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           EVERYONE, I THINK WE'VE GOT A QUORUM AND WE'VE GOT A FEW MEMBERS WHO ARE GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT LATE JOINING US TODAY. 
          SO THE TIME IS 2:03 PM ON, UH, THIS WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH, 2020. 
          UH, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION TO ORDER, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CLERK WITH US, SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO START WITH ROLL CALL. 
          MADAM CLERK COUNCIL MEMBER VINNO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERO HDA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR BER HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION AGENDA. 
          WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA 
          [1. 20-3217 Briefing on a preliminary plan for use of the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). Presentation will provide an overview of the City’s COVID-19 Response priorities; and a preliminary Community Recovery Resiliency Plan for City Council input and discussion. [Maria Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD, Assistant City Manager]]
TODAY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER ERIC WALSH TO GET US STARTED. 
          ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL A FRAMEWORK FOR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PLAN. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AT COUNCIL WHERE, UH, TODAY WE'LL BE INTRODUCING SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND LOOKING FOR SOME INPUT THAT WOULD DRIVE THE RESILIENCE PLAN AND, AND, AND, UH, POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUND THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THAT WE COULD RECEIVE AND OUR OWN BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR F Y 21. 
          UH, WE ARE SEEKING YOUR FEEDBACK AND INPUT TODAY AS WE CRAFT THAT PROPOSED PLAN. 
          UH, WE ARE PLANNING, AS I'VE MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO, OUR SCHEDULE IS THAT WE PLAN ON COMING BACK NEXT WEEK TO YOU ON MAY 28TH TO PRESENT THE PLAN, UH, THAT REFLECTS THE INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU TODAY. 
          AND ON JUNE 4TH, UH, WE WOULD ASK, WE, WE WILL BE ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR FORM FORMAL VOTE TO THE PLAN. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED RESILIENCE PLAN IN EARLY JUNE. 
          UH, AND DR. 
          BRIDGER IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE ELEMENTS HERE SHORTLY, UM, UH, AND, AND BRING THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE PLAN TO RESPECTIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR UPDATES, UH, AS, AS WE START TO EXECUTE. 
          BUT THE FRAMEWORK WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, UH, IS CONSISTENT WITH KIND OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES FOR THE LAST, UH, 10 WEEKS OF RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND BASIC OPERATIONS. 
          AND I WANNA, I WANTED TO ADD THAT THE FRAMEWORK IS ALSO BUILT UPON A LOT OF THE REALLY GOOD WORK THIS ORGANIZATION HAS DONE PRE PAN PANDEMIC, MUCH LIKE THE CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU DISCUSSED AND APPROVED THE EMERGENCY, UM, UH, HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          UH, MANY OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS THAT WE UTILIZED TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT QUICKLY WAS A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK IN POLICY SETTING, UH, AND PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGE IS GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PREVIOUS WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE AND HOW WE'RE PULLING IT INTO, UH, THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK. 
          UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT, UH, A BALANCE, UM, OF THE FRAMEWORK, UM, EXISTS BETWEEN THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS, UH, BUT ALSO, UH, ADDRESSING THE UNCERTAINTY, UH, AND LONG-TERM DAMAGE POTENTIALLY TO OUR ECONOMY. 
          AND IN THOSE AREAS, I'M, I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT AND STRUGGLING BUSINESSES, AND THAT THOSE LONG-TERM STRATEGY EFFORTS, UH, IDEALLY SHOULD BETTER POSITION US AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR RECOVERY AND, AND, AND POSSIBLY PUT US IN A BETTER POSITION, UH, FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          UH, BRIDGER TO, UH, GO OVER THE, UH, THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PLAN. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          UM, JOHN, IF YOU COULD PULL THE SLIDES UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO, AS ERIC MENTIONED, I'M PROVIDING A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF, UM, WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE C OVID 19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IN THIS PRESENTATION, I WILL COVER THE PROPOSED GUIDING PRINCIPLES, A SNAPSHOT OF POTENTIAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PROPOSED PILLARS AND STRATEGIES. 
          WHEN THIS PLAN IS COMPLETE, IT WILL BE A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT 
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GUIDES OUR RECOVERY PATH FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 16 MONTHS, UH, OR THROUGH THE END OF NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          STARTING WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, UM, THE, THE MANAGER HAS MENTIONED ON A NUMBER OF TIMES, A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT, UM, HE HAS THREE PRIORITIES THAT HE HAS SHARED WITH US SINCE MARCH. 
          THOSE PRIORITIES ARE RESPONSE, WHICH IS LITERALLY RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC RECOVERY, PLANNING FOR THE RECOVERY FROM THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS, BOTH FOR OUR CSA ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN, UM, ENSURING CRITICAL OPERATIONS LIKE PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUE. 
          THIS PLAN FOCUSES ON THE COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND WHAT'S DEVELOPED AROUND THE FOLLOWING FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, EQUITY GRADED FUNDING, AND THAT'S A NEW TERM. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE MEAN THERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, USE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US THAT HAS DIFFERENT SOURCES AND DIFFERENT EXPIRATION DATES IN A REALLY SMART WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONGER TERM CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECOVERY. 
          UM, THE FOURTH ONE IS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND THEN THE FIFTH ONE IS, UM, WELLBEING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AS ERIC MENTIONED, THE PLAN IS DEVELOPED, UM, FROM A NUMBER OF OTHER PLANS. 
          SO THIS, THIS, UM, RECOVERY PLAN, SYNTHESIZES THEMES AND PRIORITIES FROM VARIOUS OTHER CITY REPORTS, AS WELL AS THE C OVID 19 COMMUNITY ACTION WORK GROUP. 
          SO THAT INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, OUR POVERTY REPORT, THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT, THE HOMELESS STRATEGIC PLAN, THE MAYOR'S HOUSING POLICY FRAMEWORK, THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, AND THEN THE, UM, THE VARIOUS CITY AND COUNTY C OVID 19 WORKING GROUPS, INCLUDING THE PHILANTHROPY WORK GROUP, THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT WORK GROUPS, SOCIAL SERVICES, WORK GROUPS, FOOD AND SECURITY, FOOD SECURITY AND SHELTER WORK GROUP, AND BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT WORK GROUP. 
          UM, THIS PLAN IS NOT A COMPREHENSIVE INVENTORY, BUT RATHER WHAT WE DID WAS, UM, SEEK TO FIND COMMON THEME ACROSS THIS TREMENDOUS BODY OF WORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE CITY HAS A LONG HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND THIS PLAN IS NO EXCEPTION. 
          UM, ON THIS SLIDE IS A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH WHOM WE ANTICIPATE WORKING. 
          UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR FAVORITE COMMUNITY PARTNER ON THIS LIST AND DON'T SEE THEM, DON'T WORRY. 
          UM, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL DRAFT PROPOSAL, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT ALIGNS WITH YOUR VISION BEFORE GETTING MORE DETAILED. 
          NEXT WEEK'S PRESENTATION WILL HAVE MORE SPECIFICS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ALL OF YOU WERE EMAILED THIS MATRIX YESTERDAY. 
          UM, AND BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS AND YOUR FEEDBACK YESTERDAY AND TODAY, IT HAS BEEN, UM, MODIFIED TO REFLECT YOUR GREAT INPUT. 
          SO, UM, ALSO UPLOADED WITH THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS, UM, A MORE REVISED VERSION OF THAT MATRIX. 
          SO IF YOU'RE STUDYING THE MATRIX YOU GOT YESTERDAY, I WOULD RECOMMEND YOU PULL UP THE ONE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, BECAUSE IT IS, IT, UM, IS MORE UPDATED. 
          THE, UM, THIS SLIDE PRESENTS AN ORIENTATION TO THE MATRIX, WHICH IS A SUMMARY OF OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, OUR FOUR PILLARS, AND OUR RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES. 
          THE CHECKS ON THE MATRIX INDICATE WHICH OF THE PILLARS WOULD BE POSITIVELY AFFECTED BY EACH OF THE STRATEGIES. 
          THE GOAL HERE WAS TO CREATE A PLAN WITH AS MANY CROSS-CUTTING STRATEGIES AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THE PLACING OF THE CHECK IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE AND COULD BE DEBATED. 
          UM, IT IS JUST TO GIVE US A SENSE OF, UM, ARE WE REALLY STAYING TRUE TO THIS CROSS-CUTTING NATURE OF THE PLAN? UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA POINT OUT ABOUT THE MATRIX IS THAT, UM, IF A STRATEGY IS NEW, THAT WILL 
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BE INDICATED BY AN ABSTRACT ON THE DOCUMENT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORK HERE IS A SCALING UP OR EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES, OR IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY OF BUNDLING TOGETHER EXISTING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SO THAT THEY'RE EASIER FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES TO ACCESS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO EACH OF THE PROPOSED STRATEGIES. 
          UM, SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EACH OF THE STRATEGIES, UM, AS WELL AS REMIND YOU OF THE PILLARS THAT ARE ADDRESSED BY THESE STRATEGIES AND WHO WE THINK ARE SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS. 
          AGAIN, UM, THE PARTNER LIST IS NOT COMPLETE. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING THAT OUT. 
          UM, SO IF YOU START WITH PROVIDE TEMPORARY CHILDCARE SUPPORT FOR WORKING FAMILIES, UM, THIS IS, UH, A, A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM A NUMBER OF, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY NEED GREATER ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CHILDCARE. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, WHAT THIS PARTICULAR STRATEGY ADDRESSES. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE IT CHECKS, UH, THREE OF THE FOUR PILLARS. 
          UM, SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL PARTNERS INCLUDE UNITED WAY, THE AREA FOUNDATION, AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES, AGAIN, WITH A FOCUS ON HIGH DEMAND JOBS. 
          UM, EVEN IF WE ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY BRAID THESE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TOGETHER, UM, THEY DO HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT EXPIRATION DATE. 
          SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT PROGRAMS THAT, AND EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL FOCUS ON, UM, CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS THAT CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN A SIX TO 12 MONTH PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, SOME OF THE BUNDLED ITEMS IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, STRATEGY INCLUDES FINANCIAL INTUITION SUPPORT, UM, JOB PLACEMENT SUPPORT ON THE JOB TRAINING CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE FINANCIAL INTUITION SUPPORT ALSO INCLUDES STIPENDS OR INDIVIDUALS WHILE THEY ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO, UM, LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UM, PARTNER AGAIN, THIS CHECKS THREE BOXES OF OUR FOUR PILLARS. 
          UM, PARTNERS INCLUDE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, ALAMO, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DISTRICT SA WORK, AND THEN CHAMBERS, UM, FOR SOME OF OUR WORK-BASED TRAINING. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS TO PROVIDE, UH, CASH ASSISTANCE AND PEER SUPPORT TO FAMILIES THROUGH OUR, UM, F I I EXPANSION. 
          UM, THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, UH, HAS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN. 
          YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, UM, DURING THE HOUSING PRESENTATION THAT, THAT LORI GAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          THIS WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM, UM, AND IS, UH, VERY EVIDENCE-BASED AND, UM, WELL SUPPORTED WITHIN THE PHILANTHROPY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE, UM, BIGGEST BUNDLE, SO TO SPEAK, THAT WE HAVE ON THE MATRIX, OR THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN, IS THE, UM, FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO EITHER PHYSICALLY OR VIRTUALLY TO RECEIVE, UM, HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES FOR BOTH RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS, UM, TO ACCESS THE MINOR REPAIR AND RENOVATION FUNDING, UM, TO RECEIVE DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, TO ACCESS THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL OR THE PLACE PROGRAM. 
          UM, A NEW INITIATIVE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, IS TO START A NOTICE OF TENANT'S RIGHTS PROGRAM, UM, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING THAT HOUSING RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF WHAT WAS PASSED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          UM, AGAIN, LOTS OF PARTNERS AND, AND THIS IS, I THINK, THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING THAT, UM, ONLY CHECKS ONE PILLAR. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOUSING SECURITY IS KIND OF A, A FOUNDATIONAL NEED FOR INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE WORKPLACE. 
          SO YOU COULD ARGUE THAT MAYBE THAT COULD BE CHECKED AS WELL. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE IS TO CREATE A VIRTUAL AND PLACE-BASED FINANCIAL RECOVERY AND 
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RESILIENCE HUB FOR RESIDENTS. 
          UM, AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN-PERSON ACCESS SERVICES, SUCH AS BENEFITS, ENROLLMENT, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ENROLLING IN MEDICAID, ENROLLING IN SNAP WITH OTHER, UM, SERVICES FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE, UM, HELPING THEM, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW TO, UM, PROTECT THEIR ASSETS AND EVEN BUILD THEM, UM, PROVIDE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE. 
          SO IF THEY NEED HELP, UM, ACCESSING THE INTERNET FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO, UM, SUCCEED IN SCHOOL, WE WOULD HELP THEM THERE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH F I I, UM, HELP THEM ACCESS ASSET BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO LOW COST FINANCIAL PRO PRODUCTS. 
          UM, SO THERE ARE TWO INITIATIVES LISTED UNDER THIS, UH, STRATEGY. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS THE BANK ON INITIATIVE, AND THAT IS, UH, A WAY FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE ACCESS TO BANKING SERVICES, INCLUDING, UM, AVOIDING PAYDAY LOANS AND THE OTHER HIGH INTEREST LOANS THAT THEY, UM, ARE SOMETIMES, UM, PREYED UPON TO, TO, UH, TAKE. 
          UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES A, A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND THROUGH OUR VITA PROGRAM, THE TAX REFUND ANTICIPATION LOAN. 
          SO, UM, WITH SOME OF OUR FINANCIAL PARTNERS, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE WHAT PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT TO GET FOR THEIR, UM, TAX REFUND. 
          WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT IN A LOAN FOR A FLAT LOW FEE, UM, UNLIKE SOME OTHER PLACES THAT CHARGE, UM, PRETTY HIGH INTEREST OR PRETTY HIGH FEES. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          CONTINUING ON WITH OUR PROPOSED PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES. 
          UM, SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE CREATED FOR RESIDENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A HUB FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AND FOR THAT HUB, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO VARIOUS RESOURCES, UM, THAT EXIST IN A WAY THAT'S EASIER FOR BUSINESSES, UM, TO KNOW ABOUT AND TO ACCESS. 
          YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE LISTED, LISTED THERE. 
          UM, THERE WILL BE OTHERS, UM, BUT WE FEEL LIKE THAT CHECKS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PILLARS, BECAUSE WHEN OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THRIVE, OUR COMMUNITY WILL THRIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE IS SOMEWHAT RELATED, UH, WHICH IS, UM, BOTH ALEX AND MEL CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, UM, TO DO DOOR-TO-DOOR ENGAGEMENT WITH HARD TO REACH EITHER MICRO BUSINESSES OR FAMILIES. 
          UM, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM C OVID 19 THAT I THINK WE ALREADY KIND OF KNEW, BUT THIS REALLY SOLIDIFIED, IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE CANNOT RELY ON, UM, PRESS AND DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT, UM, SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THAT WHEN WE PUT BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND WE WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE COVID 19 TESTING AND RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE, WE HAD A TREMENDOUS UPTICK IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          WE WANNA REPLICATE THAT, UM, AND ALSO USE THIS SAME, UM, PROCESS TO HELP MICRO BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCES AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE'VE LISTED, LISTED, UM, FOR THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL. 
          UM, MICRO BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT ONE IS, UH, WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PLAN, WE ARE DEFINING MICRO BUSINESSES AS BUSINESSES WITH 20 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES. 
          UM, SO THIS WOULD BE STABILIZATION AND EMPLOYEE REHIRING GRANTS, DIGITAL INCLUSION GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GRANTS, UH, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND THEN THE GREATER SAFER TOGETHER SUPPLIES OF P P P. 
          UM, SO THAT WILL BE A, A FOCUS FOR US. 
          AND AGAIN, FOR OUR MICRO BUSINESSES, A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN OWNED, UM, AND BUSINESSES OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR. 
          UM, WE FEEL LIKE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, UM, MOST AT RISK OF BEING LEFT OUT 
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OF SOME OF THESE RESOURCES. 
          SO THAT WILL BE A FOCUS FOR US. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO WE'VE REACHED SOME OF THE, UM, THE IT, UM, STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          UH, THE FIRST ONE IS TO CREATE A DIGITAL REFERRAL PLATFORM FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
          SO A NUMBER OF THESE NEW INITIATIVES, AS WELL AS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF EXISTING INITIATIVES, UM, PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          AND WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT EVERY ORGANIZATION THAT'S PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT TO A FAMILY KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THAT SAME FAMILY ARE DOING. 
          RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE ARE PROBABLY 20 DIFFERENT CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORMS OUT THERE THAT, UM, OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE USING AND, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE USING. 
          WE WANNA, UM, USE ONE SO THAT WE'RE ALL ABLE TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING IN ORDER TO AVOID DUPLICATION AND CREATE SYNERGY ACROSS THE HELP THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS TO CREATE A COSO RECOVERY PORTAL WEBSITE. 
          UM, AND THAT WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THE OPEN CITIES WEB PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, THAT WE HAVE EXPANDED, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IN ORDER TO REPORT ON C OVID 19 STATISTICS AND DATA AND TO, TO PUT UP OUR DASHBOARDS. 
          UM, THIS WOULD BE EXPANDED EVEN MORE IN ORDER TO ALLOW, UM, RESIDENTS TO ACCESS SOME OF THESE VIRTUAL HUBS TO, TO, UM, TO GET ASSISTANCE AND TO KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO FOR HELP. 
          UH, DISTANCE LEARNING. 
          SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE DISTANCE LEARNING FOR STUDENTS, UM, K THROUGH 12 AND COLLEGE STUDENTS. 
          AND, UM, THIS WOULD BUILD A COLLABORATIVE, CITYWIDE, MULTI GOVERNMENT AGENCY NETWORK, UH, BETWEEN THE CITY AND OTHERS TO EXPAND FIBER CAPABILITY AND STUDENT ACCESS IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH WOULD HELP, UH, MITIGATE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR STUDENTS K THROUGH 12 AND IN COLLEGE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE A WIDE ARRAY OF PARTNERS, UM, ON THAT PARTICULAR STRATEGY. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THE, UM, THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, VIDEO TELEPHONY. 
          AND THAT IS, UM, I DESCRIBED THAT ESSENTIALLY AS LIKE, UM, FACETIME FOR GOVERNMENT. 
          SO THAT ALLOWS US, AS WE ARE PROVIDING MORE AND MORE VIRTUAL SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS, IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE THEM IN A FACE-TO-FACE MANNER, UM, WITHOUT THE CHALLENGES OF JUST HAVING A PHONE CALL WITH PEOPLE WHEN WE'RE DISCUSSING PRETTY SENSITIVE ITEMS, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THAT BODY LANGUAGE AND THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE TALKING TO. 
          UM, SO THIS PLATFORM WOULD ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO, TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THE NEXT ONE IS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER OPTION. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN IS A GROWING CONCERN WHEN OUR SHELTERS, UM, HAD TO ACCEPT FEWER INDIVIDUALS OR, UM, STOP ACCEPTING NEW INDIVIDUALS DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING CONCERNS WITH C OVID 19. 
          UM, WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS SURGE IN THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE FOLLOWING THE C D C GUIDANCE TO NOT DISTURB THOSE ENCAMPMENTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHELTERS TO SEND THESE INDIVIDUALS TO. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO START MORE EMERGENCY SHELTERS BY USING EITHER HOTELS OR OTHER OPTIONS, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS AND INTO HOTEL ROOMS AND AVOID THE ENCAMPMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS TO EXPAND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES. 
          UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, ACCELERATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR COMPREHENSIVE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION PLAN, AS WELL AS FROM THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO, NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS THE LAST ONE. 
          UM, THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF OUR TIMELINE. 
          SO TODAY WE ARE GIVING YOU THE FIRST FEE SESSION PRESENTATION IN ORDER TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK ABOUT, UM, STRATEGIES TO INCLUDE 
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IN THE PLAN. 
          NEXT WEEK ON THURSDAY, WE WILL BRING BACK, UM, THE NEXT VERSION OF THE PLAN THAT WILL HAVE A BUDGET AND FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE STRATEGIES. 
          THAT WILL BE ANOTHER, UM, BRIEFING WITH COUNCIL INPUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          UM, WE'LL INCORPORATE ANY FEEDBACK, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL FROM THAT MEETING INTO THE FINAL PLAN THAT WE BRING YOU ON JUNE 4TH. 
          AND THAT WILL BE FOR A VOTE AFTER THE PLAN IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON JUNE 4TH. 
          WE WILL THEN WORK WITH, UM, THE APPROPRIATE COUNCIL COMMITTEE, UM, ON THE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES, OVERSIGHT OF, UM, THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES. 
          SO THAT IS, UM, THE END OF THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK, UM, ALEX AND HER TEAM, MELODY AND HER TEAM BRIAN AND HIS TEAM BERO AND HER TEAM, AND CRAIG AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE THIS WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT TO PULL ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. 
          SO WITH THAT, I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTION. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          AND, AND, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START. 
          WE'RE WE'RE GONNA GO IN, UH, REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME. 
          SO LET'S START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UM, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND JUST, UM, START VERY QUICKLY AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK ERIC, UH, AND THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          UH, I THINK THIS PRETTY WELL CAPTURES THE, THE, THE MAJOR AREAS OF EMPHASIS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ARTICULATING FOR THE LAST, UH, COUPLE OF MONTHS, REALLY THROUGH THE WORKING GROUPS AND THROUGH OUR DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS AT, AT THE A SESSION, UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE SETTING UP HUBS, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SERVICES, UM, I TAKE IT, THOSE ARE REALLY TO FACILITATE THE BULK OF THE INVESTMENT, WHICH IS TO BE IN WORKFORCE AND SMALL BUSINESS AND HOUSING, ET CETERA. 
          THOSE ARE REALLY TO ACCESS FUNDS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS. 
          TO PROVIDE A ONE-STOP SHOP FOR THOSE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NEED. 
          RIGHT NOW, IT SOMETIMES CAN FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GO 10 DIFFERENT PLACES TO GET 10 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. 
          WE WANNA HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YEAH, AND I THINK I, I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ALL SAID THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WANNA BE CAREFUL NOT TO SPREAD THE PEANUT BUTTER TOO THIN IN ORDER NOT TO, UH, REDUCE THE IMPACT IN ANY ONE OF THESE AREAS. 
          BUT IF WE VIEW, UH, THOSE HUBS AS AN ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF GETTING THOSE DOLLARS OUT AND THOSE RESOURCES OUT, I THINK IT, IT PUTS THE RIGHT, PUTS 'EM IN THE RIGHT CONTEXT. 
          UM, I WAS CURIOUS ON THE, UM, WHERE, WHERE IT MEN MENTIONS WHICH FOUR, WHICH OF THE FOUR AREAS A PARTICULAR PROGRAM HITS DIGITAL DIVIDE ISN'T A LOT MORE PLACES THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. 
          I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE MISSION, UH, OF, OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE PRIORITY, IT'S REALLY TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE BROADBAND INTERNET, THAT THE MISSION OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IS TO PROVIDE THEM THAT ACCESS. 
          IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE PROGRAMMING COMPONENT OF IT OR THE ABILITY TO ACCESS CERTAIN RESOURCES. 
          IT'S REALLY JUST TO GET ONLINE SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH THAT, UH, CHANNEL. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT PEOPLE KIND OF SCRATCH THEIR HEAD ABOUT IS WHERE, UM, ON THE MATRIX, THE THIRD ITEM, WHICH IS THE PROVIDE DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE THROUGH F I I AND I, WE'VE GOT DIGITAL DIVIDE CHECKS THERE. 
          WHAT WE FIND IS THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES INVEST THAT CASH ASSISTANCE INTO PAYING FOR, UM, ACCESS TO THE INTERNET SO THAT THEIR KIDS CAN HAVE ACCESS FOR THEIR SCHOOLWORK. 
          SO IT, IT, A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE, ARE ONE-OFF RELATED? YEAH. 
          WELL, UH, I, I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT. 
          I JUST, UH, I THINK THE PRESENTATION REFLECTS THE MAJOR PRIORITIES. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR HOPE IS THAT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, RETURNING TO FULL ACTIVITIES IN OUR ECONOMY, THAT IT, IT'S BETTER AND MORE RESILIENT THAN BEFORE. 
          AND I, I LIKE THE, UM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE VIEWING THIS AS A RESILIENT STRATEGY, RESILIENT STRATEGY. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE. 
          IF WE'RE DOING IT EFFECTIVELY, WE'RE NOT SHOOTING FOR A NORMAL, THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL 60,000 FAMILIES IN OUR FOOD BANK LINES, UH, AS THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO, TO RAMP UP. 
          UH, BUT THAT WE ARE, WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT. 
          UM, AND ALSO, YOU 
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KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A, A LONG HISTORY, UH, NOT ONLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN, IN TERMS OF INVESTING AFTER A CRISIS, UH, SO THAT WE BECOME BETTER, UH, BETTER VERSIONS OF OURSELVES. 
          SO, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING WITH THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO, UH, BE PART OF THE POST C OVID 19 ERA, IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK THE SAME. 
          SO IDENTIFYING WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE, WHAT THOSE CERTIFICATES AND, AND, UH, TRAINING CAPACITIES NEED TO BE WITH THE PARTNER, UH, OR PARTNERS THAT WE SELECT, UH, TO CONDUCT THE WORKFORCE TRAINING, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK THAT SHOULD BE PROBABLY OUR, OUR, UH, LARGEST BUCKET. 
          MOST CERTAINLY. 
          UM, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WITHIN HOUSING ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE OUR PROMISE IS, AGAIN, THAT NOBODY THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY C OVID 19 WILL LOSE THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF IT. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA REQUIRE MORE RESOURCES IN THAT, IN THAT FUND, UH, AND THE ABILITY TO, TO ADMINISTER THOSE FUNDS. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE BECOMES ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL. 
          I THINK WE SHOULD BE SHOOTING NOT JUST FOR TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY RELIEF OF, UH, RESIDENCES AND FAMILIES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS, BUT A PERMANENT SOLUTION, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          AND WE KNOW THE ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE TO LEVERAGE, UH, WHETHER IT'S THE C P S DARK FIBER, UH, OR IT'S THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PRETTY INNOVATIVE POLICIES AND LICENSING FRAMEWORKS ALREADY SET UP THROUGH OUR CITY THAT CAN LEVERAGE PRIVATE PROVIDERS. 
          UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A, A PERMANENT SOLUTION. 
          AND THEN, OF COURSE, GETTING AS MUCH, UM, UH, GETTING AS MUCH OF THE, UH, RESOURCES TO START, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES BACK UP SAFELY AGAIN AS POSSIBLE. 
          UH, I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE AN EMPHASIS. 
          AND I KNOW THE COURT HAS TALKED ABOUT A GRANT PROGRAM. 
          DO YOU, UH, ARE, ARE YOU ENVISIONING THESE DOLLARS TO BE USED AS GRANTS OR LOANS OR BOTH? YES, BOTH. 
          MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I CAN JUMP IN ON THAT, MAYOR, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          UM, THE, THE IDEA WOULD, WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD, UH, FOCUS ON MICRO BUSINESSES AS COLLEEN INDICATED, AND WE WOULD PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE LIP FUND. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE SET UP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          UH, THERE IS, UH, THERE ARE SOME, UH, STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE CORONAVIRUS LEAP FUND, WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK, THAT REQUIRE THAT THINGS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, FUNDS GET EXPENDED THROUGH BY, BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO ANY LOANS THAT WE WOULD DO WOULD BE LIKELY RECOMMENDING THAT WE BUY DOWN INTEREST RATES AS THE, AS THE GRANT, AND MAYBE PROVIDE SOME INITIAL FUNDING SO THAT THEY CAN GET ACCESS TO LARGER SUMS OF MONEY TO A LOAN. 
          UH, BUT IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF CALLING INSTEAD OF GRANTS AND LOANS. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AS, AS MUCH OF THIS AS WE CAN LEVERAGE AS POSSIBLE, I, I, I THINK IS, IS GOOD. 
          AND, AND TYING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, THE WORKFORCE TRAINING, UH, OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY C OVID 19 INTO POTENTIALLY INFUSING, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES WITH, UH, RELIEF IN THE FORM OF ACTUAL WORKERS, UH, WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK OUR, OUR MISSION IS PRETTY CLEAR. 
          WE, WE KNOW THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO INVEST IN. 
          I APPRECIATE THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PROGRAMMING ELEMENTS, AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THESE FUNDS DEPLOYED IN A WAY THAT THAT BUILDS OUR CITY STRONGER, UH, AS WE BEGIN TO RECOVER. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I'M SORRY, ERIC, YOU WANNA JUMP IN? UH, MAYOR, JUST, I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE WORK, AND YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT DI THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND THE DIGITAL ISSUE SHOWS UP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          BUT, BUT, BUT I WANTED TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THAT, TO YOUR POINT, THAT, THAT THE ONE THING THAT'S A PRIORITY FOR US, UH, ON THE STAFF SIDE AND CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY INITIATED IS, IS HOW TO IMPROVE DISTANCE LEARNING FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE, UH, PORTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE KIDS HAVE HAD A HARD TIME STAYING CONNECTED TO SCHOOL. 
          AND, UM, AND THEN WE ARE, UH, WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, IN PARTICULAR, S A I S D AND EDGEWOOD TO BE ABLE TO, TO EFFECTUATE, UH, SOME SORT OF PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND HOPING THAT, THAT WE CAN RESOLVE THAT. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE CERTAINLY CAPABLE PARTNERS THAT, UH, HAVE A NEED. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS IN THE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE, WHERE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
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THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER ON THAT. 
          UM, AND WE HAD THE CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT, UM, WE'VE GOT SEVERAL AREAS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES, AND I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ABOUT, UM, KIND OF TO WHAT THE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED ABOUT PEANUT BUTTER SPREADING THIS, THIS FUNDING ACROSS ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          MY CONCERN IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE'RE SETTING UP PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES FOR THAT'S GONNA CHEW UP A LOT OF THIS, A LOT OF THIS AVAILABLE MONEY INSTEAD OF GETTING THE MONEY OUT TO THE BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED IT THE MOST. 
          AND, AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE BUILT PROGRAMS AND IT, AND, AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE THAT CHOOSE UP THE MAJORITY OF THIS MONEY. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I, I SAW THAT WE HAVE BUSINESSES LIFT LISTED IN THERE, AND THE MICRO BUSINESSES, THAT'S FINE, 20 AND BELOW. 
          UM, TO ME, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE AND PUT THE MAJORITY OF THESE RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE GONE UNDER BANKRUPT, YOU KNOW, STOPPING, STOPPING THEIR BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY, THEY COULDN'T OPERATE BECAUSE NO PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO COME OUT THERE. 
          BUT NOW, AS THE GOVERNOR IS OPENING UP OUR ECONOMY, PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO GET BACK, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT INTO THOSE BUSINESSES. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA CONCENTRATE THE MONEY AND GETTING IT OUT TO THE FIELD, TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE BUSINESSES THAT NEED IT. 
          YOU KNOW, LOOK, THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO RETRAIN. 
          THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OUT INTO A DIFFERENT FIELD. 
          THEY WANT THEIR JOBS BACK WHERE THEY USED TO WORK. 
          AND I, I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THAT FACT THAT WE PUT, AGAIN, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY GONNA GRAVITATE TO BECAUSE THEY JUST WANT TO GET BACK TO THEIR JOBS. 
          AND UNLESS WE'RE GONNA REALLY GET OUT THERE AND PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES TO THIS, I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT, OUR, OUR ECONOMY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS BUILT ON THE BACKS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THEY ARE OUR BACKBONE. 
          AND THAT'S, TO ME, WHERE OUR, OUR CONCENTRATION SHOULD BE AT, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE RESOURCES GOING TO. 
          BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET THESE BUSINESSES BACK IN UP AND RUNNING, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY PROGRAMS YOU HAVE OUT THERE, OR, UH, RETRAINING PROGRAMS OUT THERE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO, TO ME, THAT'S A SUNK COST THAT IF THOSE BUSINESSES DON'T GET UP AND RUNNING AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL NOT GONNA GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, EARNING A PAYCHECK AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY. 
          HERE, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS AS I, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THE MATRIX, BUT I SEE A LOT OF PROGRAMS IN THERE THAT I HOPE ISN'T GONNA TAKE AWAY FROM WHERE THE MONEY REALLY SHOULD BE GOING TO. 
          AND THAT'S TO THE BUSINESS SECTOR. 
          AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE HELP THAT, UH, DON'T HAVE THEIR JOBS, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE BUSINESS SECTOR BACK UP AND RUNNING, THOSE PEOPLE WILL GET JOBS AGAIN, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR RENT PAYMENTS, THEIR, THEIR HOUSE PAYMENTS, THEIR FOOD, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, ALL OF THAT. 
          SO I, I, I JUST, I, I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CAREFULLY THIS NEXT WEEK AS TO WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESOURCES TO NOW, ALL THESE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE GREAT, BUT THE NEED RIGHT NOW IS TO FOCUS ON OUR BUSINESSES AND GET THIS ECONOMY GOING. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S MY HIGH LEVEL COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER PERRY, ERIC, YOU HAD YOUR, YOU WANNA RESPOND? YEAH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. 
          THOSE ARE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          AND I, I THINK YOU, YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD BECAUSE, UH, ALTHOUGH YOU DIDN'T MENTION IT, OUR, OUR 2021 BUDGET IS GONNA BE DIFFICULT, OUR OWN BUDGET. 
          AND SO, UH, AS THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE THIS, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING OVERHEAD AND, AND, AND CREATE AN ADDITIONAL EXPENSE FOR US. 
          AND SO, PART, PART OF THE THINKING, AND, AND IT'LL, IT'LL FULLY DEVELOP 
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OUT AS WE GET GUIDANCE FROM, FROM YOU GUYS TODAY, IS, UH, WE MAY HAVE TO REDEPLOY, UH, SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ORGANIZATION TO HELP FACILITATE THIS. 
          UM, AND, AND THAT'S PART OF, I THINK WHAT THE, WHAT THE MAYOR DESCRIBED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE CONVERSATION, WHICH IS THE RESILIENCY PART OF THIS RECOVERY PORTION. 
          THAT MEANS, THAT MAY MEAN THAT WE'VE GOT A, THAT, THAT I MAY MOVE FOLKS TO FOCUS ON THIS EFFORT BECAUSE IT'S FRANKLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE'VE GOT ON OUR PLATE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND LIKE YOU, UM, AND, AND PROBABLY THE REST OF YOUR COLLEAGUES, I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THE MONEY WHERE IT'S MOST NEEDED AND NOT NECESSARILY CREATING AN OVERHEAD EXPENSE. 
          THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT, THAT I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENVISIONED WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY PUSHED THIS MONEY DOWN. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I TOTALLY AGREE, ERIC. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ALRIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THANKS TO ERIC FOR HOW HE JUST EXPLAINED, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO PROVIDE GREAT OVERHEAD. 
          WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS, UH, IN DIFFERENT WAYS OF SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT I WANT TO CONCUR WITH, UH, MY FRIEND, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY, THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT PROVIDING MORE SUPPORT, NOT JUST FROM MICRO BUSINESSES UNDER, UH, 20 PEOPLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES UP TO 50, POSSIBLY EVEN A HUNDRED, SO THAT WE, WE CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HELPING THOSE BUSINESSES GET GOING. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, UH, GO INTO THAT. 
          BUT ALSO, UH, IN LOOKING AT, UH, THE RESILIENCY PLAN, THE DRAFT MATRIX, I WANT TO JUST PUT A COUPLE OF CHECKS IN THERE. 
          UH, ONE IS PROVIDING WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORT. 
          WE'VE GOT CHECKS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND HOUSING. 
          BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO INTO ALL OF THE CLASSROOMS OR ALL OF THE ONSITE TRAINING PROGRAMS. A LOT OF THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE CONDUCTED DIGITALLY, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETRAINING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANNA PUT ANOTHER CHECK IN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROVIDING WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORT, I THINK THE SUPPORT PARTICULARLY IS ONE AREA WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET ONLINE, UH, USE THE DIGITAL INTERNET TO CONNECT WITH THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING, UH, MOVE THEM FORWARD IN THE PROCESS, UH, IN THE CREATE A FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING, FAMILY RESOURCE. 
          I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT ALSO AS A SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO THAT IS MAKE SURE THE RENT GETS PAID TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR THE MORTGAGE GETS PAID. 
          AND SO THAT MEANS A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO OWN PROPERTIES, WHO ARE RENTER, UH, WHO ARE, UH, LANDLORDS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO TO ENHANCE HOUSING, ALLOW PEOPLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES, ALSO ENABLES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEMSELVES AFLOAT AS SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF THROW THOSE CHECK MARKS IN THERE. 
          ONE MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CREATING A, A DIGITAL REFERRAL PROGRAM, UH, FOR JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE DOES NOT KEEP PEOPLE FROM BEING ABLE TO GET THAT, UH, SUPPORT. 
          SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOSE WHEN I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE MATRIX. 
          BUT I ALSO WANNA MENTION, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING, UM, MISSING. 
          AND AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE, UH, RE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLANNING MATRIX, THE FIRST GUIDING PRINCIPLE IS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          AND I SAW VERY FEW THINGS IN HERE THAT REALLY RELATED DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT EMERGENCY HOMELESS SHELTER, WE TALKED ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CERTAINLY THOSE ARE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES, BUT WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIGHT BACK FROM THESE KINDS OF, UH, UH, VIRUSES AND, AND HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT DEVELOPED? WE DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT JUST GETTING OUT AND HAVING, UH, THE ABILITY TO DO EXERCISE OR WORKOUT. 
          UH, WE DIDN'T MENTION FOOD INSECURITY, WHICH IS A BIG PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND A BIG PROBLEM IN THE CITY. 
          AND WE'VE SEEN THAT. 
          WE DIDN'T MENTION HEALTHCARE IN GENERAL. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT A VIRUS, THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE GOOD HEALTH. 
          IF THEY'VE GOT UNDERLYING CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT POOR HEALTH, THEN THESE ARE GONNA BE RECURRING PROBLEMS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND 
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I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE. 
          SO I HOPE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, BE MORE RESILIENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          I MEAN, WE COULD DO THINGS LIKE WORKING MORE WITH YMCAS, BOYS CLUBS, GIRLS CLUBS, YWCAS, TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND EXERCISE. 
          WE CAN PUT WORKOUT CENTERS IN OUR PARKS AND OUR, OUR CITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 
          OPEN THEM UP, MAKE THEM FREE, UH, FOR USE BY A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESSNESS, I'M GLAD WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT. 
          I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CITY INVESTING IN SOME KIND OF MORE PERMANENT SHELTER. 
          WE NEED TO HELP EXPAND THE FACILITIES AND SERVICES BEHAVING FOR HOPE. 
          I THINK THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPTY HOTELS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, SOME THAT MAY HAVE, UH, 50 OR A HUNDRED UNITS THAT MAY NOT REOPEN OR MAY REALLY STRUGGLE, IMMEDIATE REOPEN MAY BE IN A POSITION TO ALLOW US TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR A YEAR OR TWO TO HELP PROVIDE BETTER LONG-TERM HOMELESS SHELTERS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE STREET. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE LOOKING AT. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UH, I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT AND A LITTLE BIT MORE PLANNING ON THIS. 
          CONCEPTUALLY, I LIKE A LOT OF WHAT'S IN THERE. 
          UM, BUT I AGREE, PUTTING THE DOLLARS INTO PROGRAMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY GONNA BENEFIT, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING AND WANT TO MAINTAIN THEIR HOMES, PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT WORKING, WHO WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK, BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO CREATE THOSE JOBS FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK AND ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH ONE ANOTHER, STUDENTS WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AND PEOPLE WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND WITH THE, WITH ONE ANOTHER. 
          AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE THE CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO HOMELESS, I'D LIKE TO SEE US INVEST $25 MILLION IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN, UH, OR NOT HOMELESS, BUT IN HOUSING SECURITY TO HELP WHAT I BELIEVE ARE GONNA BE 10,000 OR MORE FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING AND ASKING FOR HELP WHEN THE EVICTIONS START COMING UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          UH, AND I HOPE THAT WE DEDICATE SIGNIFICANT FUNDS TO ALL FOUR OF THESE AREAS, BUT THAT WE DON'T COMMIT ALL OF THE MONEY RIGHT NOW, THAT WE HOLD SOME BACK SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHICH AREAS ARE GONNA DEVELOP ADDITIONAL GREATER NEEDS. 
          SO WE HAVE FUNDING TO HELP, UH, FILL SOME OF THOSE GAPS THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING RIGHT NOW. 
          SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, ERIC AND, AND COLLEEN, THIS IS, THIS IS EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          I THINK YOU, YOU NAILED IT. 
          UM, AND I, I, I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE, THE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT'S MISSING FROM THERE, AND THIS OCCURS TO ME AS I'M, AS I'M JUST SITTING HERE THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, IS PROJECT QUEST. 
          I THINK THAT THEY'RE ESSENTIAL TO ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ANTONIO, AND, UM, THEY'VE, THEY'RE TESTED AND PROVEN, UH, QUANTITY. 
          AND SO I, I, I WOULD, UH, URGE US TO CONSIDER ADDING THEM. 
          UH, AND I, I, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY OTHER COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THEY, THEY WOULD OBJECT TO THAT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS I'M LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF THE CATEGORIES IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE PROPOSED PROGRAMS, AND THERE IS A DIGITAL, UH, ELEMENT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, RIGHT? BEING ABLE TO ACCESS, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDCARE, BEING ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, START CHASING DOWN HIGH DEMAND JOBS, BEING ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? CONNECT RESIDENTS TO LOW COST FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT HOUSING AND HEALTH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. 
          AND SO, UM, IF THIS PANDEMIC HAS DONE ANYTHING AS IT'S PULLED BACK, UM, THE, UH, MULTIPLE BAND-AIDS THAT WE'VE PUT ON A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS TO REVEAL THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A DIGITAL ILLITERACY PROGRAM HERE IN, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, UH, COMPOUNDED BY JUST THE INACCESSIBILITY OF, OF, UH, THE INTERNET TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE PROGRAMS. IT'S, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE THESE DAYS TO ACCESS ANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, ACCESS TO THE INTERNET. 
          AND SO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, URGE Y'ALL TO, TO THINK ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION, UH, AND ADDING THEM TO THIS LIST, UH, OATS SENIOR PLANET, WHICH HAS BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH OUR SENIOR CENTERS, UM, THROUGHOUT ALL THE DISTRICTS IN, YOU KNOW, TRAINING SENIORS ON HOW TO, YOU KNOW, USE THESE VERY, VERY POWERFUL MACHINES IN THEIR POCKETS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY 
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OUT THERE. 
          AND, UM, THEY DO EXCELLENT WORK. 
          AND REMEMBER, IT'S OUR SENIORS ALSO WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE, UH, DURING THESE PANDEMICS. 
          AND SO, I, I, THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY TWO COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. 
          THE, THE, THE OTHER THING IS, I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION WITH, UH, HARVEY  THIS MORNING IN FRONT OF THE NONPROFIT COUNCIL, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE NEW NORMAL, UM, IS. 
          AND THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMY, UH, IS THAT THE JOBS, UH, THAT WERE, UM, YOU KNOW, PRE PANDEMIC JOBS AND THE WAY OF DOING THINGS IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE THE POST PANDEMIC JOBS AND WAY OF DOING THINGS. 
          AND, UM, IT'S A, UM, IT'S, IT'S A BIT POLLYANNA TO EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW EVERYTHING'S JUST GONNA GO BACK TO NORMAL. 
          AND AMERICA 2.0, AS MARK CUBAN POINTS OUT, IS GOING TO, UH, LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT THAN, THAN WHAT IT DID BEFORE MARCH. 
          AND SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING BY WEBEX. 
          UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEREAS WE WOULD'VE DONE THIS MEETING, UM, YOU KNOW, IN PERSON AND NOBODY WOULD'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. 
          UH, EVERY MAJOR BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES HAS SENT THEIR EMPLOYEES HOME. 
          YOU KNOW, OFFICE WORKERS HAVE SENT THEIR EMPLOYEES HOME, AND TO SOME EXTENT, THEY'RE RELYING ON THIS TECHNOLOGY, ZOOM AND WEBEX AND TEAMS, ET CETERA, TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK. 
          AND, UM, YOU KNOW, BANKS, BIG, HUGE ORGANIZATIONS WITH THOUSANDS OF EMPLOYEES, LIKE JP MORGAN SENT EVERYBODY HOME. 
          JP MORGAN, UH, GOLDMAN SACHS SENT EVERYBODY HOME, AND THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO MAKE A MOUNTAIN OF MONEY. 
          AND AFTER THIS PANDEMIC IS OVER, THEY'RE GONNA KEEP PEOPLE AT HOME. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE THE C E O, WHY PAY FOR AN OCEAN OF CUBICLES AND REAL ESTATE, UH, WHEN YOU CAN PASS THAT COST ONTO YOUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH MEANS THAT YOUR EMPLOYEES HAD BETTER BE PROFICIENT IN THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY AND HAVE BETTER BEEN ABLE, YOU KNOW, BETTER BE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY TO KEEP JP MORGAN MAIN. 
          AND THAT EXTENDS TO VERY SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE. 
          UM, AND I'M GONNA EXPECT THE PEOPLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF WORK FROM HOME. 
          AND I'LL PROBABLY DELAY EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR OFFICE AND GETTING MORE OFFICE SPACE, BECAUSE WHY WOULD I NEED TO, UH, BRING PEOPLE IN WHEN THE QUALITY OF THE WORK CAN BE THE SAME DONE FROM HOME VERSUS, YOU KNOW, UH, IN AN OFFICE THAT I HAVE TO AIR CONDITION. 
          SO, UM, I THINK THE, THE, I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A BIG PUNCH TO THE GUT IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET THAT'S GONNA SEND A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE ECONOMY. 
          UM, AND IF WE'RE NOT PREPARING FOLKS FOR THAT REALITY, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A SPECULATION, IT'S A REALITY, AND IT'S COMING, UH, THEN WE'RE MAL PRACTICING. 
          NOW, WHAT WE DON'T DO IN GOVERNMENT IS WE DON'T JUST GO AROUND AND START SAYING, THESE ARE THE PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS THAT WE WILL CREATE, AND HERE'S SOME MONEY TO DO IT. 
          UH, WHAT WE DO IS, AND WHAT WE DO WELL IS PREPARE PEOPLE FOR THOSE JOBS IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS WHY I LIKE TO SEE US, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN THIS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          NOW, WHAT WHAT WORRIES ME, ERIC, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, IS THAT I SEE THE WORDS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SO OFTEN IN THIS PRESENTATION, THAT NOW I'M STARTING TO WONDER WHAT DOES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MEAN? BECAUSE IF IT MEANS EVERYTHING, THEN IT MEANS NOTHING, RIGHT? AND I, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF DISCIPLINE AS FAR AS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT WE CAN DEFINE IT SO THAT WE CAN THEN MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL, RIGHT? AND, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS AN ARGUMENT TO BE MADE THAT WE'VE BEEN FUNDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR DECADES. 
          AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WELL THEN BY WHAT METRIC DO WE MEASURE OUR SUCCESS? RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY METRIC THAT I'M USING IS HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO POVERTY, RIGHT? AND DIGITAL LITERACY AND ECONOMIC SEGREGATION, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE'RE FAILING. 
          UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID IT IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RECENTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE THROWING MONEY DOWN A, A DEEP, DARK HOLE, AND WE'RE PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG. 
          AND SO I THOUGHT WHAT I WOULD URGE US TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHALLENGING, UM, ERIC AND STAFF AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO BE INNOVATIVE WITH THIS MONEY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT IS AS IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE AND THAT TO COME WITH NEW IDEAS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA START SOLVING OLD PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME SOLUTIONS WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO SOLVE THEM, WE MIGHT BE DISAPPOINTED WITH A RESULT AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          AND SO, ERIC, MY HOPE IS, IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL ACCEPT THIS INVITATION TO PUSH DOWN THROUGH ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS, YOU KNOW, BOLD, BRAVE IDEAS, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY GONNA BE THAT CREATIVITY AND THAT BOLDNESS THAT'S GONNA GET US OUT OF THIS TROUBLE. 
          UM, MAYOR, I SEE THE REST OF MY 40 SECONDS TO THE NEXT THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          AND IF YOU'VE HEARD THE MAYOR AT PUBLIC COMMENT, HE'LL SAY, YOU MUST TAKE, UH, YOUR TIME OR SEED ALL OF IT. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE INTENT OF, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR THE MATRIX. 
          I DO HAVE TO SAY, I THINK EVERY SINGLE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE PUT FORWARD IS, IS EXCITING, IS WONDERFUL. 
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I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM HAPPEN. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THAT. 
          I, UH, FOR THAT I CHILDCARE IN PARTICULAR, UH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE, UH, THE DIRECT OUTREACH, UH, ALSO VERY IMPORTANT, SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD IN OUR, IN OUR WORKING GROUP, UH, FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR FOR WHAT THEY CALLED MAIN STREET BUSINESSES. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS. 
          I, EACH IDEA IS EXCELLENT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS. 
          UM, I REALIZE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, SO I'M, BUT I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEMS SEEING HOW, HOW WE WOULD ACCOMPLISH ALL OF IT, AND HOW WE COULD MAKE REAL, REAL CHANGE WITH SO MANY IDEAS HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME. 
          SO WHAT I'D, WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, WHEN WE COME BACK NEXT WEEK IS, UH, MAYBE A HANDFUL OF INDICATORS WHERE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE, WE KNOW THAT WE SUCCEEDED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, X, Y, AND Z UH, COME IN AT A, AT A DIFFERENT NUMBER, WHETHER IT'S, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK WE CAN CHANGE ECONOMIC SEGREGATION THAT FAST OR POVERTY THAT FAST, BUT I DO WANNA KNOW WHAT OUR METRICS FOR SUCCESS WILL BE, UH, WITH THIS. 
          SO I'D, I'D, UH, ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND IF WE, WHETHER THEY'RE METRICS OR WHETHER THEY'RE KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE ACHIEVED, UH, I'D REALLY LIKE TO GET A MORE, UH, A MORE TANGIBLE IDEA OF WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN THOSE ARE, ARE ACHIEVED. 
          UM, ONE OF THE EARLY SLIDES TALK, UH, TALKS ABOUT, UH, HOW THIS WAS DEVELOPED. 
          UM, IT SEEMS VERY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          YOU PULLED FROM A LOT OF AREAS. 
          UH, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DIDN'T SEE THERE THAT, THAT DID GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE. 
          AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE EQUITY INDICATOR REPORT. 
          I DID NOT SEE THE HEALTH TRANSITION TEAM'S PLAN ON THERE, OR THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, UH, THERE EITHER. 
          UM, SO I, UM, I'D WANT TO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN, I KNOW I'M TELLING YOU TO TAKE THINGS OFF AND NOW I'M TELLING YOU TO PUT THINGS ON. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WHAT WE WANNA LOOK FOR IS, IS SYNERGIES. 
          UH, IN THAT IN PARTICULAR, I AM CONCERNED, UH, ABOUT SOME OF THE HEALTH ISSUES. 
          UH, THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REPORT ABOUT, UM, HEALTH EQUITY AND HOW WE CAN, AND BEGINNING TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THAT IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO SET ASIDE A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PLAN AROUND THAT, UH, AND SUPPORT THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE. 
          UM, THE, THE OTHER THING THAT I, THAT I THINK COULD, UH, HELP US WITH HEALTH IS, UH, AND AVOIDING A SECONDARY OR TERTIARY SPIKE OF CASES IN THE FUTURE, IS HAVING A GROUP OR A, A GRANT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO RETAIL BUSINESSES AND OTHER EMPLOYMENT CENTERS REGARDING, UH, BEST PRACTICES, UH, DURING, UH, THIS POST PANDEMIC OR, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC PERIOD AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU'VE SPENT PROBABLY A, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STAFF TIME. 
          WE HAD A CONVERSATION WHEN WE WERE, WHEN THE E T T, UH, REPORT WAS BEING DEVELOPED AND THE H C T REPORT WAS BEING DEVELOPED. 
          HOW WOULD THIS ALL BE IMPLEMENTED? WHO WOULD SUPERVISE, WHO WOULD REPORT? WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD ENFORCE? UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T SEE HERE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE HAVEN'T PLANNED FOR IT. 
          UM, I THINK IT REALLY BE BEHOOVES US TO, TO INCLUDE THAT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE SPIKES LATER. 
          AND, UH, IT WILL HELP WITH CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AND IT WILL HELP WITH EMPLOYEE CONFIDENCE AS WELL. 
          I BELIEVE. 
          THE OTHER HEALTH RELATED AND SAFETY RELATED ISSUE I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE IS, UH, IN THE SMALL BUSINESS AREA THAT YOU'VE PROPOSED, UH, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH LYFT FUND OR, OR OTHERS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT AUGMENTED SO THAT SMALL BUSINESSES CAN PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF PAID TIME OFF, WHETHER IT'S AT A HUNDRED PERCENT OR 80% OR SOMETHING, BUT SOME LEVEL OF PAID TIME OFF TO EMPLOYEES WHO GO BACK TO WORK. 
          BUT THEN THEY ARE CONCERNED BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE SYMPTOMS AND, UH, THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO STAY HOME. 
          UM, THERE, THAT IS GOING TO BE, OF COURSE, A, A FURTHER FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THEM. 
          UM, SO I BELIEVE WE SHOULD, UH, CONSIDER, UH, PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR WORKPLACES STAY, UH, SAFE AND HEALTHY. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, I, I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FOOD BANK DOES THAT TO SOME EXTENT ALREADY. 
          UM, SO, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING IS DIFFERENT OR THE SAME, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO, UH, TO BUILD ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          UM, SAME FOR, UH, THE HOUSING, THE ONE-STOP SHOP. 
          UM, THERE'S A FAIR 
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HOUSING COUNCIL HERE IN MY BUILDING IS ACTUALLY JUST UPSTAIRS. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, TEXAS RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, WHO'S PUTTING TOGETHER THESE, UM, UH, BASICALLY PRO BONO SERVICES FOR RIGHT TO COUNSEL RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I THINK IT, THEY WOULD BE A, A GREAT PARTNER FOR THIS. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROGRAM AT, AT ST. 
          MARY'S. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, I'LL SAY, UM, I AM CURIOUS ABOUT OUR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE. 
          WE KNOW THAT, UH, MOST OF THIS NEEDS TO BE, UH, OR ALL OF IT NEEDS TO BE EXPENDED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          SO, UM, YOU DIDN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THIS YET. 
          I IMAGINE THIS WILL COME UP IN THE FUTURE, BUT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GIVING AWARDING GRANTS OR, UH, PAYING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO DO THIS WORK? OR, UH, WILL IT COME OUT OF THE CITY? I, I SUPPORT THE FORMER. 
          I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HELP SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS WHO HAVE MAYBE SEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, LESS REVENUE COME IN IF WE'RE ABLE TO, TO SUPPORT THEM AND ALSO SUPPORT THESE GOALS, UH, TOGETHER. 
          SO I WOULD, UM, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT APPROACH. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I, I WILL, UH, AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN ELIAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVEN COUNCILMAN PERRY, THAT THE DIGITAL, UH, PROPOSALS IN HERE, VERY EXCITING, VERY NECESSARILY, DEFINITELY WANNA SEE US THERE IN A FEW YEARS. 
          I AM STILL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE INTERNET, UM, AND HOW DO WE DO THAT WHEN WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE, CLOSE TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, BUT DIGITAL LITERACY IS, IS GOING TO BE HUGE, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO THE EQUIPMENT. 
          UM, JUST BECAUSE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS WIRED DOESN'T MEAN I HAVE A COMPUTER, RIGHT? AND IT DOESN'T MEAN I KNOW HOW TO USE IT. 
          I MEAN, I CAN BARELY WORK MY MODEM. 
          AND, UM, SO I, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IT MIGHT BE FOR OTHER FAMILIES. 
          SO I THINK LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SORT OF LIKE THE FIRST MILESTONE BEFORE WE GET A LITTLE BIT, UM, BEYOND AND, AND TOO FANCY WITH THE OTHER STUFF, WHICH ARE ALL VERY EXCITING AND VERY WORTHY PROJECTS THAT WELL, UM, SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE, THE NEXT ITERATION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          ERIC, YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE AGAIN. 
          UH, YES, SIR. 
          UH, JUST TO KIND OF ADDRESS PART OF WHAT COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS, WAS SAYING, AND, UM, COUNCILMAN, I, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING, UM, WHEN WE STARTED, UH, YOU WEREN'T ON YET FOR MY OPENING REMARKS. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THE GUIDELINES OF THESE, THESE, THESE, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO KIND OF SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR BOTH THE FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, MONEY THAT WE HAVE, UH, HAVE, UH, HAS BEEN ALLOCATED BUT NOT RECEIVED BY THE CITY. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE MATRIX THAT SALLY SENDS OUT ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE IN WASHINGTON DC AND NOT HERE YET. 
          UM, AND POTENTIALLY EVEN OUR OWN BUDGET CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO INTO 2021. 
          SO IT'S NOT, UM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REORIENT YOU A LITTLE BIT. 
          THE LIST YOU SAW ON, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION WASN'T NECESSARILY JUST THE C R F FUND. 
          THE C R F FUND IS A BIG PART OF IT. 
          UM, AND THAT'S THE DETAILED PART THAT WE'LL LAY OUT, BUT I THINK THIS WILL BE CONTINUED TO, TO BE A POTENTIAL LIVING DOCUMENT AND A GUIDE AND ROADMAP FOR US, UM, TO, TO, WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET $8 MILLION IN C D B G MONEY, UM, ON A MONDAY, WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE AND BE ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS MONEY. 
          IT'S, IT'S, HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE ROADMAP. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ADD THAT PERSPECTIVE, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KA, HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR COLLABORATION. 
          I KNOW THIS, UH, THINGS LIKE THIS ARE NOT PUT TOGETHER, UM, EASILY, SO I, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO FLUSHING THIS OUT AND EXECUTING THE MATRIX AS WELL AS DISCUSSING SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATIONS SOON AS WELL. 
          UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. 
          CAN YOU DEVELOP, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP A CORONAVIRUS FINANCIAL DASHBOARD SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDING THE CITIES RECEIVE FUNDING SOURCES? WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY ON AND WHAT OUR BALANCES RELATIVE TO OUR, UM, OUR DEFICIT. 
          I, I, I LIKE THE IDEA SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M VISUAL. 
          I LIKE TO SAIL UP THE MATRIX WITH CHECK MARKS. 
          I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 
          BUT I'D LOVE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MONEY. 
          YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, UM, 
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BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, IS, IS PUSHING DOWN IN A VARIETY OF SOURCES. 
          BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP ON. 
          AND, AND MAYBE THAT'LL HELP IN TERMS OF REPORTING BOTH PROGRESS OF, OF, OF, NOT ONLY OURSELVES, BUT OUR, BUT OUR CAPABLE PARTNERS THAT, UH, THAT COLLEEN AND, AND CARLOS TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE WHILE AGO. 
          GREAT. 
          NEED ANY, UM, ANY RESOURCE FOR THAT? I HAVE PLENTY OF IDEAS FOR IT, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU AT SOME POINT. 
          UM, THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION. 
          I DO, I JUST WANNA MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. 
          OF COURSE, AFTER THIS, HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS THE TOP PRIORITY AND A KEY TO MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD IN OUR FINANCIAL RECOVERY. 
          AND I THINK ALSO HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THESE PRIORITIES OPERATE IN SILOS. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA CONNECT IT. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, ONE, BOOSTING ONE, AND, AND ALLOCATING FUNDS TOWARD ONES REALLY, UH, INDIRECTLY HELPS ALL OF THEM. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS ON THAT. 
          UM, I THINK ALSO MOVING FORWARD WITH PROVEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE A C C D AND PROJECT QUEST WILL PROVIDE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY OFFER WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WHICH ARE SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE IN TRAINING PROGRAMS AND, UM, REALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO THRIVE AND GROW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? GOTCHA. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, UH, SO I, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, COUNCILMAN BERDA ABOUT THE, UM, DASHBOARD. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, WOULD BE HELPFUL AND, UH, HOPEFULLY NOT TREMENDOUSLY TEDIOUS. 
          I THINK ONCE YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE, PERHAPS IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO REPLICATE IT WITH DIFFERENT DATA. 
          UM, UH, BECAUSE I THINK, AS YOU MENTIONED, MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE INTERRELATED. 
          AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WORK IN SILOS AND MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WE HAVE DONE BEFORE, WE JUST HAVE NEVER REALLY DONE THEM TO SCALE, TO, YOU KNOW, INCLUDE A LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION. 
          I THINK OVER THE YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN JUST A VERY FOCUSED EFFORT, UM, AND SMALL SCALE EFFORT ON, UH, SOME OF THESE, UM, UH, PROGRAMS LIKE PROJECT QUEST, UH, AND THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED NOW, AND, UM, ALSO WITH SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESS STUFF. 
          SO I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR CARLOS REGARDING, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, UM, POTENTIAL PROGRAMS. UM, HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDERED, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OTHER GRANTS? AND I KNOW THERE'S A, A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, IN FACT, I JUST, UH, UH, SOME, ONE OF MY STAFF MEMBERS SENT ME AN EMAIL OR A TEXT THIS MORNING THAT MAGIC JOHNSON WAS GIVING A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          SO, IS THERE A WAY, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DOING THAT AS WELL. 
          IS THERE A WAY TO TAP INTO THAT COUNCIL? THE, THE, THE PLAN HERE IS TO STACK FUNDING RESOURCES. 
          AND I THINK, UH, ON THE LIST OF, UH, PARTNERS, WE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE FOUNDATIONS, UH, AS A PART OF THIS, BUT THAT'S A GOOD IDEA IS TO, TO GO SEARCH FOR THAT. 
          BUT WE WERE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT STACKING ALL OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES, WHETHER IT'S LOCAL DOLLARS, STATE DOLLARS, FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, DISASTROUS ASSISTANCE, GRANTS, WHOLE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF, OF FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          SO WE'LL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE LIST AND, AND VOTE FOR THAT. 
          SO, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE CAN INVEST SOME OF OUR DOLLARS, UM, IT MAY BE HELPFUL, UH, FOR SOME OF US AS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE DECISIONS TO REALLY SEE WHAT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT MAY BE. 
          AND I SAY THIS VERY CAUTIOUSLY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING FOR HOMELESS, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THAT'S HARDER TO CALCULATE VERSUS A PROJECT QUEST THAT HAS A MODEL THAT SHOWS HOW INVESTING IN A PROGRAM LIKE THAT LEADS TO, UM, UH, FUTURE SUCCESSES. 
          ALAMO COLLEGES, I THINK, HAS A MODEL AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE MODELS THAT SAY, IF YOU GO TO COLLEGE FOR, UH, X NUMBER OF YEARS, OR YOU GET AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, IT, IT LEADS TO OTHER THINGS THAT MAY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'RE COMING OUT OF A COVID SITUATION, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WE INVEST THIS MONEY. 
          UM, AND THAT MAY GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT ABOUT HOW WE DIRECT FUNDS. 
          UM, IN FACT, EVEN, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE I HAVE SEEN BEFORE, UM, THE SAVINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED, IF YOU HAVE A HOMELESS PERSON HOUSED, WHETHER IT'S TEMPORARY OR EVEN, UM, UH, 
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LIKE SORT OF SEMI TEMPORARY SITUATION. 
          UM, OR DO YOU HAVE THAT SO FAR? IT KEEPS THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, IT PROVIDES, YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          I DON'T, UM, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL WORK. 
          I MEAN, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S WORKING VERY HARD, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS THAT HELPS US GAUGE HOW WE, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO TURN THIS AROUND SO QUICKLY, UM, HELP US MAKE SOME DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE THE PRIORITIES ARE. 
          I KNOW, UM, CARLOS, WE'VE TALKED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS ABOUT WANTING TO DO MORE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, ALEX TOO OVER THERE, AND, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF DISTRICT FIVE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LARGE EMPLOYERS. 
          UM, I THINK THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IS THE COUNTY JAIL, UM, OR PERHAPS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          UM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY LARGE PRIVATE EMPLOYERS IN THE DISTRICT, PERHAPS THE BAKERY THAT MOVED TO DISTRICT SIX, AND SO NOW, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY WORKERS THERE ANYMORE. 
          BUT, UM, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, SIDE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT'S ALL WE HAVE THERE. 
          THERE'S NOT LOOKING TO OTHER EMPLOYERS AND, UH, LOOKING FOR, UM, THOSE EMPLOYERS TO, TO INCREASE, UM, THEIR, THE WORKLOAD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY. 
          SO I, I THINK THOSE ARE REASONS WHY I, I TEND TO BE VERY HEAVILY SUPPORTIVE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, AND, AND THE WORKFORCE SIDE, BECAUSE THE WORKFORCE SIDE HOPEFULLY THEN CAN LEAD TO SOMEBODY STARTING THEIR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          UM, ONCE THEY HAVE SOME OF THE SKILLS, UH, THAT THEY NEED, THEN THEY CAN TURN AROUND AND, AND TRY AND, AND, UM, AND OPEN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. 
          SO I, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, ALSO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT'S HARD TO ARGUE WITH ANYTHING THAT I SEE PRESENTED BEFORE US. 
          THEY'RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, AND SOME WILL HAVE VERY IMMEDIATE SHORT-TERM BENEFITS AND, AND I THINK OTHERS LONG-TERM THAT MAY BE HARDER TO QUANTIFY. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK, UM, UH, OF, OF DOING WHAT WE NEED. 
          AND, AND SO MANY OF THESE, UM, PROGRAMS, LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, ARE NOT NEW. 
          SO, I MEAN, A LOT OF THEM IS, ARE LIKE, UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 
          WE JUST, WE'RE NOT APPLYING THEM TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE, WHICH WE MAY BE IN THAT SCENARIO NOW. 
          SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 
          AND I, I DON'T KNOW, UM, JUST REGARDING THE FEEDBACK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER GAVE A, A, A, UM, TIMELINE. 
          UM, BUT IS, IS THERE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'M ASKING YOU, CARLOS, LIKE ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, OR WHEN CAN WE GET THE FEEDBACK FOR THAT, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK? PERHAPS THAT'S FOR ERIC. 
          WOULD THAT BE PRESENTED IN COMMITTEES? UH, HOPEFULLY WE GET BACK TO OUR REGULAR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS PRETTY QUICK. 
          I THINK THE MAYOR SAID BY JUNE. 
          UM, SO WE CAN REALLY ANALYZE THAT, THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          WOULD IT GO TO SUBCOMMITTEE? SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SIT WITH COUNCILMAN BRAN ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 
          COULD WE, FOR EXAMPLE, GET A, AN UPDATE ON THE SMALL BUSINESS, WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEFORE, WHAT THE GREAT NEEDS ARE, AND, UM, HOW WE CAN DO THAT INVESTMENT BY THE TIME WE GO TO OUR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT? YEAH, I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WOULD, WOULD HAVE THE COUNCIL, UM, THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE, THAT JUNE 4TH DATE, UH, APPROVE THE, THE ALLOCATION AND APPROPRIATION BY THE CATEGORIES FOR THE C R F FUNDING. 
          THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FUNDING THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO COME DOWN. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WE'LL DEVELOP MORE MEAT FOR THE BONES FOR NEXT, FOR THE, UH, THE MAY 28TH, UH, PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU SEE MORE OF THE DETAIL OF WHAT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO. 
          BUT I, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE A CONTINUED EFFORT THAT WILL WORK THROUGH THE COM THROUGH THE COMMITTEES TO, TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
          AND I, AND I, I, I, I THINK COUNCILMAN COURAGE MADE THE POINT EARLIER. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING ASSUMPTIONS RIGHT NOW ON REALLY GREAT PROGRAMS, AND THE COUNCIL WILL VOTE ON AN ALLOCATION, BUT I THINK, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT TO COUNCILMAN KURT'S POINT TO MONITOR THIS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OR THERE MAY BE UNINTENDED OR UNEXPECTED, UH, ISSUES THAT ARISE. 
          AND WE NEED TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE. 
          AND I THINK AT, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, THAT'S HOW I ALSO ENVISION THE COMMITTEES BEING INSERTED INTO THIS PROCESS, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE NEED IT. 
          I MEAN, IT, THE WHOLE, THE LAST 10 WEEKS HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE MATTER AT HAND. 
          AND I, I THINK WE'LL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          ALRIGHT, 
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WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR SHARING THAT MA MATRIX AHEAD OF TIME. 
          UM, I BRAIDED MY HAIR IN SUPPORT OF YOUR BRAIDED APPROACH TODAY. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU ALEX AND MEL FOR, UH, FINALLY AFTER YEARS, UM, THAT I'VE HEARD SOME OF MY, MY FELLOW COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, EVEN FROM BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL FOR, UH, FINALLY COMMUNICATING DIFFERENTLY WITH HOW DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY COMMUNICATE DOOR TO DOOR WORKS. 
          UM, AND I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT. 
          UM, ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES, COUNCILMAN PAIRING, COUNCILMAN COURAGE. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND I AGREE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT SMALL, UH, BUSINESS. 
          AND I WILL BE WORKING ON THE SAME, UM, COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILMAN GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMAN VIA  ON SMALL BUSINESS. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE NEW ECONOMY, WHICH IS A POST COVID ECONOMY. 
          AND, UM, THIS YEAR I WAS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO SERVE ON THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE OF SIX, WHICH IS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO BOARD. 
          AND HE DESIGNATED DESIGNATED ME CHAIR. 
          UM, AND I TAKE MY WORK THERE VERY SERIOUSLY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THIS PLAN FOR NOW, UH, WHICH WILL ALSO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDE AND WHICH WE'LL DIVIDE, UH, ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT, THAT THE PLAN PUTS FORTH. 
          I THINK THAT THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY TO RESET, AND I CHOOSE TO LOOK THIS, LOOK FOR THIS TIME AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          WE MUST ALL WORK IN TANDEM TO OFFER PROGRAMS THAT ENSURE FAMILIES HAVE THE SKILLS AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO TRANSITION INTO FULL FAMILY WAGE EMPLOYMENT. 
          THIS INCLUDES LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT HELP JOB SEEKERS, UM, OBTAIN CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH TARGETED OCCUPATIONS AND SHORT-TERM SERVICES, SUCH AS BASIC WORK SKILLS, CHILDCARE AND JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, I BELIEVE THAT BY INTEGRATING EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES SUCH AS CHILDCARE, PARENTS ARE ABLE TO GET BACK TO WORK AND ACCESS JOB READINESS SERVICES. 
          UM, W S A HAS SOME STRATEGIES IN PLACE, UM, TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT LIKE, UH, UPSKILLS AND TRAINING, PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING, SOFT SKILLS TRAINING AND JOB READINESS CERTIFICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS WORK EXPERIENCE ON THE JOB TRAINING AND JOB MATCHING. 
          AND I FULLY, UH, SUPPORT CONTINUING WITH THAT ALIGNMENT IN ALIGNMENT ALSO WITH THEIR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL WORK PLAN. 
          I THINK THAT THESE TARGETED INDUSTRIES THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON SHOULD PROVIDE GOOD PAY, JOB SECURITY, JOB PORTABILITY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR CAREER CHANGERS, THAT WE INCLUDE HIGH TECHNOLOGY OCCUPATIONS, TRAINING ON HIGH TECHNOLOGY ON OCCUPATIONS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NEWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, UH, MID MIDDLE SKILL, MIDDLE WAGE OCCUPATIONS AND STEM JOBS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON FOR THIS POST COVID RECOVERY. 
          UM, WE SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER LOCA LOCAL TARGETS FOR INVESTMENTS AND JOB TRENDS THAT INDICATE EXPANSION, HIRING, CONTINUED GROWTH, AND A DEMAND FOR THESE EMERGING SKILLS THAT WILL INCLUDE TECHNICAL, ANALYTICAL, AND COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS IN THE POST COVID ECONOMY. 
          BECAUSE OF THAT, WE SHOULD ALSO BE ADDRESSING, I THINK, OUR DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXPEDITE THE OPENING OF OUR LIBRARIES AND INVEST IN ACCESS TO LOCATIONS THAT HELP ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE. 
          UH, WE SHOULD PROBABLY, AND AS INCONSISTENT WITH A PLAN, ALLOCATE FUNDS TO DIFFERENT AREAS, DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS PERHAPS, OR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP ACCESS, UM, THE INTERNET FOR OUR FAMILIES WHO MOST NEED IT, WHERE PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES SUCH AS THOSE THAT ARE OFFERED BY PROJECT QUEST, WHICH I TOO WAS SHOCKED, WAS MISSING FROM THE SLIDES. 
          AND I HONESTLY THINK THAT IT'S A SHAME THAT A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION BY THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION, BY THE MARK ZUCKERBERG FOUNDATION, BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THAT IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE OUR OWN SLIDES. 
          SO I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THAT BECAUSE I CONSIDER MYSELF A QUESTER QUEST. 
          R O I IS OF $19 AND 32 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE INVEST, THE CITY CONTRIBUTES 50% OF THE REVENUE THAT THEY HAVE, AND THEY FUNDRAISE THE REST. 
          WE RECEIVE A $6 RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE FUND. 
          AND QUESTERS ARE WORKING IN THE FRONTLINE. 
          QUESTERS ARE CURRENTLY FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES. 
          65 TO 70% OF THEIR OVERALL GRADUATES ARE IN HEALTHCARE. 
          CURRENTLY. 
          THERE'S 1,322 QUESTERS WHO HAVE BEEN PLACED IN HEALTHCARE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS THAT ARE WORKING AGAINST COVID THAT ARE WORKING TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THERE'S ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT IS A GRADUATE THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC, UH, THE US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE UNDER THE SURGEON GENERAL WHO WAS DEPLOYED WHEN THE START OF THIS CRISIS HAPPENED. 
          SO TO SAY THE LEAST, I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY ARE, ARE NOT INCLUDED. 
          THERE'S 164 QUESTERS THAT ARE ALREADY 
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READY TO BE HIRED, UH, CURRENTLY THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING. 
          AND THERE'S ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FORTY TWO THAT ARE BEING TRAINED BY PARTNERS. 
          AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A COMMUNITY EFFORT OF PARTNERS LIKE THE SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE, THE BAPTIST SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS, UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, ST. 
          PHILIP'S COLLEGE CODE UP, RESTORE EDUCATION, QUEST PREP, WEC, RACKSPACE NORTHWEST COLLEGE VISTA. 
          AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M AN EDUCATOR, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE PROMISE OF ALAMO COLLEGES AND THE ALAMO PROMISE, UH, PROGRAM. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE A STRONG CONSIDERATION FOR US ADULT SEEKING TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO EXPAND THEIR CAREER AND ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES, IS THE RESET THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. 
          WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION SHOULD BE THE POST COVID RECOVERY RESPONSE, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE AN ENTIRE TEAM, IT'S GONNA TAKE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO HELP THE THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS. 
          IT'S GONNA TAKE A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY, IT'S GONNA TAKE MULTIPLE PARTNERSHIPS, AND WE NEED A FOCUSED EFFORT ON SOME OF THE KEY INDUSTRIES LIKE HEALTH AND BIOSCIENCES, LIKE MANUFACTURING, LIKE YES, PUBLIC SERVICE IN ADDITION TO STEM. 
          BUT MY CONCERN AND MY WORRY IS THE WHEN, BECAUSE AS I LOOKED ONLINE, FALL SESSIONS AT THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES BEGAN ON AUGUST THE 24TH. 
          FLEX SESSIONS BEGAN ON OCTOBER THE 15TH. 
          THE DEADLINE TO APPLY AND TO PAY FOR THESE SERVICES IS AUGUST THE 31ST. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN WAIT MUCH LONGER. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ACT A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE WITH, WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          WE DO HAVE GREAT COMMITTEES, BUT I THINK THAT OUR COMMITTEES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO, UM, WORK IN TANDEM, UH, TO MEET A LITTLE BIT FASTER SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PUT THESE DOLLARS TO WORK. 
          AND MAYOR, UM, I JUST WANNA ASK, UH, ERIC, SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE FOUR OF THE C R F, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PUBLISHED ON MAY 4TH, WE SEE THAT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS, UM, CAN BE CONSIDERED IF THE GOVERNMENT DETERMINES THE COST OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, WOULD BE, UH, DIRECTLY AIDING RECOVERY. 
          ERIC, WOULD WE ABLE TO BOTH, WE BE ABLE TO SPEND THESE FUNDS, UM, THROUGH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS? UH, THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL FOR THE QUESTION. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THE, THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          I MEAN, THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE TREASURY HAS ANSWERED THAT QUESTION, AND AS WE DO THIS WORK, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FURTHER FLEXIBILITY, UM, ON HOW WE UTILIZE THAT MONEY. 
          UM, LET ME ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT YOU RAISED ABOUT PROJECT QUEST NOT BEING IN THE, IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK YOU WERE THE SECOND PERSON, UH, THE SECOND COUNCIL PERSON TO RAISE IT. 
          THE, THE PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WITH A C D AND OUR CONVERSATIONS, THE AC A C D HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH PROJECT QUEST. 
          SO PLEASE DO NOT ASSUME THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SAME MODEL. 
          I MEAN, REALLY, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON, ON A TARGETED, UH, THIS EFFORT QUICKLY WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          FRANKLY, THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE ADOPTING THIS PLAN IN TWO WEEKS. 
          UM, WE, THE PROJECT QUEST AND A C D HAVE BEEN CLOSELY WORKING WITH TOGETHER, AND WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH A C D REALLY THERE, THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY HERE TO OVERLAP. 
          I MEAN, A C D IS GONNA BE THE PROVIDER, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE, THEY'VE TAKEN THE SAME APPROACH, UH, FROM THEIR CONVERSATION WITH PROJECT QUEST TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY TUITION, BUT WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND STIPENDS. 
          AND THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER TALKED ABOUT IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          SO PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE PROJECT QUEST WAS NOT ON THE SLIDE PRESENTATION, THAT, THAT WE'RE OFF ON A DIFFERENT WORLD. 
          WE'RE MOVING AT 110 MILES AN HOUR, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING YOU TO, UH, ADOPT IT AND ALLOCATE THAT MONEY THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE. 
          THANK YOU, UH, ERIC, AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UM, APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR NOTED SENSE OF URGENCY. 
          I THINK IT'S ONE THAT WE SHOULD ALL, UH, ADOPT. 
          UH, AND I DID MAKE MENTION TO, UM, UH, DR. 
          FLORES WHEN I SAW HIM, THAT MAYBE IT SHOULD BE CALLED ALAMO QUEST. 
          UH, PROJECT QUEST IS SUCH A KNOWN COMMODITY AND, AND ONE WITH A, A, A SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT TRACK RECORD. 
          UH, BUT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND, AND PERHAPS GIVE THEM BOTH A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, RELIEF FROM THE QUESTION. 
          UH, WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL MEMBER . 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I'M GOING TO SAY, UH, DITTO TO EVERYTHING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MOCHA GARCIA JUST SAID, UH, AND TO INCLUDE, UM, THE, NOT JUST, UH, THE UNSAID WORD ABOUT PROJECT QUEST, BUT THAT WE MAKE IT, THAT WE VERBALIZE IT AS WELL. 
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UM, AND ALSO IN A SENSE OF URGENCY AND MOVING QUICKLY, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS THAT NEED THE INTERNET ACCESS, UH, STARTS IT. 
          UM, ERIC, IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE QUICKLY IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS, WE KNOW THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, WE TRY ONE OF OUR POLICIES THAT WE HAVE PARKED WITHIN A 10 MINUTE WALK OF ALL OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO IF THAT IS EVEN A WAY TO DO THAT IN THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO PLEASE AND, AND WE CAN USE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR IT TO HELP CLOSE THAT DIGITAL DIVIDE, LET'S, UH, PLEASE DO THAT IF WE CAN. 
          I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT STATEMENT THERE. 
          UM, JUST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. 
          UM, ALSO, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE PARTNERS, WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE, UM, OR YOU TO VERBALIZE IS IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS THAT PRE-K FOR SA WORKS WITH, I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS THAT THEY WORK WITH. 
          UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO CONNECT WITH THEM, OR IF THERE ARE ANY PROVIDERS THAT PRE-K FOR SA HAS WORKED WITH, WE ALREADY HAVE THESE, SO LET'S BUILD ON THESE, UM, RELATIONSHIPS, UM, TO JUST WORK QUICKLY. 
          I THINK ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE TRAINING AND, UM, DIGITAL INCLUSION OR INTERNET ACCESS, I THINK ONE OF, UH, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU SAY ERIC, THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, UM, SS A I S D. 
          I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF THE NEW CAST MED, UM, HIGH SCHOOL ON THE BROOKS CAMPUS. 
          IT IS, IT HAS TO DO WITH, IT NEEDS DIGITAL ACCESS, AND IT ALSO HAS, UM, THEY'RE TRAINING THEIR HIGH SCHOOLERS FOR MEDICAL JOBS IN THE FUTURE. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AND TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE THAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE STILL NEEDING, UM, SOME DOLLARS ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'LL HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION. 
          BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMEWHERE THAT WE COULD FILL OR CONNECT THE GAPS OF TO BOTH SKILL DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          NEXT, I WANNA AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO BERDA ON A FINANCIAL DASHBOARD. 
          GREAT IDEA. 
          SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, DOLLARS AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEXT WEEK, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, A VERY SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THESE DOLLARS INTO HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND TO OUR C OVID 19 EMERGENCY HOUSING PROGRAM. 
          I BELIEVE WE'RE JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. 
          AND, UM, EVEN WITH A 50% OPENING OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE EXACERBATED AND IN NEED. 
          UM, SO I WANNA MAKE AN ENOUGH FUNDING IN THAT ARENA, UM, TO BUILD UPON THAT. 
          AND TO BUILD UPON COUNCILMAN CURTIS'S POINT, I WAS CONCERNED THAT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WITH FOOD INSECURITY AND, UH, FOOD SECURITY. 
          SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS A PART OF THAT AND, UM, HIGHLIGHT WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE A PART OF. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FOOD. 
          AND IF IT'S IN A MORE DOLLARS FOR FOOD, AND IF IT'S IN A DIFFERENT GRANT, JUST PLEASE SHOW IT. 
          IF IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THESE DOLLARS FROM FOR, UH, FOOD SECURITY? AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MAYBE, UM, WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CONVERSATION MAY 28TH, BUT AS YOU START PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE DOLLARS CAN BE SPENT WHEN IT COMES TO EXPANDING OUR VIBA SAN ANTONIO HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE. 
          IT ALREADY HAS A GREAT, UM, A GREAT TRACK RECORD, AND I THINK IT'S HELPING THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY NEXT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          WHAT I LOVE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, AND THANK YOU ERIC AND THE TEAM, AND AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE LIST OF ALL OF THE PLANS THAT YOU HAD PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I REALLY WAS JUST TAKEN ABACK ABOUT HOW, ABOUT HOW MUCH WORK WE HAVE DONE, UH, IN THIS CITY, AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING AND REALLY ALREADY SET OUR COURSE. 
          SO, UM, PART OF THAT TOO IS OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES. 
          AND EVEN WITH OUR WORLD HAIR IN OUR WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEGACY BUSINESS GRANTS, WE HAVE LOANS. 
          AND WHAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT IS WE HAVE THOSE VEHICLES. 
          HOW CAN WE CONNECT ALL THOSE DOTS IN THAT VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY TO OUR MICRO, SMALL AND LEGACY BUSINESSES? WHERE CAN WE CONNECT THOSE DOTS? YOU MAY ALREADY BE LOOKING AT IT, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL, BUT I WANTED TO VERBALIZE THAT HERE, THAT I THINK THAT CAN BE A GREAT, UH, VEHICLE TO USE WHEN MOVING FORWARD TO HELP THOSE LEGACY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED IN THE PAST. 
          AND TO THAT NOTE, I WILL JUST DECIDE, JUST DECIDE TOO, I MEAN, THE DOOR-TO-DOOR OUTREACH, I DO HAVE TO SAY, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, ALEX AND EVERYONE IS 
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VERY BRILLIANT. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AS WELL IN DISTRICT THREE FOR A WHILE, SPECIFICALLY DURING OUR LEGACY BUSINESSES AND OUR WORLD HERITAGE REZONING, GOING OUT TO ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, REACHING OUT TO SEE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THIS, THIS TECHNIQUE IS BEING EMBRACED AND ENCOURAGED AT THE CITY, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE DOING, UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I, MY ONE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE FOR, UH, FOR, I'M NOT SURE WHO WHO WANTS TO ANSWER IT, BECAUSE I DID SEE DIFFERENT COLORS IN THE, LIKE THERE WAS A BLUE, THERE WAS A GREEN, ET CETERA. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY FRAMEWORK OR ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT DO, WHAT ARE WE SEEING AS SHORT-TERM, AS MIDTERM OR LONG-TERM PROGRAMS OR STRATEGIES? HAVE YOU OUTLINED ANY OF THESE IN THIS FRAMEWORK PLAN RIGHT NOW? OR ARE THESE ALL JUST IMMEDIATE? UM, COUNCILMAN, I THINK, UM, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME ON THAT LIST THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY, UM, UH, IMMEDIATE, LIKE THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SMALL BUSINESS, UM, THE, UM, THE, UH, THE DISTANCE LEARNING IMPROVEMENTS THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON WITH, UH, SS I S D AND EDGEWOOD. 
          UM, UM, WITH SCHOOL ENDING HERE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF RUNWAY SPACE. 
          I, BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ELEMENTS OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, UH, ARE IMMEDIATE BECAUSE AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE CONVERSATION, THERE ARE THE RESTRUCTURING OF THIS ECONOMY, NOT, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY, BUT IN THIS COUNTRY IS GONNA REST UPON, UH, PEOPLE GETTING JOBS, UM, HOWEVER THEY GET JOBS, UM, AND BEING EMPLOYED AND, UM, AND, AND, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES NOT IN THE STRUGGLED POSITION THEY'VE BEEN IN THE LAST 60 DAYS. 
          SO I, I THINK SOME OF THESE, THERE'S AN OBVIOUS TIMELINE OR OBVIOUSLY PRIORITY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , I THINK SOME OF THEM ARE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO WAIT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COME IN MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND THEN SOME OF THEM COULD BE POTENTIAL EFFORTS AS DR. 
          BRIDGER SENATOR PRESENTATION THAT IS KIND OF A ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS. 
          SO, ERIC, I OH, OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I WAS JUST WONDERING IF PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THE DESIGN OF THE ACTUAL DESIGN OF THE PRESENTATION, HAD THAT IN THERE, BUILT IN THERE. 
          AND IF NOT, UM, I CAN UNDERSTAND IF, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK THROUGH IT WITH OUR COMMITTEES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE LONG DISTANCE CONVERSATIONS, AND I KNOW I SAW MARIA ON THE CALL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT, I THINK IT WAS, UH, ELIAS, ABOUT, UH, REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY AND THE CITY HAS A LOT OF IT. 
          AND, UM, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE, THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LEASING OR RENTING TO OTHERS, AND WHAT KIND OF IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR BUDGET IN THE FUTURE, TOO. 
          SO, UM, ALSO, OF COURSE, EQUITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA SAY SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR. 
          BRIDGE, BRIDGER, AND FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO US. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE WORKING GROUPS AS WELL. 
          UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ARE IN RELATION TO OUR SENIORS, WITH OUR SENIOR CENTERS BEING CLOSED, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO INCLUDE THEM WITHIN THE CATEGORIES OF THE PILLARS? UM, NOT JUST NECESSARILY THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, BUT ARE WE CONNECTING THEM WITH A A R P, OR WHAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE WE USING TO CONNECT OUR CENTERS? SO I WILL WEIGH IN ON THAT ONE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, I, THE THOUGHT THERE IS THAT THE RESOURCE HUB, UM, WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE OF ANY AGE, ESPECIALLY OUR SENIORS, UM, TO BE EITHER VIRTUALLY CONNECTED OR GET A WARM HANDOFF TO THE APPROPRIATE, UM, RESOURCE REFERRAL. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND, UM, ARE WE GONNA BE CONNECTING WITH THEM BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SENIORS, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACTIVELY, UM, GET ONLINE OR FIND HOW TO CONNECT TO THE DIFFERENT LINKS. 
          ARE WE GONNA BE TARGETING DOOR-TO-DOOR FOR OUR SENIORS THROUGH OUR, UH, SENIOR CENTER LISTING? YES. 
          THAT WILL BE AN EASY THING FOR US TO DO, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DELIVERING MANY MEALS TO OUR SENIORS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT COMING TO THE SENIOR CENTERS, WE ARE CONNECTING WITH THEM REGULARLY, AND WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEM THROUGH, THROUGH 
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THAT IN OTHER WAYS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF OUR BUSINESS SECTOR TO SHOW US EXACTLY WHAT BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY CLOSED AND ARE PERMANENTLY NOT COMING BACK. 
          UM, SO IF, I DON'T KNOW IF CARLOS OR WHO CAN WORK ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION FOR, UH, COUNCILMAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COMPLETE LISTING. 
          WE CERTAINLY KNOW, UM, WHICH BUSINESSES WERE NON-ESSENTIAL AND WERE SHUT DOWN BY ORDER. 
          WE, WE KNOW THAT. 
          UM, AND WE'LL WORK WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO TO SEE IF THEY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT BUSINESSES. 
          'CAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF THE, THE BOOKENDS OF, UH, THE EMPLOYMENT. 
          THEY KNOW THE WORKERS ARE UNEMPLOYED AND THEY KNOW THE, THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SEEKING, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT JOB PLACEMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO, UH, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          BUT PART OF THE IDEA OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WAS TO GO TO THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE OPEN IN THE AREAS THAT DON'T TYPICALLY ACCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL KINDS OF, OF INFORMATION. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE COULD FIGURE OUT WHICH BUSINESSES ARE CLOSED WITH THOSE FOLKS AS WELL, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND THEN WITH THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES, I LIKE TO SEE AN ELEMENT OF INCENTIVIZING THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES FOR OFFERING, UM, ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OR HIRING EXPANSION. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT ADDED. 
          ANOTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE IS AN AGGRESSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES, ESPECIALLY AS WE KNOW THAT JUNE 1ST WILL BE THE LAST DAY FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS. 
          AND SO I LIKE TO SEE US MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR RISK MITIGATION COMPLETELY FUNDED TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THE AGGRESSIVE OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY COMPLEX. 
          UM, ANOTHER ORGANIZATION I'D LIKE TO SEE ADDED TO OUR HOUSING IS THE TENANT'S RIGHTS ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, I THINK THEY WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO TOUCH, UM, SOME OF THOSE RENTERS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THE SAN ANTONIO APARTMENT ASSOCIATION, SAHA OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, WITH US ALSO LOOKING AT COMMUNITY PARTNERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE US INCLUDE, UM, SOME OF THE MOST, UM, INFLUENTIAL WITHIN THE AREAS OF OUR DISTRICT THAT, UM, WE KNOW ARE NOT USED THE MOST, SUCH AS OUR ALAMO BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ELLA AUSTIN, THE ETSY, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO PARTNER WITH TEXAS ORGANIZATION PROJECT AND COPS METRO. 
          SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO US PUSHING THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TINO. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, UH, TO ALL THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO, TO TRY TO, UH, LAY OUT SOME KIND OF A FRAMEWORK, UH, MOVING FORWARD. 
          I WANT TO AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED A BY MY, UH, COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, I'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LIST. 
          YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO AGREE. 
          PEOPLE, OF COURSE, THEY WANT THEIR JOBS BACK, AND I THINK WE NEED TO, UH, FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO START THERE. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REALLY SIMPLY WANT THEIR LIVES BACK. 
          UH, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE, UH, TO ME. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH A, A, A LAYERED STRATEGY THAT, UH, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD, WOULD BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH. 
          UM, OF COURSE, UH, I ALSO BELIEVE IN, IN, UH, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WANT TO, UH, EXTEND MY, UH, ENDORSEMENTS FOR, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, PRI FOLKS LIKE PROJECT QUEST ARE INCLUDED. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT AS ERIC AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, YOU, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING JUST, WE JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. 
          UM, AND SO AS YOU'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UH, KEEP THIS COUNCIL IN THE LOOP, LET US KNOW HOW THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE, WHAT THAT STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE, UM, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, UH, UH, A GROUP LIKE PROJECT QUEST HAS CERTAINLY EARNED, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT KIND OF, UH, UH, TREATMENT. 
          SO, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, TO SENIORS, UH, YOU KNOW, I DID GET A QUESTION, UH, FROM, FROM BARBARA WHI HOW, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE, UH, 
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UH, YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT SENIORS, UH, TO, TO SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT, UM, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, SINGLE SENIORS. 
          AND, UM, AND SO, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF SINGLE SENIORS THAT FEEL, UH, THAT THERE'S THAT JUST IN, EVEN IN JUST IN THE LANGUAGE THAT, THAT WERE, THAT WE'RE LEAVING THEM OUT, UH, OF, OF CERTAIN ASPECTS. 
          SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE NOT, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR, FOR ALL OUR SENIORS, BUT I RIGHT NOW IS A TIME OF FEAR AND CONFUSION, AND PEOPLE SIMPLY JUST WANT TO, TO HEAR THAT THEIR, THEIR VOICES ARE BEING ADDRESSED. 
          UM, SO, UH, THERE'S ALSO, UH, SOME CON CONVERSATION REGARDING, UH, HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          AND, UM, AND SO I, I WANT TO AGREE WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH MORE OF THE, UH, UH, OF THIS ISSUE THAT HAS SPIKING, UH, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, WE'VE SEEN A SPIKE, UH, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR, OUR OWN FIELD OFFICE AND, UH, UH, THE, THE DATA SHOWING THAT AS WELL. 
          AND, UM, AND SO, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA WORK WITH, UH, D H SS AND SS A P D, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO, TO HELP, UH, ADDRESS, UH, A GROWING ISSUE. 
          I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT NEED TO, UH, BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND, AND I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, HAVE A STRATEGY TO, TO TACKLE THOSE. 
          UM, I'VE ASKED D H S TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UM, REGARDING THE, THE SHOWER TRAILER THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD ON ORDER FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE WE DO THINK THAT THIS IS A, A, A GOOD WAY OR A POSITIVE WAY TO ENGAGE OUR, OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          UM, AND, UM, AND SO, UM, AND SO THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GIVE REGULAR UPDATES ON THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN LASTLY, UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, UM, REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN MISSING. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, THERE I DO SEE THINGS LIKE THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL PROGRAM, UH, MINOR HOME REPAIR, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE UNDER ONE ROOF PROGRAM, WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES. 
          AND LASTLY, UM, LET'S REMEMBER THAT, UH, THINGS LIKE THE ARTS ARE, ARE SO, SO CRITICAL TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE GREATEST SHAMES, UH, IF WE COME OUT OF THIS IN CRISIS IN A WAY THAT, UH, THAT IS, THAT, THAT, UH, WE, WE POTENTIALLY LOSE SOME, SOME, UH, ACCESS TO GREAT ARTISTS, UH, AND NOT, AND NOT PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT, THAT THEY REALLY RELY ON US TO GIVE THEM. 
          SO WHERE IS THE ARTS IN THIS RECOVERY PLAN? THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          ERIC, DID YOU, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? WELL, I, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, I THINK COUNCILMAN'S QUESTION WAS WHERE ARE THE ARTS? AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO, THAT'S GOOD FEEDBACK. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO, TO LOOK AT THAT AND FIGURE OUT HOW THAT FITS INTO, UM, INTO THIS FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE, THAT THAT IS GONNA BECOME A LIVING DOCUMENT, AND WE'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK AND, AND MAKE SURE WE, UH, WE INCLUDE AN ELEMENT. 
          WELL, WE DID HAVE, WE DID HAVE COUNCILMAN, UH, IAN, THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. 
          I REALIZE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY CALL OUR, BUT WE DID INCLUDE NONPROFITS. 
          SO THE, SO CERTAINLY AS THEY ARE AFFECTED BY COVID 19, THEY WOULD SIMILARLY ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS. 
          SO, UH, BUT IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT CALLED SPECIFICALLY AS PART OF THE SPREAD. 
          WELL, YEAH, I, AND, AND I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE, WE, WE'D BE MORE SPECIFIC. 
          UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UH, BIGGEST HIT DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHEN ALL THIS OCCURRED WAS OUR DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          AND IT REALLY, UH, IT REALLY HURT, UH, UH, HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IS, IS GOING TO GONNA MAKE A, A HUGE DENT IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, UH, THE ARTS, UH, AS, AS INNOVATORS AS, UH, SMALL BUSINESS, UH, FOLKS, AS, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE BRINGING US, UH, THE, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT, UH, THAT WE FIGHT FOR, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE, UH, BELIEVE IN INTANGIBLE IN THE INTANGIBLES THAT, THAT, UH, ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE IDENTITY OF THIS CITY. 
          UM, SO, UM, AGAIN, WITH THAT, I JUST WANNA STRESS, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL THE GREAT COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ARE, ARE SPOT ON. 
          I KNOW 
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THAT THIS IS, UH, WE JUST GOT THE DOCUMENT YESTERDAY, SO THIS IS JUST A, A LIVING DOCUMENT AS DR. 
          BRIDGER SAYS. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO DIVING IN A LITTLE DEEPER, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS A CHANCE TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          UH, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT INVESTMENT IN HOW WE WE RECOVER, BUT ALSO THE TRAJECTORY OF OUR CITY FOR, FOR, FOR ITS FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          AND, AND LET ME PIGGYBACK ON THOSE COMMENTS, UH, FOR A MINUTE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER PLIE IS, UM, UH, YOU REMEMBER ME ASKING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, ARTS FUNDING IN THE CARESS ACT PROCESS. 
          UH, WE DO KNOW THAT THE C R F FUNDS ARE, UH, ARE FAIRLY PRESCRIPTIVE, AND I THINK THE, THAT OUR CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT IN THE USE OF THE FUNDS. 
          BUT I THINK IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AS YOU STATED, THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WE'RE ALSO BAKING INTO, UM, THIS PROCESS AND ABILITY FOR US TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND, AND EVEN, UM, BUILD UPON SOME OF THE, UH, AS YOU STATED IN INTANGIBLE ASPECTS OF THE CITY, AND CERTAINLY OUR ARTS AND OUR CULTURE, UH, IF WE ARE GONNA HAVE A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AND, AND ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE AND IDENTITY, UM, MOVING FORWARD IS BUILT UPON OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, I THINK AS WE MOVE INTO THE RECOVERY STAGE AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE ELEMENTS OF THE CARESS ACT, ERIC, I WOULD INVITE US AND, AND PERHAPS THROUGH THE COMMITTEES, THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN REINVENT, UM, THE WAY THAT WE FUND ARTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FROM THE CITY ORGANIZATION, UH, BUT THIS COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. 
          THERE WAS A GREAT ARTICLE, UH, THAT SEBASTIAN LANG LESSING RECENTLY PUBLISHED, UH, THAT ARTICULATED THAT. 
          AND HOW IF WE DON'T, UM, PROTECT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY JUST IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING, WE WILL REGRET IT, UH, GENERATIONS FROM NOW. 
          AND, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AGAIN, THROUGH A CRISIS, TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE OUR KEY PRIORITIES AS A COMMUNITY. 
          AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA LOSE THE CULTURAL COMPONENT OF THAT. 
          SO, UH, IT'S A WORTHY DISCUSSION. 
          I APPRECIATE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO BRINGING THAT UP. 
          UM, JUST TO ARTICULATE AND CLOSE THIS OUT, UM, NEXT STEPS NEXT WEEK, WE WILL HAVE A PLAN IN FRONT OF US, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE LEVEL OF SPENDING, UH, OR THE LEVEL OF FUNDING FOR, FOR THE CARESS ACT PROPORTIONS, OF COURSE. 
          UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THIS IS THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSE. 
          UH, BUT ON THAT FIRST SLIDE, ERIC, YOU HAVE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES. 
          AND WHEN YOU FIRST TOLD ME ABOUT THESE, UH, IT WAS VERY EVIDENT THAT THEY SPRING FROM WHAT THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ARTICULATED AS OUR, AS OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO EQUITY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD, UH, IN THIS CITY AS WE RECOVER FROM THE CRISIS. 
          UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, AS IT RELATES TO SPECIFIC FUNDING, BRAIDED FUNDING, MAKING SURE WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR LOCAL FUNDS WITH STATE AND FEDERAL AS WELL AS THE COUNTY, UH, AND THEN, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. 
          I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF WE, IN SOME WAY AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM, ADOPTING THE PLAN FOR C R F, IF WE ALSO RATIFY, UM, SIGNAL OF THE COUNCIL, THE ADOPTION OF THESE VERY BASIC GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. 
          I, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF WE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD AS THE PACKAGE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GUIDED BY THESE THINGS THAT WE, UH, CONSIDER TO BE, UH, COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY VALUES. 
          I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. 
          UM, AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          ERIC, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANNA, UH, CLOSE THIS OUT, CLOSE THIS OUT WITH, UH, NO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. 
          I KNOW, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR US AND THE ON THE STAFF SIDE AND, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND, UH, WE WILL ROLL THAT INTO NEXT WEEK'S CONVERSATION. 
          THE OTHER PART OF NEXT WEEK'S CONVERSATION, UH, ON THE 28TH WILL BE, UM, THE, UH, OUR MID-YEAR BUDGET, UH, ADJUSTMENT THAT, UH, THAT WE DO USUALLY IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME. 
          UH, THAT'S ON THE AGENDA AS WELL. 
          WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET BRIEFINGS OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER COUNT, UH, MAYOR THAT ON THE 26TH NEXT WEEK ON TUESDAY IN THE AFTERNOON, WE HAVE THE, UH, THE FINAL WRAP UP REPORT FROM THE WORKING GROUPS. 
          IT'S ANOTHER JOINT, UH, UH, CITY, COUNTY, UH, MEETING. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, YEAH. 
          AND THAT WILL BE THE, THE, UH, DELIVERY OF THE FINAL PRODUCT FROM THE WORKING GROUPS AND, AND ALL THE REALLY CRITICAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. 
          SO I'M 
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NOT GONNA ADJOURN THIS MEETING. 
          WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS, UH, 
          [Executive Session]
ESSENTIALLY RECESS US SO THAT WE CAN PUSH OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION UNTIL TOMORROW. 
          UH, SO THE EXEC EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL TOMORROW, THURSDAY, MAY 21, AND WILL BE HELD AT ANY TIME DURING THE CITY COUNCIL, A SESSION THAT BEGINS NO EARLIER THAN 9:00 AM AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER IN MUNICIPAL PLAZA BUILDING. 
          THE TIME IS NOW, UH, 3:53 PM AND TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL B SESSION IS NOW IN RECESS. 
          UNTIL THAT TIME, THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON, GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          AND WE CAN NOW GO TO THE B SESSION THAT WAS RECESSED FOR OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, SO THE TIME IS NOW 10:32 AM ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 2020. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071 AND THE DELIBERATE DISCUSSED THE ITEMS POSTED ON THE MAY 20TH, 2020 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.087, THE PERSON EXCHANGE THE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 AND CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO COLLECT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY AND C OVID 19 PREPAREDNESS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          THE TIME IS 11:44 AM AM ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 21ST, 2020. 
          CITY COUNCIL IS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 
          THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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