* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.
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          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GERRAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR, MEMBER HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED TODAY. 
          UH, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, UH, AS IS CUSTOMARY, WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING, UH, AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC THAT INCLUDES OUR MANY VERY TALENTED AND, UH, ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OUR NURSES, DOCTORS, FRONTLINE WORKERS, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, UH, ALL THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OTHERS, UH, IN A GREAT TIME OF NEED, AS WELL AS THOSE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE STANDING VIGIL OVER THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE FIGHTING THIS DISEASE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES TO IT. 
          UM, AT NINE 20 EVERY MORNING ON THURSDAY MORNING, EXCUSE ME, WE INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS THROUGH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          A MINUTE, UH, LONG IN WHICH WE, UH, LISTEN TO THE BELLS OF THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL. 
          HAPPY TO SAY THERE ARE MANY CHURCHES AROUND THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE ALSO JOINED IN BY RINGING THEIR BELLS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR MISSION, SAN JOSE, SAN JUAN CONCE, UH, TRINITY UNIVERSITY'S CHAPEL, AND MANY OTHERS AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OF OUR LOVED ONES AND THOSE SERVING OTHERS. 
          SO LET'S HONOR THEM WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND NOW TO 
          [1. Invocation]
GET STARTED TODAY, WE WILL HAVE AN INDICATOR INVOCATION BY MIKE CRAFT, WHO IS THE LEAD PASTOR OF MISSION COMMUNITY CHURCH. 
          MIKE CRAFT LEADS A MIKE CRAFT SERVES AS THE LEAD AND PLANTING PASTOR OF MISSION COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE SA SEAWORLD AREA OF SAN ANTONIO MISSION COMMUNITY CHURCH IS A CHURCH THAT STRIVES TO LOVE GOD, LOVE ONE ANOTHER, AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST. 
          MISSION COMMUNITY IS BLESSED TO PARTNER WITH THE Y M C A TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GATHER, THEY MEET ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AT MAY'S FAMILY, Y W Y M C A AT FRANCO. 
          MIKE AND HIS WIFE ARIEL HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 11 YEARS AND ARE BLESSED WITH FIVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN, TWO OF WHOM THEY RECENTLY WERE BLESSED TO ADOPT FROM THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO. 
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THEY'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT CHILD ADVOCACY AND COUNTED AS A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AS A FOSTER FAMILY. 
          MIKE AND HIS FAMILY ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE WAY THEY SEE GOD WORKING ALL ACROSS OUR GREAT CITY. 
          WELCOME PASTOR. 
          WELL, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          AND BEFORE I SHARE A PRAYER, I JUST WANNA SAY TWO BRIEF THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB LEADING OUR CITY, AND I'M VERY PROUD THAT YOU ARE OUR SELECTED LEADERS. 
          AND SO I JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND SECONDLY, KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND PRAYING FOR YOUR FAMILIES. 
          AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR FAMILIES HAVE SACRIFICED A LOT AS WELL, IS, UM, THEY, THIS, THESE ARE TUMULTUOUS TIMES AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEMANDS ON YOU. 
          AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN WITH ME IN PRAYER? GRACIOUS GOD, WE COME BEFORE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE OUR ONE TRUE CONSTANT IN AN EVER-CHANGING WORLD. 
          AND LORD, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU WERE THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. 
          THANK YOU GOD FOR ALLOWING US TO TURN TO YOU IN PRAYER THROUGH YOUR SON JESUS. 
          AND WE KNOW GOD THAT YOU HEAR OUR PRAYERS. 
          AND LORD, THESE ARE CRAZY TIMES FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN BEFORE ME THAT ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING OUR GREAT CITY. 
          AND FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU'D GRANT THEM WISDOM THAT COMES FROM YOU. 
          LORD, THERE'S NO MANUAL FOR HOW TO LEAD A CITY IN A PANDEMIC, BUT I PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WOULD GUIDE EACH ONE OF THEM. 
          AND FATHER, I BELIEVE THAT THEY REALLY WANNA DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY AND OUR PEOPLE. 
          AND I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM DO THAT. 
          GOD, GRANT THEM UNITY AS A TEAM, AS THEY LEAD, AND GOD OUR CITY. 
          AND MAY YOU PROTECT THEM AS THEY SERVE TOGETHER. 
          AND GOD, I ASK YOU TO ENCOURAGE THEIR HEARTS, BREATHE, WIND INTO THEIR SAILS, GIVE THEM STRENGTH WHEN THEY'RE WEARY. 
          PEACE IN THE MIDST OF UNREST. 
          COMFORT IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS. 
          GOD, ALLOW THEM TO BE PEOPLE OF FAITH AND NOT FEAR, AND THAT THEY BE PEOPLE OF PRAYER AND NOT PANIC. 
          AND GOD, WOULD YOU ALLOW THEM TO SHINE YOUR LIGHT IN THIS TIME OF DARKNESS? LORD, PLEASE PROTECT THEIR FAMILIES AND BLESS THEM FOR THE SACRIFICES THAT THEY'RE MAKING AS WELL IN THE MIDST OF THIS TIME. 
          AND LORD, WE PRAY OVER OUR GREAT CITY. 
          I PRAY YOU'D PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM THIS DISEASE AND THAT YOU'D BOLDLY, GOD, I ASK BOLDLY THAT YOU WOULD STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS DISEASE. 
          FATHER, BE WITH THOSE THAT ARE GOVERNED BY FEAR TODAY. 
          AND I PRAY THAT YOUR PEACE WOULD QUIET THEIR SOULS. 
          FATHER, WE PRAY FOR HEALING FOR THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED. 
          AND I PRAY OVER OUR NURSES, OUR DOCTORS, THE HOSPITAL STAFF ON THE FRONT LINES, THOSE ADMINISTERING TESTS, LORD, OUR POLICEMEN, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, GOD, WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP THEM SAFE? AND LORD, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVE, LOVED ONES IN OUR CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD, PLEASE PROVIDE COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF THEIR GRIEVING AND BE VERY REAL TO THEM. 
          AND LORD, FOR THIS MEETING TODAY, I ASK FOR EFFICIENCY, FOR CLARITY, FOR UNITY, FOR ENCOURAGEMENT. 
          AND LORD, WOULD YOU GIVE THESE SERVANTS GREAT JOY TODAY? ALLOW THEM TO FOCUS ON THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU PROVIDED AND MAY TODAY BE A DAY WHEN THEY SENSE YOUR PRESENCE IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. 
          LORD, WE LOVE YOU. 
          WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES AND FOR YOUR SON JESUS. 
          AND IT'S IN HIS PRECIOUS AND HOLY NAME WE PRAY. 
          AMEN. 
          [2. Pledge of Allegiance]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR CRAFT OUR BEST OF YOUR FAMILY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL 
          [3. Approval of Minutes from the City Council Emergency Meeting of March 11, 2020.]
MOVE NOW TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM THE MEETING OF MARCH 11TH. 
          I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 11TH, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, AND JUST, UH, FOR THOSE WHO, UH, ARE VIEWING, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DO HAVE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE, UH, REMOTED INTO THE MEETING TODAY. 
          AND THAT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EXHIBITING SOCIAL DISTANCING HERE AND KEEPING PROPER SPACING, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WE DO HAVE ALL 11 MEMBERS PRESENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, 
          [Consent Agenda]
NOW WE'LL GO ON TO OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY. 
          WE HAVE ITEMS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS FROM WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX. 
          SO MOVE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
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THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX. 
          UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A FEW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS REMAINING ON CONSENT. 
          I'LL CALL THEM NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH DR. 
          LINDA CHERRY. 
          IS DR. 
          CHERRY HERE? OKAY. 
          LINDA BRYANT. 
          MS. BRYANT, AS YOU, UM, APPROACH, YOU CAN USE THAT, UH, MICROPHONE ON THE STAND THERE. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT. 
          UM, AND WE'LL SANITIZE IT AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, OF COURSE, MY NAME IS LINDA BROWN. 
          I'M WITH L AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND WHAT, UH, WAS ON THE AGENDA IS BASICALLY WHERE THE, UH, EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM IS TALKING ABOUT, UH, TAKING FUNDS FROM OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE DEAL WITH CHILDREN AGES, UM, SIX WEEKS TO 36 MONTHS OR THREE YEARS OLD. 
          UH, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT TWO CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE EIGHT CLASSROOMS THAT'S GOING WITH THEM. 
          THEY WANT TO TAKE OUT EIGHT OF THE TWO OF THE CLASSROOMS BECAUSE OF THE SIMPLE REASON BEING THAT WE WERE OUTTA RATIO FOR A FEW DAYS. 
          BUT NOW WE HAVE COME TO, UH, GET THE STAFF THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAVE TO MEET IS IN POINT. 
          AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE THAT EXTRA FUNDING THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE FROM US FOR, UM, THIS UPCOMING YEAR IN AUGUST 1ST. 
          AND LINDA CHERRY'S HERE AS WELL, BUT SHE STEPPED OUT FOR A MOMENT. 
          SHE'S SOMEWHERE AROUND AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT IT AS WELL. 
          BUT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MS. BRYANT. 
          BEVERLY WATTS, DAVIS, MS. DAVIS, UH, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          AND THEN I'LL, I'LL CALL UP DR. 
          CHERRY RIGHT AFTER YOU. 
          WOULD YOU MIND IF SHE WENT FIRST? UH, IS, ARE YOU DR. 
          CHERRY? I'M, COME ON UP AND THEN, UH, YOU'LL BE NEXT. 
          MS. DAVIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. 
          UH, I AM LINDA CHERRY AND I AM THE INTERIM C E O FOR, FOR THE, I WANNA SAY HISTORICAL, UH, ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          THAT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS OF SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THERE. 
          WE HAVE A SENIOR PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, BUT THE ONE THAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON IS THE EARLY HEAD START. 
          AND I ONLY KNOW I HAVE A FEW MINUTES, SO I'LL GO STRAIGHT THERE. 
          UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECOMMENDATION TO, IN AUGUST, DO SOME OF OUR KIDS, 16 KIDS TO BE SPECIFIC SO THAT WE WOULD BE NOT AT 64, BUT DOWN TO 48 YOUTH IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          THAT IS A WELL ESTABLISHED PROGRAM. 
          OUR PARENTS, IN FACT, SOME OF THE PARENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING THERE USED TO BE IN THAT EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          UH, WE, THEY LOOK TO US FOR STABILITY, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT WE MAY LOSE 16 OF THEM. 
          IT IS HIT US PRETTY HARD. 
          SO I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE STARTED A COM CAMPAIGN THERE TO BE, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN A PROGRAM OF QUALITY, BUT NOW WE WANT TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE WANT MORE KIDS, NOT LESS. 
          WE WANT MORE KIDS COMING THERE. 
          WE HAVE HIRED NEW EXPERIENCED, QUALIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE READY TO GO IN. 
          IF WE WOULD START HAVING CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM TODAY, THEY'RE READY TO COME IN. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO PUT UPON YOUR HEART TO RECONSIDER REDUCING OUR CHILDREN BY 16 AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WHAT WE ARE DOING. 
          NOT ONLY CONTINUE, BUT TO EMBELLISH TO ADD MORE CHILDREN TO THE EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          CHERRY. 
          BEVERLY WATS, DAVIS. 
          DAVIS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL, UH, SANITIZE THE MIC FIRST. 
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SO GOOD MORNING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          AND, AND MARY, I JUST HAVE TO FIRST START OFF TO SAY I LOOK FORWARD. 
          I, I STOP WATCHING THE NEWS. 
          YOU, THE BROADCAST, THE RON AND NELSON BROADCAST IS THE ONLY THING THAT I ACTUALLY GET HOME, GO HOME TO WATCH. 
          BUT I WANNA JUST THANK YOU ALL. 
          I SERVE ON A, A NUMBER OF NATIONAL COMMITTEES SURROUNDING THE VIRUS, AND IT JUST, I'M JUST SO PROUD OF THIS CITY AND YOU ALL'S LEADERSHIP. 
          I, I CAN'T TELL YOU. 
          IT'S, IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO, TO SEE WHAT REAL LEADERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO I WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK, BUT I, I AM HERE. 
          I ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO BE THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF ELLA AUSTIN COMMUNITY CENTER. 
          AND SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CITY AT ALL. 
          WHAT DR. 
          CHERRY SUMMED IT UP. 
          BUT I, I LITERALLY WANTED TO JUST SAY TO YOU ALL THAT IN THE 27 YEARS AT ELLA AUSTIN HAS BEEN THERE, THEY HAVE NEVER HAD NOT ONE INCIDENT FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF CHILDREN. 
          WE HAVE GONE, BEEN GONE THROUGH A GROWING PERIOD. 
          WE HAVE, WE HAVE ACTUALLY NEW LEADERSHIP. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND. 
          AND I, AND I WOULD ACTUALLY ASK AND OFFER, I'M A VERY GOOD GRANT WRITER AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS IN THE CITIES, BUT I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE EXPAND THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NEEDED, THE PEOPLE WE SERVE, ACTUALLY REALLY, THEY HAVE TO HAVE THIS WORK. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FOUNDATION I REPRESENT, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, WE'RE GOING TO FUND ELLA AUSTIN TO PROVIDE FREE CHILDCARE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TO WORK. 
          AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY PARENTS SITTING IN THERE, LITERALLY JUST IN TEARS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. 
          SO I, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO HAVE REALLY A DUE PROCESS MEETING WITH THE GROUP THAT MET, THAT CAME UP WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME OTHER AVENUES OR SOME OTHER THINGS, OR EVEN MAYBE LEVERAGE FUNDS THAT WE COULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT CAN NOT ONLY, EXCUSE ME, MOVE CHILDREN SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY ADD. 
          'CAUSE WE, THE PARENTS WHO HAD CALLED ME, WHICH IS WHY I'M ACTUALLY HERE AS A PARENT WHO CALLED ME, THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO MOVE. 
          WE'VE BEEN COMING TO ELLA AUSTIN. 
          WE DON'T WANNA BE SHIFTED AROUND. 
          JUST BECAUSE WE ARE POOR DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DON'T, WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR PROVIDER OF CHOICE. 
          AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I'M HERE, BECAUSE OF THE CALLS THAT I GOT. 
          SO I, I JUST ASK YOU ALL AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD RECONSIDER THAT, BUT ALSO TO LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO SINCE WE WANNA OFFER THE FREE CHILDCARE, IF THERE'S SOME, SOMETHING WE NEED TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS, WITH THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THAT SERVICE AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. DAVIS. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I'M, I'M SO GLAD TO SEE, UM, MS. BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS AND DR. 
          CHERRY, MS. BROWN, UH, THERE TO SPEAK UP FOR THIS. 
          UM, CAUSE I KNOW PRIOR TO, UM, HAVING THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT COMPLIANCE AND HOW THE KIDS WERE GONNA BE SHIFTED AROUND. 
          WE KNOW ELLA AUSTIN IS DEFINITELY A TRUE STAPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY DO ASSIST OUR YOUTH NOT ONLY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT DURING THE SUMMER. 
          SO WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUOUS WORK. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THIS, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW AT THIS TIME WE NEED OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE SOMEWHERE SAFE TO GO AS WELL. 
          AND DEFINITELY ASSISTING THOSE WHO ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF FIGHTING COVID NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR KIDS ARE GONNA BE IN A GOOD PLACE. 
          SO, UM, ANDY, IF YOU CAN, OUR MAYOR, IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND CITY MANAGER, WHERE WE CAN GO TO MAKE SURE THESE, UH, FUNDS ARE NOT, UH, TAKEN FROM A PROGRAM THAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. 
          MS. ME HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL NOW. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO AMEND THE MOTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO PULL THIS ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER IT INDIVIDUALLY. 
          YEAH, I THINK, UH, WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO IF YOU JUST, UH, MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION, WE CAN PULL THAT OFF THE AGENDA. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, I MOVE TO REMOVE ITEM 12 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE'LL TAKE UP THAT MOTION FIRST. 
          UH, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. 
          LET ME, LET'S SEE. 
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OKAY. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE SPEAKER QUEUE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT MOTION AS PRIMARY. 
          UH, SO THE MOTION IS WE'RE GONNA REMOVE, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          ITEM 12, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          SO WE WILL HEAR ITEMS 4, 5, 6, AND 12 FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, AND NOW LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE MAIN MOTION, WHICH IS THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAY FOR 4, 5, 6, AND 12. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, AND I KNOW, UH, FOLKS, WERE PROBABLY NOT HERE EXPECTING TO HEAR 12, UH, SO I BELIEVE THAT ONE WILL BE BRIEF. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD 
          [12. Ordinance approving the submission of an application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grant and acceptance upon award of up to $2,847,532.00, a budget including an in-kind grant match of $711,883.00, and revised personnel complements for the Head Start and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership programs. [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager; Melody Woosley, Director, Human Services]]
AND PULL UP ITEM 12 FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE, THE BIGGER PARTS OF OUR AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE THE CLERK READ ITEM 12, AND THEN MELODY ARE, IS THIS YOUR ITEM? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE CAPTION. 
          ITEM 12 IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE EARLY HEADSTART CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP GRANT AND ACCEPTANCE UPON AWARD OF UP TO $2,847,532 A BUDGET, INCLUDING AN IN-KIND GRANT MATCH OF $711,883. 
          AND REVISED PERSONNEL COMPLIMENT FOR THE HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, AND WE'LL GET A PRESENTATION FROM MELODY AND, UM, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 
          SURE. 
          THANKS, MELODY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE, UM, JUST TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW. 
          SO WE ARE RENEWING OUR EARLY HEAD START, UH, CHILDCARE PARTNERSHIP GRANT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS. 
          AND IT, WE, UH, CURRENTLY CONTRACT WITH SIX CHILDCARE CENTERS, NON-PROFIT CHILDCARE CENTERS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING ELLA AUSTIN. 
          ELLA AUSTIN IS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE ARE 62 SLOTS, 62 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THAT PROGRAM. 
          AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO REDUCE THAT BY 16, UH, CHILDREN. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE, UM, LIKE I SAID, 62, WE WOULD GO, WE WOULD REDUCE BY 16, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO TWO CLASSROOMS. THIS, UM, RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT IMPACT ELLA AUSTIN'S ABILITY TO ENROLL CHILDREN IN THEIR PROGRAM. 
          THEY ARE STILL A LICENSED CHILDCARE CENTER. 
          THEY ARE STILL A VENDOR FOR OUR CHILDCARE SUBSIDY PROGRAM AND WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO ENROLL CHILDREN IN THE SUBSIDY PROGRAM. 
          THE EARLY HEAD START PROGRAM IS A FEDERALLY GUIDED AND REGULATED PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH ELLA AUSTIN, UM, REALLY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE ON A NUMBER OF, UM, REGULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH. 
          AND SO THAT REALLY STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH A FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A, THE TEACHER CHILD STAFFING RATIO AND HEAD START. 
          YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOM AT ALL TIMES, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. 
          THE TURNOVER WITH THE TEACHERS HAS BEEN VERY HIGH, AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IN THE OTHER FIVE CHILDCARE CENTERS THAT WE WORK WITH. 
          UM, AND SO WE, UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE MET WITH ELLA AUSTIN, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE GUIDANCE THAT THEY NEEDED AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN. 
          WE ARE RECOMMENDING A REDUCTION RATHER THAN ELIMINATING ELLA AUSTIN AS ONE OF OUR PROVIDERS. 
          WE RECOGNIZE HOW VALUABLE ELLA AUSTIN IS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAVE A, UH, A PROGRAM LIKE THIS ON THE EAST SIDE. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT EIGHT OF THE SLOTS MOVE TO THE HEAL MURPHY CHILDCARE CENTER AND EIGHT OF THE SLOTS WOULD MOVE TO BLESSED SACRAMENT. 
          BOTH AGENCIES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT NEW SLOTS AND OPEN A NEW CLASSROOM, AND WE FEEL LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH HAVE DONE VERY WELL WITH THEIR PROGRAMS AND THIS WOULD BE A GOOD MOVE. 
          WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD HELP ELLA AUSTIN, UM, REDUCE THEIR, UH, 
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UH, RESPONSIBILITY AND FREE UP SOME CAPACITY SO THAT THEY COULD HIRE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT THEY NEED. 
          UH, WE, OUR MONITORING CONTINUED THROUGH, UH, LATE FEBRUARY INTO EARLY MARCH BEFORE THE, UM, THE NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE AGENCY THAT WE WOULD BE REDUCING THE CLASSROOM SIZE. 
          THE SECOND ISSUE REALLY IS THE FINANCIAL, UM, STATUS OF ELLA AUSTIN. 
          THEIR 2018 AUDIT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THEM CONTINUING TO BE A GOING CONCERN, UM, AND CONTINUING OPERATIONS AS AN AGENCY. 
          AND THEIR 2019 AUDIT HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED. 
          IT'S A NUMBER OF MONTHS LATE. 
          AND SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO, UH, LOOK AT TO KNOW IF THE AGENCY'S, UH, FINANCIAL STATUS HAS IMPROVED. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION MELODY. 
          UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE FLOOR NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          AND, UM, THE QUEUE WORKS IS NORMAL FOR THIS ITEM, SO THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I SURELY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MELODY. 
          WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF ELLA AUSTIN'S FINANCIALS WAS BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET INTO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR TO HELP THEM TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDENS. 
          MY MAJOR CONCERN IS, UM, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GO BACK TO SEE IF THEY ARE IN FULL COMPLIANCE NOW? BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT THEY HAVE THE TEACHERS IN PLACE TO HANDLE THE CASELOAD OF THE 64 KIDS AND, AND NOT HAVE A REDUCTION IN THE 16, UM, FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE. 
          SO I WANNA FIND OUT NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS PLACE AND WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES ARE REALLY NEEDING, UM, AFFORDABLE CARE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, WHERE ARE WE NOW TO WE CAN CONTINUE THIS, THIS, THIS RELATIONSHIP AS FAR AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND NOT CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE KIDS PULLED AND MOVED TO ANOTHER PLACE? I, AS RECENTLY AS FEBRUARY AND, UH, EARLY MARCH, THEY WERE, UM, OUT OF COMPLIANCE, FIVE CLASSROOMS OUT OF EIGHT, THE PROGRAM CLOSED THE HEAD START PROGRAM CLOSED FOR, UM, C OVID 19 REASONS. 
          AND REALLY, THERE'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MONITOR A CHILD TEACHER, UH, RATIO BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CHILDREN AT THE CENTER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A POSITION NOW OF NEEDING TO SUBMIT OUR GRANT RENEWAL APPLICATION AND RESPOND TO WHAT WE DO KNOW. 
          AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT, UH, RECENT MONITORING CONTINUED TO SHOW A PROGRAM OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND, UM, DIFFICULTY EVEN WITH ASSESSING THE CHILDREN AND MEETING HEAD START REQUIREMENTS ON BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, UM, UH, ASSESSMENTS, UH, THEIR DATA HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO USE. 
          AND SO, UM, THERE CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING ISSUES AND, UH, RIGHT NOW WE, WE CAN'T MONITOR BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOMS. OKAY. 
          SO, UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO CHILDREN IN THE CLASSROOMS, I'M SPEAKING FROM A BOARD STANDPOINT AS FAR AS THE EDUCATION ON HOW TO, UM, KEEP THOSE TEACHERS WHEN WE COME BACK INTO A STATUS WHERE THE CHILDREN CAN BE IN THE CLASSROOM OR WHAT EDUCATION IS BEING DONE WITH THE BOARD, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND GET THE DATA UP TO POINT THE WAY THAT YOU NEED IT. 
          RIGHT. 
          AS SOON AS, UM, THE CENTER IS OPEN, AGAIN, THE HEAD START PROGRAM IS OPEN AGAIN, WE WOULD BEGIN OUR REGULAR MONITORING. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF ONSITE AT ELLA AUSTIN. 
          UM, AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE QUITE FREQUENTLY HOW THE PROGRAM IS GOING AND, UH, WE'LL BEGIN THAT MONITORING, UM, THIS ACTION WOULD NOT IMPACT CURRENT, UH, CURRENTLY ENROLLED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. 
          THERE'S ATTRITION EVERY YEAR, UM, BEGINNING IN THE SCHOOL YEAR AS THE FOUR YEAR OR THE THREE YEAR OLDS MOVE TO FOUR YEAR OLD CLASSROOMS, UM, IN THE REGULAR HEAD START PROGRAM. 
          AND SO WE WOULD DO THIS BY ATTRITION RATHER THAN MOVING CHILDREN OR DISRUPTING FAMILIES. 
          UH, SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ELLA AUSTIN AND, AND IF THEY, UM, CAN MANAGE THEIR COMPLIANCE AND, UM, THE PROGRAM IS LOOKING GOOD AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT MORE EARLY HEAD STARTS INTO THE COMMUNITY, WE WOULD CERTAINLY CONSIDER, UM, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SLOTS. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW THOUGH, WE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HANDLE THE 62 SLOTS, AND SO WE'RE MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION. 
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OKAY. 
          SO AFTER THIS RECOMMENDATION IS, IS MADE, AND, UM, IF IT IS VOTED ON AND PASSES, UM, MY QUESTION IS HOW SOON WOULD YOU, ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, HOW SOON AND BE ABLE TO REGAIN, SO WE WOULD BEGIN MONITORING IMMEDIATELY AND YOU WERE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT, SO I'M NOT SURE I, I COMPLETE GOT YOUR FULL QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO GET BACK TO MONITOR, HOW SOON WOULD ELLA AUSTIN BE ABLE TO REGAIN THESE SLOTS? THAT WOULD DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO, UM, IDENTIFY AND RECEIVE MORE SLOTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT A OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE FOR US TO APPLY FOR MORE EARLY HEAD START SLOTS. 
          UM, BUT WHEN THERE IS, AND, AND EVERY TIME THERE IS, WE DO SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION. 
          AND SO, UM, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY CONSIDER ELLA AUSTIN FOR THOSE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF A TIMELINE ON, ON WHEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, I FOR CLARITY, UM, AS I JUST AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE. 
          SO YOU SAY THAT THERE ARE 68 CHILDREN, BUT THERE'S NO CHILDREN CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM. 
          COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? THE, UH, PROGRAM IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. 
          SO, UH, WHEN C OVID 19 CLOSURES STARTED, THE HEAD START PROGRAM WAS CLOSED AT ELLA AUSTIN. 
          BUT IS THERE CURRENTLY A CHILDCARE CENTER THAT'S OPEN? THE CENTER IS THERE, UM, BUT IT'S, THE HEAD START PROGRAM IS NOT OPERATING. 
          UH, BUT THERE'S, IS THE CHILDCARE CENTER IS THERE AND OPERATING THAT, ARE ANY OF THE CHILDCARE CENTER SLOTS, ARE CHILDREN GOING TO THE CENTER RIGHT NOW? NO. 
          NO. 
          SO THE WHOLE CENTER IS CLOSED CLOSE, SO THERE NO CHILDREN AT ALL AT THE CENTER. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I COULDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND IF THERE WAS CURRENTLY CHILDREN THERE OR NOT. 
          UM, AND SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT IF THERE'S NO CHILDREN THERE CURRENTLY, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO REDIRECT THEM TO THE INNER OTHER CENTERS. 
          ARE THOSE OTHER CENTERS OPEN CURRENTLY? NO, THE GRANT, UM, FISCAL YEAR BEGINS AUGUST 1ST. 
          SO WE'RE SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL NOW FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          AND IT WOULD BEGIN OFFICIALLY AUGUST 1ST, THIS NEW GRANT. 
          AND THAT'S, WE WOULD HAVE THE, WE WOULD TRANSFER THE SLOTS TO BEGIN AUGUST 1ST. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO CURRENTLY THERE'S NO, SO THIS IS, WE'RE VOTING ON AN ACTION THAT WILL BE TAKEN IN AUGUST? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THE, THE STATUS, UH, UM, THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHERE THERE WAS DEFICIENCIES WERE IN, WAS IN FEBRUARY AND, AND MARCH. 
          IT'S BEEN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SO REALLY STARTING IN, UM, AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THEY HAD A CONCERN YES. 
          WITH STAFFING. 
          YEAH, IT'S BEEN ONGOING, ONGOING FOR THE LAST YEAR OR ONGOING LAST, THE LAST FOR THE LAST YEAR AS WELL. 
          AND THE FINANCIAL CONCERNS HAVE BEEN ONGOING, UM, REALLY SINCE 2018. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, IS THERE AN A POTENTIAL TO DELAY? UM, I KNOW THAT JUST GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION, WE KNOW THAT KIDS WILL COME BACK TO SCHOOL. 
          PERHAPS THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT THAT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETRAIN, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE CHILDCARE CENTERS, UH, THAT WILL, UM, UH, VERY LIKELY BE ABLE TO FILL THAT POSITION WHEN THEY OPEN IN AUGUST. 
          AND SO I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A TIMELINE, BUT IS THERE A POTENTIAL TO DELAY THE TIMELINE SO THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFFING BEFORE AUGUST? IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LONG TIME TO ADDRESS A CONCERN IF IT, IF THE CONCERN IS PRIMARILY STAFFING, UM, IF THERE'S SOME CONCERNS ABOUT ONGOING FINANCIAL, UM, LIKE SOLVENCY MM-HMM. 
          EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE IN THAT SITUATION IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY. 
          UM, WELL, I, SO I, I GUESS THAT'S WHY IS THERE AN URGENCY TO MAKE THIS DECISION? CAN WE DELAY FOR SOME TIME TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, CORRECT THOSE, UM, IN, IN BEFORE THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION? WELL, THE URGENCY 
          [00:35:01]
NOW IS THAT THE APPLICATION IS DUE IN MAY, AND WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY IN THAT APPLICATION WHO OUR PROVIDERS ARE AND WHAT OUR, UM, IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS, INCLUDING WHERE THE, UH, CHILDREN ARE ATTENDING FOR APPROVAL BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE URGENCY RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THEN ALSO FOR THE OTHER, UM, PROVIDERS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO MOVE THE, THE SLOTS, THEY NEED TIME TO PREPARE THE CLASSROOMS AND HIRE THE TEACHERS, UM, TO BE READY FOR AUGUST 1ST. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PART IS, UM, AS I SAID, THIS IS A, THIS IS GOOD TIMING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DISRUPT, UH, CHILDREN IN THEIR PROGRAMS AND, AND FAMILIES, UM, BECAUSE WE'LL DO IT THROUGH ATTRITION. 
          SO BEFORE NEW CHILDREN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEW CHILDREN ENROLL AT ALL, AUSTIN, UNTIL WE MOVED THE PROGRAM. 
          THEY WOULD ENROLL AT THE NEW CENTERS. 
          UM, ISN'T IT TYPICAL THAT A LOT OF NEW TEACHERS ARE HIRED AROUND THIS TIME? PEOPLE SWITCH AND GET NEW JOBS AND, WELL, I, UM, EARLY HEAD START IS A FULL YEAR PROGRAM, SO IT, IT GOES ALL YEAR ROUND AND, AND THERE IS, UM, CONTINUING TEACHER RECRUITMENT, BUT THE TURNOVER WITH ELLA AUSTIN, UM, THEY, THEIR DIRECTOR LEFT. 
          UH, IT, IT'S JUST BEEN HIGHER THAN WE WOULD EVER EXPECT TO SEE, AND THEY SIMPLY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET HEAD START COMPLIANCE. 
          THE, THE OTHER URGENCY REALLY IS THAT, UM, HEAD START IS THE OFFICE OF HEAD START CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS WHAT'S GOING ON IN, UM, HEAD START PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR US NOT TO RESPOND TO THE AMOUNT OF MONITORING THAT WE'VE DONE AND, AND THE DOCUMENTATION OF, UM, NON-COMPLIANCES PUTS US IN A POSITION THAT COULD DAMAGE THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, QUICK QUESTION, MELODY, WITH ALL OF OUR, UM, THIS IS FEDERAL DOLLARS, CORRECT? YES. 
          AND SO, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH ALL OF THESE STIMULUS PACKAGES, ET CETERA, THAT WE CAN DRAW DOWN MORE DOLLARS FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THIS PROGRAM OR TO REIMBURSE SOME OF IT? SO IN FACT, UM, THERE ARE, UH, HEAD START SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS IN THE CARES ACT, RIGHT? THEY ARE FOR, UH, PROGRAMS TO OFFER SUMMER CLASSES YEAH. 
          UH, TO THEIR EXISTING, UM, NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND TO, UH, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES. 
          AND SO THERE, THERE, IT IS NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SLOTS THAT WE, AND THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO ALONG WITH OUR, UM, FUNDING AWARD EVERY YEAR WE HA WE RECEIVE THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT WE ARE TO SERVE. 
          AND SO THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT THE ABILITY TO HAVE SAVINGS ONE PLACE AND ADD MORE CHILDREN IN ANOTHER PLACE. 
          HEAD START MANDATES THE NUMBER THAT WE SERVE. 
          SO WE HAVE THE NUMBER THAT WE SERVE. 
          YES. 
          BUT YOU ARE RECOMMENDING CHANGES OF WHERE TO HAVE THESE SLOTS? YES. 
          BECAUSE OF, UM, BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, COMPLIANCE ISSUES? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE, UM, COMING FROM NOW, BUT THAT, WHERE IN THE FUTURE CAN WE ADD THESE SLOTS BACK TO ELLA AUSTIN? SO THE OFFICE OF HEAD START OCCASIONALLY RELEASES, UM, UH, RFPS FOR ADDITIONAL SLOTS, AND WHEN THEY DO THAT IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE WILL APPLY FOR THEM. 
          WE'VE BEEN, WE HAVE 216 EARLY HEAD START SLOTS AND 3000 HEAD START SLOTS, AND WE HAVE BEEN, UH, ADDING TO THE, UM, OR TRYING TO ADD THE NUMBER OF, UM, EARLY HEAD START SLOTS EVERY CHANCE WE GET. 
          AND SO THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY WE WOULD TAKE. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UM, I THINK CLARIFYING THIS MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          MAYOR, DO WE NEED A MOTION? UH, YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION JUST YET. 
          UM, YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR, UH, IF YOU'RE YIELDING THE FLOOR, I DO THINK WE HAVE SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK. 
          I'LL. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? SURE. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU MELODY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, 
          [00:40:01]
I THINK, UH, SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT I, UH, IN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE THAT WE PUSH THIS ITEM TO OUR NEXT AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE 30TH. 
          THE 30TH. 
          DOES THAT STILL GIVE US TIME TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, I MOVE TO, UH, I GUESS POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE APRIL 30TH COUNCIL AGENDA. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UH, POSTPONING THE ITEM UNTIL THE FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THAT'S APRIL 2ND, OR I'M SORRY, APRIL 30TH. 
          APRIL 30TH, I'M SORRY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, THERE ARE NO OTHER, UH, SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THAT MAIN MOTION. 
          YOU, YOU HAVE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK. 
          UM, AND, AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO WE GOTTA WE GOTTA COMPLETE THAT NOW. 
          UM, ONE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          YES. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M GONNA RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN JUST FOR A SECOND. 
          AND DR. 
          CHERRY, IF SHE, UH, ASKS YOU TO COME SPEAK AND SHE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. 
          DOC, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UM, ALL OF THE MEMBERS FROM ELLA AUSTIN THAT STEPPED UP. 
          AND I KNOW DR. 
          CHERRY HAD A FEW WORDS TO CONCLUDE THIS CONVERSATION, SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE HER A FEW MOMENTS. 
          PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME AGAIN, AND WITH RESPECT TO YOUR TIME, I'LL JUST BE HERE ONE MINUTE. 
          I JUST WANTED TO, LISTENING TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD AND RESPECTING, UH, MS. UH, WOOSLEY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES, WE HAD BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE AS, UH, WHAT I MEAN BY OUTTA COMPLIANCE IS THAT WE HAD ONE OR TWO TEACHERS WITH EIGHT CHILDREN. 
          THE STATE SAYS ONE CHILD IS OKAY. 
          THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES SAY WE MUST HAVE TWO. 
          WE HAVE, SINCE I'VE COME ABOARD IN JANUARY, ONE HIRED ALL THE TEACHERS, MS. WOOSLEY TO PUT US IN COMPLIANCE. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY CHALLENGE THE CITY TO COME TO ELLA AND CHECK OUR NEW STAFF. 
          WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE NOW. 
          WE CAN HAVE TWO, TWO TEACHERS IN EVERY CLASSROOM. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU DR. 
          CHERRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, AND MELODY, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH YOU OVER THE NEXT WEEK TO GET SOME CLARITY ON THIS ISSUE SO WE CAN COME BACK PREPARED FOR NEXT WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, 
          [4. Briefing on the City's response and preparedness on COVID 19]
WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE OTHER ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA IN ORDER, UH, WE'LL START WITH ITEM FOUR. 
          ITEM FOUR IS A BRIEFING ON THE CITY'S RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS FOR C OVID 19. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UH, SHOULD I START, OR I'M SORRY, JEFF. 
          SORRY, MAYOR. 
          YEAH, WE DO HAVE TWO ITEMS, UH, TWO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD, JEFF , WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE PRESENTATION FIRST AND THEN I'LL CALL THOSE CITIZENS UP AFTER THAT. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, UH, JEFF COYLE WITH THE GOVERNMENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT, UH, AND IF THERE IS ANY, UH, GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD HOW IMPORTANT, UH, CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE INFORMATION IS TO THE PUBLIC DURING A CRISIS, IT'S THIS CITY COUNCIL. 
          I WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED. 
          YOU'VE HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS FROM THE BEGINNING. 
          YOU'VE HELPED US EXTEND OUR REACH THROUGH YOUR NETWORKS. 
          UH, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SUMMARIZE OUR ACTIVITIES, UH, FOR YOU HERE THIS MORNING. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, UM, THERE'S A PREEXISTING STRUCTURE DURING ANY CRISIS, UH, THAT WE HAVE, UH, CALLED A JOINT INFORMATION SYSTEM, UH, IN, IN A JOINT INFORMATION CENTER. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A FEMA, UH, RECOMMENDED STRUCTURE THAT IS ACTIVATED WHENEVER THE E O C IS ACTIVATED. 
          AND SO, BEGINNING FROM THAT 
          [00:45:01]
ACTIVATION ON MARCH 12TH, UH, ALL OF THE COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO, UH, C OVID 19 HAVE BEEN FLOWING THROUGH THIS JOINT INFORMATION CENTER. 
          NOW, DURING A HURRICANE OR A TORNADO, UH, WE MIGHT INVOLVE C P S ENERGY FOLKS IN THERE, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, UH, IT, IT ALL, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE JIC, AS WE CALL IT, UH, DEPENDS ON THE CRISIS ITSELF. 
          IN THIS CASE, UH, IT'S BEEN PRIMARILY CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, UH, ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. GO AHEAD, DAVID AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT OUR, OUR TEAM HERE, UH, TO MAKE A COUPLE OF POINTS. 
          NUMBER ONE, WE'VE ALL, UH, GOT VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS, UH, STARTING WITH MY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LAURA, WHO HAS JUST BEEN, UH, AS UNFLAPPABLE AS EVER THROUGH ALL OF THIS. 
          UH, MICHELLE V. HILL METRO HEALTH'S PR PERSON WHO HAS TAKEN ON JUST AN ENORMOUS ROLE. 
          UH, SONYA GONZALEZ, HER COLLEAGUE, HAS BEEN DOING ALL OF OUR PAID ADVERTISING, OUR DATA POSTING, UH, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT, UM, I WANNA POINT OUT A FEW THINGS. 
          AARON NICHOLS FROM, WE'VE BORROWED A FEW PIOS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND SO AARON NICHOLS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          JAVIER FLORES HAS BEEN OUR LIAISON TO THE HOTLINE 3 1 1, SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE IN RESPONSE TO THINGS THAT CALL TAKERS ARE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, UH, CONNIE SWAN AND PARKS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, ALL THE ISSUES RELATED TO PARKS AND TRAIL ETIQUETTE, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          THIS TEAM HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING. 
          UH, SOME OF THEM I'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE, OTHERS I HADN'T VERY CLOSELY. 
          AND I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW HARD THEY'VE ALL WORKED, HOW FLEXIBLE AND CREATIVE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, GOING ON, UH, TWO MONTHS NOW, ROUGHLY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THEM GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE FOR THE HARD WORK THEY'VE DONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, OUR, OUR COMMUNICATIONS EFFORT, UH, FALLS UNDER A A SIX PILLAR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE MAIN OBJECTIVES, MAIN STRATEGIES OF OUR EFFORT. 
          NUMBER ONE WAS TO GENERATE A STEADY DRUMBEAT OF CONTENT, UH, A REGULAR CADENCE OF INFORMATION TO MEET THE BOTH THE MEDIA'S NEEDS AND THE PUBLIC'S NEEDS. 
          SECOND, TO STEER THE PUBLIC TO, UH, CENTRAL REPOSITORIES OF INFORMATION, TWO PLACES, IN THIS CASE, THE WEBSITE BEING THE PRIMARY ONE. 
          AND FOR THOSE WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS, THE HOTLINE BEING THE SECONDARY REPOSITORY. 
          UH, THE THIRD, AND THIS IS THE BIG ONE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES, IS REACHING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGH TARGETED OUTREACH. 
          FOURTH IS UTILIZING DATA TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE, THE OUTBREAK. 
          UH, I'VE TALKED TO MY TEAM A FEW TIMES ABOUT HOW DURING A HURRICANE, THERE ARE COUNTLESS STORIES FOR THE MEDIA TO GO OUT AND FIND. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, ALMOST ALL OF IT IS DATA DRIVEN. 
          AND THE, THE, THE HUNGER FOR MORE DATA, UH, HAS BEEN NOTICEABLE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, THE FIFTH ITEM IS TO, UH, DISTRIBUTE CONTENT THAT IS USABLE BY OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO BE ABLE TO REACH ALL OF THEIR NETWORKS. 
          AND THEN THE SIXTH PILLAR IS TO UTILIZE OUR FULL SUITE OF COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS. 
          SO IF WE'RE NOT REACHING YOU ONE WAY, WE'RE REACHING YOU ANOTHER WAY, HOPEFULLY MULTIPLE WAYS WITH THE SAME MESSAGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE, UH, BRIEFLY AND SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME ON THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
          NUMBER ONE, THE, THE STEADY DRUMBEAT OF CONTENT. 
          THE FOUNDATION OF THAT HAS BEEN THE MAYOR AND JUDGE, UH, DAILY BRIEFINGS. 
          UH, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC HAVE COME TO RELY ON THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY AT SIX 13, THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE SITUATION, UH, AS WELL AS SOME KEY MESSAGES, UH, BASED ON WHATEVER, UH, PARTICULAR ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH AT THE TIME. 
          THE, THE MEDIA HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER TO US IN THIS. 
          THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING AND AGREED THAT THEY WOULD ALL TAKE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AT SIX 13 IN THEIR NEWSCASTS. 
          UH, THEY'RE USING OUR POOL FEED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SEND A HALF DOZEN CAMERAS TO THE STUDIO EACH DAY. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A GOOD PARTNERSHIP, UH, BETWEEN BOTH SIDES. 
          SECONDLY, WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHEN, WHEN NEEDED, UH, PRESS EVENTS, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND AGAIN, THE MEDIA HAS WORKED TOGETHER. 
          ALL THE NEWS DIRECTORS ARE TALKING NEARLY DAILY AND AGREEING TO SHARE CAMERAS SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, UH, COMMUNICATE ALL OF THIS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, AND, AND OF COURSE, WE PUT OUT PRESS RELEASES, UH, AS CONSISTENTLY AS WE CAN. 
          UH, THIS I, THIS EXAMPLE IS, IS WHEN ONE OF, WITH THE EMERGENCY ORDER REVISIONS, UH, WAS ANNOUNCED. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYORS TYPICALLY ANNOUNCED THOSE DURING THE SIX 13 BRIEFING. 
          SO WE WILL THEN FOLLOW UP WITH A PRESS RELEASE THAT HAS ALL THE DETAILS FOR THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC, AND THEN LAUNCH ALL THE OTHER SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIDEOS AND SO FORTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, WE'RE 
          [00:50:01]
ALSO PRE-PACKAGING VIDEO. 
          UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE MEDIA TYPICALLY MIGHT NOT USE DURING A REGULAR, UH, PERIOD OF TIME, BUT DURING THIS SITUATION WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEND, UH, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS AND REPORTERS OUT, UH, AND ALL OVER THE COMMUNITY, THEY'VE BEEN WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO TAKE CONTENT THAT WE GO AND SHOOT FOR THEM. 
          UH, SO WE'VE, WE'VE DONE INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF OUR KEY FOLKS AND, AND, AND PUT THAT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE'VE GONE ALONG WITH THE, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH TEAMS AND, AND CAPTURED FOOTAGE THAT WE COULD SHARE WITH THE MEDIA THAT WAY. 
          SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT DRUMBEAT GOING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO THE SECOND STRATEGY IS STEERING THE PUBLIC TO THE CENTRAL REPOSITORIES OF INFORMATION, THE WEBSITE BEING THE MAIN ONE. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU GO TO THE SITE, YOU CLICK IN THAT COVID BOX, AND THEN THAT TAKES YOU TO THE PAGE ON THE RIGHT THAT HAS ALL THE TABS OF VARIOUS INFORMATION. 
          I'M PROUD TO SAY AND JUST LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT THE CLICK ON THAT C OVID PAGE HAS GENERATED 1.9 MILLION CLICKS SINCE WE STARTED THIS IN MARCH. 
          THAT IS FAR AND AWAY THE MOST, UH, VISITS EVER TO ANY ONE OF THE CITY'S 10,000 WEBPAGES. 
          UH, SO IT HAS WORKED. 
          PEOPLE ARE GOING THERE AND WE'RE BUILDING TO IT AND ADDING TO IT. 
          UH, ANY CHANCE WE GET, UH, YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, OF COURSE, THAT IT'S AVAILABLE, ALL OF IT IN SPANISH AS WELL. 
          GO AHEAD, DAVID. 
          MOST OF OUR DIGITAL, BUT MOST OF OUR, UM, UH, PACKAGED, UH, COLLATERAL, OUR, OUR OUTREACH ADVERTISING GRAPHICS AND SO FORTH, IS STEERING PEOPLE BACK TO THOSE TWO PLACES, TO THE WEBSITE AND TO THE HOTLINE. 
          AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS KEEP, UM, KEEP FRESH INFORMATION ON THE SITE AND NOT HAVE FLYERS AND THINGS THAT WE PRODUCE BECOME DATED IMMEDIATELY. 
          THIS THING HAS MOVED SO QUICKLY. 
          THINGS HAVE CHANGED FROM DAY TO DAY. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF OUR ADVERTISING IS GOING TO THOSE CENTRAL REPOSITORIES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, WE HAVE YARD SIGNS THAT WE'VE DISTRIBUTED, UH, TO, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE CITY. 
          I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN VERAN JUST GOT A A A STASH OF THEM YESTERDAY. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM. 
          AND, AND BEFORE YOU THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S LATE IN THE GAME FOR THAT, IT REALLY ISN'T. 
          THIS IS THE TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO URGE PEOPLE NOT TO GIVE UP ON THE STAY HOME ORDINANCE OR ORDER AND, AND, AND START GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN SPREAD THAT MESSAGE, THE BETTER. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, THE WEBSITE AND THE HOTLINE ON THERE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SAME WITH OUR DIGITAL BILLBOARDS. 
          INSTEAD OF HAVING MESSAGES THAT WERE DATED WITHIN 48 HOURS, THEY REDIRECT FOLKS TO THE MAIN REPOSITORIES. 
          I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. 
          THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF THE INFORMAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAD COMMUNICATIONS IDEAS EARLY ON. 
          AND I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA REACHED OUT TO CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, AND THEY AGREED TO RUN THESE FOR US AND HAVE BEEN RUNNING THEM THROUGHOUT THIS NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, ANOTHER IDEA THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS WERE THE DOOR HANGERS. 
          AND TO DATE, WE'VE DISTRIBUTED 70,000 DOOR HANGERS, UH, PRIMARILY IN VULNERABLE ZIP CODES USING THE EQUITY, UH, UH, SCALE THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY. 
          UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH SAWS AND C P S ON, UH, FLYERS AND INSERTS IN THEIR BILLS. 
          THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY BILL ON THE RIGHT, YOU WON'T SEE THE BILL AMOUNT, BUT, UH, YOU WILL SEE THE FLYER THAT CAME WITH THE ENVELOPE, AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR TO OUR PARTNERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT HAS BEEN A PLACE FOR US TO, TO, TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO BE TIMELY AND CHANGE THE MESSAGES DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS AT THE TIME. 
          SO WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS. 
          HERE'S ONE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ALL REALLY WANT TO DO, WHICH IS GO OUTSIDE AND BE AROUND EACH OTHER AGAIN. 
          BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS TO STAY ISOLATED AND, AND STAY HOME. 
          UM, WE'VE DONE CAMPAIGNS ON FACE COVERINGS, ON THE VARIOUS ORDERS, UH, DEFINING YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY, UH, I'M SORRY, YOUR EXTENDED FAMILY VERSUS YOUR HOUSEHOLD. 
          THERE WERE GREAT CONCERNS LEADING INTO EASTER THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, MY HOUSEHOLD IS ALL OF MY COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS, SO LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER. 
          AND SO WE HAD A CAMPAIGN BUILT AROUND THAT. 
          WE'VE, UH, PUT CONTENT OUT ABOUT, UH, RESOURCES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, ASSISTANCE TO RESIDENTS, UH, TRAIL ETIQUETTE. 
          UH, AND OUR NUMBERS SIMILAR TO THE WEBSITE ARE THROUGH THE ROOF. 
          WE'VE GOT MORE THAN A HALF MILLION FOLLOWERS ACROSS ALL OF THE, ALL FOUR OF THE CITY'S MAIN SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. 
          UH, OUR AVERAGE MONTHLY REACH, UH, IS NORTH OF 4 MILLION. 
          UH, MEANING PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THIS SOMEWHERE ON THE FEED AND, AND WERE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OH, THIS WAS THE ONE I MENTIONED ABOUT HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY, NOT, NOT BEING THE SAME THING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. 
          THE, THE LIGHT BLUE ON THE MAP REALLY IS MEANT 
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TO SHOW THAT, UH, ALL AREAS OF THE CITY ARE GETTING A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATION, OUR, OUR TV AND RADIO ADVERTISEMENTS, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR DIGITAL ADS, UH, REALLY TOUCH EVERY PART OF IT. 
          WE DO GEOGRAPHICALLY TARGET CERTAIN MESSAGES, UH, OR, UM, INCREASE OUR, OUR FREQ, OUR REACH IN A PARTICULAR AREA BASED ON THE NEEDS. 
          WE ARE DOING SOME PAID, UH, SPONSORSHIP OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO ENSURE THAT. 
          BUT THEN THE, UH, THE RED SPOTS RIGHT THERE ARE THE CLEAR CHANNEL BILLBOARDS, UH, THAT THEY'VE PUT UP. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE THEM ON CITY, UH, MARQUEES AND SIGNS AND SO FORTH. 
          ALSO, YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE ONE AT THE ALAMO DOME, RIGHT ON 37 SOUTH. 
          UH, THE YELLOW ARE THE ZIP CODES TO DATE THAT METRO HEALTH'S, UM, MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PREVENTION TEAMS, UH, HAVE, HAVE BEEN OUT, UH, KNOCKING ON DOORS AND, AND, UH, TALKING TO BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, TELEMUNDO AND UNIVISION HAVE BEEN REALLY OUTSTANDING PARTNERS TO US. 
          BOTH OF THEM LAST WEEK DID, UH, SPECIALS ON THEIR SHOWS. 
          UH, ONE OF 'EM WAS FROM FOUR O'CLOCK, FOUR TO SIX O'CLOCK, AND THE OTHER WAS ESSENTIALLY ALL DAY. 
          UH, ONE OF THEM AT OUR E O C DOING CUT-INS, TALKING TO VARIOUS PROFESSIONALS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, WHAT THEY'RE HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, THE OTHER WAS AT OUR CALL CENTER, UH, OUR HOTLINE, UH, TALKING ABOUT WHAT RESIDENTS ARE CALLING IN ABOUT. 
          TELEMUNDO HAS JUST AGREED ACTUALLY THROUGH SOMETHING THAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S, UH, STAFFER VICTOR LANDA CAME UP WITH, WHICH IS A, UH, REGULAR CRAWL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. 
          TELEMUNDO'S GONNA START, UH, RUNNING MESSAGES ON THE SCREEN, WHATEVER PROGRAMMING IS ON, AND THEY'VE, UH, ASKED US TO HELP CONTRIBUTE CONTENT FOR THAT. 
          SO, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF THE UNIVISION, UH, SPECIAL KEEP GOING. 
          UH, ANOTHER SORT OF TARGET AUDIENCE THAT WE HAVE, UH, FOCUSED ON OUR KIDS AND, AND PARENTS OF KIDS DURING THIS TIME. 
          SO THE MAYOR DID A CHILDREN'S TOWN HALL, UH, WITH, UH, JUDGE LU ELENA CHOPPA, AND THEY HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING KIDS AT HOME RIGHT NOW, KEEPING THEM OCCUPIED, KEEPING THEM ENGAGED IN SCHOOL. 
          UH, YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES. 
          UH, AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE MAYOR AND, AND FOR THE JUDGE FOR DOING THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE'VE DONE, UH, SEVERAL SCHOOL, DISTRICT TOWN HALL, SORT OF, UH, IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH SUPERINTENDENTS SO FAR WITH SAN ANTONIO, I S D, AND NORTHEAST I S D. 
          AND WE HAVE HARLANDALE AND JUDSONS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE OUR REACH TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE, THE DISTRICTS GET MESSAGES OUT TO THEIR, UM, THEIR CONSTITUENTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS IS, UH, BEING TRANSLATED AND INTERPRETED. 
          OUR INTERPRETERS ARE HERE, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE FOR OUR MEETINGS. 
          OUR, UH, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS HAVE BEEN AT EVERY, UH, EVENT WE'VE HAD, INCLUDING THE DAILY BRIEFINGS FROM THE MAYOR AND JUDGE. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BOX ON THE BOTTOM, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NOTICED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IF YOU CLICK ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER, THERE IS A LITTLE BOX, I BELIEVE SAYS LANGUAGES. 
          UM, AND THERE ARE NOW 108 LANGUAGES THAT OUR WEBSITE CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO. 
          THIS IS THROUGH GOOGLE TRANSLATE. 
          IT'S NOT PERFECT. 
          ANYBODY WHO'S USED GOOGLE TRANSLATE KNOWS THAT IT CAN CREATE SOME FUNNY TRANSLATIONS, BUT IT WAS THE BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO CAPTURE THE WIDEST RANGE OF LANGUAGES AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET INFORMATION. 
          WE'VE HAD PEOPLE TEST A NUMBER OF THE LANGUAGES AND HAVE COME BACK AND SAID, YEAH, THERE'S SOME QUIRKS IN THERE, BUT IT, I'M, I'M ABLE TO GET THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, THE NEXT, UH, PILLAR WAS UTILIZING DATA, AND I HAVE TO CREDIT, UH, CRAIG HOPKINS AND THE IT TEAM FOR JUST AN OUTSTANDING, UH, DASHBOARD DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT KEEPS GROWING BY THE DAY, SO THAT'S AN EASY PLACE TO SEE A LOT OF DATA VISUALIZED ON THE WEBSITE. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DAVID, WE'RE ALSO JUST PRESENTING BASIC TABLES, UH, ON, ON THE PAGE THAT YOU GO TO WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE COVID BOX. 
          UH, AND THIS HAS GROWN WEEK AFTER WEEK AFTER WEEK. 
          WE ACTUALLY, EARLY ON, WE WERE GETTING SO MANY REQUESTS FROM MEDIA, UNDERSTANDABLY, FOR DATA, AND THEY WERE ALL DIFFERENT REQUESTS. 
          AND, AND WE WERE HAVING TO STOP OUR METRO HEALTH PEOPLE FROM, FROM RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, CALCULATE NUMBERS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE GOT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE MEDIA, UH, OF, OF PRINT, RADIO, TELEVISION, EVERYONE DIGITAL, AND ASKED THEM TO, UH, TAKE A SURVEY AND TELL US WHAT DATA SETS WERE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM. 
          AND THEN WE FOCUSED ON GETTING THOSE PROVIDED. 
          AND SO WHAT WE, WHAT YOU SEE TODAY IS ESSENTIALLY THE CULMINATION OF A CONVERSATION WITH MEDIA ABOUT WHAT SORTS OF THINGS WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE TO THEM IN THEIR REPORTING. 
          AND I THINK THE SAME COULD BE SAID ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE'RE, UM, DISTRIBUTING EVERYTHING WE PRODUCE TO AS MANY OF OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, YOU ALL KNOW YOU'VE GOTTEN OUR, 
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OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA LIBRARIES AND, AND, UH, ADVERTISEMENTS AND THINGS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT. 
          UH, COUNTIES DOING THE SAME THING. 
          WE'RE WORKING IN LOCKSTEP WITH THEM. 
          WE SEND EVERYTHING TO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DELEGATIONS, TO THE MILITARY, TO THE CHAMBER GROUPS, TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          OUR FAITH-BASED LIAISON IS, IS DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION TO, UH, THE FAITH COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, SO WE'RE USING ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, NETWORKS TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO AMPLIFY OUR VOICE, UH, AND OUR MESSAGES TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, WHEN THE, UH, MASK ORDER, UH, WENT INTO, UM, EFFECT LAST WEEK, UH, THE, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, REACHED OUT TO ME LATE ONE NIGHT AND SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO HELP ALL OF OUR RETAILERS, THEY'RE GONNA BE THE ONES WHO ARE GONNA HAVE CUSTOMERS WALKING IN, MAYBE NOT WEARING MASKS. 
          WE DON'T WANNA PUT, UH, GROCERY STORES IN THE POSITION OF HAVING TO POLICE THEIR OWN CUSTOMERS. 
          SO WE PRODUCE SIGNAGE, UH, THAT NIGHT, AND, UH, CREDIT TO AARON NICHOLS FOR A REALLY QUICK TURNAROUND, AND WE PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE FOR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. 
          SO, ANY BUSINESS NOW, UH, WHO WANTS TO USE THE SIGN? THANKS TO ERIC'S IDEA, UH, CAN DOWNLOAD IT FROM THE WEBSITE, PRINT IT OUT. 
          THIS WAS AT THE DOWNTOWN H E B, JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM US HERE. 
          UH, WE HAVE 'EM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND WE HAVE THEM BOTH CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE FOCUSED FOR BREAK ROOMS AND, AND BACK OFFICES, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST PILLAR IS TO UTILIZE OUR WHOLE SUITE OF COMMUNICATIONS. 
          WE DO THIS FOR MOST OF OUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK, BUT PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, OUR WEBSITE, OUR ALL COSA EMAILS. 
          OUR T V S A TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE 7000% INCREASES IN OUR VIDEO VIEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS, THEY'RE PRODUCING A LOT OF CONTENT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OUT TO PEOPLE. 
          AND OF COURSE, FEEDING ALL OF OUR LIVE EVENTS OUT, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BE PICKED UP BY OTHER OUTLETS AND, AND SEEN AT HOME. 
          UH, NEXT DOOR IS A TREMENDOUS RESOURCE TO US. 
          UH, IN FACT, OF ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, WE'VE GOT THE LARGEST, UH, NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS AND ENGAGEMENT ON NEXTDOOR. 
          SO WE REGULARLY USE THAT. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE READY SOUTH TEXAS APP, WHICH WILL PUSH INFORMATION OUT TO YOU WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, JUST TWO QUICK SLIDES TO WRAP IT UP HERE. 
          OF COURSE, WE, WE ADAPT THE MESSAGE FOR THE CHANNEL. 
          I TOUCHED ON THAT EARLIER. 
          UH, YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, THE, UH, THE TEXT, UH, THE TEXT THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU SIGN UP FOR COSA GOV TEXTING. 
          WE HAD 1800, 1400 PEOPLE RECEIVING THOSE TEXTS BEFORE THIS CRISIS, AND WE'RE UP NORTH OF 18,000 NOW. 
          SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HEARD YOUR MESSAGES, MAYOR, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DOWNLOAD OR, OR TEXT US. 
          SO YOU CAN GET REGULAR THINGS. 
          AND WHAT WE'LL OFTEN DO IS JUST PUSH SOMETHING OUT THAT SAYS, HEY, THERE'S A NEW ORDER, OR THERE'S A NEW RELEASE, AND THEN YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND GO TO IT TO FIND ALL THE INFORMATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, DAVID. 
          UH, AND THEN WE HAVE A RAPID RESPONSE EFFORT GOING AS WELL. 
          UH, KELLY SAUNDERS IN OUR, UH, CENTER CITY DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN LEADING THAT EFFORT ANSWERING QUESTIONS. 
          IT COMES ACROSS AS JUST CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO NOBODY KNOWS KELLY'S THE WIZARD BEHIND THE CURTAIN, BUT, BUT OUR TEAM IS MAKING SURE TO, TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY COME IN AND, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARIA, AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TODAY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE WEEKLY PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MAKING TO THE COUNCIL TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON THE CITY'S BUDGET, AS WELL AS THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE INCURRED AND AN EMER IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
          SO TODAY, UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. 
          THIS IS A FOLLOW UP, A COUPLE OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTED, UH, THAT WE WORK WITH OUR UTILITIES TO, UH, ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19. 
          SO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, BANGOR, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BOTH C P S AND SAUCE, UH, TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTIONS. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TODAY. 
          UH, WE ALSO GONNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON RESTRICTED FUNDS, AND THOSE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE RESTRICTED FOR EITHER, UH, CITY ORDINANCE, UH, FEDERAL LAW, OR STATE LAW. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR EMERGENCY RESPOND EXPENSES, UH, SO FAR. 
          SO LET ME BEGIN WITH OUR C P SS PAYMENT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, OUR C P S PAYMENT, UH, REFLECTS 14% GROSS, UH, AND, UH, UH, REVENUE PAYMENT FROM THE UTILITY TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 
          THIS REPRESENTS ROUGHLY ABOUT 30% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST OPERATING, UH, FUND OF THE CITY. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, ACTUAL, 
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UH, COLLECTIONS FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, UH, THE TABLE BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE THE BUDGET, THE PROJECTION, AND THEN THE VARIANCE. 
          SO FOR THE FIRST, UH, SEVEN, SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE, UH, RECEIVE, UH, ACTUAL COLLECTIONS, $6.2 MILLION BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT. 
          THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE MILE WEATHER THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, AS I MENTIONED, WORKING WITH C P S AND TRYING TO ESTIMATE THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19 ON SALES USAGE AND ALSO ON BAD DEBT EXPENSE, MEANING THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE GONNA BE WRITTEN OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR DUE TO A NON-PAYMENT BY SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          SO BASED ON THIS TWO, UH, ASSUMPTIONS, OUR PROJECTIONS FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER IS THAT OUR REVENUES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE DOWN ROUGHLY ABOUT $8.4 MILLION. 
          SO IN TOTAL, THIS REVENUE SOURCE IS ANTICIPATED TO BE DOWN, UH, CLOSE TO $15 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, 2020. 
          WE HAVE NOT STARTED PROJECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          AS WE BEGIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, UH, FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST, WE WILL BE WORKING AGAIN WITH C P S TO MAKE THOSE PROJECTIONS. 
          OUR NEXT REVENUE SOURCE IS SOURCE SAUCE, AND, UH, IN, IN THE SAME METHODOLOGY THAT WE USE FOR C P S, UM, OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH, UH, THE UTILITY TO ESTIMATE THE POTENTIAL POTENTIAL IMPACT OF C OVID 19. 
          SO, UH, THIS TABLE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE FOR C P S. 
          UH, FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH, UH, WE HAVE COLLECTED $14.4 MILLION, AND, UH, THAT IS ABOUT $700,000 AHEAD OF THE BUDGET. 
          FROM APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, WE'RE ESTIMATING A LOSS IN REVENUE OF ABOUT $1.3 MILLION. 
          AND THIS IS, AGAIN, DUE TO, UH, AN ESTIMATED REDUCED USAGE ON, ON WATER AND ALSO INCREASE IN BAD DEBT EXPENSE, UH, DUE TO C OVID 19. 
          SO OVERALL, WE ANTICIPATE THIS REVENUE SOURCE TO BE ROUGHLY ABOUT $600,000 BELOW BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS AND, AND THIS PIE CHART REPRESENTS THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY'S $2.9 BILLION BUDGET. 
          YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART, WE HAVE OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PARKING, SOLID WASTE, MARKET SQUARE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, INCLUDING OUR ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION, UH, DISTRICT, THIS SALES TAX REVENUE THAT ARE DEDICATED TO THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND THE LINEAR CREEK WASTE. 
          OUR STRONGWATER OPERATIONS, OUR STRONGWATER REGIONAL FACILITIES HOTEL, UH, OCCUPANCY TAX, THE ALAMO DOME, THE CONVENTION CENTER, ARE INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE CATEGORY. 
          ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE RESTRICTED FUNDS IS OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT, AND THIS REPRESENTS THE PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE FOR DEBT THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED, UH, RELATED TO OUR BOND PROGRAMS UNDER THE GENERAL FUND, AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION, STORMWATER, THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, EXPANSION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A CATEGORY FOR GRANTS. 
          AND, UH, THIS CATEGORY REFLECTS PRIMARILY THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE GET ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. 
          UM, SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE IS OUR HEADSTART PROGRAM, OUR CHILDCARE SERVICES, UH, GRANT, OUR C D B G GRANTS, OUR HOME GRANTS, THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A TINY LITTLE, UH, SLIDES, WHICH IS OUR TRUST FUNDS. 
          WE HAVE ONE TRUST FUND, WHICH IS A CITY CEMETERY, SO THAT REPRESENTS OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          NOW, IN APRIL THE NINTH, UH, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THIS, UH, RESTRICTED FUNDS, WHICH WERE THE MOST, UH, IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          THAT INCLUDED THE AIRPORT, OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX, THE ALAMO DOME, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THE ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT. 
          SO, THE TABLE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SHOWS THE TOTAL REVENUE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CVID 19. 
          THIS NUMBERS ARE CONSISTENT AGAIN WITH WHAT WE PRESENTED ON APRIL THE NINTH. 
          SO TODAY I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE OTHER RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, OVERALL, WE HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT 35 DIFFERENT RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          SO WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU TODAY ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY C OVID 19. 
          AND THEN I'LL GO OVER A LIST OF FUNDS THAT AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, SUFFICIENT DATA TO MAKE A, A PROJECTION. 
          SO, UH, THE LINEAR BRAIN WASTE AND THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, A PORTION OF OUR SALES TAX, ROUGHLY ABOUT $40 MILLION ANNUALLY, WE'RE ANTICIPATING AN IMPACT OF ABOUT 
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6.7 MILLION. 
          THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THIS REVENUE SOURCE IS THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED FOR THE GENERAL FUND IN TERMS OF THE DECREASE IN SALES TAX. 
          NOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THIS REVENUE, UH, WORKS IS THAT WE GET TO COLLECT UP TO A DOLLAR AMOUNT, UH, UNDER THIS PROPOSITION. 
          SO THAT ONLY EXTENDS, UH, THE LIFE OF THIS, UH, COLLECTION OF THE TAX. 
          OUR PARKING FUND, WE HAVE SEEN A, UH, DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF, UM, CARS PARKING IN OUR GARAGES AND OUR PARKING LOTS. 
          THIS IS AN $11.3 MILLION, UH, BUDGET, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING CLOSE TO $3 MILLION IN REVENUE LOSS. 
          THE MARKET SQUARE FUND, UH, COLLECTS, UH, RENTS, LEASES, AND ALSO PARKING AT MARKET SQUARE. 
          IT'S A $3.1 MILLION BUDGET, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING 1.2 MILLION IN REVENUE LOSS. 
          OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, WE HAVE SEEN DECREASES IN ACTIVITY IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 25% LESS TRAFFIC IN TERMS OF THE PERMITS THAT WE ARE REVIEWING. 
          SO AT THIS POINT, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A $1 MILLION, UH, REVENUE IMPACT TO THIS ENTERPRISE FUND. 
          THIS NEXT SLIDE REPRESENTS THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE MANAGED BY MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE REVENUES THAT COME TO THIS FUNDS ARE FOR FEES THAT ARE, UM, INCLUDED IN, UH, PARKING VIOLATIONS, UH, SCHOOL VIOLATIONS, AND OTHER TICKETS THAT ARE MANAGED BY MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE HAVE A RANGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO ABOUT $150,000 IN THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. 
          SO WHAT I PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY ON, ON THE FUNDS THAT WE HAD NOT A REVIEW WITH YOU, IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $13 MILLION IN REVENUE LOSS FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE IN THIS SLIDE AS WELL. 
          THESE ARE, UH, SOME OTHER RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT AT THIS POINT WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, DATA TO BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE ANY IMPACT OF C OVID 19. 
          AS WE, UH, CONTINUE MONITORING OUR BUDGET, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT CLOSE TO THE 40, UM, UH, RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY, AND, UH, AND, AND PROVIDED YOU WITH PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT. 
          THESE FUNDS THAT YOU SEE ON THE LIST ARE THOSE THAT WE MAY HAVE AN IMPACT BY C OVID 19, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO PROVIDE, UH, UM, PROJECTION TO THE COUNCIL TODAY. 
          SO THE LAST, UH, TOPIC FOR MY PRESENTATION IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ID UPDATE ON THE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE INCURRED IN OUR RESPONSE. 
          THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT EITHER ACTUAL EXPENSES AND COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAVE MADE, UH, THROUGH APRIL 15. 
          SO THE TOTAL IS $12.2 MILLION OF THAT AMOUNT. 
          PERSONNEL IS 3.7 MILLION, AND NON-PERSONNEL IS EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MARIA, THAT WAS OUR, UH, BRIEFING FOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, COUNCIL, UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS STUFF, UH, DAILY, IF NOT WEEKLY. 
          UH, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. 
          UM, THAT THE, THAT I KNOW, I KNOW FOR THE LAST FIVE WEEKS WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, UM, AND WE ARE, UH, LOOKING, UH, FORWARD. 
          AND, UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE, ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS VERY CLOSE TO THE PULSE BECAUSE IT WILL SET, UH, US, UH, IN A POSITION WHERE, UH, WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE RECOVERY. 
          SO AS DATA BECOMES AVAILABLE AND WE START TO SEE, UH, WHAT THE ACTUAL, UH, CHANGE IS, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON A WEEKLY BASIS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC, AND THANK YOU MARIA. 
          UH, AND JEFF, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CITIES. 
          WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR. 
          UH, AND, AND PLEASE NOTE WE DO HAVE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX THAT ARE RELATED, BUT, UH, ACTION ITEMS, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THOSE UP NEXT. 
          UH, SO IF THERE ARE COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL RELATED TO FIVE AND SIX, LET'S HOLD THOSE UNTIL THAT TIME. 
          BUT LET ME CALL UP THE TWO CITIZENS NOW. 
          WE'LL START WITH DAN. 
          ICK. 
          MR. ICK, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ADRIAN LOPEZ. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          HI, I AM, UH, DAN KOSTIC. 
          I OWN KING WILLIAM DISTRICT CROSSFIT IN, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. 
          AND, UM, BEEN CLOSED FOR A WHILE NOW, AS MOST OF THE GYMS HAVE IN THE CITY. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE, 
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UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UM, WITH WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO TO HANDLE THE C OVID 19 SITUATION, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR MEMBERS. 
          UM, TO GIVE A LITTLE, UH, BACKGROUND A LITTLE HISTORY REAL QUICK ON MYSELF, UM, FROM THE VALLEY AND, UH, FIRST PERSON IN MY FAMILY TO OWN A HOME, THEN OWN A BUSINESS, I, UH, PURCHASED THE LAND FROM, UH, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. 
          UH, WASN'T FOR SALE AT THE TIME, UM, BUT I TALKED HIM INTO SELLING IT. 
          AND, UH, THEN BUILT THE GYM, UH, MYSELF WITH HELP OF MEMBERS. 
          SHIRLEY POINTING ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE CITY. 
          AND, UM, I OWE A LOT TO A LOT OF KINDNESSES FROM PEOPLE AT THE, UH, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UM, WHEN I WAS GETTING THE GYM BUILT. 
          AND SO NOW THAT I FIND MYSELF IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, UM, WHERE, UH, KIND OF THE STAKE OF, OF MY BUSINESS AND HOW I PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY IS ON THE LINE, I WANTED TO COME TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, WITH THAT. 
          SO, HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I'VE, UH, BEEN IN THIS INDUSTRY MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE. 
          I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CROSSFIT GYMS SINCE ABOUT 2007. 
          AND SO, AND THIS IS AN AREA I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          I KNOW THE PEOPLE INVOLVED SINCE, UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO, UH, SINCE THIS HAS TAKEN PLACE, IS PUT IN POLICIES MYSELF SO THAT WHEN YOU GUYS GIVE ME THE CHANCE TO OPEN IN WHATEVER CAPACITY, I'M NOT JUST MEETING THE STANDARDS THAT I'M GOING TO BE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT. 
          SO WHAT I'VE DONE RIGHT NOW TO PROVIDE THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT SOMEBODY WOULD COME TO THE GYM ONCE IT IS APPROPRIATE TIME TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, I HAVE THE TEMPORAL THERMOMETERS THAT YOU WOULD USE AT THE DOOR WHEN EVERYBODY WALKS IN TO, UH, TAKE THEIR TEMPERATURE. 
          I HAVE THE FLOOR SECTIONED OFF IN THE GYM. 
          I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF IT HERE, SO THAT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, IN EACH SQUARE, THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED. 
          ALL MY EQUIPMENT IS LOANED OUT RIGHT NOW TO MY MEMBERS, SO I DON'T HAVE IT. 
          BUT, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE ALL THE EQUIPMENT THEY NEED IN EACH OF THEIR SQUARES. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'D HAVE THE CLEANING SUPPLIES THEY NEED IN EACH OF THEIR SQUARES SO THAT THEY COULD WIPE DOWN EVERYTHING BEFORE. 
          AND THEN AFTER I AM HAND SANITIZER, I'VE BOUGHT GALLONS OF HAND SANITIZER FROM, UH, MAVERICK WHISKEY HERE IN TOWN. 
          UH, SO EVERYTHING KIND OF SMELLS A LITTLE BIT LIKE WHISKEY, BUT, UH, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE THAT ALL OVER BY EVERY, UH, THE DOOR, EVERY DOOR TO THE BATHROOM SO THAT YOU CAN USE IT BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER WHENEVER YOU, UH, COME IN TO, TO THE FACILITY. 
          SO WE CANNOT, WE ALL KNOW WE CANNOT ELIMINATE THE RISK, BUT I'M TRYING THE BEST AS I CAN TO MITIGATE IT. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU GUYS DECIDE THAT IT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO OPEN, I'M NOT TRYING TO, I WANT TO BE THE GYM THAT IF SOMEONE COVID IS VERY CONTAGIOUS, YOU MAY GET IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IT AT MY FACILITY. 
          YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IT AT MY GYM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. KASICK. 
          THANK YOU, ADRIAN LOPEZ. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 
          UM, UM, MAYOR RON, MY SISTER SILVA GOANA HAS A PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOU, UH, LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE. 
          UM, WE, UH, OUR, OUR FATHER WAS AN ASSISTANT MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR SAN ANTONIO IN, IN THE 19 EARLY 1960S. 
          UH, ABOUT WHEN SYLVIA AND I WERE BORN, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE COVID VIRUS THAT IS NOT BEING, UH, RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. 
          UM, IT ACTUALLY STARTED IN NOVEMBER. 
          CHINA STARTED TO RELEASE INFORMATION IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, IT, UH, I HAVE SOME INTERESTING DATES HERE. 
          UM, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS WARNED ABOUT THE CRISIS IN MID-JANUARY. 
          UM, GOING BACK TO JANUARY 8TH, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL ISSUED AN ALERT REGARDING THE VIRUS. 
          ON THE 18TH, TRUMP RECEIVED DEBRIEFING FROM THE HEALTH SECRETARY ALEX AZAR. 
          AND, BUT TRUMP WANTED TO JOCK WHILE VAPING, UM, ON APRIL, JANUARY 21ST, I'M SORRY, IT WAS THE FIRST CONFIRMED US CASE OF THE CO COVID VIRUS. 
          ON THE 22ND, TRUMP SAYS, WE HAVE IT TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL. 
          EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE JUST FINE. 
          ON THE 
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27TH, THE WHITE HOUSE AIDE, UH, RAISED AN ALARM ABOUT THE VIRUS ON THE 29TH, HE WARNED OF A POSSIBLE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS, WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S VERY CURRENT. 
          NOW ON JANUARY 30TH, UH, ALEX IS, ARE WARNED, TRUMP AGAIN, AND TRUMP SAID, YOU'RE AN ALARMIST. 
          THERE ARE ONLY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE US WHO HAVE THE VIRUS. 
          ON THE 31ST, ALEX AZAR DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, UM, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES WARNED OF A GLOBAL DE DESTABILIZATION. 
          UM, ON JANUARY, ON FEBRUARY 24TH, TRUMP SAID, WE HAVE IT VERY MUCH UNDER CONTROL ON THE 24TH, 25TH, I'M SORRY, HE SAID THAT A FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VIRUS ON 26TH, HE SAID, CALLED IT FAKE NEWS ON THE 27TH, IT'LL DISAPPEAR. 
          THANK YOU, MR. LOPEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNSEL. 
          UH, DISCUSSION. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, MARIA, I HAD JUST A QUESTION OR TWO FOR YOU. 
          UM, THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXPENSES WHERE, UM, UM, THE $12.2 MILLION PERSONNEL AND NON-PERSONNEL, WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM RIGHT NOW? UH, COUNCILMAN IS, UH, RIGHT NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDS IS COMING FROM OUR, UH, BUDGETED EXPENSES IN THE DEPARTMENTS IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WE, UM, UH, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT. 
          UH, WE HOPE THAT SOME OF OUR EXPENSES WILL BE REIMBURSED BY FEMA, THE 75, 20 5%, UM, UH, LOCAL MATCH BEING 25%, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDING 75%. 
          BUT WE'RE FLOATING THOSE EXPENSES TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO BASICALLY, WE'RE JUST PAYING IT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF IT IN THE HOPES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, REIMBURSE US. 
          AND SO WHAT WOULD THAT BE ON THE 75, 20 5% SPLIT ON THAT? HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE ON THE EXPECTATION OF THE 12? I'M, I'M BAD ON DOING MATH IN MY HEAD. 
          WHAT, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? NO PROBLEM, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. 
          WE, UM, THERE'S SOME EXPENSES THAT ARE REIMBURSABLE. 
          THERE'S SOME THAT ARE NOT. 
          WE HAVE SECURED OTHER GRANTS. 
          UH, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOT, UH, ROUGHLY ABOUT $3 MILLION OF GRANTS THROUGH, UM, THE, UM, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT REIMBURSABLE. 
          UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT ANALYSIS AND THAT THE, IN THE NEXT WEEK, UH, REPORT THAT I MADE TO THE COUNCIL, I'LL BRING YOU AN ESTIMATE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, BECAUSE THIS COME UP IN A, IN A FURTHER DISCUSSION ALSO. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA GET REIMBURSED FOR. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO PLAY WITH THAT. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT TOTALLY GUARANTEED EITHER. 
          UM, ONCE THE, WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHERE ONCE THE MONEY IS GONE, IT'S GONE AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL REPLENISH SOME OF THOSE POTS OF MONEY. 
          BUT THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A GIVEN EITHER. 
          SO, UM, UM, JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE SURE AND FIND OUT, OKAY, WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS TO GET REIMBURSED OUT OF THAT $12 MILLION. 
          UM, THEN THE, EXPLAIN TO ME AGAIN, ON THE RESTRICTED FUND, SLIDE NINE, UH, UNKNOWN IMPACT. 
          WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THESE BUDGETS, CORRECT. 
          SO NOT TODAY. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE SOLID WASTE FUND, WE, UH, KNOW FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE PICKING UP MORE RESIDENTIAL TRASH AT THIS POINT. 
          SO WE ANTICIPATE POTENTIALLY MORE DISPOSAL, UH, LANDFILL COSTS RELATED TO THAT WASTE THAT WE'RE PICKING UP. 
          WE JUST DON'T HAVE AN ESTIMATE TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL TODAY, BUT THERE'S ANTICIPATED THAT WE MAY HAVE AN IMPACT THERE ON OUR TREE FUND. 
          UH, OUR REVENUES ARE COMING IN AS BUDGETED. 
          HOWEVER, IF WE SEE A DECREASE IN DEVELOPMENT, THERE MAY BE A DECREASE ON THIS FUND AS WELL. 
          UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, UM, I CAN GO DOWN THE LIST, BUT THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT WE MAY HAVE AN IMPACT WE 
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JUST DON'T KNOW TODAY, OR WE MAY NOT HAVE AN IMPACT AT ALL. 
          OKAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          BECAUSE THERE'S, IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE A, UH, AN OFFSET BETWEEN, TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR SOLID WASTE FUND. 
          YES, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE RESIDENTIAL PICKUPS, BUT THERE'S LESS BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN AND CLOSING AND WON'T BE HAVING THAT PICKUP AS WELL. 
          SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ONLY DO RESIDENTIAL PICKUP. 
          WE DON'T DO COMMERCIAL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          FAIR ENOUGH. 
          SO, OKAY. 
          I CAN SEE THAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN IMPACT ON THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, ON THE, UM, ON ALL THESE RESTRICTED FUNDS YOU HAVE, UM, POTENTIAL IMPACTS. 
          WHAT DOES THAT ALL TOTAL UP TO BE? SO WHAT IF, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO SLIDE, UM, SLIDE SIX. 
          SO SLIDE SIX IS WHAT I PRESENTED ON APRIL THE NINTH. 
          THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THE, THE NEW, UH, PROJECTIONS THAT WE PRESENTED TODAY, BEGINNING ON SLIDE SEVEN, THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 13 MILLION SLIDE, UH, SEVEN AND EIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO UP TO 113 MILLION, 113 AND RESTRICTED? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, ON THE, AGAIN, CHART MANSHIP, IF YOU COULD TOTAL THAT UP BECAUSE, UM, TO GIVE A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW MUCH WE'RE REALLY EXPECTING IN THOSE, UH, IMPACTS, SIR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          SO, UM, CAN'T GET MY, UH, PRESENTATIONS TO COME UP HERE. 
          SO, CLAUDIA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE, UM, THAT, UH, TALKS ABOUT THESE, UM, C P S REVENUE, C P SS REVENUES? SURE. 
          THAT'S SLIDE NUMBER THREE. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE SHOWING ABOUT A 15 MILLION, 14 AND A HALF, 14.6 DECREASE IN REVENUES FOR C P S ENERGY. 
          UM, BUT THAT'S SHOWING EXCLUSIVELY DUE TO WEATHER, ACCORDING TO WHAT YOU ALL SHOW HERE. 
          BUT, UM, SO A PORTION IS DUE TO WEATHER COUNCILWOMAN, THE 6.2 MILLION, WHICH IS OUR ACTUAL COLLECTIONS FROM OCTOBER TO MARCH. 
          UH, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, AGAIN, A MILD WEATHER FOR DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UH, APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, UH, REFLECTS THE, THE IMPACT OF C OVID 19. 
          SO THAT'S $8.4 MILLION RELATED TO USAGE? YES, MA'AM. 
          WHAT WE ANTICIPATE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, SO I THINK THAT'S THE NUMBER I WAS, I WAS LOOKING FOR. 
          THE WEATHER IS OBVIOUSLY SOME YEARS. 
          IT'S EASIER TO PREDICT THAT WE'VE HAD SOME YEARS WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE WEATHER'S LIKE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO WE, WE ANTICIPATE THIS $8.4 MILLION DUE TO COVID SALES USAGE. 
          SO ERIC, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET FEDERALLY, UM, REIMBURSED FOR? UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE WE'RE STILL REVIEWING GUIDELINES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IF YOU PULL THAT SLIDE BACK UP, THE OTHER PART OF THAT, THAT'S INCLUDED WITHIN THAT $8.4 MILLION IS THAT, UH, BAD DEBT EXPENSE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S AN ASSUMPTION THAT SAW, OR THAT C P S AND SAWS ARE MAKING THAT, UM, UH, FOLKS WON'T BE ABLE TO PAY A BILL THAT BOTH AGENCIES HAVE, HAVE, HAVE STOPPED DISCONNECTS. 
          AND SO, UH, BOTH C P S AND SAWS ARE INCREASING, UH, THE AMOUNT OF, UM, OF, OF, UH, BAD DEBT EXPENSE THAT THEY MAY HAVE TO WRITE UP, WHICH ULTIMATELY BOTH IMPACT US. 
          UH, THERE MAY BE A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE REIMBURSABLE, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE STILL REVIEWING THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I WOULD, UM, UH, ARE HOPEFUL, UH, PERHAPS I THINK THAT WAS SORT OF THE NUMBER I WAS LOOKING FOR AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH C P S ENERGY. 
          UM, AND I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH SAS, BUT, UM, PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          I, I FELT LIKE, UM, PERHAPS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WOULD BE NOT, NOT DISCONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE WOULD NOT PAY, BUT IT SEEMS, APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT, OR AT LEAST ON A PAYMENT PLAN OR HAVE MADE ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT WE WOULD REQUEST OF PEOPLE THAT THEY MAKE ARRANGEMENTS, UH, TO PAY, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T FALL SO FAR BEHIND OR THE PEOPLE DON'T FALL SO FAR BEHIND. 
          UM, SO, UM, ANOTHER, SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE REGARDING THE RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          COULD YOU BRING UP THAT SLIDE SOMEHOW? IT JUST, LIKE, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT WORKING ON 
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MY, IT WORKED EARLIER, BUT NOW IT'S NOT. 
          UH, MAYBE SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. 
          UM, PERHAPS THE ONES THAT SHOW, UH, THE LARGER PORTION OF RESTRICTED SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          SLIDE NUMBER SIX. 
          UM, SO YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE D S D THERE. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, SO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. 
          AND, UH, WE ARE ANTICIPATING COUNCILMAN RIGHT NOW A REVENUE LOSS OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          WE HAVE SEEN SOME REDUCED ACTIVITY, UH, THIS MONTH OF APRIL. 
          UH, WE HADN'T SEEN THAT MARCH WAS A STRONG MONTH. 
          UM, SO AT THIS POINT, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS ABOUT A $1 MILLION. 
          SO IT SEEMS LESS THAN I EXPECTED. 
          UM, I JUST SORT OF ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS, UH, REQUESTS FOR PERMITS AND LESS REQUESTS FOR, UM, JUST REGULAR WORK. 
          BUT THAT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE HAPPENING. 
          I MEAN, THAT SEEMS LIKE THAT COULD JUST BE A ROUNDING ERROR OF, UM, WORK. 
          SO I, I DON'T, IS, UM, I GUESS, ROD, YOU TAKE OVER THAT. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I, UH, PERHAPS YOU COULD GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT, UM, THAT IMPLIES WITH, UH, OTHER BUSINESSES, UM, THAT ARE, THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE STILL HAVING PLENTY OF PEOPLE SEEKING PERMITS. 
          WE'RE STILL HAVING PLENTY OF PEOPLE GETTING ELECTRICAL, UH, WORK DONE, UM, THAT MAY HELP STABILIZE THE ECONOMY. 
          WE, WE ARE, WE, WE ARE SEEING A, A STEADY FLOW OF, UH, OF CUSTOMERS AT THE ONE STOP. 
          UH, THE ONE STOP IS, IS NOT CLOSED. 
          PEOPLE CAN DRIVE UP AND, AND DROP OFF PACKAGES, WE'LL DO THE REVIEWS, AND THEY COME AND PICK UP THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PLANS. 
          SO WE ARE SEEING A GOOD STEADY REVIEW OF CUSTOMERS. 
          IT IS SLOWER THAN, THAN WHAT IT WAS. 
          UH, BUT ANOTHER THING TO FACTOR IN THAT NUMBER IS, LIKE MARIA SAID, WE, WE HAD A VERY STRONG MONTH PRIOR TO THAT AND, AND THE MONTHS BEFORE THAT. 
          SO WE WERE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF BUDGET, UH, FOR THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          IT'S JUST AFTER, AFTER MARCH WE STARTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A, A DROP OFF, BUT, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL, ARE STILL WORKING. 
          UH, CONSTRUCTION IS STILL ONGOING. 
          SO, UH, UH, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT, UH, THAT THAT MILLION DOLLARS IS, IS A GOOD ESTIMATE. 
          YEAH, THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE HOPE BECAUSE I, I WORRIED THAT, UM, WITH EVERYTHING SLOWING DOWN, THAT THAT'S A, AN INDICATION OF WHERE WE MAY BE GOING. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS I EXPECTED TO SEE IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, AREA. 
          AND SO, UM, AND, UH, SO I'M GLAD FOR THAT. 
          SO WE JUST, UH, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL, UM, PERHAPS, UH, THE DECLINE COULD BE IN THAT YOU HAD A VERY QUICK SWITCH FROM PEOPLE GOING IN PERSON TO THEN THE DRIVE THROUGH. 
          PERHAPS IT'S JUST SLOWER ON YOUR END TO PROCESS. 
          UH, IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AT ALL? OR IS IT, UM, DO YOU HAVE THE, UH, WHEN I, I GUESS JUST THE SIMPLE IN-HOUSE PROCESSES ARE SLOWER AND THEN COULD LEAD TO A DELAY IN RECEIVING THE PAYMENT? NOT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL REVIEWING, UH, AT A PRETTY GOOD TICK, UH, ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT SIDE. 
          YOU GOTTA REMEMBER, WE WERE ALREADY AUTOMATED. 
          SO A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS JUST COMING IN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH, THROUGH THE WEB. 
          AND WE'RE DOING OUR REVIEWS, YOU KNOW, ONLINE AND GETTING THEM THEIR, THEIR APPLICATIONS, THE ACTUAL PLANS THAT ARE COMING IN. 
          I, I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PROCESS SET UP WHERE, WHERE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO, TO DROP OFF OUR PLANS. 
          EXAMINERS ARE COMING TO THE OFFICE, ARE PICKING UP THE WORK. 
          WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED, THEY BRING IT BACK TO THE OFFICE, AND THEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR FOLKS TO PICK IT UP. 
          SO WE REALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A SLOWDOWN IN, IN OUR SERVICE. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT. 
          I, THAT'S VERY PROMISING, I THINK, FOR, UM, THE REST OF OUR CITY. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD FOR THE MOMENT, UM, REGARDING OUR BUDGET. 
          AND, UM, UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, WE ARE, I KNOW YOU ALL ARE MONITORING IT EVERY DAY. 
          I KNOW I CERTAINLY, UM, CONCERNED WITH OUR BUDGETS, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, I THINK IT WILL SIGNIFY THE HEALTH OF OUR, OF OUR WHOLE ECONOMY IF, IF OUR CITY BUDGET CAN BE MAINTAINED AT, UM, NOT A DISASTROUS LEVEL. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JEFF, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          SO JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HOW MANY SPANISH SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE WORKING, UM, AT THE HOTLINE OR THREE? ONE ONE? HMM. 
          UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE NUMBER. 
          I KNOW WE DEFINITELY HAVE SPANISH SPEAKERS THERE TO TAKE CALLS, AND WE'VE GOT SPANISH SPEAKERS ON OUR, UH, JIC ON OUR TEAM. 
          UH, BUT I, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. 
          NO, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, UM, IN GENERAL, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GREAT, I THINK IT'S A GOOD NUMBER AND 
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I THINK, UM, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH IT. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I WANNA SAY. 
          I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, MAYBE IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THROUGH US, BUT I DID APPRECIATE THE MEETING OF THE CEOS OF VIA SAWS AND C P S THAT TOOK PLACE. 
          AND ONE THING I DID MENTION TO OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN MY, UM, UPDATE YESTERDAY WITH THEM, I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE DOING THIS IN PARTICULAR. 
          YOU PROBABLY ARE, UM, WITH THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTER. 
          UM, IF YOU ALL ARE PUTTING ADS OR TAKING UP SPACE IN THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTER, IT IS OUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. 
          AND I KNOW ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY LOVES TO READ THAT. 
          YES. 
          WE, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY IN MY NOTES, AND I, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION IT. 
          WE, UM, UH, AS PART OF A GRANT THAT METRO HEALTH RECEIVED FROM THE C D C, THERE WAS A, UH, BUDGET FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH. 
          AND SO WE ARE, AS WE SPEAK, UH, PLACING A BUNCH OF PRINT ADS IN THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER, THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTER, THE NORTHEAST HERALD, UH, AS WELL AS OUR LARGER PAPERS, EXPRESS NEWS AND BUSINESS JOURNAL AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THOSE AD BUYS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, UH, WITH THE INTENT OF REACHING SOME OF THOSE TARGETED AUDIENCES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MARIA. 
          JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, AND I KNOW  IS THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE TO, UH, JUST, UH, AGREE WITH, WELL, MY QUESTION WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ ASKED ABOUT HOW WE CAN DRAW DOWN DOLLARS OR USE WHATEVER REVENUE LOSS FROM C P SS ENERGY. 
          IF WE CAN GET, UM, IF WE CAN SEE THAT AS C OVID 19 REVENUE LOSS, UM, AND HOW WE CAN GET REIMBURSED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I'M SURE THAT OUR I G R TEAM AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE WORKING VERY, UH, DILIGENTLY AND CREATIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UH, IDENTIFY DOLLARS TO RECOUP FROM THAT. 
          UM, I 'CAUSE ONE THING THAT AFTER MEETING WITH PAULA, UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES AND UTILITIES ARE ON A NEGATIVE OUTLOOK. 
          AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN, IN THE FUTURE, UM, COMING FORWARD. 
          LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE 6.7 MILLION IMPACT TO OUR AQUIFER AND CREEKWAY SYSTEM. 
          SO ARE YOU ALL WITH THESE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED, ARE YOU ALL OUTLINING A PLAN OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO? UM, 'CAUSE WE HAD ALREADY A STRATEGIC PLAN OF HOW MUCH WE WERE GOING TO BUY, HOW MUCH WE WERE GOING TO BUILD OUT, WHAT HAS BEEN ON, HAS ANYTHING BEEN SUSPENDED, ANY, UM, BUILD OUTS FOR THE GREENWAY IN PARTICULAR? UM, WE'VE PUT BUYING PROPERTY ON HOLD WITH THE EDWARDS AQUIFER. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? WE, WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED A MITIGATION PLAN COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THE, THE BEAUTY BEAUTY OF THIS, UH, THE VENUE TAX, UH, PROPOSITIONS ONE AND TWO IS THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO COLLECT UP TO A CEILING AMOUNT. 
          SO REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO GET THERE, WE ARE GONNA GET THERE. 
          SO TO YOUR POINT, WE MAY HAVE TO RESCHEDULE SOME OF THE PROJECTS AND, UH, AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR, UH, PARKS DEPARTMENT, UH, TO, TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES TO THE, TO THE SCHEDULE. 
          UH, BEFORE C OVID 19, WE WERE ANTICIPATING, ANTICIPATING TO FINISH OUR COLLECTIONS BY, UH, MID 2021. 
          HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND ACQUISITION FOR THE EDWARDS AQUIFER, WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO INTO EARLY FISCAL YEAR 2023. 
          SO THAT MAY JUST, UH, UH, EXTEND OUR SCHEDULE. 
          BUT AS I SAID, THE THE BENEFIT IS THAT WE GET TO COLLECT THE AMOUNT THAT THE VOTERS, UH, VOTED ON. 
          JUST TAKES A LITTLE LONGER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND, UM, I GUESS BACK TO JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UM, I KNOW IT WASN'T NECESSARILY HERE, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY FEDERAL STIMULUS UPDATES THAT YOU NEED TO GIVE US? WELL, I THINK, UH, IN BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT REVENUE REPLACEMENT, UM, IT'S BEEN MADE VERY CLEAR, UH, AT THIS POINT THAT WE CANNOT USE THE EXISTING STIMULUS FOR REPLACING LOST REVENUE. 
          UH, THERE'S AN EFFORT TO CHANGE THAT IN THE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, NOW THEY'RE WORKING ON 3.5, BUT IN, IN FOUR, IF THERE'S A FOURTH, UH, STIMULUS BILL, UH, SOME IN CONGRESS ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT AND MAKE SURE THE MONIES THAT WERE AWARDED EARLIER IN THE STATE AND LOCAL RELIEF FUND COULD BE USED FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT THE CASE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, IF I DON'T, AND, AND I WANTED TO COUNCILWOMAN, I, WHEN I SAT BACK DOWN, I GOT A 
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COUPLE OF TEXTS FROM OUR HOTLINE FOLKS, AND WE HAVE AT LEAST 15 BILINGUAL CALL TAKERS, UH, AT THE HOTLINE. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER RIDGE. 
          DID I SAY IT? THANK YOU. 
          UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DOUBLE CHECK. 
          I THOUGHT I HAD HEARD IN THE MEDIA THAT SAN ANTONIO WAS AUTHORIZED TO GET UNDER THE CARES ACT, SOMETHING LIKE 200 PLUS MILLION DOLLARS FOR REIMBURSEMENTS, BUT WE'VE ONLY BEEN SPENDING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 12 MILLION. 
          MAYBE WE'LL SPEND 15 MILLION. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER REIMBURSEMENTS COULD BE OUT OF THAT LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY? COUNCILMAN, LET ME TAKE A STAB AT THAT. 
          I WAS GONNA JUMP IN AT THE END OF COUNCILMAN VIE RON'S COMMENTS TO ADDRESS THIS. 
          UM, SO THAT $270 MILLION THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO, UH, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES THAT ARE OVER HALF A MILLION, UM, UM, THROUGH THE CARES ACT, UH, WE GOT, WE RECEIVED, UH, THE US TREASURY SENT OUT GUIDANCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 
          AND, AND, UM, WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT GUIDANCE AND, UH, AND DETERMINE WHAT THAT ELIGIBILITY IS. 
          UM, IN THE LAW, IT'S SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS VERY NARROWLY WRITTEN AND APPROVED WHEN IT WAS APPROVED BY CONGRESS. 
          UM, THE SECOND ELEMENT OF THAT IS THAT, TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S QUESTION, WE HAVE TO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LAY THAT OUT SIDE BY SIDE TO WHAT IS FEMA REIMBURSABLE. 
          UM, AND THERE'S SOME CROSSOVER AND THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, BUT WE HAVE SPENT VERY LITTLE TIME SINCE LAST NIGHT REVIEWING THAT GUIDANCE TODAY. 
          UH, MARIA AND BEN ARE ON A CALL WITH, UH, OTHER MAJOR TEXAS CITY CFOS AND BUDGET DIRECTORS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, THO THAT THAT MONEY IS SET ASIDE, UH, FOR EXPENSES, UM, THAT'LL GO THROUGH THE GUIDANCE THAT HAP THAT OCCUR BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          UM, THEY ARE NOT FOR REVENUE LOSS. 
          UM, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LAY OUT WHAT'S FEMA REIMBURSABLE, WHAT'S REIMBURSABLE UNDER THIS, THIS, UH, ALLOCATION, UH, AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS FOR EXPENSES WE'VE ALREADY MADE, EXPENSES WE'RE GONNA MAKE, UM, AND, UM, AND, AND HOW THOSE THINGS ALL FIT TOGETHER. 
          AND, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DO THAT IN SHORT ORDER. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE, UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THAT THE GUIDANCE JUST CAME OUT, UH, LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. 
          WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THAT GUIDANCE, DOES IT TALK ABOUT REIMBURSING CITIES THAT, UH, PUT FORWARD THEIR OWN FINANCING FOR THINGS LIKE HELPING PEOPLE PAY RENT MORTGAGES, GET FOOD PAY UTILITY BILLS, THINGS LIKE THAT? COUNCILMAN? I HAVE NOT SPENT ANY TIME ON THAT ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ACTUALLY NOBODY HAS. 
          BUT, BUT, UH, YOU, YOU REMINDED ME THERE'S A THIRD ELEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO COMPARE IT AGAINST. 
          THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS OF, OF THE STIMULUS PROGRAM, UH, LIKE, UH, HOUSING AND C D B G. 
          WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING WE DO FROM A REIMBURSABLE STANDPOINT, UH, STAYS WITHIN THE FENCE OF FEMA REIMBURSEMENT. 
          RIGHT. 
          REST OF, UH, A STIMULUS PACKAGE. 
          AND THEN THIS, THIS ALLOCATION FOR THE LARGE, UH, CITIES AND COUNTIES, UH, I HEARD THAT, UH, OUR MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM VIA GOT $93 MILLION IN, UH, FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND OUR LOCAL INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONS, THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES GOT 70 MILLION. 
          UH, DO THOSE TWO COME OUT OF THAT WHOLE 270 MILLION AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY? OR IS THAT TWO 70 SEPARATE FROM THESE? THAT'S SEPARATE. 
          UH, AND IF YOU, WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH YOU THE, WE'RE REFERRING TO AS THE, AS THE STIMULUS MATRIX THAT KEEPS CONSTANTLY GETTING UPDATED. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, THERE ARE A WHOLE SLEW OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOOD FUNDING. 
          WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HEAD START EARLIER. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL PROGRAMS SEPARATE APART FROM, UH, THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT THAN THE, AND THIS OTHER STIMULUS POT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF, IF WE GIVE SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUNDS WOULD, I GUESS IT'S AN S A GUESSTIMATE, IF WE USE SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS THAT ARE SUPPORTING PEOPLE, UH, WHO ARE SUFFERING UNDER THE COVID SITUATION. 
          DO WE THINK THAT MAY BE PART OF WHAT, UH, COULD BE REIMBURSABLE THROUGH THAT FEDERAL GRANT? COUNCILMAN? I CAN'T SPECULATE. 
          WE NEED TO REVIEW THAT GUIDELINE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, 
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OUR DISTRICT TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, UM, AND THEN, UM, TO OUR D D TO THE STRONG COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          UM, JEFF, I HAVE A QUESTION WHEN IT COMES TO THE OUTREACH, UM, TEAMS, AND IF WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE THAT ARE UNDER THE MOST VULNERABLE, IF WE'RE FOLLOWING UP, I DIDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART. 
          COUNCIL, I'M SORRY. 
          ARE, YEAH. 
          ARE WE FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE, DO YOU KNOW DR. 
          BRIDGER? HOW THAT BEYOND THE INITIAL VISIT? I DUNNO. 
          SO, UH, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAMS ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST, UM, EQUITY SCORE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE, UM, AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF HAVING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH EQUITY. 
          SO THAT'S HOW THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THE AREAS TO GO TO FIRST. 
          THE SECOND, UM, FILTER, IF YOU WILL, IS TO LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING TESTED, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, UM, DOING THE SELF SCREENING AND CALLING THE HOTLINE. 
          WHERE WHEN WE OVERLAY ALL THOSE DIFFERENT MAPS AND WE IDENTIFY ZIP CODES IN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE NOT, UM, AT THAT HIGHEST LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION, WE ALSO GO OUT AND DO VISITS TO THOSE ZIP CODES, THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S A TWO TIERED APPROACH, UM, EQUITY AND UTILIZATION IN. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WHERE ARE WE AS FAR AS FOLLOW UP? SORRY. 
          UH, AS FAR AS FOLLOW UP FOR , FOR THE FIRST INITIAL CONTACT, SO WE'RE GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES, WE'RE CHECKING TO SEE IF THEY'VE BEEN TESTED, THEY'RE SELF SCREENING, UM, THEY'RE GETTING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT AS FAR AS GOING BACK TO SEE, HAVE THE TESTING HAPPENED, HAVE THEY BEEN SELF SCREENED? HOW ARE WE FOLLOWING UP WITH THESE MOST VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS? OH, WE HAVE NOT REACHED THAT STAGE YET, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE INITIAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO ALL OF THE AREAS THAT NEED IT. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE CATHOLIC WORKER HOUSE. 
          I WANNA THANK MELODY FOR CONTINUOUSLY, UM, FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CONCERNS FOR THE HOMELESS. 
          UM, JEFF, I KNOW THAT WE DID THE DOOR HANGERS THAT WENT OUT TO THE, UM, DISTRICT 2, 3, 4, UM, FIVE AREAS. 
          DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WILL BE GOING OUT, UM, IN IONS TO THE UPDATES AS THEY CONTINUE TO CHANGE? UH, IT'S NOT OUR INTENT TO, WITH, WITH, WITH A LIMITED CAVEAT. 
          SO PRIMARILY THE DOOR HANGERS AND FLYERS AND THAT SORT OF THING HAVE BEEN THE EVERGREEN INFORMATION. 
          YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE WEBSITE, HERE'S THE HOTLINE, HERE ARE THE PREVENTION, UH, STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO AVOID C OVID 19, UH, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS THAT, THAT CAN BE EVERGREEN. 
          UH, THE ONE EXCEPTION TO THAT IS WHEN THE, UM, UH, THE COHORT CENTER OPENED IN YOUR DISTRICT, AND THERE WERE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THE CITY MANAGER MET WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND COLLECTED QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE, UH, DEVELOPED ANSWERS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PRIVATE FACILITY AND, AND PUT THOSE ON DOOR HANGERS. 
          BUT, UM, PRIMARILY THOSE SORT OF, UH, THOSE SORT OF ONE TIME, YOU KNOW, PRINT, PRINT OUT AND LEAVE IT, UH, HAVE STAYED WITH THE EVERGREEN TYPE INFORMATION. 
          WE'VE USED THE MORE CHANGEABLE MEDIUMS LIKE THE WEBSITE AND THE HOTLINE TO ADDRESS THINGS AS THEY COME UP DAY TO DAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR USING OUR LOCAL, UM, NEWS OUTLETS. 
          UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE PUTTING OUT THE PRINTED INFORMATION INTO THE OBSERVER AND THE SOUTH SIDE REPORTER. 
          UM, ARE WE LOOKING TO HAVE A SPOT WHERE WE CAN DO MAYBE WEEKLY UPDATES, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THESE OUTLETS? OR ARE WE JUST GONNA DO A ONE-TIME POSTING WITHIN THESE OUTLETS? UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SIMILAR ANSWER TO THAT. 
          WE TRY TO KEEP, MAKE SURE THE INFORMATION DOESN'T LOSE ITS TIMELINESS. 
          SO FOR THE ADVERTISING STANDPOINT, IT'S MORE GENERAL THINGS. 
          NOW, ALL OF THOSE PUBLICATIONS ARE MEDIUMS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH DAY TO DAY FROM AN EARNED MEDIA STANDPOINT, MEANING WORKING WITH THEIR REPORTERS, THEIR EDITORIAL TEAMS TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION OUT THROUGH THEIR PUBLICATIONS, THAT WON'T CHANGE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO DEAL WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, CHANGING INFORMATION. 
          WHEREAS THE ADVERTISEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO 
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BE MORE BROAD AND AGAIN, STEERING PEOPLE TO THE PLACES WHERE THEY CAN GET THE LATEST INFORMATION. 
          AWESOME. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT, UM, IN MEETING THE QUESTIONS THAT A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE. 
          UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN OPEN, UH, ONLINE QUESTION? WERE BEFORE COUNCIL, SO WHERE OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACTUALLY ASK QUESTIONS OR, UM, HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT TO WHAT IS ON THE SCHEDULED AGENDA? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETINGS PIECE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          SORRY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          COUNCIL MEETING. 
          MAYOR AND I TO START OFF BY SAYING JOB, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          I, UM, ASKED, UH, I WAS ON THE PHONE CALL YESTERDAY WITH, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, C E O, AND THEIR BOARD CHAIR. 
          AND I ASKED THEM TO KIND OF LOOK AT A LITTLE BIT OF MORE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS TO GET THEIR WORD OUT AS WELL ON THEIR SERVICES. 
          AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED THEM TO KIND OF SEE WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING WITH GRASSROOTS. 
          AND SO I DID MENTION, UM, WHAT YOU ALL WERE DOING. 
          AND SO, UH, JUST WANT TO LIKE KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN USING YOU ALL AS AN EXAMPLE NOW. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          ALSO, I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO METRO HEALTH FOR THE DOOR TO DOOR VISITS. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL VISITED A COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT, WHICH I WAS VERY, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT, NOT BECAUSE IF THEY WERE DOING ANYTHING WRONG, BUT JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE. 
          AND SO THE COMMUNITY IS BLUE SKIES AND THEY HAVE A, A LOT OF RETIRED VETERANS THERE. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TOOK, UM, GOOD CARE OF ALL OF THE FOLKS. 
          THERE'S ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE. 
          AND SO METRO HEALTH ACTIVELY WENT OUT AND SPOKE WITH THEM AND FOUND THAT THEY'RE DOING A GOLD STANDARD, IS WHAT I WAS TOLD. 
          AND SO WHAT I LEARNED ALSO, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS, WAS THAT, UM, THE RESIDENTS, THEY WERE MAKING MASKS FOR EACH OTHER. 
          SO, UM, THEY, DURING THIS TIME, THEY WERE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. 
          UM, AND I JUST WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR ALL OF THAT THEY'RE DOING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR RESIDENTS, UM, AND ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICERS AND FOR DELIVERING AND MAKING MASKS TO THE YOUTH AT THE THRIVE APARTMENTS AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          JEFF COYLE IS WEARING A VERY STYLISH MASK, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF MASKS THAT SHE MADE. 
          UM, SO NOW GOING TO MY QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE STARTED THIS BACK IN JANUARY WHEN, UM, WE, WE STARTED LEARNING ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO LACKLAND, UH, FROM THE CRUISE SHIPS. 
          BUT THE REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE'RE GETTING IS ACTUALLY NOT, UH, OR, OR MAYBE THOSE EXPENSES DON'T SOUND LIKE THEY'RE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE THE PERIOD STARTS IN MARCH THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST. 
          SO ERIC, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WAS SPENT DURING THAT TIME IN THE PREPARATION FOR THE LAC EVACUEES? DO YOU HAVE AN AMOUNT OR COUNCILWOMAN? UM, IT'S, IT'S PART OF THAT 12 MILLION, BUT, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE FEMA REIMBURSEMENT THAT WAS INCLUDED WOULD ALLOW US TO GO BACK TO CAPTURE THAT LACKLAND PERIOD, UM, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE S SEPARATE STIMULUS PORTION, COUNCILMAN COURAGE WAS WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF US NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING VERY, VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, ON, ON THOSE ISSUES. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU HONOR, REMIND EVERYONE, I DID REMIND OUR FEDERAL AND STATE, UM, WORK GROUP, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I, I, I LET ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES REMIND THEM AS WELL, AND THAT WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, ADVOCATE FOR THAT OR MAYBE ENCOURAGE, UH, FOR FUNDING FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, ALSO, I, I FORGOT TO, I FAILED TO MENTION, AND, AND I CONTINUOUSLY, UM, THANK THE MEDIA, BUT I WANNA THANK THEM AGAIN FOR THE PARTNERSHIPS AND FOR THEIR GREAT QUESTIONING. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, THEY ARE HELPING, UH, BY ANSWERING REALLY GOOD QUESTION, UH, ASKING REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP I THINK HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL, UM, WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          I, UM, DO HAVE ANOTHER, UH, IT, IT'S MORE OF A, UM, QUESTION AS FAR AS GRASSROOTS EFFORTS GO, JEFF, UM, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR CONTINUED GRASSROOTS EFFORTS? I KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO GET, UH, 
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FUNDED FOR LIKE POSTCARDS OR ROBOCALLS, AND CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE GRASSROOTS EFFORTS? UM, I THINK AT THIS POINT, WHAT I'VE SUMMARIZED IS, IS THE EXTENT OF IT. 
          THE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T CALL TOWN HALL MEETINGS RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND WE HAVE TO LIMIT THE FACE-TO-FACE ON THE GROUND WORK. 
          UM, WE HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF, I WANNA SAY 42 NOW, 43, UM, UH, SORT OF VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS, UH, WITH DIFFERENT AUDIENCES, EVERYTHING FROM, UH, PHYSICIANS TO SPANISH SPEAKERS, UH, THAT SORT OF THING WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE THEM ONLINE. 
          UM, BUT OUR, OUR BIGGEST GRASSROOTS EFFORT IS THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS THAT ARE OUT ON THE GROUND. 
          UM, THAT SAID, WE'RE LEARNING A LOT THROUGH THIS, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AMONGST OUR TEAM ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DEPLOY ONCE THIS IS OVER AND WE GO BACK TO WHATEVER NORMAL IS, UM, THAT, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW, NEW, UH, TRICKS AND TOOLS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT AND PLAN TO DEPLOY. 
          BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFICS FOR YOU TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. 
          AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SWAMPED, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKERS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT THE, UH, THE MEDIA THAT YOU ALL ARE USING WITH TELE AND, UH, UNIVISION TO THE SPANISH SPEAKERS IS, IS WORKING GREATLY. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FOR NOW, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          HAA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO J THANK YOU JEFF AND THE G P A TEAM, ESPECIALLY, UH, JAVIER FLORES, WHO'S BEEN SERVING AS, UH, OUR LIAISON AND DOING A GREAT JOB KEEPING OUR, OUR, UM, ACCURATE AND CONSISTENT INFORMATION GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          HE'S BEEN A GREAT HELP TO US AND JUST VERY PLEASANT DISPOSITION AND PATIENT, SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A PORTION OF THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WILL OFFER REIMBURSEMENTS FOR, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, EFFORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN MAKING, FLYERS, DOOR HANGERS, THINGS LIKE THAT? YEAH, IT'S OUR INTENT TO SEEK THAT. 
          DID YOU WANT ADD SOMETHING HERE? YEAH, IT, I, UH, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE GUIDANCE NOW, IT, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT EFFORTS THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS FROM A PUBLIC OUTREACH STANDPOINT WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, ACCEPTABLE. 
          SO WE'RE TRACKING ALL OF THE EXPENSES THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT, UH, AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS RELATED TO THIS SO THAT WE COULD SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, AND I'LL ADD THAT. 
          UM, AND I THINK I KNOW WHY YOU'RE ASKING THAT QUESTION. 
          UM, UH, TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S QUESTION EARLIER, MARIA SAID, WE ARE TRACKING EVERYTHING. 
          UM, IF THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF, OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL BUDGETS THAT YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING, UH, TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION, UM, COORDINATION WITH, UH, UH, IN COMMUNICATION WITH EMILY SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE THAT EXPENSE, UM, AND SEGREGATE IT, UH, AND TRACK IT, UH, IN CASE YOU GUYS ARE, ARE THINKING ABOUT, UM, OF DOING SOME OF THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO. 
          VARDA, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU JEFF AND MARIA FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MARIA FOR BEING ON, UM, A COMMUNITY MEETING, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT. 
          WE DID A MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS AND DISTRICT SEVEN, AND SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 
          I THEY DIDN'T EVEN FLINCH AT THE FACT THAT YOU SAID WE WERE LOSING THAT MUCH MONEY IN STREETS, UM, BECAUSE YOU WERE SO GOOD  AT DELIVERING YOUR MESSAGE. 
          UM, JEFF, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I WAS CONTACTED BY ZA AND THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE OFFERING FREE ADVERTISING, UH, FOR US, UM, ON THEIR, ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE PRINTING RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE AND ALL THE, ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TOO, THAT'S, THAT'S OPEN TO US AS WELL. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OR THE INTERPRETATION ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UM, ARE ANY OF THE TRANSLATIONS DONE BY HUMANS, OR IS IT ALL? UM, YES. 
          OUR, ARE ALL OF OUR SPANISH IS DONE. 
          WE DO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, CONTRACTS FOR BOTH A TRANSLATION SERVICE AND INTERPRETERS. 
          SO ALL THE SPANISH IS NOT RELYING ON GOOGLE TRANSLATE. 
          UM, AND, AND I SHOULD ADD, I DID, I DIDN'T MENTION THIS EARLIER ABOUT THE, TO COUNCILMAN VI'S QUESTION ABOUT THE CALL TAKERS WHO SPEAK SPANISH. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE 15 OR MORE, WE ALSO HAVE A TRANSLATION LINE THAT THEY CAN CALL THAT, UH, HAS INTERPRETERS DOING LANGUAGES UP TO 200 LANGUAGES. 
          YEAH. 
          IN TERMS OF THE REST OF IT ON THE WEBSITE, I THINK WE MOSTLY RELY ON THAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE. 
          UH, WE HAD SOME EARLY MATERIALS IN CHINESE AND, AND MANDARIN, BUT MOST OF IT WERE RELYING ON THAT FUNCTION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LANGUAGES AS SAFE HARBOR LANGUAGES MM-HMM. 
           THAT I THINK, 
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UM, AFTER KATRINA, UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE LANGUAGE AVAILABLE TO THOSE IN, IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          SO CAN YOU TELL ME, UM, HOW IS THAT CONSIDERED WHETHER OR NOT TO DO ALL OF THE SAFE HARBOR LANGUAGES FOR, FOR THE MAJOR ITEMS? I, I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. 
          I'LL CHECK WITH OUR METRO HEALTH FOLKS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY HERE DOES EITHER, BUT, UM, BUT I, I'LL CHECK WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE WE, WE DO HAVE A LIST THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          IN FACT, THE EFFORT TO CREATE THE GOOGLE TRANSLATE STARTED WITH ABOUT 15 LANGUAGES THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PROVIDING IT TO. 
          AND AS IT TURNED OUT, WE COULD DO THIS WHOLE SUITE OF 108 OR SO. 
          BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL FIND OUT SPECIFICS ABOUT THAT AND, AND FOLLOW UP, UH, VIA THE CITY MANAGER'S EMAILS TO YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, SIMILAR QUESTION REGARDING PEOPLE WITH ANY COMMUNICATIONS DISABILITIES, VISUAL, UM, AUDIO, UH, SPEAKING. 
          YEAH, YEAH. 
          UH, WE ALWAYS HAVE, UH, CLOSED CAPTIONING ON THE WEBSITE. 
          UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE TYPICALLY THE SIGN LANGUAGE, UH, TRANSLATION MM-HMM. 
           AVAILABLE WHEN PEOPLE WANT IT OR REQUEST IT. 
          UH, IN THIS CASE, WE'VE JUST DEPLOYED IT FOR EVERYTHING SO THAT PEOPLE, SO THAT ALL OF OUR LIVE, UH, EVENTS HAVE IT. 
          UM, UH, BUT LIKE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, I GUESS, WHAT WOULD YOU, WELL, WE STILL HAVE, HAVE AUDIO YEAH. 
          UH, FUNCTIONING EVEN THROUGH ALL THE VIDEO, UH, COMPONENTS OF IT. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE I'M MISSING? YEAH, AND OF COURSE, THE, THE WEBSITE FOR HARD OF HEARING AND SO FORTH. 
          YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND THEN I KNOW, UH, EARLY ON WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, COMMUNICATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE DIGITAL REALM. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, SO I THINK, UM, YOU ALLUDED, SO BASICALLY WE'VE GOT TV AND THE DOOR HANGERS, UH, THE, THE BILL INSERTS, RIGHT. 
          UH, FLYERS, THE SIGNAGE AROUND THE CITY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UM, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE 1.9 MILLION, UM, PAGE CLICKS. 
          THE, A SIMILAR METRIC FOR THE HOTLINE IS ABOUT TH I THINK WE'RE CLOSING IN ON 30,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED AND USED THAT OVER THE, THAT'S GREAT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN THE MAIN THING THAT WE'VE DIRECTED FOLKS THERE AND THEN USED AS MUCH OF OUR SORT OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND TARGETED ADVERTISING TO STEER PEOPLE TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT RESOURCE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HEARING IMPAIRED, WHAT OPTIONS ARE THERE FOR THEM TO ASK A QUESTION? IS IT JUST DIGITAL? WELL, YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS THROUGH THE SITE AS WELL. 
          UM, IS IT JUST DIGITAL? WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, I THINK SHE'S SAYING HEARING IMPAIRED. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          YEAH, SORRY, I DON'T NO, NO, NO, NO. 
          GOOD TO KNOW. 
          DON'T HAVE ALL THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT YES. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU JEFF, VERY MUCH. 
          UM, UH, LAST TIME WE MET, I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS THIS PAST TUESDAY, THE ONE BEFORE, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ HAD ASKED ABOUT, UH, MOBILE TESTING IN THE WEST SIDE, OR, UM, INSIDE FOUR 10, WE SAW THE, THE MAP OF THE TESTING LOCATIONS. 
          AND THERE'S A, UH, I THINK BASICALLY RUNNING ALMOST FROM 2 81 TO 90, THERE'S A, THERE'S NOT A TESTING LOCATION INSIDE FOUR 10, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UH, HOW WE WERE DOING ON THAT. 
          SO THE MAP YOU'RE REFERENCING IS THE MAP THAT SHOWED THAT 96% OF THE POPULATION, OH GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH ME. 
          AND MIKE'S, 96% OF THE POPULATION LIVES, UH, WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF A TESTING LOCATION. 
          IN SPITE OF THAT, WE ARE WORKING TO DEPLOY, UM, TWO ADDITIONAL SITES. 
          ONE IS IN D SIX, ONE IS IN D THREE, UH, FOUR. 
          AND, UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT, UM, DEPLOYING THE MOBILE UNIT TO DO SOME, UM, DRIVE AROUND TESTING OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS. 
          SO, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE WORKING ON, ON EXPANDING TESTING, AVAILABILITY. 
          AND UM, WHEN YOU SAY D SIX, WHAT PART? IT'S WEST MILITARY HIGHWAY NEAR THE WALMART 83 73 WEST. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          OUTSIDE OF LOOP FOUR 10. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THE MOBILE UNIT WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL. 
          FIVE MILES IS A, IS A LONG WAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE, IN THE INNER CITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE, UH, THOSE PORTIONS. 
          UM, SO I'M SORRY, YOU SAID THE, WHEN, WHEN DO YOU THINK THE MOBILE UNIT WILL BE DEPLOYED? I, I, THEY'RE WORKING OUT ALL OF THOSE DETAILS FOR THOSE THREE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, DR. 
          EMERICK SAID SOMETHING ON TV THE OTHER NIGHT ABOUT, UM, SOME NEW TESTING LOCATIONS 
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THAT WERE MAYBE GOING UP AND WE, I DON'T REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THOSE. 
          UM, UN UNTIL THAT POINT. 
          IS THERE AN UPDATE YOU CAN GIVE US ON THAT? I'M SORRY. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WAS, WHAT DID I MISUNDERSTAND YOUR FIRST QUESTION? I THOUGHT THE QUESTION WAS, WHERE ARE NEW TESTING FACILITIES GOING TO BE? ARE THOSE THE SAME ONES THAT DR. 
          EMIG REFERRED TO IN HER? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THEN, UH, THE LAST QUESTION IS, UM, HOW AM I DOING ON TIME? UH, I, I BELIEVE DALLAS, UH, PUT OUT A, UM, AN APP AND IT'S, UH, SIMILAR TO OUR, UM, OUR ONLINE DIAGNOSTIC TO OUR ONLINE TOOL WHERE YOU CAN ASSESS WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD TAKE A TEST. 
          AND, BUT WHAT IT DOES IS AFTER IT TELLS YOU YES, YOU SHOULD TAKE A TEST, IT ALLOWS YOU TO GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE IT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHICH SEEMS LIKE, UM, IT, UH, IT MIGHT, IT SEEMS MORE CONVENIENT. 
          SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF, OF OUR TOOL. 
          IT ACTUALLY WAS OUR, OUR, UH, OUR SELF SCREENING TOOL. 
          THIS IS A CREDIT TO IT, UH, WHO DID THIS MM-HMM. 
          , BUT JUST YESTERDAY, UH, WE CHANGED THAT TOOL. 
          SO NOW INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO MAKE CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, THERE'S AN ACTUAL, YOU CAN GO STRAIGHT TO BOOKING AN APPOINTMENT AND THEN ONCE THEY FOLLOW UP, THERE WILL BE THE SCREENING QUESTIONS AND CONVERSATION. 
          SO IT SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO HOME PAGE, YEAH. 
          ON THE HOMEPAGE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO YOU BOOKED THE APPOINTMENT BEFORE YOU GO THROUGH THE SCREENING? YOU CAN NOW, YES. 
          AS AS OF YESTERDAY I BELIEVE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'LL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 
          I'M, I'M THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM, UM, AND DO YOU HAVE TO CALL OR YOU JUST BOOK IT ONLINE? YOU CAN BOOK IT ONLINE. 
          OH, THAT'S GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I DID, UH, ZAN WAS TEXTING ME AS I SAT DOWN ALSO, UH, WE DO HAVE IN-PERSON FOLKS WITH METROHEALTH TRANSLATING IN THE TOP RANKED LANGUAGES, UH, AND OUR DISABILITY ACCESS OFFICES HELPING MODIFY A LOT OF THE KEY DOCUMENTS SO THAT THOSE ARE AVAILABLE IN THOSE HIGHLY RANKED, UH, LANGUAGES. 
          OH, THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO KNOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND UM, THAT'S ALL THE DISCUSSION ON ITEM FOUR. 
          I, I DID WANT TO JUST, UH, GIVE A BRIEF THANK YOU TO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THIS CHAMBERS AND DO, DO QUITE A BIT OF WORK, UH, ON OUR RESPONSE EFFORTS. 
          AND THAT'S, UH, CRAIG HOPKINS AND I T S D. 
          HE'S DONE A REALLY FABULOUS JOB. 
          THE WEBSITE NOW FEATURES THE OPEN DATA LINK, AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO UTILIZE THAT DATA AND, AND MAYBE PROVIDE SOME MORE WAYS OF PRESENTING USEFUL INFORMATION TO FOLKS. 
          AND THE OTHER ONE, UH, IS OUR AV STAFF. 
          UM, A LOT OF 'EM ARE HERE, BUT THEY REALLY GET SHOUT OUT, BUT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE VIDEO PRESENTATIONS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT HOW WE CONDUCT BASIC GOVERNANCE NOW, AND, AND YOU GUYS ARE KEEPING IT TOGETHER. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
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UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND SIX. 
          ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 IN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HUD ACTION PLAN AND BUDGET IN RESPONSE TO C OVID 19 TO PROGRAM FUNDING AWARDED FOR THE CARES ACT FOR AMOUNTS UP TO $7,707,015 OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT C D B G CV FUNDS, AND UP TO $297,456 FOR $297,456 FOR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS HOPWA FUNDS. 
          AND TO REPROGRAM UP TO $5,009,768 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, C D B G FUNDS AND UP TO $3,506,840 FOR FISCAL 2020 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM HOME FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT OF THE HUD FISCAL 20 16 20 20 CONSOLIDATED PLAN TO INCLUDE EXPEDITED PUBLIC NOTICE PROCEDURES AND AUTHORIZE VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX IS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE CREATION OF C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, ACCEPTING UP TO $2 MILLION FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION AND PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM TOTALING $15,833,834, AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS FOR THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET TO REFLECT REALLOCATION AND REDIRECTIONS AND REDUCTIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19 PANDEMIC AND AUTHORIZING A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE FOR AN INITIAL AMOUNT OF 
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1,900,000 TO HELP LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR LOCAL NONPROFITS. 
          THANK YOU, TINA. 
          I THINK, UH, LORI'S GOT OUR PRESENTATION. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU, TINA FOR READING THE, THE LONG CAPTION. 
          AND I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE THE FIVE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING TODAY WITH THESE FIVE, THESE TWO ITEMS. ONE, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AN AMENDMENT TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020 HUD ACTION PLAN. 
          THAT AMENDMENT WILL PROGRAM THE $7.7 MILLION IN CARESS ACT FUNDING AND PROGRAM $5 MILLION IN C D B G FUNDING. 
          THAT AMENDMENT WILL ALSO PROGRAM THE $300,000 IN HOPWA FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STIMULUS PACKAGE. 
          AND HOPWA IS HOUSING OF PERSONS WITH AIDS, SO THAT MONEY WILL HELP US HOUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THEN IT ALSO DOES THE, THE OVERALL REPROGRAM OF $3.5 MILLION IN HOME FUNDS. 
          AND ALL OF THESE REPROGRAMMING EFFORTS ARE NECESSARY TO FUND OUR COVID RESPONSE. 
          ITEM NUMBER SIX DOES FOUR ACTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ACTION, IT IS APPROVES THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL BUDGET OF 15.8 MILLION. 
          IT AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE OF UP TO $2 MILLION IN SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION FUNDS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION FUNDS, AND ALSO AUTHORIZES US TO RECEIVE ANY OTHER FUNDING THAT MAY RESULT FROM PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS. 
          IT APPROVES AN AMENDMENT. 
          I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. 
          WE'RE GONNA SWAP ME OUT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. 
          IT ALSO APPROVES AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET TO REFLECT THE GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS AND THE REALLOCATION WE MADE WITHIN THE BUDGET TO THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR OUR COVID RESPONSE. 
          AND FINALLY, IT APPROVES AN AGREEMENT WITH F I I, WHICH IS FEDERAL INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE $1.9 MILLION IN CASH ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM OUR EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND ALSO HELP US LEVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL $1.9 MILLION IN FUNDING. 
          IT'S NOT JUST COLLEEN TODAY, IT'S ME TOO. 
          SO WE'RE NOT ALONE. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOST OF MY PRESENTATION IS GONNA FOCUS ON THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS I'VE GONE OVER THE C D B G FUNDING LAST WEEK, BUT I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT REPROGRAMMING EFFORT. 
          AND SO, AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE NEEDS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY HAS DRASTICALLY INCREASED FROM 57 INCREASE A WEEK, AND THAT'S PRE COVID. 
          SO PRE MARCH 13TH, 2020 TO OVER 5,300 INQUIRIES A WEEK. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN RESPONSE TO THAT STAFF, WE TYPICALLY HAD STAFF EIGHT PEOPLE IN OUR FAIR HOUSING OFFICE. 
          WE'VE GONE FROM EIGHT TO 41. 
          THAT'S A RESULT OF REDEPLOYING STAFF FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE LIBRARY AND CONVENTION SERVICES. 
          WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED AN ONLINE APPLICATION, ONLINE APPLICATION. 
          THAT ONLINE APPLICATION WAS LAUNCHED LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S HELPED US PROCESS THESE APPLICATIONS MUCH QUICKER. 
          UM, WE'VE STREAMLINED OUR APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          WE'VE ADDED TO THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BOTH THE WRITTEN ONE AND THOSE THAT CALL IN WHO NEED ASSISTANCE IN FILLING OUT THAT WE'VE ADDED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE SAFE, ARE THEY FOOD INSECURE OR ARE THEY EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THOSE EMERGENCY ISSUES RIGHT AWAY. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE APPLICANT ON UNEMPLOYMENT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE FILING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE STIMULUS ACT. 
          NOW, THESE CALLS ARE BEING MADE FOR SUPPORT FROM A RISK MITIGATION FUND POLICY. 
          THE RISK MITIGATION FUND POLICY WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF 2018. 
          IT PROVIDES RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE, AND LEGAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM THAT POLICY. 
          THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE IS 350,000. 
          AND TO QUALIFY TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE, YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BE THE PRIMARY LEASE OR MORTGAGE HOLDER IN A MULTI-FAMILY MOBILE HOME OR SINGLE FAMILY HOME, HAVE A HOUSEHOLD INCOME AT OR BELOW A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME, WHICH IS $72,000, AND PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR PROOF OF HARDSHIP. 
          NOW, IN RESPONSE TO THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE CREATED OUR OWN PROGRAM, WHICH IS CALLED THE C OVID 
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19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          IT USES THE SAME ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA THAT OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND POLICY DOES, BUT IT EXPANDS ELIGIBLE USES TO INCLUDE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE FOR GROCERIES, MEDICINE, AND FUEL. 
          FUEL. 
          AND THIS PROGRAM WILL SUNSET ON JULY 31ST, 2020. 
          AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AN APPLICANT MUST SHOW PROOF OF HARDSHIP. 
          WE WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN SHOW US THAT PROOF OF HARDSHIP. 
          IT CAN COME IN THE FORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT LETTER, A TERMINATION LETTER, A LETTER FROM THEIR EMPLOYER SAYING THEY'VE REDUCED THEIR HOURS, PROOF OF LOOKING OF APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, OR IF THEY'RE AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, THEY CAN SHOW US THAT THEIR INCOME HAS REDUCED DRASTICALLY AND SHOW US THEIR BANK STATEMENTS, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN MEET THAT REQUIREMENT. 
          NOW, FOR RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WE DO HAVE A CAP OF AN ALLOWANCE BASED ON YOUR A M I LEVEL, WHICH IS AREA MEDIAN INCOME. 
          SO FOR THOSE MAKING 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME OR LESS, RENTERS CAN RECEIVE UP TO 3,500 FOR RENT AND UP TO 1500 FOR UTILITIES. 
          AND THAT'S THE SAME FOR A HOMEOWNER. 
          AND THEN THOSE, FOR THOSE THAT ARE BETWEEN 81 AND A HUNDRED PERCENT A M I, THEY CAN RECEIVE 2,600 FOR RENT AND AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AND UP TO 1,125 FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          NOW, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, WE MAKE THAT PAYMENT DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD, THE MORTGAGE HOLDER OR THE UTILITY PROVIDER. 
          AND AS I, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED THIS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE INTERNET. 
          AND SO WE WILL MAKE THAT PAYMENT TO THE INTERNET PROVIDER AS WELL. 
          NOW, FOR DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, UM, WE ARE ALLOWING DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENT, AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE FOR GROCERIES, FUEL, AND MEDICINE. 
          THE AMOUNT WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE HOUSEHOLD SIZE. 
          SO WE HAVE A SLIDING SCALE. 
          SO A FAMILY OF ONE WOULD RECEIVE $150 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBER. 
          IT GOES UP BY 50 AND IT'S CAPPED AT 300. 
          AND THAT IS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILY. 
          AND WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THEY USE THAT FOR GROCERIES, FUEL, AND MEDICINE. 
          AND WE ARE CONTRACTING WITH THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE TO DISTRIBUTE THAT CASH DIRECTLY TO THAT FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL. 
          AND DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER WILL TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY AND INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          NOW, OUR TOTAL BUDGET FOR THIS PROGRAM IS $15.8 MILLION. 
          WE HAVE 3.5 MILLION COMING FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET. 
          ABOUT 2.9 IS C D B G FUNDING, AND THE REST IS T FUNDING. 
          WE HAVE 2.25 MILLION OF C D G C D B G REPROGRAMMING, SO THAT INCLUDES $750,000 IN PROGRAM INCOME, ABOUT $272,000 IN PARKS PROGRAM. 
          IT'S AVAILABLE NOW THAT THE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN CANCELED, AND THEN ANOTHER $1.2 MILLION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE ZZA MORE PROJECT. 
          AND WE WILL JUST REFUND THAT PROJECT IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND IT DOES NOT DELAY THE PROJECT. 
          UM, SO IT KEEPS THAT PROJECT ON TRACK. 
          NOW WE ALSO HAVE A $2 MILLION REQUEST INTO THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION IN PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION. 
          THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION HAS APPROVED 500,000 OF THAT REQUEST, AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ACTION ON ADDITIONAL $500,000 IN THEIR MEETING IN MAY. 
          AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION WILL CONSIDER OUR $1 MILLION REQUEST AT THEIR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 28TH. 
          AND THEN THE C D B G FUNDING THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED ON THIS SLIDE IS PART OF THE REPROGRAMMING EFFORT AND THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS IN ITEM NUMBER FIVE. 
          NOW THIS BUDGET IS $15.8 MILLION. 
          UM, WE DIVIDED INTO ABOUT 13.9 THAT'LL GO DIRECTLY FOR RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, AND 1.9 THAT'LL GO TO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN WE BROKE THOSE CATEGORIES OUT BASED ON THOSE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUND AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, WE ARE ABLE TO HELP APPROXIMATELY 7,800 TO ABOUT 13,000 INDIVIDUALS AS A RESULT OF THIS $15.8 MILLION. 
          AND OF COURSE, THAT DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE THEY RECEIVE. 
          NOW WE ARE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM PRIVATE DONATIONS, AND SO WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST AND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION TO SOLICIT DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SMALLER DONATIONS CAN BE MADE ONLINE OR BY TEXTING, HOUSING HELP SA TO 4 1 4 4. 
          UM, WE RECEIVE $2,300 OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH THIS EFFORT, JUST THROUGH FACEBOOK FUNDRAISING, UM, LARGER DONATIONS THROUGH 
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BUSINESSES, CORPORATIONS, AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS CAN BE MADE BY EMAILING CVID NINETEEN@SAFDN.ORG. 
          WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO THAT 1,201, THAT $1,200 WILL BE BIFURCATED IN TWO WAYS. 
          80% WILL BE DEDICATED TO RENT, MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND 20% WILL BE DEDICATED TO GROCERIES, FUEL, AND MEDICINE FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          AND THEN AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMES IN THROUGH OTHER PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS SUCH AS THE HOUSING TRUST UNDER, UM, THE UNITED WAY OR THE AREA FOUNDATION, OR THE C OVID 19 WORKING GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON PHILANTHROPY, THAT WILL BE BROKEN OUT WITH 80, GOING 80% GOING TO THE RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING AND 20% GOING TO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          NOW, WE, WE HAVE SOME APPLICANT DATA I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU. 
          UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED 1400 APPLICATIONS, UH, AND THAT MEANS THEY ARE GETTING THEIR CHECKS THIS WEEK. 
          OF THOSE 1400, THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT $2.3 MILLION IN PAYOUT. 
          1.9 IS GOING FOR RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND THE AVERAGE DISBURSEMENT IS ABOUT 1.4 MILLION. 
          AND THEN ABOUT, UM, 335,000 WILL GO TOWARDS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, AND THE AVERAGE DISBURSEMENT WILL BE ABOUT $240. 
          AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE 471 LANDLORDS IN OUR VENDOR SYSTEM. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE PAY THE LANDLORD DIRECTLY FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THEN ANY MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WHEN WORKING WITH THESE LANDLORDS, ALL HAVE AGREED TO SIGN UP FOR THIS SYSTEM AND ALL HAVE AGREED TO ACCEPT PAYMENT. 
          NOW, 67% OF THOSE 1400 APPLICATIONS HAVE AN AREA MEETING INCOME OF LESS THAN 10%. 
          I MEAN, HAVE AN INCOME OF LESS THAN 10% OF THE AREA MEETING INCOME. 
          THAT MEANS THAT THEIR LAST TWO PAYCHECKS ARE LESS THAN ANYWHERE FROM 5,000 TO 7,200, DEPENDING ON THEIR FAMILY SIZE. 
          SO 67% OF OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY HELPING THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED. 
          NOW, BROKEN UP BY GENDER, YOU'LL SEE THAT 31% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE MALE AND 69% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE FEMALE AND THEN BROKEN OUT BY AGE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TO INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 36 AND 55. 
          NOW, OUR RE OUTREACH AND MARKETING, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW. 
          WE'VE ALREADY HAVE THE APPLICATION AND POLICY IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY HEALTH PREVENTION TEAM TO DISTRIBUTE FLYERS BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH IN THOSE AREAS THAT COLLEEN BRIDGER DISCUSSED EARLIER, THERE'S AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, LESS EQUITY WITHIN THE PRO WITHIN THE CITY. 
          AND THEN OUR PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COPS METRO AND THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION ARE GONNA HELP US MARKET THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, I'VE TALKED TO COPS METRO SPECIFICALLY WALKER MOORE, AND THEY'RE GONNA HELP US GET PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THE PROGRAM AND HELP THEM FILL OUT THOSE APPLICATIONS BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS HELPING THEM PROCESS THOSE APPLICATIONS AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GET THEM UPLOADED IN THE SYSTEM. 
          AND THEN THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS ALSO GOING TO BE MARKETING THIS PROGRAM TO ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS. 
          UM, WE ARE DOING TARGETED OUTREACH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EACH COUNCIL OFFICE. 
          SO AFTER APPROVAL, WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MARKETING MATERIALS, AND WE ARE FOCUSING THOSE MARKETING MATERIALS IN AREAS OF NEED. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO, UM, TARGETED MEDIA ADS IN SPECIFIC AREAS, SPECIFICALLY IN SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO, AND THEN ALSO GET SOME, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON WHAT OTHER MEDIA BUYS WE SHOULD MAKE TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THIS PROGRAM. 
          NOW, LAST WEEK I SHOWED THIS SLIDE, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW THAT OUR $15.8 MILLION PROGRAM IS STILL ONE OF THE HIGHEST PROGRAMS THAT ANY OTHER CITY HAS, UM, PASSED OR PROPOSED. 
          UM, NEXT TO AUSTIN, THEY HAVE THEIR $15 MILLION PROGRAM. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY MORE ARE COMING ONLINE, BUT WE FEEL THIS IS A GREAT MODEL FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW. 
          UM, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY DR. 
          COLLEEN BRIDGER, AND SHE'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE. 
          SO FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, OR F I I, SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF BEFORE BECAUSE THEY WERE FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE WERE VETTING FOR OUR POVERTY REPORT. 
          UM, SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT F I I 
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THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT LENSES. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE WORK THAT WE WERE DOING WITH F I I TO ADDRESS CHRONIC POVERTY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO THAT'S WHAT MY FIRST SLIDE IS, UM, THROUGH THEIR UP TOGETHER INITIATIVE. 
          UM, WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, TO PROVIDE CASH ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS IS, UM, FAMILIES ARE, UM, THEY, THEY ARE COHORTED TOGETHER IN GROUPS OF FIVE TO SEVEN FAMILIES. 
          UM, THEY ARE, UM, PUT TOGETHER IN A, A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SOCIALLY NETWORK WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS COHORT. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET DEAL WITH IS A LACK OF A SOCIAL NETWORK THAT HELPS THEM ACHIEVE FINANCIAL GOALS. 
          AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT PRIVILEGE, A BIG FOUNDATION OF PRIVILEGE IS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT NETWORK IN PLACE. 
          YOU KNOW WHO TO TALK TO WHEN YOU WANNA START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. 
          YOU KNOW WHO TO TALK TO WHEN YOU HAVE THIS IDEA, BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. 
          F I I BRINGS THESE FAMILIES TOGETHER AND CREATES THAT SO SOCIAL NETWORK FOR THEM SO THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THESE CASH PAYMENTS IN A WAY THAT THEY DEEM BEST TO HELP RAISE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT OF POVERTY. 
          UM, THE WAY THAT THAT WORKS IS THERE IS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE FAMILIES OF UP TO $3,200 OVER A 24 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, AND F I I WORKS WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO IDENTIFY FAMILIES WHO WOULD TAKE, BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS INITIAL MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT CAME FROM THE HE HE BUTT FOUNDATION, THE AREA FOUNDATION, MCGUIRE FAMILY FOUNDATION, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. 
          SO THIS WAS WHAT WE WERE WORKING ON WHEN WE WERE WORKING ON SOLUTIONS, UM, THROUGH THE POVERTY REPORT. 
          THEN WE HAD C OVID 19, AND SO WE PIVOTED. 
          I WILL SAY THAT PROBABLY, UM, THE SINGLE GREATEST SKILL THAT C OVID 19 HAS TAUGHT ALL GOVERNMENTS IS HOW TO PIVOT QUICKLY AND OFTEN. 
          AND SO WE HAVE PIVOTED, AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH THIS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND, UM, SINCE 2001. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A NEW ORGANIZATION, IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HADN'T WORKED WITH UNTIL LAST YEAR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, WE ARE COMBINING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UM, $1.9 MILLION THAT LORI HAS ALREADY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT. 
          UM, IN ADDITION, WE ARE USING THAT $1.9 MILLION TO LEVERAGE SOME ADDITIONAL LOCAL PRIVATE DOLLARS AND SOME NATIONAL PRIVATE DOLLARS. 
          SO F I I, THROUGH THEIR NATIONAL FUNDRAISING IS BRINGING $750,000 TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND THEN PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS ARE BEGINNING THE FUNDRAISING PROCESS. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THAT UP TO 1.9 OR EVEN MORE, UM, MILLION DOLLARS TO USE, UM, THROUGH THE F I I DASHBOARD AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF F I I. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL USE THIS TO, UM, ALLOW PEOPLE TO RECEIVE CASH ASSISTANCE THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT VENUES. 
          THE FIRST, AS LORI MENTIONED, WOULD BE THROUGH FAMILIES WHO ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE, UM, THROUGH THE HOUSING TRUST FUND FOR RENTAL OR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, THE SECOND WOULD BE FAMILIES WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THEIR CHILDCARE PROGRAMS, UM, THEY WOULD BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE, UM, UP TO $500. 
          AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING BECAUSE FAMILIES WHO, WHO ENTER THROUGH RISK MITIGATION BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO 300 FAMILIES WHO ENTER THROUGH THE OTHER TWO. 
          SO THE FIRST ONE IS THROUGH HUMAN SERVICES. 
          UM, THEY GET UP TO $500. 
          AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS AS THE THIRD WAY OF ENTERING INTO THE F I I PROGRAM, UM, FAMILIES WOULD GET UP TO $300. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'VE COMBINED A COUPLE THINGS, AND THAT CAN GET A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING, BUT FAMILIES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE EITHER THROUGH, UM, THE RISK MITIGATION PROGRAM, 
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THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, OR THROUGH AREA NON-PROFITS. 
          AND THEY CAN USE THE CASH THAT THEY GET FOR, AS LORI OUTLINED, UM, GROCERIES, FUEL MEDICINE, ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO HELP THEIR, UM, THEIR FAMILIES CONTINUE TO THRIVE DURING THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION. 
          SO I'M GONNA WRAP EVERYTHING UP, UM, WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, THESE ITEMS. SO WE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WITH AN INITIAL BUDGET OF $15.8 MILLION THAT WE ACCEPT UP TO $2 MILLION FROM THE SAN ANTONIO, UM, HOUSING TRUST FOUNDATION AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS OR PRIVATE DONATIONS THAT WE AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUDGET TO REFLECT THE REDUCTIONS AND REALLOCATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19 AND APPROVE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE THAT WILL FACILITATE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO RECIPIENTS OF THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND IMMEDIATELY LEVERAGE $1.1 MILLION WITH A TOTAL GOAL OF $1.9 MILLION OF LEVERAGED FUNDS. 
          THESE ACTIONS WILL RESULT IN TOTAL DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $17.7 MILLION. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND LORI AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          MARY, LET ME, UH, SAY A COUPLE THINGS. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          UH, FIVE POINTS THAT I, THAT I WANNA MAKE AND I THINK THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, UH, FOR ALL OF US TO, TO RECOGNIZE. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, UH, UH, AS A RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, I'M PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNCIL, UH, WE HAVE MECHANISMS IN PLACE THAT FRANKLY SET US APART FROM OTHER CITIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, PANDEMIC. 
          AND THE, AND THE, UH, RESPONSE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE COUNCIL. 
          THE CREATION OF A RISK MITIGATION FUND TWO YEARS AGO, UM, PUT THOSE PROCESSES IN PLACE. 
          UM, FRANKLY, THE PRIORITIZATION THROUGH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ'S, UM, CHAMPION OF THIS ISSUE, UH, IN TERMS OF POVERTY LAST FALL, GAVE US A HEADSTART IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU. 
          IT, IT SETS US APART, AND IT, AND IT PUTS US IN A BETTER POSITION TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT. 
          UH, I I REALLY WANT TO ALSO THANK, UM, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LORI VETO EDWARD GONZALEZ, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING STAFF, THEY HAVE, UM, UH, BEEN, UM, VERY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEED AND VERY CREATIVE IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, AND, AND I WANNA THANK THE DR. 
          BRIDGER AND MELODY AND THE D H S TEAM OF METRO HEALTH BECAUSE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR ALL THE, ALL THE, UH, EARLY WORK AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE POVERTY REPORT, UM, I DON'T THINK WE'D HAD THE CONNECTION WITH F I I. 
          WE DID, UM, WHEN LORI AND DR. 
          BRIDGER CALLED ME, UH, FRIDAY AT NOON WITH THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION WITH F I I, UM, I'M CONVINCED THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE EARLIER, THAT WOULD NOT BE IN PLACE, UH, IN THIS PROPOSAL TODAY. 
          SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT, UH, LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WE HAD A REQUEST FROM A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING ADDITIONAL, UH, ALTERNATIVES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          UH, WE SHARED THOSE SUGGESTIONS WITH YOU ON MONDAY MORNING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION. 
          AND, UH, AS DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTIONED, UH, WE ARE, UH, PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UM, AND LORI FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL MOVE NOW TO, UH, ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE, UH, CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          THEN WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          UH, WE HAVE TWO GROUPS. 
          UM, THE FIRST IS COPS METRO, AND THEY WILL HAVE NINE MINUTES TO SPEAK IN AS A GROUP. 
          UH, THE GROUP IS FATHER RYAN ZAMORA, LINDA DAVILA, AND LOUIS MINKA ARE ALL THREE OF YOU HERE CAN'T RECOGNIZE EVERYONE BEHIND THE MASK, SO, OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD, FATHER. 
          IT'S KIND OF HOT. 
          GOOD MORNING, UH, WAN, GOOD MORNING, UH, MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FIRST, UH, WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR 
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YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S HARD TO BE LEADERS IN THIS, UH, CRISIS. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, ALSO FOR YOUR UPDATE, UH, MY COMMUNITY BENE BENEFIT. 
          WELL, UH, FROM, UM, YOUR, UH, UH, CHANNEL THAT, UH, EVERY EVENING THAT WE, THAT WE ARE GOING TO, UH, SEE IN THE TV. 
          WELL, UM, MY NAME IS FATHER RYAN, THE MOR CARER. 
          I'M THE PASTOR OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN DISTRICT FOUR, UH, AND ALSO, UH, THE LEADER OF A, A LEADER OF A COPS IN METRO. 
          AND, UH, MY PARISHIONERS ARE HARD WORKER AND, UH, MANY OF THEM ARE OUT OF JOB NOW. 
          AND, UH, TO MENTION SOME, UH, I HAVE, UH, THIS, UH, UH, HER NAME IS JUANITA HERNANDEZ AGUIRE, WHO, UH, HER HUSBAND IS ALSO, UH, A RESTAURANT WAITER. 
          UH, THEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN, AND ALSO ONE OF MY, UH, UH, A PARENT OF MY RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. 
          HER NAME IS, UH, AZAR, UH, SHE'S OUT OF WORK. 
          AND ALSO, UM, HER LINDA ROMERO, WHO IS, UH, A SINGLE MOTHER AND WHO WORK AS, UH, UH, IN THE HOUSEKEEPING. 
          THEY'RE OUT OF JOB. 
          SO THE FAMILY OF, UH, JUANITA A AND, UH, LIN AND OTHER FAMILIES TOO, UH, WE KNOW THAT THEY NEED OUR HELP AND, UH, THE COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY MY COMMUNITIES. 
          I TALK WITH MY FELLOW PRIEST AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT HOW HARD TIME IN THIS MOMENT. 
          SO, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL, I ASK THAT, UH, YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BUDGET, UH, 25, UH, 0.8 MILLION FOR THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM DURING, UH, THIS TIME OF CRISIS. 
          WE MUST DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS, UH, OURSELF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          I'M LINDA DAVILA. 
          I'M AM A COPS METRO LEADER FROM ST. 
          TIMOTHY CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
          IT'S NO SECRET. 
          COPS METRO AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVEN'T ALWAYS SEEN EYE TO EYE ON ISSUES. 
          BUT THROUGH THIS CRISIS, WE HAVE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE CITY'S FAST AND THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE TO THE C OVID 19 CRISIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          NOW, MORE THAN EVER, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          WE COMMEND YOU FOR THE PROPOSED 15 8 15 0.8 MILLION EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT'S ON THE TABLE TODAY. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          BUT WE KNOW IT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
          CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INCREASE THE PROGRAM TO 25.8 MILLION BY THE SOURCES IDENTIFIED BY CITY STAFF AND GIVEN TO YOU ON MONDAY. 
          AND THOSE 25.8 MILLION, ANY MONEY FROM GRANTS OR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AS DESCRIBED BY MS. HOUSTON, SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE 25.8 MILLION, NOT, UH, SUBSTITUTED FOR CITY BUDGET OF THE 25.8 MILLION. 
          WE'VE MET WITH MANY OF YOU AND CITY STAFF OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS IN OUR CITY. 
          OVER THE YEARS, THE CITY HAS BEEN REMARKABLY CREATIVE AND RESOURCEFUL IN IDENTIFYING FUNDS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS. 
          SO WE KNOW YOU CAN DO IT. 
          WE EXPECT YOU TO FULFILL YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELP THOSE RESIDENTS LIKE FATHER RYAN DESCRIBED TO YOU. 
          JUST NOW, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HIT HARD BY THIS PANDEMIC, WE ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING TODAY. 
          NOW IS THE TIME FOR US 
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TO BE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ISSUE. 
          YOU, THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS STAY HOME, WORK SAFE. 
          MR. COYLE JUST SHOWED YOU YARD SIGNS THERE FOR, UH, SAYING STAY HOME, SAVE LIVES. 
          WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO TODAY. 
          IF RESIDENTS ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, THEY WILL NOT BE SAFE ANYWHERE. 
          RENT AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS FOR MAY ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 
          SO WE DO COMMIT TO YOU TODAY THAT COPS METRO WILL DOUBLE UP ON ITS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT YOUR OUTREACH PRO YOUR OUTREACH EFFORTS IN THIS PROGRAM. 
          NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER. 
          WE ARE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE EXTRAORDINARY TIMES CALLING FOR EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS FROM ALL OF US. 
          WE THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          UH, WE HAVE A SECOND GROUP NOW, UH, ALSO COPS METRO AND THE GROUP IS JUAN ELIAS, LINDA ORTEGA, AND MARIO JUAREZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY, THE SECOND GROUP WOULD NOT SPEAK. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY SAID WHAT WE NEEDED TO SAY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE, UH, TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION. 
          WE WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTER I RECEIVED FROM LA MOLINA, THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION CALLED SUENOS ES, IN SUPPORT OF ADDING FUNDS TO THE COVID TO 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          SINCE THIS LETTER WAS RECEIVED DIGITALLY, IT HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CITY CLERK TO BE SUBMITTED INTO THE RECORD FOR THIS ITEM. 
          BUT I WILL READ A, A QUICK EXCERPT. 
          MANY FAMILIES ARE LEFT WONDERING HOW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AS THE NUMBER OF CO C OVID 19 CASES CONTINUES TO INCREASE IN OUR STATE, IT IS APPARENT THAT THE VIRUS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE. 
          IT DOES NOT CARE ABOUT RACE, CLASS, IMMIGRATION STATUS, OR WEALTH. 
          BECAUSE BECAUSE THIS VIRUS DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE, NEITHER SHOULD OUR RESPONSE AS A NATIVE SAN ANTONIO, I'M PROUD HOW MY CITY HAS STEPPED UP TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN TIMES OF CRISIS, WE CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          BY ALLOCATING ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, SAN ANTONIO WILL BE TAKING AN ENORMOUS AND NECESSARY STEP IN CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT ARE INTEGRAL TO FAMILY SURVIVAL. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING OUR PART IN FINDING THE CURVE IF WE DO NOT PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          THANK YOU, LARA. 
          AND AGAIN, I JUST, UM, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK IN BUILDING, UH, OUR RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION. 
          I WANNA BE CLEAR, UH, AS THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, JUST MADE CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS MOTION IS FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. 
          SO I MOVE TO AMEND STAFF RECOMMENDATION BY ADDING $9.2 MILLION TO THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          BUDGET AS FOLLOWS, 2.5 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND AS OFFSET BY RELOCATION OF 2.5 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO THE CITY'S ANNUAL PAYMENT TO VIA, CONSISTENT WITH THE RESTRICTIVE USES FOR PART FOR THE PARKING ENTERPRISE FUND, UP TO 1.5 MILLION IN UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION PENDING APPROVAL BY ITS BOARD UP TO 500,000 IN UNCOMMITTED FUND BALANCE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST FINANCE CORPORATION, PENDING APPROVAL BY ITS BOARD AND $3.7 MILLION FROM THE TAX INCREMENT REVITALIZATION ZONE FUNDS AS SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED BY THE FOLLOWING, 1.5 MILLION FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOUR, 200,000 FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST CORRIDOR TOUR, 1 MILLION FROM THE MIDTOWN TOUR, AND 1 MILLION FROM THE INNER CITY TOUR. 
          PENDING APPROVAL FROM EACH OF THESE RESPECTIVE TOURIST BOARDS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, $1 MILLION FROM THE TWO, FROM THE 2 MILLION SAN ANTONIO HOUSING TRUST PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION ALLOCATION TO THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM THAT WAS PART OF THE CITY'S UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM. 
          UH, 2020 BUDGET. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE IS A MOTION AMENDING ITEM SIX, UM, NOTED. 
          WE ARE TAKING BOTH OF THESE ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO DISCUSSION PERTAINS TO BOTH ITEMS, BUT THERE'S A MOTION IN A SECOND FOUR, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, TO ITEM SIX. 
          SO MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, TO LORI AND DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I WANNA THANK, UM, TEXAS ORGANIZATION PROJECT FOR REACHING OUT TO US, PROVIDING US WITH TESTIMONIALS FROM A LOT OF THEIR MEMBERS AND FROM THE BOARD AS WELL. 
          UM, WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO, UH, PASTOR PRICE FROM ST. 
          JOHN'S BAPTIST CHURCH IN DISTRICT TWO. 
          UM, THEIR CHURCH WAS ABLE TO DONATE $5,000 TO THE FOOD BANK. 
          AND SO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, FOR THEIR CONTINUATION TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE RELATE BACK TO THE RISK MITIGATION FUND AND AS IT RELATION TO, UM, DAY LABORERS OR CASH AND TIP ONLY WORKERS, AND HOW THEY QUALIFY OR MAY AP APPLY FOR THE RISK MITIGATION. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. 
          WE WILL WORK WITH ANY APPLICANT WHO COMES IN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO, UM, TO HELP THEM PROVE THEIR RESIDENTS, TO HELP THEM PROVE THAT THEY'VE HAD A REDUCTION IN INCOME. 
          AND SO WE CAN BE VERY FLEXIBLE ON THAT. 
          UM, SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR THOSE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR THOSE DAY LABORERS, IF THEY CAN SHOW US THAT THEIR, THEIR SUPPLY OF FUNDING HAS BEEN CUT OFF, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT HELPS QUALIFY FOR THEM. 
          SO IT'S A LOT OF HANDHOLDING, BUT WE, WE KNOW IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HELP THAT POPULATION. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, LORI. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT ARE STILL HERE AND THEY'RE BATTLING WITH THE, UH, RENTAL HELP THAT THEY NEED, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE QUALIFIED AS DEPENDENTS UNDER THEIR PARENTS' TAX RETURNS. 
          ARE WE LOOKING AT THEM AS BEING INDIVIDUALS? WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IF THEY'RE UNDER THEIR PARENTS' DEPENDENCY, UM, WE'RE JUST GONNA SPECIFICALLY LOOK TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM WITH THEIR RENT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          AND SO STUDENTS THAT ARE IN LEASES, UM, WHERE COLLEGES MAY HAVE SHUT DOWN AND THEY'VE HAD TO LEAVE, WE CAN HELP THOSE STUDENTS PROVIDED THEY CAN SHOW US. 
          SO THAT RESIDENCE IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THEY MEET THE INCOME REQUIREMENTS. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE'RE, UM, PARTNERING WITH F I I TO PROVIDE THE CASH ASSISTANCE TO THE FAMILIES. 
          LORI, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF HOW FAMILIES WILL BE RECEIVING THE CASH? WILL IT BE, UM, VIA CASH CARD BANK TRANSFER? DO WE KNOW WHAT, UM, WAY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS ASSISTANCE? WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO GET THEM THE CASH, THE WAY THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE CASH. 
          SO IF IT NEEDS TO BE WIRED TO THEM, TO THEIR BANK ACCOUNT, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          WE CAN ALSO ISSUE PREPAID DEBIT CARDS AND HAVE THEM MAILED TO THEM DIRECTLY. 
          SO WE WILL WORK WITH THE RESIDENT WHO'S RECEIVING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD PREFER. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS, UM, THAT ARE EITHER HOME BOUND 60 AND UNDER THAT HAVE, UH, SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THESE SAHA HOUSING, UM, FACILITIES THAT ARE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION TO TRULY GET, UM, THE FOOD OR THE MEDICAL NECESSITIES THAT THEY NEED WITHIN THIS PROGRAM. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WILL ADDRESS HOW WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORT THESE, UM, INDIVIDUALS? WELL, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE SPECIFIC TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S NEEDS. 
          AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THEIR LANDLORD OR MORTGAGE PROVIDER. 
          WE DO ALL THE FOOTWORK. 
          ONCE THEY GET US THE INFORMATION, WE MAKE THE CALLS THE LANDLORD AND MORTGAGE PROVIDER IF THEY DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THAT WORK. 
          AND THEN THE CASH IS EITHER MAILED DIRECTLY TO THEM, UM, THROUGH A PREPAID, EXISTING PREPAID CARD, OR WE WIRE IT TO THEM. 
          SO IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO LEAVE TO COME AND GET THE ASSISTANCE. 
          WE DO ALL THAT WORK FOR THEM. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LORI. 
          I JUST WANNA THANK COPS METRO, UM, ALSO FOR MEETING WITH ME AND SITTING DOWN AND, UM, GOING THROUGH WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO DO TODAY AS FAR AS, UM, ALLOCATING THIS, THESE FUNDS FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UH, COVID RECOVERY. 
          I WANNA THANK COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE DEFINITELY MEETING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION WITH SABOR AND WITH OTHER MANUFACTURERS OF THE HOUSING MARKET TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE, UM, THAT IS WITHOUT A SHELTER DURING THIS SPECIFIC TIME. 
          SO, THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AS WE PUSH FORWARD IN THIS EFFORT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL 
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MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UM, I JUST, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THIS FAMILY, UH, INITIATIVES, UM, WHICH I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION, UM, AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD AS, AS WE SORT OF EVOLVE, AND IF YOU'LL GIMME JUST A MINUTE TO ELABORATE, UM, WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE COUNCIL, ONE OF THE FIRST REQUESTS I HAD DURING OUR BUDGET WAS 150,000 FOR A LET'S PAINT PROGRAM. 
          AND IT WASN'T REALLY TO PAINT HOUSES, IT WAS TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST. 
          AND I THOUGHT IF WE TAKE A SMALL PROJECT, A SMALL AMOUNT AND DO SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE PAINT, UM, IT WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO TRUST ME, UH, AND THEREFORE THE CITY TO DO MORE. 
          UH, AND IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO BUILD PUBLIC TRUST AND IN A VERY SHORT TIME, UH, TO DESTROY IT. 
          AND SO AS WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST WE CAN TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, IN FACT, I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION THAT LORI GAVE LAST WEEK WAS VERY GENEROUS, MORE GENEROUS THAN ANY I HAD SEEN IN AN ANY OTHER CITY. 
          UH, AND PARTLY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS NOW FOR A WHILE, UM, THIS IS NOT REALLY A NEW PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE JUST ADDING TO A POT OF A PROGRAM THAT HAS EXISTED FOR SOME TIME NOW THAT WE'VE TREAT AND PERFECTED OVER THE TIME. 
          BUT AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS AND DO THEM ON THE FLY, WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WHAT THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD COME FROM. 
          WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THIS PROGRAM, BUT I JUST WONDERED IF IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE BETTER THROUGH OTHER NONPROFIT PARTNERS. 
          SO THIS ONE, UH, I'M GRATEFUL FOR. 
          BUT, UM, ARE, ARE THERE OTHERS THAT WE COULD USE TO HELP, UM, DISTRIBUTE FUNDS, ESPECIALLY? UM, WE KNOW THAT WE, THE IDEA IS THAT THESE FUNDS GO TO, TO PEOPLE WHO ARE PERHAPS NOT LIKELY TO APPROACH THE CITY ORGANIZATION FOR SUPPORT. 
          MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO SOME OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE'VE HAVE BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. 
          LIKE THE ELLEN AUSTIN CENTER THAT WE HEARD FROM EARLIER THAT HAS BEEN DOING WORK FOR 50 YEARS, WE KNOW, OR FOR 30 YEARS AT LEAST, OR PERHAPS MORE, BUT THERE ARE OTHERS. 
          SO WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS NONPROFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY? AND PERHAPS, UM, RATHER THAN GIVING THIS MONEY TO KEEPING IT IN HOUSE, COULD WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO OTHERS? WE ARE WORKING WITH AREA NONPROFITS AND F I I TO DISTRIBUTE THESE, UM, CASH PAYMENTS TO THEIR CLIENTS AS WELL. 
          SO SPECIFICALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. 
          GOOD SAM AE RAICES. 
          UM, SO WE ARE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE ARE THREE AVENUES TO, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO THIS MONEY. 
          ONE OF THOSE THREE IS THROUGH AREA NONPROFITS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING WITH F I I. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CLARIFYING THAT. 
          'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED OTHER AREA NONPROFITS, BUT I, I WOULD BE CONCERNED, BUT ONLY WITH THAT 1.9 MILLION, UM, CAN WE WORK THROUGH THE OTHER NONPROFITS OR COULD OTHER FUNDING BE AVAILABLE TO WORK WITH THE NONPROFITS IF WE FIND THAT THEY MAY BE A BETTER, UM, CONNECTIVITY TO THE COMMUNITY? WE ARE DEFINITELY, UM, INTERESTED IN CONTINUING TO FUNDRAISE THAT, THAT, UM, 1.9 IS NOT A MAGICAL NUMBER. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO DOUBLE THAT. 
          UM, AND SO AS WE ARE ABLE TO FUNDRAISE AND BRING IN MORE SUPPORT FOR THIS DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE PORTION, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR AREA NONPROFITS AND EXPAND THOSE, UM, BEYOND WHAT I'VE LISTED TODAY. 
          UH, SO GREAT. 
          I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK A LOT ABOUT OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND MY DESIRE TO KEEP THEM INTACT, UH, AND THAT THEY SHIFT DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME AS WELL. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT WON'T CHANGE IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO EVEN THOUGH I THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF BUILDING PUBLIC TRUST, I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND PERHAPS ARE BETTER, UH, CAPABLE, UH, TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF IT COMES THROUGH, UH, UM, SMALL CASH ASSISTANCE LIKE CARDS. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, SOME OTHER QUESTIONS I HAVE, UH, JUST REGARDING, UM, THE PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND, AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE MENTIONED TO, UH, ERIC, UM, IN PARTICULAR THAT, UH, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, OTHER CITIES HAVE GOTTEN BETTER COVERAGE ABOUT, 
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UH, OR PERHAPS BETTER MARKETING IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT WELL. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MARKETING OR, UM, WHAT EXACTLY THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DON'T GET AS MUCH RECOGNITION FOR THE VERY GENEROUS WORK THAT WE DO FOR OUR CITY, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS. UM, THE ORIGINAL POVERTY REPORTS THAT WE WERE STARTING TO WORK ON BEFORE NOW THIS SUDDEN SHIFT. 
          UM, BUT I I, I, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, COVID SCENARIO AND WE ARE WORKING ON MARKETING, PERHAPS WE COULD ALSO REALLY WORK ON THE MARKETING OF HOW MUCH WE ARE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMEHOW THAT'S JUST NOT GETTING OUT. 
          UH, SO, UH, ERIC, YOU LOOKS LIKE YOU WANNA MAKE A COMMENT. 
          I I, I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. 
          AND, AND, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE, TO OUR STAFF AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO MAKE TWO OF THOSE POINTS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          THAT, THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PRIORITIZATION THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS SET THAT HAS PUT US IN A POSITION. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO START FROM THE GROUND FLOOR. 
          AND I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED AND, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF THE HELP, UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY EFFORT. 
          UH, AND SO PERHAPS WE WORK WITH OUR MEDIA TEAM AS WELL TO CHANGE THAT, UH, MESSAGING, UH, THAT SOMEHOW THE CITY IS NOT DOING ENOUGH BECAUSE I, I THINK WE ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF, OF HELPING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I GUESS JUST WITH THAT, UM, LORI, WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, THE, UM, HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, FOOD ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, WE ADDED INTERNET, WHICH WE HAD NOT HAD IN THE PAST. 
          UH, WE ALSO STILL HAD BEEN DOING CASH ASSISTANCE, UH, BUT I THINK PERHAPS NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE DOING IT. 
          I KNOW THAT, UM, AT LEAST WITH SOME OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, THAT WAS PART OF THE SUPPORT. 
          SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT WITH THIS PROGRAM OTHER THAN ADDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS? ADDED THE ABILITY FOR OUR CASH TO GO TOWARDS GROCERIES, FUEL, AND MEDICINE. 
          AND THAT WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE CONTRACT WITH F I I. 
          AND THEN WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED THE ABILITY FOR SOMEONE TO GET FUNDING TO PAY THEIR UTILITY BILL, UM, I'M SORRY, THEIR INTERNET BILL. 
          AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO CHANGES. 
          AND THEN WE'VE GONE FROM, YOU KNOW, THE $1 MILLION FISCAL YEAR, 2020 BUDGET. 
          TODAY WE'RE PRO PROPOSING 15.8 MILLION. 
          SO A HUGE INCREASE IN FUNDS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE PROGRAMS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL, THAT, THAT WE ARE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A WHILE AND I KNOW, UM, FOR THE PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM WHO CAN'T BE WITH US TODAY, VEL AND EDWARD AND BARBARA AND THE HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UM, HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 
          AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT, UM, TO THAT WORK AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT IT AND, UH, THE COMMUNICATION THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST HURDLE THAT WE HAVE, I KNOW IS ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME THAT WE CAN'T, UH, TALK TO PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE. 
          I KNOW ALL OF OUR STRENGTH AND THE STRENGTH OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS FEET ON THE GROUND. 
          I MEAN, WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO ENROLL PEOPLE IN THE PAINTING PROGRAM AND THE, UM, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS AND ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, WE JUST BLOCK WALKED IT THE SAME WAY YOU'D DO IF YOU HAD A CAMPAIGN. 
          YOU KNOW, CAN WE ENROLL YOU? WHAT ARE THE SERVICES THAT YOU NEED? UH, AND I KNOW THAT COPS METRO WAS GOOD AT THAT. 
          OF COURSE, OUR CHURCHES, UM, WERE, THAT WAS OUR, UH, SPECIALTY IS THAT WE COULD INTERFACE WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO WE CAN'T DO THAT NOW. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FINDING OTHER MEANS TO COMMUNICATE WITH, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED IT MOST. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE BIGGEST STRUGGLE, UH, THAT WE HAVE IS JUST, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT AND ENROLLING PEOPLE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, LORI. 
          AND I THINK I JUST HAVE ONE, WELL, I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, IN PART OF THE, THE RISK MITIGATION FUND POLICY, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SLIDE NUMBER IT IS. 
          YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ADOPTED, WE ADOPTED THIS IN OCTOBER, 2018. 
          UM, MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND ALSO MEET THE FOLLOWING 
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CRITERIA. 
          UM, LORI, CAN YOU TELL ME, THIS IS FOR CITY RESIDENTS, BUT WHAT IS THE COUNTY DOING FOR THIS, UM, BEXAR COUNTY PROGRAM ON TUESDAY? IT WAS A $4 MILLION PROGRAM AND THAT'LL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BEXAR COUNTY. 
          AND SO THEY ARE WORKING WITH US TO WHERE WHEN WE GET PHONE CALLS FROM BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CITY PROGRAM, WE ARE REFERRING THOSE DIRECTLY TO BEAR COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WE HAVE THE NUMBER OF HOW MANY FAMILIES, CORRECT? YES. 
          IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND BEFORE I GO ON, I WANT TO SAY, UM, TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ JUST CLOSED WITH, I'D LIKE TO SAY, UM, YES AND AMEN BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE, UM, SAYING, HEY, SAN ANTONIO, YOU'RE BEHIND, YOU'RE BEHIND. 
          DO MORE, DO MORE. 
          COMPARING US THAT WE'RE NOT DOING AS MUCH AS AUSTIN, UM, BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING MORE THAN AUSTIN AND THEY ARE BEHIND US. 
          I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY WITH THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY IS WE ARE EVEN UPPING, UM, WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO GOING TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND GOING TO THE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES FROM THE MEMO THAT, UH, MARIA GAVE US ON MONDAY MORNING TO THE, UM, AMENDED LANGUAGE, UH, GIVEN BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, UH, ON ONE, I GUESS IT WAS ONE OF YOUR BACKUP SLIDES, UH, LORI OR DR. 
          BRIDGER, THE BACKUP SLIDES, FUNDING ALTERNATIVES, DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY, THE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE F I I LEVERAGE GOAL. 
          WE HAVE THE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES OF 1.5, BUT THE AMENDED LANGUAGE IS 9.2 AND THE RECONCILING FROM 8.1 TO 9.2 IS THAT F I I LEVERAGE GOAL? IS THAT CORRECT? OH, IT'S THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO THE PROGRAM. 
          SO ORIGINALLY WE HAD IDENTIFIED $400,000 IN THE FUND BALANCE. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH A DEVELOPER WHO IS RECEIVING FUNDING OUT OF THE TOURS TO DELAY THE PAYMENT. 
          AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US TO PUT $1.1 MILLION IN ADDITION TO THAT 400,000 AND THEN THEY'LL WE'LL AMEND THE PROJECT PLAN TO ALLOW FOR A DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENT IN 2021. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE CASH ASSISTANCE. 
          SO IT IS GOING TO BE SIMPLY STRAIGHT UP CASH, CORRECT, OR WHICHEVER MEANS THEY WOULD PREFER IT CAN BE CASH DIRECTLY DEPOSITED INTO THE BANK ACCOUNT AND IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT OR DO NOT WANNA PROVIDE US THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN DO IT IN THE FORM OF A PREPAID DEBIT CARD. 
          OKAY. 
          ON YOUR SLIDE WHERE, WHERE IT SAYS APPLICANT DATA, YOU, UH, UP TO DATE WE'VE HAD 1400 COMPLETED APPLICATIONS, 1.9 FOR RENTAL UTILITY AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. 
          WHEN YOU SAY UTILITY, UM, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE PAYING THE UTILITIES OF SAWS AND C P S ENERGY AND DO WE KNOW IF THEY ARE GETTING, UM, THE UTILITY ASSISTANCE FROM US AS ON TOP OF, UM, UH, HELP FROM, FROM OUR SAWS AND, AND C P SS? JUST CURIOUS. 
          WE ADMINISTER THOSE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. BOTH BEX COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAVE AN ALLOTMENT FROM SAWS AND CCP FROM C P S. 
          AND SO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT DOUBLE DIPPING IN OUR PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M JUST CURIOUS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          AND I ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO, IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY ERIC, THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SINCE LAST YEAR AND YEARS AGO, UM, WITH THE STATUS OF POVERTY REPORT WITH OUR STATUS OF WOMEN'S REPORTS SEEN AT THE APPLICANT DATA, AND THE MAJORITY, 69% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE FEMALE. 
          AND, UM, IF WE WERE WERE TO BREAK UP THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY SEE, UM, FEMALE, OBVIOUSLY FEMALE LED HOUSEHOLDS AND OTHER ITEMS. SO I THINK THIS IS, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO RECOGNIZE THIS 
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AND KNOW THAT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTIONED PIVOT. 
          UM, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY AS WE GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS TO PIVOT ON HOW WE NEED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE NEED TO, UH, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE PEOPLE AS COPS METRO MENTIONED TO ME YESTERDAY, INVEST IN THE PEOPLE BUT INVEST IN, UH, THE FEMALE ALL FAMILIES, BUT ALSO HIGHLIGHT REMEMBERING WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY AND MAKING CONSCIOUS EFFORTS AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR POLICIES OUTSIDE OF THIS. 
          UM, I ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE 37% OF THE APPLICANTS ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 26 AND 35. 
          THANK YOU FOR THIS DATA. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE, UH, CONTINUE TO, TO COME OUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS. 
          YOU MENTIONED, UM, FOR THE OUTREACH AND MARKETING, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH WITH NEW PEOPLE IN THIS AND THE OTHER SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT COPS METRO IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR PARTNERS AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, I KNOW BECAUSE OF COPS METRO, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GET OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, CHURCHES ARE ENGAGED AND OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES ARE UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING TOO. 
          UH, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF, UH, NOT JUST STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF WHAT IS LOOKING FORWARD WITH THE AMENDMENT AND THE CHANGES MADE THERE. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UM, F I I BECAUSE THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR OTHER, UM, AREA. 
          THIS F I I IS A VERY UNIQUE MODEL AND IT IS BY DESIGN ASSET BASED. 
          SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADING OF THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION AND ALL OF OUR PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS AND F I I FOR WORKING ON THIS. 
          SO I THINK WE ARE, UM, LEADING THE WAY, BUT WE KNOW WE HAVE SO MUCH WORK TO DO AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INVEST WHERE WE CAN. 
          AND I HAVE TO SAY ALSO PROTECTING OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR WORKERS AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO THANK, UM, REMEMBER AND WE HAD SOME OF THIS CONVERSATION LAST WEEK WITH ITEM NUMBER 20 WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE CREATION AND, UM, MAKING AND ESTABLISHING THE C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS SUNSET, BUT LORI, IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE IT, UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK AND CONTINUE THIS. 
          CORRECT. 
          MY PRESENTATION IS THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN 30 DAYS WITH AN UPDATE UPDATING THE DATA THAT I PRESENTED. 
          UM, AND WE'LL DO THAT EVERY 30 DAYS AND IF WE SEE THE NEED CONTINUES, YES, WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE AN EXTENSION TO THE PROGRAM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I DO WANT TO, UH, THANK THE, UH, THANK YOU TO COBB METRO SPECIFICALLY MR. AND MRS. CRUZ AND MR. AND MRS. MORA, UH, DR. 
          RODRIGUEZ WHO WAS ON THE CALL, AND THE OTHERS DEACON LUTHER, UM, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND CONTINUING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. 
          AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO LORI VETO EDWARD, ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WORKED SO HARD, MARIA  AND ERIC FOR THE PHONE CALLS AND THE, UM, WORK THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE DONE THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF WHO ALSO WAS WORKING HARD BEHIND SCENES AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T, UM, ALSO SAY CONTINUE TO THANK ALL OF THE CITY STAFF 3 1 0 1 THAT'S WORKING SO HARD AND OUR FANTASTIC BUILDING MAINTENANCE IN CUSTODIAL CREW WHO IS OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, FIRST, UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD WE NEED A MOTION ON ITEM FIVE, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE, UM, TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE. 
          DO I NEED TO READ OUT SECOND? EXCELLENT, THANKS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA READ OUT ALL THE LANGUAGE ON THAT. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, GREAT. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND THE MAYOR AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WORKED IN PUTTING THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER. 
          UM, WHILE WE ARE, UH, DOING WELL COMPARED TO OTHER CITIES, UM, IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO, TO DO, UH, TRY TO DO OUR BEST. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN BRAN, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR 
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HELPING PUT ALL OF THIS TO TOGETHER. 
          UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE OUTREACH FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE GRASSROOTS COPS METRO IS GOING TO, UM, PARTICIPATE, BUT I, I SAW IN THE PRESENTATION AND I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU BROKE THIS DOWN BY HOUSEHOLDS THAT WE WOULD BE HELPING FAMILIES THAT WE WOULD BE HELPING AND UH, SUPPORT FOR THOSE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING. 
          I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW WILL WE TARGET THOSE PARTICULAR FAMILIES IN THE OUTREACH. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE WORKING, AS I MENTIONED WITH COPS METRO. 
          WE'LL ALSO WORK WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE LANDLORDS HAVE THE INFORMATION SO THEY CAN GIVE THAT TO THEIR TENANTS AS WELL. 
          UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THE CHIEFS OF STAFF OF EACH COUNCIL MEMBER AND ASKING THEM IF THERE'S SPECIFIC TARGETED OUTREACH THEY'D LIKE US TO TO MAKE. 
          AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING YOU THE INFORMATION, BOTH THE APPLICATION, THE PO AND THE POLICY AND ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND THE FLYERS SO YOU CAN HELP DISTRIBUTE THAT TO TO YOUR ORGANIZATION AS WELL. 
          UM, WE WILL BE DOING MEDIA BUYS ON SPANISH LANGUAGE RADIO, UM, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, AS I MENTIONED WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE NONPROFIT HOUSING PROVIDERS AS WELL, UM, TO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, PROSPERA AND OUR P GROUP, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ALL OF THOSE THAT WE WORK WITH AS WE WORK TO BUILD UP FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          AND IT, SORRY, DID YOU MENTION CATHOLIC CHARITIES OR RAAS? NO, WE HAVE NOT, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT AND ASK FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE PROVIDING SIMILAR SERVICES, WE'LL GET THEM THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY'LL PROVIDE REFERRALS AND WE OFTENTIMES PROVIDE REFERRALS TO THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          AND REGARDING THE PAYMENT GOING DIRECTLY TO THE, THE LANDLORDS, UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UH, THOUGHTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THE LANDLORDS ARE CHARGING LATE FEES, SHOULD THEY BE PAID FOR THOSE USING CITY FUNDS? WHAT'S UH, HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK OUT RIGHT NOW? UM, WE WILL PAY THE LATE FEES THAT A LANDLORD IS CHARGING. 
          SO WE ARE PAYING THE ENTIRE, UM, THAT IS COMING TO US THROUGH THE TENANT. 
          AND SO, BUT WE ARE ASKING IF ANY LANDLORD WILL WAIVE FEES. 
          AND IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE REQUESTED A VOLUNTARY WAIVING OF THOSE FEES PLUS A FORGIVENESS OF, OF THE RENT. 
          AND OF THE 400 PLUS VENDORS WE HAVE IN OUR PROGRAM OVER 85 NOW, I'M TANGLED. 
          OF THE 472 VENDORS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SYSTEM, 85 VENDORS HAVE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH US ABOUT PROVIDING THOSE DISCOUNTS AND WAIVING OF FEES. 
          AND THOSE ARE VENDORS THAT CAME TO US THROUGH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS CALLED THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO PROVIDE THAT DISCOUNT. 
          HOW MANY, UH, LANDLORDS WILLING TO, UH, PARTICIPATE, UH, IN THAT. 
          BUT I, I ALSO KNOW THAT'S KIND OF OUT OF THE CONTROL OF THE TENANT, RIGHT? LIKE, I, I CAN'T TELL MY, UH, LANDLORD WHAT TO DO. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF THE LATE FEES, ARE THERE, UM, UH, STATEWIDE RESTRICTIONS ON HOW BIG THOSE CAN BE? THAT I DON'T KNOW. 
          WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO. 
          UM, I'M GONNA REFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON THE TYPES PENALTIES. 
          I, THERE THERE'S NO RESTRICTIONS, COUNCILMAN, IN TERMS OF EITHER THE EMERGENCY ORDERS, UH, OR UNDER STATE LAW IN TERMS OF WHAT THE, UH, PENALTIES CAN BE. 
          BUT WE'LL VERIFY THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK MARIA FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, ON THE FUNDS, THE RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT, MARIA. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          UM, SO I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME OF THE BALANCES THAT WERE PROGRAMMED IN THE, IN THE BUDGET, AND SOME OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS SAY THINGS LIKE, UH, STABILIZATION RESERVE OR RESERVE FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 
          AND THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY THE TWO MONTH, AND SOME OF THEM SAY TWO MONTH OR THREE MONTH OPERATING RESERVE. 
          SO THERE'S A, A VARIETY OF THEM. 
          AND I JUST, UH, I WANTED TO KNOW, ARE THOSE RESERVES IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S, TO THE CITY'S, UM, RESERVE FUND THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME? I BELIEVE THAT WAS JUST FOR THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, COUNCILWOMAN, THE GENERAL FUND HAS ITS OWN RESERVE. 
          AND, UM, AS I EXPLAINED AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION, WE HAVE RESTRICTIONS AND SOME OF THE RESTRICTED FUNDS. 
          SO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN RESERVES. 
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SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE AIRPORT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN RATIO OF CASH AS A RESERVE BECAUSE OF THE DEBT REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          OUR PARKING FUND, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A THREE MONTH OPERATING RESERVE THAT HELPS TO FLUCTUATE WITH, UH, CHANGES IN REVENUES. 
          OUR SOLID WASTE FUND ALSO HAS, UH, AN OPERATING RESERVE. 
          UM, SO NOT ALL OF OUR FUNDS HAVE A RESERVES, UH, BUT, UH, FOR THOSE THAT WE CAN AFFORD OR THERE'S A HIGHER VOLATILITY WITH FUNDS OR REVENUES, EXCUSE ME, WE, WE DO HAVE, UM, THOSE RESERVES AND YES, THOSE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, RESERVES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU MARIA, VERY MUCH. 
          WELL, UM, I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING BOTH OF THESE, UH, MOTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK THIS HAS BEEN AN ENLIGHTENING DISCUSSION. 
          UH, I, I THINK ALL OF US BEEN MADE AWARE OF REALLY THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHO ARE HAVING VERY DIFFICULT TIMES RIGHT NOW, AND WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING ANY KIND OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE, UH, WHETHER THEY'RE STUDENTS OR SENIORS OR, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE WORKED IN, UH, THE GIG ECONOMY OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, OF COURSE, HAVE FAMILIES, HAVE CHILDREN. 
          UH, AND I THINK IT'S COMMENDABLE FOR THE CITY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS WE CAN. 
          AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS ISSUE. 
          AND, UH, I, I'M PLEASED WITH WHAT, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS WORKED ON TO PROVIDE THIS ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT I HAVE A, ANOTHER QUESTION, AND I GUESS IT'S ONE FOR THE, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, OR SOME OF THE STAFF TO CONSIDER. 
          AND THAT IS THAT, UM, ALL OF THESE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE TODAY, MOST OF 'EM HAD JOBS TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO, AND MOST OF THOSE JOBS HAVE DISAPPEARED. 
          'CAUSE THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE CLOSED, IF NOT COMPLETELY, AT LEAST THEY'VE SHUT DOWN SO MUCH THAT THEY'VE HAD TO LET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO. 
          AND I'VE HAD MANY CALLS AND CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE WHO OWN BUSINESSES WHO ARE SUFFERING ALMOST AS MUCH AS, UH, INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS DOING OR WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH PRETTY MUCH THE SAME SITUATION, UH, THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING THROUGH. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? WELL, COUNCILMAN, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU AT SEVERAL OF THESE BRIEFINGS, UM, THE EFFORTS THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS DOING, UM, IN WORKING WITH THE LIFT FUND. 
          UM, I KNOW A LOT OF COMPANIES, UM, APPLIED FOR AND, AND MAYBE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET FUNDING THROUGH THE SS B A AND THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION, UH, PROGRAM. 
          CONGRESS IS TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I, I THINK THAT IS THE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN THAT, UM, AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, ARE, ARE, UH, THERE TO PROVIDE SERVICES. 
          THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF NEED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO CHANGE FROM DAY TO DAY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. 
          WHETHER IT IS, UH, PRIVATELY, UH, RAISED MONEY, WHETHER IT'S PROGRAMS AND REDIRECTING OF FUNDS THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS MAY BE GOING THROUGH, UM, THAT ARE NOT GOVERNMENTAL. 
          UM, IT IS, UH, I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS ALSO THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CARESS ACT AND THE STIMULUS ACT. 
          UM, AND THE DECISIONS THAT EVERY, UM, UH, UH, BUSINESS IS GOING THROUGH. 
          IT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. 
          AND, AND I THINK I'M, I'M, UH, WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WADE THROUGH, UH, WHAT THE GUIDELINES ARE FROM FEDERAL. 
          UH, I WILL TELL YOU THAT, THAT WHERE, WHERE POSSIBLE, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON OUR BALL. 
          UH, ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH YOU AS AN ORGANIZATION ARE JUST F Y 2020. 
          WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT F Y 21, UM, BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. 
          AND AS WE GET INTO JUNE, UH, THAT'LL BE OUR, THAT'LL BE THE NEXT, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD WE'LL BE PLAYING ON. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK WE JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FINGER TO THE PULSE. 
          I THINK, I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGES, UH, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM COULD POTENTIALLY TOUCH UPON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          AND, UH, THROUGH THE WORKING GROUPS, THE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT GROUP, AND THE STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE AND POSITION THIS COMMUNITY FOR A, A, A REBOUND. 
          WHILE I, I APPRECIATE, UH, 
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YOUR EXPLANATION, AND I HOPE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO BEING AS SUPPORTIVE AS WE CAN FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          AND I REALIZE, UH, THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, UH, FOR ECONOMIC TRANSITION, UH, CAN BE VERY HELPFUL IN THAT AREA. 
          UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO KIND OF BRING THAT UP AS ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING AS A CITY, DOING AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO SUPPORT, UH, BUSINESSES AS THEY'RE OPERATING TODAY. 
          AND OF COURSE, HELPING THEM, UH, REOPEN, UH, AS SOON AS IT IS, UH, HEALTHY AND SAFE FOR US TO DO SO. 
          THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST SHORT COMMENT, UH, ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, YOU, YOU, YOU GOT MY SUPPORT. 
          UM, AND, UH, AND, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY VOTES ON THIS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD SEND A POWERFUL MESSAGE. 
          UH, SECOND, UM, IT'S NEVER GONNA BE ENOUGH, UH, WITH ALL THINGS THAT WE DO TO HELP THE PUBLIC. 
          THE, THE ONE CRISIS OF, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE ONE CRISIS OF GOVERNMENT IS THAT THERE'S AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF NEED WITH FINITE RESOURCES. 
          AND, UM, NOT EVERY SINGLE FIRE WILL BE PUT OUT. 
          HOWEVER, DOING NOTHING IS NOT AN OPTION. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE GUARANTEED TO GET NOTHING, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT EVENT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GONNA BE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA BE LEFT BEHIND, UM, BECAUSE THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH RESOURCES. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPACT ENOUGH LIVES POSITIVELY TO WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE A, A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE. 
          I, I, I WILL, I DO WANNA USE UP MY TIME MAYOR TO, UM, TALK ABOUT, UM, THE SYMBIOSIS THAT, THAT EXISTS BETWEEN RENTERS AND, AND LANDLORDS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIMES WE, WE SPEND, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR ENERGY IS DEMONIZING LANDLORDS FOR NOT BEING MORE UNDERSTANDING OR FLEXIBLE WITH THEIR TENANTS. 
          UM, I'LL REMIND FOLKS THAT IT ACTUALLY COSTS MORE TO FIND A NEW TENANT, UM, THAN TO WORK WITH A CURRENT ONE. 
          AND SO MOST OF THE LANDLORDS THAT I'VE COME ACROSS ARE EAGER TO WORK WITH THEIR TENANTS. 
          AND, UM, THE MAJORITY OF ALL LANDLORDS ACTUALLY WILL WAIT FOR A TENANT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY BEFORE THEY PULL THE TRIGGER AND EVICT. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER LANDLORDS OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WALK A DIFFERENT PATH, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THEM DO THE RIGHT THING, UM, AS EVIDENCED BY WHAT THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION IS DOING. 
          AND, UH, WORKING WITH ALL OF ITS MEMBERS, THAT'S, UH, GETTING ALL OF THOSE CATS HERDED TOGETHER AND MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IS, IS NO EASY THING. 
          UM, I'LL ALSO TELL YOU THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LANDLORDS, UH, AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS SO YOU CAN FEEL SORRY FOR THEM, BUT, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, WHILE, WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY DIFFICULT FOR A TENANT WHEN LANDLORDS DON'T GET THEIR RENT, UM, THEY RUN THE RISK OF THE ENORMOUS COSTS THAT COME WITH, UH, VACANT PREMISES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE ENORMOUS COSTS OF BANKRUPTCIES AND INSO, INSOLVENCIES, THOSE LOST RENTS. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN ALL THAT MONEY IS DEPLETED, WHAT IT REALLY TURNS INTO IS JUST THEIR INABILITY TO MAINTAIN PROPERTIES AND FIX BROKEN TOILETS AND, UH, TAKE CARE OF THEIR TENANTS. 
          UH, THAT MONEY COMES FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          AND SO, GOING BACK TO THE WORD OF SYMBIOSIS, YOU KNOW, ONE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER, UH, OR AT LEAST ONE CAN'T THRIVE WITHOUT THE OTHER. 
          AND LANDLORDS NEED TENANTS, AND TENANTS NEED LANDLORDS. 
          AND SO, I, I THINK WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE. 
          UH, MY, MY, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE, UH, WHO ARE VIRTUALLY AGAINST EVERYTHING, UH, ALL THE TIME AND WHO MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, THEIR PASTIME JUST TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE WRONG, AS OPPOSED TO FIND THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT, UH, ARE GOING TO POINT TO SITUATIONS WHEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A STUDENT, A COLLEGE STUDENT GOES OUT AND BUYS TOBACCO AND BEER AT A, YOU KNOW, AT H E B AS OPPOSED TO PAYING THE RENT FOR WHICH THAT MONEY WAS INTENDED. 
          I, I THINK THOSE ARE IN, IN INEVITABLE, UH, IMPERFECTIONS OF THIS, UH, OF THIS INITIATIVE. 
          BUT, UM, THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THAT RISK. 
          AND SO YOU'VE GOT MY SUPPORT MAYOR AND, AND LORI, UM, EXCELLENT WORK. 
          I'M, I'M VERY IMPRESSED AS ALWAYS. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BLI. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, I GUESS THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ABOUT $16 MILLION WORTH, I GENERALLY AGREE WITH, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER ON THAT. 
          BUT WHAT I'M STRUGGLING 
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WITH IS THIS AMENDMENT WITH THE ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FROM MY COLLEAGUE HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF NEED HERE IN THIS CITY, BUT THIS COUNCIL HAS CONTINUALLY SAID, THIS IS A DATA-DRIVEN COUNCIL. 
          WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WE LOOK AT THE RESOURCES, AND THEN FIT THE RESOURCES TO THAT NEED. 
          BUT IN THIS CASE, WE DON'T HAVE THE $16 MILLION SOLIDIFIED IN WHAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE WHAT THE 10 MILLION, 10 MILLION EXTRA DOLLARS ARE I, I MEAN, MARIA, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS AT THIS POINT? COUNCILMAN, AND I'LL HAVE LORI ALSO AS WELL CHIME IN, BUT, UM, YOU ARE CORRECT. 
          UH, THE, THERE'S, WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN NEED TODAY. 
          UH, WE ARE ESTIMATING THE, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN ASSIST. 
          UM, SO THAT IS WHY ONE OF THE PROPOSALS IS THAT WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN 30 DAYS TO, UH, UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PROGRAM ONCE WE START GATHERING MORE INFORMATION. 
          SO TO ME, WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. 
          WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT FEDERAL MONEY IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS. 
          I MEAN, UH, ERIC, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE $270 MILLION THAT THE CITY'S GETTING, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT TO SEE HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR, UH, FOR NEEDS SUCH AS, SUCH AS THIS. 
          YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT, COUNCILMAN. 
          AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS, UM, THE, THE CALCULUS FRANKLY, HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S NEED, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE NEED IS. 
          LIKE MARIA SAID, AND, AND LORI INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'LL COME BACK IN 30 DAYS. 
          I THINK THE RECOGNITION THAT NEXT FRIDAY IS MAY 1ST BEGINNING OF THE MONTH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROGRAM IS IN PLACE. 
          AND, AND I THINK IF WE GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE, UH, IN 30 DAYS, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING, UH, MORE THAN WE HAVE NOW, UH, TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT NEED IS. 
          BUT I THINK IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THERE IS NEED RIGHT NOW. 
          SURE. 
          AND I, I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT $16 MILLION THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOCATING AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S WITH FEDERAL FUNDS COMING DOWN TO THE, THE MAJORITY OF IT FEDERAL FUNDS. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, I, I'M JUST VERY TROUBLED BY LOOKING AT THIS PERCEIVED NEED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS, AND JUST THROWING ANOTHER $10 MILLION AT IT, PULLING IT OUT OF DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS, UM, THAT I THINK IS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY COMING OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO INCLUDE THE TURS, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR THE TURS? WHAT, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE FOR PUTTING TURS TOGETHER HERE IN THE CITY? CAN ANYBODY ANSWER THAT? THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL WHEN TURS STARTED BEING APPROVED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? YEP. 
          WELL, UH, IT WAS TO CAPTURE PROPERTY VALUE IN CERTAIN AREAS, UH, TO, UH, HELP FOCUS, UM, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THOSE AREAS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO INVESTING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S LIKE A FLYWHEEL, IT BUILDS UP, UH, WITH PROPERTY VALUES GOING UP AND YOU CAPTURE THAT, THAT EXTRA VALUE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          AND YOU USE THAT AS INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES OR, OR WHATEVER ON THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THOSE FACILITIES. 
          WELL, UM, I LOOK AT THAT, IF, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TURS, WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY GO? IT WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. 
          IT WOULD GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, EXACTLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE TAKE TAKING ADDITIONAL TAX MONEY AWAY FROM OUR GENERAL FUND IN THE GUISE OF THE TURS TO, UH, SUPPORT THIS. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, I JUST DON'T AGREE WITH USING TURS MONEY. 
          UH, IT DOES HAVE TO GO TO EACH ONE OF THOSE TURS FOR APPROVAL, THE BOARDS ON THOSE TURS, AND WE'LL BE, I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. 
          IF THIS, IF THIS MOTION IS MADE AND APPROVED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THIS OTHER ORGANIZATION, THIS F I I, UH, THAT WAS, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          HOW, HOW WILL WE DISTRIBUTE THE $16 MILLION? HOW WILL THAT GET DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED? SO F I I IS NOT DISTRIBUTING THE 16 MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LORI CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO THE $15.8 MILLION BUDGET THAT WE'VE PROPOSED OF THAT AMOUNT, $1.9 MILLION IS GOING 
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TO F I I, AND THAT $1.9 MILLION WILL BE DISPERSED TO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT WERE RECEIVING EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FROM THIS PROGRAM. 
          AND WE WILL WORK WITH F I I GIVE THEM THE NAME OR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THAT RESIDENT, AND WE WILL GET THEM THAT CASH. 
          SO THEY ARE ONLY DISPERSING THE $1.9 MILLION THAT WILL BE USED FOR CASH ASSISTANCE TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE A PROCESS ON HOW THE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE GONNA BE DISTRIBUTED. 
          YES. 
          AND SO THE FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR RENTAL MORTGAGE AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          IT CAN ONLY GO TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AT THE 80% A M I OR BELOW MARK, AND WE WILL MAKE THE PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, UTILITY PROVIDER, OR INTERNET PROVIDER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE F I I IS ONLY FOR THAT $1.9 MILLION FOR THE CASH, CASH, THE DEBIT CARDS, OR WHATEVER THAT IS. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AGAIN, I I KIND OF, WELL, I AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY NONPROFITS IN THIS MM-HMM. 
           CITY ALREADY. 
          THERE'S NO EXISTING NONPROFIT THAT WE CAN USE TO DO THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY. 
          SO 1.9 OF THAT MONEY IS GOING THROUGH THE RISK MITIGATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING HELP WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          RIGHT? NOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S $1.1 MILLION ADDITIONAL, UM, THAT IS EITHER NATIONAL OR LOCAL PRIVATE FOUNDATION SUPPORT THAT MONEY IS BEING GIVEN TO EITHER THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO USE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN CHILDCARE PROGRAMS OR TO THE AREA NONPROFITS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR CLIENTS. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH AREA LOCAL NONPROFITS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL, RIGHT NOW IT IS 1.1 MILLION. 
          WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GROW THAT, BUT, SO I, I GUESS WHY CAN'T WE USE OUR EXISTING NONPROFITS FOR ALL OF IT? WHY ARE WE CARVING OUT THAT 1.1 OR 1.9, WHATEVER THAT, UH, DOLLAR FIGURE WILL BE IN GOING THROUGH THIS? F I I ONE, F I I IS NOT CHARGING AS ANY ADMINISTRATION FEE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          SO 100% OF THE, UM, PRIVATE MONEY RAISED IS BEING DISTRIBUTED OUT TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          TWO, THEY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE AND THEY HAVE THE SOCIAL NETWORKING CONCEPT THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THIS MODEL TO WORK. 
          AND SO IT WAS A, A VERY CLEAR WIN-WIN FOR ALL OF US. 
          THE LOCAL NONPROFITS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING F I I BE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THIS. 
          UM, AND ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS IDENTIFY FAMILIES AND GIVE THEM THE CODES. 
          SO IT MAKES IT VERY EASY ON THE LOCAL NONPROFITS AT NO COST TO US. 
          AND HOW IS THIS AGREEMENT BEING REACHED? HAVE THEY, HAVE WE PUT OUT AN R F P OR SOMETHING FOR THIS? OR HOW ARE WE CONTRACTUALLY GONNA BE DOING THIS WITH F I I? BECAUSE ALL OF OUR OTHER NONPROFITS ARE CON, ARE CONTRACTUAL THROUGH AN R F P PROCESS THAT WE AWARD TO THESE NONPROFITS. 
          SO HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK WITH THIS ONE? WE ARE, UM, WORKING ON A CONTRACT WITH F I I TO DEFINE WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS, THE $1.1 MILLION IS COMPLETELY PRIVATE MONEY. 
          IT IS NOT COMING TO THE CITY OR THROUGH THE CITY. 
          THE CITY IS BENEFITING BY HAVING THIS MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH FAMILIES WHO WE SERVE, BUT THIS MONEY IS NOT COMING THROUGH THE CITY OR TO THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          I GOT YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, ON THIS MOTION TO AMEND THIS BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A LIST OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS, TAKE THE MONEY FROM HERE, TAKE THE MONEY FROM HERE, TAKE THE MONEY FROM HERE. 
          BUT THERE AREN'T ANY IMPACTS STATED OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS OR THIS COMING OUT FROM THESE BUDGETS. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL IMPACTS? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T SEE, AND IT'S NOT IDENTIFIED. 
          AND NOBODY HAS TOLD ME WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GONNA BE OF TAKING THIS MONEY FROM THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. NO IMPACTS. 
          SO IT, TO ME, THAT'S SAYING THAT THESE, THESE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT HAVE YOU, ARE OVERFUNDED, THEY DON'T NEED THAT MONEY. 
          SO COUNCILMAN THE, UH, THE IMPACT OF THE, UM, PARKING, UM, ENTERPRISE FUND, GENERAL FUND CHANGE THAT WAS DESCRIBED, UH, REMOVES, UH, FROM, AND SOME OF THIS WAS INCLUDED IN THE, UM, THE MEMO ON, ON MONDAY. 
          WE HAVE, UH, SOME FUNDING AVAILABLE, UH, THAT 
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WE HAD SET ASIDE IN THE PARKING FUND TO, UH, HELP COUPLE WITH POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          $7 MILLION TO BE EXACT. 
          UM, WE'RE PULLING TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF THAT. 
          UH, YOU SAW EARLIER IN THE SLIDE, MARIA, THE, UH, THAT MARIA SHOWED, WE'RE LOOKING AT A, UH, AN ESTIMATED $2.8 MILLION IMPACT TO THE PARKING FUND. 
          THAT FUND IS STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BEFORE C O V I D REVENUES MET EXPENDITURES. 
          SO WE'RE EATING A LITTLE BIT OF BALANCE THERE, AND IT'S GONNA REMOVE SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT WE'LL HAVE FOR POTENTIAL DOWNTOWN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          UM, THE, UM, IMPACTS TO THE HOUSING, UH, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AND THE HOUSING TRUST FINANCE CORPORATION, UM, THOSE ACTIONS, THE BOARD STILL NEEDS TO CONSIDER THOSE. 
          AND I I SUSPECT THAT THEY WILL BE, UH, DEVELOPING AND, AND MANEUVERING, UH, WHAT ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE BEFORE THEM. 
          UM, THE, THE T'S ADJUSTMENTS, UM, THE, THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU ON, UH, WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL ON MONDAY, UM, THOSE WERE AVAILABLE BALANCES IN THE TURS THAT DID NOT HAVE COMMITTED PROJECTS OR PLANNED PROJECTS. 
          SO IT WAS AVAILABLE MONEY AND, UM, MUCH LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET WHEN WE PROPOSED, UH, A $6.2 MILLION FROM A NUMBER OF THE TURS TO BE DIRECTED TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, LORI DESCRIBED EARLIER, UH, WHY, AND, AND, AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS CHANGE WAS IN OUR MEMO ON MONDAY, UH, TO YOU, UH, WE HAD THAT NUMBER AT $400,000. 
          THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN INCREASED IN THE AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON THE TOURS BOARD THAT IS BEHIND. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL BE DELAYING PA I THINK THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO DELAY PAYMENT. 
          THAT'LL BE AN ACTION THAT THE TURS BOARD WILL NEED TO TAKE. 
          AND THEN, UM, UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM ELEMENT, UH, REDUCING THAT BY $1 MILLION, AND THAT'LL JUST MEAN WE'LL DO LESS ROOFS AS PART OF THAT OVERALL PLAN THIS YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND I WANNA START OFF BY THANKING, UH, FATHER RYAN, WHO IS, UH, REPRESENTING COX METRO TODAY. 
          BUT AS YOU ALL RECALL, HE'S BEEN AT COUNCIL BEFORE. 
          UH, I INVITED HIM TO DO AN INDICATION A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          I REMINDED YOU ALL THAT HE'S ONE OF TWO MEN WHO CAN TELL ME WHAT TO DO. 
          HIM AND MY DAD, UH, ALSO MR. ALIAS, JUAN ALIAS, ANOTHER PARISHIONER FROM DE DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WHO IS THERE TO REPRESENT COPS, METRO, AND ALL THE FOLKS THERE. 
          I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SISTER ZULO AND WALKER MOORE AND, AND THE ENTIRE STAFF. 
          AND SO I WANNA THANK THEM AS WELL AS TOP FOR REACHING OUT. 
          GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TO LEARN FROM YOU ALL AND AS I CAN. 
          AND RA SAYS, I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SAN ANTONIO PARKMAN ASSOCIATION. 
          I WAS ON A PHONE CALL WITH, UH, A LARGE GROUP OF THEM AS WELL, AND, UH, SABOR. 
          SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO, UM, WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND GET SOME INPUT. 
          UM, BUT I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE CITY STAFF. 
          UM, THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. 
          UH, I THINK THEY WERE VERY CREATIVE IN FINDING THE, UH, THE FUNDING SO FAR. 
          UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET AS MUCH CREDIT AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE CAN THINK UP AND WE CAN WISH, AND WE CAN, UH, COMMIT AND OVERCOMMIT SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S CITY STAFF THAT ACTUALLY FINDS THE MONEY. 
          SO I DO WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ERIC WALSH, MARIA VIE GOMEZ, AND, UH, BEN GOEL AND EVERYBODY WHO'S WORKING ON FINDING THE FUNDING THAT WE NEED. 
          I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I ALSO, UM, HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER INTO THE RECORD FOR THE CITY CLERK OF ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND SO I'LL PARAPHRASE HER STORY TODAY. 
          UH, SHE ALSO SUBMITTED A, A VIDEO, BUT I UNDERSTAND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PLAY IT. 
          UM, ANDREW SORIO HAS LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. 
          SHE CLEANS HOMES FOR A LIVING AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN. 
          HER ELDEST CHILD GRADUATED AND WORKS IN LOUISIANA, HER 19 YEAR OLD STUDIES AT BAYLOR, AND SHE HAS A 15 AND A 10 YEAR OLD AT HOME WHEN THE STAY HOME WORK SAFE ORDERS WENT INTO EFFECT, SHE COULD NO LONGER WORK. 
          SHE HAD MANY HOUSE CLEANING CANCELLATIONS, BUT INITIALLY DIDN'T WORRY BECAUSE SHE HAD SOME SAVINGS AND WOULD BE BACK TO WORK IN TWO WEEKS. 
          SHE ALSO WANTED TO DO HER PART BY STAYING AT HOME TO STOP THE SPREAD OF C OVID 19. 
          NOW THAT IT'S BEEN MORE THAN FOUR WEEKS, HER SAVINGS HAVE BEEN DEPLETED, BUT HER BILLS CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE, AND SHE'S NOT SURE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          HER HUSBAND WORKS IN CONSTRUCTION. 
          THEY BOTH PAY THEIR TAXES, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM ANY ASSISTANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, ANDREA AND HER FAMILY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY THROUGH THEIR WORK IN TAXES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN LEFT LIKE MANY TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES. 
          ANDREA WROTE TO ASK THE MAYOR AND 
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OUR CITY COUNCIL TO HELP HER AND FAMILIES LIKE HERS. 
          THEY ASKED THAT WE NOT FORGET THEM AND REQUEST THAT WE APPROVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO HELP PERSONS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE AND CANNOT APPLY FOR EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. 
          AND THEY ARE REMINDS US THAT WE ARE ONE CITY. 
          EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE DESERVES COMPASSION AND A HELPING HAND TO OVERCOME THESE HARD TIMES. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GET ONTO MY QUESTIONS. 
          AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT THE FEDERAL, UH, INDEPENDENT INITIATIVE FUND OR THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          AND IT'S, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          WILL THIS, UH, GRANT REQUIRE FAMILIES ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OR ARE THEY THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE, ARE IN OUR R M F QUALIFICATIONS? LORI HOUSTON? IT WOULD, IT'S THE SAME REQUIREMENT. 
          SO IT'S A VERY SEAMLESS PROCESS. 
          WE PROCESS THE APPLICATION, WE QUALIFY THE RESIDENT, AND THEN WE SEND THE INFORMATION TO F I I. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, LORI. 
          THAT HELPS ALSO, I, PROFESSOR AND I HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS ALSO, SO THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE STUDENT QUESTION. 
          UM, THE APPLICANT DATA THAT YOU PRESENTED, LAURIE, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          ONE OF THEM, IS THERE A REASON THAT YOU THINK, AND I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE MAKING JUST INTERPRETATIONS OR, OR MAYBE REALLY HYPOTHESIS, UM, BUT WHY ARE MOST OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING HELPED RIGHT NOW WITH THE AGE GROUP 26 TO 35? DO YOU THINK? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING THE PROGRAM? SO YES, I THINK THAT ONE WAY THAT WE CAN EXPAND THAT WOULD BE THROUGH MARKETING EFFORTS, BECAUSE WE ALSO NOTICE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE APPLICANTS ARE FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
          WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMEOWNERS OUT THERE THAT MAY OWN THEIR HOME, BUT THEY MAY NOT KNOW THAT THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM WITH THE UTILITIES AND HELP THEM WITH THEIR INTERNET ACCESS. 
          AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT TARGETED MARKETING, AND I THINK THAT WILL INCREASE WITH REGARDS TO THE AGE OF THE APPLICANTS, UM, AS WELL AS INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS THAT ARE MORTGAGE HOLDERS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LORI. 
          ALSO, WHAT HAPPENS, LET'S JUST SAY THAT WE HAVE FUNDS LEFT OVER AFTER, UM, JULY 31ST. 
          AND LET'S SAY THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE FUNDS? UM, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SEVEN 30? WHAT WE, WE WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THOSE 30 DAY EVALUATIONS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE THOSE FUNDS WOULD GO. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          ARE WE ALSO LOOKING AT FOCUSING, UM, SO FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW THE PROPOSAL IS AT $9.2 MILLION, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          I WAS FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE $10 MILLION, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL BE, UM, WORKING ALSO, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING THAT THAT CAN BE DONE THAT IS BEING DONE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE'S THAT $102,000 THAT HAS BEEN RAISED ALREADY THROUGH THE, UM, ONLINE MECHANISM THAT YOU SUPPORTED. 
          ARE YOU ALSO WORKING WITH, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE PAYROLL DEDUCTION AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE? AND I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE IT'S SIMILAR TO THE REAP, UH, PROGRAM THAT BENEFITS, UH, OR C P S ENERGY CUSTOMERS. 
          HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED THAT? OR IS ANYBODY LOOKING INTO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? NO, WE HAVEN'T, BUT WE WILL LOOK INTO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          I'M SURE THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND STAFF, UM, EVERYBODY WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO PITCH IN AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, RIGHT? TO, TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS, UM, POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK OVER THE CRITERIA THAT WAS SENT OUT LAST NIGHT ON THE STIMULUS CARE PACKAGE, AND I WAS, UM, PARTICULARLY HAPPY ON PAGE FOUR. 
          IT WAS ONLY A FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT, SO I, I TOOK AN OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKLY GLANCE THROUGH IT. 
          IN THERE IT SAYS, UM, THAT ELIGIBLE EXPENSES INCLUDE SUCH EXPENSES THAT AS PROVIDING ECONOMIC SUPPORT TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM UNEMPLOYMENT OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION DUE TO COVID RELATED CLOSURES. 
          AND TO ME, THAT LEFT IT AS PRETTY BROAD, AND THOSE WERE THE GUIDELINES. 
          AND I ACTUALLY APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE TO ME, THIS IS A PART OF, OF WHAT WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, TO, TO FURTHER, UH, EXPLANATION OF WHAT THAT, UM, INITIAL ROUND OF INTERPRETATION OR ROUND OF CLARIFICATIONS AND GUIDELINES WAS. 
          BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WAS A FOUR PAGE DOCUMENT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADD OR BE CLEAR, UM, ON ANY MORE. 
          THEY EVEN SET SOME REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF THAT, I THINK, UM, HELPED ME FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE AFTER READING THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES GOT THAT. 
          I KNOW THAT I GOT IT BECAUSE I'M ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILMAN BEING CO-CHAIRED BY COUNCILMAN PE AND KEVIN WOLF, AND I KNOW COUNCILMAN PERRY AND COUNCILMAN VRAN SIT ON THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO, UH, LOOK AT IT. 
          BUT I HEARD HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, AND IT MADE ME FEEL MORE 
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COMFORTABLE. 
          SO TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HDA QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT WILL OUR COMMUNICATION EXPENSES BE REIMBURSABLE? THERE'S A SPECIFIC LINE IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT ANY COVID RELATED, UH, COMMUNICATION EXPENSES WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE. 
          AND THAT GAVE ME HOPE BECAUSE I HAVE ALLOCATED FUNDS OUT OF MY C C P F FUND, UH, TO REACH OUT TO MY CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE WILL BE REPLENISHED WITH THAT BECAUSE WITH THAT FUNDING, I COULD DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY AND, AND, AND HELP THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR. 
          SO I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, I ALSO JUST, UM, WANTED TO, UH, TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A GREAT, UH, I THINK OPPORTUNITY TO ALL, I'LL WORK TOGETHER, UM, ON ALSO LOOKING AT POLICIES GOING FORWARD. 
          AND SO I'LL, I'LL BE LOOKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR SOME GUIDANCE. 
          AGAIN, I'M ONE OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS AND I'D LOVE TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT A LATER POINT. 
          AND I HAVE ONE FINAL QUESTION THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, AND IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BECAUSE I'M, I'M ONE OF THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK, BUT LORI, ON PAGE FOUR OF YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION, THERE WAS AN ITEM IN THERE ABOUT DIVORCES BEING COVERED. 
          I'M ASSUMING IT'S NOT, UM, LEGAL MATTERS THAT WE'RE HELPING COVER, BUT MAYBE, UH, EXPENSES THAT WOULD RESULT FROM DIVORCES DURING THIS TIME. 
          CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? YES. 
          AND SO IF THERE WERE, UM, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          SO IF THERE WAS A DIVORCE AND THAT THEIR FUNDING WAS DECREASED AS A RESULT OF THAT DIVORCE, WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT AS A HARDSHIP AND HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR THIS PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I JUST, I WAS WONDERING, I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT, THAT WE WEREN'T FUNDING ANYBODY'S DIVORCES OR SOMETHING. 
          SO THANK YOU, LORI, FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          MAYOR, THOSE ARE ALL MY, UM, MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL, POWELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          UM, ANDY, YOU WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US? YES, MAYOR, I WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY PROCEDURALLY WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE SAKE OF, UH, EFFICIENCY. 
          AND BECAUSE THE TWO TOPICS WERE SO CLOSELY TIED THAT COUNCIL DISCUSS ITEMS FIVE AND SIX TOGETHER, UH, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE SEPARATE ITEMS. SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, THERE'S TWO MOTIONS ON THE FLOOR CURRENTLY. 
          ONE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM FIVE. 
          UH, THE OTHER IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SIX AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S PROPOSED LANGUAGE. 
          SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE FIRST CONSIDER ITEM FIVE, AND THEN AFTER ITEM FIVE IS VOTED ON, THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ANDY. 
          AND WE'LL TAKE UP THOSE MOTIONS HERE IN IN JUST A SECOND. 
          I'LL, I JUST WANT TO CLOSE, UH, WITH A FEW COMMENTS. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO EMPHASIZE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR, OUR COUNCIL AND, AND THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE FORMED THE COMMUNITY ACTION WORKING GROUPS TO IDENTIFY THESE GAPS THAT ARE CREATED, UH, OUT OF URGENT NEED THAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS. 
          SO WE SHOULD ALL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COLLABORATION AND THE WORK THAT'S AHEAD, UH, OF THE COVID ACTION COMMUNITY GROUPS. 
          AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES AND THOSE ON THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR IDENTIFYING THIS AND WORKING QUICKLY. 
          I WANT TO THANK ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO FOR PUSHING VERY HARD ON THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, ALL TOLD WITH THIS, UM, WITH THIS VOTE, WE WILL HAVE NOW IN THE RISK MITIGATION FUND, ALSO, UH, KNOWN NOW AS THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND, UH, $25 MILLION TOTAL FOR AN IMMEDIATE RELIEF, UH, OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED RESIDENTS WHO ARE ON THE BUBBLE BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS. 
          ADD TO THAT, AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION OF RELIEF COMING FROM THE COUNTY. 
          AND WE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY ALMOST $30 MILLION DEDICATED TO HELPING FOLKS STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND BE ABLE TO PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC. 
          THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY TEAMWORK, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF US FOR DOING IT. 
          AND, AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT'S SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING SOMETIMES TO HEAR AND SEE SOME OF THE HEADLINES IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE AREN'T AS, UH, MAGNIFICENT AS WE MIGHT THINK OURS SHOULD BE, UM, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL, WHAT NORMAL LOOKS LIKE IN SAN ANTONIO, THE REASON WHY THE WORK OF THE RISK MITIGATION, UH, FUND POLICY GROUP, I WANNA THANK MAUREEN AND NIKKI. 
          UM, MY STAFF, UH, AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO WORKED ON THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY TASK FORCE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. 
          THE REASON WHY THAT WORK WAS SO GROUNDBREAKING AND CRITICAL IS BECAUSE OF WHAT NORMAL LOOKS LIKE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I MEAN, WE HAVE A CITY THAT RANKS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN POVERTY. 
          AND SO WE KNOW WHEN A PANDEMIC STRIKES AND A CRISIS HITS, IT'S GONNA EXACERBATE THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE ALREADY PRESENT HERE. 
          SO FOR YEARS, DECADES, WE HAD NO RELIEF FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, AND THEY WERE EXISTING IN THAT NORMAL FOR SO LONG WITHOUT ANY HELP. 
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AND SO TWO YEARS AGO, THIS COUNCIL DECIDED THAT THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR OUR CITY ANYMORE. 
          AND WE CREATED A HOUSING POLICY ROOTED IN COMPASSION THAT PRODUCED A RISK MITIGATION FUND, THAT NOW WHEN THINGS ARE NORMAL AND PEOPLE DO HAVE HARDSHIPS ON A NORMAL DAY DISPROPORTIONATELY IN SAN ANTONIO, WE HAVE WAYS OF HELPING. 
          AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE'VE INCREASED THAT HELP 30 FOLD IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, UH, FOR OUR FAMILIES DURING THIS CRISIS. 
          I DO HAVE TO SAY I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND, AND OUR STAFF IN SAYING THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA BE ENOUGH. 
          THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CRISIS IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE GROUND IS YET. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA END UP BECAUSE WHAT'S DRIVING US IS TO PROTECT HUMAN LIFE. 
          AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE'RE ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO EASE OUT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS AND GET BACK TO WHATEVER NORMAL WAS. 
          UM, AND I HAVE TO COUNT, PLEASE COUNT ME AMONG THOSE WHO ARE NOT, UH, WILLING TO GO BACK TO THE WAY NORMAL WAS. 
          WE HAVE TO BE BETTER AND STRONGER THAN THAT, AND THAT'S THE CITY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE BUILDING, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S GONNA END. 
          AND SO I'M PRE, I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT $30 MILLION IS NOT GONNA COVER THE GAP THAT'S CREATED BY THIS CRISIS WHEN IT COMES TO KEEPING FOOD AND, AND SAFE ROOFS FOR FAMILIES. 
          UH, AND TO THAT NOTE, I NEED EVERYONE HERE TO UNDERSTAND MY POSITION. 
          UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, AND THE STAFF HAS DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB BEING CREATIVE IN FINDING THOSE FUNDS. 
          AND I'M GLAD FOR THAT THEY'RE SET ASIDES. 
          UH, BUT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO A CRISIS, WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO, KNOWING FULL WELL WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO STOP IT, IS ALLOW FOR FAMILIES, THE MOST DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO BE LEFT BEHIND, UH, IN THIS CRISIS. 
          AND SO, PLEASE KNOW THIS, WE WILL BE WORKING EVERY SINGLE DAY AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN IN DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF TEAMWORK ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE FIRST. 
          THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY IS GOING TO BE HOW WE SURVIVE THIS CRISIS IS WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. 
          AND SO FROM THERE, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS AND WE GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS, WE'RE GONNA BUILD THAT GREAT, STRONG, RESILIENT CITY, AND I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT. 
          BUT TODAY, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM HERE AT THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA, UH, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND FINDING THOSE, THOSE FUNDS, UH, ERIC, YOUR STAFF, YOUR ENTIRE STAFF, UM, ALL THE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING US, OUR COLLEAGUES FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN, I'M VERY PROUD TO CAST MY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO BOTH ITEMS, NUMBER FIVE, AND WE'LL TAKE ITEM FIVE FIRST AND THEN TAKE UP ITEM SIX. 
          SO THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE. 
          AYE, PLEASE VOTE CROSS CARDS. 
          HOLD ON SECOND. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OKAY. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          MOVE NOW TO ITEM SIX AS AMENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, PLEASE VOTE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, NOW WE, UH, THAT IS THE, OUR BUSINESS AGENDA. 
          I THINK WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT WE ALSO 
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HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          REAL QUICK, IN KEEPING WITH, UH, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I WANTED TO, UH, RUN A QUICK VIDEO THAT'S, THAT, UH, HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK OF OUR EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. 
          UH, TODAY, THE, THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ARE OUR DISEASE DETECTIVES. 
          UM, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW TO SPELL EPIDEMIOLOGISTS NOW, SO AFTER THE LAST SIX WEEKS. 
          BUT THE, THERE, THERE ARE PRIMARY INDIVIDUALS THAT IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT ARE, UH, SPEARHEADING OUR CONTACT TRACING, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE, UH, IN THE BRIEFINGS WITH YOU, WE HAVE 12 ON STAFF AND WE HAVE BETWEEN 50 AND 70 OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED TOWARDS THAT CONTACT TRACING EFFORTS. 
          AND THEN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAMS, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, CONSIST OF METRO HEALTH, UH, STRAC, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES, HUMAN SERVICES, AND THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THESE ARE 
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OUR TEAMS THAT ARE DOING, UH, OUTREACH AND EDUCATION IN VULNERABLE AREAS OF THE CITY, BUSINESSES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT ON THE GROUND. 
          AND THEY'RE DOING A, A REALLY GREAT JOB. 
          AND I, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE TWO GROUPS OF EMPLOYEES TODAY. 
          LET'S ROLL THE VIDEO HERE. 
          IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE INVESTIGATE COMMUNICABLE OR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 
          WE CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND WATERBORNE, FOODBORNE, RESPIRATORY, ZOONOTIC, AND VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES. 
          I WAS GIVING YOU A CALL TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED YOU OF HAVING A RECENT C OVID 19 INFECTION RESPONDING TO C OVID 19 SPECIFICALLY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO ARE ILL INVESTIGATING DURING OUR PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTIGATIONS, NOT ONLY COLLECTING THAT INFORMATION AND, AND IDENTIFYING THOSE THAT ARE ILL, BUT CONTROLLING AND, AND PREVENTING OTHERS AND STOPPING THE ILLNESS FROM SPREADING. 
          THAT'S A, A MAJOR ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO. 
          I WANNA ASK YOU ABOUT POTENTIAL EXPOSURES, AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE, OF C OVID 19 AND ANY INFECTIOUS DISEASE THAT COMES THROUGH OUR OFFICE. 
          ONE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES WHY I WORK FOR THE CITY IS HEALTH. 
          THE HEALTHINESS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS UTMOST IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND TO OUR SPECIFIC PROGRAM. 
          AND, UM, THE HEALTHINESS KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY THRIVING. 
          I, I THINK WE SHOULD START THERE WHEN WE START THE BOTTOM HALF. 
          SO THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PREVENTION TEAM IS CREATED TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES OF LOW INCOME, POPULATION OF COLOR, AND, UH, ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MOST AT RISK TO, UH, THE C OVID 19, UH, VIRUS. 
          SO WE'RE OUT HERE, UH, TALKING TO BUSINESSES SINCE THEY ARE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT NEED TO BE OPEN. 
          UH, THIS IS POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR THE C OVID 19 TO BE SPREAD. 
          WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FLYERS THAT WE GIVE THEM. 
          UH, ONE FLYER IS PERSONAL, UH, HYGIENE, UH, BEST PRACTICES THAT THEY CAN DO INDIVIDUALLY, UH, TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD OR SLOW THE SPREAD. 
          AND ALSO, UH, BEST PRACTICES FOR THEM AS AN EMPLOYER, WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP THEIR EMPLOYEES AND AS WELL AS THEIR CUSTOMERS. 
          MAYOR, THESE, UH, THESE VIDEOS ARE A GOOD REMINDER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ON THE FRONT LINE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC. 
          AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STAFF. 
          UM, I RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JUST WANTED TO, UH, HAVE SOME RECOGNITION. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD AND THAT'S WHY I'M WEARING WEARING PURPLE. 
          UH, LAST WEEK, FRIDAY, WE WEREN'T IN SESSION AND, UH, DIDN'T REALLY GET TO RECOGNIZE THOSE, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE MILITARY AND THEIR CHILDREN WHO PUT UP WITH A LOT ON MOVING FROM ONE LOCATION TO ANOTHER. 
          AND, UM, THIS MONTH RECOGNIZES THE MILITARY CHILD. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU GET A CHANCE, WEAR PURPLE OUT THERE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. 
          AND, UH, YOU SEE THOSE KIDDOS AROUND, THEY GO THROUGH A LOT ON MOVING ALONG WITH THEIR PARENTS WHEREVER THEY GO TO SUPPORTING US IN OUR FREEDOM. 
          SO, JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND JUST HIGHLIGHT A MCALLISTER PARK PROJECT THAT WE GOT, UH, THAT WE PASSED TODAY, IS TO DO SOME WORK AT MCALLISTER PARK. 
          OUR, UH, WE CALL IT THE BIGGEST PARK IN TOWN, BUT, UH, THERE'S SOME DEBATE ABOUT THAT. 
          BUT ANYWAY, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO. 
          THEY'RE GONNA START, UH, LATER ON THIS YEAR AND, UH, GET US SOME GREAT IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. 
          WE ACTUALLY SHARE, UH, THE PARK BETWEEN DISTRICT NINE AND 10, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 
          SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MENTION, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, 
          [Executive Session]
THE TIME IS 1:15 PM UH, A SESSION IS, UH, AGENDA IS OVER. 
          WE ARE NOW, IT'S 1:15 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2020. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071, AND TO DELIBERATE OR DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 2 REAL PROPERTY DELIBERATE, THE APPOINTMENT EVALUATION DUTIES, DISCIPLINE OR DISMISSAL OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE RELATED TO, EXCUSE ME, PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 4 PERSONNEL MATTERS AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
          PROPOSED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          CONSULTATION 
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WITH ATTORNEY.
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