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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRANT HERE.
AND THEN, UH, PAT, CAN YOU TEXT, UH, THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SEE IF THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY?
[1. 20-3637 Discussion on the procedures of the joint City/County Intergovernmental Relations Committee [Jeff Coyle, Director, Government & Public Affairs]]
UM, SO LET'S, LET'S, UH, REAL QUICK, UM, CELEBRATE TOGETHER THE RECONSTITUTION OF, OF THIS, UH, THIS COMMITTEE, UH, IN ITS NEW FORM WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM THE COUNTY.UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, UH, RODRIGUEZ.
UM, THE, UH, THIS NEW COMMISSION WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE MAYOR, UM, AS IT'S AS THE ONLY HYBRID COMMISSION OUTSIDE OF THE I G R, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, INNOVATION AND TECH, UH, COMMITTEE WHERE WE HAVE CIVILIANS, UH, ON THAT COMMITTEE.
UH, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY FOR GOOD REASON, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT WORKS.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK NELSON AND, AND RON REALIZED THAT, UM, THERE WERE, THERE WERE, UH, THERE WAS VALUE IN, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT TO THE TABLE BY, BY HAVING ALL OF US, UH, COME TOGETHER.
SO, UH, REMEMBER THAT OUR SCOPE IS TO, UH, PURSUE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR COVID AND RE AND HELP THE CITY AND THE COUNTY RESPOND TO COVID.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER PRESSING LEGISLATIVE ISSUES WHERE WE CAN, UH, ALIGN.
UM, HAVING SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR, UM, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE SCOPE, WE HAVE WIDE LATITUDE, UM, TO DO WHATEVER IS DID, UM, TO BENEFIT BEXAR COUNTY AND THE CITY.
UH, I, I WILL REMIND FOLKS THAT, UH, THIS IS STILL A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, AND OH, THERE'S COUNCILWOMAN ADRIANNA ROCHA.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
UM, THE, UM, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A CITY COUNT COUNTY, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, THE LAWYERS HAVE INSISTED THAT, UM, WE HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN VOTE ON CITY SPECIFIC ISSUES AND GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR CITY SPECIFIC ISSUES.
AND SO, UM, ONE MORE REASON TO, UM, LOVE ON OUR LAWYERS, UH, UH,
JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ AND I ARE LAWYERS.
WE COULDN'T GET INTO MED SCHOOL, BUT, UH, WE ENDED UP GOING TO, TO LAW SCHOOL INSTEAD.
SO, UM, I'M HANDING IT OFF TO SALLY BATO.
UH, SALLY'S, UH, GONNA BRIEF US ON, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN DC RIGHT NOW, AND, UH, WHAT WE, UH, NEED.
AND JEFF, I, AND YOU AND SALLY, I THINK ARE GONNA JUMP IN ON, UH, YOU KNOW, PRESENTING TO US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN
AND, UM, IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN, I, UM, I JUST TO PUT A FINER POINT ON, ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT CITY AND COUNTY SPECIFIC BUSINESS, UH, THE OBVIOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, FIRST OBJECTIVE FOR THIS GROUP IS, IS FEDERAL AND COVID RELATED, BUT WE'VE GOT A LEGISLATIVE SESSION COMING IN JANUARY.
WE'RE EACH GONNA BE HIRING LOBBY TEAMS. WE'RE EACH GONNA BE DEVELOPING LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS.
AND, UH, AND SO I THINK OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT THERE BE A, A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THIS GROUP THAT, THAT CONSISTS OF THE THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THAT WHEN WE NEED APPROVALS OF ITEMS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS FROM THE COUNTY NECESSARILY, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE VOTES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACTION ON ITEMS. I WOULD ASSUME THE COUNTY WILL HAVE, WILL WANT ITS OWN PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, UH, IF YOU'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL, I'LL JUST SET IT UP AND HAND IT OFF TO SALLY AND MELISSA.
UM, THE, UH, SO WE, WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WORK GROUP THAT YOU AND, UH, AND COMMISSIONER WOLF CHAIRED, SO WE WON'T GO BACKWARDS IN TERMS OF THE CARES ACT AND, AND C R F FUNDING AND SO FORTH.
THERE ARE, UH, UH, FORWARD LOOKING EFFORTS GOING ON, AND PENDING LEGISLATIONS, SPECIFICALLY, SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS ASKED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE HEROES ACT AND WHETHER WE WERE FOLLOWING THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANT FOR US.
UM, SO SALLY'S GONNA GIVE A DETAILED BREAKDOWN ON THAT, AS WELL AS SUMMARIZE THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO SET UP OUR BEST ARGUMENT FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL SILENCE MYSELF AND HAND IT OFF.
IS MY SOUND COMING THROUGH? OKAY, EDUARDO, THANK YOU.
I'M GETTING THESE LITTLE LOOPS ON EVERYBODY'S, UM, CAMPSITE, SO I WAS JUST MAKING SURE.
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SALLY, THE SYSTEM NOW, UH, MR. CO-CHAIR? WELL, SHE'S, WELL, SHE'S RIGHT THERE WHILE SHE'S, YEAH, WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE AWKWARD SILENCE AND SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, OBVIOUSLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, GONNA HAVE TO DO, UH, WITHIN THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR, YOUR OWN, UH, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND, AND, UM, AS WILL THE COUNTY.
BUT I THINK, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, WHETHER IT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OR IN, UH, IN, IN, UM, AUSTIN OR IN DC.
UH, THERE ARE ALWAYS COMMONALITIES WITH RESPECT TO, UH, WHETHER IT'S PLAYING DEFENSE OR, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, GOING AFTER DOLLARS THAT WILL HELP OUR MUTUAL CONSTITUENCIES.
SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE, UH, A PRODUCTIVE, UH, VENUE TO DO THAT.
AND, AND JUST WANTED TO MENTION COMPLETELY ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, WITH YOU GUYS, EVEN YOU, MR. S SO THANK YOU,
YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ASK KEVIN IF HE WANTS TO JOIN IN ON THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF HE WANTS TO DO THAT.
KEVIN, KEVIN DOESN'T EVER WANT TO SERVE AS CO-CHAIR WITH ME ON ANYTHING EVER AGAIN.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A SENTENCE NOBODY SHOULD HAVE, SO, JUSTIN BLESS.
OH, WELL, YOU, WELL, I DO HAVE YOU ALL HERE.
UH, I SPOKE TO A FRIEND OF MINE, UH, WHO IS A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA YESTERDAY, EARLY MORNING.
UM, THOSE NEWS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, UH, NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE R N C CONVENTION POSSIBLY COMING TO SAN ANTONIO, AND THE, THE INTERESTING LETTER FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE, UH, VISIT SA UM, YOU KNOW, HE WAS SITTING THERE SCRATCHING HIS HEAD AND HIS WORDS WERE, WE ALREADY SIGNED THE DEAL.
UH, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY ASKS YOU ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE RNC IS COMING HERE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NOT AND NEVER WAS.
UH, NOW, INTERESTINGLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE TOLD ME WAS THAT THE PLAN OVER THERE IS TO, UH, BRING IN CRUISE SHIPS, UH, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIGHTEN THE LOAD ON LOCAL HOTELS.
UH, SO THEY'LL HAVE CRUISE SHIPS PARKED IN THE HARBOR, UH, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE SOMEWHERE TO STAY.
AND SO, UM, ONE MORE REASON TO GO TO THE, UH, THE CONVENTION.
UH, KEVIN, YOU AND I CAN GO BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE BUFFET.
DIDN'T, DIDN'T HOW WE STARTED.
C WE BETTER TELL, UH, WE BETTER TELL THE MILITARY TO GET READY IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE
[2. 20-3638 Congressional update on the federal response to COVID-19 and legislative forecast [Jeff Coyle, Director, Government & Public Affairs]]
CHAIRMAN, I THINK, UH, SALLY, I THINK SALLY IS ON BY PHONE NOW.UH, SALLY, YOU THERE? I, I'M READY.
AO WHEN, WHEN YOU ARE, GO AHEAD.
EDUARDO'S ABOUT TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION TO GET YOUR, THIS KICKED OFF.
EDUARDO, I THANK YOU, UM, CHAIRMAN PALIS, CHAIRMAN RODRIGUEZ AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE TO GET THIS STARTED.
AS JEFF MENTIONED, I'M GONNA BE GOING OVER A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE THIS MORNING THAT WILL COVER THREE MAIN PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE SEEN SOME MOVEMENT IN CONGRESS.
I WILL KICK IT OFF WITH THE HEROES ACT, AND I WILL PROVIDE, UH, VARIOUS DETAILS OF THE BILL THAT THE HOUSE HAS PROPOSED AND HAS PASSED.
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OUT SOME IMPORTANT KEY PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THE COVID, UH, STIMULUS FUNDING.AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE FUNDING NUMBERS PROPOSED.
THEN I WILL JUMP INTO THE SMART ACT.
THIS IS A BILL THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED ON THE SENATE SIDE BY A COUPLE OF SENATORS, WHICH IS GREAT MOMENTUM TO SEE ON THE SENATE SIDE.
THEN I WILL PRESENT SOME DETAILS ON THE PAYROLL PROTECTION FLEXIBILITY ACT.
THAT IS A BILL THAT HAS ALREADY PASSED IN CONGRESS, UH, AND THE PRESIDENT ENACTED LAST WEEK.
I WILL KICK IT OFF WITH THE HEROES ACT.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE HEROES, BILL, THAT THE HOUSE PASSED ON MAY 15TH.
IT'S A MASSIVE 3 TRILLION, UH, HOUSE BILL PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMY.
AND AS YOU KNOW, IT FOLLOWS THE THE CARES ACT THAT PASSED IN MARCH.
ALSO, A VERY LARGE BILL AT A PRICE TAG OF 3 TRILLION.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY THE PROPOSAL TO FUND 375 BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN TWO SEPARATE ALLOCATIONS.
THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE IN 2020, AND THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE IN 2021.
SO ESSENTIALLY 200 TO BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
250 BILLION WOULD BE AWARDED WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ENACTMENT TO ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES.
TO BREAK THAT FURTHER DOWN, A LITTLE BIT MORE, 125 BILLION TO CITIES USING A C D B G FORMULA, AND ALSO 125 BILLION TO COUNTIES BASED ON POPULATION.
ONE YEAR LATER IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, A HUNDRED AND TWENTY 5 BILLION WOULD BE AWARDED VIA THE SAME FORMULAS TO CITIES AND COUNTIES.
IN RECENT WEEKS, WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM OUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS THAT THE, THE HEROES BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE IS A VERY GOOD FOUNDATION AND PATH FOR NEGOTIATIONS IN THE, IN THE SENATE.
SO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, FOR THE CARES ACT, THE SENATE MADE THE FIRST MOVE.
THEY INTRODUCED THE, THE CARESS ACT BILL LANGUAGE, AND THEN THEY, UH, WENT AHEAD AND PASSED IT OVER TO THE HOUSE, AND THEN THE HOUSE PASSED IT.
SECOND, THE HOUSE WANTED TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP THIS TIME WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND PASSAGE OF THE HERO'S BILL.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW THAT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THIS NEXT STIMULUS BILL ARE GOING TO BE LENGTHY, JUST AS THEY WERE FOR THE CARES ACT.
AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE SENATE WILL REACT TO THE HEROES.
BILL, WE'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS MADE BY, UH, SENATOR MCCONNELL THAT THE BILL WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, BUT WE HAVE HAD VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS, AND THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY INFORMED US THAT THIS IS A, A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SENATE.
SO THE TIMING OF THAT, AS WE ARE HEARING IN RECENT DAYS AND WEEKS, THAT THE SENATE LEADERSHIP HAS SAID THAT THEY MAY MOVE ON THIS NEXT BILL IN JULY AFTER THE JULY 4TH RECESS.
SO WE'RE TRACKING THIS DAY BY DAY.
A FEW MORE HIGH LEVEL DETAILS ABOUT THE HERO'S BILL UNDER THE HOUSING AND FOOD ASSISTANCE, THE BILL PROPOSES $5 BILLION IN GRANTS FOR C D B G.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT HELPS WITH HOUSING, NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OTHER PROJECTS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNITIES.
THE BILL ALSO PROPOSES 7 BILLION FOR BLOCK GRANTS FOR CHILDCARE SERVICES.
ALSO, ANOTHER AREA OF FUNDING THAT IS A GREAT INTEREST TO SAN ANTONIO.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING 75 BILLION FOR HOMEOWNER'S ASSISTANCE.
THIS IS ESSENTIALLY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UNDER THE FOOD CATEGORY, 10 BILLION FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP SERVICES, AND THEN 150 BILLION FOR LOCAL FOOD BANK.
UNDER THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES UMBRELLA, THE BILL WOULD ALLOCATE 7.6 BILLION FOR HEALTH SERVICES TO EXPAND COVID TESTING AND HEALTH CENTERS, 2 BILLION FOR STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO PREVENT, PREPARE, AND RESPOND TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING WOULD RECEIVE A HUNDRED MILLION FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
THIS WOULD COVER DIRECT SERVICES SUCH AS HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, UH, FOR SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
LIKE I SAID, THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM FALLS UNDER THE US HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
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CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATE FOR.300 MILLION FOR THE JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 300 MILLION FOR THE COP HIRING GRANT.
UM, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH, UM, A RECENT GRANT AWARD THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNDER CO.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOPEFULLY ADDITIONAL MORE FUNDING IN THAT CATEGORY, AND THEN A HUNDRED MILLION TO, UM, ADDRESS THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNDER THE VWA ACT.
UNDER THE SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE AND DIGITAL DI DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY SUPPORT, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, ADMINISTRATION WOULD RECEIVE 10 BILLION FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.
THESE WOULD BE GRANTS UNDER THE I D L PROGRAM, THE ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN PROGRAM.
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN EARLIER STIMULUS FUNDING, UH, CATEGORIES.
AND SO THIS WOULD, UM, HOPEFULLY CONTINUE 2 BILLION FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING CATEGORY, AS WELL AS YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS AND OTHER CAREER SERVICES AS WELL FOR THE YOUTH AND ADULTS UNDER THE BROADBAND CATEGORY, THE BILL IS PROPOSING 5 BILLION THAT WOULD HELP ESTABLISH WIFI HOTSPOTS DEVICES FOR STUDENTS AND LIBRARIES, AND, UM, FILL THE GAP FOR HOME CONNECTIVITY NEEDS.
VERY QUICKLY, BEFORE I LEAVE THE HEROES ACT, I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT THE BILL IS PROPOSING A SECOND ROUND OF DIRECT PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS UP TO $1,200 PER ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBER, AS WELL AS SOME SERVICES FOR VETERANS.
ONE THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS THAT 10 MILLION FOR THE VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTERS PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPORT VETERANS WITH SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'LL BE KEEPING, UM, A CLOSE EYE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE SENATE PROPOSAL.
MOVING ON TO THE SMART ACT ON MAY 18TH, SENATOR BOB MENENDEZ OF NEW JERSEY AND SENATOR BOB CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA, BILL CASSIDY OF LOUISIANA INTRODUCED THE STATE AND MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE FOR RECOVERY AND TRANSITION FUND, UH, THAT WE CALL THE SMART ACT LEGISLATION.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE 500 BILLION IN FLEXIBLE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THIS BILL IS THAT IT, IT'S PROPOSED ON THE SENATE SIDE BY THESE TWO SENATORS.
IT HAS SEEN GREAT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
IT ALSO HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, THE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, AND OTHER LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.
SO WE'VE SEEN THIS BILL TO REALLY PICK UP SOME POSITIVE MOMENTUM.
UM, THIS BILL SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES FLEXIBLE FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
WE REALLY, REALLY, UM, HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THIS BILL BECAUSE IT, THE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT IS INCREASING.
SO AS THE ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE A BILL THAT WE FORESEE WILL BE PART OF THE FUTURE DISCUSSION.
THE SMART ACT IS PROPOSING TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING IN THREE PARTS, ONE THIRD BASED ON POPULATION, ONE THIRD BASED ON INFECTION RATES, AND ONE THIRD BASED ON REVENUE LOSSES.
SO THIS BILL WOULD ALLOW TO COVER REVENUE LOSSES FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS AND PROPOSALS OF THIS BILL.
THERE IS, UH, SOME COMPLICATED FORMULAS THAT COUNCILWOMAN GRO HAS MENTIONED TO US BEFORE THAT HAVE, UM, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION ON FROM THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, UM, AND I WON'T GO INTO THOSE, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE PROPOSED, UM, PARTS OF THE BILL.
THE, UH, PAYROLL PROTECTION FLEXIBILITY ACT IS THE ONE THAT I MENTIONED EARLY ON.
THIS BILL WAS JUST RECENTLY ENACTED, SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT ON JUNE 4TH.
THE ORIGINAL CO-SPONSORS WERE, UM, CONGRESSMAN ROY OF OUR DELEGATION AND CONGRESSMAN DEAN OF MINNESOTA.
UH, THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY, IF YOU RECALL, IT WAS PASSED AS PART OF THE CARES ACT, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY A LOW INTEREST LONG-TERM LOAN FOR BUSINESSES.
ON MAY 28TH, THE HOUSE PASSED THE BILL IN THIS LEGISLATION.
WHAT IT ENDED UP DOING IS IT CREATED MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR BUSINESSES.
UH, THE TWO MAIN PARTS, UM, THAT HAVE GOTTEN THE MOST ATTENTION IS IT EXTENDS THE FORGIVENESS PERIOD TO 24 WEEKS FOR BUSINESSES, AND THEN IT REDUCES PAYROLL SHARE COST TO 60% FROM 75.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT NEW, UM, NOW BUSINESSES HAVE MORE TIME TO SPEND THE MONEY.
INSTEAD OF THE EIGHT WEEKS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PASSED, BORROWERS WILL NOT HAVE 24 WEEKS
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FROM THE DAY THAT THEY GET THEIR P P P FUNDS TO USE IT.ALSO, LESS MONEY NEEDS TO BE DEDICATED TO PAYROLL.
SO TO QUALIFY FOR THE FULL FORGIVENESS OF THEIR LOANS, THEY ONLY HAVE TO ALLOCATE 60% OF THEIR P P P FUNDS FOR PAYROLL EXPENSES WHEN BEFORE IT WAS 75.
AND NOW THEY CAN USE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY TO COVER OVERHEAD COSTS IN THEIR OPERATIONS, SUCH AS RENT AND UTILITIES.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR, FOR BUSINESSES.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE COORDINATED ADVOCACY, UH, THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, COUNCILMAN
WE, UM, SPEARHEADED WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP, UM, EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HAVE COORDINATED ADVOCACY AND ENGAGE THEIR, UH, FEDERAL LOBBYISTS SO THAT IT WAS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH.
AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, THE CITY ALSO LED EFFORTS, AND WE HAD VARIOUS ZOOM CALLS WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION MEMBERS TO KEEP THEM INFORMED ABOUT OUR C OVID 19 OPERATIONS BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND OUR USE OF THE CARES ACT FUNDING.
AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF, UM, GREAT FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN KEPT ABREAST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY ON WHAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN DOING, AND WE'VE CONTINUED THOSE BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES, UM, THEIR ONGOING WITH STAFF AS WELL.
UM, MAYOR SUPPORT LETTERS IN THE OP AND OP-ED MAYOR BERG PARTICIPATED IN A JOINT OP-ED, AND JEFF MAY BE ABLE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A OP-ED WITH 15 MAJOR CITY MAYORS AND THE OP-ED RAN, UM, ALL OVER THE STATE, OF COURSE, IN SAN ANTONIO AND THE EXPRESS NEWS AND, UM, MEDIA OUTLETS ACROSS THE STATE.
I WILL, I'LL JUST, I WILL JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK.
UM, JUST TO SAY THAT OUR ADVOCACY IS REALLY FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS.
NUMBER ONE, DEMONSTRATING A REALLY GOOD SMART USE OF THE CARESS ACT FUNDING THE ORIG THE, UH, ALREADY RECEIVED FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, COMBINED WITH REMINDING THEM OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING.
AND SO, UH, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND I ASSUME THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IS IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU ALL HAVE YOUR BUDGET CONVERSATIONS OVER THE COMING WEEKS.
WE ARE REGULARLY, WE WILL BE REGULARLY, UH, ENGAGING THE DELEGATION OFFICES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALONG TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US AS OUR WAY OF MAKING THE CASE THAT THERE STILL DOES NEED TO BE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT COMING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
UM, AND ALSO REGARDING THE BUSINESS SUPPORT, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THAT THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY WORK GROUP CHAIRS, UM, WE COORDINATED AT EFFORTS WITH OUR PRIVATE SECTOR, UM, BUSINESS PARTNERS.
THEY, UH, BROUGHT IN THEIR PRIVATE SECTOR LOBBYISTS, AND WE ENGAGED IN A SUPPORT LETTER CAMPAIGN.
WE RECEIVED VARIOUS LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
MANY OF THEM WENT DIRECT DIRECTLY TO CONGRESS, UM, SUCH AS, UH, RACKSPACE SUPPORT, UH, LANDRY, THANKS TO WALTER ALSO RECEIVED, UH, SUPPORT FROM THE SPURS, THE N R P DEVELOPMENT GROUP, THE TEXAS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, AND, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR LOCAL CHAMBERS OF CO COMMERCE REPRESENTING, UM, THEIR BUSINESS MEMBERSHIP.
SO THAT WAS A, A REALLY GREAT, UM, SUPPORT, UH, ACTIVITY THAT, THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO DEMONSTRATE TO SENATOR CRUZ AND SENATOR CORNY AND OUR FIVE HOUSE MEMBERS, UM, THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR SAN ANTONIO, UM, FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
AND LASTLY, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE VERY QUICKLY, CONGRESS IS IN SESSION RIGHT NOW.
THE SUMMER IS GONNA GO BY VERY QUICKLY.
UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO BREAK FOR THE JULY 4TH RECESS ON JULY 3RD.
THEN THEY WILL RETURN AROUND JULY 7TH, AND THEN THEY WILL BREAK AGAIN AROUND AUGUST 3RD.
UM, AS WE'RE HEARING SO FAR, UNLESS THE HOUSE INCENTIVE DECIDES, UM, TO, TO CHANGE THEIR CALENDARS, THEY WILL BREAK FOR THEIR AUGUST RECESS FOR THE WHOLE MONTH, AND THEN NOT RETURN UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY ON SEPTEMBER 8TH.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
AND OF COURSE, THE WHITE HOUSE WILL HAVE TO BE ON BOARD FOR THAT NEXT STIMULUS BILL.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK DAILY AND WORK WITH OUR DELEGATION AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM ABREAST OF ALL THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, I'M, UM, GOING TO GO AROUND THE HORN REAL QUICK, UM, AND
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SEE IF, UH, ANYBODY'S GOT QUESTIONS.BUT WE'LL START WITH, UH, CO-CHAIR RODRIGUEZ.
UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, NO QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, I THINK, UH, WE'RE ALL INTERESTED IN, IN KIND OF MONITORING THIS AND, AND HOW, UH, WE MAY BE, UH, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY IMPACTED.
I KNOW THE COUNTY, AS YOU GUYS ARE, ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR TAX ROLL, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR BUDGET'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND I THINK TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WORRIED ABOUT THIS BUDGET CYCLE, AND WE'LL TAKE ANY HELP WE CAN GET.
BUT I THINK OUR, YOU KNOW, UH, CONTINUING CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE AND, AND HOW PROPERTY TAXES ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED.
WE'RE, WE'RE A LOT MORE, UH, RELIANT ON THOSE THAN, THAN I THINK THE CITY IS.
SO, UH, THANKS, UH, SALLY, FOR THE INFORMATION, UH, IT'S GOOD THAT TO BE, UH, BACK IN, IN FRONT OF THE OLD, UH, STAFF FROM I G R, UH, JEFF AND, AND SALLY AND YOUR TEAM AND, AND CARLOS.
UM, EVERYBODY DOES A GREAT JOB.
SO THANKS FOR, UH, THE UPDATE.
UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORK, YOU KNOW, MANNY AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE, SO THIS IS KIND OF REVIEW AT THIS POINT FOR US.
UM, AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ON THIS SIDE, HELPING US WITH STRATEGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UM, ONE QUESTION I HAVE, AND MAYBE YOU MENTIONED IT, SALLY, BUT HAVE THERE BEEN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THESE WHEN IT COMES TO FEDERAL DOLLARS? 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S AN, THERE'S A TERM TIME ON IT.
HAVE THEY HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EXTENDING THAT WITH THOSE, UM, APARTMENTS THAT HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS? COUNCILWOMAN? I'VE HEARD COUNCILWOMAN, I'VE COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YES, MA'AM.
COUNCILWOMAN, THERE HAS BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ON THE HOUSE SIDE REGARDING HAVING CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPIRATION OF THAT, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN, UH, ANY MOVEMENT ABOUT EXTENDING IT.
I WILL LOOK INTO IT AND THEN REPORT BACK.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ADRIANA, ROCHA,
I'M REALLY, UH, INTERESTED IN, IN LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND MAYBE IT'S OFFLINE, UH, BUT ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, COMPONENT FOR VETERANS.
UH, I, I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.
SO MAYBE OFFLINE IF SOMEBODY MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, GIVE ME SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
BUT, UM, NO QUESTIONS FOR THE GREATER THE GROUP.
COUNCILMAN, UH, PERRY, UH, IS NOT ON THE LINE? NO.
LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM.
WELL, ACTUALLY, CHAIRMAN, I THINK THAT IS OUR ITEM.
UM, I WILL, UH, GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK FORECAST OF THE CITY'S TIMELINE IN TERMS OF, UH, STATE ACTIVITIES.
UH, WE WILL, UM, UH, RESUME OUR PROCESS OF, UH, OF PROPOSING A, UH, LOBBY TEAM, STATE LEVEL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA RESUME THE PROCESS IN JULY.
WE SOLICITED, UH, QUALIFICATIONS BACK IN THE SPRING AND PUT IT ON HOLD.
SO WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THOSE AND, UH, PLAN TO BRING TO YOU TO A SUBCOMMITTEE HERE.
UM, IN AUGUST, OUR, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WE'LL ALSO INTEND TO SET UP A, UH, CONVERSATION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER TO, TO KICK OFF THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
WE'VE TYPICALLY MOVED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE CALENDAR, BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY BEHOOVES ALL OF US TO, TO SLOW, SLOW PLAY THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT, AS MUCH AS THE WORLD IS CHANGING FROM WEEK TO WEEK.
UM, AND I THINK PROBABLY THIS, UH, JOINT COMMITTEE WOULD BE A GREAT FORUM, UH, FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT SOME OF OUR SHARED ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT, THAT WE MIGHT BOTH BRING BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE, UH, POLICY BOARDS FOR, FOR APPROVAL.
UM, THE SET THE SESSION OF COURSE, STARTS IN JANUARY, SO WE'VE GOT THAT FALL WINDOW TO, TO FINALIZE A, A PROGRAM AND, AND, UH, BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AND BRING IT TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR APPROVAL SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE OUR DELEGATION, UH, EARLY ENOUGH, UH, BEFORE THE START.
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I GUESS THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING, RIGHT, JEFF? YES.UNLESS OUR COUNTERPART, MELISSA HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? I DON'T WANNA SKIP THAT IF SHE DOES.
MELISSA, WHAT DO YOU GOT? UM, SO THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME KNOW I'M A GAMBLER, SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR AN ACE OR A FACE TO BE FLIPPED OVER THE NEXT CARD.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL GET SOME MORE RELIEF OUT OF THE FEDS.
I'M, I'M DOUBTFUL LIKE, YOU KNOW, SALLY MENTIONED THAT OUR TIMING IS JUST BAD RIGHT NOW WITH RECESSES COMING UP.
UM, AND, AND, AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT NOW WE'VE GOT THE PROTEST ISSUES COMING IN.
SO WE'VE GOT PROTEST, WE'VE GOT COVID, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, UNPRECEDENTED.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, COMING UP.
SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I DON'T, I JUST, I, I'M STRUGGLING TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, UH, RECENT ISSUES ARE TAKING A LOT OF AIR OUT OF, UM, OUR RELIEF COME ANY OF OUR RELIEF COMING FROM THE FEDS AS I SEE IT.
SO IT, IT'S JUST A BIG GAMBLE RIGHT NOW, AND I HATE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IT DOWN.
BUT IF YOU KNOW ME, I'M, I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUTHFUL AND I'LL TELL YOU MAYBE WHAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ALWAYS THE GOOD NEWS.
SO IT, IT'S ANY, IT'S ANY MEN'S UH, IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS RIGHT NOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT STUFF, WE'RE GOING TO GET FUTURE RELIEF OUT OF THE FEDS, BUT I'M, I'M DOUBTFUL ANYTIME SOON.
AND THE LONGER WE GET, THE CLOSER WE GET TO NOVEMBER, WHICH IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, ADDS ANOTHER LAYER TO IT.
SO WHO KNOWS? BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING WITH OUR DELEGATION BECAUSE OUR, UM, DELEGATION HAS ALWAYS TREATED US VERY FAIRLY AND TRIES TO DO THE BEST FOR US.
BUT, UM, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
FOLKS, THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, STAFF FOR I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, UM, CHAIR, MR. COUNCILMAN
SO THOSE ARE MY ONE REQUEST AND ONE QUESTION CHAIR.
SO, UM, IT, I'M, I'M WATCHING ADRIANA GARCIA ROCHA, UM, NODDING YES.
AND SO, UM, I USUALLY AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU LADIES, 'CAUSE EVERY TIME YOU GUYS SPEAK, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, WHATEVER YOU GUYS SAY.
AND THEN, UH, AS FAR AS ANOTHER I G R MEETING LATER THIS MONTH, I DON'T KNOW, LET ME CIRCLE BACK WITH STAFF, UM, AND SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'D BE ABLE TO PACKAGE, IF ANYTHING, UM, FOR THIS ONE.
UM, JUST, UH, IF I COULD SEEK A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY FROM, UH, FROM COUNCILWOMAN
UM, UH, AND I THINK THAT IS, UH, THAT FUNDING IS INTENDED IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THE DEADLINE GETS EXTENDED.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE, FUNDING FOR ANYBODY WHO'S IN THAT POSITION.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
I, I THINK SALLY MENTIONED THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALISTIC.
WE'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING FORMAL THAT SAYS IT'S GOING TO, UH, THAT EVICTION, UM, UH, MORATORIUM IS GONNA BE EXTENDED.
UM, SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON WHAT, WHAT UPDATE, UH, YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR TO BE ABLE TO MAKE WHAT, WHATEVER DECISION MAKING YOU'RE GONNA DO IN THE OTHER COMMITTEE.
I THINK THIS TIME FOR REAL, WE'RE GONNA END IT.
UH, THE, UH, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU TO STAFF, UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
UH, I'LL LET YOU HAVE THE LAST WORD.
OTHERWISE, UH, WE'RE DONE TODAY.
AND, UM, YEAH, I GUESS LET'S VISIT LATER, MANNY, ABOUT A FUTURE MEETING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ISSUES, UM, UH, A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE, BUT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE GROUP AND, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, GETTING SOME CITY
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COUNTY, UM, CONSOLIDATION, RIGHT? COMMISSIONER WOLFSO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT.
AND I HOPE THAT, YEAH, I HOPE THIS, THIS IS A, A GREAT FORUM AND COMMITTEE TO KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE THINGS.
AND IT'S GOOD THAT BOTH, YOU KNOW, JUSTIN AND I HAVE SPENT TIME ON COUNCIL, SO WE, WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH SIDES.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, JUSTIN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY MORNING THAT ANYTIME THAT THE CITY AND AND COUNTY WORK TOGETHER IS BETTER FOR ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
SO WHERE WE CAN, WHEN WE CAN GET ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND, AND COMBINING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THAT, THAT'S STUFF WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT.
EVERYBODY PLEASE HAVE A NICE DAY.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS AT THE NEXT MEETING.