ENGAGED WITH US AND CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO GET IT AS IT CHANGES. UM, I REALIZE I'M NOT, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE I ANSWER YOURS, BUT, BUT THAT'S BEEN OUR, OUR APPROACH. WELL, I, I THINK, UM, WE KNOW THAT, UH, WE WERE GETTING SET UP TO DO PODCASTING, UM, IN THE AREA. DO THE STUDIO DOWNSTAIRS. MM-HMM. , ARE WE PREPARED FOR THAT? IS THAT READY FOR, UM, DAVE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT READY YET, WE'RE I, WE DON'T HAVE OUR SET STUDIO FOR IT. IF YOU WANTED TO RECORD A PODCAST, WE DO HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT. UM, SO WE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE SOME SMALL ONES, BUT I THINK THE REACH IS SMALL. IT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE A, UM, I THINK PERHAPS A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, CERTAIN ISSUES. UM, AND PER, OR PERHAPS WE HAVE THE MEETING IN A MEETING LIKE THIS GETS, UH, ADOPTED TO SOME TYPE OF PODCAST FORMAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE AS WELL. UH, IT IS. I JUST, MY, MY CONCERN WOULD BE THE, THE, THE, THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENTS AND HOW QUICKLY THAT MIGHT BECOME, UM, NOT TIMELY ANYMORE. I'LL SAY FOR MEETINGS LIKE THIS, AND FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, WE'RE PUSHING THEM ALL OUT THROUGH OUR, THROUGH FACEBOOK, THROUGH, OF COURSE, T V S A, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ALERT PEOPLE AHEAD OF TIME WHEN PRESS CONFERENCES ARE COMING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE IT. EVEN IF THEY WON'T, THEY CAN GO TO IT LATER. AND WE'VE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROADCAST MEDIA WHO HAS SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IN FACT, IF YOU NOTICE THEY DON'T HAVE CAMERAS HERE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, THEY'VE ALL SAID, WE WILL ROLL ON THE FEED THAT YOU SEND OUT, AND WE'LL SHARE CONTENT AMONGST EACH OTHER IF WE HAVE TO GET INTERVIEWS AFTERWARDS. UM, SO I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET THE MESSAGE IS OUT. UM, BUT IF A PODCAST IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY EASY FOR OUR TEAM TO SET IT UP. I THINK WHEN I SAID NO, INITIALLY, IT WAS, WE'RE INTENDING TO BUILD A PODCAST STUDIO IN THE STUDIO THAT WILL HAVE BETTER ACOUSTICS. BUT WE'VE DONE A PODCAST BEFORE WITH THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK ALL THOSE, YOU KNOW, OPTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION ARE IMPORTANT. I KNOW STILL FOR US IN MY DISTRICT, UM, THERE'S REALLY JUST NO SHORTCUT TO FACE, FACE COMMUNICATION. AND SO I DON'T, UM, FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY COMMUNICATING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT. AND I, I, I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S STRUGGLING IN THAT REGARD AS WELL. LIKE, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, [04:20:01] UM, CONNECTING MOST WITH THE INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT NEED IT? BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES AVAILABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SPECTRUM IS GIVING FREE INTERNET ACCESS. THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN, UH, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IN, AT LINEAR HIGH SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, 70% OF THE FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME, RIGHT? AND SO, WHEN WE CLOSE OUR LIBRARIES AND OUR, AND WELL, OUR PARKS ARE OPEN, SOME OF OUR PARKS HAVE WIFI. IN FACT, CAN WE DEPLOY THAT ANY QUICKER? WASN'T THERE SOME HANGUP ABOUT ALL OF OUR CITY PARKS THAT HAD WIFI? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY AS WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS, BECAUSE THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'M, I'M ESPECIALLY, WELL, I, I DON'T WANNA SAY I'M MORE CONCERNED THAN ANYONE ELSE, BUT GIVEN THE, THE, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE YEAH. AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS GOING ONLINE, WE JUST KNOW THAT THOSE KIDS, THEY'RE WE'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT. THEY CAN'T, AS IT IS, THEY'RE ON THE FRINGE. AND SO, UH, PERHAPS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED INTO. LIKE, UH, I KNOW MARIA, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT PARKS, UH, INTERNET ACCESS TO THE PARKS. DO THEY, THEY ALL HAVE IT NOW, OR, UM, COUNCILMAN AND I WILL CONFIRM, BUT, UM, MY RECOLLECTION IS THAT MOST OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY CENTERS WITHIN THE PARKS HAVE WIFI. WE WERE TRYING TO EXPAND THE WIFI TO OTHER AREAS IN THE PARK, BUT I WILL GET YOU A DEFINITE NUMBER AND ALSO, UM, EXPLORE YOUR QUESTION. IF WE WERE TO ACCELERATE THAT, UM, HOW, HOW THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT LOOKED LIKE. YEAH. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT IN A WHILE. UM, DR. BRIDGER, ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE GATHERING IN PARKS OUTDOORS? NOT YET. OKAY. INDOORS, ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES HAVE BEEN CLOSED. YES. I KNOW THAT. OKAY. YEAH. I KNOW THE INDOOR FACILITIES, BUT PERHAPS JUST THE PARKS OUTDOORS, TRYING TO GET ACCESS TO PEOPLE FOR AT LEAST SOME PEOPLE. OF COURSE, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT DOING HOMEWORK ON THEIR PHONES. YEAH. UM, SO I, I, I, I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATING CERTAIN THINGS, BUT, UM, I WISH WE COULD FIND A WAY TO FILL THAT GAP AS WELL. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S ON OUR RADAR SCREEN AS WELL. UM, AND SO I GUESS JUST A, A FINAL QUESTION AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATING, UH, WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, UH, AND I, WELL, I THINK PROBABLY, UH, MOST OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. AND, AND SO I'LL, UM, JUST LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, CONTINUED COMMUNICATION. I, I THINK I, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD, UH, BE GETTING TOGETHER MORE OFTEN, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE LEARNING SORT OF, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE HAD DECENT COMMUNICATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DISCUSS, UH, WHAT IS, UH, BEST FOR, FOR EACH OF OUR COMMUNITIES. AND WHILE, UH, SOME OF OUR NEEDS ARE DISTINCT, UM, THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR, AND WE DON'T HAVE REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT WHAT WE THINK WOULD BE BEST AS A GROUP, UM, UNTIL WE'RE HERE SCHEDULED TO VOTE. SO, UM, THANK YOU, UH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, YOUR DILIGENCE IN THIS VERY SENSITIVE TIME. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY, UM, WE WILL BE GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE STATE IS PROPOSING WITH REGARD TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND SO FORTH AS WE GET THROUGH THIS, UH, NEXT PHASE, I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF FUNDING, UH, SOURCES BEING MENTIONED, BUT NOTHING SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARD TO BENEFITS, BUT WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION AND WE'LL FEED IT INTO THE RECOVERY EFFORTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. ALRIGHT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THE, UM, THE AMENDMENT MADE TO THE ORIGINAL MOTION, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE GOVERNOR'S CALL TILL APRIL 3RD AND ALL OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS CALL TO APRIL 3RD, I PRESUME THE COUNCILMAN'S RECOMMENDATION WAS WHEN HE SAID TWO WEEKS THOUGH, TO THAT SAME DATE, APRIL 3RD. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT. YES. AND THAT, THAT, AND I SECONDED THAT, AND I, I STILL SECOND THAT. I IS THAT OKAY, ANDY, TO CLARIFY THAT? ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMAN. IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY PREFERABLE TO HAVE A DATE CERTAIN ON THAT. SO IF WE WANNA SAY, IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO SAY APRIL 3RD, OR IF THE COUNCILMAN WANTS TO SAY APRIL 3RD IN HIS MOTION. YES, THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE. YES, I AGREE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS, UH, ON THE FLOOR AT THIS POINT. WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE AMENDMENT, UH, ONE, WHICH IS THE CHANGE OF THE, UH, THE DATE TO APRIL 3RD. UM, AGAIN, A VOTE FOR WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE DURATION OF THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION TO, UM, APRIL 3RD. PLEASE VOTE. OKAY. UM, [04:25:01] ACTUALLY, LET'S, LET'S PULL THAT DOWN. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A VOICE VOTE. UM, IS, UH, DO WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PIA STILL? OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, UH, IS HE COMMUNICATING WITH US? YES. REMOTELY. CAN YOU, UH, ASK HIM TO, UH, TEXT HIS VOTE TO THE CLERK? HE HAS TO BE REMOTELY. OH, HE DOES? OKAY. OKAY. HE CAN'T DO THAT TO, TO BE ABLE TO VOTE. MAYOR, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE COUNCILMAN P AND HEAR COUNCILMAN PIUS. GOT IT. OKAY. , WE'RE TEXTING. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME CONNECTION HERE MOMENTARILY. IF NOT, WE'LL JUST MOVE ON. NOTHING. I DIDN'T PULL A PLUG. HE'S TEXTING ME. . IS THAT COMPLIANT? OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, WE HAVE A SCREEN. IS HE COMING BACK? IS HE STILL OKAY? I SAY GIVE HIM A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS, WE'LL GIVE COUNCILMAN P POLITES A MINUTE. UM, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A TECHNICAL ISSUE IS COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL'S, UM, VOTE, UH, BUTTON WORKING NOW IT SAYS I HAVE MOTION, BUT YOU'RE CONNECTED. AND, AND SO WOULD YOU SEE THE VOTE SCREEN? THERE'S NO SUCH WORD AS MOTIONED, BUT, UM, , IT SAYS, I DON'T SEE THE VOTE SCREEN. YEAH, IT LOOKS JUST LIKE MINE, I THINK WHEN IT COMES UP. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SHE'S JUST, OKAY. YOU CANCELED IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS COUNCIL MEMBER PLY IS ON THE PHONE. HE CANNOT PARTICIPATE. HE CANNOT PARTICIPATE BY PHONE EITHER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WELL, LET'S JUST, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THEN. UM, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A VOICE VOTE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ILLA GRANT, ARE YOU HEARING US? I'M HEARING YOU. OH, OKAY. WE GOT CONNECTIVITY. BRILLIANT. OKAY. UM, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOICE VOTE, UM, FOR THE AMENDMENT. AND A A I WILL ASK THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER WHO ARE REMOTING IN TO RAISE THEIR HAND, UM, FOR, ACTUALLY, NO, I SHOULDN'T DO THAT. IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE VOICE. OKAY. UH, A WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VO VO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. THE MOTION IS TO, TO REDUCE THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION. TIME TO APRIL 3RD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. UH, THOSE AGAINST, SAY VOICE NAYYY NAYYY, DO WE NEED, UH, DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, GO AHEAD AND ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO NAYYY. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER APPLI NAYYY. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY? YES. AND MAYOR MEMBER NAYYY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MOTION FAILS. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE BASE MOTION. WE'LL DO THE SAME THING SINCE WE'VE GOT SOME CONNECTIVITY ISSUES. UH, SO THE MOTION IS TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, UH, UNTIL DATE CERTAIN. ANDY, WHEN IS THAT? OR IT'S 30 DAYS. WE'LL GET THE DATE. OKAY. IT'S WRITTEN AS 30 DAYS, A 30 DAY EXTENSION. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? AYE. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT. UM, THAT'S THE DURATION OF OUR, UM, MORNING AGENDA. WE DO HAVE A, A, A, UH, WE HAVE TWO THINGS, A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND THEN WE RECONVENE, HOPEFULLY BRIEFLY FOR A ZONING AGENDA. UM, BUT GO AHEAD, ERIC. UH, MAYOR, THE, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M GONNA DO ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, UH, WAS I WAS GONNA UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON, UH, HIGH PROFILE CONTRACTS, UH, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. UM, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BOIL THAT DOWN INTO A MEMO AND GET THAT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, TODAY. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ACTUALLY RATHER PROACTIVELY, I'LL ASK TROY ELLIOT TO REACH OUT TO EACH ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT, UM, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE PROCUREMENTS. WE'LL MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOME OF THOSE PROCUREMENTS. GOING TO BOTH PRES SOLICITATION AT, AT B SESSION AND POST SOLICITATION AND B SESSION, UH, OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, UH, IN, JUST IN THE, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME AT THIS POINT, MAYOR. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, UH, VERY MUCH, ERIC. [04:30:01] UM, BEFORE WE DO GO TO EXEC SESSION, THOUGH, I DID WANT TO JUST CALL OUT AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ROCHA GARCIA, UH, MENTIONED THIS TO ME LAST NIGHT. WE'VE GOTTEN A GREAT ASSIST IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, IN GETTING INFORMATION OUT BY CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, WHICH IS RUNNING THESE OUTDOOR ADS TO GIVE PEOPLE THE, THE INFORMATION, UH, FOR THE PHONE NUMBER, THE HOTLINE, AND SO FORTH. SO WE WANNA RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS OVER AT CLEAR CHANNEL, UH, FOR PITCHING IN, IN THAT WAY AND, AND OTHER BUSINESSES WHO HEAR THAT. IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP US, UH, THE TIME, UH, IS NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO CLEAR CHANNEL AND ALL THOSE ARE PITCHING INTO THE EFFORT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO BRIEFLY INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 1:44 PM ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH, 2020. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REGARDING THE POSTED ITEM PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, ATTORNEY CONSULTATION CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. OUR A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. UH, AND WITHIN, UH, JUST A MINUTE. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A QUORUM NOW. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, BEGIN OUR ZONING SESSION AGENDA. UH, THE TIME IS 2:40 PM UM, IF YOU JUST GIMME ONE MOMENT. UH, AT THIS POINT, WE JUST NEED THE, UH, UPDATE ON PUBLIC, UH, TO BE HEARD. YEAH. AND I'M WAITING FOR THE CONSENT ZONING THIS. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE'RE JUST GETTING SOME PAPERWORK UP HERE AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN YOU. NO ACTION TAKEN SHEET HERE IS ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE, UH, FOUR ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AT THIS TIME. ITEMS Z ONE, Z TWO, Z FIVE, P ONE, AND Z SIX. UM, ALL OTHER ITEMS ARE ON CONSENT. AT THIS POINT. I'LL, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT THEY'D LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA MOTION. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THAT'S ALL ITEM SAY FOR Z ONE, Z TWO, Z FIVE, P ONE, AND Z SIX. UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ZONING ITEMS. JACK FINGER, MAYOR GERBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK FIN. A FEW ITEMS WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THE, DURING THE ZONING SESSION TODAY. YES. JUST GOING BY THE NUMBERS Z TWO. UH, THIS IS IN MS. SULLIVAN'S, UH, MS. SULLIVAN'S DISTRICT. YES, MS. SULLIVAN. I NOTICED THAT, UH, REGARDING THIS ONE, THIS IS ABOUT, UH, WELL, THE IDEA THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION THOUGHT THIS WAS A BAD IDEA TO INSTALL AN, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ZONE, SOME ABOUT SEVEN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, SEVEN OF 'EM KIND OF SHOEHORNED INTO THIS TINY LITTLE SPACE RIGHT HERE. IT WAS SO, UH, [04:35:01] EGREGIOUS THAT AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE CAME BY THE ZONING COMMISSION TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. AND YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO GET EVEN ONE OR TWO TO DO THAT THERE. YES. IT'S, UH, EVEN THE, UH, THE ZONING, THE COMMISSION OPPOSED IT. THEY, THEY, THEY THINK IT, UH, WELL, IT WAS TOO TALL. YEAH. THE THREE STORIES HIGH. TWO, TWO AND A HALF, TWO AND A HALF IS REALLY THE MAXIMUM. AND SO CONSEQUENTLY, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS GOING BEYOND THE RULES HERE. PERHAPS JUST MAYBE YOU'D WANNA SAY, SAY NO TO THIS ONE HERE AND ALSO IN, UH, UM, THIS, IN, IN DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT THREE. YES. THE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, ONE THAT DEALS WITH A, A CHANGE AND BOTH THE, UM, THE, THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE ZONING STAFF SAID, SAID NO TO THIS. THE REASON THEY DID SO IS BECAUSE THE, UM, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS TOO, THE INTENSITY WAS TO TOO MUCH THERE BETWEEN, UH, WELL, IS IT HIGHER COMMERCIAL? AND I'M, I'M JUST GOING WITH WHAT THEY SAID. HIGHER COMMERCIAL INTENSITY THAN THE PLAN ALLOWS, CONSEQUENTLY MAKING MORE NOISE FOR THE RESIDENTS NEXT DOOR. SO JUST, MAYBE THIS IS A BAD IDEA ALSO. AND YOU WANNA SAY NO TO IT AS WELL? THERE, THE IN, UM, LET'S SEE, WHERE ARE WE? I I'M NOT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY, YES, MY MISTAKE. THAT WAS IN, UH, WHERE ARE WE HERE? I I, IT'S HARD TO SEE THE NAMES WITH MS. VIA GRAND. YES. THAT WAS IN YOUR DISTRICT. IN THE NEXT ONE IN YOUR DISTRICT. THAT'S WHERE THE, UM, ANOTHER ONE COME COMING UP. THE, UH, A MOBILE HOME IS BEING, THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS UNPERMITTED EARLIER. AND CONSEQUENTLY, IT'S ALSO ALSO SURROUNDING BY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. UH, THERE'S NO BUFFER BETWEEN THIS AND SO, UH, MADAM JUST MAYBE YOU WANNA SAY NO TO IT THERE ALSO. OH, WELL, THANK YOU MR. FINGER. OKAY. UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ZONING ITEMS. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT MOTION NOW. THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. ALL ITEMS SAY FOR Z ONE, Z TWO, Z FIVE, P ONE, AND Z SIX, PLEASE VOTE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM Z ONE Z ONE IS A LARGE AREA REZONING OF MULTIPLE PROPERTIES FROM I ONE C TWO MF 33 TO OH ONE C ONE C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GAS STATION NC C ONE CD R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE GENERALLY BOUNDED EAST MAGNOLIA AVENUE TO, TO THE SOUTH AND PARCELS ALONG EAST SIDE AND NORTH SIDE OF ST. MARY'S STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVALS, ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION TO EXCLUDE BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB. 55 NOTICES MAILED SEVEN IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. SEVEN IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE. THE 200 FOOT MONTEVISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND HIS MONTEVISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, THAT HAS REQUESTED THIS LARGE AREA REZONING YEARS AGO TO HELP PRESERVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD FROM INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT. I'M GLAD THAT OUR CITY IS ABLE TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IN PROTECTING THEIR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS FROM OVERDEVELOPMENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMMEND THE EXTENSIVE EFFORTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND CITY STAFF IN EVALUATING EACH PROPERTY INVOLVED IN THE REZONING. AS A PART OF THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB CAME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT ZONING TO ALLOW FROM ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR BUSINESS TO CONTINUE. AS USUAL, IN RESPECTS TO THIS AGREEMENT, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT. I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF THE RIVER ROAD LARGE AREA REZONING WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB PROPERTY AT 35 0 6 NORTH ST. MARY'S STREET. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER Z ONE WITH CONDITIONS AS READ, PLEASE VOTE. AYE. [04:40:06] MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z TWO, ITEM Z TWO FOR R M F TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SEVEN RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 2 0 SOUTH OLIVE STREET. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS DENIAL. 34 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED, ONE IS OUTSIDE. THE 200 FOOT IS IN FAVOR. FOUR. OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET IS OPPOSED. DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. PARDON ME? WE HAVE TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM Z TWO. UH, JENNIFER RAMAGE. MS. RAMAGE, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY GERARDO. ATE. HI. I'M SO NERVOUS RIGHT NOW. I CAN FEEL MY HEART BEATING THROUGH MY STOMACH. I HATE PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT I'M TRYING. SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON, I WOULDN'T OTHERWISE. IT'S NOT JUST ME. A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE ALSO OPPOSED TO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE SENIOR CITIZENS. THE ONES WHO COULD WRITE IN DID THAT HAD INTERNET ACCESS. I'M SPEAKING FOR THE REST OF THEM QUICKLY. SO A COUPLE OF MAIN POINTS. DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. THERE WERE A HUGE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT CAME OUT IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ABOUT WHETHER THE VOTING WAS EVEN VALID, AND IT'S NEVER BEEN VOTED ON SINCE THEN. SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THESE THINGS AREN'T COMING BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THERE'RE BEING DECIDED ON IN A PRIVATE GROUP, AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT STAMP OF APPROVAL FROM THEM, REALIZE THAT THOSE FACTORS ALSO PLAY A PART. SECONDLY, THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'VE ALL WORKED VERY HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE SHOULD BE, WHAT THE PLAN FOR THE CITY IS. IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE VARIANCES ALL THE TIME, WHERE DO YOU STOP AND WHAT'S THE POINT? THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS GROWING FASTER THAN MANY OF THE OTHER AREAS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO. WERE DOWNTOWN AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BE ABLE TO, OR EVEN TO FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ABLE TO COME IN AND SPEAK THEIR, THEIR OPINIONS. SO WE HAVE THE ZONING. WE NEED TO STICK TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. IT'S WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S CAPACITY. THIS WAS BUILT FOR SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNITS. WE'RE PUTTING SEVEN PEOPLE ON A SINGLE LOT WITH POTHOLES SO BAD IN THESE STREETS RIGHT NOW THAT MY REAR VIEW MIRROR CAME LOOSE THE OTHER DAY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT THERE TO SUPPORT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. AND NOW WE'RE JAMMING IN MORE AND MORE. UM, THESE PROPER PROPERTY BOUNDARIES THAT ARE HONORED IN THE ORIGINAL ZONING ARE IMPORTANT. AND I'M GONNA GO TO SOME OF THE PHOTOS, BOTH OF WHAT OUR EXPERIENCES HAVE BEEN WITH DEVELOPERS IN OUR AREA AND ALSO IN TERMS OF WHY THIS MATTERS. THIS IS OUR FENCE. IT'S THE BACK OF OUR FENCE. IT'S THE ALLEYWAY THAT IS DIRECTLY NEXT TO ONE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT THIS DEVELOPER HAS BUILT, AND THEY'RE SPRAY PAINTING AGAINST IT. THEY'RE USING IT TO PAINT THEIR DOORS. THEY'RE PUTTING THEIR TRASH THERE, THEY'RE LOCKING THAT ALLEY DOWN. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT. IF THIS WERE YOUR HOME, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THIS? THAT'S THE ALLEY BEHIND OUR HOUSE. IT'S LOCKED OFF COMPLETELY. THERE'S NO ACCESS BY THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T GET TO THE OUTSIDE TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCKING IT OFF AT NIGHT. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THIS IS CITY PROPERTY. THEY'RE PUTTING IN SLABS FOR CONCRETE. UM, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE ALLOWANCES ARE BEING MADE FOR SOMEONE ELSE. WHEN, WHEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW THE RULES, THAT'S THE TRASH THAT'S PILED BETWEEN OUR FENCE AND THE FENCE OF THE DEVELOPER. UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT OUR FENCE IS REGULATION HEIGHT AGAIN. THE FENCE THAT THEY HAVE INSTALLED IS NOT WHY. THAT'S MY DAUGHTER. AND THAT'S OUR BACKYARD. AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A SECURITY CAMERA DIRECTLY ABOVE HER HEAD. I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT MY NEIGHBOR YESTERDAY LITERALLY HAD TO CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY WERE DIGGING AGAINST HIS FENCE, EVEN WITH A RESTRAINING ORDER. SAME DEVELOPER. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AS A COMMUNITY, WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. AND WE FEEL LIKE NO ONE IS THERE TO TAKE UP FOR US. UM, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DO NOT ALLOW THIS VARIANCE TO BE PLACED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MS. MAR. THANK YOU, GERARDO. ATE HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MAYOR. YES, I'M THE, I'M THE OWNER OF TWO TWO SOUTH OLIVE, WHICH IS, UH, THE, THE, THE LOT THAT I'M REQUESTING FOR REZONING. [04:45:01] UH, AS YOU MAY END UP SEEING THAT THIS IS A BACON LOT THAT HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. SO THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON IN THAT LOT FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UH, AS YOU MAY END UP SEEING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE AN ACCENT. YES. I'M NOT FROM HERE AS, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ORIGINAL FROM SAN ANTONIO, NEITHER FROM THE US BUT YES, I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES. YOU KNOW, PLACES SUCH AS COLUMBIA, VENEZUELA, BRAZIL, COSTA RICA. AND YES, ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH OURSELVES IN JUST ONE PLACE. A PLACE THAT WE SHOULD CALL HOME. AND THIS HAS BEEN SAN ANTONIO. SAN ANTONIO FOR US, HAS BEEN OUR HOME FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND IS THE ONE THAT IS GONNA STILL BE OUR HOME FOR THE REST OF OF OUR LIVES. THE BUSINESS THAT, UH, THAT I CURRENTLY, UH, OR, OR, OR WHAT I CURRENTLY DO IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER BUSINESS. THAT'S THAT MY DAD STARTED ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, OR EVEN MORE THAN THAT. AND WHAT WE LEARNED FROM HIM IS THAT IT IS REAL IMPORTANT TO DO TWO, TWO THINGS WHEN YOU, YOU ARE DOING IN THIS, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THIS BUSINESS. ONE, TO TREAT AND BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. YES, IT IS NOT EASY, YOU KNOW, TO BE IN FAVOR OF EVERYTHING THAT THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY TRIES TO SEE OR HAVE. BUT YES, WE'RE TRYING A LOT TO DO SOMETHING IN ORDER TO BEAUTIFY AND TO, AND TO HAVE A BETTER COMMUNITY. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE STARTED DEVELOPING THE EAST SIDE OF, OF THE CITY. AN AREA THAT, UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE STARTED THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CRIME AND A LOT OF, OF BAD CONNOTATIONS ABOUT, UH, UH, ABOUT THE AREA. BUT YES, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO OUR BEST IN NORTHERN TO MAKE IT BETTER. THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THE LANDMARK. IT IS A HISTORICAL HOUSE, A VICTORIAN HOUSE, A HUNDRED, A 1900, OR IT WAS RAISED IN 19 HUNDREDS. AND YES, WE REDID PRETTY MUCH ALL THE HOUSE AND THEN WE STARTED CREATING SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE THAT IS GONNA HELP A LOT THIS COMMUNITY. BRINGING ART, ART WITH MURALS, AS YOU MAY END UP SEEING THERE, YOU KNOW, WE ESTABLISHED OUR FIRST MURAL, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ONE ON THE, ON THE TOP OF THIS SLIDE. AND THEN OUR, OUR NEIGHBOR IN FRONT OF US, SHE ASKED US ABOUT DOING ANOTHER ONE, WHICH WE DID. COULD YOU PLEASE SEND THE OTHER SLIDE? THEN WE DID THIS OTHER SECOND PROJECT, UH, A PROJECT IN WHICH WE'RE ENGAGING WITH MR. CHARLES WILLIAMS IN ORDER TO DO A MUSEUM, UH, THAT IS GONNA RECREATE THE HISTORY OF THE EAST SIDE. AND AS YOU MAY END UP SEEING, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT, IT, IT IS A, IT IS A CHURCH. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, CREATE THE MUSEUM. AND BEHIND THAT IT IS WHERE THE, THE, THE PASTOR HOUSE WAS, PLEASE. THANK YOU MR. . YOUR TIME'S UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. MOTION TO DENY. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM Z TWO. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z FIVE, ITEM Z FIVE FROM I ONE TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR. LOCATED AT 2 55 AND 2 59 SOUTH WW WHITE ROAD STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE FLAGS, WIND WAIVERS, SNIPE OR APPENDANT SIGNS. HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 7:30 AM TO 5:30 PM AND SUNDAY 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM A 30 FOOT TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS REQUIRED. ABUTTING THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND LAND USES 24 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. MOTION TO APPROVE WITH RESTRICTIONS. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM Z FIVE. WITH RESTRICTIONS AS NOTED, PLEASE VOTE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ITEMS P ONE AND Z SIX, P ONE AND Z SIX AMENDING THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A LIMOUSINE SERVICE, DISPATCH AND OFFICE USE ONLY SERVICING OF VEHICLES ON SITE TO C TWO. LOCATED IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF SOUTH W W WHITE ROAD STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL [04:50:01] PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. 22 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR. TWO OPPOSED EASTERN TRIANGLE IMPLEMENTATION GROUP IS IN SUPPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. THANK YOU MAYOR. UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE APPLICANT AND THE RESIDENTS ON BOXWOOD AS WELL AS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN TRIANGLE AND JUBE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR INPUT, THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND UH, DILIGENCE ON THIS CASE. THIS, UM, AREA OF THE SOUTHEAST SIDE IS SEEING SIGNIFICANT REINVESTMENT AND I AM, UH, GLAD TO SEE THE BUSINESS OWNERS SUCH AS JODY NEWMAN ARE, UM, INVESTING IN DISTRICT THREE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION. SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND OF APPROVAL OF ITEMS P ONE AND Z SIX. PLEASE VOTE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THAT IS THE, UH, DURATION OF OUR ZONING AGENDA FOR TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.