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          TIME IS 2:02 PM ON THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2020. 
          WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL V SESSION. 
          UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER COVINO? HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW SULLIVAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROSA GARCIA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ. 
          PRESENT. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HARRA. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          I. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PEZ. 
          HERE. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY HERE. 
          AND MAYOR NUREMBERG. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. 
          ALRIGHT, 
          [1. 20-5722 Briefing on the COVID-19 Response and Recovery and Resiliency Plan. [Maria Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Ana Bradshaw COVID-19 Financial and Performance Liaison]]
UH, WELL WELCOME EVERYONE. 
          TODAY WE HAVE ONE ITEM, LONG BRIEFING ON THE AGENDA WITH REGARD TO OUR RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM. 
          SO LEMME TURN IT OVER TO STATE MANAGER ERIC WALSH. 
          THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UH, TODAY WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, OUR REGULAR CVID 19 UPDATE. 
          UM, AND WE'RE GONNA SPECIFICALLY, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF, UM, UM, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OUR AUGUST FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH WE SHARED, UH, WITH THE COUNCIL EARLIER IN THE WEEK. 
          UM, AND OUR LAST UPDATE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, UH, WE DID NOT PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. 
          SO THE, THIS IS THE FIRST FINANCIAL UPDATE SINCE WE, UH, PRESENTED THAT, THAT REPORT, THE, THE, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE TASKED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, AND WHICH HAVE PROVIDED PERIODIC UPDATES THAT THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEES, UM, UM, WE, WE ALSO SHARED THOSE PRESENT THE LATEST PRESENTATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL, UM, BY EMAIL SO THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION. 
          UM, EACH OF THE PILLARS IS ON SCHEDULE, UM, AND, UH, PROGRESSING. 
          I'LL SAY THAT. 
          UM, ONE THING TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, WHEN ANA IS COVERING THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS, UM, MANY OF THE PROGRAMMING, UH, UH, FUNDS THAT WE'RE UTILIZING HAVE DIFFERENT TIMELINES. 
          UM, THE ONE THAT WE ARE MOST FOCUSED ON IS THE CORONA RELIEF FUNDS, WHICH HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO, UH, WHEN YOU SAY, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, I'M SURE IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, WHEN YOU SAW THE FINANCIAL REPORT INITIALLY, AND YOU SEE NEGATIVES, NEGATIVES IN NO SENSE ARE GOOD BECAUSE, UH, THAT MEANS WE ARE SPENDING AHEAD OF OUR PLAN. 
          UM, AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, JUST STARTED PICKING UP THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UH, KICKED OFF ON AUGUST 31ST, WHICH IS THE, UH, END DATE OF OUR FINANCIAL REPORT, UM, UH, THOSE PROGRAMS ARE PROGRESSING, UH, AND, AND ON SCHEDULE AND A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE DEPENDING ON THE PILLAR. 
          UM, ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ON THE CALL TODAY, IN CASE YOU HAVE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS ABOUT A PILLAR. 
          I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO ANA. 
          SHE'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE AGENDA, THEN WE'LL GO DR. 
          BRIDGER, CHIEF HOOD, AND THEN BACK TO ANA AND DO THE FINANCIAL UPDATE. 
          AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ANNA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          UM, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR REGULAR COVID UPDATE, UH, JUMPING INTO OUR AGENDA. 
          SO DR. 
          BRIDGER AND CHIEF HOOD WILL COVER OUR HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE, AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, I'LL, I'LL GO OVER THE FINANCIALS. 
          THE OTHER THING I'M, UM, PLEASED TODAY DO TODAY IS OUR RECOVERY RESILIENCY DASHBOARD. 
          AND WE'LL, UH, CONCLUDE WITH, WITH SOME NEXT STEPS. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          BRIDGER TO START THE PRESENTATION ON THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
           LENE, YOU'RE ON MUTE. 
          HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE HEAR YOU. 
          I'M NOT ON MUTE. 
          YEAH, I GOT, I GOT IT. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          I HEAR YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I HAD TO DO A WORKAROUND AND JOHN AND I JUST GOT IT CONNECTED. 
          OKAY. 
          HI EVERYBODY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO QUICKLY THROUGH WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE PANDEMIC. 
          UM, AS OF YESTERDAY, OUR TOTAL CASE COUNT WAS, UM, 58,700. 
          OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE WAS 1 36. 
          UM, THAT'S THE NUMBER I'M REALLY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO USE BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING VARIABILITY IN, UM, OUR DAY-TO-DAY 
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REPORTED CASES. 
          UM, OUR TOTAL DEATHS SO FAR ARE 1,167. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT ABOUT 55,800 PEOPLE HAVE RECOVERED. 
          UM, AND, UH, ABOUT 1700 ARE STILL CURRENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO BEFORE I GET TOO DEEP IN THE WEEDS, I WANTED TO GO OVER SOME, UM, DEFINITIONS, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS CAN GET VERY CONFUSING AND VERY TECHNICAL. 
          SO, UM, YOU HEAR US THROW AROUND THESE THREE WORDS A LOT, SYMPTOMATIC, PRESYMPTOMATIC, AND ASYMPTOMATIC. 
          AND I JUST WANNA QUICKLY COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THREE. 
          SO SYMPTOMATIC IS, UM, SOMEBODY WITH C OVID 19 WHO HAS SYMPTOMS. UM, PRESYMPTOMATIC IS SOMEBODY WHO IS DEVELOPING C OVID 19, UM, AND ISN'T YET SYMPTOMATIC, BUT WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO. 
          UM, AND THEN ASYMPTOMATIC IS SOMEBODY WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19, BUT NEVER DEVELOPED ANY SYMPTOMS. THE VAST, A LOT OF PEOPLE USE ASYMPTOMATIC AND PRESYMPTOMATIC INTERCHANGEABLY OR USE ASYMPTOMATIC WHEN THEY REALLY MEAN PRESYMPTOMATIC. 
          THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH C OVID 19 WHO, UM, SAY THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS WHEN THEY WERE TESTED, ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE IN THAT PRE-SYMPTOMATIC PHASE AND DEVELOP SYMPTOMS AT SOME POINT. 
          UH, ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE TWO PRIMARY WAYS OF TESTING THAT WE HAVE THE P C R TEST, UM, WHICH IS THE TEST THAT ACTUALLY FINDS THE GENETIC MATERIAL OF THE VIRUS. 
          AND THEN THE ANTIGEN TEST, WHICH TESTS FOR, UH, COMMONLY FOUND PROTEIN, UM, ON THE SURFACE OF THE VIRUS. 
          ALL OF THE CITIES, UM, FREE TESTING SITES USE THE P C R TEST. 
          IT IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR TESTING. 
          UM, WITH OUR RECENT EXPANSION TO DOING ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING, WE ARE ALSO DOING THAT VIA A P C R TEST. 
          UM, ANTIGEN TESTS ARE THE QUICK 15 MINUTE TESTS THAT CAN BE DONE IN URGENT CARE CENTERS. 
          UM, THOSE ARE A, NOT SO MUCH THE GOLD STANDARD, BUT WE DO CATEGORIZE. 
          UM, MOVING DOWN TO MY NEXT TWO PIECES. 
          WE DO CATEGORIZE ANY POSITIVE ANTIGEN TEST, UM, WITH SOMEBODY WHO COMES IN, THEY DON'T FEEL WELL, THEY GET AN ANTIGEN TEST, IT COMES BACK POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19. 
          THEY GET CLASSIFIED AS A PROBABLE CASE, WHEREAS ANYBODY WHO COMES IN FOR A P C R TEST GETS CONFIRMED AS A CASE. 
          UM, SO WE THROW AROUND, YOU KNOW, PROBABLE CASE AND CONFIRMED CASE. 
          THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO BETWEEN A CONFIRMED CASE AND A PROBABLE CASE IS THAT A PROBABLE CASE WAS DIAGNOSED USING AN ANTIGEN TEST. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, UH, COVERING AGAIN SOME OF THE DETAILS FROM OUR WEEKLY PROGRESS AND MORNING INDICATOR REPORT. 
          UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE ESSENTIALLY, UM, A VARIETY OF AN EPIC CURVE, UM, THAT LOOKS AT OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE. 
          YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ADOPTED THIS FROM THE C D C. 
          IT'S A FAIRLY COMPLICATED ALGORITHM THAT WE'RE USING, UH, HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. 
          BUT THE NICE THING ABOUT IT IS IT ALLOWS US TO SEE IF WE'RE HAVING ANY REBOUNDS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE THE RED AREA ACTUALLY INDICATES A SLIGHT REBOUND THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WATCHING CLOSELY. 
          UM, OUR SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE DID GO BACK DOWN TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE THE REBOUND, SO WE THINK NEXT WEEK IS GONNA SHOW THAT AS BACK IN THE BLUE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THE, UM, MUCH LAUDED, UH, POSITIVITY RATE HAS NOW COME DOWN BELOW 5%. 
          UM, THAT, THAT WAS A LONG TIME COMING. 
          UH, AT ONE POINT IT PEAKED AT 25%. 
          SORRY IF Y'ALL CAN HEAR THE BABY IN THE BACKGROUND. 
          I'M DOING DOUBLE DUTY. 
          UM, SO, UH, THAT PEAKED AT 5%, UH, 25% AND NOW IS AT 4.9%. 
          UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          I DID WARN THE MAYOR AND THE JUDGE AND COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL, HOWEVER, THAT, THAT MAY FLUCTUATE A BIT AND MAY GO A BIT, BE ABOVE 5%, A BIT BELOW 5% OVER THE NEXT, UM, SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          AS FAR AS OUR TESTING CAPACITY GOES, UM, WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE AND WE, WE HAVE THE THREE FREE TEST TESTING SITES AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL SITES THAT CHIEF HOOD WILL, UM, COVER IN MORE DETAIL. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, LOOKING AT WHERE THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS RIGHT NOW, UM, THEY ARE, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE ROLLED OUT THIS, UM, INDICATOR BAR IN THE MIDDLE, THEY ARE IN THE GREEN. 
          IT 
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IS A HIGH GREEN, JUST ON THE EDGE OF THE, UM, ORANGE, BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO SLOWLY COME BACK DOWN OUT OF THAT HIGH STRESS AREA INTO THE NORMAL STRESS AREA. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE PLENTY OF VENTILATORS, A AVAIL AVAILABLE, AND PLENTY OF STAFF BEDS AVAILABLE AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UH, A NEW THING THAT WE ARE MONITORING IS SCHOOL DATA. 
          SINCE SCHOOLS HAVE RESUMED, UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS OF TUESDAY'S REPORT, WE'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF 50 STUDENTS WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 1952 STAFF WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19 FOR A TOTAL OF 102, UM, PEOPLE WHO GO TO SCHOOL WHO ARE, UM, POSITIVE FOR C OVID 19. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HAVE ONLY HAD TWO OUTBREAKS SO FAR. 
          UM, AND BOTH OF THOSE WERE WITH, UH, STAFF RATHER THAN STUDENT TO STUDENT TRANSMISSION. 
          AND AGAIN, AN OUTBREAK IS DEFINED AS JUST TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE IN ONE LOCATION. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE DOING, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK ON THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE FROM THE ALAMO DOME. 
          AND, UH, HERE WE HAVE OUR CURRENT STAFFING OVER AT THE ALAMO DOME. 
          WE HAVE ABOUT 229 PEOPLE, UM, WHO ARE HOUSED THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE FULL-TIME, SOME OF THEM ARE PART-TIME. 
          UM, YOU'LL NOTE THAT 131, UH, CASE INVESTIGATORS ARE AT THE DOME. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, ENTIRELY THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, WE ARE TRANSITIONING OUR EPI TEAM BACK TO DOING THEIR NORMAL WORK AND USING, UM, SOME TEMPORARY STAFF THAT WE'VE HIRED WHO'VE BEEN AMAZING BY THE WAY, UM, TO DO THE EPI RELATED TO THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE UNDER DR. 
          IAN'S, UM, UH, DIRECTION. 
          AND SO THAT'S WORKING WELL. 
          THE OTHER THING I WANNA NOTE IS, UM, THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EIGHT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PREVENTION TEAM. 
          UM, THAT NUMBER IS, UM, STARTING, I THINK EVEN STARTING THIS WEEK INCREASED TO 12, AND WE'RE ADDING EIGHT MORE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE 20 PEOPLE, UM, WHO WILL BE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND GOING TO, UM, HIGH NEED AREAS TO PROVIDE, UM, FACE-TO-FACE, UM, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO GET TESTED OR, UH, WHO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OUR, UH, CASE INVESTIGATION WORK HAS BEEN, UM, COMPLETELY TRANSITIONED OVER TO THE UT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UM, WE ARE PAYING THEM TO DO THAT. 
          THEY HAVE FUNDING TO HIRE UP TO 200, AS YOU SAW, THEY'VE HIRED 131 SO FAR, UM, WITH A ROLLING CASE AVERAGE OF 1 36. 
          THAT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH PEOPLE TO DO THE WORK RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO DO THE, UM, INVESTIGATION OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. 
          SO WE'RE CONSIDERING SCHOOLS TO BE CONGREGATE SETTINGS, AND WE CONTINUE TO DO ALL CASE INVESTIGATION AND CONTACT TRACING, UM, SPECIFIC TO THE THE SCHOOLS. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, CONTACT TRACING, UM, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC, METRO HEALTH HAS, UM, SENT CONTACTS TO BE NOTIFIED TO A SUBCONTRACTOR. 
          UM, IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS IMOCA. 
          UM, NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY USING A STATE CONTRACTOR CALLED M T X. 
          AND IN ON NOVEMBER 1ST, UM, THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, WE'LL PICK THIS UP AS PART OF THEIR DUTIES AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH WILL BE DOING THE CASE INVESTIGATION AND THE CONTACT TRACING PROCESS. 
          THE NICE THING ABOUT THAT IS THEY ARE WORKING ON SOME RESEARCH STUDIES THAT THEY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT, UM, IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO GET PEOPLE TO ANSWER THEIR PHONE IF THEY ARE NAMED AS A CONTACT, UM, ACROSS THE NATION. 
          WE ARE ALL SUFFERING FROM THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE NAMED AS CONTACTS ARE NOT ANSWERING THE PHONE WHEN THEY'RE CALLED TO BE TOLD THAT THEY ARE A CONTACT. 
          UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE TRYING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE WAYS TO DO THIS WORK, AND I THINK WE WILL ALL BENEFIT FROM THAT RESEARCH THAT THEY WILL BE ROLLING OUT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY ABOUT CONTACT TRACING HERE IS THAT THERE'S BEEN, I THINK, A LOT OF CONFUSING INFORMATION IN THE MEDIA LATELY ABOUT, 
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UM, WHAT WE DO WITH ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE WHO TEST POSITIVE USING AN ANTIGEN TAPE TEST WHEN IT COMES TO CONTACT TRACING, UM, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ALL OF THAT, JUST AM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT EFFECTIVE TOMORROW, UM, WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE, UM, CREATING A SEPARATE WAY OF COUNTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC WHO GET AN ANTIGEN TEST THAT IS POSITIVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T REPORT THAT TO THE STATE, BUT WE'LL HAVE A SEPARATE COUNTING PROCESS FOR THOSE CASES. 
          AND THOSE CASES WILL BE RECEIVING CONTACT TRACING, UM, THROUGH OUR CONTRACTORS. 
          SO THAT WHOLE ISSUE HAS NOW BEEN, UM, PUT TO BED AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, TRANSITIONING, I'M GONNA TALK ALSO ABOUT THE FLU AND I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT COVID 19 VACCINATION PLANNING. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE, UM, OCTOBER IS PEAK, UH, FLU VACCINATION SEASON. 
          UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PARTNERS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TURNS AROUND, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A FLU SHOT. 
          UM, SO WORKING WITH OUR C OVID 19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION ON VACCINE HESITANCY, TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT THERE THAT THE FLU VACCINE IS SAFE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT. 
          UM, WORKING WITH OUR V S C PROVIDERS, UM, IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO, UM, STAY ON TOP OF ORDERING FLU VACCINE AND DISTRIBUTING IT. 
          UM, WE'VE CREATED VACCINE STRIKE TEAMS THROUGH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT THE C D C HAS GIVEN US, UM, AND HAVE BROUGHT ON SEVEN ADDITIONAL STAFF TO, UM, CIRCULATE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HELP IMPROVE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AROUND FLU VACCINE. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, WE ALSO RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH OUR REACH GRANT, UM, TO ALSO BRING ON TWO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT VACCINE HESITANCY AND GETTING THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, FLU VACCINE RIGHT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          WE'RE ALSO, UM, DOING THE MEDIA CIRCUIT. 
          SO WE HAVE PURCHASED TV AND RADIO ADS, BILLBOARDS, UM, WE'RE FLOODING SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS, UM, WE HAVE A PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO TO GET FLU VACCINES, THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING FLU VACCINES, AND, UM, WHY THIS YEAR IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT YEAR TO DO SO. 
          UM, WE HAVE 50 PLUS FLU CLINIC EVENTS WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          UM, THESE ARE BEING DONE BOTH AS DRIVE-THROUGH AND MASS FLU VACCINE CLINICS. 
          UM, AND WE'RE DOING AT LEAST ONE MASS FLU VACCINE CLINIC IN EACH QUADRANT OF THE CITY. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VACCINES WE'VE PURCHASED THAT IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF VACCINES WE TYPICALLY PURCHASE EACH YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, HERE'S A MAP OF WHERE THE DIFFERENT PLACES PEOPLE CAN GO TO GET THEIR FLU SHOTS ARE LOCATED. 
          UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY IS WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON OUR, UM, FLU EVENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE AREA WHERE WE, UM, WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UM, THE BEST ACCESS TO FLU VACCINE. 
          THERE ARE FEWER PRIVATE LOCATIONS AVAILABLE THERE. 
          SO WE'VE SUPPLEMENTED WITH OUR, UM, OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT EVENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW I WANNA TRANSITION TO THE C OVID 1919 VACCINATION PLANNING. 
          UM, WE HAVE AN INTERNAL GROUP THAT HAS BEEN MEETING WEEKLY TO PLAN FOR, UM, DISTRIBUTION OF THE C OVID 19 VACCINE ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE C R C, UM, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT WORK GROUP AGAIN, TO FOCUS ON WHAT IS THE MESSAGE WE NEED TO GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE VACCINE HESITANCY THAT WE BELIEVE WE MAY SEE. 
          UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PRIVATE PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO ENROLL IN THE CDC D'S COVID VACCINE PROGRAM SO THAT WHEN THERE IS VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS, THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. 
          UM, WE HAVE WEEKLY CHECK-IN CALLS WITH BOTH THE STATE AND THE C D C TO STAY ON TOP OF THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT'S HAPPENING AROUND VACCINATION. 
          UM, AND WE ARE PLANNING ON USING SOME OF THE, UM, MASS VACCINATION CLINICS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR FLU AS, UM, PILOT D PILOT TESTS FOR OUR, UM, MASS VACCINATION OF C OVID 19 VACCINE 
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AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS WILL ALLOW US TO TEST OUT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK, TWEAK IT AND BE, UM, MORE PREPARED TO DO THIS WITH THE C OVID 19 VACCINE. 
          UH, WE DO NEED TO RETURN OUR COVID VACCINE PLAN TO THE C D C NEXT WEEK, AND SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA COVER A COUPLE OF OUR KEY ASSUMPTIONS SPECIFIC TO THE C OVID 19 VACCINE. 
          THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE MEDIA ABOUT THERE WILL BE A VACCINE IN NOVEMBER. 
          UM, IF THERE IS A VACCINE AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER, IT WILL BE IN EXTREMELY SMALL DOSES. 
          UM, WE THINK THAT THE SUPPLY WILL ACTUALLY BE MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN LATE SPRING OR SUMMER OF 2021. 
          UM, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT KIND OF VACCINE WE'RE GONNA GET, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE APPROVED AS A LICENSED VACCINE OR IF IT'S GOING TO HAVE, UM, A SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION BY THE F D A. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO NOT SURE THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VACCINES BEING TESTED RIGHT NOW. 
          SOME REQUIRE, UM, ONLY REFRIGERATION. 
          OTHERS REQUIRE ULTRA COLD FROZEN, WHICH WILL BE SHIPPED IN DRY ICE AND WILL REQUIRE US TO, UM, DISTRIBUTE THEM EXTREMELY QUICKLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT ULTRA COLD FREEZER THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO STORE IT. 
          UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE TWO DOSES REQUIRED THAT WILL BE SEPARATED BY EITHER 21 OR 28 DAYS, UM, FOR PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE IMMUNITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          . 
          AND THEN FINALLY, JUST TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, IS THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW. 
          IF IT CHANGES, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. 
          UH, AS SOON AS WE HEAR DIFFERENTLY FROM THE C D C. 
          WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD IS THAT WHEN WE GET THE FIRST VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF VACCINE, IT WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 
          SO HEALTHCARE WORKERS, UM, E M S, UM, FIRE EDUCATION, THOSE WILL BE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE GIVEN THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO BE VACCINATED. 
          UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT GOES ON DOWN BY, UM, TARGET AUDIENCE. 
          SO PEOPLE LIVING IN GROUP SETTINGS IN CONGREGATE CARE, UM, PEOPLE AT HIGH RISK FOR POOR OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF C OVID 19, AND THEN PEOPLE WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO VACCINATION SERVICES. 
          UM, SO THOSE, RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE THE, UM, THE TOP POPULATIONS IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, WHO WILL GET THE VACCINE ONCE IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ALRIGHT, NOW I'M GOING TO PASS THE BATON ONTO CHIEF HOOD, UM, WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S, UM, AMAZING WORK WITH THE COVID 19 RESPONSE. 
          UH, THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND, UH, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, I PUT THE SLIDE UP TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THAT WE ARE ALL HAZARDS FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'RE BEGINNING OUR 213TH OPERATIONAL PERIOD OF COVID, AND WE HAVE QUICKLY BECOME SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THE COVID RESPONSE. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME, UM, WE HAVE BEEN SO BUSY. 
          WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS IN CALIFORNIA. 
          SOME OF THEM ARE COMPLETING, UH, ALMOST 30 DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FIGHTING RECORD FIRES. 
          WE HAVE HAD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE GULF STATES, DEPLOYED CHASING HURRICANES, AND WE'VE GOT ONE, UH, BREWING HURRICANE DELTA WHERE WE'LL PROBABLY BE OUT DEPLOYED SOMEWHERE AGAIN. 
          SO, ALL THIS EXPERTISE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S THE SAME EXPERTISE THAT TAKES CARE OF US EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO I CAN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS, IS DOING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR US, WE HAVE A PARTIAL, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ACTIVATION. 
          UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UM, HAVE OPENED UP TO, UM, DEAL WITH EVACUEES DURING HURRICANES. 
          SO THERE'S ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT WE GO TO A FULL ACTIVATION, BUT AT THIS TIME, WE WERE MANAGING OUR COVID OPERATIONS FROM THE E O C, WE HAVE RECEIVED NEW EQUIPMENT RESPONSE VEHICLES. 
          YOU SEE SOME OF THE TRAILERS THAT WE ARE PROCURE THAT WE ARE USING FOR TESTING. 
          UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR M I H AND OUR, UM, SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT BLUE TEAM, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THE TESTING SITES, AND THEN OUR I C S, UH, FACILITIES AND THEN RESILIENCY. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON ALL OF THOSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE, UH, TESTS OVER 153,000 TESTS, WHICH IS KIND OF MIND BOGGLING 
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FROM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. 
          UH, OUR BUSIEST MONTH, IF YOU LOOK DOWN, WAS IN JULY WHERE WE DID ALMOST 54,000 TESTS. 
          WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLATFORMS OF, UH, TESTING FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE'RE UTILIZING FOUR LABS AT THIS TIME, AS DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR PROGRAM, WE HAVE UP TO 5,000 TESTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING A WALKUP SITES TO RAMIREZ COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, QUAR COMMUNITY CENTER, AND OUR DRIVE UP SITE AT FREEMAN COLISEUM. 
          THE BEAUTY OF THE WALKUPS, UH, THEY'RE FLEXIBLE AS FAR AS WE CAN MOVE OR REDEPLOY THOSE RESOURCES AND LOCATIONS IF WE NEED TO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, THESE ARE, UH, THE CURATIVE STANDALONE TESTING SITES, AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING REALLY GOOD NUMBERS OFF OF THEM. 
          UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, UC, LOS LOS PALMAS LIBRARY. 
          THAT IS THE KIOSK. 
          UM, YOU SEE THE, UH, COLLINS LIBRARY LOCATION ON ALITOS. 
          WE HAVE A VAN SET UP THERE, AND THEN WE HAVE A TRAILER, UM, OVER CLOSE TO SAC. 
          SO THERE'S NO LIMITS OF TESTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THESE INDEPENDENT SITES. 
          AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO HAVE AS MANY PLATFORMS AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TEST. 
          WE HAVE STARTED DOING SOME ASYMPTOMATIC ON A SLOW ROLLOUT. 
          UH, WE'RE ONLY DOING AN HOUR A DAY. 
          WE'RE AT FREEMAN TODAY. 
          AND SO WE STILL HAVE SOME KINKS OR SOME BUGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT BEFORE WE CAN OFFER, UH, MORE TIME AND AVAILABILITY TO ASYMPTOMATIC. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, M I H UM, AGAIN, WHO KNEW WHEN WE STARTED M I H A FEW YEARS AGO THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE, UH, BASICALLY THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. 
          UH, AND WE'VE TRAINED UP A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS PROGRAM TO HELP US OUT. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU LOOK YESTERDAY, WE DID A 21 ASSESSMENT AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          SO WE CONTINUE TO, UH, MONITOR AND DO WELLNESS CHECKS OR ASSESSMENTS AT HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          WE ARE STILL OPERATING TWO ISOLATION CARE FACILITIES AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, ONE IS AT LA, THE LA QUINTA, AND THE OTHER IS A HOLIDAY INN, WHICH WE'RE USING FOR OUR HOMELESS, UH, METRO HEALTH CONGREGATE SETTINGS. 
          WE HAVE, UM, BEEN ALL OVER THE STATE, BASICALLY ASSISTING IN, UH, NURSING HOME TESTING. 
          UH, WE DID, UH, BEXAR COUNTY DELL PROBATION EARLIER THIS WEEK, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE, ACUTE CARE STATION IF THEY NEED US. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, IF WE HAVE PEOPLE AT THE HOLIDAY INN EVACUEES WHEN WE HAVE THE, UH, HURRICANE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD TO GO INTO, UH, SEVERAL HOTELS AND DO TESTING THERE. 
          SO AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE A VERY FLEXIBLE PROGRAM AND WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS WHEREVER THEY ARE. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, METRO, UM, HEALTH CALL CENTER ASSISTANCE LINE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, IF YOU LOOK AT OUR BLUE TEAM AND OUR BLUE TEAM, UM, WE ARE GOING OUT DOING TESTING. 
          SO IF METRO HEALTH GETS A CALL CENTER, UH, REQUEST, SAY THE PERSON IS, UH, NON-AMBULATORY, UH, THEY CAN'T GET OUTTA THE HOUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE GONNA GO TEST THEM. 
          UH, I WAS OUT OF SERVICES, UH, LESS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, AND WE LOST ONE OF OUR BELOVED MECHANICS, HECTOR RODRIGUEZ. 
          WE'VE ALSO LOST SOME OTHERS, CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THIS DEPARTMENT, AND CHANCES ARE MAYBE, UM, THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD FOLLOW UP EARLIER OR SOMEONE TO, UH, CHECK THEM DURING THEIR CONVALESCENCE. 
          SO WE HAVE, UH, WENT IN AND CHECKED OVER 165  EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE MEDICATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY NEED TO BE TRANSPORTED, THAT WE ARE GONNA DO THAT. 
          AND SO WE HAVE, UM, PROBABLY SAVED A COUPLE OF LIVES BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY GET COVID, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO IN. 
          BUT BY US BEING ABLE TO CHECK ON ALL OF OUR COASTS OF FAMILY, UH, I, I THINK IT SAVED LIVES. 
          SO THE OTHER PIECE IS, UH, OUR UNIFY OUR UNIFORM EMPLOYEES AS FAR AS TESTING CONVALESCENCE, FIREFIGHTERS, AND PARAMEDICS. 
          WE THE MOST STUBBORN PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 
          SO TO UM, HAVE THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO WHERE WE GO OUT AND CHECK ON OUR MEMBERS IS CRITICAL FOR US BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE BEST CARE AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE REACHED OUT TO, UM, EACH AND EVERY MEMBER, ALMOST 2000 UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE'VE DONE THAT TO WHERE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO CALL AND CHECK ON THEM. 
          UM, YOU'RE NOT USED TO DOING HOMEWORK FOR YOUR KIDS. 
          UH, YOU'RE NOT USED TO EVERYBODY BEING HOME EVERY DAY. 
          MAYBE MAYBE YOUR SPOUSE HAS LOST A JOB. 
          SO WHAT KIND OF DIFFICULTIES ARE YOU HAVING AND, AND WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU FACING? AND HOW CAN WE HELP YOU? SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE, IS REALLY LOOKED AT OUR INTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESILIENCY AVAILABLE FOR OUR FAMILY MEMBERS. 
          I THINK THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANKS. 
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UH, I THINK YOU ARE, UH, MUTED. 
          OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, SO I'LL, I'LL BE, UH, BRINGING IT ON HOME TODAY BY PRESENTING THE AUGUST FINANCIAL REPORT, ALONG WITH THE, THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS DEVELOPED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR RESPONSE AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. 
          SO, AS A REMINDER, WITH THE COUNCIL ACTION THAT, UM, WAS TAKEN ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, ALONG WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, INCREASING THE FUNDING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE, THE CITY'S TOTAL INVESTMENT IN THE COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN NOW STANDS AT $527.6 MILLION. 
          NEARLY HALF OF THAT AMOUNT IS DEVELOPED, UH, IS DEDICATED TO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          AN ADDITIONAL 200 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE CITY'S ELIGIBLE PAYROLL AND SUPPLIES, ALONG WITH THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          NOW, BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE NUMBERS, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, BRING UP A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUGUST REPORT. 
          OVERALL EXPENSES ARE ON TRACK WITH PLANNED AMOUNTS. 
          UM, IN THE JULY FINANCIAL REPORT WE PRESENTED ON AUGUST 11TH, WE REPORTED EXPENSES TOTALING ONE $130 MILLION. 
          SO IN AUGUST, OUR EXPENSES TOTALED 49.3 MILLION. 
          WE ARE IN TARGET TO SPEND THE $270 MILLION IN CORONAVIRUS RELEASE FUNDS. 
          THE CITY RECEIVED FIVE, THE DECEMBER 30TH DEADLINE WITH FIVE MONTHS DOWN, AND FOUR MONTHS REMAINING. 
          WE HAVE SPENT 51% OF THE FUNDING AWARDED, UH, EXPENSES IN OUR RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AT THIS TIME AND OUR $1.1 MILLION AHEAD OF PLAN, PRIMARILY DUE TO EXPENSES IN THE EMERGENCY, UM, HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
          AND FINALLY, IN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, EXPENSES ARE ON TARGET AS WELL AS BOTH DR. 
          BRIDGER AND CHIEF HOOD, UM, ELABORATED ON A FEW MINUTES AGO. 
          BOTH HEALTH AND FIRE ARE MOVING AHEAD WITH THE PLAN AND OUR EXPENSES REFLECT THAT PROGRESS. 
          UM, WE, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE TO BALANCE OUR EXPENSES WITH THOSE OF THE STATE AND MAKE THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS TO ENSURE OUR BUDGETS AND, UM, OUR BUDGETS ARE ALIGNED PROPERLY AND ENSURE THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS FULLY FUNDED. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES DETAIL ON THE STATUS OF THE BUDGET BY REVENUE SOURCE. 
          THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND RELIEF FUND CONTINUES TO BE OUR LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE, AS WELL AS THE REVENUE SOURCE WITH THE SHORTEST FUNDING TIMELINE. 
          THIS FUNDING MUST BE SPENT BY THE DECEMBER 30TH TIMELINE, AND OUR FOCUS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON, CONTINUE TO BE SPENDING THIS FUNDING IN AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MANNER WITH THE EVER PRESENT DEADLINE LOOMING. 
          UM, ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN WAS A CONCEPT OF BRAIDED FUNDING, WHERE WE ARE LEG LEVERAGING ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR ALLOWABLE USES AND VARYING TIMELINES WITH OUR GENERAL FUND AND OTHER, OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS, YOU'LL SEE SPENDING OCCURRING AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE. 
          THIS IS BY DESIGN, AS THESE FUNDING SOURCES DO NOT CARRY THE SHORTER TIMELINES AND ARE MEANT TO FUND LONGER TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS, AS WELL AS SUSTAIN OUR CURRENT RESPONSE EFFORTS AFTER THE C R S SPENDING DEADLINE. 
          THIS INCLUDES THE 15 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND RESOURCES WE ADDED LAST MONTH TO FUND THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN INTO SUMMER 2021. 
          AS WE LOOK AT SPENDING BY PROGRAM, YOU'LL SEE SOME NEGATIVE VARIANCE VARIANCES. 
          UM, AS ERIC MENTIONED IN MOST FINANCIAL REPORTS, NEGATIVE VARIANCES ARE NOT GOOD, BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS MEANS WE'RE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE WITH OUR EXPENSES IN THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          THAT IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE BOTH ARE LARGELY C R F FUNDED WITH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          THE POSITIVE VARIANCE IS A BALANCE OF EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BEING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND EXPENSES IN THE SMALL BUSINESS PILLAR THAT WERE PLANNED TO OCCUR IN AUGUST, BUT ARE A BUT WERE ACTUALLY INCURRED IN SEPTEMBER, WE EXPECT THAT ISSUE TO BE RESOLVED IN OUR NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT. 
          UH, MOVING ON AND PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE COVID 19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY RESILIENCY DASHBOARD WILL BE POSTED TODAY ON THE CITY'S C OVID 19 WEBSITE. 
          UM, THIS STATIC IMAGE HERE IS OF THE DASHBOARD, BUT IT IS INTERACTIVE WITH OPTIONS TO EXPLORE THE BUDGET AND ACTUAL EXPENSES BY PROGRAM. 
          YOU'LL NOTICE THE CENTER PORTION HAS INFORMATION ON EACH PILLAR OF THE RECOVERY RESILIENCY PLAN, UH, WHICH I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL IN JUST A MOMENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. 
          UM, WE HAVE MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN, ALONG WITH, UM, AN OVERALL COUNTER OF INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, WE KNOW THIS MIGHT INCLUDE SOME INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ACCESS MORE THAN ONE SERVICE, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO GIVE AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE ON THE IMPACT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY OF OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS. 
          UH, THIS SLIDE IS A MORE, UH, GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL 
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ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE DASHBOARD. 
          FROM THE SUMMARY VIEW, USERS CAN NAVIGATE TO MORE DETAILED VIEW OF EXPENSES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE, ON THE LOWER, UM, LOWER PORTION OF THE PAGE. 
          UM, AND AS YOU LOOK TO THE OTHER SIDE, YOU'LL SEE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR EACH PILLAR AND IN THE HEALTH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 
          UM, CURRENTLY WE'RE UPDATING THIS ON A MONTHLY BASIS, AND WE'LL LOOK TO ADD MORE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS WAS A COLLABORATION WITH I C S E, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR THEIR, THEIR WORK ON THIS PROGRESS ON THIS PROJECT. 
          FINALLY, IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, UM, OUR NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT ON C R S EXPENDITURES IS DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 13TH. 
          UM, STAFF ARE WORKING TO COMPILE THE INFORMATION AND SUBMIT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WE SPEAK. 
          OUR NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT WILL BE PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER, UH, WITH EXPENSES THROUGH THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. 
          AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL ASPECTS OF FUNDING RELATED, UH, OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS AND MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AS WE MOVE ALONG IN THE PROCESS. 
          UH, MAYOR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. 
          UM, JUST, UH, A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANTED TO, UH, EMPHASIZE AND, AND, UH, RE-EMPHASIZE. 
          UH, ONE, UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE HEALTH PLAN. 
          UM, MANY OF YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE STATE IS PAYING FOR THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY TESTING. 
          THE STATE HAS CARESS MONEY TOO, AND WITH, IT'S ON THE SAME DEADLINE AS AS OURS. 
          AND WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THAT ACCOMMODATION IN SEPTEMBER, UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN THE COUNCIL, UH, AMENDED THE BUDGET. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND I DO SUSPECT THAT THAT, UM, MAY, UH, CONTINUE TO CHANGE. 
          UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE KEEP THE COUNCIL UPDATED. 
          WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT THE, THE, THE, THE A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE, WHICH I THINK WE DO NOW. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO, AND, AND CHIEF HOOD MENTIONED IT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A, A SLOW ROLLOUT THIS WEEK OF THE, UM, ASYMPTOM OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY LABS P C R TEST. 
          UM, AND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL, UM, ALLOCATION THAT, UM, UH, WE WEREN'T CONTEMPLATING IN, IN, UH, IN SEPTEMBER. 
          BUT BECAUSE THE STATE HAS CONTINUED TO PAY FOR THE BALANCE OF OUR, OF OUR LABS, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT. 
          UM, AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. 
          UH, SECONDLY, UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UM, OUR HOU EMERGENCY HOUSING, UH, PROGRAM. 
          UM, UH, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S COMMITTEE GOT AN UPDATE EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND WE SHARED THE PRESENTATION WITH EVERYBODY, UH, YESTERDAY. 
          UM, THAT IS, UM, UH, STILL CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH PROFILE. 
          AND, AND LORI AND BETO ARE, ARE CONTINUING TO WATCH THAT. 
          WE WILL LET YOU, UH, KNOW, UH, THROUGH COUNCILMAN VIN'S COMMITTEE OF ANY, UH, UM, DEVELOPING TRENDS. 
          THIRDLY, UH, THE COMMITTEE, UH, UPDATES, UH, OF WHICH, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, DOING, UH, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL ARE, UH, FRANKLY, EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR US TO GIVE YOU, UM, THE, UH, PROGRAMMATIC AND OUTCOME UPDATES ON THE, ON THE PILLARS. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS KIND OF A REAL TIME, AND, AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BACK IN, IN JUNE WHEN WE TALKED, WHEN, WHEN WE, WHEN, WHEN YOU APPROVED THE, THE, UH, THE PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS NOT LIKE THE NORMAL BUDGET. 
          THIS IS LIKE LIVE REAL TIME. 
          WE'VE GOT DEADLINES TO SPEND, WE NEED TO ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. 
          AND, AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT, UH, THE, I AND I THINK THE STAFF FIND THOSE, UM, THOSE, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES VERY HELPFUL. 
          SO, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CHARLES MENTIONED, UH, THE, UH, THE WORK THEY'RE DOING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DOING TO, UH, CHECK IN ON CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          AND I WANTED TO THANK CHARLES AND THE, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY, THEY, UM, THEY, WE, WE KIND OF EXPANDED WITH WHAT THEY WERE, WHAT WE WERE, WHAT HE WAS DOING WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PROVIDING THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICE TO ALL OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER THEY WORKED IN SOLID WASTE OR, OR PUBLIC WORKS OR FINANCE. 
          UM, BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT HE FOUND EARLY ON WAS THAT WE HAD EMPLOYEES. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD, I THINK IT'S A GOOD NOTE FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE THAT, THAT MAY, MAY NOT HAVE REALIZED THEY WERE AS SICK AS THEY WERE, UM, AND NEEDED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. 
          AND, UM, IT, IT'S BEEN HELPFUL. 
          AND I, I WANTED TO THANK CHARLES AND HIS TEAM FOR, FOR TAKING CARE OF, UH, ALL 12 AND A HALF THOUSAND OF US. 
          WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ERIC AND, UH, TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          A LOT TO, A LOT TO GO OVER HERE AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE PROGRESS AND STAYING ON TRACK WITH, UH, ALL OF THESE PILLARS. 
          UH, SO LET'S GO RIGHT INTO THE COUNCIL CONVERSATION. 
          WE'LL START, 
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UH, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, THANK YOU, ERIC. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF HOOD. 
          UM, THANK YOU, ANNA. 
          THIS IS, IS VERY, UM, INSIGHTFUL AND IT HELPS US TO FOLLOW UP WITH WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO, UM, WITH THIS PANDEMIC THAT WE'RE STILL IN. 
          UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY, UM, APPROVED $2 MILLION TO GO TOWARDS MASS SCHOOL TESTING, AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH, UM, ASSISTING WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, HELPING OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS AS THEY HAVE SOME HESITATION AND FEAR, UM, ABOUT GOING BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS. 
          SO SPECIFIC TO, UM, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS AS THEY ARE STARTING THEIR REOPENING PROCESS. 
          UM, SO THE, WE, ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WANTS TO, UM, GENERALLY ENDS UP SPEAKING WITH OUR, UM, MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR. 
          WU, UM, OR DR. 
          . 
          AND THEY GET, UM, AS MUCH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS THEY REQUEST. 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO PERFORMING A BIT OF A MONITORING FUNCTION, MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED OF A STUDENT OR A STAFF MEMBER IN A SCHOOL, UM, THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH THAT SCHOOL. 
          WE DO CONTACT TRACING. 
          WE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE THRESHOLDS WHERE, UM, THEY NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BE DETERMINED IN OUTBREAK OR WHETHER THEY NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT, UM, CLOSING THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL DUE TO THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAVE A SITUATION IN ONE OF THE ISDS, UM, WHERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ON CAMPUS WHO HAVE SYMPTOMS OF SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT. 
          AND SO WE ARE BRINGING MOBILE TESTING OUT TO THAT I S D TO TODAY. 
          THE TESTS WILL BE RUN THROUGH METRO HEALTH LAB, UM, AND WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IF THESE SYMPTOMS ARE COVID RELATED OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, PERHAPS FLU. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO USING THE M T X SYSTEM, UM, WE KNOW THAT WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BECAUSE HOW WE, UM, HAVE A CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF, OF GATHERINGS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL, UM, SOMEHOW, UM, CONNECTING, UM, WITHOUT ALWAYS HAVING THE SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
          UM, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO EACH CITY, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE INVESTIGATIONS OR, UM, THE CONTACT, UH, TRACING, OR IS IT JUST GONNA BE ONE BROAD GENERALIZED QUESTION THAT GOES ACROSS TO EVERYONE AND EVERYWHERE? NO, MA'AM. 
          IT IS INDIVIDUALIZED. 
          SO WHEN, UM, WHEN WE DO THE CASE INVESTIGATION PROCESS, SO, UM, WE, LET'S SAY I HAVE C OVID 19, SOMEBODY FROM THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CALLED ME, UM, SPENDS ABOUT 45 MINUTES ON THE PHONE WITH ME. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS, UM, COLLEEN, TELL US EVERYBODY WHO YOU CAME IN CONTACT WITH, UM, STARTING TWO DAYS BEFORE YOU DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS, OR TWO DAYS BEFORE YOU GOT TESTED. 
          UM, AND I WILL SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, UM, ERIC WALSH AND I WERE IN A MEETING TOGETHER, BUT WE WERE BOTH WEARING MASKS THE WHOLE TIME. 
          UM, THEY'LL STILL WRITE DOWN ERIC WALSH'S NAME, AND ERIC WILL GET A CALL TO VERIFY THAT. 
          HIS RECOLLECTION IS THAT BOTH OF US WERE WEARING MASKS. 
          WE STAYED SIX FEET APART, AND THE CONVERSATION WAS ONLY 10 MINUTES LONG. 
          SO IT'S THAT LEVEL OF DETAILED CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS WITH THE CONTACT TRACING. 
          UM, REGARDLESS OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED, THEY ARE GIVEN PEOPLE'S, UM, NAME. 
          THEY'RE GIVEN SPECIFIC IN INFORMATION, AND THEY VERIFY THAT INFORMATION. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY TO PICK ON YOU AGAIN, ERIC. 
          UM, SO, UH, CHIEF HOOD, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE CONGREGATE SETTINGS, AND WE KNOW EARLIER AT THE TIME WE WERE HAVING, UM, ISSUES WITH INVESTIGATIONS AND FINDING OUT IF EVERYTHING WAS ACTUALLY FLOWING CORRECTLY WITH, UH, THE RIVER CITY, UM, CONGREGATE SETTING HERE IN THE DISTRICT AS OF TODAY. 
          DO YOU KNOW, OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER INVESTIGATIONS OR ANY OTHER CALLS IN REFERENCE TO THE RIVER CITY? UM, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN, THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN PERIODIC E M S TRANSPORTS OUT OF RIVER CITY, BUT TODAY, UM, THERE'S ONLY FOUR, UM, THERE'S ONLY FOUR PEOPLE LIVING AT RIVER CITY. 
          UH, AND SO THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY, REALLY LOW RIGHT NOW. 
          SO WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, TWO CONGREGATE SETTINGS THAT WE 
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HAVE. 
          WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE, WHICH IS MERIDIAN, AND I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT MAYBE 10 OR 11 PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT ARE THERE TODAY. 
          SO RIVER CITY HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US. 
          AWESOME. 
          AND THEN, UM, I KNOW I ASK A LOT ABOUT THE IN-HOME SERVICES AND THE IN-HOME, UH, CARE FACILITIES. 
          UM, HAS M I H UM, SEEN AN UPTICK OR HAVE THERE BEEN ANY ADDITIONAL CALLS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN, IN HOME CARE FACILITIES? UH, NOT NECESSARILY AN UPTICK, I THINK JUST, UH, JUST CONSTANT. 
          SO IF, UM, IF, IF SOMEONE CALLS US OR THEY CALL THE METRO HEALTH LINE, WE'RE GONNA GO CHECK ON THEM. 
          WE STILL HAVE OUR PEOPLE THAT WE WERE SEEING AS FAR AS HIGH VOLUME UTILIZERS, UM, THAT WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT THE PROGRAM IS FOR. 
          SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT SENDING THEM TO THE HOSPITAL UNNECESSARILY, AND THAT WE'RE KEEPING THEM HEALTHY. 
          SO, UM, BUSINESS IS ABOUT USUAL RIGHT NOW. 
          I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REAL UPTICK AT THIS TIME. 
          AND, AND WE'LL TAKE IT THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU, CHIEF. 
          UM, ANNA, LOOK AT SLIDE NUMBER 31. 
          I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. 
          UNDER THE DIGITAL INCLUSION, IT SAYS THAT $0 HAVE BEEN SPENT. 
          AND SO I WANTED TO FIND OUT COULD YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THOSE, THOSE SPENT DOLLARS, UM, AND WHAT THEY REALLY, UM, EQUIVALATE TO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE IT JUST SAYS THAT WE SPENT, BUT, UM, JUST HELP US BREAK DOWN THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BETTER ON SLIDE 31, PLEASE. 
          HANNAH, YOU WANT ME TO JUMP IN PARTICULAR WITH THE, SORRY. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD, CRAIG. 
          OH, AND CRAIG, CRAIG'S HERE. 
          IF YOU, YOU WANT ME TO HELP? GO FOR IT, CRAIG. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UM, SO TEAM THAT, UH, THE $0 A LITTLE MISLEADING IN THE SENSE THAT MOST OF OUR SPEND HAS BEEN LONG-TERM SPEND AND IS COMING, AND FOR THE SHORT TERM THINGS ARE COMING IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. 
          SO WE HADN'T SPENT THE MONEY IN, UH, THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST. 
          THERE'S ACTUALLY SIX ACTIVITIES GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA DO 'EM VERY QUICKLY SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHERE THE SPEND IS. 
          HOTSPOTS WE'RE DELIVERING OVER 1600 HOTSPOTS FOR OVER $500,000 TO EDGEWOOD NORTHEAST PRE-K AND PARKS AND REC. 
          SO THAT WILL BE IN OUR SEPTEMBER ACTUALS. 
          UM, I S D MATCH FUNDING, $420,000 FROM C R F FUNDS TO HELP MATCH THE T E A, UH, 60,000 GOES TO SOUTH SAN HARLANDALE, SOUTHWEST JUDSON AND NORTH SIDE. 
          AND 120 IS GOING TO SAN ANTONIO, I S D. 
          SO THERE'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND HOTSPOTS IN MATCHING FUNDING. 
          THAT'LL BE IN THE SEPTEMBER ACTUALS. 
          WE'RE ALSO SPENDING ANOTHER 150,000 TO STAND UP THREE MORE PARKS FACILITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY HUBS. 
          YOU'LL SEE THAT IN PROBABLY IN NOVEMBER, UM, ACTUALS AS THAT COMES UP. 
          THEY ALREADY HAVE EIGHT HUBS GOING ON NOW. 
          WE'RE ADDING THREE MORE. 
          UH, AND THEN THE COVID RECOVERY PORTAL THAT'S BEING BUILT AS WELL. 
          WE SIGNED OUR CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR IN AUGUST. 
          YOU'LL START TO SEE, UM, ACTUALS IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, AND NOVEMBER. 
          AND THEN THE BIG EFFORT AROUND THE CONNECTED TO THE CLASSROOM PROJECT IS THE LANIER PILOT THAT WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT YOU'LL SEE SPENT THROUGH DECEMBER. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE THAT'S BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER. 
          THAT'S CLOSE TO FIVE, FOUR AND A HALF, $5 MILLION YOU'LL SEE SPENT BEFORE WE SPEND THE BIG MONEY NEXT YEAR ON THE ROLLOUTS OF THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. 
          IT DEFINITELY, I THINK THE ONLY THING, OTHER THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS, REMEMBER THAT THOSE, UH, DIGITAL INCLUSION DOLLARS WERE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS. 
          SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT WE'RE SPENDING, AND WE KNEW THAT THESE INITIATIVES HAD A LONGER HORIZON ON THEM. 
          SO THEY'RE FUNDED BY DOLLARS THAT HAVE THAT LATITUDE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANNA. 
          THANK YOU, CRAIG, FOR THAT INFORMATION. 
          I KNOW, UM, IT HELPS THOSE THAT ARE LOOKING, UM, REALLY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE'RE GOING. 
          AND NOT THAT THE DOLLARS ARE JUST SITTING THERE, UM, BUT THEY ACTUALLY ARE BEING USED ALREADY. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREWS SULLIVAN, COUNCIL MEMBER ROJA GARCIA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, BY THE WAY, CONGRATULATIONS ON, ON THE GRAND BABY. 
          AND, UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          BECAUSE YOU KIND OF GOT RID OF MAYBE, UH, THREE MINUTES WORTH OF MY SPEAKING POINTS, BECAUSE I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE TESTING. 
          UM, BUT I, I HAD READ, AND I HAD SHARED AN ARTICLE WITH YOU, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, AND THEN ALSO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, UM, HAD DONE TWO SEPARATE STUDIES. 
          AND SO, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR, FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO HEAR, AND SO THEY COULD UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE, THE, THE FIRST STUDY I WAS TALKING ABOUT, IT, IT WAS ABOUT 45,000 PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE STUDY. 
          UM, AND SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SILENT SPREADERS 
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WORK, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, HOW ASYMPTOMATIC CAN TRANSMIT PERHAPS LONGER THAN 14 DAYS EVEN. 
          SO WE GET WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT ASYMPTOMATIC AND PRESYMPTOMATIC, UM, SPREADERS. 
          UM, BUT, UM, I ALSO HAD MENTIONED, AND IN THAT STUDY I HAD ASKED ERIC A FEW MONTHS AGO ABOUT, UM, MONITORING SEWAGE SLUDGE AND HOW SAWS MIGHT BE ABLE TO, UM, DO THIS FOR US OR WORK WITH US. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY HAD THE ABILITY TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT IN NEW YORK THEY WERE DOING THAT. 
          AND I HAD SEEN THAT IN ANOTHER STUDY A FEW, UM, MONTHS AGO. 
          AND THEN IT, IT, IT RECURRED IN THIS STUDY, OR IT, IT WAS MENTIONED AGAIN IN THIS MORE RECENT STUDY. 
          AND SO, UM, SO JUST SOMETHING AGAIN, ERIC, TO THINK ABOUT. 
          I KNOW THAT I HAD TALKED TO YOU ABOUT FLUSHING TOILETS, ET CETERA, AND SO AT THE TIME IT SOUNDED WEIRD, BUT, UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT. 
          YES, THERE HA I MEAN, THERE HAS, WE'VE, WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATION WITH SAS ABOUT THE, UM, THE INITIAL CHALLENGES THAT THEY HAVE TOO MANY BIG PIPES. 
          UM, AND SO IT'S HARD TO DIFFERENTIATE WHERE THINGS ARE COMING FROM. 
          UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE NATION THAT ARE DOING, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO GO A LITTLE BIT FARTHER UPSTREAM, SO PARDON THE USE OF THAT TERM. 
          UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT, UM, IN COLLABORATION WITH HAWS. 
          BUT OUR FIRST ASSESSMENT WAS THEIR TUBES ARE TOO BIG AND DOESN'T ALLOW US TO SAY, OH, THIS CAME FROM THIS AREA. 
          UM, OKAY, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WORKAROUND. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND, UM, IN, IN, IN ONE OF THOSE ARTICLES THEY TALKED ABOUT, THERE WERE 16 DIFFERENT COHORTS THAT THEY STUDIED. 
          AND SO, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW 40 TO 44 5% OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE STILL HAVE THIS POTENTIAL OF SPREADING. 
          AND I WAS REALLY INTERESTED BECAUSE THEY REFERENCED IN THERE SPECIFICALLY THAT 54% OF THE DIAMOND PRINCESS CRUISE SHIPS, WHICH YOU CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS, WHICH YOU REMEMBER WE GOT HERE IN LACKLAND, UM, WERE ASYMPTOMATIC. 
          UM, BUT BEYOND THAT, AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY CONCERNS ME, UM, AND THANK YOU AGAIN DR. 
          BRIDGER FOR, FOR ADDING THEM TO THE CONTACT TRACING. 
          UM, IT TALKED ABOUT HOW 50 PER 4% OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE NOW, UM, HAD SUBCLINICAL CHANGES IN THEIR LUNGS. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN AFTER EFFECT. 
          AND SO I, I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT PEOPLE MIGHT THINK, OH, I'M ASYMPTOMATIC, SO IT DIDN'T AFFECT ME AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN SPECIFICALLY LOOKING ALSO AT THE U S S THEATRE, ROOSEVELT, 60% OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE, UM, WERE STILL TESTING POSITIVE AFTER 14 DAYS IN QUARANTINE. 
          AND THESE PEOPLE, BY THE WAY, ARE BETWEEN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES. 
          AND SO THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME AGE GROUP THAT WE IN SAN ANTONIO ARE, ARE REALLY FACING, UM, THE, THE LARGER, UH, NUMBERS IN. 
          AND SO WE DID A GOOD JOB OF TAKING CARE OF, UM, MAYBE OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR OLDER FOLKS, RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT THIS IS A GROUP THAT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH. 
          UM, AND THEN IN THE OTHER ARTICLE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE, UM, THE NAN SEAFOOD MARKET IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS, THE MEDIAN WAS 37 YEARS OF AGE, SO THEY LOOKED AT 26 TO 45 AS A AGE GROUP THAT ARE ASYMPTOMATIC. 
          AND I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HOW WE'RE GETTING THAT MESSAGE, HOW WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THAT YOUTH AUDIENCE, OR THAT THEY'RE BETWEEN, LET'S SAY 2025 AND 45. 
          UM, SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT STRATEGY THAT YOU ALL HAVE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, A BIGGER, UH, FOCUS, UH, OR, OR, I'M SORRY, A BIGGER PROBLEM AREA WITHIN THAT AGE GROUP. 
          CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD CONNECT WITH ME OFFLINE ABOUT? YES. 
          I, I, WE CAN CHAT OFF OFFLINE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DO WANNA CLARIFY ONE THING THOUGH, COUNCILWOMAN, WE HAVE BEEN DOING CONTACT TRACING ON ASYMPTOMATIC P C R POSITIVE CASES, WHICH ARE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR ASYMPTOMATIC TESTS. 
          UM, SO I JUST WANT, I, AGAIN, THE, THE EMAIL I SENT OUT, WE ESTIMATED THERE WERE ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UM, WHO WOULD'VE QUALIFIED FOR CONTACT TRACING OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, UM, USING THIS NEW DEFINITION THAT WE'RE ROLLING OUT TOMORROW. 
          BUT IT, THE, THE, THE 10,000 PROBABLE WERE, WERE ALL ANTIGEN TESTS, AND THEN ANYBODY WHO'S GOT A P C R TEST, REGARDLESS IF THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS OR NOT, ARE GETTING CONTACT TRACE. 
          AND AS YOU SAW, THAT'S NEARLY 60,000 PEOPLE. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE ON THE C D C WEBSITE ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, THEY UPDATED AND IT SAYS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING, UM, AT CONTACT TRACING FOR CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE, AND IN, IN THE SLIDE THAT YOU SHARED EARLIER TODAY, IT TALKED ABOUT ANTIGENS BEING CONSIDERED PROBABLE. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE I WAS, UH, AGAIN, JUST, JUST IN THE RESEARCH AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, UH, LIKE SHOULD, SHOULD WE BE DOING THIS? IS THIS, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY TO GO? AND SO, SO I'M, I'M SUPER GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. 
          I, UM, HAVE A QUESTION ALSO NOW ON THE, UM, VACCINES, SPECIFICALLY THE COVID, WE, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT, THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS DUE BY OCTOBER THE 16TH. 
          WHO'S WORKING ON THAT? AND, AND 
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WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE IT? AND SO I, I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS, WE, WE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE FLU, UM, VACCINES ARE, ARE MAYBE A PILOT TEST, RIGHT? FOR HOW THIS WOULD GO. 
          UM, BUT SO WHO'S, WHO'S WORKING ON THAT? WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S, WHO'S ON THAT? METRO HEALTH IS, IS THE POINT ON THAT. 
          AND OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR TRADITIONAL VACCINATION PARTNERS. 
          UM, WE'LL SUBMIT IT TO THE C D C, THEY'LL GIVE US INPUT, TELL US WHETHER THEY WANT US TO MAKE ANY CHANGES ONCE IT'S FINALIZED. 
          WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL. 
          OKAY, WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          UM, AND THEN, UH, ALSO ON THE MESSAGING STRATEGY, I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THE MEXICAN CONSULATE TODAY. 
          AND SO HE IS, IS IN AGREEMENT WITH PUSHING OUT, HELPING PUSH OUT THE MESSAGE ON, ON VACCINE CLINICS OR EVEN ON THE TRAIN FOR JOBS. 
          UM, UH, THAT, THAT WE HAVE PROGRAM GOING ON AND ANY HEALTH INITIATIVES. 
          UM, THERE IS A DIGITAL DIVIDE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL THAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO COUNCILMAN PAL ABOUT. 
          AND COUNCILMAN SANDOVAL AND I HAVE ALREADY CONNECTED ABOUT AN INITIATIVE THAT I WANTED TO, UM, WORK ON WITH HER COLLABORATIVELY AND, AND, AND CHECK. 
          UM, AND SO I'M, I'M EXCITED. 
          THERE'S COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT THERE, AND SO I, I WOULD, UM, I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP. 
          AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE AGE GROUP THAT IS BEING MOST AFFECTED. 
          WE KNOW WHAT, UM, ETHNICITY IS BEING MOST AFFECTED, BUT I'D LIKE TO ALSO LOOK AT THE AGE GROUP AND WHAT, HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REACHING THEIR AGE GROUP. 
          UM, ALSO ON THE, THANK YOU FOR THE CONCENTRATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, FOR THE FLU SHOTS, UM, WHERE ARE WE ON THE DOOR-TO-DOOR STRATEGY, WE HAD A D H S AND THE, UM, REPORT THAT WE HAD ON RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY, WE HAD A GOAL OF REACHING 30,000 PEOPLE DOOR TO DOOR. 
          WE SAID THAT 80% OF THOSE WE WOULD, UM, HAVE THEM APPLY FOR REFERRAL SERVICES FOR THE, UH, RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY. 
          DO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THAT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE WE'VE MET? ANA, DO YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR DASHBOARD? COUNCILWOMAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALK, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST, UM, METRO HEALTH. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE EMERGENCY HOUSING, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          YEAH, IT WAS EVERYTHING. 
          IT WAS A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, STRATEGY THAT D H S HAD A REACHING 30,000 DOOR TO DOOR BY DECEMBER OR ACTUALLY BEFORE DECEMBER OR SOMETHING. 
          WE'LL GET AN UPDATED SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          OKAY. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          UM, AND THEN ALSO IN, UM, IN YOUR BUDGET MEMO A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, UM, UH, IT WAS A DRAFT VERSION, ERIC, THAT YOU HAD SENT OUT, BUT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES FOR ADDRESSING FOLKS WITH PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DISABILITIES BEYOND WHAT THE CURRENT PROGRAMS ARE IN METRO HEALTH. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AS WELL ON THAT. 
          I HAVEN'T HEARD TOO MUCH REFERENCED, I DID SEE IT YESTERDAY ON THE ECONOMIC AND, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT IT WAS REFERENCED, BUT I'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT PARTICULAR POPULATION. 
          AND THEN, UM, ALSO, DR. 
          BRIDGER IN THE UPDATE THAT YOU SENT ME ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY FOR SOME OF THE, UH, AREAS IN THE SOUTH SIDE, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE. 
          UM, AND TWO AND SIX ALSO INCLUDED. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPING, UM, PEER GROUPS AND NATURAL COMMUNITY LEADERS. 
          AND SO I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE YET. 
          AND THEN ALSO YOU MENTIONED IN THEIR COVID CARE PACKAGES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE. 
          I KNOW THAT YOU SAID YOU WERE WORKING WITH FINANCE TO PRICE THOSE, OR I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THOSE COVID CARE PACKAGES. 
          UM, THE H VETS UNIT INFORMATION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. 
          I'M ASSUMING THAT'S GONNA BE IN THOSE PACKAGES AS WELL. 
          BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING, LIKE, ARE WE GIVING INFORMATION ON PREVENTIVE, UM, THINGS FOR, FOR, FOR BOTH THE FLU OR EVEN COVID? WE'VE HEARD THAT VITAMIN D AND ZINC, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU ARE TAKING SOME OF THESE ALREADY, BUT HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION AS WELL TOO, OUR, UM, AUDIENCES? AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ME THEN OFFLINE ON THOSE ITEMS, I GREATLY APPRECIATE, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER WILL DO. 
          AND THEN, UM, JUST A FINAL IS, UH, CHIEF HOOD, THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT FIRE HAS DONE. 
          AGAIN, EVEN ON THEIR OFF TIME, UM, UH, FIRE HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR A COUPLE OF MY, UH, EVENTS WITH THE FOOD BANK, AND THEY'RE READY TO VOLUNTEER FOR SOME ADDITIONAL EVENTS. 
          I JUST WANNA, UM, PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE THEM AND SAY THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB BEYOND, UM, THEIR, THEIR LINE OF DUTY. 
          SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER S FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I'M, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, AND SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS. 
          ONE, UM, I, I GOT TO GO TO THE ALAMO DOME, UH, OPERATION YOU HAVE SET UP THERE, AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. 
          UM, AND COUNCILMAN PERRY AND I GOT TO WALK THROUGH THERE, AND I, AND I THINK HE'LL AGREE WITH ME, THAT THAT EXCEEDS WHAT WE'VE GOT SET UP THERE, EXCEEDS OUR, OUR WHAT, OUR PRECONCEIVED NOTION OF WHAT WE REALLY ARE DOING. 
          UH, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTACT 
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TRACING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THOUGHT THAT WHAT WE HAD OUT THERE WAS A FEW FOLKS, YOU KNOW, WITH A FEW PHONE LINES, UH, WORKING LEADS ON, YOU KNOW, AND JUST CHASING PEOPLE DOWN, ASKING THEM HOW YOU FEELING AND WHERE YOU'VE BEEN. 
          UM, WHAT WE'VE GOT OUT THERE IS, UM, ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ASSEMBLY LINE OPERATIONS I'VE EVER SEEN. 
          UH, AND EVERY PHONE MANNED AND WOMAN BY, UM, YOU KNOW, EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND VIROLOGISTS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE COME, UM, TO HELP SAN ANTONIO OUT. 
          DR. 
          BRIDGER LET NOBODY EVER SAY, AND YOU, YOU CAN TIMESTAMP THIS, BY THE WAY, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA, UH, LET NOBODY EVER SAY THAT WE DIDN'T PULL FROM EVERY, FROM EVERY LEVER, AND THAT WE AREN'T EMPLOYING BEST PRACTICES. 
          IN FACT, WE ARE THE BEST PRACTICES. 
          AND MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WHEN THIS IS ALL BEHIND US IN OUR REAR VIEW MIRROR, THAT PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, WILL STUDY OUR, UH, RESPONSE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SAN ANTONIO MODEL, AND WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, APPLY THE SAN ANTONIO MODEL TO OUR NEXT CATASTROPHE AND OUR NEXT DISASTER. 
          AND SO, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, I, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH, UM, MY CONSTITUENTS, UH, AND MY FAMILY ARE, UM, ARE THANKFUL, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. 
          AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THE RINGER, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYBODY IN SAN ANTONIO WHO'S HAD A TOUGHER JOB THAN YOU OVER THE PAST. 
          YOU KNOW, UM, IT, THE 2020 HAS JUST REALLY BEEN TERRIBLE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          BUT 2020 FOR YOU HAS JUST BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, A GAUNTLET OF PUNISHMENT, AND YOU'VE MADE IT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, AND, AND YOU'VE DONE IT SO GRACEFULLY. 
          AND, UH, I, I, I JUST ADMIRE YOU, UH, SO MUCH MORE WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES. 
          UM, I, I DO WANNA CALL OUT SOME NAMES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. 
          UM, DR. 
          ERIKA GONZALEZ REYES LOST A PARENT, UM, TO THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE VIRUS. 
          UM, COUNCIL RO LOST MULTIPLE FAMILY MEMBERS TO THIS HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, UM, VIRUS. 
          UM, MY GRANDMOTHER IN BOGOTA HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO LEAVE HER HOME IN SIX MONTHS, AND SHE HAS NOT STEPPED OUT OF HER HOME. 
          UM, MY WIFE AND KIDS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE DRAMATICALLY LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE ACCUSTOMED TO DOING. 
          MY WIFE'S GRANDFATHER HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. 
          UM, AND WE KNOW THAT A FRIEND OF OURS, PAUL ALUA, YOU KNOW, HE WAS PATIENT NUMBER 25, RIGHT? UM, HEALTHY, HEALTHY, HEALTHY YOUNG MAN. 
          UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST HUMAN BEINGS IN SAN ANTONIO, A GUY BY THE NAME OF GINO DAMALI, HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND BE PUT ON, ON A, ON A RESPIRATOR. 
          AND THAT'S JUST A SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? UM, AND WE'RE SEEING THIS PLAY OUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER THE WORLD AND SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE OF DR. 
          BRIDGER'S WORK, AND BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF METRO HEALTH AND BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO'S, UM, TRUST THAT THEY'VE PUT IN METRO HEALTH, UM, HAS LED TO US BRINGING THESE NUMBERS DOWN AND US PUTTING OUR ARMS AROUND THIS AND MANAGING IT. 
          WHEREAS OTHER, YOU KNOW, CITIES AROUND THIS, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE, YOU KNOW, HAVE IGNORED THEIR SCIENTISTS AND HAVE IGNORED THE BEST ADVICE, YOU KNOW, UM, FROM PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTS. 
          UM, AND THEY'RE SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES. 
          AND SO, I, I WILL, YOU KNOW, UH, POINT OUT THAT SAN ANTONIO IS NOT IMMUNE FROM ANOTHER VIRUS, AND THAT IS THE VIRUS IS CONSPIRACY THEORY AND THE VIRUS OF REJECTING EXPERTISE AND ATTACKS ON EXPERTISE. 
          UH, WE GOT PLENTY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WOULD RATHER BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHATEVER THEY READ, UM, IN THE, UH, FEVER SWAMPS OF THE INTERNET, AS OPPOSED TO LISTENING TO DOCTORS WHO'VE ACTUALLY STUDIED THIS ALL THEIR LIVES. 
          A GOOGLE SEARCH SUDDENLY MAKES PEOPLE EXPERTS, APPARENTLY. 
          UM, AND THERE'S NOBODY ON THE CITY COUNCILS, NOBODY E EVEN MY, EVEN MY VERY, VERY, VERY BRILLIANT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, COLLEAGUE, UH, SANDOVAL, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU KNOW IS AS, AS PREPARED AND AS PROFICIENT ON THE WORKINGS OF THIS VIRUS, AS, YOU KNOW, OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND VIROLOGISTS WHO WORK FOR US. 
          AND, UM, SO WHAT WE DO ON COUNCILS, WE TRUSTED, UH, AND PUT OUR TRUST IN THESE SCIENTISTS, AND IT'S PAID OFF. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS AT DINNER LAST NIGHT LISTENING TO, YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS WERE STAYING IN LINE IN FRONT OF ME TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, THIS COVID THING IS NOT SO BAD BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918. 
          WELL, THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY KILLED MORE PEOPLE, AND IT WAS PROBABLY MORE DEADLY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE METRO HEALTH DISTRICTS, AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE, AND, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY, UM, THAT COMES CLOSE TO THE SCIENCE AND THE ART OF, UM, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND VIROLOGY. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAR MARSHAL EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DATA TO INFORM WHAT WE DO. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY 
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FRUSTRATING. 
          AND, AND I'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I, IT JUST MAKES ME FURIOUS TO HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON WE'VE DONE THIS IS TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT A NEW WAY TO CONTROL THEIR LIVES. 
          UH, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S SO INTERESTING ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT, THAT THEY THINK I WANT TO CONTROL IT. 
          UM, I CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA CONTROL MY WIFE'S LIVES OR MY PARENTS' LIVES, OR MY COWORKER'S LIVES. 
          UM, I'M TRY TRYING TO, AND I, I KNOW THAT MY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S JUST FEWER FUNERALS AT THE END OF THE DAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A DENT ON THAT. 
          SO, DESPITE, DESPITE THE, JUST THE RIDICULOUSNESS THAT COMES OUT OF, YOU KNOW, UH, QUARTERS IN DC, UM, BE AFRAID OF THIS VIRUS, IT'S DEADLY. 
          UH, AND IT KILLS AND WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING MY KIDS THE OTHER DAY THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO A RESTAURANT, THERE'S A SIGNUP, AND YOU KNOW, AT THE SEVEN 11, THERE'S A SIGNUP THAT SAYS, NO PANTS, NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE, RIGHT? AND EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          BUT THE SECOND YOU TELL 'EM, HEY, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, NO MASK, OH, THEY LOSE THEIR MIND AND THEY START INVOKING AMENDMENTS IN THE CONSTITUTION, RIGHT? UM, SO I I, I, I'M PROUD OF MY COUNCIL, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, REJECTING CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND FOR REJECTING THE ATTACK ON EXPERTISE AND FOR REALLY EMBRACING SCIENCE. 
          AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, THAT SAID, I AM WORRIED ABOUT A SECOND BUMP, UH, IN NUMBERS. 
          AND, UH, I AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, AND I, I THINK THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO HANDLE A SECOND BUMP, BUT, UM, I'M, I'M CERTAINLY NOT PREPARED TO, TO LET MY, UM, LET MY GUARD DOWN. 
          SO, MAYOR, UH, WITH THAT, UM, I, I DO THINK THAT IT IS WORTH REMINDING PEOPLE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO THAT WE DOUBLED DOWN ON OUR INVESTMENT IN METRO HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A RESILIENT CITY, NOT JUST TO RESPOND, UH, TO THIS VIRUS AND THIS PANDEMIC, BUT FOR THE NEXT ONE, RIGHT? AND, UH, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER EXPECTED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE RELYING SO MUCH ON METRO HEALTH, UH, AS WE DO, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE OUR VIROLOGISTS AND OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WHO ARE FRONTLINE WORKERS, BUT THEY ARE, AND I'M PROUD OF THE SAN ANTONIO MODEL, AND I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD. 
          SO, WITH THAT, MAYOR, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL PASS THE REST OF MY TIME. 
          UM, AND YOU CAN TIMESTAMP ME AT 2 0 3, UH, AS, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME I SPOKE, UH, WE'RE CENTRAL OVER HERE MAY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH,  MEMBER. 
          UH, MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL MEMBER GRA. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, AND I JUST WANNA START BY SAYING WELL, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT IS HERE. 
          UM, I WANNA REALLY, I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR COMMENTS, BECAUSE I, THIS IS A GREAT TEAM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH HERE, REALLY FOCUSED ON OUR CITY, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS GLOBAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC CRISIS. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU TO MY COUNCIL, COLLEAGUES, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ERIC AND YOUR, YOUR INCREDIBLE TEAM. 
          EVERYBODY HAS HAD THEIR MARCHING ORDERS, AND WE ARE DOING SO MUCH WORK RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I'M GONNA START WITH THANK YOU, CHIEF AND YOUR TEAM. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT M I H HAS BEEN THE TIP OF THE SPEAR FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, MAYBE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN IMAGINE SIX YEARS AGO OF WHAT WE COULD DO. 
          BUT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR US, UH, TO CONTINUE AND INVEST IN AND CONTINUE TO THINK CREATIVELY, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT BEING PREPARED LOOKS LIKE. 
          UM, SO THAT'S GREAT WORK. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER, YES, CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. 
          AND OF COURSE, I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT DR. 
          GUERRA AND HER NEW POSITION AND THE ENTIRE TEAM, DR. 
          IAN, FOR BEING THERE THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH OUR DRIVE THROUGH FLU SHOTS, UM, VACCINATIONS THAT WE GOT. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER 10. 
          WELL, NO, FIRST SLIDE, NUMBER SIX, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          SO PRESYMPTOMATIC IS THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID? CORRECT. 
          SO PRESYMPTOMATIC IS, WHILE THEY'VE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID, THEY HAVEN'T YET DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS. THEY DON'T FEEL BAD. 
          SO THEY MAY THINK THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, BUT TWO DAYS LATER THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS. OKAY. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THERE'S STILL, THERE'S SO SYMPTOMATIC, ASYMPTOMATIC, PRESYMPTOMATIC, THOSE ARE ALL POSITIVE FOR COVID. 
          AND 
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ON THIS SLIDE, YES. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN SLIDE NUMBER 10, YOU TALKED ABOUT, CAN YOU GO TO 10 JOHN, PLEASE? UM, YEAH, YOU TALKED ABOUT, WELL, MAYBE IT WASN'T HERE. 
          WELL, YOU TALKED ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO START THE COUNTING TOMORROW IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 
          WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO START INCLUDING THE ANTIGEN, UH, COUNTING. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, PREVIOUSLY WE'VE COUNTED ANY, ANY P C R TEST, WHETHER YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OR NOT. 
          YOU GET COUNTED IN OUR CASE COUNT. 
          YOU GET CASE INVESTIGATIVE CONTACT TRACED. 
          UM, THE, UH, I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL STARTING TOMORROW. 
          UM, WE WILL ALSO KEEP A SEPARATE LOCAL COUNT BECAUSE THE STATE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ASYMPTOMATIC ANTIGEN POSITIVE AS CASES. 
          WE WILL KEEP THAT COUNT SEPARATELY AND WE WILL BEGIN DOING CONTACT TRACING. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO OF THOSE, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TESTED POSITIVE, WE'RE GONNA START DOING CONTACT TRACING ON THEM. 
          AND HOW FAR DO WE GO BACK? SO, SO WE SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS THE DAYTIME THAT WE START WITH THE, THE INVESTIGATIONS? I GUESS WE WON'T GO BACK AND DO IT RETROSPECTIVELY FOR THOSE 100 INDIVIDUALS. 
          WE WILL START TOMORROW WITH ANY NEW REPORTS WE GET. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND THEN, UM, YOU MENTIONED ON SLIDE NUMBER 18 ABOUT THE C OVID 19 VACCINATION. 
          AND AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING YOUR PREPARATION THAT YOU'RE DOING AND PLANNING AND EVERYONE, EVERY, ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR WHAT WHATEVER'S GONNA COME OUT. 
          UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT SOME MAY BE JUST A REGULAR REFRIGERATION, SOME MAY NEED, UH, ULTRA COLD STORAGE, AND WE DON'T HAVE ULTRA COLD STORAGE, YOU MENTIONED, BUT PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO HAVE ULTRA COLD STORAGE, CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD BY THE C D C IS THAT THE NUMBER OF DOSES IS GOING TO BE SO SMALL THAT THEY MAY SHIP US 200 WITH DRY ICE, AND WE CAN MM-HMM. 
          , WE CAN GO THROUGH 200 DOSES IN AN HOUR. 
          UM, RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE NEED TO INVEST IN SOMETHING OF ULTRA COLD STORAGE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF NUMBER THAT WE WOULD NEED TO USE THAT TO, TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IF I CAN, UH, I'M GONNA SHIFT OVER NOW TO, UM, ANA'S PRESENTATION, UH, WHAT SHE PRESENTED WITH OUR WORKFORCE AND RESILIENCY. 
          AND, UM, I DID WANNA ASK, UH, CARLOS OR, OR WHOMEVER MAY HAVE BACKUP SLIDES. 
          UM, WE HAD A GREAT VERY LONG MEETING YESTERDAY, UM, AT E W D C, BUT I THINK IT WAS PRETTY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE, UH, PRESENTED TODAY. 
          I GUESS IT'S SLIDE, WHAT WAS IT, SLIDE 22? WHAT WAS THAT? OH, 30, 31 AND 32. 
          UM, WELL, LET ME SHARE FROM WHAT I SAW HERE. 
          SO SLIDE 32, IT MENTIONED HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE SPENT, BECAUSE IN SLIDE 31, IT TALKS ABOUT SPENT $3,000. 
          BUT IN ACTUALITY, UM, CARLOS, IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WE HAVE STILL $9.1 MILLION THAT WE STILL NEED TO, UM, ALLOCATE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS RENT. 
          SO CARLOS, CAN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THIS, PLEASE? CERTAINLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, AS OF OCTOBER ONE, UH, THE CITY HAS AWARDED 668 GRANTS TOTALING $15.6 MILLION. 
          SO ON THE NEXT REPORT, THAT'S THE AWARD. 
          THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARDS, UM, LIFT FUND IS IN THE PROCESS OF PAYING EVERYBODY NOW FOR THE PAYING THAT, UH, PAYING THAT OUT. 
          NOW ON THE NEXT REPORT, WE'LL SEE FOR SEPTEMBER, YOU OKAY? FOR SEPTEMBER, WE'LL SEE, UH, OVER $6 MILLION PAID OUT IN SEPTEMBER. 
          AND WE HAVE ABOUT $9 MILLION THAT WE'RE PROCESSING NOW. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT WE WILL DO THAT. 
          WE WILL, UH, ISSUE THOSE AWARDS IN OCTOBER. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DERON, YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED, MA'AM. 
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OH, I THOUGHT I WAS HEARING OTHER PEOPLE TALK, SO I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS TO MUTE THEMSELVES AS WELL. 
          UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEARER UPDATE BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING, UM, A LOT OF UPDATES RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND AS ERIC MENTIONED, THIS IS A REAL TIME GIVING OUT AND, UM, DIRECTING MONEY OUT TO THOSE THAT NEED IT RIGHT NOW. 
          AND THE DASHBOARD. 
          SO THE DASHBOARD, IS IT ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THESE DOLLARS WENT OR WHAT THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO? OR IS IT JUST WHAT WE ARE PRESENTED RIGHT NOW? SO, COUNCILMAN IT, IT IS AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD. 
          UM, WE JUST SHOWED STATIC IMAGES TODAY, UH, TO, UH, PREVENT ANY, ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT WERE RESOLVED. 
          BUT WE'LL SEND OUT THE LINK TODAY. 
          UM, IT, LIKE I SAID, IT HAS, UM, UH, SUMMARY INFORMATION, BUT ALSO ALLOWS THE USER TO LOOK AT THE DETAILS FOR THE INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE WITHIN EACH PILLAR, UM, WITH BUDGET AND ACTUAL EXPENSES, UH, NOW THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST. 
          UM, IT ALSO HAS THE PERFORMANCE DATA, UH, THROUGH THE MONTH OF AUGUST AS WELL. 
          SO IT, IT, WE WILL, IT, IT DOES HAVE MORE THAN JUST WHAT WE'VE SHOWN TODAY. 
          THIS IS JUST TO GIVE, UM, AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, AGAIN, THOSE ARE, UM, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THIS. 
          AND IF I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, MAYOR, I'LL CHIME BACK IN. 
          BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GRO, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANKS MAYOR. 
          AND, AND THANKS TO ALL, UH, FOR EVERYBODY FOR THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE UPDATES. 
          I, I WANTED TO ASK, UM, PRIMARILY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, I, I KNOW IT'S NOT HERE IN THE , BUT ERIC, YOU MENTIONED EVERYBODY WAS STANDING BY. 
          WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE, UM, UH, HOUSING SITUATION? UH, AND, AND I I SAY THIS, UM, BECAUSE THE HOMELESS SITUATION IS STILL OUT OF CONTROL IN MY DISTRICT. 
          UH, IT IS TO THE LIKES, WHICH I HAVE NEVER SEEN. 
          UH, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE LIKE NO END IN SIGHT. 
          AND EARLY ON, I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS WERE ACCEPTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THIS VIRUS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO CUT PEOPLE, BUT THIS IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE. 
          UH, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GET REALLY FURIOUS. 
          UM, AND THE HOMELESS ARE JUST TAKING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          UH, AND I KNOW THAT CARE STUDY CAN BE USED TO DRESS HOMELESSNESS. 
          AND SO ARE WE MAKING ANY STRIDES IN THAT, UH, AREA? YEAH, LET, LET ME, UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL JUST REMIND YOU AND THEN I'LL ASK COLLEEN, 'CAUSE I DON'T SEE MEL ON THE CALL, BUT DO AN UPDATE ON THE HOME. 
          WE, WE DO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY IN HOMELESS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT WE ALLOCATED IN OUR LOCAL BUDGET, UH, TO BEEF UP ADDITIONAL OUTREACH TEAMS, UH, TO BUILD UPON THE, THE PILOT THAT COUNCILMAN TIA DID UP IN THE, IN THE, THE, UH, DEL W AREA. 
          UM, AND, AND, UH, HAVEN FOR HOPE. 
          AND SOME OF THE OTHER SHELTERS HAVE STARTED TO OPEN UP THEIR DOORS. 
          COLLEEN, CAN YOU GIVE KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE, OF THE HOMELESS END OF IT, AND THEN, AND THEN, AND THEN MAYBE LORI CAN GIVE JUST A, A 32ND UPDATE ON EMERGENCY HOUSING? SURE. 
          AS YOU MENTIONED, ERIC, UM, THE SHELTERS IN THE CITY ARE GRADUALLY REOPENING TO NEW, UM, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. 
          UM, WE ARE EXPANDING THEIR ACCESS TO TESTING SO THAT THEY FEEL SAFER DOING THAT. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          SO MEL AND I WERE TALKING YESTERDAY, UM, THERE'S ANOTHER MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO, UM, SARAH THAT WILL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RAPID REHOUSING. 
          SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IS A CONTINUUM OF SERVICES AIMED AT PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS, BOTH BY STARTING UPFRONT AND HELPING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT, PAY THEIR RENT, SO THEY AVOID BECOMING HOMELESS. 
          UM, BUT THEN ALSO WORKING WITH PEOPLE ONCE THEY ARE HOMELESS, TO GET THEM BACK INTO THIS RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, UM, AND OR INTO SHELTERS AS A MIDWAY POINT IF THEY NEED THAT BEFORE THEY CAN GO INTO RAPID REHOUSING. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK NOW WE ARE ABLE TO GET THAT STARTED. 
          UM, THE OUTREACH TEAMS ARE BACKING GEAR. 
          UM, WE DID HAVE A COUPLE OUTREACH WORKERS WITH ONE OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID, SO THAT SLOWED 
          [01:20:01]
US DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT, UM, WE ARE BACK INTO THE OUTREACH, GETTING PEOPLE INTO SHELTERS, UM, ADDRESSING THE VARIOUS ENCAMPMENTS, REMOVING THE DETRITUS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ENCAMPMENTS. 
          SO, UM, BUT WE CAN, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR US TO DO A MORE IN DEPTH PRESENTATION, SO, UM, MAYBE WE'LL LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD, UM, HAVE US AND WE CAN DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I, I, I THINK, UH, WE REALLY NEED THAT BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I JUST, I'M, I FEEL I'M FEELING OVERWHELMED AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PILOT, UH, THAT WAS RUN IN DISTRICT ONE AND, AND I THINK THE ADJUSTMENT WE MADE IN THE BUDGET WE'RE NOT ENOUGH. 
          UM, I THINK, AND, AND THAT WAS, UM, UH, UH, SO I'LL, I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THAT REGARD, AND, UM, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, BEFORE ALL THE CARES MONEY IS COMPLETELY ALL, UH, ALLOCATED TOWARDS, UM, THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS EARLY ON, AGAIN, IN, IN, IN THIS DISCUSSION, UH, WE WERE PRIORITIZING, I THINK THIS ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT, WHAT IT'S DOING TO OUR COMMUNITIES IS, UM, NEEDS TO, TO REALLY BE, UH, REEVALUATED. 
          UM, AND, AND THEN THE ONLY, UM, OTHER QUESTION, UH, THAT I HAVE, UM, UH, UH, FOR THE, UM, UH, TEAM, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO EVEN STILL, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE TESTING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAST WE HEARD THE NUMBERS WERE THAT PERHAPS WE WERE NOT, PEOPLE WERE NOT BEING TESTED AS MUCH, RIGHT? THAT PART WAS ALSO DECLINING. 
          UM, IS THAT STILL THE CASE? WE WE'RE STILL HAVING FEWER AND PE FEWER PEOPLE TEST. 
          UM, AND THEN, SO WHAT HAPPENS? I, I GUESS I JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE SEE A LOT OF FEWER PEOPLE TESTING AND THEN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW WE FIND THAT IT RAMPS UP? ARE WE PREPARED FOR THAT KIND OF, OR DO THEY GET SENT SOMEWHERE ELSE? OR DO WE KEEP THEM IN, IN SOME SORT OF, UM, STORAGE UNIT OR WHAT, WHAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK IF WE DON'T NEED THEM NOW, BUT WE NEED THEM SIX MONTHS FROM NOW? CHIEF, YOU WANNA DO THAT ONE, OR DO YOU WANT ME TO, LET'S TAG TEAM THIS ONE. 
          SO, UM, ALRIGHT. 
          WE HAVE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, CLOSE TO ABOUT 5,000 TESTS AVAILABLE EVERY DAY. 
          AND YOU SAW OUR HIGH POINTS EARLIER IN THE SUMMER. 
          WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS A, UH, A LACK OF DEMAND, UH, PARTICULARLY AT FREEMAN. 
          UH, WE WERE DOING NUMBERS, UM, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH WHERE WE WERE BARELY GETTING 400 TESTS DONE A DAY. 
          SO, UM, AND THAT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE DROPPING, PEOPLE ARE FEELING BETTER, PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THE NEED TO GET TESTED. 
          SO, BUT WE HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY. 
          SO, UM, BUT THE NUMBERS ARE CREEPING UP, UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN THOSE NUMBERS. 
          BUT COLLEEN, AS FAR AS THE THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION, YOU CAN HANDLE THAT. 
          SO THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF OUR TESTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, GETS SCALED BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH DEMAND, ARE WE PREPARED TO SCALE IT BACK UP IF NEEDED? UM, AND THE ANSWER IS YES. 
          WHAT WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS, UM, A NUMBER OF NEW LABS HAVE COME ONLINE, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY LABS, WHICH WE'RE PARTNERING WITH. 
          UM, SO I THINK WE WILL HAVE DATA OPPORTUNITY TO SCALE UP AS NECESSARY. 
          THAT'S ONE. 
          I THINK MAJOR LESSON THAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC IS HOW DO YOU SCALE UP AND SCALE DOWN, DEPENDING ON WHAT C OVID 19 THROWS AT YOU AND COUNCIL MORMAN, UM, UH, LET ME JUST ASK THIS FOLLOW UP QUESTION, ERIC, AND I'LL LET YOU COME BACK. 
          UM, SO, AND CAN THOSE SAME SITES BE USED, THE, THE, FOR A KIND OF AMMUNITIONS, UM, CAN THEY ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE? UH, I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M, I'M ASKING ABOUT THE VACCINES, UM, POTENTIAL FUTURE COVID VACCINES, BUT THEN JUST OUR REGULAR VACCINES, CAN THEY BE USED FOR THE SAME OR THEY ONLY THEY CAN BE USED FOR ANYTHING WE WANT TO USE THEM FOR? UM, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PROVIDING FLU SHOTS AT THOSE LOCATIONS, UM, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, I'M NOT SURE YOU WANNA GET A FLU SHOT ON TOP OF THAT, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE FOR ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE GET THEM FLU SHOTS WHILE THEY'RE THERE. 
          UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, FLU EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE VOTE. 
          WE'RE DOING FLU EVENTS ON BUSES. 
          SO YEAH, 
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WE'RE OPEN TO ANY AND ALL LOCATION FOR, UM, VACCINATION EVENTS, FLU AND COVID ONCE COVID ISS AVAILABLE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD, UM, OKAY, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, THANK YOU COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN, JUST TO ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          I'M SORRY, I KEEP JUMPING IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          NO, NO, NO. 
          I'M SORRY THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS. 
          NO, I, I'M DONE, UH, WITH MY QUESTIONS. 
          YOU CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          SO JUST, UH, IN TERMS OF THE, THE, THE, YOU MENTIONED THE HOMELESS AND WE'LL, WE'LL WORK TO DO A SPECIAL BRIEFING ON THE HOMELESS ASPECT OF THE, OF, UH, OF THE FEDERAL PROGRAM. 
          BUT, UM, PRACTICALLY ALL THE MONEY, FEDERAL MONEY THAT WE'RE UTILIZING FOR THE HOMELESS EFFORTS, UM, ARE, ARE NOT THE C R F, SO THEY DON'T HAVE A DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 30TH, THEY'RE LONGER TERM GRANTS. 
          SO THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, JUST TO REMIND YOU, THE, THE COUNCIL THAT HAD A PART OF THE CHANGE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER ON THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN, SOME OF THE WORK THAT, THAT DR. 
          BRIDGER AND, AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL WAS INVOLVED, WE'VE, WE'VE REALLOCATED SOME OF THAT, SOME OF OUR MONEY IN THE PROGRAM TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL TESTING AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS INTO 2021 BASED ON THE SWAP AND, AND SOME OF THE, THE, UH, ELIGIBLE EXPENSES THAT WE'VE GOT. 
          SO THAT BUILT IN THAT ACTION THAT YOU GUYS TOOK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, GAVE US SOME FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS, AT LEAST THROUGH THE LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. 
          SO THAT, THAT GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF, OF, UH, WIGGLE ROOM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, FOLLOWED BY, BY COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR. 
          UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE VERY, UH, THOROUGH PRESENTATION. 
          MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          UM, I WANTED TO, UH, START WITH, UH, A FEW WORDS. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED CONTACT TRACING AND, UH, I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN  FOR WORKING WITH ME ON AN EFFORT TO BRING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CONTACT TRACING CALLS. 
          UH, THIS IS, I SEE HER LIPS MOVING. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S SAYING. 
          , SHE, UH, UH, SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE CO-AUTHORED A, AN OP-ED WITH ME. 
          AND THEN, UH, ERIC, THANK YOU FOR, UH, SENDING THAT OVER TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE CONVERSATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN WITH ALAMO COLLEGES. 
          I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          UM, THIS WORK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AT A PLATEAU, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL, WE'LL STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DO SOME TRAINING. 
          SO GLAD TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND IT, I THINK IT INTEGRATES PERFECTLY INTO THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN. 
          UM, I'M, I WAS ALSO GLAD TO HEAR, UH, DR. 
          BRIDGER MENTION THAT S T H WOULD, UH, START, UH, BEING A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE WITH GETTING PEOPLE TO, TO ANSWER THE CALL. 
          UH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          UH, ONE OF, ONE OF THE THINGS I HAD SUGGESTED, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH COMMUNITY LABS SINCE THEY'RE A NEW PARTNER AND THEY'RE CONSIDERING SCALING UP, BUT TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE REPORTING OF THE TEST RESULTS PERSON AT THAT POINT TO DO THE, THE DISEASE INVESTIGATION AT THE POINT OF WHEN THEY GET THEIR TEST RESULTS. 
          BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY WANNA GET THOSE, WE DO KNOW IT'S A LOT EASIER TO GET THINGS ONLINE. 
          UM, BUT I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP WE COULD PURSUE WITH THEM AS THEY SCALE UP. 
          WELL, YOU'RE CORRECT, COUNCILWOMAN. 
          UM, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESULTS ARE DONE ELECTRONICALLY. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO HUMAN INTERACTION IN THE RELAYING OF THE RESULTS. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY CHAT WITH THEM AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS. 
          UM, OKAY, THANKS. 
          I'D, UH, LOVE TO, LOVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. 
          I, IN THAT I JUST, I THINK THAT'S SORT OF THE CAPTIVE AUDIENCE THAT YOU HAVE, RIGHT? THAT PERSON WHO REALLY, REALLY WANTS THEIR, THEIR RESULTS. 
          UM, SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. 
          THE OTHER THING, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK MIGHT, MIGHT BE HELPFUL, AND I THINK I I MENTIONED THIS WITH, WITH MARIA YESTERDAY, IS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT ARE THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE ANSWERING VERSUS THOSE THAT AREN'T? ARE THERE ANY, UH, PATTERNS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DISCERN, WHETHER THEY'RE GEOGRAPHIC OR, OR OTHERWISE DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, PATTERNS? I THINK WE CAN MAYBE TARGET BETTER IF WE KNOW THAT, IS THAT ANY SORT OF ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN DONE OR THAT COULD BE DONE? SO, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, CONTACT TRACING IS WHAT'S DONE WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTACTS TO CASES. 
          SO THE ONLY INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS WHAT WE GET FROM THE CASE INVESTIGATION. 
          SO I'M GONNA PICK ON ERIC AGAIN. 
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IF I'M A CASE AND I NAMED ERIC AND DR. 
          BRIDGER THE CONTACT, SORRY, I, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          I, I USE THAT TERM TO, TO MEAN BOTH THINGS. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          WELL, AND YOU KNOW THAT IN OTHER PLACES IT'S A COMBINED, IT'S A COMBINED PROCESS. 
          SO WHAT I'M HEARING PEOPLE SAY ON THE NIGHTLY REPORT IS PICK UP THE CALL, YOU'RE NOT PICKING UP THE CALL. 
          WHO, WHO ARE THOSE PEOPLE? THE POSITIVE, THE NO, THE CONTACTS. 
          SO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE POSITIVE WHO ARE CASES PICK UP THE CALLS? SO THAT VARIES BETWEEN 50 AND 65%, DEPENDING ON, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ANALYSIS, THE CONTACTS ARE HOVERING AROUND 30%. 
          SO THE, THE CONTACTS ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE ESPECIALLY NOT ANSWERING THE CALL. 
          OKAY. 
          THEN I MUST HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE WHEN, WHEN YOU HAD STAFF ON THE NIGHTLY, AND I HEAR THEM SAYING THAT I, FOR SOME REASON, I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY WERE REFERRING TO THE, TO THE CASES, BECAUSE EVEN, YOU KNOW, 40 PEOPLE AREN'T ANSWERING THE PHONE, I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO, TO GET PAST. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IN TERMS OF ANALYTICS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF ONLY 30% ARE ANSWERING THE TRACE CALLS AND ONLY 60% OF THE OTHERS ARE ANSWERING, WE START GETTING TO A SMALLER, SMALLER FRACTION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. 
          YEAH, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT IS A CONCERN OF OURS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M EXCITED THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UH, CREATIVE RESEARCH METHODS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE, UH, HAS TO DO WITH THE STATE PAYING FOR THE TEST. 
          COULD SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS THAT IN KIND OR IS THAT DOLLARS? NO, THE STATE PAYS FOR IT, AND THE PEOPLE SHOW UP AND DO IT. 
          SO WE NEVER GET ANY OF THE MONEY. 
          UM, BUT THE STATE ORCHESTRATES EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE STAFF WHO DO THE COLLECTION, THE, THE SPECIMEN COLLECTION, ALL THE SUPPLIES, AND THEN THE ACTUAL TESTING, AND THEN THE NOTIFYING OF THE RESULTS. 
          ALL OF THAT IS PAID FOR AND ORCHESTRATED BY THE STATE. 
          SO, BUT WE GET TO OUR, OUR PART IN THAT IS PROVIDING THE TESTING LOCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE TESTING LOCATION. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND WHAT SORT OF, UH, TURNAROUND TIME DOES IT TAKE TO GET THOSE, UH, TO GET THOSE RESULTS WHEN THE STATE IS RUNNING IT? IT'S UNDER 30 HOURS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THAT'S A LOT FASTER THAN, THAN BEFORE, THAN, UM, I, I DID ALSO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE ANTIGEN, UM, THE ASYMPTOMATIC VERSUS THE PRESYMPTOMATIC. 
          UM, I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CONTACT TRACING GROUP MOVING FORWARD. 
          I'M JUST, UM, I, I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND CONFUSION, LIKE YOU SAID IN THE MEDIA OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS ABOUT IT. 
          UM, WHAT I WANNA MAKE SURE IS THAT WE DON'T MINIMIZE ANY CASE THAT'S POSITIVE. 
          WE KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO'S POSITIVE HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF SPREADING AT, OF SPREADING AND, UH, POSSIBLY GETTING OTHER PEOPLE INFECTED WITH POTENTIAL LUNG DAMAGE LIKE COUNCILMAN CHE GARCIA SAID, OR ENDING UP IN THE, IN THE HOSPITAL. 
          SO I JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR MESSAGING IS, IS HEALTH PROTECTIVE, UH, ALONG THOSE LINES. 
          AND, UM, EVEN THE TERM THAT I, I THINK THE STATE COINED THE TERM PROBABLE, UH, EVEN THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T BE , LIKE YOU SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT, OR IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE. 
          BUT, BUT WE KNOW THAT IF YOU TAKE AN ANTIGEN TEST, EVEN THOUGH WE PREFER TO TAKE A C C R TEST, THAT IF YOU TAKE AN ANTIGEN TEST AND YOU'RE POSITIVE, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY SURE THAT YOU HAVE IT. 
          SO I JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST, UH, EVEN IF THE STATE DOESN'T, THAT WE AT LEAST TRY TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S SERIOUS. 
          AND EVEN IF IT'S ONLY BEEN A HUNDRED CASES, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DISEASE THAT SPREADS EXPONENTIALLY. 
          SO EVERY, EVERY CASE MATTERS, ESPECIALLY IF, UH, IF ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES OR EVEN YOU HAVE, HAVE HAD IT. 
          UM, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF HOW THE C R C WORKS, UH, IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR AT LEAST THE CONTACT TRACING GROUP HAD BEEN DISCUSSING THIS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          UM, SO WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? SO EACH WORK GROUP, THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT WORK GROUPS. 
          EACH WORK GROUP, UM, MEETS AS OFTEN AS THE CO-CHAIRS WISH. 
          IN THE CASE OF THE CONTACT TRACING WORK GROUP, IT'S DR. 
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ADA CANTU AND DR. 
          JACK STEIN ARE THE CO-CHAIRS. 
          UM, THEY MEET UNTIL THEY COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION. 
          THAT RECOMMENDATION GETS SUBMITTED TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND YOU PARTICIPATE ON THOSE CALLS. 
          UM, SO THAT GOES TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR VETTING AND APPROVAL, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THE WORK GROUPS JUST, YOU KNOW, THROWING OUT EVERYTHING ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          SO WE BROUGHT A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, CONSOLIDATION THERE. 
          UM, AND AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING IS WHERE WORK GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS GO FOR FINAL VETTING. 
          UM, THEN THE RECOMMENDATION IS BROUGHT TO METRO HEALTH. 
          IF IT AFFECTS METRO HEALTH OPERATIONS, IT COULD GO TO THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO WHAT THEY DO. 
          UM, SO THAT IS THE PROCESS. 
          THE CONTACT TRACING WORKER, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I DID NOT GET, AS A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, THEIR FINAL RECOMMENDATION UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING OF THIS WEEK. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE, THE PROCESS IS THEY NEED TO GET IT TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          AND THEY KNOW THAT, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON, THEY HAD HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, THEY WERE DOING THEIR HOMEWORK, BUT, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IT IN THE MEDIA BEFORE THERE WAS ANY SORT OF OFFICIAL ACTION TAKEN BY THE GROUP OR THE C R C. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THAT, THAT PROCESS MAKES SENSE. 
          I THINK AS LONG AS THE MEMBERS OF THE WORK GROUP KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, I THINK THEY CAN WORK TOWARD THAT. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK AS LONG AS THAT'S MADE, MADE CLEAR TO THEM, NEXT TIME ANY ISSUE COMES UP, THAT THAT'S, THAT YOU NEED A WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, YOU MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, WHAT I, UM, I GUESS IF THIS IS GONNA GO TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR DISCUSSION, UH, SO I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING YET, SO I, I GUESS I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT THE DECISION. 
          THERE'S AN EMAIL IN YOUR INBOX ASKING FOR A VOTE, BUT AGAIN, THE C R C WAS CREATED BY METRO HEALTH TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          UM, I DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA MOVE FORWARD ON THIS EVEN BEFORE IT WENT TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS. 
          UM, BUT THE, SO WE HAVE TAKEN THAT RECOMMENDATION. 
          WE HAVE TWEAKED IT, WE HAVE GIVEN IT BACK TO THEM. 
          THEY HAVE SAID, THAT'S GREAT. 
          THAT STILL MEETS THE INTENT OF THE RECOMMENDATION, AND WE WILL IMPLEMENT IT TOMORROW. 
          SO WE EXPEDITED THE PROCESS AGAIN, REMEMBER, WE GOT IT MONDAY MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK, WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING IT TOMORROW. 
          SO, UM, WE WENT AS QUICKLY AS THE, WE COULD ONCE WE GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED FROM US IN WRITING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          I'LL CUT BACK IN THEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, KIND OF CONCUR WITH, UH, WITH MANNY AND HIS, UH, REMARKS, COMPLIMENTING, UH, EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 
          UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS REPORT. 
          I'M GLAD WE GOT IT A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF TIME, SO WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK IT OVER. 
          I THINK IT REALLY HELPS US AS COUNCIL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR, UH, EFFORTS, UH, IN CONTINUING TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UH, I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM, INCLUDING COLLEEN, HAVE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF US TAKE IT FOR GRANTED TOO. 
          ALSO, THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU MAYOR AND, UH, COUNTY COMMISSIONER WOLF HAVE PROVIDED, WHICH I THINK HAS DONE A LOT TO REASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS ACTING, UH, ON, UH, IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, I, I THINK THE REPORT'S VERY, UH, USEFUL. 
          AND, UH, I'LL JUST LOOKING, I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT AGAIN AS WE CONTINUE FORWARD ON THIS. 
          AND I JUST WANNA SAY TO EVERYBODY, GOOD JOB. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE. 
          UM, I SEE NO ONE ELSE, UM, TAPPED IN FOR THE SCOUT COUNCIL MEMBER TREVINO. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO, UH, I JUST WANT, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK EVERYBODY, UH, WORKING, UH, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. 
          UH, IT WAS MENTIONED ABOUT SOME OF THE MONITORING REQUESTS TO, TO YOU, DR. 
          BRIDGER. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY, UH, WHEN THE VE APPRAISAL DISTRICT, UH, UH, REQUESTED YOUR EXPERTISE, UH, YOU WERE THERE, UH, TO HELP PROVIDE THAT. 
          SO I'M, I'M CONFIDENT 
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THAT, UH, AS, AS THESE REQUESTS COME IN, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, WE ARE PROVIDING THEM, UH, THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND ADVICE AND EXPERTISE NEEDED TO, UH, TO, UH, HELP THEM SET UP, UH, SOME, SOME, UH, SAFE PROTOCOLS FOR HOW PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO, UH, UH, CON CONTINUE THE, THEIR DAILY ACTIVITIES. 
          UH, THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I, WHAT I DIDN'T HEAR IS, UH, THIS IS, WE'RE NOW LESS THAN 30 DAYS AWAY FROM AN ELECTION. 
          AND, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS MAYBE, MAYBE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE C D C RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME OUT. 
          UH, I SEE IT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? UH, ARE WE GOING TO, ARE WE GONNA HAVE, UH, SOME, SOME WAY TO, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOME CONFIDENCE WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, TO, UM, THE ELECTION AND VOTING, UH, IN, IN TERMS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE GOING OUT, UH, AND, AND EXERCISING THEIR, THEIR VOTING RIGHTS? SO WE'RE DOING OUR BEST COUNCILMAN TO WORK WITHIN THE RESTRAINTS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER HAS PUT IN PLACE. 
          UM, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED BY LAW TO REQUIRE PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE TO WEAR A MASK, HOWEVER, WE ARE TELLING EVERYBODY THAT THEY HAVE TO WEAR A MASK. 
          SO WE'RE WALKING THAT FINE LINE. 
          UM, BUT YES, WE, WE ARE WORKING, UM, DR. 
          BERGEN IS WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THE C R C IS WORKING, UM, METRO HEALTH IS WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO PUT IN PLACE, UM, THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SAFEGUARDS SPECIFIC TO C OVID 19, THAT WE CAN, UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TRY TO THREAD THE NEEDLE WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAYS WE CAN'T DO WELL. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S THE, UM, THE FINE LINE. 
          WE HAVE TO TRY TO WALK AND, AND HELP, UH, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, WAYS THAT, THAT THEY CAN BE SAFE, EVEN, EVEN WHEN A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF WHAT, WHAT WE DO AS A MUNICIPALITY AND, AND WHAT THE GOVERNORS IS DOING MIGHT BE, UH, IN CONFLICT. 
          AND SO THAT'S, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY, UM, SOME RESOURCES OR, OR SOME INFORMATION SO THAT THEY DON'T, DON'T FEEL LIKE, UH, THE, THE STATE MIGHT BE PUTTING THEM AT RISK. 
          UM, AND, AND WE CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF INFORMATION OR CONFIDENCE SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AND VOTE. 
          UM, I, AND, AND I KNOW IT'S COMPLEX, BUT I, I APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT, WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING AND, UH, HOPE THAT WE CAN, UH, TRY TO TRY TO LESSEN THE IMPACT THAT THESE UNFORTUNATE, UM, I GUESS CONFLICTS OF, OF INTERESTS ARE, ARE, ARE PUTTING ON OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, I, I ALSO WANT TO JUST TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION FROM, FROM YOU, CHIEF HOOD AND, AND ALL THE WORK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DOING. 
          UH, JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UM, AGAIN, UH, REALLY RECOGNIZED THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT, UH, IN A TIME WHEN I WAS SICK, AND, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF HELP AND SUPPORT AND, AND, UH, YOU, I BEING SOMEBODY THAT, THAT WAS, UH, ESSENTIALLY SOMEBODY THAT, THAT, UH, RECEIVED YOUR SERVICES, UH, THROUGH YOUR, THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA SAY HOW, HOW GRATEFUL I AM AND, UH, AND HOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO, TO HAVE THAT SERVICE IN, IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO, SO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, I, I DO WANT TO, TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 
          UH, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE, UH, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, WHICH IS, WHICH IS SO CRITICAL. 
          UH, AND MY TEAM IS WORKING WITH VETO'S TEAM TO, UH, HELP, UH, IDENTIFY WAYS TO EXPAND THAT, UH, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. 
          AND, UH, WE DID, WE DID TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU GOING, USING THE, THE, UH, EXISTING OR THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM THAT, THAT WE FELT WAS MORE INCLUSIVE. 
          AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE CAN STUDY, UH, WAYS TO HELP OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS. 
          UH, WE KNOW THERE'S JUST WAY TOO MANY EXAMPLES OF OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS, UH, IN NEED NOT GETTING THE, THE HELP, UH, THAT, THAT PREVENTS THEM FROM HAVING TO DROP OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE, UH, IN TERMS OF GETTING OUTTA THEIR LEASE. 
          SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, AND WORKING WITH, WITH VETO'S TEAM TO, TO FIND A WAY, A PATH FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN, UH, HAVE THOSE BROADER DISCUSSIONS OF HOW WE CAN HELP, 
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UH, WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES, WHICH IS, UH, HOUSING AND THE, THE EVICTION CRISES THAT, UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER TINO, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELIAS, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. 
          UM, BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, COUNCIL  AND THEN ELIZA. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          UH, JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          JUST WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, ACROSS THIS, THIS ENTIRE EPIDEMIC. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A HUGE TASK AND PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR THE END OF THIS, WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE. 
          AND, UM, UH, THE OPERATION OVER THERE AT THE ALMO DOME, AS COUNCILMAN  SAID, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THAT LAST WEEK AND EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT OPERATION THERE. 
          SO, UM, REALLY PROUD TO SEE EVERYBODY PULLING TOGETHER AND WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS, UH, KEEPING TRACK OF THIS AND, AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MITIGATE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, I'M STILL VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE HELP THAT WE'RE GIVING TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS, ACROSS THE CITY HERE. 
          I KNOW WE'RE SHOWING MICRO BUSINESSES ON THAT, BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO EXPAND THAT TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND OPEN UP MORE RESOURCES TO GET OUR FOLKS BACK TO WORK. 
          THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR. 
          THEY WANT THEIR JOBS BACK, AND THEY CAN'T GO BACK TO THEIR JOBS BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING THOSE, THEIR DOORS. 
          AND, UH, THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE COULD HELP KEEP OUR EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS UP SO THAT PEOPLE COULD AFFORD THEIR HOUSES, THEY COULD AFFORD THEIR CARS, GAS, FOOD, SO ON AND SO FORTH, CHILDCARE. 
          SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP SPEAKING OUT FOR MORE ASSISTANCE TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THANKS AGAIN TO THE STAFF ON EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE REPORTS ON THIS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. 
          YEAH, I, I HEARD, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER SAY, UH, THAT WE AREN'T, UH, GONNA BE ENFORCING MANDATORY MASK WEARING AT THE POLLS BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT I, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY INVOKING SOME SORT OF, UH, CIVIL RIGHTS ARGUMENT, UH, THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE WITHOUT MASKS. 
          AND I'LL REMIND EVERYBODY HOW RIDICULOUS, UH, YOU KNOW, 2020 HAS BECOME, UH, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE  THE RIGHT TO VOTE WITHOUT A MASK ACCORDING TO THEM. 
          UH, BUT IF YOU SHOW UP WITHOUT PANTS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. 
          UH, JUST THINK ABOUT HOW SURREALLY STUPID, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE POLICY DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE UP IN AUSTIN, AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA DEAL WITH. 
          AND DESPITE THAT, WE'RE STILL TRUCKING ALONG AND WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN DESPITE OBSTACLES, UH, BEING THROWN IN OUR WAY. 
          SO, UM, DR. 
          BRIDGER, THANKS, UH, MAYOR, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER , UM, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA REMINDED ME OF, OF SOMETHING WHEN SHE BROUGHT UP THE, THE SEWAGE, UH, TOPIC. 
          AND I'VE SEEN, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN, IN THE PRESS. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SAS WAS TRYING TO COLLABORATE WITH U T S A AND GET SOME FUNDING REGARDING THAT. 
          SO, UM, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT PROJECTS WERE FUNDED THROUGH THE, UM, THROUGH THE RESEARCH PART OF THE H T T PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED? COULD YOU SEND THAT? YEAH, I'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          AND THEN, UM, I JUST, UH, ERIC, I, I WANNA GO BACK TO A LITTLE BIT OF THE, OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION. 
          I, AGAIN, I'M REALLY GLAD ABOUT, UM, THE CONTACT TRACING BEING EXTENDED TO THOSE, UH, TO THAT SMALL GROUP OR TO THAT SUBGROUP. 
          UM, BUT IT DOES, UH, YOU KNOW, IT, DID IT TAKE A FEW WEEKS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? SO PERHAPS THERE'S A WAY WE CAN REVISIT THE, THE WAY THE, THE GROUPS DO WORK. 
          THEY WERE CREATED BY METRO HEALTH. 
          UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT METRO HEALTH STAFF MAKE UP PART OF THE CONTACT TRACING WORKING GROUPS. 
          SO I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S A, JUST A WAY TO, TO KIND OF, UH, MOVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS ALONG. 
          WE, WE SAW WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY LAB, LIKE THAT HAPPENED ALMOST FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT, AND I CONGRATULATE YOU. 
          THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          HOW QUICKLY IT HAPPENED. 
          UM, SO I, I THINK WE JUST WANT TO, UM, NOT SEE THINGS. 
          UM, WE JUST WANT THINGS TO MOVE SMOOTHLY, OBVIOUSLY TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS SMOOTHLY. 
          AND THEN MY, MY LAST QUESTION 
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HAS TO DO WITH, UH, WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          UH, SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED TO ME NOT LONG AGO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT WE ARE SEEING LESS AND LESS OF IT AND MORE OF IT IS BEING, UH, SOLD AND POSSIBLY FLIPPED. 
          SO IF THAT'S, UH, REDUCING PART OF OUR STOCK, I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THE P F C MIGHT TAKE UP, OR IF STAFF HAS ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON IT YET. 
          I'M SURE STAFF HAS A MILLION THINGS TO DO WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, UH, BUT WE JUST MIGHT BE CAUGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DECADES DOWN THE LINE WITH AN EVEN FEWER NUMBER OF, OF UNITS OF AFFORDABLE UNITS. 
          SO I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UM, MAYOR, CAN I CLARIFY TWO THINGS PLEASE? UM, I RECEIVED A TEXT, UM, FROM DR. 
          CURIAN SAYING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY UP TO 70 TO 80% OF CASES ARE ANSWERING THE CALL. 
          THE, THE 30% OF CONTACTS IS, UM, THE NUMBER THAT CONCERNS US THE MOST. 
          SO, UM, I, I WANTED TO CORRECT MY 60% TO 70 TO 80%, UM, AND DID WANT TO ADDRESS, UM, THE COUNCILMAN'S COMMENT. 
          THERE IS ONE STAFF MEMBER ON THE CONTACT TRACING WORK GROUP. 
          UM, SO IT, IT IS NOT THERE, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF PEOPLE OF PEOPLE FROM METRO HEALTH ON THE CONTACT TRACING WORK GROUP, JUST ONE STAFF PERSON. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP AT THIS POINT. 
          UM, WE DO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO TOMORROW, UM, BUT I WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY, WE DO HAVE A FIVE O'CLOCK, UH, PUBLIC CITIZENS TO BE HEARD BRIEFING OR HEARING. 
          SO LET'S, UM, PLAN TO BE BACK THERE. 
          BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO STAFF. 
          UH, GREAT DISCUSSION TODAY. 
          ERIC, ANYTHING ELSE TO CLOSE UP? UH, NO SIR. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS THAT WERE POSTED FOR TODAY WILL BE CARRIED OVER UNTIL TOMORROW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, AND WILL BE CONSIDERED AT ANY TIME DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THE TIME IS NOW 3:54 PM AND TODAY'S EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING IS NOW IN RECESS. 
          OUR B SESSION IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANKS EVERYBODY. 
          HAVE GREAT AFTERNOON.
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