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          GOOD. 
          A 
          [1. 20-3854 City Council Budget Goal Setting Session establishing budget policy direction that will guide the development of service priorities for the FY 2021 Proposed Budget and the FY 2022 Budget Plan to include possible action on matters presented and discussed. [Maria Villagomez, Deputy City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget]]
ALL GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE EVERYBODY HERE, THE TIME IS 9:18 AM GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CITY COUNCIL F Y 21. 
          BUDGET GOAL SETTING IS A MEETING TO ORDER. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO RECALL THE ROLE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COBE HDA. 
          YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL? YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR BERG. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BEFORE WE START TODAY, UM, I'D LIKE US, UH, I, I HAVE, WITH DEEP NE SADNESS, I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE LOST A CLOSE FRIEND, UM, AND COLLEAGUE AND, UM, SOMEONE WHO SERVED THE CITY FOR ABOUT THREE DECADES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING. 
          UM, LEARNED ABOUT THAT. 
          HE PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT, UH, SERVED UNDER 10 MAYORS AS THE CHIEF OF SECURITY, AND THAT'S ALBERT CASTILLO, UM, REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT, SO PLEASE KEEP HIS FAMILY AND YOUR PRAYERS. 
          UH, WE'LL SHARE MORE AS WE LEARN MORE. 
          UM, BUT IF WE COULD JUST START WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOD BLESS YOU, ALBERT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR AGENDA, WE ARE GONNA TAKE A BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          SO, THE TIME IS NOW 9:20 AM ON JUNE 26TH, 2020. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL WILL STAY IN THESE, IN THIS ROOM, UH, STAFF AND OTHERS WHO AREN'T PART OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL, WILL EXIT, AND WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT 9:32 AM ON JUNE 26TH, 2020. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. 
          NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          WE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET OUR GOAL SETTING AGENDA STARTED. 
          UH, JUST TO MAKE NOTE, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, PERHAPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS, UH, ANY MOMENTS REQUIRE. 
          BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PRETTY TIGHT AGENDA TODAY. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS BUDGET GOAL SETTING SESSION IS TO, UH, FIX AT HIGH LEVEL WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S PRIORITIES ARE IN OUR F Y 21 AND 22 BUDGET. 
          AS YOU KNOW, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS REQUIRED STATUTORILY TO, UH, PASS A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          UH, AND WE DO SO IN A BIENNIAL FASHION. 
          UH, FOR A FEW OF US, THIS IS OUR EIGHTH BUDGET NOW TOGETHER, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, REBECCA SHIRLEY. 
          UM, BUT IF FOR EVERYONE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, SO I DON'T NEED TO GO OVER ALL OF THE, UH, REASONS IN AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING HERE. 
          UM, OTHER THAN TO SAY THE OBVIOUS FOR PEOPLE LISTENING, THIS IS GONNA BE THE MOST CHALLENGING BUDGET I THINK EVER TRIED, EVER, UM, ASSEMBLED FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE ARE FACING ROUGHLY $110 MILLION SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          UH, THAT AMOUNT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IF THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY ORGANIZATION, CITY MANAGEMENT DIDN'T WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS IT FROM THE START OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN WHAT OUR GOALS ARE. 
          UM, FOR ONE, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE ON THE TRAJECTORY OF RESTORING EQUITY IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHICH HAS MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'VE ALSO HAD TO BOIL EVERYTHING OUT DOWN TO OUR ESSENTIALS, OUR CORE SERVICES. 
          UM, WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, BUT THAT'S ESPECIALLY SO WHEN ALL OF OUR REVENUE STREAMS ARE DOWN DRAMATICALLY. 
          AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AREAS INCLUDING, UH, OUR POLICE BUDGET, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESILIENCY. 
          UH, THE I THE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES THROUGH OUR CARES ACT RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM. 
          I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA FIND THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEEDS THAN WE HAVE, OR WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEEDS AND WANTS THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES TO FILL. 
          BUT IF WE CAN'T FOCUSED ON THE PRIORITIES THAT WE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO IDENTIFY AND TO FILL, I THINK WE SHOULD 
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GET THROUGH THIS IN A WAY THAT OUR PUBLIC WILL BE PROUD. 
          SO, UH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO ERIC AND, AND JUST SAY THAT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO AN ENGAGING DISCUSSION WITH MY COLLEAGUES TODAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING, UH, TIME, UH, TO REALLY DIG INTO THIS. 
          BY THE END OF THE DAY TODAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE MONEY ALLOCATED, BUT WE WILL HAVE RESOURCES AND IDENT AND PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED THAT WILL ALLOW OUR CITY STAFF TO GO DO THE INTENSIVE WORK OVER THE NEXT MONTH, DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE FILLING THE NEEDS OF OUR PUBLIC. 
          SO, ERIC, CLOSE YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO I WON'T, UH, I WON'T, UM, UH, TALK TOO MUCH SO THAT WE CAN GET, UH, WE CAN GET TO WORK. 
          UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. 
          WE DO NOT HAVE A FACILITATOR. 
          UM, WE WANTED TO, UH, STAY FOCUSED ON THE CONVERSATION AND THE MATTERS AT HAND. 
          UM, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A, A GOOD AGENDA THAT ALIGNS WITH, UM, WITH, UH, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT, AND THAT CERTAINLY I NEED, UH, DIRECTION ON, UH, AS WE GO INTO THE DETAILED WORK IN JULY. 
          UM, SO A PRETTY, A PRETTY FAST MOVING, UM, SESSION TODAY. 
          UH, WE WILL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH, UM, AND, UM, AND, AND MOVE AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, ALL OF YOU'VE KNOWN, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN GOOD TO CONTINUOUSLY KEEP THE COUNCIL UPDATED ON OUR FINANCIAL POSITION. 
          IT'S GIVEN US, UH, IT'S GIVEN US BETTER AWARENESS AND, UH, THE LATITUDE TO ADJUST AS NEEDED. 
          UM, WE ARE, UH, IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON, UM, THE JOB BEFORE US RIGHT NOW, UH, IS, UH, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY FINANCIALLY RECOVERS AND IN SOME AREAS OF OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, WE HAVE, UH, BIGGER CHALLENGES THAN OTHERS. 
          AND, UM, SO TODAY'S, TODAY'S ABOUT FOCUSING ON, UH, THOSE AREAS WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, CHALLENGES. 
          AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS EAGER TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE CALENDAR. 
          ONE THING THAT I DID NOT MENTION, UH, YESTERDAY, UM, UH, I, I, UH, AND I THINK MOST OF YOU PROBABLY SAW IT, UH, BUT, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A A SERIES OF REFUNDINGS ON THE AGENDA LAST, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          UH, WE WILL BE GOING TO MARKET TOMORROW. 
          UM, AND, UM, AS, AS PART OF THAT, UH, WE WENT THROUGH, UH, RATING AGENCY, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND, UM, Q AND A SESSIONS WITH ALL THREE RATING AGENCIES. 
          AND AS I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UM, UM, THE SS AND P AND MOODY'S, UM, REAFFIRMED THEIR AAA AND FITCH, UH, THEIR AA PLUS. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND ALL THREE RATING AGENCIES, UM, UH, GAVE US A STABLE OUTLOOK. 
          AND, AND THAT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. 
          ONE, UM, AS THIS PANDEMIC STARTED, UM, UH, MOST MUNICIPALITIES WERE PLACED IN NEGATIVE BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY. 
          SO TO ACHIEVE THAT IS IMPORTANT. 
          BUT, UM, THE, THE MARKET BEING WHAT IT IS, UM, TYPICALLY IN A NORMAL YEAR, I WOULD TELL YOU THIS WOULD HELP US GET, UH, BETTER INTEREST RATES. 
          AND, AND CERTAINLY, UH, IT WILL. 
          BUT INTEREST RATES ARE LOW RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S THE MARKET THAT'S UP AND DOWN. 
          AND, UH, WHAT, WHAT THIS REALLY IS A SIGN, UH, UH, SIGNIFIES. 
          AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE, IN THE LINK TO THE REPORTS THAT I SENT TO YOU, IS A, A REAFFIRMATION OF, OF THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND THE ACTIONS THE CITY HAS TAKEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SPRING, OUR POLICIES, UM, HOW WE UTILIZED AND THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH TO REVIEW, UH, THE, THE, UH, CARESS ACT MONEY, WHAT OUR PLAN WAS, THE TRIAL BUDGET AND OUR POLICIES. 
          AND, AND SO THAT WAS A GOOD REAFFIRMATION OF, OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY TAKEAWAY, UH, FROM THE RATINGS THAT, UH, 'CAUSE WE, UH, WE HAD TO LAY ALL THAT OUT AND SUBMIT AND, AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS, HOW WE WERE GONNA BE MANAGING FORD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, UM, IT WAS LIKE, UH, THREE BACK TO BACK, UM, INTERVIEWS FOR CITY MANAGER, ACTUALLY. 
          UM, SO IT WAS PRETTY TOUGH. 
          UM, PRETTY TOUGH. 
          UH, COUPLE, COUPLE OF, UH, WELL, MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS. 
          SO I WANT TO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE COUNCIL'S ACTIONS, YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS. 
          UM, CERTAINLY I WANNA THANK THE STAFF BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE BEEN, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TOP OF THESE FINANCIAL ISSUES. 
          UH, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF REAFFIRMATION. 
          UH, BUT AT THAT POINT, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US. 
          AND, AND SO WHAT THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JEFF, UH, JEFF WILL, UH, BETWEEN JEFF, MARIA AND MYSELF, WE'LL TRY TO FACILITATE THE CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          ACTUALLY, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MARIA NEXT AND WE'LL KICK OFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          GOOD 
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MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          WE ARE EXCITED TO BEGIN OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU TODAY ON POLICY DIRECTION, UH, FOR OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND OUR FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET PLAN. 
          SO LAST WEEK, ON THE 18TH OF JUNE, WE, UM, PROVIDED YOU WITH A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THE FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST. 
          SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS TODAY. 
          WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS OUR GENERAL FUND FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST, A COMBINATION OF BOTH, UH, PROJECTED RESOURCES AND EXPENSES. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE ARE BALANCED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 THROUGH 2025. 
          WE ANTICIPATE A PROJECTED DEFICIT, MEANING THAT WE, OUR RESOURCES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUR PROJECTED EXPENSES. 
          WE DO, UH, CONTINUE TO DO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES AS WE PREPARE THIS FORECAST. 
          SO WE MAINTAIN A 15%, UH, GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT WE'LL FOCUS ON TODAY IS FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND 2022. 
          SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS TAKES US TO OUR TRIAL BUDGET. 
          SO THE PROJECTED DEFICIT FOR BOTH YEARS COMBINED IS $109 MILLION. 
          AND WE PRESENTED IN DETAIL, UH, THE TRIAL BUDGET TO YOU LAST WEEK. 
          SO SOME OF THE, UH, POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS OF STAFF IS CONSIDERING AS WE BEGIN THIS PREPARATION. 
          AND THIS IS THE POLICY DISCUSSION WE WANNA HAVE WITH YOU TODAY. 
          WE HAVE SOME PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND THAT COULD INCLUDE, UH, WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, POTENTIALLY UNPAID VACATION DAYS OR FURLOUGH DAYS. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT REDUCTIONS IN COMPENSATIONS AND ALL LEVELS OF THE ORGANIZATION, REDUCTION IN OUR POLICE OVER TIME AS WE ARE FILLING, UH, THOSE, UH, VACANT POSITIONS THAT WE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, HIRING FREEZE AND ADJUSTMENT OF TEMPORARY POSITIONS, AS WELL AS SUSPENSION OF SOME OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, UM, PROJECTS, SOME OF OUR CONSULTING FEES, AND ALSO UTILIZING SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY AND FUEL CONTINGENCY IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE REDUCTIONS OVER TWO YEARS, IT'S A COMBINED $109 MILLION. 
          I DO WANNA POINT OUT ON THE PERSONAL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENT. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE, IT IS A ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENT. 
          THE CITY MANAGER GUIDING POST FOR DEVELOPING THE TRIAL BUDGET INCLUDED MAKING AN EFFORT NOT TO ADD TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO IT'S OUR GOAL BEST WE CAN NOT TO HAVE ANY LAYOFFS OF OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT WE DO HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT IN OUR PROJECTIONS, IT'S A ONE-TIME ADJUSTMENT GOING INTO 2021. 
          SO I'M GONNA MOVE TO OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          AND THIS PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST TO REVIEW THEM WITH YOU AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL POLICIES THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE RATING AGENCIES AND HOW WE ARE, UM, PREPARING THE PROPOSED BUDGET. 
          SO THE PURPOSE OF THE FINANCIAL POLICIES IS TO ESTABLISH GUIDANCE ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE CITY, HAVING THAT FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE TO STAY BALANCED WITHIN OUR REVENUES AND EXPENSES. 
          THEY'RE CRITICAL TO MAINTAIN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, AND THEY ALLOW US TO ADAPT TO CHANGING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. 
          AND THAT WAS TESTED THIS YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC. 
          IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITY TO PERFORM WELL FINANCIALLY, AND IT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR, OUR CITY'S, UH, CREDIT PROFILE. 
          SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE THE FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          SO OUR GOAL IS TO MANAGE A STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THAT MEANS THAT OUR CURRENT RESOURCES COVERED FOR OUR CURRENT EXPENSES, UH, TO KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING BELOW 66% OF THE GENERAL FUND, THAT WE MAINTAIN AN ENDING BALANCE OF 15% IN OUR GENERAL FUND, AND TO HAVE CONTINGENCIES OF 1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND IN 3 MILLION IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          I DID MENTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ELIMINATE A GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY FOR THE TRIAL BUDGET, JUST TO HELP US BALANCE THE BUDGET WITH MINIMUM, WITH NO IMPACT TO OUR CITY SERVICES. 
          ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE, UH, ONE OF OUR POLICIES IS TO ADDRESS ANY INTERNAL FUND DEFICITS WITHIN THREE TO FIVE YEARS. 
          AND INTERNAL FUNDS INCLUDE, FOR INSTANCE, A WORKERS' COMPENSATION FUND LIABILITY FUND, AND OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS FUND ANNUALLY TO REVIEW THE IMPACT OF THE NEWLY STATE IMPOSED THREE AND A HALF PERCENT CAP ON PROPERTY TAX. 
          AND, UH, AS YOU SAW FROM THE PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING TO REACH THAT CAP IN THIS FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          ALSO TO REVIEW PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WITH FOCUS ON HOMEOWNERS DUE TO OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE CITY. 
          UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, PROPOSING IN A TRIAL BUDGET TO EXPAND. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME RELIEF THAT WE CURRENTLY 
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OFFER TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND FINALLY, REVIEW, UH, AND ADJUST FEES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICE. 
          AT THIS POINT, WE ARE NOT ENTERTAINING ANY INCREASES TO ANY OF THE FEES THAT WE CHARGE OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES, UH, THE FINANCIAL POLICIES AND THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          UM, JUST ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD, UH, OVER THE LAST WEEK, UM, I HAD ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TOWN HALL, UM, CALL IN WEBEX, UH, WITH, UM, PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER 1500 EMPLOYEES, UH, WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRIAL BUDGET, ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THAT THEY HAD IN, IN GENERAL, UH, BUT DID TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT, UH, 12 POINT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, $12.8 MILLION THAT YOU SAW ON THAT SLIDE, UH, FROM THE TRIAL BUDGET. 
          AND EXPLAINED TO THEM, UH, THE, THE, UM, UM, THE, THE APPROACH OF IN ORDER TO AVOID, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE REDUCTIONS, BUT TO AVOID LAYOFFS, THE TRADE-OFFS, WE'RE GONNA BE, SOME JOBS ARE GONNA CHANGE. 
          WE'VE GOTTA, OBVIOUSLY NOT NO, UH, NO, UH, UH, CIVILIAN PAY ADJUSTMENTS UPWARDS FOR PAY PLAN OR PERFORMANCE PAY OR COST OF LIVING. 
          UM, UH, KIND OF EXPLAINED WHAT A FURLOUGH DAY IS, UH, WHAT IT'S AN UNPAID VACATION DAY, UM, THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, EQUITABLY SET, UH, AND INCLUDE ALL CIVILIANS. 
          UM, AND SO I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH BOTH, UH, THOSE 1500 EMPLOYEES. 
          AND, UH, AND THEN, UH, I ALSO SPOKE TO, ASKED ME THIS PAST WEEK TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THEM. 
          UM, SO THAT'S THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME, ESPECIALLY AFTER WE HAD LAID IT OUT TO THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, THAT I WAS TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE EMPLOYEES AND GETTING SOME FEEDBACK. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT DETAILED WORK WILL BE DONE IN JULY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION. 
          MARIA, ARE, WE'RE STOPPING HERE FOR DISCUSSION, IS THAT RIGHT? MAYOR, IF YOU'RE OKAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE QUICK RESULTS, SO THE ESSAY SPEAK UP, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY? OKAY. 
          GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, JEFF COYLE, A DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS. 
          I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW YOU TODAY THE RESULTS OF THE ESSAY SPEAKUP SURVEY ON THE BUDGET. 
          THE SURVEY JUST OPENED LAST THURSDAY, A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY. 
          NORMALLY WE'RE BEGINNING IN THE MARCH TIMEFRAME, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH COVID, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT THIS TIME. 
          UM, WHAT I'M GONNA SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS. 
          WE INTEND TO KEEP THE SURVEY OPEN THROUGH THE END OF JULY, AND THE MAIN REASON IS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE, UH, DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MANY OF THE NORMAL CHANNELS THROUGH NEXTDOOR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA TO A WHOLE LONG LIST OF STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, UH, WE'VE TEXTED FOLKS WHO GET TEXTS FROM US. 
          WE'VE, UM, REACHED OUT THROUGH EMAIL TO PASS SURVEY RESPONDENTS. 
          HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THIS SURVEY IS ENTIRELY DIGITAL. 
          EVERYBODY WHO'S TAKEN THE SURVEY HAS DONE SO ONLINE. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPTION TO GO OUT TO EVENTS AND SO FORTH. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET CREATIVE OVER THE MONTH OF JULY AND, AND REALLY FOCUS ON SOME NON-DIGITAL EFFORTS TO SORT OF ROUND OUT THE RESULTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE WERE EXPECTING A LOW TURNOUT IN A ONE WEEK TURNAROUND WITHOUT ALL THOSE EVENTS, AND WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESPONSE WE GOT. 
          UH, THIS 14,631, UH, FAR EXCEEDS ANY OTHER YEAR. 
          UH, IN FACT, THIS WAS AS OF YESTERDAY MORNING. 
          WE, UH, HAD ONE FINAL VIRTUAL BUDGET TOWN HALL LAST NIGHT IN DISTRICT NINE, AND THE NUMBERS ARE NOW ABOVE 15,000, UH, IN ONE WEEK. 
          SO A FANTASTIC RESPONSE THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. 
          UH, WE ASKED WHAT THE, GIVEN THE SHORTFALL, GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN, TO RANK THE SERVICE AREAS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU ONE THROUGH 10. 
          UH, AND WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THREE, FOUR NEW CATEGORIES, SUPPLANTING WHAT HAD TRADITIONALLY BEEN THE TOP THREE ANSWERS. 
          SO, UH, THE HIGHEST WERE PUBLIC HEALTH, HOUSING, SENIOR AND YOUTH SERVICES, AND SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE THE NEXT THREE, WHICH WERE 1, 2, 3, JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND ANIMAL CARE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S POTENTIALLY A REFLECTION OF BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, AND, UH, SOME OF THE TURNOUT THAT IS POTENTIALLY NEW THIS TIME AROUND. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE ASKED, UH, WHICH AREA, UH, IN LARGE BUCKETS, UH, RESPONDENTS WOULD LIKE US TO FOCUS ON IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE BUDGET SHORTFALL THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED, UH, AND THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE WAS REDUCING PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          UH, INTERESTINGLY, I WANNA POINT THIS OUT. 
          THE NEXT LARGEST WAS REDUCING CITY SERVICES. 
          BUT IF YOU COMBINE INCREASED TAXES OR, AND OR INCREASED FEES, THERE ARE ACTUALLY MORE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WOULD ACCEPT INCREASED TAXES OR FEES THAN, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE CITY SERVICES REDUCED, BUT THE LARGEST BUCKET PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, WE ASKED THE 
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QUESTION, WOULD YOU SUPPORT, UH, AN INCREASED HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IF IT MEANT ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS TO THE BUDGET? AGAIN, A REFLECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, 50%, HALF THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU SEE 30% SAID YES, AND 20% SAID NO. 
          AND, AND I THINK THE NOT SURE ANSWER IS UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, WE'RE NOT SAYING HOW LARGE AN EXEMPTION MIGHT BE AND WHAT IT MEAN MIGHT MEAN FOR YOU. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO NOT SAYING IN THIS QUESTION WHAT THE REDUCTIONS MIGHT BE TO, TO PAY FOR IT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, WE ASKED ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN THIS SPRING. 
          UH, THE FACT THAT WE CLOSED A $200 MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE ASKED IF THEY BELIEVE THE CITY HAS EFFECTIVELY MANAGED THE CRISIS. 
          THE LARGEST ANSWER WAS NO. 
          UH, BEFORE YOU GASP THOUGH, UH, THERE'S A, A BIG NOT SURE, UH, RESPONSE, WHICH IS UNDERSTANDABLE, GIVEN WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE PAID CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE ACTIONS TAKEN FINANCIALLY, UH, BY THE CITY. 
          WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT NO ANSWER PROBABLY ENCAPSULATES SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A CHANGE IN THE WAY, UH, OUR FUNDING IS OVERALL THROUGH THE BUDGET. 
          SO THE ANSWER, UH, CAME OUT AS, NO, WE'RE NOT SUPPORTED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE COUNCIL BREAKDOWN. 
          UM, A BIG, UH, A JUMP IN DISTRICT ONE. 
          UH, AS EXPECTED, WE SEE A HIGHER RESPONSE IN, UH, SOME OF THE NORTH SIDE DISTRICTS. 
          UH, THAT'S TYPICALLY BEEN HOW THESE RESULTS HAVE COME IN WHEN THEY'VE BEEN DIGITAL. 
          AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN PAST YEARS TO EVEN IT OUT WAS REALLY FOCUS ON GRASSROOTS ON THE GROUND EVENTS IN DISTRICTS ONE THROUGH FIVE, SOMETIMES SIX. 
          UH, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, SO THIS IS NOT SURPRISING. 
          WHAT IS A CHANGE IS, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IS THE, THAT LAST COLUMN, UH, THAT I'M NOT SURE WHICH COUNCIL DISTRICT I'M IN, UM, LAST YEAR, THAT WAS ONLY 24%. 
          THIS YEAR IT'S AT 37%. 
          WE DO INCLUDE A FEATURE IN THE SURVEY WHERE YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND IT TELLS YOU WHAT COUNCIL DISTRICT THEY'RE IN. 
          BUT IN, WHEN WE'VE DONE THE ON THE GROUND EFFORTS, WE HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING THERE WITH AN IPAD HELPING PEOPLE ENTER AN ADDRESS OR POINTING TO A SPOT ON THE MAP, PLOTTING THEIR, THEIR ADDRESS ON THE MAP. 
          WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPTION THIS TIME. 
          IT WAS LEFT UP TO THE RESPONDENT TO USE THE FUNCTION TO GO FIND OUT WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN. 
          SO YOU, THEY TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. 
          THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER WHO DIDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, GENDER WAS, UH, HEAVILY FEMALE, LARGER THAN, UH, UH, LARGER DIFFERENCE THAN LAST YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, LAST YEAR IT WAS, UM, 48% FEMALE, 27% MALE, AND ALMOST ONE IN FOUR RESPONDENTS. 
          PREFERRING NOT TO ANSWER THAT NUMBER WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE REAL MIND BLOWING THING. 
          THE AGE BREAKDOWN IS A COMPLETE INVERSE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PAST YEARS. 
          18 TO 24 IS THE OVERWHELMING, UH, UH, LARGEST CATEGORY, ALMOST ONE IN THREE RESPONDENTS WAS A, A PERSON IN THAT AGE RANGE. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE, AS WE GO DOWN THE LINE, IT BECOMES LESS. 
          I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE WILL, OUR NON-DIGITAL EFFORTS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH WILL FOCUS ON, UH, REACHING OUT TO MORE OF THE OLDER POPULATION. 
          WE'VE GOT A PARTNERSHIP IN THE WORKS WITH THE A A R P RIGHT NOW TO DO A, A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL AND ENCOURAGE ALL OF THEIR MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          BUT OUR RESPONSE, UH, RIGHT NOW IS, IS VERY YOUNG. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE TO LAST YEAR. 
          LOOK AT THE 18 TO 24. 
          WE HAD 5% LAST YEAR. 
          WE'RE AT 32%. 
          SO THAT'S A HUGE JUMP OF NEW PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN OUR SURVEY, WHICH IS EXCITING. 
          WHETHER THEY COME HERE FOR ONE ISSUE OR NOT, GETTING THEM UNDER THE TENT IS SOMETHING FOR US TO BUILD ON. 
          WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, RACE AND ETHNICITY. 
          UM, A DECENT BREAKDOWN GIVEN THE LIMITATIONS. 
          UH, ALMOST 50% HISPANIC LATINO. 
          OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY PERCENTAGE IS 64, SO IT'S LESS THAN THAT. 
          UH, THE BLACK RESPONSE WAS FIVE POINT A 5%. 
          IT'S SEVEN COMMUNITY WIDE, SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT LESSER THERE. 
          THE WHITE RESPONSE IS A LITTLE BIT, ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE 25% OF OUR POPULATION. 
          UH, BUT ONLY 11.5% PREFERRED NOT TO ANSWER. 
          AND IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'S A CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR. 
          WE HAD 28 20 9% LAST YEAR, CHOOSING NOT TO ANSWER THAT. 
          THAT MAY BE A REFLECTION OF THE YOUNGER RESPONDENTS BEING MORE WILLING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION. 
          IT MAY ALSO BE REFLECTIVE OF ALL THE DISCUSSION ABOUT EQUITY AND THE IDEA THAT IT MATTERS WHAT, WHAT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE WHEN ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS. 
          UH, I DO WANNA POINT OUT BOTH THE ASIAN RESPONSE AND THE AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE RESPONSE ARE HIGHER, POLLED, HIGHER THAN WHAT THE, UH, SURVEYED, HIGHER THAN WHAT THE COMMUNITY POPULATION IS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, AND WITH THAT, I'LL STEP ASIDE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 
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AT YOUR DISCRETION. 
          THANKS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JEFF. 
          AND, UM, JUST SO WE ARE ALL AWARE, WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS BROKEN DOWN INTO BITE-SIZED PIECES TODAY. 
          SO SOME OF THE TIMING IS A LITTLE SHORTER, SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SHORTER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER SECTIONS WHEN WE GET INTO DEEPER INTO THE BUDGET, UH, DEPARTMENTS. 
          UH, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, AND I'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES HERE ON, ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, ONE WITH SUCH, UH, VARIABILITY IN THE DATA ON THE SPEAK OUT, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE IT IN CONTEXT. 
          THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I SEE THAT THEY'RE REAFFIRMING AND, AND WE'VE SEEN 'EM THROUGH DIFFERENT POLLS LIKE THE FAIRFAX THAT REAFFIRMS, UH, THE APPROACH OF OUR PRIORITIES IN THE CARES ACT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I READ IN WHAT, THAT'S THE, WHAT I READ FROM THESE SURVEY RESULTS. 
          UM, PEOPLE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON RECOVERY, GETTING THROUGH THE IMMEDIATE HEALTH IMPACTS. 
          UH, SO PUBLIC HEALTH IS HIGH, HOUSING SECURITY IS HIGH. 
          MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE DRIVING OUR EMPLOYMENT, GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK IS ALL HIGH. 
          SO THAT'S NOT SURPRISING. 
          UM, I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IN STREETS WHERE MUCH LOWER THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 
          AND PERHAPS IT'S, IT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T MOVING AROUND AS MUCH. 
          UH, BUT I DID WANT TO GO TO THE FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION HERE IS THAT, UH, THESE ARE THE UNDERPINNING, UH, SLIDE SIX, I THINK SLIDE SIX THROUGH, UH, FIVE AND SIX. 
          THESE ARE THE UNDERPINNING OF WHY WE HAVE, UM, THE ABILITY TO MAKE, UH, ADJUSTMENTS AND GET THROUGH A CRISIS. 
          I THINK AS WELL AS, AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SO FAR, IT'S REAFFIRMED BY OUR CREDIT RATING TODAY. 
          UM, SO I AGREE WITH MAINTAINING ALL OF THESE WITH A COUPLE OF EXCEPTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR OTHER THOUGHTS ON. 
          FIRST, THIS IS, THIS ENTIRE YEAR IS IN A CONTINGENCY. 
          SO I THINK AS WE BUDGET AND WE LOOK AT OUR GENERAL FUND AND OUR CAPITAL BUDGET, I WOULDN'T EXPECT US TO MAINTAIN, UM, THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE HAVE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, PARTICULARLY ON THE CAPITAL SIDE. 
          UM, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THAT, IF THOSE RESOURCES NEED TO BE DEPLOYED, I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. 
          THE OTHER THING I'D SAY IS THAT WE HAVE A, A VERY HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THIS COUNCIL IN 2014 ESTABLISHED THE THRESHOLD OF 66% BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WERE. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER COST CONTROLS NOW, AND WE ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, IN PARTICULAR POLICING AND WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE IN THE POLICE BUDGET THAT REALLY AREN'T TYPICAL POLICE WORK. 
          I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER, UH, NEAR TERM GOALS TO REDUCE THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND THAT'S OCCUPIED BY PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. 
          WE HAVE TO TAKE A DIVE INTO WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS LOOK LIKE, A DISAGGREGATED LOOK. 
          UM, BUT I CAN IMAGINE US SETTING FIVE YEAR, 10 YEAR, 15 AND 20 YEAR GOALS TO GET THAT NUMBER 66% SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          AND THAT WILL ALSO DRIVE SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, WE'LL JUST NOW GO, UM, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A A QUEUE, WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          JEFF, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE SETTING UP IN DESIGNING WITH A A R P, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVOLVED WITH, WITH MAKING, UM, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT WE HAVE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON HOW TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THOSE SENIORS THAT ARE WITHIN THE DIGITAL DIVIDE? YES. 
          IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY, IT'S CAN WE USE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAMS THAT ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE SURVEY? YES, SIR. 
          YES. 
          I THINK THE COLLECTION WILL BE THE CHALLENGE, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN FIND OUT A WAY TO, TO WORK AROUND THAT. 
          YES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD USE THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. 
          SO WE'RE DEFINITELY TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THE BEST WAY TO GET IT DONE. 
          UM, ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, REACHING OUT TO THE SENIORS, I KNOW THAT THE SENIOR CENTERS ARE STILL DOING, UH, THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION. 
          ARE WE WORKING WITH THOSE SENIOR CENTERS TO PUT THAT INFORMATION IN THE DISTRIBUTION BAGS AS THEY GO OUT? YES. 
          WE, WE WILL BE, WE HAVE NOT YET. 
          THIS WAS A ONE WEEK TURNAROUND. 
          SO EVEN THE, THE, UH, UH, COMPILING OF THE RESULTS WOULD'VE BEEN VERY CHALLENGING FROM A PAPER STANDPOINT. 
          BUT, BUT THAT IS THE IDEA THAT AS WE MOVE INTO JULY, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WHETHER SENIOR CENTERS OR LIBRARIES OR COMMUNITY CENTERS, UH, AND 
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TRYING TO GET SURVEYS IN THE HANDS OF, OF, UH, OTHER RESIDENTS. 
          AND ARE WE USING ANY OF THE LOCAL GROCERY CENTERS TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THOSE, UM, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MARGINALIZED. 
          AND USUALLY YOU DON'T HAVE, IF IT'S NOT, UM, A TOWN HALL OR IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THE HARDEST TIME FINDING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURVEYS. 
          ARE WE USING ANY OF OUR LOCAL, UH, GROCERY STORES OR NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER STORES? NO, WE, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT. 
          UH, WE, IT'S GENERALLY BEEN A, UH, UH, MARKETING EFFORT, UH, TO COMMUNICATE THE OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE. 
          UH, I THINK THE CHALLENGE WITH WE WERE TO PARTNER WITH H E B IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS GATHERING AND COLLECTING ALL OF THOSE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE CHAINS WILL BE WILLING TO DEDICATE EMPLOYEES TO DO THAT WORK FOR US. 
          UH, AND IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT. 
          SO I'M, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA BE AN OPTION THAT'LL WORK FOR US THIS SUMMER OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, LOOKING AT THE, THE DISTRICT BREAKDOWN, UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT REALLY NEED THE MOST, UM, KAREN CONCERN AND, AND BEING LOOKED AT ARE, ARE NOT RATED OR I DON'T SEE IT IN THE, THE VISUALIZATION OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT BREAKDOWNS. 
          AND I REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THOSE DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY SPEAK TO THE HEART OF, OF TRUE EQUITY AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, LET ME START WITH THE, UH, THE PROJECTED DEFICIT IN OUR TRIAL BUDGET AGAIN. 
          UM, SLIDE NUMBER, SLIDE NUMBER THREE. 
          WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERSONNEL EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS, AND IF IT'S FURLOUGH DAYS, MARIA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, THAT THOSE WHO ARE FURLOUGHED AREN'T NEAR, NOT, ARE NOT THE ONES THAT ARE MAKING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY AT THE CITY EITHER. 
          UM, BECAUSE EVERY BIT HELPS. 
          UH, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICIES, WE TALK ABOUT OUR CONTINGENCY OF THE $1 MILLION GENERAL FUND. 
          CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS IS NOT ALSO THE, THE OPERATING RESERVE BUDGET OR WHAT SOME PEOPLE USE AS RAINY DAY FUND? THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS. 
          AND CAN YOU, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT CONTINUING TO MAINTAIN OUR OPERATING RESERVES? SURE. 
          SO, UH, THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RESERVE IS A COMBINATION OF A 10% BUDGET, 10% BUDGET OR RESERVE. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A TARGET OF A 5%, UH, RESERVE FOR A TWO YEAR BALANCE BUDGET. 
          SO COMBINE US A 15%. 
          THE $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE TRIAL BUDGET IS NOT THAT, UH, RESERVE THAT I JUST MENTIONED. 
          THIS IS AN OPERATING RESERVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A FEW YEARS BACK OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND THIS IS TYPICALLY USED DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. 
          IF THERE IS, UH, AN EXPENSE OR, OR AN ITEM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS, UH, UH, WANTING TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS FOR. 
          UH, SOMETIMES WE'VE USED IT FOR, UM, EMERGENCY EXPENSES. 
          WE HAVE A STORM OR A WEATHER EVENT. 
          UH, AND THAT MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OF WHAT WE BUDGETED FOR. 
          RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UM, YES, I AM IN FAVOR OF LOOKING AT LOWERING THAT PERCENTAGE FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY SPENDING FUND. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND THEN, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE POLICY OF ANNUAL REVIEW IMPACT OF STATE IMPOSED 3.5% PROPERTY TAX CAP, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AT I G R IN A CONSISTENT MANNER TO KEEP THAT OUR EYE ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLAGRA. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          MY QUESTION IS FOR JEFF AND, AND ALONG THE LINES, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT I'M WONDERING, WILL WE ALSO GET A BREAKDOWN OF THE AGE GROUP WITHIN OUR PERCENTAGE? I MEAN, DISTRICT FOUR WAS A SECOND TO THE LOWEST 3.9% PARTICIPATION. 
          I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD GET A BREAKDOWN OF AGE GROUP WITHIN THAT 3.9. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE CAN, UH, WE CAN PARSE THEM ALL BY COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
          WE TYPICALLY DO THAT FOR THIS SESSION. 
          UM, BUT WITH THE DECISION TO KEEP IT OPEN AND, AND TRY TO, UH, CREATE A MORE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, RESPONSE RATE ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS, WE, WE'VE HELD OFF ON DOING THAT. 
          BUT YES, WE CAN, WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU, UH, AND GIVE YOU BOTH RESULTS AND DEMOGRAPHICS BY DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I KNOW, JEFF, YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED MY OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OUR SENIORS PARTICIPATING. 
          AND SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT, WE AREN'T ABLE TO REACH OUT THROUGH SENIOR CENTERS, ET CETERA, BUT, UM, MAYBE GETTING CREATIVE AND WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, I COMPLETELY SUPPORT. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU JEFF. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER 
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ROCHE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE HAD SEEN IN, IN, UM, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS OF INTEREST. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, YEAR AFTER YEAR? NO. 
          SO WE DIDN'T PUT THEM UP SIDE BY SIDE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, UM, TYPICALLY I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST. 
          PUBLIC SAFETY IS USUALLY NEAR THE TOP. 
          UM, CARE, I DON'T REMEMBER PUBLIC HEALTH EVER EVEN BEING LIKE TOP 10. 
          NO, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          UM, SO, UH, I JUST, UM, OR SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT EVEN BEING LIKE, THAT WAS, I DON'T, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT WAS A CATEGORY. 
          IT WAS PROBABLY, UH, MY GUESS IS WE ASKED AN ECONOMIC, WE ASKED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, AND SO WE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF THE CHARACTERIZATION OF IT FOR THIS. 
          IS THAT CORRECT, LAURA? YES. 
          WE'VE ASKED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE PAST. 
          THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE OPTIONS, BUT OKAY. 
          WE DIDN'T SPECIFY SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE WE DID THIS TIME. 
          UM, OH, BUT WE DID DO ASK. 
          SO I ALSO JUST SORT OF WONDER IF, I MEAN, IF YOUR SURVEY'S DIFFERENT FROM YEAR TO YEAR, IS IT REALLY FAIR TO COMPARE FROM YEAR TO YEAR? NO, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WE DIDN'T PUT THE CATEGORIES UP NEXT TO EACH OTHER BE, UH, TO COMPARE LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          UM, WE'LL, WE WILL AMEND THOSE AS WE GO ON. 
          WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION THIS TIME ABOUT WHETHER PUBLIC SAFETY AS A CATEGORY SHOULD BE DISAGGREGATED AS WELL. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS ASKED IT AS A, UH, AS A COMBINED CATEGORY. 
          UM, SO, UH, LESS THAN SHOWING YOU HOW IT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR WAS MORE ABOUT SHOWING YOU WHAT, WHAT FOLKS SAID THEY WOULD PRIORITIZE IN A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          SO THAT WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT WE SAID IT'S A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR. 
          YES. 
          WE ASKED, WE START OFF, WE, I DIDN'T SHOW THIS, BUT THE SURVEY STARTS OFF WITH A QUESTION SAYING, THE CITY IS FACING A $109 MILLION REVENUE SHORTFALL OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          UH, AND THAT, UH, SHORTFALL WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSED TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. 
          AND THEN WE GO INTO THE FIRST QUESTION, GIVEN THE BUDGET SHORTFALL, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD YOU, HOW WOULD YOU PRIORITIZE THESE? OKAY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MADE THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE CARES FUNDING HAS BEEN KIND OF BROKEN INTO THOSE CATEGORIES TOO. 
          SO MAYBE THERE'S JUST BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THOSE CATEGORIES, RIGHT. 
          HOUSING, RIGHT. 
          UM, BUSINESS EDUCATION SORT OF SERVICES. 
          SO, UM, I WONDER IF THAT DOESN'T SORT OF JUST, I DON'T WANNA SAY SKEW, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S BEEN THE FOCUS OF, UH, IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE BUDGET, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THOSE ISSUES A LOT AND NOT AS MUCH AS THE OTHERS. 
          SO I, I WOULD SAY IT'S ALSO A SAFE INTERPRETATION THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF FIRST TIME SURVEY TAKERS WHO TOOK THIS BECAUSE OF THEIR INTEREST IN CHANGING POLICING TO OTHER SERVICES. 
          AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE ARE SOCIAL SERVICES, UH, THAT'S MY, WAS MY REFERENCE ABOUT WHETHER SOME OF THE YOUNGER RESPONDENTS WERE, WERE ONE ISSUE, UH, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ONE, UH, ISSUE RESPONSE TAKERS. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF THAT REFLECTION AS WELL. 
          YEAH, NO, SURE. 
          AND, AND WHY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY LIVE IN. 
          SO THAT'S PERHAPS ALSO, TYPICALLY WE'VE GONE IN PERSON, AS YOU MENTIONED, SO YOU'RE THERE, UH, THERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER, WHATEVER, SO THEY KNOW, UH, WHY THEY'RE AT THAT LOCATION. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER VEO. 
          BERDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, WERE THERE ANY OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE BUDGET MONEY GO OR WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO NOT SEE IT GO? YES. 
          UH, WE DO ASK, UH, TWO OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS. 
          WHAT, WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE INCREASED IN THE BUDGET? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DECREASED IN THE BUDGET? UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE GET EVERY ANSWER UNDER THE SUN. 
          OFTEN THINGS THAT DON'T APPLY TO THE CITY, LIKE EDUCATION FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING ALL THOSE. 
          WE WILL BE SHARING THEM WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY AS WE GATHER MORE. 
          UM, BUT WE DO GIVE THAT OPTION BECAUSE WE REALIZE THESE 10 SORT OF MAJOR CATEGORIES IS, IS LIMITING, AND THAT FOLKS WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL US ABOUT OTHER THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO SEEING THAT. 
          ALSO. 
          CAN YOU PROFFER DEMOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC AGENT, UM, I'M SORRY, DE DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO EACH DISTRICT. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE WHO IN MY DISTRICT, UM, RESPONDED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND THESE DEMOGRAPHIC CATEGORIES ARE THOSE RECOMMENDED BUYER, OFFICE OF EQUITY, THEY'RE ALSO THE SAME ONES CAPTURED BY THE CENSUS. 
          SO WE CONSISTENTLY THAT WAY CAN UNDERSTAND WHO WE'RE TALKING TO AND BETTER TARGET OUR EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KEO HARBOR TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I DID NOT RIG THE SURVEY IN FAVOR OF, OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, I, COUPLE THINGS. 
          REALLY GLAD TO SEE THE INCREASE IN PARTICIPATION, JEFF, GREAT JOB. 
          UH, AND IN YOUTH PARTICIPATION, THAT'S, THAT'S WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AGAIN, IT'S ONLY DIGITAL. 
          THIS MIGHT CHANGE AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          WHEN YOU DO, UH, CONDUCT THE OUTREACH, UH, WHETHER IT'S ON PAPER OR IN PERSON, I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME C OVID 19. 
          UM, JUST BASIC HEALTH, YES. 
          UH, PROTECTION INFORMATION. 
          UM, I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS, VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. 
          AND, UH, AT SOME POINT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE CROSS TABULATIONS SO THAT WE CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS DISTRICT TENDS TO DO THIS, OR, UH, WOMEN TEND TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK, UH, PRIORITIZE THIS. 
          I THINK, UM, THAT'S WHEN YOU CAN REALLY TRY TO PULL SOMETHING AT, AT THIS HIGH LEVEL. 
          IT'S REALLY HARD TO DRAW, RIGHT. 
          UH, CONCLUSIONS, LIKE, HONESTLY, THE CONCLUSION I'M DRAWING, AND I COULD BE WRONG, WE WON'T KNOW UNLESS WE LOOK AT CROSS TABS, IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE VOTING TO REDUCE PERSONNEL EXPENSES, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EXPENSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY YOUTH PARTICIPATING, BUT HARD TO DRAW THAT CONCLUSION. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I DO WANNA SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE CURRENT FINANCIAL POLICIES. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THE 66, UH, PERCENT, I, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW WAS THIS DONE BEFORE, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR THAT'S MORE ABOUT THE LIABILITIES OF THE PERSONNEL COSTS AND THE PENSIONS. 
          AND MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT THAT WAY IF AND WHEN WE REVISIT THAT NUMBER. 
          AND, UH, SECONDLY, JUST, UH, SOMETHING TO THROW OUT THERE. 
          EVERY TIME WE DO A BUDGET, WE HAVE FINANCIAL POLICIES, AND THE CITY'S KNOWN FOR HAVING VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POLICIES AND, AND GREAT BOND RATINGS. 
          WHAT WE DON'T HAVE ARE, UM, THAT WE START OFF WITH ARE OUR SERVICE PRIORITIES OR, UH, WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE WITH THE BUDGET. 
          I'M GUESSING THAT'S GONNA COME, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TODAY, RIGHT? EVERY, OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELA. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          MY, MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ERIC, WILL THE REFUNDING THAT WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, SAVE US ANY MONEY THAT MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE PROJECTED IN THE NEXT BUDGET? UH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN. 
          UH, THE REFINANCING THAT WE'RE GONNA DO WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY TAX SIDE, BUT IT'LL BE ON THE DEBT SIDE OF THE TAX RATE. 
          SO WE DO ANTICIPATE SAVINGS. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THAT SALE ON TUESDAY. 
          UH, AT THIS POINT, BASED ON WHERE THE MARKET IS, WE EXPECT THAT TO BE A VERY LARGE BOND ISSUE, UH, AND GENERATING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS. 
          BUT THAT'LL HELP US WITH THE DEBT PLAN. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROJECTING DECLINING PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, SO THAT'S GONNA HELP US DEAL WITH THAT AND KEEP OUR CURRENT 2017 BOND PROGRAM ON TRACK. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT'LL HELP US NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT FEW YEARS GOING FORWARD. 
          THAT'S GOOD. 
          UH, ERIC, WHAT WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM YOUR STAFF, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALKED, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT FURLOUGHS OR CHANGING PEOPLE'S WORK SCHEDULES, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WHAT PERCENT OF STAFF ARE YOU THINKING ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS? AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH TIME OR HOW MANY DAYS ARE, ARE BEING ANTICIPATED WHERE PEOPLE MAY BE FURLOUGHED OR HAVE THEIR HOURS OR DAYS CHANGED? ARE YOU, ARE YOU WORKING ON THAT AND HAVE YOU COME UP WITH ANY KIND OF PROJECTION? SO, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? UM, SO WE, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT, UH, A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS IN JULY. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, UM, IT'LL APPLY TO ALL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, UM, UH, TO INCLUDE EXECUTIVES AND MYSELF. 
          UM, SO ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, THE FEEDBACK, I GOT, UH, A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I'VE, I, I HAD, UM, UM, I'VE HAD INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. 
          UM, I THINK GENERALLY, UM, UM, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A TRADE OFF. 
          THERE'S CERTAINLY GONNA BE SOME CONCERN. 
          UM, BUT, UM, I, I HATE TO CHARACTERIZE IT AS, AS, AS POSITIVE, BUT, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY, AT LEAST THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, RECOGNIZES THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR EXPENSES GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          AND THAT'S THE TRADE OFF. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK, UM, PART OF THE REASON WHY, UM, I, I DID THE TOWN HALL THIS PAST WEEK AND OPENED IT UP FOR ANY EMPLOYEE WAS SO THAT I COULD START TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND EXPLAIN IT TO THEM. 
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UM, I DON'T, I I DON'T WANT THEM TO RELY UPON, UH, THE NEWSPAPER, NO OFFENSE, JOSH BECTOR OR THE MEDIA. 
          I, I WANTED TO HEAR THAT FROM ME AND BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          I SPOKE TO AN EMPLOYEE THE OTHER NIGHT WHO CALLED MY OFFICE DIRECTLY AND LEFT A MESSAGE, A PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE. 
          I CALLED THEM BACK AT NINE 30 AT NIGHT AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION. 
          AND, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE THAT TYPE OF EFFORT, FRANKLY, FROM ME AND, AND OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENT LEADERS AND EXECUTIVES TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT. 
          AND, UH, UH, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS. 
          UH, THIS, UH, THIS, UH, JULY, UM, I, UH, AND I, AND I, AND I ENVISION IT, UM, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN VERE'S POINT BEING, UH, LAYERED IN TERMS OF, UM, IT'LL IMPACT EVERYBODY, BUT, BUT IT WON'T BE THE SAME TO EVERYBODY. 
          UM, IT CAN'T BE BECAUSE, UM, THAT WOULDN'T BE, UH, THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND BEN, UH, LET ME KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. 
          AND, AND IF WE WERE TO SEE, UH, FURLOUGHS THAT, UH, MIGHT EQUATE TO LIKE A ONE HALF PERCENT DECREASE IN OUR PERSONNEL COSTS OUTSIDE OF POLICE AND FIRE, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF MONEY DOES THAT, UH, MEAN IN THE COURSE OF OUR BUDGET YEAR? ABOUT A HALF PERCENT ON PERSONNEL COSTS. 
          WOULD YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THAT MIGHT BE? COUNCILMAN I'D, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND IS THIS ON? I'D, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD DO THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I'D LIKE TO SEE US LOOK AT IF IT'S GONNA BE A CUMULATIVE, MAYBE 1%, ONE HALF PERCENT, WHAT, ONE QUARTER PERCENT. 
          IT MAY HELP US OFFER GUIDANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER SAYING, LISTEN, WE DON'T WANNA DECLINE OUR TOTAL EXPENDITURES MORE THAN 1% OR ONE HALF PERCENT. 
          OR, YOU KNOW, WHAT, IF WE'RE ONLY GONNA CUT OFF ONE HALF PERCENT, THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH. 
          WE WANNA SEE MAYBE A TOTAL OF 1%. 
          SO IF YOU CAN HELP US SEE THAT, IT'LL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S GONNA COME UP WITH. 
          SO, SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, HEY, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. 
          THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP. 
          UM, MY COMMENTS REALLY HASN'T CHANGED FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST PRESENTA, LAST FEW PRESENTATIONS ON THIS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, DIPPING THAT DEEP INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS YEAR WE CUT OVER $50 MILLION OUT OF OUR STREETS PROGRAM, AND THEN WE'RE SHOWING, UH, AN ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, EVEN THOUGH LOOKING AT THE, UM, SA SPEAK UP, UM, PACKAGE. 
          YEAH, THE, THE PRIORITIES HAVE CHANGED AND I'M, I'M SURPRISED TO SEE THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, JEFF, I, I AGREE. 
          I THINK IT'S A, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND, AND THE SENIOR AND YOUTH SERVICES, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT LEAP, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND STREETS ARE STILL RIGHT UP THERE AT THE TOP AS FAR AS WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEIR TAX DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS. 
          AND SO I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE MAJOR CUTS OUT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 
          AND I, I SEE A, A LACK OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE, THAT WE FUND HERE AT THE, AT THE CITY LEVEL, FOR EXAMPLE, DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          THERE'S NO, NO REDUCTIONS IN WHAT WE'RE GOING, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE A PART OF THIS, UM, PART OF THIS PROGRAM AS WELL, ON TRYING TO, UH, MAKE UP SOME OF THIS SHORTFALL IN THE, IN THE OUT YEARS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR, WHICH THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. 
          BUT, UH, IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, I, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY CAN STREAMLINE, HOW THEY CAN REDUCE. 
          AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DUPLICATIVE SERVICES ACROSS THESE DELEGATE AGENCIES ON HOW THEY CAN COMBINE GETTING OUT OF THEIR STOVE PIPES AND HELPING EACH OTHER. 
          AND I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND, UH, EFFICIENCIES IN DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE THIS. 
          I'M, I'M SURPRISED AT SOME OF THE RESPONSES TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST ON, ON THE, UH, ESSAY SPEAK UP. 
          BUT YOU SAID WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS OUT OPEN UNTIL THE END OF JULY? YES. 
          THE PLAN IS THROUGH JULY 31ST. 
          OKAY. 
          AND YOU SAID PAPER COPIES, HARD COPIES. 
          HOW, HOW ARE, HOW ARE FOLKS GONNA GET BACK ACCESS? WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SENIOR CENTERS, LIBRARIES, AND THEN WE'VE DONE EVENTS WHERE WE'RE, WHERE WE HAVE STACKS OF THEM AND WE'RE COLLECTING THEM. 
          WE CAN'T DO THAT. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT AN OPTION, UH, THAT HAS A, A, UH, SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE INCLUDED, AND WE CAN GIVE THEM TO GROUPS TO DISTRIBUTE AND THEN SEND BACK 
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TO US. 
          WE CAN LOOK INTO THE COST OF THAT, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A FEW, A FEW WAYS, UH, TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          IF, IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OR EVENTS OR, UH, THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND AND WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE IN THOSE AREAS. 
          I MEAN, IN, I THINK IN EACH ONE OF THE, THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE DID, UH, ON ONLINE OVER THE LAST WEEK, UH, WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, I, I THINK I TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN PROPOSED AND ADOPTED. 
          IN THE PAST, OUR GENERAL GOAL HAS BEEN TO HAVE AS MANY EVENTS WITH AS MANY PEOPLE HAVING FACED FACE-TO-FACE CONVERSATIONS. 
          AND SO WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO THINK THROUGH HOW WE IMP I, UH, IMPLEMENT THAT IN, IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, GIVEN THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN BIG CROWDS RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO TACKLE IT FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 
          SO ANY IDEAS OR EVENTS YOU MAY BE HAVING THAT WE CAN PLUG INTO, PLEASE LET US KNOW. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ERIC, GO AHEAD. 
          HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE RESPONDED SO FAR? UH, OVER 15,000 SO FAR. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER PERRY. 
          UH, ALRIGHT. 
          WE'LL GO TO THE, UH, NEXT ITEM THEN, WHICH IS OUR POLICE BUDGET DISCUSSION. 
          GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION AND CHIEF MCMANUS AND I WILL BE, UH, TEAMING UP WITH THIS PRESENTATION. 
          SO THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE POLICE BUDGET AND THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          THERE HAS BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAIL BUDGET, UH, AND WE HAVE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET TWO DOCUMENTS. 
          ONE DOCUMENT IS THE LINE ITEM BUDGET, AND THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY CAN FIND IN, UH, OPENGOV. 
          AND, UM, WE, UH, SORTED THAT PARTICULAR LINE ITEM BETWEEN WHAT IS WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND WHAT IS NOT. 
          SO AS WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS AT THE LINE ITEM LEVEL, WHICH IS THE LOWEST LEVEL OF OUR, UH, BUDGETING PROCESS. 
          WE ALSO PROVIDED ANOTHER DOCUMENT THAT HAS THE BUDGET BROKEN DOWN BY PROGRAM. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE, THE NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED WITH TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE BREADTH OF, OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WITH THAT, CHIEF MCMANUS IS GONNA INTRODUCE IT, THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMS. WE'RE NOT GONNA HIGHLIGHT EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM IN THAT ATTACHMENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU, UM, AN IDEA OF, OF SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL SERVICES CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          SO WE'LL START OFF WITH, I THINK, I THINK MOST OF Y'ALL HAVE, HAVE SEEN, UH, AT LEAST MANY OF THESE SLIDES THAT I'M GONNA PRESENT HERE THIS MORNING. 
          BUT, UM, AND THERE'S SOME VARIATIONS IN, IN SOME OF THEM. 
          BUT, UH, WE'LL START OFF WITH, UH, OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE COMBINED SWORN AND NON-SWORN, UH, 3087 POSITIONS. 
          38 OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE GRANT FUNDED. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN AWARDED, AND I'LL GET TO THIS A LITTLE LATER IN THE, UH, IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'VE ALSO BEEN AWARDED A, UH, COPS GRANT FOR 20 POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR C R T UNITS, UH, SHOULD COUNSEL DECIDE TO ACCEPT THAT AWARD. 
          AND THEN OUR CHILD SAFETY FUND, WE HAVE 262 POSITIONS THAT ARE FILLED BY CROSSING GUARDS. 
          AND THAT THOSE, UH, THAT MONEY COMES FROM OUR, UM, UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY FUND, UH, THAT'S TAKEN FROM, UH, TRAFFIC TICKETS THAT ARE ISSUED IN THE CITY, UH, THE LAST, GOING BACK 10 YEARS ON OUR, ON OUR POSITION HISTORY. 
          UH, YOU CAN SEE A RELATIVELY FLAT LINE UP UNTIL 2015 WHEN OUR NUMBERS STARTED TO DROP BECAUSE CA UM, UH, CADET CLASSES WERE, WERE RESCHEDULED, UH, IN 2015 AND 2016. 
          AND AS WE GET CLOSER TO 2020, WE SEE THAT NUMBER START TO INCREASE IN OUR STAFFING NUM UH, STAFFING LEVELS AT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, UH, TO FILL OUR VACANCIES. 
          AND WE DID JUST THAT TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          AND CURRENTLY WE ARE, UH, ACTUALLY HIRED OVER BY 32 POSITIONS IN OUR AC IN OUR ACADEMY CLASSES. 
          AND SPEAKING OF ACADEMY CLASSES IN 2019, WE HAD FOUR OF THEM. 
          WE GRADUATED 196, UH, INDIVIDUALS OUT OF 284 APPLICANTS, UH, I'M SORRY, APPOINTEES. 
          AND, UM, IN 2020 WE HAD THREE CLASSES, 432 APPOINTEES YEAR TO DATE. 
          AND THEN IN 21, WE HAVE PLANNED TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, ACADEMY CLASSES. 
          OUR CADET TRAINING EXCEEDS T COLE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS 696 HOURS. 
          THAT'S THE MINIMUM. 
          OUR ACADEMY PROVIDES 
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1,337 HOURS OF TRAINING FOR EACH CADET CLASS. 
          UM, OUR 20, UH, CLASS, 20 A STARTED IN, UH, 1 21 OF 20 OF GRADUATE ON NINE FOUR OF THIS YEAR, 20, UH, 20 CLASS, 20 B, 20 BRAVO WILL, UH, START IT ON 5 26 OF THIS YEAR, AND IT'LL GRADUATE JANUARY 8TH OF NEXT YEAR. 
          AND THEN THE 20 C CLASS, UH, STARTS AUGUST 24TH WITH AN APRIL 21ST, I'M SORRY, APRIL 23RD. 
          GRADUATION DATE IN 2021. 
          UM, OUR ACADEMY'S 32 WEEKS. 
          OUR F T O UH, PROGRAM IS 14 WEEKS. 
          AND, UH, ONCE THEY COMPLETE THAT, THOSE 14 WEEKS OF, UH, OF RIDE ALONG OR F T O TRAINING, THEY GO OUT ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO THIS FOLLOWING SLIDE, UH, SHOWS THE, THE BUDGET OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS THAT ARE MANAGED BY OUR S A P D. 
          SO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE FUND THAT, UH, EVERYBODY'S IS FAMILIAR WITH, IS 479 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2020. 
          WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS LINE, UH, WITH, UH, 3087 POSITIONS WITH A COMBINATION OF SWORN AND CIVILIAN POSITIONS. 
          UH, WE ALSO, UH, THE DEPARTMENT MANAGERS PARKS POLICE, AND THAT IS A SEPARATE BUDGET OF 17.3 MILLION WITH 192 POSITIONS. 
          UH, THE DEPARTMENT ALSO MANAGES THE DETENTION CENTER AND MUNICIPAL COURT WITH 43 POSITIONS. 
          AIRPORT POLICE IS ALSO UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE CHIEF AT $5.3 MILLION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A CHILD SAFETY FUND, AND THIS IS THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS THAT, UM, HELP US WITH OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND THAT IS A TOTAL OF 262 POSITIONS WITH $2.3 MILLION IN THE BUDGET. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A CONFISCATED PROPERTY FUND, UH, THAT FOLLOWS THE RULES OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. 
          AND WE UTILIZE, UH, THOSE FUNDS TYPICALLY TO BUY EQUIPMENT, UH, SOMETIMES TO PAY OVERTIME OR FOR PROGRAMS THAT WOULD, UM, ADDRESS CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND FINALLY, WE HAVE GRANTS OF FIVE POINT, UH, $1 MILLION. 
          AND THAT INCLUDES OUR COPS GRANT, OUR HAIDA GRANT, OUR R GRANT, WHICH IS THE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, VEHICLE GRANT. 
          SO THAT IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE TOTAL BUDGET IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE GONNA FOCUS TODAY ON THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE AREA THAT THE COMMUNITY IS MORE INTERESTED IN. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER AGAIN TO THE CHIEF TO TALK ABOUT THE ORG CHART, AND THEN I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT THE COMPONENTS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          I AM SORRY. 
          I THINK WE MISSED ONE SLIDE. 
          UM, SO, SO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE SHOWS THE $479 MILLION IN, IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          UM, 84% OF THAT IS PERSONNEL COSTS, AND THAT IS BOTH CIVILIAN AND SWORN PERSONNEL. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER, UM, COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET, INCLUDING OUR CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. 
          ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE IS OUR TOWING CONTRACT. 
          UM, AND, AND ALSO, UM, OTHER CONTRACTS WITHIN, WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          WE HAVE SOME COMMODITIES, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE COST TO SUPPORT OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR VEHICLES, UH, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND FACILITIES. 
          AND THEN YOU SEE A PORTION OF, UM, UH, THE, THE, IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHAT IS REQUIRED TO MATCH SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT I SPOKE EARLIER, THE $5.4 MILLION THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE. 
          SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE $479 MILLION, SO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN WHAT PORTION OF THAT IS WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT? THAT IS $372 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THE 372 MILLION IS INCLUDED IN THE 4 79. 
          NOW THE 372 MILLION, ABOUT 66% IS, UM, I'M SORRY, ABOUT CLOSE TO 90% IS PAY AND BENEFITS. 
          WE BROKE IT OUT. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. 
          SO PAY THAT INCLUDES SALARIES, THAT INCLUDES, UM, WHAT WE CALL SPECIALTY PAYS FOR SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL, ANY TYPE OF ASSIGNMENT PAY, UH, AND ALSO, UH, BENEFITS IN INCLUDES PENSION HEALTHCARE FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES, PREPAY, RETIREE HEALTHCARE THAT WE PRE-FUND. 
          AND THEN, UH, THE LEGAL DENTAL AND VISION, UH, BENEFITS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT 115 MILLION. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENT IS CARS AND RADIOS THAT ARE, UH, WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT IS LEFT, UH, IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $106 MILLION. 
          THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. 
          AND THAT SUPPORTS IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE, 
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UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNICATIONS, OUR 9 1 1, UH, THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, UH, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          SO LET'S TAKE A, A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT THE, UH, AT THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE ARE THREE BUREAUS. 
          THERE'S THE OPERATIONS SUPPORT BUREAU, WHICH IS PRIMARILY, UH, MADE UP OF, IN OF INVESTIGATIONS. 
          YOU HAVE OPERATIONS BUREAU, WHICH IS PRIMARILY PATROL. 
          UH, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BUREAU, WHICH IS, UH, NON-SWORN SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ALL THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A, A COP GRANT THAT WE, WE WERE, UH, APPROVED FOR BY D O J. 
          AND THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE USED FOR, IF COUNSEL APPROVES IT, THE ACCEPTANCE OF THAT GRANT. 
          UH, THEY WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE 24 7, UH, SERVICES FOR THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE, UH, A STRONG CRISIS RESPONSE, UH, UH, UH, IN, IN EVERY ONE OF THE PATROL DISTRICTS. 
          HOWEVER, THIS WILL GIVE US A STRONGER PRESENCE ON EVENINGS, UH, MIDNIGHTS AND OVER MIDNIGHT AND, UH, ON THE WEEKENDS. 
          SO I JUST MENTIONED THE COPS GRANT. 
          SO THE, THE, THE FUNDING FOR THE COPS GRANTS IN 2021, IT'LL COST THE GRANT IS WORTH 1.3. 
          AND THE RE IT'S, UH, PAY PAYOUT REDUCES AS WE GO THROUGH THE THREE YEARS, UH, OF THE, UH, OF THE GRANT. 
          UH, OUR CITY MATCH WOULD BE 1.6 2000002.5 MILLION INCREASES EACH YEAR. 
          UM, AGAIN, THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE USED FOR CRISIS RESPONSE TEAMS TO STRENGTHEN OUR, OUR, UH, UH, STAFFING ON WEEKENDS AND OVERNIGHT, UH, DURING THE WEEK. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE YEAR OR DURING THE DAY, UH, WE HAVE AT A MINIMUM OF 115 PATROL CARS ON THE STREET IN THE CITY, UH, WE ANSWER, THEY ANSWER OVER 1.5 MILLION CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          UM, THE, UH, WHEN OFFICERS ARE NOT ON CALL, UH, IF THERE'S TIME, THEY WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUPS OR BUSINESSES IN THEIR PATROL AREA ON DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT, UH, UH, MAY POP UP. 
          AND LAST YEAR, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIME WAS SIX POINT OR SIX MINUTES, 27 SECONDS. 
          THIS YEAR, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER, AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT LOWER NUMBER IS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, COVID ISSUE. 
          SO, AS FAR AS OUR INVESTIGATIVE UNITS, OUR, OUR, UM, SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, HOMICIDE UNIT, TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, ROBBERY UNIT VEHICLE CRIMES, PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF OUR MAJOR CRIMES UNIT. 
          UM, UH, OUR TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UNIT. 
          THEY INVESTIGATE, UH, UH, SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OR CRASHES THAT OCCUR ON THE STREET. 
          OUR HOMICIDE UNIT, UH, OBVIOUSLY THEY INVESTIGATE HOMICIDES PLUS AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, AND OUR VEHICLE CRIMES UNITS. 
          THEY INVESTIGATE, UH, UH, THE REASONS WHY, UH, VEHICLES ARE BEING STOLEN, WHETHER THEY'RE BEING CHOP SHOPS OR BEING SHIPPED, SHIPPED SOUTH, OR WHETHER THEY'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, CHOPPED UP AND SOLD FOR PARTS HERE IN THE CITY. 
          TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A, OUR MOTOR UNIT, OUR D W I UNIT AND OUR HELICOPTER UNIT, WE HAVE, UH, I BELIEVE IT'S 20, UH, MOTORCYCLES IN THAT, UH, IN THAT, UH, IN THAT UNIT. 
          YEAH, 20 MOTORS. 
          WE HAVE 68, UH, UH, TRAFFIC OFFICERS ON THE HIGHWAY. 
          AND OUR D W I UNIT CONSISTS OF 25 OFFICERS. 
          THEY WORK OVERNIGHT, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK. 
          IN OUR HELICOPTER UNIT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, 18 PILOTS AND OBSERVERS. 
          OUR RECRUITMENT DETAIL, UH, ONCE OUR RECRUITERS ARE, ARE DONE WITH, UH, WITH THEIR WORK, OUR APPLICANT PROCESSING DETAIL GOES TO WORK, UH, DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS AND POLYGRAPHS AND, AND, UH, PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. 
          UH, ONCE THEY PASS THAT, IF THEY'RE ACCEPTED INTO THE ACADEMY, THEY GO THROUGH SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS OF CADET TRAINING. 
          AND THEN OUR ANNUAL TRAINING CONSISTS OF 40 HOURS A YEAR, WHICH IS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT, UH, ACTUALLY OVER DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THAT TCO REQUIRES. 
          UH, IN 20 18, 300 OVER 300 OFFICERS GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY AND JOINED THE SS A P D RANKS. 
          UH, SAFE HAS NO, UH, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE NEEDS ANY KIND OF INTRODUCTION HERE. 
          EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT OUR SAFE OFFICERS DO. 
          THEY ATTEND COMMUNITY MEETINGS. 
          THEY WORK ON, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, THEY DO CRIME PREVENTION MEETINGS AND, AND, UH, THEY ARE NOT SUBJECT 
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TO CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, AS OUR PATROL OFFICERS ARE. 
          SO THAT GIVES THEM FREE TIME TO, UH, WORK, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND, AND PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, THEY ALSO COORDINATE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT AT, OR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT, UH, FUNCTION THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. 
          UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM, YOU DON'T HEAR VERY MUCH ABOUT THEM, BUT THERE ARE THREE OF THEM. 
          THEY ARE NON-SWORN. 
          THEY ARE, UM, FORMER GANG MEMBERS, FORMER, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE, UH, UM, SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE STREET. 
          AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'RE SOMETIMES CALLED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. 
          WHEN THERE'S A A VIOLENT ACT, THESE FOLKS RESPOND, UH, THEY TALK TO FOLKS IN THE CROWD. 
          THEY OFFER VICTIM SERVICES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          UH, OUR INTERNAL AFFAIRS UNIT, WHENEVER THERE'S A COMPLAINT FILED, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER, UH, HOW SERIOUS IT IS OR HOW SERIOUS IT, HOW MINOR IT MAY BE. 
          IT'S EITHER INVESTIGATED BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS OR INVESTED, INVESTIGATED AT THE LINE LEVEL. 
          UH, ONCE A COMPLAINT IS, IS INVESTIGATED BY EITHER BY INTERNAL AFFAIRS THAT GOES TO THE COMPLAINT AND ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD FOR REVIEW OR, UH, FOR REVIEW BY THE, UH, BY THAT BOARD, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS COME TO ME ONCE THEY FINISH WITH IT. 
          WE HAVE OUR POLICE, UH, OPEN DATA PORTAL, WHICH, UH, THERE'S A VARIETY OF INFORMATION THAT GOES UP UNDER THAT PORTAL. 
          AND WE STARTED DOING THAT, UH, PROBABLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          UH, OFFICERS, ALMOST ALL OFFICERS WEAR BODY-WORN CAMERAS. 
          UH, WE, WE JUST RECENTLY, UH, HAD AN AUDIT THAT, UH, THE OUTCOME WAS THAT IT WAS MANAGED EFFECTIVELY. 
          THE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM WAS EFFECTIVELY MANAGED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN OUR OPEN RECORDS, WE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FIELDS 85% OF ALL OPEN RE RECORDS REQUESTS MADE BY THE, UH, MADE TO THE CITY, UH, 40,000 REQUESTS ANNUALLY. 
          AND THE, THE NUMBER IS STAGGERING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT HANDLE THOSE REQUESTS. 
          UH, CIVILIAN REPORTS, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          THIS, THIS IS KIND OF THE BASE FOUNDATION FOR WHAT MAKES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RUN WITHOUT FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, FLEET MANAGEMENT, UH, OUR RECORDS UNIT, OUR JUVENILE PROCESSING ALARMS, GROUND TRANSPORTATION, ALL THOSE FUNCTIONS, UH, HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          NOBODY REALLY NOTICES THEM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY KEEP THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNNING, UH, SMOOTHLY DAY TO DAY. 
          AND THAT IS IT FOR MY PRESENTATION, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          GO AHEAD, ERIC. 
          UM, JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF RECAP ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING, UH, DURING THE, DURING THE BUDGET OF THIS, UM, UH, NEXT MONTH IN PREPARATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND ONGOING CONVERSATIONS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, UH, AND I THINK SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          UM, AND, AND THE CHIEF, UH, TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THESE THINGS AT THE JUNE 10TH B SESSION. 
          SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, LAYERING IN, UH, EQUITY AND GENDER TRAINING FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT, UH, MORE TO THE POINT THAT I THINK COUNCILWOMAN  AND GARCIA MADE YESTERDAY. 
          UH, BUT LOOKING AT OUR, UH, TRAINING ADJUSTMENTS, UH, OR OUR TRAINING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND SOME ENHANCEMENTS, UH, FOR NOT ONLY AT THE ACADEMY LEVEL, BUT, UH, REMEMBER EVERY POLICE OFFICER GOES THROUGH 40 HOURS A WEEK, UH, IN-SERVICE TRAINING PER YEAR, UM, AND, AND MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS OR, OR ENHANCEMENTS TO THAT, UH, THE 2021 IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM. 
          AND, AND WE'LL LAY THAT OUT AS PART OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, IN AUGUST. 
          BUT I WANTED TO KIND OF POINT OUT THAT WE'RE, WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME, UH, UH, CONCERNS AND, AND THE CHIEF AND I AND MARIE HAVE TALKED ABOUT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK, IF WE GO, IF, IF WE, CAN WE PULL UP THE SLIDE ON THAT COPS GRANT REAL QUICK?  ONE MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO LET ME, LET ME, LET ME FOCUS, UH, THE COUNCIL ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I THINK, UH, WE NEED SOME, UH, DIRECTION ON. 
          UM, BUT I WANTED TO FRAME IT FOR YOU THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING, UH, WE'VE BEEN MADE, MADE AWARE THAT WE WILL GET A $3.1 MILLION GRANT, UM, TO FUND 25 POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND THE, THE GRANT APPLICATION WAS REALLY, UH, BASED UPON THE FOUNDATION AND THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY, UH, UH, ON THE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COLLABORATIVE. 
          UM, SO A GOOD, A GOOD APPLICATION. 
          UH, WE, UH, PUT IN THE APPLICATION BASED ON THE, THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT WE WILL GET, UH, AUTHORIZATION 
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FOR $3.1 MILLION AND 25 OFFICERS. 
          UM, BUT, BUT THE SECOND LINE THERE IS, UH, WHAT THE CITY'S MATCH IS, UM, IT IS A FOUR YEAR GRANT, SO $3.1 MILLION OVER FOUR YEARS, BUT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, UH, IF WE ACCEPT IT, IS $9.4 MILLION, UH, BEGINNING NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE GRANT. 
          IT'S, UH, IT'S ABOUT THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL BE MAKING OF $9.4 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          AND, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'VE NOT, WE'VE NOT, UH, OFFICIALLY BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT WE KNOW IT HAS BEEN. 
          UH, WE'VE, IT IS, IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. 
          WE'LL HAVE 45 DAYS FROM WHEN WE GET OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED TO ACCEPT THE, UH, THE GRANT. 
          SO, UM, THAT $9.4 MILLION IS REALLY THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY'RE ASKING FROM THE CITY. 
          UM, AND IN TERMS OF, OF, UM, UH, THE CONVERSATION, I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF YOU WILL HAVE, DO WE REALLOCATE OR, UH, JUST MONEY, UM, UH, THAT $3.1 MILLION IN GRANT, WE CAN'T ACCEPT THE GRANT AND, AND DO SOMETHING ELSE OTHER THAN 25 OFFICERS WITH IT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, THAT $9.4 MILLION IS CITY MONEY. 
          AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE ISSUE THAT I THINK, UH, THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE AWARE OF. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          UM, FOR THIS SECTION, WE'LL GO IN REVERSE. 
          UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          WE ARE, UH, THIS IS AN EXPANDED DISCUSSION, SO YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES, COUNCILMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, SLIDE NUMBER THREE. 
          YOU PROBABLY FIGURED I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT THIS ONE, UM, AND TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CADETS. 
          UH, YOU'RE SHOWING THAT WE'RE HOW MANY, 30 SOMETHING OVER 30 OUR AUTHORIZATIONS? YES. 
          BUT IF YOU TAKE OUT THE NUMBER OF CADETS, WHERE DOES THAT PUT US AGAINST THE, UH, UH, AUTHORIZATION? SO, UH, I MEAN, THE WAY THAT THIS SLIDE WORKS IS THE, THE BLUE COLLAR, THOSE ARE SWORN FIELD POSITIONS, AND THEN THE GREEN REPRESENTS THE CADETS. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT FOR 2020, UH, AS OF YESTERDAY, WE HAD 2,388 SWORN OFFICERS, UH, FILLING THOSE POSITIONS. 
          AND THEN THE GREEN IS THE CADETS, WITH THE CADETS WERE OVER BY ROUGHLY 30 POSITIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT IF YOU TAKE THE CADETS OUT OF THAT, WHERE ARE WE SWORN OFFICERS TO THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZATIONS? SURE. 
          SO WE ARE 2,388 SWORN, AND THE AUTHORIZED COUNT IS 2,463. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WHAT IS THAT MATH, MATH WISE? ABOUT 80, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 70, 75, 75, ABOUT 75 SHORT OF SWORN OFFICERS, UM, TO WHAT THE AUTHORIZATION IS, BECAUSE I STILL CONTEND THAT THE CADETS REALLY, IN MY VIEW, AREN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IN TRAINING FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. 
          THEY'RE RIDE ALONGS, AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT REALLY OUT THERE AS A, UH, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          THEY GRADUATED FROM THE ACADEMY, BUT THEY'RE STILL ANOTHER SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING OUT THERE. 
          SO I, I'M SAYING THAT, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, THAT REALLY SHOULDN'T BE COUNTED AGAINST THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT OUT THERE AS ON THEIR OWN AS THE OTHER SWORN OFFICERS ARE. 
          SO STILL, I LOOK AT THIS THAT WE'RE STILL SHORT FROM OUR AUTHORIZED LEVEL WITH THE SWORN OFFICERS. 
          AND, UM, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED SEEING THAT WE'RE DROPPING THE NUMBER OF, UM, CLASSES DOWN TO TWO, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UH, UM, FOUR DOWN TO THREE, DOWN TO TWO, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          I, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA SEE AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF RETIREMENTS COMING UP THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          AND I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT POSITION OF TRYING TO PLAY CATCH UP AGAIN AS MUCH AS WE HAVE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE EVERYBODY ON THE COUNCIL WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF GOING OUT, GETTING ADDITIONAL AUTHOR AUTHORIZATIONS, INCREASING THE CLASS CLASSROOM SIZES TO MAKE UP THAT DIFFERENCE, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE GRAPHS FROM, UH, JEFF'S PRESENTATION, UM, SHOWED A DECREASE, YOU KNOW, OR I DON'T WANNA SAY DECREASE OR A, UM, NOT BEING RIGHT AT THE TOP AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST, STILL SAFETY AND SECURITY IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WANT TO SEE A, A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TOTAL 
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PRESENTATION, IF WE WERE TO DE DECREASE, LET'S SAY, LET'S SAY WE TAKE OUT 10 OR 20 OR $30 MILLION, WHAT, WHAT PART OF THE PIE WOULD THAT COME OUT OF? WOULD THAT COME OUT OF ALL THE SUPPORT AREAS, OR WOULD THAT COME OUT OF THE NUMBERS OF OFFICERS? IT WOULD C IT WOULD START IN SUPPORT AREAS. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THE, UM, I HATE TO SAY LEAST IMPORTANT, BUT WE'D START OUT IN THE SUPPORT AREAS, UM, WHERE WE THINK WE COULD DROP POSITIONS, UH, WITHOUT, UH, MUCH OF AN IMPACT THROUGH CALLS FOR SERVICE. 
          BUT IT WOULD START SOMEWHERE ON THE SUPPORT END. 
          AND, AND LET ME, LET ME ADD, COUNCILMAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM, FROM YOU TODAY. 
          AND THE COUNCIL, UM, UM, THAT, THAT IS A, UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE MEAT OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, UM, UM, I, IF, IF, UH, IF WE ELIMINATE A BUNCH OF CIVILIANS THAT ARE HANDLING FLEET MAINTENANCE, THEN, UH, IT'S EITHER GONNA BE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS HANDLING THE VEHICLES OR, OR, UM, OR SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND I DON'T WANT POLICE OFFICERS DOING IT. 
          SO I THINK, I THINK THE MEAT OF THE ISSUE IS IF WE'RE GONNA, IF WE'RE GONNA REDUCE THAT, AND, AND I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT THAT 2388 IS AT ITS HIGHEST PEAK EVER IN THAT GRAPH GOING BACK TO EVER, BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT MANY. 
          SO WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. 
          I, I THINK, I THINK ALSO TWO ACADEMY CLASSES NEXT YEAR, GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, UM, AND WHAT WE, UH, THINK WE KNOW BASED ON THE RETIREMENT SURVEYS, UH, THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES TWO, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, TWO ACADEMY CLASSES WILL KEEP US MOVING. 
          UM, AND THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE ANYMORE. 
          OTHERWISE, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE OVER, UH, OVERHIRED AND, AND, AND, UH, I THINK THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GONNA BECOME A COST ISSUE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I, I WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IF, IF THERE IS A MOVE FOR ANY KIND OF REDUCTIONS, I I SAY THAT IT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, SINCE OVER 80% OF OUR COST IS OUR PERSONNEL, THAT YOU, YOU CAN'T TAKE A, A PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OUT OF THE SUPPORT SERVICES BECAUSE THAT STILL HAS TO BE DONE. 
          AND WHETHER IT'S CIVILIANS OR SWORN OFFICERS, SOMEBODY STILL HAS TO DO THAT WITH THE REPORTING VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LUMPED INTO THOSE CATEGORIES IS SUPPORT. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WHEN I HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT REDUCING THE AMOUNT FROM, FROM THE POLICE BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE TRADE OFF ON SUPPORT VERSUS, VERSUS, UH, ACTUAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
          AND, AND AGAIN, WE'VE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS TO GET UP TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND I, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE A REDUCTION IN THAT. 
          AND I THINK THE SURVEY BEARS THAT OUT, THAT IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND I CAN TELL YOU IN THE SURVEYS THAT I SENT OUT IN DISTRICT 10, IT IS THE TOP, IT IS THE VERY TOP, UH, FOLLOWED BY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN, UH, PROPERTY TAX RELIEF. 
          SO, UH, THOSE ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO MY DISTRICT. 
          AND I WOULD SAY THAT PROBABLY PRETTY IMPORTANT TO THE REST OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REALLY CUTTING INTO THE MEAT TO GET ANY SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS, IF THERE'S STILL, UH, AN APPETITE FOR DOING THAT. 
          AND, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR PULLING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, VERY INTERESTING AND, AND INFORMATIVE HERE. 
          SO THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, CHIEF WYNN, UH, A TEAM GOES OUT TO RESPOND TO, UH, CALL ABOUT, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SOME KIND OF A PROBLEM IN THE HOME. 
          HOW MANY OFFICERS GO OUT? UH, INITIALLY? TWO. 
          OKAY. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A RESPONSE FOR A MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, HOW MANY OFFICERS USUALLY GO OUT? PROBABLY TWO. 
          IT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OF THE CALL AND, AND EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE SCENE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WITH MENTAL HEALTH UNITS, COULD IT BE MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS RATHER THAN POLICE GOING OUT ON THOSE CALLS? COULD IT BE YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, UH, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE? THOSE ARE, UM, OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES AND SUPERVISORS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO EACH PATROL DISTRICT THAT DO NOTHING BUT INVESTIGATE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ARE THERE ANY POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT YOU THINK OTHER CIVILIANS COULD DO THAT? I THINK WHAT, 
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THAT YOU THINK OTHER CIVILIANS COULD DO AS OPPOSED TO SWORN OFFICERS? ARE THERE ANY POSITIONS YOU THINK THERE ARE IN THERE? WELL, I, I, I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WAS THAT, THAT, THAT I HAD STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS, POLICE HAVE ABSORBED, UM, DUTIES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FIT INTO A POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THAT'S HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE 24 7 SERVICE THAT POLICE PROVIDE. 
          SO COULD WE SHED, UM, MENTAL HEALTH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES? PROBABLY SO COULD WE SHED, UH, DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS PROBABLY SO IT'S NOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION. 
          SO, UH, I, I'LL START WITH THOSE TWO AND, AND, UH, WOULD NEED TO GIVE MORE THOUGHT TO WHAT ELSE WE MIGHT AND WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT, UM, THE HOMELESS ISSUE, ISN'T THAT JUST TAKEN UP BY THE AVERAGE EVERYDAY COP ON THE BEAT? I MEAN, YOU DON'T HAVE SPECIAL UNITS THAT DEAL WITH THAT, DO YOU? WELL, IT, UH, WELL, YES, WE DO. 
          UM, UM, UH, WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITHIN OUR MENTAL HEALTH UNIT THAT DEAL PRIMARILY WITH HOMELESS, UH, ID RECOVERIES, UH, ASSISTING THEM WITH SERVICES AND, AND THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF CALLS TAKE TIME. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, QUITE A BIT OF TIME, UH, FOR THAT MATTER. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, HOW MANY OF YOUR PERSONNEL ARE ENGAGED WITH, UH, THE TOWING, UH, GROUT AND ROAD, UH, YOU KNOW, FACILITY? WE HAVE, UH, ONE, ONE  MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I WANNA INTRODUCE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TEAM WHO'S AT THE BACK. 
          SO I'M GONNA ASK THEM TO HELP US WITH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. 
          RICK RILEY IS OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR POLICE WHO OVERSEES, UH, SOME OF THE SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
          I'M GONNA ASK HIM TO ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 
          COUNCILMAN, CURRENTLY WE HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE IN OUR TOWING DEPARTMENT THAT DEAL WITH CONTRACT TOWING. 
          ARE THOSE SWORN OFFICERS? NO, SIR. 
          THOSE ARE CIVILIANS. 
          ARE THERE ANY SWORN OFFICERS THAT ARE TIED INTO THAT ON A, ON A, NO, SIR. 
          AN ADMINISTRATIVE BASIS? NO, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO WE HAVE TOWING CONTRACT AS PART OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          COULDN'T THAT BE REALLOCATED TO, UH, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY'S STRUCTURE? UM, I SUPPOSE SO. 
          COUNCILMAN, I THINK I, I THINK THE ORIGINS ARE THAT THE, PROBABLY THE MAJORITY OF, UH, UH, THERE, THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME TIE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE RECOVERED VEHICLES, UH, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN, GET TOWED THERE. 
          UH, VEHICLES THAT WERE IN, ACCIDENTS GET TOWED THERE. 
          UM, VEHICLES THAT ARE TOWED FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY DON'T GET SENT THERE. 
          UM, VEHICLES THAT, UH, MAYBE GET TOWED FROM, UH, FROM, UH, ON STREET PARKING, UM, GET TOWED THERE. 
          UM, SO THERE IS, THERE IS SOME TIE TO THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, BUT I'D HAVE TO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT OF WHERE ELSE IT COULD GO. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, AND COUNCIL MEMBER REPLIES STEPPED AWAY. 
          SO LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WAS SPEAKING WITH, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN, THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND, UH, I, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT IF WE COULD, UH, REVIEW SOME OF THESE NUMBERS MORE IN DETAIL THERE. 
          UM, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT THE MAYOR IS MENTIONING OF, UH, A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR, FOR HOW TO EFFECTIVELY CONTINUE FUNDING, UH, COMMUNITY SAFETY, UH, BUT PERHAPS IN A WAY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FISCALLY FLEXIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR US. 
          SO, UM, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO WORKING ON THAT WITH, UH, WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, ONE THING THAT DOES STAND OUT TO ME IS WE'VE HEARD, UH, DEFINITELY FROM THE COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT THINGS THAT THEY REALLY THINK OFFICERS DON'T ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE DOING, THAT WE COULD HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL WORKERS OR, UH, CRISIS INTERVENTIONISTS WORKING ON. 
          I THINK IT MIGHT ALSO BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE RANK AND FILE WHAT, UM, WHAT THINGS THEY DON'T WANNA WORK ON, OR EVEN FROM YOU, CHIEF . 
          I DON'T, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, UH, IT'S, IT MIGHT NOT BE GOOD FOR YOUR JOB, I GUESS, BUT WHAT , MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT OFFLINE. 
          WHAT , WHAT KIND OF THINGS YOU THINK MIGHT BE BETTER SUITED IN A DIFFERENT, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, UM, A DEPARTMENT THAT COULD WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU? WE COULD CALL IT COMMUNITY SAFETY OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, ONE, ONE THING THAT DOES STAND OUT TO ME IS WE HAVE THE GANG UNIT, UM, AT 14 MILLION, UH, 14.6 MILLION, PRETTY MUCH. 
          HOW MANY OFFICERS IS THAT? HOW MANY SWORN OFFICERS? IS THAT? 14 MILLION? UH, PROBABLY. 
          OR THE GANG UNIT ANYWAY. 
          I'M SORRY, THE 
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GANG UNIT. 
          HOW MANY ARE IN THE GANG UNIT? UM, RICK IS GONNA COME TO THE PODIUM AND MM-HMM. 
          , WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, AND AGAIN, WE CAN JUST GUS THIS MORE IN DETAIL AT THE COMMITTEE LEVEL, BUT WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS THE GANG UNITS AT 14.6 MILLION, AND THEN COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHAT YOU REFER TO AS, UH, THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IS NOT EVEN A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          IT'S $683,000. 
          SO I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THAT MORE, MORE IN DETAIL TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO WORK WITH THAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE ANOTHER OF, THERE WERE A FEW OTHER, UH, BIG NUMBERS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME. 
          UM, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF GIVING US THIS, UH, THIS BREAKDOWN. 
          SO, UH, THE COLLOQUIAL NAME THAT WE REFER TO AS THE GANG UNIT INCLUDES STREET CRIMES, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF 79 SWORN MEMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEY'RE DEPLOYED IN PARTICULAR AREAS OF TOWN OR ALL OVER? HI, I'M JESSE SOLOMON. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, THEY'RE TYPICALLY DEPLOYED FOR HOTSPOT POLICING. 
          SO IF WE HAVE AN AREA THAT IS HIGH CRIME, UH, WE'RE RESPONDING TO AREA WHERE THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF SHOOTINGS, A LOT OF RETALIATORY SHOOTINGS, UH, THEY'RE GONNA WORK THAT PARTICULAR AREA. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT AREA TO ALSO DEPLOY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM IF THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, VIOLENT CRIMES TO, AND MAYBE OTHER RESOURCES FROM THE CITY, RIGHT? IF SOMETHING THAT'S A CRIME HOTSPOT THAT CRIME IS NOT INDEPENDENT OF, OF OTHER ISSUES. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND, AND WE DO DEPLOY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM AS WELL. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH METRO HEALTH AND STANDUP. 
          UM, AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF, OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOING ON, AND, AND THERE'S, UM, WE CAN'T MEASURE WHAT WE'VE PREVENTED, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW WE'VE PREVENTED SOME, UH, OTHER THINGS FROM HAPPENING BY USING, UH, THAT PARTICULAR GROUP. 
          YEAH, I'VE HEARD, I'VE HEARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, LIEUTENANT, UH, I WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE POLICE ACADEMY. 
          AND I, I APOLOGIZE IF, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY ALREADY ASKED THIS QUESTION, BUT, UM, WE SPEND, UH, I GUESS ABOUT 5 MILLION IN RECRUITMENT AND NEARLY 9 MILLION AT THE ACADEMY. 
          SO IS THE RECRUITMENT SOMETHING THAT'S DONE ONLY BY SWORN OFFICERS, OR IS THAT DONE BY ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL? IT'S DONE BY SWORN OFFICERS. 
          THERE, THERE ARE FIVE OFFICERS IN THE RECRUITING UNIT. 
          AND IS THAT FIVE OFFICERS IN THAT RECRUITMENT DETAIL AND THEN THE REST OF THE MONEY IS ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR RECRUITMENT? YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, SO HR IS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT? WELL, ON THE, ON THE BACK END? THEY ARE, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND, AND IS THAT UNIQUE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECRUITING, UH, WELL THAT, THAT ALL OF THE RECRUITMENT IS DONE BY THE DEPARTMENT? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, HOW MANY, UH, YOU, IT LOOKED LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE TWO CLA SORRY, THREE CLASSES THIS COMING YEAR, TWO, THREE THIS YEAR. 
          TWO IN, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN THIS NUMBER WOULD CHANGE? NO, MA'AM. 
          NO, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          THAT IS THE, THE FIXED COST, IF YOU WILL. 
          UH, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF CLASSES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON, WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          THE CADETS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, WHICH IS ABOUT 106, AND I'M ASK, UM, CHIEF BOBBY BLANCEN TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT I THINK THEY, BOTH CLASSES WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH, UH, WE ARE ONLY HAVING TWO CLASSES NEXT YEAR, THE TWO THAT ARE IN TODAY, WE DELAYED ONE, UH, BECAUSE OF C OVID 19. 
          SO WE STARTED A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL. 
          SO THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED IN THE FIRST HALF OF FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND THEN WE'LL START PICKING UP THE ADDITIONAL TWO CLASSES IN JANUARY OF 2021. 
          SO THERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE A CHANGE TO THAT BUDGET. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, ONE THING THAT WE DID DO IS IN THE OVERTIME, UH, REDUCTION THAT WE, UH, SHOWED IN THE TRIAL BUDGET, THAT, UH, SHOWS A REDUCTION ON WHAT WE CALL DISTRICT FILL BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING THOSE NEW, UH, POSITIONS COMING IN. 
          SO WE WOULD NEED, WE WOULDN'T NEED THAT, UH, OVERTIME, BUT WE ALSO TRIM THE OVERTIME FOR RECRUITMENT. 
          SO I GUESS THERE WILL BE A SMALL, UH, DECREASE ON THAT BUDGET THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, WHICH IS 2020. 
          YEAH. 
          AND ACTIVITY, I, I WAS GONNA ADD, SORRY, BOBBY. 
          I WAS GONNA ADD THAT, THAT ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST, I MEAN, WE LOOKED AT THE GRAPH, THE, THE COUNCIL, UH, BACK TO 2015, WE'VE HAD A, A HIGH, UH, GOAL OF CONTINUING TO FILL OUR POSITIONS. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, ONCE YOU STABILIZE AND YOU GET TO NORMAL, IF YOU EVER GET TO NORMAL, UM, THEN, THEN SOME OF THOSE FIXED COSTS COULD GO DOWN. 
          BUT WITH ALL THEY'RE 
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GONNA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO AWAY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA GET MOVED. 
          UM, IF, IF, IF, IF WE, IF THE, IF THE CHIEF WAS, IF HE HAD ALL THE POSITIONS FILLED RIGHT NOW AND NOBODY WAS RETIRING NEXT YEAR, WE WOULDN'T NEED AN APPLICANT PROCESSING. 
          WE'D NEED, WE'D NEED SOME FRAMEWORK THERE TO CONTINUE TO, TO PROCESS PEOPLE AND DO THE RECRUITMENT. 
          BUT, BUT I, UH, I THINK THAT PROBABLY IF, IF THINGS HAPPEN AS THEY DO, THERE MAY BE AN ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MAY BE AN OFFICER GOES BACK TO PATROL OR, OR SOMETHING. 
          UM, SO FROM THE INDIVIDUAL UNIT BUDGETS, THERE MAY BE A CHANGE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE SPENDING LESS THAN IN POLICE UNLESS THERE'S A PERMANENT CHANGE. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          NO, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, I, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $479 MILLION, WE GOTTA , WE, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, AT EVERY ASPECT, UM, OF THAT. 
          UH, SO YOU MENTIONED RETIREMENTS, UH, ERIC, UH, SO HOW MANY ARE EXPECTED ON A, IN A GIVEN YEAR? DO WE HAVE A BACKUP SLIDE ON THAT, OR WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE LAST NIGHT? SO, UH, SO FAR COUNCILWOMAN, WE, UM, HAVE 56. 
          THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, 20, THEY AVERAGE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 62 70. 
          WE'RE 2021 PROJECTION, ASSUME 70 RETIREMENTS. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO AS MUCH RECRUITING THIS COMING YEAR OR TRAINING THIS COMING YEAR, THEN YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS TO THE PATROL AREAS WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE RETIRING FROM COUNCIL. 
          WHEN WE, IN 20 15, 20 16, WE ACTUALLY ADDED, I THINK IT WAS TWO POSITIONS TO, UM, APPLICANT PROCESSING. 
          AND WE ADDED TWO POSITIONS TO THE ACADEMY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE HIGHER NUMBER OF CADETS THAT WE WERE BRINGING IN TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORTFALL. 
          THE SHORTFALL. 
          SO IN THEORY, YES, WE COULD, WE COULD MOVE SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS OUT TO OTHER AREAS. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILS MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, WE SKIPPED OVER COUNCILS MEMBER PLY. 
          SO, UH, MAN, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO NOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE FLOOR. 
          UH, YEAH, THANKS, MAYOR. 
          I, I, UM, CHIEF REALLY, I, I, I'M TRYING TO, I THINK WE'RE NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES OF THE, UM, OF, OF WHAT I THINK THE, THE ULTIMATE POINT IS HERE, WHICH IS ADDRESSING THE, UH, CALL FOR QUOTE UNQUOTE DEFUND THE POLICE. 
          AND, UM, I'D RATHER NOT NIBBLE HER ON THE EDGES AND JUST TACKLE IT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, OUTRIGHT. 
          SO DOES ANYBODY IN THE ROOM, HAS ANYBODY DONE ANY DATA OR BROUGHT ANY DATA OR FOUND ANY DATA THAT SHOWS THAT DEFUNDING A POLICE DEPARTMENT RESULTS IN LESS, UH, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES THAT WE SAW WITH THE GEORGE FLOYD CASE OR LESS, YOU KNOW, VIOLENCE? I, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT RESEARCH. 
          IF THERE IS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IS ANY, I MEAN, THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND, UH, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE ROOM WHO'S GOT THAT DATA? UH, 'CAUSE I MEAN, WE KEEP SAYING IT AS IF WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IF THERE'S NO DATA TO SHOW THAT DEFUNDING OR JUST REMOVING FUNDS FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT SOMEHOW SOLVES PROBLEMS, THEN ARE WE INVENTING SOMETHING WITHOUT DATA? UH, OR, OR WE'VE JUST ACCEPTED IT, UM, ON ITS FACE BECAUSE IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE TO POINT TO IT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN A SOLUTION. 
          RIGHT? AND SO I'M ALL FOR REFORMS. CLEARLY SOMETHING'S BROKEN. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN'T POINT TO SOME SORT OF EVIDENCE-BASED, UM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT FOR THAT PROPOSITION, THEN, YOU KNOW, I I, I WONDER IF WE MAKE DECISION MAJOR DECISIONS ABOUT FUNDING OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHOUT SIMILAR DATA. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S MY, THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH HERE. 
          UM, AND NOW I, I GET IT, YOU KNOW, I, 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR IT TOO, RIGHT? AND, UM, THERE IS A DEARTH OF, OF INFORMATION OUT THERE. 
          I MEAN, THERE'S HARDLY ANYTHING THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, A SMALLER DEPARTMENT RESULTS IN A BETTER DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE'S NO DATA OUT THERE. 
          HAS ANYBODY IN THE ROOM GOT DATA THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BOLSTER THAT ARGUMENT? MANNY? YEAH. 
          THIS IS, UH, THIS IS ANNA. 
          UM, YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          I I DON'T HAVE SOMETHING PRECISELY, UH, WITH THE HYPOTHESIS THAT YOU'RE POSING, BUT THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE CONCLUDED THAT WHILE THERE WAS A 26% DECLINE IN OVERALL CRIME FROM 1993 TO 2000, ONLY 1.3% OF THE DECLINE COULD BE ATTRIBUTED 
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TO ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICERS. 
          THE MAJORITY OF THAT DECREASE CAME FROM, UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, UNSPECIFIED FACTORS. 
          BUT SMALLER STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT EVERYTHING FROM PRESCHOOL TO JOB PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DECREASES CRIME RATES. 
          SO AGAIN, NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT RIGHT. 
          I THINK THE CONCLUSION IS, THAT'S POINT AND, AND THAT'S EXCELLENT. 
          THAT'S EXCELLENT DATA, ANNA. 
          I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, RIGHT? WE KNOW WHAT IMPROVES THINGS, UH, BUT THERE IS YET TO BE ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO CAN POINT TO THE DEFUNDING OF POLICE OFFICERS AS BEING ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE SITUATION. 
          RIGHT? I, I TOTALLY AGREE. 
          FUNDING OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THE, UH, TO THE LEVEL WHICH, WHICH THEY MERIT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          I'M JUST TRYING TO SCRATCH, I, I'M SCRATCHING MY HEAD HERE WONDERING IF ANYBODY CAN POINT TO THE PROPOSITION THAT DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS THE SOLUTION. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, AND SO I I, I KNOW I'M SPLIT. 
          I, I KNOW IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE SPLITTING HAIRS HERE, BUT, UM, I MEAN, WE CAN ALSO POINT TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE JUST SMALLER, BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME, IF NOT MORE PROBLEMS THAN WE DO. 
          SO A SMALLER DEPARTMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY S UH, SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK REALLY WHAT EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM MIGHT AGREE WITH IS THAT THE FILTERS ON THE FRONT END AND ON THE BACK END IS, IS WHAT'S BROKEN. 
          RIGHT? SO IT'S REALLY, I I MEAN, IS IT TRUE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, IS IT TRUE THAT BECOMING A POLICE OFFICER ISN'T THAT HARD? RIGHT. 
          I MEAN, IT, I I LOOK AT THE HOURS OF TRAINING AND WHAT'S REQUIRED TO BECOME ONE, UH, OR THE BAR TO ENTRY MAY BE TOO LOW. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO ON THE FRONT END TO, UH, UH, WHAT WE DO ON THE FRONT END TO SCREEN APPLICANTS MAY NOT BE ROBUST ENOUGH. 
          BUT THEN ON THE BACK END, OUR FILTER IS ALSO BROKEN, AS WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO FILTER OUT BAD, UH, ACTORS IS, IS ALSO BROKEN. 
          SO, UM, ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH CHIEF. 
          AND, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I RESIST THIS WHOLE, UH, DEFUND THE, THE POLICE, UH, YOU KNOW, PROPOSITION. 
          JUST 'CAUSE I'M, I'M NOT SURE THAT THE DEFUNDING OF POLICE WOULD BE, WOULD HAVE ANY EFFECT. 
          UH, WHEREAS FUNDING OTHER PROGRAMS MORE WOULD, I'M CERTAINLY ENTERTAINING. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I'M CERTAINLY EAGER TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          ANYWAY, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MAYOR. 
          IT'S LESS OF A QUESTION, MORE JUST OBSERVATION. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI, AND, AND I'LL KEEP US ON TRACK HERE, MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT OUR STAFF HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I DID WANT TO JUMP IN BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE MAKING AN IMPORTANT POINT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS REQUIRED TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          AND SO FOR ME, THIS DISCUSSION IS ABOUT, UH, THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT DEFUNDING POLICE, IT'S ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE DEFUNDED SO MANY OTHER SERVICES OVER THE YEARS AS OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT EXPENSES HAVE GROWN FASTER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          SO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES, UH, NOT JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT UH, IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS A SYSTEMATIC DI DISINVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEING CROWDED OUT BY PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGETS. 
          IT'S JUST A FACT. 
          UH, IN 2014, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL SET THAT 66% THRESHOLD, WE DID SO BECAUSE WE HAD TO STOP THE BLEEDING AT THE TIME, THE EXPENSES IN PUBLIC SAFETY WERE RISING TWO AND A HALF TIMES FASTER THAN OUR CITY REVENUES. 
          AND SO EVERYTHING ELSE WAS BEING CROWDED OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PASS A BALANCED BUDGET. 
          AND SO, I AGREE WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN FIND DATA. 
          I DON'T THINK ANYTHING WOULD EXIST THAT IF YOU SYSTEMATICALLY REDUCE YOUR POLICE, THAT IT'S GOING TO EQUATE TO, UH, A SAFER, HEALTHIER, UH, COMMUNITY WITH HIGHER STANDARDS OF WELLBEING FOR EVERYONE. 
          BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE OPPOSITE DOES, UH, HAVE PLENTY OF DATA TO SUPPORT IT. 
          AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL INDICATED SOME OF IT, IF YOU DISINVEST IN SOCIAL SERVICES, IF YOU DISINVEST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, IF YOU DISINVEST IN EDUCATION, NUTRITION, HEALTH, LIBRARIES, PARKS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN DOING SYSTEMATICALLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU WILL REAP WHAT YOU SOW AND YOU END UP POLICING THE EFFECTS OF IT. 
          UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT'S WHY THIS, THIS DISCUSSION IS IMPORTANT. 
          I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STRATEGIC. 
          I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REALISTIC. 
          UM, AND IT NEEDS TO BE LONG TERM. 
          UM, BUT, BUT I, I, I THINK YOU, YOU MAKE EXTREMELY GOOD POINTS, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, IN TERMS OF LEVEL SETTING, WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE UP ON THE DIOCESE, WHAT, WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, AND WHAT OUR, OUR AFFECTED CHANGE, UH, IS INTENDED TO PRODUCE. 
          UH, SO I THINK THIS IS A, A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN CONTINUE TO PICK UP ON THAT AS WE GO THROUGH 
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TODAY AND IN INTO THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO MAYOR, I, I, I THINK I, I DID A, A CLUMSY JOB AND, AND YOU PICKED IT UP, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, YOU, YOU LISTENING TO ME. 
          UM, SO, SO TO BETTER SORT OF PACKAGE WHAT I WAS, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT I AGREE 100% WITH THE RESEARCH THAT SUPPORTS THIS IDEA THAT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO RESOURCES TO IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES, HEALTHCARE PRE-K FOR SA, UH, YOU KNOW, HOUSING EDUCATION THAT REDUCES CRIME DRAMATICALLY YEAH. 
          AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR POLICE ENCOUNTERS, RIGHT? UM, AND, AND THE MORE NEBULOUS QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT REMOVING FUNDING FROM POLICE IMPACTS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          AND SO THAT, THAT, THAT FOR ME IS THE DEBATE. 
          BUT ANYWAY, THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          YEAH. 
          I, I, I AGREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, AYA IS THAT, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE KEYING ON THE SAME ISSUE HERE AND, AND, UM, WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ALWAYS A, UH, A LASER FOCUS ON, UM, DELEGATE AGENCIES, FOR INSTANCE. 
          UM, WE'RE IN A CRISIS. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE REDUCED, UH, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR THINGS LIKE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THIS YEAR? I MEAN, WE WILL REAP THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT IF WE DO THAT. 
          SO WE'VE GOTTA BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT, UM, THE OTHER ASPECTS OF OUR BUDGET AND PROTECT THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 
          UH, AND IT, AND IT, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATELY A FACT THAT ONE THIRD OF OUR OPERATING REVENUE IS AVAILABLE FOR US, UH, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ONE THIRD OF THE AVAILABLE OPERATING REVENUE IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY TO DO ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US. 
          SO, UH, GREAT DISCUSSION. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILS MEMBER FOR ENTERTAINING ME THERE. 
          UH, COUNCILS MEMBER, KIO VARDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I THINK PART OF THAT IS HOW WE'RE DEFINING PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN POLICING ANYMORE. 
          UM, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY STILL A PART OF IT, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE THING WE'D LIKE TO DO IN PUBLIC SAFETY IS A REALLY DEEP DIVE INTO THIS BUDGET. 
          WE'RE NOT WIPING THE SLATE CLEAN AND STARTING ALL OVER, BUT, UM, REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REALLOCATE SOME OF THESE MONIES TO, TO HELP INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. 
          THE, UM, THE PERSONNEL COSTS THAT, THAT PIE CHART, I THINK IT'S SLIDE SIX, DOES THAT INCLUDE RECRUITMENT, PSYCH TESTING, ONBOARDING, TRAINING OF NEW OFFICERS? AND IF SO, HOW MUCH IS THAT? YES, MA'AM. 
          SO ON THE $479 MILLION COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE PROGRAM BUDGET? AND THAT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $14 MILLION BETWEEN TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO SEE, UM, ADDITIONAL PSYCH TESTING. 
          WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, MAYBE EVEN JUST ADDING SOME, SOME QUESTIONS HERE AND THERE TOO. 
          THE POLYGRAPH THAT THEY TAKE, UM, ANY ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO WEEDED OUT OFFICERS THAT MAY DOWN THE LINE HAVE, HAVE, UM, PROBLEMS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          IF WE CAN START AT THE BEGINNING TO, TO, TO MANNY'S POINT, RIGHT. 
          THE FILTER AT THE BEGINNING, IF WE CAN MAKE THAT FILTER A LITTLE BETTER. 
          UM, THE COPS GRANT, I, I THINK I HEARD 25 NEW OFFICERS AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ASSIGNED TO C R T. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          DOES, IS THAT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BETTER? WHAT, UM, DO THEY EVER NOT, ARE THEY EVER NOT ON C R T OR ARE THOSE 24 OFFICERS? NO, THEY WERE GOING, THEY WOULD BE PRIMARILY, NOT PRIMARILY THEY WOULD BE SOLELY C R T. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM. 
          I THINK THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S ONE WORD THAT, THAT'S ONE TERM THAT WAS, IS USED. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          UM, AND CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO AND HOW ARE THEY SWORN OFFICERS? ARE THEY, MA'AM, CAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? NO, MA'AM. 
          NO, MA'AM. 
          UH, JUST, UH, LIEUTENANT SALME RUNS THAT PROGRAM, SO I'LL ASK HIM TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. 
          HI. 
          UM, SO THEY, THE, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A VARIATION OF A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE INCORPORATED INTO OUR OWN. 
          SO, UM, VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS IS ONE OF THE TERMS THAT'S BEEN USED IN THE PAST, UH, GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION IS WHAT IT WAS. 
          UH, WHEN WE STARTED THAT, THAT WAS A PROGRAM OUTTA KANSAS CITY, AND WE'VE, UH, TAKEN THAT AND MADE IT INTO OUR OWN PROGRAM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND SO IT'S, UH, THREE INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE'VE GOT A MANAGEMENT ANALYST WHO TRACKS, UH, DATA AND STATS, AND WE'VE GOT TWO PEOPLE THAT GO OUT THERE AND MAKE CONTACTS ON THE, UH, ON THE STREETS. 
          AND ALL THREE ARE CIVILIAN POSITIONS, AND THEY AUGMENT THAT JOBS THAT THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS DO. 
          UH, THEY'VE ALSO HELPED OUT WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS. 
          THEY'VE HELPED OUT WITH MISSING PERSONS CALLS. 
          UH, THEY REALLY HAVE BEEN A, A GREAT RESOURCE FOR US. 
          WHAT KIND OF TRAINING DO THEY RECEIVE? UM, THEY GO THROUGH VARIOUS TYPES OF TRAINING. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'VE, UH, A, A FEW OF THEM WORKED AT STANDUP, 
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SO THEY, UH, PRIOR TO COMING TO, UH, TO OUR DEPARTMENT. 
          AND SO THEY ALL RECEIVED, UM, A LOT OF THE TRAINING THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER AND HER TEAM HAVE INCORPORATED OVER THEIR MEDIATION TRAINING, UM, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND, BUT I KNOW THEY RECEIVE A LOT OF TRAINING. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT TRAINING, BUT THERE'S, UM, THERE'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THAT THAT ACTUALLY GO OUT ON CALLS. 
          AM I HEARING THAT RIGHT? TWO CIVILIANS CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW THAT OKAY. 
          WILL GO OUT AND, AND AGAIN, OKAY. 
          AUGMENT THE WORK THAT THE DETECTIVES ARE DOING. 
          UM, AGAIN, LOOKING FOR RE UH, THE PLACES WHERE, AGAIN, A HOTSPOT RETALIATORY TYPE THING, BUT THEY, THEY DO THE WORK THAT A LOT OF STANDUP IS DOING. 
          A LOT OF THE SAME WORK AS WELL UNDER METRO HEALTH AND OUR COLLABORATION AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. 
          BRIDGER AND CHIEF MCMANUS. 
          IT'S NEVER BEEN BETTER THAN IT IS NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT, THAT NUMBER OF, UM, PEOPLE THAT, THAT HELP WITH THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          MAYOR. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN, I THINK I'M NEXT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALES. 
          UM, UH, SO, UM, OF COURSE, THE REASON THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION MORE THAN EVER IS BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TREMENDOUS TIME OF CUTS. 
          UM, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL WHERE WE'VE HAD TO MAKE SUCH DRASTIC CHANGES IN OUR BUDGET. 
          AND THE OBVIOUS PLACES TO DO THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET AND IN THE STREET MEN INS BUDGET, 'CAUSE THEY'RE THE LARGEST ONES. 
          SO I THINK IT'S JUST EVEN, UH, UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MAKE A SHIFT. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHY, UH, I MEAN, SOME OF THE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY, UM, SOME OF THESE GRANT FUNDED POSITIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, OR AT LEAST THAT I'VE BEEN MENTIONING, PARTICULARLY THE COPS GRANT, UM, IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE, UH, IT DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO MAKE A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT. 
          AND WE'RE DOING THAT AT A TIME WHERE WE ARE, UM, CUTTING SERVICES IN, IN NEARLY, OR NOT SO MUCH SERVICES, BUT, UH, CUTTING FUNDS IN ALMOST EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO, MARIA, COULD YOU PLEASE BRING BACK THAT THIS, I'M SORRY, WHOMEVER, THE SLIDE, UH, ABOUT THAT, UM, PARTICULAR GRANT. 
          I JUST WANNA FOCUS ON THAT FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE SURE. 
          THE COPS GRANT, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE COMMITMENT OF THE CITY, IT'S $9 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY IN FOUR YEARS, BUT ACTUALLY THOSE OFFICERS STAY ON FOR THE LIFETIME OF THEIR CAREERS. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY, ANOTHER VERY LARGE PORTION OF THE CITY'S BUDGET. 
          SO, UH, AND IN FACT, I WAS DOING SOME QUICK MATH, AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UM, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SAID THAT AN OFFICER COSTS THE CITY ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT, UM, FROM 155,000 A YEAR TO, UH, UH, AS MUCH AS 195,000 A YEAR PER OFFICER. 
          SO IT'S A, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A HUGE PERSONNEL, UM, BUDGET THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. 
          BUT IN THIS SCENARIO, ARE THESE OFFICERS THAT ARE BEING RECRUITED TO, UM, APPLY FOR THESE JOBS? ARE THEY WITH ALREADY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? ARE WE ADDING ADDITIONAL OFFICERS TO DO THIS WORK? IF WE WERE TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, YES. 
          WE WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL 25 OFFICERS TO OUR COMPLIMENT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY. 
          I WILL DEFER TO THE CHIEF IF HE WOULD ASSIGN EXISTING OFFICERS TO BEGIN THE WORK RIGHT AWAY AND THEN THROUGH THE ACADEMY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL FILL THE, THOSE 25. 
          SO IS THAT POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, LIKE, WHEN WE DO ACCEPT THESE GRANTS, ARE WE RECRUITING NEW PEOPLE? LIKE I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO, IT'S A HIRING FREEZE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'RE NOT HIRING PEOPLE ANYWHERE. 
          ERIC'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ON A HIRING FREEZE BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET. 
          WHY WOULD WE BRING IN NEW OFFICERS? UM, AND SO CAN WE DIRECT OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO THESE GRANTS? I'M SORRY, HERE THE LAST PART. 
          CAN WE ASSIGN EXISTING OFFICERS TO THIS GRANT? WHEN WE BRING IN NEW OFFICERS, SAY THE 25, THEY WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY, THEY WOULDN'T BE ASSIGNED TO THE POSITIONS THAT WOULD BE QUALIFIED BY THE GRANT. 
          IT WOULD BE OFFICERS WHO ARE ALREADY ON THE DEPARTMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WOULD FILL THOSE POSITIONS. 
          SO NOT NECESSARILY JUST BRINGING IN PEOPLE FOR THIS, RIGHT? WELL, IT COULD BE AN OFFICER THAT'S BEEN ON THE JOB FOR 10 YEARS YES. 
          REASSIGNED YES, MA'AM. 
          TO THIS. 
          YES. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, IF THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, WE'RE GIVING THEM SPECIAL TRAINING, WE'RE GONNA COMMIT THE FUNDS ANYWAY, BECAUSE, AM I RIGHT, MARIA, ARE WE COMMITTING ADDITIONAL NEW FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT? AND, AND I'M GONNA ASK LIEUTENANT, UH, SALOME IF, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THE GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO SUPPLANT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDED. 
          JESSE, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THAT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT TO, IF WE ACCEPT THE GRANT, UH, WE CAN FILL THOSE POSITIONS RIGHT AWAY WITH EXISTING PERSONNEL, WHICH 
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IS WHAT WE WOULD DO. 
          WHAT WE'VE GOT TO HIRE 25 PEOPLE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR THAT GRANT. 
          ADDITIONALLY? YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE I, YOU KNOW, I START TO HAVE SOME PAUSE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT THESE GRANT POSITIONS AND STARTING TO ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, IN EVERY DELEGATE AGENCY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF, UH, SCREENING PROCESS TO GET THE FUNDS. 
          THEY HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. 
          AND THEY, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE TALKED TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES WHEN THEY DO THE PROCESS FOR REQUESTING THE CITY FUND, SOMETIMES AS LITTLE AS 50,000. 
          UH, AND IT TAKES, I MEAN, IT TAKES THEM A LONG TIME DEDICATED STAFF, BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO APPROVE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AT ALL. 
          UM, THEY JUST, UH, WE, WHETHER CRIME GOES UP OR DOWN, WE ADD OFFICERS, WHETHER THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL AND THE GRANT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO GET FUNDS AND THE POSITIONS CONTINUE TO GET FILLED. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHERE, UM, UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY START ASKING SOME QUESTIONS. 
          I KNOW I ASKED FOR AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF CERTAIN GRANT PROGRAMS, UM, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO FUND THESE POSITIONS IF IN FACT THEY'RE, THEY HAVE NO IMPACT EITHER WAY. 
          AND SO FOR THE COUNCILMAN'S POINT, UM, DO WE KNOW IF HAVING A LARGER FOREST IMPACTS OR NOT? WE, MAYBE WE DON'T, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FUND THEM REGARDLESS. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE THE QUESTIONS I THINK ARE COMING UP. 
          IS THIS A GOOD USE OF RESOURCES? SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF MY, UH, CONCERN JUST SORT OF SAYING ON THIS ONE AND THE $9 MILLION OF DEDICATED CITY FUNDS IN THE SHORT TERM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE LONG TERM FUNDING, CAN WE, UM, ASSIGN THAT $9 MILLION TO DELEGATE AGENCIES? I MEAN, COULD WE DO THAT TODAY AS A COUNCIL AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA FUND THIS, BUT WE'LL COMMIT $9 MILLION TO DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO, SO THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TODAY. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE FUNDS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. 
          SO FOR INSTANCE, IF THE COUNCIL WAS TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO ACCEPT THE GRANT, WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD $1.6 MILLION TO THE BUDGET. 
          HOWEVER, IF THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE IS TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AT A LEVEL OF $1.6 MILLION IN LIEU OF THE GRANT, THAT WOULD BE THE POLICY DISCUSSION AND THE DIRECTION WE NEED TODAY. 
          SO I HAVE TALKED TO, UH, SOME PEOPLE THAT RUN DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          I'VE TRIED TO TALK TO OTHER PROFESSIONALS, AND THERE IS A, UM, UH, THERE HAS BEEN, UH, PLENTY OF FEEDBACK THAT THE OFFICERS PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT. 
          SO, UM, BUT ARE, ARE THEY THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE? AND SO I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE THE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. 
          AND, AND WITHOUT AN ABSOLUTE REDIRECTION OF, OF FUNDS TO OTHER THINGS, THEN IT'S HARD TO, UH, UH, TO REALLY MAKE THESE DECISIONS. 
          BECAUSE UNLESS WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE $9 MILLION DIRECTLY TO DELICATE AGENCIES THAT DO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY CHANGES. 
          AND IF WE DON'T ASSIGN, UH, THE, ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS DO, UH, FOR HOMELESSNESS, WELL, OF COURSE WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE A CHANGE OR TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH OR TOWARDS ADDICTIONS. 
          AND AT, IN THE MOMENT, WE ARE IN A TIME OF A DEFICIT. 
          AND SO I DO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, UH, I THINK THERE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT IN MY TIME ON THIS COUNCIL, I HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR MORE MONEY FOR DELEGATE AGENCIES TO DO THAT WORK. 
          IT HAS BEEN, I'VE SAID IT FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME I GOT HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WE HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS SOMEWHERE. 
          WE KNOW THAT THIS IS TAKING, THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET IS IN THIS PARTICULAR POCKET. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO REDIRECT. 
          I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE, BUT I MEAN, I WOULD ONLY AGREE TO NOT FUND THIS GRANT IF WE COULD GUARANTEE IN SOME WAY THAT THAT FUNDING WOULD GO TO DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT DO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO, UM, WE STILL NEED THAT FEEDBACK OR THAT, UM, LIKE, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. 
          I THINK WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT, UH, FROM THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE CAN ONLY COMMIT TO TWO YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL WE'RE COMMITTING TO RIGHT NOW IS JUST TWO YEARS OF FUNDING. 
          BUT, UM, TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, WELL, IF WE ACCEPT THE GRANT COUNCILWOMAN AS A COMMITMENT FOR THE FOUR YEARS, BUT IF WE DON'T CORRECT, IF WE SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THIS GRANT. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO, I'VE NOT TALKED TO MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS AT ALL, UM, THAT IF WE DON'T DO THE MATCH, THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT 1.6 MILLION THIS YEAR AND 2 MILLION NEXT YEAR IN DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          NOR HAVE I TALKED TO THE DELEGATE AGENCIES. 
          DO THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT THE MONEY AND THEN PROVIDE THE SERVICES? SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE, WHAT THE DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE REDIRECT RESOURCES, UM, DEFUNDING THE POLICE, IT'S NOT EXACTLY DEFUNDING, OF COURSE, WE WOULDN'T 
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DEFUND THEM COMPLETELY, BUT REALLOCATING RESOURCES WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO DO. 
          UH, AND SO, UM, I JUST, I THINK AS WE HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REDIRECT SOME OF THESE RESOURCES? UH, BUT WE DO EVENTUALLY, UM, OBJECTION, UH, HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE, UM, STILL PROVIDE THE SAFETY THAT IT'S REQUIRED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, JUST REAL QUICK, I, I THINK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ RAISES THE, THE PERTINENT, UH, UH, POLICY LEVEL, UH, DISCUSSION, UM, THAT I'D LIKE TO GET, MAKE SURE THAT I GET SOME DI DIRECTION ON OR FEEDBACK ON TODAY. 
          BECAUSE IF, IF WE ACCEPT THAT GRANT, UH, WE ARE IN EFFECT COMMITTING OURSELVES TO AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION, WHICH BY THE WAY, NONE OF THAT WAS IN LAST WEEK'S FORECAST. 
          SO WE'LL HAVE TO, WE'LL HAVE TO COMMIT TO THAT OVER FOUR YEARS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND I THINK WHAT COUNCILWOMAN, UM, GONZALEZ IS DESCRIBING IS, UH, RATHER THAN THAT, CAN WE COMMIT TO AN ADDITIONAL $9 MILLION TO, UM, AGENCIES OR OTHER WORK, OR, OR COULD BE, IT COULD BE THE MAYBE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR A COMBINATION OF $9 MILLION TOWARDS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STILL IN THAT BUCKET, UM, RATHER THAN COMMITTING IT IN TERMS OF POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GETS TO THE POINT THAT IS BROADLY BEING DISCUSSED HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. 
          BUT, BUT MORE SO WITH OUR, WITH OUR ACTUAL BUDGET HERE. 
          SO THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO GET A FEELING FROM THE COUNCIL ON, ON, ON WHAT YOUR TAKE IS ON THAT, BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A TIME LIMIT, UM, THAT WE'LL NEED TO ACT, UH, UPON WHEN WE'RE NOTIFIED OFFICIALLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I, I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, AS I WAS PREPARING FOR MY POINTS FOR TODAY'S CONVERSATION, I REALIZED THAT AS A COMMUNITY, OUR, OUR PRIORITY SEEMS TO BE ON PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE COMMUNITY SAFETY, UM, IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          AND, AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE SHAPING THIS CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON, ON THE HEALTH ASPECT OF IT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK I JUST WANNA STAND OVER THERE WITH COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL, UM, BECAUSE I, I, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TO HEALTH. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT, UM, WE, UH, SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT MORE ITEMS, UM, THAT INCLUDE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THAT WE KNOW HAS WORKED, UH, IN OUR AREAS AND, AND SPECIFICALLY IN, IN SOME OF OUR AREAS IN SAN ANTONIO, LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT, THAT I'VE MENTIONED HAVE DONE THIS. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING IS NEEDED, OF COURSE. 
          AND I HAVE SAID THIS, UM, AND I WAS A, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY THAT I WAS JUST SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THERE WAS ONLY SIX HOURS, UM, BASICALLY IN THE TAL TRAINING, UM, THAT FOCUSED ON, UH, ON ITEMS THAT ARE VERY RELEVANT TODAY. 
          AND SO, UM, SO I CONTINUE TO, TO STRESS THAT. 
          UM, I'VE ALSO CONTINUED TO STRESS, UM, PROGRAMS LIKE THE CAHOOTS PROGRAM. 
          AND SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE CAHOOTS PROGRAM, BUT MAYBE WE CAN CREATE SOMETHING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY DO THINGS. 
          UM, AND SO I'M LOOKING FOR, UH, TRAUMA INFORMED, UH, INFORMATION. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA COME UP LATER IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          I APPRECIATE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, UH, DISCUSSION WITH DR. 
          BRIDGER, UM, DEESCALATION, UM, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT TAKING A HUMAN APPROACH TO THIS. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR. 
          SO, UM, CRISIS COUNSELING, UM, AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED THAT MAYBE THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON, ON, UM, CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION INSTEAD, UM, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, UH, HARM REDUCTION AND, AND WHICH INCLUDES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND, AND ADDRESSING THAT, I THINK IS GOING TO BE DEFINITELY IMPORTANT. 
          UM, WITH THAT SAID, I'VE ALSO TAKEN A LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU PRO PROVIDED WITH THE BREAKDOWN, UH, ON POLICE, UH, GENERAL, UH, OR, OR INFORMATION. 
          AND SO, UH, IN THE GL, I SEE, UH, TOOLS AND APPARATUSES ARE AT 826,923. 
          CHIEF, CAN YOU GIMME AN EXAMPLE? WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHAT KIND OF TOOLS ARE UNDER THAT AREA? I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          SO, SO I'LL HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THAT, BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, WHAT, TELL ME WHAT TOOLS ARE INCLUDED. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          JUST, JUST ONE SECOND. 
          I GOT SOMEBODY COMING UP TO THE MIC HERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL. 
          SO, UM, GOOD MORNING. 
          UM, SO THE ACADEMY USES A LOT OF THAT, UH, BUDGET. 
          UM, IT CAN GO FOR A VARIETY OF, OF EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S CONES, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF TOOLS AND APPARATUS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO, UH, INDIVIDUAL 
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UNITS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO I, I ASSUME THAT'S A, A GLOBAL, AN AGGREGATED BUDGET. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M THINK THINKING, I THINK IT IS. 
          KIM, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET SOME INFORMATION. 
          AND THEN KIM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE YOU THAT ANSWERS THIS, BUT WHAT IS THE SS A P D MAINTENANCE PROJECT? I SEE, UM, $622,198 DEDICATED TO THAT. 
          WHAT IS THAT? HI, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS MARIA VIA GOMEZ, AND I'M GONNA ASK RICK JUST TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT WE PUT SOME MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO DO MAINTENANCE AROUND THE SUBSTATIONS, INCLUDING PARKING LOTS, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE, THE 600,000 WAS UTILIZED FOR THOSE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WITHIN OUR SUBSTATIONS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          WE ALSO USED, UH, SOME OF THAT MONEY TO DO SOME, UH, RENOVATION INSIDE OF THE ACADEMY, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO WE DO NUMEROUS PROJECTS WITH THAT $620,000 EVERY YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE NEXT LINE ITEM THAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT, AND, AND SPECIFICALLY MAYBE HOW WE INVENTORY AND IF THIS IS ALWAYS THE CASE, UM, AMMUNITION IS AT $562,947. 
          AND SO IS THAT TYPICAL? HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS? UM, HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO BUY AMMUNITION JUST IN GENERAL? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT COUNCILWOMAN EACH, UH, UM, I'M SORRY. 
          EACH, UH, EACH YEAR EVERYONE IN THE, IN THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY, UM, AT THE RANGE PER TCO, UH, STANDARDS. 
          UM, THE, UH, AND THEN BY C B A, EVERY OFFICER IS GIVEN, I BELIEVE IT'S 50 ROUNDS, UH, OF 50 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, UH, EACH YEAR TO PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN. 
          SO THAT'S WHERE THAT, THAT'S WHERE THAT MONEY'S BUDGETED TO. 
          HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU SAY THEY WOULD PRACTICE IN A YEAR? HOW MANY HOURS? WELL, IT, THE, UH, FIREARMS INSTRUCTION IN THE ACADEMY, I BELIEVE IS 76 HOURS. 
          UH, AT, IN-SERVICE, I THINK IT'S FOUR. 
          IT'S, UH, EIGHT, EIGHT HOURS AT IN-SERVICE. 
          AND SO ANNUAL TRAINING IN ADDITION TO, UH, BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AS THEY'RE TRAINING, IS THERE ADDITIONAL, HOW MANY HOURS WOULD THAT BE? IS THAT THE IN-SERVICE? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE EIGHT HOURS? INER? YES, MA'AM. 
          INER, THE EIGHT HOURS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 40 HOUR BLOCK AT INSERVICE EACH YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, AND I'M ASKING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY OVER THE AMOUNT OF HOURS OF, UM, OF, OF MAYBE, MAYBE SOME OF THE, THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ON, ON MAYBE THE RACIAL PROFILING AND, UM, IMPLICIT BIAS AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, TO, UH, FIGURE OUT HOW MANY HOURS, UM, RENTAL OF FACILITIES, LIKE WHERE DO, WHERE DO, UH, IS THIS LIKE, UM, SUBSTATIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE RENTING? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT $777,790 IS GOING? I, I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION RICK WAS GONNA GET. 
          IT'S THE RENTAL, THE FACILITY. 
          YES. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, SOME OF THAT MONEY IS WHEN WE, UH, IF WE HAVE TO RENT OUT A FACILITY TO PERFORM A, A SPECIFIC FUNCTION, BE IT A TEST, BE IT A PROMOTION CEREMONY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, I SEE WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON BINDING AND PRINTING. 
          IT'S LIKE 96,000 OR, OR, OR, OR MAYBE, UH, MAYBE MY NUMBER MIGHT HAVE BEEN OFF, I WAS TRYING TO SEE THIS ON MY PHONE. 
          BUT, UM, UH, IS THAT FOR TASKS AND, UM, FOR PREPARATION? I'M ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. 
          TRAINING MANUALS OF SOME SORT. 
          IT'S THE REPRODUCTION OF THE GENERAL MANUAL, UH, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT CADETS GET WHEN THEY FIRST JOIN THE ACADEMY, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I, I WAS, UM, SO I'M SORRY. 
          LIKE I, I, I'M USED TO USING IPADS AND STUFF NOW, SO IT, IT STILL WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT HIGH TO ME THAT, THAT, THAT WE, BUT MAYBE YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ACCESS, UM, TO IPADS LIKE WE DO. 
          SO, SO I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BINDING AND PRINTING WOULD BE. 
          AND THEN MY, MY NEXT QUESTIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY, AND TO ME IT ALL SEEMS THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          ONE OF THEM IS CONTRACTUAL, UH, SERVICES. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S AT ABOUT 6.4 MILLION. 
          AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT THAT IS, BUT THEN THERE'S ANOTHER LINE WITH ABOUT 104 THAT SAYS OTHER CONTRACT. 
          AND THEN THERE'S LINE THAT SAYS EASE TO PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS. 
          THAT'S AT ANOTHER 4.4 MILLION. 
          AND I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE ALL BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT AREAS AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT CONTRACTING WE DO THAT WOULD TAKE THIS MUCH MONEY COUNCILWOMAN. 
          AND I'LL BEGIN ANSWERING THE QUESTION AND I'M GONNA ASK RICK TO HELP ME OUT. 
          SO THE, UM, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON FEES TO PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS IN THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE HIRE A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY POSITIONS THAT WE USE FOR RECORDS AND SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. 
          SO THAT IS PART OF THAT 4.4 MILLION, UH, CONTRACTUAL 
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SERVICES. 
          WE HAVE, UM, THE TOWING CONTRACT AS PART OF THAT, WHICH I THINK IS THE LARGEST PIECE. 
          AND RAY, CAN YOU ELABORATE OF ANY ADDITIONAL ONES THERE? SO THE, THE, THE BIG ONES AS, AS MARIA POINTED OUT, MA'AM, ARE THE TOWING CONTRACT AT SIX, OVER $6 MILLION, AND THEN THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CRIME LAB FEES, WHICH IS THE $4 MILLION. 
          OKAY, GOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. 
          I, I'VE NEVER ASKED. 
          SO I WANTED TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT I, I, I KNEW WHERE THIS WAS GOING. 
          UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU MARIA AND CHIEF AND EVERYONE THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF AND MARIA FOR THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYONE HERE ANSWERING AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          'CAUSE YOU ASKED A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT LINK YOU SENT, UM, ERIC, UH, LAST WEEK, ABEL, REALLY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS, AND I'M OKAY WITH GETTING INTO THE WEEDS, UH, RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC IN A REALLY TOUGH TIME. 
          I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE AMMUNITION AND ABOUT, UM, YOUR GUNS AND THE GUNS. 
          UH, WHERE IS THAT IN HERE? IS THAT UNDER THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES, OR IS, UH, WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE? SO THE AMMUNITION COUNCILMAN IS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM, RIGHT? THE, THE PURCHASE OF THE GUNS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO DO IT. 
          WE, UM, THE, THE LIFE OF A GUN IS ABOUT 10 YEARS. 
          SO IF, IF AN OFFICER HAS A GUN WHEN, WHEN HE'S HIRED OR SHE IS HIRED, THEY WILL KEEP THAT WEAPON FOR 10 YEARS. 
          AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON YEAR SEVEN OF OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS, SO WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE YEARS, BUT WE DO BUY GUNS AS NEW OFFICERS GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY. 
          SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE TOOLS AND APPARATUS LINE ITEM. 
          AND SO THEY'RE, UM, THE POLICE OFFICERS DON'T GO AND BUY THEIR OWN GUNS AND THEN CAN GET REIMBURSED FOR THEM OR ANYTHING, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO THE, UH, POLICE BUDGET. 
          WHAT I'M ASKING ERIC MARIA, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, PARK POLICE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFE, I REALLY WANNA SEE WHERE WE CAN BE CREATIVE IN, UM, YES, WE'RE NIBBLING AROUND THE EDGES, BUT IN THE, UM, SPIRIT OF FUNDING OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE CRIME, WE HAVE TO FIND MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE. 
          AND I'M SEEING THAT MONEY BEING FOUND SOMEWHERE THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET SOMEHOW SOME WAY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO LOOKING CREATIVELY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PARK POLICE, HOW, UH, AND WITH OUR SAFE OFFICERS AND OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICERS, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR OFFICERS, UH, IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, YOU HAVE GENERAL FUND SS A P D POSITIONS 3087. 
          NOW THAT IS BOTH CIVILIAN AND SWORN. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE, UH, AND I KNOW Y'ALL PROVIDED THIS BEFORE TO US, THE BREAKDOWN OF CIVILIAN AND OF SWORN OFFICERS AND THE MAJORITY OF WHERE OUR CIVILIANS ARE LOCATED IN WITHIN THE SS A P D. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BREAKDOWN PLEASE. 
          AND, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, SO THAT'S IN THAT AREA AND WITH OUR UNIFORMED OFFICERS, HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THE STREET? AND HOW MANY OFFICERS DO WE HAVE THAT ARE IN ON A DESK JOB? THERE ARE, WELL, WHEN YOU SAY A DESK JOB COUNCILWOMAN, THE, THE ONLY DESK JOBS ARE THE, AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY DESK JOBS ARE THE INVESTIGATORS. 
          SO THERE'S, UH, I WANNA SAY 1100 AND HELP ME BOB ON PATROL. 
          CORRECT. 
          THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THE PATROL DIVISION, UH, BUT SAFE AND OTHERS WOULD BE ADDED ONTO THAT. 
          RIGHT? SO THERE, THERE'S, I WANT, UH, A THOU WELL OVER A THOUSAND THAT ARE ON PATROL AND INVOLVED IN SAFE, UH, AND OTHER PATROL ACTIVITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I DO WANNA GO ALONG WITH WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CAVEO HDA SAID, AND OTHERS SAID ABOUT RENAMING OR LOOKING AT, UM, OUR VOCABULARY OF HOW WE USE PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE TERMINOLOGY HERE BETWEEN POLICE AND FIRE. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT. 
          UM, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT HIRING FREEZE FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS, BUT OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT CORRECT? BECAUSE OF THEIR CONTRACTS? UH, YES MA'AM. 
          UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 21, THE LAST YEAR OF THE POLICE CONTRACT, UH, THERE'S A 2% PAY RAISE ON OCTOBER 1ST AND AN ADDITIONAL 3% ON APRIL 1ST, 2021. 
          AND THEN IN THE FIRE MEDIATED SETTLEMENT, UH, THERE'S A, UH, 2% IN JANUARY WITH A 1% LUMP SUM, UH, LUMP SUM. 
          AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FORECAST. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I, I 
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SAW THAT THAT WAS PART OF ONE OF THE SHIFTS THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE FIRE AS WELL. 
          UM, NOW WHEN IT, THANK YOU ERIC AND STAFF AND, AND TEAM FOR LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE IN-SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL WORKING ON THAT ALREADY. 
          AND, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COPS GRANT, SO LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, HAVE YOU, I UNDERSTAND HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, THANK YOU. 
          HOW MANY, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE DONE THIS BEFORE GOTTEN, UH, RECEIVED A GRANT AND THEN HAD TO KEEP THOSE OFFICERS ON IN PERPETUITY FROM THE PAST? HOW MANY GRANTS HAVE WE DONE THIS? WE, WE ALWAYS KEEP THE OFFICERS RIGHT, LONG TERM, BUT HOW MANY TIMES, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE DONE THIS WITH GRANTS? LIKE, IS THIS GRANT NUMBER SEVEN? I THINK THIS IS GRANT NUMBER, CORRECT ME, RICK, IS IT THREE OR THE FOURTH? THIS IS A, SO THIS IS THE THIRD GRANT, BUT THIS IS JUST FOR THE COPS GRANT FOR TO DO, TO BE ASSIGNED TO C R T, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          AND IN THE PAST, THE, THE OTHER OFFICERS THAT WE WERE GRANTED WERE ASSIGNED TO OTHER UNITS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE C R T. 
          SO THIS WAS FOR, THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME. 
          AND WE'RE GOING, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE C R T. 
          SO WHAT HAVE, AND YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, COLLABORATIVE THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE. 
          WAS THIS DIRECTLY A REQUEST FOR THEM TO GET POLICE OFFICERS? MAY I SPEAK TO THAT? SURE, GO AHEAD. 
          I'M LOOKING AT YOU. 
          YOU, SORRY. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          YEAH, SO WE HAD ALL, ALL THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE PART OF THE, OF THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AGAIN, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE SO LONG AGO, BUT WE DID DECLARE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WAS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. 
          UM, AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE ALL BEEN, UH, RACKING OUR BRAINS ABOUT HOW WE CAN TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. 
          UH, THIS WAS, WE APPLIED FOR THIS BACK IN MARCH WITH THE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE ON THAT COMMISSION TO INCLUDE MARTHA PALLIS, PATRICIA CASTILLO, UH, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, WITH, UH, CHILD SAFE, UM, AND, AND OUR, OUR OTHER, OUR OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. 
          UM, WHEN WE GOT IT, EVERYBODY WAS OVER THE MOON WITH THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING MORE SUPPORT. 
          UM, IN 2019, IF I, IF, IF I CAN JUST SAY THAT WE HAD 21 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MURDERS IN 21 IN 20 19, 20 20 YEAR TO DATE, 23 OF OUR 67 HOMICIDES HAVE BEEN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED. 
          UM, THIS IS NOT AN, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT, UH, STATUTORILY WE, WE WORK WITH, WITH CASEWORKERS, BUT THIS IS THE ONE CALL THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CANCEL COVER ON, EVER. 
          RIGHT. 
          UM, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. 
          AND SO WE NEVER SEND OUR CASEWORKERS OUT TO THE SCENE WITHOUT A UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER. 
          AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE 10, UH, POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED LAST YEAR TO SAFE WERE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANTED THOSE OFFICERS TO BE AVAILABLE TO INCREASE OUR HOME VISITS WITH OUR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 
          SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE'LL TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO, TO ARREST WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE, AND WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, ADVOCACY SERVICES WHEN IT'S ALSO APPROPRIATE. 
          AND THEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO BOTH. 
          RIGHT. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          AND THAT'S, BUT MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW IS THIS COMMITMENT. 
          IT'S 1.6 FROM THE CITY THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND THE GRANT IS 3 MILLION, BUT, OR, OR 1.3 THIS YEAR, AND THE TOTAL IS 9.4 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE, IF YOU ALL COULD TALK TO THESE, UH, TO THE GROUPS AGAIN, ARE THERE DIFFERENT CREATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THIS $9.4 MILLION? BECAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED TO HAVE TO HOLD ONTO ALL OF THESE OFFICERS AFTER 24, 25 AND BEYOND. 
          AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, NOT NOW, AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE IT'S GONNA EVEN COME FROM. 
          UM, BUT IF WE DO FIND IT WITHIN THE, IT WOULD HAVE TO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CITY MATCH, WOULD THIS CITY MATCH COME FROM THE POLICE BUDGET? WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD IT COUNCILWOMAN. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO ADD THOUGH. 
          CORRECT. 
          BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING WITH THEIR, IF YOU IDENTIFY FUNDING, I WOULD LIKE THE FUNDING TO COME SOMEWHERE FROM THE POLICE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S GOOD DIRECTION. 
          YEAH, WE'LL TAKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE WILL WORK ON, ON, UM, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS, DEPENDING ON OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL TALKS ABOUT. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING TO, WE'LL NEED TO DO THAT. 
          I, I THINK, AND WE ALREADY KNEW THAT. 
          WE ALREADY KNOW, AND WE SAW THE NUMBERS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO, YOU CONTINUE TO TOUCH BACK BASE WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
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ADVOCACY AND THE COLLABORATIVE AND TELL THEM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF OUR, OUR BUDGET SITUATION TOO. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          AND THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE US REALLY LOOK AT, UM, ALLOCATING AT LEAST 10% OR AT LEAST 10 MILLION, UM, FROM THE POLICE BUDGET TO GO TOWARDS SOCIAL WORKERS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND, UM, ALSO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          I LIKE FOR US TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT, UM, LOOKING HOW METRO HEALTH COULD PLAY A PART IN THIS AS WE LOOK AT BRINGING OUR FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES BACK AS WELL AND REPOSITIONING THEM WITHIN THE SYSTEM. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE A, A BETTER WAY TO LOOK AT IT, ESPECIALLY, UM, SINCE YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT USING TEMPORARY SERVICES FOR THE RECORDS DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, AT THIS TIME DOING AWAY WITH TEMP SERVICES OR TEMP HIGHER. 
          IS THAT A WAY FOR US TO BRING SOME OF OUR FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES BACK INTO A POSITION, UM, INSTEAD OF USING AND PAYING FOR THOSE TEMPORARY SERVICES? AND HOW MUCH WOULD THAT SAVE US? COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS MARIA. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THIS BUDGET PROCESS IS THE NUMBER OF TEMPS THAT WE USE ACROSS THE CITY, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THOSE, UH, ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN, UH, WORKING, UH, FOR US. 
          UH, AND IT'S GONNA BE A MIX OF MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL OF MAKING SOME OF THOSE, UH, EMPLOYEES, UH, PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY. 
          AND THEN, UM, UH, SUSPENDING SOME OF THE SERVICES FOR SOME OF THE OTHER ATTEMPTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          SO THIS IS GOING A COMBINATION OF THE TWO. 
          SO I GUESS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, OUR GOAL, UM, WITH, WITH TEMPORARY SERVICES IS TO REDUCE IT, UM, MAKE PERMANENT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR, UM, LARGE NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY SEE THERE'S C N A OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING BACK FURLOUGH EMPLOYEES THAT PERHAPS MAY QUALIFY TO FILL THOSE, UH, TEMPORARY SPOTS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, MARIA. 
          UM, ALSO AS WE LOOK AT THE BACK PAY OF THE TERMINATED EMPLOYEES THAT WERE BROUGHT BACK THROUGH ARBITRATION, HOW MUCH HAVE WE PAID OUT? OH, UM, WE LET US, UH, AT THE BREAK, COUNCILMAN, LET US SEE IF WE CAN, UH, IF WE CAN GET THAT, UH, INFORMATION FOR YOU BACK PAY FROM, FROM, UH, LOST ARBITRATION CASES. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GATHER THAT UP QUICKLY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN WITHIN THE BUDGET ON THE LINE THAT SAYS TRANSFERS, UM, IT'S ABOUT 6.5 MILLION. 
          WHAT EXACTLY ARE THOSE TRANSFERS? YES, COUNSEL, MS. SO THAT IS, UH, PRIMARILY THE GRANTS, UH, THAT WE, UM, HAVE TO MATCH, UM, WHAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, EARLIER, WE HAVE OUR COPS GRANT, OUR HAIDA GRANT, OUR, UH, TRAFFIC VEHICLE, UH, THEFT GRANT. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, ALLOCATION TO REPLACE OUR BODY WORN CAMERAS, UH, EVERY YEAR. 
          SO THAT MAKES UP THAT $6 MILLION IN TRANSFERS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ALSO IN RELATION TO, UM, SERVICES THAT WE ARE SHARING WITH THE COUNTY, I KNOW THE 9.4 MILLION, THE MATCH THAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR THE COPS, GRANT, YOU SAID IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY. 
          HOW MUCH IS THE COUNTY PUTTING INTO THAT? THERE, THERE IS NO, UM, CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY COUNCILWOMAN. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE SERVICES BETWEEN THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SS A P D TO HELP MINIMIZE SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE SPENDING OUT AS A CITY? NOT EXACTLY. 
          BUT, UH, THAT, I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION ON WHERE WE CAN, UH, WORK TOGETHER TO LOWER EXPENSES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE, IN BOTH IN BOTH ENTITIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, MARIA, OUR CHIEF, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO, UM, US AS A COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY, HOW ARE THE ESSEX SEIZURE FUNDS GOVERNED AND WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS ON USING THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? SURE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I'M GONNA ASK, UM, MR. RICK RILEY TO, UH, DESCRIBE HE MANAGES THAT FUND. 
          HE CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL. 
          SO, UH, DEPENDING ON THE FUND, COUNCILWOMAN, IF IT'S AN UNRESTRICTED OR RESTRICTED FUND, PROVIDES THE GUIDANCE, UH, ON HOW WE CAN USE THAT MONEY. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, WORKING AN R F P BASED ON COUNCIL'S DIRECTION LAST YEAR TO USE $150,000 
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OUT OF THE ASSET SEIZURE FUND TO FUND A COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. 
          UH, THAT'S CURRENTLY AT THE PURCHASING LEVEL. 
          WE HOPE TO RELEASE THAT R F P, UH, IN JULY AND HAVE IT, UH, SELECTED, UH, RECIPIENTS BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN AS IT, AS IT RELATES TO STR, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING OUT FOR THOSE SERVICES? BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, THEY'VE ASSISTED US WITH A LOT OF THE MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING AND THINGS WITHIN THAT, UM, AREA. 
          BUT HOW MUCH ARE WE, ARE WE SPENDING OUT PER STRAC? OR HOW MUCH CAN WE SAVE IF WE HAVE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE ALREADY PRIMARILY, UM, REGULATED TO DO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL WORK SERVICES? SO, COUNCILMAN TRACK, UM, PARTNERS BOTH WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY FUND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, UM, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE SOME FUNDING, UH, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M GONNA GIVE YOU AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S ANYWHERE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION BETWEEN BOTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL ON, ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE FOR US TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. 
          AND THOSE SERVICES ARE, ARE PRIMARILY PROVIDED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS ON AN OVERTIME BASIS. 
          AND TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, UH, THEY FUND A PROGRAM FOR OUR E M SS, UH, TEAM AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BE AT HEAVEN FOR HOPE TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 
          AND THAT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF RUNS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FROM E M S RUNS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FROM HEAVEN, FROM HOPE TO THE HOSPITALS. 
          UH, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF, UM, FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MA'AM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING THAT, UH, , THE, THE TERMINOLOGY, THE, THE, THE DEFINITION OF DEFUND THE POLICE IS, IS, I WOULD EQUATE IT SIMILAR TO THE WAY, UH, WHEN PEOPLE, WHEN FOLKS SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND THEN THERE'S A RESPONSE TO SAY ALL LIVES MATTER. 
          IT, IT'S, IT'S LIKE WE'RE MISSING THE POINT, RIGHT? AND THE, THE IDEA OF DEFUND THE POLICE IS BECOME A MOVEMENT. 
          AND MORE THAN THAT HAS REALLY PUT A SHOCK INTO THE SYSTEM. 
          SO MUCH SO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT AND, AND ALL OF COUNCIL, I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS REALLY GREAT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I WOULD ALSO AGREE THAT WE NEED DATA. 
          SO COUNCIL BLI, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT DATA EXCEPT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT IT HAS TO BE ACCURATE. 
          IT HAS TO BE ACCURATE DATA FOR US TO MAKE REALLY, REALLY, UH, GOOD DECISIONS BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY LARGE BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND UNDERSTANDING HOW FOLKS ARE ASKING US TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF, OF A MORE CRITICAL TIME NOW WITH THIS PANDEMIC OF HOW THERE'S SO MUCH NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT DEFINING THE PROBLEM A LOT BETTER THAN WE EVER HAVE, SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A SOLUTION THAT ACTUALLY SOLVES THE PROBLEM. 
          IT'S NOT ABOUT US JUST SIMPLY DOING MORE. 
          IT'S ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. 
          AND I WANNA POINT OUT THAT JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A, UM, UH, THE ITEM ON, ON THIS GRANT, AND, UH, THREE TIMES IT WAS SAID THAT, THAT THE, THAT THE ITEM WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET. 
          AND, UM, I'M ON, I WAS REMOTE LIKE THIS, SO I GUESS I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR CLEARLY EITHER, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THE RESPONSE WAS INACCURATE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL ASK MARIA VIA GOMEZ TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CHIEF, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. 
          I'LL SAY IT WAS FISCAL YEAR 2020 ON A TECHNICALITY. 
          MARIA, DO YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT? AND THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A, A MEMO THAT WENT OUT, THE CORRECTION. 
          I NEVER SAW THAT. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO COUNCILMAN. 
          SO, UH, THE COUNCILMAN IS REFERRING TO THE VEHICLE THEFT GRANT, BUT WE CALL THE REACT GRANT THAT WENT TO COUNCIL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. 
          AND, UM, THE GRANT COVERS TWO FISCAL YEARS, UH, BEGINS IN 
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SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS PART OF ONE FISCAL YEAR, AND ENDS AT THE END OF AUGUST. 
          SO, UM, THE PARTICULAR GRANT THAT WAS IN QUESTION STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020, AND WOULD END ON AUGUST 30TH, 2021. 
          SO IT CROSSES TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          SO ONE MONTH OF THE GRANT IS, UH, BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, AND 11 MONTHS OF THE GRANT IS BUDGETED IN FISCAL YEAR 2021. 
          SO I GUESS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, UH, TO THE COUNCILMAN, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I CONFUSE WITH MY RESPONSE TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          UM, BUT WE BUDGET FOR THAT PARTICULAR GRANT IN, IN BOTH FISCAL YEARS, FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021. 
          BUT 11 MONTHS OF THE GRANT IS SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION FROM THE COUNCIL AS FAR OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MY, UH, IT'S JUST, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE, THE ISSUE IS THAT THAT IS JUST ONE SMALL ASPECT OF, OF A VERY COMPLEX BUDGET. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO USE THAT AS A HIGHLIGHT OF, OF HOW WHEN WE RECEIVE INFORMATION, UH, DATA THAT IT SHOULD BE, IT, IT, IT'S, IT CAN BE MISLEADING. 
          IT COULD, IT COULD MAKE, MAYBE MAKE US MISUNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING, UH, WITH THAT MONEY. 
          AND SO REALLY THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY JUST ABOUT, UH, DIVING DEEPER INTO THIS. 
          AND I THINK, UH, WHAT, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY SIMPLY WANT MORE, UH, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, REAL COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT, UH, REAL ENGAGEMENT WITH ACTION GROUPS. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE COULD DO IT, WE COULD DO IT THIS JULY. 
          EVERY, EVERY YEAR WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET, WE DO THESE WORK SESSIONS, AND IT'S, AND WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, TO FIT IN, UH, AS MUCH OF OUR, THE INFORMATION AS WE CAN. 
          AND, AND THEN SOMEHOW MANAGEMENT GOES OFF AND, AND, AND GOES AND GOES TO WORK. 
          UM, BUT I THINK IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR WHERE, WHERE WE'RE BEING MUCH MORE COLLABORATIVE ABOUT THAT BUDGET. 
          AND, AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE, THE, THE REQUEST, AND THAT IS THE, THE SPIRIT IN WHICH, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE REQUESTING IN WHICH WE'RE SEEING NATIONWIDE WITH DEFUND THE POLICE AND DEFUND THE POLICE IS, IS ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, UNDERSTANDING HOW THE IMPACT OF FUNDING IN, IN, IN KEY SOCIAL, UH, SERVICES, UH, CAN MEAN TO, TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THE, THE STRIFE AND THE ISSUES WE'RE SEEING, UH, NATIONWIDE, BUT RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY REALLY, REALLY MEAN. 
          UH, WE SAW IT JUST NOW IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SPEAK UP, HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME DISTRICTS SAW MORE ENGAGEMENT THAN OTHERS. 
          UH, YOU IN MANY CASES, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO INFLUENCE THE WAY, UH, YOU KNOW, MONEY IS ALLOCATED IN THIS BUDGET. 
          AND, UH, AND SO, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS THE KEY ISSUE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT. 
          AND JUST REALLY SIMPLY MORE CONCEPTUALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE MUST THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS HOLISTICALLY. 
          UH, NOT A FEW WEEKS AGO, UH, CITY MANAGER TOLD ME THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT VERY SERIOUS CUTS ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, MAYBE UP TO 35% IN DIFFERENT, IN, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE DOING THAT WITH, WITH PUBLIC SAFETY? AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW WE LITERALLY DEFUNDED, UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUSLY THAT IMPACTS OUR CITY. 
          UM, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT THESE ARE, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM BEFORE US. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW I'M AT MY FIELD OFFICE AND IN MY FIELD OFFICE, THERE, THERE IS, UH, A HUGE ISSUE REGARDING OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. 
          AND THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, NO MORE, YOU CAN'T ADD MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE OF HOMELESS RIGHT HERE. 
          THAT'S NOT GONNA SOLVE IT. 
          BUT YET THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH S A P D BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SIMPLY ARREST THE HOMELESS AWAY. 
          AND THE CHIEF WILL TELL YOU HE CAN'T DO THAT. 
          IN FACT, HE EVEN SAID IT, I WROTE IT DOWN. 
          HE SAID IT JUST SIMPLY, UH, IN THIS PRESENTATION SAYING THERE'S SOME DUTIES THAT DON'T BELONG IN A POLICE 
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DEPARTMENT. 
          I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH THAT. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT. 
          AND I THINK THAT, UH, THINKING THAT WE'RE GONNA REALLY LOOK AT THIS BUDGET IN THIS, UH, IN, IN THIS MEETING AND IN THIS FORMAT, I THINK IS, IS NAIVE. 
          UM, WE SHOULD REALLY, REALLY, UH, WORK HARD TO CONTINUE A LOT OF THE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, UH, SIT DOWN, UH, YOU KNOW, I PUT PENCIL TO PAPER, REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE THINGS ARE GOING, WHERE OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT, AND WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING. 
          UH, FIND WAYS TO, TO, UH, TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DEFINE THE, THE PROBLEM AND THE ISSUES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY MUCH BETTER. 
          WE SHOULDN'T BE JUST ADDING THINGS. 
          WE SHOULD BE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT THING TO DO. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF, UH, DEFUND THE POLICE. 
          AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULDN'T ASSUME, UH, OR, OR, OR REACT, UH, IN, IN, IN SORT OF A, A, A, A BINARY, UH, WAY TO, UH, WAY TO, TO, TO THAT TERM. 
          IT IS A, I THINK, UH, AN IMPORTANT TERM THAT HAS HELPED TO, TO SHOCK THE SYSTEM AND, YOU KNOW, WAKE US ALL UP AND, AND PUT US TO WORK. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, ERIC, YOU WANNA JUMP IN? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. 
          THANKS, UH, COUNCILMAN FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE COMMENTS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE, UH, THE CHIEF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME DUTIES DON'T BELONG IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I AGREE. 
          I THINK THIS IS A LONG-TERM DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS A LOT OF DETAILED WORK BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EASILY REMOVE DUTIES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA BE REMOVED SOMEWHERE, AND THEY'VE GOTTA BE, WHATEVER THAT, THAT'S SOMEWHERE, WHETHER IT'S INSIDE THE ORGANIZATION OR ANOTHER AGENCY, HAS GOTTA HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE CAPABILITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND. 
          AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S THE DETAILED WORK THAT YOU'RE, THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          THE THE REALITY OF IT IS THAT IF THE CHIEF, UH, AND I JUST, AND I AGREE WITH THEM THAT THERE ARE SOME DUTIES THAT DON'T BELONG IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE MONEY, UM, OR WE'RE GONNA NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER THOSE DUTIES ARE, UM, UM, CAN BE, CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THE LAST THING THAT, THAT I WANT TO, THAT I WANT TO BE, UH, HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION BE PUT IN, AND I, I WOULD LIKELY THINK THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD AGREE, IS THAT WE SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO SOMETHING ANYMORE, AND SOMEBODY ELSE IS GONNA DO IT, OR ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY'S GONNA DO IT, AND IT GOES FOR 30 DAYS AND IT FAILS MISERABLY. 
          SO IT'S GOTTA BE WELL THOUGHT OUT. 
          IT'S GOTTA BE PART OF A LONG-TERM STRATEGY. 
          IT'S GOTTA BE PART OF A, UH, POTENTIALLY OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, UH, TO GET, UH, FUNDING, UH, DIRECTED BACK TO THE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OVER THE DECADES. 
          UM, AND, AND I AGREE, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST SAYING, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT ANYMORE. 
          BECAUSE IN MY MIND, UH, THAT MEANS WE'RE GOING TO, WE NEED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS. 
          THAT DOESN'T MEAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CIVILIANS AND RECORDS. 
          THAT MEANS POTENTIALLY REDUCING EXPENSES OR FINDING NEW REVENUE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE HARD PART THAT WE'RE IN. 
          AND I, AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THINKING THROUGH THIS ON A LONG-TERM BASIS, UM, AND HAVING POSSIBLY TARGETS. 
          AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE IT, UH, AS WE GO INTO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEXT YEAR WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. 
          ERIC, I, YOU KNOW, JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT, THE, THE, THE BIGGER POINT IS THAT, THAT, THAT THIS IS PART OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET, OUR $2.3 BILLION BUDGET, AND, UH, UNDERSTANDING ALL ASPECTS OF, OF HOW OUR BUDGET WORKS, IS IT, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND THERE'S TEAMS OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS, ON, ON YOUR SIDE OF IT, RIGHT? AND, UH, I, ONE SMALL EXAMPLE IS, IS JUST THE WAY OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HANDLES DOLLARS. 
          IT WASN'T BEFORE. 
          IT WAS, IT WASN'T UNTIL THE 2017 BOND, UH, UH, ELECTION OR THE BOND ITSELF THAT WE NOTICED THAT, UH, ON SAVINGS IN PROJECTS THROUGH PREVIOUS BONDS WERE SIMPLY, UM, WERE LEFT TO THE 
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DEPARTMENT TO DECIDE WHERE THEY COULD USE THAT MONEY, WHERE WE DEFINED IT IN THE 2017 BOND TO SAY, NO, IT SHOULD. 
          IF IF THERE'S A SAVINGS ON A PARKS PROJECT, THEN THAT MONEY SHOULD STAY WITHIN PARKS. 
          AND IT'S THAT KIND OF DETAIL THAT I THINK THIS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO REALLY LOOK AT OUR BUDGET. 
          AND, AND, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THINGS AS IMPORTANT AS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF WE ALL WANT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS POSSIBLE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          THE COMMUNITY WANTS THESE THINGS. 
          THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO, TO KNOW THAT, THAT THESE DOLLARS, THEIR, THEIR DOLLARS, THEIR RESOURCES ARE DOING THE THING THAT THEY'VE ASKED US TO DO. 
          AND SO, WHILE WE'RE DEALING WITH HOUSING ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS, FOOD INSECURITY, UH, THESE ARE THE TOP ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          AND OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH PUBLIC HEALTH RATING NUMBER ONE, I MEAN, WE'VE SAID IT ALL ALONG, HOUSING IS HEALTHCARE. 
          AND AS WE TELL PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, AND, AND HERE WE ARE WITH THIS HUGE SPIKE, UH, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO WORK HARD TO, TO UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION, UH, AND, AND KNOW IT AS WELL AS YOUR TEAM DOES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'VE GOT A FEW FOLKS WHO WANNA JUMP BACK IN. 
          UM, BUT LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS JUST TO FOCUS. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THE, UM, CITY MANAGER DOES NEED DIRECTION FOR US. 
          I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON, UH, TOUCHED ON A GOOD SOLUTION, ERIC, FOR THE GRANT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M HERE ON SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF COPS GRANTS, AND THESE WERE TARGETED ASKS, AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO MAKE THEM, AND WE WERE VERY PROUD TO RECEIVE THEM. 
          SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE DID NOT PARTICULARLY, IT'S AS IT'S, UM, DIRECTLY IMPACTING ONE OF OUR HIGH NEED AREAS THAT WE JUST DECLARED, NOT NOT TOO RECENT, NOT TOO LONG AGO, WHICH IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          UH, SO IT, IT WOULD BE A SHAME IF WE DID NOT, UH, FUND THE COPS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES GRANT. 
          SO, UM, BUT I DO LIKE COUNCILMAN MEMBER IRAN'S SOLUTION THAT THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING TO IT FROM THE CITY SIDE HAS DONE SO THROUGH THE, UH, OFFSETS OF THE POLICE BUDGET, UM, WHERE I THINK THIS IS ALL GOING. 
          'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THESE TERMS DEFUND THE POLICE AND, AND NO ONE'S GOT A GREAT DEFINITION FOR IT, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME KINDS OF, UH, SAME KINDS OF THINGS, FINDING A BALANCE IN OUR BUDGET SO THAT WE CAN INVEST PROPERLY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          UM, MELISSA MENTIONED TAKING THIS, UH, AND DOING A DEEP DIVE IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          UH, OUR, THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EQUITY COMMITTEE IS ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE BOTH OF Y'ALL ON THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE TALK ABOUT PRIORITIES AS IT RELATES TO, UH, POLICING SERVICES AND WHAT ACTUALLY IS MORE SOCIAL SERVICES THAN, UM, POLICING AND IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS IN A LONG TERM BASIS. 
          AND WHERE, UH, WE, WHERE WE MIGHT MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS POTENTIALLY. 
          UM, ERIC AND I TALKED ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF, I'M NOT TOO WELL VERSED IN IT, BUT YOU HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE MATRIX. 
          CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE, UM, HOW WE ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES BASED ON IT? I, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CHIEF. 
          IT'S THE, UM, UH, THE, THE STAFFING MODEL BASED ON RESPONSE TIMES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND CALLS FOR TYPES OF CALLS IS SO, SO WHAT, WHAT WE STRIVE FOR MAYOR IS QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP, WELL, HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS DO YOU NEED? AND THE FORMULA IS OFFICERS SHOULD SPEND 60% OF THEIR TIME ON CALL AND 40% OF THEIR TIME OFF CALL. 
          SO WE, WE BALANCE THE, THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO PATROL BASED ON THAT FORMULA. 
          WE TRY TO EVENLY BALANCE THE WORKLOAD FROM SUBSTATION TO SUBSTATION, FROM FROM DISTRICT TO DISTRICT, SO THAT IT ALL BALANCES OUT TO WITHIN A FEW PERCENTAGE POINTS OF EACH OTHER. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO TAKE A, A, A LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF CALLS ARE WE RECEIVING AS WE THINK MORE DEEPLY ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE ALLOCATING OUR RESOURCES TO ANSWER THOSE CALLS. 
          UH, AND, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, BE THINKING OF AND COMING UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS LONG TERM, 5, 10, 20 YEAR TARGETS FOR THE LEVEL OF FUNDING, UH, THAT GOES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE C B A, UH, OVERALL, UH, BASED ON THE CITY BUDGET, WE'RE AT 66% RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, WHAT, WHAT DO WE, WHAT DO WE NEED THAT TO BE? WHAT DO WE WANT IT TO BE, 
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UH, IN THOSE FIVE, 10 YEAR INCREMENTS? UH, THIS IS A LONGER TERM ISSUE THAN I THINK ANYONE, UH, IS EXPECTING, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE REAL CHANGE, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I DO HAVE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANT TO CHIME BACK IN. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO DO THESE IN ONE ROUND SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE DAY. 
          SO PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE TIME. 
          WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          AND I DID HAVE SOME TIME LEFT OVER LAST TIME, SO I'M JUST, I'M JUST REUSING IT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT AND ON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN DISTRICT 10, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, THERE WAS A BIG CRY ABOUT THE HOMELESS SITUATION IN D 10, UM, AND HOW MUCH TIME IT WAS TAKING AWAY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          SO I ASKED FOR, UH, UH, A BUDGET TO HIRE A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST TO GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THAT CONTACT, TO GET, GET HELP TO THOSE FOLKS WHERE THEY NEEDED THAT HELP FROM, WELL, GUESS WHAT? IT DIDN'T REALLY SAVE ANY POLICE TIME, AND THAT WAS BECAUSE THE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST WOULD NOT GO OUT BY HERSELF INTO THESE HOMELESS CAMPS OR APPROACH A HOMELESS PERSON BECAUSE THERE'S SAFETY CONCERNS THERE. 
          AND SO I LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON THERE. 
          I DIDN'T REALLY RELIEVE ANY TIME. 
          I, I FOCUSED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE TO HELP, BUT IT REALLY DIDN'T TAKE ANY BURDEN OFF OF THE POLICE BECAUSE THEY STILL HAD TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY AND SECURITY TO THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS GOING OUT THERE. 
          SO I LEARNED A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON ON THAT, AND I THINK THAT'S THE SAME THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF, AND I, I DO SUPPORT THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GRANT, BUT I'M, I'M CONCERNED OF WHAT I'M HEARING ABOUT, WELL, LET'S DEFUND THE POLICE AND MOVE IT TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WE WOULD REALLY BE SAVING ANYTHING ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SIDE, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO GO ALONG. 
          AND JESSE MENTIONED THAT WHILE AGO, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO SEND A, A PLAIN CLOTHES CIVILIAN TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND, BEHIND THOSE DOORS. 
          AND, AND YOU DO NEED THAT POLICE SUPPORT. 
          SO, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WE WOULD GAIN ANYTHING BY MOVING THAT FUNCTION TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THINKING WE'RE SAVING MONEY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'D SAVE MONEY, WOULD ACTUALLY BE DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THAT POLICE SUPPORT TO HELP GO AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES. 
          SO, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HEARD MY STORY, WHAT I LEARNED UP IN DISTRICT 10, ABOUT TRYING TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO REDUCE THE LOAD OF THE POLICE. 
          AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. 
          AND, AND, UH, I THINK IT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO USE THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT REALLY SAVING ANY RESOURCES OR ADDITIONAL MONEY. 
          JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMEMBER PERRY, COUNCILMEMBER PAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'LL, I'LL POINT OUT TO EVERYBODY THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY, SWEAT AND TEARS TO GO UP TO, UH, DC EVERY YEAR AND ASK OUR DELEGATION IN DC TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND HELP US, YOU KNOW, PULL DOWN THIS FEDERAL MONEY, SPECIFICALLY THIS GRANT, UH, THIS COPS GRANT. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T TAKE THAT HELP FOR GRANTED. 
          UM, CHIEF OR MARIA, OR MAYBE EVEN ANDY SEGOVIA, UH, I WAS, WHILE PEOPLE WERE TALKING, I WAS REVIEWING THE COPS GRANT OWNERS MANUAL, UH, THAT'S LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND IT LISTS, IT SAYS THAT, UM, AND I'M QUOTING, AWARD FUNDS CANNOT BE USED TO REPLACE THAT. 
          UM, WHICH WOULD, OR THAT MONEY, WHICH WOULD, IN THE ABSENCE OF COPS GRANTS BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE AWARD PURPOSES. 
          UM, AND, AND SO MY, MY CONCERN HERE IS, IS THAT IF WE'RE USING EXISTING POLICE BUDGET MONEY TO MATCH, ARE WE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT? AND, AND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVEN'T LOOKED AT, UM, OR WEREN'T ANTICIPATING THIS QUESTION, BUT CAN SOMEONE ANSWER THAT? COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, THIS IS MARIA. 
          UM, THAT I KNOW THAT, THAT WE CANNOT SUPPLANT WITH THIS GRANT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO IF WE COULD REDUCE OTHER SERVICES WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REALLOCATE IT. 
          I WOULD HAVE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS I WAS LOOKING AT IT, UM, IT, IT GAVE VERY BROAD STROKE LIMITATIONS ON HOW YOU CAN USE THE MONEY AND HOW YOU CAN'T. 
          UM, AND IT SAYS THAT THE MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PERSONNEL, SALARIES, EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY, SUPPLIES AND TRAINING. 
          AND THEN THE LAST CATEGORY IS CONSULTANTS. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY 
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FOR US TO USE CONSULTANTS, UM, LIKE A DELEGATE AGENCY, UM, INSTEAD OF A POLICE OFFICER PROFESSIONAL TO LEND A HAND, AND, UH, HAVE Y'ALL LOOKED AT THAT? UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, LIEUTENANT SALMO WITH THAT ANSWER, BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, UH, BACK IN MARCH, WE SUBMITTED A BUDGET AND TOLD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOW WE WOULD USE THE DOLLARS AND, AND CONSULTANTS WAS NOT SOMETHING WITHIN, WITHIN OUR BUDGET THAT THEY APPROVED. 
          BUT, UH, IF LIEUTENANT CAN PROVIDE US WITH MORE INFORMATION YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          MARIA. 
          UM, THESE ARE FOR, THESE ARE FOR OFFICERS. 
          IT'S, IT'S COPS GRANT. 
          SO IT'S FOR COPS. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE OWNER'S MANUAL AGAIN. 
          AND, AND GUYS, THIS IS NOT A TRICK QUESTION. 
          I'M, I I REALLY AM NOT TRYING TO DO GOTCHA. 
          HERE. 
          I'M, I'M JUST, UH, FOLLOWING ALONG WHAT I'M READING AND IT SAYS THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY THE APPLICATION WHEN FACTS ON THE GROUNDS CHANGE. 
          AND SO, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY, IN, IN THESE AWARDS, THEY ANTICIPATE THAT SOMETIMES WE MAY NEED TO MAKE CHANGES. 
          AND SO, UH, I, I'M, I'M, UH, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN OPENING FOR US TO, UM, YOU KNOW, FIND SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THERE. 
          BUT, UM, I, I, I WILL POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE OWNER'S MANUAL SAYS THAT THE VERY SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT AN ALLOWABLE COST UNDER THE GRAND IS LIMITED TO THOSE LISTED IN A DOCUMENT CALLED THE FINANCIAL CLEARANCE MEMORANDUM. 
          UM, AND, UM, I, I, I'D, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IT. 
          UM, AND IT SAYS THAT IT'S, IT'S INCLUDED IN THE AWARD PACKET THAT WE GET. 
          AND SO HAS ANYBODY GOTTEN TO SEE THE, THE FINANCIAL CLEARANCE MEMO? AND IF YOU HAVE IT CAN, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH COUNSEL? UH, WE DON'T HAVE IT YET, SIR, UH, BUT WE, WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE IT UP. 
          CHIEF, SOMETHING JUMPED OUT AT ME. 
          DID YOU, DID YOU SAY THEY GET 50 ROUNDS OF AMMO PER YEAR? YES. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S 50, RIGHT? ONE A HUNDRED. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          A HUNDRED. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UH, THE GUN THAT'S ON THE HIP OF MOST OF THE OFFICERS IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW IS AN M M P 40 OR AN M M P NINE MILLIMETER 40. 
          SO THAT'S 15 ROUNDS IN THE CLIP AND ONE IN THE PIPE. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE, IF IT'S A HUNDRED ROUNDS, THAT'S WHAT, SIX ROUNDS? I'M SORRY? SIX CLIPS WITH A HANDFUL OF AMMO, UH, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL, UH, ROUNDS PER YEAR. 
          I, I, I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS BECAUSE THAT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF ROUNDS TO PRACTICE ON. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THAT MUSCLE MEMORY. 
          'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT, RIGHT? IN, IN THE VERY, VERY RARE INSTANCE WHEN SOMEBODY HAS TO UN HOLSTER A WEAPON, I WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT STRAIGHT, SHOOT TRUE. 
          AND SO IT CHIEF IS A HUNDRED ENOUGH OR IS THAT JUST WHAT WE CAN AFFORD? UH, I, I CAN HELP WITH THAT COUNSEL MEMBER. 
          UM, THAT, UH, A HUNDRED ROUNDS IS IN THE C B A FOR PRACTICE OUTSIDE OF DEPARTMENTAL SCHEDULED PRACTICE. 
          SO IT'S ISSUED TO THE OFFICER SO THEY CAN PRACTICE ON THEIR OWN DURING THE YEAR. 
          UM, THE PRACTICE THAT WE DO AT IN-SERVICE OR OTHER DEPARTMENTAL SCHEDULED PRACTICES PROVIDED BY THAT LINE ITEM, UM, IN THE BUDGET. 
          AND SO HOW MANY TIMES DUTY AMMO IS, UH, ALSO ISSUED FROM THAT LINE ITEM? SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRACTICE AMMO AND DUTY AMMO. 
          IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF AMMUNITION. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          AND I'M, AND I'M, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT AMMO, UH, FOR PRACTICE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT DISTINCTION. 
          SO WHEN THEY'RE IN, IN-SERVICE, HOW MANY ROUNDS OF AMMO DO THEY GET THERE? UH, TYPICALLY WE'VE DONE AS MANY AS THREE OR FOUR PASSES AT 50 ROUNDS EACH. 
          SO SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ANOTHER 102 HUNDRED ROUNDS OF PRACTICE DEPENDS ON THE COURSE OF FIRE FOR EACH YEAR. 
          WE KIND OF AUGMENT THAT. 
          SOME, SOME HAS MORE MOVING AND, AND TACTICAL TYPE TRAINING INVOLVED IN A LITTLE LESS SHOOTING AND VICE VERSA. 
          IS IT FAIR TO SAY, I'M JUST DOING ROUGH MATH HERE, THEN? MINIMUM TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS IS 12 CLIPS A YEAR. 
          13 CLIPS A YEAR. 
          LET'S, UH, LET'S TAKE THIS OFFLINE INTO A MEMO ON TRAINING AND, AND EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING. 
          WE GOT, WE, WE DO HAVE TO MOVE ON 'CAUSE WE GOT SEVERAL. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK, WHAT HAS BEEN THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS WE'VE SEEN SINCE 2014, THE LAST TIME WE GOT INTO POLICE NEGOTIATIONS ON A CONTRACT? AND IS THERE A MINIMUM OR A MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE FORCE THAT'S WRITTEN INTO OUR S A P O A AGREEMENT? I, I CAN ANSWER. 
          THE LAST QUESTION IS NO, THERE'S NO MINIMUM OR MAXIMUM NUMBER, UH, STIPULATED 
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BY THE C P A, THE C B A AND THAT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF RETIREMENTS, I THINK, DO, DO YOU HAVE THAT MARY? I I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER COUNCIL, MA'AM, BUT WE CAN GET THAT ON THE BREAK. 
          IS IT MORE THAN 50 A YEAR? UH, SOME YEARS HAS BEEN MORE THAN 50. 
          YES. 
          AND SOME YEARS LESS THAN 50 IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX. 
          I, I DON'T RECALL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF RICK, I BELIEVE MOST HAVE BEEN IN, IN THAT TIMEFRAME. 
          I BELIEVE IT'S ALL BEEN OVER 50 WITH 20 15, 16 BEING THE LARGEST. 
          UH, UH, YEAH, I LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. 
          'CAUSE WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE POLICE FORCE AND COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO I THINK THAT'D BE USEFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, ONE QUICK QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON MILITARIZED COMPONENTS, UM, FOR THE POLICE? I, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. 
          WHAT WAS IT? MILITARIZED COMPONENTS. 
          HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON MILITARIZED COMPONENTS FOR THE POLICE COUNSEL? I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WITH MILITARIZED COMPONENTS. 
          UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. 
          SO RIOT GEAR SUCH AS THE, THE, UH, RUBBER BULLETS, WOODEN BULLETS, UM, THE SHIELDS, THE TANKS. 
          HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON THOSE, THOSE, UH, PARTS OF THE COUNCIL POLICE DEPARTMENT? WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. 
          I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I, I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE RETIREMENT NUMBERS. 
          SO, UM, WHAT I WOULD, UM, POSE OUT THERE FOR US TO CONSIDER IN, IN DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET IS THAT LIKE WE'RE HAVING, UH, A HIRING FREEZE EVERYWHERE ELSE IS SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT WE CONSIDER HOLDING THOSE POSITIONS. 
          UM, CHIEF YOU'VE TOLD US 50, YOU'RE OVERSTAFFED BY 50 OFFICERS. 
          SO IF WE HAVE MORE THAN, UH, 50 PEOPLE RETIRE, I GUESS I, I DON'T, UM, I'D JUST LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER THAT AS A, AS A BUDGETARY, UH, MOVE. 
          I THINK THAT COULD SAVE US SOME, SOME FUNDING AND UH, I THINK THOUGH WE ARE, IF WE ACCEPT THE FUNDING FOR THE CA FOR THE COPS GRANT, WE'RE COMMITTED TO THOSE 25 NEW OFFICERS. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IF YOU WERE, IF MORE RETIRED, THEN WE COULD STILL POSSIBLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS AND THAT, SO, SO THE VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT YOU MADE EARLIER WAS THAT WHILE THE C B A DICTATES HOW MUCH WE PAY EACH OFFICER AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $150,000 PER OFFICER, IT DOESN'T DICTATE HOW MANY WE NEED TO HAVE. 
          THAT DEPENDS ON OUR AIMS AS A COMMUNITY. 
          OKAY. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE AUTHORIZED COUNTY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          LEMME JUST WRAP UP 'CAUSE THAT THAT IS A GOOD POINT. 
          AND, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT, IT STILL IS GONNA COME BACK TO, UM, OUR GOAL SETTING FOR THE C B A AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOTTA MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY AND, AND BE NIMBLE DURING A PANDEMIC. 
          UH, WE'VE DONE YEOMAN'S WORK IN THE GENERAL FUND WITH REGARD TO EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE'S HIRING FREEZES. 
          THERE'S, UM, EVEN SOME PAY REDUCTIONS, BUT WE ARE BOUND TO THAT C B A AND, AND IN THAT C B A THIS YEAR IS A 5% INCREASE IN SALARIES. 
          AND THAT'S, WE'VE GOT A BUDGET FOR THAT. 
          THERE'S JUST NO WAY AROUND. 
          IT SHOULD BE LESS OF A FUNCTION OF THAT THAN IT IS WHAT IS OUR, WHAT IS OUR FORCE. 
          AND UNFORTUNATELY THE TWO ARE PLAYING OFF EACH OTHER. 
          I, I WILL SAY THAT EVERYONE AROUND THE TABLE SEEMS TO AGREE THAT, UM, 9 1 1 CAN'T BE THE, THE LOAN SOLUTION FOR EVERY COMMUNITY WE ISSUE WE FACE. 
          THAT SEEMS SIMPLE ENOUGH TO STATE, BUT WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A LONG-TERM PROCESS. 
          SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THE ENGAGED DISCUSSION. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTA REMAIN OPEN-MINDED. 
          WE'VE GOTTA REMAIN FOCUSED SO THAT THIS IS A LONG-TERM STRATEGY IF WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHIEF. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK Y'ALL TOO, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, SO WE, OUR, OUR PLAN WAS TO HAVE KIND OF A WORKING LUNCH. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, SO, UH, THE, WE HAVE, UM, SOME BOX LUNCHES, UH, THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE. 
          SO, UM, I THINK PROBABLY EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK. 
          SO, MAYOR, DO YOU WANT TO, UM, WE SKIPPED OVER OUR BREAK ALREADY. 
          DO YOU WANNA RECONVENE AT, UM, LET'S, YEAH. 
          DO, UM, 15 BREAK? YEAH. 
          GRAB A LUNCH AND COME BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          SO LET'S, UM, LET'S, UH, GO AHEAD AND TAKE A BRIEF BREAK, GRAB LUNCH AND LET'S RECONVENE BACK HERE AT, UM, 1240. 
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THAT WORK. 
          ALRIGHT, LOOKS LIKE WE SLIGHTLY OVERSHOT OUR TIME TO GET BACK BY ABOUT 25 MINUTES. 
          SORRY, PEOPLE ON THE PHONE HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, AS EVERYBODY GETS BACK ON THE, ON THE LINE HERE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP OUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS TIGHT, UH, SO WE CAN GET THROUGH. 
          'CAUSE WE GOT THREE BIG SECTIONS TO GET THROUGH, UH, AFTER THIS ONE. 
          AND, AND THIS ONE'S IMPORTANT. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO TURN, TURN IT OVER TO ERIC AND GET OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DISCUSSION STARTED. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          SO, UH, COLLEEN IS GONNA UPDATE US ON, ON TWO, WE'LL JUST DO 'EM BACK TO BACK. 
          IT'S JUST AN, AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          UH, ALL OF THE COUNCIL COMMITTEES HAVE REALLY POWERED THROUGH, UH, ALL THE ISSUES, UH, THIS MONTH AND WE ARE ON TRACK TO BEGIN THAT, UH, ON OUR TIMELINE. 
          AND THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, COLLEEN WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES FROM THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          YOU ALWAYS LIKE TO BE THE ONE THAT GOES AFTER LUNCH. 
          UM, I'M GONNA GO PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS PIECE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, BOTH AT FULL COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. 
          UM, SO WE'LL JUST DIVE IN. 
          UM, JUST A REMINDER, THERE ARE FOUR PILLARS. 
          UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING SECURITY, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, AND DIGITAL INCLUSION. 
          SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE PILLARS AND GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE. 
          UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, REMEMBER THERE'S $75 MILLION IN THAT PILLAR. 
          THE MAJORITY OF IT 65 MILLION IS GOING TO THE WORKFORCE TRAINING AND SUPPORT SERVICES. 
          UM, UH, 43 AND A HALF MILLION OF IT IS, UM, IN THE $450 A WEEK STIPEND FOR INDIVIDUALS WHILE THEY ARE PURSUING ADDITIONAL EDUCATION. 
          UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTICE A JULY, 2020 FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE STRATEGIES. 
          UM, UH, THE SLIDES WILL INDICATE TO YOU WHETHER IT IS GOING INTO EFFECT IN JULY OR AUGUST SO THAT YOU GET A SENSE OF THE TIMEFRAME. 
          ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FOR TEMPORARY CHILDCARE SUPPORT UP TO THREE MONTHS FOR APPROXIMATELY 4,000 CHILDREN. 
          UM, THE NEXT PILLAR IS, UH, HOUSING SECURITY. 
          UH, AGAIN, THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR THAT PILLAR IS $50 MILLION. 
          UM, THIS ONE HAS THE, UH, WINS THE AWARD FOR THE MOST STRATEGIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE VARIOUS STRATEGIES. 
          THE ONLY STRATEGY ON THIS LIST THAT IS NOT ROLLING OUT IN JULY IS THE, UM, LOW COST FINANCIAL PRODUCTS. 
          THAT'S BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK WITH, UM, PARTNERS IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT REALLY GETTING OUT INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A HIGH EQUITY SCORE TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIVIDUALS KNOW ABOUT SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. 
          UM, COORDINATING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THIS JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO WE MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO'S BEING SERVED BY ANYBODY, UM, KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAS ACCESS TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE, UH, CASH PAYMENTS THROUGH THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE, UM, UP TOGETHER INVESTMENT. 
          SO, UH, THAT'S HALF OF THEM. 
          THE OTHER HALF, UM, THE BULK OF THE FUNDING IN THIS PILLAR IS OF COURSE, FOR THE FAIR HOUSING COUNSELING AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER. 
          UM, UH, AROUND 25 MILLION OF THAT IS GOING INTO THE, UM, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE PAY, UH, RENT. 
          THIS ALSO HAS, UM, ABOUT $3 MILLION, UM, TO EXPAND OUR FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECOGNIZING THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, OCCURS WHEN STRESS IS HIGH, AND THIS IS VERY DEFINITELY A STRESSFUL SITUATION. 
          ALSO, UM, OVER $9 MILLION TO HELP DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUE. 
          UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. 
          WE, WE, WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ENCAMPMENTS. 
          WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SHELTERS NOT TAKING MORE PEOPLE, UM, AND NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE. 
          SO THIS GIVES US ADDITIONAL SPACE TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, WITH A REALLY REAL STRONG FOCUS ON, UM, RAPID REHOUSING. 
          AND THEN, UH, VIRTUAL AS WELL AS PLACE-BASED FINANCIAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY HUBS FOR RESIDENTS. 
          AGAIN, CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO, UM, SURVIVE THROUGH THE RECESSION AND COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE STRONGER AND MORE RESILIENT. 
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NEXT PILLAR, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, $38 MILLION. 
          UM, ON THE JOB TRAINING SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          THAT'S THE SAME $450 A WEEK STIPEND. 
          UM, FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO PREFER EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, RATHER THAN GOING TO CLASS, THEY CAN LEARN A NEW TRADE OR A NEW SKILL THROUGH ON THE JOB TRAINING AND STILL GET THAT $450 A WEEK STIPEND. 
          THE BUSINESS, UM, DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. 
          SO THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE, UM, BUSINESS AS WELL. 
          THE EXPECTATION IS ONCE THE INDIVIDUAL IS TRAINED, THAT THAT BUSINESS WOULD HIRE THEM INTO, UM, A, A WELL-PAYING JOB. 
          UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER, UM, VIRTUAL AND PLACE-BASED HUB. 
          THIS ONE FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE BIGGEST BULK OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS ONE IS THE 27 MILLION FOR THE MICRO BUSINESS GRANT SUPPORT. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE ROLL OUT IN, IN JULY, CONTINUING WITH SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, UH, AGAIN, WITH THE, UH, DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT, GOING TO MICRO BUSINESSES TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM TO HELP THEM WEATHER THIS RECESSION AND, UM, COME OUT STRONGER. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE P P E EVENT, THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 
          THAT'S OUR, OUR ONE MAY OF 2020, UM, ITEM THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE MUCH DISCUSSED ARTS GRANT SUPPORT PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING $2.6 MILLION, UM, IN ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL AND NONPROFIT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UM, ONE, UH, BREAKING NEWS ITEM THERE IS THAT, UM, THE CITY MANAGER DID APPROVE BRINGING BACK TWO ADDITIONAL ARTS EMPLOYEES TO ADMINISTER THE, THE ARTS PRO GRANT PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO THAT WILL, I THINK, UM, BE AN EFFICIENT WAY TO ADMINISTER AND DISPERSE THOSE GRANT FUNDS. 
          THE FINAL PILLAR IS DIGITAL INCLUSION COMING IN AT ABOUT $27 MILLION. 
          UM, VAST MAJORITY OF THAT IS THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, SERVICES AND FIBERS AND NETWORKS AND ALL IT TERMS THAT I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH, TO, UM, PROVIDE ACCESS TO STUDENTS, UM, THAT CAN, UM, GET A LOGIN ID AND HAVE ACCESS TO FREE INTERNET SERVICES FROM THEIR HOME. 
          UM, AND THEN ANOTHER PART OF THE DIGITAL INCLUSION IS DOING, UM, MORE AND MORE COMMUNICATING TO THE COMMUNITY ON RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE DURING THE PANDEMIC RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP THEM RECOVER FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS DASHBOARDS TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. 
          AND HERE'S WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT, UM, AS IT'S PROGRESSING. 
          THIS SLIDE JUST SUMMARIZES ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND WHEN THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT ONE THAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED IN MAY. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ROLLING OUT IN JULY. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE FOUR, UM, THAT ARE GONNA TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. 
          BOTH OF THE, UM, THE, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION ITEMS JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO ROLL OUT. 
          UM, AND, BUT THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, UM, NO LATER THAN AUGUST. 
          SO JUST TO SHOW YOU, WE ARE ON TRACK. 
          WE ARE IMPLEMENTING QUICKLY. 
          WE REALLY APPRECIATE ESPECIALLY COMMITTEE CHAIRS WHO WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN MULTIPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND, UM, SOME REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION AROUND EACH OF THESE, THESE STRATEGIES. 
          SO NEXT STEPS, UH, WE'RE DEVELOPING A MONTHLY REPORTING DASHBOARD. 
          SO IN ADDITION TO REPORTING ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION FOR EACH OF THE STRATEGIES, WE WILL ALSO REPORT OUT TO YOU ABOUT THE, UM, THE DELIVERABLES, THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES. 
          SO IN ONE PLACE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, DID WE DO WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO? DID WE ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES WE SAID WE WOULD ACHIEVE? AND HOW ARE WE DOING WITH SPENDING THE MONEY? UM, WE'RE ALSO DEVELOPING A, UH, CO-BRANDING STRATEGY ACROSS THE PILLARS SO THAT WE CAN MARKET, UM, A RECOVER AND RESILIENCY PLAN, UM, HOLISTICALLY, BUT ALSO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE FOUR DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT PILLARS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, AS YOU SAW IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, A LOT OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE JUST SCALING THEM UP, PROVIDING THEM TO A BIGGER POPULATION. 
          UM, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE NEW. 
          AND SO, 
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YOU KNOW, SCALING SOMETHING UP REQUIRES A DIFFERENT SET OF IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES VERSUS IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING NEW. 
          AND, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY IMPLEMENTING THE SOMETHING NEW WITH THE FAILING FAST MENTALITY. 
          WE'RE GONNA TRY IT. 
          IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND FIGURE IT OUT AND FIX IT AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA LET SOMETHING LANGUISH AND NOT BE EFFECTIVE. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS PROMISED, NEXT, UM, I GUESS WE'RE STILL, IT IS STARTING IN, IN AUGUST. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH MONTHLY REPORTS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE FINANCIALLY HOW WE'RE DOING AND, UM, HOW THAT MONEY IS BEING SPENT. 
          SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, TRANSITION QUICKLY. 
          I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I HAVE NOTES UP HERE. 
          I'M JUST GONNA PUT MY NOTES DOWN. 
          UM, NEXT, WE'RE GONNA TRANSITION QUICKLY TO THE, UM, OTHER PIECE, WHICH IS A FOCUS ON THE TWO PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, PRIORITIES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S, UM, STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          SO, UH, FIRST ONE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES OR ACES AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. 
          UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, FEELING A LITTLE RUSTY TALKING ABOUT ACES UP HERE, BUT I LOVE IT. 
          SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THERE. 
          UM, SO YOU'VE ALL HEARD THE, THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT I GIVE ABOUT WHY WE CARE ABOUT ACES, WHY ACES ARE, UM, SOMETHING THAT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT IN IMPROVING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH, THE PLACE YOU START IS IN PREVENTING AND MITIGATING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. 
          AND THERE IS A TON OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS A CONNECTION BETWEEN CHILDHOOD TRAUMA AND POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES, UH, LATER IN LIFE. 
          SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT, UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON A REGULAR BASIS, POVERTY, VIOLENCE, MENTAL ILLNESS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, DRUG ADDICTION, UH, THOSE CAUSE TRAUMA IN A CHILD'S LIFE. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALSO, UM, EXHIBITED AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA. 
          AND SO IT'S THE CYCLE. 
          AND IF WE WANT TO STOP THAT CYCLE, WE NEED TO INTERVENE WITH OUR KIDS AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO PROGRESS TO DATE. 
          SO FOR THE, THE TWO THINGS THAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT, THE ACES IN TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE IS ONE. 
          UM, AND THEN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS THE OTHER. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH PROGRESS TO DATE, UM, AND THEN WHAT WE EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EXPECTED OUTCOMES AND THE BUDGET. 
          SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, UM, THIS BEAUTIFUL GRAPHIC, UH, REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK AND IS PRETTY, UM, PRETTY EXCITING BECAUSE WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS THAT, UM, AT THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU APPROVED MONEY TO ESTABLISH THE INSTITUTE FOR TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. 
          UM, AT THE SAME TIME, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES WAS APPROVING FUNDING TO ESTABLISH A CERTIFYING ENTITY, UM, WHICH THROUGH AN R F P PROCESS WAS SELECTED. 
          UM, THE ECUMENICAL CENTER WAS SELECTED TO BE THAT CERTIFYING ENTITY. 
          WE WENT THROUGH A, UM, A RAPID STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER, THIS IS WHAT OUR STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE NOW. 
          UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT THE CONSORTIUM, WHICH IS WHAT STARTED ALL OF THIS IN THE BEGINNING. 
          YOU'VE GOT THE INSTITUTE, YOU'VE GOT THE, THE CERTIFYING ENTITY, THE ECUMENICAL CENTER, AND HOW WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE A SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES AND EDUCATES PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING TRAUMA INFORMED. 
          UM, A AN EDUCATION COMPONENT THROUGH THE INSTITUTE THAT WILL HELP ORGANIZATIONS, UM, LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BE TRAUMA INFORMED AND RECEIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING FOR CERTIFICATION. 
          AND THEN THIRDLY, AN AN OR ORGANIZATION THAT DOES THAT CERTIFYING PROCESS. 
          SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN THIS TIME LAST YEAR, THIS DID NOT EXIST. 
          NOW IT EXISTS. 
          IT HAS A STRATEGIC PLAN, IT IS FUNCTIONING. 
          WE HAVE A GOVERNANCE COUNCIL THAT'S OVERSEEING THAT WORK. 
          UM, AND IT'S CONTINUED TO FUNCTION EVEN DURING C OVID 19. 
          NEXT STEPS FOR THAT, UM, WE WILL BEGIN PROVIDING ONLINE AND IN-PERSON TRAINING PROGRAMS, UM, AS DELIVERED BY THE INSTITUTE TO AT LEAST 100 ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. 
          BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30TH OF NEXT YEAR, UM, THREE TO FIVE ORGANIZATIONS WILL COMPLETE THE, UM, 
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LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATION PILOT. 
          SO, ECUMENICAL CENTER WAS SELECTED, FUNDED, AND HAS SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS DEVELOPING THE CERTIFICATION STANDARDS FOR LEVEL ONE. 
          UM, THEY PRESENTED THAT ACTUALLY LAST WEEK. 
          SO THAT'S OFFICIALLY DONE. 
          NOW. 
          THEY'LL GO THROUGH A PILOT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT SEEMS GOOD ON PAPER ACTUALLY WORKS FOR ORGANIZATIONS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. 
          UM, IF THAT WORKS WELL, THEN WE'LL EXPAND IT FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS OFFERED AT NO COST BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL, METHODIST HEALTHCARE MINISTRIES AND THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THEN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE'LL DEVELOP THOSE LEVEL TWO STANDARDS. 
          SO THE, THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT THERE WILL BE, UM, THREE LEVELS OF CERTIFICATION STANDARDS, UM, EACH GETTING MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE, UM, SPECIALIZED TO THE ORGANIZATION. 
          SO, MOVING ON TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ALREADY. 
          UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA, UH, REPEAT SOME OF THE STATISTICS THAT I HEARD LIEUTENANT SALAME MENTION. 
          UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, BOTH AS GENERAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          UM, I WAS SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR STANDUP ESSAY MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES THIS MORNING. 
          UM, THAT IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, TAKES FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND, UM, HAS THEM WORK IN THEIR HOME COMMUNITIES TO, UM, PREVENT VIOLENCE, PREVENT RETALIATORY ACTIONS WHEN, UH, VIOLENCE STARTS. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE GOT ABOUT A DOZEN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING WITH THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          UM, I GUESS THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT ON THIS SLIDE IS THE FACT THAT, UM, WITH A, LIKE, WITH A LOT OF HEALTH OUTCOMES, WE SEE, UM, DISPARITIES IN OUTCOMES AMONG, UM, MINORITIES. 
          AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS IN ON AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ADVERSELY AFFECTING, UM, OUR, OUR MINORITY POPULATIONS. 
          UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE KNOW IS THAT PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE VIOLENCE ARE AT AN INCREASED RISK FOR FUTURE VIOLENCE, EITHER AS A VICTIM OR AS A PERPETRATOR. 
          UH, HOPEFULLY YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS. 
          UH, LOVE IS AMEZ, UM, LOGO. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          MANY OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE VIDEOS AND, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, SO THIS IS OUR PROGRESS TO DATE SPECIFIC TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          AGAIN, LIEUTENANT SALAME MENTIONED THAT, UM, THEY HAVE A VERY COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND ALL OF OUR OBJECTIVES ARE ON POINT FOR BEING DELIVERED, UM, BY THE DATE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE PLAN. 
          UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE HOSPITAL FROM OTHER FUNDERS IN ORDER TO EXPAND. 
          UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU SAW FROM THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN EXPAND OUR FUNDING FOR IT. 
          UM, RELATED TO THAT IS SOME TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE CALLED TOO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE CONFLICTS AT A YOUNG AGE SO THAT THEY THEN CAN TAKE THOSE SKILLS WITH THEM INTO ADULTHOOD AND AVOID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LATER. 
          UM, TRIPLE P OR POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE, UM, EARLY ON POPULATION-BASED INTERVENTIONS THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TO DECREASE CHILD ABUSE AND, UM, NEGLECT IN THE HOME. 
          AND THEN I MENTIONED STANDUP SA. 
          THEY'VE, THEY'VE ENROLLED 148 PARTICIPANTS SO FAR THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH EXCEEDED THAT, WHAT THEIR GOAL WAS. 
          SO NEXT STEPS FOR OUR VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS TO, UM, PIVOT WITH C OVID 19 AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT IS WE CAN PROVIDE SOME OF THESE SERVICES VIRTUALLY AND, UM, AND STILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. 
          ALSO FOCUS ON PLACE-BASED MESSAGING, UM, FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          THE FOCUS FOR THAT RIGHT NOW IS, UM, IN HOSPITALS. 
          A LOT OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF WE CAN GET TO A GUNSHOT VICTIM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE HOSPITAL, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON PREVENTING THE RETALIATORY ACTION THAT FOLLOWS ONCE THEY'RE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. 
          UM, WE'RE EXPANDING OUR TRIPLE P PROGRAMMING WITH PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE AREA FOUNDATION HAS CONTRIBUTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THIS. 
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THE UNITED WAY HAS CONTRIBUTED ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY NICE SYNERGY GOING ON AROUND TRIPLE P. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON INCREASING OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTING VIOLENCE, UM, GETTING TO PEOPLE TO HELP BREAK THAT CYCLE. 
          SO, HIGH LEVEL EXPECTED OUTCOMES. 
          UM, WE WILL BE THE FIRST COMMUNITY IN THE NATION THAT HAS A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMS LEVEL TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE CERTIFICATION PROCESS. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE, WE ARE FIELDING PHONE CALLS REGULARLY FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO WANNA KNOW HOW WE ARE DOING IT, HOW WE'VE DONE WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE'RE SHARING THAT INFORMATION, BUT I STILL THINK WE'RE GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE. 
          UM, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVER 2000 PARENTS AND 30 DIFFERENT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH US ON TRIPLE P, UM, FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH TWO DIFFERENT HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ON THAT PLACE-BASED VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION. 
          AND THEN, UM, WE WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEARCHED THROUGH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFERRAL LINE THAT WAS FUNDED BY UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM. 
          JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE BUDGET. 
          UM, SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THAT FOR ACES AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, OUR TOTAL BUDGET IS, UM, ABOUT $767,000. 
          UM, I'M SO USED TO DOING THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY AND EVERYTHING IS MILLION. 
          I HAD TO PAUSE HERE FOR A SECOND. 
          UM, WE DID GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CARES ACT, UM, FOR THE HEALTHY TEEN RELATIONSHIPS. 
          SO THAT'S REFLECTED. 
          AND THEN FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR FUNDING, UM, AMOUNTS ARE FOR EACH OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. UM, THEN FOR THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION, YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, FUNDING THIS YEAR OF, OF A MILLION DOLLARS, $3.3 MILLION FROM THE CARESS ACT. 
          AND THEN NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND JUST A REMINDER, THE CARES ACT FUNDING GOES THROUGH, UM, TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          UH, SO WE JUST PUT IT IN ITS OWN COLUMN SO THAT IT DIDN'T GET TOO CONFUSING. 
          AND THAT FINISHES MY PRESENTATIONS. 
          I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          UM, JUST, JUST ONE THING AND, AND, AND, UH, COLLEEN MENTIONED IT TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THE LAST PART OF THAT, THE ACES PROGRAM, UH, UH, HAS BEEN A REAL, REAL SOLID, GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH U H S, UH, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF WORK, BUT IN TERMS OF THEIR COMMITMENT, UH, IN DOLLARS. 
          AND, UM, AND THAT IS CONTINUING GOING FORWARD. 
          AND I, I REALLY WANT TO, UH, THANK, UH, COLLEEN AND THE METRO HEALTH AND TEAM, BUT ALSO GEORGE HERNANDEZ AND U H S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A REAL COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO, TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          E THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          UM, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THIS, UH, DOC. 
          AND HAD WE NOT BEEN IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT MORE FOCUS ON THIS. 
          IT IS EXTRAORDINARY. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA GO SIX THROUGH 10, ONE THROUGH FIVE THIS TIME. 
          SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER, I, I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STANDUP PROGRAM. 
          UM, SO MAYBE SOME OF THIS WE CAN TAKE OFFLINE, BUT HOW MANY ARE THEY CITY EMPLOYEES? THEY ARE, HOW MANY, UH, EMPLOYEES ARE WITH THIS? A DOZEN. 
          A DOZEN. 
          AND UM, DO YOU HAVE DATA ON THIS? LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S WORKING, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO STOP, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UM, RETALIATION IN, IN CERTAIN VIOLENT SITUATIONS, AND, UM, DO THEY DEAL WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS WELL? THEY DO NOT DEAL WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          THEY DEAL WITH STREET VIOLENCE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, PRIMARILY AMONG YOUTH, PRIMARILY AMONG GANGS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING THAT PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION. 
          AND EVERY YEAR SHOW WE HAD, WE HAD AN INTERESTING START TO THE PROGRAM WHERE WE HAD IT FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE HAD TO STOP, AND THEN WE HAD IT FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE HAD TO STOP. 
          AND EVERY TIME WE STOPPED, WE SAW THE VIOLENCE INCREASE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          WHY WERE YOU HAVING TO STOP? WAS IT BUDGETARY FUNDING ISSUES? OKAY. 
          AND AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, THIS PROGRAM, UM, STARTED 2015, SO IT WAS BEFORE I GOT HERE. 
          UM, IT WAS ONLY TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE FOUND A STABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT. 
          UM, AND SO NOW IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE. 
          AND IT'S IN, IN YOUR OPINION, IT IS WORKING TO STOP VIOLENCE? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND IT'S ALSO WORKING TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I RECALL LIEUTENANT SALME MENTIONING THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM WAS WORKING WITH, WITH STANDUP. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO EXPAND 
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THAT FURTHER AND SEE HOW I CAN JUST LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          SURE, SURE. 
          UM, CHANGE GEARS A LITTLE BIT. 
          THE, THE DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT, UM, FOR, FOR MICRO BUSINESSES. 
          UM, HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY WHICH AREAS TO, TO KNOCK ON DOORS? WE'RE USING THE, UM, THE EQUITY ATLAS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TARGET THOSE MICRO BUSINESSES IN, UM, AREAS THAT HAVE THE HIGH EQUITY SCORES. 
          AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE HIGHER THE EQUITY SCORE, UM, THE, THE GREATER THE PERCENTAGE OF, UM, PEOPLE OF COLOR, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH LOW EDUCATION ATTAINMENT. 
          AND ARE YOU KNOCKING ON THEIR BUSINESS DOORS? LITERALLY KNOCKING ON BUSINESS DOORS? AND I THINK IT'S AT LEAST THREE TIMES WE'LL BE KNOCKING ON BUSINESS DOORS. 
          I'M CURIOUS, DO YOU LEAVE A CARD OR SOMETHING? 'CAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE AT THEIR BUSINESSES ALL THE TIME RIGHT NOW WITH LIMITED HOURS AND YES. 
          AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS. 
          AND CARLA STEP UP HERE, AND CORRECT ME IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS THAT SERVE THOSE, UM, HIGH EQUITY SCORE AREAS TO INTERACT WITH THOSE MICRO BUSINESSES ON OUR BEHALF. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT. 
          YES, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, GOD RES, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO UTILIZING STREET TEAMS TO GO OUT DOOR TO DOOR. 
          UH, THERE'S A WHOLE MARKETING PROGRAM ON HOW WE'RE GONNA OUTREACH TO THEM. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE USING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CHURCHES AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. 
          WE'RE ALSO GONNA PARTNER WITH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOLKS THAT ARE OUT KNOCKING ON DOORS AS WELL. 
          SO IF THEY COME ACROSS BUSINESSES TO LET 'EM KNOW ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. DO YOU LEAVE MATERIALS THOUGH, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE, OR, YES, WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE DEVELOPING POST POSTCARDS, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WE DROPPED AT PLACES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THAT'S ALL. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANKS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARVARD, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET, UM, A LIST OF ALL THE PROGRAMS AND WHO WE CAN, UH, REFER OUR CONSTITUENTS TO FOR EACH OF THEM? UH, PARTICULARLY, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSING OR, OR EVEN THE SMALL BUSINESS AND GRANTS. 
          SO IF, UH, WE COULD GET THAT PROVIDED AND THEN I DIDN'T SEE RIGHT. 
          TO COUNSEL UNDER THE, UH, HOUSING INITIATIVES. 
          IS THAT FUNDED SEPARATELY? NO, IT'S THERE. 
          OH. 
          IT JUST WASN'T LISTED OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S THERE. 
          AND, AND IF I COULD POINT OUT, I DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR TIME UP, BUT I, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, YOU WILL GET A, UH, DOCUMENT THAT HAS ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANKS. 
          AND THEN, UH, LASTLY ON THE PILLARS, I, YOU DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT TRANSFERRING ANY MONEY FROM THOSE PILLARS TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE, UH, GIVEN THE SPIKE IN CASES THAT WE'VE HAD. 
          COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT, ERIC? YEAH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          SO I MEAN, THAT, THAT GOES TO THE POINT THAT I THINK COLLEEN MADE IN TERMS OF THE MONTHLY REPORTS, UM, THAT, AS YOU RECALL, THERE WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY SET ASIDE FOR FIRE AND PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, IN TERMS OF TESTING AND CONTACT TRACING AND SO FORTH. 
          THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, WILL GUIDE US NOW IF, IF, IF THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THEN I'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY IN AN EMERGENCY SETTING, OR WE'LL HAVE AN EMERGENCY MEETING TO START MOVING MONEY. 
          UH, BUT THE, THE, MY BAROMETER, WE'RE GONNA BE THOSE MONTHLY REPORTS, UH, AS WELL AS WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS, FRANKLY, UH, ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE PANDEMIC SIDE. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          I KNOW I SENT YOU, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, A LIST OF, UH, SUGGESTIONS. 
          UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANY OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. 
          ERIC, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN REGARDING THE HEALTH BUDGET, UM, GREAT WORK, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UH, IN TERMS OF THE ACES, UH, CERTIFYING ENTITY AND COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, I THINK, UH, I THINK THIS IS YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, SO I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU'VE DONE THAT AND COMPLETED THAT WORK HERE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT WORK. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          BUT I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. 
          UM, WHAT, WHAT'S THE BUDGET FOR STANDUP SAN ANTONIO, OR SA MORE OR LESS, I WANNA SAY IT'S MAYBE THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND, UH, I, I MET WITH, UH, SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES AFTER OUR FIRST, UH, MY FIRST BUDGET RETREAT A FEW YEARS AGO. 
          UH, WHEN I, WHEN I WAS ASKING ABOUT UPSTREAM INTERVENTIONS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND POLICE OUT THERE? SO THEY CAME AND THEY TOLD ME ALL ABOUT THEIR PROGRAM. 
          IT WAS TREMENDOUSLY IMPRESSED. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO POSE FOR, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER AS WE CONTINUE THE BUDGETING PROCESS IS THAT AS WE ACHIEVE 
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SAVINGS IN PERSONNEL FROM, UM, THE RETIREMENT OF ANY POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE CONSIDER DIRECTING SOME OF THAT TO THE, UH, STANDUP SA UH, PROGRAM. 
          THE, UM, OTHER THING I WANTED TO, UM, ASK MY, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER IS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THE HEALTH DISPARITIES. 
          UH, WE KNOW THAT GOES FOR, FOR LATINOS, WE KNOW IT GOES, ESPECIALLY TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN, UH, POPULATION RIGHT NOW DURING C O V I D. 
          UM, WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE HEALTHY CORNER STORE INITIATIVE IN, IN D THREE. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO THAT IN ALL OF OUR COUNCIL DISTRICTS OR ALL OVER THE CITY THAT IS A DRIVER OF, OF HEALTH DISPARITIES, UH, ACCESS TO, TO HEALTHY FOOD. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN LINK THAT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT HAS, WE HAVE CARES MONEY IN THAT, CAN WE HELP THESE TYPES OF, OF BUSINESSES AND IT KIND OF ACHIEVE MULTIPLE GOALS WITH THE SAME, UH, FUNDING POT. 
          BUT I THINK, UM, WE ALSO NEED TO, TO THINK ABOUT SETTING SOME MONEY ASIDE TO ADDRESS HEALTH DISPARITIES, UH, IN THE, IN THE COMING YEAR. 
          AND, UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS YOU PRESENTED AROUND VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, REQUIRE OUTREACH, LIKE THE TRIPLE P AND I, I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW IS THAT, HOW'S THAT BEING ACHIEVED RIGHT NOW IN THIS, UM, WHEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LIMITED ABILITY TO INTERACT? THANK YOU. 
          WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF IT'S TWO O'CLOCK, UH, THERE'S A TOWN HALL HAPPENING RIGHT THIS MINUTE, UM, ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO THERE'S A PANEL OF SIX DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE THAT ARE STILL AVAILABLE DURING THE PANDEMIC, UM, ON TV TO GET THAT WORD OUT. 
          UM, WE, WE HAVE TOWN HALLS AT, I WOULD SAY WE'RE AVERAGING ONE A MONTH TOWN HALLS, UM, AROUND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE TRIPLE P. 
          HOW DO WE GET THAT ROLLED OUT? UM, THE NICE THING ABOUT TRIPLE P IS IT LENDS ITSELF, WELL, IT'S, IT'S REALLY POPULATION BASED, SO IT'S MEANT TO EDUCATE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONE TIME. 
          SO IT LENDS ITSELF TO A MORE, UM, DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT THAN A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ. 
          OH, ELAS, SORRY. 
          6, 7, 8, 9, 10. 
          YEAH. 
          NO QUESTIONS, SIR. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. 
          COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, I NOTICED THAT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD BUDGET BREAKDOWN WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE HEALTH, BUT I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF BREAKDOWNS WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME DETAILS ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH ORGANIZATIONS WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH, HOW MUCH WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO DO WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM, AND IF THERE ARE SOME, UH, METRICS THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE FROM THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THAT WAS THE DOCUMENT I WAS, UM, REFERENCING WITH COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL AS WELL. 
          YOU'LL GET, UM, A, A DOCUMENT THAT HAS ALL OF THOSE DETAILS FOR EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES. 
          SO YOU WILL GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND MORE. 
          OKAY. 
          UNDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING A STIPEND, UH, INCLUDING IF THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WITH, WITH SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          ARE WE INCLUDING IN THAT ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES, MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION, UH, THERE, OR IS THAT GONNA BE TAKEN OUT OF THEIR STIPEND? IT IS NOT TAKEN OUT OF THEIR STIPEND. 
          THEY GET CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, WHICH HELPS THEM IDENTIFY OTHER CHALLENGES THAT ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ACCESSING THESE TRAININGS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T HAVE A CAR, THEY MIGHT GET A VIA BUS PASS TO GET BACK AND FORTH IF THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE YEP. 
          FOR TRAINING OR WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OR IF THEY HAVE A CAR, THEY MIGHT GET A GAS CARD OR SOMETHING. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS GOOD, COUNCILMAN. 
          JUST, UM, LET ME ASK CARLOS TO TALK, UH, HIGH LEVEL ABOUT THAT BREAKOUT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT DETAILED WORK THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN, UH, AT, UH, AT THE, UM, UH, ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE COUNCIL. 
          WE DO HAVE, WE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH, UH, UH, E W D C TO KIND OF LAY OUT THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS WE'RE UTILIZING. 
          AND SO WE'LL BE UTILIZING, UM, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO DO INTAKE. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE UTILIZING PROJECT QUEST AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, 
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DELEGATE AGENCIES THAT WE DO WORK WITH, THAT WORK IN TARGETED AREAS TO DO INTAKE REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT, SOME WRAPAROUND SERVICES AS WELL. 
          UM, THE BULK OF THE WORK, THE TRAINING WORK WILL BE DONE THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGES, UH, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WHO ARE DEVELOPING CERTIFICATE TYPE PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS TO PARTICIPATE AS WELL. 
          UH, SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF EXECUTING CONTRACTS WITH ALL OF THOSE FOLKS IN NEGOTIATING THOSE CONTRACTS AS WE, UH, PROVIDE REPORTS AS KINE INDICATED TO, UH, THE, THE COUNCIL. 
          WE'LL BE UPDATING ON A REGULAR BASIS HOW WE'RE DOING WITH EACH OF THOSE AND MONITORING 'EM CLOSELY. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND, AND OUTCOMES. 
          YEAH, I HAVE TO SAY, THERE HAS BEEN AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S REACHED OUT TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I DUNNO IF THEY'RE BE PART OF THAT. 
          UM, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. 
          SURE. 
          THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          YOU BET. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M, I'M COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          YES. 
          COUNCILMAN PERRY. 
          I'M GONNA PASS THE, NOW PASS THE BATON. 
          YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER, UH, FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE AND I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO SOUND, UM, INDIFFERENT TO THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE THESE ARE, UM, THESE ARE ALARMING NUMBERS HERE FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT I, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE, WELL, WHEN WILL YOU BE DEVELOPING THE METRICS ON HOW TO TRACK WHAT THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM IS AND WHEN WILL THOSE BE PRESENTED? MANY OF THOSE METRICS WERE PRESENTED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED, UM, LAST FALL. 
          UM, SO I CAN RESEND THOSE TO YOU, UM, SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE THOSE, BUT THOSE METRICS HAVE ALL BEEN DEVELOPED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND HAVE WE, HAVE WE HAD ANY RECORDS TO ACTUALLY FILL INTO THE METRICS AT THIS POINT? MOST OF THEM ARE ANNUAL, AND SO WE, WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN A YEAR UNDER OUR BELT YET. 
          UM, BUT WE WILL PRE, I MEAN, THE, THE, THE PLAN WHEN WE PRESENTED THE PLAN WAS THAT WE WOULD GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL UPDATE ON HOW WE WERE DOING. 
          SO THAT WILL STILL HAPPEN. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          YEAH, IF YOU COULD SEND THOSE TO ME AGAIN SURE. 
          I I THINK I REMEMBER 'EM, BUT I NEED A REFRESHER IN THAT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          Y'ALL GET SO MUCH INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENT ABOUT BASICALLY USING OR TRANSFERRING VACANT POLICE POSITIONS TO OTHER, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER AREAS WITHIN, WITHIN THE BUDGET. 
          AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THOSE SLIDES, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL BELOW WHAT THE AUTHORIZATIONS ARE. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE COUNTING CADETS AGAINST WHAT THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS ARE, WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FULLY POLICE OFFICERS YET. 
          THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT SIX MONTHS OF TRAINING. 
          SO I, I, I WANT TO JUST REALLY, REALLY CAUTION AGAINST, WELL, WE, WE HEAR THAT WE HAVE 50 AUTHORIZATIONS, OR WE, WE, WE'VE GOT 50 MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE AUTHORIZED WHEN IN FACT WE DON'T HAVE 50 MORE IF YOU TAKE OUT THE CADET POPULATION. 
          SO WE'RE STILL SHORT FOR FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND I, I'M REALLY, REALLY NERVOUS WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK, WELL, WE'RE OVER SO WE CAN TRANSFER THOSE POSITIONS OUT TO OTHER, OTHER, UM, OTHER AREAS TO USE THAT MONEY. 
          SO I, I'M JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I HEAR THAT THE HAIR STANDS UP ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD ABOUT, UH, TRANSFERRING MONEY OUT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE AUTHORIZATIONS THAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY FILLING 'EM. 
          SO, YEAH. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND NEXT WE GO TO DISTRICT ONE, I GUESS, OR ARE WE GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY? DISTRICT ONE. 
          UM, HOW DO YOU WANNA DO IT? IT'S, UH, DISTRICT ONE, COUNCILMAN? UM, DISTRICT ONE, DINO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          UM, NO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          WE'VE SEEN MOST OF THIS AND, UM, JUST APPRECIATE THE, THE HARD WORK, UM, BEING DONE. 
          UM, THE, THE ONLY, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE THAT I, I GUESS I, I'VE NOT SEEN TOO MUCH DETAIL ABOUT, HAS TO DO WITH, UH, LET'S SEE, I, IT'S, IT WAS SLIDE, UM, WELL, I'M NOT SURE IT'S UNDER HOUSING SECURITY, BUT IT'S THE $9.2 MILLION, UH, TO ASSIST 500 UNSHELTERED, UM, WITH SERVICES AND 500 RESIDENTS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          CAN, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IT'S, IT'S, UM, 
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IS THAT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR? IS IT, UH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? SO THAT, UM, THE, THE BULK OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT ITEM IS TO LEASE A HOTEL, UM, TO SHELTER 500 INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE MOVED FROM EXISTING SHELTERS INTO THE HOTEL. 
          UM, THEY WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WERE READY FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO RECEIVE, UM, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO GET THEM INTO THE RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM AND SYSTEM, UM, THAT WOULD THEN FREE UP, UM, SPACE FOR 500 INDIVIDUALS IN OUR EXISTING SHELTERS. 
          SO, UM, KIND OF CREATES A DOMINO EFFECT. 
          AND, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, THURSDAY THAT WE'VE NOW RESCHEDULED. 
          SO YOU'LL GET THAT INFORMATION MONDAY. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR HOW LONG IS IT? UM, IT GOES THROUGH DECEMBER, DECEMBER 30TH, 2020. 
          SO IT SPANS TWO FISCAL YEARS, DECEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S CARESS ACT, UH, IT'S THAT, THAT'S CARESS ACT MONEY, RIGHT? UH, COLLEEN? CORRECT. 
          SO THAT, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE PORTION OF THE, OF OUR ALLOCATION, UH, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, SPENT OR INCURRED FOR SERVICES OR GOODS BY DECEMBER 30TH, UH, THIS YEAR. 
          WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT, SO THE COST OF THIS, IT, IT ONLY, IT IS ONLY BUYING US TIME THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          I DEFINITELY WANT TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS. 
          UH, JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT FOR, FOR SIX MONTHS. 
          UH, AND MAYBE WE CAN, MAYBE, MAYBE THERE'S OTHER, UH, MORE EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS OR OPTIONS IF THERE ARE AVAILABLE. 
          UH, AND IF WE CAN DISCUSS, UH, THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT REALLY POPPED OUT. 
          IT SEEMED LIKE, UM, JUST A LOT OF MONEY FOR, UH, FOR EACH PERSON. 
          AND THAT MAYBE COULD GO FURTHER IF WE WANTED TO. 
          AND THEN, UM, MY, MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT, UH, AS, AS WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, RIGHT TO COUNSEL, HOW MUCH ARE WE ALLOCATING FOR RIGHT TO COUNSEL? LORI IS HERE AND CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR US. 
          UM, WE'VE ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $450,000 TO RIGHT TO COUNSEL IN ADDITION TO THE $100,000 WE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET. 
          AND THAT WILL HELP US WITH OUR ADDITIONAL CONTRACT NECESSARY, T R L A, OUR STAFFING AT THE EVICTION COURTS, AND THEN A CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH SAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATES. 
          AND WE CAN, IF, IF, IF THE, THE, THE NEED IS IS DEMONSTRATED TO, TO EXPAND BEYOND THAT, WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS, UH, TRY TO REDIRECT MORE FUNDING TO THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL COUNCIL PROGRAM. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES. 
          BUT WE, THAT'S WHY WE, WE'VE KEPT THAT $100,000 CONTRACT. 
          WE'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH THAT UNLESS WE HAVE TO. 
          SO WE HAVE TO GO BEYOND THE DECEMBER TIMEFRAME. 
          WE CAN DO THAT WITH THAT $100,000 CONTRACT, BUT RIGHT NOW WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE PLENTY STAFF, UM, AT THE COURTS AND TO HELP US WITH OUR OTHER RIGHT TO COUNSEL NEEDS. 
          UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT. 
          BUT WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE CONTRACTS WE HAVE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I, I GUESS I JUST MEANT THAT EVEN BEFORE DECEMBER, THAT IF WE, IF WE, IF WE DEMONSTRATE THAT, THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A NEED YES. 
          YES. 
          AND WE BEFORE, YES, WE CAN. 
          AND THAT GOES FOR ANY STRATEGY. 
          YES. 
          AND ANY OF THE PILLARS, IF WE SEE WHERE WE NEED MORE MONEY IN ONE STRATEGY AND WE HAVE EXCESS MONEY IN ANOTHER, WE'LL MOVE IT AROUND, UH, WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH Y'ALL. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I, BECAUSE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THIS IS TOP OF MIND AND, UM, WITH EVICTIONS, UH, REALLY, REALLY, UH, SPIKING, I WILL SAY, UH, I, I, I DID HEAR FROM A PRECINCT TO JP WHO, WHO SAID, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA STOP THEIR IN-PERSON, UM, UM, COURT DATES, WHICH EFFECTIVELY, UH, PUT A HOLD ON, ON EVICTIONS, AT LEAST IN THAT PRECINCT. 
          SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO EXPLORE THAT, UH, FURTHER AND WORK WITH THE, WITH THE COURTS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. 
          AND, AND, AND OF COURSE, WITH THE RISE OF, OF OF CASES, UH, MAYBE WE COULD, WE COULD HELP ADVISE THOSE COURTS, UH, UH, BEST PRACTICES. 
          COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO ADD THAT PRECINCT FOUR IS CLOSING AS OF MONDAY AS WELL, AND WE'LL NO LONGER BE HEARING EVICTION HEARINGS. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, GOOD. 
          UH, GOOD TO HEAR THAT. 
          UH, I WILL SAY AGAIN, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF, OF THIS BUDGET HOUSING IS, IS SO, SO CRITICAL. 
          AND, 
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UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTI. 
          UM, LORI, I JUST REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, WHO HAVE EMAILED CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR RENT BEING PAID AND NOT HAVING A CONTACT OR A DIRECT SOURCE. 
          AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING, UM, ON THE MISSION OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU'RE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THEM. 
          UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE AT THIS PRESENT TIME IS A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION, UM, TO RECEIVING THE EQUITY BREAKDOWN OF L FUND AS IT, UM, RELATES TO PREVIOUS BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THEIR AGENCY. 
          DO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE? ALEX IS HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          WE DO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, WE, UM, PROVIDED THAT AS PART OF THE BRIEFING WITH THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, BUT I CAN MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE ENTIRE GROUP. 
          IT'S, IT INCLUDED A LISTING OF ALL OF THE, UH, LOANS THAT THEY'VE DONE BOTH THROUGH THE P P P PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE ADMINISTERING AND THROUGH THE BEXAR COUNTY'S PROGRAM THAT THEY, THAT THEY DID LOANS WITH. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THAT. 
          UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, I KNOW THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING USING LIFT FUND AS WELL TO ASSIST US WITH THE MICRO BUSINESS, UH, SUPPORT. 
          AND I'M WONDERING FOR BUSINESSES THAT WERE ALREADY, UH, ARE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED FUNDING, ARE THEY ELIGIBLE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS UNDER THE MICRO BUSINESS SUPPORT THAT THE CITY WILL BE DOING THROUGH LIFT FUND COUNCILWOMAN? UH, WE, UH, INDICATE WE PROVIDED A, UM, SORT OF A CRITERIA THAT'LL BE UTILIZED FOR GRANTING FUNDING AND WE'RE GONNA BE SCORING IT. 
          AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS WHETHER THEY'VE RECEIVED PRIOR FUNDING FROM EITHER THE P P P PROGRAM OR THE COUNTY'S PROGRAM. 
          SO IT'LL BE INCLUDED IN THE SCORING IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. 
          IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS THAT HAS NOT RECEIVED IT, YOU'LL SCORE HIGHER THAN IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS THAT DID RECEIVE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, CARLOS, WHEN IT COMES TO LIFA, AND I KNOW A LOT OF THE MICRO BUSINESSES SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, UM, PREVIOUSLY AND THEY WERE NOT, UM, ELIGIBLE OR DID NOT RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, AS WE GO FORWARD, IF THOSE BUSINESSES ALREADY HAVE PREVIOUSLY APPLIED, WILL THEY HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESUBMIT, UH, INFORMATION ALL OVER AGAIN? OR DOES LIFTFUND KEEP THAT APPLICATION ON FILE? COUNCILMAN? WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH ANY BUSINESSES THAT HAVE THAT QUALIFY, UH, THEIR MICRO BUSINESSES, 20 EMPLOYEES AND LESS, UH, THAT FIT WITHIN THE EQUITY MATRIX AND THE TARGETED, UM, BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO REACH OUT TO. 
          UM, AND OUR APPLICATION WILL BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THEIRS. 
          IT'S LESS COMPLICATED 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE THE ONES CREATING THAT APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT IN MOST OF THE CASES, LIFTFUND HAD A LOAN, AND SO THERE WAS UNDERWRITING CRITERION ESTABLISHED IN THE LOAN. 
          UH, OURS IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. 
          WE SIMPLY NEED TO ESTABLISH THAT THEY WERE, UM, AFFECTED BY C OVID 19, WHICH IS REQUIRED RUN OF THE CARES ACT. 
          UH, AND THEN WE ARE TRYING, WE'RE WE'RE FOCUSING IN SPECIFIC AREAS. 
          WE'RE FOCUSING ON SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE RETAIL FOOD SERVICE AREA THAT WE KNEW THAT WERE HIT VERY HARD. 
          UH, WE'RE FOCUSING IN PRIORITY ON WOMEN OWNED AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES. 
          AND THEN, UH, AS COLLEEN INDICATED, WE'RE APPLYING THE EQUITY MATRIX, SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING AND TARGETING IN THE AREAS THAT SCORE, UH, VERY HIGH OR POORLY, UH, ON THE EQUITY MATRIX OR LOCATED IN THOSE ZIP CODES IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND CARLOS, WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING THOSE CERTIFICATIONS, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THOSE CERTIFICATIONS THROUGH THE CENTRAL CERTIFICATION AGENCY OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED ON THEIR APPLICATION? UH, JUST WITH THEIR DOCUMENTED ON THE APPLICATION, WE ARE NOT REQUIRING CERTIFICATION IN ADVANCE. 
          MOST OF THEM WOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT NECESSARILY. 
          THEY MIGHT BE A RESTAURANT OR A RETAIL SHOP. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU CARLOS. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRAUMA INFORMED CARE PRIOR TO COVID, WERE THERE ALREADY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BECOME CERTIFIED? OR ARE WE STILL JUST LOOKING TO, UM, GET ANY AGENCY CERTIFIED? THERE ARE ONE OR TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT HAVE RECEIVED CERTIFICATION AND TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE FROM ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE TEXAS. 
          UM, NOBODY YET HAS RECEIVED CERTIFICATION FROM OUR CERTIFYING ENTITY, 
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BUT WE WERE NOT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN TO PROVIDE THOSE UNTIL THIS FALL. 
          SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN, UM, AS IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DO WE HAVE THE NUMBERS PRE COVID, UM, HOW MANY CALLS AND HOW MANY SURVIVORS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST? AND THEN ALSO WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT DURING, UM, THE PANDEMIC AS WELL? WE DO HAVE THOSE NUMBERS. 
          I'LL SEND THOSE TO YOU, UM, IN A MEMO. 
          OKAY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR THE PRESENTATION, UH, TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE. 
          UH, WELL, LET ME JUST SAY, FIRST I WANNA THANK MY, UH, THE E W D C COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE E W D C STAFF OR THE E D D STAFF, UM, AND EVERYBODY WORKING SO HARD ON THIS AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS. 
          I THINK WE HAD SOME VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS, UH, THROUGH THIS MONTH OF JUNE AND, UM, HERE, AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, UH, TO CARLOS AND ALEX AND ERIC FOR HEARING SOME OF OUR CONCERNS AND FOR MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND ADDING CAPACITY TO BRING ON THOSE FURLOUGHED, UH, STAFF MEMBERS. 
          BUT THEN THAT WILL OPEN UP OUR CAPACITY TO THE ARTS FUNDING. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND I HAVE TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ FOR BRINGING THAT UP TO DURING THE MEETING AND MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND TO, UM, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ANDREW SULLIVAN, I THINK, UH, WE WILL OWE YOU THE MATRIX AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AND LOOKING AT. 
          SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING IT TO ALL OF YOU JUST TO SEE WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AND THE WAITING AND THE, UM, THE WAITING AND THE QUALIFICATIONS AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL WAY LYFT FUND WOULD BE DOING THINGS. 
          AND IT IS BECAUSE WE WANNA GET THE, WE WANT TO, AS WE WERE DISCUSSING LAST WEEK, GET AS MUCH BUREAUCRACY OUT OF THE WAY AND GET THE MONEY OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          SO WE'LL BE SENDING THAT TO YOU. 
          BUT KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE EQUITY MATRIX AND THE, UM, IMPORTANCE OF EQUITY IS, IS, UH, PARAMOUNT FOR ALL OF US TO MAKE SURE THOSE MICRO BUSINESSES GET THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, WHO MENTIONED THE SAVINGS FROM THE RETIRED PERSONNEL SHOULD GO INTO, UH, INTO LOOKING AT WHAT WE CAN DO MORE WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND OUR, UM, ACES AND OUR TRAUMA-INFORMED, UH, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AS WELL AS, UM, EXPANDING SOME OF OUR HEALTHY CORNER STORES INITIATIVE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF OUR FOOD INSECURITY AND NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT GETS EXPANDED. 
          UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT I HAD. 
          AND JUST, UM, I HAVE TO, TO SAY THIS, UM, OH, I DID WANT TO MENTION IN HOUSING SECURITY, WE HAVE DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT AND THEN SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE DOOR-TO-DOOR ENGAGEMENT IN OUTREACH, AND WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY FOR THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S BECAUSE ONE IS SPECIFICALLY REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN HOMES AND THE OTHERS IS WITH SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. 
          CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JUST MAKING THAT CLEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN MY FINAL COMMENT, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THIS, AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR CONVERSATION WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, REDEFINING THE, THE TERMINOLOGY OF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND MAYBE COMMUNITY POLICING AND, AND OTHER ITEMS OF HOW WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          BUT I WILL JUST SAY, UM, JUST FOR ALL OF OUR BENEFIT AND ALL OF OUR ED, UH, EDIFICATION AS WE CONTINUE TO USE WORDS, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO USE OUR VOCABULARY THAT WE CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AND THE, THE WORD FROM USING, UM, TO STOP USING THE WORD MINORITY IN SOME PLACES AND START JUST USING THE WORD, UM, THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AS WELL. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UM, HAVE  STARTED OFF WITH, WITH ONE OF MY QUESTIONS ALREADY, BUT IF YOU COULD HELP ME, DR. 
          BRIDGER, UNDERSTAND HOW ARE WE TRACKING THE TEENS SPECIFICALLY, OR, OR THE FOLKS THAT, THAT WE SERVE THAT HAVE BEEN TEENS? UM, DO I, I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY, IF HOW THE PROGRAM HAS WORKED. 
          SO METRICS, DO WE GET A PERMISSION FROM THEIR PARENTS TEMPORARILY AND THEN WHEN THEY TURN 18, DO 
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THEY HAVE TO SIGN SOMETHING ELSE? HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT. 
          ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE TWO GOOD FOR VIOLENCE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY? YES. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YES MA'AM. 
          SO WE DO GET, WE HAVE TO HAVE PARENTAL PERMISSION FOR THE TEENS TO PARTICIPATE. 
          UM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S A, A RELATIVELY SHORT TERM EVALUATION. 
          UM, BUT IT'S BASED ON LONGER TERM, UM, EVALUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE NATIONALLY THAT SHOW THAT THIS IS AN EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTION. 
          SO OUR FOCUS IS ON DID WE IMPLEMENT IT WITH FIDELITY AND, UM, DID WE SEE THOSE EXPECTED SHORT TERM RESULTS? IF SO, THEN, THEN THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE WON'T FOLLOW THOSE NATIONAL, UH, LONGER TERM OUTCOMES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          RE, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, ALSO, UH, AND SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST SETTING OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES HERE, BUT IS THERE ANY AREA OF YOUR, UM, UH, OR, OR OF STUDY THAT YOU'VE DONE? I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 
          I'M, I'M LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT, UH, FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, COGNITIVE DISABILITIES AS WELL. 
          AND SO ONE IN FOUR OF MY RESIDENTS HAVE A DISABILITY. 
          AND SO I, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KIND OF GET AN UPDATE OF, OF HOW YOU FOCUS FROM THE METRO HEALTH PERSPECTIVE ON THAT, BEYOND THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWED. 
          LIKE HOW DO YOU GET INTO THE COMMUNITIES, I GUESS IS A QUESTION. 
          LET ME, FOR THE PURPOSES OF OUR TIME CONSTRAINTS, PUT THAT INTO A MEMO FOR YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          , I LOVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UM, 28% OF THE POPULATION, 28.4% OF THE POPULATION IN DISTRICT FOUR IS UNINSURED. 
          THAT'S 18 TO 64 YEARS OF AGE. 
          AND SO, UM, I'M, UH, WONDERING WHERE WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, COVID RECOVERY, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO LET'S SAY THAT THERE'S AN IMMUNIZATION THAT COMES UP IN THE NEXT SIX, HOPEFULLY, BUT THAT'S INITIAL, INITIAL THINKING, BUT TWO 18 MONTHS, RIGHT? SO WHEN DO WE START PLANNING FOR IMMUNIZATION FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, UM, AND SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS? WHERE DO WE GET TO SEE THAT, OR WHERE ARE Y'ALL ACCOUNTING FOR THAT? YOU MEAN BUDGET WISE? YES. 
          UM, WELL, THAT'S IN THE RESPONSE PLAN, UM, THAT WE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND I, I, IT'S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER HOWEVER, THOUGH, THAT IF THERE IS, WHEN THERE IS A VACCINE DEVELOPED FOR C OVID 19, UM, THAT VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE AT NO COST COUNCIL. 
          AND SO I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE DISTRIBUTION OF IT, AND SO IF WE GET THE VACCINES, UM, BUT, BUT HOW DO WE GO AND, AND, AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 
          AND SO I GUESS THAT'S THE PLANNING. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT IT'S VERY WISHFUL THINKING BECAUSE IT, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON. 
          UH, BUT I'M JUST HOPING THAT THERE'S A PLAN AND THAT WE MAYBE HAVE, UH, THOUGHT OF, UH, OF IT IN OUR BUDGET OR IN OUR BUDGET PLANNING PROCESS. 
          SO IT, IT WAS MORE OF A COMMENT TOO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I, I APPRECIATE YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER, AND GOOD JOB TO EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, HOW LARGE IS THE, UM, METRO HEALTH BUDGET? ABOUT 47 MILLION. 
          SORRY, I'M A LITTLE RUSTY ON THE, JUST A, I THINK MARIA PROBABLY, IT'S SLIGHTLY UNDER 50 MILLION, I THINK UNDER, NOT INCLUDING CO COVID 19, RIGHT? NO, JUST UNDER REGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          UM, AND AND HOW MANY NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES? ABOUT 450. 
          UH, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THE NEW PROGRAMS REGARDING TWO ACES, AND, UH, I WAS REALLY PROUD OF THAT. 
          UM, IN FACT, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THIS SITUATION, IT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING WE HAD DONE AS A CITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT WE KNOW ARE CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLENCE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES AND LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. 
          I REALLY DID FEEL LIKE IT WAS A MAGIC BULLET, LIKE REALLY WHAT WE, WE NEEDED TO TURN THE CITY AROUND. 
          AND SO, UH, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT, AND I DO REALLY WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT, IN PRIORITIZING THAT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHY I'LL JUST PUBLICLY ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAY, UH, AND NOT LEAVE US DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. 
          SO, UH, UM, YEAH, I KNOW THAT, UM, PERHAPS, UH, YOU ARE, WELL, A VERY CREATIVE THINKER AND I FEEL LIKE WE NEEDED THAT, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO, UH, AND I HAD ENVISIONED, UH, IN THIS LAST BUDGET SESSION, UM, THAT WE WOULD, UH, INVEST A LOT MORE IN 
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THESE PROGRAMS AND, AND IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE OF THE COVID WE HAVE. 
          UM, BUT JUST REGARDING, I MEAN, MY, MY QUESTION FOR THE WHOLE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING PERHAPS REALLOCATION OF FUNDING, UM, AND THE $9 MILLION STOOD OUT IN MY MIND BECAUSE THAT WAS A GRANT FUNDED PROGRAM WHERE WE WERE GONNA ADDRESS, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 
          SO, UH, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, HOW IS THAT FUNDING THE POLICE FUNDING, UH, OR WHAT ROLE DOES THE POLICE PLAY IN THE GRANT AND HOW MIGHT IT ADDRESS SOME OF THE VIOLENCE, UH, SHOULD WE FUND THAT PROGRAM AND THEN, UH, CONSIDERING WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE IT JUST SORT OF WITH THE COVID PIECE ASIDE BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THOSE PRO THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          I THINK THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO THOSE POSITIONS IS WHEN WE SPOKE WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THEY WERE VERY FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THEY COULD ONLY GET SERVICES DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS. 
          THESE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS WOULD EXPAND OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND, UM, TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS, UM, AFTER HOURS AND ON WEEKENDS. 
          SO FOR ME, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE BENEFIT OF THAT GRANT. 
          AND, UM, AND SO, UH, AND, AND THEN IN THE, IN THE, UM, THE COVID RECOVERY FUNDING, THERE'S ALSO A PORTION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 3.3 MILLION. 
          THERE'S 3.3 MILLION. 
          AND SO WHAT IS THAT ALSO TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER WORK THAT'S BEING DONE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE SERVICES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED BY THIS GRANT, BUT IT IS PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AND WORK WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS TO, TO TIGHTEN IT UP. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE MONEY FOR, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. 
          THERE'S, THERE'S MORE SERVICES FOR, UM, WOMEN WHO SCORE HIGH ON THE LETHALITY ASSESSMENT SO THAT THERE CAN BE DIRECT INTERVENTION WITH THEM. 
          DID YOU SAY LETHALITY? LETHALITY, LIKE MORE LIKELY TO DIE IN A DOMESTIC FUND? YES. 
          YES. 
          UM, MORE FUNDING FOR THAT PARTICULAR, AND, AND, AND, UM, WHAT ROLE MIGHT A POLICE PLAY IN THAT SCENARIO? THE, THE POLICE ARE CRITICAL PARTNERS IN THAT, ESPECIALLY THE, THE HIGH RISK TEAM RESPONSE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THEY, THEY TAKE THE FIRST CALL, THEY FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS OR NO SERVICES NEEDED THAT, THAT THE WOMAN HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE REALLY THE, THE PERSON THAT, UM, THE WOMAN IDENTIFIES WITH, WHO HAS RESPONDED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WHO KEEPS CHECKING IN AND MAKING SURE THAT SHE HAS WHAT SHE NEEDS AND WHEN SHE'S READY, UM, SHE CAN TAKE WHATEVER STEP SHE WANTS. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO JUST PUT, MAKE A COMPLETE PICTURE AND, AND, UM, I KNOW THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A, A GREAT CONCERN OF MINE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. 
          UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          I THINK THAT'S IT. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          UH, AMERICAN COUNCIL, WE'LL TRANSITION, UH, UH, NOW TO, UM, DISCUSSION ON STREETS AND TRANSPORTATION. 
          UH, RAZZIE AND ROD ARE HERE, RAZZIE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          I AM REZI HOI, DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          LET'S GO SLIDE NUMBER TWO, STREET NETWORK CONDITION. 
          WE HAVE 4,160 MILE CENTER LINE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          37% IS GRADE A, WHICH IS A EXCELLENT CONDITION AND REQUIRES MINIMUM MAINTENANCE. 
          1720 7% IS GRADE B, WHICH IS A GOOD CONDITION AND MINIMUM MICROSURFACING AND SL SEAL. 
          11% IS GRADE C, WHICH IS FAIR CONDITION AND REQUIRE MILL AND OVERLAY. 
          15% IS GRADE D, WHICH IS A POOR CONDITION AND RECORDS MILL OVERLAY BASE FAILURE REPAIR AND 10% IS A GREAT F, WHICH IS FAILED CONDITION AND REQUIRED RECONSTRUCTION AND RECLAMATION. 
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WE ALSO HAVE, AS YOU CAN SEE, 10% IS A GREAT F, WHICH IS EQUATE 416 MILE. 
          AND IF WE HAVE TO REBUILD A GREAT , IT COST OVER 800,000 MILLIONS OF A DOLLAR TO REBUILD. 
          WE ANNUALLY REBUILD 12 MILE OFF IF STREET AT COST OF 25 MILLION. 
          BUT OF COURSE, THAT'S NOT REALLY ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE IF STREET. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, OUR GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN ROADWAY NETWORK AT AVERAGE PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX, P C I OF 70 OR ABOVE PROGRAMS ARE PAYMENT PRESERVATION, CRACK, FOX SEAL AND MICROSURFACING REHABILITATION, WHICH INCLUDE MIL OVERLAY, FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION AND RECONSTRUCTION. 
          AND PRIORITIZATION IS PAYMENT CONDITION. 
          ON THE GRAPH RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IF WE HAVE TO BRING ALL OF THE ROADWAY IN SAN ANTONIO TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, IT REQUIRES $1.5 BILLION. 
          BUT SINCE THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED OUR FUNDING FOR OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, 2014 WAS 35 MILLION TO THOUSAND 18, 99 MILLION. 
          AND OF COURSE, LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR WAS 110 MILLION. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF C OVID 19, WE HAD TO DEFER SOME OF THE PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          WE DID 2 MILLION DEFER FROM 2018, 7 MILLION FROM 2019, AND 34 MILLION FROM 2020 FOR 2021. 
          THAT EQUATES 280 TO PROJECT AZI. 
          LET ME JUMP IN HERE AND JUST ADD SOME CONTEXT. 
          SO REMEMBER, WE DELAYED, UH, IN THE SPRINGTIME $50 MILLION IN PROJECTS THAT HAD NOT BEEN, LET YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THERE, 43 BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN $7 MILLION IN, UH, BETTER THAN EXPECTED PRICES AS WE'VE CONTINUED. 
          SO WE'RE NETTING THAT OUT. 
          THAT'S THE OTHER $7 MILLION YOU DON'T SEE. 
          SO THERE'S $43 MILLION OF PROJECTS. 
          AND, AND, AND I, AND, AND IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, RAZZY IS GONNA TALK ABOUT AN ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 
          WE, WE ARE SEEING BETTER PRICES RIGHT NOW, SO, UM, WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY BENEFIT FROM THAT. 
          SO THAT'S THE RECONCILIATION. 
          THANK YOU ERIC. 
          ALSO, THIS $43 MILLION DEFER PROJECT. 
          THEY WERE REALLY PLANNED TO BE DONE NEXT YEAR ANYWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE MOSTLY TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION REQUIRED DESIGN AND REQUIRE UTILITY COORDINATION. 
          NEXT IS OKAY, EQUITY BASE STREET MAINTENANCE FUNDING HAVE, WE HAVE FUND OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 
          LAST FEW YEARS IN 2018, OUR BUDGET WAS 99 MILLION. 
          64 MILLION WAS DONE BASED ON ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY. 
          35 MILLION WAS DONE ALLOCATED TO DISTRICT WITH P C I BELOW 70. 
          IN 2019, OUR BUDGET WAS 110 MILLION. 
          64 MILLION WAS DONE BASED ON ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY. 
          35 MILLION WAS ALLOCATED TO DISTRICTS WITH THE P C I OF BELOW 70. 
          AND THOSE DISTRICT WAS DISTRICT 1, 2, 3, 5, AND 10 AND 11 MILLION WAS DONE ALLOCATED FOR D AND C STREETS WITHIN LOOP 14 AND OLDER PART OF COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT AND NINE 2020, WHICH IS THIS YEAR. 
          OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS UH, 110 MILLION. 
          ALLOCATION WAS DONE. 
          50 50, 50 5 MILLION WAS DONE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK. 
          ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD MORE NETWORK. 
          THEY REQUIRE MORE MONEY TO MAINTAIN AND THE OTHER 50% OR 55 MILLION WAS DONE BASED ON THE CONDITION ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAD. 
          LOWER P C I, THEY GET MORE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THEIR STREET. 
          OF COURSE, AGAIN, BECAUSE OF COVID WE DEFERRED 2 MILLION FROM 2018, 7 MILLION FROM 2019 AND 34 MILLION FROM 2020, WHICH END UP BEING 34, 40 3 MILLION. 
          THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN 2021. 
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WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 2021, WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR BUDGET TO BE 82 MILLION. 
          43 MILLION WILL BE TAKING CARE OF THE DEFERRED PROJECT FROM THIS PAST THREE YEARS. 
          19 POINT HALF MILLION WILL BE DONE BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT NETWORK AND ANOTHER 19 HALF BASED ON CONDITION OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          CITYWIDE NETWORK AVERAGE P C I FROM 2018 TO 2024 55 MILLION ANNUAL SS M P BUDGET REQUIRES TO MAINTAIN CITYWIDE AVERAGE P C I 76 AND EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT WILL BE ABOVE 70. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, 2018 WE HAD 99, BUT WE END UP USING 97 BECAUSE WE DEFERRED 2 MILLION. 
          THE LIGHT GREEN. 
          WHAT IS THE, THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING, I'M LIGHT BLUE. 
          THE DARK BLUE. 
          WHAT WAS THE BUDGET? LAST AUGUST WAS LAST SEPTEMBER. 
          COUNCIL APPROVED. 
          2019 WAS 110 MILLION. 
          OF COURSE WE DEFERRED 7 MILLION AND 2020 WAS AGAIN 110 MILLION. 
          WE DEFERRED 34 MILLION. 
          THE LIGHT BLUE GRAPH SHOWS ON THE TOP. 
          IF WE DO NOT CUT FROM OUR STREET MAINTENANCE FROM HE RUN EVERY YEAR. 
          WE SPEND 110 MILLION AT END OF 2024. 
          OUR P C I WILL BE OVER 80, 80.02, BUT SINCE UNFORTUNATELY WE CUT SOME FROM PREVIOUS YEAR AND POTENTIALLY WE MAY CUT FROM 2021 AND 2022, NOT BE ABLE TO SPEND 110 MILLION. 
          OUR P C I WILL BE AT END OF 2020 4 78 POINT 15. 
          IT'S STILL IMPROVING, BUT THE RATE OF IMPROVE IS GETTING ULTRA FLATTER RATHER THAN THE SLOPE GOING HIGHER. 
          UP, SLIGHTLY GOING UP. 
          NO CONS. 
          DISTRICT WILL GO BELOW 70. 
          EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS IMPROVING, BUT SLOWER NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROGRAM. 
          N THIS IS COMMONLY WE WORK WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU IN YOUR OFFICE SINCE 1998. 
          FUNDS, MOBILITY AND TRAFFIC COMING PROJECTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, CURB RAMPS, SPEED SUMS, AND MEDIUM ELIGIBLE PROJECT IS SELECTED AND APPROVED WITH EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR 2020. 
          THE BUDGET FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT WAS 220,000 FOR ENTIRE COLLEGE COUNCIL DISTRICT WAS 2.2 MILLION. 
          UNSPENT BALANCES ROLLS OVER NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          MOST OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS PRETTY HEALTHY NAP BUDGET CARRYING FROM YEAR TO YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE SIDEWALK. 
          WE HAVE 5,278 MILE UP SIDEWALK AND OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE 1,716 MILES UP SIDEWALK GAP. 
          OUR BUDGET FOR 2020 IS 70,000,005 MILLION FROM A T D AND 12 MILLION FROM BOND. 
          MANY OF YOU REMEMBER WE HAVE A GOOD FUNDING THROUGH 2017 BOND. 
          WE HAVE 48,000,008. 
          COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS VERY RICH AMOUNT TO USE FOR THE SIDEWALK. 
          DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WE HAD ESTIMATED WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ONLY 42 MILES FOR 17 MILLION. 
          THANK YOU FOR COUNCILMAN TVE, YOUR WORKING WITH HIM. 
          WE ARE MOSTLY BUILDING SIDEWALK. 
          NOT TOO MUCH CURB, NOT TOO MUCH RETAINING WATER. 
          BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE THE PRICE SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE SHOWING HERE. 
          WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE BUILD 58 MILE AT THE COSTA $55 PER LINEAR. 
          OUR ORIGINAL PRICE WAS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. 
          AND ALSO WORKING WITH COUNCIL TREVINO, WE CREATE A COUNCIL SIDEWALK REPAIR CREW. 
          WE HIRED SEVEN CREW MEMBER WORKING WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, GETTING THE AREA. 
          THEY LIKED US TO REBUILD THE EXISTING DAMAGED SIDEWALK. 
          OUR GOAL IS TO REPAIR ALMOST TWO MILE IN 2020. 
          SO FAR WE HAVE DONE OVER ONE MILE, A LITTLE OVER ONE MILE. 
          THIS WILL GENERATE 6.2 MILE OF USABLE SIDEWALK. 
          THE RATIO IS MORE THAN THREE TO ONE SOMEPLACE POSSIBLE TO BE FOUR TO ONE. 
          WE HAVE COMPLETED REPAIR ON FOUR COUNCIL DISTRICT. 
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WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE WORKING ANOTHER FOUR TO BE GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME IN NEAR FUTURE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          CITY FUNDING TO VIA BUS SERVICES. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IN 2018, THE CITY WAS AGREED TO PAY VIA $4.3 MILLION. 
          THIS WAS TO INCREASE THE ROUTE NINE ROUTE AND NINE CORRIDOR INCREASED THE FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENT. 
          ADDITIONAL BUS DRIVERS AND BUS HOUR SERVICES. 
          IN 2019. 
          THEY HAVE RECEIVED FROM CT 10 MILLION IN 2020. 
          SO FAR THEY HAVE RECEIVED 5 MILLION AND THEY HAVE 2 MILLION PENDING FOR THEM TO INVOICE US AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BE 2021, ANOTHER 10 MILLION. 
          WE USUALLY PAY THEM FOUR, INSTALLED 2.5 MILLION ON EACH TIME. 
          THEY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THEY HAVE INCREASED OVER 17% RIDING CAPACITY BECAUSE OF INCREASING THE SERVICES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UPDATE ON 2017 BOND PROGRAM. 
          31 PROJECT IS COMPLETED OR 17 PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE 61 PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION 34 PROJECT. 
          WE HAVE 48 PROJECT, WHICH IS 47% UNDER DESIGNED ARE READY TO GO FOR CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND WE HAVE FOUR PROJECT PRE-ENGINEERING. 
          OVERALL WE ARE 51% EITHER COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          AT REQUEST OF THE CITY MANAGER, HE HAS CHALLENGED US TO PUSH THIS PROJECT OUT AND HELP PEOPLE START WORKING. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPEDITE A SCHEDULE OF 16 PROJECT IN NEXT 12 MONTHS AT THE VALUE OF $84 MILLION. 
          HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? ACCELERATION? WE ARE LOSING USE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD, COMBINING PROJECT TOGETHER, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, FACING WHEN WE HAVE A LARGER PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, BOULEVARD ROAD AND COUNCIL DISTRICT 10. 
          ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T OBTAINED RIGHT AWAY ENTIRE PROJECT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO CONSTRUCTION ON THE AREA. 
          WE HAVE THE RIGHT WAY WE CAN START WITHOUT REALLY DELAYING PROJECT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LOW TRAFFIC AND LOW COST OF THE PROJECT. 
          OIL PRICE IS LOW. 
          WE ARE GETTING MUCH, MUCH BETTER PRICE ON OUR BIDS. 
          THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE EXPEDITING THESE. 
          THIS IS IN THE MY PRESENTATION. 
          I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. 
          MAYOR, THERE'S ONE OTHER SLIDE THAT UM, I WANNA SEE IF WE CAN PULL UP 'CAUSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT $10 MILLION, UH, VIA ITEM. 
          OKAY, SLIDE NUMBER EIGHT. 
          IT'S, SO WHILE THEY'RE BRINGING IT UP, LET ME, UM, LET ME TALK ABOUT, UH, A MEMO THAT I SENT TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL ON, UH, MONDAY, THIS PAST WEEK, UH, OF SOME WORK THAT, UM, BEN AND I DID OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. 
          AND, AND IN THAT RECOMMEND, IN THAT MEMO TO THE MARINA COUNCIL, UM, I MADE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT. 
          UM, IN OUR FORECAST THAT WE, UH, INCLUDED, UH, TO YOU LAST WEEK, UH, WE ASSUMED THAT THAT $10 MILLION FOR THOSE 18 ROUTES WAS IN EACH OF OUR, UH, FIVE YEARS, UH, IN EACH OF OUR YEARS AND IN FIVE YEAR FORECAST. 
          AND SO AS WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE, UH, FORECAST HAD VIA, I MADE A RECOMMENDATION IN THE MEMO TO THE, TO YOU ON MONDAY THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WE, UH, LOOSEN UP THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE FISCAL YEAR TO GIVE THEM SOME FLEX GIVE VIA A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE, UM, THAT IS A 10, THAT'S $10 MILLION THAT'S DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR, UH, IMPROVING THE FREQUENCY OF ROUTES ON THOSE 18 CORRIDORS OR ROUTES THAT THEY HAVE. 
          AND, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WE GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE LATITUDE BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE SPIKE IN CASES, UH, VIA HAS HAD TO ADJUST SOME OF THEIR ROUTES AND THEIR FREQUENCIES, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DISTANCING ON THE BUSES. 
          AND, UH, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE, UH, REASONABLE FROM OUR STANDPOINT TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE. 
          I I THINK THE THING THAT MAKES 
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THIS ALL EASIER FOR ALL OF US IS AS MUCH LATITUDE AS WE CAN GET. 
          MY RECOMMENDATION AND, AND IN THE MEMO IS THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, WE LOOSEN UP THE $10 MILLION REQUIREMENT AND NOT TIE IT SPECIFICALLY TO THE 18 ROUTES. 
          NUMBER TWO, THAT THEY COME BACK AND THEY PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE, UH, PERIODICALLY AND THE CITY AN UPDATE OF WHERE THEY'RE AT FINANCIALLY. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, BEYOND THAT POINT, ASSUMING WE GET TO NORMAL IN, UH, 2022, THEN WE WOULD TIE IT BACK TO THE FREQUENCY, UH, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE AND AND BEYOND 22. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND, AND, UM, THAT'S THE, UH, THE SLIDE I WANTED TO SHOW THIS YEAR. 
          UH, UH, WE HAD 20 $10 MILLION IN OUR BUDGET. 
          UH, WE, UH, HAVE, UM, WE'LL HAVE PAID THEM. 
          WE'RE WAITING FOR AN INVOICE FROM THEM FOR 2 MILLION. 
          WE WILL HAVE PAID THEM 7 MILLION THIS YEAR. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, OUR ANTICIPATED, UM, UH, PROJECTED EXPENSE GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IS $10 MILLION THAT IS IN OUR FORECAST. 
          SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FEEDBACK. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          RAZZY. 
          LET ME, UM, LEMME START. 
          A COUPLE, COUPLE THINGS. 
          UH, ONE, CERTAINLY SUPPORT, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR THE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY WITH OUR CONTRIBUTION TO VIA, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE. 
          UM, UH, TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AN, IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          UH, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND THOSE WHO ARE TRANSIT DEPENDENT ARE NOT LEFT OUT JUST AS WE ARE, UH, FOCUSED ON ENSURING NOBODY LOSES THEIR HOMES, NOBODY LOSES THEIR ABILITY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. 
          UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH RECOVERY AND WE'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE, PERHAPS YEARS, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR AGENDA CHANGED VERY DRAMATICALLY IN FEBRUARY OF MARCH. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER, UH, TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND. 
          UM, WITH REGARD TO STREETS, I JUST WANTED TO LEVEL SET HERE FOR A SECOND BECAUSE A FEW OF US HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND WE SAW OUR BUDGET IN 2013 AND 2014, AND WHAT WE WERE SPENDING TRADITIONALLY IN STREETS, IN STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          UM, WE CAME IN WITH $35 MILLION A YEAR, WHICH WAS PRETTY NORMAL, UM, FROM A ROUGHLY TWO POINT SOMETHING MILLION, BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. 
          THE PROPORTION OF OUR CITY BUDGET THAT WAS GOING TO STREET MAINTENANCE AT THE TIME WAS ROUGHLY 3%. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE 66% OUT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU GET THE REST OF IT. 
          3% WAS GOING TO, UM, STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          UH, IN 2017, WE ALL DECIDED WE GOTTA DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN THAT. 
          SO WE TRIPLED THE AMOUNT AND AT THAT POINT WE HAD ROUGHLY 9% OF OUR BUDGET WAS GOING TO STREET MAINTENANCE, BASIC STREET MAINTENANCE. 
          WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ASKED FOR. 
          UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WANT TO STRIKE A BALANCE AS REVENUES COME IN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPORTION OF THOSE REVENUES ARE, ARE CONSISTENTLY GOING TO THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US. 
          UM, SO REVENUES ARE DOWN, OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE, ARE DEPARTMENT IMPACTS, UM, BUT TO LEVEL SET THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE WILL BE, THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET FROM THE MANAGER, UH, MAINTAINS A LEVEL THAT IS OVER TWICE AS MUCH WHAT WE WERE TRADITIONALLY SPENDING IN STREETS. 
          UH, SO THE IMPACT, UH, ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED GIVEN THE OVERALL BUDGET AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS THAT ARE BEING ABSORBED BY ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND, AND I THINK WE HAVE A PACE IN PROGRAMS BASED ON THAT AS WELL AS THE ACCELERATED CAPITAL PROJECTS FROM THE BOND WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE A WHOLE LOT OF STREET WORK GOING ON IN 20 21, 20 22. 
          UH, THAT IS GONNA BE BOTH AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS, BUT ALSO KEEP UP WITH OUR, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS AS A COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, UH, AS IT RELATES TO OUR RECOVERY. 
          AND, AND, UH, WE'LL MOVE NOW. 
          WE'RE GONNA GO FIVE TO ONE THIS TIME AND THEN, AND THEN 10 TO SIX. 
          SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, RAZZI, CAN YOU, DID YOU HAVE A SLIDE HERE ABOUT A T D FUNDING? ? COULD, COULD YOU REMIND ME HOW MUCH IS THE A T D BUDGET? ATT IS USUALLY ENTIRE A T D PROGRAM. 
          USUALLY 18 MILLION HAS BEEN LESS FEW YEARS, BUT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING TO BE 17 MILLION THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR. 
          SO 17 MILLION FOR THE A T D. 
          AND, AND SO TELL ME, I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY TIMES, UM, REGARDING VIA THE A T D BUDGET AND HOW MUCH WE COULD USE. 
          SO JUST HELP REMIND ME. 
          SO 17 MILLION IS FOR A T D AND OF THAT SET AND OF THAT 17 MILLION, WE'RE CURRENTLY GIVING 10 TVIA. 
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NO, MA'AM. 
          UH, SO LET ME, UH, THE $10 MILLION IS COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND AND, UH, AND HAS BEEN THE A T D IS A SEPARATE FUND. 
          IT'S A, IT'S A PORTION OF THE A T D APPROVED, UH, SALES TAX PROPOSITION THAT WAS VOTED ON 12 YEARS AGO OR SO. 
          AND, AND WITHIN THAT A T D FUND, WHICH NORMALLY IN A NORMAL YEAR IS $18 MILLION. 
          THIS YEAR IT'S DOWN, THE SALES TAX WAS DOWN. 
          UH, WE FUND OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, SO WE HAVE SOME RECURRING EXPENSES IN THERE. 
          UH, WE DO ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE, WE DO SIDEWALKS. 
          WE HAVE $5 MILLION IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET FOR SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, AND THAT MATCHES UP, THAT GETS ADDED TO THE BOND PROGRAM SIDEWALKS. 
          AND THEN WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF STREET MAINTENANCE RAZZI, AND WE DO BIKE LANES. 
          4.3 GOES TO STREET MAINTENANCE, 5 MILLION FOR SIDEWALK, 1 MILLION FOR BIKE, 1.5 MILLION FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION, 475,000 AUDIBLE PET SIGNAL ON THOSE INTERSECTION, 200,000. 
          AND OF COURSE, PAYS FOR ALSO STAFFING. 
          WE HAVE A STAFFING TO MANAGE THIS 30 POSITIONS OR SOMETHING. 
          POSITION ACTUALLY 36 POSITION 36 AT THE COST OF 5.7 MILLION. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          UH, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I, THAT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 
          UM, AND IS EVERYBODY STILL CURRENTLY EMPLOYED? NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUAL LEFT, VERY FEW WE HAVE VACANCY, UM, LEFT BUT NOT WE'RE FURLOUGHED OR CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY, THEY GOT DIFFERENT POSITION. 
          THEY MOVED OUT, ACTUALLY THEY MOVED OUT OF THE STATE. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SO IT LEFT A COUPLE OF VACANCIES THAT WILL PROBABLY STAY VACANT FOR A WHILE UNTIL, UNTIL, IS THAT PART OF THE HIRING? UM, FREEZES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, I GUESS EVEN, UM, I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW OF THE, UM, MOST OF THE, THE CUTS THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THIS YEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MAJORITY COME FROM STREET MAINTENANCE, 22 MILLION PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          IS THAT WHAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR REDUCTIONS? CORRECT. 
          WE HAD ONE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR 2018 AND 19 AND 20 AND 2021 AND 2022. 
          ALSO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON SLIDE NUMBER, THIS IS SLIDE, UH, BUT STILL A LOT HIGHER THAN WE WERE SEEING IN, UM, 2016 AND 2014. 
          SO, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THE WAY THAT WE'RE FUNDING, UM, THE BUDGET THIS TIME FOR 2021, EXPLAIN TO ME HOW WE'RE USING AN EQUITY MODEL IN THIS NEXT YEAR. 
          82. 
          WE ARE SUBTRACTING 43 MILLION BASICALLY DEFERRED PROJECT. 
          THE REMAINING IS GOING TO BE DIVIDED 39 MILLION, DIVIDED 50% BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT NETWORK. 
          ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS BIGGER AREA TO MAINTAIN. 
          THEY'RE GETTING MORE MONEY. 
          AND THE OTHER 50%, WHICH IS 19.5 MILLION, ANY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS LOWER P C I, NOT NECESSARILY LOWER THAN 70, JUST LOWER THAN THE OTHER, LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY. 
          OUR P C I HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED MANY YEARS AGO. 
          WE WERE HOPING TO BE OVER 70. 
          NOW AVERAGE CITY P C I THIS YEAR, 76, THAT'S A GOOD NEWS. 
          WE HAVE DONE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT LAST FEW YEARS. 
          THANKS FOR YOU TO GIVING US MONEY TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH AS WE HAVE ACHIEVED. 
          AND SO EVEN REGARDING SIDEWALKS, WE NEVER DID FIGURE OUT AN EQUITY BASED MODEL TO DO SIDEWALKS, IS THAT RIGHT? WE'RE STILL JUST TRYING TO COVER GAPS. 
          IF YOU RECALL, WE CREATED SELECTION CRITERIA ON THAT ONE, HOW WE SELECT THE SIDEWALK BASED ON GOING TO BE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, ANY MEDICAL CENTER AREA. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE WORK WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT ALSO. 
          YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT INPUT ON THE SELECTION OF THOSE SIDEWALK WITH US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          I MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ROSIE, UM, FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND I, I WANNA, UM, UH, SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ERIC WALSH THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND, AND I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK BEN GZE, UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK ANYTIME THAT BEN GELLE LENDS A HELPING HAND, I, 
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I FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS A WHOLE LOT BETTER. 
          SO THANK YOU BEN AND AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THAT YOU DO. 
          UM, THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FOUR, ACCORDING TO SAY 2020, THE AVERAGE COMMUTE IS 27.6 MINUTES AND THEY USE THE BUS TOO. 
          UM, AND SO EVERY TIME THAT I DRIVE OUT, EVEN MY LIMITED DRIVING OUT RIGHT NOW WITH THE COVID SITUATION, THERE'S PEOPLE WAITING FOR THE BUS. 
          UM, EVEN IF THERE'S NO BUS SHELTER, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT USE THIS. 
          AND SO, UM, I I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO, UH, ALWAYS KEEP THAT IN MIND AND BE AN ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          AND I'LL BE AND LV IN SUPPORT OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION BY ERIC THAT I HAVE. 
          NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO THE, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT IN 2018, THE $2 MILLION OF DEFERRED PROJECTS, HOW MANY OF, HOW MANY PROJECTS WERE THOSE? TWO? E 20 WAS FIVE PROJECTS. 
          IT WAS FIVE PROJECTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THOSE FIVE PROJECTS ARE PART OF ALL OF THESE THAT HAVE BEEN DEFERRED ARE ALL PART OF THE PRIORITIES, CORRECT? YES. 
          AND OF THE 43 MILLION THEY BE DONE NEXT YEAR AND THEY'LL BE DONE NEXT YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UM, AND REMIND ME HOW MANY TOTAL PROJECTS THAT IS? 8,282 PROJECT ALTOGETHER, THAT'LL ALL BE DONE NEXT YEAR, CORRECT? FIVE US FROM 18, SEVEN US FROM 19, AND 254 WAS FROM 2020, MAJORITY WAS FROM THIS YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, YES, I SAW THAT. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET, WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHERE WE ARE NOW, UM, IT, IT SO MUCH HIGHER AND IT IS AS A RESULT OF HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AND NO MATTER WHAT IN DISTRICT THREE, OUR RESIDENTS ARE STILL, UM, ASKING FOR THOSE IMPROVED STREETS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN LACKING FOR SO MANY YEARS. 
          AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS, UM, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GONZALEZ, THIS IS NOT HOW I EXPECTED MY LAST BUDGET SESSION TO BE, UH, DISCUSSING WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR STREETS BECAUSE WE'VE MADE SUCH ADVANCES IN OUR STREET MAINTENANCE, UM, AND IN OUR NETWORK THAT IT'S, UM, IT'S SAD TO SEE THIS, BUT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN HAND AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN IT BECAUSE STILL WE HAVE BEEN UNDER INVESTED IN, IN THE, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND I SEE THAT STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS IN THIS CAPACITY IS A BASIC SERVICE THAT, UH, IS A JOB OF THE CITY, UH, GOVERNMENT. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND OUR 19.5 AND WE WILL BUILD BACK UP TO THE 110 OR EVEN MORE, UM, IN THE FUTURE. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE MEANS AND WORKING WITH WHAT, WITH WHAT WE HAVE AND PUTTING THE PRIORITIES TO WHAT, WHERE IT IS. 
          AND THAT IS OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, ET CETERA. 
          UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CINDY CITY FUNDING TO THE VIA BUS SERVICE, UM, YES, I, I UNDERSTAND, UM, ERIC'S RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD AND TO CONTINUE TO, TO START THAT PAY AND GIVING THAT, UH, FLEXIBILITY TO VIA IN THE NEXT, UM, 20, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          UM, I'M GRATEFUL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOOK, UM, TO REPORT AND JUST GIVE US SOME UPDATES. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A LARGER CONVERSATION, MAYOR, OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PUTTING, UM, MORE CREATIVE IDEAS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH, UH, A ONE EIGHTH SALES TAX IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THAT WOULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE AND WHEN WE, WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS A COUNCIL. 
          AND THANK YOU TO, UM, ALL OF STAFF FOR ACCELERATING THESE BOND PROJECTS, SPECIFICALLY AT BROOKS AND THE MCIS LIBRARY, UM, THE SOUTH PRESA AND THE SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD. 
          UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY INPUT HAS BEEN TAKEN A LOT MORE, STILL HAS TO GET GOING AND, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD TRACK HERE. 
          UM, I WILL ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR MORE DOLLARS FOR, UM, THE DIS UM, MY DISTRICT OF COURSE, WHEN IT COMES TO SIDEWALKS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE MOST AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND I HAD TO SAY THAT AGAIN 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT EVERY SINGLE BUDGET CYCLE, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          BUT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THAT. 
          UH, AND I OWE YOU A LOT OF PROJECTS FOR MY SIDEWALK BOND DOLLARS TOO, AND I WILL GET WORKING ON THAT TOO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU YOU ROSIE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE CITY STAFF, 
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UM, FOR PUTTING THE PRESENTATION TOGETHER. 
          UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS WHEN IT RELATES TO GOING FORWARD WITH THE BOND, UM, THE 2022 BOND PROCESS, HOW WILL THIS, UM, PANDEMIC OR HOW WILL OUR BUDGET, UM, DOWNFALL REALLY AFFECT US WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, REQUEST FOR THE BONDS FOR THE 2020 OR 2022 PROJECTS COUNCILWOMAN? UM, A A LOT OF THAT WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH OUR, UM, PROPERTY TAX VALUES. 
          UH, WE'LL HAVE THE CERTIFIED ROLE AT THE END OF JULY, SO I ANTICIPATE, UH, THIS AUGUST WHEN WE DO THE DEBT MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL, WE WILL UPDATE ALL THOSE ASSUMPTIONS. 
          UM, BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE FORECAST, IF WE, IF WE ARE INDEED IN A, IN A RECESSIONARY PERIOD, AT LEAST WHAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, IN OTHER RECESSIONS, UH, THAT PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN, WHICH IMPACT CAPACITY, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE RUN A SCENARIO OF EVERY FIVE YEAR BOND PROGRAM, WE ALWAYS ASSUME THAT TAXES OR THE TAX RATE DOESN'T CHANGE. 
          AND SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE COUNCIL, UH, IN AUGUST AS PART OF THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS ON DEBT MANAGEMENT WHERE WE STAND. 
          THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          AS WE GO FORWARD, UH, RO I KNOW THAT RECENTLY WE FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE A STREET WITHIN DISTRICT TWO THAT WAS BEING, UM, EITHER WORKED ON OR IT HAD BEEN KIND OF CONSTRUCTED, UH, WITHOUT PERMITTING. 
          AND SO I'M WONDERING HOW MANY MORE STREETS HAVE WE HAD TO REPAIR, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT SITUATION OR BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION WASN'T PROPERLY DONE? COUNCIL MOMENTUM ON EVERY OUR CONTRACT, THIS PROJECT IS DONE BY US CONTRACTOR HAS ONE YEAR WARRANTY TO MAKE IT RIGHT. 
          IF THERE IS A DEFICIENCY ON THE MATERIAL OR CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE TO COME AND REPAIR AT NO COST TO CITY AFTER ONE YEAR AFTER PROJECT IS DONE. 
          AND THEN HAVE WE LOOKED AT ANY, UM, FEDERAL OR STATE FUNDING AS IT RELATES TO INFRASTRUCTURE? ARE THERE ANY GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE TO, TO HELP US WITH OUR, OUR SHARP SHORTFALL OF FUNDING? OR, UM, IS THIS THE ONLY FUNDING THAT WE HAVE GOING FORWARD? I THINK WE DO. 
          ANYTIME THERE IS A FUND FOR, THEY CALL FOR PROJECT THROUGH THE M P O, WE MAKE SURE WE SUBMIT. 
          ACTUALLY COUNCILMAN PERRY HAS ASKED US TO CREATE SOME SHOVEL READY PROJECT. 
          WHENEVER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSES ANY AID FOR THE STATES AND CITY, HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PROJECT PUT FORWARD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDING. 
          AND COUNCILWOMAN, THIS IS JEFF COYLE. 
          UM, THERE'S A, A BIG DISCUSSION IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW ABOUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. 
          UH, THE HOUSE IS, UH, PROPOSING ONE THAT THE SENATE HAS NOT WARMED UP TO YET. 
          SO WE'RE A FAR WAY FROM HAVING, UH, A NEW PACKAGE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          WE, WE DO GET STATE FUNDING FOR A LOT OF THE MAJOR STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN OUR REGION. 
          UH, NOTHING NEW TO REPORT THOUGH, UNTIL THEY'RE BACK IN IN SESSION NEXT YEAR AND, AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT FUNDING. 
          THANK YOU, JEFF. 
          UM, CITY MANAGER. 
          I KNOW YOU WERE SAYING THAT WHEN IT COMES TO VIA, UM, WE'VE PAID OUT OVER 5 MILLION, THERE'S 2 MILLION, UM, WHICH GIVES US SEVEN, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT OTHER 3 MILLION COUNCILWOMAN? THAT 3 MILLION WAS, UH, SUSPENDED WHEN WE REBALANCED OUR BUDGET IN APRIL, SO WE SAVED THAT MONEY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, I'M IN SUPPORT OF OUR CITY MANAGER'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          AND THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE. 
          MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          UM, REALLY NO QUESTIONS OTHER THAN JUST, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK, UH, THE TEAM OVER AT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, RAZZI, UH, ANTHONY AND, UH, TINO FAUSTINO, UM, AND OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO, UH, FIND WAYS TO, TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH, WITH OUR DOLLARS SO THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS CAN GO FURTHER. 
          SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M, I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR, FOR ALL THE ATTENTION THAT THEY HAVE, UH, GIVEN, UH, TO ME AND, UH, TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THESE ISSUES. 
          UH, WE'RE NOT DONE, UH, BUT THIS IS A, JUST A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN, WE CAN FIND WAYS TO, TO BUILD A CITY, UH, 
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MORE AND MORE EFFICIENTLY BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THE THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THE, THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE, AND WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. 
          AND, AND, UH, THERE'S, THIS IS A, A, A GREAT EXAMPLE, OR AT LEAST A TIME, UM, HAS SHOWN US THAT, UH, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE REALLY NOTICING THAT HAVING THE, THE PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE IN, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CRITICAL TO THE WAY WE HANDLE THIS CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN. 
          AND, UH, SIDEWALKS BEING, UH, A VERY, VERY HIGH PRIORITY. 
          UH, THE, SO MY MY, MY COMMENT IS REALLY THAT, UH, AS WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HOW WE'RE RESOLVING, UH, SIDEWALKS, I ALSO WANT TO GET TO THE POLICY OF SIDEWALKS AND HOW THIS CITY SEES SIDEWALKS. 
          UM, AND I HOPE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, REGARDING, UH, UDC 29 11 AND OF COURSE, WHAT'S IN OUR CHARTER TO SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SIDEWALKS AS PART OF AN INTERCONNECTED, UH, SYSTEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE OUR STREETS, UM, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THAT, FOR THAT MATTER. 
          AND SO, UH, DOING THAT, I THINK WILL HELP US TO REALLY LAY OUT A PLAN. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, DOING 58 MILES IS A, IS IS A HUGE IMPROVEMENT, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE GAP, UH, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH MORE WORK WE HAVE LEFT TO DO. 
          UH, AND OF COURSE, FOR THE INNER CITY, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE THE OLDEST PART OF THE CITY, WE'RE, SO A LOT OF THE AREAS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, UH, OVER, OVER TIME. 
          AND IN, IN A, IN A TIME WHEN, WHEN THERE WAS NO, UH, REGULATION OR EVEN THOUGHT TO, UH, MAYBE EVEN BUILD A SIDEWALK IN THOSE AREAS, WHICH IS WHY WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SIDEWALK GAP. 
          AND THEN WHEREVER THERE WAS A SIDEWALK, IT HAS AGED AND, AND IS NOW EFFECTIVELY BROKEN. 
          AND SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE SETTING, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM IS AN INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE BY REPAIRING THE, THE, THE BROKEN PIECES OF THE SIDEWALK, WHICH EFFECTIVELY, UH, UH, UH, KEEP PEOPLE FROM UTILIZING THAT STRETCH OF SIDEWALK. 
          UH, BY EFFECT, BY FIXING THAT PORTION, WE ARE BRINGING BACK MANY MORE MILES, UH, AND EFFECTIVELY CONNECTING THE CITY. 
          AND SO, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT, OUR CALCULATION, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE WE DID PUT MORE MONEY INTO THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM, UH, WE ARE BRINGING BACK ALMOST 22 MILES OF INTERCONNECTED SIDEWALKS IN OUR DISTRICT. 
          AND, UH, WE GOT MANY MORE TO DO. 
          UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, UH, SOME MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT IS REALLY, TRULY BENEFICIAL AND WHY WE NEED TO BE, UH, ALSO LOOKING AT THE POLICY IN WHICH WE LOOK AT SIDEWALKS AND HOW WE CAN, UH, FINALLY REALLY, UH, RESOLVE THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING, UH, BUILDING SIDEWALKS, UH, COVERING THE SIDEWALK GAPS, REPAIRING SIDEWALKS, UTILIZING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SIDEWALKS LIKE PRECAST, UH, IN AREAS WHERE, WHERE THE SOILS ARE JUST PROVEN TO BE TOO DIFFICULT, UM, IS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE AND LOOK AT OUR, AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT SETS THE EXAMPLE FOR OTHER PROJECTS, UH, TO COME. 
          SO, UM, AGAIN, WITH THAT, I, I JUST, I'M, I'M THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK IT'S, IT'S ALIGNING WITH THE KINDS OF PRIORITIES WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR YEARS NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, MAY I SAY SOMETHING FOR COUNCILMAN TREVINO TODAY AT LUNCHTIME WE UPDATE OUR WEBSITE AND WE HAVE VERY GOOD, EASY TO FIND INFORMATION REGARDING SIDEWALK REPAIR REPAIR PROGRAM AT YOU REQUESTED TWO WEEKS AGO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, RAZZY. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, I SAW THAT FI UH, SMILE ON, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S FACE ON THAT ONE. 
          RAZZIE. 
          THAT'S GREAT. 
          I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME THING AND, AND BE, UH, POSITIVE AND HAVE A SMILE ON MY FACE. 
          BUT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS, UH, FOR A WHILE NOW, ABOUT HOW MUCH WE'RE ALLOCATING TO OUR STREETS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER TWO, UH, JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT GRADES THAT WE HAVE, PARTICULARLY GRADE D AND F, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY ROADS AND F IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FAILED. 
          THEY NEED COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION. 
          AND WE, 10% OF OUR LANES ARE LIKE THAT, THAT'S OVER 400 MILES, LIKE YOU SAID, RAZZY. 
          AND, AND WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DEFERRING THOSE DOWN. 
          AND WHAT I'VE BEEN TELLING MY DISTRICT IS LET'S WAIT TILL THE NEXT BOND AND WE'RE REALLY GONNA, WE'RE REALLY GONNA HIT THOSE REALLY HARD TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE. 
          BUT AT, AT EVERY TURN, I, I SEE THAT WE'RE, 
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NOW, WE'RE REDUCING THAT, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND ERIC, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS ON THIS NEXT BOND. 
          MIGHT HAVE TO SCALE THAT BACK. 
          I JUST, THE FOLKS UP IN DISTRICT 10 HAVE EXPECTATIONS FOR US TO PROVIDE THOSE CORE SERVICES AND STREETS AND SIDEWALKS ARE PART OF THOSE CORE SERVICES. 
          AND, UH, I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTED AGAIN, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE HITTING THOSE AREAS THAT HARD ON THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO, UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE REDUCTIONS TO, TO MAKE, MAKE ENDS MEET FOR THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TAKING AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY OUT OF, OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR LINE ITEM TO MAKE UP THAT, MAKE UP THAT SHORTFALL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE FUNDED BACK IN, YOU KNOW, 2014 THROUGH 17. 
          BUT THERE WAS SUCH A CLAMOR BACK IN THOSE DAYS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS OUT ACROSS THE CITY THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR ROADS AND STREETS AND ROADS IN THIS CITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY INCREASED THE EMPHASIS ON THIS. 
          AND NOW WE'RE BACKING AWAY FROM THAT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE BUDGET FOR SHORTFALLS, BUT MAN, THIS IS, THIS IS TAKING A BIG HIT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS IN THIS, AND, AND I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF RESHUFFLING, SOME IN SOME SORT OF WAY TO TRY TO MAKE UP, OR, YOU KNOW, SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE WITH SOME OTHER PROGRAM TO TRY TO MAKE UP A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CORE SERVICE THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING TO OUR, UH, FOLKS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR CONSTITUENTS. 
          AND LET ME TELL YOU, WHEN THIS COMES OUT AND WHEN IT HITS DISTRICT 10, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, REDUCING THAT BUDGET AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE VERY HAPPY. 
          AND, UM, AND I SUSPECT THAT'S NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT 10, THIS IS GONNA BE AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO I'M, I'M AGAIN, PLEADING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO SHUFFLE AROUND TO, TO, UH, INCREASE THE EMPHASIS ON WHAT I SAY IS PROBABLY, WELL, IT HAS BEEN RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE PRIORITY LIST IN PAST YEARS. 
          NOW, AGAIN, THIS SURVEY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BUT I SUSPECT WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER MONTH OF INPUT THAT ARE GONNA COME INTO THE ESSAY, SPEAK UP. 
          AND I, I, I'LL PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT I, I THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE IN THAT SURVEY AND, AND SEE MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THESE CORE SERVICES THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING. 
          SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE ANOTHER PLUG FOR THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW, DO I HAVE ANY TIME LEFT OR I DON'T SEE THE CLOCK IN, SO THAT MEANS I CAN TALK ALL DAY LONG. 
          , THERE'S NO CLOCK UP THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, BUT I, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. 
          UH, AGAIN, WE MADE SUCH GREAT PROGRESS ON THE P C I SCORES, AND YES, THERE'S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF A CLIMB GOING ON EVEN WITH THIS REDUCED BUDGET, BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THESE D AND F STREETS, WHICH WE REALLY CAN'T RO WE CAN'T AFFORD TO DO VERY MANY OF THOSE, RIGHT? CORRECT. 
          OUTTA THE 400 MILES OF F STREETS. 
          HOW MANY DO WE DO PER YEAR? 12. 
          12. 
          SO 12 MILES, FIVE, FIVE, 5%, 5% OF F STREETS. 
          REMEMBER, THAT'S STREETS THAT YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T GO THE SPEED LIMIT ON. 
          SO ANYWAY, I'M, I'M ON MY SOAPBOX TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, JEFF, UM, OR WHEN WE HAVE THE SA SPEAKUP, 'CAUSE IT'S STILL OPEN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY I, I THINK IT'S EASY TO CREATE THE, THE, UH, EXPENSE SIDE OF THE LEDGER AND WE'D ALL GET WHAT WE NEEDED, UH, IF WE DID. 
          BUT, UH, CONSTITUENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TO PA PASS A BALANCED BUDGET TO RECOMMEND CUTS ALSO. 
          RIGHT? IN FACT, WE ASKED THAT QUESTION, UH, WHERE, WHAT AREAS THEY WOULD LIKE TO CUT, WHAT AREAS THEY WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT I THINK IN PAST YEARS WE'VE ASKED THEM TO, UH, WHEN WE ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT AREAS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE FUNDING INCREASE, WE'VE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH, IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE THINGS HERE, GIVE US SOME OTHER CATEGORIES THAT YOU WOULD DECREASE. 
          WE, WE DID IT MORE BROADLY THIS TIME BY STARTING THE SURVEY OFF WITH THE LARGE REVENUE SHORTFALL THAT WE'RE FACING AND FRAMING ALL THE QUESTIONS WITHIN THAT CONTEXT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          UM, THANK YOU JEFF. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, RAZZIE FROM THE TABLES 
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THAT WE'VE, OH, I SEE YOU GOT THE CLOCK UP FOR ME NOW. 
          THAT ISN'T FAIR. 
          I SEE THAT THE TABLES THAT WE'VE USED INDICATE THAT, UH, WE PUT OFF 50 MILLION, WHICH HAS ACTUALLY SAVED US 43. 
          'CAUSE WE'VE REDUCED COST. 
          SO WE'VE, WE'VE PUT OFF 43 MILLION AND THEN NOW WE'RE PROJECTING FOR NEXT YEAR 82 MILLION, WHICH IS STILL $28 MILLION BELOW THE ONE 10 LEVEL THAT WE'VE KIND OF COMMITTED TO OVER THE YEARS. 
          UH, AND IF YOU PUT THE 43 AND THE 28 TOGETHER, THAT MEANS FROM THIS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT $73 MILLION LESS IN, IN STREETS AND IN SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS. 
          I, I'D LIKE TO, UH, DISCUSS A PROPOSAL. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE COMPLETION OF THE CITY HALL RENOVATION, UH, THAT DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND WE BORROWED IN ORDER TO GO AHEAD AND IMPROVE CITY HALL FOR $40 MILLION. 
          UH, AREN'T THERE SOME INSTRUMENTS WE COULD USE TO BORROW 20 OR $30 MILLION FOR THESE STREET IMPROVEMENTS? I MEAN, WE'RE JUST SELLING OFF OLDER BONDS AT A LOWER PRICE. 
          WE'RE SAVING MONEY THERE. 
          WHY DON'T WE FUND THESE STREET IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL BOND, UH, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER 20 OR $30 MILLION SO THAT WE DON'T FALL SO FAR BEHIND ON THESE STREET IMPROVEMENTS? AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF OUR BONDING CAPACITY WOULD ENABLE US TO BORROW 20 OR 30 OR EVEN $40 MILLION TO GO AHEAD AND ADD TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITHOUT CAUSING US TO HAVE TO RAISE OUR, OUR TAXES TO MEET THOSE OBLIGATIONS. 
          SO, SO BEN, I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MY QUESTION IS. 
          CAN YOU ANSWER THAT FOR ME? SURE, COUNCILMAN, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU, UH, UH, A BRIEF KIND OF DESCRIPTION OF HOW WE DO THE STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET TODAY. 
          SO PART OF THAT IS FUNDED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TODAY. 
          PART OF THAT IS FUNDED WITH DEBT. 
          SO WE ACTUALLY ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND TAX NOTES TO FUND PART OF THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM THAT RAZZIE WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          WE ARE REFINANCING DEBT. 
          UM, NEXT TUESDAY WE DO EXPECT SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS, BUT I MENTIONED WE ALSO EXPECT OUR PROPERTY TAX VALUES TO BE LOWER IN 21 THAN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DIP AFTER THAT. 
          THAT IS PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE DEBT PLAN. 
          SO WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD THAT 21 CENT TAX RATE. 
          SO WE BUILD CAPACITY TO THAT. 
          AND WHAT I'M EXPECTING IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A DEBT PLAN IN AUGUST THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A MUCH LOWER NUMBER FOR THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM. 
          I MEAN, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE UPDATE AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT IT'S GONNA GET IMPACTED ASSESS VALUATIONS ARE THE BIGGEST ASSUMPTION WE MAKE IN THAT DEBT PLAN. 
          SO, UM, GIVEN ALL WHAT WE'VE DONE TO FUND THINGS TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET SO FAR, INCLUDING SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OUT OF THE HOT FUND THAT WE MOVED OVER, THE FALLING APPRAISALS, UH, AND TAX ROLL THAT WE EXPECT, UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE ANY CAPACITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR STREETS. 
          WE WILL GIVE YOU THAT UPDATE IN AUGUST ONCE WE GET THE CERTIFIED ROLE, AND WE'LL DO RE PROJECTIONS AGAIN. 
          BUT IT, IT, IT'S GONNA BE VERY TIGHT, MUCH LIKE, UH, MUCH LIKE THE REST OF THE BUDGET. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER KIND OF INSTRUMENTS THAT WE COULD USE TO RAISE MONEY ON A BOND? UH, BESIDES, UH, YOU KNOW, ON THE TAX ITSELF, YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN, I WOULD HAVE TO GO LOOK, BUT THE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE WITH ANY, ANY INSTRUMENT THAT WE ISSUE. 
          I'VE GOTTA HAVE A SOURCE OF REPAYMENT. 
          AND, AND THE CHALLENGE FOR US RIGHT NOW IS THAT ALL OF OUR REVENUE STREAMS ARE CONTRACTING. 
          UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FLEX, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, CAPACITY TO WORK OFF OF THOSE REVENUE STREAMS, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY GIVE, GIVE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT OVER THE MONTH OF JULY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN COME UP WITH. 
          BUT THAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS NOT THE INSTRUMENT. 
          IT'S COMING WITH A SOURCE OF REPAYMENT RIGHT NOW. 
          GOOD. 
          WELL, I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT IN HOPES THAT MAYBE WE COULD COME UP WITH ANOTHER MAYBE 10 MILLION OR 20 MILLION THAT WE THINK WE COULD BORROW IN ORDER TO ADD, SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP FALLING SO FAR BEHIND. 
          WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. 
          COUNCILMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          YEAH, JUST A A A QUICK OBSERVATION. 
          I, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IF WE HAD TAKEN THIS SURVEY IN FEBRUARY, MAYBE EVEN MARCH, THE RESULTS WOULD BE DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. 
          UM, HOWEVER, I THINK IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COVID CRISIS, UM, YOU KNOW, MARIA AND BEN CAME TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE DELAY SPENDING ON, UH, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. 
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UM, I I I THINK THAT THE, YOU KNOW, PROTESTS AND JUST THE GENERAL, UM, FRUSTRATION WITH AND DISTRUST OF POLICE HAS KNOCKED STREETS AND SIDEWALKS OFF OF, YOU KNOW, ITS USUAL PLACE AND SURVEY RESULTS LIKE THIS. 
          UM, THAT'S OKAY. 
          UH, IT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE. 
          I'M JUST HESITANT TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATH WATER IN THIS ONE, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS ONE SNAPSHOT IN TIME. 
          UH, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THESE, YOU KNOW, CON CONCERNS WITH POLICE AREN'T IMPORTANT, BUT, UM, I, I, AND, AND I, I GRASP EXACTLY THE SITUATION THAT WE CURRENTLY FIND OURSELVES IN. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE LAYING OUT RAZZIE AND, UH, I, I THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE HARD CHOICES. 
          'CAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO COME UP HERE AND, UH, SAY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S BUDGET TIME AND, UH, THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO DO, BUT MY PROPOSAL TO YOU IS TO, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANTLY MAKE CUTS. 
          AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO. 
          AND SO, UH, I, I APPRECIATE YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS IS WHERE I TELL COUNCILMAN PERRY, WHAT IF WE TAKE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS FROM THE LEASE DEPARTMENT AND ? UM, ANYWAY, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH RAZZI FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK COUNCILMAN, UH, ELIAS IS, IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE COMING TO US WITH YOUR BEST, UH, BEST WAY OF REDUCING THE BUDGET, AND THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS. 
          SO I THINK IT GOES BACK TO OUR EARLIER CONVERSATION. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE JUST AFFECTED SO MUCH MORE HEAVILY AND THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTS THOSE, THOSE THINGS. 
          IT, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T COME UP AT THE TOP TODAY, BUT WE HEAR IT, UH, ALMOST DAILY. 
          UH, I, I HEAR FOR, I HEAR ABOUT SIDEWALKS A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN, THAN STREETS. 
          AND, UM, I, CAN YOU REMIND ME, WHEN DID THAT CHANGE IN, IN DEVELOPMENT WHERE SIDEWALKS WERE REQUIRED TO BE PART OF, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENTS? WAS THAT IN, THAT'S COUNCILMAN IN THE U D C? ANYTIME NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO BUILD, THEY HAVE TO BUILD THE SIDEWALK, IT'S STILL THERE. 
          RIGHT? SO WHAT YEAR DID THAT BEGIN? BROAD. 
          IT, IT, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE BEFORE 2001, 2001. 
          WE DID THE U D C AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS AN ADD-ON. 
          SO IT'S BEEN THERE EVEN, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO THAT. 
          SO MOST OF, UH, INSIDE FOUR 10 WAS DEVELOPED BEFORE 2001. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE REQUESTS THAT, THAT WE RECEIVE. 
          AND, UH, THEY, THEY JUST DON'T GO AWAY WHEN THEY GET REDEVELOPED. 
          WE'LL SEE SIDEWALKS IF THEY DON'T, UM, THEN THEY EXPECT US TO PROVIDE, WHICH I THINK IS ENTIRELY REASONABLE. 
          IT'S A PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, FOR PEOPLE'S FEET AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE'S, UH, CARS. 
          UM, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF ADVANCING THE BOND PROJECTS OF CONTINUING THE $10 MILLION, UH, IF NOT THE A T D AMOUNT, UH, TO VIA, UH, I DO HAVE A, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING WITH THE SEPARATION BETWEEN T C I FROM, FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO, TO TRAFFIC? I, I KNOW COVID HAS REALLY GOTTEN IN THE WAY, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF STILL WITH T C I, I JUST WANNA GET MY HEAD AROUND AROUND IT. 
          . 
          UM, SO, SO WE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, I THINK YOU SAID TRAFFIC. 
          OH, SORRY, I DID SAY TRAFFIC. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION? NO, WE, I, UH, ROD HAS WORKED WITH HR TO DEVELOP A, A SCHEDULE FOR A RECRUITMENT, UH, FOR THAT POSITION. 
          UM, IT'S, UH, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A KEY FOCUS AREA THAT IS NEEDED. 
          UM, AND I, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL BE DILIGENT THOUGH. 
          I, SINCE YOU'RE BRINGING IT UP, I THINK I NEED TO BE DILIGENT IN THAT IF I'M HOLDING, UH, DEPARTMENTS TO A POSITION WHERE WE NEED TO FREEZE POSITIONS, THAT, THAT I NEED TO DO THE SAME THING AT SOME TIMES. 
          BUT I DO THINK THAT FROM A, A LEADERSHIP STANDPOINT, ROY'S KIND OF BEEN CARRYING, WEARING TWO HATS SINCE COVID, BECAUSE I MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT THERE IN FEBRUARY. 
          AND, UM, UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A SCHEDULE RO UH, GOT A SCHEDULE WITH HR, WITH A RECRUITMENT AGENCY THAT WE WILL CONTRACT WITH TO, TO, UH, PROCEED ON THAT. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          SO FOR NOW, IT'S RAZZIE THAT WE GO TO FOR, FOR ALL THE, BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS. 
          UM, I WANTED TO ASK, UH, TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE OF THEM IS REGARDING ADVANCING THE BOND PROJECTS. 
          UH, DOES THAT, WHERE DO THOSE WORKERS COME FROM? I, I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO DO LOW, LOW BIDS AND THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING LOCALLY. 
          AND THAT'S, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S, 
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THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WANNA DRIVE THE, THE FUNDING AND THE WORK. 
          AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING I WANNA KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY, UH, EFFICIENCIES THAT YOU FOUND IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACTING FOR SOME OF THE STREET REPAIR PROJECTS? LIKE, UM, ARE WE HOLDING CONTRACTORS TO A CERTAIN TIMELINE SO THAT IF THEY DON'T FINISH BY IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET A CERTAIN THE THE FULL AMOUNT? AND IS THAT GOING TO INTRODUCE ANY SAVINGS INTO THIS BUDGET? THANK YOU. 
          IF EVERY PROJECT COUNCILWOMAN WE ADVERTISE, WE PUT THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION AS LOW AS SIX MONTHS AS MUCH AS SOMETIME TWO YEARS. 
          CEILING CHANNEL IS LARGE PROJECT. 
          WE GIVE THEM MORE TIME AND IN THE MEANTIME WE CALL LIQUIDATED DAMAGE AS MUCH AS A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR SO PER, THEY DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT. 
          WHEN THE CONTRACTOR DOESN'T FINISH ON THOSE DAY, WE END UP SUBTRACTING THAT VEHICLE. 
          LD LIQUIDATE DAMAGE FROM HIS, PAY, HIS OR HER PAY SUBMITTAL AND THEN THAT GOES TO THE PROJECT. 
          DOES THAT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN? ACTUALLY IT'S HAPPENS ON MOST OF THE PROJECT WHEN THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT FINISHING ON TIME. 
          IF THEY CANNOT JUSTIFY WHY WE NEED TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME, WE END UP CHARGING THEM LIQUIDATE DAMAGE. 
          WELL, I HOPE THAT MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA MONEY IN DISTRICT SEVEN 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PROJECTS THAT TOOK A LONG TIME. 
          , THANK YOU RAZZY. 
          ON THE SECOND QUESTION YOU SAID, WE DO COMBINE SOME NUMBER OF THE PROJECT TO MAKE, FIRST OF ALL, CONVENIENCE FOR PUBLIC. 
          WE WANNA DEAL WITH ONE CONTRACTOR HAVING SO MANY OTHER CONTRACTOR. 
          SECONDLY, WE CAN GET BETTER, WE CAN GET BETTER PRICE FROM HAVING LARGER CONTRACTOR THAN MANY SMALL. 
          STILL WE HAVE MANY SMALL PROJECT. 
          WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE WAS A SMALL CONTRACTOR ALSO HAS OPPORTUNITY TO BEAT OUR PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          UM, BEFORE I FORGET, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA DID HAVE ONE QUESTION AND I'LL JUST POSE TO YOU RAZZY, IF YOU CAN, UM, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ON BACKUP LATER. 
          UH, SHE WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HOW MANY CENTER LINE, MILES OF NEW STREETS GET ADDED TO THE CITY'S INVENTORY EACH YEAR FROM NEW SUBDIVISIONS? OKAY. 
          AND HOW LONG ARE THEY UNDER WARRANTY? UM, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, BRAND NEW SUBDIVISIONS, UM, THAT HAVE STREETS THAT ARE FAILING OR NEED TO REPAIR. 
          UM, SHE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, HOW DO WE FIGURE THOSE, UM, REPAIRS INTO OUR I M P FUNDING FOR, FOR THOSE PROJECT SEATS, BUDGET YEARS. 
          SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE SOME BACKUP DATA, MAYBE SEND IT TO COUNCIL ON THE WRAP UP, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDI. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION MAY BE FOR, UH, LIZ, I'M NOT SURE IF ANDY'S HERE. 
          IS THERE. 
          OH, HI ANDY. 
          I DIDN'T SEE YOU. 
          IS THERE, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT A T D MONEY BEFORE. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING LEGALLY BARRING THE CITY FROM GIVING VIA A T D MONEY? THAT'S A VIABLE OPTION, RIGHT? THE AT D MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED MM-HMM. 
           OR A PORTION OF IT THERE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT LEGALLY PROHIBITS US TAKING THE MONEY WE GET FROM A T D AND THEN SHARING THAT WITH BE UNDER A CONTRACT OR AN AGREEMENT. 
          OKAY. 
          IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, COUNSEL. 
          THAT'S IT. 
          YEAH, THAT WAS ALL. 
          THANK YOU ANDY. 
          UM, ONE MORE QUESTION. 
          IT, I'M JUST KIND OF THINKING OUT LOUD, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE A DASHBOARD FOR EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT WOULD SHOW US, UM, WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE ON NAMP FUNDING BOND, UM, DIFFERENT KIND OF PROJECTS, JUST SOMEWHERE WE CAN LOOK AND IN REAL TIME WE CAN SEE THE STATUS OF OUR PROJECTS COUNCILWOMAN? WE CAN A A AS YOU KNOW, WE MEET WITH MOST OF THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND WE DO PROVIDE THOSE INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT ONE AS A DASHBOARD. 
          WE CAN SOMETHING THAT, I MEAN EVEN, EVEN MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC, SO WE CAN SEE, UM, JUST AT ANY TIME WHERE, WHERE THOSE PROJECTS CURRENTLY STAND AND, AND WHERE OUR FUNDING IS. 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL, MAYOR. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, KENS MEMBER CODA. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO TO, UM, OUR HOT PLAN 10 MINUTE BREAK. 
          KEEP GOING. 
          I THINK WE, I THINK WE OUGHT TO KEEP GOING 'CAUSE WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND. 
          IF ANYBODY NEEDS TO GET UP AND TAKE A BREAK, UM, PLEASE DO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          I GUESS I'M ON, HUH? UH, THIS, UH, SECTION IS GONNA BE SPLIT UP BY LORI AND MYSELF. 
          WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HOT FUND AND JUST TO REMIND ALL OF US AND ANYBODY WATCHING THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX IS A 16.75% TAX THAT'S LEVIED ON HOTEL NIGHT ROOM STAYS. 
          CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THE SLIDE ON THE LEFT, THE PIE 
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CHART ON THE LEFT, UH, UH, ILLUSTRATES HOW THAT 16.75% IS ALLOCATED. 
          UH, 6% OF THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE STATE, 1.75% TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN 9% TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WITH 2%, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THE, UM, A PORT TO PAY A PORTION OF THE EXPANSION DEBT FOR THE, FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER EXPANSION. 
          THE REMAINING 7% FUNDS, TOURISM CONVENTION, UH, ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION. 
          THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS HOW THAT FUND IS ALLOCATED, HOW THE 7% IS ALLOCATED WITH 35% GOING TO FUND THE CONVENTION CENTER OPERATIONS, 15% GOING TO ARTS FUNDING, 15% GOING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AND THEN 35% TO FUND A DESTINATION MARKETING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH BUSINESS SAN ANTONIO. 
          YOU'VE SEEN THIS SLIDE BEFORE. 
          THIS ILLUSTRATES, UH, THE REVENUE THAT WAS GENERATED FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX. 
          THAT 9%, YOU SEE A STEADY GROWTH, UH, FOR ALMOST THE LAST 10 YEARS, UM, WITH, UH, 2019 RESULTING IN $93 MILLION IN REVENUE. 
          UM, THE PANDEMIC'S HAD A REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HOTELS, ON THE DEMAND FOR HOTELS ON THE PRICES THAT HOTELS CAN, UH, CAN OBVIOUSLY CHARGE FOR ROOM NIGHTS. 
          UM, CONVENTIONS HAVE BEEN CANCELED. 
          UH, TOURISM TRA ATTRACTIONS, SIX FLAGS AND, AND OTHERS, UH, SEAWORLD WERE CLOSED. 
          UH, VARIETY OF STAY AT HOME ORDERS ALL ACROSS THE NATION. 
          AND OF COURSE, MANY DOWNTOWN HOTELS WERE CLOSED, RESULTING IN A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN REVENUE BEGINNING AROUND THE MID-MARCH AND GOING INTO APRIL. 
          AND, UH, WE HAD TWO ECONOMISTS, UH, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL LAST WEEK AND THEY PROVIDED PROJECTIONS FOR THE HOT FUND. 
          AND, AND THEY THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND EACH OF THEM ROUGHLY, UH, ESTIMATES THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE ABOUT FIVE YEARS FOR THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX TO GET BACK TO 2019 PRE C OVID 19 LEVELS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IT'S OBVIOUSLY HAD AN IMPACT ON THIS FACILITY AS WELL AS THE ALAMO DOME. 
          UH, THIS, UH, SLIDE SHOWS THAT, UH, FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF F Y 20, THE CONVENTION CENTER HAD 131, UM, EVENTS BOOKED AND WERE, UM, SLATED FOR, FOR THIS CENTER, UH, FROM MARCH, 2020 THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WE'LL HAVE 34, UH, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          OCTOBER 20 THROUGH 2021. 
          WE HAD 233 EVENTS THAT WERE BOOKED, UH, AND WE'VE HAD SOME CANCELLATIONS, BUT BY AND LARGE, MOST OF THE EVENTS ARE STILL, UH, ON THE SCHEDULE. 
          AND PATRICIA AND HER TEAM, AS WELL AS VISIT SAN ANTONIO ARE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THOSE CONVENTIONS. 
          AND MANY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY ARE WANTING TO COME, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH, OF COURSE, THE PANDEMIC. 
          UH, RIGHT BELOW THAT YOU SEE THE ALAMO DOME. 
          UM, IN MARCH WE HAD, UH, 72 FROM MARCH TO 20 MARCH OF 2020 TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE HAD 72 BUDGETED EVENT DAYS. 
          UH, AND UH, YOU SEE IN THE, TO THE RIGHT THAT THERE'S, UH, 10 THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. 
          JUST LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER, UH, THE ALMO DOME HAS, UH, A NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT ARE CONTINUED TO BE ON THE BOOKS. 
          WE HAD 121 THAT WE ESTIMATED WOULD BE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND WE'VE ONLY HAD A COUPLE THAT HAVE CANCELED. 
          SO THERE'S STILL 119 THAT ARE SLATED FOR THE ALMO DOME. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A FLUID, UH, ISSUE AND IT CONTINUES TO CHANGE ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          BUT THOSE ARE HOLDING STEADY FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. 
          THE ALAMO DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER RECEIVES REVENUES FOR THE USE OF THE FACILITIES. 
          UH, THE REVENUES WILL TAKE THE FORM OF FACILITY RENTAL, CATERING AND CONCESSION CONTRACTS, PARKING REVENUE, AND FOR THE ALAMO DOME, UH, FEES ON TICKETS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SINCE 2014 THERE'S BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN REVENUE GENERATED BY BOTH FACILITIES. 
          UH, THE ESTIMATE FOR 2020 IS $16.7 MILLION AND THE TRIAL BUDGET, UH, INDICATED REVENUE OF $23.2 MILLION FOR F Y 2021. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UH, THE TRIAL BUDGET SHOWS THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING, UM, AND COMPARES THE F Y 20 BUDGET TO WHAT IS ANTICIPATED FOR FFY 21. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND VISITORS FACILITIES FUND, WHICH FUNDS THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE AL DOME, 
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UH, IN F Y 20, THE, THE BUDGET WAS $54.4 MILLION. 
          THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE REVENUES GENERATED AS WELL AS THE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX THAT THAT'S ASSIGNED TO US. 
          OUR PROJECTIONS FOR F Y 21 ARE $42.4 MILLION OR $12 MILLION LESS FOR NEXT, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          UH, THAT FUNDING REDUCTION, THAT REDUCTION, UH, IS GONNA BE OFFSET BY, UH, ABOUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF PERSONNEL AND OTHER EXPENSE REDUCTIONS. 
          AND THEN $6.9 MILLION IS GONNA GONNA BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THIS FUND TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR PERSONNEL AND ALLOW THE OPERATIONS OF THE, THE FACILITIES TO CONTINUE. 
          UH, I MENTIONED THAT THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH VISITS SAN ANTONIO, UH, RECEIVES A PORTION OF THE HOTEL ANCY OCCUPANCY TAX AS WELL IN FY 2020. 
          THAT AMOUNT WAS 24.9 MILLION. 
          WE'RE PROJECTING THAT IN FY 21 IT'LL BE $16.2 MILLION OR AN $8.7 MILLION REDUCTION. 
          I'LL TURN IT OVER, LORI, TO TALK ABOUT THE ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND AS A SLIDE BEFORE MENTIONED, THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET FOR ARTS AND CULTURE IS ABOUT 11.5 MILLION, AND OUR REDUCTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 3.8. 
          SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET IS 7.7 MILLION FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY $3.8 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING TO TAKE 2.8 MILLION FROM THE ARTS AGENCY FUNDING. 
          WE PROVIDED ABOUT 7.4 MILLION IN ARTS AGENCY FUNDING AND 2020. 
          AND SO WE'VE REDUCED IT BY 2.8 MILLION. 
          AND WE ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF OUR FUNDING CYCLE FOR OUR ARTS FUNDING. 
          AND SO EVERY THREE YEARS THEY APPLY FOR FUNDING. 
          IT'S FORMULAIC, THEY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AND WE AWARD THE FUNDING BASED ON THEIR APPLICATION AND THAT FORMULA. 
          AND IT IS BASED ON THEIR I R SS NINE 90 AS WELL AS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION. 
          WE ARE PROPOSING THAT EACH AGENCY THAT RECEIVES FUNDING THROUGH THE ARTS FUNDING PROGRAM BE REDUCED BY 35%. 
          THAT WILL ALLOW US TO SAVE 2.8 MILLION, AND THEN WE'LL IDENTIFY ANOTHER 1 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS THROUGH OUR ARTS PROGRAMMING THAT IS NOT RELATED TO THE ARTS FUNDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          NOW, I DID WANNA STRESS THAT ANOTHER PART OF OUR ARTS AND CULTURE DEPARTMENT IS OUR PUBLIC ARTS SAN ANTONIO. 
          THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT MANAGES ALL THE BOND PROJECTS AND THE ART PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT. 
          SO THERE'S THE 1% FOR ART THAT'S APPROVED AS PART OF EVERY BOND PROGRAM. 
          IN 2017, THERE WAS $8.3 MILLION IDENTIFIED FOR 24 PROJECTS. 
          AND SO WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED 12 PROJECTS AND SELECTED THE ARTISTS FOR THOSE 12 PROJECTS. 
          THAT TOTALS ABOUT 5.5 MILLION. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE, I BELIEVE THERE'S THE DISTRICT NINE SENIOR CENTER. 
          THERE'S COMANCHE PARK, THERE'S A SAN PEDRO CREEK ART PROJECT. 
          THERE'S SEVERAL RIVER WORK, RIVER WALK, ART GARDEN PROJECTS. 
          THE ARTISTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED. 
          HOWEVER, WE HAVE A REMAINING $2.8 MILLION FOR 12 OTHER PROJECTS. 
          WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS RECOMMEND TO HIRE MORE ARTISTS FOR THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, USE, UTILIZE OUR ART DELEGATE AGENCIES TO HELP US WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          SO THIS COULD BE BLUE STAR, ESPERANZA URBAN 15 LULAC, THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SET UP IN OUR VENDOR SYSTEM TO DO THIS WORK. 
          AND SO HIRE THEM TO HELP US WITH THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS FOR THESE 12 PROJECTS. 
          ALSO, WHAT WE CAN DO IS BREAK UP THESE 12 PROJECTS INTO SMALLER COMPONENTS. 
          SO MAYBE ONE PROJECT HAS TWO OR THREE PROJECTS, PART OF IT, SO WE CAN BRING ON MORE ARTISTS TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY HIRE LOCAL FILMMAKERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO DOCUMENT THIS PROCESS. 
          THE GOAL IS TO, HOW CAN WE USE THIS MONEY TO LEVERAGE MORE JOBS FOR OUR ARTISTS? 'CAUSE WE'VE HEARD TIME AND TIME THAT OUR ARTISTS ARE HURTING, THEY NEED WORK. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THE $2.6 MILLION THAT'S PROVIDED THROUGH THE CARESS FUNDING THAT WE'LL BE DISTRIBUTING, THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN BRING THEM BACK TO WORK AND UTILIZE THE BOND PROGRAM. 
          UM, I ALSO WANNA STRESS THE BOND PROGRAM IS NOT RECEIVING ANY CUTS. 
          IT'S STILL THE 8.3 MILLION, BUT OF THE 2.8 MILLION THAT'S REMAINING, WE WANT TO LEVERAGE THAT TO BRING MORE ARTISTS BACK TO WORK TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, LORI, AND THANK YOU CARLOS, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          WE'LL GO ONE THROUGH 10 NOW. 
          UM, AND SO WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
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THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, OBVIOUSLY, UH, YOU TO SEE THESE KINDS OF CUTS, AGAIN, AS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, TO, UH, TO THE ARTS IS, IS REALLY, UH, IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO TAKE. 
          AND, UM, THE, THE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I SEE IS, IS THAT UNLIKE, UH, OTHER, OTHER PROJECTS OR OTHER THINGS, UH, ONCE, ONCE WE LOSE SOME OF THIS, UH, IT MAY NEVER COME BACK. 
          AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, ABOUT HOW CAN WE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO, UM, FURTHER EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR ARTISTS, FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, UM, AND JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME KIND OF A BRIDGE FOR NOW. 
          AND, UH, IN TALKING WITH ERIC AND, UM, AND, AND LORI, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE SIM SIMPLY, UH, MUCH LIKE, UH, DURING THE, THE DEPRESSION WHEN MANY FOLKS WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THROUGH, THEY FOUND WAYS TO TAKE, TAKE, UH, UH, SOMEBODY WHO WOULDN'T OTHERWISE NECESSARILY BE DOING A SPECIFIC JOB, BUT HAS THE SKILLS, UH, PUT THEM TO WORK ON, ON THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, UH, TO HELP GET 'EM THROUGH. 
          AND I GUESS I WOULD ASK THAT MAYBE WE CAN, WE CAN SCOUR SOME OF THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT THAT, THAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING, THAT WE'RE DOING, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR BOND PROJECTS. 
          UM, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT WITH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS THAT, THAT GREAT WELDERS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF ARTISTS THAT ARE JUST GREAT CRAFTSMEN ALTOGETHER. 
          UH, HOW CAN WE, HOW CAN WE SET ASIDE, UH, SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THAT WORK OUT THERE IN A WAY TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE, UH, AFLOAT? AND, UH, OF COURSE THEN THERE'S THE DELEGATE, UH, AGENCIES THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY PROVIDE A LOT OF THAT SUPPORT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN FIND THAT SOLUTION THAT THIS, THIS IS, THIS BECOMES SORT OF THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT WHERE WE HELP, UM, KEEP ARTISTS, UH, AFLOAT, MAYBE EVEN, UH, PROVIDE THEM A NEW AVENUE OF, OF WORK. 
          UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR ME TO, TO SEE THESE KINDS OF CUTS WHEN THERE ARE ALREADY SOME SERIOUS CUTS TO THE ARTS. 
          UH, I'D LIKE FOR US TO, UH, DURING THIS, UH, UH, BUDGET SETTING, TO LOOK FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO FIND FUNDING, TO FIND, UH, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT THEY CAN, UH, CARVE OUT. 
          UH, MUCH LIKE THE WAY WE CARVE OUT 1% OF THE ARTS TO, UM, TO FUND, UM, UH, ART PROJECTS FOR BOND PROJECTS. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, HOW CAN WE, UH, CREATE, UH, SYSTEMS, UH, PUT SYSTEMS IN PLACE WHERE, UH, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS WHO ARE WORKING ON PROJECTS, A A PORTION OF WHAT THEY DO MIGHT BE HANDED TO AN ARTIST, MIGHT BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, UM, TO WORK ON THOSE PROJECTS AND, AND, AND HELP, HELP GIVE THEM, UH, A VERY SPECIAL DISTINCTION, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT PRESENT, UH, YOU KNOW, AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR ALL OF US TO BENEFIT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T OTHERWISE LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS THAT WAY. 
          SO THIS IS REALLY A MATTER OF JUST LOOKING AT EVERY POSSIBLE, POSSIBLE WAY WE CAN, UM, HELP SUPPORT OUR, OUR DE DELEGATE AGENCIES, OUR ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE, UH, YOU KNOW, FIND THOSE, THOSE THINGS WITHIN OUR, OUR CITY, WITHIN THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING. 
          SO I'M GONNA, THAT'S MY REQUEST DURING THIS, UH, DURING JULY TO REALLY SIT DOWN. 
          LET'S, I, I'D LIKE A LIST OF, OF, OF PROJECTS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN PUBLIC WORKS, OTHER, OTHER THINGS THAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING AT, UH, THAT CAN ACTUALLY, UH, HELP US, UH, LOOK AT WAYS THAT, THAT ARTISTS CAN HELP. 
          WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A SIGNAGE SHOP, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY THINGS THAT THIS CITY DOES THAT COULD HELP DEPLOY, UH, ARTISTS WITH VERY SPECIFIC SET OF SKILLS. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND SO THOSE, HOW CAN THOSE SKILLS, UH, BE, UH, READAPTED, UH, TO, TO HELP KEEP THEM AFLOAT, BUT GIVE THEM WORK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN FACT, MAYBE EVEN PROVIDE SOME, SOME BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, UH, ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF, OF WHAT WE'RE NOT USED TO SEEING AND, AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT COULD ACTUALLY A NEW WAY OF, OF LOOKING 
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AT, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF, OF WHAT WE DO AS A CITY. 
          UM, SO I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH TIME, UH, AS YOU SAID, LIKE 35% CUT, AS I REFERENCED EARLIER. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS, UH, UH, REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT. 
          UH, THE ARTS WAS ALREADY, UM, IN MY OPINION, VERY MUCH UNDERFUNDED. 
          AND, UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY THIS CAN PRESENT, UH, A DEATH SENTENCE TO, TO MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY ARTISTS THANK YOU, WHO MAY, MAY NEED TO GO ELSEWHERE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UM, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN TREVINO. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE ARTS ARE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO, UM, THOSE THAT ARE MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY, BUT ALSO TO OUR YOUTH. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A GREAT WAY AS THEY'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, A SITUATION THEY'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH BEFORE, TO GIVE THEM AN OUTLET. 
          AND SO, I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN, CAN LOOK AT THE WHOLE PROGRAM. 
          UM, MY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS IN RELATION TO THE CITY EVENTS OR CITY FUNDED EVENTS THAT WE, UM, NORMALLY HOST, UM, AND NOT KNOWING WHERE WE'RE GOING AND THE UNCERTAINTY WITH, UM, COVID FIGHTS, IF THOSE EVENTS DO NOT HAPPEN, IS THERE A WAY TO REALLOCATE THOSE EVENT FUNDS TO GO INTO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE ARE HAVING THE SHORTFALL? NO, THAT'S HARD. 
          UM, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES, WE CAN DO THAT. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK MARIA VIA GOMEZ TO SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY. 
          UH, THANK YOU, LORI. 
          UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, AS PART OF THE MIDYEAR ADJUSTMENT FOR THOSE EVENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED FOR THIS SUMMER IN OUR CENTER CITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, OFFICE AND, AND OTHER, UH, EVENTS, WE, UM, SUSPENDED THOSE EXPENSES AND REDUCE THE BUDGET AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR 2021. 
          AND DEPENDING ON WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY THAT WE CAN DO AS WELL IF WE HAVE TO SUSPEND SOME OF THE EVENTS IN, IN THE FALL OR THE WINTER. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WHEN IT COMES TO THE TICKETMASTER CONTRACT THAT WE HAD, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAD A, UM, OBLIGATION TO TRANSFER, UM, MONEY INTO THE ARTS AND CULTURAL FUND. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THAT MONEY WAS TRANSFERRED, UH, PRE COVID OR ARE WE STILL WAITING ON THAT TRANSFER? OR HOW HAS THIS AFFECTED THAT? UM, THAT CONTRACT WITH TICKETMASTER COUNCILMAN THAT, UH, WAS TWO COMPONENTS TO IT WAS A $50,000 CONTRIBUTION, UPFRONT CONTRIBUTION BY TICKETMASTER, UH, AS WELL AS A, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, DONATIONS TO THE ARTS FOR AT EVENTS WHILE WE SOLD TICKETS, AS WELL AS A PERCENTAGE OF TICKET SALES. 
          SO 10% OF THE TICKET SALES AT EVENTS AT THE DOME, AT THE CARVER AT THE LILA WOULD BE DEDICATED TOWARDS THAT. 
          SINCE THE EVENTS ALL SHUT DOWN IN MARCH, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN EVENTS, BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE, THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE COLLECTED. 
          OKAY. 
          SO CARLOS, DID WE ALREADY COLLECT THAT 50,000 UPFRONT? WE HAVE THAT, YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL, UM, IN A PANDEMIC, AND I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR US TO TRULY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN GENERATE OR CREATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAMS, UM, SO THAT IN THE INSTANCE OF ANY OTHER, UM, CALAMITY, WE HAVE OTHER REVENUE THAT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP SERVICES AND, UM, THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW WE CREATE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE STREAM SO THAT WE ARE NOT FOUND IN THE SAME SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN TODAY. 
          ALSO, IF SOMEONE CAN ADVISE ME WITH THE TURS MONEY, IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO ALLOCATE OR USET FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS, UM, ASSISTING WITHIN OUR ARTS AND CULTURAL DEPARTMENT ARE ASSISTING WITH MAKING SURE THAT, UM, SERVICES THAT WE NEED, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO STREET AND INFRASTRUCTURE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE TURS DOLLARS TO GO INTO, UM, THAT SHORTFALL, UM, THAT WE'RE HAVING WITHIN ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL? UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ARTS WE, THERE MAY BE A CREATIVE WAY TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, CONNECT THE DOTS THERE, BUT, UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON. 
          LORI'S GONNA SAY SOMETHING TOO. 
          NOW, WE HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. 
          [05:20:01]
SO WE HAVE DONE PROGRAMMING, UM, FOR THE ALAMEDA THEATER THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND PROVIDED FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMING IN ARTS AT LAVATA, UM, AS WELL AS THE SAGA THAT'S ON PLAZA THAT RECEIVES FUNDING, UM, THROUGH THE HOUSTON STREET TOURS, UM, TO HELP WITH ITS OPERATIONS. 
          SO IT CAN BE DONE, RAISE UP, GIVE GUIDANCE ON THE TOURS. 
          COUNCILMAN, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN DO INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE TOURS, SO STREETS AND SIDEWALKS, UM, WITHIN ANY PARTICULAR TOURS THAT TOURS MONEY CAN BE USED FOR THAT ART? UH, I, I THINK THERE COULD BE, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THAT. 
          UH, I DON'T THINK WE'VE, UH, I THINK MAYBE WE, WE'VE TRIED BEFORE. 
          UH, SO I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO RE-LOOK AT THE ARTS COMPONENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AS WE GO FORWARD, UM, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE LINE ITEMS, I THINK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY TACKLE WHERE WE HAVE SOME DOWNFALLS. 
          UM, JUST BEING CREATIVE WITH LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AS A WHOLE AND EVEN LOOKING AT THE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE TURS, I THINK CAN TRULY, UM, SOLVE SOME OF THE, THE DOWNFALLS, ESPECIALLY WITH STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH GETTING, UM, THROUGH THIS HOT TAX, UH, SITUATION. 
          THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS I HAVE. 
          MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          THANK YOU, MA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS. 
          SPECIFICALLY I WANNA TALK ABOUT, UM, THE ARTS FUNDING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO WORK OUT CREATIVELY TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN'S POINT, SO WE CAN WORK THE ARTS FUNDING OUT FROM UNDER THE RELIANCE ON THE HOT TAX. 
          SO THINKING CREATIVELY AND LOOKING AT OPTIONS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP, WELL, WE USED TO HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES, OR WHEN COMPANIES COME IN, AND I KNOW WE'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER CITIES, THAT IF WE HAVE INCENTIVES TO BRING COMPANIES IN HERE, JUST LIKE WE ASKED THEM TO PUT IN AND BRING IN SUBS, WHAT IF WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE MAKING PUBLIC ART AND, UH, A, A COMPONENT OF THEIR, UM, DEVELOPMENT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ASK THEM TO SUB AND BRING IN LOCAL ARTISTS TO BE A PART OF THAT AS JUST A SUB, IF YOU WILL. 
          SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. 
          AND ALSO, MAYBE WE CAN ATTACH THAT TO EVEN SOME OF THE TS FUNDING. 
          IF TS FUNDING IS BEING USED TO LEVERAGE BRINGING IN COMPANIES OR MAKING, UM, IMPROVEMENTS, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR SOME EITHER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR ET CETERA. 
          MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD USE THIS, AN ATTACHMENT FOR PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING IF IT'S ATTACHED TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND ON TOP OF THAT, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN USE OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT DOLLARS, UM, TO INCORPORATE OR CARVE OUT OF SUB PUBLIC ARTS? UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS OUR PUBLIC ART COMPONENT OR USING PUBLIC AND LOCAL ARTISTS WOULD BE ATTACHED TO SOME SORT OF OTHER CREATION OR BUILDING OUT OF SOMETHING. 
          I THINK I'D LIKE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE CAN DO THAT AND MAYBE BRINGING THAT FROM UNDER THE HOT TAX. 
          IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT IT BRINGING INTO THE ECO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SIMILAR TO WHAT, UM, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IS NOW? UM, WHAT ABOUT LOOKING AT, AT UNDER THE, UM, PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH ARTS AND CULTURE AND HERITAGE? AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, WELL, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, AND I'M GONNA STOP SO YOU ALL CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH ME. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IN SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, WE PLANT, IT GOES UNTIL THE 2021 TRIAL BUDGET, BUT IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC WORKS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE. 
          SO WE, I DON'T SEE LONG-TERM PLANNING HERE, AND I WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT LONG-TERM PLANNING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HOT AND COMMUNITY VISIT, SAN ANTONIO AND ARTS DEVELOP AND ARTS AND CULTURE. 
          I WANNA ASK ANOTHER QUESTION ABOUT, UM, HOW MUCH ARE WE CHARGING FOR RENT AND ARE WE STILL COLLECTING RENT FROM VISIT SAN ANTONIO? AND THEN WHERE IN OUR TRIAL BUDGET ARE WE BRINGING BACK ALL OF OUR FURLOUGHED EMPLOYEES IN OUR 21 TRIAL BUDGET? SO I USED ALL MY TIME, SO NOW YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. 
          , UH, I'LL ANSWER THE FIRST ONE, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, WE DID DO A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION FOR THE HOTEL CAPACITY TAX AND, UH, WE DID THAT IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO PROVIDE THAT. 
          UM, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I WAS GONNA ANSWER, AND I THINK I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, SO WHAT ABOUT RENT AND WHAT ABOUT, UM, 
          [05:25:01]
THE EMPLOYEES? YES, AND I'LL YEAH, CARLOS IS GONNA ADJUST IT. 
          JUSTINA, DO YOU HAVE THE RENT? WE DO CHARGE VISITS. 
          ANTONIO RENT. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE, THE AMOUNT THAT IS CHARGED, THE RENT THAT, THAT HAS, THE COUNCIL WOMAN IS TALKING ABOUT IS FOR OFFICE SPACE OVER AT THE YES, SIR. 
          CORRECT. 
          YES. 
          AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'RE STILL PAYING FOR THAT RENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER. 
          I DON'T KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, SAY, HUNDRED 60,000. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE RENT'S ABOUT 700,000, SEVEN OH POUNDS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER , OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          OKAY. 
          I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          WELL, UM, I THINK I WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW UP TO, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM,  QUESTIONS, 'CAUSE THOSE WERE REALLY GOOD. 
          UM, PERHAPS YOU COULD TAKE SOME TIME TO ANSWER, UH, ABOUT, UH, REDIRECTING, UM, THE DEPARTMENT TO OTHER AREAS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR, I MEAN, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION, I GUESS WE COULD HAVE RIGHT, AT SOME POINT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL, UH, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE ARTS. 
          UM, SO, UH, I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, ARE YOU PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY OF THAT? UH, COUNCILMAN, I MEAN, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE A COST OF THE GENERAL FUND TO DO THAT, TO MOVE THEM INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BE ASSIGNED TO THAT DEPARTMENT OR PARKS DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER ONE TO DO THAT. 
          SO WE'D HAVE TO COUNSEL WOULD'VE TO APPROVE SOME REDIRECTION OF FUNDING FROM SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT TO PUT 'EM IN THERE. 
          SO, UM, LET ME JUST, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, EVERY YEAR WE'VE ALLOCATED 1% TO THE, UH, BOND FOR PUBLIC ART. 
          SO IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A 2% INCREASE, UM, AND PUT THAT ON THE BOND, AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, UM, COUNCILWOMAN THAT, THAT CONVERSATION WOULD IN, UM, LEMME JUST LOOK AT THE CALENDAR AND IDEALLY, UM, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, UM, UM, LATER ON IN THIS YEAR, EARLY PART OF, EARLY PART OF 21, I WOULD SAY, WHERE WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY PROJECT SCOPING AND COST ESTIMATING. 
          AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE GO THROUGH THE, THAT PUBLIC PROCESS WITH THE COMMITTEES ON THE BOND PROGRAMS THAT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY OCCUR, UM, THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, A LITTLE BIT LATER, UM, TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER. 
          SO, SO I, UM, I PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE FOR THAT DISCUSSION, BUT, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PUT THAT, UH, UP THERE THAT PERHAPS WE CONSIDER, UH, INCREASING TO 2%. 
          I KNOW THAT WOULD GO TO THE PUBLIC FOR, UM, FOR A PUBLIC VOTE. 
          BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WELL, I, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE AN APPETITE FOR THAT AT THE TIME. 
          UM, I, I HAD A A ONE OTHER QUESTION. 
          LEMME SEE. 
          UM, OH, I THINK, WHICH AGAIN, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE ABOUT HOW WE BRING IN, UH, ARTISTS TO, UM, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, BUT I KNOW INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY, UM, SUBBED OUT $50,000 TO A PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY TO DO CENSUS WORK. 
          UM, COULD THAT HAVE BEEN DONE BY SOME OF OUR DE PERHAPS ART AGENCIES THAT DO DESIGN AND, UM, WEB DESIGN AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM DO THAT TYPE AS LIKE AN ASIDE TO WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO. 
          SO I THINK THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. 
          I WAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK THAT OUR, UM, SOLID WASTE COMPANY DID WITH THEIR, UH, DISTRIBUTIONS, UH, DOOR HANGERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, THAT TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE. 
          UH, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO BE CREATIVE IN FINDING WAYS TO GET PEOPLE WORK, BUT SOME OF THEM DO GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK, UM, AND, UM, OTHER BILLBOARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          COULD WE ALSO, UM, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HIRING OUT A MARKETING FIRM TO DO THAT, CONSIDER USING SOME OF THE ART AGENCIES AT LEAST TO DESIGN THE WORK, UM, IN THAT REGARD. 
          SO, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT FOR THEM. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER EO HABER. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANKS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A LONGER TERM CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UH, NEXT YEAR. 
          BUT I DO, UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE AT LEAST SOME FUNDING 
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FOR THE ARTS AGENCIES. 
          UM, THANK YOU, UH, FOR FIGURING THAT OUT. 
          WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO SEE IF WE COULD FIND SOME SUSTAINABLE, UH, FUNDING FOR THEM AS WELL. 
          THE, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO REVISIT WAS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN JADA SULLIVAN, UH, ANDREW SULLIVAN'S POINT ABOUT, UH, LOOKING INTO T FUNDING. 
          UM, I THINK FOR THE SHORT, FOR OUR SHORTFALLS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING IN STREETS OR ARTS, I, I'D LOVE TO, TO VISIT THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          I WAS, UH, LOOKING AT THE LIST OF THET PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED. 
          AND SO I KNOW SOME OF THAT MONEY'S ALREADY COMMITTED. 
          UM, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY FLEXIBILITY IN ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS AS, AS HOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. 
          SO, UM, FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A $2 MILLION ABATEMENT TO U S A A, I GUESS IT WAS PART OF THE, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEAL, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          E ERIC, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WELL, I, I'LL JUST, I'LL, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT GENERALLY, AND I THINK LORI'S GOT A LOT OF THE CONTEXT ON THE DETAIL, BUT THERE ARE, I MEAN, WE'VE GONE, LEMME REMIND THE COUNCIL LAST SUMMER FOR THE 2020 BOND PROGRAM, WE WENT TO THE SEVEN CITY INITIATED TURS TO, UM, UH, BEEF UP ADDITIONAL SPENDING FOR HOUSING. 
          AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, UH, HERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN THE COUNCIL WAS ACTING ON THE CREATION OF THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WE PULLED SOME MONEY AND, AND I THINK COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILWOMAN SULLIVAN AND I TALKED THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, UH, ONE OF THE TURFS IN PARTICULAR, THERE ARE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THERE, ALL OF 'EM HAVE COMMITMENTS. 
          AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THE, AT THE, AT WHAT'S AVAILABLE. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF THOSE CITY INITIATED TURFS, THE CITY PARTICIPATES IN THE INCREMENT IN PROPERTY VALUES AS THEY GO UP, GETS DEPOSITED INTO THE TURS. 
          AND IN MOST CASES, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, LORI, WE, WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATING, UM, SO THAT THAT ENTIRE INCREMENT WITHIN THAT ZONE STAYS IN THE ZONE. 
          UM, AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT, IT PROBABLY WARRANTS MAYBE A BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT SHOULD WE LOOK LONG TERM, WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD ADJUST OUR PARTICIPATION TO MAYBE 50%. 
          NOW THOSE WOULD, THOSE WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTIONS AND, AND COUNCILMAN PERRY IS, UH, IS ALWAYS QUICK TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IS GENERAL FUND MONEY ESSENTIALLY. 
          AND, AND SO WHAT I'M, I GUESS WHAT I'M DESCRIBING IS, UH, MAKING IT PERMANENTLY GENERAL FUND MONEY AND MAYBE WE CHANGE THE DEAL A LITTLE BIT THAT, UH, THAT, THAT THAT'S PROBABLY A MUCH LARGER POLICY LEVEL CONVERSATION FOR THE COUNCIL. 
          AND WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT OPTIONS, UM, UH, THIS SUMMER AND BE READY TO TALK ABOUT THAT, UH, WITH YOU IN AUGUST. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , THANK YOU. 
          AND COUNCILMAN, I WANTED TO CLARIFY SOMETHING REGARDING THE TOURIST PROJECTS. 
          YOU CAN, UM, USE TOURIST FUNDING TO WORK ON A SPECIFIC ART PROJECT IN THAT ZONE. 
          WE COULD NOT USE TOURIST FUNDING TO PAY ARTISTS SALARIES. 
          UM, BUT IF THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PROJECT WHERE, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE HOUSTON STREET TOUR, WE ARE DOING A HOUSTON STREET SHADE STRUCTURE, CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO IS OUR PARTNER ON THAT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE HIRING ARTISTS, AND WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S A WAY THAT OUR TOURIST FUNDING CAN GO TOWARDS A PIECE OF ARTWORK WITHIN A TOUR AND HELP PAY FOR ARTISTS. 
          UM, SO IT'S, IT'S HAS TO BE WITHIN THAT TOURS, BUT WE CAN DO IT. 
          AND WE HAVE DONE IT FOR BOTH VISUAL ART AND THEN PROGRAMMATIC ART. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO CLARIFY TOO, COUNCILWOMAN, BUT LORI JUST DID IT, IS THAT WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE TURS AND WHAT THE ALLOWABLE FUNDING IS FOR. 
          AND SOME IS A BIT SPECIFIC TO ART, BUT OTHERS ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THERE'S SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING THAT WE USED ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS. 
          AND THEN YOU COULD ALSO, IN THE CASE OF THAT, U SS A A AGREEMENT, WE CAN GO BACK AND ASK ALL THE PROJECTS IF THERE IS AN ART COMPONENT, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE MIGHT CONSIDER CREATING A POLICY THAT IF THERE IS A PROJECT THAT'S RECEIVING TOURIST FUNDING, THERE HAS TO BE AN ART COMPONENT TO IT. 
          SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE COULD LOOK AT THROUGH OUR TOURIST POLICIES. 
          THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD OPTIONS, I THINK MM-HMM. 
           THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE, WE CAN LOOK AT AND TRY TO TIE TOGETHER A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BROUGHT UP THIS AFTERNOON. 
          THE, THE, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, AND THANK YOU MAYOR, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME THIS, UH, LITTLE EXTRA TIME IS, UM, I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAD A LOT TO SAY ABOUT IT MEANS THAT THERE'S, UH, SOME POTENTIAL FOR, FOR THIS IDEA . 
          BUT, BUT REALLY, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS I, I IMAGINE THESE TOURS WERE DEVELOPED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES, AND, UH, THEY WERE ESTABLISHED ALL AT DIFFERENT TIMES SINCE THEN. 
          THIS BUDGET, SORRY, THIS COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED, UH, EQUITY PRIORITIES, UH, IN TERMS OF WHO WE SERVE AND HOW WE DISTRIBUTE OUR FUNDING. 
          AND I THINK IT, IT, IT REALLY DESERVES ANOTHER LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE TURS THAT HAVE WHAT COULD BE GENERAL FUND, UM, 
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MONEY. 
          AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE OTHER, UH, FUNDING SOURCES LAYERED ON TOP OF THEM, RIGHT? LIKE A BOND, UM, A BOND PROJECT IN AN AREA THAT HAS A TS AND HAS WHAT WOULD BE GENERAL FUND MONEY, WHICH WE WOULD HAVE USED TO PAY OFF THE, THE BOND DEBT. 
          SO, UH, ANYWAY, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION, UH, IN THE CONTEXT OF EQUITY AS WELL. 
          AND FULL DISCLOSURE, DISTRICT SEVEN HAS NO TURS. 
          SO, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY I'M SAYING ALL THIS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER S YEAH, THANKS ERIC. 
          UM, AND, AND CARLOS, UH, THE, THE WAY I APPROACH THIS, THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT ARTS IS WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT GREAT CITIES HAVE GREAT ART, UM, AND WE ARE A GREAT CITY AND WE ARE, UH, YOU KNOW, A, A CITY THAT DESERVES A ROBUST OFFERING OF, OF ARTS FOR, FOR EVERYBODY, VISITORS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE A CITY FACING HUGE BUDGET, UH, CONSTRAINTS. 
          AND EVERY ONE OF OUR LINE ITEMS ON OUR BUDGET IS BEING LOOKED AT. 
          UM, WE JUST HAD PRESENTATIONS ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING MONEY OUT OF ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, UM, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GONNA GET PRESENTATIONS LATER ON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CUTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND AS FAR AS CUTS GO, I DON'T THINK THAT CUTS TO ARTS FUNDING IS VEBO IN HERESY. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYBODY'S TIGHTENING THEIR BELT, AND SO I GET IT, IT'S GONNA HURT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, DELEGATE AGENCIES ARE PROBABLY GONNA GET CUTS TOO AT SOME POINT. 
          SO, UM, IN THIS CONVERSATION, I DON'T THINK WE CAN HAVE ANY SACRED COWS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SOME REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS. 
          UM, AND I CAN'T THINK OF A SINGLE ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT IS A SACRED COW IN THE SAME WAY THAT I CAN'T THINK OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OFFERING SOCIAL SERVICES IS A SACRED COW AND, UH, OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ROADS AND, YOU KNOW, ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          SO, UH, CARLOS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO, UH, THE CONVENTION CENTER, UM, AND THE ALIMO, YOU AND I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL AND, UH, T C I A WHILE AGO ABOUT INSURANCE CLAIMS MADE, UH, ON THOSE ASSETS. 
          AND, UH, WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT DAMAGE, POTENTIAL STORM DAMAGE TO, UH, THE LILAC AL THEATER, UH, THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS, AND REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE. 
          WHAT, WHAT CAME OF THAT? UH, I, I, I KNOW THAT WHAT CAME OF IT WAS COVID AND EVERYTHING WAS PUT ON HOLD, BUT WHERE ARE WE ON THOSE THINGS, COUNCILMAN? WE DID, UH, DO AN ANALYSIS. 
          WE HIRED A FIRM THAT SPECIFICALLY, UH, COULD LOOK FOR HAIL DAMAGE, AND THEY ASSESSED THE ALAMO DOME, UH, ROOF. 
          THEY ASSESSED THE, UH, LOCOCCO THEATER, NEITHER OF WHICH HAS HAD, UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER OF WHICH HAD ANY, UH, HAIL DAMAGE TO THEM. 
          THE TOWER. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN ASSESSED. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST IF YOU CAN FIND OUT AT SOME POINT, LET ME KNOW. 
          I'LL CHECK ON THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          THANKS GUYS. 
          THAT'S IT, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PIA, COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THIS COUNCIL COULD COME UP WITH MONEY FOR ANYTHING THAT IT DECIDES IT WANTS TO COME UP WITH, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THERE'S GOTTA BE A SACRIFICE SOMEPLACE IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY. 
          AND, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          I, I ENJOY IT, JUST LIKE I'M SURE ALMOST ALL OF US DO IN THIS ROOM. 
          UH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SET PRIORITIES AND WE NEED TO DECIDE WHERE IS IT GONNA COME FROM, AND IF IT COMES FROM SOMEPLACE, WHAT IS GOING TO BE DENIED. 
          SO AS THE STAFF LOOKS AT THIS AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS, I'LL BE EAGER TO HEAR WHERE THEY THINK THAT THERE'S REASONABLE AREAS TO MAKE SHIFTS OR CHANGES. 
          UH, BUT IT'S REALLY GONNA BE UP TO US TO DECIDE WHAT THE PRIORITIES ARE, UH, AS WE SIT ON THIS COUNCIL. 
          AND A LOT OF MY PRIORITIES ARE ALWAYS GONNA, UH, GO ALONG WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND JOBS THAT PEOPLE DO WELL IN THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE, AND THE, THE ANCILLARY SERVICES THAT THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN. 
          BE THAT DELEGATE AGENCIES OR ART OR A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED AND HAVE DECIDED TO BE INVOLVED IN OVER THE YEARS. 
          I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU, YOU WEIGH, UH, WHAT ARE WE WILLING TO CHANGE, UH, FOR WHAT DO WE WANT TO KEEP. 
          SO, UH, I'M WILLING TO HAVE ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON THOSE AREAS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I WAS GONNA SAY, RIGHT ON JOHN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. 
          BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A, WE GOT CRITERIA IN THE CITY CHARTER ON WHAT OUR CORE 
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SERVICES ARE, AND WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES FOCUSED ON THAT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THE EXPECTATIONS OF EVERYBODY THAT BUYS SOMETHING HERE IN TOWN OR PAYS PROPERTY TAXES OR, OR WHATEVER. 
          IT'S THEIR DOLLARS GOING INTO OUR BUDGET, AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS ARE. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SPELLED RIGHT OUT IN THE CITY CHARTER. 
          NOW, I, I KNOW THERE IS A SENTENCE IN THE CITY CHARTER THAT TALKS ABOUT WE'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ROLL IN ALL THESE OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY. 
          THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD, BUT I THINK OUR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THESE CORE SERVICES, JUST LIKE JOHN SAID, AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD KEEP OUR EYES, EYEBALLS ON FIRST AND ALL THESE OTHER, OTHER ANCILLARY FUNDING LINE ITEMS THAT SHOULD TAKE TO ME AS A SECONDARY LOOK OR BACK SEAT TO THOSE CORE SERVICES ACROSS THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, THAT WAS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY ALSO. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRA THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK WITH THE, UM, SLIDE NUMBER THREE, THE PROJECTIONS OF THE HOT TAX. 
          UM, AND I KNOW THE ECONOMISTS WERE THERE LOOKING AT THE DOLLARS FROM 56 MILLION, IT'LL TAKE FIVE, NINE YEARS TO C REBOUND, BUT WERE THEY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, AND I GUESS THIS IS MY QUESTION, WERE THEY TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SAME OPERATING LEVELS AS PRE COVID? BECAUSE WITH THE 60,000, 55,000 MEMBER CONFERENCES, IS THAT A REALITY THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE IN THE NEXT THREE, FIVE YEARS? SO WHAT NUMBERS DID THEY USE? YEAH, COUNCILMAN, THEY, THEY DID NOT ASSUME PRE COVID LEVELS, UH, GOING FORWARD, THEY PRESUMED THAT THERE WOULD BE A GRADUAL, UH, INCREASE OVER TIME. 
          UM, AND MARIA ACTUALLY CAN TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT THE THANK YOU ACTUAL FUNCTION ARE. 
          UH, SURE. 
          THANK YOU, CARLOS. 
          UH, JUST TO ELABORATE TO WHAT CARLOS MENTIONED, UH, YES, THEY DID NOT ASSUME THE SAME LEVELS, UH, AS WE HAD DURING THE PRE COVID, UM, YEAR. 
          WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED TRAVEL TO START PICKING UP. 
          SO THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA PICK UP A LITTLE FASTER THAN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS, WHICH IS HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE TO THE TAX, FOR THE TAX TO RECOVER. 
          BUT WHAT THEY ANTICIPATING IS THAT THE, UM, ROOM OR THE RATE PER ROOM NIGHT IS GONNA TAKE A LONG TIME TO RECOVER. 
          SO EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE, UM, AS NUMBER OF PEOPLE START COMING TO SAN ANTONIO, THAT UM, RATE PER ROOM NIGHT IS GONNA GO, IS THAT GONNA RECOVER AS QUICK? SO, UH, SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YEAH. 
          BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S THREE THOU 30,000 PEOPLE COMING AT ONCE, AND NOW ONLY HALF OF THAT IS COMING, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL EVER EVEN GET BACK TO 30,000 PEOPLE COMING TO A CONFERENCE. 
          CORRECT. 
          JUST WITH THE CHANGE OF CONFERENCES AND THE HYBRID STYLES, ET CETERA. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEN, UH, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, ERIC. 
          I KNOW IN THE PAST EVERY YEAR, THE, UM, IT'S BEEN ASKED OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO CUT A CERTAIN PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGETS OR TO REDUCE A CERTAIN PERCENT OF THEIR BUDGETS. 
          WERE YOU DOING THAT AGAIN, UH, THIS YEAR? NO, MA'AM. 
          I DIDN'T DO THAT. 
          UM, UM, THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO THOSE TWO GUIDEPOSTS THAT OKAY. 
          I, UTILIZING THE TRIAL BUDGET, IT WAS, WE WERE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE THINGS THAT WE CAN'T CUT AND NOT STAY AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCILMAN, IF I JUST APPLY ONE LITTLE THING, UM, IN APRIL, THE DAILY ROOM RATES DROPPED BY 50% ILLUSTRATING WHAT MONEY WAS SAYING. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, YOU KNOW, AND I, I THINK YOU HEAR IT, UH, IN THE MAJORITY OF OUR, UH, COUNCIL HERE, THAT IT, YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THE, THE TRAGEDY THAT WOULD OCCUR, UM, IF WE WERE TO SEE OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS, UM, SUFFER. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, SA 2020 ALSO DOES SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THEY RECOGNIZED PRE PANDEMIC AND IN SURVEYS DURING THE PANDEMIC IS THAT, UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, PROTECT, IN OTHER WORDS. 
          AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS CULTURE, UH, CULTURE AND ARTS. 
          AND SO I THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THAT WE, WE CAN'T, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE CORE AND ESSENTIALS, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE JUST ME BARELY MAKING IT YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT, UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WITH THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY DON'T SIMPLY VANISH. 
          AND IT WOULD BE A TRAGEDY IF, IF THEY DID. 
          SO, I HEAR A 
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LOT OF WILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE SOME ALTERNATIVE, UH, WAYS TO FUND. 
          UM, I'M SURE THAT WILL BE, UH, WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC. 
          IF WE DO, UH, THE, THE RELATIVE PORTION OF ORGANIZATIONS EACH BEING IMPACTED, THE RELATIVE PORTION OF THAT IMPACT IS SO MUCH GREATER WITH SUCH A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE ARTS ORGANIZATION. 
          SO I THINK WITH EFFORT, WE CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE ON THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          UM, WE DID HAVE A, A SUMMARY SCHEDULED, BUT, UM, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION. 
          AND, UH, CITY MANAGER WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK TO THE COUNCIL, UH, IN WRITING. 
          SO WE CAN GET THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. 
          BUT WE DO WANT TO GET BACK INTO EXEC SESSION JUST BRIEFLY, UH, BEFORE WE BREAK FOR THE DAY. 
          SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT NOW. 
          UM, THE TIME IS 3:52 PM ON JUNE 26TH, 2020. 
          CITY COUNCIL. 
          THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW MEET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CONSULT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 5 1 0.071. 
          AND AGAIN, THE COUNCIL WILL STAY IN HERE, 4:07 PM ON THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2020. 
          AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE WILL NOW RECONVENE AN EXECUTIVE, AN OPEN SESSION, NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, WE WILL WORK ON A SUMMARY. 
          I THINK TODAY'S BEEN A, A VERY PRODUCTIVE DAY. 
          WE'LL WORK ON A WRITTEN SUMMARY THAT WE WILL, UH, SEND OUT TO COUNCIL BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. 
          UM, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION TODAY. 
          UM, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A DIFFICULT, UM, CONVERSATION LEADING UP TO IT, BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK AND, AND, UH, I ACTUALLY THINK IT WORKED BETTER NOT HAVING A FACILITATOR TODAY. 
          AND, AND, UM, AND I WANT TO THANK, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ AND GRO, WHO, I KNOW THIS, THIS WASN'T THE LAST, THIS ISN'T THE WAY YOU WANTED TO HAVE YOUR LAST BUDGET WORK SESSION, BUT, BUT I APPRECIATE, UH, THE, THE EFFORT. 
          UM, AND  FOR THOSE OF YOU, UH, AT HOME, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH,  JUST SLAMMED HER MASK DOWN ON THE TABLE. 
          YEAH, . 
          BUT I, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH EIGHT OF THESE AND, UM, YOU ARE VETERANS AT THIS, AND I KNOW IT WASN'T THE WAY YOU WANTED TO HAVE YOUR LAST ONE, BUT I THINK IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND WE'LL GET YOU, UH, ALL THE REPORT NEXT WEEK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU JUSTINA AND SCOTT AND THE BUDGET STAFF FOR KIND OF ORGANIZING EVERYTHING AND, AND MAKING SURE WE'RE SOCIALLY DISTANCED FROM EACH OTHER. 
          UM, APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK LEADING UP TO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU ERIC. 
          AND, AND, UH, I'LL JUST REITERATE THANKS TO, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES ARE ALL AROUND THE TABLE AND ON THE SCREEN AS WELL AS ALL THE STAFF, UH, AND SUPPORT STAFF AND ALL THE AV TEAM THAT ARE HERE TODAY, INCLUDING P P S A V. 
          ALL DID A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP. 
          NOW THE WORK BEGINS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY BACK, UM, MONDAY. 
          ALL RIGHT, TIME IS NOW 4:09 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.
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