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          WE HAVE, UH, OUR QUORUM, UH, TIME IS 2:03 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 2020. 
          YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR CITY COUNCIL FEE SESSION TO ORDER. 
          LET ME RECOGNIZE MADAM CITY CLERK, UH, TO CALL THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER  HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NURNBERG HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. 
          UH, AND WELCOME TO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, UH, DURING OUR WORK SESSION. 
          THAT'S A BRIEFING ON THE PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION. 
          I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. 
          UH, 
          [1. 20-4469 Briefing on a proposed ballot initiative to provide a 1/8 cent sales tax for workforce development and higher education under Chapter 379A of the Texas Local Government Code. [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
THIS, UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. 
          IT'S A BRIEFING ON A PROPOSED ONE 8 CENT SALES TAX BALLOT INITIATIVE FOR THE 2020, THE NOVEMBER, 2020 BALLOT. 
          UM, THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE, UH, FOCUSES ON PROVIDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, THE INITIATIVE REALLY BUILDS UPON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF JUNE, UM, ON, UH, AND PROVIDES IMMEDIATE, UM, UH, RESPONSE TO THE URGENT NEED OF, OF MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS. 
          UH, THE BALLOT INITIATIVE IN SHORT AND YEAR TERM TRAINING INVESTMENTS, UM, FOCUSES ON CERTIFICATE AND UPSKILLING PROGRAMS, TWO AND FOUR YEAR, UH, EDUCATION PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE DISPLACED WORKERS, UM, AND RESIDENTS WITH SKILLS THEY NEED TO OBTAIN HIGH QUALITY JOBS, UM, AND HIGH IN IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS. 
          UH, LAST MONTH, UH, MANY, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR APPOINTED A GROUP OF INDUSTRY LEADERS, UH, TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THIS, UH, INITIATIVE THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT TODAY. 
          UM, AND WE'RE JOINED BY SOME OF THEM, UH, ON THE LINE OR ON THE WEBEX, UH, WITH US, I SEE DR. 
          FLORES AND, UH, DR. 
          AMY. 
          UH, ALSO OUR GOAL HERE TODAY IS TO GET FEEDBACK ON THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE SCHEDULED NEXT TUESDAY AN ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, UH, TO, UH, CONTINUE TO RECEIVE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK IN ORDER FOR VOTERS, UH, TO CONSIDER THIS INITIATIVE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. 
          THE COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO, UH, CALL FOR THE ELECTION BEFORE AUGUST 17TH, UM, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, THAT, THAT, UH, THIS ITEM COULD BE ON THE AGENDA NEXT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH. 
          UM, ALEX AND CARLOS, UH, ALEX, UH, LOPEZ AND CARLOS CONTRERAS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE, UM, WITH THE GROUP APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR, UH, AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          ALEX WILL BE GIVEN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, AND, UM, I'M GONNA PASS IT OVER TO HER AND THANK HER FOR HER WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET US TO TODAY. 
          ALEX, THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I BELIEVE THERE IS A PRESENTATION THAT CAN BE LOADED. 
          I, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, TO SET THE CONTEXT FOR THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE, UM, WE, WE JUST NEED TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT TO THE BEGINNING OF 2020, WHERE IN SAN ANTONIO WAS EXPERIENCING A VERY LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UM, AMONG, ALONG WITH SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH, AND BOTH IN JOBS AND IN POPULATION. 
          YET WE ALSO CONTINUE TO MAKE HEADLINES FOR BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          ONE OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR POVERTY RATE IS, IS THE RELATIVELY LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AMONG OUR RESIDENTS. 
          THE BAR GRAPH SHOWS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT RANGING FROM LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL, UM, DEGREE OR DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY TO A GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE. 
          THE LINE GRAPH SHOWS THE AVERAGE ANNUAL EARNINGS BASED ON THOSE DIFFERENT EDUCATION LEVELS. 
          THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN BOTH CHARTS OCCUR AT THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE LEVEL, WHERE YOU SEE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, BUT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN EARNINGS. 
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THIS REALITY SET THE FOUNDATION FOR HOW COVID IMPACTED OUR ECONOMY AND SPECIFICALLY OUR WORKFORCE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR REALITY TODAY IS THAT 154,000 SAN ANTONIO WORKERS HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT SINCE MID-MARCH WITH CLAIMS IN THE INDUSTRIES OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND FOOD SERVICES, RETAIL AND HEALTH, RETAIL, UM, AND HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE ACCOUNTING FOR OVER A THIRD OF THAT FIGURE, AND YOU MAY RECALL FROM DR. 
          NIVAN AND JOHN HAWKINS' PRESENTATION IN JUNE THAT THERE'S SOME INDUSTRIES IN WHICH JOBS IN SAN ANTONIO WILL LIKELY NOT RETURN. 
          AND AT THE TOP OF THAT INDUSTRY LIST IS ACCOMMODATIONS AND FOOD SERVICES, WHERE THE PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE JOBS IN THIS INDUSTRY THAT WERE LOST THIS YEAR WILL NOT RETURN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE RECOVERY PLAN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JUNE WAS OUR IMMEDIATE APPROACH TO BUILD BACK OUR ECONOMY AND INCLUDED SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE RECOVERY PLAN STRATEGY FOCUSES ON PROVIDING SUBSIDIZED JOB TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES FOR DEMAND OCCUPATIONS FOR UP TO 10,000 RESIDENTS. 
          THESE RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE INTAKE ASSESSMENT, REFERRAL AND CASE MANAGEMENT, OR WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ALONG WITH STIPENDS WHILE THEY'RE IN TRAINING. 
          THIS STRATEGY IS BEING IMPLEMENTED COLLABORATIVELY WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND WE'LL CONCLUDE IN 2021. 
          BUT GIVEN THE VAST NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          IN JULY OF 2020, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG APPOINTED A WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY NEXT STEPS IN THE RECOVERY, SPECIFICALLY REDUCING UNEMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC MOBILITY. 
          THIS TASK FORCE INCLUDES LEADERS FROM EDUCATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ASSET BUILDING, BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND PHILANTHROPY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROCHA GARCIA, AND VIE GRAND SERVING AS LIAISONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THIS TASK FORCE IS THAT JOB OPENINGS FOR SKILLED WORKERS CURRENTLY EXIST AND THEY WILL REMAIN. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COVID JOBS REPORT RELEASED BY SA WORKS, UM, EARLIER, ACTUALLY IN JULY, IT INDICATED OVER 10,000 OPENINGS IN BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE, INCLUDING OCCUPATIONS SUCH AS NURSING ASSISTANTS, WHICH HAVE AN AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE OF $29,000. 
          WE ALSO HAVE 7,000 JOB OPENINGS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY WHERE YOU HAVE SUCH OCCUPATIONS LIKE A, UM, COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST AND AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES OF $90,000. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OVER 6,000 JOB OPENINGS IN CONSTRUCTIONS AND TRADES, INCLUDING TRUCK DRIVERS WITH AN AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE OF $39,000. 
          WHAT THE TASK FORCE ALSO SHARED THOUGH, IS THAT IT'S CRITICAL TO CLOSE THE SKILLS GAP TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH THESE AVAILABLE JOBS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, THIS FEEDBACK HAS INFORMED OUR NEXT STEP IN THE RECOVERY, WHICH INCLUDES A TWO-PRONGED EFFORT FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES AND HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREE COMPLETION. 
          HOWEVER, THESE CERTIFICATES AND DEGREES ARE NOT THE END RESULT, BUT RATHER THE THE MEANS BY WHICH A RESIDENT WILL ACCESS CAREERS WITH LIVING WAGES AND BENEFITS GIVEN THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR SKILLED WORKERS, THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED AN INITIAL FOCUS ON WORKFORCE TRAINING WITH A SHIFT TO DEGREE COMPLETION IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SOME EXAMPLES OF OCCUPATIONS WITH NOMINAL BARRIERS TO ENTRY ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. 
          STACKABLE SHORT-TERM CERTIFICATES RANGING FROM TWO TO 12 WEEKS, ENABLE RESIDENTS TO REENTER THE WORKFORCE AND UPSKILL WITHIN THAT FIELD TO INCREASE THEIR EARNING POTENTIAL. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THE SECOND PRONG OF THIS INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON PROMOTING COMPLETION OF TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES IN TARGETED INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING MANUFACTURING AND AEROSPACE, BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE, FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY AND CONSTRUCTION AND TRADES. 
          THIS SLIDE INCLUDES DEGREE OPTIONS IN THESE INDUSTRIES WITH CURRENT OPENINGS, AND AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM AN, FROM AN EARLIER SLIDE, FOCUSING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT COLLEGE DEGREE COMPLETION PREPARES RESIDENTS TO PURSUE CAREERS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER WAGES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THESE TWO EXAMPLES HELP FURTHER EXPLAIN THE TWO PRONGS OF THE PROPOSED INITIATIVE. 
          ON THE LEFT, YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF STACKABLE WORKFORCE CERTIFICATES. 
          WITHIN FOUR MONTHS, A RESIDENT WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT AND SOME RELATED WORK SKILLS CAN COMPLETE LOGISTICS TECHNICIAN AND PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVING CERTIFICATES. 
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RESIDENTS WITH THESE CERTIFICATES HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF JOB OPEN OPTIONS WITH WAGES RANGING FROM $22,000 TO OVER $50,000. 
          ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF AN IN-DEMAND DEGREE FIELD CYBERSECURITY, WHERE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OPENS A VARIETY OF HIGH WAGE OCCUPATIONS. 
          AND WHILE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE TYPICALLY REQUIRES FOUR YEARS OF EDUCATION, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT NEARLY 49,000 OF SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT HAVE SOME COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, BUT HAVE NOT COMPLETED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. 
          SO, FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THIS POPULATION, DEGREE COMPLETION CAN BE ACHIEVED IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS, AND CAN YIELD CAN YIELD FAR GREATER WAGES. 
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          PARTICIPANTS PURSUING EITHER TYPE OF TRAINING WILL ALSO RECEIVE WRAPAROUND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO HELP NAVIGATE BARRIERS THAT MAY PREVENT TRAINING COMPLETION AND SUPPORT JOB PLACEMENT. 
          AND WHILE CASE MANAGERS WILL ASSIST PARTICIPANTS IN ACCESSING AVAILABLE SUPPORT SERVICES, PARTICIPANTS WILL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR UNANTICIPATED AND IMMEDIATE EXPENSES SUCH AS CAR REPAIRS OR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 
          THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, AS NEEDED BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. 
          THIS INITIATIVE WILL INCLUDE AN EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, OR THIS INITIATIVE WILL BUILD ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ALREADY MAKE SUPPORT SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. 
          THE SERVICES INCLUDE ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING TO, UH, TUTORING, SOCIAL SERVICES, REFERRALS, AND MENTAL AND AND MEDICAL SERVICES. 
          UM, THEY ALSO CURRENTLY PROVIDE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
          AND WHILE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES, THIS INITIATIVE WILL SUPPLEMENT THOSE SERVICES CREATING LOWER PARTICIPANT TO CASE MANAGER RATIOS THAT PROMOTE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING OR DEGREE COMPLETION. 
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          SO THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEL, INCLUSIVE OF BOTH OUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE FROM THE RECOVERY PLAN AND ITS CONTINUATION THROUGH THE RECOMMENDED WORKFORCE INITIATIVE. 
          THE IMMEDIATE RECOVERY PLAN WORK IS FOCUSED ON WORKFORCE TRAINING FOR IN-DEMAND JOBS. 
          IT INCLUDES WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND TRAINING AND TRAINING STIPENDS FOR PARTICIPANTS, AND IS PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH ONE-TIME DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          THE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE WE'RE FOCUSING ON TODAY WILL CONTINUE THE WORK OF THE RE RECOVERY PLAN THROUGH 2025, BRINGING IN TWO AND FOUR YEAR DEGREES INTO THE TRAINING OPTIONS. 
          WRAPAROUND SUPPORT WILL CONTINUE, BUT RATHER THAN AUTOMATIC STIPENDS, FUNDING WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS. 
          THIS INITIATIVE WILL BE SALES TAX SUPPORTED IF APPROVED BY VOTERS, AND WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 38 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. 
          THE FOUR YEAR ESTIMATE FOR SALES TAX GENERATION THROUGH THE EIGHTH OF THE CENT IS $154 MILLION. 
          THESE TWO COMPONENT COMPONENTS COMBINED WILL RESULT IN UP TO 50,000 RESIDENTS SECURING EMPLOYMENT AND BETTER WAGES DUE TO THEIR INCREASED SKILL LEVEL WORKFORCE TRAINING AND COLLEGE DEGREES. 
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          SO HERE'S THE SAMPLE ANNUAL BUDGET. 
          IT INCLUDES COST PROJECTIONS FOR TUITION, WRAPAROUND SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY AID, ALONG WITH IMPLEMENTATION COSTS BASED ON INDUSTRY FEEDBACK. 
          THE SAMPLE BUDGET PLACES AN INITIAL EMPHASIS ON WORKFORCE TRAINING. 
          SO WE ESTIMATED A 60 40 SPLIT BETWEEN WORKFORCE TRAINING AND COLLEGE DEGREES FOR TUITION COSTS. 
          WE PROJECTED $2,000 FOR WORKFORCE TRAINING AND $3,000 FOR LAST DOLLAR TUITION. 
          FOR PARTICIPANTS COMPLETING DEGREES, ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT ESTIMATED AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT A ONE TO 100 CASE MANAGER TO PARTICIPANT RATIO. 
          AND FINALLY, WE BUDGETED $500 FOR EMERGENCY AID PARTICIPANTS. 
          AND THIS IS BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE ACTUALLY GOT FROM PROJECT QUEST. 
          AS TO THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE THAT THEY TYPICALLY PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS, WE ASSUME THAT HALF OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WOULD NEED TO ACCESS THIS AID, UM, AND AS, AND, UH, CASE MANAGERS WOULD BE THE ONES, UH, THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF, UH, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL. 
          UM, WE ALSO INCLUDED $2 MILLION FOR IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. 
          AND ALTHOUGH WE FULLY INTEND TO USE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS STILL AN ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT, UM, AMONG ALL OF THOSE SYSTEMS. AND WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING CONSIDERATION FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE RESULTS THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE THROUGH THIS WORK. 
          UM, BUT ANOTHER IMPORTANT OUTCOME WE WILL 
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CON IT WILL BE TO CONTINUE OUR COLLABORATION WITH THE IN WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ENSURE OUR TRAINING AND DEGREE COURSES ALIGN WITH THEIR NEEDS AS THIS ULTIMATELY PROMOTES JOB PLACEMENT. 
          UH, THE MOST DIRECT OUTCOMES WE HOPE TO SEE ARE DECREASES IN OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND INCREASES IN WAGE LEVELS. 
          AND WE'RE GONNA MEASURE THIS BY TRACKING KEY INDICATORS SUCH AS TRAINING, COURSE COMPLETION RATES, JOB PLACEMENTS, AND WAGES AT THE TIME OF JOB PLACEMENT. 
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          SO, IN CLOSING, TODAY'S ONLY A BRIEFING. 
          UM, WE'LL TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND RETURN NEXT WEEK WITH A FOLLOW-UP BRIEFING. 
          ALONG WITH, UM, LIKE THE MANAGER MENTIONED POTENTIAL, A SESSION CONSIDERATION. 
          UM, THE CONDENSED TIMELINE IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE AND TO ALIGN THE INITIATIVE WITH CRITICAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY WORK. 
          UH, I WANNA THANK THE WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION LEADERSHIP TASK FORCE FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS FAST-PACED INITIATIVE AND THEIR VALUABLE FEEDBACK. 
          I ALSO WANNA THANK THE E D D TEAM. 
          UM, WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY, UM, BUT I'VE HAD GREAT HELP, AND ESPECIALLY ANNA VEDO, UM, HAS REALLY BEEN CRITICAL TO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS ON THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UH, THERE'S A TEAM OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, INCLUDING, UH, LIKE THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED. 
          WE'VE GOT DOCTORS, AMY, DR. 
          FLORES, AND DR. 
          MATSON, UM, WHO HAVE PROVIDED US A LOT OF PERSPECTIVE AND HELP DEVELOP THIS INITIATIVE. 
          WE'RE ALL ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION, ALEX. 
          UM, WELL DONE, UH, ALONG WITH THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER IN A VERY, UH, SHORT TIME PERIOD OF TIME. 
          UM, LEMME JUST START BY SAYING THAT, UH, WE KNEW THIS DAY WAS COMING WITH HIGH ANTICIPATION. 
          UH, IN THE WAKE OF C OVID, 1910S OF THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIO WORKERS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF. 
          UH, AND WE KNOW THAT MANY ARE UNDER UNDEREMPLOYED AS WELL. 
          THIS IS AN ECONOMIC CRISIS OF HISTORIC PROPORTIONS, AND WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO GET SAN ANTONIANS BACK ON THEIR FEET. 
          DISPLACED WORKERS ARE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WE MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THE HUMAN ELEMENT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DEVASTATED ECONOMY, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DEVASTATED FAMILIES. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THESE STRUGGLES FOR THEM ARE ONLY EXACERBATED. 
          THEY'RE NOT NEW. 
          MANY OF THESE FAMILIES WERE AT THE BRINK BEFORE OF US. 
          ANY OF US EVEN HEARD OF C OVID 19. 
          THE GAPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES HAD ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE THE PANDEMIC REACHED OUR DOORSTEP. 
          WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, AND WHAT YOU HEARD FROM ALEX, IS A TRUE OPPORTUNITY FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN ANTONIANS TO ENTER INTO A CAREER. 
          NOT JUST A JOB, BUT A CAREER THAT ONLY PROMISES, UH, NOT JUST A JOB, UH, THAT ONLY PROMISES TO COVER NEXT WEEK'S BILLS. 
          A LOT OF THE PERSPECTIVES PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE SOME COLLEGE AND POST-SECONDARY CREDIT, OR MAYBE SOME HAVE, UH, UNFINISHED JOB TRAINING, BUT THEY ENCOUNTERED OBSTACLES OR EMERGENCIES THAT MIGHT HAVE IMPEDED THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE THESE PROGRAMS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, SHOULD EMERGENCIES ARISE, WE'RE GOING TO GET PARTICIPANTS THE HELP THEY NEED TO COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING AND EDUCATION. 
          AND IN A CITY THAT'S STRUGGLED WITH POVERTY, GENERATIONAL POVERTY, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH AVENUES FOR SAN ANTONIO FAMILIES TO MOVE UP IN OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST MOVE FROM ONE JOB TO THE NEXT. 
          SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE POOREST BIG CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. 
          WE CAN JUMPSTART OUR CITY'S TRAJECTORY AND BEAT THOSE ODDS. 
          THAT'S THE CHANCE WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US. 
          I WANT TO THANK, UH, OUR COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, REBECCA GRA AND DR. 
          ARIANA ROCHE GARCIA FOR THEIR HARD WORK WITH THE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE LEADERSHIP TEAM. 
          IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN, I ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE TEAM WHO AGREED TO SERVE WHEN I REACHED OUT, ASKING THAT THEY BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO THE TABLE. 
          UM, LET ME, UH, UH, LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO'S BEEN AT THE TABLE, UH, OVER THESE LAST MANY WEEKS. 
          UM, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, REBECCA VERAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ADRIANA ROCHE GARCIA. 
          UM, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, THE NAMES OF, UH, OUR PRESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, CHANCELLOR MIKE FLORES. 
          WE HAVE DR. 
          TAYLOR AMI, U T S A, AND DR. 
          CYNTHIA TTE MATTSON AT TEXAS A AND M, UH, SAN ANTONIO. 
          WE ALSO HAD CHRISTINA ALTE FROM THE NORTH CHAMBER. 
          CRAIG BOYAN FROM H E B HARRIETT DOMINIQUE AT U S A A, UH, MARY FINGER FROM THE CENTRAL LABOR LABOR COUNCIL. 
          WE HAD MARGIE FRENCH FROM THE SAN ANTONIO AREA FOUNDATION. 
          WE HAD LEO GOMEZ, UH, FROM BROOKS, KEVIN JONES AT RACKSPACE TUESDAY NIGHT, UH, FROM SAGE, RICHARD PEREZ FROM THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          JIM 
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ACH FROM PORT SAN ANTONIO. 
          SON RODRIGUEZ FROM COPS METRO, UH, KATE ROGERS FROM THE CHARLES BUTT FOUNDATION, TYLER SCHRADER FROM BOEING. 
          AND WE HAD, UM, KEVIN VOCAL FROM TOYOTA. 
          THESE FOLKS, UM, AGAIN, DESERVE A, A TON OF CREDIT FOR COMING TOGETHER AND HASHING OUT THIS PLAN THAT I'M EXCITED, UH, THAT WE'LL BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER FIRST, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, VRAN, UH, TO GIVE HER OVERVIEW AND BEGIN OUR DISCUSSION. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, TO MY COLLEAGUES AND TO EVERYONE IN THE TEAM, I WANT TO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          AND THANK YOU TO ALEX AND E D D AND TO, UH, THE MANAGER'S OFFICE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 
          UM, MAYOR, YOU, UH, MADE YOUR NEW TEAM JUST HIT THE GROUND RUNNING VERY FAST AND HARD AS THEY JOINED IN, UH, LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU IS JUST A, UM, COLLABORATION AND A, AND CONCEPTS, AND I'M GLAD THAT IT, THE FLOOR WAS SET, THAT WE ARE HERE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          WE KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE WHAT HAS ALSO BEEN FORMING THIS WHOLE ENTIRE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN OUR STATUS OF WOMEN'S REPORT, OUR SENSE OF POVERTY REPORT, OUR RACE, RACE INDICATOR REPORT. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS, UM, GENERATIONS OF SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL POVERTY THAT HAS, UM, AND RACISM, THAT HAS SHACKLED MANY OF, IN OUR POPULATION OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO HOW DO WE BUILD OUT OF THAT? IS THIS, UM, THE, IS THIS THE SILVER BULLET THAT, UH, BRINGS IT ALL TO AN END? NO, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE CAN START, UH, COMING AND RECOVERING. 
          AND NOT JUST RECOVERING, BUT CHANGING THE WHOLE NARRATIVE AND CHANGING THE OLD WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. 
          AND THAT COMES THROUGH EDUCATION. 
          I KNOW MANY OF US ON THIS CALL, ON THIS MEETING CAN SEE THAT, THAT OUR CHANGE IN OUR OPPORTUNITY CAME FROM EDUCATION. 
          SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE, ALEX, MOVING FORWARD, IF WE COULD, UM, SHOW IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION OR THE NEXT TIME WE HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, IS WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE METRICS OR THE METRICS THAT WE WERE, WE ARE LOOKING AT. 
          WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE. 
          WHAT DOES THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE IN THIS, UM, IN THIS OUTLINE? UM, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, IN THE, UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I ALWAYS HEAR THIS, AND I WAS TALKING TO ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES EARLIER ABOUT THIS. 
          WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT WHEN YOU GET A, UM, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR BA HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. 
          I THINK IT'S SLIDE THREE, AVERAGE ANNUAL EARNINGS, SAN ANTONIO'S EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND AVERAGE ANNUAL EARNINGS, UM, WITH SOME COLLEGE OR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. 
          IT'S 32,000, AND WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, IT'S 46,000. 
          AND THIS IS, ARE THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS SAN ANTONIO, IS THAT, IS THAT DATA FROM SAN ANTONIO SALARIES, OR IS THAT YES, MA'AM. 
          NATIONWIDE? NO, THESE ARE SAN ANTONIO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL, AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS, AND JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES, UM, TO KNOW THAT WE HAD, AS WE STARTED THIS, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION. 
          WE ACTUALLY, UM, THE MAYOR ACTUALLY ADDED MORE INDIVIDUALS INTO THE, UM, INTO THE MEETING BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE PRACTITIONERS TOO. 
          WE KNOW THAT OUR, OUR PRESIDENTS OF OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE, ARE VERY, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND THEY KNOW HOW THEIR SYSTEM WORKS. 
          WE ALSO NEED THE PRACTITIONERS OF THOSE WHO ARE PRESENTING THE JOBS OR WHO HAVE THE JOBS, WHO CAN CONNECT US TO THE JOB AS CERTIFICATIONS. 
          WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH HAVE BEEN CRITICAL. 
          AND WE KNOW THAT THE MOST IMMEDIATE NEED THERE TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THOSE JOBS. 
          BUT ONCE WE GET BACK INTO THOSE JOBS, WE NEED OUR, OUR FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, TO MAKE A BETTER WAGE THAN WHAT THEY WERE MAKING BEFORE. 
          AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON. 
          WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BRING MORE OPPORTUNITY. 
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AND THERE, UM, I'M GONNA END MY COMMENTS THERE RIGHT NOW AND I'LL POP BACK IN IF I NEEDED TO, TO BRING IN OTHER QUESTIONS. 
          BUT I HAD THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND ANOTHER POINT THAT I MENTIONED ABOUT THE METRICS. 
          UM, I ALSO WANTED JUST TO SHARE FROM WHERE WE STARTED WITH THE BUSINESS, UH, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY TEAM THROUGH SS A E D F. 
          HAVING SAT THERE, HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION TEAM, HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE WORKING GROUP WITH THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND NOW, UH, IN THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND SEEN ALL OF THIS THROUGH, THERE IS THAT LINE WHERE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BRING THE EDUCATION AND THE OPPORTUNITY ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VILLA GRIME. 
          LET ME TURN IT OVER TO OUR, UM, OUR SECOND, UH, COUNCIL LIAISON ON THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE, UH, LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TO ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS WELL. 
          AND, AND CARLOS AND ERIC, AND ALSO TO THE MAYOR STAFF. 
          I DO WANNA SAY THAT, UM, MICHELLE AND, UM, ALSO IISE, OF COURSE, UH, HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY HELPFUL WITH THIS, UH, VICTORIA. 
          AND BY THE WAY, MICHELLE AND VICTORIA JUST STEPPED INTO THEIR ROLES LIKE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO. 
          SO I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE JOB THAT YOU ALL DID, AND YOU ALL, UM, TOOK THIS ON AND ARE WORKING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF, UM, DIFFERENT EGOS. 
          I'LL JUST BE, UH, HONEST AND SAY IT, YOU ALL WORK VERY WELL, SO YOU ALL FIT IN PERFECTLY TO THE TEAM. 
          SO THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR, UH, PATIENCE WITH ALL OF MY QUESTIONS, WITH ALL MY TEXTS, WITH ALL OF MY EMAILS, AND THEN, UM, WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING US ALL, UH, I THOUGHT WAS JUST DONE VERY NICELY. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE NEXT TO COUNCILWOMAN . 
          UH, SHE'S NICE OUTSIDE SISTER AND I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE WORKING WITH HER ON THIS EFFORT BECAUSE I ALWAYS LEARN A LOT FROM HER QUESTIONS. 
          WE, I'M HAPPY THAT I GOT TO WORK WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS, UM, WITH HER. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I DO WANNA SAY THAT I AM, UM, VERY, UH, HAPPY THAT WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO OUR COLLEAGUES. 
          AND SO COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN AND I SPLIT UP OUR COLLEAGUES AND WE, UM, WE'RE EACH BRIEFING THEM. 
          AND SO, UM, I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, BROUGHT BACK THE QUESTIONS TO THE TEAM. 
          AND I WANNA SAY THAT THE TEAM WAS VERY RESPONSIVE WITH THE QUESTIONS. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME BACKUP SLIDES. 
          'CAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, SIMPSON, SOME HAD SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE ANSWERED. 
          I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT AS THE TEAM STARTED TO WORK TOGETHER, WE ASKED IF WE COULD REDEFINE SOME AREAS OF THE PLAN. 
          AND IT WAS DONE. 
          WE ASKED FOR, UH, FOR THE TEAM TO REDEFINE THE TARGET AUDIENCE. 
          AND I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY WELL DEFINED THAT NOW THAT IT'S DISPLACED WORKERS, THAT IT'S PEOPLE THAT NEED JOBS NOW. 
          AND SO I'M HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THAT UP. 
          I AM ALSO, UM, VERY, UH, EXCITED THAT WE HAD SUCH INDUSTRY LEADERS WORKING TOGETHER WITH ACADEMIA, WITH OUR UNIVERSITY, OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS, AND REALLY, UM, TOOK THAT, UH, TO HEART AS WE WERE LISTENING. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE INDUSTRY LEADERS AND, AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE REBECCA  AND I, UM, GAVE THEM A LOT OF HOMEWORK. 
          THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, AND THEY PROBABLY WORKED OVER THE WEEKEND A LOT. 
          SO I THINK THAT THEY FELT LIKE, UH, THEY, THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY. 
          AND SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A NICE, UM, PLAN WHERE WE ARE NOW. 
          I, UH, THINK THAT THERE'S, UH, THERE'S JUST A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS PLAN, THE, THAT THE WAY THAT IT IS NOW, UM, WE, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION THAT MY COLLEAGUES, UM, WILL HAVE TODAY. 
          AND THE QUESTIONS, AND I'LL PROBABLY CHIME BACK IN AT THE END THERE. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I AM HAPPY THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON WORKFORCE AND THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS FIRST, AND THEN THAT WE'RE ALSO PLANNING LONG-TERM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME INVESTMENT TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS PLAN DOES IT, UM, I'M PARTICULARLY HAPPY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UH, DISTRIBUTIVE EFFICIENCY BASICALLY, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT, AT THE PLAN, AND THAT WE ARE REALLY TARGETING THOSE THAT NEED US. 
          SO I'M, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 
          WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, ALEX, IT IT'S FOR YOU, AND I'M SO SORRY, I I MIGHT HAVE MISSED THIS. 
          THE $2 MILLION IMPLEMENTATION COST, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO WHAT? UM, A ALONG WITH THE EVALUATION, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT I MENTIONED. 
          UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE BUILD IN, UM, THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEASURE THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE MAKING. 
          UM, BUT IT'S ALSO, UH, THAT JUST THE OVERALL ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED RIGHT NOW THROUGH THE RECOVERY PLAN. 
          AND AS WE'RE 
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WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WHILE, UM, A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SCALE UP, THERE IS STILL SOME INCREMENTAL COSTS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER. 
          AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE FACTORED IN THERE, THE, THE INDIRECT, UH, ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX. 
          ALEX, ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, AND SO I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH, UH, JIM SBACK FROM FORT SAN ANTONIO, AND, UM, JIM AND I ALWAYS, UM, NERD OUT, BUT HE ALWAYS GIVES ME THESE NUGGETS OF INFORMATION. 
          AND I'M SORRY THAT I HADN'T ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT ARE WE ALSO ACCOUNTING IN THERE SOMEWHERE, UH, FOR MAYBE TRANSITIONING VETERANS, UH, MAYBE PASS FOR TRANSITIONING VETERANS? I'M ASSUMING SO. 
          UH, BUT I JUST WANNA BE FLAT OUT, UH, HONEST AND ASK, UM, IN, IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY TO SEE WHERE IN THIS PLAN, TRANSITIONING, TRANSITIONING VETS MIGHT COME IN. 
          I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND DISAGGREGATED POPULATIONS THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED DISLOCATED WORKERS, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED AS OUR TARGET POPULATION, BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE WHERE WE WOULD EXCLUDE ANYBODY. 
          UM, SO THERE, THERE'S DEFINITELY STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR VETERANS AND, AND OTHER POPULATIONS TO ALSO PARTICIPATE. 
          GREAT. 
          AND I, UM, DO, UH, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU, ALEX, FOR THAT. 
          AND THEN DO WE HAVE, I, I LIKE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. 
          I DID ASK DURING SOME OF THE MEETINGS, I ASKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT TRAINING AND COMPLETION RATES. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAVE THAT AS A KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR. 
          AND WILL WE HAVE SOME SORT OF A DASHBOARD OR A METRIC THAT HELPS US WITH MEASURING SUCCESS? YES, I THINK, AND, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE'RE STILL GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE, UM, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE LEADERSHIP GROUP WITH. 
          UM, BUT RIGHT NOW WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE WAS JUST THE OVERALL INDICATORS. 
          OUR NEXT STEP WILL BE TO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THE, MEASURE, THE PERCENTAGE, THE NUMBER THAT WE WANNA SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BAR GARCIA, UM, BASED ON OUR ROTATION OVER THE LAST, UH, SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS, WE'RE GONNA GO SIX THROUGH 10 AND THEN ONE THROUGH FIVE. 
          BUT COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, UH, HAS TO DEPART SOON. 
          SO LET ME GO AHEAD. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER H UH, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          I JUST HAVE TO MOVE LOCATION, SO, UM, THAT'S WHY I DID ASK TO, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO FIRST. 
          SO, UM, I, I GUESS I, JUST BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THE JOBS THAT YOU ANTICIPATE FILLING OR JOBS THAT WE'VE NEEDED FILLED FOR MANY YEARS, I'VE SEEN THAT SAME DATA REGARDING HEALTHCARE AND TECH FOR A LONG TIME. 
          IS THAT, UM, IS THAT CORRECT? IT, IT IS. 
          UM, THESE ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE JOBS, UM, AND THE, THE STRUGGLE THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, AND THAT OUR, OUR INDUSTRY PARTNERS HAVE HAD IS IN IDENTIFYING THE SKILLED WORKERS, UM, TO, TO, TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND SO CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE TOO? I, I, ON MY SCREEN I SEE MY TIME LIMIT, BUT, UM, I, I'LL TRY AND BE BRIEF. 
          SO IF, IF YOU COULD JUST BRING THAT UP AGAIN, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SORT OF THE BIOTECH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM. 
          SLIDE NINE, JOHN, I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN, UM, FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I THINK IS FINE. 
          I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, UM, WE'RE GOING BACK AND FILLING THOSE POSITIONS, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE NEEDED TO FILL FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO THERE WAS THAT ONE, AND THEN THERE WAS, OKAY. 
          SO YOU CAN LEAVE IT ON THAT SCREEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, SO I, I GUESS I JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE CHILDCARE WORKERS, WHICH STILL REMAINS FAIRLY LOW, UM, AND THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, THAT WE, WE CAN TRY AND WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ALSO INCREASE WAGES. 
          I MEAN, I, I'VE HAD, UH, THIS COMMENT AND, YOU KNOW, BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO ME FOR A WHILE. 
          I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT WE ARE A SERVICES SERVICE ORIENTED CITY. 
          THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR WAGES ARE TOO LOW. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON THE CALL, UH, INCLUDING, UM, SOME OF THE CHAMBERS, BUT IF, IF THE CITY IS GOING TO DO OUR PART BY INVESTING IN EDUCATION, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES THEIR PART AND INCREASES WAGES. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FALLS INTO THE DISCUSSION, UM, BECAUSE 
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EVEN SOME OF THE WAGES THAT WE SEE HERE, UM, ARE, ARE STILL VERY LOW COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          CAN I TRY TO TAKE ON THAT QUESTION OF THE CHILDCARE ASSOCIATE HERE? WELL, WITH THE CHILDCARE AND, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LIKE, A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR MIGHT BE HELPFUL. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS CHIME IN. 
          UM, I MEAN, YOU, YOU CAN COMMENT ON THE CHILDCARE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, PRIMARILY, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW NOW THAT CHILDCARE IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE. 
          UM, WE CAN'T GO BACK TO WORK. 
          AND OF COURSE, THE REASON THAT I ASKED TO GO FIRST IS BECAUSE OF A CHILDCARE ISSUE, WHY I HAVE TO LEAVE THIS OFFICE AND GO TO A DIFFERENT ONE. 
          SO, UM, YET WE PAY CHILDCARE WORKERS SOMETHING LIKE $8 AN HOUR. 
          SO, AND THAT'S NOT ON THE CITY. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DON'T VALUE THE WOMEN WHO DO THAT WORK. 
          SO, SO THE CHILD, THE CHILDCARE, UH, WORKERS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 
          THEY, THEY RANGE FROM VERY, VERY LOW TO, UH, MUCH HIGHER, DEPENDING ON THE CREDENTIALS THAT THEY HAVE. 
          SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON SLIDE NINE, THAT CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE IS A CERTIFICATE, IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO RECEIVES A CERTIFICATE, AND THEY'RE GETTING AROUND $23,000 A YEAR. 
          IF THEY WILL GET A TWO YEAR DEGREE, AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THAT BUMPS UP TO $15 AN HOUR. 
          IF THEY WILL CONTINUE AND GET A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. 
          YOU CAN FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, JOHN, UH, THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE IN THE, UM, IN THE $50,000 RANGE. 
          AND MUCH LIKE, UH, THE, WHAT, WHAT OCCURRED WHEN PRE-K FOR SA CAME IN AND PAID EVERYBODY $15 AN HOUR, IT PUT PRESSURE ON OTHER CHILD DEVELOPMENT TYPE ENTITIES, INCLUDING SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO COMPETE, THEY HAD TO RAISE THEIR WAGES AS WELL. 
          AND SO, UH, THE KEY IT SEEMS IS IF YOU HELP FOLKS GET CREDENTIALS IN THIS AREA, AND THEY CAN DEMAND HIGHER WAGES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR POINTING OUT CHILDCARE FOLKS, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE TARGETED AREAS WE'RE GONNA TRY TO PROVIDE SOME TRAINING AND, AND EDUCATION. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND, UM, UH, I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL PERHAPS WE'LL HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR ABOUT SORT OF LOW WAGES, UM, IN CERTAIN SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY, BECAUSE I, I, I, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE EDUCATIONAL AND THE TRAINING, OF COURSE IS SIGNIFICANTLY, I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT HAS TO BE WORTH IT. 
          I MEAN, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO FEEL LIKE WHEN THEY GET THIS DEGREE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A HIGHER WAGE, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. 
          BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION BECAUSE I DO WANNA GET TO SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, THAT I HAD. 
          UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE THESE ARE, UM, AREAS, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FILL FOR A LONG TIME. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS NOT AS INNOVATIVE AS, AS APPROACHES I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN. 
          I, I, I, I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE REALLY GONNA ADDRESS ISSUES THAT WE KNOW ARE, UH, A CONCERN, UM, FOR OUR CITY, UH, AFTER A A COVID PANDEMIC, UM, WE SHOULD REALLY FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THAT BOTTOM 20% OF OUR POPULATION THAT'S LIVING IN POVERTY. 
          UH, AND I, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION. 
          UM, MIKE, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE LINE AND WE'VE TALKED, OR, UM, MIKE, I'M SORRY, DR. 
          FLORES, UM, FROM ALMO COLLEGE, YOU'RE HERE, AND WE'VE TALKED OVER THE YEARS ABOUTS PROGRAM AND A, UM, SPECIFIC, UM, SORT OF TARGETED EFFORT, UM, AT, AT THAT REALLY LIKE LOW END OF OUR POPULATION, UH, I HATE TO SAY LOW END, LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OR, OR WE'RE REALLY JUST THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY. 
          UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THIS STILL DOESN'T GET TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS. 
          IT'S JUST WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 
          AND I, I'M GLAD TO SEE IT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO, UM, DISMISS IT. 
          UM, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE AT THE END OF THE FOUR YEARS, WE'RE NOT REALLY GONNA SEE THE IMPACT THAT WE WANNA SEE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TARGET OUR EFFORT ON THE BOTTOM 20%. 
          SO, I DON'T KNOW, DR. 
          FLORES, IF YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THAT STUFF, UM, ABOUT HOW WE REALLY TARGET, UM, THAT POPULATION WITH CHILDCARE, WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WITH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, UM, ALL THAT STUFF. 
          I THINK, UH, IF, UM, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ, I THINK THAT'S A, A PRETTY TRENCHANT POINT. 
          AND, UM, BOTH WITH THE CITY INVESTMENT AND THE CARES, WHICH IS THE, THE IMMEDIATE NEED AS, AS WELL AS WITH THIS PROPOSAL, I THINK THAT THIS IS REALLY KEY. 
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ONE OF THE THINGS GOING BACK TO THE CHILDCARE ASSOCIATE IN PARTICULAR IS THAT ALL OF THE CREDENTIALS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN THESE KEY SECTORS ARE STACKABLE. 
          SO WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW IS AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ABLE TO EARN THEIR, UH, C D A OR CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE, UH, CERTIFICATION TO GO THEN TO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, TO THEN GO INTO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO MOVE FROM FIELDS IN WHICH, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, UM, MAY NOT HAVE THAT UPWARD MOBILITY TRACK IN SPECIFIC SECTORS THAT NOW IN THESE KEY AREAS WILL HAVE THAT. 
          ANOTHER EXAMPLE WOULD BE IN HEALTHCARE, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE PRO TORES, AND WE KNOW THAT WE'VE PARTNERED WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WITH THE CITY, UH, THROUGH THE WEST SIDE TRAINING CENTER. 
          SO THAT CERTIFICATION CAN THEN BUILD INTO WHAT WE CALL A, UM, VALUE ADDED STACKING. 
          AND SO THOSE WEEKS THAT ARE INVESTED IN GETTING THE HEALTH WORKER, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CERTIFICATION CAN THEN BE ADDED WITH A MEDICAL FRONT OFFICE CERTIFICATION AND A PATIENT CARE COORDINATOR CERTIFICATION. 
          SO THAT CAN GO FROM SEVERAL WEEKS TO UP TO FOUR MONTHS. 
          AND THAT IN PARTICULAR, WOULD, UH, PAY A MEDIAN WAGE OF $35,000. 
          SO IT CAN START AT 28 AND ACTUALLY GO UP TO 40,000. 
          AND THAT'S WITH ONLY FOUR MONTHS OF TRAINING. 
          SO IT, IT DOES PROVIDE, UM, I THINK THERE IS A, A VALUE IN BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE STACKABLE CREDENTIALS THAT ALLOWS OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE ON-RAMPS AND THEN OFF-RAMPS, AND THEN COME BACK ON AND THEN GO TO BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE CREDENTIALS. 
          SO I HOPE THAT, THAT, THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR MANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU MENTIONED AND FOLKS THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND I JUST, UH, I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF TIME HERE, BUT I DO WANNA, OF COURSE, THANK EVERYBODY THAT HELPED US TEAM TOGETHER, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT ANNA ABEL'S NAME WAS MENTIONED, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FELT LIKE SHE WAS A VERY UNDERUTILIZED PERSON IN THE CITY, SO I KNOW SHE'S IN THERE SOMEWHERE. 
          SO, UH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR, UH, OF HER INVOLVEMENT, UM, UH, IN THERE. 
          BUT, UH, I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS AND, AND GETTING FEEDBACK, UM, FROM US ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TARGETED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, A MORE TARGETED EFFORT AT THAT 20% OF OUR POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY GOING TO BE WOMEN AND CHILDREN. 
          SO I DON'T SEE THAT HERE. 
          UM, UH, AND, UM, IT, I I, I, IF WE COULD, UM, EXPAND THE CONVERSATION TO REALLY TARGET, UM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ENCOURAGE TO DO THAT. 
          SO I'LL, I'LL, I'LL TURN IT OVER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THANKS EVERYONE WHO HELPED US TOGETHER. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALEX CAN DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL, BUT, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT THE B L S HAS SHOWN IS THAT THOSE 20% ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE, UH, TO JOB LOSS AND DISPLACEMENT, UH, AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT DURING, UH, THE COVID CRISIS AS WELL. 
          SO HOPEFULLY WE ARE TARGETING IN THAT WAY. 
          UM, SO LET ME GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEO, HALBERDA COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          GLAD TO BE BACK HERE. 
          UM, MY QUESTION, ALEX, IS, UH, WELL, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE TO HELP STUDENTS OR WORKERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR TRAINING, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE WRAPAROUND SERVICES ARE, ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVE. 
          UM, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW LONG THOUGH THE PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES? WILL IT CONTINUE UP UNTIL THEY BEGIN THEIR CAREERS OR THEY OBTAIN A DEGREE? OR WILL IT BE PROVIDED SOLELY THROUGH THE TRAINING OR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM? AND, AND JUST TO ADD ON, I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN ITEMS LIKE LAST DOLLAR TUITION ASSISTANCE, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY JUST GONNA BE WITHIN THE, UH, CONFINES OF THE PROGRAM, BUT MORE LIKE, UH, CHILDCARE, TRANSPORTATION, UH, PERHAPS FINANCIAL EMERGENCY, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YEAH, SO THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT IS, IS, IS THE INTENTION IS TO HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO THE PARTICIPANT THE ENTIRE TIME THEY ARE IN TRAINING, BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IT DOESN'T END UNTIL THAT PARTICIPANT IS, UM, PLACED IN, IN A JOB. 
          UM, SO THE ENTIRE TIME THEY'RE IN TRAINING, THEY'LL STILL BE MEETING WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER. 
          THEY'LL, UM, AVAILABLE THERE TO HELP THEM, UM, MITIGATE ANY BARRIERS THAT THEY MAY BE IDENTIFYING, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ULTIMATELY WHAT MANY TIMES, UM, STOPS PEOPLE FROM COMPLETING THE TRAINING. 
          SO, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER, UH, COUNCIL GARCIA MENTIONED A DASHBOARD. 
          MY, MY CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE, THEY 
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GET A DEGREE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THE TRAINING FOR THE POSITION, BUT THERE'S NO ASSISTANCE OR DIRECTION TO ACTUALLY GET THAT JOB AFTER THEY GET THIS TRAINING OR EDUCATION. 
          SO ARE WE, UM, FIGURING OUT, OR CAN WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO AT LEAST TRACK THEM, UM, FIGURE OUT IF THEY, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE MAKING IT FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND, AND IF NOT, WHERE WE MAY BE ABLE TO REFER 'EM TO OTHER SERVICES OR NONPROFITS WITHIN THE CITY? SO PART, PART OF THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS JOB PLACEMENT. 
          SO THAT AS A, AS A PARTICIPANT APPROACHES THE COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING, THEY'RE GONNA START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, ABOUT CAREER NAVIGATION AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS POST-TRAINING COMPLETION. 
          SO WE'RE INCLUDING THAT AS PART OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING FROM THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND THAT'S BOTH TRUE WITH THE RECOVERY PLAN APPROVED BY COUNCIL. 
          SO THE IDEA IS INTAKE USING W S A AND OTHERS TO FUNNEL THEM THROUGH THE TRAINING, AND THEN ASSISTANCE TO PLACE THEM THE JOBS, IDENTIFY THE JOBS, AND PLACE THEM. 
          AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RECOVERY PLAN, AND IT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 
          WE, WE KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT ARE MEETING THIS HELP ARE MORE, ARE REALLY, ARE GONNA NEED THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE 20% THAT, UM, LIKE COUNCILLOR GONZALEZ, UH, MENTIONED, UH, UNDEREMPLOYED, THEY'RE WORKING FOR. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE ONES THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO NEED THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THEM AND, UH, THAT WE ARE, THAT, THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA DROP OFF ONCE WE, UH, ONCE WE GIVE 'EM THEIR TRAINING AND THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY. 
          I, I, I'D LIKE TO JUST CONTINUE. 
          UM, I, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEIR SUCCESS ULTIMATELY, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT NEED IT, THAT NEEDED IT BEFORE THE CRISIS, BUT THEY NEEDED IT, ESPECIALLY NOW BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS. 
          SO, CRISIS. 
          UM, MY SECOND QUESTION IS, UH, IS THERE A SPECIFIC COMPONENT TO ASSIST DISABLED ADULTS IN FINDING THEIR CAREERS OR GETTING THEIR EDUCATION? SO THERE IS SPECIFIC FOCUS WITH, UM, I KNOW WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, UM, WHAT WE, WHAT WE HAVE DONE AS PART OF THE RECOVERY PLAN IS ACTUALLY ESTABLISH AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TARGETING, UM, RESIDENTS, UM, WITHIN THIS POPULATION TO SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGE THEIR PARTICIPATION AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES. 
          SO THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF OUR COLLABORATION WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEFINITELY MORE EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE DEF WE WANNA BRING MORE FOCUS AND ATTENTION TO IT. 
          I WILL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, UH, I'M SURE AS, UH, WE GO FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH, WITH MIKE FLORES INVOLVED IN, IN HIS, IN A C C D, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE DISABILITY SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE THAT TRAINING AND, UM, AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND, AND THESE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, WHICH IS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SO IMPORTANT. 
          THIS IS CYNTHIA MATSON SPEAKING COUNCIL, TEXAS A AND M S A, AND I'M SURE AT ALAMO COLLEGES, WE ALL HAVE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS, AND ALSO ASSISTING WITH ANY OTHER, UH, COUNSELING AND WELLNESS SUPPORT THAT MAY BE NEEDED AS WELL AS JOB PLACEMENT, WHETHER THAT'S PART-TIME WORK WHILE THEY ARE STUDENTS OR, UH, JOB PLACEMENT AFTER THEY GRADUATE. 
          DR. 
          , AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE OUT, UM, TEXAS A AND M OF COURSE, THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          BUT, UH, THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M HOPING THAT WITH, WITH THE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED ALREADY DEALING WITH THE ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, FOR PEOPLE THAT, UH, SUFFER FROM, FROM IMPAIRMENTS, THAT, THAT WHERE WE CAN KIND OF JUST TIE INTO THAT AND NOT HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH, I GUESS. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KDA, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, SANDOVAL. 
          HI. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND, UH, I WANNA THANK, UH, THE ENTIRE STAFF THAT WORKED ON THIS, ALEX, GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          AND ANA, UH, GREAT WORK, ANNA, NOT ME. 
          UH, AND, UH, THE WHOLE E D V TEAM, AND OF COURSE, TO THE COMMITTEE AND, AND MY COLLEAGUES. 
          I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT FORWARD, UH, A A FAIRLY SOLID STRUCTURE THAT WE CAN, UH, BEGIN DISCUSSING. 
          UM, OF COURSE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE GUN BECAUSE OF, OF THIS TIMELINE, UH, BUT NONETHELESS, I'M, I'M STILL GONNA SHARE SOME, SOME COMMENTS THAT I HOPE WILL MAKE US, UH, TAKE SOMETHING TO THE BALLOT THAT'S, UH, AS ROBUST OR, OR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, THIS IS OF COURSE A A CRITICAL TIME. 
          SO WE WANNA, UH, TAKE FORWARD THE BEST THAT WE CAN. 
          UM, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA ECHO SOME 
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OF THE COMMENTS OF, OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE AS A COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING A COMMITMENT AND AN INVESTMENT, AND THE TAXPAYERS WILL BE MAKING A COMMITMENT EVERY TIME THEY BUY SOMETHING, RIGHT? AND IT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS, INTO THIS FUND. 
          AND EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING ON THIS IS MAKING THAT COMMITMENT AND WILL BE WORKING TO GET THESE PEOPLE, UM, THE EDUCATION AND THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THEY NEED. 
          WHAT I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SEE, OR I THINK WHAT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL, UH, A LOT MORE SECURE ABOUT THIS IS FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE EMPLOYERS WHO WILL AT LEAST CONSIDER, UH, THE CANDIDATES AND GRADUATES FROM THIS PROGRAM AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          UM, I FEEL, UH, LIKE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A GAMBLE, RIGHT? HOPING THAT THEY, THEY GET THE JOB. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE THOSE VACANCIES OUT THERE THAT DEMAND, UH, THAT YOU LISTED ALL THOSE THOUSANDS OF JOBS. 
          UM, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST HAVE THE CONNECTION TO THE EMPLOYERS. 
          PERHAPS SOME OF THE UNIVERSITIES ALREADY HAVE THIS, BUT IF THERE'S A, A LIST OR A NETWORK OF EMPLOYERS WHO SAY, HEY, WE SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE GOING TO, UM, CONSIDER THE CANDIDATES THAT COME FROM HERE, I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE REALLY INSPIRING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET BEHIND, UH, THE PROGRAM AND, AND SUPPORT IT. 
          AND I, I'LL JUST, UH, TELL YOU, UH, ALMOST PERSON A PERSONAL STORY AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING A JOB, ISN'T IT? UH, TOO OFTEN IT'S A MATTER OF WHO YOU KNOW, RIGHT? NOT JUST FILLING OUT THE APPLICATIONS YOU GET PICKED, EVEN IF YOU'RE THE BEST ON PAPER. 
          SO MANY TIMES, UH, IT BECOMES A MATTER OF, OF THAT CONNECTION. 
          SO MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT CONNECTION IS GONNA BE, UH, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          AND I SAY THIS AS SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW, MOVES BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AFTER GOING TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL DEGREES, AND IT WAS NOT EASY TO, TO FIND A JOB. 
          AND DESPITE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE, I, I HAD TO SPEND MANY MONTHS, RIGHT? BUILDING, BUILDING A NETWORK BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          BUT WE, WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THESE FOLKS TO, TO SPEND MONTHS BUILDING THAT NETWORK. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING I, I WANNA, UH, BRING UP HAS TO DO WITH, UM, UH, WHO WE, UH, WHO'S AT THE TABLE. 
          I, THE TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED IS, UH, PHENOMENAL. 
          UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPERTS ON THERE AND PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW, UH, ABOUT WORKFORCE AND ABOUT TRAINING. 
          UM, WHAT I DO SEE MISSING AT THE TABLE RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP. 
          SO I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE THE PLANS, UM, TO, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME SORT OF DIALOGUE WITH THEM BEFORE WE GO TO THE VOTERS WITH THIS. 
          UM, AND I, AND I PUT THAT OUT THERE TO ALEX OR, OR, OR THE MAYOR AND, AND, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, PEOPLE WHO ARE THE WORKING POOR OR THE ONES IN GENERATIONAL POVERTY. 
          UH, I DIDN'T SEE, OR WHO DON'T HAVE A DEGREE. 
          I DIDN'T SEE THOSE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. 
          UM, THIS IS ALEX, AND I THINK I CAN, I'M THINKING OF SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO THE RECOVERY PLAN, UM, ABOUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND ENGAGING WITH RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE EXPERIENCING IN, IN APPLYING FOR THE PROGRAMS, OR WHAT'S PREVENTING THEM FROM APPLYING FOR, FOR THE RECOVERY PLAN, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PORTION. 
          AND THAT OUR PLAN IS TO DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT FEEDBACK ALREADY INTO THE RECOVERY PLAN. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, THAT IS ALSO VALUABLE INPUT THAT WE COULD USE FOR THIS INITIATIVE. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF LESSONS THAT WE'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THE RECOVERY PLAN, UM, INCLUDING THIS PORTION OF DIRECT, UH, RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT THAT CAN INFORM, UM, THIS INITIATIVE AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND COUNCIL MEMBER, IF, IF I CAN ADD ALSO, UM, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS, UH, THIS PROGRAM IS ITERATIVE, UH, AND IT IS DEVELOPED, UH, BASED ON, UH, THE FEEDBACK AND DATA IN THE POVERTY REPORT, AS WELL AS THE STATUS OF WOMEN'S REPORT, UH, ESSAY WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION JOBS REPORT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, UH, IN THE BACKGROUND, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THE DEMANDS OF THE FOLKS WHO, UH, QUITE LITERALLY ARE, ARE THE ONES, UM, WHO ARE STRUGGLING THE MOST. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I THANK YOU. 
          UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. 
          I, I'M GLAD THAT THERE IS, UH, A PLAN TO INTEGRATE THEIR INPUT AS WE GO FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW THE PROGRAM, UH, WORKS. 
          UM, I'M, I AM JUST A LITTLE SAD THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TABLE THAT 
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WAS ASSEMBLED TO DESIGN THIS PROGRAM, AND THERE WAS NO SEAT FOR THEM, UH, THERE. 
          AND THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO, TO THE SPIRIT OF EQUITY THAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE THIS. 
          I'M GONNA MOVE ON TO, UM, THE, ANOTHER AREA THAT WAS ADDRESSED. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS, OR FOR A WHILE, WE WERE SAYING SAN ANTONIO HAS, UH, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          THAT MEANS THAT OUR ECONOMY IS DOING GREAT. 
          AND I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ERIC COOPER FROM THE FOOD BANK, UM, AT A RECENT DISTRIBUTION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW BEFORE COVID, THERE WERE STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO RESORTED TO GOING TO THE FOOD BANK. 
          THEY DEPENDED ON IT. 
          AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAD FULL-TIME JOBS. 
          AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND, AND THIS IS MENTIONED BY SOME OF THE COUNCILWOMEN, IS THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE WORKING POOR IN, IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          SO I, UM, TWO, TWO MESSAGES FROM THIS IS WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SET OF INDICATORS TO GAUGE THE HEALTH OF OUR ECONOMY IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          AND AMONG THEM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE TRACK PEOPLE WHO STILL NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THE FOOD BANK OR FROM ELSEWHERE, UM, WAGES, WHICH YOU'VE GOT, BUT ALSO ECONOMIC SEGREGATION. 
          I, I THINK THAT IS AN INDICATOR OF HOW HEALTHY, UH, OUR COMMUNITY IS. 
          UM, AND ANOTHER THING TO, TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT I DON'T THINK WE CAN CLAIM TO ADDRESS GENERATIONAL POVERTY IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, THE, THE WORKING POOR AND THAT WE HAVE SOME TARGETED WAY TO, TO GET TO THEM. 
          UM, I, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE, THE TUITION, UH, BUDGET VERSUS THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES BUDGET. 
          I MEAN, UM, THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES FACING PEOPLE WHO FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, HAVE NOT GONE AND GOTTEN A FOUR YEAR DEGREE OR HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINISH, UH, HIGH SCHOOL. 
          AND I'M, I'M, I WORRY ABOUT THE $1,000 FIGURE, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN CHILDCARE? IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO COVER IT. 
          AND UNLESS THAT'S BEING SUPPLEMENTED BY SOMETHING THAT THE, UM, THAT THE UNIVERSITY ALREADY OFFERS. 
          AND THEN THE, THE OTHER THING I JUST I WANNA POINT OUT IS, UM, MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED, WILL PROBABLY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO INSURANCE, UH, RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE, WE NEED TO, TO THINK ABOUT THAT TOO. 
          AND, UM, IN TERMS OF TUITION, UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME, UH, ALEX, HOW MUCH WE ANTICIPATE, UH, SOMEONE WOULD BE FUNDED BY, UH, FEDERAL, UH, OR, OR STATE RESOURCES WHEN THEY FILL OUT A, A FAFSA OR A TUITION ASSISTANCE FORM, AND HOW MUCH THEY WOULD STILL BE ON THE HOOK FOR BASED ON THEIR INCOME LEVEL, PERHAPS THE UNIVERSITY? SO I MIGHT HAVE SOME OF OUR YES, PERHAPS THE UNIVERS FOLKS CAN ADDRESS IT. 
          MAYBE DR. 
          MASSON OR DR CAN ADDRESS THAT. 
          YES. 
          UM, WHAT CURRENTLY IS, WHAT IS DONE CURRENTLY IS IF A STUDENT IS FULLY ELIGIBLE FOR A FULL PELL GRANT, THAT LIMIT IS ABOUT $6,200. 
          UH, GIVE OR TAKE IF YOU DON'T PARENT. 
          AND THAT DELTA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE 3000 UP TO $3,000 LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP, IF THEY HAD NO OTHER SCHOLARSHIP AID WOULD BE TAPPED ON TO SUPPORT THEIR TUITION AND FEES. 
          AT A AND M SAN ANTONIO, THE ANNUAL COST FOR A FULL-TIME STUDENT IS ABOUT, UH, LESS THAN $8,000. 
          AND SO THE DELTA BETWEEN THE 6,200 AND THE $8,000 IS WHAT WOULD BE TAPPED ON THROUGH THE LAST DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP, WHICH IS UP TO $3,000. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MY TIME'S UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, LET ME MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER S UM, THANK YOU. 
          I, THIS IS, UH, A LOT TO UNPACK ALEX AND, AND ERIC, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT INTO THIS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S CLEAR THAT, THAT, THAT YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME PERFECTING, UH, WHAT IT IS YOU'RE PRESENTING TO US. 
          I, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE STILL TALKING IN VERY BROAD TERMS AND USING BROAD BRUSH STROKES TO, TO PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER. 
          AND, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE ANSWERS. 
          I'M SORRY, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE QUESTIONS THAN THERE ARE ANSWERS. 
          AND AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO, TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE VERY LIMITED RESOURCES AS COMPARED TO THE UNLIMITED NEED. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE UNLIMITED NEED, BUT 
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WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THAT DISCOMFORT, RIGHT? UM, AND MAKE SOME HARD DECISIONS. 
          AND, UM, NOT EVERYBODY IS GONNA GET THE BENEFIT OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. 
          UM, SO ALEX, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING AND THEN YOU TELL ME IF I GOT IT WRONG. 
          UM, AND THEN TELL ME IF I GOT IT AND IF I DID GET IT WRONG, TELL ME WHY. 
          AND, AND HELP ME OUT HERE. 
          THESE ARE MY NOTES. 
          THE 20% UNDEREMPLOYED WORKING POOR ARE THE PEOPLE MOST VULNERABLE, UH, TO THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS. 
          SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM, RIGHT? THEY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROGRAM. 
          UM, THEY, THEY, IT ALL DEPENDS. 
          I THINK THERE'S, RIGHT NOW WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, UM, MEANING THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE NOT NARROWING IT TO JUST THAT POPULATION, RIGHT? AND, AND, AND I GET THAT. 
          I, I GUESS WHAT I'M, THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE AND IS THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE AT THAT VERY, VERY BOTTOM RUNG, UM, ARE PROBABLY GONNA FEEL THE BENEFITS THE MOST, UH, IF THIS PLAN WORKS, RIGHT? YES. 
          YES, MAYOR, THAT'S IT. 
          THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          K. 
          THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE. 
          JOHN. 
          GOTTA UNMUTE TO I DID IT. 
          I DID IT, SIR. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE READY TO GO? THERE YOU GO. 
          GOOD. 
          YOU, YOU CAN HEAR ME? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I'M GONNA MAKE SOME COMMENTS. 
          I HOPE THAT, UH, CARLOS AND, AND ALEX WILL JUST TAKE SOME NOTES ON THIS. 
          'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID. 
          UM, THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA, I PASSED ON TO THE COMMITTEE ABOUT 15 QUESTIONS THAT I THOUGHT WERE IMPORTANT, THAT I WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT. 
          UH, AS THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH ITS WORK, AND I HAVE TO SAY THE PRESENTATION THAT ALEX, UH, PUT OUT, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO, ANSWERED A GOOD 10 OF THOSE QUESTIONS PRETTY THOROUGHLY. 
          AND, AND I APPRECIATE THAT, ALEX. 
          I STILL HAVE A FEW MORE THAT I WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION ON. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, LET ME GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND ASK, YOU KNOW, UH, HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES TO PARTNER WITH US TO RAMP UP THE EMPLOYMENT? YOU HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE GUARANTEE PEOPLE WILL EVEN TAKE THESE JOBS, UH, WHEN THEY'RE TRAINED? I, I'VE KNOWN PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE AND APPLIED FOR A JOB AND IT WENT TO SOMEBODY ELSE. 
          AND, UH, SO FOOD FOR THOUGHT IS WHAT I'M SAYING ON THIS. 
          UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CAN WE GUARANTEE EVERYONE THAT WE'RE GONNA RETRAIN A NEW JOB, UH, IN, IN THE FIELD THAT WE TRAIN THEM IN, OR THE INDUSTRY THAT WE TRAIN THEM IN? AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, AND I KNOW IS A HARD WORD TO USE, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT SOMEONE WHO GOES THROUGH THE TRAINING'S GOING TO EXPECT. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I SHARE THE CONCERN MANY OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE WAGE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT. 
          YOU KNOW WHAT? UH, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I BELIEVE THE CITY'S LIVING WAGE THAT WE REQUIRE WITH COMPANIES WHO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY TO BE SOMEWHERE ABOVE $12 AN HOUR. 
          UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT COMES OUT TO $25,000 A YEAR IN A TYPICAL WORK YEAR. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY KNOWS THAT WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS. 
          AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WORKFORCE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, WE SAY, WELL, THAT'S HOUSING. 
          THAT'S AT 80% OF THE AREA A M I, AND SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO SEE IT MORE AT 60% OF A M I AND EVEN LOWER FOR THE, THE REALLY POOR FAMILIES. 
          BUT IF THEY'RE AT 80% OF A M I, WHICH IS $72,000 A YEAR AVERAGE IN, IN THE BEXAR COUNTY AREA, 80% OF THAT IS $57,000. 
          AND I DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY JOBS, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN AT THE LOWER SCALE THAT, UH, IS GONNA BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM UP INTO THAT, THAT RANGE. 
          EVEN AT 60% OF A M I FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT STILL MEANS A, A FAMILY HAS TO EARN AT LEAST $43,000 A YEAR. 
          AND THAT'S THIS YEAR. 
          AND WE KNOW A 
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M I GOES UP ALMOST EVERY YEAR. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT AS WE WORK WITH PARTICULAR EMPLOYERS, EVEN IF IT'S LARGE NURSING HOME, UH, OR LARGE, UM, YOU KNOW, CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT THEY PAY, THE KIND OF WAGES THAT ARE GONNA ALLOW PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES. 
          EVEN LOOKING AT THE TRAINING, I HAVE CONCERNS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 150,000 PEOPLE OUTTA WORK, AND I WOULD IMAGINE A VERY, A VERY BIG PERCENTAGE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BOTH WORKING PARTNERS OUT OF WORK. 
          AND SO HOW CAN TWO PEOPLE OUT OF WORK HAVE ONE OF THEM AFFORD TO GO, UH, THROUGH TRAINING? EITHER ONE OR BOTH. 
          WHERE IS THE INCOME TO SUSTAIN THEM? UH, WE KNOW THAT UNEMPLOYMENT'S BEING CUT OFF. 
          UH, ARE WE BANKING ON FEDERAL MONEY TO COME IN TO SUSTAIN THEM? I KNOW IN, IN OUR PLAN FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR WITH $75 MILLION, WE HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND WE HAVE A STIPEND. 
          BUT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AFTER THIS, WE DON'T HAVE THAT IN THERE. 
          WE HAVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND, AND MAYBE A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY, BUT HOW DOES THAT SUSTAIN A FAMILY OF 2, 3, 4, 5 PEOPLE IF NEITHER OF THEM ARE WORKING BECAUSE THEIR JOBS HAVEN'T REOPENED? AND I DON'T SEE AN ANSWER TO THAT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS. 
          I STILL THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER LOOKING AT. 
          UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY MAKES A COMMITMENT TO THIS EFFORT, NOT JUST THE CITY, NOT JUST THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
          AND I DON'T MEAN IT, IT ISN'T IMPORTANT THAT THE BUSINESS DIDN'T SIT IN AND ADDED THEIR INPUT TO THIS, BUT ARE WE GONNA SEE COMMITMENTS FROM SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT THEY WILL TAKE EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES AND CERTAIN NUMBERS OVER THE NEXT A, B, OR C NUMBERS OF YEARS? UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE A METRIC OF THE TARGETED NUMBER OF POSITIONS, UH, THAT WE ARE TRAINING FOR AND THE TARGETED JOBS TO BE FILLED. 
          AND I THINK THOSE ARE JUST OTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENTS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO, I THINK THAT ARE MAYBE EVEN MORE CRITICAL BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING BEFORE THE VOTERS, UH, A PROPOSITION THAT THEY'RE GONNA VOTE ON. 
          AND THIS PROPOSITION REALLY IS TAKING THE PLACE OF THE PROPOSITIONS IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW, UH, REVOLVING A HUN INVOLVING, UH, ONE 8% SALES TAX THAT GOES TO PROTECT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND GOES TO BUILD ON THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          AND I THINK THE VOTERS ARE GONNA DEMAND TO KNOW HOW DO WE PROTECT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AT SIMILAR LEVELS OF PROTECTION IF WE REASSIGN THAT ONE 8% SALES TAX, AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THE GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM? THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT IF WE HAVE ANY ANSWERS TO RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL, I THINK BEN ELL MAY BE ON, AND MAYBE HE CAN ADDRESS THAT, ERIC, HOW YOU WANT HIM TO DO THAT NOW, OR HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THAT ON THE AQUIFER? I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AQUIFER PROGRAM. 
          UM, AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL WILL REMEMBER, UH, BACK BEFORE, UH, MARCH, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CONNECT SA WAS ONE OF THE FEW SESSION PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAD ON CONNECT SA AND, UM, UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE, WE OUTLINED, THE STAFF OUTLINED, UH, AN OPTION, UH, WHERE THE CITY COULD, UM, TAKE ON THE, UH, FOR PROTECTION PROGRAM, UM, UTILIZING AN INCREMENT ON THE GROWTH IN ANNUAL SIZE REVENUE. 
          UM, AND AT THE TIME, UM, UM, AND, AND FRANKLY, THIS IS STILL A VALID OPTION FOR THE CITY TO, TO CONTINUE, UH, WE WOULD TAKE AN INCREMENT OF SAS REVENUE AND, UM, LEVERAGE THAT INTO A DEBT ISSUANCE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FUND, UM, AT THE TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, 10 OR A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER 10 YEARS. 
          AND, AND, UH, THAT THAT OPTION STILL REMAINS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY. 
          UM, JUST A, JUST A QUICK, UH, UH, UH, PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE AT ON THEIR AQUIFER PROTECTION, THE SALES TAX PROPOSITION, UM, THAT WE WILL HIT THE VOTER APPROVED LIMITS BY PROBABLY NEXT APRIL OR SO. 
          AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ROUGHLY SPENDING 10, 8, 8 
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TO $12 MILLION A YEAR ON PROPERTY, UM, GIVEN THE BALANCES WE HAVE NOW, AND THEN THE, UM, INCOME WE EXPECT BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL. 
          UM, THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTING TO HAVE, UH, FUNDS AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF 2022, WHICH REALLY MAKES IT A, A MATTER OF, OF, OF, OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET TWO YEARS FROM NOW. 
          SO THERE IS AN OPTION, UH, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL, UM, THAT'S STILL IN EXISTENCE, UH, TODAY TO CREATE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. 
          UM, REMEMBER SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UM, FRANCINE ROMERO WAS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING SOME ADDITIONAL WORK WITH THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD AND BUILDING IN THE PERSPECTIVES OF THE, UH, CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD INTO A POTENTIAL ORDINANCE. 
          UM, THAT IS STILL AN OPTION. 
          I'VE HAD SOME PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. 
          ROMERO, UM, THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD CREATE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION, UM, BUT ALSO PULL IN THE ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM, UM, SO THAT THERE'S SOME CERTAINTY IN THE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, UM, IS, IS, IS DEFINITELY AN OPTION. 
          THE SECOND OPTION, UM, UH, AVAILABLE TO US, UM, THAT I SEE, AND I'VE SHARED THIS WITH THE MAYOR, UM, MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THE LAST BOND PROGRAM, UH, WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, ADDING A PROPOSITION FOR HOUSING, UM, OUR CITY CHARTER DOESN'T ALLOW THAT BECAUSE THE CHARTER SAYS THAT THE CITY WILL ISSUE DEBT, UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, UNLIKE SOME OTHER TEXAS CITIES, UM, THAT, THAT DENOTE PUBLIC PURPOSE. 
          SO ANOTHER OPTION BEFORE THE COUN, THE COUNCIL COULD BE FOR CON FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE, UM, UH, AMENDING THE CHARTER IN 2021 TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE AND THEN INCLUDE WITHIN THE PROPOSITION OF THE 2022 BOND PROGRAM, A PROPOSITION TO, UH, CONTINUE FUNDING THE AQUIFER PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
          AND, AND SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO PRELIMINARY OPTIONS, AND FRANKLY, THEY COULD, THEY COULD, UH, THEY, WE COULD UTILIZE BOTH OF THEM, BUT I, I DEFINITELY THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS BEFORE US, UM, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY, UM, UH, CAPABLE OF, OF HAVING A, A FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL ON BOTH OF THEM OR ANY OTHERS THAT MIGHT EXIST. 
          UM, SO THE, THE CONSERVATION ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE, UH, WILL TAKE UP, UH, THE QUESTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORP, UM, THAT WILL, WILL COME FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, UH, SOONER THAN LATER. 
          THAT WAS THE PRE PANDEMIC PLAN, AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN, UH, BROUGHT INTO THAT DISCUSSION. 
          SO THAT WILL BE, UM, UH, A NEAR TERM, UM, CERTAINTY FOR THE AFER PROTECTION PROGRAM WITH REGARD TO THE LINEAR CREEK WASTE SYSTEM. 
          UH, IN FEBRUARY, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, TOOK A VOTE, UM, THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED PRIOR ALSO, THAT WOULD TAKE ON THE CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS RELATED TO THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PHASE OF THE LINEAR CREEKWAY PROGRAM. 
          I SPOKE TO THE JUDGE THERE. 
          HE IS PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THAT COMMITMENT, UH, AND THAT WOULD KEEP INTACT THE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CREEK, CREEKWAY CREEK AT THE CITY, UH, AT THE CAPITAL PORTION, UH, GOING ONTO THE, TO THE COUNTY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE, UM, THOSE, UM, SOLUTIONS FOR THE AFER PROTECTION PROGRAM, THE CREEK WASTES, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM. 
          UH, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE MENTION SOMETHING THOUGH, UH, AS THE DISCUSSION HAS GONE ON WITH RESPECT TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. 
          I, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN SAID IS APROPOS, UH, WHICH IS THAT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE BEFORE THIS BODY OR ANY OTHERS IN THE CITY, A SILVER BULLET THAT'S GOING TO FIX GENERATIONAL POVERTY, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY, OR THE ISSUE OF WORKING POOR IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, OR THE ISSUE OF UNDEREMPLOYMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH ONE SWIFT VOTE. 
          UH, BUT THERE IS A, A, UH, IMPORTANCE OF US MAKING SIGNIFICANT STEPS FORWARD. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HEARING TODAY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE FACT THAT WORKING POOR AND UNDEREMPLOYED WILL REMAIN POOR AND UNDEREMPLOYED IF WE DON'T ALLOW FOR PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 
          UM, I WOULD, UM, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAIN, UM, ITERATIVE THAT WE ARE BUILDING ON EFFORTS OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT ALSO PREVIOUS COUNCILS. 
          AND TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTION, JOHN, ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES A UNEMPLOYED FAMILY, UH, WITH NO INCOME EARNERS IN A YEAR FROM NOW GET INTO A TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM, 
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UH, A PATH TO A CAREER THAT WOULD SUSTAIN THE FAMILY? WELL, WE KNOW WHAT WON'T WORK, WHICH IS THAT WE, UM, ALLOW THEM TO REMAIN UNEMPLOYED. 
          UM, BUT YOUR QUESTION IS, WHEN I ASKED THE GROUP ALSO YESTERDAY, WHICH IS THAT SOMEBODY'S GOTTA, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO WORK AND MAKE INCOME AND, AND TRAIN IF YOU'RE GOING TO, UH, MOVE UP A LADDER OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS, UH, BUILT ON. 
          UM, THIS PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE TO, UH, TRAIN WHILE THEY'RE WORKING. 
          UM, AND SO, AND, AND, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, MIKE OR CYNTHIA, UH, MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UH, TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT ISSUE. 
          I THINK MAYOR, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE THINGS IS THIS WILL ALLOW, UH, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS ONE, UH, WORK. 
          UM, AND TWO FACE MANY OF THE, UM, METRICS THAT WERE EARLIER DISCUSSED, UM, CLOSE TO 50% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE WORKING POOR. 
          AND SO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ONE-TO-ONE, UH, CONTACT TO TAKE THEM THROUGH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. 
          I THINK THAT'S PRETTY, UM, COMMON AT ALAMO. 
          AND I KNOW, UH, ALSO WITH, UH, OUR PEER INSTITUTIONS. 
          AND I THINK THE OTHER PART IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AT ALAMO ACTUALLY WORK 25 TO 30 HOURS A WEEK BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT, UM, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEMSELVES, OFTENTIMES EVEN THEIR PARENTS. 
          UM, SO I WOULD THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE MARKED OUT AS FAR AS STACKABLE CERTIFICATIONS LEADING TO AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, AND ALSO AS PART OF THE WHOLESALE PLAN LEADING TO A BACHELOR'S, UH, WOULD PROVIDE THESE INDIVIDUALS 165,000 ELIGIBLE FOLKS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          UH, I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH CHANCELLOR FORRES THAT, UH, ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT WE KNOW ABOUT FROM NATIONAL DATA, UH, COUNCILWOMAN  HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT SOME OF THE STATISTICS FOR THE INCOME EARNINGS BASED ON CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DATA. 
          AND WE KNOW NATIONAL DATA WOULD SUGGEST THAT A PERSON WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE EARNS A MILLION DOLLARS MORE OVER THEIR LIFETIME. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS TEND TO FARE BETTER IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC DISTRESS LIFE NOW THAT THEY HAVE A HIGHER OPPORTUNITY TO RETAIN THEIR JOB, AND THEY DO HAVE A JOB LOSS, A HIGHER OPPORTUNITY TO GET BACK IN THE WORKFORCE. 
          SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH INDIVIDUALS COMING BACK INTO, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A COLLEGE DEGREE AFTER GOING THROUGH STACKABLE CERTIFICATES, IF THAT'S A ROUTE THAT THEY CHOOSE, OR IF THEY'RE A DISPLACED WORKER COMING DIRECTLY WITH SOME COLLEGE CREDITS TO COMPLETE THAT, THEY WOULD ENGAGE IN OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK AT A UNIVERSITY, BOTH AT A AND M SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS AT U T S A THROUGH, UH, OTHER FEDERAL WORK STUDY PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          BUT ALSO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIDEN THEIR PORTFOLIO OF SKILLS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, THROUGH FIELD-BASED RESEARCH, THROUGH OTHER OPTIONS THAT ARE KNOWN TO STOP AND CHANGE GENERATIONAL POVERTY, UH, AND KNOWN TO BE A, A METHOD FOR SEEDING THE COLLEGE GOING CULTURE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND IN THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS GO BACK AND TEACH THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THEY TEACH THEIR PARENTS, THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNGER SIBLINGS AND OTHER COUSINS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE AHEAD OF YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COMPLETE A CERTIFICATE, A TWO YEAR DEGREE, OR A FOUR YEAR DEGREE. 
          SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ENTREE FOR PROVIDING A WHOLE HOST OF SERVICES THAT IS TRULY LIFE CHANGING. 
          AND THANK YOU, UH, THANK YOU, UH, DR. 
          MATTSON, DR. 
          FLORES, AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          LET ME MOVE NOW TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UM, THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE, UH, COMMITTEE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER AND TO, UH, UH, THE LEADERSHIP IN THAT COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH THIS PROGRAM. 
          UH, JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS. 
          I VOTED AGAINST THIS, UH, UH, CONCEPT BECAUSE I THOUGHT MORE MONEY SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS THE BUSINESSES OUT THERE SO THAT THEY COULD KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN AND KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED. 
          WE STILL HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING OUT OF, UH, OUT OF, OUT OF BUSINESS EVERY DAY, UH, AS LONG AS THIS, UM, UH, IS PROLONGED. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN STRUGGLING TO STAY OPEN, BUT THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL HELP. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE STEPPED IN. 
          ALTHOUGH WE DO, WE ARE PUTTING IN, UM, I THINK $38 MILLION TO IT THAT THAT PALES IN COMPARISON TO THIS PROGRAM. 
          SO I DO HAVE A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS HERE. 
          UM, IF Y'ALL COULD KEEP YOUR ANSWERS SHORT, I WOULD, UH, APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, ALEX, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, THE REQUIREMENTS BY THESE DIFFERENT, UH, JOB, JOB AREAS, IF YOU WILL. 
          I, COULD YOU GET BACK TO THAT SLIDE 
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AS FAR AS, UM, WAS IT MAYBE SLIDE 11 WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE BACKGROUND? IT, IT HAD LIKE 7,000, UH, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OH, POSITIONS, THAT KIND OF THING. 
          YES. 
          I'M TRYING TO WHERE IT WAS, UH, SLIDE SEVEN THERE. 
          IT'S SLIDE SEVEN. 
          YEAH. 
          IN BIOSCIENCE AND HEALTHCARE, WE'VE GOT 10,000 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
          WE'VE GOT ABOUT 7,000 IN CONSTRUCTION AND TRADES. 
          WE'VE GOT 6,000. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, WHERE DO THESE NUMBERS COME FROM? EXACTLY? WHERE DID THEY COME? THERE WAS A REPORT THAT WAS ISSUED BY SA WORKS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MAYBE. 
          UM, THEY COMPILED A LOT OF DATA, INCLUDING A LOT OF DATA FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, UM, AND, UH, THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO REALLY PULL SOME OF THESE CURRENT JOB OPENINGS FROM. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, WELL, I'M JUST AMAZED AT THESE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT JOBS RIGHT NOW, THAT CAN'T FIND, UH, THAT HAVE SIMILAR TYPE OF TRADES THAT CAN'T FILL THESE POSITIONS. 
          I, I, IN FACT, DURING THIS, UH, CONVERSATION, I GOT A TEXT FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS 30 YEARS OF PROGRAMMING, UM, AND HE CAN'T FIND A JOB, CAN'T FIND A JOB IN THE, UH, IT WORLD. 
          SO I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SURPRISED ABOUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS AND THE 150,000 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE OUT OF WORK RIGHT NOW AND WHY, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE MISSING NOT FILLING THESE JOBS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. 
          NOW I UNDERSTAND ABOUT BIOSCIENCE, BUT HEALTHCARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES, TRUCK DRIVERS, ALL THAT KIND OF THING, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE THAT BIG OF NUMBERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF JOBS RIGHT NOW. 
          UH, PART COUNCIL, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          I WAS ABOUT, SAY IT, THE INDUSTRY, UH, LEADERS THAT WERE PART OF THE GROUP VALIDATED A LOT OF WHICH IS HERE, UH, YEAH. 
          FOLKS INDICATING THAT TODAY THEY COULD HIRE TRUCK DRIVERS, UH, MAKING A VERY GOOD SALARY. 
          THEY COULD JUST FIND THE FOLKS WITH THE CREDENTIALS, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT THEY, THEY EMPHASIZE THAT NEED. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          ALSO, THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          I'M STILL VERY UNCLEAR ABOUT WHO'S GONNA APPLY AND WHO, WHO THESE POSITIONS ARE GONNA BE GIVEN TO. 
          IS IT THE LOWER 20% THE WORKING POOR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? OR IS IT THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED OR DON'T HAVE ANY JOBS AT ALL? WHO, WHO'S GONNA GET PRIORITY THERE? I I, I'M STILL VERY VAGUE ON HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, UM, BECAUSE OF THEIR FILINGS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS THIS POPULATION. 
          WE'VE GOT DATA FROM, FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS, FROM OUR POVERTY REPORTS, FROM OUR STATUS OF WOMEN. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL POPULATION THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY COVID AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. 
          AND UNLESS THERE, SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT, BUT WHO'S GONNA MAKE THE DECISION? WHAT'S THE APPLICATION PROCESS? WHO, UH, HAS THAT BEEN FIGURED OUT? THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND WHO GETS PRIORITY? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ENOUGH POSITION FOR EVERYBODY. 
          UH, THEY NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED. 
          AND I WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT PRIORITY IS AND WHAT THAT APPLICATION PROCESS IS GONNA BE TO GET INTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, UNDERSTOOD. 
          ONCE, ONCE THEY COMPLETE THESE PROGRAMS, UM, WHAT IF THEY SAY, HEY, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK THESE ARE, UH, JOBS THAT WE CAN'T, WE'RE NOT GONNA APPLY FOR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          I'M GONNA GO TO AUSTIN OR HOUSTON OR DALLAS. 
          WHAT KIND OF COMMITMENT ARE WE GONNA GET FROM THEM TO STAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? IS THAT A CONTRACT THAT THEY'RE GONNA SIGN SAYING THEY WILL STAY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND IF THEY DON'T, THEY'LL HAVE TO PAY THE MONEY BACK? OR HOW IS THAT GONNA WORK? THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE'VE EXPLORED YET. 
          UM, THE TYPES OF TRAININGS THAT WE WILL BE ENCOURAGING AND, AND OFFERING, WE'LL BE FOCUSED ON POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THOUGH. 
          WELL, BUT I'M, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S GONNA BE THOSE AVAILABLE IN OTHER CITIES AS WELL. 
          AND PROBABLY A BETTER PAY SCALE ALSO. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA COME UP WITH THAT. 
          WHAT'S THE HOOK TO KEEP 'EM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO? 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BE, UH, TRAINING PEOPLE AND THEN THEY TAKE OFF TO AUSTIN. 
          AUSTIN WILL SAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT MEASURING SUCCESS. 
          I'M VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE METRICS ARE GONNA BE ON MEASURING THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM. 
          UM, THE, UM, THE EXAMPLE THAT, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GONZALEZ WAS TALKING ABOUT THE CHILDCARE PAY. 
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YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT TO RAISE EVERYBODY'S SALARIES. 
          I, I, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAY ACROSS THE INDUSTRIES HERE TO RAISE EVERYBODY'S PAY LEVEL. 
          AND AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT BECAUSE RAISING PEOPLE'S PAY, THEY'RE GONNA PASS ON TO THE CUSTOMER. 
          ARE WE GONNA PRICE PEOPLE OUT OF CHILDCARE SERVICES BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GETTING A HIGHER SALARY, DOUBLING THEIR SALARY? I DON'T, WE'RE, WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT WE'RE, THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE GONNA BE, HEY, I'M GONNA GET NOT $27,000. 
          I'M GONNA GET $40,000 OR $50,000. 
          UM, THAT COST GOES SOMEWHERE AND IT'S GONNA BE BORNE BY THE CUSTOMER. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING TO SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE IT IS VERY ECONOMICAL. 
          AND THIS WILL CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE ECONOMY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          IF, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ACROSS ALL OF OUR, UM, UM, INDUSTRIES HERE. 
          UM, I'M TRYING TO READ MY NOTES HERE. 
          THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          EXACTLY. 
          UM, TALKED ABOUT THAT. 
          UH, WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TARGETED TO COMPLETE THESE PROGRAMS IN SUCH AMOUNT OF TIME? WHAT IF THEY TAKE LONGER? ARE THEY GONNA CONTINUE TO GET THE FINANCIAL AID? AND LET'S SAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO TAKE TWO YEARS, BUT THEY TAKE FOUR YEARS, THEY STAY IN SCHOOL AND KEEP GETTING THE, UH, BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING FOR FOUR YEARS INSTEAD OF TWO. 
          WHAT, HOW ARE WE GONNA HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY IN THAT TRACK AND THEY STAY, UM, WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR? I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, I WENT, I, I WENT FROM MY BACHELOR'S SCIENCE. 
          I SUPPOSED TO TAKE FOUR YEARS. 
          I TOOK FIVE YEARS, COST ME MORE MONEY, BUT HEY, GONNA APPLY HERE ALSO. 
          SO NEED YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST ON THAT ITEM, UM, THERE IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE MODELING THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          IT, IT DOES INCLUDE, UM, FEEDBACK ON HOW COMPLETION RATES ARE FOR PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, PART OF WHAT WE'RE INCLUDING IS THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLETE ON TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, I, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ALSO, THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA STAY IN SCHOOL, UH, LONGER BY NOT TAKING IT AS BIG OF A, UH, CLASS LOAD, WHAT HAVE YOU BECAUSE OF WORK OR PART-TIME WORK OR WHATEVER. 
          AND THEN HOW THE LAST ONE, UH, UH, APPRENTICESHIPS, HOW DID, HOW ARE WE, DID WE LOOK AT APPRENTICESHIPS AT ALL HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUCK DRIVERS, AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
          YOU CAN GET AN APPRENTICESHIP. 
          YOU CAN GO OUT AND, AND WORK FOR SOME OF THESE COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, PAY THE COMPANIES TO HIRE APPRENTICES OUT THERE AND BRING THEM IN. 
          IS THAT, WAS THAT LOOKED AT ALL IN THIS PROGRAM? WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED IT YET. 
          UM, THAT IS A PART OF OUR RECOVERY PLAN. 
          UM, THAT IS ALSO AN OPTION. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED IT AS PART OF THE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE QUITE YET. 
          BUT WE ARE IN THE, IN THE RECOVERY PROGRAM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          WE, WE ARE TARGETING UP TO CLOSE TO A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE OWN JOB TRAINING. 
          WELL, PART OF THE SHORT TERM PLAN, I'M SORRY, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE LOSING PEOPLE AND THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE NEEDING PEOPLE TO FILL THOSE JOBS IS NOT GONNA TAKE A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE DEGREE. 
          MOST OF 'EM CAN BE DONE BY APPRENTICESHIPS. 
          SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A, A LARGER PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM INSTEAD OF GOING, UH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE COLLEGE DEGREES. 
          AND THE LAST QUESTION, DO THE COLLEGES, UH, ALAMO AND TEXAS A TEXAS A AND M, DO Y'ALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS, THIS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT? WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS OR, OR DISPLACED WORKERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A FOUR YEAR DEGREE AND TO SUPPORT THE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE DISPLACED WORKER PIPELINE. 
          SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YES. 
          IF WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD OF INCOMING APPLICANTS, WE MIGHT NEED SOME INCREMENTAL SUPPORT. 
          AND YOU SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT'S PLANNED. 
          BUT WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, UH, A LARGER NUMBER OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AT A AND M AND AT UT, UH, WITHOUT, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT BEYOND THE TUITION. 
          THAT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. 
          UM, AND, UH, BEFORE I TURN IT OVER, ONE STATISTIC, UM, THAT THAT JUMPED OUT, UH, ON, ON THE DISCUSSION 
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THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP, COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, WHICH, UH, HEARKENS BACK TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THE SKILLS GAP GROWING WIDER IN SAN ANTONIO OVER THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS, IS THAT ACCORDING TO BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, A FULL 97% OF, UM, COVID AFFECTED WORKERS, UH, LACK A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT, 87%, UH, LACK, UM, ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE ABOVE OR EQUIVALENT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE COVID ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN A, IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS LOW EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY VERY, VERY TRUE. 
          SO LET ME GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND I, I, TOO, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAS WORKED ON THIS. 
          THIS IS, UH, IT, IT'S VERY COMPLEX AND, UM, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A LOT TO TAKE IN, UH, ALEX, UH, UH, GREAT PRESENTATION, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH,  AND GARCIA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR WORK. 
          UM, AND I, I DO WANNA THANK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR, UH, TRYING TO, UH, LAUNCH THIS EFFORT. 
          UH, ALL THESE, ALL THE, THE PARTNERS THAT ARE IN TODAY'S, UH, MEETING ARE ALSO VERY, VERY HELPFUL. 
          UH, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M JUST GOING TO, 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE ON A TIME LIMIT. 
          I'M, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO SOME OF THE, THE, UM, SOME OF THE, THE, THE HOLES I, I, I SEE IN, IN SOME OF THIS. 
          AND, AND, AND WE WE'LL DO, IS WE'LL SEND THE QUESTION QUESTIONS TO YOU, ALEX, AND TO DISSEMINATE WHEREVER NEEDED. 
          UH, BECAUSE I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS REGARDLESS OF, UM, THE FIRST IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, WE, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION PLAYS A, PLAYS A, A MAJOR ROLE, IF NOT THE ROLE IN, UH, SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO ATTAIN, UH, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT EVERYONE WOULD, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM. 
          UH, BUT I THINK THAT THAT STU THAT'S REALLY STARTS WITH, UH, ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, UH, FUNDING SYSTEM. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME INVOLVEMENT, UH, OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THIS DISCUSSION. 
          'CAUSE WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE PLAY AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH, UH, THE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT, THAT EXIST JUST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          UM, AND, AND, AND TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES, UH, THAT THAT, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING UP WITH THESE INEQUITIES. 
          AND THE, THE LACK OF RESOURCES ARE SO CRITICAL, I THINK THEY REALLY START WITHIN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE, UH, ABOUT THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          I SEE MY TIME QUICKLY RUNNING DOWN. 
          UM, AND IT JUST KIND OF PICK UP ON WHERE COUNCILMAN PERRY LEFT OFF AS WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES INDUSTRY. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU KNOW, WE DO NEED TO BE TALKING TO DIFFERENT PARTNERS LIKE THE A G C, THE A I A, UM, UH, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE'S RIGHT IN TERMS OF, UH, APPRENTICESHIPS PROVIDING THAT, THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT. 
          SO I THINK I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW WE'RE TAILORING THIS, UH, A LITTLE, A LITTLE MORE TO, UH, TOWARDS AN OUTCOME TOWARDS ACHIEVING WHAT WE'RE REALLY AFTER HERE. 
          AND JUST A SMALL EXAMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I, WHAT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE IS, AS WE LISTED SOME OF THESE JOBS, I, I DON'T KNOW, UH, I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BE BETTER EDUCATED ABOUT WHERE THESE JOBS ARE HEADED. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, A TRUCK DRIVER IS, IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE WANNA BE INVESTING IN? KNOWING THAT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE, ARE, ARE COMING HERE VERY SOON, THAT MAY CREATE, UH, A, A, YOU KNOW, A REAL, UH, UH, OR TAKE UP A LOT OF THAT SPACE. 
          AND WE JUST SAW, UH, AN AMAZING ROCKET, UH, TAKE OFF IN BOAC CHICA YESTERDAY. 
          DO 150 METER, UH, HOP BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT'S GONNA BE CREATING AUTONOMOUS, UH, TRUCKS THAT WILL BE TRANSPORTING MATERIAL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          I, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AS WE PLAN, WE, IT'S LIKE THROWING A FOOTBALL. 
          WE, WE, WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA AIM FOR WHERE THINGS ARE GONNA BE, NOT WHERE THEY ARE NOW. 
          UM, AND SO, UH, CONSTRUCTION I DO THINK IS A GREAT TOOL. 
          I, FOR ONE, WAS, UH, WORK CONSTRUCTION BEFORE, UH, I HAD MY EYE ON, ON, ON BECOMING AN ARCHITECT. 
          AND THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN SORT OF BUILD ON ON THINGS IF, IF STAYING IN CONSTRUCTION WOULD'VE BEEN, WOULD'VE 
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BEEN JUST FINE FOR, FOR, FOR MYSELF AND FOR MANY PEOPLE. 
          BUT YOU CAN, UH, EXPAND ON THAT AND, AND GROW YOURSELVES AND PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD YOU, UH, WANT TO, UH, UH, GO THAT ROUTE. 
          UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE WRAPAROUND SERVICES, I, I'M CURIOUS WHETHER, UH, N H S D WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, UH, FOR, FOR HELPING TO, UH, TO SHAPE THIS. 
          IT WILL, THEY HELP TO OVERSEE THE, THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, THROUGH THE RISK MITIGATION FUND. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, IS, IS $500 ENOUGH FOR EMERGENCY GRANTS? UH, LIVING COSTS, WE KNOW ARE, ARE, ARE SKYROCKETING. 
          MANY PEOPLE, UH, WHO ARE ON THE EDGE, ARE RENTERS. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRESENTING, UH, A, A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR, FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE JUST SIMPLY TRYING TO, TO, TO PAY THEIR RENT. 
          SO WOULD AN EMERGENCY GRANT, UH, BE IN THE FORM OF A DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, AS AN EXAMPLE? UM, ANOTHER THING IS, ACCORDING TO THE SA 2020S MULTI-SECTOR GUIDE IN SAN ANTONIO, ONE IN THREE PEOPLE ARE BURDENED BY HOUSING COSTS. 
          AND AFFORDABILITY IS MOST BURDENSOME FOR PEOPLE WHO RENT THEIR HOMES. 
          DIGITAL DIGITAL ACCESS, PARTICULARLY DURING COVID, UH, DURING THE C OVID 19 CRISES, SERVES AS A LIFELINE TO EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, TELEHEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, INCLUDING UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. 
          UH, IT IS DIFFICULT TO WORRY ABOUT CO COURSEWORK FOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING WHEN YOUR FAMILY IS HUNGRY AND THE RENT IS DUE. 
          UH, WE CAN PUT ENDLESS, UH, ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF, OF, OF MONEY TO TRAIN PEOPLE AND IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. 
          BUT, BUT THE LIVING SITUATION NEEDS AN ANSWER. 
          AND, UH, WE NEED TO STABILIZE IT. 
          WE NEED TO FIND A WAY, UH, TO CREATE AN INITIATIVE THAT IS, THAT IS SUCCESSFUL, UH, THAT ALLOWS THEM TO, TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          UH, AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE WRAPAROUND, UH, SUPPORT SERVICES FUNDING, UH, I THINK NEEDS TO BE INCREASED. 
          UH, OUR LATEST EMERGENCY FUND, UH, ITERATION, UH, ONCE AGAIN, ONLY DEPENDED ON FEDERAL DOLLARS, LEAVING OUT A LOT OF, A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WE'VE SEEN THAT, THAT THAT MONEY DWINDLE DOWN QUICKLY. 
          UH, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN YOU USE FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE RESTRICTED, UH, SINCE THIS IS NOT FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, WE NEED TO EXPLORE WAYS TO, TO DO DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE TO, UH, IN THESE PROGRAMS. UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ARE THESE PROGRAMS GONNA HELP THOSE, THOSE FOLKS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR, FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE LIKE UNDOCUMENTED, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT ARE, ARE, HAVE, HAVE BEEN FORMALLY INCARCERATED. 
          UH, THESE ARE SOME REALLY, REALLY BIG QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A, A LARGE POPULATION, A VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT IS FACING THESE, THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. 
          UH, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OF THE 160,000 DISPLACED WORKERS WILL REQUIRE FOOD AND SHELTER ASSISTANCE IN THE SHORT TERM? UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE UNEMPLOYMENT DATA, AS WE KNOW, IS, IS, IS DEMONSTRATED THAT, UH, 25% OF THE MORE 120,000 TOTAL CLAIMS HAVE INCLUDED THE, THE FOOD PREP AND SERVANT RELATED OCCUPATIONS, UH, ACCOUNTING FOR 22% OF THE MORE 120,000 CLAIMS. UH, ARE THERE SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC PLANS TO, UH, TO HELP THIS SECTOR THAT WILL HELP ALL OF THESE FOLKS IN THE SHORT TERM, AS WELL AS THE LONG TERM? AND, AND, AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH, UH, UH, IN, IN THIS CASE WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY ABOUT, UH, THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, THAT ARE SEEKING THAT SUPPORT AND HELP AS WELL. 
          BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS, IS IT'S NOT THOSE, NOT JUST THOSE JOBS, BUT A LOT OF THESE VERY, VERY SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, THAT ARE GONNA NEED SOME HELP AND ASSISTANCE. 
          UM, AND SO OF COURSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS A, UH, AN INCREDIBLE EFFORT. 
          UH, I REALLY WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SETTING THESE, UH, THESE METRICS UP, BUT ALSO WHAT ARE THE OUTCOMES THAT, THAT I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, TRY TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE OF IT. 
          UM, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT THE EDWARDS AQUIFER AND THE, THE, THE GREENWAY, UH, TRAILS PROGRAM THAT HAS, THAT HAS BOTH BEEN, UH, SO HUGELY POPULAR FOR OUR CITY, HUGELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS COVID CRISIS, AS, AS DEMONSTRATED. 
          AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY MY COMMENTS. 
          I WILL, UM, UH, SEND THESE, UH, THIS, THIS, AND MANY QUESTIONS, UH, TO, TO YOU, ALEX, UH, TO SEE HOW WE CAN FURTHER, UH, PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO, TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF, OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THE BEST USE OF THESE DOLLARS, UM, THAT WE KNOW, ESPECIALLY NOW, UH, IS, IS A VERY, VERY SCARCE RESOURCE. 
          AND SO, UH, I THINK MAKING THE, THE IMPACT THAT WE NEED IS, IS GONNA BE, UM, CRITICAL. 
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UH, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY NOW AS, AS WE'RE SEEING OUR, OUR BUDGET, UH, DECREASING, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS WITH A CRISIS, WE DON'T KNOW. 
          UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE END WILL WILL BE. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL JUST, I'LL TURN IT OVER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UM, SO, SO ANDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO LEVEL SET A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STATUTORY LIMITATIONS OF THE, OF THE SALES TAX ITSELF, OR WE CAN JUST PASS THAT TO, UM, THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED IN A MEMO OR SOMETHING. 
          SO WE COULD, UH, WE COULD CERTAINLY, UH, ADD DETAIL IN THE MEMO, BUT THE, UH, THE ACT UNDER WHICH WE ARE, UH, OR THE, THE COMPLIMENT, UH, COULD, UH, PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT, UH, DOES SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHAT CAN FALL UNDER THERE. 
          AND, UH, WE'VE TAKEN A CLOSE LOOK AT IT AND WE CAN HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS UNDER THERE. 
          AND SO WE WILL PROVIDE THOUGH FURTHER DETAIL IN THE, IN THE WRITING TO EVERYBODY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE TEAM THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS. 
          UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, I'LL JUST JUMP DIRECTLY INTO IT, UM, WITH CHANCELLOR FLOOD IS WHEN IT COMES TO THIS WORKFORCE PROGRAM, HOW DOES THE FRESH START PROGRAM, UH, THROUGH ALAMO COLLEGES, UM, ACT IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, ENVIRONMENT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN, A FRESH START WAS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT THAT WE DID THIS, UH, PAST YEAR AS PART OF COVID RECOVERY TO BACK UP OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO WE REALLOCATED, UM, $10 MILLION THAT WE REALIZED IN SAVINGS BY BEING REMOTE. 
          UM, SO THAT FORGAVE UP TO $500 IN, UM, UNPAID BALANCES FOR STUDENTS. 
          AND THEN WE, UH, SPENT $8 MILLION OF THAT 10 FOR, UM, SCHOLARSHIPS THIS SUMMER. 
          UM, SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, UH, WORKING WITH OUR HIGHER ED COLLEAGUES AND TRAINING COLLEAGUES AT A AND M AND U T SS A TO, UH, FURTHER JUMPSTART SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMY AND TO, UH, BE OF ASSISTANCE TO 165,000 WORKERS, UH, THROUGH NOW RESOURCING THROUGH THE ONE EIGHTH. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WITH THEIR FRESH START PROGRAM, WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING TO GET BACK INTO TRAINING, UH, WOULD THEY QUALIFY FOR THIS FRESH START PROGRAM IF THEY CHOOSE TO ATTEND THE ALAMO COLLEGES? YES. 
          IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA THAT'S, UH, SET FORTH BY THE CITY AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, OF COURSE, IF THEY MEET EVEN THE, THE RECOVERY PLAN FOR, UH, FUNDED, UM, BY CARES AND GENERAL REVENUE, YES, THEY WOULD. 
          SO OUR INTENT FOR THE FRESH START THAT, UH, KIND OF FORGIVENESS WAS JUST FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUE ON THEIR PATH TOWARDS CERTIFICATION OR A DEGREE. 
          WE WANT FOLKS TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE SO THEY GET THAT CREDENTIAL, THEY CAN GET A JOB, THEY CAN SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN RELATIONS TO COUNCILMAN PERRY'S COMMENTS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, WHAT INCENTIVES OR WHAT, UM, PROCESSES HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH SMALL BUSINESSES TO OFFER ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR IMMEDIATE HIRE, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF THIS PLATFORM? SO, UH, AS PART OF THIS, THIS NEW INITIATIVE, UM, WE HAVEN'T INCORPORATED, UH, ON THE JOB TRAINING NECESSARILY AS AN OPTION YET, BUT WE ARE ALREADY EXPLORING THAT AS PART OF OUR RECOVERY PLAN. 
          UM, OUR GOAL IS TO TRAIN UP TO A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS, UM, WORKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY THOSE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, UM, WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, WITHIN THEIR BUSINESSES. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, WORKING INTENTIONALLY IDENTIFYING THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CAN HOST THESE, THESE JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND ALEX, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, OR MAYBE A CHANCELLOR OR, UH, SOMEONE CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE THAT HAVE, UH, SOME COLLEGE OR HAVE JUST BEEN ON THEIR JOBS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT FORM OF LEARNING EXPERIENCE CREDITS OR HOW MANY CREDIT HOURS CAN A PERSON RECEIVE BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY DOING TO TRANSFER INTO A JOB THAT WILL BE MORE SUSTAINABLE? UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          SO AT ALAMO COLLEGES, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AND PLAN TO ROLL THAT OUT THIS FALL. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO, UH, 12 HOURS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN EARN FOR PRIOR LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 
          THERE ARE ALSO 
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SOME PROGRAMS, COUNCILWOMAN THAT ADDRESS COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING, WHICH I THINK IS PART OF WHAT CHANCE FOR PHOTOS IS REFERRING TO, ALTHOUGH EVERY CAMPUS DOES THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. 
          SO WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS FOR THE FUTURE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LINDA IS ON, IN CASE SHE WAS COMING ABOUT P S A, THERE'S ANY DIFFERENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE BASICALLY THE TWO METHODOLOGIES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT A LOT OF THE COMPANIES ARE LOOKING TO HIRE IMMEDIATELY FOR TRUCK DRIVING. 
          UM, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA WAS RELATING TO VETERANS, AND WE KNOW A LOT OF VETERANS OF THE MILITARY WITH THAT, UH, DRIVING EXPERIENCE, HAVE WE TAPPED INTO THOSE THAT ARE TRANSITIONING TO OFFER THEM A DIRECT HIRE FOR THOSE POSITIONS? SO WE DIRECTLY HAVE NOT, UM, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN OPTION FOR THEM. 
          UM, ALSO I THINK THE, THE COLLABORATION WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO, UM, IS CRITICAL TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, CONNECT, UM, ANY RESIDENTS, UM, IMPACTED, NOT IMPACTED, UH, IMPACTED EXITING THE MILITARY WITH THE AVAILABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. 
          OKAY, ALEX, AND THEN WHAT ABOUT A ENT ENTREPRENEURIAL ASPECT OF THE WORKFORCE? UM, WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO BACK INTO TRADITIONAL WORK. 
          WHAT ABOUT BUILDING A BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERSHIP OR PLATFORM? HAS THAT BEEN ? IT'S NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE, BUT WE HAVE, UM, LOTS OF GREAT RESOURCE PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE WORKING ON THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR, UH, RECOVERY WORK WITH US, UM, THAT DEFINITELY HAVE AND, AND CAN CONNECT RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE RESOURCES, TO THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND, UM, THE CAPITAL THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO START THIS NEW VENTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN I KNOW THAT, UM, THE EAST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRANSITION CENTER WAS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED, UM, AS AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND, AND HELPING TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION. 
          UM, OUR ECONOMIC, UH, DOWNFALL WITHIN AREAS SUCH AS THE EAST SIDE, THE WEST SIDE. 
          UM, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRULY LEVERAGE THOSE, UM, UH, CERTIFICATIONS OR THOSE PLACEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN FOR THOSE PARTICULAR TRAINING CENTERS? UH, COUNCILWOMAN ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          SO AS PART OF THE, UH, RECOVERY PACKAGE THAT WILL START AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, WITH THE PROPOSED ONE EIGHTH, WE WILL UTILIZE THE ETSY, THE EAST SIDE EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER. 
          WE WILL UTILIZE ALL OF OUR PHYSICAL, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, SOMEWHAT DURING COVID, BUT HOPEFULLY POST COVID RECOVERY, RIGHT. 
          WE WILL U UTILIZE ALL FIVE OF THE COLLEGES AND ALL EIGHT OF OUR REGIONAL CENTERS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS FOR THE RECOVERY PACKAGE IS, UM, A LOT OF OUR TRAINING IS ALSO VIRTUAL OR HYBRID THAT INVOLVES, UH, LEARNING ON THE SCREEN AS FAR AS WELL AS INTERACTING EXPERIENTIALLY WITH DIFFERENT SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND CONNECTING VIRTUALLY WITH A CASE MANAGER AND FACULTY MEMBER TRAINER. 
          SO WE WANNA LEVERAGE, LEVERAGE THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND PHYSICALLY ENSURING THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO, UM, UH, BE MET WHERE THEY ARE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ALSO, UH, SPEAKING TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL'S POINT ABOUT HEALTHCARE, UM, WHAT SERVICES WILL BE OFFERED TO INDIVIDUALS GOING BACK SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH OR, UM, WITH ONSITE FACILITIES SUCH AS HEALTHCARE BE OFFERED, UM, UP ON THE INDIVIDUALS COMING BACK INTO THE WORK, UH, TRAINING PROGRAM? SO I THINK, UM, UH, THE INTENT THAT WE CURRENTLY OFFER FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I KNOW THAT ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS DO, IS, UH, COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CARE, BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO IN GROUP. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES, UH, THROUGH HEALTH CLINICS, AND ALSO REFERRALS OFFSITE WHEN NECESSARY, DEPENDENT UPON IF IT'S A MORE SPECIALIZED SERVICE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN PARTICULAR THIS YEAR IS WITH THE UT SCHOOL OF NURSING, WE'LL ACTUALLY PROVIDE TELEHEALTH TO ALL 60,000 OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD ALSO BE ELIGIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THAT IS, IS THAT AT ANY COST TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS OR IS THIS A FREE SERVICE? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP AND THAT'S FUNDED, UH, BY, OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN MY LAST AND FINAL QUESTION IS, AS WE KNOW, WE'RE IN A DIGITAL DIVIDE AND WE HAVE, UM, NOT ONLY THE SERVICES OF INTERNET, BUT THEN GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY TO USE THE INTERNET. 
          WOULD ANY OF OUR COLLEGES OR OUR PARTNERS BE HELPING TO ASSIST THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE, UM, MAYBE A COMPUTER OR A 
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IPAD OR ANY KIND OF TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICE AT THE HOME TO TRULY BE BENEFICIAL FOR THIS PROGRAM? UH, AT, AT PRESENT, ALL, ALL OF THE CAMPUSES, UM, BOTH AT UT AND A AND M AND I BELIEVE AT ALAMO COLLEGES, WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, SUPPORT NETWORKS THROUGH LOANER LAPTOPS, IN SOME CASES TECH GRANTS FOR ACTUAL, UH, ACQUISITION OF DEVICES AS WELL AS, UM, HOTSPOTS TO ACTIVATE INTERNET SERVICES IN THEIR HOMES IN WHICH THE INSTITUTION IS PROVIDING THAT EXPENSE. 
          OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS. 
          'CAUSE THERE STILL ARE SEVERAL, UM, GAPS THAT ARE IN THIS, BUT, UM, THE FRAMEWORK IS, IS BEING LAID OUT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          UH, WE'LL GO NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES. 
          I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THERE'S STILL, UH, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY CHANGE THIS. 
          WE HAVE NOT YET VOTED ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY, SO WE STILL HAVE TIME TO INCORPORATE ALL OF YOUR FEEDBACK. 
          AND I THINK THIS IS WHY I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DISCUSSION. 
          UM, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I, I HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER, UH, WITH ONE OF OUR INDUSTRY LEADERS AND HE MENTIONED THAT, UH, USE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS SHOULD DRIVE UP THE TAX SPACE AND, UM, AND, AND, AND DRIVE PEOPLE OFF OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK PROJECT QUEST FOR SHARING THEIR MODEL OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES WITH US. 
          UH, PROJECT QUEST HAS, UM, A PROVEN RECORD OF SAVING, UH, UH, SOCIAL SAVINGS. 
          AND SO, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE QUEST GRADUATES, UM, WERE MAYBE UNEMPLOYED OR EVEN WORKING IN, IN JOBS WHERE THEIR WAGES WERE LOW BEFORE, UM, THEY WERE RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM MANY OF THE AVAILABLE SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS PREVIOUSLY. 
          UM, THEN THEY WENT AND THEY GOT A FAMILY, UH, WAGE JOB WHERE THEY COULD SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO GET INSURANCE, AND UH, IT RESULTED IN THE TOTAL SAVINGS OF ABOUT $3.77, UH, CENTS PER FUNDED DOLLAR. 
          AND I THINK THAT THAT'S CRITICAL. 
          HOW ELSE ARE WE LEVERAGING? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD ASKED, AND IT DID COME UP TODAY, UH, WAS APPRENTICESHIPS. 
          AND I HAD ASKED IF WE COULD LOOK AT HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE GRANTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WITH OUR INVESTMENT. 
          AND SO DEFINITELY THERE'S STILL A WHOLE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. 
          I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE BASICALLY, UH, PUT THIS, UH, THIS PLAN TOGETHER WITHIN THREE OR FOUR SHORT WEEKS. 
          SO THIS IS CRITICAL RIGHT NOW THAT YOU ALL GIVE US ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, YOUR FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE ARE READY TO MAKE THIS WORK. 
          WE ARE READY TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY ESSENTIAL TO START DOING IT. 
          YES, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT IMMEDIATELY, BUT WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. 
          AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT START. 
          UM, I DO THINK THAT THE INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC DOLLARS THAT GROWS WEALTH ULTIMATELY WILL IMPROVE OUR CITY. 
          SO IT IS A STARTING POINT. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TRAINING THAT WE WOULD BE OFFERING THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS, UM, WOULD ALSO CREATE, UH, ENTREPRENEURS. 
          SO THINK ABOUT HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WILL LEARN A TRADE AND THEN EVENTUALLY GO AND START THEIR OWN SMALL BUSINESS. 
          THIS IS IMPORTANT. 
          THIS IS, UH, UH, A WAY TO HELP PEOPLE. 
          WE CAN HAVE TRAIN THE TRAINERS, RIGHT? AND SO AS SOON AS SOMEBODY LEARNS SOMETHING, THEY CAN GO AND PASS IT ON TO THEIR FAMILIES. 
          AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE AUTOMATION OF DATA MINING AND MATCHING PEOPLE WITH SKILLS. 
          SO MAYBE WE WILL, UM, RE-LOOK AT THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW OF THE 100 TO ONE, UH, PEOPLE, COUNSELORS, FOR INSTANCE, SERVING, UH, PEOPLE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE GREAT TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT CAN BE INNOVATIVE AND CAN HELP US SOLVE SOME OF THIS PROBLEM THAT, UH, INCREASES IN WHEN WE MULTIPLY THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT NEED THE HELP. 
          AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UM, JUST CLOSE OFF BY SAYING, UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UM, UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S BUY-IN. 
          THIS IS A COLLECTIVE VISION. 
          I WOULD THANK THE, THE MAYOR AGAIN FOR, UM, PUTTING ME ON THIS TEAM. 
          AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE DISCUSSION UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE VOTE ON THIS. 
          UM, WE WILL BE ABLE TO STILL, UH, FIX THINGS, IF YOU WILL. 
          AND SO I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES FOR ALL OF THEIR COMMENTS, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE IT TO HEART AS YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA AND I, UH, SKIPPED OVER COUNCIL MEMBER GRA, BUT LET ME COME BACK TO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, MAYBE YOU CAN CLOSE THIS OUT. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR INPUT. 
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WE DO, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO BRING YOUR QUESTIONS TO, UH, MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER GARCIA, BUT OF COURSE ALEX AND, UH, THE MAYOR'S TEAM AS WELL. 
          AND, UH, EVERYONE 'CAUSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON, ON THIS TO SEE WHAT IS THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD, WE CAN, UH, BRING SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE POWERFUL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO THANK THE, UH, JUDGE NELSON WOLF FOR COMMITTING TO OUR CREEK WAYS. 
          I THINK THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US, AND I KNOW WE ARE SO CLOSE TO COMPLETING THE CREEK WAYS IN THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMITMENT FROM THE JUDGE, AND HOPEFULLY FROM ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL. 
          UM, I THINK, AND YES, UM, I KNOW THAT IT WAS EXPLICITLY DISCUSSED APPRENTICESHIPS AND CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING, UM, IN OUR WORK SESSIONS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER SOMEBODY ELSE MENTIONING TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND HOW MANY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS ALSO HAVE TRAINING THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH TO GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE. 
          SO LET'S NOT, UH, LET'S CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT ON OUR, OUR RADAR. 
          I DO HAVE A TECHNICAL QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR ANDY OR WHO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT A 60 40 SPLIT, 60% GOING TO WORKFORCE FOR THE, UM, UH, FOR THE, THE SCHOOL. 
          BUT WHAT IF DURING, AFTER WE VOTE ON THIS AND WE SEE AN AN A NEED TO PIVOT AND INCREASE MORE DOLLARS TOWARDS THE, THE WORKFORCE, MAYBE NOT AS MUCH GOING INTO, UM, FOUR YEAR, WE NEED, WE SEE THAT A STIPEND IS NEEDED OR SOME MORE MONEY INTO, UH, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
          CAN WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS? AND SO THAT SPEAKS TO CAN WE MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, WOULD THAT BE HANDLED IN THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE? AND WHEN CAN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THIS, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN? WE'VE WRITTEN THE, UH, ORDINANCE AND THE, UH, ALL THE LANGUAGE TO GIVE YOU THAT FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, GO FURTHER DOWN THE PATH AND, AND PUT, UH, MORE BODY ON THE FRAMEWORK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO DO. 
          BUT YES, WE'VE WRITTEN IT TO GIVE YOU THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER, THE 60 40 WAS JUST ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY. 
          THAT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT ALL. 
          IT IS SIMPLY, WE KNOW THAT EARLY ON THERE'D BE NEEDS TO BE MORE FOCUS ON RETRAINING AND UPSKILLING. 
          UM, SURE. 
          AND, AND IT COULD CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          THAT'S JUST . 
          OKAY. 
          SO YES, BUT THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION WE HAD IN THE MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY EVEN DOWN THE ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S THE, THE LANGUAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          UM, NEWS. 
          SO I DO HAVE A, A QUESTION ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE. 
          IF THIS DOES GET PASSED BY THE VOTERS, AND BECAUSE THE WAY IT IS SET UP, THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR, UM, EDUCATION, UH, STREAM, I GUESS, AND THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH OUR, UM, PRE-K FOR ESSAY BOARD. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          AND THE REASON I WANNA, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE TOMORROW ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SOME PRE-K FOR ESSAY BOARD MEMBERS. 
          SO WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL OF THIS. 
          SO CORRECT, COUNCILMAN, AND, AND ACTUALLY WE, UH, CARLOS AND I PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, BOARD MEETING OF, UH, THE PRE-K BOARD. 
          AND WE EXPLAINED THAT TO HIM. 
          AND, AND WE'LL EXPLAIN AGAIN HERE FOR COUNCIL, IS THAT UNDER THE STATUTE IN WHICH WE'RE OPERATING THE BETTER JOBS ACT, THE CITY CAN ONLY HAVE ONE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          AND THAT WAS THE ONE WE FORMED FOR PRE-K. 
          OBVIOUSLY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FORESIGHT EIGHT YEARS AGO TO FORM SORT OF AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION AS A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          AND THEN, SO WE COULD HAVE MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM FLOW UNDER THAT. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, UH, THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO. 
          UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THEM AS A, OUR MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND IF THE, UH, PROPOSAL PASSES, IT'S PASSED BY THE VOTERS, UH, THEN WE CAN ADJUST THEIR, UH, UH, UH, CORPORATE DOCUMENTS TO ALLOW FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEY'LL BE MANAGED BY THE CITY. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S THE VISION. 
          IT'LL BE MANAGED BY THE CITY UNDER A CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, PRE-K OR MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. 
          YEAH. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THE, THE, THE PLAN WOULD BE THAT THE PRE-K BOARD OR THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD WOULD SIMPLY CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO ADMINISTER, OVERSEE, AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. 
          IT WOULD BE THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL 
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THAT'LL IMPLEMENT AND DEVISE WHO THE PARTNERS ARE AND HOW WE DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDING COUNCIL. 
          AND WE'LL ADD SOME MORE DETAIL IN THE PRESENTATION FOR TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEXT COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THAT, ON THOSE ISSUES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANTED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ALERT THAT THAT'S HOW THE SYSTEM IS WOULD HAVE TO WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT TOMORROW'S APPOINTMENTS OF OUR, UH, BOARD MEMBERS TO MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, I GUESS WE'RE STILL GONNA BE TALKING AND DISCUSSING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE TERMS TO RECOUP MONEY OR CLAWBACK, UH, CLAWBACK FORMS, IF YOU WILL. 
          IF CERTAIN THINGS AREN'T FOLLOWING THROUGH AND PEOPLE JOIN PROJECTS, MAYBE DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH OR, OR ET CETERA. 
          BUT TO HAVE A MORE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT RECOUPING DOLLARS OR CLAWBACK PROVISIONS, UM, NOT JUST TO INDIVIDUALS, BUT FROM THE UNIVERSITIES IF NEED BE. 
          SO, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE. 
          THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, AND I'LL JUST, UH, WRAP UP. 
          I, UH, THANKING EVERYONE AGAIN, WHO'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS, UH, THANK OUR COLLEAGUES ALSO, UH, FOR THEIR VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. 
          THOSE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE NEXT PRESENTATION. 
          UM, AND I, I WILL JUST, UM, JUST LEVEL SET FOR, UH, FOLKS WHO MAY BE LISTENING. 
          UM, WE HAVE THE CARES ACT RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A LOT OF WORK THROUGH THE WORKING GROUPS AND THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND COUNTY, UH, THAT TRIAGES THE ISSUES. 
          AND WE KNOW THERE ARE IMMEDIATE ISSUES OF FOOD SECURITY, HOUSING SECURITY, UH, EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, THAT IS RELIEF HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, THESE FUNDS IN THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T BEGIN UNTIL THE ALLOCATION STARTS, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR, FALL. 
          UH, SO THE EFFORT AGAIN IS TO BUILD UPON THE CARES ACT RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM AND, AND MAKE IT A MIDTERM STRATEGY, UH, THAT WILL PROCEED FOR THE FOLLOWING FOUR YEARS, RECOGNIZING THAT THE RECOVERY, UH, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR FAMILIES AND FOR OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY AND COMMUNITY DOESN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN END ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, UH, 2021, THE NEXT PHASE BEGINS. 
          AND SO THAT WILL ALLOW US NOW A, A SUSTAINED RECOVERY, UH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR, UH, THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND THE FOLKS THAT, THAT NEED IT THE MOST. 
          SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, VERAN AND ROCIA GARCIA, UM, DR. 
          DR. 
          MATTSON, DR. 
          FLORES, DR. 
          TAYLOR, UH, AMY, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. 
          WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT SOME WORK YET TO DO, BUT, UH, AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT DISCUSSIONS AND, UH, EVENTUALLY THE VOTE ON THE 13TH. 
          UM, WITH THAT, THAT IS THE ONLY ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. 
          UH, A REMINDER, WE DO HAVE, UH, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AT FIVE O'CLOCK TODAY. 
          UH, SO WE'LL RECONVENE FOR THAT. 
          BUT THE TIME IS NOW 4:06 PM AND THE CITY COUNCIL B SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
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