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ON NOW.SO THE TIME IS 1:03 PM UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER, AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, TINA, IF YOU CAN GIVE US THE ROLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
[1. Briefing on the City's COVID-19 response and preparedness and updates on the COVID-19 Community Action Working Groups.]
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.UM, WE HAVE OUR USUAL, UH, AGENDA TODAY WITH A UPDATE FROM BOTH CHIEF HOOD AS WELL AS, UH, DAWN.
UM, AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH, UH, ERIC, IF YOU CAN GET US STARTED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
SO, WE'LL, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH AN UPDATE FROM, UH, CHIEF HOOD AND DAWN, UH, ANDY SEGOVIA IS GOING TO, UH, BRIEF THE COUNCIL ON SOME OF THE, UM, UH, THAT HE EMAILED THE COUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER AND OUR CSA GUIDELINES.
AND THEN, UH, AND THEN HAND IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, UH, FOR, UH, GORDON AND THE WORKING GROUP PIECE.
UM, BEFORE WE START, I, I DID WANT TO, UH, JUST SAY ONE THING.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE, UM, I I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR BEING A, CERTAINLY A RESILIENT GROUP.
UM, WE HAVE CHANGED THE WAY A LOT OF US ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, I, I DID WANT TO TAKE TIME BEFORE WE START, GET TOO FAR IN TODAY'S BRIEFING, AND, AND THANK, UH, YOU MAYOR AND, AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR GUIDANCE, UH, AS WE GONE THROUGH THIS, UH, WEEK AFTER WEEK.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHARLES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? PERFECT.
GET EVERYBODY OUTTA MY OFFICE.
UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO SLIDE ONE.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR PATIENCE.
UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, SUSPECTED COVID CONTACTS THAT WE'VE HAD.
UH, WE HAD 28 COVID RESPONSES AND A TOTAL OF 17 TRANSPORTS, THE, UH, TOTAL OF COVID CONTACTS, OR 568 SINCE WE STARTED TRACKING ON THE 24TH.
AND THEN WE'VE HAD 326 TRANSPORTS.
IF YOU CAN REMEMBER, WE ATTEMPTED TO TRY TO KEEP MOST OF THESE COVID SYMPTOM PATIENTS AT HOME.
AS I'VE TOLD THE MAYOR, EVERY NIGHT WHEN WE'VE BEEN BRIEFING, THESE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.
UH, AND SO THE SEVERITY OF SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TAKING IN NOW, THEY'RE VERY SICK.
SO THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED.
WE'VE ALSO OPENED UP TWO DECONTAMINATION SITES, UM, ONE IN THE MEDICAL CENTER, OLD FIRE STATION 32, AND THEN ONE AT THE, UH, DOWNTOWN Y TO WHERE OUR, OUR PARAMEDICS OR ANY REGIONAL E M S UNIT CAN BE DECON.
THEY CAN GO IN AND TAKE SHOWERS.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING CHANGES OF CLOTHES FOR ALL OUR FOLKS.
BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO RUN CALLS, UH, COVID TYPE OF CALL.
SO, JOHN, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, THIS IS A CONGREGATE SETTING, AND SO AS WE'VE SEEN NURSING HOMES AND OTHER PLACES BECOME A CONGREGATE SETTING BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF POSITIVE PATIENTS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS STATION 14.
SO WE HAVE SIX FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A FEW OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO POSITIVE, UH, AND THAT BREAKS MY HEART, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THEM.
FORTUNATELY, NONE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED, BUT THEY ALL ARE WORKING THROUGH VARIOUS SYMPTOMS. UH, WE'VE HAD 41 PERSONNEL THAT ARE ON A 14 DAY QUARANTINE SINCE THEIR LAST EXPOSURE.
THEY'VE ALL WORKED AT FIRE STATION 14.
THE STATION'S BEEN CLEANED PROFESSIONALLY.
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SYSTEM OR ANY OTHER MAINTENANCE ISSUES.AND I, I'VE TALKED TO COUNCILMAN PERRY EARLY TODAY, HAD CONVERSATION WITH ERIC AND MARIA.
THE PLAN IS NOT TO OPEN THE STATION UP AGAIN UNTIL AFTER THE 14 DAY QUARANTINE.
THAT WAY WE WILL BRING BACK THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN SICK, UH, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED TO THAT STATION.
OUR UNITS ARE STRATEGICALLY DEPLOYED TO OTHER STATIONS.
WE HAVE, UH, FIRE STATION 48, WHICH IS UP AT 1604 IN BULVERDE.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE PLATFORM FROM 14 AND THE MEDIC UNIT AND THE SQUAD TO STATION 14 COMFORTABLY.
UH, SO AGAIN, IT'S A TWO AND A HALF MILE DRIVE.
SO THE, UH, RESPONSE TIME OR SERVICE DELIVERY SHOULD NOT BE AN IMPACT FOR THAT STATION.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCERN, UH, FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
UM, SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF, UM, AS FAR AS TAKING, UM, CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE ISOLATION CARE FACILITIES.
YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE, THAT THE ONLY WAY PEOPLE CAN GET IN IS IF THEY'VE BEEN SCREENED.
UH, THEY DO NOT HAVE A ROOM KEY OR A CARD.
THEY ARE PROVIDED THREE MEALS A DAY WITH, UH, CLEANING SUPPLIES, UM, ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD NEED WHILE THEY ARE THERE.
THEY CAN'T DRINK, THEY CAN'T SMOKE, AND THEY CAN'T LEAVE.
SO THIS IS FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE ISOLATED FOR THE ISOLATION CARE FACILITIES.
FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WE HAVE NONE IN THERE AT THIS TIME.
WE WENT UP TO PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
THEY HAVE ALL PASSED THEIR QUARANTINE AND GONE HOME.
WE HAVE FOUR IN GENERAL POPULATION RIGHT NOW, AND WE HAVE 778 ROOMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
WE CREATED A NURSING HOME BRANCH.
AND SO OUR BIGGEST VULNERABILITY THAT I SEE AS FAR AS MY POSITION AND FOR ALL OF US IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NURSING HOMES ARE PROTECTED.
AND SO WE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UM, JADA AND I DID A WEBINAR LAST NIGHT TALKING ABOUT THE EAST SIDE, TALKING ABOUT RIVER CITY AND THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.
SO WE ARE, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH RIVER CITY.
THEY HAVE FOUR COVID PATIENTS AT THAT FACILITY AT THIS TIME.
WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THIS FACILITY EVER FILLING UP BECAUSE MOST COVID PATIENTS THAT ARE, ARE, ARE SICK.
THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE HOSPITAL, UH, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ON A VENT.
CHANCES ARE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, ABOUT 80% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO ON VENTS AT THAT STAGE OF THEIR LIVES WITH THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, MOST OF THEM DON'T MAKE IT OFF OF VENT, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO WE DON'T SEE THIS, UH, FACILITY EVER BEING FULL.
BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS GETTING MORE INFORMATION OUT.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE, UH, LEADERSHIP THERE.
UM, WE'VE ALSO ASKED FOR THE STREETS TO BE SWEPT, UH, ONCE A WEEK, WHICH WOULD INCREASE IT FROM A QUARTERLY TO ONCE A WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR END.
THAT FIRE, UH, THERE'S A FIRE STATION A HALF MILE AWAY.
SO THE OTHER THING THAT OUR NURSING HOME BRANCH IS GOING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE P P E TO OUR COVID POSITIVE, UH, HOSPITALS, OR I MEAN COVID POSITIVE NURSING HOMES, OR THOSE THAT ARE COHORTS.
AND SO WE RECEIVED, UH, DELIVERIES AT RIVER CITY YESTERDAY, AT SOUTHEAST AND AT ADVANCE, WHICH IS OUT IN LIVE OAK, OUR MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE PARAMEDICS.
UH, LAST WEEK WE TESTED 99 PEOPLE AND, UH, FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WE ASSESSED.
AND THEN WE COLLECTED 11 SAMPLES.
SO WE ARE AGGRESSIVELY GOING OUT TO PLACES THAT NEED US.
UH, WE HAVE GONE OUT TO PEOPLE THAT CANNOT, UH, MAKE IT TO A TESTING SITE THAT ARE NON-AMBULATORY.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COVID HOTLINE OR 3 1 1 OR, OR OR 2 1 1 TO BE SCREENED.
AND IF NEED BE, WE WILL GO OUT AND TEST THEM.
WE, UH, COLLECTED TWO TESTS THERE AND WE SCREEN AS NECESSARY.
OUR COVID PREVENTION TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH METRO HEALTH, AND, UH, WE'VE GONE OUT AND DONE 1,178 BUSINESSES FOR COVID EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS.
HEY, CHIEF, THIS, UM, I, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU ON STATION 14, CLAY.
WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATIONS FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GET TO, UH, QUESTIONS.
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DAWN EMMERICH.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, AGAIN, ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES.
UM, SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS REALLY KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING THAT CHIEF JUST MENTIONED.
SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AS I HAVE BEEN BEFORE AROUND THE PUBLIC HEALTH BRANCH THAT OPERATES UP UNDERNEATH THE E O C.
SO, MY FOCUS TODAY IS REALLY JUST TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UM, THE GREAT TESTING OR SPECIMEN COLLECTION ACTIVITY THAT IS CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT FIRST, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS, UM, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THIS PARTICULAR WORK THAT IS DISPLAYING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE, I'M ALWAYS IN CON CONSTANT CONTACT WITH MY PEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND I'VE SEEN THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND WHILE IT'S VERY GOOD, I HAVE TO SAY, I HAVE TO BRAG A LITTLE BIT, OURS JUST LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL, AND WE'RE REALLY BEING TRANSPARENT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS IS OUR DASHBOARD AS OF THIS MORNING, UM, 1,029 CASES.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, 276 PEOPLE THAT ARE RECOVERED.
AND THAT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT NUMBER FOR THE OBVIOUS, BUT IT'S ALSO A NUMBER THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTACT ALL THOSE THAT ARE RECOVERED AND REALLY ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO PLASMA DONATIONS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL VERY ILL, AND IF THEY'RE RECOVERED AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR PLASMA AND DONATE THEIR PLASMA, UM, TO HELP OTHERS, THAT'S JUST SUCH A, A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, CIVIC, CIVIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN DO TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE STILL SICK.
UM, THE DECEASED, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE LOST 39 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, TO COVID.
UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO THIS IS A NEW, UM, MAP OR A NEW DASHBOARD FEATURE THAT IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, WHEN YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, GRAPHICS OF A COMPUTER.
YOU'LL SEE A LAPTOP COMPUTER SCREEN, AND THEN ALMOST LIKE A MOBILE SCREEN.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER ONE.
UM, THIS IS A NEW FEATURE THAT WE RELEASED, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO.
THIS IS OUR INDICATOR, UH, UH, DASHBOARD.
AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON INDICATORS THAT MOST CITIES NOW, INCLUDING SAN ANTONIO AND BAYER COUNTY THAT MOST CITIES ARE LOOKING AT TO HELP POLICY MAKERS MAKE THAT REALLY TOUGH DECISION ON WHEN TO OPEN UP THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS NOT COMPLETE, HOWEVER, THIS WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE HELP TRANSITION TEAM GETTING TOGETHER.
AND SO, UM, THAT HAS BEEN MONITORED.
SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DISPLAY PUBLICLY.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM THAT I AM HONORED TO BE A PART OF, AS WELL AS DR.
WU AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WILL BE DEVELOPING AND REVIEWING OTHER INDICATORS TO HELP ALL OF US MAKE SUCH CRITICAL DECISIONS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS INFORMATION.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT DATA THAT CHIEF HOOD, UM, SPOKE OF AND SHOWED YOU THE MAP OF THE E M S RESPONSES THAT'S RIGHT HERE ON THIS DASHBOARD AS WELL.
IT IS TRULY A CANARY IN A COAL MINE.
WE KNOW THAT INFORMATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALMOST REAL TIME.
AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GET THAT'S REAL TIME BEFORE ANY OF OUR POSITIVE TESTS COME BACK, JUST GIVES US MORE JUMP ON ISOLATING AND QUARANTINING PEOPLE IF WE NEED TO.
SO, ALL OF THESE ARE JUST REALLY GREAT INDICATORS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EPIC CURVE IS THE CLASSIC EPIC CURVE THAT WE SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MANY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
SO, VERY PROUD OF THIS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT AND KEEP A REAL TIME LOCAL NET.
I THINK THIS IS ALSO A VERY IMPORTANT GRAPHIC.
UM, WE ARE DOING, UH, METRO HEALTH PROVIDES WEEKLY EPI BRIEF, UM, EVERY MONDAY MORNING, AND THIS WAS, THIS JUST CAME OUT YESTERDAY MORNING.
THIS IS A ONE SLIDE OF A WONDERFUL REPORT THAT IS DONE BY DR.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS IN FRONT OF US AS WE'RE MOVING TO TESTING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR TESTING STRATEGY AND ANY SCALE UP THAT WE INTEND TO DO, THAT WE ARE KEEPING THIS DATA IN MIND.
THE MOST COMMON, UM, COMMON SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE ARE PRESENTING WHEN THEY WANT TO GET TESTED ACROSS THE COUNTY IS FEVER AND COUGH.
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COMBINED FEVER AND COUGH IS THE THIRD MOST COMMON, UM, SYMPTOM THAT PEOPLE ARE PRESENTING WITH.AND THOSE ARE JUST REALLY IMPORTANT KEY EDUCATION COMPONENTS, RIGHT? THAT, THAT, UM, IF ANYBODY IS REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS OR NOT, CLEARLY A FEVER AND A COUGH WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DRIVE SOMEONE TO CONSIDER GO AND GO AND GET TESTED.
UM, SO THE OTHER PIECE THAT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT OUR DEATHS, ALL OF OUR DEATHS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, UM, HAVE HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIONS IN COMORBIDITIES.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS NUMBER, 465 OF ALL OF OUR CASES HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE COMORBIDITY CONDITIONS, COMORBID CONDITIONS, THE MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED COMORBID COMORBIDITY IS HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES.
NOW, IF WE HAD ANOTHER MAP, WE'D BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION, OVERLAY IT TO OUR CHRONIC DISEASES, AND OVERLAY THAT TO OUR HEALTH DISPARITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
AND WE WOULD CLEARLY SEE WHERE THOSE COMMUNITIES OF HIGHER RISK AND MORE MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES ARE.
THAT REALLY SHOULD INFORM NOT ONLY OUR TESTING SCALE UP, BUT CLEARLY INFORM ANY DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS WE, AS WE CHOOSE TO OPEN UP, IF YOU WILL, OUR CITY.
SO YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS FROM THE LAST ONE.
THIS IS REALLY JUST, AGAIN, JUST A DEMONSTRATION OF JUST HOW COMPLEX AND HOW INTRICATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AT METRO HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO COVID 19.
FROM THE TESTING AND THE COLLECTION SPEC, YOU KNOW, COLLECTING SPECIMENS, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE DO THAT THROUGH THAT SELF SCREENING TOOL THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
THAT INFORMATION THEN IS, UM, GIVEN, IF THEY WANNA REGISTER FOR, UM, THE PRE-APPROVED DRIVE-THROUGH SITE, THAT IS AN ENTRY POINT.
ANOTHER ENTRY POINT TO TESTING IS THE HOSPITAL.
ANOTHER ENTRY POINT IS THROUGH PRIMARY CARE AND URGENT CARE.
AND ANOTHER ENTRY POINT FOR TESTING IS THROUGH OUR MOBILE INTEGRATION HEALTH, UM, INTEGRATED HEALTH PROJECT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR PRIMARY CARE AND OUR, OUR HEALTHCARE, OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS THE, UM, MOST POPULAR WAY OF FOLKS GETTING TESTED.
22% OF ALL OF OUR TESTS ARE THROUGH THE FREEMAN DRIVE-THROUGH.
AND SO ALL OF THE OTHER ONES ARE REALLY HAPPENING OUTSIDE IN OUR HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S PROVI, PRIVATE PROVIDERS, ARE URGENT CARE.
AND OUR EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE WHERE IT SAYS E P I, IF YOU MAY RECALL, THAT IS WHERE ALL OF THE RESULTS, THE TESTING RESULTS COME BACK TO OUR EPI TEAM, OUR EPIDEMIOLOGIST, AND TO THE LEFT OF THE EPI SQUARE.
THAT'S WHERE OUR INVESTIGATIONS AND OUR CASE TRACING.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT FROM LAST WEEK WHERE I RAN YOU THROUGH TWO HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS OF HARRY AND SALLY AND ALL OF THAT WORK HAPPENING TO THE LEFT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE THUS FAR CUMULATIVE THAT AS OF TODAY, 269 PEOPLE, I'M SORRY, 2,694 FOLKS HAVE BEEN QUARANTINED TOTAL.
THAT'S INCLUDING NOW THAT THE, THE POSITIVE PERSON IS ISOLATED.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT QUARANTINE, THAT IS ALL OF OUR CONTACT INVESTIGATIONS.
SO TWO DATE, WE'VE HAD 2,694 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE CASE TRACED AND QUARANTINED.
THE CURRENT NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE IN QUARANTINE AS OF NOW IS 1,568 PEOPLE.
AND SO THAT'S ALL THE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING TO THE LEFT OF THAT EPI SQUARE WITH ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR STAFF DOING AMAZING CONTACT TRACING AND ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT SQUARE.
THAT'S OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE.
THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE POSITIVE, ALL OF OUR POSITIVES THAT HAVE NOT RECOVERED YET ARE GETTING DAILY PHONE CALLS FROM METRO HEALTH AS WELL AS OUR M I H TEAM.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT THERE'S TWO WAY, TWO, TWO GOALS OF THAT GROUP.
NUMBER ONE IS TO ASSURE THAT ISOLATION IS OCCURRING, AND NUMBER TWO IS TO DO ER DIVERSION.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO RECOVER FROM HOME BECAUSE WE'RE CONTACTING THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY, WHICH BY THE WAY, IS ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT ANYONE ELSE REALLY, TRULY IN THE STATE IS DOING.
WE'RE THE ONLY BIG CITY THAT'S DOING THIS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT WE ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ISOLATION.
AND NUMBER TWO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CATCHING ANY
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PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE THAT COULD CAUSE ANY OF OUR FOLKS TO GO INTO THE HOSPITAL.AND THAT'S THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH M I H THAT'S SO CRITICAL SINCE THE TIME THAT WE STARTED THIS CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE'VE HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, ISOLATED AT HOME THAT HAVE NEEDED EXTRA, UM, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE THAT NORMALLY WOULD'VE CALLED 9 1 1 AND WOULD'VE GONE TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH M I H AND BECAUSE OF THIS MODEL, THOSE THREE FAMILIES WERE HOME VISITED BY M I H AND THEY ARE STILL RECOVERING AT HOME, WHICH IS GREAT FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND FOR THE DIGNITY OF THESE FAMILIES AND THE WELLNESS OF THESE FAMILIES.
SO IT'S SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE KEEP GOING.
AND YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE AS WELL.
I'M GONNA START REALLY NOW GETTING INTO SOME OF THAT TESTING LOCATION AND THE ACTIVITIES.
YOU REMEMBERED THIS SLIDE, UM, FROM THE LAST, IT REALLY HAS A GREAT VISUAL OF WHERE THE, UM, UM, UH, THE FREEMAN TESTING SITE IS MARKED BY RED AND, UM, WHERE THE OTHER TESTING AVAIL ACCESS IS.
WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THOSE FOUR DOTS ARE HANGING OUT DOWN THERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE SOME ACTIVITY THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE SOME OF THAT CAPACITY THERE.
SO THAT SLIDE IS JUST REALLY SHOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS DOES HAVE ACCESS TO SOME FORM OF TESTING.
AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS EARLIER.
THESE ARE MOST COMMON ENTRY POINTS FOR SPECIMEN COLLECTION.
ARE HOSPITALS ON A, WHAT IS POSSIBLE, WHEN I SAY CAPACITY, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WHAT MATERIALS DO THEY HAVE ON HAND THAT THEY CAN DO, UM, IN, THERE'S SPECIMEN COLLECTION CAPACITY.
WHAT'S POSSIBLE? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY'VE DONE, WHAT CAN THEY DO? AND THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THAT.
SO OUR HOSPITALS ON ANY GIVEN DAY CAN DO, OH, GO BACK.
UM, OUR HOSPITALS CAN DO, UM, 500, A LITTLE MORE THAN 500, UH, COLLECTIONS A DAY.
OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS ON ANY GIVEN DAY CAN DO UP TO A LITTLE BIT OVER 50 TESTS COLLECTION, UM, SPECIMEN COLLECTIONS A DAY.
I'M GONNA JUMP TO OUR PRE-APPROVED FREEMAN.
OUR PRE-APPROVED FREEMAN SITE HAS A MAXIMUM OF 400 TESTS THAT THEY CAN DO A DAY, BUT THAT'S NOT INCLUDING SOME U H SS LAB, UM, MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE, UH, SPECIMEN COLLECTION AS WELL AS METRO HEALTH, UM, TESTING THAT WE CAN DO AT FREEMAN AS WELL.
UM, OUR OUR LARGE URGENT CARE SYSTEMS CAN DO UP A LITTLE OVER, UH, THAN A HUNDRED TESTS A DAY ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
AND I WANNA GO BACK TO THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND CONTACT ALL THE PRIVATE PROVIDERS TO GET THIS DATA.
WE DON'T HAVE IT COMPLETED, AND I WANNA PRESENT IT TO YOU WHEN IT'S COMPLETELY DONE.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE OTHER SLIDES, THAT 32% OF ALL OF OUR POSITIVES ARE BEING, ARE BEING IDENTIFIED BY OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS.
SO THERE ARE MAJOR, UM, COMPONENTS AND, UM, A MAJOR PART OF THIS SPECIMEN COLLECTION CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, LET ME MOVE THIS SCREEN HERE A LITTLE BIT.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, WE CAN, AS A COMMUNITY, COLLECT JUST ABOUT 1,250 TESTS A DAY.
IF YOU HAVE A 10% POSITIVITY RATE, THEN CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE THAT WE SHOULD BE AT 125 POSITIVES EACH DAY, UM, MOVING FORWARD.
SO I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BIGGER, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY, OR PERHAPS WILL BE VERY SOON.
CERTAINLY, WE KNOW THAT THE PRE-APPROVED FREEMAN, UM, FREEMAN SITE IS JUST BEEN THE GOLD STANDARD, NOT ONLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT QUITE FRANKLY IN THE STATE.
AND I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU THAT IT MAY EVEN BE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY, UM, THAT IS WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
UM, AND, UM, IT, IT'S JUST A WELL OILED MACHINE.
IT IS SO GOOD THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH TEXAS MED CLINIC TO ACTUALLY EXPAND TO A SECOND SITE.
AND THAT SECOND SITE WOULD BE IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
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A SOUTHWEST CLINIC.UM, AND, UH, WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM TO ACTUALLY INTEGRATE RIGHT INTO THE FREEMAN SYSTEM.
SO SAME PROCESSES, SAME REGISTRATION PROCESS.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND AN EXPANDED LOCATION IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT HOW THAT NEGO THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE GOING.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DRIVE THROUGH OPPORTUNITY THAT'S COMING, UM, WITH WALMART.
NOT VERY CLEAR ON WHEN THAT WILL BE ONLINE, BUT WE'RE VERY CLOSE.
THEY ARE PROVIDING EVERYTHING, UM, AT THIS DRIVE-THROUGH.
THEY'RE PROVIDING THE SPECIMEN COLLECTION, THEY'RE PROVIDING THE PPES, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING THE STAFF.
THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'VE ASKED THE CITY TO DO IS JUST HELP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO WHILE I DON'T HAVE A TRUE DATE FOR THAT, IT IS VERY CLOSE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK AND GIVING YOU MORE UPDATES ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT'S KIND OF BUBBLING TO THE SURFACE AS ANOTHER DRIVE THROUGH OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MORE TESTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS WITH THE TEXAS MILITARY.
THIS IS, UM, STILL IN THE VERY BEGINNING WORKS.
I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DETAIL.
UM, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THERE COULD BE THREE ADDITIONAL SITES WITH MAYBE 200 TESTS PER SITE.
SO THAT IS AN, AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT WOULD COME BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY JUST WITH THOSE THREE, UM, BIG DRIVE-THROUGH SITE.
UM, THAT'S A BIG BOOST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND VERY HAPPY TO RESPOND TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
AND THAT'S IT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE SESSION.
UM, AND I THINK AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GORDON AND, OH, I'M SORRY, ANDY HAD THE PRESENTATION.
UM, JUST TO SET EXPECTATIONS, UH, THIS PRESENTATION DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE, UH, GRAPHICS AND CHARTS AND MAPS AND OVERLAYS, SO WE'LL HAVE TO GET MORE CREATIVE OVER HERE AT THE TERMS OF OUR CHARTS.
UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DO THIS AFTERNOON IS, UH, GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON THREE THINGS THAT HAPPENED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING.
UH, ONE IS THAT THE GOVERNOR ISSUED, UH, THREE DIFFERENT ORDERS, UH, ON FRIDAY, THE, UH, MAYOR AND THE JUDGE ISSUED ADDENDUMS, UH, TO THEIR RESPECTIVE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, CSS, A, UH, REISSUED, UH, THEIR GUIDANCE ON WHAT THEY CONSIDERED, UH, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE EMPLOYEES.
UH, SO I WANT TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON ALL, ALL, ALL OF THOSE THREE.
WE'LL START OFF WITH THE, UH, ADDENDUMS TO THE JUDGE AND MAYOR'S, UH, EMERGENCY ORDERS.
AGAIN, THAT WAS ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY ISSUED THE ADDENDUM.
UH, TWO MAIN THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT ADDENDUM.
ONE IS, UH, WE MADE THE, WHAT WAS, UH, MASK ADVISORY.
UH, AND IN, IN THE ORDER AND IN OUR PUBLIC MESSAGING ON THIS, WE EMPHASIZED A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, WE STILL ARE, FRANKLY, ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT AND MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCAL PRESS UNDERSTAND.
IT'S THAT, UH, MASKS ARE ONLY REQUIRED WHEN YOU'RE GOING OUT TO A PLACE THAT, UH, WILL BE A CHALLENGE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING OR WHERE, WHERE IT'LL BE VERY DIFFICULT NOT TO BE WITHIN SIX FEET OF, OF SOMEBODY.
AND THE CLASSIC EXAMPLES WE USE FOR THAT IS IF YOU'RE VISITING THE GROCERY OR VISITING THE PHARMACY.
SO, UM, UH, AFTER THE ORDER, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE ON MONDAY, ANYBODY 10 YEARS OR OLDER, UH, WHEN THEY GO OUT IN PUBLIC TO A PLACE WHERE SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE A CHALLENGE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE, UH, A MASK.
AND AGAIN, IN OUR MESSAGING, WE EMPHASIZE THAT THE FACE COVERING COULD BE, UH, CLOTH, IT COULD BE A BANDANA, COULD BE A HANDKERCHIEF, UH, AS LONG AS THEIR NOSE AND MOUTH IS COVERED.
UM, AND SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS WE CAN FOR PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER.
UH, THE ADDITIONAL THING IN TERMS OF THE FACE COVERINGS IS THAT WE ARE ASKING EMPLOYERS THAT HAVE EMPLOYEES ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES THAT NECESSARILY, AND I EMPHASIZE NECESSARILY REQUIRE PEOPLE TO BE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ONE ANOTHER, UH, THAT THEY PROVIDE THOSE EMPLOYEES MASKS AND THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING ON HOW TO USE THEM.
UH, I'LL GIVE YOU A CLASSIC EXAMPLE ON THAT.
WE HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES IN WHICH WE HAVE CREWS, UH, GOING ONTO CITY VEHICLES TO GO TO A JOB SITE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE, OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE FOUR OR FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN A VEHICLE, YOU CAN'T MAINTAIN SIX FEET OF DISTANCE.
UH, FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES, WE ARE ISSUING THE MASK AND THE TRAINING.
ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE IS I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT WORKS IN THE SMALL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, UH, INDUSTRY.
UH, THERE ARE SOME OPERATIONS THERE THAT REQUIRE HIM TO BE SHOULDER TO
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SHOULDER WITH A COWORKER.IN THOSE INSTANCES, AGAIN, THE EMPLOYER HAS TO PROVIDE MASKS.
THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS FOR THE FACE COVERING, UH, INCLUDING IF YOU'RE GOING OUT, UH, TO SIMPLY PUMP GAS.
IF YOU'RE GOING OUT, UH, FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISING, LIKE RUNNING OR JOGGING, UH, YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE THE MASK ON.
AND ALSO, IF YOU'RE, UH, OBVIOUSLY EATING OR DRINKING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MASK MASK ON.
UM, SO THAT'S THE, UH, THE FACIAL COVERING.
UH, THE SECOND THING THAT THE, UH, ADDENDUM DID WAS REQUIRE THOSE FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD STAPLES, STORES THAT ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT THEY LIMIT THE, UH, OCCUPANCY OF THEIR STORE AT ANY ONE TIME TO 25% OF THEIR OCCUPANCY UNDER THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.
UM, SO WE HAD REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF RETAILERS.
UH, THERE'S NO MAGIC TO THE 25% OTHER THAN WE UNDERSTOOD A LOT OF THEM WERE USING THAT AS THE STANDARD.
AND IN FACT, UH, MANY OF OUR, UH, LOCAL GROCERS ARE ALREADY USING THAT AS THEY LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT COULD BE IN THEIR STORES AT ANY ONE TIME.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE, UH, THE KEY ITEMS FROM THE ADDENDUM.
UH, AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THE ENFORCEMENT, OUR MAIN, UH, FOCUS IS TO EDUCATE, UH, TO GET THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN, UH, COMPLY WITH WHAT IS BEING REQUIRED.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE, AGAIN, THE, UH, RISK OF PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS.
UH, WE ARE STILL MAINTAINING OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, UH, AND THEY'RE STILL, UH, THE, THE ENFORCEMENT TOOLS IN TERMS OF FINES, UH, IN TERMS OF REMOVING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT COMPLYING.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BASED ON OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY TO DATE, UH, WE ARE VERY MUCH SEEING THAT PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTARILY COMPLYING WITH ALL, ALL THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ORDERS, UH, AND ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO, INCLUDING, UH, IF WE, UH, HA HAVING BEEN OUT OVER THE WEEKEND, MANY PEOPLE ALREADY, UH, COMPLYING WITH A FACIAL COVERING REQUIREMENT.
NEXT, WE'LL TURN OVER TO, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS THAT WERE ISSUED ON, UH, APRIL 17TH.
AGAIN, THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE ORDERS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE HAD TO DO WITH, UH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS WAS NOT EVEN PART OF THE ORDER, BUT HE DID ANNOUNCE THAT STATE PARKS WOULD BE REOPENING, UH, WHICH THEY HAVE REOPENING, UH, AS OF, I THINK TODAY.
UM, THERE'S ONE REQUIREMENT, THOUGH, IF YOU'RE VISITING THE STATE PARK, YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A FACIAL COVERING, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ATTENDING THE PARK.
UH, THE OTHER ORDER, UH, FOCUSED ON, UH, ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND HOW THOSE ARE GONNA BE OPENED UP.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW NOW ELECTIVE SURGERIES AS LONG AS TWO THINGS ARE, ARE, UH, IN PLAY.
ONE IS THAT THE PROCEDURES, THESE, UH, THESE SURGERIES SHOULD NOT DEPLETE THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY OR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE C OVID 19 DISASTER.
SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SHOULDN'T, UH, ADVERSELY IMPACT WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR C OVID 19.
THE SECOND THING IS THAT, UH, AT THE FACILITY AT WHICH THESE PROCEDURES ARE GONNA TAKE PLACE, UH, THEY NEED TO COMMIT AND CERTIFY THAT AT LEAST 25% OF THEIR CAPACITY WILL BE RESERVED FOR C OVID 19 PATIENTS.
AND SECONDLY, THAT THEY COMMIT THAT THEY WILL NOT ASK, UH, ANY PUBLIC, UH, SOURCE OR ENTITY, UH, FOR ANY P P E EQUIPMENT, UH, DURING THE DURATION OF THE C OVID 19 DISASTER.
UH, SO AGAIN, IN A NUTSHELL, ELECTIVE SURGERIES CAN HAPPEN AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON AVAILABILITY OF C OVID 19 RESOURCES.
UH, THE OTHER ORDER THAT THE, UH, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED HAD TO DO WITH, UH, CREATING A STRIKE FORCE, UH, THAT WOULD BE COMPRISED OF, UH, MEDICAL AND BUSINESS PEOPLE, UH, TO, UH, DELIVER RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, BY MAY 1ST ON HOW TO APPROPRIATELY OPEN UP THE STATE IN TERMS OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.
UM, AND SO THAT ORDER IS WHAT CREATED THAT TASK FORCE.
THE, UH, GOVERNOR ALSO ON FRIDAY ANNOUNCED THAT SCHOOLS WOULD BE REMAIN CLOSED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 20 19 20 20 SCHOOL YEAR.
UM, AND, UH, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT ORDER, THE ONE THAT HAD REALLY THE, THE MOST IMPACT IN TERMS OF OUR LOCAL, UH, ORDERS, IS THAT HE, UH, UH, DECLARED THAT STARTING FRIDAY, THIS COMING FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH, ALL THOSE BUSINESSES THAT WE DEEMED EITHER NON-ESSENTIAL OR UNDER OUR ORDER NON-EXEMPT, COULD BE OPEN ON FRIDAY, BUT ONLY ONLY FOR PICKUP AND DELIVERY.
UM, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT IT CHANGES OUR ORDER, REALLY, THERE WERE ONLY VERY FEW, UH, RETAIL OUTLETS THAT WE DID NOT ALLOW, UH, TO HAVE A PICKUP.
AND THAT WAS, FOR EXAMPLE, VAPE STORES, UH, AND OTHER STORES OF THAT NATURE.
UH, OBVIOUSLY STARTING FRIDAY, UH, OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY WILL
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CHANGE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER ON THAT.BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY AN INCREMENTAL CHANGE TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON, BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE INTERPRET THE ORDER AND HOW WE ENFORCE THE LOCAL ORDERS.
UM, AND SO FRIDAY, UH, THIS FRIDAY, REALLY, ANY RETAIL OUTLET THAT'S NOT AN EXEMPT OR ESSENTIAL BUSINESS CAN BE OPEN FOR PICKUP AND DELIVERY ONLY.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY CONSISTENT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUT THERE.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE RULES WITH RESPECTS TO BARS, RESTAURANTS, UH, CETERA.
CSA, UH, WHICH, UH, WILL AT ONE TIME, UH, I'M SURE WILL BE, UH, THE ANSWER TO A TRIVIA QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES CSA STAND FOR? IT STANDS FOR THE CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, SECURITY AGENCY PART OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE ISSUED THE GUIDELINES THAT BOTH FROM A NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL, WE'VE BEEN REALLY RELYING ON TO DETERMINE WHAT BUSINESSES ARE EXEMPT, UH, OR ESSENTIAL VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE NOT.
UH, THEY HAVE CLARIFIED A LOT OF THEIR GUIDANCE.
AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS THAT THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY'VE ISSUED DOES NOT REALLY IMPACT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN TERMS OF OUR ENFORCEMENT AND HOW ARE WE INTERPRETING THE ORDER.
UM, THEY HAVE PROVIDED SO SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW WE REINTEGRATE THESE BUSINESSES, REINTEGRATE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN, UM, EXPOSED TO OR HAVE, UH, CONTRACTED THE CORONAVIRUS.
UH, THE OTHER THING THAT IT DID IS IT MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS THAT ARE PART OF ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES OR ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NEED TO BE EXEMPT FROM CURFEWS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO DEVELOP, DELIVER THESE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE, UH, NEW GUIDANCE, UH, MAKES IT VERY SPECIFIC AS TO SOME OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS THAT THEY DEEM THAT THEY HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, CAR SHARING SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, UH, JUDGES, LAWYERS, UH, CENSUS 2020 WORKERS, ET CETERA.
UH, AGAIN, THE GOOD NEWS HERE IS FROM OUR, UH, INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDER AND FORM FROM OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES, UH, THIS NEW GUIDANCE IS REALLY MUCH LINES UP WITH THE WAY WE'VE BEEN HANDLING, UH, THE LOCAL ORDER ORDERS AND HOW WE'VE BEEN HANDLING ENFORCEMENT.
UH, SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE THE, UH, MAJOR, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN TERMS OF ORDERS, UH, THAT HAVE COME OUT FROM EITHER A LOCAL, STATE, OR NATIONAL LEVEL.
UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR.
AND, UM, TO ROUND US OFF, UH, I THINK WE'LL GO NOW TO GORDON AND, UH, GORDON'S PRESENTATION.
WE WILL OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK GROUP SO FAR, THE COVID 19 COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, A CO-CHAIR IS REPORTING OUT.
UH, SO GORDON, I'LL, I'LL LEAVE THAT, UH, TO YOU TO GO AHEAD AND, AND QUEUE UP EACH OF OUR CHAIRS.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, LET ME FIRST SAY THAT, UM, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE'VE HAD TO THESE WORKING GROUPS, UH, CONTINUES TO EXPAND, UH, IN A MAJOR WAY.
UH, PEOPLE ARE REACHING OUT FROM A STANDPOINT OF BUSINESSES AND, AND ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, UM, TO TRY TO DO WHAT THEY CAN IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST, UH, WITH THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO IT'S QUITE INSPIRING AND, AND AT TIMES, SOMETIMES EVEN OVERWHELMING TO SEE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF OUTREACH.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION, I MENTIONED THIS LAST WEEK, BUT I, I WANNA RESTATE THIS BECAUSE IT IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UH, WHEN I GET TEXTS FROM A COMMISSIONER AND A COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSING AN ISSUE, AND, AND WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THINGS, AND TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY, UH, AS CO-CHAIRS, IT'S SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE AND, AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS, UH, LEADING TO A LOT OF, OF, UH, GOOD RESULTS FROM THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
I DO WANNA BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT ONE, UH, OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY ACTION GROUPS THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE A, UH, A WORKING GROUP MANAGER AND OR, UH, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, UH, ON THE, UH, WORKING GROUP.
AND THAT IS THE PHILANTHROPIC, UM, WORKING GROUP.
UH, THEY ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
UH, THEY CONSIST OF, UM, ABOUT, UH, EIGHT, NINE INDIVIDUALS.
UH, TO DATE, THEY HAVE REACHED ALMOST $6 MILLION IN FUNDS RAISED, AND BY THE END OF THE MONTH, THEY HOPE TO HIT A GOAL OF ABOUT $8 MILLION IN FUNDS RAISED.
THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN OUT OVER 100 GRANTS, UH, TO DIFFERENT NON-PROFITS HERE IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
UH, THEY FUNDED, UM, OUR CHILDCARE ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DEFINITELY NEEDED.
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MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS, BUT SEPARATE FROM THAT, A LOT OF SMALL CONTRIBUTIONS AS WELL THAT IS LEADING THEM TO BEING ABLE TO BRING IN THE TYPE OF MONEY, UH, THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAVE TODAY.UM, THEY WERE NOT SET UP TO FORM ANOTHER FUND, BUT TO ENHANCE FUNDS.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT.
THEY ARE PUTTING ON A, UM, TV, UM, TELETHON.
UH, THEY WILL BE ON APRIL 29TH, AND ON APRIL 30TH FROM FIVE TO 9:00 PM ON W O A I.
SO FOR EIGHT HOURS, THEY WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, UH, REQUESTING FUNDS TOWARDS THE GOAL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE.
UH, AND MANY, UM, OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, ARE BEING AT LARGE, UH, COMPANIES AND, UH, FOUNDATIONS ARE BEING ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE IN ADVANCE OF THAT, UH, TELETHON, UH, TO GET MATCHING DOLLARS.
SO I THINK THERE'S ENORMOUS POTENTIAL IN THEM BEING ABLE TO RAISE MULTIMILLION DOLLARS IN THAT.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THAT PARTICULAR GROUP, AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO BRIEF YOU ON WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WE NOW HAVE, UM, COMPLETED OVER TWO WEEKS OF ACTIVITIES AND HAVE, UH, TWO WEEKS OF WEEKLY REPORTS, UH, COMPLETED.
UH, WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS THESE REPORTS COME IN IS THAT THERE IS AN OVERLAP OF SOME ACTIVITIES.
UH, THAT IS NOT A BAD THING, IT'S JUST WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IS TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THAT OVERLAP WHEN IT DOES OCCUR, AND WE SEE IT, THAT WE QUICKLY GET INVOLVED WITH THE CO-CHAIRS AND ALSO WITH THE WORKING GROUP MANAGERS IN EFFORT TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS CONVEYED PROPERLY TO THE CORRECT WORKING GROUP.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY FOCUSED IN THE AREA OF EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT AGGRESSIVELY, UH, WITH THE CO-CHAIRS AND THE WORKING GROUP MANAGERS.
AND WE'LL HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW AFTERNOON IN AN EFFORT TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
LAST WEEK, I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE INITIATING AND, UH, GOING LIVE WITH A NEW WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC WAS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THESE WORKING GROUPS ARE DOING.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE THAT IS NOW UP, UH, SA C O ACTION.COM.
UH, IT STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
UH, THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TWEAKED ON IT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT WILL GIVE US A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE, UH, WHAT IS GOING ON.
BECAUSE ALL WEEKLY REPORTS WILL BE PLACED ON, UH, THIS WEBSITE.
UH, SUCCESS STORIES OF THE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS WILL BE PLACED ON THIS WEBSITE.
AND PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS WEBSITE WILL ALSO ALLOW CITIZENS TO MAKE COMMENTS, MAKE SUGGESTIONS, ASK QUESTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY GET A TRUE INTERACTION BETWEEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THESE WORKING GROUPS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE FULLY TRANSPARENT OF EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING.
I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT THROUGH THE WORK OF COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AND, AND SOME OTHERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, UH, THERE'S A DESIRE TO PUT ON A PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION.
UH, THAT DISCUSSION IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW AS TO, UH, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH, BUT ALSO IN SPANISH.
AND SO, UM, OUR HOPE IS FROM THE WEBSITE AND FROM ALSO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CIVIC PARTICIPATION WE CAN GET FROM THESE PUBLIC LISTENING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT JUST DOING WHAT WE THINK IS BEST, BUT ALSO HEARING FROM ALL THE CITIZENS AND ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE PROPER INPUT.
SO WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UM, OUR FOOD SECURITY AND SHELTER WORKING GROUP AND THE CO-CHAIR, COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN.
HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
UM, THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES.
AS WE PUSH FORWARD, UM, IN THIS NEW DECADE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ALL THINGS FOOD AND SHELTER, UM, IN OUR GROUP, ALONG WITH, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ.
UM, WE WENT OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON, SUCH AS THE HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE HOMELESS.
WORKING WITH MR. KENNY OVER AT HAVEN FOR HOPE.
WE HAD OVER 312 ROOMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
THERE WERE 250 PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO,
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TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A PLACE TO STAY AT THIS TIME.UM, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO DO OUTREACH TO, UH, THE REST OF THOSE THAT ARE IN THE COURTYARDS AND THE REST OF THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS.
WHAT THEY'RE SEEING AT THIS TIME IS THAT IT'S NO LONGER JUST A HOMELESS ISSUE.
IT IS MORE OF A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE RELUCTANT TO GO OR REFUSING TO GO.
AND NOW, UM, LOOKING AT THE NEXT THING THAT WE WILL BE FACING WITHIN THE HOMELESS POPULATION, UM, IS A CONCERN OF THOSE THAT HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES.
AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT GETTING, UM, ANY KIND OF PANHANDLING MONEY OR ANY OF THEIR, UH, NEEDS TO ACTUALLY, UM, CATER TO THE THINGS THAT THEY SUFFER FROM.
AND, UH, ONE OF THEM IS ALCOHOLISM, AND IF THEY ARE GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWALS NOW BEING ON THE STREET AND HOW DANGEROUS THAT CAN BE TO, UM, THAT POPULATION.
SO THAT WAS A CONVERSATION WE HAD AS WELL.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO IN REFERENCE TO THE C C R FOR THE RIGHT TO CURE, AND, UM, WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAD ALREADY REACHED OUT TO MANY OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PIECE, AND THEY ARE IN, UM, FAVOR OF DOING, UM, THE RIGHT TO CURE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH ANDY NOW TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE, UM, WITHIN THE LEGAL STANDARDS.
AND SO WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UM,
AND, UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT IT'S NOT REALLY A FREEZE, IT'S JUST ASKING FOR A ROLLOVER OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, UM, AS THEY RELATE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, UM, TO KEEP THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE APPRAISED AT THE SAME VALUE.
UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW MOST OF THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT TWO WOULD SEE ABOUT A 35% INCREASE IN THEIR PROPERTY TAXES IF WE KEPT IT AT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, POINT IN TIME.
UM, THIS WOULD ALSO RELATE OVER TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE FOOD BANK IS NOW, UM, REALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE SOME, SOME BENEFITS OF THEIR PAST.
AND SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT ERIC TOLD US AT THE, THE MEETING, HE WAS ACTUALLY AT THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION AT THE AT T CENTER.
SO WE THANK HIM FOR ALWAYS TAKING TIME OUT OF, UM, HIS GIVING TO, TO WORK WITH US.
UM, AT THIS TIME, ACCORDING TO THE STATE AND FEMA, UH, THE FOOD BANK WILL BE RECEIVING OVER 144 SEMIT TRUCKS OF FOOD.
WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THERE'S OVER 70 TRUCKLOADS OF FOOD THAT IS NEEDED FOR DISTRIBUTION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
WE STILL PUSH FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, THE FOOD BANK IS STILL WORKING WITH OVER 500 PANTRY PARTNERS, UM, AND AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL TO CONTINUE TO ISSUE OFF FOOD.
UM, WE SPOKE WITH LORI AND LORI, UM, HOUSTON WITH THE CITY EXACTLY, GAVE US HER, UM, TAKE ON EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHICH IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING, UH, WITH THE AREA FOUNDATION, WHO WAS ABLE TO GIVE A DONATION OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND, UM, TOWARDS THE RISK MITIGATION, AND THEN ALSO WORKING TO GET GIFT CARDS OUT TO THE FAMILIES THAT NEED THEM.
AND THE GIFT CARDS ARE NOT TO EXCEED OVER $300 FOR THREE MONTHS.
AND THAT'S IN, UM, CORRELATION WITH THE RISK MITIGATION FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONTINUING.
I KNOW MARIA HAS SENT OUT INFORMATION ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDS THAT WILL GO INTO THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM TO ASSIST THOSE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, ALONG WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE GETTING, UM, IN, IN THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM AS WELL.
UM, THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE UPDATES.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, SAHA IS WORKING WITH VIA TO HAVE, VIA BUSES COME OUT TO A LOT OF THEIR PROPERTIES SO THAT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE WIFI CAN STILL HAVE ACCESS TO WIFI BY HAVING THE BUSES PARKED CLOSEST TO THE, THE APARTMENT UNIT TO WHERE KIDS CAN STILL GET THE AVAILABILITY TO USE WIFI.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW GRANDPARENTS ARE BEING ASSISTED, UM, WITH TAKING CARE OF KIDS DURING THIS TIME THAT ARE NOT IN SCHOOL, AND LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERING TO THESE GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE HAVING THE YOUTH, BUT ALSO HOW THE CHILDREN ARE GETTING THE FOOD.
SO THOSE ARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO DETAIL TOO, BUT THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE.
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SULLIVAN.AND I ALSO WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, MELODY FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UH, SHE IS THE WORKING GROUP MANAGER, AND SHE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN HELPING US AS SHE'S COME ON BOARD OVER THE LAST WEEK.
SO THANK HER VERY MUCH AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE NOW GONNA MOVE TO BUSINESS.
WE'RE NOW GONNA MOVE TO BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP, UH, AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
UH, JUST SOME QUICK UPDATES REGARDING OUR DISCUSSION LAST WEDNESDAY.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY.
THAT'LL BE OUR REGULAR TIME FROM TWO UNTIL, UH, THREE 30, MAYBE FOUR.
UH, FIRST, UH, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT WAS IN THE NEWS ON APRIL 15TH, THE U T SS A, UH, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER LAUNCHED A, UH, COVID BUSINESS RECOVERY ACCELERATOR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS COBRA, UH, TO PROVIDE COUNSELING AND RESOURCES TO SMALL BUSINESSES.
UH, THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH, UH, THE CARESS ACT, AND, UH, IN ADDITION, THE CARES ACT INCLUDED FUNDING FOR, UH, CHAMBERS TO HELP LOCAL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES APPLY FOR S B A LOANS.
SO, UH, JENNA RERO WITH, UH, SAN ANTONIO E D F WILL BE REACHING OUT TO LOCAL CHAMBERS TO DETERMINE IF THEY'VE APPLIED FOR THIS FUNDING AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO SO.
I WANNA GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO, TO JENNA AND THE E D F TEAM AND, UH, ALL HER MEMBERS THAT SHE'S PULLED TOGETHER.
THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC, UH, JOB.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE HEARD FROM STAFF, BOTH AT THE COUNTY AND AT THE CITY, REGARDING PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND AMONG THOSE ARE, THE CITY IS, OF COURSE, SORRY, THE THE COUNTY HAS PROVIDED FUNDING TO LIFT FUND, UH, FOR A LOAN AND A GRANT.
AND THE, UH, AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE OF SOUTH TEXAS TO, UH, CONNECT MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS WITH HEALTHCARE, UH, PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY NEED, UH, P P E.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT SYNERGY.
IN ADDITION, UH, THE CITY STAFF IS ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK.
THEY'RE PROVIDING US SS B A LOAN APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICATION ASSISTANCE, AND THEY ARE MARKETING TO VERY HARD TO REACH, UH, POPULATIONS.
AND, UH, LATER ON, WE WILL BE HAVING A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION ON UPSKILLING AND RETRAINING, UH, AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, IT WAS SUGGESTED DURING OUR MEETING THAT WE ALSO INVITE, YOU KNOW, S B A LIFT FUND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, TO BE PART OF THE GROUP AND, AND REPORT OUT.
AND, UH, AT SOME POINT WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE THEM, UH, PARTICIPATE IN SOME TYPE OF MEETING OR EVENT.
UH, BUT THIS REALLY GAVE RISE TO, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE, WHICH IS ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LYFT FUND AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, ARE REALLY STRETCHED TO THEIR LIMIT, UH, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE, UH, THEY, THEIR ASSISTANCE IS SO MUCH IN DEMAND, AND THERE WAS A REQUEST MADE.
UH, COULD, DID ANYONE HAVE, UH, EMPLOYEES WHO MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA BANDWIDTH TO ASSIST, UH, REMOTELY, UH, ORGANIZATIONS LIKE LIFTFUND WITH SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLY ANSWERING PHONES.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT, UH, A VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERISM.
UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA SET UP A QUITE A FORMAL PROGRAM, UH, RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU DO HAVE, UH, OR IF YOU KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME AND THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO HELP OUT IN THIS, UH, I WOULD, UH, ASK YOU TO CONTACT MYSELF OR, OR JENNA CELO, BECAUSE THE MORE PEOPLE LYFT FUND HAS ASSISTING THEM WITH ANSWERING PHONES, THE FASTER THEY CAN GET THE LOANS OUT AND PROCESSED, UH, AND, AND HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, SORT OF BIG ISSUE ITEM THAT WE WILL BE, UH, DISCUSSING, UH, IN THE FUTURE IS, UM, WELL, FIRST, SORRY, OUR LISTENING SESSION.
SO BE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON HOSTING, UH, SOME LISTENING SESSIONS LIKE MR. HARTMAN SAID, SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HEAR FROM BUSINESSES AS WELL AS WORKERS WHO, WHO ARE OUT THERE SINCE THIS IS THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT, UH, WORKING GROUP.
SO THAT'LL BE, UH, NEXT ON OUR HORIZON.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES UPSKILLING AND RETRAINING, UH, LOOK LIKE IN, IN THE FUTURE, GIVEN, GIVEN THE CHANGES THAT WE WILL EXPERIENCE IN OUR ECONOMY, UH, A REAL SLOWDOWN, UH, RIGHT NOW, AND POSSIBLY SOME MODIFICATIONS TO, TO THE SERVICE SECTOR.
ALL, ALL THAT TO BE DETERMINED, OF COURSE, BY THE TRANSITION TEAMS. UH, BUT IT DOES PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE SHAPE OUR ECONOMY, UH, GOING FORWARD.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME VERY DELIBERATE EFFORT ON, ON OUR PART, ON THE
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PART OF, OF THE LEADERS.SO, UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
MS. SANDOVAL, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, OUR WORKING GROUP MANAGER, ALEX, FROM CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WHO, UH, ALONG WITH HER COLLEAGUES, HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH, AND I THINK HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
UH, AS COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANDOVAL MENTIONED, UM, SHE'S WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND ALEX VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH HER ON THAT LISTENING GROUP AND PUTTING SOME OF THAT, THOSE EFFORTS TOGETHER.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO SOCIAL SERVICES WORKING GROUP, AND THAT WOULD TAKE US TO, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, TINO.
FIRST, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF, UH, AS, AS YOU MENTIONED, WANNA THANK, UM, GREAT FOLKS OVER DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
UH, JESSICA DOBALINA HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB HELPING TO FACILITATE, UH, SOME OF THE, THE WORK IN THIS GROUP ALONG WITH DR.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, ALL MY, UH, WORK GROUP MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH.
UH, EVERYBODY'S REALLY ANXIOUS TO, TO GET TO WORK.
AND, UH, I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER CALVERT AS WELL FOR CO-CHAIRING AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, UH, WHICH SORT OF SETS THE, THE TONE FOR SOME OF WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OVERLAP.
UH, I'LL START OFF BY JUST MENTIONING THE THREE TOPICS THAT, UH, WE ARE FOCUSING ON.
AND OF COURSE, THERE IS SOME CROSSOVER WITH SOME OF THE OTHERS.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COMMITTEE DID DISCUSS THE CREATION OF SUBGROUPS TO FOCUS ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF TARGETED GOALS WITHIN THE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES FOR THE WORKING GROUP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ASSET FUNDING.
AND OF COURSE, THE ADDITIONAL ARE, UH, DIGITAL DIVIDE EVICTIONS AND LEGAL AID, SENIOR SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RESOURCES FOR UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS.
UH, THE GROUP WILL NEED TO, UH, TO ESTABLISH SOME MORE GOALS AND PROVIDE ONGOING UPDATES TO THE LARGER WORK GROUP, UH, ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
SO FIRST ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HUMAN SERVICES, METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE DEVELOPED STANDARDIZED SCREENING AND REFERRAL PROTOCOL, UH, COORDINATION WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
IN THE COMMUNITY IS ONGOING WITH A CONFERENCE CALL PLAN FOR THE WEEK OF, UH, FOR THIS WEEK, UM, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
CHILD ABUSE UPDATE IS, UH, WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RESOURCE LINES AND REFERRAL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED AND PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW.
BEAR COUNTY ALSO MAINTAINS A LIST OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
WORK IS NEEDED TO EXPAND THIS INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO, UH, RESIDENTS COMMUNITY-WIDE.
UH, THERE IS A NEED FOR A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES IN AREAS HARDEST HIT BY COVID 19, UH, THAT ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING ISSUES LIKE SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
UH, THESE RESOURCES COULD BE TO HELP MITIGATE THE INCREASED RISK FOR CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
THERE IS A STRONG NEED FOR CENTRALIZED RESOURCES, UH, AND A RE REFERRAL SYSTEM.
AND THE SUBGROUP WILL WORK, UH, WITH THE JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ON A POTENTIAL EXPANSION AND USAGE OF THE ASK A THERAPIST RESOURCE.
UH, BEAR COUNTY, UH, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND NONPROFIT PROVIDERS ARE ENGAGED IN MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES WITH AT-RISK FAMILIES, INCLUDING THOSE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND OTHER VULNERABLE FAMILIES.
UH, REGARDING ASSET FUNDING UPDATE, THERE IS A HIGH NEED FOR A FOCUS ON BOTH SHORT-TERM RESPONSE RELIEF EFFORTS AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY ASSISTANCE, UH, THAT WILL BE NEEDED BY FAMILIES.
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE IDENTIFIED AS A WORK GROUP, IS UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THE SORT OF THE BIG PICTURE ITEMS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN A, A LEGACY OF, OF, OF ISSUES THAT, THAT HAVE CREATED SOME OF THESE VULNERABILITIES.
BUT WE'VE GOTTA FOCUS ON, ON THOSE SHORT-TERM RESPONSES THAT ULTIMATELY THEY CAN, UH, DELIVER ON THE LONG-TERM RECOVERY, UH, THAT, THAT WE KNOW IS GONNA BE NEEDED FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE DID TALK ABOUT OTHER PRIORITIES THAT, UH, DO SORT OF CROSS OVER INTO OTHER WORK GROUPS LIKE, UH, INCLUDING, UH, AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM FOR A LARGER PART OF PRIORITY SETTING PROCESS.
UM, WE, UH, WE ALSO DID TALK ABOUT IN THE, THE REPORT, UH, THE, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT AND HOW, UH, IT HELPED TO, IT HAS HELPED TO IDENTIFY, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UH, UH, SOME VULNERABILITIES WITHIN OUR OWN COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN MAYBE GO OFF OF, UH, REGARDING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND,
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AND CHA GUZMAN HAVE BEEN, UH, ACTIVELY WORKING WITH, UH, JORDANA BAR AND, AND MIKE FLOTIS, UH, I WAS ON A CALL WITH, WITH THEM AS WELL.UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS TO, TO PURSUE THAT AND THOSE AVENUES AND, AND LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FOCUSING ON A POTENTIAL PILOT TO EXPLORE WITH, WITH MIKE TIS AND HIS GROUP AND CHAD UZMAN AS WELL.
UH, WE DID, WE DID HAVE, UH, SOME CONCERNS, UH, REGARDING, UH, SENIOR SERVICES THAT THEY GET A GREAT UPDATE BY JESSICA DOVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WAS POINTING OUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WAY THEY'VE PICKED UP THE, UH, THE, THE NEED FOR, FOR, UH, UH, PROVIDING FOOD FOR A LOT OF OUR SENIORS AT OUR SENIOR CENTERS.
I WAS AT, UH, WEST END, UH, SENIOR CENTER YESTERDAY.
UH, KNOW THAT, UH, THERE WAS, THERE'S SOME OTHER, UH, SENIOR CENTERS THAT HAVE CLOSED DOWN, UH, THAT, THAT ARE REALLY RELYING ON, ON THE SERVICES PROVIDED AT CITY FACILITIES, AND, UH, SAW IT FIRSTHAND.
SO, UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY A, A, A BIG ISSUE, BUT KNOW THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF FILLING THOSE GAPS.
I WANNA SPECIFICALLY THANK ALL THE GREAT FOLKS AT THE SENIOR CENTERS AND ALL THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, WE EVEN PUT ON SOME GREAT PACHANGA MUSIC AND, AND HAD A, HAD A GOOD TIME, UH, KEEPING THE SPIRITS UP OF EVERYBODY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DO HAVE, UH, DON TIOS IN OUR GROUP TO HELP PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME UPDATES REGARDING THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION AND, UH, PHILANTHROPY WORKING GROUP, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, OF HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH RESTAURANTS AND, UH, AND OF COURSE THE, THE, UH, UH, RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION'S START OF THE IHEART U.ORG, SPECIFICALLY FOR FOOD INDUSTRY WORKERS TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE ACCESS, WHICH IS A GREAT, GREAT THING.
UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUSH, UH, ON, ON THESE ITEMS. UH, THERE'S STILL A LOT, LOT, LOT MORE WORK TO, TO IDENTIFY, UH, EVEN MORE.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE A, A VERY ENERGETIC GROUP.
UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO PROVIDING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN TINO.
AND THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING, UH, ALL THE HARD WORK THAT JESSICA, UH, THE WORKING GROUP MANAGERS PUT IN, UH, THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICES WORKING HAS BEEN, UH, INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN IN THAT PARTICULAR WORKING GROUP, AS IN ALL THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, FINALLY, UH, AS Y'ALL KNOW, RESOURCES ARE IMPORTANT AND WE, I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE PHILANTHROPIC, AND I'D LIKE TO NOW MOVE TO THE GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY WORKING GROUP AND COUNCILMAN, UH,
WE HAVE A, UH, WEEKLY MEETING SET.
UM, EVERY MEETING GETS BETTER AND BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO REFINE THE, UH, FEDERAL STRATEGY AS FAR AS BRINGING HOME THE MONEY, UH, THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO RECOVER IS EVIDENCED BY THE $270 MILLION THAT WAS, UH, DISCOVERED IN, UH, ERIC'S BANK ACCOUNT YESTERDAY.
UH, CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, WAS A PART OF MAKING SURE TO BRING THAT MONEY HOME.
THAT'S, THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, ERIC.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT, UH, A LETTER TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR SOME KIND OF INSTRUCTION MANUAL OR GUIDELINES ON HOW THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT.
BUT, UM, I DID, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THIS COMMITTEE DOES IS IT, UH, MAINTAINS A STIMULUS FUNDING DASHBOARD, UH, TRACKER.
UM, THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS WEEK INCLUDE THE EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND.
UM, THE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS ALLOCATION FOR THAT FUND IS GONNA BE $307 MILLION, AND THAT MONEY GOES TOWARDS PUBLIC, PRIVATE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING.
UM, AND, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HAS COMMUNICATED THAT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE GOVERNORS, UM, A VERY WIDE LATITUDE AS FAR AS DISCRETION AND AUTHORITY ON HOW TO ROLL OUT THAT FUNDING.
THAT'S GONNA BE VERY POSITIVE FOR US.
ALSO, UH, AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, WE ARE, WE RECEIVED $40 MILLION FOR STINSON.
COUNCILMAN VINNO NOT FOR STINSON, UH,
UH, STINSON GOT 30, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.
KELLY GOT 20, UH, MAYOR LAST WEEK.
YOU ASKED US, UH, TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, UH, THERE WAS FUNDING FOR ARTS ORGANIZATION.
UM, THERE, UH, THERE IS, AND THE N E A HAS, UH, GOT, UM, THOSE COMPETITIVE GRANTS OUT ALREADY.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED 16 SAN ANTONIO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE PREPARING LETTERS, UH, AND WE'RE GONNA BE SIGNING ON TO THOSE APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND THOSE GRANTS WILL HELP COVER SALARIES, FEES TO ARTISTS, RENT AND UTILITIES.
UM, I KNOW THAT SALLY AND JEFF AND CARLOS, UH, CONTINUE TO BE, UH, ENGAGED
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WITH, UH, N L C IN THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, UH, BEHIND OTHER CITIES AS FAR AS OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR EFFORTS AND THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING, UH, THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN.SO, THE PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE CHASING WITH, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL ZEAL, UH, IS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY IN THE CARE ACT TO THE STATE AND LOCAL RELIEF FUNDS, UH, TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE OURS, UM, TO COVER REVENUE, UH, LOSSES CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
UH, THERE'S $150 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL RELIEF.
UM, AND, UH, WE'RE CHASING THAT AS WELL.
UH, THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL $250 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR, UH, THE P P P, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE INCLUDING ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFITS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES.
AND, UM, UH, AS COUNCILMAN GRO URGED US TO LOOK INTO, IT'S GONNA INCLUDE 5 0 1 C SIX ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT AID FOR HOSPITALS.
AND SO, UH, COUNCILMAN VERON ASKED A QUESTION OF US LAST WEEK, UH, AND, UH, WE CONFIRMED THAT THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER AND THE NORTH CHAMBER AND OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS DID SEND LETTERS TO THE, UH, TO THE SS B A AND CONGRESS, UM, TO EXTEND ELIGIBILITY TO 5 0 1 C SIX ENTITIES.
UM, THAT'S GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL, AND THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN GRO FOR, FOR RAISING THAT ISSUE.
UM, ALSO, COUNCILMAN GRO IS ALSO PART OF THE, UH, N L C, UH, BOARD, AND, UH, SHE'S SPEARHEADING THE, UH, N L C OUTREACH AND REALLY GIVING US, UH, A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT N L C CONSIDERS PRIORITIES AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AND SO, UM, PARTICULARLY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRANSPORTATION, EV INFRASTRUCTURE AND WATER.
UM, AND THEN COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU ASKED US TO LOOK INTO WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S, UH, CARESS ACT FUNDING FOR VETERANS.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SALLY AND OUR TEAM GOT TO WORK ON THAT, AND IT APPEARS THAT ONE, YOU'RE RIGHT, UH, THEY CAN DO A LOT MORE.
UH, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE IS ANY, THERE IS, UH, MONEY SET ASIDE FOR VETERANS HOMELESS PROGRAMS. UH, THERE'S MONEY SET ASIDE FOR TELEHEALTH, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THE VA.
UH, AND THERE'S MONEY SET ASIDE IN ORDER TO GIVE MORE BANDWIDTH TO, UH, STATE VETERANS HOMES.
AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THAT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE ADVOCACY.
UH, GORDON, THERE'S, THERE'S MORE TO THAT I CAN ADD TO, BUT, UM, I, IF ANYBODY ELSE IS CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, WHAT ELSE, UH, WE'RE DOING, UM, YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK, BUT I'LL, I'LL END BY, BY THANKING COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA FOR WORKING WITH PARTNERS LIKE ACOG, UH, TO HELP LEVERAGE OUR REGIONAL ADVOCACY FOR RESOURCES.
AND ALSO, UH, THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING SALLY, UH, THE WORKING GROUP MANAGER FOR THE GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY, UH, WORKING GROUP.
UM, SALLY HAS, UH, BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO WORK WITH AND HAS EVEN LET ME BOTHER HER A LOT OVER THE WEEKEND, ASK HER A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS THAT SHE IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP FROM THE, FROM THE WORKING GROUP MANAGERS, AND OF COURSE, FROM EACH, UH, PRESENTED, UH, COUNCILMEN AND COUNCILWOMEN WHO, UH, SERVE AS CO-CHAIRS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS, UM, PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE, UH, MEETING TAKES A LONG TIME, BUT, UH, IT DOES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, UH, IN THESE, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT WORKING GROUPS.
SO, WITH THAT, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.
AND, AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, GORDON, UH, AND TO, UH, DR.
EMMERICH, UH, ANDY, UH, ERIC AND CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AS WELL, MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL FOR THE REPORTS OUT ON THE WORKING GROUPS.
SO, I'LL, I'LL BE BRIEF AND JUST, UH, FOR, UH, PROCEDURAL CLARITY, WE WILL, WE'RE SNAKING THE ORDER, SO EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF, UH, GET A CHANCE TO GO FIRST ON COMMENTS.
UM, TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO SIX THROUGH 10, AND THEN ONE THROUGH FIVE, UH, JUST AGAIN, SIX THROUGH 10, AND THEN ONE THROUGH FIVE.
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF QUESTIONS.
UM, AND I, I FIRST JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL, UH, FOR YOUR HELP, UH, IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE TRANSITION TEAMS, AS YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS IS ALSO FOR PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
UM, THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM IS NOW UNDERWAY AND WORKING VERY HARD OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO COME UP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, CONDITIONS AND GUIDELINES TO, UM, SET OURSELVES ON A SAFE PATH TO REOPEN.
WHEN THAT DOES OCCUR, UM, THAT
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REPORT WILL BE MADE, UM, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, A WEEK FROM TODAY.UM, AND HOPEFULLY AN IN-PERSON SESSION.
BUT, UH, NEVERTHELESS, IT WILL BE A FINAL REPORT.
I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL ALSO FOR BEING A LIAISON.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR, UM, CONTENT OF THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM WORK, UH, PLEASE REFER THOSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
UH, A DRAFT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
UM, AND AT WHICH POINT, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN PUTTING TOGETHER, UH, A ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, WHICH WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY BY THE JUDGE.
AND I, UM, AND THAT GROUP WILL CONVENE, UH, SOONEST, UM, TO EXAMINE THE GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM, AND COME UP WITH SOME SECTOR SPECIFIC BEST PRACTICES THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO, UH, OPEN UP, UH, CERTAIN BUSINESSES IN A SAFE MANNER, GUIDED BY THE BEST HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN GET.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU ALL KNOW ALSO OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER
SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT PROCESS OR CONTENT OF THAT PARTICULAR GROUP WHEN IT'S ANNOUNCED, PLEASE, UH, ALSO REFER THOSE TO COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, UH, I JUST HAVE TWO VERY QUICK, UM, QUESTIONS.
UM, AND ACTUALLY, RIGHT BEFORE I, I DO THAT, UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER APPLIES FOR THE REPORT ON THE ARTS FUNDING.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY THERE.
I DID WANNA FOLLOW UP WITH THAT AND LET YOU KNOW, UH, I GUESS FROM FROM YOUR OFFICE, WE GOT THE GUIDANCE OF THOSE 16 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ON WHICH WE JUST SUBMITTED LETTERS TO THE N E A, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST FOR FUNDING.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
EMMERICH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE THERE AND AVAILABLE, THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW PARTICULARLY IS WHAT THE, THE GOVERNOR'S BEING IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ANNOUNCING HAS TO DO WITH, HOW LONG ARE WE IN THIS? WHERE IS OUR, UH, WHERE IS OUR RATE OF INFECTIONS? UH, HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT? UM, WHEN ARE WE GONNA REACH THE APEX? COULD YOU TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN THE DATA, UH, AND THE MODELING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US NOW IN TERMS OF WHEN WE EXPECT OUR PEAK TO, TO HIT INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE MODELING STILL HAS US, UM, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL WAS LOOKING AT MID-MAY, UM, IN TERMS OF THE APEX, NOW WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF FLATTENING THE CURVE.
SO THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OUT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS COULD, THAT WE COULD REACH OUR, UH, A PEAK IN JUNE.
SOME OF THIS WILL CHANGE, BUT THAT MODEL WILL GET STRENGTHENED AS MORE DATA GETS INTO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND WE ARE FEEDING THAT MODEL WITH DATA EVERY DAY.
METRO HEALTH IS AS WELL, ASRAC.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, I WOULD STILL SAY THAT THE WINDOW IS BETWEEN MID-MAY AND JUNE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S DEPICTED OF EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO DO WITH FLATTENING THE CURVE IS TO STRETCH THAT WAY OUT INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT BIG, BIG SPIKE OF AN EPISODE THAT WOULD CRUSH OUR SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE SORT OF SEE.
NOW, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT SOME OF THE OTHER INDICATORS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR IS A DOWNWARD TREND FOR 14 DAYS.
THERE IS SOME CHATTER THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ON THAT ARE, TESTING DEMAND IS DOWN, BUT WE NEED TO NOT GET ANXIOUS ABOUT THAT, THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS.
UM, BUT THAT'S NOT AN INDICATOR ON ITS OWN WHERE WE SHOULD RELY AND, UM, AND, AND MAKE DECISIONS ON.
SO THERE'S ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THIS HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM WILL BE LOOKING AT.
WE DO HAVE A MEETING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, AND PHASE FOUR.
THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL NEED TO PROBABLY AGREE ON IS THAT THIS IS A NEW NORMAL.
WE WILL NEVER GET BACK TO THE WAY IT USED TO BE.
WE WILL HAVE A NEW NORMAL IN THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE, AND FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AND AN INDICATOR PERSPECTIVE, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE C OVID 19.
WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO MANAGE IT, JUST LIKE WE MANAGE ALL OF OUR OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES, THIS IS NOT GOING AWAY.
SO IN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE WANNA LOOK AT A DOWNWARD TREND OF 14 DAYS.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWNWARD CURVE, UM, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN LONG ENOUGH TO, FOR US TO HAVE FAITH IN IT.
UM, TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING, WE'LL STILL HAVE TO OCCUR.
WE ARE ALSO SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK IN MOVEMENT AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DO HAVE DATA THAT'S SHOWING HOW WE CAN TRACK MOBILITY AND MOVEMENT.
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UM, AND WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE, UH, MOVING ABOUT.SO THAT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHAT THIS TIMELINE IS.
UM, SO I PROBABLY AM NOT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION DEFINITIVELY, AND MOSTLY IT'S BECAUSE WE JUST STILL DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK THAT I'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, UH, TONIGHT AFTER WE'RE FINISHED, UM, WITH OUR HEALTH PLANNING, OUR HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM, AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT MORE STRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE AND MAYBE PERHAPS A BETTER TIMELINE FOR YOU, MAYOR.
AND I, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, DIDN'T EXPECT A, A, A FIRM ANSWER OTHER THAN, UH, WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WATCHING THE TREND LINE.
AND, AND, AND PERHAPS IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY, I, I DO WANT TO JUST REAFFIRM, UH, THIS COUNCIL'S POSITION, UH, OUR COLLECTIVE POSITION, WHICH IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE GUIDED BY THE BEST HELP, UH, PRINCIPLES AND GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE.
UH, AND THAT OUR FIRST PRIORITY IN ALL OF THIS IS TO PROTECT HEALTH AND LIVES.
UH, AND I WANT ANYONE LISTENING TO KNOW THAT, UH, UH, AFFIRMATIVELY, UH, GOING FORWARD, EVEN IN THE, EVEN WHEN WE'RE LACKING DATA, UH, IT DOES SEEM AS IF WE WERE, UH, JUST NOW OPENING THE PARACHUTE AND SLOWING THE DESCENT.
UH, IT'S NOT A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THE PARACHUTE OFF.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR, UH, MORE DATA AND, AND MORE ANALYSIS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE TRANSITION TEAM.
UH, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE FEMA FOOD RELIEF, UH, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN MENTIONED, BUT I'LL TAKE THOSE OFFLINE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST SO I CAN GET A BETTER PICTURE OF THAT, UM, AND WHAT THE NEED IS.
BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'LL MOVE, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COOR HDA.
I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST HAVE, UH, WANNA OFFER SOME THANKS TO DR.
BRIDGER AND DAWN FOR EXTENDING THE DATA TO MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF CASES OVER OVER 21 PER ZIP CODE.
UM, THERE'S A, AN, WE HAVE A LOT OF DENSITY IN DISTRICT SIX, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, AS SOME ZIP CODES THAT ARE IN AND AROUND DISTRICT SIX ARE, ARE BEING HIT PRETTY FAR.
AND SO THAT DATA BEING EXPANDED REALLY HELPED.
UM, SO THANKS TO YOU FOR THAT.
UM, AND THANKS TO THE FOLKS AT WALMART WHO ARE PROVIDING THE NEW TESTING CENTER, UH, IN OUR CITY AND IN DISTRICT SIX, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING THIS WEEK.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, UH, EITHER TODAY OR I'M SORRY, TOMORROW OR FRIDAY.
UM, ALSO, JUST A QUICK THANKS TO THE FOOD BANK.
I VOLUNTEERED AT THE FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION CENTER THIS MORNING AT THE NORTH SIDE, UH, I S D ACTIVITY CENTER IN DISTRICT SIX.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE, THEY'RE RUNNING A WELL OILED MACHINE.
IT WAS SUCH A REWARDING EXPERIENCE, AND OUR COMMUNITY WAS SO GRATEFUL.
SO THANK YOU TO ERIC COOPER AND, UH, MARIO BLEO.
I KNOW A NUMBER OF OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED IT.
IT REALLY WAS JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE, FOOD BANK, AND IF ANYONE NEEDS TO ANY ASSISTANCE, OR IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER, YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP@SAFOODBANK.ORG OR CALL 2 1 0 4 3 1 8 3 2 6.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE.
UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, SANDOVAL COUNCIL.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, GIVE A BIG THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TRANSITION TEAM AND TO DR.
BARBARA TAYLOR, WHO IS TAKING THE, THE LEAD ON THAT AND WAS FEATURED, UH, LAST NIGHT ON YOUR, UM, ON YOUR DAILY UPDATE.
I THOUGHT, UM, IT WAS REALLY GREAT FOR HER TO, TO BE THERE.
UM, THE WORK OF THE, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UH, ALMOST ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, REGARDING CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS, UH, REGARDING THE HEALTH RESPONSE IF, UH, AND I'M COMMUNICATING THESE, UH, IN MASS, SO NOT NECESSARILY ATTRIBUTED TO ANYBODY, UH, WITH DR.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN BE, UH, ADDRESSED IN, IN THE WORK THAT THE GROUP DOES.
SO, THANK YOU, UH, ALL OF YOU WHO ARE ABLE TO, TO MAKE TIME AND TALK TO ME.
IT WAS REALLY ILLUMINATING, UM, THE VARIED, UH, THOUGHTS THAT OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AND THE, THE VERY INSIGHTFUL, UH, THOUGHTS THAT THEY HAVE ON HOW WE CAN ADDRESS THIS, UH, THIS RESPONSE OR, OR THIS CRISIS THROUGH OUR RESPONSE.
UM, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE GROUP IS, UH, SLATED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF, UH, PRODUCT AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND THEN IT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
UM, SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN, UH, HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL BRIEFING BEFORE THE FULL COUNCIL MEETING, SO, UH, MY STAFF WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR STAFF TO SCHEDULE THAT.
UH, IF YOU ARE STILL INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME
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OR, OR MY TEAM, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.TAYLOR WILL MAKE HERSELF AVAILABLE FOR, UH, FOR BRIEFINGS WITH EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, SO THAT OUR DISCUSSION CAN BE EVEN MORE ROBUST.
UM, THE, UH, I, I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE MODELS TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED.
AND THEN, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.
IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MODELS, THE DATA THAT THEY'RE USING, I'M UNDERSTANDING IS POSITIVE TESTS AS THEY'RE COMING FORWARD.
SO IF TODAY WE HAVE 10 NEW TESTS THAT ARE POSITIVE, THEN THAT BE, THAT GOES INTO THE MODEL.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REFLECT THE DATE IN WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME TESTS TAKE LONGER THAN OTHERS TO COME BACK WITH THE RESULTS, RIGHT? SO SOME PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN TESTED FOUR DAYS AGO VERSUS ANOTHER PERSON, UH, TESTED, UH, YESTERDAY.
SO I'VE, UH, I'VE READ THAT IF WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THE DATE OF THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS, THAT THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, MORE UNIFORM IN TERMS OF FEEDING THE MODEL.
IT, IT MIGHT BE, UH, MORE RELIABLE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO COLLECT ACCURATELY? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE DOING THAT ALREADY.
AND THAT INFORMATION IS ALREADY BEING SENT TO U T S A, THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DATA COLLECTION IN OUR DATA USE AGREEMENT.
THAT DATA IS ALSO ON OUR DASHBOARD THAT I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER.
SO, UM, THAT EPIC CURVE IS NOT CASE RATE EPIC CURVE, THAT THAT EPIC CURVE ON THAT DASHBOARD IS BY ONSET OF SYMPTOMS. OKAY.
WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT IT, UH, THIS AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR SETTING UP THAT MEETING, UH, WITH ME.
THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT KNOWING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING MORE AN UPTICK IN ACTIVITY.
AND TELL ME, UH, WHAT ARE THE INDICATORS THAT TELL YOU THAT COUNCILWOMAN WE WERE LOOKING AT, WE HAVE OUR I T S C AREA THAT IS LOOKING AT MOBILE TRACKING, AND IT'S JUST PART OF THE, UM, IT COLLABORATIVES THAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, WITH OUR I T S D.
SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC DATA THAT SHOWS MOBILE TRACKING.
AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MOBILITY OF FOLKS WHO HAVE, UM, WHO HAVE, UH, PHONES.
WELL, UM, SO WE'RE TRACKING PEOPLE'S PHONES OR SOMEONE'S TRACKING PEOPLE'S PHONES AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT DATA, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? UH, SO IT'S A PART OF A PUBLIC SERVICE THAT GOOGLE HAS, AND SO GOOGLE HAS GOOGLE HEALTH NOW, AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCESS.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PLEASE, UH, SEND ME, UH, SOMETHING THAT DESCRIBES, UH, HOW THAT WORKS? SURE.
AND COUNCILWOMAN, I, I'LL, I'LL ADD THAT MAYBE WE, WE'LL PACKAGE THAT UP INTO A, A DESCRIPTION AND INCLUDE IT WITHIN, UH, EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW'S END OF DAY REPORT.
THAT WAY ALL THE COUNCIL GETS IT AND SEES WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND, UM, LASTLY, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THIS WAS IN, UH, CHIEF HOOD'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THOSE, UH, BEDS BEING AVAILABLE FOR ISOLATION, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
UM, AND YOU GAVE US A NUMBER OF HOW MANY ARE, ARE BEING UTILIZED.
WHAT I, WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS, UH, ARE WE TRACKING HOW MANY TIMES IT'S OFFERED TO PEOPLE, AND WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER LOOK LIKE? OH, UH, DR.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? SURE.
UM, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE OFFERED THE ISOLATION, UH, FACILITIES TO PEOPLE? IS THAT A NUMBER THAT'S BEING TRACKED? I I KNOW NOT EVERYONE TAKES YOU UP ON THAT OFFER.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR SCRIPT, AND SO I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, THOSE NUMBERS.
UM, WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, FOR SEATING UP.
UH, WE ARE GOING NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CURRY HERE NEXT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE STILL MUTED, COUNCIL MEMBER.
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THANK YOU.UM, I'M STILL, UH, MONITORING ALL OF THE, NOT MONITORING, ERIC.
THE, THE DAILY REPORTS ARE EXCELLENT.
UH, I READ THEM, YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, FROM BEGINNING TO END.
I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE TRACKING AND, UH, THE REPORTING OUT.
UH, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE DO BETTER AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, REPORTING OUT? AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I STRUGGLE, UH, TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING.
I THINK THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM EVERY SINGLE LEVER AS FAR AS, UH, TELLING PEOPLE WHAT'S GOING ON AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE TRYING TO RESPOND TO THE, THE CRISIS.
AND, UH, MAYOR, UH, PUT TOGETHER A, A, UH, THIS COMMITTEE OF HEALTHCARE EXPERTS TO HELP US, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE START THINKING ABOUT HOW TO DESIGN OUR BACK TO NORMAL STRATEGY.
UM, AND THE ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO IMPORTANT WAS THAT, THAT ONE OF THOSE DOCTORS IN THERE IS A, UH, MEDICAL ETHICIST, UH, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PALLIATIVE CARE DOCTOR, BUT HE IS, HE'S ONE OF THE EXPERTS ON, ON BIOMED ETHICS AT, UH, UTAH SCIENCE CENTER.
AND WHAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS I'LL, I'LL SEND, UH, DON AND DR.
BRIDGER AND, AND ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE WHO WANTS A, A, A DOCUMENT THAT, UM, I, I'VE BEEN REVIEWING FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ABOUT, UH, UH, ETHICS DURING PANDEMICS AND THE RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC.
SO 2010 DOCUMENT, AND IT'S PROPHETIC, AND IT LOOKED LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WROTE, WRITTEN IT YESTERDAY, UH, BECAUSE IT REALLY JUST APPLIES TO EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
AND, AND WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM REVIEWING THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE SIX RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND ONE OF THOSE MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO, UH, REPORT OUT, RIGHT, THE STATISTICS AND ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING AND THE RISKS, UM, TO PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
AND SO I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING A, AN EXCELLENT JOB AT THAT.
MY, MY HOPE IS COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, UM, THAT AS THIS COMMITTEE MOVES FORWARD, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, THAT THOSE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, UM, BE TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS THE HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A, A RESPONSIBILITY TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, AGAINST, YOU KNOW, THE, THESE, THE RESTRICTION CONSEQUENCES THAT, UH, ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, RIGHT? AND, UH, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BASING ALL OF THESE DECISIONS ON VALID SCIENCE, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE GONNA BE ADVOCATING FOR TIMELY TESTING AND MORE EXPANDED BANDWIDTH OF HE HEALTHCARE AND, UH, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE IN DC AND IN AUSTIN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SAN ANTONIO STORY IS TOLD, AND THAT WE BRING BACK AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, UM, MONEY AS POSSIBLE TO REMEDIATE THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS, ET CETERA.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UH, IT'S STILL EQUITY AND COMPASSION AND DIGNITY THAT, THAT HAS TO GUIDE US, RIGHT? AND I AM, I'M, I'M CONCERNED THAT AT THE END, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MAY DO EVERYTHING THAT WE THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING, BUT IF WE'RE NOT PUTTING ETHICS FIRST, THAT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE BEHIND INADVERTENTLY, THAT WE'RE GONNA LEAVE BEHIND, UH, MINORITIES, THE POOR, UH, ELDERLY, AND OTHER REALLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
AND SO, UM, CONSUMMATE TREVINO, I, I, UH, I, I DO APPLAUD YOUR, UH, YOUR FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, RENTERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THESE POVERTY ISSUES.
UH, AND I, LIKE I SAID, I THINK YOUR HEART'S IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
UH, AND, AND I THINK IT'S, AND I, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED HOW YOU PUT, YOU KNOW, ETHICS ABOVE ALL ELSE, BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE.
BUT, UM, MAYOR, I, I, I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE TO BEAT THAT DRUM ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO BE INFORMED BY VALID SCIENCE.
BUT AS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THEN I, I, I BELIEVE THAT ETHICS AND EQUITY NEED TO BE GIVEN EQUAL WEIGHT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE NOT, I'M JUST, I'M GONNA KEEP REPEATING IT SO THAT AT LEAST SOMEBODY DOES.
AND SO I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS O OTHER THAN TO TELL DR.
EMERICK, UH, THAT I FEEL FOR HER.
UM, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SHE'S THE PREEMINENT EXPERT ON THIS STUFF, UH, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERNIGHT EXPERTS BECAUSE THEY WERE A GOOGLE ARTICLE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME, DOC.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE, THAT'S A LOT OF THE HEAT THAT WE GET, UH, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY EVERYBODY'S AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST OR A BLACK SWAN, UH, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC CRISIS EXPERT.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT.
BUT WE KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
UH, MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER
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COURAGE.COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, YOU'RE NEXT.
UM, AND I WANNA JUST ADD MY APPRECIATION TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON THIS, UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN, UH, C OVID 19 TEAM TO, UH, OVERCOME THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VIRUS TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION, MORE OR LESS RELATED TO THAT, THOUGH.
I KNOW THAT PREDOMINANTLY WE'VE BEEN TESTING PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD SYMPTOMS. UH, AT FIRST THOSE SYMPTOMS WERE PRETTY SEVERE, AND WE ASKED FOR A DOCTOR'S RECOMMENDATION.
AND JUST IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, UH, WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO ONLINE, TAKE THAT LITTLE SELF, UH, CHECK.
AND, AND THEN IF THEY FEEL LIKE AFTER DOING THAT, UH, THEY MAY BE CANDIDATES, YOU KNOW, TO GO FORWARD AND ASK FOR THE TEST.
BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE IMPACT OF THIS VIRUS IS AFFECTING THE GENERAL POPULATION.
THE BASICALLY 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TESTED, WHO ARE WALKING AROUND EVERY DAY IN THIS COUNTY.
UH, AND, UH, HOW CAN WE KNOW TO WHAT EXTENT, UH, THE VIRUS IS, IS EXISTING AND COULD BE GROWING OR DECLINING WITHIN THE GENERAL POPULATION? AND I'LL, I'D LIKE TO ASK DON IF, IF THERE'S ANY MECHANISM, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE PREPARING TO USE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
YES, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, AND WE ARE WORKING, SO METRO HEALTH, UH, AS WELL AS THE E O C, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IS LEADING ALL OF THE RESPONSE ON THIS EFFORT.
SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR UNIFIED COMMAND, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT NEXT PHASE OF OUR TESTING IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THAT TESTING SCALE UP LOOK LIKE? UM, AND THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU CAN GO.
THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THAT IS TESTING FOR THE VIRUS.
DO PEOPLE HAVE THE VIRUS? AND THERE'S TWO APPROACHES FOR THAT.
NUMBER ONE IS THAT WE STILL NEED TO TEST AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS. AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS, IS THAT NOW WE NEED TO ALSO, UM, ENCOURAGE, KEEP ENCOURAGING THOSE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THOSE POSITIVES TO GET TESTED AS WELL.
THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY FIRST.
AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, AND THIS IS ALL THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THIS HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM.
DECISIONS CAN'T BE MADE AROUND OPENING UP SOCIETY UNTIL WE REALLY TRULY ANSWER THIS VERY QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING, COUNCILMAN.
SO THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THAT WILL BE IN THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE TONIGHT WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT TEAM IS, AND I WANT THEIR INPUT.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR DECISION, IT'S REALLY GETTING INPUT FROM SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP US WITH THAT DECISION.
UM, ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY GET, UM, THOSE WITH SYMPTOMS AND THOSE IN CLOSE CONTACT, THE THING THAT I HAD MENTIONED LAST TIME IS THAT THERE'S THIS BALANCE BETWEEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MATERIALS TO DO THAT.
IT'S NOT THE WILL WE ALL WANNA TEST MORE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MATERIALS IN ORDER TO DO SO.
AND THAT IS WHERE THIS, THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING WITH THAT.
SO WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS, AND WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR LABS HAVE THE REAGENTS AVAILABLE TO DO ALL OF THAT.
I HAVE A TEAM RIGHT NOW THAT'S WORKING ON ASSESSING ALL OF THAT CAPACITY, MAKING THE PHONE CALLS, LOOKING TO SEE WHAT OUR RATIO OF TEST SUPPLIES TO LAB ABILITY, AND THERE'S A DEFICIT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE LAB SUPPLIES IN THIS COMMUNITY TO RUN THOSE TESTS.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO RAMP UP TESTING LIKE I WANT TO, AND LIKE ALL OF US WANT TO, IF THE MATERIALS JUST AREN'T THERE.
SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT, AND THAT WILL BE, AGAIN, BE A BIG MAJOR PART OF OUR CONVERSATION THIS EVENING.
THE OTHER PIECE TO THAT IS REALLY THIS DISCUSSION AROUND ANTIBODIES.
AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IF YOU ASK A HUNDRED EXPERTS, 50 OF THEM WILL TELL YOU IT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD EXPLORE, AND 50 OF THEM WILL TELL YOU TO RUN WITH YOUR TENNIS SHOES ON AND RUN LIKE THE DICKENS.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AROUND THAT THAT WE STILL REALLY NEED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO EXPLORE.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT I'VE UNDERSTOOD IS, IS THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE GOT SOME BARRIERS BY NOT HAVING ALL THE TOOLS WE NEED.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, OUR COMMUNITY COMMITTEE ON, UH, GOVERNMENTAL ACTION, UH, THAT WE'VE SET UP.
I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE DOING MORE, UH, TO TRY AND REACH OUT TO ALL
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OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN, UH, THE STATE AND OF COURSE, FEDERALLY TO GET US THE TOOLS WE NEED TO DO THE TESTING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY START LEAVING THEIR HOMES AND GOING BACK INTO THESE BUSINESSES.IT'S ONE THING TO OPEN 'EM UP FOR THE GOVERNOR OR EVEN OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY, WELL, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP BUSINESS AGAIN.
IT'S ANOTHER THING TO FEEL SAFE AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
I'M 69 YEARS OLD, I'M IN THAT AGE GROUP THAT, UH, IS MORE AT RISK FOR THINGS HAPPENING.
AND WE'VE GOT A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY LIKE THAT.
BUT WE KNOW, WE'VE SEEN INFECTIONS FOR, FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR TWENTIES, THIRTIES, FORTIES AND FIFTIES, AND THEY GET, THEY HAVE HAD LARGE NUMBERS OF INFECTIONS, HOWEVER, THEY'VE MANAGED TO, UH, WORK THROUGH THEM IN A MORE HEALTHY STATE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE MY AGE AND OLDER.
BUT UNTIL WE REALLY HAVE, I THINK, A, A HANDLE ON WHAT THE INFECTION RATE IS, UH, I'M REAL HESITANT TO GO OUT AND DO MUCH.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE FRANKNESS OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID, AND LIKE I SAID, I HOPE THAT THE CITY, UH, WORK GROUP THAT WE'VE SET UP, UH, REGARDING GOVERNMENT WILL GO AHEAD AND DO MORE TO TRY AND FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO OVERCOMING THAT BARRIER THAT WE FACE WHEN IT COMES TO TESTING.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND MENTION WAS THAT I REALLY COMMEND, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I'LL, I'LL COMMEND THE MAYOR FOR SETTING UP, UH, THIS COMMITTEE MADE UP OF, OF HEALTHCARE AND SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONALS TO LOOK AT, UH, THE COVID DISEASE AND LOOK AT WHERE IT'S AT, WHERE IT'S GOING, AND HOW WE CAN FIND A WAY OUT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, THAT NOW, UH, WE'RE ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS ORIENTED COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PEOPLE IN BUSINESS INDUSTRIES AROUND THIS COMMUNITY TO START WORKING ON A PLAN ON HOW WE CAN OPEN UP BUSINESSES, WHAT MIGHT BE THE STEPS, WHAT ARE THE PROCESS TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO MAKE IT GRADUAL.
KEEP IN MIND THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE INFECTION'S STILL OUT THERE AND THAT PEOPLE ARE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT.
SO I THINK THOSE TWO ARE VERY IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF GOING FORWARD.
ONE THING I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST, THOUGH, AND I THINK SOMETHING WE NEED TO TRY AND, AND FORMULATE A WAY OF LOOKING AT IS WHAT HAS BEEN THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THIS COMMUNITY? SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW WE WORK THROUGH THAT IMPACT.
WE KNOW, OR WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, ESTIMATING WHAT THE IMPACT IS TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S GOVERNMENT.
I'M SURE THE COUNTY IS DOING THE SAME THING.
I'M SURE THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THE SAME THING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAS THE IMPACT BEEN ON THE ECONOMIC, UH, FOUNDATION OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT MANUFACTURING AND YOU'VE GOT BIOSCIENCE, AND WE'VE GOT THE MILITARY AND WE'VE GOT TOURISM, AND WE'VE GOT OTHER FACTORS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN HIT HARD.
PLUS WE'VE GOT THE INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL ECONOMIES OF 200, UH, OR 2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO TRY TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THAT SO WE CAN FORMULATE A WAY TO ASSIST THE COMMUNITY TO START TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND RECOVER.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A RECOVERY PLAN, UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT, UH, IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, OFFER THAT AS FUTURE THOUGHT FOR THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE AND OUR CITY OFFICIALS AS WE START LOOKING AT, UH, HOW DO WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS? IT CAN'T JUST BE OPENING THE BUSINESSES.
IT CAN'T JUST BE SAYING, UH, WE'VE OVERCOME THE HIGH POINT IN THE VIRUS.
AND SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND ERIC, YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING THERE? UH, YES, SIR.
JUST REAL QUICK, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN TO YOUR QUESTION TO DON ABOUT THE TESTING, AND AS SHE, AS SHE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COUNCIL TO KNOW IS THAT THE POSITION THAT, THAT DAWN DESCRIBES US AS BEING N IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT MOST OF THE COUNTRY FINDS THEMSELVES IN.
AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNOWS WHAT THAT LOCAL CAPABILITY IS.
UH, ALONG WITH THE OTHER, I KNOW THE OTHER MAJOR, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES ARE DOING THAT AS WELL.
SO IT, IT REALLY GOES BEYOND OUR BORDERS AND BEYOND OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, UH, I, I THINK, I THINK THE OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITIES FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT SAME POSITION, AND WE'RE LEVERAGING THAT INFORMATION THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR EXPECTATION AND A CLEAR, UH, DEMONSTRATION OF NEED, UH, FOR THOSE TESTS AND TESTING SUPPLIES.
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THANKS, ERIC.UM, WE ARE GONNA MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, PERRY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, YOU'RE NEXT, PERRY.
UH, CHIEF HOOD, UM, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT STATION 14.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S, UH, CLOSED DOWN AND I APPRECIATE THE CALL THIS MORNING, BUT JUST LOOKING AT THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OUT OUT HERE TODAY, ARE Y'ALL KEEPING THE STATION COMPLETELY CLOSED OR, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT THE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY AFFECT THIS VIRUS ABOUT MAYBE OPENING UP THE DOORS TO GET SOME FRESH AIR AND, UH, FRESH BREEZE THROUGH THERE.
IS THAT, HAVE Y'ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AT ALL? MAINTENANCE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THAT PROJECT AND, UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT IT'S BEEN CLEANED AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE DOING THE BEST JOB WE CAN PROFESSIONALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUILDING'S GONNA BE READY FOR THEM TO MOVE BACK IN ON THE 29TH.
YEAH, JUST, JUST A THOUGHT WITH THIS, UH, WARMER WEATHER AND, AND, AND, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, OUTSIDE LIKE TODAY, BUT, OKAY.
EMRICH, ON YOUR OPENING SLIDE, YOU SHOW HOW MANY CASES ARE CONFIRMED, UH, WITH THE TESTING, BUT NOWHERE ON THAT SLIDE SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY TESTED IT.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT DATA POINT ADDED TO THAT SLIDE TO SHOW HOW MANY WERE TESTED AND THEN HOW MANY WERE TESTED POSITIVE, UH, ON THAT LIST.
IF, IF YOU COULD ADD THAT, THAT WOULD BE A BIG HELP, UH, FOR ME.
UM, THEN YOU MENTIONED WALMART.
UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHICH WALMART, UH, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? YES.
UM, I'M LOOKING FOR THE EXACT ADDRESS.
UM, BUT IT IS ON WEST MILITARY ROAD OR DRIVE.
SO, UM, WE HAD SPOKEN WITH COUNCILWOMAN AND, UM, SPOKE WITH HER LAST WEEK TO GET HER, UM, GET HER THOUGHTS ON THAT.
AND, UM, YEAH, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN WALMART IS READY TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
DID, UM, COULD YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SLIDE OR WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT, ABOUT ADDING THAT FOR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS? YEAH, I WROTE IT DOWN.
UM, I'LL START OFF BY, UH, UH, THANKING.
UH, I THINK HE'S A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT.
UM, ETHICS IS SUCH A BIG DEAL, AND IT REMINDED ME OF, OF, OF A GREAT QUOTE FROM MARCUS AURELIUS ABOUT THE IMPEDIMENT TO ACTION ADVANCES ACTION.
WHAT STANDS INTO THE WAY, BECOMES THE WAY.
AND THEN, AND I THINK FOR ME, IT, IT'S, IT REALLY BRINGS HOME THE BIGGEST POINT OF ALL.
AND THAT'S, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FALLING BETWEEN THE CRACKS.
UH, I WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT ASKING THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WE'RE NOT SEEING.
AND, UH, AND SO, AGAIN, I I, I, I JUST, JUST JUST KNOW THAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE ONLY PUSHING, UH, BECAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA KEEP PUSHING AND, UH, I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK.
I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE STATS ARE REALLY, PROVIDE A LOT OF USEFUL INFORMATION.
AND I GUESS MY, MY ONLY REAL QUESTION IS JUST HOW, HOW, HOW MUCH ARE WE, UH, HOW MUCH ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THE, THE UNSEEN IN TERMS OF THESE STATS? UH, AND, AND, AND TO BE CLEAR, I I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO, WHO, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST ARE FEARFUL, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE TEND TO BE THE MOST VULNERABLE.
UH, SO MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO SOME OF THE, UH, WAYS THAT WE CAN MAYBE PROVIDE, UH, KIND OF A HAND UP OR, OR, UH, A WAY TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THESE, THESE COMMUNITIES THAT, THAT ARE FEARFUL OF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S COMING, UH, FROM, FROM DC FROM THE STATE.
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I JUST WANNA REASSURE THEM THAT IT'S NOT COMING FROM THE CITY AND, UH, THE GREAT WORK, UH, THAT THIS, THIS COMMUNITY IS DOING AND THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.CAN WE, CAN SOMEBODY SPEAK TO THAT? SURE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THAT TYPE OF WORK.
SO I CERTAINLY DON'T, DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE INCLUDED AT THE E O C, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A DATA THAT GOES BY THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT MARGINAL COMMUNITIES AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER WITH THAT.
UM, IN FACT, UM, AGAIN, TALKING TO MY PEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW THAT WAS ABSENT, UM, IN THEIR WORK WAS HAVING AN EQUITY LENS OR THINKING ABOUT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AS WE START DOING THIS HEALTH TRANSITION PIECE.
AND, UM, WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER FOR THE CITY THAT IS SITTING ON THERE AS AN ADVISOR, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, THAT NOT ONLY FROM THE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING, THAT WE'RE, UM, PUTTING OURSELVES IN THE SHOES.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ALSO ENGAGING.
WE WILL HAVE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON ON OUR HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM THAT IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING THAT WE ARE ENGAGING FOLKS WITH NO VOICE IN THIS PROCESS.
AND THAT'S THEIR DESIGNATED JOB.
IN ADDITION TO OUR, UM, OUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER THAT'S ON THERE AS AN ADVISOR.
UM, ONE OF OUR CORE PRINCIPLES IN THAT GROUP IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EQUITY CONVERSATION DOESN'T STOP AFTER WE DELIVER THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OVER TO THE ECONOMIC DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THAT NEEDS TO BE CARRIED OVER INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, OF IT.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE KEEPING THAT ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY DISCUSSION, EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, UM, OUR PREVENTION TEAM THAT IS GOING OUT AND CANVASSING, UM, THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT HAVE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT UNDERSTAND THE GATEKEEPERS, THAT CAN ASSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY HAPPENING ACROSS ALL OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT WOULD DO ME, IT WOULD DO THEM A DISSERVICE IF I SPOKE ON THEIR BEHALF.
I SO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT I FEEL THAT AND THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND COUNCILMAN, I'LL JUST ADD, IF I COULD REAL QUICKLY, THIS IS JEFF, UM, THAT A HEAVY FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN ON THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WEDNESDAY, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THE DETAILS HERE, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING A CONSCIOUS EFFORT THERE, AND WE PUT OUT SOME PROACTIVE COMMUNICATIONS LAST WEEK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, ALL OF THE CITY SERVICES AND SAWS AND THE FOOD BANK ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF, OF THEIR STATUS, UH, IN THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.
SO, SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AND HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION OFFLINE AND THURSDAY.
UH, AGAIN, JUST, UH, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE, WE'VE GOTTA GET AROUND SOME OF THE, THE NOISE THAT, UH, THAT IS, THAT IS, UH, GAINING A LOT OF SPOTLIGHT ON THE, ON ON AT LEAST NATIONALLY AND STATEWIDE.
UM, I THINK HERE, UH, AS, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THE, AS CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN MANY WAYS IS, IS THEIR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE, WE'RE THEIR LAST RESORT.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP PLUGGING AWAY AT IT.
UM, I KNOW, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK.
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ERIC, UM, THE TEAM, DON, DR.
I, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S PUSHING FORWARD.
I I JUST WANNA DRIVE THAT MESSAGE HOME.
AND THIS IS, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, THAT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, ARE, ARE, ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PUSHED AND THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE COMPETING.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S A VERY, UH, A DIFFERENT MESSAGE COMING, UH, NATIONALLY.
COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, FEEL FREE, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRA.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGERS TEAM.
THANK YOU, UH, ANDY, THANK YOU, UH, DR.
EMRICH AND METRO HEALTH, AND DR.
BRIDGER AND
THANK YOU GORDON, FOR, UH, DOING YOUR WORK THAT YOU DO WITH THE WORKING GROUPS,
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AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.UM, JUST ONE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, DR.
EMRICH, AND IT'S NOT IN RELATION TO, UM, YOUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS SO WELL DONE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, THE ONE CONCERN THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY NOW IS ISSUES WITH DONATION STATIONS AND, UM, A LOT OF CLOTHING AND FURNITURE AND, AND HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS BEING DUMP AND JUST LEFT WITHIN COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE IS THE QUESTION OF, UM, THE TRANSMISSION FROM THOSE ITEMS INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO, UM, ALLEVIATE ALL OF THE JUST KIND OF, UH, THINGS THAT ARE JUST LEFT, UM, THERE WITHIN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOW PILING UP ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
I'LL HAVE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
UM, UH, IS YOUR QUESTION MORE ABOUT RISK OR MORE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT CLEANED UP, THE RISK AND THE CLEANUP? YEAH.
YEAH, I CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND SO LET ME, LET ME GET A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INFORMATION ON THAT IN TERMS OF THE RISK.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, SOME OF THE RESEARCH IS SHOWING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SURFACE IS THAT THE VIRUS CAN LIVE FOR A, A FEW HOURS OR EVEN DAYS.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SURFACE.
UM, SO LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MY HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH ON THAT AND I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU, DR.
EMRICH, THIS IS DAVID MCCAREY.
I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
UM, FOR CHIEF HOOD, I KNOW THAT WE HAD MANY COMMUNICATIONS WHEN IT COMES, UM, TO THE RIVER CITY COHORT.
AND ONE THING I WANNA SAY IS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO DILIGENT WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION BACK TO US.
I KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD WAS ABOUT THE FENCING THAT WILL BE GOING UP AROUND THE DUMPSTERS.
UM, DO YOU OR DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON, UM, THE PERMIT OR IF THE FENCING HAS BEEN PUT UP OR WHAT TIMEFRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU.
WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO, UM, STAY ENGAGED WITH THAT COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANNA MAKE THIS, UH, COHORT AT, UH, RIVER CITY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH THE NURSING HOME BRANCH AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION.
AS FAR AS WHETHER THE FENCE HAS BEEN UP OR, UH, THE TIMELINE, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, VIDEOS OR FACEBOOK ITEMS LIKE WE DID THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE AN INDICATION, BUT IT MAY BE AN INDICATION ALSO THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LET THAT COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE CARE ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT NURSING HOME.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S PROTECTED THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, I'LL GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT, UM, OF WORK TO DO.
I KNOW I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE AND OUR HOMELESS POPULATION THERE WITHIN THE BIG WITTY LOCK, LOCKWOOD LOCK, UM, LOCKWOOD, UM, PARK AREA.
UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A, A MEETING THAT WAS HELD AND TO GET A FOLLOW UP AND MAYBE EVEN, UM, TO HAVE THE, UM, UPDATE ON HOW WE ARE HANDLING, UM, THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND POPULATION AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AND AND COMMENTS THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
ALL THE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROACH GARCIA.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? UM, YES.
I DID WANT TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL ASKED MY COLLEAGUES, 'CAUSE IT ANSWERED SOME OF MINE.
UM, I DO AGREE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED, MAYBE IN A MORE, UH, PROMINENT PLACE AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THEM.
EMRICH, SO HAS IT BEEN 12,500 TESTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED IN, IN BEAR COUNTY? WHAT IS THE TOTAL?
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UH, JUST, I'M, I'M LOOKING IT IS 12,811.YEAH, IF WE CAN JUST HAVE THAT MORE PROMINENT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
'CAUSE IT'LL HELP, UH, IT'LL HELP ME.
UM, QUESTION IF IT COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR, UM, CHIEF HOOD OR DR.
EMETT WHEN IT COME EMER, I'M SORRY.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE M I H CONTACTS, YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE 99 PERSONS ASSESSED, AND THAT IS MAINLY PEOPLE SENIORS WHO CAN'T GET AWAY OR HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO, TO THE DRIVE THROUGH.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THESE FOLKS THAT YOU SAW FROM THIS LAST WEEK OF THE 99 WERE A NURSING HOME OUT IN LIVE OAK THAT WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT.
AND SO WE WENT OUT THERE AND AGGRESSIVELY CHECKED FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, AND THEN WE DID SOME SWABS ON THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO, THROUGH SCREENING, GONE OUT TO A, A COUPLE OF OUR, UH, CITIZENS THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TESTING IN ANY OTHER METHOD.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE GONNA BE THE RESPONSES TO A COHORTED SITUATION SUCH AS A NURSING HOME, WHICH ARE OUR PRIORITIES.
BUT IF THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS AND CANNOT GET TO TESTING, WE'LL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET OUT THERE AND TEST THEM.
SO TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BACKUP OR A QUEUE OR A LINE OF PEOPLE NEEDING THE TEST AND NOT HAVING A WAY OR, OR NEEDING IN A LINE TO GET M I H TO COME OUT HERE AND ASSESS THEM? NOT, NO, MA'AM.
BUT AGAIN, IF M I H IS NEEDED, WE WILL SEND THEM.
BUT, UM, THERE'S NO BACKLOG OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR US TO GO OUT AND, AND TEST THEM.
EMMERICH ALSO YOUR SLIDE WHEN IT COMES TO JUST THE HISTORY OF HEALTH CONDITIONS IN OUR CITY AND THAT DASHBOARD THAT YOU HAVE WITH THE DATA OF DIABETES AND, UM, HYPERTENSION, ET CETERA.
UM, I, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, PEOPLE ON OUR, UH, MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM WHO ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN DEALING AND WORKING IN THESE KIND OF REALMS. I THINK OF DR.
LISA OCHOA WHO'S IN, UH, NOT FAR FROM THE SOUTHEAST NURSING HOME ACTUALLY, WHO'S WORKING ON A LOT OF THESE, UH, UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT I THINK CAN VERY BE VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR INFORMING OUR TRANSITION, UH, COMING OUT OF THERE.
UM, OUT OF THOSE 276 WHO HAVE RECOVERED? DO WE KNOW OF ANYONE? I HOPE NOT.
WHO HAS GONE BACK AND THEN TESTED AGAIN POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19? DO WE HAVE ANY DATA OR ANY, UM, EXPERIENCES OF THAT YET OR AT ALL? THAT HAS NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP INTO ANY OF THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME WHEN I ASK.
UM, BUT JUST TO VERIFY, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I ASK THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT THAT'S NEVER BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, GETTING THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND, UM, THE OTHER ONE OF THOSE 2 76 RECOVERED, HOW MANY OF THEM DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE GIVEN, UH, PLASMA? THAT IS AN AWESOME QUESTION THAT I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN THINKING MYSELF.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK IT'S SO AWESOME THAT I WANNA KNOW WHO'S DOING IT.
UM, SO I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING THAT OUT TOO.
AND SO WHEN I KNOW I'LL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
AND THEY CAN GIVE MULTIPLE TIMES IF THEY WANT TO, AS LONG AS THEY'RE HEALTHY WITH IT.
IN FACT, THERE'S BEEN A RECENT, UM, I THINK ONE OF THE LOCAL NEWS STATIONS IS FEATURED, ONE OF OUR, ONE OF OUR RECOVERED WHO ACTUALLY WENT AS A RESULT OF US ENCOURAGING HIM.
UM, SO I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHOW YOU THAT LINK.
IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT STORY.
YEAH, I THINK I SAW IT THIS WEEKEND, OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT DAY IT WAS.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK WITH THE DRIVE-THROUGHS AND EXPANDING OUR TESTING SPECIFICALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
I KNOW YOU HEARD MANY OF US THAT THAT GAP, THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LINE THAT'S STRAIGHT THROUGH OUR CITY THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT TESTING AND ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING AND BEING CREATIVE AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE PRIVATE PARTNERS TOO, WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND WILLING TO SERVE.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE PRIVATE PARTNERS
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BEING CREATIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS TESTING DONE, EXPAND IT, BECAUSE WHEN WE EXPAND IT, I BELIEVE IT'LL HELP US CONTINUE TO KEEP PEOPLE TO STAY SAFE AT HOME AND THEN TO FLATTEN THE CURVE.I ALMOST SCRATCHED MY FACE, BUT I NEEDED TO PUT MY HAND AWAY FROM MY FACE.
UM, ALSO, I WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PLEASE, I, IT'S NOT GOOD TO HEAR THAT THERE'S BEEN AN UPTICK IN PEOPLE MOVING ABOUT.
I HOPE THAT PEOPLE CONTINUE TO STAY HOME AND STAY SAFE AND KEEP OTHERS SAFE.
AND OF THOSE DRIVE-THROUGHS, UH, DR.
EMMERICH, HOW MANY TESTS CAN WE DO PER DAY, PER SITE? DO WE KNOW YET? MM-HMM.
SO FOR, OF THOSE NEW ONES, OF THE NEW SITE.
SO NEW ONES WOULD BE, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? UHHUH,
SO WALMART IS UP TO 200 A DAY.
UM, TEXAS MED CLINIC WOULD BE 50 A DAY NOW.
THAT'S IN ADDITION TO WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING.
AND THEN, UM, THERE IS ANOTHER, UH, THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
AND DON'T HOLD ME TO THIS 'CAUSE IT'S STILL FLUCTUATING AND IN NEGOTIATION.
UM, I THINK IT IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 150 TO TO 200.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, TO MY THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THE ECO, THE BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL, UM, ABOUT QUESTIONS.
UM, AND TO, TO SEE WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE THAT I CAN, UH, BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE AND JUST BE THAT LIAISON.
AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SAND VAL.
'CAUSE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW POLICIES AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST POTENTIAL POLICIES AND CHANGES OF OUR QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMAL, I EVEN THINK ABOUT, UM, WHAT FIESTA WAS TECHNICALLY FIESTA RIGHT NOW, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN, BUT I THINK ABOUT WHAT FIESTA WILL EVEN LOOK LIKE IN, UH, NOVEMBER AND HOW IN THE PAST WE WOULD HAVE, UH, CAPACITY LIMITS DURING FIESTA.
I THINK DURING, I OS A BECAUSE OF FIRE HAZARDS.
WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT CAN GO INTO OSA BECAUSE OF FIRE HAZARDS.
BUT WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE NOW? WHAT WILL OUR CAPACITY LOOK LIKE NOW? UM, WILL IT BE JUST FIRE HAZARD OR WILL IT BE ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH HAZARDS THAT ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND THINK THROUGH AS A COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR CITY STAFF AND ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA ON THE, UM, SA COVID ACTION.COM.
AND SO THANK YOU MR. HARTMAN AND THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SOME, UH, AVENUES FOR COMMUNICATION AND A POSSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS OR SOMETHING.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, I, I WENT LIKE ON THE WEBSITE ALREADY AND I PLAYED AROUND WITH IT AND THERE'S, UH, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS.
I ALREADY SENT AN EMAIL MESSAGE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU SUBMIT A COMMENT.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE, BUT I DID GET A NICE LITTLE AUTOMATED MESSAGE.
UM, QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT IS, I THINK WE STILL NEED TO ADD AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET.
UM, A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL UP SA COVID ACTION.COM, SO I STILL THINK WE NEED AN ALTERNATIVE.
SO SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER.
UM, ALSO, I'M JUST WONDERING WHO IS STAFFING, UH, THAT, THAT COMMENT OR, OR THE, THE COMMENT PERIOD? LIKE WHO GETS THOSE EMAILS? LIKE THE ONE THAT I SENT TODAY? OR NOT THE EMAIL, BUT JUST THE SUBMISSION FORM COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL HAVE THIS REAL QUICK ON THE, UM, PHONE NUMBER.
UH, WE'LL HAVE, UH, A NUMBER ADDED, UH, TO THAT FEEDBACK, UH, LOOP, UH, ASAP.
UM, WITH REGARD TO THE, THE EMAIL ADDRESS, UH, THOSE CURRENTLY WILL GO TO GORDON TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE APPROPRIATE, UH, UH, WORKING GROUPS.
UH, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, AS YOU KNOW, GORDON'S WORKING 24 7 ON THIS AND, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT TO YOU, UH, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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WORRIED ABOUT.I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHO WAS GETTING THOSE, UM, WHO HAS TIME TO, UH, MANAGE THEM IN TIME FOR US TO RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS ON A TIMELY BASIS.
MY RECOMMENDATION HAD BEEN LET'S GET MULTIPLE PEOPLE, AND MAYBE THERE STILL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THAT WEBSITE AND HAVE DROPDOWN MENUS TO WHERE IF YOU WANT YOUR QUESTION TO GO TO FEDERAL AND STATE, OR IF YOU WANT YOUR QUESTION TO GO TO PHILANTHROPY, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT PEOPLE MANAGING SO THAT WE DON'T BOG ONE PERSON DOWN.
THAT'S JUST MY PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION ON THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO BRING IT UP.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE COULD ALSO, UM, LINK IT UP TO THE COSO WEBPAGE? THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE I'VE BEEN LOOKING EVERY SINGLE DAY TO SEE IF THIS HAS BEEN ADDED ALREADY.
UM, THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THING THAT I DO WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND SEE IF, IF THIS HAS BEEN ADDED.
AND SO I DIDN'T SEE, OR I HAVEN'T SEEN A PLACE FOR IT, EVEN A WHILE AGO.
I WENT, UM, ON SAN ANTONIO DO GOV AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING TO SEE IF, IF IT HAD BEEN ADDED, AND I DON'T SEE IT ON THERE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD ADD A LINK TO IT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE KNOW TO GO AND LOOK.
THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING@SANANTONIO.GOV, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT IT WAS GONNA BE SA COVID ACTION.COM, ALTHOUGH THAT'S AN AWESOME NAME, UM, BY THE WAY.
UH, BUT I THINK THAT MAY BE JUST A, A WAY TO ADD IT TO OUR HOMEPAGE WOULD BE, UM, REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, THE, THE WEBSITE IS A VERY, VERY, UM, UH, VALUABLE ASSET, UM, AND IS JUST RECENTLY COME ONLINE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, I LOOK AT THESE CASE RANGES EVERY DAY.
UM, AND SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RANGES RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE SEEMS TO BE RANGES LIKE RANGE OF CASES BEING ONE THROUGH FIVE OR SIX THROUGH 10, 11 TO 20, 21 TO 40, 41 TO 80 IS THE MOST RECENT ONE.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC REASON THAT WE JUMPED BY 40 INSTEAD OF BY 20.
IS IT JUST SO THAT IT, BECAUSE OF THE 7, 8 2 2 2 IS IN THE EIGHTIES RANGE? LIKE WAS THERE A REASON? IS THERE A RANGE? IS THAT HOW EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT? JUST HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE RANGES.
UM, SO WE HAD THE OPTION OF WORKING, SO INTERNALLY WE MADE A DECISION.
WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND THOSE RANGES, AND SO WE COULD EITHER CONTINUE TO DO BY INCREMENTS OF 10 OR WE COULD JUST DO RANGES DOUBLING THAT NUMBER.
AND WHAT WE DECIDED, WE WERE LOOKING LONG TERM AND KNEW THAT OUR CASES WERE PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND FELT LIKE IF WE, IF WE DID THE RANGES BASED ON DOUBLING THE NUMBER, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK AND CHANGING AND UPGRADING AND UPDATING, UM, THE, THE, THE SCALE.
SO WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT'S GONNA BE THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS WHEN WE KNOW THAT THE CASES ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO INCREASE MM-HMM.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE LIKE 50 DIFFERENT COLORS ON THERE IF WE ONLY JUMP INCREMENTS OF 10 VERSUS IF WE JUST DOUBLE THE RANGES SO THAT WE CAN INCLUDE MORE, BUT NOT HAVE SUCH A BUSY LEGEND.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RANGE, UM, WAS.
UH, AND THEN, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
NO, I WAS GONNA SAY NO, THAT'S GOOD.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, SO I KNOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS WHO HAVE RECOVERED TO DONATE PLASMA.
I'VE HEARD ON A, UM, ON, UH, THE STORY ABOUT THE, UH, THE RECOVERED PERSON WHO HAD DONATED, UH, PLASMA, THAT HE WAS ONLY THE THIRD PERSON, UM, TO DONATE PLASMA IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF SCARY, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT MORE RECOVERY.
SO CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE EFFORTS THAT METRO HEALTH IS TAKING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO OUT AND DONATE PLASMA? LET ME GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE EXACT DETAILS ON HOW WE DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT THE ENTRY POINT OF ASKING IS WHEN THEY CALL THE HOTLINE OR WHEN WE DO ENGAGE THEM AFTER, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT POSITIVE CASE MANAGEMENT PIECE.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, I'LL HAVE TO GET THAT FROM MY TEAM.
I KNOW WE HAVE FLYERS, WE GIVE, YOU KNOW, WE LIKE THE FOLKS THAT ARE, THAT ARE CANVASSING.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THOSE FLYERS THAT ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE AND, AND POSTERS.
SO, BUT I'LL, I'LL GET MORE OF THAT DETAIL PROCESS FOR YOU.
THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, AND THANKS EVERYONE.
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THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER RO GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE HOW MY EQUIPMENT HOLDS UP.
SO, UH, I JUST, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOME CONVER, UH, COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE MADE REGARDING, UH, PERHAPS THE FUTURE, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, OF THE CITY.
I, I, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE WOULD TALK ABOUT A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, BUT DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT PERHAPS A, A STIMULUS BOND IN 2020 INSTEAD OF THE KIND OF BONDS THAT WE'VE DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS? SO IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT SOON TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BUT, UM, WE COULD JUST PUT THAT ON SOMEBODY'S RADAR, PERHAPS, UH, CARLOS, UH, THERE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I KNOW IN TALKING TO SOME OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A, A PRETTY SERIOUS RECESSION, LIKE WE CAN ANTICIPATE, UM, GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WAS A, A BIG PRIORITY.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE, WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WITH KELLY, UH, WHEN KELLY CLOSED AND WE RETRAINED PEOPLE, AND SO PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, THAT WAS ONE THOUGHT I HAD.
UH, ALSO, UM, THIS WOULD BE MORE, UH, DIRECTED, UM, TO COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL AND THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD.
BUT WITH HAVING DON HERE AND SOME OF THE TEAM ON THE, UH, HERE ON THE CALL, UM, I, I WANTED TO ALSO EMPHASIZE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING OTHER FACTORS WHEN WE DETERMINE WHEN WE CAN, UH, UH, GET BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, UH, INCLUDING THE INCREDIBLE HEAT THAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK BECAUSE SO MANY OF US HAVE LIVED HERE FOR SO LONG, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT WE DO LIVE IN AN EXTREME CLIMATE.
AND HAVING PEOPLE, UH, HOME BOUND, UH, WHEN IT'S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUTSIDE COULD BE REALLY DEVASTATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, SO COULD, UM, WE PLEASE CONSIDER THAT FACTOR, UH, AS YOU'RE DETERMINING, UH, WHEN WE CAN, UM, GET BACK TO SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN, OR GETTING BACK TO OPENING SOME OF OUR CENTERS OR SENIOR CENTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
UH, THE OTHER THING IS THAT, THANKFULLY OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN COVERING MEALS FOR OUR KIDS, UH, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT TYPICALLY DURING THE SUMMER, THE CITY HAS TAKEN OVER THAT TASK OF FEEDING OUR FAMILIES, UH, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH.
SO, HAVE WE MADE ANY, UH, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY FOR ERIC.
UH, OR PERHAPS, UH, I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S OVER OUR CENTERS NOW.
BRIDGER? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER IT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE, BOTH OF YOUR POINTS RIGHT THERE, MATTER OF FACT, UH, DR.
BRIDGER AND, AND, UH, AND MYSELF AND, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM ARE THINKING THROUGH HOW, HOW DO WE PLAN FOR THAT? I, I DO NEED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, MOST OF THE SUMMER, MOST OF THE FUNDING FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS RIGHT NOW WAS SUSPENDED, UH, BASED ON THAT $82 MILLION.
BUT I, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH YOUR, THE POINTS, THE VERY GOOD POINTS YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE HEAT AND, UH, CONDITIONS THAT'LL EXIST.
A LOT OF THAT WILL BE UNDERLYING, UH, TIED TO THE, THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM AND THEIR REPORT, AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT, UM, GROUP THE MAYOR MENTIONED, AS WELL AS WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
UM, BUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I, SOME OF A LOT OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FINANCIALLY, AND UNTIL WE HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION, UM, UH, WE'LL NEED TO, WE'LL NEED TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL, UH, AS WE NEAR, UH, THAT POINT.
SO I KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S COMING FAST.
UH, SO USUALLY BY LATE BY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, UM, THE KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL AND WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUR CENTERS.
AND IN FACT, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WELL, I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER CONVERSATION.
BUT, UH, I KNOW I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO, UH, EXPAND PROGRAMMING, UH, AND FOOD SUPPLEMENTS IN SOME OF THOSE.
SO PERHAPS THAT LENDS SOMEWHAT AN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO, UH, ENGAGE FOR FOOD.
UM, SINCE THAT, THOSE PROGRAMS, UH, I GUESS ARE NOT, ARE NOT GO SO FAR, SO JUST THAT TO THE COMMITTEES.
UM, I ALSO, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT IS GOING TO ANALYZE, UH, THE DATA ABOUT THE VIRUS AND WHEN IT WOULD THEN BE SAFE TO GET BACK TOGETHER, AND THEN A SEPARATE COMMITTEE FOR,
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UH, BUSINESS AND, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND A WHOLE OTHER SECTOR.BUT I GUESS THIS QUESTION IS TO THE MAYOR, WHY SEPARATE COMMITTEES? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WOULD'VE MADE MORE SENSE TO HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND JUST HAVE ONE COMMITTEE.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR, IS IT, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR HAVING A COMPLETELY SEPARATE, UH, COMMITTEE FOR BUSINESS AND, AND WHEN WE CAN GET BACK, AND THEN A COMPLETELY SEPARATE ONE FOR, FOR THE, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD BE THE SAME.
UH, WE CAN'T OPEN OUR BUSINESS AGAIN.
WE CAN'T, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW.
IT MAY BE, YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, AND IT'S A FAIR QUESTION, AND IT'S ONE THAT WE, WE WRESTLED WITH A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT AFTER, YOU KNOW, CONSULTING WITH, UM, THE JUDGE, WITH, WITH YOU, MY COLLEAGUES, UM, AND COMMISSIONERS AS WELL, AND, AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE FIRST THING WE NEEDED TO DO IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT REOPENING ASPECTS OF OUR ECONOMY AND ACTIVITIES AND BUSINESSES WAS TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR, UH, SET OF GUIDANCE FROM PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND MEDICAL EXPERTS, UH, TO ESTABLISH WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAVE TO EXIST WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH REALITY.
THINGS LIKE TESTING CAPACITY, UH, OUR ABILITY TO ISOLATE PEOPLE WHO DO TURN UP, UH, INFECTED, UM, OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE MEDICAL REALITIES THAT WE'RE FACED WITH, UM, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT PUBLIC HEALTH ARCHITECTURE BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT GUIDANCE AND APPLY IT TO THE REAL WORLD OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
EVERY SECTOR, EVERY BUSINESS WORKS DIFFERENTLY, HAS A DIFFERENT SET OF OPERATIONAL, UM, CONSIDERATIONS.
AND SO USING THOSE PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE, THE SECOND STEP WOULD BE TO INTERPRET THAT GUIDANCE INTO WHAT WOULD BE AN OPERATIONAL PLAN, UH, SECTOR BASED BEST PRACTICES, UM, AND, AND, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS IN THE BUSINESS.
BUT THE FIRST STEP IN ALL OF THIS IS TO GET VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM THE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES.
SO IT'S, IT IS A TWO STEP PROCESS.
BOTH OF THOSE, UM, TEAMS WILL INTERFACE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE, UH, MEDICAL EXPERTS GIVING MEDICAL ADVICE AND BUSINESS EXPERTS GIVING BUSINESS ADVICE.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S HOW WE SET IT UP.
WELL, I, I AM, I'M, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET OUT AND ABOUT.
WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO WORK.
UH, SO I HOPE THAT THERE'S, WELL, I CAN ANTICIPATE A LOT OF CONFLICT IN ONE OVER THE OTHER.
SO, UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, THE ABILITY TO, UM, HAVE SOME, UH, SEMBLANCE OF, OF NOT WHAT WAS NORMAL, BUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, UH, WHAT I THINK, JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION THAT I HAD, UM, UH, REGARDING EQUITY, UM, THAT, UH, DR.
UH, EMRICH TALKED ABOUT, UM, AND PERHAPS IT EVEN RELATES TO SOME OF THE TESTING.
UM, WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE RECOMMENDED TO GET TESTS AND THEN THEY DIDN'T.
WAS THERE ANY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT? UH, OR IS THERE, OR DID WE COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE REFERRED BUT THEN DIDN'T TEST? NO, MA'AM.
UM, THAT'S NOT THE GENERAL, UM, PRACTICE.
SO IF THEY CALLED AND EITHER WERE DENIED OR DID NOT MEET THE, UM, SCREEN, UM, CRITERIA, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH US, OUR HOTLINE, OR THROUGH THEIR OWN PRIVATE PROVIDER, UM, NO, WE, WE DON'T GO BACK.
I GUESS THAT'S, UH, NOT, NOT MY QUESTION.
I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IF THEY WERE GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT BUT DIDN'T SHOW UP, NO FOLLOW FOLLOW UP.
OH, THAT'S, YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, I'LL NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCESS IS OVER AT FREEMAN, SO LET ME FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
WELL, UH, THEN I THINK I'M OUTTA TIME HERE, SO THANK YOU.
AND, UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THAT'S OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
ERIC, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO WRAP THIS UP WITH? UH, NO.
THANK, UH, MAYOR, JUST, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, THURSDAY'S PRESENTATION.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE, UH, AGENDA, THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, UM, UH, PROGRAM THAT
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WE BRIEFED LAST WEEK.UM, JEFF WILL ALSO BE UPDATING THE COUNCIL ON OUR OUTREACH.
JEFF AND LAURA WILL BE UP UPDATING THE COUNCIL ON OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.
UH, MARIA WILL PROVIDE A, UH, SHORT BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR ADDITIONAL RESTRICTED FUNDS.
AND, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON TAP FOR THURSDAY.
UM, AND UH, ALSO TO NOTE FOR THURSDAY, WE WILL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
SO, UM, WE'LL TRY TO AGAIN, START TIMELY AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, UH, THEIR COOPERATION.
I THINK THIS IS OUR THIRD OR FOURTH WEBEX MEETING.
THIRD WEBEX MEETING, AND, AND IT'S GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER FROM A, FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT.
SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND YOUR ATTENTION, UH, TO THE STAFF FOR SETTING ALL OF THIS UP.