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[1. 20-4650 Staff presentation of the FY 2021 Proposed Budget focusing on, but not limited to, the following City Departments or Initiatives: [Erik Walsh, City Manager; Scott Huizenga, Director, Management and Budget] A. Update on COVID-19 Response and Recovery & Resiliency Plan B. General Fund Budget: Revenues, Expenses and Budget Changes]
GOT TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY.SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MOVE THROUGH EXPEDITIOUSLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL FOLKS WITH A HARD STOP AT FIVE.
SO, UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND WE DON'T NEED, DO WE NEED A, A NEW ROLE, MADAM CLERK? UM, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ONE, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
UH, WE'LL, WE'LL NOW HAVE OUR, UH, WORK SESSION.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO ERIC.
UH, SO OUR FIRST WORK SESSION, UM, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION OF THIS AFTERNOON IS GOING TO COVER OUR, UH, RECOVERY, RESILIENCY AND RESPONSE, UH, PROGRAMS. UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THEM, UH, THIS MORNING.
REMEMBER, WE WILL, UH, WE'RE COMMITTED TO UPDATE PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF UPDATE AND THE FINANCIAL REPORT TO YOU ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
UM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO GOING FORWARD.
UM, I WANT TO, BEFORE WE KICK THAT OFF, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST OF THE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS, IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
UM, THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS GONNA BE GIVEN BY A NUMBER OF FOLKS, UH, CHIEF HOOD, COLLEEN, UH, LORI, CRAIG, CARLOS, AND MARIA WILL WRAP IT UP WITH THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, AND I, I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THERE ARE A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN, IN THE WORK OF THE RECOVERY AND THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM, UH, AND THE RESPONSE PROGRAM.
AND IT HAS TAKEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK, UM, A SHIFT WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
SO, I WANTED TO THANK UPFRONT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE LEADERSHIP FOR, FOR THEIR WORK.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA KICK IT OFF.
CHARLES IS GONNA START US OFF IN THAT PRESENTATION FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN HOOD.
I THINK YOU MIGHT BE MUTED, CHIEF.
LET'S THINK, LET'S THINK FAST ON OUR FEED.
MAYBE WE SKIP FORWARD AND WE GO TO COLLEEN, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO CHARLES AT THE END.
JOHN, YOU WANNA TAKE THIS TO COLLEEN'S SLIDES AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO CHARLES, UH, AT THE END.
WHILE THEY'RE LOADING UP THE SLIDES, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START TALKING.
UM, WANNA LEVEL SET US ALL ON THE, WHERE WE ARE WITH THE, UM, RESPONSE YESTERDAY, SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF CASES WAS 256, UM, WHICH IS DEFINITELY TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRESS AND MORNING INDICATORS.
UM, OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS STILL AT, UH, OVER 12%, AND OUR GOAL IS TO GET IT BELOW FIVE.
UM, SO WE'VE STILL GOT SOME WORK TO DO.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE'RE OUT OF THE WOODS YET, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY 265 PEOPLE WORKING FULL TIME ON THIS RESPONSE.
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UM, AND I WANTED TO JUST BREAK THAT OUT FOR YOU.THAT'S 78 EMPLOYEES, UM, WHO CALL METRO HEALTH HOME, UM, 41 EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN FURLOUGHED AND REDEPLOYED TO THIS RESPONSE.
UM, 65 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES, 22, UM, LOANED STAFF, WHETHER THAT'S FROM THE STATE OR FROM, UM, J D S A AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 60, UH, PEOPLE FROM UT HEALTH SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
NOW, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, UM, APPROXIMATELY 20 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN DEPLOYED TO 3 1 1, UM, TO ANSWER THE COVID HOTLINE.
UM, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE SEVERAL DOZEN PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ATRAC TO COMPILE ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, THE HOSPITAL DATA.
AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF THAT CHIEF HOOD IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
CHECK, I DID NOT HEAR WAS THAT FOR ME? ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA KEEP GOING.
UM, SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE C OVID 19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION OR OUR C R C.
UM, THIS WAS BORN OUT OF THE TESTING AND, UM, TRACING TASK FORCE THAT WAS STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND AS WE MATURED THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR, UM, NOW SIX DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS THAT ARE GUIDING AND INFORMING BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY'S RESPONSE ON C OVID 19.
UM, THIS C R C REPRESENTS ABOUT 200 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP TO HELP OUT DURING THIS UNPRECEDENTED 100 YEAR PANDEMIC.
I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY COVER SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THIS RESPONSE AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.
UM, THERE ARE 165 STAFF INVOLVED IN CASE INVESTIGATIONS AT THIS POINT.
UM, MOST OF THEM ARE EITHER METRO HEALTH OR TEMPORARY OR FURLOUGHED STAFF, BUT WE DO HAVE, AS THE SLIDE SAYS, 59 CASE INVESTIGATORS FROM OUR CONTRACT WITH THE, UM, UT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO, UM, THAT'S AN EXCITING PARTNERSHIP THAT IS, IS GROWING.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE CONTRACT THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO INCREASE UP TO 200 CASE INVESTIGATORS OR CASE INVESTIGATORS THROUGH, UM, UT SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE BEEN ON A TOUR OF THE ALMO DOME WHERE WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED, UM, THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESPONSE STAFF.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE, UM, IMPROVEMENT TO HAVING THEM IN HUBS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT'S IMPROVED COMMUNICATION, UM, AND IT'S EVEN IMPROVED EFFICIENCY.
SO FROM BEFORE WHEN WE WERE IN DIFFERENT HUBS, UM, WE HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT EACH CASE INVESTIGATOR CAN CLOSE IN AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT, UM, WHICH IS NOW AT EIGHT TO 10 CASES IN AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT THAT A CASE INVESTIGATOR, UM, CAN CLOSE.
UM, SPEAKING OF, UH, CONTACT TRACING, SO AGAIN, REMEMBER THE CASE INVESTIGATION COMES FIRST.
THAT'S WHEN WE TALK TO THE PERSON WHO'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH C OVID 19.
PART OF THAT INTERVIEW INCLUDES THEM TELLING US WHO THEY HAVE COME IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH, UM, WHICH AGAIN IS 15 MINUTES WITHOUT A MASK.
AND WHEN WE GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION, THE CONTACT TRACING BEGINS.
UM, WE, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON DOING CONTACT TRACING.
THE CURRENT ONE IS OUR CONTRACT WITH IMOCA, UM, AND THEY USE A COMBINATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE, UM, TO REACH OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE BEEN, UM, NAMED AS A CONTACT TO A CASE, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD QUARANTINE THEMSELVES FOR 14 DAYS, AND THEN THEY USE TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT DAILY CHECK-IN.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, COMPLETING OUR TRANSITION TO THE STATE SYSTEM, THE TEXAS HEALTH TRACE SYSTEM, AND THEY WILL START TO DO CONTACT TRACING FOR US AS WELL.
UM, STARTING THIS MONTH, UM, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS MENTIONED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
AND SO WE ARE BEING VERY, VERY SPECIFIC IN OUR EXPECTATIONS AND OUR DELIVERABLES, AND
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WE HAVE, AS A BACKUP PLAN, A CONTRACT WITH UT HEALTH, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO HIRE UP TO 175 INDIVIDUALS TO HELP WITH CONTACT TRACING.SO I WILL SAY THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC IS ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A BACKUP FOR CONTACT TRACING IN CASE THAT DOESN'T GO AS PLANNED.
UH, ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN SPECIFIC TO WORKING WITH PROVIDERS, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE LATEST INFORMATION, THE LATEST DATA.
UM, AND WE HAVE RIGHT NOW 49 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THAT RESPONSE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE DOING ANYTHING FROM TOWN HALLS WITH PROVIDERS, ANSWERING INDIVIDUAL PHONE CALLS FROM PROVIDERS, UM, TO MAKING SURE THAT THE FAX MACHINE IS, UM, FUNCTIONAL AND WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD.
I DO HAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE FAX MACHINE.
WE, UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU, WE WERE SAYING FROM TWO FAX MACHINES TO FOUR FAX MACHINES.
UH, WE NOW ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE ANALOG FAX MACHINE SOLUTION TO A DIGITAL, UM, E FAX SOLUTION THAT GOES LIVE ON MONDAY THAT WILL COMPLETELY ELIMINATE ANY BACKLOG IN, UM, PROVIDER'S OFFICES BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR RESULTS TO US VIA FAX.
SO THAT WILL BE A HUGE IMPROVEMENT.
UM, ALSO WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WE TRANSITIONED THE COVID HOTLINE THAT METRO HEALTH RAN, UM, FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE RESPONSE, UM, FROM METRO HEALTH TO 3 1 1.
UM, WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STATE THROUGH H H S C AND THROUGH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE WEEKLY UNIVERSAL TESTING IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS.
UM, AND WE HAVE 11 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING ON, UM, BEING THAT LIAISON TO THE CONGREGATE SETTINGS, MAKING SURE THAT THE TEST RESULTS ARE BEING REPORTED, IF THERE ARE ANY TEST RESULTS, PROVIDING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE ON INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES.
SO, UM, THAT IS A, UH, A REALLY GREAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE AND METRO HEALTH AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE TWO SLIDES ABOUT RESEARCH HERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS AN UPCOMING RESEARCH PROJECT.
WE HAVE ALLOCATED $500,000, UM, THROUGH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE TO CONDUCT, UM, TWO TYPES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS.
THE FIRST TYPE IS THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE A TOTAL OF $215,000 WILL BE AWARDED FOR UP TO THREE PROJECTS.
UM, THOSE AWARDS WILL BE NOW, WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOWARDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF RESEARCH IS A POPULATION EPI RESEARCH MORE, UM, FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC RESEARCH.
UM, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS, UM, COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE IN ORDER TO ROLL THIS RESEARCH PROJECT OUT.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, COUNCILMAN, COURAGE.
UM, THIS IS THE LONG AWAITED RESULTS OF THE, UM, FIRST RESEARCH STUDY THAT WE UNDERTOOK, WHICH WAS TO LOOK AT, UM, ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO CALCULATE WHAT THE PREVALENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS IS IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE FOUND NONE.
WE, UM, DID 502 SWABS AND ALL 502 WERE NEGATIVE, UH, FOR C OVID 19.
THE BAD NEWS IS THAT DOES NOT HELP US DETERMINE WHAT THE PREVALENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS IS OTHER THAN TO SAY IT MIGHT BE LOWER THAN WE FIRST THOUGHT.
SO, UM, THIS WILL GO INTO THE, UM, PILE OF INTERESTING RESEARCH STUDIES GOING ON AS A RESULT OF A NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD OUR RESEARCH AGENDA.
UM, OF COURSE, DATA HAS BECOME A REALLY BIG PART OF THIS RESPONSE.
THE ABILITY TO REPORT OUT THE DATA, UM, MOST OF THE TIME ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, HAS BEEN VERY, UM, CHALLENGING BUT ALSO REWARDING, I THINK, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN, UH, VERY TUNED INTO WHAT OUR DATA IS.
UM, SO ON THE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT CHARTS AND GRAPHS THAT WE'VE CREATED, PLACED ON OUR DASHBOARD.
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HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN A WHILE AND LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE CHARTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE DASHBOARD, I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE HAVE.UM, AND ALSO JUST A REMINDER THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE C R C, UM, TO INFORM SOME OF THE DATA ANALYSIS METHODS THAT WE'RE USING TO DO THIS, AS WELL AS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DATA SOURCES THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE'RE REPORTING THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA.
SO THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE BRIDGE, UM, BETWEEN, UH, RESPONSE AND RECOVERY, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL THAT EQUITY WAS GOING TO BE THAT BRIDGE.
UM, HOWEVER, NOW I'M GOING TO JUST BRIDGE BACK TO CHIEF HOOD, I THINK, BUT I, I DO WANNA COVER THE FACT THAT EQUITY HAS BEEN, UM, A REALLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT IN BOTH OUR RESPONSE, UM, AND OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLANS.
AND SO, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU WANNA DO THIS.
YOU WANT, YOU WANNA GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE WHEN WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE RESILIENCY STUFF? OKAY.
SO CHIEF HOOD, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO COVER YOUR PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE RESPONSE.
CAN YOU HEAR THE
I'M SORRY ABOUT THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
UM, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY STAFF REALLY QUICK, QUICKLY.
THIS HAS GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A UNIQUE CHALLENGE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO MY RIGHT, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF VANCE MEAD, YOU CAN WAVE VANCE.
UH, TO MY LEFT I HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF ANDREW ESTRADA, AND, UH, BRIAN NORRIS, ASSISTANT CHIEF RIGHT THERE, CHIEF HARRAN, UH, NOEL HARRAN AND, UH, CHRIS MONER ARE ALSO PART OF OUR SENIOR STAFF, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM.
UM, HOPEFULLY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
WE SENT OUT A VERY COMPREHENSIVE VIDEO YESTERDAY TALKING ABOUT, UM, OUR, OUR COVID RESPONSE.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT, I KNOW ERIC HAS SENT THAT OUT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
SO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIMELINE, FEBRUARY 7TH WAS WHEN, UH, WE STARTED COHORT ONE.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LOOK AT THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING PATIENTS COMING IN.
AND SO, UH, OUR FIRST, UH, TELEMEDICINE VISITS WERE FEBRUARY 11TH, WHERE WE HAD M I H ACTUALLY GO OUT AND PERFORM CONCIERGE SERVICE FOR SOME OF OUR VISITORS.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE 15TH, WE HAD A SECOND PLANE COME IN, OR OUR SECOND PLANE COME IN WITH CRUISE SHIP FROM JAPAN.
AND THEN WE HAD ANOTHER, UH, PLANE LOAD COME IN FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
SO DURING THIS TIME, IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT POLICIES, PROCEDURES, COME UP WITH IDEAS AS FAR AS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MANAGE THIS.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US, UM, HAD ANY IDEA THAT WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SET UP OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
AND, UM, IF YOU SAW THE VIDEO, IT REALLY EXPLAINS WELL AS FAR AS WHAT THE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS ARE OF COMMAND.
WE ESTABLISHED A UNIFIED COMMAND BETWEEN STRAC, UH, METRO HEALTH AND THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, OPERATIONS PLANNING LOGISTICS ARE ALL PART OF THE I C S STRUCTURE.
WHAT WE DID, WE CAME UP WITH SOME AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, OF THIS INCIDENT UP UNTIL TODAY.
AND SO THOSE WERE COMMUNICATION, SAFETY AND WELLNESS.
UH, P P E MANAGEMENT, FORTIFYING THE I C S STRUCTURES, WHICH WE ARE, WHICH WE'RE, WHICH WE ARE WORKING UNDER SURGE MANAGEMENT.
HOW DO WE MANAGE SURGE TESTING AND THEN DATA INTEGRATION AND ANALYSIS.
SO THESE ARE THE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE STARTED OFF WITH, UH, IN, IN FEBRUARY, AND WE CONTINUE TO, UM, USE THESE TOOLS TO HELP MA TO MANAGE THIS INCIDENT.
SO, MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE, UM, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN GRO, YOU WERE, UH, OVER PUBLIC SAFETY WAY BACK WHEN, WHEN WE, UH, STARTED THIS PILOT OF M I H AND, UM, NO ONE HAD ANY IDEA THAT IT WAS GOING TO PROVE AS SUCCESSFUL A PROGRAM AS IT HAS BEEN, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO MORPH INTO, UH, PROBABLY THE TIP
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OF THE SPEAR FOR OUR RESPONSE DURING COVID.SO, UH, WE HAVE TRAINED OVER 200 S A F D PERSONNEL TO, UH, GO OUT AND HELP US WITH THIS MISSION.
ALSO, ANOTHER 1500 THAT WE TRAINED FOR THE TEXAS MILITARY MILITARY DEPARTMENT THAT WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND PERFORM TESTING.
ALSO, WE TRAIN 15 COUNTY E SS D PERSONNEL, WHICH WOULD BE THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS OUT IN THE COUNTY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT MOBILE INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE, THE TESTING THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED, WE PROVIDED 119,000 TESTS AS OF TODAY AND, UH, ABOUT 58,000 AT FREEMAN.
AND SO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PERFORM, UH, ABOUT 3000 TESTS A DAY.
OUR WALKUP LOCATIONS, UH, WE'VE HAD 18 DIFFERENT WALKUP LOCATIONS OVER A THREE MONTH PERIOD.
UM, TODAY WE'RE AT QUAR AND WE ARE AT RAMIREZ AS FAR AS THOSE WALKUP SITES AND THE WALKUP SITES.
IN THE, UH, THREE MONTHS WE'VE BEEN OPEN, WE'VE TESTED OVER 41,000 PEOPLE.
SO, UH, WE HAVE DONE A TON OF TESTING AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO, UH, ESTABLISHING A PROCESS FOR LARGE CONGREGATE SETTINGS.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEND OUR TEAMS INTO, UH, NURSING HOMES.
AND, UH, WE HAVE 70 NURSING HOMES IN THIS REGION, AND 60, UH, ASSISTED LIVING.
SO WE TESTED OVER 17,000, UH, STAFF AND RESIDENTS AT THE NURSING HOMES.
WE WERE ALSO VERY PROACTIVE AS FAR AS SETTING UP COMMUNICATIONS AND GETTING OUT TO THOSE NURSING HOMES THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH, UH, AS FAR AS INFORMATION FOR THEM TO PROVIDE TEMPERATURE CHECKS, SHUTTING THE PLACE DOWN, SHUTTING THEIR PLACES DOWN.
SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN OUR NURSING HOMES.
UH, WE ALSO HAD CONGREGATE SETTINGS AT THE BEAR COUNTY JAIL AND, UH, DELL PROBATION.
AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH S A P D AT THEIR TRAINING ACADEMY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAILER BACK HERE, AND YOU LOOK AT OUR TEAM IN THERE, WE HAVE WENT OUT AND, UH, DEVELOPED EQUIPMENT FOR THESE MISSIONS.
AND SO, UM, AGAIN, VERY PROACTIVE, THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT TO NINE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS IN THE STATE TO, UH, WORK WITH NURSING HOMES.
AND USUALLY THESE ARE ON ABOUT A THREE DAY TURNAROUND FOR US WHEN WE'RE DEPLOYED.
AND WE'VE, AGAIN, TESTED OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES.
AND SO THE NURSING HOMES CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE IN THE STATE.
SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT THOSE, UH, LOCALS WERE NOT ABLE TO.
SO WE JUST GOT BACK FROM EAGLE PATH LAST NIGHT ON A DEPLOYMENT.
SO, HAVEN FOR HOPE SCREENINGS, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT FOUR A DAY.
UH, WE'RE DOING THOSE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND SO THAT INCLUDES ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IF NEED BE.
AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, FOR ABOUT A MONTH, WE DID CONTACT TRACING.
SO WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE ASSISTING METRO HEALTH IN CONTACT TRACING.
AND SO DURING THAT TIME WE DID, UM, FIVE 5,380.
AND SO THAT AVERAGE IS ABOUT 168 A DAY THAT OUR MEMBERS WERE MAKING THOSE CALLBACKS AND TRACING, UH, DOING THE TRACING.
SO, FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, AND NO ONE'S BEEN AFFECTED AS FAR AS, UM, PATIENT INTERACTION, CUSTOMER SERVICE, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
NO ONE'S BEEN AFFECTED MORE THAN THE FIRE SERVICE.
AND SO WE SET UP THREE DECONTAMINATION SITES, UH, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THIS WHEN WE WERE DECONNING AMBULANCES, AND WE DEON OVER 2300 AMBULANCES DURING THAT TIME.
UH, WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED, UH, EQUIPMENT TO WHERE WE CAN, UM, USE THIS HANDHELD DEVICE WHERE YOU SEE THE WHITE, THE YELLOW HOSE, UH, AND WE'VE PROVIDED THAT, UH, DECONTAMINATION EQUIPMENT TO EVERY FIRE STATION IN THE CITY, EVERY COUNTY FIRE STATION, AND ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO WHERE THEY CAN DO SOME OF THE DECONNING ON THEIR OWN.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT VIDEO THAT WE PRODUCED, IT REALLY GOES INTO HOW DECON IS DONE.
GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A VISUAL OF THAT.
AND AT, AT ONE POINT IN TIME, WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH REAL ESTATE LAURA HOUSTON'S GROUP IN IDENTIFYING HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME WE HAVE LA QUINTA, WHICH HAS CAPACITY OF 125 ROOMS, AND THE HOLIDAY INN, WHICH HAS CAPACITY OF ABOUT 313.
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WE STILL MANAGE THOSE, UM, CARE FACILITIES.SO IF WE DO HAVE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE THE NEED TO BE ISOLATED OR GENERAL POPULATION OR THE HOMELESS, WE HAVE UNITS AVAILABLE AND WE CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE ICE, THE ISOLATION CARE FACILITIES.
SO AGAIN, WE, WE TALK ABOUT OUR NURSING HOMES, OUR MOST, UH, VULNERABLE POPULATION IN THE CITY AND IN THE COUNTY.
WE, UH, HAVE THREE COHORT FACILITIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE MOVED, UH, COVID POSITIVE NURSING HOME PATIENTS IN, UH, RIVER CITY, WHICH WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT EARLY, UM, IN THE EVENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T REALLY HAPPY WITH US, YOU KNOW, TAKING A A, A NURSING HOME AND TURNING INTO COVID, BUT THAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE.
AND SO WE HAVE SEEN NURSING HOMES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE SOME HUGE CHALLENGES WITH DEPTH OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS THERE.
SO WE HAVE THREE COHORT FACILITIES AT THIS TIME OF MERIDIAN CARE AND SONARA THAT, THAT WE MANAGE AS FAR AS SENDING, UM, COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS THERE.
ALSO THE, UH, INTER-FACILITY TRANSPORTATION TO AUTHORIZATION CENTER.
WE MONITOR HOW MANY NURSING HOME TRANSPORTS WE HAVE IN A DAY.
YESTERDAY, I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD SIX FROM, UH, UM, DIFFERENT SITES WITHIN THE REGION.
IF WE'RE GETTING MULTIPLE TRANSPORTS OUT OF A NURSING HOME, WE CAN KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND GO OUT AND VISIT AND, AND CHECK THINGS OUT IF WE NEED TO.
FOR WHAT? SO WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND TALK THROUGH IT.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY IS, IS PROTECTING OUR OWN.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS SAFETY AND THE WELLNESS OF OUR MEMBERS.
AND IF OUR MEMBERS ARE SICK, UH, ON QUARANTINE, WE CAN'T PROVIDE SERVICE TO PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT NEED IT.
SO, UH, IT COSTS US TO CREATE, UM, NEW GENERAL ORDERS, NEW PROTOCOLS, NEW PROCEDURES, UM, NEW POLICIES, UM, THAT WE HAD TO BUILD INTO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
THAT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF OUR MEMBERS.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE PROVEN THAT WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE ORGANIZATION AND WE'VE HAD GOOD LEADERSHIP TO MAKE OUR FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, ENHANCE P P E AS FAR AS NOT, UM, RELYING ON N 95 MASKS, BEING ABLE TO HAVE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN, UM, STOCKPILE MAKING SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE PROTECTED.
AND SO YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF AGENCIES, UM, THAT HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH P P E, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE HAD A PLAN TO MANAGE OUR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.
THE BLUE TEAM, SO THE BLUE TEAM IS A GROUP OF OUR M I H FOLKS THAT WE GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE SICK, WE GO OUT AND, UM, DO SCREENINGS AT HOME.
WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF THEY NEED MEDICATIONS, THEY'RE GETTING THOSE MEDICATIONS WITH, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THEY GET SICK AND, UH, THEY STAY HOME AND THEN THEY GET REALLY SICK AND SOMETIMES IT'S TOO LATE FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE CARE THAT THEY NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER AND HAVE A, A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME.
SO WE SEND, UH, OUR MEMBERS OUT TO DO WELLNESS CHECKS, TO CHECK OUR FOLKS TO TAKE THEIR MEDICATIONS, PULSE, OXIMETERS, THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE NEED TO.
UM, OUR RESILIENCY CALL CENTER, WE REACHED OUT TO EVERY CIVILIAN, EVERY, UH, UNIFORM MEMBER OF THIS DEPARTMENT TO CHECK ON THEM.
UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS THAT THEIR WIFE MIGHT HAVE LOST THEIR JOB OR ON THEIR DAYS OFF, THEY'RE HAVING TO HELP THEIR KIDS DO HOMEWORK.
UH, WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THOSE ISSUES THAT POP UP, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND WE ARE JUST A MICROCOSM OF EVERYTHING THAT ANY CITIZEN'S GOING THROUGH.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR FOLKS ARE LINKED INTO A RESILIENCY, UH, PROGRAM, AND THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE CHECKING ON THEM CONSTANTLY.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE EIGHT POSITIVE COVID FIREFIGHTERS, AND WE WERE UP TO A TOTAL OF 43 AT ONE POINT IN TIME.
SO, UM, WE'VE GOT THAT NUMBER DOWN.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 UNIFORMS THAT ARE QUARANTINED AND TWO CIVILIAN AND TWO CIVILIANS.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 64 UNIFORMS THAT HAVE RECOVERED AND THREE CIVILIANS THAT HAVE RECOVERED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE HAD ONE FATALITY OF OUR EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIAN, MR. HECTOR RODRIGUEZ.
SO WE CONTINUE TO, UM, UTILIZE HECTOR'S MEMORY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN,
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THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF OUR MEMBERS.AND IF WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, THEN WE CANNOT TAKE CARE OF ANYONE ELSE.
WE ARE PROVING THAT WE ARE A ALL HAZARDOUS FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, BACK TO SEGUEING, UM, TO THE NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION BY USING EQUITY AS THE BRIDGE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO COVER FOUR POINTS ABOUT HOW WE ARE WEAVING EQUITY INTO BOTH THE RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY PLAN.
UM, SO FIRST, WE'RE USING THE EQUITY MATRIX AND DETERMINING THE DOOR TO DOOR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
THAT'S TRUE FOR, UM, BOTH THE RESPONSE WHERE WE HAD INDIVIDUALS GOING TO, UM, AREAS OF THE CITY WITH HIGH, UM, EQUITY SCORES, UM, LEAVING DOOR HANGERS, HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR FRONT YARDS, AND LETTING THEM KNOW BOTH HOW TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF C OVID 19, WHAT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WERE AND WHERE TO GO TO GET FREE TESTING.
UM, SECOND, AS PART OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, UM, EACH OF THE STRATEGIES INCLUDES SPECIFIC PARTICIPATION GOALS BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, AND INCOME.
UM, THIRD, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE POINTS, UM, IN THE DIFFERENT GRANT APPLICATIONS.
SO FOR MICRO BUSINESSES LOCATED IN CENSUS TRACKS WITH HIGH EQUITY SCORES, THEY GET ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE POINTS ON THEIR GRANT APPLICATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN AND VETERANS ALSO GET ADDITIONAL PREFERENCE POINTS IN THE, UM, THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, AS, UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DURING THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN PRESENTATIONS, UM, WE ARE PARTNERING WITH TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO PASS THE BATON OVER TO CARLOS, UM, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCIL.
UH, MY PRESENTATION IS ON THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.
UH, THE $91 MILLION RE UH, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 4TH, AND IMPLEMENTATION BEGAN AS EARLY AS JULY 1ST.
UH, I'LL ADDRESS TWO OF THE FOUR PILLARS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS, AND MY COLLEAGUES, LAURIE HOUSTON AND CRAIG WILL ADDRESS TWO OTHERS.
SO, AS A REMINDER, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE FIVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT SHAPED THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR EACH OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED STRATEGIES THAT FALL UNDER EACH OF THE PILLARS.
EACH PILLAR WAS ASSIGNED TO A COUNCIL COMMITTEE THAT SPENT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JUNE PROVIDING INPUT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PILLARS.
UH, WERE ASSIGNED ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR, WHICH HAS A $75 MILLION INVESTMENT, IS DESIGNED TO BE AN EMERGENCY SHORT TERM RESPONSE TO THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF DISPLACED WORKERS IN SAN ANTONIO.
IT PROVIDES SHORT AND NEAR TERM RETRAINING, UPSKILLING, AND CERTIFICATIONS TO UP TO 10,000 PARTICIPANTS.
THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS FUNDED PRIMARILY THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, PROVIDES WRAPAROUND SERVICES, ACCESS, CHILDCARE, AND MOST NOTABLY, A LIVING WAGE STIPEND OF $450 PER WEEK.
FOR, FOR PARTICIPANTS, THE TABLE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2021.
PLEASE NOTE THAT 44.1 MILLION OF THE TOTAL $75 MILLION IS FOR LIVING WAGE STIPENDS THAT CAN BE USED FOR SUCH THINGS AS HOUSING, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, AND HEALTHCARE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS EXPECTED OUTCOMES.
OUR FOCUS FOR THIS PROGRAM IS ON DISPLACED WORKERS WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL
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EQUIVALENCY OR LESS.WE HAVE DESIGNED A PROGRAM WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT IS INTENDED TO MEET THE PARTICIPANTS WHERE THEY ARE AND IS DEDICATED TO GETTING THEM THE SKILLS AND THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO GET A JOB IN AN OCCUPATION THAT IS HIRING TODAY, AND TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE ABILITY TO EARN A LIVING WAGE IN A JOB WITH A CAREER PATHWAY.
THE TYPES OF OCCUPATIONS WE'RE TARGETING INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION AND TRADE LOGISTICS, HEALTHCARE, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, TRANSPORTATION.
AND IT PLEASE NOTE ON, ON SLIDE 27 THAT WE PROPOSED TO NOT ONLY ASSIST PARTICIPANTS WITH CERTIFICATIONS, BUT ALSO HELP THEM ACHIEVE A HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY THAT THEY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.
FOCUS, HOWEVER, REMAINS ON HELPING PEOPLE SECURE A JOB IN AN OCCUPATION OF RETIRING TODAY.
SO, THIS SLIDE SHOWS PARTICIPANT GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM BROKEN DOWN BY GENDER, RACE, ET CETERA.
OF NOTE TO COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN'S QUESTION EARLIER TODAY, WE HAVE A FOCUS ON REACHING FORMERLY INCARCERATED PERSONS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, AND PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.
WE WILL ALSO BE FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS IN, UH, CENSUS TRACK WITH HIGH, UH, UM, EQUITY MATRIX SCORES OF EIGHT, NINE, OR 10, WHICH IS PERSONS LIVING IN POVERTY AND A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR.
SO WE SPENT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JULY WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, STANDARDIZING INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT AND REFERRAL, AND ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS.
THIS PROGRAM WILL LAUNCH THIS MONTH.
WE WILL BE RECEIVING MONTHLY REPORTING FROM EACH OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, PARTNERS, DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW US TO, TO MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS.
THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'VE EXECUTED ARE DESIGNED TO ALLOW US TO STOP AND ASSESS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING MONTHLY AND REGULAR REPORTS TO THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON THE, ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE NEED FOR THE BALANCE OF F I 21.
I'LL NOW ADDRESS THE SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT PILLAR.
UH, TOTAL INVESTMENT FOR THIS PILLAR IS $38.1 MILLION, AND INCLUDES A ROBUST DOOR-TO-DOOR ENGAGEMENT COMPONENT, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS, UH, WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SAGE, SOUTH SIDE FIRST AND CENTRAL, AND IS TARGETED AT SMALL BUSINESSES LOCATED IN HIGH POVERTY AREAS.
THIS COUPLED WITH VIRTUAL AND PLACE-BASED HUBS WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL, TECHNICAL AND OTHER RESOURCES AND ASSISTANCE TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT EXIST IN THESE AREAS.
AND WE'LL CONNECT THEM WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN SAN ANTONIO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BUILD, UH, A SUSTAINABLE AND, UH, RESILIENT, UH, BUSINESS.
I'LL FOCUS THE BULK OF MY PRESENTATION ON THE GRANT FROM MICRO BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS AND ARTS NONPROFITS AND INDIVIDUALS.
AS A REMINDER, THE FUNDING FOR THIS PILLAR IS 100% CORONAVIRUS, UH, RELIEF FUNDING, UH, THROUGH THE CARESS ACT, WHICH HAS STRATEGIC STRINGENT GUIDELINES FOR ITS USAGE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ON THE LEFT.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE BUSINESSES THAT QUALIFY MUST SHOW THAT THEY WERE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY C OVID 19 FROM AND AFTER MARCH 1ST.
AND WE'VE TAILORED THIS PROGRAM TO FOCUS ON MICRO BUSINESSES WITH 20 OR LESS EMPLOYEES.
THIS SLIDE ALSO ALSO SHOWS THE TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE GRANTS.
ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE CATEGORIES OF BUSINESSES WE HAD HOPED TO REACH, RESULTING IN, UH, REACHING, UH, CLOSE TO A THOUSAND BUSINESSES WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE GRANTS.
WE'VE ALSO EARMARKED 10% OF THE GRANT FUNDS FOR NONPROFITS.
SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR
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THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW FOR ELIGIBILITY AND SCORING.NOTE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO APPLICATIONS, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY LOWER NUMBER THAN WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING THESE APPLICATIONS NOW FOR ELIGIBILITY AND DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THEM DID NOT MEET ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE A BREAKDOWN BY GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ALMOST 44% OF THE GRANT GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WERE FROM WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, FROM THE STATUS OF WOMEN, WOMEN REPORT THAT, UH, WOMEN MAKE UP ABOUT 30% OF THE BUSINESSES OWNED IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO, THIS SLIDE SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
UH, OUR MARKETING EFFORTS WERE REALLY FOCUSED, UH, BOTH CITYWIDE, BUT PRIMARILY IN AREAS WITH, UH, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY AND PERSONS OF COLOR.
NOW, WITHSTANDING THAT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF APPLICATIONS FROM DISTRICTS 1, 8, 9, AND 10, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AGAIN, 2,762 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED TOTALING $107.7 MILLION IN REQUESTS.
IN ORDER TO ENSURE AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANT AWARDS, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF SCORING THE APPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE EQUITY MATRIX THAT COLLEEN, UH, DISCUSSED, WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION A NUMBER OF FACTORS INCLUDING, UM, POVERTY, CONCENTRATION OF POVERTY, AND, UH, PERSONS OF COLOR.
UH, YOU SEE THE MAP ON THE RIGHT, WHICH INDICATES THE AREAS THAT WE WILL BE CONCENTRATING IN.
WE WILL SCORE THE APPLICATIONS BASED ON A COMBINED EQUITY SCORE THAT INCLUDES LOCATION WITHIN A CENSUS TRACK WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF POVERTY.
IT'LL ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OWNERSHIP BY GENDER AND VETERAN STATUS AND WHETHER THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE RECEIVED, UH, PRIOR FUNDING, EITHER THROUGH, UM, PPPS OR SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS AND SCORING THEM, UH, AND WORKING WITH, UH, LIFT FUND, WHICH DID A LOT OF THE SCORING ITSELF.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE AWARDING THE FIRST, UH, UH, GRANTS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK.
AND OUR PROJECTIONS IS THAT ALL OF THE GRANTS WILL BE AWARDED BY SEPTEMBER, 2020.
I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, UH, ARTS, UH, NONPROFITS AND INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS, UH, GRANT APPLICATIONS.
YOU RECALL, $2.6 MILLION, UH, IN FUNDING WAS EARMARKED FOR THESE ARTS GROUPS.
UH, WE RECEIVED 47 APPLICATIONS FOR THE $2 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR NON ARTS NONPROFITS AND 143 APPLICATIONS FOR THE $600,000, WHICH WAS EARMARKED FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS.
UH, REVIEW OF THOSE APPLICATIONS IS ALL ONGOING AT THIS TIME IN SCORING, AND THE GOAL IS TO AWARD UP TO 150 GRANTS AGAIN BY SEPTEMBER, 2020.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER NOW TO LORI HOUSTON.
I'M GONNA BE GOING OVER THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR AND THE RECOVERY RESILIENCE PLAN.
THE TOTAL HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR BUDGET IS $50.5 MILLION.
THE FIRST STRATEGY IS DOOR-TO-DOOR ENGAGEMENT, AND BY DECEMBER CITY STAFF AND OUR PARTNERS WILL REACH OUT TO OVER 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN AREAS WITH HIGH EQUITY SCORES.
THE NEXT STRATEGY IS OUR CASE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM.
IT WILL STREAMLINE INFORMATION SHARING AND COORDINATION ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR NONPROFIT AGENCIES.
PHASE ONE WILL BE DONE IN EARLY 2021, AND IT'S LIMITED TO CITY DEPARTMENTS, AND PHASE TWO WILL BE DONE IN MID 2022, AND THAT'LL BE EXPANDED TO NONPROFITS EXTERNAL TO THE CITY.
THE THREE STRATEGIES IN BLUE ARE JOINTLY REFERRED TO AS THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER.
WE HAVE THREE LOCATIONS THAT ARE OPEN, THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE CLAUDE BLACK COMMUNITY CENTER, AND NEIGHBORHOOD PLACE.
SINCE OPENING ON JULY ONE, OVER 300 APPOINTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND 650
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VIRTUAL SESSIONS FOR FINANCIAL COUNSELING HAVE BEEN HELD.CLIENTS WHO ARE SEEKING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE.
THEY HAVE TWO PROGRAMS, THEIR CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR THEIR UP TOGETHER PROGRAM.
THE UP TOGETHER PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH PHILANTHROPY, AND OUR GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY 1000 PARTICIPANTS.
PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE $5,000 OVER TWO YEARS.
THEY'LL STRENGTHEN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS, SET GOALS AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AS THEY ACHIEVE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY.
THE $4 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET IS FOR FI'S CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND IT'LL PROVIDE 3,960 VULNERABLE FAMILIES, $500 IN CASH GRANTS.
ANOTHER MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE FINANCIAL AND HOUSING RECOVERY CENTER IS EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.
I'M GONNA CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION WITH A DISCUSSION ON HOMELESS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES BEFORE I PASS IT ON TO CRAIG HOPKINS, WHO WOULD TALK ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
ABOUT 26 MILLION OF THE $50.5 MILLION IN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR IS TOWARDS THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL, AND AT THE TIME, WE BUDGETED ABOUT $25 MILLION, WHICH BRINGS A TOTAL FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE TO $50.3 MILLION.
THE CITY HAS APPROVED APPROXIMATELY 12,000 APPLICATIONS THAT TOTAL $33.4 MILLION.
WE HAVE ANOTHER 1600 THAT ARE UNDER REVIEWED OR PENDING INFORMATION.
WE ARE RECEIVING ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 200 APPLICATIONS PER DAY AND EXPENDING APPROXIMATELY $2.5 MILLION IN FUNDS PER WEEK.
IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, STAFF HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL EVICTION INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE NOTICE OF TENANTS RIGHTS ON JUNE 25TH, AND SAVA SPENT THE WHOLE MONTH OF JULY EDUCATING LANDLORDS, TENANTS, AND OUR NONPROFITS ON THE PROGRAM.
THE NOTICE INFORMS TENANTS OF THEIR RIGHTS AND PROVIDES THEM RESOURCES FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT.
S HAS ALSO PARTNERED WITH OUR JP COURTS.
THE COURTS ARE SENDING US THEIR FILING DATA, AND STAFF IS TURNING AROUND AND PROACTIVELY SENDING OUT A MAILER TO THE DEFENDANTS LISTED ON THAT DATA.
REGARDING OUR NOTICE, UM, REGARDING OUR INFORMATION ON THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE TENANT'S RIGHTS, THE COURTS ARE ALSO INCLUDING INFORMATION ON OUR PROGRAMS IN THEIR MAILOUTS AS THEY SCHEDULE HEARINGS WITH DEFENDANTS.
THE COURTS HAVE ALSO ALLOWED STAFF TO BE PRESENT DURING THE COURT HEARINGS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THREE, THESE THREE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP 109 FAMILIES AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANOTHER 100 CASES.
WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL CONTRACT WITH T R L A AND T R A ATTORNEYS OUR PRESENT, TO HELP CITY STAFF TO NAVIGATE THE LEGAL SYSTEM.
WHILE WE DO THESE COURT HEARINGS, WE ALSO REFER SEVERAL TENANTS TO THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM AS NECESSARY.
THE NEXT STRATEGY I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS HOMELESS SERVICES.
WE BUDGETED $2 MILLION TO HELP SUPPORT 1500 PEOPLE THAT ARE AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS.
OUR SUPPORT WILL INCLUDE CASE MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS SHORT-TERM RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
WE EXTENDED OUR HOTEL LEASE AGREEMENT AND OUR AGREEMENT WITH HAVEN FOR HOPE THROUGH DECEMBER.
THIS HOTEL CONTAINS OVER 300 ROOMS. AND TO DATE, WE HAVE SERVED OVER 477 INDIVIDUALS WITH 50 TRANSITIONING TO MORE STABLE HOUSING, AND ANOTHER 50 TRANSITIONING TO THE HAYDEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SELECTING NONPROFITS TO HELP WITH THEIR HOMELESS OUTREACH, AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR FUNDING WILL HELP WITH RAPID REHOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS.
FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE UP TO 400 INDIVIDUALS.
THE PROGRAM INCLUDES CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING NAVIGATION, AND THREE TO 24 MONTHS OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE.
IN THE LAST STRATEGY I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
THE 3.3 MILLION IN FUNDING WENT TO SUPPORT THE POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM, OUR HIGH RISK TEAM, AND OUR COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE.
BY DECEMBER OF 2020, THE STATE POSITIVE PARENTING CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE GENERATED AT LEAST 2 MILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND AT LEAST 400 FAMILIES WILL HAVE ENROLLED IN ONLINE PARENTING PROGRAM AND WILL PROVIDE TRAINING TO 200 PROFESSIONALS.
BY MAY OF 2021, AT LEAST 1000 THERAPY SESSIONS WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE IN THE HOME.
AND BY JUNE, 2021, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HIGH RISK TEAM WILL HAVE BEEN PROVIDED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 400 HIGH RISK FAMILIES.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'D
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LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO CRAIG HOPKINS, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT DIGITAL INCLUSION.SO I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TWO PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE DIGITAL INCLUSION BUCKET.
ONE IS CALLED THE CONNECTED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE RECOVERY PORTAL THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON.
BUT BOTH OF THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE LONG-TERM APPROACHES TO HELPING OUR COMMUNITY GET ACCESS TO INFORMATION AS WE GO FORWARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE, THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT ON.
ON THE FIRST ONE, THE CONNECTED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, UH, I WANT TO BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR HERE, AND WE'VE NARROWED IT DOWN TO THIS PURPOSE STATEMENT AT THE TOP, WHICH I WANNA READ BECAUSE I THINK ARTICULATES OUR INTENT.
OUR INTENT IS TO CONNECT 20,000 K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS TO THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICT NETWORK FROM THEIR HOME ACROSS 50 OF OUR CITY'S MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS IN EIGHT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT THAT IS OUR PRIMARY FOCUS OF DIFFERENT, UH, SOLUTIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S BOTH A TACTICAL AND A STRATEGIC EFFORT GOING ON, BUT OUR INTENT IS TO BUILD AN EQUITABLE LONG-TERM APPROACH TO SOLVING THE CONNECTIVITY PIECE OF THE DIGITAL DIVIDE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE DIGITAL DIVIDE, THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR COMPONENTS OF THE DIVIDE, THE CONNECTED CONNECTIVITY TO THE INTERNET, THE DEVICE ITSELF, THE DIGITAL LITERACY THAT GOES WITH UNDERSTANDING HOW TO USE IT AND AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE, UM, DEVICES AND ACCESS ITSELF.
THIS IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON CONNECTIVITY.
THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND BRIAN DI TEAM ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB WORKING WITH NONPROFITS AND MULTIPLE AGENCIES ACROSS THE CITY ON THE GREATER DIGITAL INCLUSION, UM, UH, PROBLEM.
UM, BUT THIS IS FOCUSED ON CONNECTIVITY.
SO IN OUR CURRENT STATUS, WE HAVE FOUR TACTICAL THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
OH, AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE EIGHT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THERE'S ACTUALLY, UM, S A I S D, EDGEWOOD HARLANDALE, SOUTH SAN SOUTHWEST, JUDSON, NORTHEAST AND NORTH SIDE.
BUT OF THE 50 NEIGHBORHOODS, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN SS A I, SS D AND EDGEWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WE WORK THROUGH THOSE 15 NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THERE'S FOUR THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON CURRENTLY IN A KIND OF A TACTICAL STATUS.
FIRST IS, WE DID REACH OUT TO ALL A WSDS AND SAID, WHAT DO YOU NEED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO HELP YOU GET YOUR STUDENTS CONNECTED? UM, AS THE SCHOOL, UM, SCHOOL STARTS KNOWING THAT WE WERE WORKING ON A LONGER TERM APPROACH TO CONNECTIVITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY HAD A, STILL HAD A GAP OF ABOUT 5,000 HOTSPOTS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
NOW, THERE'S PRIVATE DONATIONS, T E A FUNDING, SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW THAT ARE HELPING WITH HOTSPOTS ACROSS ALL THE ISDS.
BUT IN THESE EIGHT, THERE WAS AN ASK FOR 5,000 HOTSPOTS TO FILL A GAP.
AND SO WE'RE DEDICATING 1.2 MILLION OF THIS FUNDS IMMEDIATELY TO HELP THEM WITH THAT GAP.
WE'RE ALSO SPENDING THE FIRST TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS ON A PHASE ONE PILOT TEST ON OUR ULTIMATE LONG-TERM SOLUTION, WHICH IS A PRIVATE L T E WIRELESS SOLUTION FOCUSED ON THREE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE WEST SIDE, AND ABOUT 600 STUDENTS IN S A I S D THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE STOOD UP HERE BY, BY THE END OF OCTOBER.
TO PROVE THAT WE CAN LAY A WIRELESS PRIVATE L T E NETWORK IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF CIRCUM, UH, RADIUS, UH, AND PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL'S NETWORK ACROSS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO THE STUDENTS CAN CONNECT TO THEIR SCHOOL.
THE THIRD THING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH PARKS, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AND JUST KIND OF HAS COME UP IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IS THE CONCEPT OF HELPING THEM WITH COMMUNITY HUBS.
SO THINK ABOUT OUR LIBRARIES TODAY BEING LIT UP FOR PUBLIC INTERNET.
WE WANT TO DO THE SAME THING WITH PARKS, BUILDINGS, MAYBE PARKS, MAYBE PARKS, BUILDINGS.
BUT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO HELP MAKE THOSE COMMUNITY HUBS WHERE KIDS CAN COMMIT AND DO AFTERSCHOOL LEARNING AS WELL.
AND THE FOURTH THING THAT IS FAIRLY RECENT, BUT WE'VE STARTED TALKING TO THE TELECOMS ABOUT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS WELL.
IF THEY HAVE FIBER IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN MAYBE THESE 50 NEIGHBORHOODS ALREADY, THEN WHY ARE PEOPLE NOT ACCESSING IT? AND TYPICALLY THAT HAS TO DO WITH AFFORDABILITY.
SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO IS TO PUT TOGETHER PROPOSALS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND GIVE US EITHER BULK RATE OR DIFFERENT PRICING MODELS FOR STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HELP THEM CONNECT TO THE TELECOM SERVICES THAT ARE ALREADY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF THAT WORKS OUT, THAT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR US TO PUT IN A WIRELESS SOLUTION IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT THEN THAT BECOMES A LOOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TELECOM THEMSELF AS THEY GO FORWARD.
BUT WE'LL HELP FACILITATE THAT IN THE COMING MONTHS.
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MAJOR MILESTONES FOR THIS FUNDING OVER A LONGER TERM IS ONCE WE HAVE THE PROOF OF, UH, THE PILOT IN PLACE, WE'LL HAVE A PROOF OF CONCEPT THAT WILL BUILD OUT IN THREE MORE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WILL HELP US PROVE THE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE WIRELESS PRIVATE L T E AS WELL AS GAUGE STUDENT INTEREST OF HOW THEY WILL CONNECT TO THIS WITH OUR INTENT BY DECEMBER OF 2021 TO DO A FULL ROLLOUT ACROSS ALL 50 NEIGHBORHOODS IF NEEDED, BASED ON SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.BUT WHERE NEEDED TO DO A FULL ROLLOUT FOR ALL THOSE 50 NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL.
UM, WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE TACTICAL HOTSPOTS ABOUT, WE PLAN TO SPEND ABOUT $4 MILLION ON CORE INFRASTRUCTURE.
16 MILLION OF THAT WILL THEN GO INTO THE WIRELESS MEASH ACROSS THE 50 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THERE IS A STUDENT CONNECTION.
SO ONCE THIS WIRELESS NETWORK IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STUDENT WILL NEED TO CONNECT TO IT IN THEIR HOME, AND THAT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION.
UH, IN ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS, WE'RE USING THIS AS FIRST YEAR FUNDING TO GET STOOD UP, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAINTAIN THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AFTER THAT.
AND THE OTHER PROJECT THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS OSA RECOVERY PORTAL.
UM, AT, AT ITS CORE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE ENTERED THE COVID EVENT, WE BUILT A COVID WEBSITE ON SAN ANTONIO.GOV UNDER A NEW ARCHITECTURE RESTRUCTURE.
BRIDGER TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, OUR DASHBOARDS, OUR CHARTS, ALL OUR DATA WAS HOUSED IN ONE PLACE.
IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A VERY FOCUSED, SIMPLISTIC WAY FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS TO GET TO INFORMATION, WHETHER THAT WAS DATA OR THAT WAS PROGRAMS OR WHATEVER THAT WAS, WE ARE TAKING THAT BASIC ARCHITECTURE AND EXTENDING THAT OUT INTO A RECOVERY PORTAL, WHICH WILL ENCOMPASS ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TO ONE PLACE, SEE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S EASY TO GET TO.
SO, UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH A VENDOR CALLED OPEN CITIES TO DO THAT.
THAT, UH, RELATIONSHIP IS IN PLACE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH APPROACH AND STRATEGY ON HOW TO BRING ALL THAT CONTACT TOGETHER, CONTENT TOGETHER WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.
AND WE EXPECT TO START DEVELOPMENT ON THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1ST.
UH, ALL PAGES AND CONTENT AND PROGRAMS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN PHASES BY DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND DIFFERENT CONTENT AS WE GO, BUT WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT ALL COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN WE WILL USE JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OF 2021 FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS AND UPDATES AS WE GO FORWARD.
THAT HAS A ONE-TIME COST OF $250,000, WHICH WE'RE USING THIS FUNDING FOR, AND THEN A RECURRING NEW COST OF 30,000, WHICH WE'LL SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S MY UPDATE, AND FROM HERE I AM TURNING IT OVER TO MARIA
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
ON MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO GIVE YOU, UH, A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT ON THE COVID 19 RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN.
UH, YOU RECEIVED TODAY A MONTHLY REPORT WITH THE DETAILS, REVENUE AND EXPENSE, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM.
AND I WILL REVIEW WITH YOU THE HIGHLIGHTS.
SO LET'S BEGIN WITH THE TOTAL INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING INTO THIS EMERGENCY AND RECOVERY PLAN.
UM, THE PORTION OF THE FUNDING IS BEING ALLOCATED TO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN THAT YOU JUST HEARD, $191 MILLION.
OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, BEING DELIVERED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, IS $50.4 MILLION.
THE CARES OF FUNDING ALLOWS US TO RECOVER ELIGIBLE PAYROLL AND SUPPLIES, AND THAT HAS A BUDGET OF 136 MILLION.
WE ALSO HAVE THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, PHASE ONE THAT LORI JUST COVERED FOR 25.5 MILLION.
WE ALSO RECEIVE, UH, FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR, UH, OUR AIRPORT AT $51 MILLION.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, OTHER GRANTS OR OTHER EXPENSES ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THIS, UM, PLAN TOTALING CLOSE TO $34 MILLION.
SO THAT IS THE INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, THIS IS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT MAKE UP THE $492 MILLION.
YOU CAN SEE BEGINNING ON THE LEFT, UH, $376 MILLION IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BRANDS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN AWARDED RELATED TO COVID 19.
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE BRIEFED YOU WHEN WE PRESENTED THE RECOVERY PLAN, THERE'S AN INVESTMENT OF $97 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THIS IS POSSIBLE AS THE CARES FUNDS ALLOW US TO RECOVER FOR ELIGIBLE PAYROLL EXPENSES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
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WE ALSO DID, UH, AS YOU MAY RECALL, BACK IN, IN APRIL, YOU APPROVE A REALLOCATION FROM OUR 2020 HOUSING PROGRAM OF $5.4 MILLION FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE HOUSING, UH, SECURITY PLAN.UH, THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION THAT, UH, WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE SANITARY HOUSING TRUST THAT THEY INVESTED INTO OUR HOUSING SECURITY, UH, PLAN.
UH, WE ALSO DID REPROGRAMMING FROM C D B G FUNDING FROM THE, UH, TEXAS INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES.
UH, WE ALSO ARE ANTICIPATING A REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEMA FOR SOME EXPENSES RELATED TO THE E O C AND SOME OF THE ISOLATION FACILITIES THE CHIEF HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.
AND ALSO, WE RECEIVE A ONE-TIME $200,000 PRIVATE CONTRIBUTION.
SO THAT IS WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM TO FUND THE $492 MILLION.
NOW, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, THE LARGEST GRANT THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVED IS A CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
THAT IS 270 MILLION OF THE 376 THAT YOU SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
AND THEN FROM THERE, THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ON THE LIST, THERE ARE OTHER GRANTS THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN ABLE TO SECURE, UH, FOR THE RESPONSE AND THE RECOVERY DUE TO COVID 19.
SO IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, HOW ARE WE INVESTING THOSE DOLLARS? HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE WE SPENT? SO THIS PARTICULAR TABLE PROVIDES YOU OUR SPENDING PLAN BY FUNDING SOURCE, AS WELL AS HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE PLANNING TO SPEND, NOT ONLY IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 2020, BUT ALSO IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, FISCAL AND FISCAL YEAR 2022.
NOW, SOME OF THIS, UH, FUNDING HAS EXPIRATION DATE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND IS SET TO EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2020.
SO WE HAVE ALIGNED OUR INVESTMENTS, UH, WITH THOSE DEADLINES.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE THAT WE HAVE SPENT $96 MILLION OUT OF THAT PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE.
UH, AS YOU HEARD FROM THE TEAM, UH, WE ARE, UH, BEGINNING OUR RESILIENCY PLAN IN TERMS OF THE EXPENSES RELATED TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS WELL AS THE HOUSING PROGRAM THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $135 MILLION BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND AN ADDITIONAL $38 MILLION BY DECEMBER 30TH.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 270 MILLION WILL BE SPENT BY THAT DATE.
THE TABLE WORKS THE SAME WAY FOR THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE CITY HAS SPENT $130 MILLION THROUGH THE END OF JULY.
WE ANTICIPATE TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $192 MILLION DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, AN ADDITIONAL 156 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, AND CLOSE TO $14 MILLION IN 2022.
NOW, THE REASON WHY SOME OF OUR, UM, SPENDING PLAN GOES THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2022, THERE'S SOME OF THE GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SPECIFICALLY FOR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE GRANTS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, AND ALSO SOME EMERGENCY, UH, SERVICES, GRANTS THE HUMAN SERVICES HAS RECEIVED THAT ALLOW US SUSPENDED, UH, THROUGH THE END OF, UH, 2022.
GRANTED, IF THE NEED IS IN THE COMMUNITY, WE MAY USE THOSE RESOURCES PRIOR TO THAT.
SO IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, UM, KEY PROGRAMS THAT WE, UH, COVER WITH YOU TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR SPENDING PLAN AND ALSO HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT TODAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE HAVE SPENT $3.5 MILLION.
THIS IS PRIMARILY EQUIPMENT THAT OUR, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TO PURCHASE AND ABLE TO DO THE MOBILE TESTING SITES AND AS WELL AS DO THE WORK THAT THE CHIEF MENTIONED.
ALSO, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS SPENT SOME DOLLARS IN CONTACT TRACING AND TESTING AS WELL, AS WELL AS OTHER ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.
AND THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, $10.2 MILLION.
THAT IS PRIMARILY THE HOUSING SECURITY, UH, PROGRAM.
AS, UH, LORI MENTIONED, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, SEVERAL APPLICATIONS AND WE'RE SPENDING THOSE, FUNDING THOSE FUNDS QUITE QUICKLY.
AND THEN ON PAYROLL AND SUPPLIES, UH, WE HAVE $83.4 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SPENT, AND THAT IS PRIMARILY THE ELIGIBLE PAYROLL FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES LAID OUT BY THE US TREASURY FOR THE CARE FUNDS.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THE SPENDING PLAN FOR THE REST OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2020, AS WELL AS OUR SPENDING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
AND THEN ON THE TOTAL, THOSE TOTALS MATCH THE TOTAL PROGRAMS FOR THOSE,
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UH, PARTICULAR, UH, INITIATIVES.SO WITH THAT, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, TO THE STAFF.
THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF CONTENT IN THERE, AND SO I DON'T WANNA DELAY THE DISCUSSION.
UM, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION.
AND EMILY, WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE, UH, IN EMAIL SO WE CAN REFERENCE THOSE EVEN AFTER TODAY.
UM, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK, UH, THE WORKING GROUPS THAT INCLUDED THE COMMISSIONER'S, COURT MEMBERS, AND THE JUDGE AS WELL AS, UH, GORDON HARTMAN, WHO, UH, IN WORKING AS THE COVID 19 WORKING GROUP COORDINATOR REALLY HELPED, UH, US, UH, COALESCE AROUND THESE PILLARS.
UM, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT, UM, RELIEF AND GETTING PEOPLE, UH, RELIEF NOW, AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE, UH, NEARLY $500 MILLION OF CITY ALLOCATED RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE CARES ACT GOING TO WORK ON THESE SLIDES.
I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT'S, UH, BEING DONE, UH, IN, IN GETTING PEOPLE, UH, ENROLLED IN THE TRAINING PROGRAMS AS THEY ARE ALSO GETTING STIPENDS.
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE MOST IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIRECT ASSISTANCE, DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE, THAT'S MOST NEEDED IN THE, UH, IMMEDIATE TERM, UH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, UM, THESE STIPENDS ARE MEANT TO DO, TO HELP WITH ANY NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE, ARE HAPPENING IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
SO, UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, UH, DR.
BRIDGER WITH REGARD TO THE ASYMPTOMATIC STUDY.
UM, TIMING IS EVERYTHING, OF COURSE, AND I KNOW WE HAD A, A BROAD SAMPLE SIZE.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF HOW THOSE RESULTS MIGHT HAVE CHANGED IF WE SAY, DID THAT STUDY AGAIN? AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DO, BUT IF WE HAD DONE THAT STUDY IN LATE JULY AS OPPOSED TO EARLY JUNE? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE, I'VE ASKED THE TEAM THAT QUESTION.
UM, WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANOTHER STUDY, UM, THAT'S BEEN ABLE TO ESTIMATE THE PREVALENCE OF ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS IN A COMMUNITY.
AND SO MY GUESS IS THEY'RE GETTING THE SAME RESULTS WE ARE.
THAT'S A LONG ANSWER TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WE WOULD'VE HAD MORE.
UM, I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS, FEWER OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I MEAN, TIME WILL TELL, RESEARCH WILL TELL, BUT THAT'S MY HYPOTHESIS AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO 10 TO ONE FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
IF YOU CAN PULL THAT SLIDE UP AND POST IT, JOHN, THAT'S 27.
THAT'S EXPECTED OUTCOME, RIGHT? UM, THE, UH, WITHIN, EXPLAIN THAT LAST ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO ME.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO, UM, OF COURSE, I WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DEVELOPED THIS IN IN JUNE.
WE WERE THE HEAT OF THE PANDEMIC.
BUT THE, THE IDEA IS WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, A COMPLETION OF THE CERTIFICATION, THESE INDIVIDUALS SECURE A JOB IN A PARTICULAR OCCUPATION FOR WHICH THEY WERE TRAINED.
UM, I INDICATED WE, UM, WE, WE ARE MONITORING THE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS.
I FULLY EXPECT THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE A GOAL WILL BE ADJUSTED AS WE GO ALONG.
UM, BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT MORE TODAY THAN WE DID, WE DEVELOPED THIS PART GRASS GOAL.
UM, BUT THE, THE IDEA IS MATCHING UP THE INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE A CAREER PATHWAY, FINDING THE INDIVIDUALS, AGAIN, WHERE OUR FOCUS IS HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY OR LESS, UH, BUT HELPING THEM SECURE THE CERTIFICATION THEY NEED TO GET TO GET INTO A DIFFERENT JOB.
WELL, JUST, JUST LOOKING AT THESE PERCENTAGES, I, I'M NOT QUITE, WHEN YOU SAY LONG-TERM TRAINING, 10%, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UH, 10% OF YOUR EFFORTS ARE GOING TO GO TO LONG-TERM TRAINING VERSUS
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75% GO TO SHORT-TERM TRAINING.IS THAT WHAT I'M READING? 10% OF THE PARTICIPANTS HEALTH NUMBER WOULD, UH, PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THAT LASTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2021.
SO THEY'RE DESIGNED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVE SOMEBODY GET A ENTRY LEVEL O OSHA CERTIFICATION AND THEN A HIGHER LEVEL OSHA CERTIFICATION THAN PERHAPS A PARTICULARIZED, UH, TRAINING IN A PARTICULARIZED, UH, INDUSTRY THAT BUILDS UPON THE OTHER CERTIFICATES.
AGAIN, JUST LOOKING AT THAT LAST LINE, OUR, OUR TARGET IS ONLY 50%.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TARGET BEING STILL LOW, UM, IN SPENDING ROUGHLY $7,500 PER PERSON SENDING 'EM THROUGH, THROUGH A TRAINING PROGRAM.
I, I'D REALLY, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT LOW OF A NUMBER SECURING JOBS.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT, IS TRAINING PEOPLE TO GET JOBS.
AND THEN WE'RE, OUR EXPECTATION IS ONLY HALF THE PEOPLE TO GET JOBS WITHIN THREE MONTHS.
I, I, I, I, I DON'T, I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, AND I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE SETTING OUR GOALS UP HIGH ENOUGH FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING PEOPLE TRAINED AND INTO JOBS, AND THEN WE SAY, WELL, ONLY HALF OF 'EM ARE GONNA MAKE IT, OR HALF OF 'EM ARE GOING TO GET A JOB.
I, THAT, THAT'S NOT A GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR ME.
SO I THINK Y'ALL NEED TO RELOOK, RELOOK THAT.
UM, GOING TO, UH, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SLIDE 32.
AND I SEE, I SEE THIS, I UNDERSTAND THE EQUITY OF IT, AND SLIDE 33 ALSO ABOUT TARGETING CERTAIN AREAS IN THE CITY, CERTAIN MINORITY OWNED, UM, COMPANIES, THAT KIND OF THING, SMALL BUSINESSES.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, I, I WANT, I WANT TO SEE SOME KIND OF A PLOT ON A MAP OR WHATEVER, UH, SHOWING WHERE THESE GRANTS WERE ACTUALLY AWARDED AT.
I, I SEE WHERE YOUR, LIKE THIS ONE, THE APPLICATIONS GOT A LOT OF APPLICATIONS HERE AND A LOT, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH SIDE AS WELL AS, UM, DISTRICT ONE, NOT SO MANY IN 2, 3, 4, OR FIVE AND, AND SIX.
BUT, UM, I WANT TO SEE THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION ON WHERE THESE, WHERE THESE GRANTS ARE GONNA BE APPLIED TO, YOU KNOW, SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU GOT A TOTAL OF 2,700 APPLICATIONS TOTALING OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING TO THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THAT, A LITTLE OVER 25, LET'S SAY $27 MILLION THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST THIS PROGRAM.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM WOULD GET PEOPLE TO WORK FASTER AND QUICKER AND GETTING ON THE JOB TRAINING, AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT THIS MORNING.
UM, AND GET THE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE EMPLOYERS TO BE ABLE TO HIRE AND TRAIN PEOPLE AND GET 'EM ON THE JOB.
A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A GROUP OF THE REQUEST.
AND WE'RE ONLY FUNDING 27 MILLION.
AGAIN, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT, AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING A LOT, A LOT MORE EGGS IN THE BASKET TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS VERSUS SHORT-TERM SOLUTIONS.
UM, AND SPEAKING OF LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS, LET'S GO TO SLIDE 44, UH, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING IT UP, THIS IS CRAIG, THIS IS YOUR SLIDE.
SIR, I, I MADE THESE COMMENTS TO YOU THE OTHER DAY.
WE'RE, WE'RE SUPPLYING 5,000 MOBILE HOTSPOTS FOR A REQUIREMENT OF 20,000 STUDENTS.
IF WE CAN SUPPLY 5,000 FOR THIS YEAR, WHY DON'T WE SUPPLY 20,000 TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND GET THEM THE HELP THIS YEAR? YOUR LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS, WON'T EVEN MAKE IT TO THE FIELD OR BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR THE STUDENTS THIS YEAR.
AND THAT, AGAIN, WE NEED THAT IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
WHY NOT PURCHASE 20,000 MOBILE HOTSPOTS, EXTRA ONES FOR ONES THAT GET BROKEN, GET LOST,
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THAT KIND OF THING, TO APPLY THAT MONEY TO THOSE MOBILE HOTSPOTS, AND THEN LET THE SCHOOLS, LET THE SCHOOLS BUDGET THAT LONG-TERM SOLUTION IN WHICH THEY WILL GET FUNDING, UH, FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THIS.SO I, I, I SEE THIS AS, UH, AGAIN, APPLYING THIS MONEY TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING.
WE SHOULD BE GETTING THIS OUT IMMEDIATELY THROUGH MOBILE HOTSPOTS.
UH, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION, SIR.
UH, CRAIG, UNLESS YOU CAN, UH, PUT SOME WORDS TO THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
JUST THE ONE POINT OF CLARITY FOR THAT COUNCILMAN, IS THE 20,000 IS THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN THE 15 NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WHEN WE ASKED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID THEY NEED 20,000 HOTSPOTS, THEY TOLD US THEY ALREADY HAD HOTSPOTS COMING FOR MANY OF THEIR STUDENTS THAT WERE ALREADY COVERED THROUGH OTHER FUNDING.
SO THE GAP THAT THEY HAD WAS 5,000 AT THE TIME, AND THAT'S WHY WE SAID WE WOULD FILL THAT GAP.
IF THEY COME BACK AND SAY THEY NEED MORE THAN THE 5,000, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT HELP TO FILL THE GAP EVEN FURTHER.
BUT THAT'S WHY 5,000 IS THE NUMBER AT THIS MOMENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE.
JOHN, DID YOU PLUG ME IN? YEAH.
UM, COLLEEN, UH, I HAD HEARD PRIOR THAT WE WERE ASKING, UH, COVID POSITIVE PATIENTS TO CONTACT PEOPLE THEMSELVES THAT THEY HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD INITIATED AND IS STILL ONGOING? NO, THAT WAS A, A STOPGAP MEASURE WHILE WE GOT OUR FEET UNDER OURSELVES.
WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DO THE CONTACT TRACING.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE C P P R AND OTHER RESEARCH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT? WELL, SO I CAN TELL YOU IN BROAD STROKES BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS YET.
UM, BUT THE FIRST, THE C P P R GRANTS ARE DESIGNED TO BE, UM, DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO RESEARCH SPECIFIC TO COVID? UM, SO THAT'S THE FIRST POT, AND IT COULD BE, UM, ANY NONPROFIT, ANY FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE VERY FEW RULES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT THE COMMUNITY TO FEEL EMPOWERED TO SUBMIT, UM, RESEARCH PROPOSALS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.
THE SECOND PART IS THE MORE TRADITIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH, UM, LOOKING AT NOVEL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH PRACTICES.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT COULD BE A FOLLOW-UP TO THE ASYMPTOMATIC STUDY.
HOW MUCH WERE THOSE TWO FUNDS? IT'S 500,000 TOTAL.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAD ON, ON, UH, WHAT YOU PRESENTED.
UM, LET ME ASK, UH, CRAIG, UH, IN YOUR PRESENTATION, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU TALK ABOUT THE DARK FIBER THAT, UH, C P S ENERGY MAY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR OUR OWN, UH, DARK FIBER CONNECTING TO OUR TRAFFIC LIGHTS AROUND THE CITY AND TRYING TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS, THIS, INTO THE WHOLE PROCESS.
COULD YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? SURE, SIR.
THAT, THAT IS INCLUDED IN ALL OF OUR ESTIMATES.
SO WE'RE DOING, UH, THE 50 GEOGRAPHIES.
SO WE LOOK AT EACH OF THE 50 NEIGHBORHOODS INDEPENDENTLY, AND WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANY CITY ASSETS WE HAVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH CAN BE CITY FIBER, C P S, DARK FIBER RADIO TOWERS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE.
THAT IS OUR STARTING SPOT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT AT THE END, UH, WHEN WE HAVE THE FIBER ALL LAID OUT AND ACTIVE, THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE A LINK TO THE STUDENT'S COMPUTER OR TABLET IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT KIND OF LINK WOULD THAT BE, AND WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING ELSE WE WOULD TAKE ON, OR WOULD THAT BE A SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPENSE? SO THAT IS ACTUALLY BEING TESTED IN THE PILOT THAT I MENTIONED THAT GOES THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.
UM, THERE ARE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT, THE FIBER, THE TOWER, AND THEN THE CONNECTION FROM THE HOUSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TEST THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT, UM, TECHNOLOGIES TO CONNECT FROM THE HOUSE IN THAT PILOT TO DETERMINE WHICH IS THE BEST ONE.
AND THEN THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION IS, OUR EXPECTATION IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL OWN THAT STUDENT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT PIECE OF HARDWARE, AND THEY'LL PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AND THE
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LONG-TERM COSTS THAT GO WITH THAT.UM, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU.
UH, MARIA, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU, ACTUALLY, UH, ONLY ONE, I THINK IT WAS ON SLIDE, UH, 52, UH, YOU SHOWED, UH, A SERIES OF, UH, EXPENSES.
COULD, COULD THAT BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN? I BELIEVE IT WAS SLIDE 52.
YEAH, MARIA, ON THIS, UM, I WAS, I GUESS A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MARCH THROUGH JULY, THESE HAVE TO BE SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL TIMES THAT WE'VE FACED.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONIES AVAILABLE TO HAVE ONLY SPENT THREE AND A HALF MILLION FOR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ONLY 10.2 MILLION FOR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, UH, I'M, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND A LOT MORE OF THAT MONEY BY NOW.
AND WHY DO WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING 87 MILLION MORE IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, OR 31, ALMOST 32 MILLION MORE? UH, YOU KNOW, WHY WASN'T THIS MONEY SPENT EARLIER? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN.
UM, LET ME START WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN.
UM, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE COUNCIL, THE, THE EFFECTIVE DAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION WAS JULY ONE.
SO WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THOSE, UH, PLANS AND PRESENTING THEM TO COMMITTEES AND GETTING READY THE PLANNING PHASE, IF YOU WILL.
SO THE $10.2 MILLION THAT WE SPEND IS PRIMARILY FOR HOUSING, UM, THE RECOVERY AND SOME OF THE, THE, THE SUPPLIES THAT WE PURCHASED FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, GIVEAWAYS THAT, THAT WE PROVIDED IN TERMS OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
SO THE $87 MILLION AS WE'RE RAMPING UP RIGHT NOW, YOU HEARD, UH, LAURA HOUSTON INDICATING THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT SHE'S RECEIVING FOR HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.
UM, WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE BUSINESS GRANTS, SO NOW IS THE TIME TO DISPERSE THEM.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER PILLARS, UM, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITAL INCLUSION, THOSE ARE GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT THOSE, THOSE TWO PILLARS, THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND THE SMALL BUSINESS, WE ANTICIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT, UM, UH, SIX WEEKS OR EIGHT WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA SPEND A MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS ON THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION.
I, I WAS GONNA SAY ON THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED AS WE'RE DOING THE, THE POP-UP, UH, TESTINGS.
UH, IT IS JUST THAT WE HADN'T PAID HIM AS OF THE END OF JULY, UM, DR.
BRIDGER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO CONSOLIDATE ALL, ALL THE, UH, CONTACT, UH, INVESTIGATION.
AND, UM, WE RECENTLY HIRED A LARGE INDIVIDUAL, A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS TO HELP US WITH THAT PROCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW, COLLEEN, IF YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING ELSE TO THE, TO THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? NO, JUST, JUST, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET OUR
SO, UM, THE BULK OF OUR EXPENSES SO FAR HAVE BEEN IN JULY, AND THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T BEEN ENTERED IN AS EXPENSES YET.
UH, I, I REALLY HAVE ONLY, UH, TWO THINGS.
ONE, UH, LORI, CAN YOU, UM, JUST TELL, TELL US ABOUT THE, UH, EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND, AND, AND I SAW THAT CHART RIGHT WHERE YOU SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, AND I FORGOT ON THE PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS PAGE 39.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALMOST 20,000 APPLICATIONS.
17, 18,000 OF 'EM ARE PROCESSED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, APPROVED CLOSE TO 12,000.
UH, MY, MY WONDER, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, IS DO YOU SEE ANY BOTTLENECKS IN THE PROCESS? I MEAN, IT'S AN ASTONISHING NUMBER, BUT FROM THE BEGINNING UNTIL WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, UM, IT, WHERE IF ANYWHERE DOES IT NEED TO BE IMPROVED? UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE STREAMLINED THE PROCESS QUITE A BIT EARLY
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ON.IT TOOK ABOUT 30 DAYS TO GET THROUGH THE PROCESS.
WE'VE CUT THAT DOWN TO TWO WEEKS.
AND SO, UM, FROM THE TIME YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, IF IT IS COMPLETE, YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A CHECK WITHIN 10 TO 14 DAYS.
UM, SO, UM, WE KEEP MORE, NO MORE THAN TWO WEEKS OF A BACKLOG IN OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT 1500 TO 1600, UM, APPLICATIONS IN THE SYSTEM IN ANY ONE TIME.
BUT WE'RE ABLE TO GET THOSE OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
AND, UH, IS THE GOAL TO STAY AT TWO WEEKS, OR IS THE GOAL TO SHAVE OFF MORE TIME TOO? RIGHT, BECAUSE TWO WEEKS IS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR ME.
IF, IF WE GET A COMPLETE APPLICATION THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY FOLLOW UP INFORMATION, IT COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO 10 DAYS TO GET THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO BECAUSE WE, IT'S JUST A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE RESERVING ABOUT THREE TO FOUR DAYS, UM, AS FOLLOW UP JUST TO MAKE SURE, SURE.
THAT WE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS WE NEED.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AUDIT PROOF AND WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE FEDERAL RULES, UM, AND REQUIRES A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION.
AND THEN IN THIS SLIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS THAT WE'VE EXPENDED 33.4 MILLION OUT OF THE 38 MILLION WE, WE COMMITTED.
I MEAN, JUST DOING SIMPLE MATH AND WE GOT 5 MILLION LEFT
WHAT THAT SLIDE MEANS IS WE'VE EXPENDED 33.4 MILLION OUT OF THE 50.3 MILLION AND OKAY.
IF THOSE IN THE, IN PROGRESS, IF THOSE 1600 WERE TO GET APPROVED, THEN WE WOULD'VE COMMITTED 38 MILLION.
THOSE, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE LONG AWAITED BUDGET UPDATE.
UH, CRAIG, I, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS VERY, UH, HELPFUL IN A LOT MORE DETAIL.
AND BRIAN SPENT SOME TIME, UH, BRIEFING MY TEAM, SO I WANTED TO THANK HIM, UH, FOR THAT.
UM, I THINK THE TOOL SOUNDS GREAT.
UH, I THINK PART OF THE CHALLENGE WILL BE DRIVING THE TRAFFIC TO THAT, UH, TO THAT PORTAL SO THAT WE GET THE, THE MOST USE OUT OF IT.
SO THAT'LL SOMETHING WE CAN WORRY ABOUT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL, UH, PROGRAM, UH, LORI, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GET, UH, THE NUMBER OF EVICTIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING BY, BY DISTRICT OR BY BY AREA? AND, UH, I, I REMEMBER STAFF SAYING THAT WE WOULD HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY AT THE EVICTION HEARINGS.
UM, AND HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO STAFF ALL THE EVICTIONS? AND HAS, WHAT'S THE OUTCOME BEEN AS, AS A RESULT OF OUR, OF OUR STAFF BEING THERE? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO US? YES, AND I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE EVICTIONS BY DISTRICT, AND THEN WE ARE STAFFING THE EVICTION COURTS.
WE'RE IN ALL FOUR PRECINCTS, THE FIVE COURTS, PRECINCT, S TWO COURTS, AND WE HAVE STAFF THERE IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE INTERVENTIONS FOR 109 OF THE CASES AND PROVIDE THEM ASSISTANCE.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON ANOTHER 100.
UM, A LOT OF THE COURTS, UM, STOPPED HEARING CASES SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WHEN WE HAD THE SECOND, UM, INCREASE IN OUR, IN OUR NUMBERS.
UM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO START HEARING CASES AGAIN, BUT I CAN GET YOU THE ACTUAL NUMBERS BY DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THE 109 INTERVENTIONS, AND ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH? LIKE, IS THAT ABOUT HALF OR A SMALL, A SMALL
A LOT OF THE HEARINGS THAT WERE SCHEDULED WERE FROM ACTUALLY LIKE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, SO PRE PANDEMIC.
AND, UM, SO A LOT OF THE HEARINGS THAT HAVE THE EVICTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEIR HEARING HASN'T EVEN BEEN SCHEDULED YET.
WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COURTS WHERE THEY GAVE US THE DOCKET AND WE WERE ABLE TO PROACTIVELY MAIL SOMETHING TO THAT DEFENDANT TO GIVE THEM INFORMATION ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
AND SO I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY HAVE ACTUALLY CALLED US AS A RESULT OF THOSE MAILOUTS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN I, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DOOR TO DOOR OUTREACH THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AS, UH, IN THAT PILLAR AND, UM, THE STAFF MENTIONED THAT THERE WOULD BE A CONNECTION TO SERVICES INCLUDING HEALTH INSURANCE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF, UH, YOU
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COULD ALSO PROVIDE SOME LEVEL OF REPORT OF HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT WAS, OR THAT IS.I THINK IT, IS IT STILL ONGOING RIGHT NOW? YES, IT'S ONGOING.
THE PLAN IS TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO OVER 30,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
WE'RE FOCUSING ON AREAS WITH HIGH EQUITY SCORES, BUT WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON WHAT'S BEING PROVIDED.
AND, AND I, UH, FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED IT, BUT THERE WAS TALK ABOUT HAVING A, A BOOKLET WITH ALL THE, UH, COVID RESOURCES THAT WERE BEING OFFERED, LIKE A BROCHURE.
AND IF I MISSED THAT, I'M SORRY, BUT COULD YOU RESEND IT? UM, I THINK ERIC HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT AT THE, AT THE BUDGET RETREAT COUNCIL.
I THINK WE SENT THAT TO THE COUNCIL, UH, RIGHT AFTER THE BUDGET RETREAT, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL RESUBMIT THAT TO EVERYONE.
AND, UM, I, I WANNA ALSO, UH, VISIT THE, THE HEALTH BUDGET, UH, THE HEALTH RESPONSE BUDGET.
AND, UM, LIKE COUNCILMAN COURAGE, I WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED TO SEE THAT IT, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF DOLLAR ACTIVITY ON IT.
UH, BUT I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT NOT ALL THE EXPENSES HAVE BEEN ENTERED.
UM, I'M WONDERING WHEN WE WILL, WHEN WILL WE SEE ALL OF THAT? YOU KNOW, THE MOST RECENT STUFF IN THERE, BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE $2.4 MILLION HAS BEEN SPENT OUT OF 39.
SO IT AT, ARE WE BASICALLY LOOKING UNTIL MID-SEPTEMBER UNTIL WE REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, COUNCILWOMAN? UM, THIS IS MANIA.
WE PLAN TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL MONTHLY REPORTS.
SO WE, AS WE CLOSE THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER WITH, UH, ACTUAL EXPENSES THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST, AND THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
WE TYPICALLY CLOSE OUR BOOKS BY THE 10 OR THE 11TH.
UM, SO AT THAT POINT, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, UM, UPDATED NUMBERS FOR THE EXPENSES THAT HAVE INCURRED, UM, THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.
IT'S, IT'S SURPRISING TO ONLY SEE $2.4 MILLION EXPENDED GIVEN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE, BASICALLY THAT I THINK STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON CORONA NONSTOP SINCE, SINCE MARCH.
SO I, I'M JUST REALLY CONFUSED AT WHY THAT NUMBER IS THERE, AND IF IT'S THAT ACTUAL REFLECTION, IF THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SPENT FROM MARCH TO JULY, THEN I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DRAW DOWN THE $37 MILLION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
IS THERE, UH, LIKE A MONTH TO MONTH PLAN FOR THAT? 'CAUSE IT, AT THIS RATE, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT LEFT OVER.
DO YOU HAVE A MONTH TO MONTH PLAN, MARIA? WE DO COUNCILWOMAN AND, UM, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALSO KIND OF FLUCTUATES WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT, THAT WE HAVE WITH THE STATE IN TERMS OF, UH, TESTS BEING PROVIDED BY THE STATE AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING THERE.
AS, YOU KNOW, THERE'VE BEEN DAYS THAT WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF, UH, TESTS HAPPENING, AND, UH, AND THERE'S SOME DAYS THAT THE DEMAND IS NOT AS HIGH.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT VARIES, BUT WE DO HAVE PLAN AMOUNTS THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE REPORT FOR THE NEXT MONTH.
LET, LET ME, LET ME REEMPHASIZE SOMETHING MARIA JUST SAID.
AND I, AND, AND YOU PROBABLY YOU AND THE REST OF THE CHECK COMMITTEE PROBABLY KNOW OF, OF A GREATER LEVEL OF DETAIL, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT 23 MILLION OF THAT, OF THAT NUMBER THAT'S LEFT TO BE SPENT IS, UM, ALLOCATED FOR TESTING.
AND, AND WHILE, WHEN, WHEN WE WENT INTO, AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED THIS PROGRAM, THE CITY HAD BEEN PAYING FOR THE COMMUNITY TESTS FREE OF CHARGE AT THE FREEMAN AND OUR OTHER SITES.
AND DURING THE SUMMER, THE STATE STARTED PROVIDING THOSE TESTS, THOSE TESTS FOR US FREE.
I MEAN, THE STATE IS PAYING FOR OUT OF THEIR OWN CORONA RELIEF FUNDS.
OUR ASSUMPTION WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE PROJECTING FORWARD, IS THAT AT SOME POINT THE STATE'S GOING TO HAVE US CONTINUE TO PICK THAT EXPENSE BACK UP.
BEST CASE SCENARIO, BEST CASE SCENARIO, THE STATE CONTINUES.
AND THAT PROVIDES US A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT BUDGET.
THE, THE SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY IS, FRANKLY, UNDER CASE INVESTIGATIONS, WHICH IS DR.
BRIDGER KIND OF LAID OUT IN HER PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE, WE, WE BEEFED UP IN TERMS OF EXPENSES IN THE MONTH OF JULY.
SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IF, IF WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE STATE AND THEY PROVIDE THAT TESTING, THEN THAT GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL CUSHION.
THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IF WE, UH, THAT, THAT PROBABLY ALLOWS SOME MOVEMENT EITHER WITHIN THAT HEALTH PLAN OR HEALTH BUDGET OR IN OTHER AREAS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NEED IS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG CRITICAL PIECE OF THAT.
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A POSSIBLE BACK TO SCHOOL WAVE, A POSSIBLE, UH, FLU SEASON COMBINATION WITH A CORONAVIRUS AND A POSSIBLE SECOND WAVE? AND IS THAT MONEY GOING TO COME FROM, FROM THIS BUDGET OR FROM A DIFFERENT BUDGET? BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THAT LAID OUT, UH, SO THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, EASE MY, UH, EASE MY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAB.
UM, MARIA, WHILE BACK, I ASKED FOR A DASHBOARD REFLECTING THE EXPENSES AND BALANCES.
UM, IS THAT IN THE WORKS? YES.
COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION IS WORKING ON, ON DEVELOPING THAT DASHBOARD.
SO OUR PLAN IS TO PROVIDE IT TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE NEXT MONTHLY REPORT THAT WILL BE, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, UH, THE REASON I I ASK IS BECAUSE THE, THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT SIX HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT TYPE OF ACCOUNTING, SO I'M GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM THE ANSWERS TO HOW MUCH FUNDING IS, IS LEFT IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
UH, COUNCIL, JUST IN THE MEANTIME, THE, THE REPORT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT WE SENT OUT TO THE COUNCIL THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, WE'LL MAKE SURE THIS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT.
IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS IN IT AND, AND ISN'T AS PRETTY AS A, AS A DASHBOARD, BUT, BUT IT DOES HAVE THE TYPE OF DETAIL THAT YOU CAN POINT TO AS TO GREAT.
UH, THANK YOU, UM, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
SO LET ME JUST START BY ASKING, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE HOMELESS TWO WEEKS.
AND I, I GUESS THAT QUESTION PROBABLY WILL GO TO LORI, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS UNLIKE, UH, I MEAN I'VE EVER SEEN IN SAN ANTONIO AND IN MY WHOLE TIME OF LIVING HERE.
WHAT, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO REDIRECT MORE FUNDS TO HOMELESSNESS? ERIC, DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THE REDIRECTION OF FUNDS QUESTION? WELL, GENERALLY YES.
COUNCILWOMAN, THE, THE COUNCIL CAN, CAN YOU, YOU, THE COUNCIL SET THE AMOUNTS BY PILLAR AND THE COUNCIL CAN MOVE ITEMS BEFORE THE PILLAR.
AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF LAURA, LORI OR COLLEEN, IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH HOMELESS AND WHAT THE CURRENT PLAN IS.
AND I MEAN, I KNOW THAT, UM, I, I'VE BEEN ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO, UH, MELODY AND, AND, UM, UH, COLLEEN ABOUT, UM, WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN OVERWHELMING SITUATION.
UH, I MEAN, AND I KNOW I'M SEEING IT VERY STRONGLY IN MY DISTRICT, AND I SUSPECT OTHERS ARE AS WELL.
UH, BUT WITH THE RESPONSE THAT WE NEEDED TO LEAVE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, UH, I'M AFRAID THAT IT IS BECOMING A, AN OVERWHELMING SITUATION.
YEAH, COUNCILMAN, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GONNA WEIGH IN WITH, IS, UM, UNTIL WE CAN GET THAT POSITIVITY RATE DOWN BELOW 5%, THE GUIDANCE FROM THE C D C IS STILL TO LEAVE THE ENCAMPMENTS ALONE AND NOT, UM, HAVE PEOPLE BACK INTO THE SHELTERS BECAUSE THEY COULD BRING C O V I D INTO THE SHELTERS.
UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH CENTRO, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER, UM, PARTNERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT CAN WE HAVE SOME SOME DAY LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO SO THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST HANGING OUT ON THE STREET.
UM, BUT IT, IT'S A REALLY TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH, WITH HOMELESS, GIVEN THAT COVID IS STACKED ON TOP OF THAT.
UH, UH, SO I MEAN, I, I, I GUESS I, I, UM, AS WE ARE SORT OF EVOLVING IN, UM, UH, UM, THE CRISIS, AND I MEAN, I, I, I, UH, WE KNOW THAT CARES MONEY CAN BE USED, UM, TO, TO PAY FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
WE COULD BUY HOTELS OR WE COULD RENT MORE ROOMS. AND, UH, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN OPTION, UH, FOR US.
UM, AND, AND I SUSPECT OTHER CITIES ARE SEEING A SIMILAR SITUATION, UH, WITH THE, I MEAN, I, I, I'M NOT SURE, UM, SINCE WE DON'T GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT, UM, I, I, I, I FEEL THAT THE CURRENT RESPONSE IS NOT
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SUFFICIENT.AND, AND SO AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THIS CARES FUNDING, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT THE CONSTITUENTS, UM, ARE WANTING TO, UH, I BELIEVE ARE, ARE, ARE STILL SEEING THIS OVERWHELMING HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM.
AND SO THEN IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
UM, SO I, I, I, I WOULD ASK THAT WE, UH, FIND A WAY TO REDIRECT SOME, UM, DOLLARS TO THE HOMELESS SITUATION, UM, THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
AND I SUSPECT IF I'M SEEING IT IN MY COMMUNITY, OTHERS ARE SEEING IT TOO.
UM, SO I, I, UM, PERHAPS AS WE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, ERIC, AS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, UM, AND, AND, UH, UM, I FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST THAT IT'S NOT A, UM, SUFFICIENT RESPONSE.
UH, SO I, I, I WANNA SAY, UM, THAT, BUT I, I, I DON'T WANNA RUN OUTTA TIME BECAUSE I DID HAVE TWO OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO ERIC, IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT WHEN I'M FINISHED WITH MY QUESTIONS.
BUT, UH, I, I DO WANNA GET TO SOME QUESTIONS THAT RE RELATED TO THE IT, UM, UH, BECAUSE I DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE IT STUFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF I, BECAUSE I'M NOT ON THE OTHER COMMITTEES, I'VE MISSED IT, BUT, UM, REGARDING THE, UM, THE THREE PILOT AREAS THAT ARE ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE, UM, UH, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GOOGLE FIBER THAT WAS THERE AT WEST END, DID THAT JUST FALL APART ALTOGETHER? UH, I, I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY COUNCILWOMAN ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE GOOGLE FIBER, BUT
AND THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S WHERE THE BIG FIGHT WAS WITH THE, UM, THE HUTT, UH, AND THAT WE AGREED TO ALLOW ONE OF THE HUTS TO GO INTO THE PARK, AND THAT WAS WESTON PARK.
SO PART OF WHAT I SAID BEFORE IS IF THERE'S EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, LIKE GOOGLE FIBER, UH, WE ARE TALKING WITH THE PROVIDERS ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LEASE THAT FROM THOSE PROVIDERS, AND THAT'S EXPENSIVE TO DO AT TIMES, BUT THAT IS PART OF OUR HOW TO REUSE WHAT'S IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND, UM, AND THEN REGARDING THE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE OTHER TWO, UM, UH, WITH PROSPECT HILL AND, UM, UH, IT WAS PROSPECT HILL WEST END AND OH, THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE.
UH, AND SO YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GONNA RUN A PILOT THERE, BUT WHAT WOULD SUCCESS LOOK LIKE IN THAT PILOT? SO SUCCESS WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD MAKE A WIRELESS PRIVATE L D E FOR THE SS A I SS D SCHOOL DISTRICT AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT TO THAT AND LOG INTO THEIR SCHOOL NETWORK.
AND THAT'S ABOUT 600 STUDENTS, WE BELIEVE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THE TEST IN THOSE THREE NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UH, UH, I MEAN, THE PILOT IS TO TRY IT THERE, AND IF IT WORKS, THEN YOU EXPAND IT.
THE IF ONCE THOSE THREE
THE INTENT THEN IS TO TAKE THAT TECHNOLOGY TO THE REMAINING 47 NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, AND I GUESS THEN, UM, MY LAST QUESTION ABOUT THAT, THERE WAS ALSO AN INITIATIVE, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK WHEN JULIAN WAS, UH, HUD SECRETARY TO BRING, UM, ALSO WIFI TO ALL OF THE PUBLIC HOUSING.
UM, AND I WAS THERE AT SAN JUAN WHEN THEY DID A BIG, UM, YOU KNOW, UNVEILING.
DID THAT NOT WORK OUT OR, UH, WHAT WAS THE, UH, WE ARE TALKING WITH, UH, BAJA ABOUT INDIVIDUAL FACILITIES.
THEY, THEY HAVE A PROGRAM GOING ON WITH THEIR WHOLE FACILITIES, BUT WHERE THEIR FACILITIES OVERLAP, THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH WE HAVE FOUND ALREADY, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR, WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURE TO HELP THEM AS WELL.
UM, AND, AND I'LL, I'LL WRAP IT UP, MAYOR, BUT ALMOST ALL OF THE WESTIN NEIGHBORHOOD IS PART OF LINCOLN COURTS, LINCOLN PUBLIC HOUSING, ALMOST THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS, IS JUST THAT.
SO, UM, WHILE I, I'M, I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE KIDS THAT ARE LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING.
UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE, UM, THE KIDS THAT ARE AT LINCOLN ARE ALREADY COVERED BY THE SAHA PROGRAM, UH, AND THEN YOU WON'T HAVE AS MANY STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT, IF, IF IN FACT THEY ARE, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS WAS, BUT I KNOW THAT WAS HIS BIG INITIATIVE AS HUS SECRETARY WAS TO BRING WIFI TO ALL OF PUBLIC HOUSING.
BUT ERIC, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADDRESS, UH, MY OTHER QUESTION, UM, BEFORE YOU MOVE ON.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN.
SO WHILE JOHN'S PULLING THAT UP, THAT WAS, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KINDA RECAP THAT, THAT THAT, UH, THAT SLIDE
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THAT SHOWS THAT THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM HAS GOT $17 MILLION, ALMOST $17 MILLION IN, UM, FUNDING FOR, UM, UM, HOMELESS SERVICES TO INCLUDE THE, UH, EXPANDING THE EMERGENCY BED CAPACITY AND EXTENDING HOTEL LEASES THROUGH DECEMBER, 2020 FOR THE REST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE, THE HOMELESS OUTREACH EFFORT THAT THE PORTION THAT WAS INITIALLY, INITIALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS ADDING ADDITIONAL LOCAL DOLLARS ON TO EXPAND THAT OUTREACH.
IT WAS THE, IT WAS THE PILOT THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND D H S, UH, WORKED ON, UH, WITH THE ARLAY OF LAKE UNIVERSITY IN THE DELL VIEW AREA.
WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT WITH LOCAL DOLLARS.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, AND, AND SOMETIMES THIS IS OVERLOOKED AS WE TALK ABOUT HOUSING SECURITY, UM, SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO DO, UM, A RAPID REHOUSING FOR AN ESTIMATED 400, UH, HOUSEHOLDS THAT NEED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN UP TO TWO YEARS WORTH OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
SO WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IN THE CARE CARES PROGRAM.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S BEING ADDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND, AND I'M SURE WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, ABOUT, UM, UH, HOMELESS NEEDS AS WE DO THE, THE D H S BUDGET LATER ON.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT TO YOU AS WELL, COUNCILWOMAN AND, AND, UH, WE, WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY, AND WE THINK THAT OUTREACH EFFORT, UM, MAY BE TAKEN A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT, UH, PROVIDES THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED.
UM, ALSO ON THE, UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, SECRETARY CASTRO'S CONNECT HOME PROGRAM, IT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MODIFIED BY SECRETARY CARSON AND I DON'T THINK REACHES THE SAME MISSION, UM, THAT IT USED TO.
SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, ROSA GARCIA, THANK YOU MAYOR.
BRIDGER AND CHIEF AND, UM, MARIA AND ERIC FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I WANNA START OFF BY SAYING THAT I HAD A GREAT VISIT WITH COUNCILMAN VIA TO THE ALAMO DOME LAST FRIDAY, AND SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT THE ENTIRE STAFF, UM, IS DOING.
AND SO I, UH, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND, UM, I EVEN THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A HEROES WHILE THAT THEY COULD AUTOGRAPH BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE ALAMO DOME.
UM, BUT, UH, UH, CARRYING ON WITH, WITH, UH, THE CONVERSATION HERE, I DO WANNA ALSO THANK, UM, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE, THE VIDEO THAT Y'ALL PUT TOGETHER, UH, THAT ERIC SENT OUT LAST NIGHT WAS WONDERFUL.
UM, I APPRECIATED, UH, HOW YOU ALL HAD A BLUE TEAM TO FOCUS ON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT WAS HAPPENING, SO THANK YOU.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I WAS WONDERING, UH, KIND OF, UH, ON SLIDE 27, THERE'S 502 SAMPLES, UM, THAT CAME BACK AND THEY WERE ALL NEGATIVE.
AND I'M WONDERING, WAS THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING, UH, TO DO MAYBE WITH THE SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE EXAMS OR, UM, HAVE WE HEARD ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT THOSE EXAMS BEING FAULTY OR ANYTHING IN GENERAL? THE TESTS THEMSELVES? NO, MA'AM.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY RELIABLE TESTS.
UM, AND THE SELF-ADMINISTERED TESTS HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AND SO THEY ARE AS ACCURATE, UM, AS THE, THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF ADMINISTERED TESTS.
FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE HOUSES WE WENT TO, PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION.
I WAS JUST, UH, I, AND I ASKED ERIC SOMETHING SIMILAR LAST NIGHT, AND THEN AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT, I SAID, WELL, MAYBE, UM, SO I WENT TO ASK THAT QUESTION ON SLIDE 33.
IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY MY LEAST FAVORITE SLIDE THAT I'VE EVER SEEN, BECAUSE DISTRICT FOUR IS, UM, DEAD LAST, AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PERRY FOR, UM, NOTING THAT, UH, DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE WERE, UM, A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
AND SO I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT I WENT FOR THE GREATER GOOD, MY COLLEAGUES TO REALIZE THAT, UM, I WASN'T AWARE, AND I DON'T THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES ON ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, UH, WERE AWARE THAT THE DOOR TO DOOR, IF YOU WILL, FOR BUSINESSES STOPPED HAPPENING.
AND SO THAT COULD HAVE HAD, UM, SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LOW RESPONSE RIGHT THERE.
SO, UM, I, I KNOW THAT IT WAS BECAUSE COVID CASES INCREASED, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND NOT WANTING TO SEND PEOPLE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT IF POSSIBLE, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAYBE AS A COUNCIL DISTRICT ASSIST IN MAKING SOME CALLS TO THE SMALL BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, WE KNOW HOW SOME OF THEM ARE SUFFERING, ET CETERA.
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THAT SLIDE.UM, CRAIG, UM, I WAS WONDERING, DO WE HAVE ANY MONEY ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE, UH, FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE ELDERLY AND MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY OR EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY? I KNOW THERE'S A, UM, CONVERSATION THAT I'VE HAD WITH OATS AND I'M ALLOCATING A PORTION OF MY C C P F FUNDS TO A PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE TO TEACH, UH, FOLKS THAT ARE OLDER, UH, TO, UH, USE A COMPUTER AND, AND BE ABLE TO ACCESS RESOURCES.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING INCLUDED ANYWHERE IN OUR PLANS FOR THAT? NO, MA'AM.
THIS 27 MILLION, NONE OF THIS IS ALLOCATED TO OAKS AND THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT BRIAN DILLARD AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING WITH OS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE MATCHING THEM UP WITH OTHER NONPROFITS TO HELP FUND THEM AS WELL.
BUT THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR DOING THAT.
AND I WAS ON A, A CALL THE OTHER DAY OR ON A PANEL WITH, UM, UH, BRIAN DI I THINK HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF, UM, THE RESIDENTS SUB DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, ALSO, AND, AND COUNCILMAN HAVER HAD MENTIONED THIS EARLIER TODAY, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT I STILL DON'T SEE, AND MAYBE IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL BREAKDOWN.
I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES.
AS YOU KNOW, ONE AND EVERY SEVEN, UM, PERSONS IN SAN ANTONIO HAS A DISABILITY.
IN MY DISTRICT, IT'S ONE AND EVERY FOUR.
SO I'M PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO HOW WE ARE SERVING, UM, THE DISABLED, UH, UH, COMMUNITY IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, NOT THAT ANYBODY HAS TO ANSWER NOW, BUT I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING THAT'S JUST DELIBERATE EVEN FROM THE FIRST, UM, PLAN THAT I SAW.
SO I, I, I JUST WANNA BE, YOU KNOW, VERY CAREFUL THAT, THAT WE DON'T FORGET THAT.
UM, ON THE BUDGET, MARIA, I WAS WONDERING, OH, ACTUALLY THIS MIGHT BE A TAG TEAM WITH CRAIG AND MARIA.
UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT, SO, SO THINKING ABOUT A BURN RATE, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UM, AND IT ALONE, I ANTICIPATE THAT JUST LOOKING AT THE SETUP IN THE ALAMO DOME, THOSE WERE ALL NEW COMPUTERS ACCORDING TO DR.
AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT DROPPING ALL THE LINES, ET CETERA, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG CHUNK OF CHANGE THAT'S TAKEN FROM THAT BUDGET.
AM I CORRECT IN THERE, CRAIG? 'CAUSE IT, IT HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR YET.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THE ACCOUNTED FOR PART, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT YES, WE PAY THIRD PARTY TO COME IN AND WIRE FACILITIES LIKE THAT, AND, BUT WE ARE ABLE TO REPURPOSE A LOT OF COMPUTERS.
THERE ARE NEW COMPUTERS IN THERE, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO SHIFT A LOT OF COMPUTERS IN THE FLEET SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY NEW EVERY TIME AS WELL.
UM, ON PAGE SEVEN, MARIA, CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT I, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THIS IS, BUT, UH, THERE'S A LINE ITEM FOR FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT INITIATIVE DOES? SURE.
COUNCILWOMAN, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK LORI HOUSTON TO HELP ME WITH THAT.
THAT IS PART OF THE HOUSING SECURITY.
I THINK THAT'S THE F I A INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A CASH, UM, PROVIDED TO FAMILIES THAT QUALIFIED.
BRIDGER OR, OR LAURA CAN ELABORATE.
SO F Y I WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE POVERTY REPORT AND, UM, THEY ARE A NONPROFIT THAT WE PARTNERED WITH TO HELP US WITH OUR CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND SO THOSE $4 MILLION IN THE HOUSING SECURITY PILLAR, THAT HELPS WITH FINANCIAL COUNSELING.
AND OUR STAFF WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY ABOUT 3,900, UM, HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A CASH GRANT OF UP TO $500.
AND IT'S SEPARATE FROM THAT PROGRAM.
THEY DO AN UP TOGETHER PROGRAM WHERE WE IDENTIFY THOUSAND PARTICIPANTS AND PUT THEM INTO PROGRAM, AND THEY RECEIVE UP TO $5,000 OVER TWO YEARS, AND THEY GET FINANCIAL COUNSELING STRENGTH IN THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO BECOME FINANCIALLY STABLE.
IS THAT THE FINANCE EMPOWERMENT GRANT? Y NO, THAT IS SEPARATE.
THE FFY I IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE SEPARATE.
IT'S A, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
SO THEN IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE, UM, FINANCE EMPOWERMENT GRANT, AND THEN IN CLOSING, I JUST, UM, AND, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO ERIC IN MY CALL, UM, YESTERDAY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE BACK TO SCHOOL.
I AM NOT AN MD SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF EQUIPMENT IS USED ON KIDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF VENTILATORS HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT KIND OF SUPPLIES WE WILL NEED IF WE NEEDED TO TREAT AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN PEDIATRIC CARE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAYBE DR.
BRIDGE, IF YOU COULD CIRCLE BACK WITH ME OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR STAFF, HELP ME UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE HAD AN INCREASE IN PEDIATRIC CASES AS FAR AS SUPPLIES.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHE GARCIA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.
UH, EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME? YES.
UH, TO MY COLLEAGUE, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
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UM, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED.I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, I'LL START WITH DIGITAL INCLUSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, CRAIG AND TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, THOSE WHO'VE BEEN PART OF IT, UH, SOUTH SIDE I S D HAS REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.
AS, YOU KNOW, SOUTH SIDE I S D ENCOMPASSES, UH, THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, UM, SOUTHERN OUTSIDE OF FOUR 10, AND ALSO VERY RURAL AND NEAR THE COUNTY LINE.
SO THEY ARE STILL IN NEED OF, UM, ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 250 HOTSPOTS AS WELL AS JUST THE TOOLS CHROMEBOOKS.
SO I'M NOT SURE, CRAIG, IF YOUR TEAM REACHED OUT TO, TO THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN PARTICULAR.
I KNOW THEY REALLY JUST HAVE TWO SCHOOLS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT DID YOU ALL REACH OUT TO THAT? I SS D I THINK INITIALLY MA'AM, BUT WE CAN REACH BACK.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, MARK AT THE COUNTY AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS, SO WE ARE GLAD WE WILL REACH BACK TO THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN HELP THEM.
I KNOW THEIR SUPERINTENDENT IS BRAND NEW.
I THINK HE'S JUST THERE FOR TWO MONTHS.
SO ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE I THINK WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AND APPRECIATED TO ALL THE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THEN I THINK I WANNA BRING CHIEF HOOD BACK INTO THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE NOBODY'S ASKED HIM ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
A CHIEF, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE M I H I KNOW IN THE CHECK, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING WE HAD ON FRIDAY, ONE OF THE, WE, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE STATE HAS TAKEN OVER SOME OF THE, THE, UM, WALKUP TESTING.
SO MY QUESTION WAS HOW IS THE M I H DOING WITH THEIR, UM, AT HOME VISITS, IS THAT STILL PRETTY STEADY THAT PEOPLE ARE CALLING IN FOR M I H TO GO OUT THERE AND DO TESTING, COVID TESTING AT THEIR PLACES? COUNCILWOMAN, I WAS FEELING KIND OF LONELY, SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME BACK IN.
UM, WE ARE ARE NOTICING A, A DECREASE IN TESTING ALL OVER THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE RECENTLY.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE A, UH, THE DEMAND ISN'T THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS HOME RIDDEN, UH, BARIATRIC TYPE OF A PERSON, WE WILL GO OUT THERE.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN AVERAGING VERY MANY OF THOSE CALLS AS OF LATE.
AND COUNSEL, THEN, IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, WE DO HAVE THAT AS A FOLLOW UP FROM FRIDAY'S CHECK MEETING.
SO YOU'LL GET A, A DETAILED RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION AND A FOLLOW UP MEMO.
AND THAT WAS, UH, SINCE YOU SAID THAT, COLLEEN, UH, ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT THE, UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POSITIVITY RATE, BUT MY QUESTION WAS TOO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ARE WE STILL SEEING THE SAME NUMBERS OF PEOPLE COMING TO GET TESTED AND WHY OR WHY NOT? WE ARE SEEING FEWER NUMBERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST AT THE FREE SITE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REFLECTION OF FEWER PEOPLE WHO ARE THINKING THEY MIGHT HAVE C OVID 19, BECAUSE AS YOU ARE SEEING THE NUMBER OF CASES IS FALLING QUITE PRECIPITOUSLY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
BUT OUR POSITIVE, BUT OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS STILL NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE.
NO, BUT IT IS FALLING, I MEAN, IT JULY, THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH, IT WAS OVER 25%.
SO IT IS BEEN REDUCED IN HALF, UM, IN THE LAST MONTH.
SO WE, WE ARE, WE ARE TRENDING QUICKLY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
UM, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU, UH, DR.
BRIDGER, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION ONE THING TO, UH, CARLOS AND THE E D D TEAM AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE CARES MONEY AND TO THAT, UH, SLIDE THAT, UH, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER VIR GARCIA AND I DO NOT LIKE VERY MUCH THE, UM, SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, UH, TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR FOCUS.
I KNOW THAT DISTRICT THREE DIDN'T HAVE THAT MANY APPLICATIONS, BUT THEY DID HAVE THE THIRD HIGHEST REQUEST AMOUNT FOR THAT.
AND I THINK WHEN WE DO FOCUS ON THE EQUITY, UM, OF THE DISTRIBUTION, I THINK THAT WILL COME WITH OUR EQUITABLE, UH, MONIES FOR THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED IT AND HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED IN THE PAST.
UM, WHICH I THINK IS WHY WE HAVE THAT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IT.
AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY, CARLOS, AND, UH, FOR MY COMMENTS THERE,
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UM, I DO WANNA JUST GIVE ONE RECOGNITION OF CONGRATULATIONS.WELL, AND THANKS TO, UM, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE TA SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER FOR, UM, PLASMA FOR PLASMA DONATIONS AND CONVALESCENT PLASMA, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AND THE ELIGIBLE GIVE AND THE $50 GIFT CARDS THAT THEY'RE GIVING OUT, JUST TO GET MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID TO GO AND DONATE THEIR PLASMA.
AND, UM, I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS SANDOVAL WITH ON THE NEED TO SEE THE TESTING DOLLARS IN CASE OF SCHOOL AND FLU OUTBREAKS THAT WE MAY SEE THAT WE CAN JUST SEE THAT LINE OF FUNDING FOR THE DOLLARS AND HOW LONG THAT WILL BE.
I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR FOCUS ON THAT.
AND UM, FINALLY, UH, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO GO AND DO THE TOUR AT THE ALAMO DOME, AND I DID SEE THOSE FAX MACHINES, DR.
AND I WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THE, THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN, UH, ERIC, I WAS ABLE TO SEE SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO WERE BROUGHT BACK ON, UH, FROM FURLOUGH TO WORK.
AND I THINK THE, TO SEE EVERYONE THERE, TO KNOW THE TEAMWORK THAT IS THERE, THAT THEY ARE WORKING IN SUCH A BIG ISSUE FOR THE SAFETY AND THE PROSPERITY OF OUR CITY WAS SO INCREDIBLE AND IT'S VERY APPRECIATED.
AND, UH, THANK YOU TO RITA ESPINOZA AND DR.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LET EVERYONE KNOW THE ALAMO DOME, THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THERE, UH, FOR THEM.
SO THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS.
WELL STATED, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
BRIDGER, UM, CHIEF HOOD AND, AND CRAIG, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
UM, LORI, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL CALLS AND SEVERAL EMAILS IN RESPONSE TO NOT ONLY EVICTIONS, UH, BUT TO ALSO CONCERNS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN IT COMES TO LANDLORDS THAT ARE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THEN ABLE TO GET THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE, UM, RISK MITIGATION.
AND SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE CONSTITUENTS IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, UM, I HAVE ONE FOR CHIEF HOOD, UH, CHIEF HOOD, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COHORTS, UH, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING AS FAR AS COMPLICATIONS NOW WITH THOSE COHORTS? ARE, WHAT COMPLAINTS ARE YOU HEARING NOW ABOUT THOSE COHORTS? I KNOW RIVER CITY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE, UH, MAJOR VOCAL POINTS, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE ARE WE NOW AS WE STAND WITH THAT, UH, PARTICULAR COHORT? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL.
KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR ME TO HEAR YOU, BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FROM RIVER CITY OR ANYONE IN THAT COMMUNITY? IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU ASKED? RIGHT.
SO I WANNA KNOW WHERE ARE WE NOW WITH OUR POSITIVE CASES WITH THOSE COHORTS, AND THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE STILL RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND SAFELY, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD SOME CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND JUST WANNA GET A, A UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM, TODAY RIVER CITY SITS WITH NINE, UH, RESIDENTS THERE.
WE HAD, UH, GONE UP TO PROBABLY CLOSE TO 70 AT ONE TIME.
AS FAR AS COVID PATIENTS OR RESIDENTS.
WE'RE DOWN TO NINE RIGHT NOW, SO THERE'S VERY LITTLE ACTIVITY AT THAT FACILITY.
WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS TO WHERE THEY GET SWEPT ONCE A WEEK.
UH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL GO IN IF WE'RE RECEIVING COMPLAINTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T NOTICED ANY COMPLAINTS LATELY.
UH, WE'VE HAD ZERO TRANSPORTS OUT OF THERE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
SO WE TRACK ALL OF OUR NURSING HOME TRANSPORTS IN THE REGION.
WE ONLY HAD FIVE YESTERDAY, SO, UM, I THINK HAVING THE OTHER TWO COHORT FACILITIES,
I THINK IF, UH, IF MYSELF OR COLLEEN OR ERIC OR THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TEND TO GET THOSE COMPLAINTS, THEY COME UP TO US OR THEY PERCOLATE UP.
WE REALLY HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYTHING RECENTLY.
UM, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE, I GUESS THIS IS FOR DR.
BRIDGER, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, DUPLICATE TESTING OR WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE SPIKES IN THE TESTING THAT WE'VE HAD,
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HAVE WE SEEN ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY TESTED POSITIVE WITHIN THOSE DUPLICATES OR COMING BACK, UM, DURING THAT SPIKE THAT WE'VE HAD? NO, NO REPEAT INFECTION.AND THEN AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT INFANTS THAT HAVE STARTED TESTING POSITIVE.
DO WE KNOW IF THOSE INFANT, UH, POSITIVITY TESTS HAVE BEEN, UM, MOTHER TO CHILD TRANS TRANSMISSION OR, UH, HAVE THEY DETERMINED HOW THE INFANTS HAVE BEEN, UM, ACQUIRING THE C OVID 19? UH, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE SO FEW INFANTS WHO ARE TESTING POSITIVE.
UM, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT AND GET YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS.
UM, AND I, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I'VE ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, BUT I WANNA ASK AGAIN BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE NOW THAT WE'RE DOING THIS DIFFERENT FORM OF, OF DATA ACQUIRING, UM, A LOT OF THE TESTS THAT WERE ON, UM, DECEASED INDIVIDUALS ARE NOW COMING BACK IN AS WELL.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS FAR AS, UM, THROUGH THE MORTUARY OR MEDICAL EXAMINING FIELDS, UM, HOW THAT'S BEING TRANSFERRED AND RELATED, UH, TO THE, THE TESTING THAT WE SEE WITHIN THE DATA? SO ARE YOU ASKING IF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS DOING, UM, TESTING FOR COVID AS PART OF HER WORK? YES, MA'AM.
UM, SO YES, THAT, THAT, UM, CONTINUES.
UM, MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IS TESTING PEOPLE WITH AN UNKNOWN CAUSE OF DEATH FOR COVID TO SEE IF COVID COULD BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY SOMEBODY, UM, DIED.
UM, CARLOS, ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
ON SLIDE 27, UM, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT SUBSIDIZED ON THE JOB TRAINING WITH LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS EMPLOYERS AT 10%, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, SO WE ARE BUDGETING AND PROPOSING TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, ON THE JOB TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO PAID ON JOB TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO TEAM UP WITH A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, 500 EMPLOYEES OR LESS.
SO THEY CAN RECEIVE, UM, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, UH, AND TRAINING AND FOR THE FUNDING TO, TO BE PAID FOR IN THE FORM OF A STIPEND, UH, TO THEM FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS.
UH, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY TAKE A JOB WITH THOSE SAME BUSINESSES OR CERTAINLY IN THE, UM, THE TYPE OF FIELD THAT THOSE BUSINESS REPRESENT.
SO WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, WHO ARE WILLING TO TAKE ON INDIVIDUALS DO THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE EQUITY MATRIX, UM, MODEL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FUNDING, UM, THROUGH THE NONPROFIT GRANTS.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK SAGE AT THIS TIME FOR, UM, HELPING US TO GET THE APPLICATIONS IN, UH, AND THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS.
I KNOW YOU SAID THAT SOME OF THEM WERE DETERMINED, UM, AND ELIGIBLE.
UH, BUT WHAT FORM OR HOW MANY DO WE KNOW OF SO FAR THAT WERE ALREADY PREVIOUSLY FUNDED? WERE THEY ALREADY INCLUDED IN THAT INELIGIBLE NUMBER? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE KIND OF FUNDING COUNCIL MEMBER.
UH, SOME OF THOSE THAT RECEIVED FUNDING THAT, UM, LIKE THE FEDERAL P V P OR SMALL
THEY'LL JUST GET SCORED ACCORDING.
THEIR SCORING WILL BE REFLECTED, UH, UH, BY THE FACT THAT THEY DID RECEIVE FUNDING AND OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE.
UH, IF THE BUSINESSES RECEIVED THE COUNTY CORONAVIRUS FULLY FUNDING, THEN THEY WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO REACH AS MANY BUSINESSES AS WE CAN IN THE COMMUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, FANATIC, COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO.
UM, FIRST, UH, WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, 3 1 1 AND THE 3 1 1 SA APP? UH, I SEE THAT ON THE, ON THE FRONT, ON THE SPLASH PAGE.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE UPDATED IT BY INCLUDING THE CITY'S BUDGET SURVEY, UH, EVEN LAUNCHING A SELF SCREENING TOOL, BUT WE'VE NOT UPDATED THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES ON, ON THE APP.
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AND SO I, I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY REVISIT.UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO USE THIS APP.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO UPDATE THE CATEGORIES MORE OFTEN AND, UH, AND, AND REALLY TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW CAN WE UTILIZE THIS SYSTEM, UH, UH, FOR, FOR PEOPLE TO, TO, UH, PROVIDE US MORE INPUT, MORE, PROVIDE US MORE DATA, AND, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, 3 0 1 OPERATIONS ARE, ARE WE STILL DOING THREE, ONE OPERATIONS, UH, SEVEN TO SEVEN, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE ARE STILL GOING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
UH, WE'RE GOING FROM IN THE MORNING, UH, AT SEVEN TO SEVEN, AND ALSO ON THE WEEKENDS TILL FIVE.
SO AGAIN, I, I THINK, UH, LAST TIME WE TALKED, WE HAD, WE REQUESTED THAT MAYBE WE, WE TRY TO EXPAND THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT HAPPENS AFTER HOURS? THERE'S SOMEBODY TO ANSWER THAT.
THERE IS SOMEONE THAT CAN STILL TAKE CALLS UP TO 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.
UH, SO THERE IS SOMEONE THAT CAN, UH, PICK UP THE PHONE AND, AND IF, AND, AND IF, AND IF THERE'S NOBODY IS THERE LIKE AN ANSWERING SERVICE, THERE IS ALWAYS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE MESSAGES WHERE WE CAN PICK 'EM UP IN THE NEXT MORNING, AND THOSE ARE THE FIRST ONES THAT WE ADDRESS, UH, THAT ARE LEFT OVER.
UM, SO THE OTHER THING IS, UM, AND, AND I, THIS IS A, A A LONGER QUESTION.
THIS, I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THE QUESTION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CAN GET BACK TO ME LATER ON BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH ALL OF MY QUESTIONS HERE.
UM, BUT I, I'D LIKE STAFF TO, UM, TO, UH, PLEASE, PLEASE LIST ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED TO, TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, I THINK THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE, UM, PANDEMIC, UH, I, I THINK IT, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT, UH, MENTAL HEALTH IS, IS, UH, IS A, IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT.
UM, WHETHER YOU'RE A PERSON IN CRISIS, UH, UH, LIVING ON THE STREET, OR, UH, SOMEBODY WHO'S FACING AN EVICTION OR, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, AFRAID OF, OF BEING FURLOUGHED, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY IMPACTING US IN A, IN A MAJOR WAY.
AND I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING, UH, LISTING ALL OUR RESOURCES, I SHOULD SAY, REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, THIRD THING IS, UH, WE LISTED BRAIDED FUNDING AS PART OF OUR PILLARS.
AND, UM, AND, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
MY, MY CONCERN WITH, WITH THE WAY WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR OUR RISK MITIGATION.
THE CURRENT ALLOCATION IS, UH, IS IS STRICTLY FROM FEDERAL FUNDS, BUT AS OF AUGUST 3RD, THERE WAS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT, UH, $2 MILLION IN NON-FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THE ORIGINAL RISK MITIGATION FUND, UH, OF WHICH $413,685 IS AVAILABLE FOR CASH ASSISTANCE.
AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK THAT IF WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR PILLARS AND, AND WE, THIS WAS, THIS WAS THE ARGUMENT THEN WAS THAT, UH, THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, UH, REALLY RESTRICT US FROM, FROM HELPING, UH, THOSE WHO, WHO ARE NOT GETTING HELP, UH, FROM FEDERAL FUNDS OR FOR STATE DO FROM STATE DOLLARS, UH, AND WE'RE, IT, WE'RE THEIR LAST RESOURCE.
SO I, I, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, WE FOLLOW THAT PILLAR OF BRAIDED FUNDING AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW WE CAN MAYBE TALK ABOUT, UH, THE $67.3 MILLION, UH, FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS ALLOCATED TO, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR TO SEE, IS THERE A WAY WE CAN JUST BALANCE SOME OF THAT OUT TO, TO HELP THOSE IN NEED.
UH, IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UH, THERE WAS, THERE WAS, UH, PEOPLE LEGAL, UH, OUR RIGHT TO COUNSEL WAS EXPANDED, UH, TO INCLUDE FOLKS AT THE JP COURTS, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE IN A TIME OF, UH, IN THIS PANDEMIC WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND PROVIDE, UH, SAFE AVENUES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCESS ALL OUR RESOURCES AND SERVICES, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, WE CREATE THAT WE HAVE A CREATION OF, OF LEGAL KIOSKS, UH, 10 OF THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THEIR, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHERE THAT COULD BE LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, WHAT HAVE YOU, TO, TO INCREASE THAT ACCESS TO JUSTICE.
UM, I, I THINK WE'VE MADE THE CASE OF, OF MAKING THAT ACCESSIBLE AT THE COURTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
UH, TEXAS, RIO, RIO GRANDE LEGAL AID, UH, I THINK WOULD, WOULD, UH,
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WOULD BE, WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF, OF HAVING THEIR, THEIR ATTORNEYS, UH, BE AVAILABLE, UH, THROUGH A, THROUGH A LEGAL KIOSK SYSTEM THAT, THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SAFELY CONTACT, UH, UH, THEIR ATTORNEYS AND HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE THAT I THINK HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME, SOME SUPPORT AND HELP.THE LAST THING IS, UM, DO, DO YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THE PHASE TWO ON THE DIGITAL INCLUSION PILOT, WHERE WE'RE TEAMING UP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, TO CLOSE THAT DIVIDE? UM, THE, IT'S A GREAT STRATEGY.
UH, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN TALKING, UH, POSITIVELY WITH, WITH GOOGLE, AND AS COUNCILOR GONZALEZ MENTIONED, UH, THE HUTT THERE AT WEST END PARK WAS, WAS ACTUALLY A, A GREAT SUCCESS.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID ALL THE PITFALLS OF THE ONE, UH, OVER IN, IN, IN DISTRICT 10, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT HUTT, I THINK THAT, UH, IT, IT IS PROVIDING, UH, SOME LEVEL OF ACCESS.
AND, UH, GOOGLE HAS, I WANNA THANK THEM FOR, FOR DONATING $2,500 TO OUR BACK TO SCHOOL.
UH, AND THERE'S COMMUNITY FIRST THAT'S ALSO DONATING $10,000 TO, UH, GET US SOME HOTSPOTS, UH, IN, IN DISTRICT ONE.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS THOSE KINDS OF RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, TRY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, TO, TO HELP, UH, DURING THIS INCREDIBLE TIME IN NEED.
OKAY, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION, UH, AND, AND OBVIOUSLY A, A HARD STOP AGAIN AT FIVE.
SO JUST BEAR THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.
LEMME TURN OVER TO YOU, ERIC, UH, FOR THAT SECOND PRESENTATION.
UH, THE SECOND PRESENTATION, MARIA'S GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, IT COVERS SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THE, THE, UH, DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGETS.
UM, IF, IF, IF, AS WE, AS MARIA GOES TO THIS PRESENTATION, IT WON'T BE A LONG PRESENTATION.
IF THERE ARE, UM, AREAS OF THE CITY THAT, UH, OR DEPARTMENTS THAT AREN'T ON THE PUBLISHED WORK SESSION SCHEDULE THAT WE GAVE YOU LAST WEEK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, THEN, UM, THEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MARIE CAN TALK ABOUT, WE CAN PULL OUT AND ADD TO OUR FUTURE WORK SESSION SCHEDULE.
SO WITH THAT, MARIA, I HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
SO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS GONNA ELABORATE ON, ON REVENUES AS MENTIONED BY ERIC.
SO LET ME START JUST WITH THE OVERALL CD BUDGET.
UH, $2.9 BILLION IS OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, TODAY I'M GONNA FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS OUR LARGEST OPERATING, UH, FUND OF THE CITY.
AS WE HAVE SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS FOR THE REST OF THE, UH, BUDGET CYCLE, WE WILL BE PRESENTING RESTRICTED FUNDS AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, LET'S DIVE IN INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, WE, UM, HAVE, UH, FOUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES.
OUR, UH, PROPERTY TAX, UH, PAYMENT, OUR C P S SALES TAX AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT INCLUDES E M S, TRANSPORT FEES, UH, TRAFFIC FINES, LEAK BY THE DRINK AND USER FEES.
AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND IS INVESTED IN THE POLICE AND AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT 64.5%.
AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORTS IMPORTANT SERVICES SUCH AS STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, PARKS, LIBRARY, HUMAN SERVICES, AND, AND OTHER, UH, DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.
SO, ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE FOUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES AND THE GENERAL FUND COMPARING THE 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO OVERALL, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES ARE CLOSE TO $24 MILLION LOWER IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 COMPARED TO THE 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET.
YOU CAN SEE OUR SALES TAX, OUR C P S AND OUR OTHER REVENUES ARE, UH, LOWER THAN THAN LAST YEAR.
UH, PROPERTY TAX IS THE ONLY, UH, REVENUE SOURCE THAT IS, UM, HIGHER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO LET ME, LET ME START WITH PROPERTY TAX.
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS TABLE HERE PRESENTS A HISTORICAL VIEW OF PROPERTY TAX VALUE GROWTH, THE PERCENTAGE GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR, GOING BACK TO 2010, ALL THE WAY TO 2020, AND THEN OUR PROPOSED 2021.
SO YOU'LL SEE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE, OF THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE FROM 2010 TO 2013, WE SAW NEGATIVE GROWTH ON OUR BASE VALUES.
AND, AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS 'CAUSE WE WERE, UM, COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION, AND TYPICALLY PROPERTY TAXES LAG, UH, FROM A RECESSIONARY PERIOD OR AN ECONOMIC CONTRACTION MOVING FORWARD.
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UH, PROPERTY TAX VALUATION FOR EXISTING, UH, EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTIES FROM 2014 TO 2020, OUR NEW GROWTH, WHICH IS WHAT COMES TO THE, TO THE ROLE EVERY YEAR, UM, YOU SEE EVERY YEAR WE HAD, UH, AN INCREASE IN THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE HOUSING MARKET, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.SO FOR 2021, BASED ON THE, UH, CERTIFIED TAX ROLL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, THEIR APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE TOTAL GROWTH FOR, UH, OUR PROPERTY VALUES IN SAN ANTONIO IS 5%.
3.1 OF THAT IS THE BASE FOR EXISTING VALUE AND NEW GROWTH IS 1.9%.
AS YOU KNOW, WITH, UH, SSV TWO, THE LIMITS PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GROWTH BY 3.5%.
WHEN WE DO THE CALCULATION JUST BASED ON EXISTING VALUES, UH, WE ARE WELL BELOW THE 3.5%, SO WE ARE NOT HITTING, HITTING THAT CAP.
SO THE NEXT, UH, REVENUE SOURCE, UM, IS OUR SALES TAX.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CHARGE SHOWS THE GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR ON THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE SEEN A STRONG GROWTH IN SALES TAX FROM 2011 TO 2019 AND 2010, IT WAS LESS THAN 1% GROWTH.
AS WE WERE, UH, COMING OUT OF THE RECESSION IN 2008.
FAST FORWARDING TO OUR 2020 ADOPTED BUDGET, WE HAD PROJECTED A 3.1%.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF COVID TO 19 ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, OUR 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET IS CLOSE TO 6% LOWER THAN THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
SO IN TERMS OF DOLLARS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, ACTUAL SALES, TAX'S REVENUE COME INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S GROWTH FROM 2015 TO THE ADOPTED 2020 FROM $259 MILLION TO 313.
HOWEVER, THE IMPACT OF CVID 19 IS REFLECTED IN THE 2020 ESTIMATE AS WE ARE PROJECTING TO BE BELOW THE ADOPTER BUDGET.
OUR 2021 PROPOSED, UH, STILL BELOW THE 2019 LEVELS BELOW THE 2020 ADOPTER BUDGET, WE ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT A 1% GROWTH OVER THE 2020 ESTIMATE.
UM, OF COURSE, OUR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE, ARE CHANGING, UH, DAILY, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET.
THE NEXT REVENUE SOURCE AND THE FOLLOWING SLIDE IS OUR C P S REVENUES.
THIS PARTICULAR CHARGE, SIMILAR TO CELL STACK, SHOWS YOU THE, UH, YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE ON THIS, UH, REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE MOST, UH, VOLATILE AND, AND MOST TYPICAL TO PREDICT DUE TO, UM, THE, THE INGREDIENTS THAT GO INTO THE C P S REVENUE.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME YEARS WE WERE AS HIGH AS A 13% OVER THE PRIOR YEAR, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT YEAR IN 2015 AND 2016, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
OUR 20 AND 19 ACTUALS WAS ACTUALLY 3.3% BELOW THE 2018 ACTUALS.
UH, OUR ADOPTED BUDGET PROJECTED, UM, NEGATIVE GROWTH OF 1.4%.
AND, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY, AND OUR ESTIM ESTIMATING, UM, TO BE BELOW THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND OUR 2021 PROPOSED IS, UH, IS PRETTY FLAT WITHOUT ADOPTED BUDGET IN 2020 IN TERMS OF DOLLARS.
AND IN, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, UH, THE FLUCTUATION ON, ON THE REVENUE ON C P SS REVENUES, UM, WE HAD IN 2018, 371 MILLION, WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST, UM, PEAK DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THEN IN 2019, IT DROPS TO 359.
AND AGAIN, THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE VOLATILITY OF THIS REVENUE SOURCE, THE 2020 ADOPTIVE BUDGET AT 354.
WE ARE RETIMING AT 3 43 AND VERY MODEST GROWTH IN 2021 AT $352 MILLION.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE FOURTH COMPONENT OF OUR REVENUES IN THE GENERAL FUND IS WHAT WE CALL OTHER REVENUES.
AND THIS, UH, UH, PROVIDES YOU WITH, UM, A SUMMARY OF THAT $20 MILLION NEGATIVE VARIANCE THAT I SHARED WITH YOU IN THE EARLIER SLIDE JUST TO BREAK OUT SOME OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT.
UM, NEGATIVE, UH, REVENUE GROWTH.
UH, INTEREST INCOME IS, IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE WE HAD ANTICIPATED AS WE ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN 2020 $7.2 MILLION WITH THE CHANGES MADE TO INTEREST RATES BY THE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPACTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
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SPECIFICALLY OUR, UH, 2021 PROPOSED BUDGET IS LESS THAN MILLION DOLLARS.SO THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'RE SEEING ONE OF THE GREATEST, UM, REVENUE LOSSES.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR HISTORY AND PRESERVATION.
AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, GENERAL FUND GETS A TRANSFER FROM THE HOTEL OFAN TAX EQUIVALENT TO 15% FOR HISTORY AND PRESERVATION WITH A DECLINE IN THAT, UH, PARTICULAR REVENUE.
UM, LINE ITEM WE ARE SEEING DECREASES AS WELL AS A RIVER BARGE.
OUR FINES ARE LIQUORED BY THE DRAIN.
AND THEN IN THE OTHER REVENUE CATEGORIES, WE HAVE OUR RECREATION AND CULTURE REVENUES, UM, AS WELL AS OUR HEALTH, UH, REVENUES AS WELL.
SO THAT, UH, MAKES UP THAT $20.5 MILLION, UH, NEGATIVE VARIANCE.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE FORWARD TO TALK ABOUT, UM, EXPENSES IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND AS SARAH MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, UH, WE ARE DOING THIS, UM, BUT YOUR PRESENTATION'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN IN THE PAST.
UH, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH A SCHEDULE, UH, OF, UH, PRESENTATIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
BUT IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO SEE DEPARTMENTS THAT I'LL BE COVERING TODAY, WE HAVE TWO SESSIONS THAT ARE OPEN THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THOSE REQUESTS.
SO, UH, OF THE $1.28 BILLION BUDGET, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE UPCOMING WORK SESSIONS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 55% OF THAT, UM, BUDGET, BEGINNING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOMORROW.
WHAT I'M GONNA COVER WITH YOU TODAY IS ABOUT 44.8%.
THAT INCLUDES 21 DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO THE ACCOUNTS OF TRANSFERS AND NON-PAR AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL, AND THE GENERAL FUND OF $576 MILLION.
NOW, THOSE 21 DEPARTMENTS, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE ARE CATEGORIZING THEM IN THREE DIFFERENT AREAS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, CITY SUPPORT, AND INTERNAL SUPPORT.
OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES INCLUDE ANIMAL CARE CENTER, CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT 3 1 1, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, HISTORY PRESERVATION, THE LIBRARY PARKS AND RECREATION, AND WORLD HERITAGE CITY SUPPORTS ARE THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT SUPPORT CITY OPERATIONS, LIKE THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE AUDITOR, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, INTERNAL SUPPORT.
UM, THOSE ARE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONS OF OUR CITY AS AN ORGANIZATION, AS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.
SO YOU'LL SEE THE DEPARTMENTS OF FINANCE INNOVATION, THE BUDGET OFFICE IN OUR TRANSFERS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, JUST A QUICK RECAP ON THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THIS IN DETAIL LAST WEEK.
UH, IN 2021, THERE IS, UH, CLOSE TO $38 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS I INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF OUR, OUR TWO YEAR PLAN TO ADOPT REDUCTIONS FOR 2022 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE AND WE COULD MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE, UH, REDUCTIONS.
JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THEM, UM, THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDES.
UH, THERE'S, UH, NO PAY INCREASES INCLUDED FOR OUR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS, UM, REDUCTIONS TO, UH, POLICE OVER TIME, THE SUSPENSION OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AS, UM, OTHER, UH, OPERATING REDUCTIONS.
SOMETHING TO POINT OUT IS AT THE, THE LAST CATEGORY, UNPAID FURLOUGH DAYS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE RESERVING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THERE IS NO UNPAID FURLOUGH DAYS FOR CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT IF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, UH, CONTINUE TO BE WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, UH, ANTICIPATE TO IMPLEMENT IN 2022.
SO LET ME GO OVER SOME OF THE, UH, DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS THAT, THAT I, THE 21 DEPARTMENTS THAT I MENTIONED.
I'LL BEGIN WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS THE LARGEST, UM, BUDGET THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE BUDGET IS $323.1 MILLION.
IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT 1,850 POSITIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
IN TOTAL, THE DEPARTMENT HAS 1,890, UH, 32 OF THEM ARE AT THE AIRPORT, AND EIGHT ARE GRANTS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS TOTAL, BUT THE MAJORITY, UH, IS WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND.
THE BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE, REMAINS PRETTY MUCH FLAT.
THERE IS AN INCREASE, UM, FOR PAY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS CONSISTENT WITH A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
THIS INCREASE IS OFFSET BY, UH, LESS EQUIPMENT PURCHASES THAT WE HAVE DEFER WORKING WITH THE CHIEF BECAUSE OF OUR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN THE FUTURE WITHOUT IMPACTING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE NEXT, UH, SECTION COVERS ARE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS, AND THERE'S A TOTAL
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OF EIGHT IN THIS CATEGORY.ANIMAL CARE CENTER CITY CODE 3 1 1, THE LIBRARY, PARKS AND RECREATION HISTORY AND PRESERVATION AND, AND THE WAR HERITAGE.
UH, THERE IS A, UH, 5.2%, UH, DECREASE IN THE OVERALL BUDGET OF ABOUT 7.8 MILLION.
THIS HAS TO DO PRIMARILY WITH THE SUSPENSION OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES AND THE EXPIRED AGREEMENT WITH HEMISPHERE PARK.
UH, WE ARE CONVERTING 14, UM, TEMPORARY POSITIONS INTO FULL-TIME CITY EMPLOYEES.
THIS, UH, PARTICULAR A DEPARTMENTS HAVE A TOTAL OF 1,407 POSITIONS.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE OUR CITY SUPPORT, AND THIS INCLUDES NINE DEPARTMENTS, UM, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE AUDITOR, THE CITY CLERK, THE CITY MANAGER, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MUNICIPAL COURT PLANNING, AND NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
UH, THE BUDGET, AGAIN, REMAINS PRETTY MUCH FLAT WITH FISCAL YEAR 2020.
UH, ONE OF THE, UH, MAJOR CHANGES IS THAT WE'RE SUSPENDING CONSULTING FEES FOR THE SA TOMORROW.
UH, NEXT FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE ALSO ELIMINATING A FUEL CONTINGENCY THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE IN OUR NON DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNT.
AND, AND, UH, WE ARE HAVE, UH, WE ARE INCLUDING AN INCREASE FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, UM, THAT ARE SCHEDULED FOR MAY OF, UH, 2021, UM, AS WELL AS THERE'S A FULLY, UH, FUND FUNDING, UM, COUNCIL SUPPORT.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE DID A BUDGET AMENDMENT IN 2020 TO DO SOME, UH, PAY INCREASES.
AND THAT WAS, UH, FOR A PART OF THE YEAR.
SO THE BUDGET DOES HAVE THE FULL FUNDING FOR 2021.
THE NEXT, UH, UH, SECTION IS INTERNAL SUPPORT, AND THAT INCLUDES THREE DEPARTMENTS.
UH, THE BUDGET OFFICE FINANCES THE OFFICE OF INNOVATIONS, UH, AND THERE IS A, A TOTAL OF, UH, 17.9 MILLION.
THE BUDGET IS PRETTY CLOSE, UH, TO FISCAL YEAR 2020.
THE THREE NEW POSITIONS THAT YOU SEE ADDED ARE THREE POSITIONS ARE BEING MOVED FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF INNOVATION, TO WORK ON DATA TRANSPARENCY, STATISTICS AND REPORTING.
THE NEXT SECTION IS WHAT WE CALL TRANSFERS OUT.
UM, THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BUDGET, BUT THESE ARE TRANSFERS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO OLDER FUNDS.
THERE'S AN INCREASE OF $13.2 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES, UM, TRANSFERS FOR CAPITAL, UH, PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE PAINTING OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.
UH, WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TOWER OF THE AMERICAS.
UH, WE ARE ALSO ADDRESSING, UM, UH, REMEDIATION, MOLD REMEDIATION AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN, UM, IN A LARGE AMOUNT, UH, WHICH IS $6 MILLION.
THAT'S GOING TO THE ALAMO DOMAN CONVENTION CENTER TO OFFSET SOME OF THE REVENUE LOSSES THAT THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AS THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE FIXED COSTS.
AND, AND THERE'S A $1.6 MILLION TRANSFER TO ARTS AND CULTURES TO ALSO OFFSET, UH, THE DECREASE IN THE HOTEL ANCY TAX.
SO, TO CLOSE THIS PRESENTATION, I WANT TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU OUR TWO YEAR, UH, BUDGET PLAN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, BEGINNING BALANCE REVENUE EXPENSES, OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET RESERVE, AND OUR ENDING BALANCE.
SO WE'RE BALANCED ON BOTH YEARS, UH, BY 2022.
OUR TWO, OUR GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE IS 15%, UH, CONSISTENT WITH OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, OUR REVENUES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S, UM, MODERATE GROWTH IN IN REVENUES.
WE ARE ANTICIPATING ABOUT A 3.5% GROWTH IN SALES TAX.
C P S ABOUT 2.8%, UH, PROPERTY TAX.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DECREASE OF ABOUT 2.4% AS WE ANTICIPATE THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 WILL BE REFLECTED IN PROPERTY TAXES FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THE EXPENSES ALSO REFLECT THE REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THE TWO YEAR, UH, BUDGET PLAN OF $49.1 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO STAY BALANCED.
AND AGAIN, WE ACHIEVE OUR 15% GENERAL FUND ENDING BALANCE.
MAYOR AND COUNSEL, I'M READY TO, UH, ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MARIA.
WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A A TIME TO, TO STOP, UH, PERHAPS RECESS.
IF WE ARE NOT GO GETTING THROUGH IT, UH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK, WE CAN RESUME AT ANOTHER TIME.
UH, BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER IAN, AND WE'LL GO IN ASCENDING ORDER.
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ONLY TO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE AND, UM, I'LL TRY TO PUT, PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER IN AN EMAIL, UH, THAT CAN HELP, UM, THAT THEY CAN, THAT CAN, UH, BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN THEN, UH, BE ANSWERED LATER.BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT RE REGARDING PROPERTY TAXES.
UH, AGAIN, ALSO A REMINDER THAT, UM, WHAT'S WHAT SEEMS TO BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR, UH, TO, TO FULLY UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE PROPERTY TAX VALUE THIS YEAR IS A REFLECTION OF THE VALLEY JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE DID TRY TO GET THAT, UH, CHANGE AT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
UH, ACTUALLY WE TRIED TO CHANGE IT THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND, UH, WE WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL.
UH, WE ASKED THEM TO SIMPLY ROLL THE TAXES, BUT, UH, UH, SO I, I THINK THAT, UH, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD AND, AND WANNA, AGAIN, ALSO THANK DR.
BRIDGER FOR LENDING HER, HER EXPERTISE IN GOING TO VISIT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND HELPING THEM, UH, COPE WITH, UH, THE PROTESTS THAT, THAT WERE SCHEDULED, UH, FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET, UH, THE, THE, THE ROLE, UH, AT LEAST, UH, AS, AS COMPLETE AS POSSIBLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID GET THE HELP, UM, FROM THE CITY OVER TO OVER TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT TO GET THAT GOING.
THE, TO MARIA'S POINT, THE, THE REFLECTION WILL OBVIOUSLY COME IN THE NEXT, UH, APPRAISAL, THAT, THAT WILL BE JANUARY 1ST, 2021.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE, UH, FOR, FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO COME.
UH, ALSO IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT, UH, AS, AS PEOPLE GO THROUGH THIS AND, AND MAYBE THEY DIDN'T, UH, MEET THE DEADLINES FOR PROTESTS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO GO BACK THREE YEARS.
UM, AND SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A CASE, UH, AS PEOPLE, UH, ARE STRUGGLING TO, UH, TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, BEST IN, IN, IN TERMS OF THEIR FINANCES.
UM, SO IF THERE IS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, I I I'M HAPPY TO, TO, UH, TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM AND, AND IF NOT, DIRECT THEM OVER THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THE CHIEF TO, TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, THROUGH A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.
BUT WE, WE HEAR YOU AND WE KNOW THAT, UM, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT'S CONFUSING IN, IN TERMS OF HOW EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED EXCEPT PROPERTY TAXES.
UM, BUT I HOPE THAT WAS A, A GOOD ENOUGH EXPLANATION OF, OF WHY THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHERE THEY ARE.
UH, LASTLY, JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE, THE ALLOCATION TO THE ARTS IS, IS, UH, IS DISMAL, AND WE'VE GOTTA KEEP PUSHING TO TRY TO FIND OTHER RE UH, RESOURCES AND FUNDING FOR THE ARTS.
UH, WE MUST SAVE, UH, WHAT, WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO TRULY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.
AND, UM, I THINK, I THINK A BIG PART OF THAT IS OUR ARTIST HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR COUNCILMAN TREVINO, THIS IS DAVID MCCAREY.
I HAVE ONE CORRECTION FOR YOU.
WE ARE UNABLE TO TAKE MESSAGES THROUGH THE NIGHT AFTER 11.
THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT THEY'RE GIVEN IS TO CALL IN THE MORNING AT SEVEN WHEN THEY RESUME SERVICES.
SO I, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION CLEAR.
WELL, AGAIN, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT, THAT THERE'S TWO REALLY IMPORTANT NUMBERS IN THE CITY, AND AS WE TRY TO DEMONSTRATE THE, THE, THE BALANCE IN WHICH WE ARE, ARE TRYING TO SHIFT, UH, ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY, UH, THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION, CITY ORGANIZATION, UH, ARE TRYING TO DELIVER TO THE REST OF THE CITY, UM, THOSE TWO NUMBERS ARE, ARE, ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I'M, AND I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT HOW, HOW 3 1 1 REALLY NEEDS, UH, SOME HELP AND SUPPORT.
UH, WHY? BECAUSE, UM, WE HEARD, UH, I THINK, UH, CITY MANAGER WALSH MENTIONED THERE WAS 2.1 OR 2.4 MILLION CALLS, UH, TO 9 1 1 FOR, FOR POLICE.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOSE CALLS ARE, ARE CALLS THAT COULD BE DIRECTED TO OTHER CITY ENTITIES THAT I THINK 3 1 1 CAN, CAN HELP, UH, UH, UH, SUPPORT.
AND SO WE THINK ABOUT 9 1 1 IS, IS, IS AN EMERGENCY, AND 3 1 1 IS EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND SO, UH, I WOULD ASK THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, FINDING A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO, TO COME BACK OR CALL BACK IN THE MORNING WITH SOMETHING ELSE.
UH, AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THE, THE 3 1 1 APP I THINK IS REALLY GREAT.
UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO EXPAND 3 1 1 AND, AND MAKE IT, UH, UH, AS, AS, UH, AS, UH, ROBUST AS, UH, THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN.
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YOU, MARIA.SO, UM, THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE, MARIA, IS ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, BUDGET CHANGES AND HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE ONE OF THE CRIES THAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT MORE MONEY GOES INTO COMMUNITY SERVICES AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES.
SO I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL, UH, WHAT THIS DECREASE IN THE OVERALL BUDGET, UM, ACTUALLY MEANS AS FAR AS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA ASK, ARE THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY TRULY, UH, BEING CUT? UM, ARE, ARE WE LISTENING TO THE CRIES OF ACTUALLY, UH, DEDICATING MORE OF OUR RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY? SO COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN, SO ON COMMUNITY, UH, SERVICES, WHICH IS, UH, SLIDE, UH, 15, THE DECREASE HAS TO DO, UH, PRIMARILY WITH THE SUSPENSION OF DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES THAT ARE BUDGETED IN OUR CENTER CITY, UH, OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT.
UM, THAT, UH, PARTICULAR CHANGE IS A 5.5, ABOUT $5 MILLION.
AND THEN THE, ALSO THE EXPIRE AGREEMENT WITH PARK, WHICH IS $1.7 MILLION.
THAT IS, UM, UH, AGAIN, THE CONTRACT EXPIRES SO THAT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, CONTRIBUTION WILL, WILL END.
THERE ARE NO, UM, CHANGES TO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT INCLUDES AN, AN ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND OUR, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT 3 1 1 A LIBRARY AND OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEY ARE NO, UH, SERVICE REDUCTIONS IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
THE REDUCTION, AGAIN, HAS TO DO WITH THE SUSPENSION OF ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE EXPIRE AGREEMENT WITH HR.
AND AS WE GO FORWARD, IF WE COULD TRULY HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF EXACTLY WHAT ARE WE INVESTING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS BUDGET, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO, TO FIND EXACTLY WHAT IS OUR INVESTMENT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITIES, WHAT IS OUR INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE LIVES OF THOSE, UM, THAT ARE REALLY NEEDING THE ASSISTANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE.
IF WE CAN GET A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN AS HOW THAT LOOKS, UM, WITHIN OUR BUDGET, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS AS WELL.
UM, THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS AND, AND COMMENTS I HAVE, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN, AND COUNCIL MEMBER
UM, MARIA, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SLIDE THAT YOU HAD UP.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE AMOUNT, UH, OF MONEY, BECAUSE WE HAD TO INCREASE WITH THE SALARIES, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T BUY AS MANY, AS MUCH EQUIPMENT.
SO HOW MUCH WAS THAT THAT WE OFFSET? YES, COUNCIL, I MEAN, SO THE, THE INCREASE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS $2.9 MILLION.
THAT, THAT IS THE NET INCREASE OF, UH, PAY OFFSET BY, UH, THE CHANGES IN, IN HEALTHCARE.
THE LESS EQUIPMENT PURCHASES IS ABOUT $3.6 MILLION.
AND THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR, 2020, WE REPLACED A COUPLE OF FIRE TRUCKS THAT WERE NOT IN OUR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT FUND.
AND WE ALSO EVERY YEAR, UH, REPLACE SOME OF THE FURNITURE AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT AT OUR FIRE STATIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO SUSPEND THAT NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF OUR FINANCIAL POSITION.
UM, MARIA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, WELL, FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUST AN UPDATE.
IT CAN BE A MEMO FORM ERIC AND MARIA WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIBRARIES AND THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, UH, SPECIFICALLY PROGRAMMATICALLY, LIKE WHAT, UM, HAVE WE SEEN INCREASE OR HOW WE'VE SEEN THE USAGE OF OUR, OF OUR LIBRARY SINCE THE COVID, EVEN WITH THE NEW DRIVE UP, UM, YOU KNOW, MECHANISM THAT WE'RE USING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT AS WELL AS WITH, WITH OUR PARKS.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, EVEN IF IT'S A, A SHORT PRESENTATION OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES BECAUSE, UM, I STILL WANT TO KNOW IN GENERAL THE AMOUNT AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE HAD.
WE'VE PICKED UP THE RETURN TO OWNERS, HOW MANY ANIMALS HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED, UM, HOW MANY HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY SOLID WASTE.
UM, BUT ALSO I HAVE TO COMMEND YOU, UM, THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, A C SS, YOU KNOW, DURING THIS COVID WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ADOPTIONS.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION AS A FULL COUNSEL.
AND THE TEAM, I'LL TELL YOU, THEY'VE BEEN DOING INSTAGRAM LIVE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING
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ALL OF, I MEAN, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE TEAM OF A C S RIGHT NOW.SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT.
SO, UH, PLEASE, I'D LIKE TO HEAR AN UPDATE FROM THEM.
AND THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL.
SO YOU'LL KNOW WE STILL HAVE A OVER A 90% LIVE RELEASE RATE, WHICH IS CRITICAL.
AND COUNCILWOMAN, WE'LL ADD, WE'LL ADD THEM TO THE SCHEDULE, WILL BE EXCITED TO SHARE ALL THE GOOD WORK HE'S BEEN DOING.
COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA DEFERRED HER TIME.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER, BUT I LOVE COUNCILMAN VIRONS SUGGESTION, UH, ABOUT, UH, AN A C S UPDATE.
HAR, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.
COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER PAL.
JOHN, IF YOU'RE WITH US, YOU'RE MUTED.
YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T BEEN MUTED.
IS THERE A CONSPIRACY GOING ON? WE, WE CAN HEAR YOU, SIR.
WE, WE ALL DEPEND ON YOUR, UH, YOUR CONSISTENCY.
UH, REALLY, I WANT TO JUST, UH, HOP ON BOARD.
WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN GRO JUST ASKED ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, LIBRARIES AND PARKS, A C SS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ACTUALLY ANY REDUCTIONS IN THEIR BUDGETS, NOT JUST THE NUMBERS OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WHOLE CATEGORY HAS SOME REDUCTIONS, AND YOU POINTED OUT SOME OF THE SPECIFICS, BUT ARE THERE ANY REDUCTIONS IN PARKS AND LIBRARIES AND ANIMAL CARE SERVICES PROJECTED FOR THIS BUDGET? COUNCILMAN? THERE ARE NO, UM, REDUCTIONS IN TERMS OF SERVICES, JUST LIKE ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S A HIRING FREEZE.
UM, WE, UM, TALKED TO THE, THOSE DIRECTORS, ER AND RAMIRO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES WITH THEIR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS.
SO NO REDUCTION TO SERVICE, HIRING, FREEZE, NO PAY INCREASES, SIMILAR TO OLDER DEPARTMENTS.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD THOSE SHUT DOWN AND, UH, WE'VE REALLOCATED SOME OF THOSE STAFF MEMBERS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE REOPENED THE LIBRARIES A LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND USE SOME COMPUTERS.
AND, UM, ARE WE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT ANYTIME SOON? I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE LIBRARY AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN THE LIBRARY.
UM, I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO RAMIRO ABOUT THAT.
AND, AND THERE ARE NINE LIBRARIES THAT ARE OPEN WHERE THE COMPUTER LABS ARE OPEN, NOT THE LIBRARIES.
UM, AND, UM, THAT'S GOING WELL IN THOSE NINE LIBRARIES.
UM, WHAT, WHAT, UH, RAMIRO AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING IS, UM, CLOSELY ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH, UH, THE HEALTH GUIDANCE THAT, UH, DR.
WU AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE GIVEN FOR SCHOOLS.
WATCH AS SCHOOL OPENS UP, AND THEN, UM, AND THEN REACT ACCORDINGLY.
BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S, UM, THERE IS A, THERE IS A NEED AND PEOPLE WANT ACCESS TO THOSE COMPUTERS.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO, IS TO KIND OF FOLLOW BEHIND THE SCHOOLS AND CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR FINGER ON THAT PULSE.
UM, UH, FOR THE SHORT TERM, WELL, THE SHORT TERM COULD BE 7, 8, 9 WEEKS OR MORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY ONE SCHOOL AFTER LABOR DAY OR THE CURRENT CURRENT, UM, UH, THINKING THAT THE, THAT THE MANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TAKEN, UM, AT LEAST GETTING INTO SEPTEMBER TO DECIDE WHAT WE DO NEXT.
WELL, I'M JUST GONNA ADVOCATE FOR MY DISTRICT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LIBRARY OPEN IN DISTRICT NINE FOR ANY, ANY USES OTHER THAN DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
I'D LIKE TO SEE IF ONE OF THE LIBRARIES IN DISTRICT NINE COULD OPEN UP ITS COMPUTERS FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO USE SOONER THAN EIGHT OR NINE WEEKS FROM NOW.
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YOU.UM, I, MARIA, I HAVE A, A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS ON THIS, BUT I WANNA GO BACK TO OUR EARLIER PRESENTATION.
IS CRAIG STILL ON CRAIG HOPKINS? I'M STILL HERE, SIR.
UH, JUST I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AGAIN ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, UH, HELPING OUT THE SCHOOLS.
UM, HOW MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE WE ACTUALLY GONE TO? ARE WE ONLY CONCENTRATED ON THOSE 50 COMMUNITIES THAT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP? HAVE WE GONE INTO ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? BRIAN'S TEAM TALKS WITH ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN REGION 20.
UH, WELL, AGAIN, IF, IF, IF WE GO BEYOND AND GO INTO THIS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, INSTALLATION AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES FOR THE SCHOOL, HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THOSE, THOSE PROGRAMS FROM THE TIME YOU START TO THE TIME THEY, YOU SWITCH THE SWITCH ON? SO THE WIRELESS SOLUTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WILL BE PILOT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A FULLY VETTED SOLUTION BY FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN OUR INTENT IS TO HAVE ALL 50 NEIGHBORHOODS DONE BY, UH, DEC END OF DECEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR, DECEMBER OF 21.
18 MONTHS TO DO ALL 15 NEIGHBORHOODS IN PHASES.
WELL, AGAIN, TO MY POINT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HELPING OUT THE SCHOOLS GREAT WITH HOTSPOTS, THIS, UH, INSTALLATION AND, AND, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING, IT'S NOT EVEN GONNA BE HERE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
IT WON'T BE THERE FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I DON'T SEE INVESTING THIS KIND OF MONEY AT, AT THIS POINT.
WE HELP OUT THE SCHOOLS AND THEN WE LET THEM TAKE IT OVER, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEIR BUDGETING ACTIONS, THEY'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH CARESS ACT AND STATE FUNDS.
AND, UH, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO PUT THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN GONNA BE COMPLETED UNTIL, UH, NEXT FALL, NOT EVEN BY THE TIME SCHOOL STARTS.
SO I'M STILL, STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, MY THOUGHT PROCESS ON THAT IS LET'S GET 'EM THE IMMEDIATE HELP.
NOW, WHOEVER NEEDS THOSE HOTSPOTS, LET'S GET 'EM THE ADDITIONAL ONES.
IF THEY CAN'T AFFORD 'EM, LET THEM CONTROL 'EM AND LET THEM WORK WITH THE, THE, UH, PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICE THAT THEY NEED OVER THIS NEXT, NEXT YEAR AND LET THE SCHOOLS HANDLE THAT.
AND WE, UH, IF THEY NEED HELP, SURE, BUT I, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING INTO THIS HEAVY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NOT EVEN GONNA BE READY THIS YEAR AND INTO PART OF NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S MY CONCERNS ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE TALKING BEST CASE SCENARIO, IF EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT WITH THE CONTRACTING AND CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, THE R F P PROCESS, UH, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PROBABLY BEST CASE SCENARIO THAT EVERYTHING WORKS OUT TO GET IT DONE BY, UH, NEXT FALL, YOU KNOW, THE END OF 2021.
SO I, I STILL GOT CONCERN, BIG CONCERNS THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS MUCH MONEY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AVAILABLE FOR THEM UNTIL THEN, LET THEM HANDLE THAT AND LET'S STEP BACK FROM THAT.
I'VE GOT, UH, A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, I'LL, I'LL GET THOSE TO YOU AND, UH, UH, ON, ON YOUR LAST PRESENTATION HERE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY MADE IT TO THE END HERE OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, SO WE CAN START, UH, ON TIME TOMORROW AT TWO O'CLOCK WITH, UH, A DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE BUDGETS.
UH, SO IT IS 4 55 AND OUR SPECIAL BUDGET SESSION IS NOW DURING.