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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION OF MARCH THE 28TH, 2018.
>> CLERK: MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL B SESSION.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAYED START.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, WE'LL START WITH OUR TRICENTENNIAL SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.
>> SCULLEY: MAYOR, GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE'RE HERE FOR TWO REPORTS, THE FIRST IS FOR THE TRICENTENNIAL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS HERE THIS AFTERNOON AND CARLOS CONTRERAS WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRICENTENNIAL IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST SUBJECT.
THE SECOND ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS ABOUT OUR DELEGATE AGENCY PROCESS.
EVERY TWO YEARS WE CONDUCT THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR FUNDING, WHICH IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE BUDGET MORE THAN $20 MILLION TO HELP SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES PROVIDE VERY NEEDED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE TRICENTENNIAL THIS AFTERNOON AND CARLOS IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE SUBJECT, OUR TRICENTENNIAL CHAIR IS HERE, DR. CYNTHIA MATSON, AND SHE IS ALSO GOING TO BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CARLOS AT THIS TIME.
>> CONTRERAS: THANK YOU, SHERYL, MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD AFTERNOON, HAPPY TRICENTENNIAL AND HAPPY FINAL FOUR.
IT'S ALL COMING UPON US VERY QUICKLY IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
I WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER JUST REAL BRIEFLY ON KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT HERE.
I'LL DO KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE -- OF THE CREATION OF THIS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, MANY OF YOU WERE NOT ON COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS FORMED, SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THAT, ABOUT OUR BUDGET THAT WE'VE ADOPTED, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO UNDERTAKE.
DR. MATSON WILL TAKE US THROUGH EACH OF THE INITIATIVES AND TALK ABOUT THE PINNACLE OF THE YEAR SO FAR, WHICH IS THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK WHICH OCCURS MAY 1 THROUGH MAY 6.
THEN I'LL COME BACK AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH WE'VE DONE IN THE COMMUNITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND THEN WE'LL BOTH BE AVAILABLE FOR ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT.
SITTING OVER HERE, WE HAVE DR. JOHN FOLKS.
FOR JOHN FOLKS, BRENDA PACHECO IS HERE AS WELL.
JIM LANDERS, MARY ROSE BROWN, OF COURSE IS HERE.
>> CONTRERAS: AND DR. MATSON IS HERE AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND MANY THANKS TO THE ENTIRE BOARD WHO WAS AT A BOARD MEETING THIS MORNING AND THEY WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO K AJ AND THANK THE -- ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE STAFF OF THE TRICENTENNIAL IF THEY'RE HERE, PLEASE STAND UP IF YOU'RE HERE.
>> CONTRERAS: THEY, TOO, HAVE WORKED TIRELY AND ON WEEKENDS AND AT NIGHT AND COLD DURING NEW YEAR'S EVE, AND WILL BE WORKING FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT TRICENTENNIAL EXPERIENCE.
IN PARTICULAR AMONG THE STAFF, IF YOU MAY, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF WHO HAVE COME OVER AND TAKEN ON MORE WORK ON TOP OF THEIR FULL-TIME JOBS, AND THAT'S IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, ANN EDEN, ISAAC BERNAL, EDWARD NO, LARA MAYS, CHRIS ANDERSEN AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
THEY'VE ALL LENT THEIR TIME AND THEIR TALENTS TO THE TRICENTENNIAL AND WE'RE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE.
WE HAVE MANY OTHER PARTNERS AMONG THE CITY THAT HAVE ALSO LEANED IN AND PARTICIPATED WITH THE TRICENTENNIAL, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THEM.
THERE ARE TOO MANY TO NUMBER -- I MEAN, TO NAME RIGHT NOW, BUT REST ASSURED THAT ALL OF YOUR CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TRIEBT -- TRICENTENNIAL AND ARE THINKING OF WAYS TO COMMEMORATE THAT ACTIVITY.
SPECIAL THANKS TO SHERYL ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, SHERYL, IN THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS TO MAKE THIS AN EASY --
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WELL, NOT SO EASY BUT A SMOOTH TRANSITION IN THE TRICENTENNIAL.IT'S BEEN QUITE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT IN WORKING WITH THE BOARD.
A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE TRICENTENNIAL IN JUNE OF 2015, THE COUNCIL CREATED A TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION, WHICH IS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PLANNING, DEVELOPING, MANAGING, FUNDRAISING, ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING OUR TRICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THE COUNCIL ALSO APPOINTED THE BOARD -- OF 2017, MOST RECENTLY IN MAY OF 2017, COUNCIL APPROVED AN AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS THAT ALLOW THE COMMISSIONERS COURT TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE TRICENTENNIAL COMMISSION BOARD AS WELL, AND ESTABLISHED THAT THE FIVE COCHAIRS, THREE OF WHOM WERE NAMED BY THE CITY, TWO FROM THE COUNTY, WOULD SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD IN ONE OF MY EARLIER PRESENTATION TO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TREVINO ASKED ME WHAT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE TRICENTENNIAL COMMISSION WERE AND THAT CAUSED ME TO GO FIND THEM, FRANKLY, AND GO RESEARCH THOSE, BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY EARLY IN MY TENURE AND I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM YET.
BUT I'M GLAD YOU DID, COUNCILMAN, BECAUSE AS I PULLED THEM OUT AND LOOKED AT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, I SEE HOW THEY HAVE BEEN FORMED, ALL OF THE DECISION-MAKING THAT THE BOARD HAS UNDERTAKEN OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND I'VE LISTED WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW OF THOSE.
IT CREATES A POSITIVE AND LASTING IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY, NUMBER ONE.
IT SHOWCASES OUR DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVELY AND AUTHENTICITY.
IT DESCRIBES WHAT OUR TRICENTENNIAL IDENTITY IS, AND IT EDUCATES AND CELEBRATES OUR SHARED HISTORY AND PRESERVES A LEGACIMENT AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT THE BOARD HAS UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS IS TO HONOR ALL OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS THEY PLANNED THE YEAR, AS THEY'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT ARE THE INITIATIVES FOR THE YEAR AND AS THEY HAVE UNDERTAKEN ALL OF THEIR WORK.
IN REVIEWING ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIP APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO THE OFFICIAL TRICENTENNIAL, A COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU AS -- USED THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WOULD APPROVE THESE PARTNERS, THE 700 OR SO PARTNERS THAT HAVE WANTED TO BE OFFICIAL TRICENTENNIAL PARTNERS, SO THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE BEEN UTILIZED.
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUDGET.
THE BUDGET -- THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
THIS IS A THREE-YEAR BUDGET, THIS IS NOT AN ANNUAL BUDGET ON THE BOARD.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE TRICENTENNIAL COMMISSION, CELEBRATION COMMISSION.
THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS ADOPTED IN 2016, SEPTEMBER OF 2016, AND WAS AMENDED, AGAIN, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017.
IN 2017, THE BOARD ADOPTED A $22.5 MILLION THREE-YEAR BUDGET.
WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OVER THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS, WE'VE REDUCED THAT BUDGET TO $21.1 MILLION WHILE WE'RE STILL ABLE TO CAPITALIZE SOME REALLY WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WHERE WE SIT TODAY IN TERMS OF OUR FUNDRAISING -- LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
THE BUDGET IS MADE UP OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CONTRIBUTIONS, APPROXIMATELY $2.3 MILLION OVER THE LAST 2.5 YEARS.
A SMALL AMOUNT FROM THE COUNTY, ABOUT $160,000 FROM THE COUNTY IN CASH, A LOT OF IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND THEN PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS.
SO WHERE WE STAND TODAY IS WE ARE AT ABOUT $1.5 MILLION TO RAISE TO COMPLETE THE $21.1 MILLION BUDGET.
AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
$500,000 IS EAR MARKED AS A -- SORT OF A LINE ITEM, A BUDGET ITEM FOR THE GALA.
THE -- OBVIOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES WOULD DRIVE THE COST OF THE GALA, BUT WE'VE EAR MARKED $500,000 THAT WE'VE SET ASIDE FOR THE GALA, AND THE GALA WILL BE TICKETED FUNDRAISING EVENT.
SO OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL THOSE COSTS WILL YIELD ADDITIONAL FUNDS, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE PROCEEDS OF WHAT THE GALA WILL GO TOWARDS, BUT -- SO THAT'S AN EAR MARKED AMOUNT.
THE $1 MILLION IS AN EAR MARKED FOR A GIFT TO THE CITY FROM THE TRICENTENNIAL, AN UNKERMED GIFT AT THIS -- UNDETERMINED GIFT AT THIS POINT.
WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT DO AS A LASTING GIFT FOR THE TRICENTENNIAL, WHAT WE'VE KIND OF RESOLVED ON IS WE WOULD DO SOMETHING IN CONNECTION WITH THE MISSIONS AND LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE PART OF A GATEWAY PROJECT TOWARDS THE
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MISSIONS, SO THAT COULD BE SCALABLE, SO WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE RAISE FOR THAT COULD BE ADDED TO, AND IT WOULD BE SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE FUNDS THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY CONTRIBUTING OUT OF THE 2017 BUDGET FOR THE COMMISSION.WE THINK IT'S -- FOR THE MISSIONS.
WE THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL GIFT, LASTING GIFT, SO SYMBOLIC OF WHAT WE'RE COMMEMORATING.
IT'S THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE PAST AND OUR HISTORY, BUT IT ALSO REPRESENTS A LOT OF OUR FUTURE WITH ALL OF THE VISITORS THAT WILL COME AND PARTICIPATE AND BE PART OF THE WORLD HERITAGE.
SO IN SUM, OUR $1.5 MILLION GAP, 500,000 EAR MARKED FOR THE GALA, WHICH WILL BE A TICKETED EVENT -- THE CITY.
I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR. MATSON NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE INITIATIVES AND THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK ACTIVITIES.
I BRING GREETINGS FROM TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-SAN ANTONIO AND CERTAINLY ON BEHALF OF THE TRICENTENNIAL BOARD.
WE'RE DELIGHTED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW WITH THE REMAINING COMPONENTS OF THE TRICENTENNIAL.
AS YOU WELL KNOW FROM THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, WE ALSO HAVE, FROM A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE, AN UMBRELLA LOOK AT THE FOUR AREAS IN TERMS OF COLUMNS OF AREAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING.
AND THEY ARE, AS YOU SEE BEHIND ME, HISTORY AND EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, LET'S START WITH HISTORY AND EDUCATION.
AND DO I HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE SLIDE? OKAY.
SO, OF COURSE, THERE ARE SEVERAL MOMENTS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND USUALLY WHEN I'M MAKING A PUBLIC PRESENTATION, I USUALLY SAY IF THE MAYOR WERE HERE, HE WOULD SAY THIS.
>> THIS IS OUR TIME, AND THIS TRULY IS OUR TIME.
AND TWO OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS PUTTING SAN ANTONIO ON A NATIONAL MAP, WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST COMING WEEKS WITH THE FINAL FOUR ARRIVAL HERE AND ALL THE TRICENTENNIAL BRANDING AROUND THAT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A TRICENTENNIAL EVENT, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SAN ANTONIO ON A NATIONAL STAGE AROUND THE TRICENTENNIAL AND CERTAINLY THE GLOBAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH CANARY ISLANDS AND THAT WE'LL EXPERIENCE DURING COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
SO SORT OF THE BOOK ENDS, THEN, OF THESE FOUR PILLARS ARE AROUND HISTORY AND EDUCATION, SOME OF THE CAP STONE ACTIVITIES HERE, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS, I'M ONLY GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THERE ARE 700 ACTIVITIES WITH 500 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE'VE LIFTED OWED ABOUT 90 TO 100 ACTIVITY THAT ARE TRUE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME TRICENTENNIAL EVENTS.
BUT THESE ARE TO SPARK THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR GREAT AND RICH HISTORY.
WE HAVE A TRICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE BOOK THAT WILL BE COMING OWPT SOMETIME DURING THE -- OUT SOMETIME DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.
OUR PUSH IS DURING COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
WE'VE HAD LAST YEAR TRICENTENNIAL SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS, SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS FUNDED BY TOYOTA TO PUT TOGETHER A CURRICULUM CONTENT THAT SORT OF HIGHLIGHTS EVERYTHING THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR RESOURCES AS WELL AS CONTENT FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS TO USE A CURRICULUM IN THE BOX, SO TO SPEAK.
THIS WAS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WAS DONE IN CONSULTATION AND COLLABORATION WITH MANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES THAT WAS LED BY UTSA.
AT THE THE WITTE MUSEUM WE HAVET OPENED THE 300 YEARS OF SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY AND CONFLUENCE WHICH IS JUST LAST WEEKEND HAD A FABULOUS PRESENTATION, WHICH WE RECEIVED SOME OVERVIEW DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS MORNING AT OUR BOARD MEETING.
AND THERE'S MANY OTHER EXHIBITS THAT ARE OPEN AROUND THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SOME THAT ARE HERE DOWNTOWN AT EACH OF THE MUSEUMS, INCLUDING THE PRESIDIO GALLERY IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
ARTS AND CULTURE, JUST, AGAIN, AT THE VERY HIGH LEVEL, THE TRIART GRANT PROGRAM, THIS WAS DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE THE RICH HERITAGE OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE ARE ABOUT 23 PROGRAMS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT WERE FUNDED BY THE CITY THAT WILL ALL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 2018.
THOSE 20 PLUS GRANTS RANGE FROM 5,000 TO $20,000 AND ARE VERY RICH CONTEXT RALLY, VERY DIVERSE AND REPRESENT ALL ASPECTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE MCNAY EXHIBIT, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TO ALREADY GIVES US 100 YEARS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART.
IT OPENED IN FEBRUARY AND THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH MAY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART EXHIBIT, THAT ART FROM MEXICO WHICH OPENED UP IN FEBRUARY.
THIS IS COMPRISED OF ABOUT 150 PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES BEFORE HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A VERY RICH EXHIBITION.
AND THIS IS INTENDED TO CELEBRATE OUR CITY'S DEEP HISPANIC ROOTS AND STRONG CULTURAL TIES WITH MEXICO.
ALSO LATER THIS SUMMER, AS YOU WELL ARE AWARE, WE'LL BE OPENING ANOTHER EXHIBIT WITH SPAIN AND THE NEW SPAIN.
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MASTERPIECES OF SPANISH PAINTINGS AND THAT WILL OPEN JUNE 22ND.AGAIN, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT HAS BEEN UNDER PREPARATION FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OPENING UP.
ONE OF THE EXCITING OTHER COMPONENTS THAT REALLY IS INTENDED TO PULL EVERY CITIZEN IN OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER IS 300 YEARS, 300 PROJECTS, SIX INSTITUTIONS.
AND THE INTENT THERE IS TO SEE THESE SIX PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS OUR CITY WITH ARTISTS IN EACH OF THESE REPRESENTATIONS REPRESENTING A SINGULAR YEAR, AND THAT ARTIST HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CURATE THEIR OWN DISCOVERY OF THAT YEAR IN REPRESENTATION OF AN ART PIECE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT YET, THE ART PACE EXHIBITS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED.
THEY -- TAKES ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GET THROUGH THE EXHIBITS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AT WHAT EACH ARTIST HAS CREATED.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT OPENING ON FRIDAY ALONG WITH ALL OF THE OTHER WONDERFUL FINAL FOUR ACTIVITIES AT THE MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE.
ANOTHER CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS COMMUNITY SERVICE.
SO THERE RME VENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO ALL YEAR LONG.
THE INTENT OF THE TRICENTENNIAL WAS TO HIGHLIGHT AND LEVERAGE SOME VERY SPECIFIC SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ENGAGE NEW INDIVIDUALS IN EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE SAN ANTONIO -- THE SA 300 STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SEVERAL AGENCIES, THEIR FIRST EVENTS OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
THERE WILL BE FOUR OTHER EVENTS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMPONENT.
AS YOU MAY KNOW DURING COMMEMORATIVE WEEK, WE WILL ALSO HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS, SOME OF THEM YOU CAN READ HERE ON THE SLIDE, I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THEM, BUT THE INTENT IS FOR YOU TO BE AWARE THAT WE'RE REACHING MUCH DEEPER AND FURTHER TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR YOUTH AND OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY, ALL ASPECTS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE CRESCENDO OF THIS PART OF HERE IS COMMEMORATIVE WEEK AND WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST SCHEDULE, WHICH WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.
BUT STARTING ON TUESDAY, MAY 1ST, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FIESTA, WHICH ENDS ON SUNDAY, WE WILL HAVE THE MONDAY AS A DAY OF REST.
TUESDAY, MAY FIRST BEGINS OUR DAY OF REFLECTION.
AND THIS IS AN EVENING EVENT THAT WILL OCCUR AT MAIN PLAZA IN SAN FERNANDO KA TREE DRAL, AND -- CATHEDRAL, AND THE ANTICIPATION IS TO HAVE ABOUT 2500 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN ALL DENOMINATION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WILL CELEBRATE THE FOUNDING WHEN THE SAN FRANCISCANS ARRIVED HERE IN WHAT WE KNOW KNOW AS SAN ANTONIO.
A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU WILL NOW EXPECT TO SEE, ALL DENOMINATIONS INVITED TO RING THEIR CHURCH BELLS AT THE SAME TIME AT CERTAIN TIMES ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY.
A COMMEMORATIVE FLAME TO SYMBOLIZE SAN ANTONIO'S UNITY.
A CANDLE LIGHT VISTA VIGIL FOR E ATTENDEES THAT ARE ACTUALLY AT THE EVENT AND A VIEWING OF THE SAGA AT THE SAN FERNANDO CATHEDRAL AFTER THESE ACTIVITIES.
THERE ARE MUSIC AND DANCES AT THE PLAZA, A VARIETY OF COMMUNITY GATHERINGS.
WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WITH SO MANY GREAT ACTIVITIES THAT ONE COULD BE BETTER THAN ANOTHER, SO THEY WILL BE THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU THOUGH, IF YOU CAN, TO MAKE SURE YOU ATTEND THE DAY OF REFLECTION.
THE NEXT DAY IS THE HISTORY AND EDUCATION DAY, WHICH IS WEDNESDAY, MAY SECOND.
HERE WE HAVE ENGAGED ALL OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO INVITE LOCAL SCHOOLS THAT WILL SHOWCASE READINGS, HISTORY PLAYS AND INTERACTIVE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SO THERE IS A LIBRARY IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS THAT HAS BEEN ENGAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY.
THE VIA WILL BE ENGAGED WITH A MOBILE HISTORY LAB THAT'S GOING TO VISIT THE LIBRARIES AND THE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
WE ALSO HAVE A TREE -- AUDIO] -- WHERE WE WILL BEGIN PLANTING 300 TREES.
MOSTLY AT HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CEREMONIOUS PIECES AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE PLANTINGS WILL OCCUR LATER IN OCTOBER DURING NORMAL PLANTING SEASON.
EACH UNIVERSITY WILL ITSELF BE HOSTING AN EVENT AS PART OF HISTORY AND EDUCATION DAY, AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THERE'S AN -- IN AUDIO] -- THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT A SERIES OF SYMPOSIUMS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL AND UNIQUE TOPICS AT
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EACH UNIVERSITY.OUR LADY OF THE LAKE KICKED US OFF WITH A CONVERSATION ABOUT WOMEN AND WOMEN IN EDUCATION, IT WAS VERY DEEP AND RICH.
ALSO NEXT WE HAVE FOUNDERS DAY, MAY THE THIRD.
NOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT DURING THIS TIME WE WILL ALSO HAVE OUR INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES WILL HAVE BEGUN ARRIVING BOTH ON THE TUESDAY -- THE MONDAY AND THE TUESDAY FOR WHAT WE THINK WILL BE SOME OF THE CAPSTONE EVENTS HERE ON FOUNDERS DAY ITSELF.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON HERE, INCLUDING LECTURES, BUT THE INTENT HERENES TO HAVE FIVE PUBLIC FREE EVENTS IN EACH REGION OF THE CITY TO HIGHLIGHT VARIOUS CULTURES, HISTORICAL ASPECTS AND FUTURISTIC THINKING ABOUT SAN ANTONIO OVER THE PAST 300 YEARS AND THE NEXT 300 YEARS.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, THIS WILL BE GOING ON BETWEEN ABOUT 5:30 TO 8:00.
SIMULTANEOUSLY WE'LL BE PREPARING FOR THE FOUNDERS GALA WHICH WILL OCCUR AT THE HENRY B.
GONZALEZ THIS WILL OCCUR THAT NIGHT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MANY OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING DURING THE DAY AND EARLIER IN THE WEEK, AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE LEGACY GIFT THAT WE INTEND TO LEAVE BACK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF, THE EVENING OF THE GALA ALSO WILL BE EQUALLY AS RICH AS WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IF YOU MAKE IT TO ALL OF THE UNIVERSITIES, AND I SHOULD ALSO MENTION MORGAN'S WONDERLAND.
AND THE INTENT THERE IS TO BE AS INCLUSIVE AS WE CAN BE WE QUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PARTS OF OUR CITY TO COME TOGETHER.
WE EXPECT TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LOCAL TALENT PERFORMING AT THE GALA, INCLUDINGINDIGENOUS DANCERS, ET CETERA, AND WE ALSO EXPECT TO HAVE SISTER CITY PRESENTATION OF GIFTS AND WE THERE WILL BE A NUMBER OF OTHER ACTIVITY THAT'S THE CITY IS PLANNING ON THROUGH THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND PROTOCOL THAT WILL INVOLVE ALL OF YOU IN THIS ROOM, AS MANY OF THE MAYORAL DELEGATES AND OTHER SISTER CITY DELEGATES THAT ARE HERE FROM OUR VISITING CITIES, INTERNATIONAL CITIES, AS WELL AS THE WORK THAT THE MAYOR IS DOING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CITIES FROM ABROAD IN THE CONFERENCE THAT'S OCCURRING HERE DURING THAT TIME.
FRIDAY IS ARTS FOR ALL DAY, AND HERE THE INTENT IS TO OPEN UP SAN ANTONIO'S VIBRANT ART COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE WORKING AT FREE ADMISSION TO THE VARIOUS MUSEUMS AND ART VENUES FROM 3:00 TO 6:0.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A PUBLIC ART TOURS THAT ARE BOTH WALKING AND BIKE TOURS, A FREE CONCERT AT THE CARVER WITH MUSICAL BRIDGES AND OTHER LOCAL CARVER ARTISTS.
PERFORMANCES FROM VARIOUS DANCE AND CHOIR GROUPS AT MANY PUBLIC SPACES AROUND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE DEDICATION OF THE GIFT FROM MEXICO CITY AND THE ART SCULPTURE THAT WILL BE HERE PRESENTED BY ARTIST JORGE MARIN TO BE PLACED AT THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS COURTYARD AND ALSO A DEDICATION OF THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT, THE JEWEL BOX CLOCK.
THERE IS JUST MORE THAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WILL BE OCCURRING ON THIS DAY, BUT, AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH DAY PROVIDES A PEEK INTO A RICHNESS THAT'S OCCURRING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
THEN WE MOVE INTO THE LEGACY DAY, WHICH IS SATURDAY, MAY THE FIFTH.
AND THIS IS -- I FORGOT TO MENTION ON FRIDAY, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR FRIDAY IS BEXAR COUNTY'S CONTRIBUTIONS ALONG THE MISSION REACH.
AND THAT IS GOING TO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF FALL FESTIVALS OCCURRING AT VARIOUS MISSIONS, ALONG WITH A FIREWORKS DISPLAY, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE FIREWORKS CURATED TO THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY AND COUNTY'S FOUNDING, AND THAT WILL OCCUR AT THE -- YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENING THERE ON FRIDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.
SATURDAY, LEGACY DAY, AGAIN, ANOTHER FABULOUS DAY THAT WILL BE LARGELY LED BY THE COUNTY IS THE OPENING OF THE DEDICATION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SAN PEDRO CREEK'S TRANSFORMATION INTO A LINEAR PARK.
AND THIS HAS MANY ASPECTS THAT WILL REFLECT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AREA TO SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE THE CREEK'S FUNCTION IN FLOOD CONTROL, AND MUCH REVITALIZATION THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR AROUND HERE.
WE WILL HAVE -- THIS IS AN EVENING EVENT, AGAIN, WE'LL START LATE AFTERNOON, 4:30 TIME FRAME WITH ALL OF THE FESTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD IMAGINE, THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT MARIACHIS WILL BE PERFORMING, THERE WILL BE FOOD TRUCKS, CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE PERFORMANCE, HEART OF TEXAS PERFORMANCE, PERFORMANCES THAT WE SAW DURING THE CANARY ISLANDS WEEK AND THE GRAND OPENING
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CEREMONY THERE ON THE MAIN STAGE AND ILLUMINATION OF THE MIRROR REVEAL ITSELF ALSO ON THE MAIN STAGE AND THEN AN URBAN 15 EVENING PERFORMANCE ALONG THE CREEK.ALSO ON THIS DAY WILL BE THE OPENING OF THE MILITARY APPRECIATION WEEKEND AT FORT SAM.
SOME ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE COMPETING EVENTS GOING ON FOR YOUR SCHEDULES, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY'S SCHEDULE.
SO THE CAPSTONE THEN ENDS -- OR I SHOULD SAY THE CULMINATION, NOT THE CAPSTONE, BECAUSE EACH DAY HAS A CAPSTONE, IS THE MILITARY APPRECIATION DAY ON SUNDAY, MAY THE SIXTH WHEN THE FT. SAM HOUSTON IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
THERE WILL BE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES GOING ON THERE, INCLUDING A PARADE, BLACK DAGGERS, THE MILITARY DEMONSTRATION SHOW, THE ARMY LIFE AND DRUM CORPS, ET CETERA, MANY REENACTMENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THAT DAY AND INTO THE EVENING.
IT'S ALL GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING AND I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET AS MUCH SLEEP AS YOU CAN BETWEEN NOW AND THE START OF FIESTA, AND COMETRATIVE WEEK, BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY FOR ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES -- AUDIO] -- JUST HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IT'S HARD TO FIND JUST ONE OR TWO HIGHLIGHTS FOR EACH DAY THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMEMORATIVE WEEK ITSELF THAT I MIGHT ADDRESS INTO A DEEPER DIVE? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD INTO THE LEGACY PROJECTS.
YOU KNOW -- WE OPTED GETTING LEFT BEHIND AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES, AND MANY THAT HAVE LEGACIES THROUGHOUT THEM THAT WILL BE HUGE REMEMBRANCES, BUT SPECIFICALLY OUTSIDE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE WITH CONFLUENCE PARK AND OTHER OPENINGS AROUND THE COMMUNITY WILL BE THE SAN PEDRO CREEK AND THE LINCOLN PARK PROJECT.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE SAN PEDRO CREEK SOMEWHAT.
THE CITY EXHIBITED $24.4 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT IN BOTH 4.9 MILLION REAL ESTATE AS WELL AS THE $19.5 MILLION IN THE 2017 BOND.
THERE'S ALSO THE LINCOLN PARK, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
EAST SIDE IT'S A 32-ACRE PARK.
THE CITY, THERE'S A COMBINED $2 MILLION FROM THE CITY'S 2017 BOND PROGRAM, ALONG WITH A VERY GENEROUS GIFT FROM MR. CHARLES BUTT, H-E-B CHAIRMAN AND CEO, THAT WILL ALLOW THIS COMMUNITY TO COME TO LIFE WITH SIGNIFICANT PARK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE A SPLASH PAD, WALKING TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, FITNESS STATIONS, ET CETERA, AND YOU SEE A RENDERING UP THERE.
WE EXPECT THAT TO BEGIN IN 2018.
I MENTIONED JUST MOMENTARILY THE TREE CENTENNIAL PROJECT AND THE INTENT THERE IS TO PLANT TREES AT EVERY MAJOR INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND IT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES WITHIN THE ALAMO COLLEGES, WITHIN OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AT A&M AND UTSA, WITHIN THE MAJOR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, LADY OF THE LAKE, TRINITY AND UIW ARE ALSO MENTIONED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
A LOT HAPPENING AS IT RELATES TO EVERY ASPECT OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU SHOULD BE ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR AND THE LEGACIES THAT WILL BE LEFT BEHIND, AND THIS IS JUST FIVE MONTHS INTO THE YEAR.
WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF MAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE EXHAUSTED BY DECEMBER.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS PLANNED FOR SUMMER.
WHILE WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT HISTORY AND ART, I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WHAT WE SEE AS MOST SIGNIFICANT IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC CATALYST, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND MOMENTS LIKE THE FINAL FOUR AND SOME OF THE FIGURES IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE GENERATING IN INCOME BUT ALSO WHAT WE'RE GENERATING IN REPUTATION L BRAND, AND THE REMINDER TO THE WORD WHAT A MAJOR CITY SAN ANTONIO IS FOR ALL OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR OUR GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN THIS CITY AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO COME FOR THE NEXT 300 YEARS.
SO WE ARE WEAVING THAT INTO WHAT YOU'LL SEE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS.
CARLOS IS GOING TO TALK WITH YOU MORE ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND OUR PROGRAM.
>> CONTRERAS: THANK YOU DR. MATSON.
AS DR. MATSON INDICATED, WE'RE PLANNING SOMETHING FOR THE FALL AND WE'LL BE TEASING OUT SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES AS WE GET PAST COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
SO FOR YOUR CALENDARS, APRIL SINGTS AT 90 -- SIXTH AT 9:00 AT CITY HALL WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESS CONFERENCE, DEEPER DETAIL INTO THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK ACTIVITY, I WANTED TO BE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO TAKE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE TRICENTENNIAL INTO THE COMMUNITIES IN ADDITION TO ALL THE MARKETING ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE DONE THROUGHOUT THE
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CITY, WE'VE BEGUN A SPEAKER'S BUREAU PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO ORGANIZATIONS LARGE AND SMALL, HOHS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS GROUP MEMBERSHIPS, I THINK WE HAD A DISCUSSION TOMORROW WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PLAZA CLUB, ANYBODY THAT'S WILLING TO LISTEN, WE'RE COMING OUT TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE TRICENTENNIAL.WE'VE MADE 15 PRESENTATIONS SO FAR.
IF YOU HAVE ACTIVITIES IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO COME AND PRESENT ON TRICENTENNIAL, WE ARE HAPPY TO COME DO THAT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE ALREADY DONE SO, AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE DONE THAT.
AS WELL AS STAFF THAT ARE ATTENDING THESE.
WITH RESPECT TO BRANDING THE CITY IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE'RE ROLLING OUT NEW ARTWORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO PROMOTE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF WHAT WE'LL BE SEEING.
224 JUNIOR POSTERS, 165 POSTERS, THE LARGER SIZE POSTERS, TRADITIONAL BILLBOARDS, DIGITAL BILLBOARDS, AND THEN BUS WRAPS, BUS KINGS, ET CETERA, THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING.
ALSO IN SPANISH, AS YOU CAN SEE.
I BELIEVE ON THURSDAY, OUR NEW BUILDING, CITY-OWNED BUILDING WILL BE WRAPPED AS WELL.
YOU YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE MARQUEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NCAA FINAL FOUR, WE HAVE SOME GOOD BRANDING TAKING PLACE THERE.
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, YOU SHOULD BE SEEING BANNERS THAT ARE GOING UP, POLL BANNERS A -- POLE BANNERS AS WELL AS THE -- IN AUDIO] -- EMBLEM ON LIGHT FIXTURES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ALSO AT OUR SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WE HAVE BRANDING JUST IN TIME FOR THE 70, 80,000 VISITORS THAT ARE COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ALL THE ACTIVITIES THERE.
OUR AMBASSADORS ARE OUTFITTED WITH TRICENTENNIAL GEAR AND INFORMATION AND WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT TODAY, I BELIEVE, WELCOMING FOLKS THAT ARE COMING AS PART OF THE NCAA FINAL FOUR.
THIS WAS -- I KNEW ABOUT THIS, BUT IT WAS A SURPRISE AS I WAS RUNNING ONE MORNING AND I SAW THIS ALONG THE RIVER, OUR CCDO, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FINE PARTNERS DID SOME PLANTINGS THROUGHOUT THE RIVERWALK.
YOU WILL SEE MORE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.
SOCIAL MEDIA'S A BIG PART OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE CLOSE TO 42,000 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK.
NOT THAT WE'RE IN COMPETITION WITH OUR FRIENDS TO THE EAST IN NEW ORLEANS, BUT WE DID CHECK, MY FRIEND ANN CHECKED THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, THEY HAVE 327 FOLLOWERS ON THEIR FACEBOOK AS CONTRASTED WITH 42,000.
OUR GOAL IS 50,000 ON -- ON OUR TWITTER COUNT WE HAVE 3300 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER, AGAIN NOT THAT IT'S A COMPETITION, BUT THEY HAVE 449.
I HOPE THAT YOU MADE GOOD USE OF THE COMMUNICATION, WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON A WEEKLY BASIS, BUT WE'RE FLOODING YOUR E-MAILS WITH -- AHEAD STRATEGY GROUPS AND OTHERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET TO EVERYTHING.
I KNOW THAT SHERYL AND I TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES THAT SHE SHOULD TRY TO GO TO, AMONG ALL THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT SHE'S INVOLVED IN, BUT IT'S HARD TO GET TO EVERYTHING, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU CAN, GET OUT AND SEE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.
ONE ITEM THAT IS -- I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IS JUST A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY IS THE SUMMER OF SPAIN.
PEARL'S ORGANIZING THIS ACTIVITY THERE.
AS WE INDICATED, THERE'S 700 TRICENTENNIAL EVENTS AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT ALL OF THEM.
WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT 90 OF THEM THROUGH OUR MARKETING AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE PEARL SUMMER OF SPAIN IS GOING TO BE REALLY SPECIAL.
IT TAKES PLACE JUNE 15TH THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16TH, THE SUMMER OF SPAIN EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE PEARL, THE EVENTS WILL FOCUS ON CULINARY, LIVE PERFORMANCES AND A LOT OF FAMILY-FUN ACTIVITIES THERE AT THE PEARL SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THAT AS WELL.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH SPONSORS AND FUNDRAISING, BUT LOTS OF GREAT SUPPORT FROM OUR CORPORATE COMMUNITY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
AND AS I CLOSE, IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS TO MENTION PARTNERS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN HELPFUL, BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH DEBBIE SITTER AND ARTS AND CULTURE, THE WHOLE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, PASA, THEIR BOARD, THEY'VE REALLY MADE THIS YEAR A VERY
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SPECIAL YEAR WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES IN ARTS AND CULTURE, AND THEN SHERRY DELASHAWHE HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH OUR DELEGATION SHE'S BEEN WORKING PROBABLY THREE YEARS AGO TO GET READY FOR THIS.SO A HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE YEARS, SHOWCASING OUR CELLS TO THE WORLD AND WE -- OURSELVES TO THE WORLD AND WE CAN ALL THANK SHERRY FOR THE GREAT WORK SHE'S BEEN DOING.
MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, CARLOS.
I'D REALLY JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT REALLY TO PAUSE AND REFLECT ON HOW FAR WE'VE COME.
THIS IS CLEARLY AN INITIATIVE WHEN YOU STEP BACK FROM IT, ONE THAT WE CAN BE TRULY PROUD OF.
AND THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE WERE GOING AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET THERE, BUT I THINK IF YOU TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP AND EVOLVED THEIR CAPACITY TO MAKE THIS A TRULY BRILLIANT CELEBRATION OF OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK WE'LL ALL BE PROUD OF THE EFFORT PUT FORWARD.
IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW, BUT THIS IS TRULY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE WHO WE'VE BECOME TO THE WORLD, AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHOW THE WORLD WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO INVEST TIME, ENERGY, RESOURCE, PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY LONG-TERM, AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE, FOR ME, THE STORY OF THE TRICENTENNIAL IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PLANT SOME STAKES IN THE GROUND AND DEMONSTRATE WHY SAN ANTONIO TRULY IS A CITY OF THE FUTURE.
AND I WANT TO THANK JUST -- TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR AGREEING TO TAKE ON THIS MISSION.
IT'S NOT BEEN EASY, CERTAINLY WHEN YOU -- TO A HARDY DEBT OF GRATITUDE FOR TAKING IT ON, STABILIZING THE ORGANIZATION, MAKING SOME TOUGH CHOICES, BUT KEEPING US MOVING FORWARD, BUT ACHIEVING THE KIND OF SUCCESS THAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY.
SO THANK YOU, CARLOS, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY, FOR DOING THAT WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CYNTHIA, OUR FEARLESS BOARD CHAIR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE TEAMS AROUND YOU.
THE MISSION WHO HAS REALLY CIVIC STELLAR AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AROUND YOU, BUT CYNTHIA, IT TAKES A STRONG LEADER TO COME ON BOARD AND GET THE SHIPS POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND YOU'VE DONE IT IN EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE ASKED YOU TO DO AND IN A REMARKABLE WAY AND MAYBE PERHAPS AN UNDERSTATED WAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT WORK AND YOUR TEAM AROUND YOU.
MARY ROSE, YOU REALLY ASKED NOTHING OTHER THAN TO BE PART OF THE EFFORT, AND YOU'VE DONE THAT IN A REMARKABLE WAY AS WELL.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE OUT EVERYBODY THAT DESERVES TO BE RECOGNIZED BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF YOU THREE AND THE TEAMS THAT YOU HAVE AROUND YOU.
EVERY SINGLE STAFF MEMBER THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE VERY START DESERVES CONGLAT LAITIONS AND THANK YOUS -- CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOUS.
WE'RE NOT DONE BY ANY STRETCH, WE DO STILL HAVE SOME FUNDRAISING LEFT TO DO, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THE CELEBRATION NOW.
I UNDERSTAND WE'VE GOT FIESTA -- WELL, WE'RE IN FINAL FOUR NOW, WE GO INTO FIESTA, WHICH IS OUR PARTY WITH A PURPOSE AND THEN WE GO IMMEDIATELY INTO COMMEMORATIVE WEEK AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE NEED EVERYONE TO BE ENGAGED WITH AND BE A PART OF.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INTERNATIONAL VISITORS FROM ALL OVER INCLUDING OUR SISTER CITIES AND THE SISTER CITY CONFERENCE IN THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE MISDEMEANOR OF PARTIES OF -- MIDST OF OUR OWN, MAYBE WE CAN CALL THIS THE PARTY IN PERPETUITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO EXCITING TO BE PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE TRICENTENNIAL IS THE PLATFORM TO DEMONSTRATE THAT.
I THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, SHERYL, FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY TO THIS AS WELL, AND TO OUR -- MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL WHO HAVE REALLY LEANED INTO IT AT THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMITTEE AS WELL, COUNCILMAN TREVINO.
SO I'LL GET OFF THE MIC NOW WITH THESE THANK YOUS, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE STORY FOR ME IS THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE, WHO'S HAD A ROLE IN THIS.
>> CONTRERAS: MAYOR, YOU'RE VERY KIND.
ACE MENTIONED IT IS THE STAFF.
I DIDN'T MENTION VANESSA HEARNE AND SHE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING THROUGH THIS ALL THE THROUGH THE FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS.
VANESSA I THINK I SAW YOU COME IN HERE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VANESSA.
THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DR. MATSON, PROUD SOUTH SIDER RIGHT NOW AND ALSO MY COMMISSIONER BRENDA PACHECO WHO IS HERE AND WHO HAS BEEN HERE SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, AND WHO'S KEPT AN EYE ON EVERYTHING.
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AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT, AND THAT'S WHY SHE IS IN THE POSITION THAT SHE'S IN.GIVING VOICE TO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEEDED TO HAVE A VOICE ON THIS COMMISSION, AND, AGAIN, IT'S NOT OVER YET, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE COMMEMORATIVE BOOK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HAS THE STORYTELLINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS INCLUDED AND THAT IT'S INCLUSIVE OF ALL OF THOSE GEMS AND THOSE STORIES AND THOSE TREASURES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD IN THE PAST.
BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE RESURRECTED AND SHARE THE STORY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIANS AND ALL OF THOSE.
I WANT TO THANK, OF COURSE, MARY ROSE AND EVERY ONE IN THE STAFF WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE YOU ARE HELPING SHAPE THE STORY OF HOW WE CELEBRATE 300 YEARS IN THIS CITY.
AND THIS IS A LEGACY OF YOUR OWN, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT.
AND IT'S INCREDIBLE, BECAUSE JUST LOOKING AT THE IMPACT THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE A POSSIBLE LEGACY GIFT THAT WILL BE LEFT TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE GATEWAY TO THE MISSIONS, BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE, THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND IT TELLS THE STORY OF THE ENTIRE AMERICAS, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AS WE TELL OUR STORY TO THE ENTIRE WORLD.
ON THE FACT OF THE FINAL FOUR EVEN ON MONDAY, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE TOUR OF THE LOCKER ROOMS AND THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, EVEN -- I WANT TO CONGRAT LAILT YOU ALL -- CONGRATULATE YOU ALL, BECAUSE EVEN IN THE LOCKER ROOMS, THE BRANDING FOR ALL OF THE TIME, IT EVEN HAS THE ROSE WINDOW OR A PART OF THEIR BRANDING FOR THE FINAL FOUR TEAMS. SO IT'S THAT TOUCH THAT THEY'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE -- AUDIO] -- AS WE GO ON THIS -- I GUESS IT'S GOING TO BE A MARATHON OF EVENTS, MARATHON BUT NOT REALLY, IT WILL BE A SPRINT FOR A MONTH, I GUESS, THAT WE ALL, EVERY SAN ANTONIAN HERE, WE ARE ALL AMBASSADORS TO THIS TELLING OF 300 YEARS, WHOMEVER AND EVEN TO ONE ANOTHER, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE AMBASSADORS, SO WE NEED TO CARRY THAT WITH US.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE, THAT WE MAKE SURE WE TAB THAT OPPORTUNITY AND INCLUSIVITY FOR EVERYONE, EVEN WITH THE GREAT, GREAT DISPLAY THAT WE HAVE AT THE WITTE, THAT WE MAKE IT DISCOUNTED SO WE DO HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE CITY TO GO TO THE WITTE AND EXPERIENCE THESE WONDERFUL STORIES THAT WE HAVE.
BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY -- IT IS BEAUTIFUL THERE.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME, CARLOS, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE WITTE IS DOING ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD THE TICKETS TO GO IN?
>> CONTRERAS: AS DR. MATSON INDICATED FOR ALL DAY, WE HOPE TO HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WITTE MUSEUM WILL OPEN, ALONG WITH OTHER MUSEUMS, ALL MUSEUMS, ART INSTITUTIONS IN THE CITY.
THERE WAS A GREAT LECTURE THAT OCCURRED LAST -- I GUESS IT WAS THIS PAST WEEKEND ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THAT WAS SURROUNDING THE NATURE OF THE WITTE EXHIBIT, AND THEY'RE CAPTURING THAT.
AND SO BRENDA IS GOING TO GET THAT TO ALL OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
WE'LL SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU, SO THAT WE CAN SHARE ALL OF THE STORIES.
>> CONTRERAS: I WANT TO THAT SATURDAY MORNING, I WAS ABLE TO STAY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME SATURDAY MORNING.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL LECTURE THAT WAS HELD THERE.
SO IT'S -- THEY'RE BEING GREAT AMBASSADORS TO CAPTURE THAT AND ALLOW IT TO BE SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC.
>> CONTRERAS: AND I THINK VANESSA WANTED TO JUMP IN WITH SOMETHING.
>> PART OF THE COUNCIL OFFICE.
>> CONTRERAS: THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT.
VIA AS A PARTNER WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE WITTE AS PART OF THE LEARNING TAKING PLACE.
WITTE MUSEUM IN PARTICULAR IS A HISTORY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY AND SO THERE WILL BE A BUS THAT WILL EXPLAIN THE WITTE EXHIBIT AND SO, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
AND I DO WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE I KNOW LAST NIGHT I WAS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, AND I'LL SEND TO THIS TO YOU ALL WITH EASTERN TRIANGLE, THEY DEFINITELY WANTED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A CELEBRATION OR STORYTELLING IN LINE WITH THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT'S HAPPENING, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONNECTED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE EASTERN TRIANGLE AREA THAT COVER BOTH DISTRICTS 2 AND 3, SO THAT'S ONE
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OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT TO MY OFFICE AND PROBABLY TO YOU-ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S -->> CONTRERAS: HAPPY TO INCLUDE THEM.
THAT IS A BIG IMPORTANT EVENT IN OUR COMMEMORATIVE WEEK.
AND FINALLY I'M STILL GOING TO BE -- GLAD WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE PRESSING ALONG WITH OUR FUNDRAISING AND I KNOW THAT OUR HERITAGE BALL ■ISGOING TOBE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY, AND THE ONE OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, SO MANY DIGNITARIES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE, TO COME AND SEE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE STORY DONE HOLISTICALLY AND INCLUDESIVELY SO I'M -- INCLUSIVELY, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT.
AND FIEPLY I'M -- FINALLY I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DAY OF REFLECTION FOR MAY FIRST AND I'M SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGED WHERE THIS IS A TIME THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT UNITY AND CAN TALK ABOUT YES, THE PRESIDIO, WHEN IT WAS ESTABLISHED 300 YEARS AGO, BUT OF ALL OF THE STORIES FROM THE PAST, AND THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TELL.
THE STORIES OF THE COLONIZATION, THE STORIES OF THE HEMISPHERES, THE STORIES OF PEOPLE MOVING, BUT IT'S WHAT HAS CREATED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE HEALING THAT WE NEED, TOO, WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND SACRED TIME OF THIS DAY OF REFLECTION, AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE NO MATTER WHAT DENOMINATION, TRADITION OR WHAT HAVE YOU OR NON -- OR NO TRADITION WHATSOEVER, THAT WE, AS SAN ANTONIO, CAN COME TOGETHER AND HEAL AND YOU ANYIFY, BECAUSE -- UNIFY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE ANOTHER'S BACK.
SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY SACRED DAY AND IMPORTANT TIME FOR US AS A CITY AND A VERY POIGNANT TIME FOR US AS THE CITY SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ON MAY 1ST.
>> CONTRERAS: COUNCILWOMAN, YOU CAPTURED THAT PERFECTLY.
IT IS 20 PLUS FAITH-BASE ORGANIZATIONS, IT REALLY IS SYMBOLIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.
>> VIAGRAN: AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR ALL SIDES AND JUST TO KNOW THAT, YEAH, THERE'S HEALING THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, BUT WHEN WE HAVE THESE INTERACTIONS, ONE-ON-ONE WITH EACH OTHER, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE HEALING COMES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
CARLOS, YOU'RE REALLY A ROCK STAR, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE.
AND YOU'RE VERY HUMBLE, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I TELL YOU THAT, YOU ALWAYS DEFLECT AND SAY, NO, NO, NO, IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT YOU REALLY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF WORK ON THIS.
QUOTE MY FRIEND THE MAYOR, BECAUSE HE SAID SOME VERY IMPORTANT WORDS THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE WERE GOING AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET THERE.
AND THAT'S A VERY GENTLE AND DIPLOMATIC WAY OF SAYING WE WERE GETTING BEAT UP AND PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE TRYING TO HIJACK THE TRICENTENNIAL STORY, AND I'LL BE -- AT THE RISK OF POKING THE BEAR, I'LL TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA WHO WERE ROOTING -- IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE ROOTING ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR OUR TRICENTENNIAL EFFORTS TO FAIL BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO SELL PAPERS OR WHATEVER.
AND, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THIS PRESENTATION AND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS TRICENTENNIAL DO EXACTLY WHAT WE PROMISED IT WOULD DO, THAT MAYBE THEY'LL REPORT WITH THE SAME VIGOR AND ENTHUSIASM THAT THIS TRICENTENNIAL IS REALLY QUITE AWESOME AND THAT WORD IS USED WAY TOO OFTEN, BUT I'M STRUCK LING TO FIND ANOTHER ONE.
THIS REALLY DOES INSPIRE AWE, WHAT YOU'VE MANAGED TO DO AND WHAT YOU AND YOUR BOARD HAVE MANAGED TO DO.
THE OTHER INC. TH I WANTED TO MENTION I'M SEEING VIA BUSES PASSING BY WRAPPED IN PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER ADVERTISEMENT, I DON'T BEGRUDGE MY PERSONAL INVENTORY LAWYER FRIENDS, I MEAN, I AM A LAWYER AND I HEAR CRUZ SLAW IS ONE, TOO, BUT I HEAR THOSE ARE ROPING SIGNS, BILLBOARDS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF OUR PARTNER VIA MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUSPEND AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, YOU KNOW, THE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, GET EVERYBODY THE MONEY THEY DESERVE FROM TRUCKING ACCIDENTS AND MAYBE HELP US PROMOTE THE TRICENTENNIAL INSTEAD.
>> CONTRERAS: COUNCILMAN, I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU SAW ONE WITH THE WRAP ON IT.
THEY HAVE FOUR BUSES THAT ARE WRAPPED ALREADY, AND THEY BUILT A MAGNETIC STICKER ON EVERY SINGLE BUS ON THE TRICENTENNIAL, SO IT'S --
>> PELAEZ: PLEASE PASS ALONG THE MESSAGE THAT, GOSH, NOW WOULD BE A
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REALLY GOOD TIME TO STEP UP THE GAME ON THE -- YOU KNOW, THE BUS WRAPPING ANGLE.ALSO WE DO HAVE POLICE CARS THAT SOMETIMES WE WRAP FOR DRUG -- YOU KNOW, DRUNK DRIVING, RIGHT? SOMETIMES WE PAINT THEM YELLOW LIKE A CAB, HALF CAB, HALF, YOU KNOW, CAR, RIGHT? I MEAN, DON'T WE DO THAT?
>> PELAEZ: MAYBE I'VE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES THAT I'VE SEEN THEM DO THAT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE TRICENTENNIAL BY ADDING A TRICENTENNIAL MESSAGE TO OUR POLICE VEHICLES.
>> CONTRERAS: COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR EQUIPMENT AND BUSINESS SERVICES LOOKING AT A LARGE DECAL THAT WE CAN PUT ON CITY VEHICLES.
LASTLY, I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, TODAY AFTER YOU SIT DOWN, WE OR GOING TO BE DOING OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES WORK, AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THEM IN THE ROOM TODAY AND THEY'RE ALL OUT HERE ASKING FOR MONEY, AND I THINK THAT I'D BE MALPRACTICE, I GUESS, IF I DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME OF THAT MONEY, HELP US TELL THE TRICENTENNIAL STORY, THAT WOULD BE REALLY CLASSY OF YOU, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AN IMPORTANT MISSION, BUT, GOSH, I MEAN, IT REALLY WOULD SHOW APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY IF, YOU KNOW, YOU FOUND A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATE THAT WITH US.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ.
>> GONZALES: THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR THE WORK ON THE TRICENTENNIAL.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY -- I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A COUPLE OF EVENTS, ONE WAS THAT I THINK HENRY BRUN COMMISSIONED OR HE -- IS HE HERE TODAY? NO.
SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF HIS PROGRAMS. AND IT WAS VERY, VERY EXCITING.
AND I'VE BEEN -- I WENT TO AN OPENING AT THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, WITH THE WAY THAT WAS DESIGNED, WHICH WAS REALLY INTERESTING.
I GUESS EACH MUSEUM IS TAKING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS AND PRESENTING IT, AND THAT WAS -- THAT WAS ALSO VERY EXCITING.
AND I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE -- SERVICE, I THINK, WAS ALSO A TRICENTENNIAL BRANDED EVENT SO I GOT TO ATTEND THAT EVENT AND AT LEAST WELCOME EVERYBODY AND THERE WERE MAYBE 2,000 UTSA STUDENTS, SO DR. MATSON, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE DOING A DAY OF SERVICE, BUT THAT'S A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR YOU.
IT WAS A GREAT ACTIVITY TO HAVE THE STUDENTS GET TOGETHER AND TAKE ON AN ACTIVITY ALL AROUND THE CITY THEY DID ALL KINDS OF DAYS OF SERVICE.
BUT -- SO I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ALL OF THOSE, BUT THE ONLY ONE I COULD BRING MY FAMILY TO WAS -- THAT I COULD CALL AND CONFIRM THAT I COULD BRING MY CHILDREN.
I HAVE ASKED A COUPLE OF TIMES, PARTLY BECAUSE IT WAS DONE SO BEAUTIFULLY, I WASN'T SURE THAT IT WAS CHILD APPROPRIATE BUT SO MANY OF THE THINGS WERE REALLY NOT -- I CAN'T TAKE MY CHILDREN TO A MUSEUM, I CAN'T TAKE THEM TO A LECTURE, I CAN'T TAKE THEM TO ARTS.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE STUFF HERE IS FAMILY-FRIENDLY, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF IT WAS JUST IN ONE PLACE WHERE YOU COULD JUST GO AND CLICK FAMILY, AND I CHECKED MY MOM BLOGS THAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT FOR, YOU KNOW, FREE EVENTS OR TRICENTENNIAL EVENTS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY.
SO IS THERE A WAY, CARLOS, THAT IT CAN BE SEPARATED? I CHECKED THE WEBSITE, I DON'T SEE AN UPDATE THAT SAYS LIKE FAMILY EVENT.
SO HOW CAN WE BRAND THAT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANT TO ATTEND A LOT OF THE EVENTS AND FEEL LIKE I CAN'T BECAUSE I -- IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THEM OR HONESTLY FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE THERE WHO THEY WILL DISRUPT ENORMOUSLY.
>> CONTRERAS: THE COMMEMORATIVE WEEK IS DESIGNED SO THAT IT IS FAMILY-FRIENDLY AND FREE IN ALMOST ALL 90 PLUS PERCENT OF IT IS GOING TO BE FREE, AS WELL AS FAMILY-FRIENDLY, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.
WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
WHAT WE DID IN PARTICULAR -- COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE TRICENTENNIAL YEAR, WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, THE VOLUNTEERS TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND GO, WE BROKE DOWN IN EACH OF THOSE WHICH ONES OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS TARGETING DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS SO IF YOU HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> GONZALES: DOES IT SHOW THAT? I LOOKED FOR IT, BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT.
>> CONTRERAS: IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU LOOK ON THAT, THAT'S THE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.
BUT WE CAN DO BETTER, WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT FAMILY FRIENDLY, WE'RE TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT FREE, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT.
>> GONZALES: EVEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EVENTS FOR SCHEDULES, YOU KNOW, YOU DO GIVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SAY FAMILY, AND SO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE
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MUSEUM EVENTS, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT ACTUALLY SAYS ARTS AND CRAFTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I WOULD NEVER TAKE MY CHILD TO A MUSEUM.SO -- BUT SOMETIMES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MUSEUM OF ART ON -- EVERY SUNDAY -- ONE SUNDAY A MONTH FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S FREE AND THEY HAVE FAMILY ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> CONTRERAS: SURE GONZALEZ SO I THINK IT WOULD HELP ALSO JUST TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO COME IF THEY KNEW THAT IT WAS FAMILY ORIENTED.
AND OTHERWISE I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THE THINGS THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE MORE OF THESE EVENTS.
AND COMMEMORATIVE WEEK IS COMING FAST.
I KEEP THINKING THAT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO PREPARE, BUT IT'S UPON US SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO ADD SORT OF SAYING WHILE WE DO DAY OF SERVICE TWICE A YEAR, UIW'S LARGE DAY OF SERVICE EVENT WAS PART OF THE FIRST EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH AS PART OF DAY OF SERVICE.
SO IT IS ALL OF YOUR UNIVERSITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE INVOLVED IN PUBLIC SERVICE WITH HUNDREDS UPON THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS.
UTSA, OF COURSE, IS THE LARGEST CAMPUS, BUT ALL OF US HAVE MANY EVENTS GOING ON AROUND THE COMMUNITY ALL YEAR LONG.
>> GONZALES: THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE -- WERE THEY BRANDED AS -- OKAY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES.
CARLOS, THIS SOUNDS GREAT AND I -- YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF EVENTS ALREADY AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR I THINK IS JUST FANTASTIC.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, HOW -- HOW ARE WE -- HOW ARE WE MEASURING SUCCESS WITH THIS? I MEAN, IS IT -- IF WE MAKE MONEY? IS IT HOW MANY PEOPLE ATTEND, OR WHAT -- AT THE END OF THE YEAR, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GRADE OURSELVES ON WHAT WE DID FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR?
>> PERRY: WHAT'S OUR -- HOW DO WE MEASURE THAT.
>> CONTRERAS: WE REALLY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HOW TO MEASURE WHAT WE DID.
A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE ENTIRE YEAR IS EDUCATION.
SO IT'S -- YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE WHETHER THE CHILD HAS LEARNED ABOUT THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR CULTURE BY THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE HAVING WITH THE SCHOOL TEACHER, SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE REALLY THOUGHT THROUGH THAT.
DR. MATSON, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THAT?
>> [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE DIDN'T REPORT IN HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC MEDIA THAT IS -- AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR LOCAL STATIONS, I'M TALKING ABOUT NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE PICKING UP ON SAN ANTONIO, THE INCREASE IN AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT'S OCCURRING IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DO HAVE THAT SORT OF INFORMATION THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE CLEARLY.
WE HAVEN'T ESTABLISHED AN EXACT MEASURE -- INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE METRICS ON THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE A METRIC ON HOW MUCH OUTREACH WE'RE DOING TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS, HOW MANY BUS RIDES ARE COMING TO THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH MANY OF OUR PARTNERS.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT GETS AT THE EFFICACY OF EACH OF THOSE ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF INCREASED KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO ITSELF.
>> PERRY: WELL, I WOULD ASK Y'ALL TO SIT BACK -- WE'VE GOT A REALLY LOT OF SMART PEOPLE PUTTING THIS EVENT TOGETHER AND TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT CAN WE MEASURE SOMETHING OUT THERE ON DID WE MEET OUR GOALS? DID -- YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR METRICS? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR GOAL IN THIS WHOLE THING.
IS IT JUST ONE BIG PARTY OR --
>> CONTRERAS: NO, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT A BIG PARTY.
AND, IN FACT, THAT'S THE THING WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO EMPHASIZE, IS THAT THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PARTY.
NEW YEAR'S EVE IS A CELEBRATION KICKING OFF -- AUDIO] -- BY THE INITIATIVES AND THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD HAS ESTABLISHED.
INCLUDING SERVICE, AND WE ARE MEASURING SERVICE.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD SIGN UP AND WE'RE MEASURING HOW MANY WE ARE -- ARE WE ADDING TO THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY PUTTING ON ACTIVITIES? WE'RE SERVING THEM? IS THIS A FIRST TIME? ARE YOU NEW TO SERVICE? SO THAT IS ONE AREA THAT WE'RE CLEARLY MEASURING EVERY TIME WE DO THAT.
AND WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHERS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT IS THERE A WAY --
>> PERRY: AND I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST ONE BIG PARTY, BUT I'M TRYING TO -- AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR -- WERE WE SUCCESSFUL
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IN WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO?>> PERRY: FOR THIS ENTIRE YEAR FOR $21 MILLION, WERE WE SUCCESSFUL?
>> PERRY: I WOULD ENCOURAGE Y'ALL TO SIT BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOME MEANINGFUL METRICS, IF NOTHING ELSE, TO HELP THE NEXT FOLKS IN THE NEXT HUNDRED YEARS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THEY MEASURED AND THIS IS HOW THEY DID IT AND HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
>> CONTRERAS: PART OF, COUNCILMAN, PART OF WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING OUR LEGACY TYPE ACTIVITIES AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO EVALUATE THEIR YEAR AND THEIR PLANNING OF THE YEAR, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE LONG-LASTING, SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE'LL MEASURE AS WELL.
WE HAD THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
WE'LL CERTAINLY COMPARE IT TO THAT.
YEAH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH WHOMEVER AND KIND OF BRAINSTORM THE METRICS ON THAT ALSO.
>> WE DID DO AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF THE ANTICIPATED IMPACT, ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE YEAR.
>> PERRY: TO ME THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE SLIVER OF IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS YOU SAID THE GOAL IS TO GET THE STORY OUT ON SAN ANTONIO AND WHAT'S OUR MEASUREMENT ON THAT.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU HAVE DONE STEPPING INTO THIS POSITION AND TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS TEAMED WITH YOU.
ONE THING I HEARD A COUPLE OF MEMBERS MENTION THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY SCHOOL CHILDREN, TO GO TO EVENTS, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE EVENTS.
I HEARD, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THERE'S ONE DAY WITH ALL THE MUSEUMS ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE HOURS OF FREE ACCESS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE PARTNERS GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE WAY OF IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.
I MEAN, THREE HOURS IN ONE DAY ISN'T GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE EDUCATION OF VERY MANY STUDENTS.
BUT SIX HOURS FOR SIX DAYS COULD ALLOW THOUSANDS OF MORE STUDENTS TO COME AND SEE THE ART AND THE EXHIBITS AND EVERYTHING THAT HAVE TO DO.
I REALIZE IT'S A SACRIFICE THAT MAYBE SOME OF THE MUSEUM PARTNERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE.
BUT ALSO THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THAT IS TRANSPORTATION.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST HANDICAPS TO GO ON FIELD TRIPS WAS TRANSPORTATION.
IT BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE AND MORE EXCLUSIVE.
AGAIN, IF WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, BE IT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, VIA, OR PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ABLE TO HELP UNDERWRITE TRANSPORTATION, THEN I KNOW WE CAN GET MORE STUDENTS TO THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
SO I CERTAINLY DON'T THINK IT'S TOO LATE TO REACH OUT AND TRY AND GET THAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FROM SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.
AND LET'S GET TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS OUT TO ENJOY AS MANY OF THESE FEATURES AS WE CAN.
I THINK THAT'S THE LEGACY IS JUST LIKE IT WAS WITH HEMISFAIR.
IT WAS THE TENS OF THOUSANDS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL NEVER FORGET THAT.
AND I THINK IT COULD BE THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OUR STUDENTS WHO CAN ENJOY SOME OF THESE VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE REALLY NEED TO WORK HARDER TO MAKE A PART OF THE TRICENTENNIAL.
I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, THANK YOU.
CARLOS, GREAT WORK AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH AND I CAN'T THANK EVERYBODY WORKING ON THE TRICENTENNIAL ENOUGH BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY SHOWCASING SOMETHING THAT I THINK DEMONSTRATES WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE WE CARE.
AND WE DEMONSTRATE THAT BY OUR ACTIONS.
AS WAS STATED BY COUNCILMAN PELAEZ AND JUST NOW COUNCILMAN PERRY, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HIJACK THIS AND TALK ABOUT IT BEING JUST ONE BIG PARTY.
ONLY BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING, I WANT TO THANK MIKE COMMISSIONER AND
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HECTOR CARDENAS WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT HISTORY, WHICH IS WHY HE IS ON THAT COMMISSION .HE IS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE HISTORIAN AND CARES ABOUT HISTORY.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE COMMISSIONERS THAT CARE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THEY CARE ABOUT HOW WE REPRESENT OURSELVES.
I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL EVENTS ALREADY.
I WANT TO MENTION WE HAD COMMON CURRENTS EXHIBIT, THE GALA, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
AND THEY REALLY DEMONSTRATE WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.
BUT I RECENTLY SAW THIS QUOTE BY TEDDY ROOSEVELT THAT SAID NOBODY REALLY CARES HOW MUCH YOU KNOW UNTIL YOU DEMONSTRATE HOW MUCH YOU CARE.
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT US AS A CITY AND THE POLICYWORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THIS YEAR.
WE PASSED THE FIRST AMENDMENT PARADE RIGHTS.
WE SIGNED THE COMPASSIONATE CITY CHARTER.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
WE HAVE STATED OUR POSITION ON REAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL.
WE HAVE ADOPTED A REAL INVESTMENT IN PROVIDING MORE TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN EVER BEFORE, NEARLY 13,000 TREES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS WE CAN TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF HOUSING, OR AS I CALL IT ROOFS.
WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON ALSO TACKLING ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IT'S DEALING WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PART OF IT IS OUR SIDEWALKS.
PRIDE CENTER HAS A HOME, AND IT'S VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE.
MANY OF YOU ARE WORKING ON POLICIES THAT REFLECT ALL THESE THINGS AND REFLECT WHO WE ARE.
AND I THINK THAT IS A TREMENDOUS STATEMENT DURING OUR TRICENTENNIAL YEAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU, CARLOS, FOR REALLY HAVING A TOUGH CHIN WHEN WE NEEDED YOU TO BE THERE FOR US.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE AS A CITY, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO DEMONSTRATE THIS IS NOT A PARTY.
THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF WHO WE ARE AND ALL THE ASPECTS HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AND DEVELOP POLICY AND HOW WE CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.
SO AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THIS BOOK I HOPE IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ALL THESE GREAT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING, NOT JUST IN THE LAST 300 YEARS, BUT THIS PARTICULAR TRICENTENNIAL YEAR IS REALLY CREDIBLE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED BECAUSE AT THE HEART OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT IN OUR CELEBRATION .
>> IF I CAN JUST ADD, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ, WE HAVE 20 NEW BUS [INDISCERNIBLE] COMING THIS WEEK AND A TOTAL OF 46.
VIA HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN TRYING TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
THEY REALLY STEPPED UP FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR.
>> PELAEZ: SO THE MINUTES WILL REFLECT THAT HIGH-FIVE?
>> SHE SENT ME A TEXT TO REMIND ME OF THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN.
DR. MADISON, BRENDA, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE B SESSION AGENDA.
>> THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PART ONE OF A TWO-PART PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CITY'S CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS FOR OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT PRIMARILY SERVICE OUR SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AS WELL AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
TODAY MELODY WOOSLEY, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND CONTEXT AND THE HISTORY OF THE FUNDING OF OUR NONPROFIT INVESTMENTS AND A TIMELINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND 2020 BECAUSE WE DO A TWO-YEAR FUNDING CYCLE.
SO THIS PROCESS TAKES PLACE EVERY TWO YEARS AND THIS IS THE -- WE'RE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CURRENT FUNDING CYCLE THAT FUNDED FISCAL YEAR 2017 AND 2018 AND PROVIDES OVER $21 MILLION TO 58 DELEGATE AGENCIES AND 92 PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
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THEN AT NEXT WEEK'S B SESSION ON APRIL 4 WE'LL PRESENT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUEST COUNCIL POLICY DIRECTION ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND 2020 FUNDING PROCESS.AND THAT IS IN TERMS OF FUNDING PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMATTIC AREAS.
SO A PROPOSAL -- A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS WILL BE RELEASED IN APRIL AFTER WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION NEXT WEEK AND RECEIVE THE POLICY DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DELEGATE AGENCY CONTRACTS WILL BE MADE AS PART OF THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET.
BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BEGIN WITH KIRAN BANES, OUR CITY'S CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER.
SHE IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S EQUITY STRATEGY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018, THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE, AS WELL AS HOW WE ARE USING THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT TOOL TO HELP US IN MAKING AND DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ON INITIATIVES SUCH AS THIS CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT THE GOAL OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2018 EQUITY STRATEGY IS TO MAKE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPACT ON EFFECTING IN A POSITIVE WAY THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROSPERITY TO ALL RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW THAT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR BUDGET WE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR STREET MAINTENANCE AND ALLOCATED IT FOR THOSE AREAS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
THIS IS YEAR TWO OF THE STREETS MAINTENANCE ITEM.
BUT WE'RE ALSO APPLYING IT TO SA SPEAK UP, OUR SMART CITIES INITIATIVE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, AND DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING.
SO WE BELIEVE THESE OUTCOMES WILL HELP US MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD THAT GOAL OF PROSPERITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS AND WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, NOT ONLY AN EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND IMPROVED ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND DEEPLY ENGAGED RESIDENTS AS WELL AS APPLYING THE FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES IN AN EQUITABLE WAY.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT TOOL, TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND KIRAN IS GOING TO KICKOFF OUR PRESENTATION.
WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WITH REGARD TO EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
AND, IN FACT, THIS TOOL IS CHAMPIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY AND IT'S A NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO EQUITY AND APPLYING THE CONCEPT IN BUDGETING.
SO KIRAN BANES IS HERE AND SHE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AT OUR MEETING LAST WEEK WITH OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF HIGHLIGHTING THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE WITH OUR SIX DEPARTMENTAL AREAS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WE THINK IT WILL SET THE TONE FOR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES.
SO FIRST UP IS KIRAN BANES, OUR CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER.
AND MELODY WOOSLEY, OUR HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL OUTLINE THE BACKGROUND WITH REGARD TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES.
LIKE THE MANAGER SAID, EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY IS DRIVEN BY THE MISSION OF OUR DIVERSE, VIBRANT, AND HISTORIC COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T DELIVER SERVICES JUST TO DELIVER SERVICES.
WE DO IT AGAIN, LIKE THE MANAGER SAID, TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES.
CENTRAL TO THAT, THEN, FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT WE OFTENTIMES KNOW THAT WE ARE FACED WITH ASKING OURSELVES HOW DO WE MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE IS INFINITE NEED AND FINITE RESOURCES IN OUR WORK DAILY.
THIS IS THEN THE CENTRAL QUESTION OF OUR WORK IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR WITH NINE DEPARTMENTS AND SIX HIGH-IMPACT INITIATIVES TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF CITY SERVICES.
IF WE COULD SUMMARIZE THE EQUITY STRATEGY IN THREE WORDS IT WOULD BE TO NORMALIZE, OPERATIONALIZE, AND ORGANIZE FOR EQUITY.
NORMALIZE MEANS THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE DECIDED THAT EQUITY IS IMPORTANT TO US.
IT HAS BEEN ELEVATED IN OUR SERVICE DELIVERY AS WELL AS HAS BEEN ELEVATED HERE IN DELIBERATIONS ABOUT POLICY.
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EQUITY.WE HAVE THE CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER POSITION.
NORMALIZING ALSO MEANS THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION MUST HAVE THE SAME SHARED DEFINITIONS ACROSS THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WHEN WARE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY.
NOT ONLY THE CONCEPT OF EQUITY ITSELF BUT RELATED CONCEPTS LIKE OUTCOMES .
OTHER DEPARTMENTS UNDERSTAND IT THE SAME WAY.
DOES COUNCIL UNDERSTAND IT THE SAME WAY? COMMUNITY LEVEL RESULTS AND HOW DO WE DIFFERENTIATE THOSE FROM PROGRAM OUTCOMES? WHAT ARE COMMUNITY INDICATORS VERSUS PERFORMANCE METRICS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING NORMALIZING.
SECOND TO THAT, ORGANIZING IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH OUR OFFICE WORKS INTERNALLY WITH THE NINE DEPARTMENTS THIS YEAR, WITH THE SIX HIGH-IMPACT INITIATIVES BRINGING DIVERSE TEAMS TOGETHER ACROSS THE HIERARCHY OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
THAT MEANS THAT WE RECOGNIZE TO STRENGTH AND IMPACT OF CITY SERVICES.
WE HAVE TO WORK NOT ONLY IN STRATEGIZING WITH DIRECTORS AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS BUT MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, AND FRONT-LINE EMPLOYEES HAVE IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO STRENGTHEN OUR SERVICES SO THE TEAMS WE HAVE BUILT IN EACH OF THESE NINE DEPARTMENTS REPRESENT, AGAIN, THE BREADTH OF THAT HIERARCHY WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION WITH RESPECT TO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY BRING COLLECTIVELY TO IMPROVING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY.
ORGANIZING IS NOT JUST THE WORK THAT WE DO INTERNAL IN OUR ORGANIZATION.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE BUT ONE ORGANIZATION THAT IS MOVING THE NEEDLE TOWARDS, MOVING US CLOSER AS A COMMUNITY TOWARDS THE VISION OF PROSPERITY DOCUMENTED IN OUR MISSION.
SO WE ORGANIZE EXTERNALLY WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS SO WE CAN MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT.
FINALLY, OPERATIONALLIZING, THE THIRD COMPONENT OF OUR STRATEGY, IS THE VERY CONCRETE TOOL OF THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
ANYONE WHO HAS GONE THROUGH OUR TRAINING AND OUR WORK SESSIONS HERE AT THE CITY KNOWS THAT WE DON'T USE EQUITY LENS.
WE'RE VERY MUCH USING A CONCRETE TOOL BEYOND A BUZZ WORD, ASKING VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW RIGOROUSLY HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR PROCESSES OF SERVICE DELIVERY, AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT, EVALUATE, AND COMMUNICATE OUR IMPACT TOWARDS THE VISION THAT'S IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT.
TO BEGIN THEN WITH NORMALIZING, WE HAVE HAD A DEFINITION IN THE CITY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY FOR EQUITY THAT WAS CREATED NOT ONLY WITH 353 COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT WE SPOKE WITH WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE CITY.
BUT ALSO WITH JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THEIR DEFINITIONS AS WELL AS THE DEFINITIONS THAT ARE CHAMPIONED BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ADVANCING AND THINKING ABOUT EQUITY ACROSS SECTORS.
WHAT WE FOUND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH THIS DEFINITION IS THAT EQUITY IS BOTH A PROCESS AND AN OUTCOME.
WE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NOT ONLY NATIONALLY, BUT ALSO FROM OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS ACROSS SECTORS.
EQUITY STARTS WITH THE WAY IN WHICH WE START TO ALLOCATTYE RESOURCES OR THINK ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY IN RELATION TO THE DIFFERENT NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF OUR POPULATION.
EQUITY IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY SHIFTING OUTCOMES.
EQUITY, THEN, WE SAY IS BOTH A PROCESS AS WELL AS AN OUTCOME.
THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN THE OFFICE OF EQUITY LAST YEAR WE TOOK THIS TOOL FROM A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CALLED THE GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE ON RACE AND EQUITY.
JURISDICTIONS MAKING THIS COMMITMENT WILL SAY START WITH IN PARTICULAR TOOL.
WE RAN A PILOT LAST YEAR AND THEN WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH S.A. 2020 TO MAKE THIS TOOL MOST RELEVANT TO SAN ANTONIO.
AND WHERE WE LANDED WITH STARTING WITH ASKING WHY FIRST FIVE TIMES.
WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY DOES THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM OR POLICY OR INITIATIVE EXIST OR IS BEING PROPOSED.
SO ACROSS THE HIGH-IMPACT INITIATIVES WE HAVE WORKED WITH WE HAVE RUN THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, MOST CLOSELY WORKING SPECIFICALLY ON STEP ONE AND STEP TWO THROUGH THOSE NINE DEPARTMENTS, BEGINNING WITH WHAT SEEMS LIKE A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE QUESTION.
WHY DOES THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE OR PROGRAM EXIST.
AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES WHICH, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT, WE LEARNED THAT THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS EXISTS TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT WE FOUND WORKING WITH TEAMS IN THE NINE DEPARTMENTS IS THAT WHEN WE START THIS QUESTION OF ASKING WHY, TEAM MEMBERS OFTENTIMES HAVE DIFFERENT
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ANSWERS FOR WHY A PARTICULAR SERVICE DELIVERY AREA EXISTS IN OUR ORGANIZATION.AND SO THIS PROCESS OF HAVING A FACILITATIVE CONVERSATION TO ALL GET ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO WHAT OUR PURPOSE IS.
AND IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES THEY STARTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE BOTH A FUNDER OF AGENCIES AND WE ALSO HOLD THE DIRECT SERVICES.
SO FOR THAT TEAM TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING PROCESS EXISTS TO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT IN OUR DIRECT SERVICE WAS A PROFOUND MOMENT FOR THE TEAM, FOR THE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO START THINKING ABOUT IMPACT.
NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF CONSOLIDATED FUNDING, IT LEADS US TO STEP TWO OF THE ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT OUTCOMES OF THE SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN SERVICES.
WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT AND HOW CAN WE PARTNER WITH AGENCIES IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
STEP ONE AND TWO OF THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
THINKING AGAIN ABOUT NORMALIZING.
THINKING AGAIN ABOUT CREATING SHARED DEFINITIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
THE DEFINITION THAT WE ARE USING FOR OUTCOMES ARE THE VERY PARTICULAR CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE OF AUDIO] IN LEARNING THE SHIFTS AND BEHAVIOR AND THE SHIFTS AND CONDITION OVER THE SHORT TERM, THE INTERMEDIATE, AND THE LONG TERM THAT WE AS A SINGLE ORGANIZATION OR AS A SINGLE DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR.
THIS, THEN, IS ILLUSTRATING OUR THEORY OF CHANGE THAT WE'RE USING.
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS LONG-TERM OUTCOMES, SHIFTS AND CONDITIONS THAT TAKE, WE KNOW, UP TO TEN YEARS.
AND IN ORDER TO SHIFT CONDITIONS IN THE LONG TERM WE HAVE TO SHIFT IN THE INTERMEDIATE ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS.
IN ORDER TO SHIFT ACTIONS IN THE INTERMEDIATE WE HAVE TO SHIFT LEARNING IN THE SHORT TERM.
THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF SHORT TERM AND INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE USING ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE QUITE USED TO, AS WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS, NERVOUSNESS RISING AND THINKING ABOUT TIME.
THAT THIS THEORY OF CHANGE IS TALKING ABOUT SHIFTS TAKING ONE YEAR, THREE TO FIVE YEARS, AND TEN YEARS.
AND THIS IS WHERE THE CONVERSATION OF DATA ANALYSIS AS WELL AS DEFINING VERY SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR GOALS TO THOSE OUTCOMES IS CRUCIAL.
ONLY AFTER WE KNOW WHAT THE PURPOSE IS OF CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS OR ANY OF THE HIGH-IMPACT INITIATIVES ARE WE ABLE TO THEN DEFINE THE OUTCOMES FOR THAT PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
AND IN THE CASE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IT WAS A MATTER OF LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE SCOPE OF THE DEPARTMENT SERVICES TO DOCUMENT THOSE OUTCOMES EXHAUSTIVELY AND ONLY THEN CAN WE HAVE THE SMARTEST DATA ANALYSIS, ASKING THE MOST CRITICAL QUESTIONS AROUND LOOKING AT POPULATION-LEVEL DATA, LOOKING AT ROOT CAUSES OF INEQUITY, LOOKING AT PERFORMANCE LEVEL DATA, ASSESSING WHAT ARE THE GAPS IN OUR DATA AND WHO ARE THE PARTNERS WE NEED TO WORK WITH TO FILL THOSE GAPS IN DATA.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THERE'S A QUESTION AROUND ANALYZING OUR COMMUNITY AFFECTED.
POTENTIALLY BY THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE.
AND HOW HAVE THEY BEEN BROUGHT INTO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.
ONCE THAT DATA ANALYSIS AND ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS DONE THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT WALKS TEAMS THROUGH IDENTIFYING VERY SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR GOALS THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THEIR SHORT AND INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES AND ULTIMATELY THEIR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
IN ADDITION TO TIME, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CONVERSATION AND AN IMPORTANT LESSON THAT HAS EMERGED ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH IS THAT THE CITY ORGANIZATION, OR NOT EVEN A SINGLE DEPARTMENT, CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMUNITY-LEVEL RESULTS.
WE CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUTCOMES AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE OUTCOMES MOVE THE NEEDLE ON COMMUNITY-LEVEL RESULTS.
BOTH THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND THE LARGER ECOSYSTEM THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY THE FACT THAT WE IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT ONLY AS AN ORGANIZATION HAVE THIS MISSION THAT'S VERY CLEAR ABOUT A VISION OF PROSPERITY, BUT WE IN SAN ANTONIO ACTUALLY HAVE THAT VISION OF PROSPERITY DEFINED BY
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THE COMMUNITY AND S.A. 2020.THE ABILITY FOR DEPARTMENTS TO NORMALIZE AND ORGANIZE AND OPERATIONALIZE FOR EQUITY AND USE THE CONCRETE EQUITY TOOL ALLOWS THEM TO BETTER COMMUNICATE WHAT THEIR IMPACT IS IN THE SHORT, INTERMEDIATE, AND LONG TERM AND EVEN FROM FISCAL YEAR TO FISCAL YEAR VIA GOALS.
DOCUMENT VERY SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE METRICS ATTACHED TO THOSE GOALS TO SHOW HOW PROGRESS IS BEING MADE, BUT IT'S NOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITY LEVEL RESULTS, IT'S TO SHOW HOW SPECIFICALLY THEY ARE MAKING AN IMPACT ON ONE OF THOSE RESULTS OR ON SEVERAL OF THOSE RESULTS.
AGAIN, WE SAY THAT THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS BOTH A PROCESS.
IT'S THE PROCESS BY WHICH WE'RE HOLDING TEAMS ACROSS THE HIERARCHY OF OUR ORGANIZATION TOGETHER TO APPLY THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND ASK THESE VERY CRITICAL QUESTIONS.
EQUITY IS SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE HAVE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED AN OUTCOME AND WE HAVE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON COMMUNITY LEVEL RESULTS.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE REVIEW OF THE SIX HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES THAT WE WORKED MOST CLOSELY WITH THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY WALKING CLOSELY THROUGH STEP ONE AND STEP TWO OF THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
AND WE RECOGNIZE, OF COURSE, THIS BEGINS WITH PROGRAM LEVEL OUTCOMES AND WE'RE ALIGNING THOSE OUTCOMES WITH THE MISSION OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
IT ALLOWS US TO SHOW HOW WE INDEED ARE MOVING THOSE CITY SERVICES IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE ARE MAKING THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE VISION OF PROSPERITY.
THAT MISSION IS ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY VISION.
AND THIS ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM IS HOW WE ADVANCE EQUITY.
AND IN THE RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY ORGANIZATION IS BUT ONE ORGANIZATION, THIS ECOSYSTEM IN SAN ANTONIO IS MOST EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY THAT HAS MADE COMMITMENTS TO EQUITY BUT SIX OF THE LARGEST FUNDERS IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE SIMILARLY MADE COMMITMENTS TO DOCUMENT THEIR PROGRAM OUTCOMES, HOLDING THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE ON THOSE OUTCOMES, ALIGN THOSE OUTCOMES WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS, AND ULTIMATELY ALIGNING WITH THE LARGER COMMUNITY VISION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I AM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER MELODY'S PRESENTATION.
>> SCULLEY: MAYOR, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOW HAVE MELODY WOOSLEY PRESENT HER PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE CONTEXT AND HISTORICAL DATA WITH REGARD TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS FOR BOTH KIRAN AND MELODY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND SO THE CITY HAS A LONG CITY OF PARTNERING WITH NONPROFIT AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I DID WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR PARTNERS HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE KENNY WILSON FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE.
PHIL FROM THE SOUTH ALAMO ALLIANCE FOR THE HOMELESS.
MARIO FROM THE FOOD BANK IS HERE, AS WELL AS MOLLY COX FROM S.A. 2020.
IF I DID, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GET YOU LATER.
AND THANK YOU -- OH, BEKAH FROM SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION.
AND SO I WANT TO START TODAY BY PROVIDING YOU WITH THE CONTEXT AROUND THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE PURPOSE AND THE IMPACT OF THOSE FUNDS, THE BACKGROUND AS FAR AS CHANGES TO THE PROCESS AND THE CHANGES IN THE BUDGET OVER TIME, AND THEN THE TIMELINE.
NEXT WEEK AT B SESSION ON APRIL 4 I WILL DISCUSS HOW WE ARE APPLYING THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT FROM KIRAN JUST NOW TO THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 AND FISCAL YEAR 2020 FUNDING CYCLE.
AND SO TO BEGIN WITH THE PURPOSE.
THE PURPOSE OF CONSOLIDATED FUNDING IS TO DIRECT INVESTMENTS TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF HUMAN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN NEED.
WHILE PRIORITIES HAVE EVOLVED AND SHIFTED OVER THE YEARS, THE FUNDING HAS REALLY STAYED FOCUSED ON HELPING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS.
PROGRAMS ALSO COMPLEMENT HUMAN SERVICES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS' DIRECT SERVICES BY SUPPORTING, BUT NOT DUPLICATING, THOSE SERVICES.
IMPLEMENTED IN 2005 THE CONSOLIDATED MODEL THAT WE USE TODAY COMBINED SEVERAL RFPS AS WELL AS TWO DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO BENEFIT BOTH THE CITY AND THE NONPROFIT AND STREAMLINE
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SERVICES.AND SO THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED FUNDING BUDGET IS ALMOST $22 MILLION TODAY.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE IMPACT OF THIS FUNDING ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THIS FUNDING AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS.
IN FISCAL YEAR 2017 INVESTMENTS SUPPORTED EDUCATION SERVICES FOR 30,000 CHILDREN AND YOUTH, INCLUDING 12,000 PARTICIPATING IN THE AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE PROGRAM WITH 97% OF THOSE STUDENTS PROGRESSING TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.
13,000 SENIORS RECEIVED SERVICES TO HELP THEM IMPROVE THEIR FITNESS AND THEIR SOCIALIZATION SKILLS.
A WHOLE ARRAY OF SERVICES INCLUDING FITNESS, ARTS, EXERCISES, AND COMPUTER EDUCATION.
AND 96% OF THOSE SENIORS REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH SERVICES AT OUR COMPREHENSIVE SENIOR CENTERS.
40,000 YOUTH WERE SERVED IN PROGRAMS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE EDUCATION SUCCESS AND ENGAGEMENT.
79% OF YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK STUDENTS, SUCH AS THROUGH GIRLS, INC. AND COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS DEMONSTRATED AN INCREASE IN SOCIAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SUPPORT LONG-TERM JOB TRAINING INITIATIVES AND SHORT-TERM SERVICES.
5,945 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED TRAINING SERVICES.
OVER 900 INDIVIDUALS FOUND JOBS THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS.
264 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE OR ASSOCIATES DEGREE, AND OVER 3700 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED CAREER READINESS SERVICES THROUGH THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS.
THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING ALSO SUPPORTS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY NET OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, AND HOMELESS SERVICES.
LAST YEAR 2700 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECEIVED SERVICES THROUGH THE BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER, THE BEXAR COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER.
AND A VERY STRONG 73% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IMPROVED THEIR HOUSING STABILITY.
HOMELESSNESS WAS PREVENTED FOR 332 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.
AND 1300 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING THROUGH THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE IN THE HOMELESS AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION SERVICES.
IN TOTAL, 9.3 MILLION, ALMOST HALF OF THE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET IS ALLOCATED TO HOMELESS PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON HAVEN FOR HOPE SINCE IT IS OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT THROUGH THIS FUNDING POOL.
HAVEN FOR HOPE OPENED IN 2010 AND THE CITY CONTRIBUTED $18.6 MILLION OF THE TOTAL $100 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
TODAY WE PROVIDE $7.1 MILLION ANNUALLY.
A THIRD OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING BUDGET TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND CAMPUS PARTNERS FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE OPERATIONS AND COURTYARD OPERATIONS FOR THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS. CAMPUS MEALS PROVIDED BY FOOD BANK, AS WELL AS COUNSELING PROVIDED BY FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES.
AS A KEY PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT, THE CITY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND ENTERED INTO A 60-YEAR LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE OF BEXAR COUNTY.
WE CLOSED AND SOLD TWO CITY-OWNED HOMELESS SHELTERS AND TODAY HAVEN FOR HOPE SERVES AS THE CITY'S PRIMARY HOMELESS STRATEGY.
HAVEN SERVES THE HOMELESS THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE MODELS, INCLUDING TRAUMA INFORMED CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE, INTEGRATED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
DEDICATED BEDS FOR LGBTQI YOUTH AND HOUSING FIRST, WHICH DIVERTS HOMELESS AWAY FROM THE CAMPUS AND THE COURTYARD DIRECTLY INTO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
HAVEN IS ALSO A VITAL OUTREACH PARTNER IN OUR EFFORTS AROUND CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AND ENCAMPMENTS.
THE CAMPUS PROVIDES SHELTER AND SERVICES TO 1,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIANES EVERY DAY.
AND THE COURTYARD SEES OVER 600 PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT THAT GOES THERE FOR LOW BARRIER SAFE SLEEPING SERVICES.
OF THE 2700 PEOPLE THAT STAYED AT HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS LAST YEAR, ALMOST 600 MOVED INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
AND THE REMAINDER OF THOSE ARE EITHER STILL AT HAVEN FOR HOPE RECEIVING SERVICES, THEY HAVE MOVED INTO OTHER TYPES OF
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SHELTER SITUATIONS, REUNIFIED WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.AND THERE ARE SOME WHO LEAVE THE CAMPUS ON THEIR OWN AND ARE NOT TRACKED.
AND SO HAVEN DOES REPORT THE 90% OF GRADUATES WHO MOVE INTO PERMANENT HOUSING RETAIN THAT HOUSING AFTER THE FIRST YEAR.
THE CAMPUS HAS POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS SLEEPING ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN.
BEFORE THE CAMPUS OPENED IN JANUARY OF 2010, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT IDENTIFIED 738 HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN.
AND IN JANUARY OF 2017 LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER WAS 148.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH STABILIZATION, SOBERING, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY AT BOTH HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THE RESTORATION CENTER ACROSS THE STREET.
LAST YEAR 5200 AND MANY WENT ON TO LONGER TERM DETOX SERVICES.
THE CENTER PROVIDES -- ALSO PROVIDES MINOR MEDICAL TREATMENT TO INJURED PRISONERS BROUGHT IN BY SAPD AND BOTH PROGRAMS ALLOW SAPD OFFICERS TO QUICKLY RETURN TO THEIR PATROL DUTIES ON THE STREET.
THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES ESTIMATES THAT THE SOBERING AND MINOR MEDICAL SERVICES SAVE THE COMMUNITY $10 MILLION ANNUALLY IN DEFERRED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DETENTION COSTS.
AND SO TOGETHER THESE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH CONSOLIDATED CYCLE HELP OVER 105,000 INDIVIDUALS AND OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS LAST YEAR.
MOVING ON TO THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
THE CITY BEGAN PARTNERING WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES IN FISCAL YEAR '19 79.
OF THE 58 AGENCIES FUND, ONE-THIRD HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS .
ABOUT A THIRD HAVE RECEIVED FUNDING FROM TEN TO 20 YEARS, AND ANOTHER THIRD FOR LESS THAN TEN YEARS.
THREE AGENCIES HAVE BEEN FUNDED FOR THE ENTIRE 40 YEARS OF THE PROGRAM.
AVANCE, ELLA AUSTIN, AND THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
IN APPROXIMATELY 1998 HUMAN SERVICES BEGAN USING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS TO INVEST IN SPECIFIC PRIORITY CATEGORIES INCLUDING CHILDREN AND FAMILY SAFETY NET, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROCESS USED TODAY WAS IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2005.
IT COMBINES MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES IN TWO DEPARTMENTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SERVICES INTO A SINGLE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.
THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS CONTRACTS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR ONE YEAR WITH ONE-YEAR RENEWAL BASED ON PERFORMANCE, FUNDING AVAILABILITY, AND COUNCIL APPROVAL.
PRIOR TO 2005, COUNCIL REVIEWED THREE OR MORE SETS OF RFP RECOMMENDATIONS EVERY YEAR RATHER THAN AS A COMPREHENSIVE TWO-YEAR PLAN.
AN AGENCY MATCH REQUIREMENT WAS ALSO IMPLEMENTED IN 2005 REQUIRING THAT AGENCIES WHO RECEIVE LESS THAN $1 MILLION DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE AN AGENCY MATCH OF AT LEAST 50% OF THEIR BUDGET.
AND AGENCIES RECEIVING MORE THAN $1 MILLION DEMONSTRATE A MATCH OF 35% OF THEIR BUDGET.
TODAY, ALL CURRENTLY FUNDED AGENCIES RECEIVE LESS THAN 50% OF THEIR TOTAL BUDGET THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.
THIS HAS BEEN A POSITIVE IMPACT FROM THE MATCH REQUIREMENT.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE AGENCIES ARE RECEIVING LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR BUDGET -- 75% OF THE AGENCIES, ACTUALLY, RECEIVE LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR BUDGET FROM THE CITY CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.
THEN IN 2015, TO SUPPORT HIGH-PRIORITY CITY INITIATIVES AND TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY IN THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS COUNCIL APPROVED DESIGNATING FUNDS FOR HAVEN FOR HOPE, CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE AGENCIES, AND IN THE SAME YEAR THE RFP NON-COMMUNICATION PERIOD WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM APRIL TO MID SEPTEMBER, LIMITING APPLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF REGARDING FUNDING.
FOR THE FY '17 CYCLE, PROJECT QUEST WAS ADDED AS A DESIGNATED AGENCY.
AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A SHORTENED NON-COMMUNICATION PERIOD WHICH BEGAN IN JULY, RATHER THAN IN APRIL.
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AND SO THIS SLIDE -- THIS NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH A TEN-YEAR HISTORY OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.IN 2009 THE BUDGET WAS $18 MILLION.
SINCE THEN, THE FUNDING POOL HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STABLE WITH MOST OF THE INCREASES SUPPORTING ADDITIONAL HOMELESS AND MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING.
TODAY THE TOTAL CONSOLIDATED FUNDING BUDGET IS $21.7 MILLION.
THE MAJORITY, $19.5 MILLION IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND JUST OVER THE HALF OF THE FUNDING IS DESIGNATED DIRECTLY TO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
EIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR AFTER SCHOOL CHALLENGE, AND $2.5 MILLION TO PROJECT QUEST, OF WHICH $300,000 IS FY18 ONE-TIME FUNDING.
THE REMAINING $10.6 MILLION WAS AWARDED THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS TO 58 AGENCIES AND 92 PROGRAMS. THE FUNDING IS ALLOCATED ACROSS FOUR INVESTMENT CATEGORIES THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL INPUT.
THE TABLE ON YOUR RIGHT ALSO SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF DESIGNATED AND COMPETITIVE FUNDING CURRENTLY ALLOCATED TO EACH CATEGORY.
AND SO ONCE THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED, BOTH HUMAN SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXECUTE CONTRACTS AND PROVIDE ONGOING MONITORING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE CONTRACT COMPLIANCE.
MONITORING BEGINS WITH ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL RISK AND INCLUDES COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE CONTRACT.
WE CONDUCT QUARTERLY DESK REVIEWS BASED ON REPORTS WE RECEIVE FROM THE AGENCIES, AND WE MONITOR ON-SITE AT LEAST TWICE ANNUALLY TO VERIFY FISCAL AND PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY.
IF CORRECTIVE ACTION IS REQUIRED, THEN ADDITIONAL FOLLOWUP OCCURS.
FAILURE TO CORRECT CAN RESULT IN REDUCTION OF FUNDING, TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT, OR IT MAY IMPACT FUTURE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, DEFUNDED OR NOT RECOMMENDED SIX CONTRACTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IN JANUARY -- I'LL RUN THROUGH THE TIMELINE VERY QUICKLY.
IN JANUARY I BRIEFED THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.
THEN WE HELD A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH OUR DELEGATE AGENCY AND NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE PROCESS AND PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK.
WE ANTICIPATE RELEASING THE RFP ON APRIL 13 WITH A DUE DATE BACK OF APRIL 14 -- SORRY.
THROUGH MAY AND JUNE, 10 TO 12 EVALUATION COMMITTEES WILL BE COMPRISED OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS OTHER FUNDERS, BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, AS WELL AS CITY EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS.
DEPARTMENT STAFF WILL SERVE AS RESOURCES REGARDING FISCAL AND PROGRAM PERFORMANCE.
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST 9.
AND ON THAT DAY WE WILL ALSO NOTIFY AGENCIES AND ALL APPLICANTS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT THEY'LL HAVE 30 DAYS PRIOR TO BUDGET ADOPTION.
COUNCIL, DURING THE LAST TWO CYCLES, WE SCHEDULED AGENCY-SPECIFIC BUDGET HEARINGS AFTER THE PROPOSED BUDGET WAS RELEASED TO PROVIDE ALL APPLICANTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THEIR PROGRAMS. AND WE RECOMMEND CONTINUING THAT PRACTICE.
FINAL AWARDS WOULD BE APPROVED WITH BUDGET ADOPTION ON SEPTEMBER 13 OF THIS YEAR AND CONTRACTS WILL BEGIN ON OCTOBER 1.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, NEXT WEEK RENE AND I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE 2019 AND THE 2020 CYCLE.
AND THIS FISCAL YEAR WE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY TO APPLY THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, AS KIRAN MENTIONED, TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THROUGH THE PROCESS WE DEFINED OUR WHY.
DHS WORKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
THIS WORK IS FOCUSED ON FOUR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE SAFE, HEALTHY, RESILIENT, AND READY TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL.
FAMILIES ARE FINANCIALLY SECURE AND LIVING IN STABLE HOUSING.
HOMELESSNESS IS RARE, BRIEF, AND NON-RECURRING, AND SENIORS ARE HEALTHY, ENGAGED, AND INDEPENDENT.
THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS AND OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS MAXIMIZE OUR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES TO MAKE THE GREATEST IMPACT POSSIBLE AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE MOST IN NEED.
AND SO NEXT WEEK I WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON HOW WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO USE THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS TO MAXIMIZE THE OUTCOMES OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE WILL ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDING
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ALLOCATIONS, DESIGNATED FUNDING, AND THE NON-COMMUNICATION PERIOD THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, FOR YOUR INPUT.THEN WE WILL ALSO SHARE INPUT FROM THE AGENCY MEETINGS WE HELD OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
THEY PROVIDED A GREAT DEAL OF IMPACT REGARDING THE RFP PROCESS AND THE OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
AND SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION THIS AFTERNOON.
AS A REMINDER, LAST WEEK YOU RECEIVED A BINDER WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE COMMUNITY FUNDING PROCESS, CURRENTLY FUNDED AGENCIES, INCLUDING TOTAL BUDGET, FUNDING HISTORY, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
AND RENE AND KIRAN AND I ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THANK YOU, KIRAN, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE FIRST IS, KIRAN, YOUR EQUITY ASSESSMENT TRAINING, MY STAFF WENT THROUGH IT AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
TO GET US TO REORIENT THE QUESTIONS WE ASK ABOUT HOW WE BUDGET OUR TIME AND RESOURCES AND REALLY FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES AS OPPOSED TO METRICS AND HELPING TO SHAPE THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK OURSELVES AROUND FORMULATION OF THE BUDGET AND SO FORTH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO MELODY'S PRESENTATION.
I, BY CHANCE, HAD GOTTEN THE E-MAIL THAT ALL OF US HAD RECEIVED WITH A BINDER OF THE AGENCIES.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO THINGS ON THIS.
ONE IS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A FOUR-YEAR PROCESS NOW.
WE'RE IN YEAR THREE OR FOUR OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, WHICH HAS HELPED US FOCUS ON WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CONTINUUM OF CARE.
FAMILY, WELL-BEING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH THAT WE CAN ORIENT OURSELVES TOWARDS FUNDING AN ECOSYSTEM OF SERVICES, RATHER SIMPLY GRABBING AT RANDOM ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO GOOD WORK.
THIS, TO ME, WAS A PRELUDE TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON TALKING ABOUT OUTCOMES.
AND THE E-MAIL I RESPONDED BACK TO MELODY WAS I CAN TRULY SEE THIS EQUITY IN ACTION THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I HOPE WE CAN SEE MORE OF THAT AS THE BUDGET, THE FISCAL YEAR PROCESS UNFOLDS.
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY REDESIGN AND IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, YOU'LL MISS IT.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAVE A REMARKABLE EFFECT AUDIO].
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO HONE IN ON HOW WE DO THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY AND I'LL NOW TOSS IT OVER TO COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> PERRY: I THINK THAT WAS A LEFTOVER FROM A WHILE AGO.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I'M SORRY.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: COUNCILMAN SALDANA, I'M SORRY.
I WAS LOOKING AT SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> PERRY: YES, I'M GATHERING MYSELF.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: YOU'RE ON DECK.
>> SALDANA: COUNCILMAN, GO AHEAD AND GATHER YOURSELF ON THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS A PRACTICAL JOKE BY ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO PUT YOU FIRST ON THAT ONE.
MELODY, I WANT YOU TO REPEAT SOMETHING THAT I THINK I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU OR ANYBODY IN DHS SAY, AND I CAUGHT IT AT THE END, WHICH IS WHY YOU EXIST AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES.
SOMETIMES WE THINK ABOUT SERVICE DELIVERY AND THE DELIVERY OF SERVICE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DELIVERING SERVICES.
AND THAT'S ALL WE DO IS INPUT, INPUT, INPUT.
BUT I THINK YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE OUTCOMES ON THAT.
IT STARTED WITH SOMETHING ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, BUT I DIDN'T GET TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
THIS WAS THE FIRST STEP OF GOING THROUGH THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT WAS DEFINING OUR WHY.
AND SO WHEN WE DID THAT, THE WHY IS DHS WORKS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF VULNERABLE RESIDENTS.
AND THEN TAKING THAT FURTHER, THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS MAXIMIZES OUR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
SO THAT WAS THE PROCESS WE USED TO GET TO THOSE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
>> SALDANA: SO YOU EXIST BECAUSE THERE IS RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE VULNERABLE, AND THE IDEA WITH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS, THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT COULD BE DEPLOYED OUT IN THAT COMMUNITY TO FIND AND ATTACK THE PROBLEM THAT PERHAPS SOME OF THESE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE GOING THROUGH.
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THAT'S WHY OUR VOICE WEIGHS IN AND WE PUSH YOU AND WE SAY ARE WE REALLY MAXIMIZING, ARE WE REALLY IMPACTING? AND I'M LOOKING AT -- SO THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.I KNOW THOSE THINGS DON'T COME EASILY BECAUSE JUST TO STEAL SOME VOCABULARY FROM KIRAN'S PRESENTATION, IT'S THE IDEA OF I THINK WE'RE NORMALIZING.
SO THERE'S THREE TERMS. NORMALIZING, ORGANIZING, AND OPERATIONALLIZING.
I WOULD THINK THAT THE NORMALIZING HAS TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE YOU ALL SAT DOWN AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS OF WHY WE EXIST.
BUT THAT'S THE FIRST STEP IN IDENTIFYING WHETHER WE ARE DOING OUR JOB CORRECTLY.
WHETHER WE ARE DOING OUR JOB AND IT'S LEADING TO THINGS THAT'S IMPACTING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THAT'S CERTAINLY WHY WE AROUND THIS TABLE KNOCKED ON DOOR TO BECOME ELECTED OFFICIALS.
BUT POLICYMAKERS DO ONE THING.
SOMETIMES WE PONTIFICATE, SOMETIMES WE ADD DIRECTION, SOMETIMES WE MAKE STATEMENTS.
BUT WE HOPE THAT TRANSLATES INTO THE FRONT-LINE FOLKS LIKE YOU AND YOUR STAFF ACTUALLY GETTING THE JOB DONE.
LET US NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES ABOUT US BEING THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF THE CURTAIN SOMETIMES AS SPOKESPERSONS, BUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERACTING WITH THEM ARE YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE FUND.
>> SALDANA: I'M GLAD TO HEAR THIS.
I THINK THIS IS A BREAK THROUGH.
AND WE HAVE 30 SOME ODD DEPARTMENTS WHO I THINK WOULD BENEFIT FROM UNDERSTANDING WHY THEY EXIST AND ASK THEMSELVES THAT QUESTION.
BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE STUCK IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF NORMAL.
OH, WE EXIST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE REVENUES FROM THE CITY AND THAT REVENUE GOES INTO A SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF DELIVERY SERVICE AND WE DELIVER THAT SERVICE.
WELL, WHY DO YOU DELIVER THAT SERVICE? I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL HAVE GOTTEN TO AND THAT'S IMPORTANT, WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM THOSE IN THE ROOM WHO ARE HELPING YOU ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
KIRAN, THIS IS FOR MY OWN CURIOSITY.
KIRAN, ON YOUR PRESENTATION DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO GET TO THIS POINT.
DISCOVER THE WHY, DEFINING THE OUTCOMES, ANALYZING DATA AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
SO WE CAN MAKE THINGS CLEAR IN OUR MINDS, HOW DID THAT WORK WITH DHS? TELL US WHAT YOU LEARNED FROM THAT PROCESS?
SO YOU'RE PICKING UP THE QUESTION, THE WHY STATEMENT VERY CLEARLY, AND YOU'RE ALSO GETTING AT THAT IT'S TWO-FOLD.
IT'S, ONE, KNOWING HOW DOES THE DEPARTMENT FIT WITHIN THE OVERARCHING ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION.
WHY DOES DHS EXIST? I STARTED WITH WHY IT EXISTS TO STRENGTHEN THE IMPACT OF CITY SERVICES AND TO DO THAT IN PARTNERSHIP AND IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH DEPARTMENTS.
THE SECOND WHY IS WHY DOES CONSOLIDATED FUNDING -- WHY DOES DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING EXIST, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE FOUND ACROSS NOT JUST DHS BUT ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS WE WORKED WITH, AND THAT'S STEP ONE.
THAT'S WHY I CALLED IT DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE.
THAT WAS HOURS-LONG CONVERSATION WITH THE ENTIRE TEAM.
WHY DOES THIS DEPARTMENT EXIST? AND THEN SECOND TO THAT, BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW WHY THE DEPARTMENT EXISTS, WE KNOW WHAT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION IS, THEN WHY DOES THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROGRAM EXIST.
KNOWING BEHIND THE SCENES HOW MUCH TIME WAS INVESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION TO DEFINE THE PURPOSE.
WE KNOW, RIGHT, HOW TIME CONSUMING THAT IS BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT NOW, BECAUSE WE SEE THAT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES HAS DIRECTED SERVICES IN THEIR DEPARTMENT IN ADDITION TO THEIR FUNDING ARM, FOR THEM TO SAY THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS MAXIMIZES THEIR IMPACT, THAT LED TO, GREAT.
NOW WE MOVE INTO STEP TWO, DEFINING OUTCOMES.
WHAT ARE THE SHIFTS IN SHORT-TERM LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO BE WORKING TOWARDS TO MAKE THE SHIFTS IN BEHAVIOR HAPPEN IN THE INTERMEDIATE TO ULTIMATELY IMPACT LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
SO WE ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY WALKING THROUGH SHORT, INTERMEDIATE, AND LONG OUTCOMES.
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHY CONSOLIDATED FUNDING PROCESS EXISTS, DHS NEEDED TO GO BY AUDIO].
WHAT THOSE SHORT INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES ARE THAT ARE PUSHING ALONG THEIR LONG-TERM OUTCOMES THAT MEL SPOKE TO.
IT'S NOT, THIS PROCESS OF DOCUMENT OUTCOMES AND ALIGNING IT ABOUT A CONVERSATION ABOUT EQUITY IS NOT NEW TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THERE ARE JURISDICTIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE MAKING A COMMITMENT TO EQUITY OR TALKING ABOUT EQUITY SUCCESSFUL AND ACROSS SECTORS.
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NONPROFITS ARE DOING THIS WORK.THE 133 NONPROFITS ARE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT DOCUMENTING OUTCOMES.
DHS HAS STARTED THIS AS A DEPARTMENT TO KNOW WHAT THEIR OUTCOMES ARE AND THEN SECOND TO THAT START TO TALK ABOUT HOW CONSOLIDATED FUNDING CAN MAXIMIZE THAT IMPACT.
>> SALDANA: KIRAN, I'M GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND TRY TO LEARN FROM IT REALTIME.
I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE OUTLINED IS THIS SHIFT IN BEHAVIOR.
SO THE LEARNING BEING THE ASKING TOUGH QUESTIONS, WHY DO WE EXIST.
AND YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF HOW YOU CONDUCT YOUR ACTION WITHIN YOUR OFFICE.
SO MELODY HAS A 9:00 TO 5:00 JOB.
IT'S PROBABLY FURTHER OUT IN THE DAY.
BUT IT'S A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ADVENTURE WHERE YOU'RE WORKING AT STAFF.
AT SOME POINT IN THAT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, YOU PUT TOGETHER PAGE EIGHT IN YOUR SLIDES.
WE'RE SHIFTING BETWEEN SLIDES.
I WANT TO KNOW IF WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ABOUT WHY YOU EXISTHESLS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING US.
WE WANT TO SEE THE INPUTS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE WE FUND THESE NONPROFITS AND WE FUND THINGS LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE.
AND IT'S NOT JUST SHOW ME THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DOOR AT CHILD SAFE OR WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DOOR AT OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM.
WHY DID WE DO THAT? AND I'M LOOKING AT PAGE 8, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT.
AND AT THE TOP YOU HAVE THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE SERVICE.
IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT LIKE A MEDICAL EXPERIMENT THAT YOU RECEIVED THE MEDICINE, THEY RECEIVED THE TREATMENT.
AND WHAT WAS THE, YOU KNOW, DID THEY GET BETTER? WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? TELL ME HOW YOU DECIDED TO USE THESE NUMBERS AS NUMBERS YOU WOULD REPRESENT TO US AS WHY.
>> I DON'T WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR RENE'S PERFORMANCE MEASURES, SO I'LL HAVE HIM EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
I THINK IF YOU WANT TO COORDINATE WHAT KIRAN IS KIND OF TALKING ABOUT AND MELODY, WE COULD USE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME THAT'S RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO MELODY'S AGENCIES.
THESE ARE BASED ON THE TWO OUTCOMES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
ONE IS TO FILL THE OPEN POSITIONS IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND THE SECOND OUTCOME, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND THAT IS THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, THE UNDERSERVED, HAVING THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS OTHERS, PROVIDING THOSE PATHWAYS.
SO THESE OUTCOMES REPRESENT THE SEVEN AGENCIES THAT WE FUND ACROSS THAT SPECTRUM.
THE FIRST IS JUST THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING THOSE SERVICES.
AGAIN, FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, THE DIRECTION THAT YOU PROVIDED US IS ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING THESE SERVICES ARE UNDERSERVED OR HARD TO SERVE.
AND THEN THE OTHER THREE CAPTURE IN ESSENCE THE TOTALITY OF THE OTHER SERVICES.
THOSE RECEIVING JOBS COULD BE FROM PROJECT QUEST, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER SUPPORT AGENCIES THAT DO LINK THEIR SERVICES TO ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT.
264 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OR ASSOCIATES DEGREES.
THAT DOES SPECIFICALLY REFER TO WHAT PROJECT QUEST DOES.
LONG-TERM TRAINING FOR HARD TO SERVE OR UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS TO PROVIDE THEM ACCESS TO A CERTIFICATE OR DEGREE.
OF COURSE THE 3,000 PLUS OTHER INDIVIDUALS ARE FROM THOSE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING NEEDED SERVICES TO EITHER SPECIFIC POPULATION, LIKE THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED OR LOW INCOME.
OR SPECIFIC SERVICES RELATED TO JOB READINESS OR BASIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.
>> SALDANA: RENE THEY HELPS ME THINK THROUGH THE SENSE THAT IF YOU GO UP TO THAT 5,945 TIMES YOU DON'T NEED TO GO OUT AND BAT A THOUSAND.
YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS HITTING A HOME RUN, BUT IN SOME CASES YOU HAVE 936 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE FOUND JOBS.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT IMPACT AND AN IMPORTANT OUTCOME FOR JUST ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, YOU HAVE TOLD ME AND I HOPE THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT MAKE UP THE 946, BUT FOR FINDING THE AGENCY THAT WE SUPPORT, THEY MIGHT BE IN A DIFFERENT PATHWAY.
I THINK THAT'S HOW WE ARE TRYING TO DEFINE IT.
LET'S TRY TO DO ONE MORE EXPERIMENT WITH ONE OF MELODY'S SLIDES EITHER ON YOUTH SERVICES OR CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
LET'S TRY CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, SLIDE 6.
DID YOU APPLY THE WHY ON THIS AND HELP GET YOURSELF TO THESE
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NUMBERS?>> WE STARTED THE EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE WERE NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS.
SO WE HADN'T QUITE GOTTEN THROUGH ALL OF THAT.
>> SALDANA: SO THIS IS LOOKING BACKWARDS?
WE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION AND WE HAD ALSO ALSO PREVIOUSLY HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET TO OUTCOME MEASURES.
IT WAS REALLY DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
BUT REALLY DOES FOLLOW THE PATH THAT WE'RE TAKING AS FAR AS DHS LONG-TERM OUTCOME AND THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING OUTCOMES THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH THEM.
>> SALDANA: WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WILL BE A NEWFOUND KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND HERE'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IN SOME WAYS, IS LIKE A FOUNDATION.
AND WHEN WE DISPERSE FUNDS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO SERVICES AND AREAS THAT ARE ALIGNED.
AND WE HAVE CHOSEN AREAS THAT ARE AROUND CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, YOUTH SERVICES, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BIGGER PIECE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN OTHER FOUNDATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION WAS ONE.
CAN YOU TELL ME OF OTHERS WHO WERE SEATED AT THE TABLE TALKING ABOUT THIS ALIGNMENT?
UNITED WAY IS ANOTHER BIG PARTNER.
WE HAVE HAD KRONKOWSKI FOUNDATION, METHODIST HEALTH CARE MINISTRIES IS ANOTHER PROVIDER OF FUNDING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND BAPTIST HEALTH.
>> SALDANA: WE'RE A LARGE CITY WITH A LOT OF WORK TO DO AND SOME IMPORTANT CHALLENGING AREAS, WHETHER THAT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE, HOMELESSNESS, OR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR YOUTH SERVICES THAT ARE AT RISK, YOU CAN GO AFTER EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
AND ONE THING THAT IS TRUE ABOUT SAN ANTONIO IS IT IS NOT NEW YORK CITY, IT IS NOT LOS ANGELES, IT IS NOT THE CITY OF CHICAGO WHO MIGHT HAVE TEN FOUNDATIONS FOR EVERY ONE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
AND THE HUGE ENDOWMENT CATEGORY.
BECAUSE THAT'S TRUE, I THINK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONTINUING TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ESCAPE FROM OUR PURPOSE, WHICH IS WE WANT TO SUPPORT THESE NONPROFITS BUT NOT HAMSTRING THEM EITHER.
I HAVE THIS CONVERSATION EVERY YEAR AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COLLEAGUES TO ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, BE CRITICAL.
ARE WE GETTING A RETURN ON INVESTMENT? ARE WE FOLLOWING AND TRACKING? BUT LET'S NOT FORCE BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS TO HAVE TO CREATE A COMPLIANCE OFFICER JUST TO MANAGE OUR GRANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IN FACT, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING TWO-YEAR GRANTS RATHER THAN JUST ONE YEAR.
WHEN I CAME IN OFFICE WE WERE DOING THE GRANT EVERY OTHER YEAR, BUT IF WE WANT TO SUPPORT THESE NONPROFITS WE'LL SUPPORT THEM WITH STABILITY AND NOT BEING BURDENSOME TO THE NONPROFITS BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT GIVING MONEY AWAY WITHOUT RETURNING A REPORT BACK.
I'M GLAD TO SEE WE'RE SHIFTING IN THE WAY WE DO THIS.
I'M OPEN TO HEARING FROM THOSE NONPROFITS TO WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE VALUE OF THEIR WORK.
WE TALK ABOUT THE BLACKOUT PERIOD WHY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE OFF LIMITS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU AGAIN, KIRAN AND MELODY FOR ASKING YOURSELVES WHY YOU EXIST.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO CONSIDER WHY THEY ARE DOING THAT EVERY DAY.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS I'VE GOT.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
>> COURAGE: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THE BOOKLET THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER.
I THINK IT HAS A LOT OF VERY INFORMATIVE AND USEFUL INFORMATION FOR US.
THERE'S MORE THAT I LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THESE AGENCIES.
AND BEFORE I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH SAYING EVERYBODY IS WORTH MY SUPPORT COMING AROUND AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT'S PART OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON.
IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE RFPS THAT GO OUT AND HOW MANY COME BACK.
BUT I NOTICED, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MANY NEW REQUIREMENTS THAT AGENCIES NEED TO PROVE THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF THINGS, SAY, NEW FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018.
AND THEY WEREN'T IN EXISTENCE BEFORE, SO A NEW CRITERIA THEY NEED TO MEET.
AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT CRITERIA BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
SO I PRESUME THAT YOU AND THE COMMITTEES WHO ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO LOOK AT THESE RFPS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE, EVEN THOUGH THAT FULL YEAR HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED, DOES IT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO
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MEET THAT CRITERIA THAT WAS PUT IN THERE?AND SO WE'VE DONE ESTIMATES AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER ON WHAT WE THINK THEY'LL ACHIEVE, LOOKING AT THEIR FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT SO THAT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
>> COURAGE: THE DIFFICULT THING I SEE IS I CAN'T GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY MAY HAVE DONE TWO, FOUR, FIVE YEARS AGO BECAUSE THOSE CRITERIA WASN'T THERE.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO JUDGE OVER A LONG TERM HOW WELL AN ORGANIZATION MAY BE GROWING, ACHIEVING MORE, OR ACHIEVING LESS.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S MISSING.
WE'VE GOT ORGANIZATIONS HERE THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVING CITY DOLLARS FOR 40 YEARS.
MANY IN THE 30S, THE 20S, MORE THAN TEN.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR THOSE AGENCIES WHAT HAS BEEN THE TOTAL CITY COMMITMENT TO THOSE AGENCIES OVER 40 YEARS, 25 YEARS AND WHAT WERE THE RESULTS, CUMULATIVELY, AND WHAT WAS THE PATTERN? HOW IS IT GOING? UP, DOWN? DID IT GO UP SOMETIMES, UP, BACK DOWN? IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MEASURE EFFECTIVENESS I CAN'T JUST LOOK AT IT ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS AND DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SO EFFECTIVE I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM.
BUT IF I CAN LOOK AT THE TEN-YEAR HISTORY OR 20-YEAR HISTORY AND, FOR EXAMPLE, FIND OUT HOW MANY JOBS THIS HAS GOTTEN PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE INVESTED IN THEIR GETTING THOSE JOBS.
AND SO I THINK THAT -- AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT MORE RESEARCH.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE DATA BUT IT'S MAYBE A LOT MORE TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD HELP ME LOOK AT THE LONG TERM AND THE FUTURE GOALS FOR SUPPORTING MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
I RESPECT THE WORK THAT THE CITY STAFF DOES.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN COME UP WITH WHAT THEY THINK IS THE BEST DECISION ABOUT THESE AGENCIES CONSTITUENTS IF I COULD LOOK AT THAT KIND OF DATA AS WELL.
AND THEN I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, IT MAY LOOK LIKE WE'RE GIVING THIS BUSINESS X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS BUT THEY HAVE GOTTEN THESE MANY PEOPLE HELP WHO HAVE BEEN ABUSED.
OR THIS MANY PEOPLE WHO NEEDED TO BE ESCORTED BECAUSE OF RAPE CRISIS.
WHEN YOU CAN PUT IT IN REAL NUMBERS LONG TERM IT MEANS A LOT MORE TO PEOPLE THAN JUST A SNAPSHOT FROM A YEAR OR TWO.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF RESEARCH COME FORWARD.
>> AND JUST TO CLARIFY VERY QUICKLY, ON THE MEASURES WHERE YOU SEE NEW FOR FY18, THAT WAS A NEW MEASURE.
AND SO AS WE REALLY DID ENCOURAGE AGENCIES TO REPORT MORE OUTCOME MEASURES AND LESS OUTPUT, THE MEASURES ARE SHOWING UP AS NEW.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN TRACKING AND RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA TO US FOR AS MANY YEARS AS THEY HAVE BEEN FUNDED.
WE JUST ASK FOR BETTER METRICS.
>> COURAGE: ANOTHER PART OF MY TRYING TO MEASURE THIS IS HOW CAN WE MEASURE THIS AGAINST OTHER AGENCIES? AGENCIES THAT DO SIMILAR WORK THAT DON'T GET ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY.
HOW CAN WE DETERMINE THAT THIS AGENCY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S GETTING MONEY, IS DOING ANY BETTER THAN ANY AGENCY XYZ WHO DOESN'T GET MONEY FROM THE CITY WHO IS A NONPROFIT AND GETS MONEY FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, OR MAYBE THEY DO IT FOR-PROFIT.
BUT MAYBE THEY ARE ADDRESSING MORE PEOPLE'S NEEDS AND ARE DOING IT MORE EFFECTIVELY OVER THE LONG RUN.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO COMPARE THAT BECAUSE IF THERE'S ANOTHER AGENCY THAT MAYBE HASN'T COME TO US FOR MONEY BUT THEY ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM TO DETERMINE HOW CAN YOU EXPAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BE GIVING YOU MORE OF THE CITY MONEY BECAUSE YOUR SUCCESS RATIO IS MUCH HIGHER.
YOU MEET THE NEEDS OF MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN XYZ THAT WE HAVE BEEN FUNDING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO DISPARAGE THE VALUE OF ANY ORGANIZATION RECEIVING CITY FUNDING.
I LOOKED THROUGH WHAT YOU PRESENTED.
THERE'S NOBODY HERE I WOULD CROSS OFF THE LIST.
BUT UNTIL I HAVE A WAY OF EVALUATING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF OTHER SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, SIMILAR AGENCIES THAT ARE PROVIDING SIMILAR SERVICES, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW ARE WE GETTING THE BEST RETURN FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE? CAN WE DO BETTER? CAN THAT AGENCY DO BETTER? MAYBE THEY'RE A NONPROFIT BUT COMPARED TO ANOTHER NONPROFIT WITH SIMILAR FINANCIAL BACKING, THEY ARE BEHIND.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO MOVE THEM UP? THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WOULD HELP ME.
EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT 60 AGENCIES OR A LITTLE LESS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
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$21 MILLION.SO IF AT ALL POSSIBLE I WOULD SURE LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT RESEARCH AND INFORMATION FORWARDED TO US AS YOUR PROCESS GOES FORWARD ON EVALUATING THESE.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS IN THE RFP.
AND ASK AGENCIES TO PROVIDE BENCHMARKING AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND COMPARISONS TO OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL.
>> COURAGE: AND I RESPECT WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT GIVING THEM GREATER BURDENS, AND THAT MAY BE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THEIR PROGRAMS. BUT I THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE BASED ON NOT JUST THE INFORMATION WE GET EVERY YEAR, BUT OTHER INFORMATION THAT'S OUT THERE THAT MAY HELP US KNOW MORE OR LESS ABOUT HOW THIS ORGANIZATION FALLS WITHIN THE REALM OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, EVEN IF WE DON'T FUND THEM.
>> SALDANA: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELODY, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MORE -- THE IN-DEPTH OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS NEXT WEEK AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOUR TEAM DOES DAY IN AND DAY OUT IN THOSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
AND TO ALL OF OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES WHO PARTICIPATE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
FINALLY, I HAVE TO ALSO SAY THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY BLESSED TO HAVE KIRAN BANES HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN OUR EQUITY OFFICE .
SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME TODAY I HAVE HEARD THE PHRASE INFINITE NEEDS WITH FINITE RESOURCES.
SO THAT MESSAGING IS DEFINITELY GETTING THROUGH TO ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY.
AND SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE WERE HAVING IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE HOW ARE WE GOING TO STREAMLINE THE RESOURCES AND THE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMON NEEDS, YOU KNOW, IN THE MUTUAL AREAS BEING SERVED? ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE DISCUSSING IN COUNCILMAN PELAEZ'S COMMITTEE IS ABOUT THE DATA SHARING.
AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AND SEE WHAT ARE CERTAIN DELEGATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS DOING THAT WE CAN SHARE TO SEE WHERE THE LINKS ARE.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH DHS BUT USING OUR DELEGATE AGENCIES, SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW TO LEVERAGE THAT.
AND THE COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE, OR WHERE ARE THE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WITH OUR HOMELESS TASK FORCE OUTREACHES? WHERE DO THEY FIT IN ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN IN YOUR DISTRICT THE IMPACT OF THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE ON HOMELESS EFFORTS.
AND THAT'S CONTINUING TO SPREAD.
AS FAR AS THE FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, HOMELESSNESS IS REALLY THE AREA THAT HAS BLOSSOMED THE MOST.
SO THERE'S AN EFFORT STARTING IN DISTRICT 6.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DISTRICT 10.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS THAT THE FAITH-BASED CONGREGATIONS CAN PROVIDE THAT ASSISTANCE.
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEE SOME ACTION FROM THEM.
BUT THERE'S ALSO GROUPS THAT HAVE FORMED AROUND LITERACY AND WORKING OUT OF AN ELEMENTARY.
AND THERE'S A GROUP FORMED AROUND, YOU KNOW, HELPING IN AUDIO] AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THEY WANT TO DO AND THE FIRST PART IS WE ARE ON THE ORGANIZING PART OF THAT.
AND SO I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE.
THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST YEAR AND WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE OF THAT SUPPORT COMING FROM THE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESOURCE CENTERS, THE CHURCHES THAT ARE PARTNERS ALREADY, THEY ARE DOING DIFFERENT ITEMS AND I'M JUST WONDERING ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, LIKE OUR RESOURCE CENTERS WORKING WITH OUR FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE, ARE THERE ANY REDUNDANCIES THAT MAYBE THE DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE DOING OR NOT? KIND OF JUST SEEING THE OVERLAP.
I KNOW ONE OF THE PROGRAMS IS I.D. RECOVERY AND HOW THAT IS REALLY PICKING UP A LOT IN CERTAIN AREAS.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, MARIA AND MELODY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO SEE TOO, JUST TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN INVESTING AT EVERY AREA OF THE CITY.
BECAUSE I KNOW, SHERYL, EVEN DURING THE YEAR WE'RE WORKING ON CERTAIN THINGS.
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THIS HELPS GIVE CLARITY TO HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE USING OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN VIAGRAN.
>> PELAEZ: THANKS, MELODY, Y'ALL DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
I -- WORK WITH TOYOTA, YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT, AND TOYOTA HAD A VERY ROBUST METHODOLOGY BY WHICH IT WOULD DECIDE ON HOW TO AWARD MONEY TO AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, ALIGNED WITH ITS GIVING STRATEGY, RIGHT? KENNY -- I MEAN, YOU USED TO BE AT WELLS FARGO -- SORRY, BANK OF AMERICA, AND I'M SURE THAT BANK OF AMERICA ALSO HAS A METHODOLOGY BY WHICH IT ARRIVES AT THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS AND IT HAS SET OUTSTANDARDS AND GOALS.
THE SAME FOR OTHER LARGE PHILANTHROPISTS, LARGE DOLLAR PHILANTHROPISTS, I HAVE A FEELING THAT OUR METHODOLOGY IS REALLY NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT.
AND THE WAY WE GET THERE IS NOT THAT MUCH DIFFERENT, WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS THE SOURCE OF THE MONEY, RIGHT, WE'RE USING OUR TAX DOLLARS.
>> PELAEZ: AND OUR NEEDS ARE MUCH LARGER IN SCOPE FROM SOME OF THESE LARGE PHILANTHROPISTS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE PRINCIPLES THAT THEY APPLY NEED TO BE THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE APPLY, RIGHT, GOING FORWARD.
I'M HEARING A LOT OF IT FROM YOU, AND YOU AND I'VE MET AND TALKED ABOUT THIS.
>> PELAEZ: FOR EXAMPLE, I IMAGINE BANK OF AMERICA PROBABLY USED TO SIT DOWN WITH THESE AGENCIES YEAR AFTER YEAR, LET'S REVIEW WHAT WE GAVE YOU LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WHY DO YOU NEED IT THIS YEAR? RIGHT, MAKE THE CASE FROM BEGINNING TO END? NUMBER TWO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AS FAR AS BOARD DIVERSITY.
AND BY BOARD DIVERSITY I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT GENDER DIVERSITY OR DIVERSITY OF ETHNICITY AND RACE AND ALL THAT, I'M TALKING ABOUT DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON YOUR BOARD THAT ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON FINANCE, EVEN RESOURCES, LEGAL COMPLIANCE, ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT.
THOSE ARE NOT UNFAIR REQUESTS TO MAKE.
>> PELAEZ: BECAUSE YOU'RE SPENDING MY MONEY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO KNOW THAT I'M MAKING THAT INVESTMENT BECAUSE I'M BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE BY, YOU KNOW, MY -- YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
AND SO ALONG THOSE LINES, I WOULD REQUEST THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE WE START ASKING THAT QUESTION, RIGHT? IN OTHER WORDS, BOARD MAKEUP, ARE YOU CHECKING THESE BOXES SO THAT WE KNOW THAT THE STEWARDS OF THE MONEY THAT WE'RE SENDING YOUR WAY ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WITH PROVEN TRACK RECORDS AND KNOWN QUANTITYIES, RIGHT? THE SECOND THING THAT THESE LARGE COMPANIES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I SAT AT THE TOYOTA TABLE, AND, AGAIN, A LOT OF COMPANIES DO THIS, IS THEY SIT YOU DOWN AND THEY SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF MY DOLLAR, RIGHT? OR TO ENHANCE THE ROI, YOU KNOW, THE -- AND SOME OF THOSE STANDARDS ARE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING ME HOW YOU'RE REDUCING WASTE FROM THIS YEAR TO LAST -- YOU KNOW, FROM THE YEAR PRIOR, SO WHAT EFFICIENCIES HAVE YOU BUILT IN THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE? AND I CHALLENGE YOU TO BE A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION.
SHOW ME, DON'T JUST TELL ME WHAT YOUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT IS.
NUMBER TWO, ARE YOU ALSO DOING -- YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR DELIVERY OF SERVICES, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE YOUR NEW EFFICIENCIES? THREE, YOU KNOW, WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT REDUCING TURN OVER.
>> PELAEZ: RIGHT, TURNOVER IS ANOTHER FORM OF WASTE.
AND IF MY MONEY IS GOING TO TRAINING YOUR EMPLOYEES IF YOU'RE LOSING YOUR EMPLOYEES AT A FAST ERCLICK THAN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, THAT MONEY IS BEING WASTED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT METRICS ARE THERE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOUR QUALITY IS INCREASING, RIGHT? THE QUALITY OF YOUR OUTPUT? AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, SOMETIMES THESE ORGANIZATIONS GO IN AND LOOK UNDER YOUR HOOD AND DEPLOY THEIR OWN -- YOU KNOW, EFFICIENCY EXPERTS TO SAY, ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE YOUR BOOKS, THIS IS WHAT YOU DID LAST YEAR, THESE ARE WHAT YOU'VE DONE, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE ADOPT.
THAT'S A REALLY BIG CARROT THAT WE'RE HANGING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, RIGHT? AND SO I WOULD -- YOU KNOW, WITH THESE LARGE COMPANIES FIND IF YOU DO DANGLE THAT CARROT, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE MORE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW -- THE UNDERSTANDING THAT COMES WITH IT IS THAT, YES, PLEASE LOOK UNDER
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MY HOOD FROM YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN, YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, VERIFY THAT WE'RE DOING IT.WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT JUST SAYING SHOW ME YOUR AUDITED BOOKS OR SHOW ME YOUR AUDITOR'S REPORT AND CHECK THE BOX THAT THAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? I CAN SEE HOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVES MIGHT BE LIKE, OH, GREAT, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE THE CITY LOOKING UNDER MY BOOKS.
THESE AREN'T MY DOLLARS THAT I'M SPENDING, I'M SPENDING MY TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS, RIGHT? AND LASTLY ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF A JOB, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER DOING NOT JUST TO ADDRESS RAPE CRISIS WHEN IT HAPPENS, BUT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RAPES, LET'S SAY.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, RIGHT? KENNY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE? DAVID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY COME OUT AND NEED YOUR HELP, RIGHT? THE SAME QUESTION COULD BE ASKED OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE AGENCIES, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU DOING SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, DELEGATE THIS OUT TO YOU BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING SMALLER AND SMALLER, I DON'T THINK WE'RE SERVING EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST, INCLUDING -- AND IN PARTICULAR MY TAXPAYERS WHO PROBABLY WON'T BE USING THE BENEFIT OF YOUR SERVICES, YOU KNOW.
I HOPE THAT -- I HOPE THEY'RE HELPFUL, BUT THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN PELAEZ.
MELODY, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. I LIKE THE WAY Y'ALL HAVE ORGANIZED THESE AND THE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
I STILL THINK THERE'S SOME FOCUS AND SOME COMBINING OF THESE, WHAT I WOULD SAY, LIKE AGENCIES.
>> PERRY: I KNOW IT'S HARD TO GET THEM OUT -- YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN SWIM LANES OR STOVE PIPES, BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE CAN DO TO REFOCUS THESE AGENCIES TO COOPERATE AND WORK TOGETHER AND MAYBE SAVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND OVERHEAD AND THAT KIND OF THING TO FOCUS MORE ON WHAT WHAT THEIR GOAL IS, WHAT THEIR MISSION STATEMENT IS.
AND IF THEY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT HERE AND THERE TO MAKE THAT WORK, I THINK IT'S ALL FOR THE BETTER.
SO JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT THAT.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS HERE.
GENERALLY, HOW MANY ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT THAT DON'T GET SELECTED EVERY YEAR? OR EVERY TWO YEARS?
>> WOOSLEY: SO I THINK IN THE LAST CYCLE, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 120 APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND THERE WERE 14 -- THERE WERE ACTUALLY 14 AGENCIES IN THE 2017-2018 CYCLE THAT WERE NOT FUNDED THAT APPLIED.
AND ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY DID THAT ADD UP TO?
>> WOOSLEY: THAT, I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT THEY REQUESTED.
SO THERE WERE -- SO WE HAD -- WHAT DID YOU SAY, 59 ORGANIZATIONS? 58 ORGANIZATIONS -- AGENCIES AND 14 THAT SUBMITTED DIDN'T GET SELECTED.
IF I -- YEAH, IF YOU COULD GET ME THAT NUMBER.
>> WOOSLEY: SURE, WE CAN LOOK AT THE TOTAL.
>> PERRY: WHAT THEY REQUESTED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND I LIKE HOW WE'RE STARTING TO FOCUS ON THE OUTCOMES.
YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT METRICS VERSUS OUTCOMES.
YOU KNOW, YOU MEASURE THE OUTCOMES WITH METRICS, SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY WORK -- REALLY CONCERNED THAT -- REALLY INTERESTED IN HOW MANY ACTUALLY SIGNED IN COMING IN THE DOOR.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING OUT.
AND SOME OF THIS YOU DO HAVE LISTED THERE.
>> PERRY: HOW MANY ARE GETTING JOBS, BUT HOW MANY ARE RETAINING JOBS AND NOT CYCLING BACK THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I TOTALLY -- MAN, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU WERE SPOT ON WITH YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT MEASURING AND NOT ONLY JUST FOR THIS YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THE HISTORY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS, IS THAT CORRECT, YOU SAID, 40 YEARS?
>> COURAGE: I LOOKED OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
>> PERRY: SO YOU WERE SPOT ON WITH THAT.
I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, YOU SAID THAT HAVEN FOR HOPE SERVED 105,000 PEOPLE.
>> WOOSLEY: THAT WAS THE WHOLE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING, ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, THE 58 AGENCIES.
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>> WOOSLEY: TOGETHER SERVED 105,000.
>> PERRY: I MIGHT HAVE MISHEARD THAT.
>> WOOSLEY: IT WAS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE HAVEN FOR HOPE PART.
>> PERRY: WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IS TO THE HOMELESS SITUATION HERE, BUT LOOKING AT ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE HOMELESS, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE REALLY TALKING ABOUT? ALL THE FUNDING SOURCES COMING IN TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS POPULATION?
>> WOOSLEY: SO IN THE -- FROM GOVERNMENT, FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
>> WOOSLEY: THERE'S AROUND $40 MILLION THAT COMES IN, AND SO THEN THE AMOUNT OF PRIVATE FUNDING THAT GOES INTO HOMELESSNESS, WE ESTIMATE IT AROUND ANOTHER 10 MILLION PROBABLY, SO OUR ESTIMATE IS ABOUT $50 MILLION IS GOING INTO HOMELESS PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> PERRY: SO -- AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT THE NUMBER -- WE TALKED ABOUT WAS 60 MILLION.
50, 60, WHO'S COUNTING? BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT -- [LAUGHTER]
>> PERRY: BUT TALKING ABOUT THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR -- IT'S STILL JUST ASTOUNDS ME THAT -- YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUR ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HOMELESS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO?
>> PERRY: SO 50, 60 MILLION FOR 3,000 PEOPLE.
AND THE 3,000 IS -- OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT.
IN A YEAR, WE PROBABLY HAVE 10 TO 12,000 WHO ARE IN THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM GOING IN AND OUT OF THE SYSTEM, SO THERE'S JUST A LOT OF REVOLVING DOORS.
I -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY.
>> PERRY: FOR THAT POPULATION.
IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT'S A LOT PER PERSON.
>> PERRY: BUT, YES, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN COURAGE, YOU WERE RIGHT ON TARGET.
MAN, I'M -- I NEED TO TAKE NOTES AND LESSONS FROM YOU ON THAT.
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MELODY.
>> PERRY: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY.
>> BROCKHOUSE: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
MELODY I WANTED TO -- WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CONNECT FULLY ON THIS, I KNOW WE'VE HAD LIKE PASSING HALLWAY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I CONSIDER PRIORITIES IN THE DELEGATE AGENCY PIECE, SO WE'LL CATCH UP ON IT, WE'LL HAVE TO SET THIS FURTHER, I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO IN DEPTH ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE WE STILL OWE EACH OTHER THE TIME TO TELL EACH OTHER WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT, WHERE WE'RE AT AS A TEAM AND WHAT MATTERS IN DISTRICT 6.
I WILL GET THERE ON THAT PEACE.
COUNCILMAN PERRY TOOK MY QUESTIONS.
I SHOULDN'T GO AFTER THAT GUY.
NUMBER ONE IS, I THINK THE AGENCIES SHOULD BE MADE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE DURING THE PROCESS.
LIKE I THINK IT HAS TO BE EARNED.
I THINK WHEN WE SEE 40, 25, 30, 40 YEARS OF FUNDING, THESE THINGS ARE -- YOU KNOW, AND OTHER AGENCIES AND GROUPS GET LEFT OUT OF THAT, LIKE I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO EXAMINE THOSE WITH THE LONGEST TENURE, LIKE AT WHAT POINT IS THEIR SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AT WHAT POINT IS THERE, YOU KNOW, DOES FUNDING NEED TO BE REDUCED, AT WHAT POINT DO THEY MADE TO FEEL TO NEED TO EARN THOSE DOLLARS.
I GET COUNCILMAN SALDAÑA'S POINT.
YOU DON'T WANT MONIES TO GO TOWARDS THINGS.
YOU WANT THE DOLLARS WE GIVE TO GO TOWARD THE MISSION DIRECTLY, LIKE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.
LIKE WE WANT EVERY DOLLAR, EVERY PENNY OF THAT DOLLAR TO GO TOWARDS THE SERVICE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, LIKE COUNCILMAN PELAEZ, SAID, RIGHT? SO I'M NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING ANYBODY COME OVER THE TOP AND CREATE A COMPLIANCE POSITION, I'M SENSITIVE TO THAT, BUT I THINK THEY NEED TO EARN IT AND THEY NEED TO -- AUDIO] -- AND THEY'VE DONE IT, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT.
SOME OF OUR FIRST MEETING WHEN WE CAME INTO OFFICE WITH THE NEW CEO ABOUT THE GAME PLAN AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THE THINGS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO TO VERIFY THAT THE TAX DOLLARS -- BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE NOT DOLING OUT OUR MONEY, WE'RE DOLING OUT TAXPAYER MONEY, AND WE SHOULD BE HYPERSENSITIVE THAT IT'S EARNED.
AND EVERY TIME WE COME THROUGH THIS, IT SHOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEM.
AND THESE THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS IS THAT IT'S ALMOST AN EXPECTATION.
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD BUSINESS PRACTICE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
AND SO -- AND THE EXPECTATIONS WITH A LOT OF THESE AGENCIES THEY COME IN AND THEY JUST EXPECT MORE AND THERE'S JUST REALLY NOT A LOT BEHIND THE WHY, RIGHT? AND I'VE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT FROM MOLLY OVER THERE, TOO, FROM SA 2020, WE HAD SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU IN THE BUSINESS OF? LIKE HELP ME UNDERSTAND, IS THE
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DOLLAR I'M GIVING YOU REALLY EQUATING TO THE OUTCOME I WANT? RIGHT? SO I THINK THOSE WHOLE MEASUREMENT THINGS REALLY NEED TO BLEED OUT INTO WHAT WE EXPECT OF THE DELEGATE AGENCIES.AND WE'LL DIG FURTHER INTO THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME, I JUST WANT IT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PUT AND SHOW US EVERY CYCLE THAT THAT DOLLAR -- AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE THAT CONTINUALLY GET LEFT OUT, TOO.
LIKE I WOULD PREFER TO -- I DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE 14 ARE, MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT, LIKE WHO'S GETTING LEFT OUT OF THESE CYCLES? HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THEY APPLIED AND HOW CAN WE HELP THEM BY REDUCING SOMEBODY WHO CONTINUALLY IS WORKING AT THE SAME -- YOU KNOW, DECADES OF FUNDING? WE'RE NOT -- YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
>> WOOSLEY: AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO HELP THE AGENCIES -- BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE SMALLER AGENCIES, THEY HAVEN'T APPLIED BEFORE, IT CAN BE A DIFFICULT, UNCOMFORTABLE PROCESS.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE DO THAT IS DURING THE PROCESS, WORKING WITH THE AREA FOUNDATION OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAINING, TRAINING ON HOW TO WRITE GRANTS, TRAINING ON HOW TO DEVELOP BUDGETS AND DEVELOPER FORM ANSWER MEASURES, SO THAT THE QUALITY OF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE STRONGER.
BECAUSE A LOT OF THE AGENCIES THAT AREN'T FUNDED, THE SCORE OF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE VERY LOW.
AND THAT'S REALLY A CAPACITY ISSUE.
>> BROCKHOUSE: THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
I'D LIKE TO DIG INTO THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE WHO DON'T ACHIEVE THAT MARK, HOW MANY TIMES -- HOW MANY ARE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS, HOW MANY KEEP COMING BACK, LIKE HOW CAN WE HELP THEM GET THE MONEY, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT MAY BE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE GETTING REJECTED. WE HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK INTO THAT.
I WAS TALKING TO ST. VINCENT DEPAUL, I'M VERY -- I HAVE A SOFTER SIDE OBVIOUSLY ON THE FAITH-BASED SIDE OF COMMUNITY ON THINGS AND WHEN I'M SITTING THERE TALKING TO THEM AND THEY WERE ASKING FOR ANOTHER 50,000 GRAND AND THEY WERE SCARED TO DEATH OF EVEN ASKING FOR IT.
I'M THINKING 50,000 BUCKS, I'M THINKING WHAT IS THE ROAD BLOCK HERE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO -- SO MAYBE WORTHY OF THE CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE THE TIME, YOU AND I, TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE GET OVER THE HUMP AND GET AN AWARD, EVEN IF WE HAVE TO REDUCE SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET IT DONE.
>> WOOSLEY: AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED.
THAT FOOD SERVICE SIDE OF IT, THAT'S A HAVEN FOR HOPE, THAT'S A LOT THAT THAT DOLLAR'S MULTIPLIED ITSELF ACROSS MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE THE BASICS, RIGHT? THE BACK TO BASICS THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN, PERIOD.
THAT CONVERSATION WILL COME AS WE CHEW APART EACH OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES.
IT NEEDS TO BE THE THINGS THAT GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE IN THE BUSINESS OF.
I THINK IT WOULD BE ENCOURAGING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE HELP PEOPLE WHO APPLY GET AWARDED, AND IF WE CAN ALSO REMEMBER, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT OTHER WAYS THEY HELP THE COMMUNITY BEYOND JUST THEIR CORE SERVICE LEVEL.
LIKE, IF, FOR INSTANCE, IF IT'S A PROJECT REQUEST, IF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THERE, WHAT SERVICE COMPONENT HOURS THEY'RE OFFERING BACK TO THE CITY.
LIKE ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WHERE A STUDENT THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, SOMEBODY'S RECEIVING QUALITY WORK FOR EDUCATION, CAN THEY COME BACK AND DO A SERVICE COMPONENT ASPECT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAY BE ANOTHER PART OF THESE AGENCIES IS THAT APPLY TO US, CAN IT BE PART OF DOING THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING TAXPAYER MONEY? I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I CAME ACROSS LIKE THE YMCA, AND I'VE TALKED TO THE MANAGER ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, I MEAN, WE INVEST HEAVILY IN THE YMCA, AND THEY TURN AROUND AND CHARGE OUR CITY EMPLOYEES FOR THEIR GYM SERVICES.
I'M LIKE, YOU'RE RECEIVING A TON OF CITY MONEY HERE? WHAT'S THE RETURN BEYOND JUST A BALL FIELD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND THEN CHARGE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN? SO I THINK WE CAN FIND WAYS, RIGHT, THAT ALSO -- AND RENE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS, FINDING OTHER WAYS TO FIND, YOU KNOW, A VALUE ADD THAT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE -- RIGHT, YOU CAN JUSTIFY IT BACK.
I GO BACK TO MY TAXPAYERS IN DISTRICT 6, I CAN JUSTIFY IT.
THIS WORK THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHT? THEY'RE PART OF THIS, THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, SO IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE THINGS ARE REPAID AND A PART OF OTHER THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
BECAUSE IF YOU RECEIVE TAXPAYER MONEY -- I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS -- IT'S THIS IS A CORE FUNCTION OF WHY I'M HERE, IF YOU RECEIVE TAXPAYER MONEY, YOU BETTER EARN IT, YOU BETTER PROVE YOU USE IT TO HIGHEST AND BEST USE, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT THE TAXPAYER WANTS.
IF WE CAN DO THIS, WE WILL BE GOOD.
A LOT OF THESE ARE WORTHY CAUSES WE SHOULD BE FUNDING.
I THINK IT'S SOLID WORK, I'M ABLE TO GO THROUGH IT PRETTY EASILY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR CONVERSATION IN THE FUTURE.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE, COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
MY FELLOW COUNCILMAN BROUGHT SOMETHING TO MY MIND WHICH I THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION, WHICH IS A WAY OF ENHANCING, SO TO SPEAK, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I'VE HEARD SOME AGENCIES, BUT SOME HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE COULD DO A LOT MORE.
AND I'M WONDERING IF -- IF WE AREN'T TESTING THAT THEORY WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF THESE GROUPS? FOR EXAMPLE, IF A GROUP COULD GET 5% MORE MONEY BUT COULD GIVE US A 10% OR 15% BIGGER RETURN, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE.
NOW, IT MAY MEAN THAT, LET'S SAY WE SPENT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS MORE, IN OTHER WORDS, WE ADD 5% TO WHAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR, BUT IF WE GOT A 10 OR 15% GREATER RETURN AND THE SERVICES AND THE OUTCOMES, THEN TO ME, THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE ACTUALLY CHALLENGING THESE AGENCIES TO NOT JUST BE AFRAID THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET WHAT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING, ARE WE ALSO SAYING, FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE, HOW MUCH MORE COULD YOU GIVE US TO LET US KNOW THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE BEING MISSED? OR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MIGHT BE OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, JUST THROUGH THOUGHT, IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN EXPAND FOR 5% MORE AND GET 10% OR 15% MORE RESULTS FROM SOME ORGANIZATION, MAYBE NOT FROM OTHERS, THEN I THINK IT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO CONSIDER IN THIS PROCESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIT THAT IN THE PROCESS.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THANK YOU COUNCILMAN COURAGE.
ANYBODY ELSE? SO I APOLOGIZE, I HAD TO STEP OUT, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THE GOALS OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING IS TO DO VITAL SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND WE DELEGATE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO THESE ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY'VE SHOWN COMPETENCE AND THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND THE RESOURCES TO DO SO FAR BEYOND WHAT THE CITY ORGANIZATION CAN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WE DECIDE AS A CITY YEARS AGO, AT LEAST FOUR YEARS AGO, THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT IN A MORE EFFICIENT WAY, SO WE'VE CIRCLED ON THESE MAJOR INITIATIVES, THESE MAJOR AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT NEED THE MOST HELP IN TERMS OF FAMILY WELL-BEING, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SO FORTH.
AND SO OUR CHARGE IS TO IDENTIFY WAYS THAT WE CAN CONNECT THAT FUNDING MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH THE OUTCOMES THAT WE EXPECT.
AND SO I APPLAUD YOU, MELODY, WITH WORKING WITH KAREN AND HER DEPARTMENT ON CHOOSING FOR US TO BE -- RATHER THAN METRIC AND DATA DRIVEN, INFORMED BY THE DATA, INFORMED BY THE METRICS, SO THAT WE CAN BE OUTCOME ORIENTED AS A COMMUNITY.
ULTIMATELY, FOR INSTANCE, IN FAMILY WELL-BEING, AND I'M SORRY IF I'M GETTING THE CATEGORY NAMES WRONG, THINGS LIKE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAVE BEEN A CHARGE FOR THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT FUNDING FOR THE BATTERED WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHELTER, IT'S ALL ABOUT ANCILLARY ISSUES THAT ARE PART OF THE CONTINUUM OF CARE ON THINGS -- EXCUSE ME, ON HOMELESSNESS ALSO RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
ALL OF THESE ISSUES ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE INFORMED BY THE DATA SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE MAJOR OUTCOMES IN COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.
SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, MELODY AND KAREN FOR YOUR DILIGENT WORK ON THIS.
YOU ARE A ONE DEPARTMENT -- TWO DEPARTMENTS WITHIN A CITY ORGANIZATION WITH SUCH A SMALL PART OF OUR CITY BUDGET THAT SO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY RELY SO HEAVILY ON TO MAKE THIS A LIFE WORTH LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT YOUR -- THE GOOD STUFF ENOUGH THAT'S HAPPENING FROM THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE DELEGATE AGENCY FUNDING CYCLE, AND I -- -- ROBUST PROCESS IN THE BUDGET SESSION.
WE WILL NOW WITH GO INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE TIME NOW IS 4:53 P.M. ON THIS 28TH DAY OF MARCH, 2018.
PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, BTCS, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.087, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.072, REAL PROPERTY; AND LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE SAPD
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INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
CITY COUNT STILL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.
WELCOME TO OUR CEREMONIAL AGENDA, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LATENESS OF OUR ARRIVING.
WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING BUSINESS.
OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE NCAA'S FINAL FOUR.
SAN ANTONIO LOVES BASKETBALL AND THIS MARCH THE ROAD ENDS HERE.
>> BE THE BASKETBALL, THIS IS A FOUR-DAY OF BASKETBALL, MUSIC AND FUN.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THE 2018 MEN'S NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FINAL FOUR WEEKEND WILL BE HELD MARCH 30TH THROUGH APRIL 2ND OF 2018.
IN ADDITION TO THREE GREAT BASKETBALL GAMES, THE FINAL FOUR WILL FEATURE MANY FAMILY EVENTS SUCH AS FINAL FOUR FAN FEST, MARCH MADNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL AND FINAL FOUR RIVER RALLY.
AN ESTIMATED 93,000 OUT OF TOWN VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ALAMO CITY FOR FOUR DAYS OF BASKETBALL MADNESS.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD JENNY KARNES TO ACCEPT THIS.
WHEREAS THE SAN ANTONIO LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO SPORTS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO WILL HOST THE 2018 NCAA MEN'S FINE FINAL FOUR MARCH AT THE ALAMODOME AND WHEREAS THE ROAD TO SAN ANTONIO BEGAN WITH 68 TEAMS PLAYING IN SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT TO DETERMINE THE MEN'S NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DIVISION 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPION FOR THE 2018-18 SEASON AND WHEREAS THE 80TH EDITION OF THE TOWRN AMOUNT BEGAN ON MARCH 30TH, 2018 AND IS NOW DOWN TO THE JAY HAWKS, RAM BLERS, WILDCATS, AND WHEREAS MANY FUN FILLED EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE FINAL FOUR FAN FEST AND MARCH MADNESS
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MUSIC FESTIVAL WILL BE OFFERED TO GIVE THE COACHES, PLAYERS, FANS AND VISITORS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF THE HISTORIC ALAMO CITY.NOW THEREFORE, I, RON NIRENBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN RECOGNITION PROCLAIM MARCH 30TH, 218, TO BE NCAA MEN'S FINAL FOUR WEEKEND.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: MAYOR NIRENBERG, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE INSTITUTION, FOR THIS INCREDIBLE PROCLAMATION.
WE ARE THRILLED AND PROUD TO BE BACK IN SAN ANTONIO FOR THE FOURTH TIME FOR THE MEN'S FINAL FOUR.
THIS IS THE 80TH FINAL FOUR AND IT'S APPROPRIATE, I THINK, TO BE HELD IN SAN ANTONIO ON THE TRICENTENNIAL OF THIS GREAT CITY.
THERE'S INCREDIBLE HISTORY HERE FOR THIS TOURNAMENT.
OUR MEMBERSHIP IS THRILLED TO BE COMING BACK HERE TO CROWN A NATIONAL CHAMPION.
THIS EVENT HAS GROWN ENORMOUSLY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS SINCE IT WAS LAST HELD IN SAN ANTONIO IN 2008.
DURING THAT YEAR, ABOUT 45,000 FANS ATTENDED THE GAMES AT THE ALAMODOME.
THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE 70,000 FANS APPROXIMATELY ATTEND THE GAMES AT THE ALAMODOME.
MARCH MADNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL, A FREE CONCERT SERIES FOR ATTENDEES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT -- IN AUDIO] -- 50 TO 70,000 FOLKS, SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT IN THE FACILITIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, IN THE ALAMODOME, IN THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THIS EVENT IS SO MUCH BIGGER EVEN THAN IT WAS 10 YEARS AGO, AND CERTAINLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS GROWN ACCORDINGLY DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE PROBABLY AS MANY AS 30 MILLION VIEWERS DOMESTICALLY VIEWING THE GAMES THIS WEEKEND.
THE GAMES WILL BE BROADCAST ON TBS BY TURNER AND CBS OUR TELEVISION PARTNERS AND THEN ABOUT 150 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD WILL FOCUS IN ON SAN ANTONIO AS THE CENTER OF BASKETBALL THIS WEEKEND.
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE -- BESIDES MAYOR NIRENBERG WHO'S BEEN INCREDIBLY SUPPORTIVE, I ALSO WANTED TO THANK VERY MUCH SHERYL SCULLEY WE APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP AS WELL FROM THE TIME THIS BID WAS AWARDED, PAT FROST, WHO'S WITH US TODAY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, JENNY KARNES, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SALOC HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE LEADER AS WELL, AND OUR LOCAL HOST, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, UTSA, FROM LYNN HICKEY, THE FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT UTSA, LISA CAMPOS, THE CURRENT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, DR. TAYLOR EMMI, THE PRESIDENT OF UTSA AND PATRICIA CANTOR AS WELL WHO'S CERTAINLY DONE AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB WITH THE CONVENTION CENTER, WITH THE ALAMODOME.
WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT ALL OF THEIR INCREDIBLE SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND ON THIS EASTER WEEKEND, WE EVEN BROUGHT SISTER GENE HERE WITH US TO CELEBRATE ON -- SISTER JEAN HERE WITH US TO CELEBRATE ON THIS EASTER WEEKEND.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO CROWN A NATIONAL CHAMPION IN SAN ANTONIO.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK YOU WILL FIND THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT AUDIENCE, THE VISITORS AND OUR LOCALS THAT NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GREAT TOURNAMENT.
MY BRACKET'S STILL ALIVE, I'M ROOTING FOR KANSAS, BUT WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO MANY, MANY MORE FUTURES OF FINAL FOURS IN SAN ANTONIO.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON TOURNAMENT WINNERS.
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REGIONAL TITLES AT THE 2018 DECATHLON TOURNAMENT WHICH QUALIFIED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT.SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS FIRST AND JOHN HIGH SCHOOL SAYS FIRST BOTH IN THE LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION AT REGIONAL T.
THE LOCAL DECATHLON ALLOWS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE THE CHALLENGES AND RIGOROUS PARTICIPATION IN TEAM ACTIVITY.
EACH NINE-MEMBER TEAM CONSISTS OF THREE A STUDENTS, THREE B STUDENTS.
IN DIGS TO A SEVEN-HOUR INTERVIEW, ESSAYS AND WRITTEN COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS ARE GIVEN IN MUSIC, ART, LITERATURE, MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS, SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE SUPER QUIZ.
SO WITH US TODAY ARE THE ACADEMIC DECATHLON TEAMS OF WARREN, SAM HOUSTON AND JOHN MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOLS TO ACCEPT THEIR CITATIONS.
WHERE IT SAYS IN RECOGNITION OF WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE MEDIUM SCHOOL DECISION AT THE 2018 TEXAS@DEMOCRATIC DECATHLON, THIS HONOR IS A TESTAMENT OF YOUR WILLINGNESS TO EXPAND YOUR SKILLS THROUGH ORGANIZATIONDY CUSHIONS AND DEBATES.
YOUR DEDICATION OF NAVIGATING THE CHALLENGES OF TEAMWORK, LEADERSHIP AND TIME MANAGEMENT IS TO BE COMMENDED.
AND THIS IS FOR SAM MARSHALL -- EXCUSE ME, SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL.
JOHN MARSHALL FOR FIRST PLACE IN THE LARGE SCHOOL DIVISION AT THE 2018 TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.
AND WARREN HIGH SCHOOL, RECOGNITION OF FIRST PLACE AT THE LARGE DIVISION 2018 TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON REGIONAL TOURNAMENT.
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>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: DON'T GO ANYWHERE.
>> THERE IS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS SITTING UP THERE IS MY DAUGHTER, DAISY.
SHE ATTENDS WARREN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> SO, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THERE'S -- AND HER MOTHER, I SAW HER THERE SHE IS.
CHRISTINA RIGHT THERE, MOM, HAS DONE -- NONE OF THESE CHILD CHILDREN GET HERE WITHOUT PARENTS AND FAMILIES.
YOU DID ALL OF THE WORK, DON'T GET ME WRONG BUT PARENTS AND FAMILY THAT STOOD WITH YOU TO HELP YOU GET WHERE YOU'RE ADD.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, DAISY, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
AND THE REST OF YOU, REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT YOU'RE IN AND PARENTS I WANT THIS THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO SUPPORT THE KID, CAR RIDE, EVENTS, CLOTHES TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH PUSHING AND HELPING YOUR CHILDREN GET OVER THE HUMP IS AMAZING.
I'M BEYOND PROUD AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FROM WARREN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER TWO SCHOOL L SCHOOL OFS AS WELL.
AS A CITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ENERGY AND DEDICATION.
WE SEE GREAT THINGS THAT COME FROM ALL OF YOU.
AND WE'RE VERY MUCH APPRECIATIVE, SO THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
>> MAYOR, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT.
>> SORRY, MAYOR I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING VERY INSPIRING.
TO ALL OF THE KIDS OUT THERE DESPITE COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE TOLD EVERYBODY ALL WEEK HIS DAUGHTER CARRIED THE TEAM.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL WORKED VERY, VERY HARD AND I WANT TO ISSUE ALE CHALLENGE TO I YOU.
RIGHT? KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DID AND DO IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
DON'T DO IT JUST FOR MEDALS SO YOU CAN GET APPLAUSE AND ALL OF THAT.
JUST MAKE THIS A PART OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
IN OTHER WORDS, BE REALLY SMART AND WORK REALLY HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY, BECAUSE ONE DAY, YOU JUST MIGHT END UP BEING A CITY COUNCIL PERSON LIKE COUNCILMAN BROCKHOUSE OR MAYOR, LIKE MAYOR NIRENBERG OR MIGHT INVENT THE NEXT SOURCE OF ENERGY OR BE CEO AFTER H-E-B IN WHICH CASE TALK TO ME ABOUT A RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL OF THE GOOD NEWS AND SUCCESS YOU'LL BRING BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
WE KNOW THE RIGOROUS TESTING AND COMPETITION THAT HAPPENS IN AN ACADEMIC DECATHLON.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOUR CAREERS BLOSSOM IN SCHOOL AND BEYOND THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN FROM ALL OF US.
OUR THIRD CEREMONIAL ITEM IS FOR CPS ENERGY EMPLOYEES THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PUERTO RICO.
CPS ENERGY EMPLOYEES WERE DEPLOYED TO PUERTO RICO TO HELP WITH ELECTRIC RESTORATION EFFORTS AFTER THE ISLAND WAS HIT BY HURRICANE MARIA.
THE TEAM ASSISTED WITH REBUILDING THE POWER GRID, DISTRIBUTING MATERIALS AND SUPPLY, LOGISTICAL AND SAFETY EFFORTS AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
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LONG-TERM VISION AND TRANSFORMATION EXECUTION PLAN FOR THE POWER SYSTEM.I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DR. CHRIS YUKESTER.
JOSE TREVINO, MAN WELL GONZALES, RICARDO END RIA TO ACCEPT YOUR CITATIONS.
I'LL READ ONE OF THEM IT SAYS THE SAME THING.
IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR TEAM DEPLOYMENTS TO PUERTO RICO TO HELP WITH RESTORATION EFFORTS CAUSED BY HURRICANE MARIA.
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP REBUILD TE ISLAND'S POWER GRID DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS AND SUPPLY, ASSIST WITH LOGISTICAL AND SAFETY EFFORTS AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON A LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT AND EXCUSE PLAN FOR A POWER GRID SYSTEM IN PUERTO RICO IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.
H THIS IS SIGNED THE 28TH DAY OF MARCH, 2018.
>> AYOR NIRENBERG: MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO SAN ANTONIO FOR SUPPORTING OUR WORK IN PUERTO RICO.
IT'S ALWAYS VERY SPECIAL WHEN YOU CAN HELP OUT A COMMUNITY IN NEED.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED ABOUT THE UTILITY BUSINESS.
WHEN THERE'S A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THROUGH A DISASTER, THEY COME TOGETHER TO AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR EMPLOYEE.
EMANUEL'S WIFE AND 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS HERE AS WELL.
HE WAS AWAY FOR FOUR WEEKS WORKING THERE.
WE GOT TWO EMPLOYEES STILL ON THE ISLAND AND WE'RE ALSO PART OF, NOT ONLY THE RESTORATION PIECE BUT THE TRANSFORMATION ABOUT RETHINKING THE WHOLE UTILITY SYSTEM DOWN THERE.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: I HAVE TO SAY ONE OF THE MORE TOUCHING MOMENTS OVER THE LAST THREE WEEKS WHEN THE PICTURE OF THE HOMECOMING FROM MANUEL WAS POSTED.
THAT WAS SPECIAL FOR EVERYONE ON OUR TEAM.
FOR OUR CITY MORE IMPORTANTLY WE TALKED ABOUT SAN ANTONIO BEING A COMPASSIONATE CITY.
WE WANT TO DRIVE ALL OF THE POLICIES AND INITIATIVES THAT WE DO FROM A CENTER OF PASSION.
THE WORK CPS ENERGY DID TO A COMMUNITY SO FAR AWAY THAT HAD NO CONNECTION TO US OTHER THAN BEING OUR HELP AND BEING OUR NEIGHBOR IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING COMPASSIONATE TO A NEIGHBOR IN THESE TIMES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, YOU MADE US PROUD AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR HARD WORK TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO OUR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD IN JUST ONE MOMENT.
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TIME IS NOW 6:11 P.M. AND WE HAVE A -- WE ARE OPENING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF A SIX ACRE TRACT FOR A .08 SAKER TRACT OF RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIMITS OF SAN ANTONIO NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CULEBRA ROAD AND GALM ROAD AS WELL AS PROPOSED 4.4 ACRE TRACT NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CULEBRA ROAD AND STEUBING ROAD IN CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6, THOSE WHO SIGNED UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CALLED IN ORDER OF REGISTRATION AND MAY SPEAK FOR THREE MINUTES.
ORGANIZATION SIGNED UP TO SPEAK MAY HAVE 9 MINUTES.
>> WE'LL START WITH ANTONIO DIAZ.
>> MAYOR NIRENBERG: THIS IS FOR THE ANNEXATION HEARING.
>> AGAIN, I AM NOT IN SUPPORT OF ANNEXATION.
AND BASICALLY, DUE TO WE HAVE PROBLEM WAS INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE GO ALONG AND ONE IS ON THE VERY IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE OF FIRE PROTECTION.
BEING THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE STILL TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT.
THAT INCLUDES THEIR HEALTH CARE.
AND I BELIEVE THEIR HEALTH CARE OF THE FAMILY, I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY THAT WILL GO.
I THINK I HEARD RECENTLY IN THE NEWS THAT AN OMISSION OF SOME PIECE OF THEIR CONTRACT WOULD THEN ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR HEALTH CARE, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE THING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPLIED OR CONTINUED TO BE SUPPLIED IN A GREATER DEGREE WHEN YOU ANNEX AREAS, AND NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO, AS IT IS, CAN STRETCH ITSELF OR FURTHER SUPPLY THE SERVICES.
INS FASHION OR DEGREE IT'S SUPPOSED TO TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS, FIRE PROTECTION, POLICE, DRAINAGE, WATER, ALL OF THESE ISSUES THAT COME FORWARD.
AS YOU ALL VERY WELL KNOW BY NOW SITTING BEHIND THOSE -- BEHIND THAT OVAL DESK THERE, THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WHAT MAKES THE CITY WHAT IT IS AND KEEPS THE PEOPLE HEALTHY.
AND WORKING AND PUTTING FORWARD TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL ASPECTS OF AN FRAUFRS, TO THOSE PORTIONS OF CULEBRA ROAD AND THE WAY THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, I WILL NOT SUPPORT ANNEXATION.
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D DEANNA OREGES? OKAY.THE TIME IS NOW 6:15 P.M. AND THE PUBLIC HEARING
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.