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WELCOME TO OUR, UH, MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UH, LENA, WILL YOU MIND TAKING ROLE, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM.
COUNCIL MEMBER CAVEO HDA HERE.
WELCOME TO MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TODAY, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF SOME HOUSEKEEPING MATTERS AND INTERVIEW CANDIDATES FOR FULL-TIME NIGHT MAG.
UM, I'M SORRY FOR, UM, FOR, UH, FOR OUR TO RE-UP OUR, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE EXACT WORD IS.
NOT RE-UP, BUT, UM, RE REPOINT.
SO REAPPOINT OUR MAG, OUR MAGISTRATES, UM, MUNICIPAL COURT.
SO ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO IT, UM, WITH JUDGE ODO.
UH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN HVAR.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMAN GARCIA.
GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN SANDOVAL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS SUBCOMMITTEE.
UM, I AM, UH, JUST TO GET RIGHT INTO IT, I AM RECOMMENDING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF ALL THE FULL-TIME JUDGES.
I'M ALSO RECOMMENDING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE PART-TIME JUDGES THAT HAVE REAPPLIED.
UM, SINCE COVID HAS, SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PANDEMIC, ALL THE JUDGES HAVE REALLY STEPPED UP AND, AND, UH, BEEN VERY FLEXIBLE.
THEY'VE, UH, THEY'VE ADJUSTED TO, TO OUR NEW WAY OF, OF HANDLING COURT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS SINCE MARCH 20TH.
WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO NOT HAVE IN-PERSON PROCEEDINGS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, WE DID OPEN UP TO THE PUBLIC THIS MORNING, JUST THE LOBBY AREA.
SO THE KIOSKS THAT WE DID HAVE UP FRONT, WE DID BRING THEM INSIDE.
UM, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
UM, WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE SOME STRICT PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING TO COURT TO RESOLVE THEIR CITATIONS.
BUT EACH ONE OF THE JUDGES HAS JUST DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB.
THEY HAVE ASSISTED WITH CREATING NEW PROCEDURES AND NEW PROTOCOLS FOR OUR NEW WAY OF CONDUCTING, OF CONDUCTING COURT.
UM, THEY'VE PUT IN THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN THE ONES THAT HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO PUT IN, UM, POLICIES AND, AND PROCEDURES AND ALSO TO NOTIFY CITIZENS OF WHAT IT IS THAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM WHEN THEY DO SET THEIR CASES FOR HEARING OR FOR TRIAL.
SO I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF WHAT OUR JUDGES HAVE DONE.
UH, I ALSO JUST WANNA MENTION TO YOU THAT WE ARE ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE, OF THE WAY, ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE WAY INTO THEIR NEW TERM.
UM, THEY ARE ON TWO YEAR TERMS. WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST SIX MONTHS INTO THEIR NEW YEAR, INTO THEIR NEW TERMS. SO, UM, I KNOW THAT, THAT, UH, I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE THAT THIS IS DONE.
UM, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ASSISTANCE IF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, CAN OFFER IN ORDER TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE JUDGES.
'CAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA JUST CLEAR UP SOMETHING I MISSPOKE EARLIER.
UM, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IN THE APPOINTMENT OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES TODAY.
UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE SHORT PRESENTATION.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, UH, ASK QUESTIONS FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN IF WE NEED TO, WE'LL, EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO IN, UH, REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME.
WE'LL, DON'T, I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD CHAIR.
UH, DO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE THEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD.
CHAIRWOMAN, CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE? OH, YES MA'AM.
DID Y'ALL RECEIVE THE MINUTES?
I, I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
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YOU'RE READY.OKAY, I MOVE, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, UM, MINUTES AS, AS PRESENTED IN OUR PACKET.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, RECESS.
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IS NOW 11:21 AM MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2020.MUNICIPAL COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS, UH, RECONVENING, UH, BACK FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UH, AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE OUR MEETING, UH, JUDGE ODO, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, UH, CONTINUE THE MEETING TO DISCUSS WITH YOU, UH, FURTHER THE, THE, UH, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE JUDGES.
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WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? WHAT'S UP? HOW Y'ALL DO TONIGHT? I HOPE WE WOKE Y'ALL UP.[00:30:18]
LET'S KEEP SEARCH.WE GOT NOTHING BUT ANOTHER YET.
CAN YOU SHOW ME? I SWEAR WILL TOO TO YOU.
CAN YOU FAIL THE CHANGE THAT YOU BETTER PLACE TAKE A CHANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE.
DON'T FIERCE TO, DON'T SIGN OUT THE WIND AND MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT LEARN YOURSELF.
I WANT SEE YOU BECOME SO FACE.
WE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND OF OUR HANDS OF SMILE TO THE PAIN THAT'S FUN WITH ME.
EVERYTHING WE DO COME TO SACRIFICE THE ANTI STAY THE LOT TOO.
WE PAY YOU THE PRICE, MY FRIEND.
SANTA THINGS THAT YOU SAY YOU'LL DO IS THE SELF THAT YOU GOTTA PROVE.
LET'S CHANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE.
DON'T TO TIME OUT THE AND MAKE IT SOMETHING DON'T AND MAKE IT SOMETHING FROM DREAM.
AND JUST FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING.
SOMETHING'S PUT ME UNDER GUARANTEE.
I'M CONVINCED SOMEONE'S OUT TO SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE.
I JUST, I'LL JUST MAKE BELIEVE.
LET'S KEEP SEARCHING FOR THE DIFFERENCE.
CLEAN UP THE DIRTY DISHES, DISHES
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IN YOUR MIND.WE GOT NOTHING BUT ANOTHER MOUTH YET.
CAN YOU SHOW ME WHAT I SWEAR I'LL, CAN YOU TAKE A CHANCE WHILE WE'RE TO DON'T OUT THE AND MAKE IT SOMETHING.
DON'T YOURSELF I SOMEONE WE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND A OF OUR HANDS.
MY FRIEND SAYING THE THINGS I YOU SAY YOU'LL DO IS YOURSELF.
CAN YOU FAIL THE CHANGE TAKE SUPER BETTER PLACE.
LET TAKE A CHANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE.
WHY? JUST DON'T PUT THE DON'T TIME OUT THE, AND MAKE IT SOMETHING.
DON'T PUT FIERCE TO THE, FROM A LAZY DREAM.
AND JUST FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING.
SOMETHING'S PUT ME UNDER GUARANTEE.
I'M CONVINCED SOMEONE'S OUT TO SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE.
I JUST, I WILL JUST MAKE SHADOWS THAT FOLLOW MY EVER MOVE.
NOT THAT I REMOVE, WOKE UP, PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER.
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THE SUN IS CONSTANTLY A BATTLE WITH THE MOON.THEY BOTH CAN TO KEEP OPEN STATE OF MIND.
GET TO, DON'T THINK JUST MOVE.
INTUITION WILL BE YOUR I SAID WAKE UP INSIDE.
I'M PULLING ALL THISNESS AND INTO ALL, IT'S NOT JUST A SMALL THINGS.
THE TROUBLE THAT YOU BRING, THE CARGO THAT YOU'RE CARRYING IS SO JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY.
GOT TO KEEP THE THING STEADY BABY.
JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY.
GOT TO KEEP THE CINCINNATI BABY.
I FELT TO SEE THE LUGGAGE THAT WAS WAITING AT YOUR FEET.
YOU HAD SUCH STRONG SHOULDER, STRONG.
LET'S, LET'S, LET'S KEEP SEARCHING FOR DIFFERENCE.
NOT IS NOT ENOUGH YOUR MIND MIX MY FRIEND.
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MOUTH YET.CAN YOU SHOW ME WHAT'S ON MADE? I SWEAR I'LL TOO TO YOU.
CAN YOU FAIL THE CHANGE THAT BETTER PLACE MUST TAKE A CHANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE TO SET YOUR FAITH.
MY TEAM DON'T HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE FIERCE.
DON'T SIGN OUT THE AND MAKE IT SOMETHING NOW YOURSELF WANT SAY BECOME SOMEONE ELSE.
BUT WE HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND OF OUR HANDS.
SO SMILE THROUGH THE PAIN AS FAMILY, AS FAMILY.
IF EVERYTHING WE DO COME TO SACRIFICE THE ANTI STAY THE LINE TO WE PAY YOU THE PRICE.
MY FRIENDS SANTA THINGS I JUST SAY YOU'LL DO ANSWER YOURSELF.
CAN YOU FAIL THE CHANGE PLACE? TAKE A CHANCE WHILE WE'RE HERE.
DON'T DON'T TIME OUT AND MAKE IT SOMETHING AND MAKE IT SOMETHING FROM A LAZY DREAM.
AND JUST FOR A BRIEF MOMENT THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING.
SOMETHING'S PUT ME UNDER GUARANTEE.
I'M CONVINCED SOMEONE'S OUT TO SOMETHING AND I DON'T KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE.
I'LL SHADOWS THAT FOLLOW MY EVER MOVE WITH DARKNESS.
WOKE UP, PULLED MYSELF TOGETHER.
FRIENDS PLAY ON THE DIGITAL TO THIS SONG SAID WAKE UP.
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THE SUN IS CONSTANTLY A BATTLE WITH THE MOON.THEY BOTH CAN TO KEEP OPEN STATE OF GET SOMETHING.
SAID WAKE A THE, I SAID YOU GIVING SOME I YOU GIVING ME SOME AND I HEY.
I'M PULLING ALL THIS NESS INTO ALL.
THE TROUBLE THAT YOU BRING, THE CARGO THAT YOUR CARRYING IS SO JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY.
AND I'M NOT GOT KEEP THE DADDY BABY.
AND I'M NOT GOT KEEP THE DADDY BABY.
OH, YOU ARE A SWEET SUIT WITH FUN MYSTIQUE.
I FELT TO SEE THE LUGGAGE THAT WAS WAITING AT YOUR FEET.
YOU HAD SUCH STRONG SHOULDERS, BUT CARRYING A HEAVY LOVE.
BUT YOU'LL TAKE ME FURTHER NOW.
I'M DRAGGING YOU ON JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY.
GOT TO KEEP THE THING DADDY, BABY.
JUST A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY.
GOT KEEP THE DADDY BABY, BABY.
SEE THAT SECOND YOU BACK UP LITTLE UP TO THE PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME ASK PLANS.
I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT RING, BUT MY FREE TRAIN ONLY SMILE FROM I FREEDOM SHINE A LITTLE TOO HEAVY AND I'M NOT READY.
GOT TO KEEP THE DADDY FAVORITE.
AND I'M NOT GOT TO KEEP THE DADDY FAVORITE.
OH, WE'RE MOVING LIKE RAY TRAIN.
THE TROUBLE THAT YOU BRING, THE CARGO GOT YOUR CARRY
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GOGGLES GOT THE, THE, THE I CAN'T HELP MYSELF THROUGH MY HEART ON THE SHELVES NOW ARE STILL IN MY HEAD.TAKING ALL YOUR FRESHEST TIME TO GET ALL YOUR FRESHEST TIME WITH ME.
NOW I YOU SHOW A FEELING THAT'S GONE ANYWHERE IN MY HEART.
EVER TAP EVER FROM MY SOUL? NOW I KNOW.
NO, YOU SEE ME THROUGH I'M AND I KNOW.
NO, YOU SEE ME FOR WHAT I'M, WHY DO DRIVE DOX DRIVE?
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WHERE'S IN NOIA? YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK AT X E N O B I A MUSIC.[01:05:01]
FEET FROM HOME FIGHTING FOR A CHANCE, TRYING TO MAKE IT LIVES.I CAN SEE YOU WITH ON OF MIND CLOUD.
TRY TO SEE WHICH WAY IS RIGHT.
LIKE A BIRD LOST IN THE RAIN, LOST THE WEIGHT OF DOUBT.
CREEPS IN IS COMING FROM WITH IT AND IT SIDE.
WELL JOE, THAT ON WHAT'S INSIDE, SAY IT STRAIGHT IN.
JOHN DS, WHY? WHAT SHOULD I DO? WHAT'S THE POINT? I'M DOING ANYTHING.
WHAT'S IN FRONT OF ME? GOOD FEELING.
AND PSYCHO GOES FINANCING INSIDE MY PHONE.
UNDERSTAND WHAT DO I DO? BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUTTA INSIDE MY HEAD.
WE SEE YOU SINCE STANDING STILL AND MOVING LIFE ON THE FLOOR AND THERE FOR THINKING.
YOU GOTTA SEE IT FROM BEHIND OUR EYES WHEN YOU DON'T EVER DO SO.
AND THE EMBRACE ON MY, I DON'T EVER WANNA BE ALONE.
I MAY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I'M RUNNING OUT AND SAT MY HEAD.
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE SHEER IS THAT IMPORTANT AND IT'S TIME I START NO MORE INSIDE STILL CREATION
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WITH YOUR HEAD SPINNING, WIN AND TURN.JUST NO TIME THAT THE WIND WILL CHANGE.
MAKE YOU FLEE, MAKE YOU STOP AND STA OFF OUT INTO NOTHING.
LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE FEELING YOUR HEART.
AND THE STORE WATER IS REALLY DEAD IN HEART.
I CALL, I CALL, I CALL, I SPIN AROUND.
I I IN MY HEART, I DON'T TAKE IT.
I GOT A GOOD INSIDE ME, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOES GET CLOUD AND NEED SOME COMMON SENSE AROUND ME.
I KNOW THERE'S SOMETIMES I CAN BE FLIGHTY, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT NIGHTLY.
I JUST HOPE THAT I CAN SEE IT.
DOVER NOT ESCAPE THE REFERENCES AND PURPOSE OF WHAT'S UP BEFORE.
CAN I SAY I'M WORKING ON IT, BUT IT'S LIKE MY SOCKET ON IT.
I JUST LEAVE IT ALL ON THE, I'M TAKE IT FOR GOT THE SLAP ON THAN I THOUGHT IT'D BE IS GONE FROM SIMPLY CAP FOR NATION.
DON'T WASTE MY TIME ON THOSE THAT BOTHER ME.
THE ONES THAT'S PROBABLY ING BES THAT GOT PROBLEMS WITH DON'T MAKE THIS ORDER.
THEN IT HAS TO BE DROPPING NASTY PASTIES AND COMES WITH THIS.
I'M GONNA BE GOOD TO EVERYONE THAT I SEE BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT BE.
AND WHEN IT COME BACK AROUND, THEN IT COME ME WITH MY DAMN HAND DOWN.
I WANT MY REPUTATION TO PURSUE ME SO THAT WHEN THESE PEOPLE SEE ME KNOW HOW ABOUT YOU BE ALL THE TIME AND KEEP THE ONES I LOVE.
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NOW BE THE NEVER HURT AGAIN.COULD YOU TAKE FOR LEAVE HIM? YOU FEEL JUST LIKE SOCKS FOR THE STRIKE? YEAH.
EVERY GOOGLE DIDN'T YOU SAID YOU YOU LOVE ME IF I HAD THE STRENGTH, JUST DO TURN AWAY AND SAVE YOUR SELF.
YOU FEEL JUST LIKE, SO IT'S ALL QUITE THE DAY.
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I HAD A TREE THEN MY HEART WAS FROZEN.BRIDGET, AS AND LOVE LET KNOW I CAN SHARE MY IF I I LET GO CHECK THE CHECK IT, CHECK CALL MY WINTER.
EVERY MONTH WAS LIKE DECEMBER.
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A TIME WHEN I WOULDN'T EXHAUST ON MY MEANS PATHWAY.TEARING AT THE SEAS, PULLING MY HEARTSTRINGS TO FRAIL, UNRAVELING FIBERS.
AND OUTSIDE OF THE MORNING IN I WOULDN'T BUDGE.
I THEN BEGIN TO BE FRAGMENTS OR RESIST THIS EXTRA TRAVEL.
HEART UNRAVEL, UNRAVELED, STRUGGLING.
EACH TWIST ON MY CHEST, SHOULDERS, REST OF THE TERRAIN.
CLIMBING WEARY, FALLING ASLEEP, REACHING.
AND SO I HAVE TREE MY HEARTS AND COLD, SMILING AS AN ICEBERG.
SET YOUR, I'VE BEEN SITTING CONTEMPLATING HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL SAVE ME.
I KNOW I GOTTA MAKE ALL, THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE THE WASTE THAT TIME.
SOUL FADE HIGH IN LOCKS FACING ALL MY DEMONS.
THEY SEND THEIR WATCH WAITING ON THE SEE LIKE VULTURES.
IT'S ABOUT TIME WE MOVE ALONG.
TRY AGAINST SAYING SONG HELP A FRIEND.
YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO BEACH ANOTHER F*****G MEMORY.
SET YOUR SOUL OFF BY SO YOU CAN BREATHE AGAIN.
DON'T GO CRY AGAIN OR GO MAKE PRETEND.
ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW FACING EVICTION? THE C D C ISSUED AN ORDER THAT PREVENTS EVICTIONS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT DUE TO C OVID 19 EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST.
QUALIFIED RENTERS ARE REQUIRED
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TO PROVIDE THEIR LANDLORD A DECLARATION FORM.LANDLORDS COULD FACE FEDERAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE ORDER AND BE FINED UP TO $500,000 IN JAIL TIME TO RECEIVE THE DECLARATION FORM AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ORDER AND AVAILABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE CALLED 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 9 1 0 OR VISIT CVID 19 DOT SAN ANTONIO.GOV/EVICTIONS.
YEAH, DEFINITELY LET LOOK IT UP FOR YOU GUYS.
ELECTION OFFICE, WE ARE THE THIRD OLDEST 3 1 1 NON-EMERGENCY LINE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE 40 PEOPLE THAT ANSWER THE PHONE, UH, AND OR PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR CALLING CITY OF SAN ANTONIO 3 1 1.
THIS I REALLY ENJOY HELPING PEOPLE.
WE GET SOME CALLS THAT HAVE A, WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A REALLY BIG ISSUE OR PROBLEM AND THEY MAY BE HAVING A CERTAIN FRUSTRATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY JUST THAT COMMUNICATION.
SO WE ARE THAT COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITIZEN TO THE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE KIND OF HELP GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND REQUEST A PICKUP.
SAY PUBLIC WORKS GETS THE REPORT FOR THE POTHOLE.
THE CITIZEN DRIVES BY AND SEE THAT IT'S FIXED.
THEY'RE VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL CALL BACK AND SAY, THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT POTHOLE PLATE.
SO THAT'S VERY SATISFYING TO SEE THE START TO FINISH ON, ON A REPORT THAT WE TOOK FOR A CITIZEN.
WE ALSO SERVE AS THAT CENTRAL POINT OF CONTACT FOR, FOR ANYONE LOOKING FOR SAN ANTONIO INFORMATION.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? WE ARE HERE TO WORK, UH, AND TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER, BUT WE ALSO RELY ON THEIR EYES AND EARS TO LET US KNOW IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
OKAY, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THIS REPORT TO SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.
IT REALLY TAKES ALL 11,000 OF US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SERVICE THIS COMMUNITY IN AN EXCELLENT AND EFFICIENT MANNER AND ALWAYS STRIVING TO BE THE BEST.
WHEN I THINK SAN ANTONIO, I THINK FAMILY.
SO WE'RE ALL ONE COMMUNITY, ONE TEAM.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU GUYS, UH, IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
HI, MY NAME IS BRANDY GARCIA AND I'M THE OWNER OF BLINK LOCATED HERE IN LATA HISTORIC ARTS VILLAGE.
THE BUILDING THAT I'M IN WAS BUILT IN 1871 AND KNOWN AS THE BOW AND KIRSCHNER HOUSE.
AND WE ARE LITERALLY JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER WALK.
SO NOW IT IS HOME TO MY SHOWROOM WHERE I HAND MAKE ALL OF MY JEWELRY ITEMS. SO COME ON IN.
IT ALL BASICALLY STARTED WHEN I WAS ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD AND I JUST WANTED TO GO ON A TWO WEEK ROAD TRIP OUT WEST.
SO WE DROVE FROM SAN ANTONIO HEADING OUT TO LA WE ENDED UP AT THE SANTA MONICA PIER ONE DAY.
AND I SAW THIS GUY JUST MAKING HEMP JEWELRY, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF THE MACRAME OLD FASHIONED STYLE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT SPARKED MY INTRIGUE INTO JEWELRY MAKING.
WHILE I WAS IN COLLEGE, I STARTED MAKING THINGS, YOU KNOW, SIMPLE LITTLE BEADED JEWELRY ITEMS. I WOULD MAKE EARRINGS FOR MY FRIENDS, MAKE ITEMS FOR FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS.
AND IT ALL KIND OF EVOLVED FROM THERE.
AND IT'S NOW COME INTO THE FRUITION OF MY OWN BOUTIQUE HERE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.
I'M FOURTH GENERATION SAN ANTONIO AND I'VE ALWAYS SPENT TIME DOWNTOWN AS A KID, YOU KNOW, AS A MIDDLE SCHOOLER, AS A HIGH SCHOOLER.
AND WHEN I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, I WANTED TO COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.
I'M ABLE TO DO WHAT I LOVE IN ONE OF THE OLDEST PARTS OF THE CITY AND BE ALMOST A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT THERE ARE LOCAL SAN ANTONIANS CREATING AND MAKING AND UH, ABLE TO THRIVE WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA HERE AT BLINK.
I DO WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT EVERY SINGLE JEWELRY ITEM THEY SEE IS 100% HANDMADE HERE ON SITE.
THERE IS THOUGHT BEHIND EACH PIECE.
NO TWO PIECES ARE GOING TO EXACTLY BE ALIKE, BUT I AM LUCKY THAT I AM ABLE TO HAVE MY STUDIO HERE ON SITE WITHIN MY SHOWROOM AND PEOPLE CAN GET A INSIDE LOOK AT WHAT MY STUDIO LOOKS LIKE, WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS I USE.
I'M ALWAYS HERE ON SITE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FOR CURIOUS FOLKS, ALONG WITH FINDING BLINK HERE IN LATA HISTORIC ARTS VILLAGE, ALONG WITH 20 ADDITIONAL TALENTED ARTISTS AND ARTISANS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE.
UH, YOU CAN ALSO FIND ME ONLINE.
I'M MOST ACTIVE ON INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK.
YOU CAN FIND A LOT OF THE VIDEOS ON HOW THE ITEMS ARE MADE.
SO FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK AT BLINK
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DESIGN SA AND ON INSTAGRAM AT BLINK DESIGN SA OH HELLO AND WELCOME TO QUICK CRAFTS.AND TODAY'S ACTIVITY IS MAKING YOUR OWN BOOK.
BOOKS AND READING OR DRAWING ARE AWESOME WAYS TO SPEND YOUR TIME.
AND IT'S EVEN MORE FUN WHEN YOU GET TO MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK AND FILL IT'S PAGES.
FOR THIS ACTIVITY, UH, YOU WILL NEED SOME CARDBOARD OR CONSTRUCTION PAPER THAT YOU CAN USE FOR THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR BOOK.
THEN YOU WILL NEED A BINDING MATERIAL LIKE YARN, PIPE CLEANERS, ELASTIC CORDS, STRING OR CRAFT WIRE.
YOU WILL NEED SOME DRAWING PAGES OR LINE PAGES FOR THE INSIDE OF YOUR BOOK.
THEN YOU WILL NEED SOME SORT OF CUTTING MATERIAL LIKE SCISSORS.
UM, A HOLE PUNCTURE WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY.
AND LASTLY, SOME CRAYS OR MARKERS OR THINGS TO FILL THE INSIDE OF YOUR PAGES WITH.
THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A BOOK IS TO PUT A SHEET OF WHITE PAPER AND YOUR COVER AND FOLD THEM TOGETHER AND PUNCHING HOLES.
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR HOLES PUNCHED, YOU CAN TIE IT WITH YARN OR STRING ON EACH HOLE AND THEN TRIM OFF THE EXCESS STRING.
THEN YOUR BOOK IS READY TO BE FILLED.
IF YOU WANT TO USE CARDBOARD, YOU WILL NEED SOMETHING A LITTLE STURDIER TO PUNCH THE HOLES.
YOU CAN USE A PUSH PIN AND THEN A REGULAR PEN TO MAKE HOLES BIG ENOUGH.
YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAGES FOR THE INSIDE HAVE HOLES THAT MATCH AND LINE UP WITH THOSE ON YOUR COVER.
ONCE ALL OF YOUR PAGES AND COVERS HAVE THEIR HOLES PUNCHED, YOU CAN USE SOMETHING A LITTLE STRONGER THAN STRING.
I'M GONNA USE PIPE CLEANERS TO BIND YOUR BOOK TOGETHER.
NOW THAT I HAVE MY BOOK, I CAN FILL THE PAGES.
IF YOU NOTICE, I RECYCLED MY PAPER THAT I USED FOR MY PRESSED FLOWERS.
UH, RECYCLING IS A GOOD WAY TO GET MATERIALS FOR THIS.
USING SCRATCH PAPER OR CEREAL BOXES FOR YOUR COVERS.
UM, BE CREATIVE IN YOUR MATERIALS.
DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR BOOK AND FILL ITS PAGES TO THE BRIMM.
WILL IT BE A FAIRY TALE? WILL IT BE A JOURNAL? WILL IT BE POEMS? IT'S UP TO YOU WHAT YOU PUT INSIDE.
I HOPE YOU HAD SOME FUN TODAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT KIND OF THINGS YOU'RE GONNA MAKE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT 90% OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS BEFORE THE AGE OF FIVE? THAT DOESN'T CHANGE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A PANDEMIC.
AND IT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO ENROLL YOUR CHILD NOW IN A HIGH QUALITY PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM, YOU CAN CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD AND FAMILY, VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION, OR IN PERSON WITH HIGH HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS.
CLASSES ARE OPEN FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN ACROSS SAN ANTONIO.
CHOOSE ONE SO YOUR CHILD IS HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND READY FOR SUCCESS.
TO FIND OUT WHICH PRE-KINDERGARTEN OR HEAD START PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOUR CHILD, CALL 2 1 1.
HI, I'M THELMA GONZALEZ FROM G'S GONZALEZ GIFT SHOP AND WELCOME TO OUR STORE.
G'S GONZALEZ GIFT SHOP IS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL 12 TENANTS HERE.
MY FATHER, MY MOTHER, MY SISTER, DELLA BLANCA RITA, WE ALL PARTICIPATE IN RUNNING THE FAMILY BUSINESS.
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VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND GOING ON 32 YEARS NOW.I ENJOY PEOPLE ADMIRING OUR CULTURE AND ASKING US ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.
LIKE DAY OF THE DEAD IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CULTURES THAT WE HAVE.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T REALLY SEE MYSELF WORKING ANY OTHER PLACE BESIDES HERE AT MARKET SQUARE.
THIS IS LIKE A FAMILY AND THIS IS THE PLACE THAT I THINK I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH.
HOPEFULLY MY FAMILY WILL CONTINUE THE LEGACY AFTER I'M GONE SHOP LOCAL AT G'S GONZALEZ GIFT SHOP.
WE'RE OPEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 10 TO FOUR.
HI, I'M PAULA HABI WRIGHT, EVENT MANAGER FOR THE ALMA DOME IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE SAFETY OF OUR VISITORS, RESIDENTS, AND STAFF IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN TO KEEP OUR PATRONS AND STAFF PROTECTED.
AS YOU RETURN TO THE ALMO DOME, YOU'LL FIND NEW ENTRY PROCEDURES.
ALL GUESTS AND STAFF MUST WEAR AN APPROPRIATE FACE COVER THAT EXTENDS OVER THEIR NOSE AND MOUTH.
FACE COVERINGS MUST REMAIN ON DURING THE ENTIRE EVENT, EXCEPT WHILE EATING AND DRINKING AT YOUR SEATS.
ADDITIONAL PRE-ENTRY CHANGES WILL INCLUDE A NEW CONTACTLESS PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AN UPGRADED WALKTHROUGH, METAL DETECTORS, NEW CONTACTLESS TICKET SCANNING A VENUE ENTRY THROUGH A SIGN GATE.
NUMBERS THAT ARE PRINTED ON YOUR TICKET, AN UPDATED ENTRANCE AND EXIT PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
ALL GUESTS MUST PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING, INCLUDING STANDING AT LEAST SIX FEET AWAY FROM OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN LINES.
THE USE OF FACE COVERINGS AND OTHER MEASURES WILL BE CRIED THROUGHOUT THE ALMO DOME WITH SIGNAGE.
AND FOUR MARKERS WHERE APPROPRIATE AUDIO MESSAGING WITH SAFETY REMINDERS WILL ALSO PLAY THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY AND OUTDOOR PLAZAS.
WHEN YOU ENTER THE STADIUM, YOU'LL NOTICE SOME CHANGES AS WELL.
ELEVATORS WILL BE PRIORITIZED FOR THOSE PHYSICALLY UNABLE TO UTILIZE THE STAIRS.
YOUR SEATS WILL INCORPORATE A MINIMUM OF SIX FEET DISTANCE IN ALL DIRECTIONS, ALLOWING FOR MAXIMUM PROTECTION.
UNAVAILABLE SEAT WILL BE RESTRICTED BY SEAT COVERS.
THE MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY FOR THE ALMA DO WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 11,200 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY.
WE HAVE ALSO INSTALLED BLUSH, VALVES AND PLEXIGLASS IN ALL POINTS OF SALE LOCATIONS.
IN ADDITION, TOUCHLESS HAND SANITIZATION AND HAND WASHING STATIONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED THROUGHOUT ALL PUBLIC AREAS.
ALL ALMA DOME EMPLOYEES AND GAME DAY OPERATION STAFF HAVE BEEN TRAINED ON C OVID 19 SAFETY AND SANITATION PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING INCREASED CLEANING AND DISINFECTION IN HIGH TOUCH ZONES SUCH AS RESTROOMS, TRASH AND RECYCLE RECEPTACLES AND CONCESSION STANDS.
WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY, PATRONS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A MOBILE SYSTEM FOR FOOD ORDERING AND CASHLESS PAYMENT WITH EXPRESS PICKUP LOCATIONS.
ADDITIONAL GUEST SERVICE INFORMATION AND UPDATES CAN BE FOUND@WWW.ALAMODOME.COM AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND WELCOMING YOU BACK TO THE ALAMODOME.
HI EVERYONE, WELCOME TO CONNECTING WITH NATURE.
I'M WITH THE SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREAS PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND TODAY WE'LL BE MAKING INSECTS.
THE MATERIALS YOU'LL NEED FOR TODAY INCLUDE TACKY GLUE, PRUNERS, OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE PRUNERS, YOU CAN USE SCISSORS.
AND I'VE CHOSEN AN ASSORTMENT OF THINGS FROM MY GARDEN.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND SIMILAR THINGS IN YOUR, MAYBE YOU'RE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR YOUR BACKYARD.
UM, I HAVE ROSES, ALL KINDS OF LEAVES STEMS, UM, CACTUS.
AND FOR THIS INSECT RIGHT HERE, THIS IS A BEE AND IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT TYPES, UM, OF ACORNS.
ONE FROM A BUR OAK, ONE FROM A LIVE OAK.
THEN WE HAVE SOME ACORN LEAVES.
AND THEN WE HAVE BALAL MOSS RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN WE JUST USE SOME BRANCHES RIGHT HERE THAT WE CUT TO MAKE THE LEGS.
SO FOR YOUR INSECT YOU'LL HAVE THREE BODY PARTS.
IT'S A HEAD THORAX AND AN ABDOMEN, AND YOU NEED SIX LEGS.
SO LET'S TURN TO MS. LAURA AND WATCH HER BUILD AN INSECT.
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AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE MADE A BEETLE AND A DRAGONFLY.I HOPE THESE HAVE INSPIRED YOU TO MAKE YOUR OWN INSECT COLAGE.
AND I TRAVELED TO MACAU IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AT, UH, UNESCO CREATIVE CITIES FESTIVAL.
THERE WERE OVER 30 CITIES REPRESENTED.
IT WAS INCREDIBLY INSPIRING TO MEET OTHER CHEFS FROM, UH, DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.
AND THERE WERE, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE LANGUAGE BARRIERS, THERE WASN'T ANY BARRIERS IN TERMS OF GETTING ALONG COMRADERY.
WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO'S GASTRONOMY SO UNIQUE IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TEXAS.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT INFLUENCES FROM THE LATINO CULTURE, THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE, BUT ALSO THE WESTERN STYLE OF COOKING.
SO YOU REALLY SEE THAT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AS FAR AS THE DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS THAT ARE USED, THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND, AND THE DIFFERENT RECIPES THAT ARE CELEBRATED.
I THINK IT JUST BUILDS A COMMUNITY OF CHEFS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND THEN ALSO GLOBALLY.
UM, AND I THINK IT GIVES US A GREAT HONOR TO REPRESENT THE CITY ON ANOTHER LEVEL.
WE HAVE SO MANY TALENTED CHEFS IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT I THINK BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE AS THIS DESIGNATION REPRESENTS IS JUST REALLY UNIQUE.
AND I THINK IT'S THAT COMMUNITY BUILDING THE DESIGNATION IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY.
UM, MOST OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE CULINARY HERITAGE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE CAN CELEBRATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE TEACHING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, OUR FOOD SYSTEMS, UH, HEALTH AND NUTRITION.
THE MAIN TAKEAWAY THAT I GOT, UH, FROM THAT EVENT WAS JUST THE INFLUENCE THAT CHEFS HAVE, THE INFLUENCE THAT CHEFS CAN MAKE IN OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES AND NOT JUST IN A RESTAURANT, NOT JUST THROUGH COOKING MEALS AND THEN SERVING THAT FOOD, BUT JUST ABOUT THEIR CREATIVE GENIUS AND THE MENTORSHIP THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO OTHER UP AND COMING CULINARIANS AND CHEFS.
SAN ANTONIO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY LEADS GLOBALLY IN EQUITY, RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY AND IS RECOGNIZED AS A DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.
WE RECEIVED 17 AIR FORCE RESERVISTS HERE AT THE COVID RESPONSE CENTER, AND WE HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY TO HAVE THEM HERE.
I JUST GOT OUT OF THE NAVY ACTUALLY, AND I JOINED INTO THE AIR FORCE RESERVE WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO FULLY EXPECT.
I UNDERSTOOD I WAS GOING TO A CALL CENTER.
THEY STARTED OUT ON THE HOTLINE, YOU KNOW, ANSWERING CALLS.
THEN THEY WENT TO HELP WITH SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE CONTACT TING.
THEY ALSO, UH, DID A LOT OF THE RECORDING AND REPORTING, UH, UP TO THE STATE, WHICH, UH, IS MANDATED TO DO THE IMPACT OF IT.
I THINK IT'S GOOD BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S MORE OF A CONNECTION.
WE'RE NOT JUST IN THE MILITARY.
WE ALL HAVE THE SAME IDEA OF WANTING TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS COLLABORATION BETWEEN FEDERAL PARTNERS AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
OUR AIRMEN THAT WE'RE SERVING HERE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THESE COINS HOME AND, UH, DISPLAY THEM AND KNOW THAT THEY WERE BEING THOUGHT OF FROM MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
YOU KNOW, FOR MILITARY MEMBERS TO, TO RECEIVE MEDALS IS, UH, A BIG HONOR.
AS WE LOOK, IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS HIGH, BUT I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT AS THAT WAY.
I WAS LIKE, WE'RE JUST DOING OUR JOB.
SO BEING RECOGNIZED AND GETTING THAT ACCOLADE WAS VERY NICE.
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SURPRISE TO ME IS NOT ONLY AM I ACTING IN MY AIR FORCE RESERVE PART, I AM HELPING THE CITY TO OVERCOME A PANDEMIC.AND IT'S A HUGE EXAMPLE OF THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE CITY, UH, AND THE MILITARY.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO, AT THEIR CORE, THEY WANNA GIVE BACK, AND THAT MEANS THEY WANNA HELP WITH THE SMALLEST LITTLE TASK TO THE LARGEST, UH, RESPONSE.
AND SO IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS AND ARE JUST COMPLETELY SELFLESS.
AND TODAY'S ACTIVITY IS CLOTHES PIN BUGS.
THE MATERIALS FOR TODAY'S ACTIVITY ARE CLOTHES, PINS, PIPE CLEANERS, OR CHANEL STEMS, SOME COFFEE FILTERS, MARKERS, AND SCISSORS.
THE FIRST BUG I'M GOING TO MAKE IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BLUE BEETLE.
SO I'M GOING TO START WITH MY CLOTHES PIN AND CHOOSE MY COLOR.
WHEN I COLOR IT, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE TO GET ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES LIKE THIS ONE.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TWO PIPE CLEANERS PER BUG.
YOU'RE GOING TO FOLD THEM IN HALF AND CUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS WILL GIVE YOU FOUR PIPE CLEANERS.
THREE OF THESE YOU'LL GROUP TOGETHER AND TWIST IN THE MIDDLE.
AND THESE ARE GOING TO BE THE LEGS.
YOU'LL TAKE THE LEGS TOGETHER AND THREAD THEM THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CLOTHES PIN.
ONCE YOU HAVE THEM IN THERE, YOU WILL SPREAD THEM APART, APART AND ADD BENDS FOR LITTLE KNEES AND FEET FOR YOUR BEETLE.
THEN I WILL TAKE MY FOURTH PIPE CLEANER HALF AND FOLD THAT IN HALF.
ADD A LITTLE BIT OF A CURVE AND THESE WILL BE THE ANTENNA.
YOU CAN PINCH 'EM IN THE FRONT, MESS WITH THE LEGS A LITTLE, AND THERE'S YOUR BUG.
SO FOR OUR BUTTERFLY, UH, YOU'RE GONNA START AGAIN WITH YOUR CLOTHES PIN AND YOU WILL COLOR IT, THE COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE.
AND THEN YOU WILL GRAB A COFFEE FILTER.
AND THESE WILL BE THE WINGS OF OUR BUTTERFLY.
SO I'M GONNA MOVE THESE TO THE SIDE AND SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO.
YOU'RE GOING TO LAY IT FLAT OVER, UH, YOUR TABLE AND THEN GRABBING SOME MARKERS.
YOU'RE GOING TO ADD COLOR TO THE COFFEE FILTER.
YOU CAN SCRIBBLE SCRABBLE, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADD COLOR TO THE WHOLE FILTER.
AFTER YOU'VE COLORED YOUR ENTIRE FILTER, YOU'RE GOING TO GRAB A PLATE OR SOME OTHER SURFACE THAT YOU CAN CARRY IT ON.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF WATER.
A SPRITZER BOTTLE IS GOING TO BE PERFECT BECAUSE IT WILL DISTRIBUTE THE WATER AND THIS IS GOING TO DILUTE THE MARKER AND SPREAD THE COLOR.
SO YOU'RE GONNA ADD A FEW SPRAYS TO YOUR FILTER AND YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH AS THE COLORS START TO BLUR.
THIS IS THE DESIGN THAT I USE FOR MY LITTLE MONARCH BUTTERFLY HERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BLACK LINES DIDN'T BLUR AND BLEND BECAUSE I USE A PERMANENT MARKER AND THOSE ARE WATER RESISTANT, SO I'M GONNA DO THE SAME THING.
PLACE IT IN THE SUN FOR A FEW MINUTES TO DRY.
ONCE YOUR COFFEE FILTER IS DRY ENOUGH TO HANDLE, THE LAST THING TO DO IS TO FOLD IT UP AND PUT IT INSIDE YOUR CLOTHES BIN.
DON'T FORGET TO ADD THE ANTENNA.
I HOPE Y'ALL HAD FUN TODAY WITH TODAY'S ACTIVITY AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
I GOT ASKED IF I WOULD, UH, REPRESENT THE CITY AND GO TO CHINA TO DU CHINA.
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THE CITY HAS GENERALLY SINCE PEOPLE OR SINCE PEARS HERRING ME TO CHRISTINA XO.SHE ACTUALLY IS FROM THE PROVINCE THERE.
HER FAMILY COMES FROM THAT AREA, AND SO SHE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD THE CULTURAL UNIQUENESS.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY EIGHT DISTINCT CULTURAL REGIONS OR CULINARY REGIONS IN CHINA.
NOT ONLY WERE WE COOKING AMONGST OUR CHINESE PEERS AND HOSTS, WE WERE ALSO, UH, WITH 17 OTHER COUNTRIES.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MULTICULTURALISM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WE BROUGHT OUT TO CHINA, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICATING CULTURAL INFLUENCES OR CULTURAL ASPECTS FROM, FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT PLACES, AND WE BROUGHT THAT ALL TO CHINA.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY HUMBLING HONOR TO BE ASKED TO REPRESENT YOUR CITY ON A GLOBAL PLATFORM.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING AN ENTIRE METROPOLITAN AREA.
YOU'RE REPRESENTING AN ENTIRE CULTURE.
I MEAN, YOU JUST REALLY GET TO GO OUT THERE AND SHOW YOUR BEST AND IN EXPERIENCE ALL THAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER.
I LEARNED FROM EVERY SINGLE CHEF SOMETHING THAT I BROUGHT BACK WITH ME, THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THE CHINESE CHEFS, THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THEY PUT INTO THEIR WORK.
IT RIVALS THE, THE FRENCH SCHOOLS AND THE JAPANESE NOODLE CUISINE, YOU KNOW, UH, SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR DISCIPLINE.
I WOULD SAY THEY ARE MASTER CRAFTSMEN AND WOMEN AT USING THOSE UNDERSTANDING THAT PRODUCE, YOU KNOW, WELL FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO FROM THE PRESENTATION SIDE TO MAKE OLD IDEAS MORE LIVELY.
YOU KNOW, ADD NEW LIFE INTO THEM.
CREATIVE CITIES NETWORK IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE ITS STRUCTURES THAT CULTURAL DIPLOMACY IN A WAY THAT HELPS SAFEGUARD, I GUESS, TRAVEL FOR THE PARTICIPANTS.
IT IS A FORMAL MECHANISM BY WHICH WE CAN SORT OF FIND COMMON LANGUAGE IN AND A PROTOCOL BY WHICH WE WILL ENGAGE EACH OTHER.
AND THEN IT IS JUST WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO WEAR THAT ON YOUR SLEEVE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CITY OF GASTRONOMY.
I HAD THAT EMBROIDER ON MY CHEF JACKETS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S WONDERFUL.
IT'S JUST A UNIQUE DESIGNATION THAT NOT EVERY CITY HAS.
RIGHT NOW, NOT EVERY CITY ENJOYS, BUT TUCSON AND SAN ANTONIO AND THE UNITED STATES DO.
SAN ANTONIO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY LEADS GLOBALLY IN EQUITY, IN SUSTAINABILITY AND IN RESILIENCE.
TRULY, SAN ANTONIO IS A DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.
TO BE THERE IS JUST AN AMAZING IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE THAT IT ENRICHES YOU BY IMMERSING YOU IN CULTURE UPON CULTURE ACROSS 300 YEARS.
HELLO, I'M PATRICIA MKI KOR, DIRECTOR OF THE HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND STAFF IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
THUS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND SAFETY PLAN TO KEEP OUR VISITORS AND STAFF SAFE.
HEY,
YOU'LL NOTICE SIGNAGE AND FLOOR MARKERS WERE APPROPRIATE, AS WELL AS ON THE AUDIO SYSTEM REMINDERS THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR YOUR FACE COVERING, MAINTAIN SOME.
WE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, INCLUDING MAKING DOORS, LIGHTS AND RESTROOMS, TOUCHLESS, INSTALLING PLEXIGLASS WHERE NECESSARY, AND ADDING UV LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY ON ESCALATORS TO AUTOMATICALLY DISINFECT HANDRAILS.
AS PART OF THE GLOBAL BIO RISK ADVISORY COUNCIL ACCREDITATION, OUR STAFF ARE SANITIZING EXPERTS PROVIDING INCREASED CLEANING AND DISINFECTION AND HIGH TOUCH ZONES, SUCH AS GUEST SERVICE AREAS, PODIUMS, TRASH, AND RECYCLE RECEPTACLES, RESTROOMS, AND ELEVATOR BUTTONS.
WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE HAND SANITIZER AND DISINFECTING WIPE STATIONS ALL AROUND THE CENTER TO IMPROVE HEALTH PROTECTION.
WHEN YOU ENTER THE MEETING SPACE AND DURING YOUR MEETINGS, YOU'LL NOTICE SOME CHANGES AS WELL.
DAP IS CREATING UNIQUE SETUPS TO ENSURE PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE INCORPORATED FOR ALL AREAS.
ALSO, CHANGEOVERS BETWEEN SESSIONS WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER TO ALLOW APPROPRIATE SANITIZING OF THE ROOMS AS YOU WALK AROUND THE CENTER.
YOU MAY ALSO ENCOUNTER OUR NEWEST
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COLLEAGUE, A UV LIGHT ROBOT THAT HELPS DISINFECT AREAS, A TECHNOLOGY BORN RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.FROM ALL OF US AT THE HENRY B. GONZALEZ CONVENTION CENTER, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU BACK.
HELLO, TODAY'S EGG EXPERIMENT IS GOING TO EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
MY NAME IS SYDNEY AND WELCOME TO SIMPLE SCIENCE.
TODAY'S PROJECT IS GOING TO BE THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE.
THE EGG DROP CHALLENGE IS ESSENTIALLY TRYING TO PREVENT AN EGG FROM BEING CRACKED AFTER DROPPING IT FROM A HIGH DISTANCE BY BUILDING A PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE AROUND IT, USING ANY KIND OF MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN FIND.
UM, TODAY I'M GONNA SHOW YOU TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT, AND THE FIRST WAY I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IS BY MAKING A PARACHUTE.
THE MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS ONE ARE A PLASTIC BAG, SOME COTTON BALLS, AN EGG, OR YOU CAN USE THE PLASTIC EGG AND FILL IT WITH WATER THAT WORKS TOO.
SOME DIXIE CUPS AND SOME PIPE CLEANERS.
AND NOW I'M GONNA SHOW YOU STEP BY STEP HOW TO DO IT.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE POKING TWO HOLES ON EITHER ENDS OF YOUR DIXIE CUP AND THEN INSERTING YOUR PIPE CLEANER AND THEN TWISTING IT AROUND SO IT'S, UM, SECURE JUST LIKE THIS.
AFTER THAT, THE NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE GRABBING YOUR BAG AND PUTTING THE OTHER ENDS OF THE PIPE CLEANERS THROUGH THE LITTLE HOLES, AND THEN ALSO SECURING THAT BY TWISTING IT.
ONCE YOU HAVE BOTH OF THEM TWISTED, THEN IT'S TIME TO FILL YOUR CUP UP WITH AS MUCH OF THESE LITTLE COTTON BALLS AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
YOU MAY HAVE TO STRETCH 'EM A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN ONCE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE ENOUGH AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR EGG INSIDE AND THEN PLACE A FEW MORE AROUND THE OUTER EDGES RIGHT HERE.
THEIR STRUCTURE IS GOOD JUST BECAUSE AS YOU DROP YOUR EGG DOWN THE BAG IS WHAT'S GONNA CATCH THE AIR AND IT'S GONNA SLOW IT DOWN.
THE SECOND STRUCTURE IS GOING TO BE MADE ONLY USING STRAWS AND TAPE.
SO THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE MAKING YOUR BASE.
AND TO GET THIS, I BASICALLY TOOK A STRAW AND JUST BENT IT AND THEN SECURED THESE TWO PIECES WITH TAPE.
AFTER THAT, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THREE, THREE AND A HALF INCH LONG PIECES OF STRAWS, AND THEN YOU'RE JUST GOING TO TAPE THOSE ALONG THE OUTER CORNERS OF YOUR BASE MAKING A PYRAMID.
SO AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR BASE DONE, THE SECOND STEP IS GOING TO INVOLVE JUMBO STRAWS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE JUMBO STRAWS, THAT'S OKAY.
JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER STRAWS YOU'RE USING ARE STURDY ENOUGH TO ABSORB THE IMPACT FROM THE FALL.
SO YOU'RE GONNA TAKE TWO OF YOUR JUMBO STRAWS AND TAPE THEM TOGETHER, AND THEY SHOULD MAKE ONE EXTRA LONG STRAW TO LOOK LIKE THIS.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED SIX OF THESE THOUGH.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA TAPE EACH OF THESE TO THE EDGES OF YOUR BASE.
ONCE YOUR STRUCTURE IS COMPLETE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD YOUR EGG TO THE INSIDE OF YOUR BASE, JUST LIKE THAT.
AND NOW FOR THE FUN PART, LET'S GO TEST THEM OUT.
I HOPE Y'ALL ARE AS EXCITED AS I AM.
HERE GOES NOTHING SUCCESS, IT'S TIME FOR STRUCTURE NUMBER TWO, FIRE IN THE HOLE.
I CHALLENGE YOU TO RAISE THE BAR, WHETHER IT'S MAKING ONE OF THESE TWO STRUCTURES OR COMING UP WITH YOUR OWN, PROTECT THOSE EGGS.
IT'S EASIER THAN EVER TO SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
PARTICIPATE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS FROM THE COMFORT AND SAFETY OF YOUR HOME IN JUST A FEW STEPS.
TO LEAVE A COMMENT, VISIT SAN ANTONIO.GOV/AGENDA, SELECT THE MEETING YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CLICK ON E-COM.
SET UP A PROFILE OR SIGN IN AND THEN CLICK ON THE ITEM YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE A COMMENT ON.
TYPE IN YOUR COMMENT, INDICATE YOUR POSITION, AND THEN HIT SUBMIT.
IF YOU'D PREFER TO SPEAK, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE REGISTER TO SPEAK BUTTON.
AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE BY PHONE DURING
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A VIRTUAL MEETING, BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR PHONE NUMBER IN YOUR PROFILE.YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE ANY COMMENTS ALREADY LEFT BY OTHERS BY CLICKING THROUGH THE ITEMS THAT SHOW COMMENTS.
THEN YOU CAN WATCH OR LISTEN LIVE TO YOUR IDEAS IN ACTION IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE BY VISITING SAN ANTONIO.GOV/TBSA OR WATCHING LIVE ON FACEBOOK OR CHANNELS AT T 99 GRANDE 20, SPECTRUM 21 DIGITAL ANTENNA 16.1.
OR YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN LIVE BY CALLING 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 5 5 5.
SELECT OPTION ONE FOR ENGLISH, OR OPTION TWO FOR SPANISH.
SPEAK UP TODAY AND VISIT SAN ANTONIO.GOV TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION.
WENT TO JOHN JO, UH, SOUTH KOREA AND WHICH IS THE MOST TRADITIONAL CITY IN KOREA.
WE'RE INVITED TO GO AND COOK FOR, FOR THE CITY, UM, OF JI THERE DURING THEIR, UH, BEEPING POP FESTIVAL.
AND WHAT BEEP BE POPOP IS THAT'S THEIR DISH.
THEY'RE THE DISH OF KOREA TO BE A SAN ANTONIO AND BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY.
AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EARTH TO REPRESENT THE CITY THAT I'M FROM WITH DISHES FROM THE CITY OR JUST WITH FLAVORS THAT WE GREW UP WAS THE COOLEST EXPERIENCE THAT EVER HAPPENED IN MY LIFE.
ONE THING THAT I DID PICK UP, UM, THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE ASIAN CULTURE IS THAT THEY'RE BIG ON PRESERVING.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO WITH CERTAIN TECHNIQUES OR LIKE CER THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T DISCARD ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED WITH, UH, LOVING MORE WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO AND KIND OF PRESERVE THE PRIMITIVE WAY OF COOKING THAT WE DO HERE.
SO THAT, THAT I BROUGHT BACK WITH ME JUST THE ALL OVERALL CARE THAT GOES INTO FOOD.
SAN ANTONIO'S ALWAYS HAD UNIQUE CUISINE, YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE TEX-MEX HERE, WHICH NO ONE ELSE DOES.
UM, AND IF THEY DO, THEY GOT IT FROM US.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
I I LOVE THE FACT THAT SAN ANTONIO IS NOW GETTING THE NOTORIETY THAT IT'S DESERVED ALL ALONG.
UM, AND I LOVE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOW SEEING THAT THERE IS MORE THAN JUST TACOS TO THE CITY.
IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC WORKING WITH THE CITY.
UM, IT'S A LOT EASIER THAN I THOUGHT.
UH, VERY SMOOTH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S REALLY NEAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST WHAT KIND OF COOL PROGRAMS THE CITY IS OFFERING AND THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR CHEFS OR JUST TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THE CULINARY, UM, CULINARY CULTURE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
THE WAY I SEE UNESCO IS, UH, IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS, THAT IS HELPING US PRESERVE THOSE PRIMITIVE, THOSE THOSE PRI JUST TO PRESERVE, PRESERVE THE HERITAGE THAT COMES, THAT COMES ALONG WITH THE WAY THAT WE COOK OUR FOOD.
THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION OUT THERE THAT'S, THAT'S TRYING TO PRESERVE SPECIAL CERTAIN TECHNIQUES THAT ARE THE WAY THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS IS PHENOMENAL TO ME.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE.
I WONDER IF IT'S HUNGRY OR MAYBE IT NEEDS SOMEWHERE TO LIVE.
RIGHT? WELCOME TO CREEK CRAFT.
LET'S GO INSIDE AND GET THIS PROJECT STARTED.
TODAY'S QUICK CRAFT IS FOR THE BIRDS.
WE ARE GONNA MAKE BIRD FEEDERS AND BIRD HOUSES, BUT WE'RE GONNA START WITH THIS ONE FIRST.
THE MATERIALS FOR YOUR BIRD FEEDER SHOULD BE THINGS YOU CAN HOPEFULLY FIND AROUND YOUR HOUSE.
YOU'LL NEED A WATER BOTTLE, BIRD SEED, SOME POPSICLE STICKS, HOT GLUE, SCISSORS, AND SOME FISHING LINE OR STRING THAT YOU CAN HANG IT WITH.
FOR OUR BIRD FEEDER, YOU'RE GOING TO START BY CUTTING HOLES THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH TO FIT A POPSICLE STICK THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BOTTLE, BUT NOT TOO BIG THAT ALL YOUR BIRD SEED WON'T FALL OUT.
ONCE YOU'VE MADE YOUR HOLES AND PUT YOUR POPSICLE STICK, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A LITTLE TINY BIT OF HOT GLUE TO SECURE YOUR POPSICLE STICK.
THEN YOU WILL USE HOT GLUE TO ADD LITTLE PLACES TO SIT WHILE THE BIRD EATS THEIR LUNCH.
THEN USING A PUSH PIN OR EVEN A REGULAR PEN, YOU'RE GOING TO POKE TWO SMALL HOLES ON TOP SO THAT WE CAN THREAD OUR FISHING LINE TO HANG THE BIRD FEEDER.
YOU CAN TIE THAT INTO A KNOT AND THEN FILL IT WITH BIRD SEED.
WHEN YOU FILL IT WITH BIRD SEED, IT HELPS TO HAVE A CONE SO YOU DON'T SPILL IT ALL OVER THE PLACE.
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I SPILLED A LITTLE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.THEN ONCE YOUR BIRD FEEDERS READY, YOU CAN FIND A NICE TREE TO HANG THEM ON AND FEED THE BIRDS.
NOW FOR YOUR BIRD HOUSES, YOU WILL PRIMARILY NEED SCRAP CARDBOARD, AND I'VE ALREADY GOT MINE CUT UP INTO 11 BY EIGHT AND A HALF INCH PIECES.
YOU WILL ALSO NEED SOME HOT GLUE, A RULER, A CUTTING UTENSIL, A MARKER, AND A DOWEL OR TWO.
NOW THE SCRAP CARDBOARD WILL NEED TO BE DIVIDED INTO PARTICULAR SHAPES, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE MEASUREMENTS FOR THESE SIDES.
YOU WILL WANT IT TO BE EIGHT AND A HALF INCHES BY FIVE AND A HALF INCHES.
FOR THE ROOF, YOU WILL NEED TWO PIECES OF EIGHT AND A HALF BY FIVE AND A HALF, JUST LIKE THE SIDES.
AND FOR THE FRONT AND BACK EACH YOU WILL WANT IT TO BE EIGHT INCHES BY FIVE INCHES WITH SIX INCHES AT THE BOTTOM.
AND ALL OF THESE SHAPES SHOULD FIT ON THAT ORIGINAL CARDBOARD SIZE.
AFTER ALL YOUR PIECES ARE CUT OUT, DON'T FORGET TO DRAW SHAPE AND CUT IT OUT SO THAT YOUR BIRD CAN GET INTO THEIR HOUSE.
THEN ONCE ALL YOUR PIECES ARE READY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HOT GLUED INTO A BASE.
ONCE YOUR HOUSE IS ALL GLUED TOGETHER, THE LAST THING IS TO POKE SOME HOLES TO ADD YOUR DOWELS FOR THE BIRD TO SIT AND TO HANG YOUR HOUSE FROM.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN WITH TODAY'S ACTIVITY.
BIRD HOMES AND FEEDERS, AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT.
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HI, MY NAME IS MANNY PIAS AND I'M A CITY COUNCILMAN IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
HERE IN OUR CITY, OUR LOCAL HEALTH EXPERTS AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE C D C ARE TELLING US THAT THE WAY TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS AND PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING IS FOR ALL OF US TO STAY HOME AND ONLY LEAVE OUR HOMES TO PICK UP GROCERIES, MEDICINES, AND NECESSITIES.
AND IF YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK, THEY'VE TOLD US THAT WE HAVE TO OBSERVE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES AND MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE FROM OTHER PEOPLE SO THAT WE DON'T TRANSMIT THE VIRUS FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
THE RECOMMENDED DISTANCE IS SIX FEET, WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH IS SIX FEET APART? IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, CHANCES ARE YOU'VE TRIED TO MEASURE OUT FOOTAGE BY WALKING HEEL TO TOE, HEEL TO TOE FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER.
THAT'S SIX FEET, RIGHT? AFTER ALL, A FOOT IS A FOOT.
OUR FEET VARY IN SIZE FROM PERSON TO PERSON.
ALSO, THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS REPORTS THAT THE AVERAGE MALE SHOE SIZE IS A 10 AND A HALF.
SIX OF THOSE ISN'T GONNA ADD UP TO SIX FEET.
SO WHAT ARE WE TO DO? I GUESS ANOTHER WAY OF MEASURING WOULD BE TO REPLACE YOUR FOOT WITH A SUBMARINE SANDWICH.
FOOT LONG SANDWICHES ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE VARIETY OF SANDWICHES.
YOU COULD LINE UP SIX SANDWICHES BETWEEN YOU AND ANOTHER PERSON, AND VOILA, YOU'VE MEASURED OUT A SIX FOOT SAFE DISTANCE.
HOWEVER, WHILE IT'S CERTAINLY A DELICIOUS WAY TO MEASURE DISTANCE, IT'S IMPRACTICAL TO WALK AROUND WITH SIX SANDWICHES ALL DAY AND YOU'RE BOUND TO EAT A FOOT OR TWO OF YOUR MEASURING UNITS BY THE END OF THE DAY.
THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO USE EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT MEASURE SIX FEET AND HOPE YOU REMEMBER ONE OF THEM.
LET'S SAY YOU'RE AT WORK AND YOU SEE A COWORKER COMING YOUR WAY.
YOU NEED TO QUICKLY CALCULATE A SIX FOOT DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND HIM.
I SUGGEST YOU APPLY THE MOTORCYCLE RULE.
THAT'S RIGHT, THE MOTORCYCLE RULE.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE MOTORCYCLE MEASURES SIX FEET FROM THE TIP OF THE FRONT WHEEL TO THE BACK OF THE REAR WHEEL? PRETTY
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HANDY, RIGHT? THERE'S ANOTHER RULE YOU COULD USE.IMAGINE AN ALLIGATOR STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR FRIEND.
IF IT'S A RUN OF THE MILL, ORDINARY, AVERAGE ALLIGATOR, THEN FROM NOSE TO TAIL, THAT ALLIGATOR PROBABLY MEASURES SIX FEET IN LENGTH.
NOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT PREFER MORE EXOTIC MEASURING STICKS, I INVITE YOU TO APPLY THE EASY TO REMEMBER SOUTH AFRICAN WHITE RHINOCEROS RULE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ALMOST ALL WHITE RHINOS ARE SIX FEET TALL.
RHINOS ARE LONGER THAN SIX FEET, BUT THEIR HEIGHT IS PERFECT FOR OUR PURPOSES.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS VISUALIZE A WHITE RHINO SITTING ON ITS HAUNCHES.
OKAY? THEN YOU MEASURE FROM THE BOTTOM OF ITS FEET TO THE TOP OF ITS POINTY HORN.
IF YOUR FRIEND IS STANDING TOO CLOSE TO YOU, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SAY, I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO KEEP A RHINO BETWEEN US.
I HAVE ONE MORE EASY TO REMEMBER WAY TO MEASURE A SIX FOOT DISTANCE.
LOOK IN THE BACKSEAT OF YOUR CAR AND FIND YOUR PHARMACY RECEIPT.
THOSE RECEIPTS ARE ALWAYS LONGER THAN SIX FEET, RIGHT? ADMIT IT.
YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT THOSE RECEIPTS WERE A WASTE OF PAPER.
WELL, THEY'RE FINALLY GOOD FOR SOMETHING.
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT, FRIENDS.
SIX FEET ISN'T THAT HARD TO MEASURE IF YOU KEEP THESE RULES IN MIND.
THE OTHER THING WE WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE SAN ANTONIO C OVID 19 HOTLINE.
THE NUMBER YOU NEED TO CALL TO GET ALL YOUR COVID QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
ALSO, THE C D C MAINTAINS AN EXCELLENT WEBSITE FULL OF VALUABLE COVID RELATED INFORMATION.
WE WERE KIND OF A NORMAL WORKDAY AND STARTED GETTING WORD THE FURLOUGH WAS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE THREE OF US.
THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON LEFT THERE.
OTHER PEOPLE SEE CHAOS, EH, I DON'T, UH, I LIKE IT OF THE LOVE OF TROUBLESHOOTING.
IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER JOB TO THEM, BUT IT BECOMES YOUR, UH, SECOND HOME.
THEY CARE FOR IT LIKE THEY'RE OWN.
AS WE PREPARE FOR THE U T S A OPENING GAME IN OUR CONCESSION STANDS, THERE'S OVER 300 POINTS OF SALE.
THE BIGGEST PROCESS WAS LEARNING HOW TO WORK WITH THIS PLEXIGLASS.
EACH OF THOSE GETS THAT SAME PROTECTION.
THE DEMARCATIONS ON THE FLOOR, SIGNAGE IN THE RESTROOMS TO REMIND PEOPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING TO CREATE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS A LOT OF WORK FOR THREE GUYS, THE, THE BUILDING WAS OUR, OUR PRIORITY.
IT KIND OF MORPHED INTO, WE BECAME THE COVID, UH, WAREHOUSE FOR P P E AND HAND SANITIZER AND WIPES AND THINGS.
WE HOST BLOOD DRIVES, FOOD DRY, LIKE EVEN HELPING OUT CONVENTION CENTER, WHATEVER WE HAD TO DO TO KEEP THE DOME OPEN AND TO HELP OUT THE COVID CENTER, KEEP THE SEATING ON SCHEDULE, INSTALL ALL THE SIGNS, AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PLUMBING IS ON SCHEDULE TOO.
AS WE SHRUNK DOWN DURING THE FURLOUGH, WE ALL TOOK ON A LOT OF EXTRA DUTIES.
NOT SURPRISINGLY, THEY STEPPED UP.
THEY WERE READY FOR THE CHALLENGE, AND WE'VE MADE THIS FURLOUGH TIME PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS AS WELL AS OUR OWN.
AND WE'RE THE PROUD OWNERS OF THE MEXICAN MEXICO IMPORTS, IMPORTS.
IN 1964, I KEPT BADGERING MY, MY FATHER WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
SO LET ME SEE WHERE HE WORKED.
AND HE SAYS, OH, YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE I WORK? AND I SAID, YEAH.
MY WIFE AND I GOT MARRIED AT AN EARLY AGE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A SPOT FOR OURSELVES HERE AT MARKET SQUARE.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, SINCE 1974, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS.
WE'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT FROM WHERE WE STARTED.
WHAT WE LIKE BEST ABOUT LITTLE MEXICO IMPORTS OUR STORE IS THAT WE OFFER PRODUCTS FROM ALL OVER MEXICO, PANAMA, GUATEMALA, PERU, ECUADOR, AND A LOT OF THE STUFF IS HANDMADE.
COME AND SUPPORT LOCALLY OWNED BUSINESSES LIKE OURS.
LITTLE MEXICO IMPORTS HERE AT EL MARLA.
WE'RE OPEN FROM WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, 10 TO FOUR, BUT COME ON DOWN.
I AM ONE OF THE OWNERS OF BETOS BAKERY AND BETOS BAKERY HAS, UH, OVER 60 YEARS OF TRADITION IN SAN ANTONIO PROVIDING PANDUCE TO, TO THE CITY.
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IT'S STARTING WITH THE LAST NAME, BEDO.IT'S A FRENCH LAST NAME, WHICH IS UA.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS HOW THE MEXICAN PASTRIES STARTED IN PAN IS WHEN FRANCE INVADE MEXICO.
THEY BROUGHT ALL THE PASTRIES FROM FRANCE, THE PASTRIES FROM FRANCE IN THE TRADITIONAL, UM, MEXICAN BREAD.
THE COMBINATION OF THAT, THAT'S HOW THE PANZI WAS BORN.
THE CONCHA IS THE MOST TRADITIONAL BREAD, AND IT'S, IN MY OPINION, IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO MAKE BECAUSE THE CONSCIOUS, THEY NEED TO BE PERFECT.
THE WEATHER NEEDS TO BE RIGHT.
IF THE WEATHER IS TOO COLD, THEY WON'T EXPAND.
IF IT'S TOO HOT, THEY EXPAND TOO MUCH TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS, AN ART EVERY DAY CALL IN THE MORNING, I CALL MY EMPLOYEES IF I'M NOT HERE AND I ASK THEM, HOW DO THE C LOOK? LIKE, ARE THEY OKAY? THEY'RE, IT IS LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE BABIES.
THESE ARE PIERA, LIKE STONES, PIERA.
I CALL IT THE MEXICAN SC BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A SCONE.
WE MAKE PIERA OUT OF THE, THAT I LEFT OVER.
AND THAT'S WHY THIS BREAD IS DELICIOUS.
INSIDE WE MAKE, UH, DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF REGALO.
THE TRADITIONAL IS PUMPKIN, BUT WE PUT, WE MAKE SOME WITH PINEAPPLE, AND WE MAKE SOME WITH A STRAWBERRY JUST TO GIVE IT A, A DIFFERENT TWIST.
WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE AT THE BAKERY, AND WE REALLY STRIVE TO DO THAT, IS TO BRING THOSE MEMORIES TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE CAN WALKING HERE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEY JUST BRING THEM BECAUSE A SMELL OF THE BREAD BRINGS A LOT OF MEMORIES TO THEM.
AND WE LIKE TO CREATE NEW MEMORIES FOR THE NEW GENERATION.
WE DON'T WANT THIS, UH, DU TRADITION TO BE LOST.
AND THERE'S SO MANY CHOICES AROUND THE CITY.
THERE'S SO MANY CHOICES AROUND THE WORLD.
UH, EVERYTHING IS COMMERCIALIZED.
WE WANT TO KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BAKERY FEELING WHERE YOU'RE GONNA MEET YOUR FRIENDS, YOU'RE GONNA MEET YOUR FAMILY, AND YOU'RE GONNA MEET HERE AND HAVE SOME COFFEE AND A GOOD CONVERSATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CREATE.
HERE ARE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW FACING EVICTION.
THE C D C ISSUED AN ORDER THAT PREVENTS EVICTIONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF RENT DUE TO C OVID 19.
EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, QUALIFIED RENTERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR LANDLORD A DECLARATION FORM.
LANDLORDS COULD FACE FEDERAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE ORDER AND BE FINED UP TO $500,000 IN JAIL TIME.
TO RECEIVE THE DECLARATION FORM AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE ORDER AND AVAILABLE HOUSING ASSISTANCE, CALL 2 1 0 2 0 7 5 9 1 0 OR VISIT CVID 19 DOT SAN ANTONIO.GOV/EVICTIONS.
HEY EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO QUICK CRAFT.
AND TODAY'S ACTIVITY IS MANDALA'S.
THESE ARE GEOMETRIC FIGURES AND DRAWINGS THAT ARE ALSO SYMMETRICAL AND CIRCULAR.
I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE ONE.
THE MATERIALS FOR THIS ACTIVITY ARE PAPER, SCISSORS, A MARKER OR PEN, AND SOMETHING TO DRAW WITH.
AND THEN SOMETHING CIRCULAR, LIKE A ROLL OF TAPE OR A PLATE OR BOWL THAT YOU CAN TRACE.
UH, LET ME SHOW YOU, AFTER YOU CUT OUT YOUR CIRCLE, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME FOLDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SYMMETRICAL LINES AROUND OUR CIRCLE.
SO YOU'RE GONNA FOLD IT IN HALF AND THEN IN HALF AGAIN.
AND THEN FOLD THAT ONE IN HALF.
ONE MORE TIME, OPEN IT BACK UP.
AND IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE PIE SLICES.
NOW, YOU CAN USE A SMALLER CIRCLE SHAPE TO GIVE YOU SOME DOTS, AND THESE WILL BE PLACEHOLDERS FOR WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IN JUST A MINUTE.
ONCE YOU'VE EVENLY PLACED SOME DOTS AROUND
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YOUR CIRCLE, IT'S TIME TO START DOODLING.WHEN YOU DRAW, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH PIE SLICE IS IDENTICAL TO THE OTHER PIE SLICES, ALMOST LIKE A MIRROR, UH, WITH YOUR DESIGN.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DRAW, AS LONG AS IT MATCHES.
ONCE YOU'VE COME UP WITH YOUR DESIGN AND FILLED YOUR MANDALA, GO AHEAD AND ADD SOME COLOR AND MAKE IT AS INTERESTING AND BEAUTIFUL AS YOU CAN.
WHO NEEDS A COLORING BOOK WHEN YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN GEOMETRIC MASTERPIECE.
I HOPE YOU HAD FUN, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE SOME OF THE MANDALAS YOU COME UP WITH.
I THOUGHT, WHAT DO I WANT TO DO WITH THE SECOND HALF OF MY LIFE? RIGHT? I CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT I WANT TO DO.
I ACTUALLY HIRED A LIFE COACH, AND I SPENT A BUNCH OF TIME SORT OF LOOKING AT WHAT DO I REALLY CARE ABOUT? AND FOOD KEPT COMING UP OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
LOVE FOOD, SOME OF OUR ABSOLUTE TOP CHEESE MAKERS IN THIS COUNTRY, OUR WOMEN.
AS SOON AS I KNEW THAT I DID NOT WANT TO OWN THE HERD, THAT REALLY FREED ME UP AS A CHEESEMAKER TO BE ABLE TO USE ANY HIGH QUALITY MILK THAT I FELT WAS THE CONNECTION.
YOU CAN'T MAKE WORLD CLASS CHEESE WITHOUT STARTING WITH WORLD CLASS MILK.
SO IT TOOK ME PROBABLY AT LEAST THE FIRST 18 MONTHS TO GET THE RIGHT FARMS INVOLVED.
I STARTED REALLY LOOKING AT ICONIC JESUS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT FLAVOR AND HISTORY AND GASTRONOMY AND THE CONNECTIONS.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE USE LOCAL MILK, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A HONK FARM BECAUSE THE WAY THAT COMES OFF OUR CHEESE MAKING GETS GIVEN TO A HOT FARM SO THAT THEY HAVE WAYED PORK.
IT TOOK ME ABOUT 10 MONTHS TO DO THE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ON THE FIRST THREE AGED CHEESES THAT WE WE BROUGHT TO MARKET IN THE BEGINNING.
AND THAT WAS CALDERA SPANA, WHICH IS OUR SMOKED CHEESE TEA STONE CHEESE, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT'S BEHIND ME HERE.
AND THEN THE WELSHMAN, WHICH IS OUR CARE PHILLY STYLE CHEESE.
AS A CHEF, IF YOU'RE GONNA COOK SOMETHING, THINK OF COOKING A BIG POT OF SPAGHETTI, RIGHT? RIGHT.
YOU, YOU TASTE IT AND YOU SAY, OH, IT NEEDS SALT, IT NEEDS BASIL.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITH CHEESE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU MAKE THE CHEESE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT THREE, FOUR, OR 5, 6, 10 MONTHS TO FIND OUT IF THAT ONE'S REALLY A GOOD ONE.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE CHANGES, THEY HAVE TO BE TEENY TINY INCREMENTAL CHANGES.
I THINK THERE'S ONLY LIKE 20 CHEESE MAKERS IN THE WHOLE STATE, AND MORE THAN HALF OF THEM DO GOATS MILK BECAUSE THE GOATS THRIVE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SO TO BE A COW'S MILK CHEESE PRODUCER IN TEXAS HAS ITS CHALLENGES.
I NEVER WANTED TO GET INTO CHEESE MAKING TO JUST MAKE A BUNCH OF NORMAL, BORING SUPERMARKET CHEESE.
IT'S ABOUT BEING SPECIAL IN THE FLAVORS AND THE, UM, THE CONNECTIONS AND THE STORIES.
I MEAN, IT MATTERS, RIGHT? SO FOR ME, WHAT WE'RE DOING MATTERS AND THE THE ABILITY TO CREATE THIS NETWORK BETWEEN ALL THESE LOCAL FOLKS THAT MATTERS TO ME.
SO BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE INTERGOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
UM, I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
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SO CLERK, CAN YOU PROCEED WITH THAT CHAIR?HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COMMISSIONER UH, WOLF HERE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM CHAIR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, WE ARE GOING, WE'VE GOT, UH, A PRETTY FULL MEETING TODAY.
SO LET'S JUMP INTO APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2020 MEETING.
AND, UH, I'M CERTAIN THAT COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROJA GARCIA HAS READ IT TWICE.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? CHAIR MINUTES, THAT MOTION, KEVIN WOLF? SECONDS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AND IS, UM, CONSIDERED, AYE, AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SEEING NONE OPPOSED ARE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
OUR VERY FIRST ITEM, UM, IS, UH, THE, UM, COMMUNITY PARTNER LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, UM, I I WANT TO ASK, UH, JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ ABOUT VOTER TURNOUT.
SO I'M GONNA, UH, I WANT, I WANNA, I WANT OUR CHAIRMAN TO TELL US, UH, HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING, UH, AND, UH, I JUST, I REALLY WANT TO JUST HEAR HOW EXCITED YOU ARE.
'CAUSE I HEAR THAT YOU'RE EXCITED.
IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS, UH, FOR THE NEXT 18 DAYS.
18 DAYS OF VOTING, 18 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.
WELL, LISTEN, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN FOLLOWING THE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE NATIONAL ELECTION, BUT, BUT, UH, LOCALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL EARLY VOTING SITES, AND YOU ALL SAW THE NEWS YESTERDAY.
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT TURNOUT, UH, HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, BUT ALSO ALL OVER TEXAS.
I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M A LITTLE BIT JEALOUS.
I THINK HARRIS COUNTY SMOKED US IN TERMS OF FIRST DAY, UH, EARLY VOTING.
BUT WE HAVE, UH, 17 DAYS TO REDEEM OURSELVES.
I THINK, UH, WE WERE SOMEWHERE AROUND 34,000 IN PERSON VOTING YESTERDAY.
UM, SIGNIFICANTLY, I'LL MENTION THAT THE MAIL-IN BALLOTS THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, THROUGH, I THINK THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY WERE ABOUT 41,000.
AND THAT, UH, NUMBER ALREADY HAD ECLIPSED WHAT WE RECEIVED IN 2016.
UM, I THINK IT EQUALED THAT 41,000 WHAT HARRIS COUNTY HAD RECEIVED.
UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE BIGGER, THERE ARE BIGGER, UH, COUNTY.
UH, SO I, I THINK EVERYTHING IS, UH, GOING WELL.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY THERE WAS SOME LONG LINES AND I THINK, UH, JACKIE AND HER TEAM ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE EVERYBODY GETS THROUGH IN, IN A, IN A EFFICIENT MANNER.
UM, SO, SO YEAH, YOU WANNA TELL ME A LITTLE EXCITING? I THINK, UH, WE CAN SUSTAIN OVER THE NEXT, UH, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS.
UH, CERTAINLY WE'RE LOOKING AT RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS, UH, IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, UH, HERE IN BE COUNTY.
SO, UH, I, I, UH, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST.
THANK YOU FOR THAT POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
AND, UH, HAVE YOU, THE MAIN QUESTION IS, UH, COUNCILMAN, HAVE YOU VOTED YET? YOU KNOW, I WENT YESTERDAY.
I, I WENT YESTERDAY AND I SPENT AN HOUR AT JOHN IGO LIBRARY THANKING 150 PEOPLE IN LINE FOR COMING OUT AND VOTING AND HANDING OUT WATERS.
AND, UH, BUT I'M GONNA PROBABLY VOTE TODAY.
'CAUSE I, I PROMISED MY DAD I WASN'T GONNA DO IT WITHOUT HIM.
UH, AND SO, UH, BUT I'M EXPECTING THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LONG, LONG, LONG LINE.
MY WIFE HAS BEEN IN LINE FOR THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF, UH, AT, AT IGO OR SOMEWHERE ELSE AT IGO.
AND SO, UH, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE COMMITTED TO VOTING THERE, YEAH, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE IN LINE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 47 OTHER SITES AND, UH, I KNOW PARTICULARLY OVER IN PRECINCT TWO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE MEGA CENTER AT ST.
THERE WAS SOME LONG LINES IN THE MORNING, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST DOWN THE ROAD OVER AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE WHERE I SAW COUNCILMAN, UH, GARCIA, I SAW HER VOTE YESTERDAY.
UM, AND THEN FRANK GARRETT COMMUNITY CENTER ON THE WEST SIDE, SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SHORTER LINES AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SHORTER WEIGHTS.
SO JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TELLING FOLKS, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S TRY AND, UH, BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE WITH YOUR, YOUR VOTING PLAN.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS JUST GET IT DONE.
UM, SO LET'S, UH, LET'S JUMP IN.
UM, OUR FIRST ITEM IS GOING TO BE, UH, ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER, LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
AND WE'VE GOT FRIENDS FROM SARAH AND SAS HERE TODAY.
UH, JEFF, YOU WANNA TEE THIS ONE UP, OR, YES, THIS IS THE, UH, UH,
I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT AT THE, UH, END OF
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THE MEETING, WE'RE GONNA RUN THROUGH A TIMELINE OF THE CITY'S LEDGE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND BUILT INTO THAT, WE ARE RESUMING OUR INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ROUNDTABLE WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, BUT WE FIGURED A GREAT PLACE TO START WITH SAWS AND SARAH.AND OF COURSE, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HAS EMPHASIZED THE FEDERAL FUNDING CONNECTION TO THE WEST SIDE CREEKS PROJECT FOR SARAH.
SO, UH, SAWS AND SARAH HERE AND, AND CHAIRMAN, IT'S YOUR CHOICE WHO GOES FIRST? UH, LET'S, LET'S LISTEN TO SARAH, UH, FIRST.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE OUR FRIENDS FROM SAWS AFTERWARDS.
SUZANNE, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE MUTED.
YEAH, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, SUZANNE, AT ALL.
WHY DON'T WE, UM, WHILE, WHILE SARAH GETS ITS, UM, ITS ISSUES RESOLVED, WHY DON'T WE MOVE OVER TO SAS GIVING SARAH SOME TIME TO, UM, YOU, UH, DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO.
ARE OUR FRIENDS AT SAS CONNECTED? UH, YES, SIR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, CHAIRMAN, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF.
THIS IS DONOVAN BURTON WITH, UH, SAS, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND, UH, WATER RESOURCES.
SO I GUESS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT OUR, SOME OF OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
UH, DO I NEED TO SHARE, OR ARE, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE THIS, OKAY, IT'S LIKE EDUARDO HAS OUR PRESENTATION UP.
SO OUR, I'LL JUST KINDA START OFF IMMEDIATELY.
AND I'M SORRY, AM I DRIVING OR ARE YOU DRIVING? OKAY, IF, WE'LL GO TO, I GUESS THE FIRST SLIDE THERE WITH THE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO, OUR, OUR PRIMARY FEDERAL, UH, FIRST INITIATIVE IS REALLY ABOUT FINDING SOME ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A 500% INCREASE IN, UH, ELIGIBLE AND CUSTOMERS ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECT OVER THIS PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS.
UM, WE, WE HAD ABOUT 5,000 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECTS, AND NOW WE'RE ALMOST, WE'RE ABOUT 30,000, UH, CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECT, NOT ABLE TO PAY THEIR BILL, UH, THIS DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE, THE COVID, UH, PANDEMIC.
UM, AND IT'S ABOUT A 78%, I THINK, INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF BILLS.
IT'S ABOUT A $19 MILLION IMPACT, UH, TO SAWS OF NOT, NOT, UH, PAYING BILLS.
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE DEALING WITH.
WE, WE ACTUALLY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE BEFORE WE WERE EVEN, UH, ASKED TO, WE, WE, UH, STOPPED THE PROCESS OF SHUTTING CUSTOMERS OFF, UM, STOPPED LATE FEES AND THAT SORT OF THING, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE, THERE WERE GONNA BE THESE CHALLENGES.
UM, AND SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
UH, WE, WE THINK IT'S A A A, A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.
WE THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE ARE IMPACTS, AND SO I CAN'T TALK TO HIM.
OH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WITH OUR LEGISLATORS TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUT IN, UM, UH, SOME MONEY TO HELP THESE, UH, THESE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THE C OVID 19 PANDEMIC.
UH, WE THINK THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, UH, GO THERE.
WE'LL, WE'LL WAIT TO SEE WHETHER CONGRESS PASSES ANYTHING.
THAT'S, UH, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, OTHER PEOPLE WILL KNOW JUST AS, AS WELL AS ME.
UM, BUT THAT IS REALLY OUR PRIMARY FOCUS THAT WE ARE, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UH, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THE OTHER, UH, AREAS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS REALLY TAX EXEMPTION CONSERVATION.
CONSERVATION IS, IS A, A BIG INITIATIVE.
IT ALSO HELPS WITH, WITH, UH, UH, BILLS.
WE THINK IT, UH, CONSERVATION HELPS DRIVE DOWN PEOPLE'S BILLS.
UH, WE WORK WITH LOTS OF CUSTOMERS, THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS, ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO, UH, UH, TO IMPLEMENT CONSERVATION WITHIN THEIR, THEIR HOUSE.
UM, THAT, THAT LEADS TO REBATES EVERY NOW AND THEN.
SO WE WILL GIVE PEOPLE REBATES.
AND WHEN THOSE REBATES ARE OVER $600, THEY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO FILE A 10 99, AND THAT MEANS THE CUSTOMER HAS TO PAY AS IF IT WERE, WERE INCOME.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING, IT'S A DIS A DISINCENTIVE FOR CONSERVATION REBATES ON THE ELECTRICAL SIDE.
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THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, AND SO THEY HAVE AN EXEMPTION FOR THAT.AND SO WE'RE WORKING TO GET THE SAME EXEMPTION THAT THEY HAVE ON THE ELECTRICAL SIDE SO THAT WHEN WE, UH, HAVE CONSERVATION REBATES FOR CUSTOMERS THAT THE CUSTOMERS DON'T GET HIT WITH THAT.
UM, MORE GENERALLY, WE, WE ARE WORKING, UH, AS WELL ON JUST INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT.
THE, THE CONGRESS OFTEN TALKS ABOUT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO, 2.6 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN MONEY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WATER SEWER PROJECTS, UH, ALL OVER THE CITY.
AND SO, UH, THERE ARE SOME FUNDS IN PLACE, AND THOSE GO THROUGH EBBS AND FLOWS IN TERMS OF, UH, OF FUNDING MECHANISMS. AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONGRESS, THE CON, THE, I'M SORRY, THE CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, UH, PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED AND THAT THOSE, UH, UH, UH, THEY'RE AVAILABLE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR UTILITIES.
UH, THE OTHER ONE I WANTED TO BRING UP THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR A LOT ABOUT, UM, WE EXPECT SOME NEW, UH, LEAD AND COPPER RULES.
UH, THERE'S CERTAIN, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE ARE PARAMETERS ABOUT LEAD AND COPPER IN WATER.
WE DON'T HAVE LEAD LINES IN OUR SERVICE, BUT THE E P A IS REQUIRING THAT, UM, ALL COMMUNITIES PROBABLY ACROSS THE STATE DO, UH, INVENTORIES OF THEIR LINES AND TO TEST ALL SAMPLE ALL SCHOOLS AND DAYCARE CENTERS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, UH, ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T ANY LEAD IN LINE LED IN, IN THE LINES.
AND IF THEY DO FIND LEAD LINES AND THOSE, THOSE NEED TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF REPLACEMENT.
UM, WE'RE WAITING ON SOME RULES TO COME OUT.
THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DEFINITIONS IN THERE THAT, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WANTING TO MAKE SURE HOW THEY'RE, UM, UH, HOW THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE E P A AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITH THE T C E Q, UH, ON THIS.
UH, THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING IT UP HERE IS THAT WE WILL, IT, IT, IT WILL INVOLVE A, A BIG OUTREACH PROGRAM.
AND SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR A LOT ABOUT IT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT SAUCES OUT WORKING ON ESTABLISHING WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S LEAD, UH, LEAD LINES IN THE, IN THE, IN OUR SYSTEM.
AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE LEAD LINES IN OUR PRIMARY SAW SYSTEM, BUT WE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF THIS, AND WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN RELATION TO THIS E P A, UH, EFFORT.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON, UH, IN THIS I IMPLEMENT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S, THOSE ARE OUR SORT OF MA UH, PRIMARY, UH, ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
LOTS OF OTHER SMALLER ISSUES THAT WE, WE DEAL WITH.
WE'VE, WE'VE REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THANKS TO ALL OF YOUR HELP.
OUR BOARD'S HELP, UM, GETTING SOME FUNDING AND GETTING PROGRAMS WORKING FOR OUR MITCHELL LAKE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN A, A, A LARGE SUCCESS.
AND, AND I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN GRO HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON.
AND, UM, UH, AND ALSO OUR W SIX PROJECT.
THIS IS A MAJOR SEWER LINE THAT GOES, UH, NOW GOING AROUND LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE.
THIS HAS BEEN ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN, UH, UH, VERY INVOLVED IN.
THE CITY'S BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL.
THOSE HAVE FINISHED VERY SUCCESSFULLY.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THESE OTHER ITEMS. GREAT.
SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PASS ALONG YOUR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, CO-CHAIR RODRIGUEZ, ANY ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR SAS? NO, I'M GOOD.
UH, COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU, DONOVAN, FOR THE UPDATE.
I SEE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ADRIANA ROJA GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU, CHAIR.
UM, AND, AND THEY'RE JUST GENERAL ONES, AND THANK YOU, DONOVAN, FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED HOW MANY SAUCE CUSTOMERS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR, FOR DISCONNECTIONS.
HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO LAST YEAR? YES, COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S, UM, IT'S ABOUT A 500% INCREASE.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER FOR, FROM LAST YEAR.
MAYBE I DO IN A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION, BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD ABOUT 5,000 EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND IT'S NOW ABOUT 30,000.
SO ABOUT A 500%, UH, INCREASE IN, UH, NUMBER OF, OF OF CUSTOMERS.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, HAVE WE MADE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA? UM, I, I KNOW BACK ON MARCH THE 18TH, I SUBMITTED A C C R AND I TALKED ABOUT ADJUSTING SOME OF THE, UM, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA BASED ON THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS THAT SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT? YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE PUT A WHOLE LOT MORE, UH, MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE, UM, UH, UM, ADJUSTED OUR ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
I KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, AND I THINK PARTIALLY THROUGH YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE, UM, WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, UH, KINA RAMOS IS, WORKS ON THAT PROGRAM, AND, UM, JUST DOING A WHOLE LOT OF WORK ON IT.
SO WE, I KNOW WE HAVE PUT A WHOLE LOT OF MORE MONEY, A WHOLE LOT MORE MONEY INTO THE PROGRAM.
THE BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED, AND IT WILL INCREASE AGAIN, UH, IN 2021 FOR THE CUSTOMERS.
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INSTEAD OF WAIT FOR SOME, FOR WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE A PASS DUE BALANCE, IS THERE, UM, ANY PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MAYBE HELP, UH, RESIDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET? UH, YES, COUNCILMAN, WE, WE, UM, WE ARE CONSTANTLY OUT INTO THE, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY WITH OUR UPLIFT PROGRAMS. WE'VE GOT, UH, PROBABLY 12 TO 15, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT HELP DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WITH, WITH DIFFERENT ISSUES.UM, AND SO WE ARE CONSTANTLY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT PROGRAMS ARE OUT THERE AVAILABLE.
UM, WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY SEND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOTICES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE HERE, HERE'S YOUR, YOUR BILL IS, IS LATE, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
BUT WE, WE'VE ALSO JUST RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED A, UM, A, A PAYMENT PLAN OPTION ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT YOU CAN CALL IN AND, AND CHANGE, BUT WE'VE PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL SO THAT CUSTOMERS CAN GO IN AND, AND JUST CHOOSE THEIR OWN, UM, UH, PAYMENT PLAN AS WELL.
AND BY THE WAY, RIGHT WHEN YOU GO ONTO THE SALTS WEBSITE, YOU GET THIS WONDERFUL POPUP THAT ASKS IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE.
UM, I HAVE A, A QUESTION AS FAR AS PROCESSING TIME, HOW LONG, UH, DOES IT TAKE TO PROCESS, UH, ASSISTANCE? AND THEN ALSO WHAT'S THE AVERAGE AMOUNT THAT, UM, YOU ALL ASSIST? UM, SO PROCESSING TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL BE HONEST, I, THIS IS PROBABLY A, I PROBABLY NEED TO BRING, UH, GINO RAMOS INTO THIS DISCUSSION.
I THINK HE, HE RUNS THAT, THOSE PROGRAMS. UM, I KNOW IT'S A VERY QUICK, AND I, I THINK IT USED TO BE A PROGRAM THAT WE DID TOGETHER WITH THE CITY, THAT THE CITY WOULD, UH, PROCESS THEM FOR US.
AND, AND IT WAS A VERY QUICK PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A DAY OR SO.
UM, AND WE'VE STARTED DOING THAT NOW.
UM, AND SO, UH, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANY KIND OF, UH, UH, ISSUES ABOUT IT BEING SLOW OR ANYTHING.
AND SO THE AVERAGE AMOUNT, AND, AND THEN THAT'LL BE MY LAST QUESTION, QUESTION CHAIR.
UM, AGAIN, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
THE AVERAGE AMOUNT, IT USED TO BE ABOUT 13, $13 FOR AN AVERAGE CUSTOMER.
I THINK IT'S, I, I, I, I THINK I REMEMBER A, A DIFFERENT NUMBER NOW.
SO I'LL, I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET THAT TO YOU.
THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, CHAIR.
AND, UH, THANKS DONOVAN FOR, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON WHAT YOU HAVE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS ANYTHING THAT YOU'LL, THAT GOING TO STATE WITH, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE, UH, HAD SOME, UM, LEGISLATIVE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE TAKEN UP TO THE STATE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING GOING TO THE STATE? THIS? YES, COUNCIL, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE, UH, SOME OF OUR STATE AGENDA ITEMS. UM, UH, ONE OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES HAS BEEN ON GROUNDWATER DISTRICT, UM, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS A, THAT'S A COMMON THEME.
WE DO THAT EVERY SESSION, EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
UM, AND WE WILL, UH, WE WILL APPROACH THE LEGISLATURE THIS TIME, AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
THIS, UH, THIS GO AROUND IN THE SENSE THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE LIMITED NUMBERS OF BILLS.
UM, THERE WON'T BE THE, THE NORMAL WALKING THROUGH THE HALLS AND, AND WORKING ON, ON THESE THINGS.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF LIMITING WHAT, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
I THINK ONE BIG ISSUE THAT, THAT WE'LL SHARE PROBABLY WITH THE CITY, I KNOW THAT, UH, THE MAYOR HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON IT AT TIMES, IS, UM, WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE, PARTICULARLY ON DISCONNECTS.
SO THIS KIND OF RELATES TO THE FEDERAL PRIORITIES IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DISCONNECT, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PE PEOPLE WHO REQUEST INFORMATION ON WHO, WHO SPECIFICALLY, UH, IS BEING DISCONNECTED.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO, THEY TAKE THOSE LISTS, WE HAVE TO GENERATE A LIST FOR THEM, AND THEY TAKE THOSE LISTS AND, AND, UH, UH, WE, YOU KNOW, I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY PREY ON THEM, BUT, BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, UH, CALL THESE PEOPLE AND KNOW THAT THEY ARE ON HARD TIMES AND WORK TO, UM, UH, MAYBE TRY TO SELL THEIR HOME, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
UH, SO WE THINK THAT'S A, A COMMON GOAL THAT WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS SESSION, UM, TO SEE WHAT KINDA LIMITATIONS WE CAN PUT ON THOSE DISCONNECT IN, UH, INFORMATION ON DISCONNECTS, UM, AS WELL.
AND THESE TWO ISSUES MAY MERGE, YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE'RE STARTING OUR AUTOMATED METERING PROCESS.
THAT AUTOMATED METERING PROCESS IS GONNA BE A, A GREAT TOOL FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CUSTOMERS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME IS IT'S GONNA PROVIDE A WHOLE, JUST A WHOLE MEGA AMOUNT OF DATA THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, THAT WILL, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF USED IN CERTAIN WAYS, YOU CAN ALMOST TRACE EXACTLY THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME, UH, SOME PRIVACY EFFORTS THAT CAN WORK WITH OUR A M I SYSTEM AS WELL TO RECOGNIZE THE CHANGES IN, IN, UM, THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THOSE TWO EFFORTS WILL PROBABLY BE
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TO BE TOGETHER.AND I, I, MY EXPECTATION FOR THIS MEETING TODAY WAS TO ACTUALLY BE BRIEFED ON, ON THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL, BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATURE IS GETTING READY TO GET STARTED HERE AGAIN.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, AND BEING PRESENTED WHAT YOUR PRIORITIES AND WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE STATE WITH.
SO, MR. CHAIR, I HOPE THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AT POINT IN TIME THAT WE CAN, UH, SAW US AND THESE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SEE EVERYBODY ELSE THAT ARE THEIR STATE WITH, UH, JEFF
UM, FIRST THING IS, UH, BOTH SAWS AND SARAH HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, WILLING TO COME FORWARD AND TALK ABOUT THIS, UH, SORT OF IN ADVANCE OF THEIR APPROVAL PROCESSES.
UH, JUST LIKE US, THEY'VE GOT RUN THEIR AGENDAS THROUGH THEIR BOARDS, UH, AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED ENTIRELY YET.
SO, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE GRACIOUS TO BE ABLE TO SORT OF TALK ON THE FRONT END ABOUT WHAT THEY ANTICIPATE BEING, UH, OUR TIMELINES ARE ALWAYS DIFFERENT.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN PUTTING OUR AGENDA TOGETHER IS TRY TO INCORPORATE A COUPLE OF THE REAL BIG PICTURE PRIORITIES FROM EACH OF THEM, UH, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR AGENDA.
BUT THEN WE ALSO GIVE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR OUR PARTNERS SO THAT AS OTHER ISSUES COME UP, SO LONG AS THEY'RE NOT A CONFLICT WITH US, WHICH THEY RARELY, IF EVER ARE, UH, WE EXPRESS OUR, OUR SUPPORT TO HELP THEM.
AND I, I PERSONALLY WORK WITH DONOVAN, UH, AT THE CAPITOL ALMOST DAILY, UH, ONCE WE'RE THERE.
I JUST, WHILE I HAVE THE MIC HERE, JUST ONE LAST COMMENT ON DONOVAN'S LAST POINT ABOUT THE PRIVACY ISSUE, THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR, UH, HAS RAISED AS WELL.
WE ALSO GET OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR UTILITIES CUT OFF.
WE DON'T HAVE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
SAWS AND C P SS ARE THE KEEPERS OF IT, BUT C P S HAS A PROTECTION IN STATE LAW AS A POWER UTILITY, UH, UNDER A, A, A SECURITY, UH, PROTECTION.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELEASE THOSE.
SAS DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME PROTECTION.
AND SO THE MAYOR, UH, FOR ONE ANYWAY, HAS EXPRESSED TO US THAT HE WOULD LIKE US TO WORK WITH SAS AND SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP KEEP THAT INFORMATION PRIVATE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR CONNECTIONS CUT OFF ARE NOT, UH, UH, PREDATORY, UH, TARGETS.
BUT AGAIN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO THE STATE THIS, THIS YEAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SCHEDULING THING.
LET'S GET A MEETING SCHEDULED SO THAT WE CAN, THAT FROM ALL OF OUR, UM, OPERATIVE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN SAN ANTONIO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I, I HEAR YOU WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE, UM, BRIEFED THAT INFORMATION BEFORE EVERYBODY TAKES OFF TO THE STATE CAPITOL DOING THEIR THING.
UH, WE, WE'VE GOT KEVIN WOLF WITH HIS HAND UP.
UM, HEY, DONOVAN, YOU AND SAS, UH, HAVE, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB, AND I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO THE MAIN PROVIDER IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AS WELL.
I WANTED TO ADD ON, UH, SOME COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO COUNCILMAN GARCIA'S, UH, THOUGHTS.
UH, BUT ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, UH, BECAUSE WE AS GOVERNMENT ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS IN REGARDS TO, FOR INSTANCE, SAWS, YOU KNOW, SORT OF MANDATING WE'RE NOT GONNA DO CUTOFFS DURING THIS TIME, ET CETERA, THAT ALSO MEANS THERE ARE PROBABLY PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.
UH, AND FOR YOU TO HAVE SUCH A DRAMATIC INCREASE, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MORE OF A, A STATEMENT AND A WARNING THAN IT IS A QUESTION, UH, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, FOR THOSE THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF, OF THAT CURRENT POLICY AND MANDATE AND JUST NOT PAYING THE BILL BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY WON'T GET CUT OFF.
UH, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE, HAVE PUT ANY, ANY PROTECTIONS IN PLACE IN REGARDS TO THAT, BUT JUST LOOK OUT FOR, THAT'S IT.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE, UH, WE WE'RE AWARE OF AND FOCUSED ON.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
WE CAN'T, UH, GO OUT AND INTERROGATE CUSTOMERS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
ONE, ONE EFFORT WE HAVE BEEN, UH, LOOKING AT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED WE HAVE ABOUT 30,000 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE OUT THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT 30,000 CUSTOMERS THAT ARE ON OUR AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
AND SO, UH, WE, WE, WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ARE THOSE REALLY THE SAME PEOPLE? ARE THE, ARE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CUTOFFS, THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE ON OUR AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM? UM, AND OUR FIRST BLUSH ANALYSIS OF THAT IS ACTUALLY NO, UM, THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE IN, IN AREAS THAT ARE, WE CONSIDER SORT OF MI MIDDLE CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN ON OUR AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS. AND SO, UM, UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ANALYZING THAT.
I THINK OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THOSE ARE DIRECT IMPACTS TO, YOU KNOW, JOB LOSSES AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A, A SUBSET OF THOSE WHO ARE JUST
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NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS ON TIME, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SUBSET OF THOSE WHO ARE JUST TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION.SO IT, IT IS DIFFICULT AND ULTIMATELY IT, IT GOES BACK TO EVERYONE'S RATES.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT WE DON'T ULTIMATELY BRING INTO THE, THE SYSTEM, UM, GETS SPREAD OUT THROUGH THE REST OF THE SYSTEM, BUT, UM, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OF HURT OUT THERE, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IT.
AND I THINK THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF, UH, UH, EFFORT THAT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED AND THAT WE'RE TAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PEOPLE DO HAVE THE MEANS TO, TO, UH, PAY BILLS.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN VIE, ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YEAH.
UM, SO ONE, UH, MANY OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED, AND TWO DONOVAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW IMPORTANT IT'S TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE US WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE ANTIQUATED E P A REGULATIONS OR THOSE THAT NEED TO CHANGE.
AND WHEREVER WE NEED TO PUT, UH, PUSH ON THE PRESSURE POINTS THAT WE NEED TO IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE THERE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, OUR MITCHELL LAKE.
UM, COUNCILWOMAN DONOVAN, EXCELLENT WORK.
I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
UM, AND, UH, THANK YOU, UH, TO, UM, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND, AND MR. PUENTES FOR ALWAYS, UH, FOR ALWAYS BEING INVOLVED IN HELPING US FASHION, UH, OUR, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN AUSTIN WITH US, UH, AND IN DC UM, A PARTNERSHIP IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, WE, UH, ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO SUZANNE SCOTT NOW, UM, AND SHE RAN ALL THE WAY TO RADIO SHACK TO GET A NEW MICROPHONE.
I THINK, UH, SUZANNE, THE SHOW'S YOURS.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME NOW? YES, MA'AM.
YES, FOR SOME REASON, ALL THESE DIFFERENT, UM, UM, SYSTEMS THAT WE USE, THEY ALWAYS CONNECT.
AND THEN TODAY, FOR SOME REASON IT DIDN'T.
SO SORRY ABOUT THE FRUSTRATION AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT I WAS SAYING WHEN I WAS MUTED, UH, THAT, UM, I WANTED TO SAY BEFORE I GET INTO TALKING ABOUT THE WEST SIDE CREEKS PROJECT, I DID WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AGAIN TO THIS GROUP FOR EVERYBODY SUPPORT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR THE MISSION REACH REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE'VE ALL WORKED SO HARD TO GET OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
UM, I KNOW THAT BRINGING THAT MONEY BACK TO SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR OTHER PROJECTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS THAT THE COUNTY IS INVOLVED IN RIGHT NOW TO PROCEED.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT, UH, COLLABORATIVE EFFORT THAT THE COUNCILMAN PERRY WORK TALKED ABOUT WITH ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO, ON COMMON ISSUES, UH, IS ALSO, UH, HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD BENEFIT HERE, UH, PARTICULARLY WITH, UH, THE SUCCESS ON THE MISSION REACH REIMBURSEMENT AND BRINGING THAT MONEY BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA START ON THE WEST SIDE CREEKS, WHICH IS THE NEXT, UM, UH, BIG RESTORATION PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
SO I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT I THINK WILL BE BROUGHT UP.
SO WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SO, AS Y'ALL ALL KNOW, UH, WE, UH, COLLABORATIVELY THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE RIVER AUTHORITY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MANY YEARS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS ALONG THE WEST SIDE CREEKS.
AND JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING THOSE CREEKS, THAT'S AMAZON, APACHE MARTINEZ, AND SAN PEDRO, AND THEN ZAMORA CREEK AS WELL.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THAT CAN GIVE A FOUNDATION FOR THEN WHY THIS WEST SIDE CREEKS PROJECT IS NOW REALLY READY TO BE TEED UP.
SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE HOWARD PEAK GREENWAY, UM, TRAIL SYSTEM HAS BEEN INVESTING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THE WEST SIDE CREEK TRAILS, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU A TALLY ON HOW MUCH THAT IS HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THIS PARTICULAR MAP, UH, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLETED, WHICH ARE THE ONES THAT ARE NOW UNDER DESIGN, OR THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, AND THEN, UH, THE, WHICH ONES ARE NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT, UH, IN THE INVESTMENT OF TRAILS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE UNDERWAY THROUGH THE HOWARD P GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM.
AND JUST TO KEEP A NOTE, AND WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS MAP IF WE NEED TO, BUT JUST NOTE THAT THE SAN PEDRO CREEK, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, GOES DOWN ALL THE WAY TO MISSION REACH.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA TALK HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE ABOUT THE SAN PEDRO OR A COUPLE OF SLIDES ABOUT THE SAN PEDRO CREEK THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING UP, THAT THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON, THAT'S GOING THROUGH THE WEST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.
BUT THAT PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY IS FUNDING AND THE CITY HAS ALSO PUT FUNDING INTO DOES CONNECT TO THIS GREENWAY TRAIL NETWORK.