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          GO AHEAD AND CALL A MEETING TO ORDER. 
          UH, THE TIME IS 1:00 PM 1:03 PM ON TUESDAY, MAY 5TH, 2020. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START, UH, THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. 
          UH, WE HAVE BOTH OUR CITY CLERK AND OUR COUNTY CLERK HERE, CLERK HERE. 
          SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH ROLES COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANUS SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY AND MAYOR BERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A COURT. 
          THIS IS LUCIA , MAYOR, COUNTY CLERK TAKING ROLL CALL. 
          COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLF. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHICO RODRIGUEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNTY COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNTY COMMISSIONER A WOLF HERE. 
          COUNTY COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT HERE, COUNTY MANAGER. 
          DAVID SMITH HERE. 
          AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY GONZALEZ. 
          WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. 
          UM, I'LL 
          [1. 20-3076 Briefing and updates on the City's COVID-19 response and preparedness and updates on the COVID-19 Community Action Working Groups and Economic Transition Team.]
GO AHEAD AND START. 
          WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, AND THAT IS THE, UH, REPORT OF OUR ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER VIA FOR BEING THE LIAISON TO THE, THE COURT AND THE COUNCIL RESPECTIVELY. 
          UH, I'LL START BY SAYING THAT, UM, WE ARE NOW IN THE MIDST OF OPENING UP TEXAS, UH, BASED ON THE ORDERS FROM THE GOVERNOR, AS WELL AS THE GUIDANCE OF OUR OWN HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM. 
          SO I THANK THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          THAT'S BOTH KEVIN VOCAL FROM TOYOTA, AS WELL AS ISSA CARELLO FROM TEJAS, UH, CONSTRUCTION FOR GUIDING THIS EFFORT, WHICH WAS A HERCULEAN TASK OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF OR SO. 
          VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REPORT. 
          UH, WE HAD A CHANCE, THE JUDGE AND I TO BE BRIEFED, AS YOU ALL HAVE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 
          I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, UH, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT NOT ONLY IS THE REPORT SPECIFIC TO THE INDUSTRIES OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S ALSO GROUNDED IN THE HEALTH GUIDANCE FROM A FANTASTIC EFFORT BY OUR HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM AND CHAIR BARBARA TAYLOR, DR. 
          BARBARA TAYLOR'S HERE WITH US AS WELL, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          WE DO HAVE MEMBERS OF THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM THAT ARE, UH, ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. 
          UM, BUT LET ME JUST, UH, HAND IT OFF TO THE JUDGE REAL QUICK. 
          BUT WITH, WITH ONE LAST THING. 
          THERE WAS, THERE IS A STATEMENT, UH, THAT I SAW, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL DID IN THE PRESENTATION, UH, THE INITIAL DRAFT OF THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          AND THAT IS THAT WE SHOULD NOT, AND WE WILL NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HEALTH AND THE ECONOMY. 
          THEY BOTH GO HAND IN HAND. 
          AND IN FACT, IN ORDER TO HAVE A STRONG ECONOMY, WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A HEALTHY ONE FIRST, UH, WITH HEALTHY PEOPLE AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE BUILT ON THAT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT APPROACH FROM THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO THE REPORT AND, UH, WE BEGIN TO PROCEED THROUGH THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PANDEMIC RESPONSE. 
          JUDGE WOLF, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANKS FOR, UH, SAYING THAT WE, WE CANNOT CHOOSE. 
          WE'VE GOT TO HAVE BOTH GOING. 
          UH, THAT GOES BACK TO THE STATEMENT THAT DR. 
          GERALD PARKER MADE YESTERDAY, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF BIOSECURITY AND PANDEMIC POLICY AT TEXAS A M WHEN HE SAID, WE HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE VIRUS, IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY ALL THE HEALTH STANDARDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE ARE SO IMPORTANT. 
          HE SAID, THAT'S WHY IT'S ESSENTIAL TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY IN A SAFE, MEASURED WAY AND PHASED IN RESPONSIBILITY. 
          AND THAT'S VERY MUCH WHAT WE BELIEVE. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORKING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU CAN'T GO ON LIKE WE'RE GOING ON THE GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PILING UP DEBT UNLIKE IT'S EVER SEEN BEFORE IN ITS HISTORY. 
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SO WE'VE GOTTA GET THINGS BACK ONGOING. 
          AND THE ECONOMIC TEAM REPORT TODAY, UH, SHOWING US THE PATHWAY TO DO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I WANNA THANK, UH, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT, UH, WORKED SO HARD ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WE'LL NOW TURN IT RIGHT OVER TO OUR CO-CHAIRS, UH, KEVIN KEL, AS WELL AS LUISA CARELLO. 
          TAKE IT AWAY GUYS. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M KEVIN KEL, PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING TEXAS, AND ALONG WITH MY CO-CHAIR, ULISA ELLO, PRESIDENT OF TEJAS PREMIER BUILDING CONTRACTOR. 
          IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, JUDGE WOLF. 
          MAYOR BERG, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONERS, WE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCILWOMAN VIA GRANT. 
          THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          AS OUR COUNTY AND CITY ADVISORS, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND GUIDANCE. 
          ALONG WITH MY CO-CHAIR, IT WAS A GREAT HONOR FOR US TO LEAD THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME IN OUR NATION AND COMMUNITY'S HISTORY. 
          YOU KNOW, EACH MEMBER OF OUR TEAM BROUGHT THEIR UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE TO SUPPORT THIS PROCESS. 
          AND ON THE HEELS OF THE TRANSITION, THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM REPORT, WE, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE POSITION, MAYOR, THAT YOU JUST SAID, THAT NO PERSON OR BUSINESS SHOULD EVER HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PHYSICAL SAFETY OR ECONOMIC HEALTH. 
          NEXT SLIDE TODAY FOR THE AGENDA OF THE FOR REPORT THAT WILL COVER, UH, WILL BE OUR ROSTER OBJECTIVES, OUR TIMELINE, OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL EQUITY THAT RAN THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, AND OF COURSE, OUR DELIVERABLES, WHICH ARE THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO PLAYBOOK, OUR MARKETING AND PR PLAN, AND OF COURSE, OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM IS MADE UP OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, ENTREPRENEURS, CONSULTANTS, PLANNERS, WHO HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE PRIVATE, PUBLIC, AND NONPROFIT SECTORS. 
          I'M PERSONALLY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THIS GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS WHO BROUGHT ALL OF THEIR EXPERTISE TO THE TABLE, AND IT WAS A MUTUAL GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BUSINESS HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REOPEN SAFELY. 
          NEXT SLIDE THROUGH OUR OBJECTIVES. 
          THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM TO CREATE A SAFE REOPENING GUIDELINES FOR BUSINESS. 
          THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM ESTABLISHED THE PARAMETERS AND MARKERS THAT PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT STEPS OF REOPENING. 
          AND FOR OUR OBJECTIVES, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLABORATED WITH THEM TO PRIORITIZE PUBLIC HEALTH, MADE SURE THAT WE HAD A SOCIAL EQUITY LENS THROUGH ALL THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PRESENTATION, AND CONSIDER THE DIVERSE INDUSTRY SET AND UNIQUE NEEDS, UH, THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS REPORT, SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDANCE BY EVALUATING BEST PRACTICES AND LEVELS OF RISK INDUSTRY, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY AND ABILITY TO PIVOT AS THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGED IN THIS PANDEMIC. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE HAD A TIMELINE TO DEVELOP A REOPENING PLAN, AND OUR E T T TEAM MOBILIZED QUICKLY TO SAY, I MET KEVIN AND PART OF OUR TEAM 10 DAYS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VIRTUAL ZOOM. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING NONSTOP WITH A VERY DEVOTED TEAM TO MEET THIS DEADLINE. 
          OUR TEAM HAS DONE RESEARCH REACHED OUT TO COMMUNITY OWNERS, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS FOR FEEDBACK. 
          OUR MEMBERS HAVE REACHED OUT TO CHAMBERS, INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS TO GATHER BEST PRACTICES, ALL TO HELP DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLAYBOOK FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO UTILIZE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL EQUITY. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHO WAS IMPACTED THE MOST AND WHY? WHAT SHOULD WE HAVE DONE OR WHAT COULD WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE TO MINIMIZE THIS IMPACT? THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT EXISTING INEQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MAGNIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY THIS CRISIS. 
          NO ONE SHOULD EVER HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORK WITH H C T AND UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY AND HEALTH SIDE OF OPENING UP OUR BUSINESSES. 
          AND WE WERE COMMITTED TO BRING FORTH CHALLENGES FACED BY OUR MARGINALIZED POPULATION AND RECOMMENDING SHORT AND LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. 
          TOGETHER, WE BELIEVE THAT THE HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED BY PROVIDING INCREASED SUPPORT FOR SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES WHO ARE THE HEART OF OUR ECONOMY. 
          IF WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO HAVE BETTER PAYING JOBS WITH HEALTHCARE, SICK LEAVE, AND RETIREMENT SAVINGS, WE HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON GROWING OUR LOCAL SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          WE ALSO FOUND 
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THAT ON AVERAGE, 90% OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WERE NOT ABLE TO GET EMERGENCY ACCESS TO CAPITAL. 
          MANY BUSINESSES WERE FACED TO SHUT TO WERE FACED WITH COMPLETE SHUTDOWN WITHIN ONE MONTH. 
          THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A BAD QUARTER, THE VERY LEAST A BAD YEAR, BUT NOT A COMPLETE SHUTDOWN. 
          THIS MAGNIFIED THE HEALTH OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IMMEDIATELY. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOLUTIONS INCLUDED LOOKING AT SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS AND LONG-TERM PLANNING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR DELIVERABLES WAS TO DEVELOP ONE DOCUMENT TO SERVE AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM'S REPORT TO DEVELOP A LOCAL PLAYBOOK. 
          THIS PLAYBOOK WOULD EXPAND ON THE GOVERNOR'S EXISTING CHECKLIST AND CREATE NEW ONES FOR INDUSTRIES NOT COVERED IN THE STATE'S REPORT. 
          TO INCLUDE BEST PRACTICES TO HELP OUR BUSINESSES HAVE SOME GUIDANCE AS TO HOW TO DO IT. 
          TO CREATE A MARKETING AND PR PLAN, WE NEEDED TO PUT FORTH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A COMMUNITY-WIDE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGNS TO ENSURE CONSUMER AND VISITOR CONFIDENCE. 
          WE ALSO NEEDED TO IDENTIFY AND FACILITATE ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS. 
          WE DEVELOPED A SET OF GUIDELINES TO HELP BUSINESSES ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS IN RESPONSE TO C OVID 19. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DELIVERABLES, THE GUIDANCES TEAM PROVIDED BILLS ON WHAT THE STATE MANDATED THE TIMING OUR HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE RECOMMENDED, AND WHAT WE AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AS THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO PLAYBOOK TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. 
          IN THE DETAILED REPORT, EACH SECTOR OF THE INDUSTRIES IS IDENTIFIED BY THE BLACK HEADING SHOWN IN THE SAND SLIDE SAMPLE WITH THE STATE MINIMUM STANDARDS FROM THE OPEN TEXAS REPORT, THEN SHOWN IN BLUE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION. 
          LOCAL RESOURCES AND RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PROVIDED UNDER THE GREEN HEADING IN THIS MANNER REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE REPORT, BUSINESS OWNER CAN PICK UP THE PLAYBOOK, FIND OUT THEIR INDUSTRY SECTION, AND UNDERSTAND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ACCORDING TO STATE MANDATES, PLUS THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHILE THE OPEN TEXAS REPORT INCLUDE MINIMUM STANDARD HEALTH PROTOCOLS FOR A SMALL NUMBER OF TEXAS INDUSTRIES, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL BUSINESS SECTORS FOR KEY SAN ANTONIO INDUSTRIES. 
          EACH OF THESE SECTIONS INCLUDE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROTOCOLS FOR EMPLOYEES, THE BUSINESS, FACILITY, AND CUSTOMERS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AS IT WAS RELEASED, THE OPEN TEXAS REPORT PROVIDED GUIDANCE FOR SIX BUSINESS SECTORS, WHEREAS THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM EXAMINED THE RISK FACTORS OF NINE INDUSTRY SEGMENTS LISTENING TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT AND IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL SECTORS AND EXPANDED THE PLAYBOOK TO 13 INDIVIDUAL SECTORS. 
          THE NEW SECTORS LISTED IN THE REPORT INCLUDE MANUFACTURING, CONSTRUCTION, HOTELS, GYMS, SALONS AND SPAS, SPORTS CONCERTS AND MASS GATHERINGS, AND OF COURSE, SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES AND CHILDCARE, WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT OUR ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM REPORT SERVES AS A COMPLIMENTARY ADDENDUM TO THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM REPORT. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE OPERATE GREATER SAFER. 
          TOGETHER, WE DISCUSSED HOW BUSINESSES CAN, CAN REOPEN, AND WE PROVIDED GUIDELINES TO DO SO SAFELY, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO WORK ON RESTORING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SO THAT ALL SAN ANTONIOS CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUT, GATHERING AND SPENDING MONEY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE BELIEVE WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO GREAT IS OUR ABILITY TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO MOVE FORWARD IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. 
          SO WE PROPOSE A PROMISE OR A PLEDGE THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN STAND BEHIND, EMBRACE TO REOPEN SAFELY TOGETHER. 
          THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO REGION WE KNOW IS RESILIENT. 
          OUR INCLUSIVE CULTURE AND DIVERSE ECONOMY SUSTAINS US AND MAKES US STRONGER THROUGH THE HARDEST OF TIMES. 
          TOGETHER WE CAN STAY SAFE AND TOGETHER WILL BE GREATER THAN EVER. 
          THIS MULTI-CHANNEL CAMPAIGN WILL PROVIDE BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, MESSAGING, SOCIAL MEDIA, TOOLS, AND SIGNAGE TO SHOW THEY'VE PLEDGED TO KEEP OUR REGION SAFE. 
          VISIT SAN ANTONIO WILL HOUSE THE NEW WEBPAGE GREATER SAFER SA.COM. 
          THAT WILL 
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BE EXCITINGLY GOING LIVE TODAY. 
          AND INCLUDE TEMPLATES FOR GREATER SAFER TOGETHER COLLATERAL SUCH AS WINDOW CLINGS, TEMPLATES, SIGNAGE, AND OTHER MATERIAL. 
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          SO, AS WE MENTIONED, WE INVITE ALL SAN ANTONIO BUSINESSES TO TAKE THIS PLEDGE. 
          COMMITTING TO THESE SEVEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS AS PART OF YOUR BUSINESS PRACTICE WILL HELP BALANCE THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS, AND THE RESTART OF OUR ECONOMY. 
          WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AND TAKE THE PLEDGE TODAY, HELP MAKE SAN ANTONIO GREATER SAFER TOGETHER. 
          NEXT PAGE, OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTERS. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO APPLAUD OUR SMALL BUSINESS CENTERS WHO HAVE PIVOTED TO MEET THE NEW CHALLENGES OUR SMALL MINORITY WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES WE'RE FACING. 
          BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE OUR EFFORTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THESE SMALL BUSINESS CENTERS NEED TO CONTINUE TO HELP OUR SMALL BUSINESSES GROW. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS WE DEVELOPED OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE ALSO ASKED WHO WOULD MAKE SURE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED, AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS HAPPENING IN A COLLABORATIVE AND REGIONAL APPROACH AS WE NEED TO REACH OVER 50,000 SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          WE IDENTIFIED THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION BUSINESS RECOVERY TEAM IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE C OVID 19. 
          BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ACTION COMMITTEES WOULD WORK TO ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATION OF REOPENING RECOMMENDATIONS, THE ACCESS FOR FINANCIAL RELIEF, LOANS AND GUIDANCE TO DEVELOP A BY LOCAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS. BECAUSE WE KNOW TRAINING ALONE WILL NOT GROW THESE BUSINESSES. 
          THEY NEED CONNECTIONS TO CONTRACTS, SAFETY TRAINING TO PREVENTING CVID 19 SPREAD AND FINANCIAL LITERACY IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, OR ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          COVID 19 TESTING AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES A DEVELOPMENT PLEDGE OF LOCAL AGENCIES TO BUY LOCAL, INCLUDING SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE BUSINESSES, AS EVERY DOLLAR SPENT LOCALLY WILL HELP PROVIDE BETTER JOBS AND BUILD OUR ECONOMY. 
          ALL THESE AND OTHERS WERE IDENTIFIED AS IMMEDIATE NEED. 
          THEN WE IDENTIFIED AN ACTIONABLE REQUEST. 
          THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE SAN ANTONIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, UM, TO DEVELOP A SUSTAINED CENTRALIZED BODY OR TASK FORCE SPECIFIC TO ADDRESSING THE SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS NEEDS FOR FUTURE DISASTER AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND EQUITY CONCERNS BY IMPROVING SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH. 
          THIS NEW TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY THE CHALLENGES, IDENTIFY THE RESOURCE PARTNERS BEST SUITED TO IMPLEMENT THE SOLUTIONS, AND START MEASURING PROGRESS AND REPORT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY ITEMS TO INCLUDE ACCESS TO CAPITAL BEYOND THE PANDEMIC ASSIST BUSINESSES IN BANKING RELATIONSHIPS AND PROTOCOLS FOR SSS B, A LENDING TO ENCOURAGE IT, IDENTIFY EQUITY INDICATORS AND DEVELOP FROM MORE, UH, CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO SCALE, TO REACH TO OVER 50,000 BUSINESSES BY BRINGING TOGETHER ALL RESOURCE PARTNERS AS ONE TEAM AND ADDRESS THE ISSUES AS ONE BODY AND ONE PLAN. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS WAS THE AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF SAFETY AND P P E SUPPLIES FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO UTILIZE AS THEY OPEN UP SAFELY AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER. 
          WE BELIEVE THE SUCCESS OF RESTART WILL DEPEND ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DEVELOP A COMPLIANCE RESOURCE ACCESS TO PROVIDE ITEMS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WITH LESS THAN 25 EMPLOYEES AND DISTRIBUTE ANY STREAMLINED PROCESS ITEMS TO INCLUDE NO TOUCH, THERMOMETERS, FACE COVERINGS, AND HAND SANITIZERS. 
          AND WE WANNA THANK THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FOR COLLABORATING AND RESPONDING QUICKLY TO DEVELOPING THIS PROCESS SO WE COULD ANNOUNCE TODAY THEIR COMMITMENT TO MEETING THIS NEED. 
          MORE DETAIL INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED SOON. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          AND KEVIN AND I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR E T T LIAISONS ADVISORS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT IN WORKING WITH US TO COMPLETE THIS PLAYBOOK IN SUCH 
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A SHORT TIMELINE. 
          JUDGE WOLF, MAYOR NUREMBERG, SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. 
          BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR SUPPORTING THE INITIATIVE OF CREATING THE THIS ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, OUR E T T SUPPORT TEAM THAT HAD BEEN WORKING TIRELESS, TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES, THE SS A E D F TEAM WHO WRAPPED THEMSELVES AROUND US AND BROUGHT IN EVERYBODY WE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM THAT COLLABORATED WITH US AND ADVISED US ON HEALTH AND SAFETY NEEDED IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, UM, DO WE WANT OUR LIAISONS TO GIVE A FEW, UH, COMMENTS? THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOUA. 
          THANK YOU, KEVIN. 
          YES. 
          IN FACT, UM, UH, JUST PROCEDURALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, IS GO IN, UH, DESCENDING ORDER WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COURT. 
          UH, BUT I DID WANT TO START, UH, WITH OUR TWO LIAISONS FOR THE COURT AND THE COUNCIL COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          WE WILL GO JUST LIKE LAST WEEK. 
          WE'LL HAVE, UH, SEVEN MINUTES UP ON THERE, UH, FOR EVERYONE TO TAKE. 
          SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH DISCUSSION NOW, AND WE'LL MOVE RIGHT OVER TO, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ PRECINCT ONE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THIS IS, I ALSO WANNA THANK YOU. 
          OF COURSE. 
          I WANNA THANK OUR CO-CHAIRS AND OUR WORKING COMMITTEE, KEVIN AND , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, TO BUILD CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TO START OUR COLLEGE TOMORROW. 
          OUR WORKING GROUP WITH OUR BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WITH OUR ASSISTANT OF BOARD HARTMAN, AND OF COURSE, OUR CO-CHAIR COUNCILWOMAN , TO DEVELOP AND GO FORWARD WITH THIS PLAN. 
          I THINK IT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT'S A GREAT PLAN. 
          UH, I WAS GOING THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS AND, AND THEN LOOKING UNDER SLIDE TWO, UNDER THE COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL EQUITY, I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL CITIZENS OF BEAR COUNTY KNOW THAT THEY WILL AND ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS EFFORT. 
          I WILL NOW, THANK YOU AND THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE'S EFFORTS ON THIS. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOT. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, WE'RE GOING NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I FIRST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE INCREDIBLE TRANSITION TEAM, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE PUT ON SLIDE NUMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS SLIDE NUMBER THREE. 
          IF YOU CAN BRING BACK SLIDE NUMBER THREE. 
          I THINK WE WENT THROUGH THAT SLIDE KIND OF QUICKLY, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THIS ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          THIS WAS A TEAM IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD AND WORKING SO HARD TOGETHER AND BRINGING THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERTISE. 
          OF COURSE, LED BY OUR INCREDIBLE TWO CO-CHAIRS. 
          UH, ISSA AND KEVIN, WHO ACTUALLY MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PERSON YESTERDAY, UH, BUT HAVE BECOME JUST DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN CONVERSATION TO OUR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT TEAM. 
          JENNA CETA HERRERA AND LUISA CASO CITY STAFF, AND S A E D F STAFF WHO WORKED SO HARD. 
          I'M LOOKING AT WHERE WE STARTED AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 
          IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CARE AND LOVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE REGION OF, UH, BEXAR COUNTY. 
          SO VERY MUCH THANK YOU AS WELL TO THE HELP TRANSITION TEAM, DR. 
          TAYLOR, FOR WORKING WITH US IN THOSE COUNTLESS MEETINGS YOU HAD WITH US AS WELL. 
          I THINK MAYOR, JUDGE, THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATING FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL OF SAN ANTONIO AND FOR OUR REGION. 
          I THINK I WANNA THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR ASSIGNING ME AS A LIAISON. 
          THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR INPUT, UM, AS YOU MOVED FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          REALLY, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, UM, REPORT IS TO MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          AS WE KNOW, CDC D'S GUIDELINES CHANGE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR IS EVEN DOING ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. 
          WE ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, BUT WILL BE. 
          BUT WE KNOW THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS FLEXIBLE AND DYNAMIC AND, UH, IT'S THOROUGH AND IT KEEPS SAFETY AND EQUITY FIRST. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR, UM, CO-CHAIRS AND THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AS A TEAM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO PUT AN ACTION ITEM ON THERE SIMILAR TO WHAT THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM WAS, TO PUT A TASK FORCE TOGETHER, TASK FORCE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE LIVES BEYOND 
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THIS REPORT. 
          THAT THIS EQUITY AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE AND ARE RESILIENT LIVES BEYOND THIS REPORT. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO KEEP THAT THREAD OF EQUITY THROUGHOUT OUR REPORT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE DATA SHOWS THAT LATINOS AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST IN BOTH THE HEALTH ASPECT AS WELL AS THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL ASPECT. 
          THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK CHARGE TO RECOVER AND REBUILD A STRONGER EQUITABLE SAN ANTONIO AND BEX COUNTY, WHERE EVERYONE IS SEEN AND HEARD AND ENGAGED IN THIS REBUILDING. 
          AND MY ASK TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IS TO PLEASE ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOU, UM, WHO OWN BUSINESSES, WHO ARE PART OF YOUR CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE, TO TAKE THIS PLEDGE, TO BUILD THAT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES THAT WE ARE MAKING AVAILABLE. 
          THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY STAFF, UH, DAVID MARQUEZ AND CARLOS CONTRERAS, WHO IS ALSO WORKING WITH CONNECTING ALL OF THIS TO GET THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES. 
          AND I KNOW, UM, MAYOR, YOU AND JUDGE WOLF WILL PROBABLY BE ON, HOPEFULLY TONIGHT ASKING ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES TO TAKE THE PLEDGE AS WELL AND GETTING ACCESS TO THIS VERY THOROUGH REPORT. 
          WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, AND, UH, OUR APPRECIATIONS OF BOTH YOU AND, AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IN THIS PROCESS. 
          WE'LL MOVE, MOVE NOW TO, UH, PRECINCT THREE, COMMISSIONER KEVIN WOLFE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST A REAL QUICK COMMENT. 
          UH, FIRST, THANK Y'ALL FOR, FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GOOD TEMPLATE HERE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD MENTION, AND YOU'VE PROBABLY ALREADY GOTTEN WORD ON THIS, UM, APPLIES, UH, A NUMBER OF OUR EXISTING CHAMBERS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING, UH, A LOT OF WORK, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH CHAMBER OR THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER, UM, AND HAVE STARTED A NUMBER OF THESE, THESE THINGS, UM, ALREADY. 
          SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE REACHING OUT TO THEM AND UTILIZING THEIR RESOURCES AS WELL. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER WOLF. 
          UM, KEVIN, WERE YOU GONNA RESPOND AGAIN, COMMISSIONER WOLF? THANKS FOR THAT, UH, SUGGESTION. 
          AND, UH, TO THAT POINT, UH, WE MET WITH ALL OF THE CHAMBERS AND E D F BUSINESS RESPONSE. 
          THEY'RE ON THE E D F BUSINESS RESPONSE TEAM, SO THEY ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S IN THE REPORT, AND WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THESE CHAMBERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE MET WITH THEM AS PART OF A PREVIEW OF THIS REPORT. 
          SO THEY'RE ENGAGED, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT SUGGESTION, KEVIN. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE TO, UH, DISTRICT 10. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CLAYTON PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, YOU CAN, UH, TURN YOUR, UH, COMPUTER SPEAKER DOWN. 
          I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT BETTER. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, I HAD MY SPEAKER VOLUME TOO HIGH. 
          UM, ANYWAY, UM, TO, UH, COMMISSIONER WOLF'S COMMENTS, UH, I THINK IT WAS SLIDE NUMBER 15, UM, AS FAR, IF YOU COULD PULL SLIDE 15 UP. 
          THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          YEAH, THE, UH, CENTRALIZED BODY OR TASK FORCE, UM, I'M, I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF TASK FORCES THAT HAVE LOOKED AT A LOT OF THIS ALREADY. 
          UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO BUILD ON THAT. 
          WHAT COMMISSIONER WOLF WAS SAYING IS TO USE OUR, UM, CHAMBERS TO HANDLE THIS. 
          I MEAN, THEY, THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THEY HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP, THEY HAVE THE, THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO DO THAT. 
          REACHING OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND, AND I'D REALLY, UM, REALLY LOOK FOR THAT BODY OR 
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THOSE BODIES BECAUSE WE GOT A NUMBER OF CHAMBERS HERE IN TOWN. 
          BUT TO, TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM TAKE THIS TASK ON TO DEVELOP THESE LONG RANGE PLANS AND EVEN SHORT RANGE PLANS TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT AND TO GET THEIR MEMBERSHIP SIGNED UP AND TO, UM, EXECUTE THESE PLANS. 
          SO I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SETTING UP ANOTHER TASK FORCE OUT THERE TO, TO ADDRESS THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. 
          AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THEY HAVE THE MEMBERSHIP, THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO 'EM. 
          IN FACT, THAT, UH, UH, COMMITTEE THAT THEY HAVE NOW ON RE-ENGAGING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS DOING EXACTLY THAT. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT LET'S, LET'S USE THEM, UM, AS THAT RESOURCE BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. 
          UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL MY COMMENTS OTHER THAN I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, AND I MENTIONED THIS THE OTHER DAY ON THE EXECUTIVE BRIEF, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF THE STATE. 
          WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING THAT THE STATE IS, UH, UH, RECOMMENDING AND, AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT, UH, WILL OPEN UP IN THE TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 
          THIS IS JUST A RESOURCE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO LOOK AT AND GET THAT ADDITIONAL HELP THAT THEY NEED TO OPEN UP AND GET TEXAS, UH, UH, WORKING AGAIN. 
          SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, TRYING TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN THE STATE IS POINTING US TOWARDS. 
          THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF EXPERTS AT THEIR LEVEL ALSO THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS AND COMING UP WITH THEIR, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES. 
          SO REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          UH, WITH THAT, SIR, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL OF MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, PRECINCT TO COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ. 
          MAYOR, JUDGE, THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE, UM, THE, UH, PRESENTATION TODAY. 
          UH, I HAVE A COUPLE, UH, OF COMMENTS RELATED TO, I THINK IT IS SLIDE 16, ALYSSA, THANKS FOR FOR YOUR TIME. 
          AND KEVIN, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND, AND THE WHOLE TASK FORCE TIME IN IN DOING THIS. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES OUT THERE OR WHO MAY BE LISTENING AND LOOKING FOR SOME, SOME DIRECTION, UH, THIS PLAYBOOK OR BLUEPRINT KIND OF STARTS HERE WITH RESPECT TO THOSE WHO HAVE UNDER 25 EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, AND SO FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE BOTH THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE STEPPING UP TO PROVIDE RESOURCES IN, YOU KNOW, IN, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 
          WE'RE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH UNFUNDED MANDATES. 
          AND I THINK, UH, THIS IS A POSITIVE STEP THAT WE'RE ASKING FOLKS TO BE SAFE, BUT WE'RE ALSO A, UH, WE'RE WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES TO KEEP THEIR EMPLOYEES AND SAFE. 
          UM, SO, SO FOR THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING AND LOOKING FOR, FOR NEXT STEPS HERE, THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, WE TALK ABOUT NO TOUCH THERMOMETERS, WE TALK ABOUT FACE COVERING, HAND SANITIZERS. 
          WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM? WHERE, WHERE DO THEY GO FOR THESE RESOURCES? UM, MAYBE THEY'RE A BUSINESS WHO, LET'S SAY IT'S A RESTAURANT THAT MAYBE DIDN'T NECESSARILY, UM, OPEN UP RIGHT AWAY ON MAY 1ST, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE CONSIDERING THAT. 
          UM, IS IT, DID THEY GO TO THE RESOURCES THAT YOU IDENTIFIED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION TO GET, UH, SOME OF THESE, UM, ITEMS, THE MASKS, UH, THE SANITIZER? UH, IF, IF YOU COULD JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, PLAINLY GIVE US SOME DIRECTION FOR THESE SMALL BUSINESSES ON WHAT THEIR FIRST INITIAL STEP IS. 
          UH, YES. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, WHAT WE DID IS, IS IDENTIFY THE NEED AND WE, UM, RECOMMENDED THE, THE BUYING, UH, OF THE BULK BUYING AND DISTRIBUTING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          WE ARE LEANING ON OUR LEADERSHIP FOR CITY AND COUNTY, UM, WHO HAVE APPROVED THIS NEED, WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE PUSHING OUT THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT DISTRIBUTION. 
          SO I THINK I CAN, IF WE CAN HAND IT OVER TO ONE OF THEM TO RESPOND. 
          COMMISSIONER, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ERIC WALSH. 
          UM, SO GREAT QUESTION, AND, AND LET ME, LET ME TELL YOU, UH, WHAT WE'VE DONE, UM, ALREADY IN ANTICIPATION OF THE REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          SO PRIMARILY, UH, INTENDED FOR BUSINESSES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO SHUT DOWN AS A RESULT OF COVID AND 25 EMPLOYEES OR LESS. 
          THE CITY HAS ALREADY PROCURED 6,500, UH, THERMOMETERS, UH, THAT WE WILL RECEIVE DELIVERY BY MAY 15TH. 
          UM, WE HAVE PROCURED 
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14,000 GALLONS OF, OF HAND SANITIZER. 
          UM, A PORTION OF THAT WILL BE COMING IN THIS WEEK AND A PORTION NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'RE TARGETING 56,000, UH, FACE MASK, UH, FACE COVERINGS, OF WHICH 38,000 HAVE ALREADY BEEN ORDERED. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF ABOUT $1.4 MILLION. 
          UM, WE WILL BE PACKAGING THOSE UP, UM, UM, IN, IN, UM, SETS FOR BUSINESSES AND TARGETING BETWEEN 50 606,000 BUSINESSES WITH A THERMOMETER, UM, UM, UH, A GALLON OR TWO OR THREE GALLONS OF, UH, SANITIZER AND FA UH, MACE, UH, FACE COVERINGS. 
          WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CHAMBERS TO HELP SECURE VOLUNTEERS TO DISTRIBUTE, UM, AND SHOW SOME UNITY. 
          UM, WE WILL BE PUSHING OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE THAT, UH, THE CO-CHAIRS TALKED ABOUT, BUT ALSO THROUGH OUR, UH, OUR OWN NETWORKS, EITHER AT THE COUNTY NETWORK OR HERE AT THE CITY, UM, SO THAT WE CAN COORDINATE THE DELIVERY OF THAT AND PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          ERIC, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT. 
          I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS, UH, AN IMPORTANT PIECE THAT, THAT, UH, WE COMMUNICATE THAT, I KNOW THIS IS A PARTIALLY AS WELL A, A, UH, A A MARKETING PLAN TO GET THE WORD OUT. 
          UM, BUT, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT STEP. 
          AND AGAIN, I THINK, UH, BOTH THE CITY COUNTY SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR STEPPING UP AND PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES. 
          'CAUSE I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, AGAIN, NOT JUST FOR EMPLOYEE SAFETY, BUT FOR THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AS WELL. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING I, I'D SAY WITH RESPECT TO, YOU KNOW, THE, WHERE, WHERE I THINK THE INTERSECT IS BETWEEN THIS PLAN AND THE HEALTH, UH, TRANSITION TEAM PLAN. 
          UM, AND I THINK WHERE, UM, I KNOW MY FRIEND COUNCILMAN, UH, UH, PERRY REFERRED TO THE STATE LEADING, UM, WHERE I THINK, UH, THAT ACTUALLY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL WE'RE LEADING IS I THINK THE CONVERGENCE BETWEEN, UM, THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM PLAN AND THIS PLAN. 
          AND THAT I THINK WE'RE TAKING, UM, NOT TO SAY THAT THE STATE'S NOT, BUT I THINK WE'RE TAKING THE LEAD ON ULTIMATELY, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH AS IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC HEALTH. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A BROADER CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AS PEOPLE GET BACK TO WORK FOR CHILDCARE, WHAT IT MEANS FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, UM, FOR, FOR, UH, FOR TIME OFF, PAID TIME OFF WHEN, WHEN FOLKS MAY HAVE SYMPTOMS, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUSINESS MAY BE CLOSED OR THEY STAY HOME. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO STAY HOME BECAUSE OF A SYMPTOM, UM, SOME MAY CHOOSE NOT TO REPORT A SYMPTOM. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK MORE BROADLY, UM, AS WE UNFOLD THESE, THESE, UH, THESE PLANS. 
          BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT START. 
          AND I THINK THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, UP TO THIS POINT, UP TO THIS POINT IS AGAIN, I THINK, UH, LEADING, UH, THE STATE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          BUT, UH, UM, THANKS, UH, FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW DR. 
          TAYLOR I THINK IS ON AS WELL, UM, AT SOME POINT TOO. 
          WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW 'CAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES. 
          BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW THE, THE HEALTH TRANSITION TRANSITION TEAM PLAN, UM, A AS AS DYNAMIC AS, AS THAT IS, UH, WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO KIND OF LEAD, UH, THIS REOPENING IN, IN INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WAY AROUND. 
          I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT, UH, PART OF THE, OF THE, UH, OF THE PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT, MAYOR, JUDGE, THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BRINGING US TOGETHER. 
          THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          AND I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO WHEN I WENT FROM, UH, PRECINCT, UH, PRECINCT ONE FIRST AND THEN SKIPPED OVER TO, TO KEVIN. 
          I, I SKIPPED OVER TOMMY. 
          SO, UH, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR APOLOGIES NEEDED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS, UM, ABOUT THE ECONOMY RESTARTING OUR ECONOMY, UM, UH, IS MORE THAN JUST SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          UM, THIS IS, THIS PANDEMIC IS REALLY A RESET, UH, FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND IT'S A POTENTIAL RESTART FOR HOW WE, I THINK, BETTER INVEST IN PEOPLE. 
          UH, RICH, IF WE'RE HONEST ABOUT IT, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN AS GREAT OF AN ABUNDANCE AS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE AS POLICY LEADERS IN TERMS OF JUST LOOKING AT BUDGETS. 
          AND, UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE, WE, WE NEED TO DO, UH, IN ORDER TO INVEST IN THE SKILLS, IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND DIGITAL ECONOMY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE, UM, THAT ARE ACHILLES HEELS. 
          I MEAN, WE NEVER TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT 25% OF OUR ADULT POPULATION READS AT A FIFTH GRADE LEVEL. 
          AND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT HAPPENING, IT'S AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF THINGS. 
          FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE DYSLEXIC. 
          AND OUR STATE SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT CURRENTLY, UH, 
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PROVIDE, UH, TEACHERS THE SKILLS AND TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TEACH, UH, TO THOSE PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES. 
          ONE IN FIVE KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS TODAY, UH, ARE DYSLEXIC. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW IS THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, WHERE IN A LOT OF CASES, IF YOU LOOK AT, LET'S SAY RESTAURANTS, UH, THEY MAY BEGIN TO MAKE ROBOTS, UH, THAT TAKE THE PLACE OF SERVERS, UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEAR GOING TO A RESTAURANT AND GETTING, UH, SICK FROM SOMEONE, UH, WHO MAY BE A, A, A HUMAN BEING THAT HAS CORONAVIRUS INFECTING THEIR FOOD. 
          AND SO A LOT OF RESTAURANTS WILL SAY, WELL, INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THAT, WE'LL JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MACHINE OR A ROBOT MAKE YOUR ORDER POUNDER WITH CHEESE AND HAND IT OUT TO YOU. 
          AND ALL THOSE JOBS ARE LOST. 
          BUT WE STILL NEED SOMEONE TO, UH, FIX THAT ROBOT MECHANICALLY AND PROGRAM THAT ROBOT. 
          AND WE'VE GOTTA GET OUR POPULATION IN THE, IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY READY FOR THAT. 
          I ALSO THINK THAT REOPENING OUR ECONOMY IS ABOUT HOW BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO CAN BETTER SERVE THE HEALTHCARE, UH, INITIATIVES THAT ARE CRITICAL AND THAT WE ARE NOT DOING AT A FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, WHY ISN'T, UM, OUR VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY, WHY ISN'T OUR INCENTIVE POLICY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE INCENTIVIZE CREATING OUR OWN REAGENTS AND OUR OWN TESTING KITS RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO IS STASHING THESE THINGS AND NOT PROVIDING THESE THINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE COULD BE INVESTING IN CREATING THOSE MATERIALS RIGHT HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S A CRITICAL PART, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE F D A APPROVED, UH, UH, TESTING MADE BY LOCAL ENTITIES SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. 
          IN TERMS OF HOW OUR ECONOMIC, UH, RESTORATION HAPPENS, TRACING IS A HUGE PART OF IT. 
          WE NEED TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO TRACE, AND HOW DO WE INVEST IN TRANSITIONING PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED TO BECOME WELL TRAINED TRACERS AS WE HIT OVER A MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIT BY THIS DISEASE, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE AN ARMY OF FOLKS, AND THEY COULD BE HIRED, STIMULUS MONIES COULD BE APPROPRIATED, UH, FOR THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IN OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GONNA HAVE TO DO WHAT EUROPE IS ALREADY DONE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE FOLKS WITH A UNIVERSAL STIPEND. 
          UM, I THOUGHT ANDREW YANG WAS CRAZY WHEN HE WAS TALKING IN THE, UH, IN THE ELECTIONS OF PRESIDENT. 
          NOW I THINK HE'S RIGHT ON TIME. 
          IN FACT, OUR SPEAKER, NANCY PELOSI HAS SAID THAT SHE'S LOOKING AT THAT. 
          AND AS PART OF OUR ECONOMIC, UH, TRANSITION, THE, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, UH, THE ECONOMY IS NOT GONNA BE, UH, BACK TO WHERE IT WAS. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE INSTITUTIONS WORKING AT ONLY 25% OF, UH, THEIR CAPACITY, MANY OF THEM WILL FAIL WHEN YOU HAVE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, UH, 26% OF BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE. 
          THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN GET OVER THIS AND KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED FRANKLY, ARE, IS FEDERAL, UH, UNIVERSAL STIPENDS. 
          AND WE AS A COUNTY AND A CITY, WE MUST ADVOCATE. 
          WE MUST GO TO WASHINGTON AND ENSURE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN PRINT MONEY. 
          WE HAVE TO BALANCE BUDGETS. 
          WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 
          AND THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DISCUSSION. 
          UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB OF, OF EQUITY ON OUR OWN LOAN PROGRAMS. UH, FROM THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STANDPOINT, THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE, UH, LACK OF LOANS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE LIFT FUND. 
          UH, WE SEE HUGE GAPS IN PRECINCT ONE, WHICH IS A SMALL BUSINESS MOM AND POP KIND OF AREA, UH, WITH VERY FEW LOANS MADE IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF OUR COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. 
          WE'VE GOTTA LOOK AT THE APPLICATIONS, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT EQUITY, BUT WE'RE DELIVERING. 
          THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU ASK A LOT OF FOLKS WHO MADE THOSE APPLICATIONS, THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED AND THEY DON'T THINK WE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. 
          SO, UM, I ALSO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, THE EDUCATION AND, AND HOUSING STABILITY AS PART OF THE ECONOMIC VITALITY. 
          HOMELESSNESS HAS RISE RISEN AS, AS THE TOP ISSUE IN A BARE FACTS POLL. 
          THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT HOUSING. 
          YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SINCE I BECAME, UH, IN OFFICE, BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE, UH, WANT TO SEE, UH, HOMELESS ON THE SIDES OF THE STREETS ON ROADS, WHETHER THEY'RE BANDERA OR PARA VITAL. 
          UM, BUT PEOPLE ALSO ARE IN FEAR THAT THEY THEMSELVES WILL BECOME HOMELESS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, UM, THEY ARE NOT SURE WHERE THEIR JOB IS GOING TO BE. 
          AND AS WE GET THIS SECOND WAVE IN THE FALL, UH, WE HAVE 16.5% UNEMPLOYMENT THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOT INDICATIVE OF THE TRUE UNEMPLOYMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE CANNOT GET THROUGH TO THE, TO THE WEBSITES. 
          THEY CANNOT GET THROUGH THE LINES. 
          IT'S HIGHER THAN 16.5%. 
          WE KNOW THAT. 
          AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S GONNA GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR US AS WE 
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HEAD INTO JULY, A SECOND WAVE, COME THE FALL, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE SOCIAL DISTANCING, WHICH I ANTICIPATE WE PROBABLY WILL, UH, WE COULD SEE, UH, UN THE GAINS WE MAY MAKE OVER A FEW MONTHS, UH, DRASTICALLY DECREASE. 
          AND SO WE HAVE TO GET AHEAD OF THIS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT HOUSING STABILITY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BLIGHTED COMMUNITY. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS PRIDED OURSELVES ON A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY, BUT, UH, IF WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS ABOUNDING EVERYWHERE, THAT ISN'T THE KIND OF THING THAT ENDURES. 
          ITS ENDURES ITSELF TO INVESTMENT. 
          PEOPLE WANNA INVEST IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, UH, IN A ECONOMICALLY VIBRANT COMMUNITY. 
          AND BECAUSE THE UNDERBELLY OF BEAR COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMY IS WEAK BECAUSE OF EDUCATIONAL, A LACK OF EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, FEDERAL RESERVE SAID IN 2013 IN A REPORT THAT SAN ANTONIO HAS ONE OF THE BEST ECONOMIES IN THE NATION, BUT IT IS UNSUSTAINABLE BECAUSE OF OUR CHRONIC UNDER EDUCATION. 
          SO THE, THE CHALLENGE FOR ECONOMIC STABILITY, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO RESTART AND RESET OURSELVES IN THE FORM I THINK THAT MOST OF US WANNA SEE. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL THOSE WHO SERVE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE DISTRICT NINE. 
          UH, I GOOD. 
          I APPRECIATE WHAT I'VE HEARD SO FAR, AND I WANNA SAY THAT THAT'S OFF, BUT LET'S SEE. 
          CAN I STILL BE HEARD? WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYWAY, UH, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I DO AGREE WITH, UH, WHAT CLAYTON AND, UH, JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ HAD TO SAY ABOUT US FOLLOWING ALONG A LOT WITH WHAT THE, UH, GOVERNOR HAS SET OUT. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT WHAT WE IN SAN ANTONIO NEED TO DO IS SEE WHAT DO WE ADD TO THAT TO MEET OUR LOCAL NEEDS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. 
          UH, AND SO I HOPE THAT THE TASK FORCE THAT'S BEEN SET OUT WILL BE THE KEY TO THAT. 
          UM, THAT TASK FORCE, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE COMPRISED OF THE INITIAL TASK FORCE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT'S, UH, WORKING ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMY ISSUES, AND THEN JUST ELABORATING ON THAT TO ALLOW FOR, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S A, A GOOD CORE GROUP TO BEGIN WITH. 
          UH, WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS ARE THEY GOING TO BE THE GROUP THAT DEVELOPS THE, UH, PLAYBOOK? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE A KEY FOR A LOT OF SMALLER BUSINESSES STARTING OFF, UH, STARTING AGAIN TO HAVE A, A PLAYBOOK OR A GUIDE TO FOLLOW THAT'LL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN GET GOING, HOW THEY CAN BRING CUSTOMERS BACK, HOW THEY CAN REMAIN SAFE. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT BUSINESSES OVER 25 TO 50, UH, EMPLOYERS, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD US REGARD THAT AT ALL. 
          AND YOU CAN TAKE A RESTAURANT, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE 50, 60, 70 EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT WHATEVER PLAYBOOK WE DEVELOP NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF NOT JUST SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER 25, BUT SMALL BUSINESSES ALL THE WAY UP TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED. 
          AND SO I HOPE THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF WHAT WE INCLUDE IN HERE. 
          I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE DISCUSSION, UH, FROM ERIC ABOUT PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT, THE P P E, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, UH, HAVING THAT AVAILABLE. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT THIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID OUR MONEY CAN BE USED FOR, IS TO HELP SUPPLY THAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE HEALTH OF, UH, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR AND CAN PROBABLY THEN MAKE IT VERY ECONOMICAL FOR THE BUSINESSES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. 
          SO I PRESUME THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THIS PROCESS. 
          I THINK A KEY INGREDIENT IS GOING TO BE SELLING THIS TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THAT THE PR PLAN, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S A MAJOR EFFORT THAT'S TAKEN UP BY YES, THE CHAMBERS. 
          SO THEY NEED TO BE PARTNERS IN THIS AS WELL AS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND THE HEALTH DISTRICT AS WELL. 
          EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE PRETTY SURE THAT GOING BACK TO A BUSINESS, WHETHER IT'S TO WORK OR SHOP, IS GOING TO ENABLE THEM TO 
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CONDUCT BUSINESS SAFELY. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO INCLUDE OR, OR EMPHASIZE. 
          FINALLY, UH, I HOPE THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZING GETTING THE P P E AND EQUIPMENT OUT, WE REMEMBER THAT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND NURSING HOMES ARE BUSINESSES. 
          MANY OF THEM ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEY HAVE EVEN A GREATER NEED FOR THIS KIND OF EQUIPMENT, THEN SOMEBODY OPENING UP OTHER BUSINESSES MAY. 
          SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ON THE TOP OF THE LIST OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE GETTING THIS KIND OF SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES TO REMAIN OPEN AND PROTECT THEIR CUSTOMERS. 
          SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REVERB HERE. 
          I HOPE EVERYBODY'S HEARD ME, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KISH, WE WILL MOVE NOW TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, DISTRICT EIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WAS, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS REPORT, UH, THIS MORNING ON, ON THE WAY OVER HERE TO MY OFFICE. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ONLY THING I COULD KEEP THINKING ABOUT IS THAT WE'VE GOT NO MODERN PRECEDENT TO INFORM US ON, UM, HOW TO DRAFT THE MAP FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THERE'S NO HISTORICAL GUIDE ON WHICH WE CAN RELY ON TO HELP, UH, INFORM OUR ACTIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 
          AND SO, UM, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT RESTARTING OUR ECONOMY IS GONNA BE THE, THE DEFINING, UH, JOB FOR OUR LOCAL AND OUR CITY GOVERNMENT FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, AND TO COME TO COME AND, AND OUR JOB IS GONNA BE, UH, TO HAVE TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE MIDDLE GROUND BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, RESTARTING THE ECONOMY AFTER THIS REALLY DEVASTATING LOCKDOWN, AND AT THE SAME TIME DOING IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT, UM, WE AREN'T, UH, TAKING UNNECESSARY RISKS. 
          UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING IT TOO SOON AND TOO FAST, UH, AND THAT WHATEVER WE DO IN ORDER TO RESTART THIS ECONOMY ISN'T GOING TO BE THE KEY INGREDIENT AS COUNCILMAN COURAGE JUST SAID, THE KEY INGREDIENT TO A MUCH BIGGER DISASTER THAN THE ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN FACING ALL ALONG. 
          AND SO, UM, THIS IS TOTALLY UNCHARTED TERRITORY. 
          UH, AND I APPRE, I I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT, UM, THE, THIS, UH, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM PUT FORTH IN, IN DRAFTING THIS, THIS VERY IMPRESSIVE REPORT. 
          UM, ERIC, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THERMOMETERS AND HAND SANITIZER AND OTHER, UH, ESSENTIAL, UH, THINGS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          DO NON-PROFITS, UH, FIT INTO THAT CATEGORY OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT? THEY COULD, YES, SIR. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT TO STOP HERE AND REMIND FOLKS THAT SIMPLY BEING A 5 0 1 C THREE, UH, ORGANIZATION SHOULD NOT DISQUALIFY YOU FROM, UM, ENJOYING THE, THE BENEFITS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES ENJOY JUST, AND, AND THOSE PROTECTIONS BECAUSE THEY EMPLOY PEOPLE. 
          THEY HAVE PAYROLL, THEY BUY PAPER AND, YOU KNOW, PRINTER INK. 
          AND, UH, THEY ALSO NEED, UH, THERMOMETERS AND HAND SANITIZERS. 
          AND, UM, THEY'RE SPENDING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AS IN THE, UH, I, I VENTURE TO SAY IS IN THE BILLIONS. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO KEEP THEM IN MIND AS WELL. 
          I, I'M A, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AS WELL. 
          UM, AND WHAT I'VE COME TO REALIZE IS THAT THIS CLOSURE, UM, IS EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR WOMEN. 
          UM, AND WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN, UM, WHEN THEY FIND THAT THERE'S NO CHILDCARE AVAILABLE, UH, THEY'RE PRESENTED WITH, UH, WITH A CATCH 22 SITUATION WHERE UNLESS SOMEBODY'S AT HOME WATCHING THEIR, THEIR CHILDREN, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK. 
          AND SO, WITH THESE SCHOOLS STILL CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, I, I FEAR THAT THESE PLANS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, NO MATTER HOW WELL INTENTIONED, UM, HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED BY THE FACT THAT A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO RESTART THEIR CAREERS AFTER THIS. 
          AND SO, I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE AT SOME LATER DATE, UM, AS TO, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BAKE INTO THIS, UM, SOME THOUGHTFUL, UH, EFFORTS TOWARDS ADDRESSING THE CHILDCARE DISPARITIES HERE IN TOWN NOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING TOO, IS I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I, AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF OTHER EMPLOYERS ABOUT NOT JUST CHILDCARE, BUT UM, ALSO WHAT EMPLOYEES HAVE HAD TO DO TO SURVIVE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOURLY, YOU KNOW, THE HOURLY EMPLOYEES AND TAKING OUT PAYDAY LOANS FROM A LOT OF THESE PREDATORY 
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LENDERS AT INTEREST RATES NORTH OF 500, 600, 700 UP TO 1500%. 
          UM, THERE'S, WE'VE GOT A NEW PROBLEM ON OUR HANDS, AND A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE WITH DEBT THAT THEY NEVER HAD BEFORE, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE, THEY'RE GONNA BE ALBATROSSES HUNG AROUND THEIR NECKS. 
          AND WE, WE'VE GOTTA BE VERY, VERY COGNIZANT OF THAT. 
          AND THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE COGNIZANT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A NEW NORMAL, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PLAN HERE AND REOPEN THE ECONOMY. 
          IT WOULD BE NAIVE OF US IF WE WERE TRYING TO REOPEN ANY ECONOMY TO LOOK LIKE THE ECONOMY BEFORE ALL THESE CLOSURES. 
          AND SO, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LANDLORDS IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, UM, I THINK THEY'D BE NAIVE TO THINK THAT, UM, THINGS ARE GONNA GO BACK TO NORMAL AND THAT THEIR MARKET IS GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME MARKET AS IT WAS BEFORE. 
          UH, I, I THINK VERY LARGE COMPANIES, AND EVEN SWALLOW ONES HAVE LEARNED AT VERY IMPORTANT LESSON HERE. 
          AND THAT IS THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NEED ALL THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          UH, IF YOU CAN SEND ALL YOUR EMPLOYEES HOME TO DO WORK REMOTELY, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE ENTIRETY OF JP MORGAN CHASE IN NEW YORK STILL OPERATING, AND THEY'RE STILL DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY GOTTA BE DOING, BUT ALL OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS OF THEM ARE AT HOME, AT AND T EMPLOYEES ARE ALL AT HOME, AND YET, YOU KNOW, YOUR PHONES ARE STILL WORKING. 
          AND SO I THINK THE NEW NORMAL IS GOING TO INCLUDE A LOT OF FOLKS NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE, UH, BUT DOING IT FROM HOME. 
          AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I I, I DO WANNA MENTION THAT I, I THINK IT WOULD BE, I THINK IT'D BE MALPRACTICE ON OUR PART IF WE WERE, UH, NOT COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THERE MAY BE A SECOND WAVE COMING. 
          YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY FORTUNATE THAT IT ALL THE THINGS ARE, ALL THE METRICS ARE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE'S A SECOND WAVE, YOU KNOW, ERIC AND, AND THE MAYOR AND, AND JUDGE, I, I THINK THAT WE ALL AT SOME POINT NEED TO GET TOGETHER AND START TALKING ABOUT WHAT LESSONS WE'VE LEARNED, UH, DURING THIS PROCESS, SO THAT IF WE EVER HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAIN, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, A NEW SPIKE IN, IN DEATHS, I, I THINK NOW IS THE TIME, NOT LATER FOR US TO DO, UH, WHAT COLLEEN BRIDGER CALLS A HOT WASH. 
          AND SO, UM, ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          JUST REALLY F FOR THOUGHT, BUT, UM, GOOD JOB TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU TO STAFF, UH, FOR DOING SUCH, UH, GOOD JOB IN SUPPORTING THE, UH, THE, THE FOLKS ON THIS COMMITTEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLI. 
          UM, ERIC, DID YOU WANNA TO, UM, RESPOND TO ANY OF THAT? UH, NO. 
          I'LL JUST, THE ONLY THING I'LL, I'LL ECHO IS I THINK THAT THAT COUNCILMAN PLI WAS RIGHT ON. 
          WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE ARE ALL THINKING THROUGH THE, THE, THE FUTURE AND WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE, IT WILL LOOK DIFFERENTLY AND WE'LL NEED TO TAKE MANY OF THOSE THINGS IN ACCOUNT. 
          UH, THERE ARE 2,400, I'VE SHARED THIS WITH THE COUNCIL BEFORE. 
          WE HAVE 2,400 CITY EMPLOYEES WHO ARE REMOTE WORKING AND, UM, AND, AND, UM, WE'RE THINKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW WITH AN INTERNAL GROUP LED BY CRAIG HOPKINS AND DAVID MCCAREY. 
          YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES OUR, WHAT DOES OUR, OUR OWN WORKPLACE LOOK LIKE? UM, AND, AND WHAT DOES THAT DO TO SPACE? IT DOES GET, IT IS GONNA NEED TO BE BALANCED. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE TEMPO THAT CUSTOMER IMPLIES MENTIONED ABOUT, UM, NOT MOVING TOO FAST AND NOT MOVING TOO SLOW, BUT, BUT HITTING THAT TEMPO SO THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE NEW NORMAL GOING FORWARD. 
          SO I'M COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MAYOR, IF I COULD JUMP IN FOR A SECOND, PLEASE. 
          JAKE, CHIEF, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. 
          UH, WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED AN AFTER ACTION REPORT, UM, WITH C OVID ONE, WITH OUR FIRST PHASE WITH THE WUHAN, UH, OUTBREAK. 
          AND SO WE ARE HAVING A TEAM COME IN DOING INTERVIEWS ON LESSONS LEARNED ALREADY. 
          WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THAT. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK BACK, UM, AT THE RECENT EVENTS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MANAGE THE UPCOMING EVENT IN THE FALL IF IT'S HERE. 
          SO WE'RE ALREADY LOOKING AT THAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT AFTER ACTION WITH EVERYONE AS SOON AS IT'S COMPLETED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS CHIEF. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANA SANDOVAL, DISTRICT SEVEN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM FOR THEIR PRESENTATION AND THEIR HARD WORK. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR TASK WAS, UM, ABSOLUTELY GARGANTUAN. 
          UH, I THINK IT WAS BIGGER, ALMOST BIGGER THAN WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM. 
          UH, AND YOU HAD TO DO IT IN, IN LESS TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS. 
          UM, I, UH, I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF CHIME IN ON WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN ELIA SAID. 
          UH, AND, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT EXEMPLIFIES HOW LARGE YOUR TASK WAS, IS IT WAS CALLED BUSINESS, BUT I THINK YOU WERE DEALING WITH BASICALLY ANYBODY WHO'S AN EMPLOYER, RIGHT? AND WHO SERVES, 
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UH, THE PUBLIC. 
          SO IT'S, UH, THAT'S A REALLY GARGANTUAN TEST THAT'S ALL SECTORS. 
          AND I THINK, UM, YOU DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK. 
          AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR, UH, FROM THE MAYOR WHEN HE WRAPS UP, NOT RIGHT NOW, NOT DURING MY TIME , IS, UM, WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS WHEN WE TAKE THIS REPORT? UH, WHAT DO YOU ENVISION? IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME KIND OF ADOPTION OR ENDORSEMENT BY COUNCIL OR PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIGGING IN THE WEEDS, UH, FOR SOME OF, OF THE SECTORS? SO, UM, IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIG JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BIT IN SOME AREAS, UM, I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME ITEMS FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION INTO THAT. 
          FIRST OF ALL, UM, I THINK, UH, WE REALLY NEED TO TALK ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND SPATIAL DENSITY AND TIME DENSITY. 
          I THINK SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, UH, AND IN, UH, IN MEXICO THERE'S A MORNING SCHOOL AND THERE'S AFTERNOON SCHOOL, RIGHT? UH, SO THEY'VE, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, HAVE FEWER PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND THIS IS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS, BUT AS WACKY AS THAT SOUNDS, I THINK WE CAN START TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, IN AT LEAST SOME OF THE OFFICE SPACES. 
          YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE THERE AT THE SAME TIME. 
          A REMOTE WORK IS OF COURSE, UH, AN OPTION. 
          ALSO, I, I WASN'T QUITE ABLE TO LOCATE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON AIR VENTILATION. 
          UH, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER IT'S OPENING A WINDOW, INCREASING THE AIR EXCHANGE RATE, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. 
          AND THEN I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT P P E. 
          UM, SOME OTHER FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP, COMPLETELY AGREE. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UH, ERIC, WE HAVE SOME MASKS COMING IN, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THEM AND THAT ARE USING CLOTH MASKS, THESE ARE DEFINITELY HELPFUL. 
          BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT CLOTH MASKS ARE SORT OF, UM, WHAT WE'RE USING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO OTHER MASKS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SURGICAL MASKS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE AND SURGICAL MASKS ONLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE N 90 FIVES FOR EVERYONE TO USE. 
          SO I THINK, UM, WE NEED TO MAKE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO, UM, ENSURE THAT EVERYONE WHO NEEDS A SURGICAL MASK HAS ONE OR AN N 95 HAS ONE. 
          EASIER SAID THAN DONE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE A GAME PLAN FOR HOW WE CAN POSSIBLY GET THERE. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I'D, UH, I WANNA MENTION IS, UM, THERE IS A LOT OF DETAIL AND RIGHTFULLY SO, UH, REGARDING, UH, SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY'RE ALLOWED BACK TO WORK. 
          AND THAT DEFINITELY PROTECTS NOT JUST THE PUBLIC, BUT THE OTHER EMPLOYEES. 
          SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ALSO SEE IS WHAT ABOUT EMPLOYEE TESTING? ARE WE GONNA HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT? AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN AN EMPLOYEE BECOMES INFECTED? WHAT SORT OF SUPPORT CAN THEY EXPECT OR SHOULD THEY EXPECT TO RECEIVE FROM THEIR EMPLOYER? ARE THERE BILLS GOING TO BE PAID OR, OR COVERED IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DO NEED? UH, MEDICAL CARE? I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE FIRST EMPLOYEES THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED BACK TO WORK ARE OUR RETAIL AND SERVICE SECTOR AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES WHOM WE KNOW ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE HOURLY WORKERS AND MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE A HEALTH BENEFIT, HEALTH BENEFITS, UH, PROVIDED TO THEM. 
          SO, UH, SOMETHING TO, UH, TO THINK ABOUT AND I'D LIKE TO SEE INTEGRATED BEFORE WE HAVE ANY KIND OF FORMAL ADOPTION OR ENDORSEMENT. 
          UM, AND LASTLY, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER NOT JUST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          OF COURSE, THE CONSUMERS ARE GOING TO DRIVE THE, THE ECONOMY ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB ADDRESSING THAT. 
          WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYEE CONFIDENCE TOO, RIGHT? UH, WE'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT HOW, UM, EMPLOYERS ARE, SORRY, EMPLOYEES ARE STRESSED IF THEY STAY HOME, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB BUT THEN IF THEY GO TO WORK, THEY'RE ALSO STRESSED THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT BE EXPOSED. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO MAYBE HAVE, UM, A ROUND TABLE OR SOME SORT OF DISCUSSION WITH A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY ON THE FRONT LINES, UM, AND TO HEAR INPUT FROM THEM WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE THEM FEEL SAFE, CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO COME TO WORK. 
          AND MY GUESS IS THAT'S GOING TO VARY BY INDUSTRY WIDELY. 
          SO THIS COULD BE A VERY BIG, UH, TASK AS WELL. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE, UH, ONE LABOR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE, SO I WANNA THANK LEONARD AGUILA FOR, FOR SERVING. 
          HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE A DISTRICT SEVEN RESIDENT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY HE WAS APPOINTED, UH, THE MAYOR PICKED HIM. 
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UM, SO I, I WANNA THANK AGAIN, THE, THE WHOLE GROUP, AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE CAN CONSIDER, UM, THESE ADDITIONAL ITEMS, UH, FOR THE EMPLOYEES. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE SAY THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THEY ARE, AND THOSE BONES ARE MADE OF EMPLOYEES THAT GO OUT AND, AND WORK FOR, AND WORK FOR US. 
          SO, UM, IT MIGHT BEHOOVE US TO, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS TYPE OF, UH, EXPERTISE WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, UM, BUT PERHAPS SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OR INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FIELD MIGHT, UH, BE HELPFUL IN, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF SOME OF THESE ISSUES TOO. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL, UH, KEVIN ORISA, DID YOU WANNA RESPOND TO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, OR, UH, THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER? PEZ? I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T CALL YOU. 
          UH, I'M GOOD, KEVIN. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          SORRY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN HEAR YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          SO, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, LET ME, UH, START WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I THINK YOU'VE RAISED SOME, UH, ELOQUENT POINTS AROUND, UH, THE EMPLOYEES AND, UH, SOME OF THE TESTING THAT MAY BE PART OF OUR FUTURE, UH, NEEDS. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS VERY MUCH IN WITH THE, UH, IN LINE WITH THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM DISCUSSIONS THAT COULD CONTINUE AS WELL AS, UH, BUILDING EMPLOYEE CONFIDENCE, BECAUSE EMPLOYEES ARE, OF COURSE, CONSUMERS ALSO. 
          SO THESE TWO SUBJECTS, UH, WERE A LITTLE BIT DISCUSSED, BUT, UH, VERY MUCH I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION TO CARRY FORWARD WITH THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM. 
          UH, IF I COULD, MAYOR JUST FOR A MINUTE, I, I THINK I DIDN'T GET OFF OF MUTE, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE JUST A MINUTE, IF I COULD. 
          IS THAT O IS THAT PROTOCOL OKAY? YES, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW. 
          I DIDN'T COME OFF OF MUTE, BUT I THOUGHT YOU RAISED SOME EXCELLENT POINTS. 
          I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, A LITTLE BIT FROM YOUR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, A COUPLE THINGS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, AND I WROTE SOME NOTES, BUT, UH, YOUR POINTS AROUND SMALL BUSINESS AND THE PLAYBOOK AND A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS, UH, WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLARIFY THE, THE, THE, THE PLAYBOOK IS FOR ALL BUSINESSES, AND WE VERY MUCH HAD ENGAGEMENT FOR ALL FROM ALL BUSINESS SECTORS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THOSE OF HOW TO, UH, PUT A PLAYBOOK TOGETHER THAT COULD MEET THE, THE PLANS THAT THE GOVERNOR OUTLINED WITH ADDITIONALLY GIVING ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON BEST PRACTICES AND IS REGARDING SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS. 
          UH, THE S B A DOES RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES ABOVE 25 EMPLOYEES, BUT WE KNOW SOME OF THOSE ARE, UH, SOME OF THE MOST MARGINAL AND MARGINALIZED AND MINORITY AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE MOST VULNERABLE, WHICH IS ARE, UH, WHICH IS OUR, UH, POPULATIONS INSIDE THE NURSING HOMES. 
          SO THESE WILL, THESE ARE DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU, THAT YOU OFFERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, KEVIN. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HALBERDA, DISTRICT SIX. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILWOMAN, REBECCA , AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, AS WELL AS STEVEN AND ISSA, AND THE ENTIRE, UH, TEAM FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK. 
          AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY. 
          SO WITHIN A MATTER OF DAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE A KEY FACTOR FOR THIS, UM, THAT THIS REPORT PROVIDES TO ME, IS A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO FOLLOW. 
          UM, MY OFFICE IS GETTING CALLS DAILY FROM BUSINESSES, NOT EXACTLY KNOWING WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS, WHAT, WHAT THEY CAN AND CAN'T DO. 
          SO I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS PLAYBOOK TO THEM. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, UH, MAYBE HELPING WITH THE PR CAMPAIGN, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO, TO BUSINESS LEADERS IN MY DISTRICT. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND, AND ALSO, WHERE CAN THEY GO WHEN THEY HAVE A QUESTION THAT MAYBE IS A LITTLE FUZZY AND NOT EXACTLY ANSWERED BY, WE SAY, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, UH, YES. 
          SO THEN, UM, SO THE PR CAMPAIGN, UM, AND ACTUALLY I WANNA SAY, UH, JENNA PUT TOGETHER A TEAM THAT PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE IN LESS THAN THREE DAYS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TODAY. 
          UM, AND THERE WILL BE MESSAGING THAT WILL BE SENT OUT FOR IT. 
          UM, AGAIN, OUR TASK WAS TO IDENTIFY AND RECOMMEND, UH, SOLUTIONS AND, UM, IT, YOU 
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KNOW, THE, THE, THE TEAM PUT TOGETHER STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, IS AMAZING AND IT IS GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED TODAY. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'RE, UM, GOING TO BE SENDING THAT OUT THROUGH ALL OF THE, UM, I WANNA SAY THE CHAMBERS WE SPOKE TO TODAY, THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTERS WE SPOKE TO TODAY. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT AND GET AS MANY BUSINESSES ON THAT TO COMMIT TO IT AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF KEVIN, YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO IT? THANK YOU, ALISA. 
          I THINK THAT A COUPLE THINGS, UH, COUNCILMAN VERY QUICKLY, UH, THIS WILL GO OUT TODAY, AND THEN BUSINESSES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO GRAPHICS AND MESSAGING, AND ALSO THEY'LL HAVE THE WING WEB LINK THAT WE PUSHED OUT. 
          BUT AS, UM, AS ELISA MENTIONED, THE E D F WILL BE PUSHING ALL THIS OUT TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THERE'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT SOMEBODY HAS THAT, THAT ISN'T CLEARLY OUTLINED IN THE GUIDEBOOK, UH, IN THE PLAYBOOK, IS, IS THERE A RESOURCE THAT THEY HAVE THAT I CAN RELATE? I CAN TELL THEM? WELL, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHO YOU NEED TO CALL. 
          I, I WOULD SAY, UM, MAYBE, UM, ERIC CAN RESPOND TO THIS. 
          I, BECAUSE AFTER, AFTER TODAY, OUR TRANSITION TEAM, YEAH. 
          UM, WE'RE KIND OF DONE WITH OUR WORK, SO, YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK, I THINK PART OF THIS IS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE IS CONNECTED TO THE MARKETING PLAN. 
          AND, UH, CARLOS AND ALEX HERE ON THE CITY TEAM, WE'LL BE, UH, WORKING TO DEVELOP THAT OPERATIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR, FOR ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE LAID OUT. 
          UM, AND, AND SO IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, COME TO, UH, ALEX OR ALEX, CARLOS OR MARCEL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE AUTHORITY WILL ULTIMATELY STILL BE THE CITY, UM, OR THE COUNTY DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU, YOUR BUSINESS IS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. 
          AND WE'LL COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN, I, I, I FORESEE US CONTINUING TO COORDINATE, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT APPROACH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER BERDA, MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ IN DISTRICT FIVE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES. 
          OKAY, LET ME TRY THAT. 
          HOW ABOUT NOW? IS THAT BETTER? PERFECT. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I JUST, I, I WANTED TO ALSO CAUTION ABOUT TOO MANY TASK FORCES, UH, AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UM, OR ALMOST EVERY BUSINESS HAS A TRADE ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, THEY'RE REALLY FAR REACHING, AND EVEN THE SMALLEST OF INDUSTRIES HAS THEIR OWN ASSOCIATION, UH, THAT HAVE ALL BEEN TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST RULES AND, UH, TRYING TO WORK WITHIN THEIR INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY NEED. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AM, I, I, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT SEE THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 
          BUT, UM, IF, UH, THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO ADAPT WITH THE, THIS NEW REALITY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I HAVE BEEN, UM, GRATEFUL FOR THE ASSOCIATIONS THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEIR INDUSTRY TO TELL THEM, LOOK, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OF A BREAST PRACTICE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE FOUND THAT PEOPLE, THAT THE CONSUMERS LIKE IT, THAT THE EMPLOYEES LIKE IT. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WORKING UNDER THESE, UM, CONDITIONS. 
          SO, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I, I, UM, KNOW THAT THERE WERE A COUPLE IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAD TRIED THAT, AND I THINK KHALISA, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD MANY EXPERIENCE OVER THE YEARS WORKING WITH SOME SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO ADAPT. 
          AND SO PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LARGE, UM, TASK FORCE THAT'S TRYING TO WORK, UH, INDIVIDUALLY TO CREATE SOME SORT OF SYSTEM, BUT THAT WE REALLY ALLOW THE BUSINESSES TO BE FLEXIBLE, UH, AND TO KIND OF COME UP WITH THEIR OWN, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, THEIR OWN BEST, UM, PRACTICES, AND PERHAPS FIND A WAY TO SHARE THEM, UM, THROUGH SOME OTHER METHOD BESIDES HAVING ANOTHER TASK FORCE. 
          SO I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE, UH, THOSE COMMENTS AND, UM, ALSO, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE REALLY LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE AREAS THAT WE CAN BE HELPFUL, UH, IN. 
          AND, AND 
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PRIMARILY IT'S BY PROVIDING RESOURCES, UH, TO, UM, OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY AM VERY PROUD OF US, UM, THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THROUGH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT COUNCILWOMAN  CHAIRS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, HAD SOME FOCUS ATTENTION ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME, IS REALLY, UH, IN THE TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF PEOPLE TO PUT THEM, UH, BACK TO WORK IN A NEW ECONOMY. 
          ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT WE, WE DO ANTICIPATE A LOT OF AUTOMATION, UH, AND A LOT OF DISTANCE, UM, WORK. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT IN FACT, HAVE THRIVED UNDER THIS, UM, NEW SET OF GUIDELINES FOR WHATEVER REASON. 
          THAT'S, WHETHER IT WAS BECAUSE THEY, IN FACT, WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CURRENT, UM, UH, ECONOMY. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TECHNOLOGY, UH, PEOPLE THAT COULD ADAPT REALLY QUICKLY TO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, PROBABLY DID BETTER THAN, UM, COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE THAT HAD NOT ONLY TO, UH, OVERCOME THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, BUT ALSO HAD TO JUST OVERCOME THE DIVIDE OF HAVING TO, UH, COMMUNICATE IN THESE, UH, ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE THAT ALREADY. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT IN, UH, IN SOME OF OUR EXISTING COMMITTEES, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMITTEE, UM, AND FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION THERE ON THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          I, I MEAN, I, I DO, I THINK THAT WE, I'M VERY PROUD OF US, UH, IN THIS CITY AND, AND WITH THIS COUNCIL, WE HAVE, UM, DONE A LOT TO HELP, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH, UH, OUR EXISTING COMMITTEES. 
          UM, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO REINVENT ANYTHING. 
          WE CAN WORK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES TO JUST IMPROVE THEM AND REALLY FOCUS ON IT. 
          SO RATHER THAN HAVING SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE FOCUSED ON, UH, I THINK WE CAN, UH, HAVE A VERY STRUCTURED APPROACH AND, AND WORK VERY WELL, UH, WITHIN THOSE COMMITTEES. 
          SO, UM, KEVIN, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE NEVER MET, AT LEAST I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, BUT, UM, I, I KNOW THAT PERHAPS, UM, WITHIN, UH, YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, UM, YOU HAVE SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH OTHER, OTHER SMALLER SCALE MANUFACTURING, AND MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ON THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT WE HAVE IN, IN THE, UH, E ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE MENTOR PROTEGE PROGRAM, UH, AND OF COURSE, ULISA IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE WITH THE ME SCHOOL CENTER, UH, TO EXPAND ON SOME OF THOSE, UM, CLASSES SORT OF UNDER THOSE EXISTING, ALMOST UNDER THE SAME EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE. 
          UM, JUST MUCH MORE FOCUSED AND PERHAPS BROADER AND TARGETED. 
          SO, I, I, UM, I'LL, I'LL SORT OF LEAVE IT A DOUBT THAT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, WE, UM, IN THE CITY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PERHAPS WE HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED, UH, WE'RE, UM, PREPARING US FOR THIS KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND THEN TO REALLY, REALLY FOCUS ON THE STUFF THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. 
          UH, WHILE WE KNOW THAT EQUITY'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN IN THE CITY, UH, FOR MANY, MANY DECADES, UH, AND, UM, THE DIGITAL DIVIDE HAS BEEN A CONCERN FOR MANY, MANY DECADES. 
          SO WE CAN TRY TO OVERCOME THAT, AND THEN JUST FOCUS ON THE STUFF THAT WE CAN. 
          SO, UM, I'LL, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY DID. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL, GO AHEAD. 
          UH, THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR, FOR LETTING ME RESPOND. 
          I JUST, UH, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I ALSO FEEL THAT THE CHAMBERS, UM, AND THE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS PLAY A VERY HEAVY ROLE IN, IN THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING A REMARKABLE JOB THERE. 
          UM, MY, I KNOW THAT, AND THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS ADDRESSING, UM, THE NEED TO HAVE A DATA-DRIVEN, UH, TASK FORCE THAT IS REALLY IDENTIFYING THE EQUITY, UH, INEQUITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT ARE REALLY, UH, REPORTING BACK TO THE CITY AND COUNTY AS TO ARE WE IMPROVING AND IN WHAT AREAS? AND ALSO HELP IDENTIFY THE GAPS. 
          I, UM, I THINK THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, LET'S, LET'S NOT MOVE ANYBODY OUT. 
          WE NEED, UH, WE NEED THE CHAMBERS, WE NEED THE TRADE ASSOCIATION. 
          WE NEED THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTERS AT THE TABLE, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE ENTREPRENEURS TO BE THERE THAT ARE ON, THAT ARE IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND HELPING BRING SOLUTIONS SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, INSTEAD OF HAVING EVERYBODY WORKING IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE TOWN, WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON HOW ARE WE GONNA MOVE THIS TOGETHER AND WHOSE FOCUS 
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MAINLY ON GROWING THOSE BUSINESSES SO THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE EQUITY NEEDS. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THOSE DISCUSSIONS. 
          AGAIN, AS, UM, AS ONE OF THE CHAIRS FOR THE E T T, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO RECOMMEND, UH, THINGS THAT WE'RE SAYING ARE ISSUED, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A SOLUTION, UH, WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO FROM THERE IS, IS REALLY UP TO LEADERSHIP. 
          BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ALI. 
          OKAY, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO DISTRICT FOUR, COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIANA RSO GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU, UM, TO JULISA AND TO KEVIN AND FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM, AS WELL AS MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, REBECCA . 
          AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND EFFORT. 
          I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT IN A LOT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WE KEEP ADDRESSING, UM, A CASHLESS OR, UH, CONTACTLESS, IF YOU WILL, SOCIETY. 
          UM, MANY OF THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO BANK ACCOUNTS. 
          THEY STILL USE A LOT OF CASH. 
          WHAT HAPPENS TO, UM, TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO USE BANK ACCOUNTS, WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO USE A DEBIT CARD? UH, ARE YOU ALL EITHER ONE, UH, THINKING OR RECOMMENDING OF WORKING WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN GIVE THEM RELOADABLE, UM, CARDS OR THEY CAN GO IN, BUT WHICH AGAIN, INCREASES THEIR VULNERABILITY 'CAUSE NOW THEY HAVE TO GO TO A BANK? OR IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING AT, AT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CASH TRANSACTIONS TO BE SAFER? UM, WE ACTUALLY DID NOT, UM, ADDRESS THE CA THE CASH TRANSACTION. 
          WE ADDRESSED MORE OF THE, UM, THE HANDS-FREE CASH PAYMENT OPTIONS, UM, SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY CONTACT. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, WE, WE DID NOT IDENTIFY THAT WHAT WE DID SAY WAS IMPORTANT. 
          AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY A LOT OF THE BUSINESS, THE 90% THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR THIS EMERGENCY FUNDING WAS BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE BANKING RELATIONSHIPS. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE WERE RECOMMENDING IS THAT WE NEEDED THIS TASK FORCE, OR, OR, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THE SMALL GROUPS TO BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE BUSINESSES, UM, TO CONNECT WITH THE BUSINESS WITH THE BANKS DIRECTLY SO THAT THEY OPEN UP THOSE, UH, BANKING ACCOUNTS AND THEY'RE STARTING TO HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. 
          I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, EVEN IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, UH, A LIFT FUND OR AN S B A LOAN TO ENCOURAGE THAT IT GOES THROUGH THE BANK AND STILL GRAB THE FUNDS THROUGH LIP FUND AND THEM, BUT TO ENCOURAGE THAT CONTACT ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIP, THAT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JULISA. 
          I STILL THINK THAT THE, THE PROBLEM EXISTS ON THE CONSUMER SIDE. 
          AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AND BUILDING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          THE FOLKS IN MY DISTRICT WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO BANKS, LIKE I SAID, WILL, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS. 
          I MEAN, UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE MAYBE HAVE TO PUT THAT HAT ON AND, AND MAYBE THINK OF IT FROM THAT CONSUMER, UM, ASPECT. 
          AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OFFLINE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, BUT THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO, UM, BUSINESSES, UH, AND I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION TO BUSINESSES THAT HAVE LOWER THAN 25 EMPLOYEES, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES EARLIER MENTIONED THIS. 
          UM, WHAT ABOUT THOSE THAT, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER, I THINK IT WAS COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU KNOW, EVEN, EVEN 200 EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED. 
          UM, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. 
          HOW WAS THE 25 EMPLOYEE, UM, DETERMINED? I, I THINK FOR ERIC, MAYBE? YEAH. 
          C COUNCILMAN, UM, THAT, THAT WAS DETERMINED INTERNALLY AND, AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO WAS GET TO THE, THE HEART OF THE MATTER THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE, UH, ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM FOCUSED ON, WHICH WERE THOSE SMALLER, THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES, UM, THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL, UM, AND ARE SMALLER AND, AND, AND NEEDED THAT ASSISTANCE FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, AND SO WE WERE TRYING TO FOCUS ON THOSE SMALLER BUSINESSES, UM, AND, AND, UH, AND WE SET THAT AS A, AS A GOAL. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND ACTUALLY, THAT LEADS ME INTO ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          YOU MENTIONED WE, UM, HAD SPENT $1.4 MILLION ON P P E TO THESE BUSINESSES. 
          IS THAT PART OF THE CARES ACT? OR, OR WAS THAT APPROVED SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EXPENDITURE THAT THAT FUNDING WOULD COME FROM? THAT CARES ACT A LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT WE ALREADY SPENT IT, CORRECT. 
          OR, OR I'M SORRY, WE HAVEN'T, THAT'S WHAT THE PROJECTED SPEND IS 1.4 MILLION. 
          YES. 
          WE PROCURED, WE PROCURED, UH, MOST OF THAT ALREADY, UM, UNDER AN EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT. 
          UM, BUT IT'S NOT ALL COMPLETELY, UH, DONE YET. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND THEN ON PAGE FIVE OF THE REPORT, IT 
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REFERENCES THE, UM, S E D F, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, UM, AND SOME, UH, NATIONAL SOURCES HAD SURVEYED IN MARCH SMALL BUSINESSES AND, AND REALIZED THAT THERE WAS ABOUT, UH, THERE WAS A LARGE, UH, GAP IN BANKING RELATIONSHIPS, IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO S V A LOANS AND THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          91% OF THE LATINO OWNED BUSINESSES WILL PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO, UH, RECEIVE THIS. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A, UM, A, A FOCUS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING A BILINGUAL CAMPAIGN. 
          I'M THINKING OF ALL MY LOCAL RIAS. 
          AND SO, UM, DO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, UM, TO FOLKS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT INVOLVED, UM, WITH THE TEAM, OR DO THEY KNOW THAT THESE PROGRAMS ARE, ARE AVAILABLE? LIKE, IS THERE GOING TO BE A DOOR TO DOOR OR A MALE CAMPAIGN, ET CETERA? SO I'LL JUST KEEP ADVOCATING FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT IN A TRADE ASSOCIATION, THAT DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE MANPOWER, UM, TO, UH, TO SEND PEOPLE, UM, TO LOBBY FOR THEM, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, SO I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. 
          ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WILL LOCAL BUSINESSES BE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER SAFER, UM, UH, CAMPAIGN OR EVEN TO THE BY LOCAL CAMPAIGN? OR HOW WILL THIS BE FUNDED? UM, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR LEADERSHIP, UH, FOR, UM, ERIC COUNCILWOMAN. 
          I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THAT, THE, THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS, WHICH IS, UH, THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL PLAN AS A RESULT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, I CAN ENVISION US, FRANKLY, WORKING WITH, OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AS STAKEHOLDERS TO, UH, TO, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I ALSO SAW THAT YOU ALL WERE RECOMMENDING A NETWORK OF ADVISORS. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE ALSO WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS ON, ON ADVISORS THAT, UM, OUR, OUR ADVISING SPECIFICALLY, UM, MICRO BUSINESSES AND, AND, UM, AND BUSINESSES, AGAIN, THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SEND  EVENTS. 
          I LIKE, I LIKE THAT THE TASK FORCE, UH, RECOMMENDATION INCORPORATES CITY COUNCIL, COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. 
          I LIKE THAT IT'S REPORTING THROUGH THE WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. 
          UM, ON PAGE SEVEN, UH, IT TALKS ABOUT, IN THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT, UH, SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE CENTERS. 
          AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS LIKE THE MAESTRO OR EVEN LIKE THE, UH, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE CHAMBERS HAVE SET UP. 
          BUT I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. 
          I'M TRIED TO GET THROUGH ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          I HAVE A LOT MORE. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO BUYING POWER. 
          I BELIEVE THAT ACCESS TO P P E, UM, AND, UH, WE'LL ADD TO THAT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          SO I REALLY, UH, THINK THAT YOU ALL DID, THAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS. 
          UM, ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COUNCILMAN AYAS, UM, BECAUSE, UH, FOR A LONG TIME, AND EVEN LAST WEEK WHEN I MENTIONED THIS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, I, I WANTED LIKE A, WHAT'S OUR, WHAT'S OUR PLAN FOR WAVE TWO, RIGHT? AND SO FOR A LONG TIME WE KEPT SAYING PRIORITY NUMBER ONE IS SAVE LIVES. 
          THIS IS COUNCILMAN PALS PRIORITY NUMBER TWO. 
          NUMBER TWO IS EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I'M HOPING THAT NOW IT'S TIME FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO THANK YOU ALSO CHIEF HOOD FOR THAT AFTER ACTION REPORT. 
          UM, WILL WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ACCESS TO, UH, SOME MORE INFORMATION? I, I HAVE JUST THREE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I UNDERSTAND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, MY TIME'S ALMOST UP. 
          UM, AND WILL WE HAVE TIME TO GIVE SOME MORE FEEDBACK, MAYOR, TO, UM, THE CO-CHAIRS, OR IS IT BETTER BY EMAIL? HOW SHOULD WE, UM, I GUESS LEVERAGE SOME MORE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I, IF, UH, IF THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK THAT THE GROUP COULD BENEFIT FROM, WHICH I'M ASSURED THAT THEY ARE, UH, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND SEND 'EM AN EMAIL AND WE CAN SEND OUT A REPORT ON FOLLOW UP TO THE WHOLE COUNSEL ON THE COURT. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN, DISTRICT TWO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU TO ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, FOR OUR CO-CHAIRS AND OUR COUNCIL AND COUNTY LIAISONS ON THIS REPORT, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UM, HAVE TO DO WITH ADDRESSING THE FIVE G AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE ACTUALLY CHANGING, UH, THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS WE BECOME A SMART CITY. 
          AND IF THE, UM, NEW NORM AND HOW WE'RE CONDUCTING AND ASSISTING OUR BUSINESSES HAS INCLUDED THE FIVE G REPORT AS WE GO FORWARD WITHIN THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT 
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THE ISSUE OF DIGITAL DIVIDE, UH, IS BEING TAKEN UP, UH, BY THE SOCIAL SERVICES WORKING GROUP AND PROBABLY SEVERAL OTHERS, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED BY THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS WITH US TALKING ABOUT THE OFFICE SPACE AND POTENTIALLY MOVING FROM TRADITIONAL OFFICE TO MORE WORK AT HOME STYLE OFFICE SPACE, HOW THAT REALLY LOOKS AS WE PUSH FORWARD WITHIN OUR DIGITAL DIVIDE AND PUTTING UP THE FIVE G TOWERS THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PRIOR TO COVID. 
          SO I WANNA SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN ECONOMIC TRANSITIONING. 
          UM, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BUSINESSES AND MANUFACTURING AND LOOKING AT OUR ABANDONED BUILDINGS HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, HAVE WE LOOKED AT WITH IMPLEMENTING NEW, UM, ECONOMIC TRANSITIONS THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN WHEN SOME BUSINESSES AREN'T ABLE TO, TO COME BACK ONLINE? UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT NEW, UM, AREAS THAT WE CAN TRULY START PUT PUTTING ECONOMIC, UM, DEVELOPMENT INTO? YES. 
          COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN, THIS IS, UH, KEVIN, SO THANKS SO MUCH. 
          I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS MAYBE THE BROADER PERSPECTIVE. 
          SO OUR INITIAL TASK IS WITH, UH, RESTARTING THE ECONOMY VERSUS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE REALLY MOVING INTO IS THE RECOVERY OF THE ECONOMY. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF OUR TASK WITHIN THE SHORT TIMEFRAME WE HAD WAS MAKING SURE THAT, THAT WE COULD CREATE A PLAN TO GET, UH, BOTH, UH, THE EMPLOYEES BACK, UH, TO BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES TO RESTART MEETING THE STATE MANDATES AND REBUILD THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          AND WITH THE LIMITED TIME WE HAD, THAT WAS OUR CONSIDERABLE SCOPE. 
          I THINK YOU'RE MOVING INTO RECOVERY, WHICH I KNOW THAT E D F AND SEVERAL OTHER TASK FORCE ARE ALREADY TAKING ON AS A LARGER, AS A LARGER, UH, TASK OF MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE TALK, WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, I KNOW I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE REPORT AND I LOOKED ON PAGE SEVEN AND 47 IN THE REPORT. 
          AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED ARE, UM, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS IS THE BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT WITH RENEE WATSON. 
          UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE A VERY GREAT ASSET FOR ECONOMIC TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT CAN BE OFFERED TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL. 
          UM, ANOTHER INDUSTRY THAT I'M LOOKING, AND I'M, I'M THINKING THAT IT'S UNDER HOSPITALITY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EVENT PLAN PLANNERS AND CATERERS, UM, WHERE DO THEY FALL WITHIN THIS, UM, ECONOMIC TRANSITIONING TEAM OR THE REPORT? SO I'LL, I'LL ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THAT. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN SULLIVAN, AS YOU'RE THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CATERERS, I THINK THAT IT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE HAD, UH, UH, MANY RESTAURATEURS ONTO THE, UH, ONTO OUR TASK FORCE THAT LED OUT SOME OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT INDUSTRY. 
          UH, AND I WOULD CONSIDER THAT IT COULD BE PART OF THAT AS FAR AS CATERING OR IN-HOUSE BUSINESSES. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE I'D SAY THAT WHILE WE COULDN'T COVER EVERY BUSINESS SECTOR, WE DID EXPAND OUR BUSINESS SECTORS FROM SIX, WHICH IS IN THE GOVERNOR'S REPORT TO 13. 
          AND WE DID LOOK HEAVILY, UH, IN THE EXPANSION OF THE SECTIONS WITH THE LIKES OF, LIKE PETE CORTEZ WHO WAS ON THE, ON THE, UH, TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING CATERING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS WE GO FORWARD UNDER, UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS, WE HAVE THE COLLEGE COTTAGE LAWS WHERE, UM, BUSINESSES CAN OPERATE, UM, FROM HOME. 
          HAVE WE ADDED THAT INTO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS BUSINESSES THAT ARE HOME OPERATED AND HOW WE, UM, HELP THEM RECOVER OUR BECOME BACK ONLINE WITHIN THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION? YEAH. 
          SPECIFICALLY WE LOOKED AT THE INDUSTRY SEGMENTS AS IT WAS BRINGING PEOPLE BACK INTO A BUSINESS, BUT, UH, OUR REPORT AT THE TIME WE HAD, DID NOT BE, WAS NOT ABLE TO COVER HOME-BASED BUSINESSES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT DAY LABORERS? NOT THOSE THAT ARE CONTRACTED, BUT THOSE THAT, THAT DO DAY LABOR? UM, ARE THEY PART OF THE, THE REPORT? I WAS LOOKING THROUGH IT, BUT I MIGHT HAVE OVERLOOKED IT. 
          I, I WOULD SAY THAT WE DID HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THE USE OF THE TERM OF DAY LABORERS, I WOULD CONSIDER THAT THAT FALLS INTO WITH ANY EMPLOYEES, UH, DEPENDING THEIR SEGMENT, IF THEY'RE, UH, MORE OF A DAY LABOR EMPLOYEE OR A PERMANENT EMPLOYEE, WE REALLY DIDN'T DIFFERENTIATE JUST MAKING SURE THAT HOW DO WE KEEP ALL EMPLOYEES SAFE? UH, AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE THE FACILITIES AND THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY CAN REMAIN SAFE TO BRING THAT CUSTOMERS AS FAR AS CONFIDENCE, BUT DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY GET INTO THE SEGMENTATION OF WHAT TYPE OF EMPLOYEE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS FAR AS, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, 
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WE KNOW THAT WE'RE FACING A, A WHOLE NOTHER FINANCIAL CRISIS. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT USED TO HAVE A JOB MAY NOT HAVE A JOB TO GO BACK TO, OR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES MAY NOT REOPEN. 
          SO AS WE PUSH FORWARD WITH ECONOMIC TRANSITION, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE, THE WAY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE, UM, FINANCIAL CONSUMER BUY-IN? YES. 
          SO VERY GOOD PERCEPTIVE QUESTIONS. 
          I WOULD SAY THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS, WE MUCH LOOKED AT A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH, APPROACH, FIRST RETURN SAFELY, THEN THE NEXT THING WE NEED TO DO WAS MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS THE, UH, THE WAY THAT WE COULD GET ACCESS TO DO THAT, UH, THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES. 
          AND THEN THIRDLY, WAS TO INSTALL, UH, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          AND IN THAT CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, AGAIN, WE THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED TO PROVIDE ACCESS QUICKLY, HOWEVER, LEVERAGE OUR ECONOMY OF SCALE AND THE, UH, THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES AND TEAMS THAT COULD GET IN BY TAKING A PLEDGE TO SHOW CUSTOMERS HERE THAT COME TO SAN ANTONIO AND CONSUMERS, UH, HOW, HOW THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT ALSO PROVIDE ACCESS TO BUSINESSES SUCH AS MARKETING MATERIALS, WINDOW CLINGS, THAT THEY DID TAKE THAT PLEDGE AS A BALANCED APPROACH. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 
          I'LL DO THOSE OFFLINE, BUT I WANNA TAKE THE TIME TO JUST THANK TUESDAY NIGHT FROM SAGE, UM, WHO IS A VERY VITAL VOICE FOR BUSINESS WITHIN, UH, THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AND DISTRICT TWO, AND THEN ALSO DR. 
          REVEREND UH, KEMP FROM ANTIOCH, UH, BAPTIST CHURCH, WHO IS ALSO A VERY, UM, VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, JUDGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, DISTRICT ONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND GREAT, GREAT, UH, COMMENTS ALL AROUND. 
          UM, WANT TO THANK KEVIN AND JULISA, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          THIS WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. 
          I WANT TO THANK MY COUNCIL MEMBER OR COLLEAGUE, UH, GERRAN, AND OF COURSE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, MY, MY I GUESS MY POINT CENTERS AROUND MORE, A LITTLE MORE OF THE SPECIFICITY WHEN IT COMES TO, TO BUSINESS. 
          UM, WHAT, WHEN, WHEN CERTAIN, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, UH, ARE TRYING TO, TO, TO GET BACK UP AND RUNNING, THEY'RE SORT OF FACING A WHOLE NEW NORMAL. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND SO, UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR IS OR MAYBE, UH, GET AN ANSWER TO IS, UH, THEY ASK, THEY ASK ABOUT, UH, REMOVING SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE TYPICAL BARRIERS THAT THAT ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH, UH, JUST TO RUN A BUSINESS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THESE, THESE ARE YOUR TYPICAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. 
          EVERY BUSINESS HAS THEM. 
          AND, UH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, UH, DOING BUSINESS, UH, IN THE PAST IS, IS IS JUST VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. 
          AND, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT'S, THAT HASN'T BEEN, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADJUSTED, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CHANGED. 
          AND, UH, AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THIS GROUP, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE IMPACT'S GONNA BE, UH, TO BUSINESSES WITH REGARDS TO, UH, PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY VALUATIONS, NOT CHANGING THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          AND SO THERE'S JUST GONNA SIMPLY BE A, A, A SORT OF A, A CASCADING EFFECT WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE RENT AND, UH, OTHER EXPENSES THAT PEOPLE WILL, WILL INCUR. 
          IT IS JUST A VERY DIFFERENT, UH, UH, A DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE FOR TO DO BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE LIMITED TO 25% OF THAT BUSINESS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY VALUATIONS ARE NOT A 25%, THEY'RE, IN FACT, THEY'RE GOING UP. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ANSWER HOW, HOW DO WE PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND MAYBE EVEN A VOICE, UH, TO, TO THE LEGISLATURE AND TO THE GOVERNOR ABOUT, UH, THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE, THE RED TAPE THAT, THAT EXISTS OUT THERE. 
          OF COURSE, THERE'S, THERE'S THINGS, UH, THAT I THINK WE AS A CITY, UH, COULD BE LOOKING AT AS WELL. 
          AND I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          WHAT, WHAT ARE THESE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE THE TYPICAL, UH, DAY-TO-DAY, UH, THAT EVERY BUSINESS HAS TO GO THROUGH? HOW, HOW ARE WE ACCOUNTING FOR THAT? AND HOW CAN WE HELP GUIDE PEOPLE AND MAYBE BE A VOICE FOR, FOR THEIR CONCERNS? I, I'VE GOT, UH, LOTS OF FOLKS WHO ARE ANXIOUS TO, TO, TO GET UP AND RUNNING AGAIN, BUT THEY, THEY ALSO KNOW THAT, UM, A LOT OF THESE, UH, REGULATIONS, UH, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH T A B C OR CITY, UM, CODE, CODE ISSUES, UM, HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED SOMEHOW. 
          DID SOMEBODY ANSWER THAT? UH, YES. 
          UH, COUNCIL VINNO, I LOVE THAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S EXACTLY THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING IN OUR, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS, BECAUSE WE CAN IDENTIFY SOME 
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OF THE NEEDS THAT WE KNOW OF TODAY, BUT WHEN WE KNOW THAT ONCE THE BUSINESSES START OPENING, THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY OTHER NEEDS THAT WE HAVE NOT EVEN TOUCHED. 
          AND, UM, WE NEED TO PROVIDE AN AVENUE FOR THOSE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO COME AND, AND SAY, HERE'S ANOTHER AND HERE'S ANOTHER, AND HOW DO WE DO THIS? AND TO ME, THAT, AND, AND, AND REALLY FOR US, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO PROVIDE US, UH, ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THEM TO HAVE, UM, ACCESS TO THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS. 
          UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, EVERYTHING IN THAT BOOK. 
          WE, WE CAN'T THINK OF WHAT ELSE, AND WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MANY MORE NEEDS. 
          SO I, I'D LOVE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING THIS UP. 
          WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE GREAT WORK. 
          AND I, I, I THINK, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING IS THAT MAYBE WE CAN, UH, INCLUDE IN THERE, UH, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE AS A, AS A MUNICIPALITY AND AS A COUNTY, UM, CAN, CAN, UH, ADDRESS HERE LOCALLY, BUT MAYBE SET THE EXAMPLE FOR LOBBYING UP AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE, THESE, THESE BARRIERS, UH, LIKE TAXES, UH, LIKE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT, THAT CAN, UH, HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS AS IT'S TRYING TO GET BACK ON ITS FEET, UH, THAT WE DON'T SORT OF PILE ON. 
          AND, UH, AND SO REALLY, I, I ASK, UH, THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THINGS LIKE PENALTIES AND, AND, AND UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE NEED IS TIME. 
          AND, UH, LIKE, LIKE, LIKE, UH, THE OLD ADAGES, YOU KNOW, TIME HEALS ALL THINGS. 
          AND SO, UH, WHAT WHAT WE REALLY NEED, UH, IS, IS TO, TO NOT ONLY SORT OF CREATE THIS PLAN, BUT A TIMELINE. 
          AND WITHIN THAT TIMELINE, UH, YOU REALLY SORT OF BE FOCUSED ON, UH, MORE HELP AND LESS, LESS PUNITIVE POLICIES, UH, THAT THAT CAN ONLY HURT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO, TO STAY AFLOAT EVERY DAY. 
          WE HEAR ABOUT, UH, A NEW BUSINESS, UM, FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOU, THIS IS THE, THE HARDEST PART OF, OF, OF, OF COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YOUR AUDIO JUST CUT OFF. 
           COUNCILMAN YOUR, UH, YOUR AUDIO CUT OFF, BUT YOU'RE NOT SHOWING AS MUTED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHILE WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE AUDIO FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TRUO, UH, JEFF, DO YOU WANNA RESPOND TO, UM, TO SOME OF, SOME OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER RENO'S COMMENTS? SURE, SURE. 
          UH, UH, FOR EVERYBODY'S, UH, EDUCATION, I'M SURE MOST KNOW, THE, THE MAYOR, JUDGE AND, AND, UH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND COUNCILMAN TREVINO HAD SENT A LETTER EARLY ON REQUESTING THAT THE STATE USE 2019 PROPERTY VALUES INSTEAD OF 2020 THIS YEAR TO HELP, UH, WITH THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCILMAN TREVINO WAS MENTIONING. 
          WE, WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT PRETTY EXTENSIVELY. 
          WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE THAT COMMUNICATED THAT, UH, THEY HAD NO, UH, OPTION, BUT TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW STATE LAW, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY USE THE JANUARY 1ST OF THIS TAX YEAR. 
          UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THE GOVERNOR COULD DO SOMETHING, UM, WITHIN USE OF URGENCY POWERS, BUT IT'S, WE'RE TOLD IT'S UNLIKELY BECAUSE IT WILL ALSO HAVE AN EFFECT ON LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THEIR REVENUES, WHICH THEN WILL REQUIRE THE STATE, UH, PUTTING ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IT HASN'T BUDGETED FOR. 
          SO, AS A GENERAL RULE, WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S A, IT'S AN IDEA THAT'S NOT LIKELY TO GAIN TRACTION. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT MANY OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE COMMUNICATED TO US WITH THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE THAT, THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN, IN DOING THIS BECAUSE THEY FEEL A, IT'LL FURTHER EXACERBATE SOME OF THE REVENUE CHALLENGES THAT ALL CITIES FACE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED YOU AND THE, AND THE COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO KNOW WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT AND, AND THAT'S THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN AT THIS POINT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO, I THINK YOU'RE BACK ON. 
          I AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M, I'M ON THE SA FREE WIFI AT THE FIELD OFFICE, SO DOING WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT WE GOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WAS CUT OFF. 
          UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          I WAS JUST SIMPLY SAYING THAT, THAT WE FOCUS ON TRYING TO BE, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE HELPFUL AND LESS PUNITIVE IN, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR POLICY AND TRY TO REMOVE AS MUCH RED TAPE, UH, 
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TO REALLY GIVE PEOPLE A, A HAND UP. 
          AND SO, UH, AGAIN, GREAT WORK, EVERYONE. 
          UH, I HOPE THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THIS COULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A, A VERY, VERY HELPFUL TOOL FOR, FOR MANY SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, THAT, THAT CAN SURVIVE THE STORM. 
          AND, AND SO I THINK OUR, OUR JOB ONE IS, IS TO, UH, TO, TO HELP PEOPLE, UH, STAY AFLOAT, AND THEN OF COURSE, UH, GIVE THEM SOME TIME TO, TO, TO RECOVER AND, UH, AND, AND PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT. 
          UH, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO PEEL BACK SOME OF THE PUNITIVE MEASURES THAT ARE TYPICALLY IN PLACE IN A, IN A, IN A TYPICAL SCENARIO FOR BUSINESS. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, FIND WAYS TO LOBBY FOR, FOR BUSINESSES THAT, THAT ARE ALREADY GOING THROUGH A, A TOUGH ENOUGH TIME AS IT IS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND OUR COLLEAGUES HERE ON STATE COUNCIL. 
          THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION, UH, BUT ALSO HATS OFF TO HULI AND TO KEVIN FOR LEADING A GREAT TEAM ALONG WITH OUR LIAISONS ON THE COURT AND THE COUNCIL, UM, CHICO AND REBECCA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK. 
          UM, I'LL JUST CLOSE, UH, THEN I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO JUDGE WOLFE, UH, BY REITERATING THE CHARGE OF THIS GROUP, UH, THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, WHICH WAS REALLY TO ESTABLISH WHAT COULD BE MODEL PRACTICES, UH, AMIDST, UH, THE REOPENING THAT WE KNOW WILL BE DONE IN STAGES FOR THE STATE, BUT ALSO HERE LOCALLY, WHICH WILL ALSO BE GROUNDED IN THE GUIDANCE FROM OUR HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM. 
          UH, I'M, I'M VERY PLEASED THAT, UH, YOU FILL IN SOME OF THE GAPS OF THE GOVERNOR'S REPORT REPORT HAVE PROVIDED SOME GOOD SPECIFICITY FOR BUSINESSES TO DISPLAY WITH REGARD TO THEIR OWN PRACTICES AS WE GET OPEN AGAIN, UH, AND IN DOING SO, HAVE CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK FOR MANY OF THEM, TO SHOW SOME COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITH REGARD TO CONSUMER CONFIDENCE. 
          UH, I LOVE THE, UH, SAFER STRONGER TOGETHER TAG. 
          AND WE, UH, WE WILL TAKE YOU UP ON, ON YOUR CHARGE COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT THAT TONIGHT AND GOING FORWARD, HOW PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THAT PLEDGE. 
          AND WE CAN HOPEFULLY START GETTING BUSINESS ROLLING AGAIN, UH, IN A SAFE AND A STRONG A MANNER. 
          UM, WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL, ALL VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE DISCUSSION. 
          WE DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEXT STEPS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SOME MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. 
          UH, AND SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JUDGE WOLF. 
          THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANKS TO THE TEAM, UH, I MUST SAY I WAS IMPRESSED WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S, UH, REMARKS, UH, DON'T PILE ON. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED OUR BUSINESS SELLING ROOFING OFF THE STREET CORNERS OF SOUTHWEST MILITARY, AND WE HATED GOVERNMENT. 
          WE WANTED THEM TO STAY OUTTA OUR WAY SO WE COULD BUILD A SUCCESSFUL, UH, BUSINESS. 
          SO I THINK OUR TASK BECOMES, UH, THREE MAJOR THINGS. 
          THREE MAJOR THINGS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE LUCKY TO SURVIVE WITHOUT LAYING OFF MORE EMPLOYEES OURSELF. 
          UH, THREE THINGS I THINK ARE IMPORTANT. 
          ONE IS JOB TRAINING. 
          MARY AND I'VE TALKED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS, THAT WE GOTTA RETRAIN OUR WORKFORCE AND THAT, UH, WE NEED TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN ON THAT, JUST MENTION HOW IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY IS. 
          THAT'S ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT BECAUSE MANY OF US WILL BE WORKING FOR HOME AND WE'VE GOT THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE DIGITAL DIVIDE THAT WE'VE GOT TO CONQUER. 
          AND THEN WE DO NEED TO HELP THIS HEALTH SMALL BUSINESS AND NOT GETTING IN THEIR WAY, JUST SIMPLY PROVIDING THEM FUNDS AND EFFORTS THAT CAN HELP THEM. 
          AND, UH, THE COUNTY DID. 
          I WANNA THANK THE LEFT FUND. 
          I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN EXTRAORDINARY JOB. 
          THEY'RE THE ONLY NONPROFIT IN THE COUNTRY THAT'S REALLY REACHING OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UH, WE PROVIDED THEM $5 MILLION. 
          THEY'VE ALREADY MADE 180 INDIVIDUAL LOANS, 189 INDIVIDUAL LOANS TOTALING 3.8 MILLION. 
          AND THE BALANCE OF THAT MONEY BRINGING IT UP TO 5 MILLION WILL BE DISPERSED BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. 
          SO THAT'S HELPED A LOT OF 'EM. 
          SO WE NEED TO TRY TO DO MORE NOW. 
          YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A CHOICE. 
          CITY COUNCIL WILL, AND WE WILL, AND THE MAYOR, AND I'VE BEEN TALKING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THIS. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE GOT AVAILABLE. 
          AND THE, UH, CARES ACT 270 MILLION FROM THE CITY, EIGHT 79 MILLION FOR THE COUNTY. 
          AND HOW ARE WE GONNA PRIORITIZE THAT AND WHERE ARE WE GONNA PUT THAT MONEY? THAT'S AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DECISION THAT WE WILL MAKE FAIRLY SOON THAT WAY. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE IT FAIRLY SOON. 
          'CAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE IT OUT THE DOOR BY, SEE BY DECEMBER THE, BY THE END OF DECEMBER. 
          SO DECISIONS ARE GONNA BE MADE FAIRLY QUICKLY. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE EQUIPMENT TO THEIR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THEM SOME STARTUP LOANS AND WE WANNA SEE MORE MONEY PUT INTO THAT. 
          SO WE'VE GOT TO REBUILD, GOT TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE LARGE BUSINESSES. 
          THEY'RE NOT DOING SO GOOD EITHER. 
          THERE'S BEEN A HECK OF A LOT OF LAYOFFS 
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ALREADY. 
          SO WE GOT, WE HAD A PROBLEM FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS. 
          IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOUR MONTHS. 
          BUT IF YOU THINK THAT WAS A PROBLEM, REBUILDING THIS ECONOMY IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY HARD AND MORE DIFFICULT TO DO IN MY SAYING. 
          SO WE GOTTA PULL TOGETHER, WE GOTTA IDENTIFY OUR RESOURCES. 
          THEY'RE LIMITED, EXTREMELY LIMITED. 
          WE GOTTA SPEND IT IN THE RIGHT WAY. 
          SO THANKS A LOT FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S JOINING. 
          SO WE'LL, UH, CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO GET THERE. 
          THANKS SO MUCH, JUDGE. 
          AND THAT'S A, A VERY CLEAR CHARGE. 
          UH, WE WILL BE BUILDING US BACK BUT STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT AND MORE EQUITABLE FOR ALL, UH, AS WE GET BACK ON OUR FEET HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO WITH THAT, IT IS 2:53 PM AND OUR JOINT SPECIAL COUNSEL COURT MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK.
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