Jul 01, 2024 Public Safety Commission

NEXT UP WE HAVE THE MINUTES, UH, FROM JUNE, UM, AND A PHYSICAL COPY HERE AS EVERYBODY ELSE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT, UH, COPY ONLINE.

WELL, IN THE ABSENCE WE WILL MOVE ON.

[1. Approve the minutes of the Public Safety Commission regular meeting on June 3, 2024.]

IF SO, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSIONS, AMENDMENTS, OR ANYTHING ON THOSE MINUTES? NO.

NO.

SO WITH THAT, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE OR MOVE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVING THE MINUTES? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

AND I THINK WE CAN JUST DO A SHOW OF, UM, HANDS, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTION FOR JUST RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU APPROVE OF THE MINUTES.

I'LL BE ABSTAINING.

COMMISSIONER SIERRA , DID YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? I'M SORRY.

I COULDN'T SEE.

I WAS TRYING TO SECOND.

WE NEED SIX IN ORDER TO PASS THE MINUTES AND WITH THE ABSTENTION THEN WE WON'T BE ABLE TO PASS.

WE CAN ROLL IT OVER TO NEXT MONTH UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO CHANGE THE CODE.

UM, CAN I, CAN WE PUT ON HOLD IN CASE SOMEBODY ELSE DOES SHOW UP AND, UH, ADDRESS IT AT THE END OF THE, UH, COMMISSION IF WE SURE.

YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE ITEM.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL JUST PLACE TEMPORARY HOLD UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT IF WE, UH, HAVE SOME MORE COMMISSIONS ATTENDANCE.

OTHERWISE WE'LL PLAN ON ROLLING OVER TO THE AUGUST MEETING.

FIRST ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, QUARTERLY REPORT, INCLUDING OPEN DATA.

UM, SO OUR

[2. Public Safety Quarterly Report including update on the open data portal, Austin Police Department.]

UM, AND THAT IS AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK WE HAVE THAT UP.

UH, IF EVERYBODY'S ONLINE, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES, UH, VISUALIZING THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW IT SENT OUT IN ALL THE BACKUP MATERIALS AS WELL FOR, UH, Y'ALL TO REVIEW THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

UM, I WANNA POINT OUT TWO QUICK THINGS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION AND THEN I'M GONNA ROLL THROUGH IT KIND OF QUICKLY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A SERIES OF, OF PRESENTATION AND A FULL AGENDA, AND I THINK THE SECOND HALF OF THIS PRESENTATION ON THE OPEN DATA PEARLS WILL BE MORE, MORE INTERESTING THAN THE FIRST PART WHERE I TALK ABOUT CRIME STAT.

SO I PROMISE IT WON'T, UH, TAKE TOO LONG ON IT AS, UM, ALWAYS WITH OUR QUARTERLY STATISTICS, THESE STATS GO THROUGH JUNE 19TH, NOT THROUGH THE FULL MONTH.

WE'LL BE UPDATED WITH THAT DATA AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FORMAT THAT WE WERE TOLD TO WORK WITH.

WE ARE OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS OR FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.

IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY YOU WANT TO SEE THIS INFORMATION, WE CAN ALWAYS ADAPT.

BUT, UH, IT'S IN THE BACKUP.

IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE ANY OF THIS INFORMATION.

UH, YOU CAN KIND OF JUST SCROLL THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SLIDES TILL YOU GET TO SLIDE 10.

WE BREAK IT OUT BY CRIMES AGAINST PERSON AND CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY AND ALSO THROUGH THE VARIOUS COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

I'M GONNA STOP ON SLIDE 10 BECAUSE IT'S, UM, GONNA BE THE FIRST ONE.

I WANT TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON EVERYTHING ELSE.

IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN BEFORE.

SO THIS IS OUR RESPONSE TIME, UM, PER, UH, THIS LAST QUARTER.

UM, OUR TARGET, OBVIOUSLY AT 10 MINUTES IS NOT BEING MET AT THIS TIME.

UH, WE'RE HOPING THAT AS WE INCREASE STAFFING, WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT OUR PRIORITY ZEROS AND ONES RIGHT NOW ARE AVERAGING ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO FOUR MINUTES OVER THE 10 MINUTE TIMEFRAME.

UH, WE DO, UH, INSTITUTE BACKFILL, UH, SUPPORT SHIFT THROUGH OVERTIME, UH, IN ORDER TO TRY TO MEET THOSE GOALS.

UH, WE'RE STILL NOT MEETING THEM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS BREAKS DOWN THE RESPONSE TIME BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT NEXT SLIDE.

AND THE VOLUME OF PRIORITY ZEROS AND ONES THAT WE GET FOR EACH MONTH.

EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY OVER THIS LAST QUARTER, UM, 17 OF THOSE AS EVENTS, 34 IS MEETINGS AND 31 IS OUTREACH AND EDUCA AND EDUCATION.

WE DID HAVE 82 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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UH, KIND OF BROKE DOWN THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT AND REPRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE THERE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.

UM, WE, WE HAVE STARTED A PROGRAM THAT'S CALLED THE BEACON PROGRAM AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE WE ARE REACHING OUT TO FOSTER YOUTH ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS TO TRY TO INCREASE DIALOGUE AND TRUST WITH THAT COMMUNITY, INSTILL CONFIDENCE IN THEM AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.

UH, WHETHER IT'S A JOB AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR WHEREVER ELSE IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO GO IN LIFE.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S PATHWAYS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

UH, THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, WE'RE ABLE TO ACTUALLY TALK TO THEM ABOUT INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO A MOCK TRAFFIC STOP AND WALK THEM THROUGH A, A TRAFFIC STOP AND, AND KIND OF WALK THEM THROUGH WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO INTERACT WITH POLICE OFFICERS IF THEY'RE IN A CAR THAT STOPPED BY THE POLICE.

WE DID OUR FIRST, UM, ANNUAL AUTISM POLICE SENSORY AWARENESS FAIR AS WELL THROUGH THE OFFICE OF, UH, COMMUNITY LIAISON, WHICH WAS A, A BIG SUCCESS.

UM, AUSTIN YOUNG MINES DAY AND COMMUNITY KETA NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS CONTINUE ALMOST ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

NEXT SLIDE OR OVERTIME BUDGET.

UM, WE USE OVERTIME QUITE HEAVY ON THE OVERTIME IN ORDER TO STAFF PATROL SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THOSE NINE ONE ONE PHONE CALLS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE OVERAGE THERE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNDER ON THE TOTAL, UH, BUDGET FORECAST FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT GRADUATING APPROXIMATELY 115 TO 120 CADETS INTO PROBATIONARY OFFICERS FOR THIS, UM, CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024.

AND WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTED TO SEPARATE UNDER A HUNDRED.

SO THIS MAY BE, UM, CROSSING OUR FINGERS.

THIS COULD BE THE FIRST YEAR SINCE 2019 WHERE WE END UP WITH MORE OFFICERS THAN WE LOSE.

IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN OVER FIVE YEARS THAT THAT HAPPENED.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE ANXIOUSLY WAITING, UM, THE END OF THE YEAR TO SEE HOW THAT SHAKES OUT FOR US.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THE FUTURE SCHEDULED CLASSES AS WELL FOR 2025.

STAFFING TROUBLES STILL CONTINUE WITH OVER 300 TRUE VACANCIES AND SWORN IN 96 IN CIVILIAN.

AND IT JUST BREAKS IT DOWN BY COMMAND.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE WE BRING UP MONICA? UM, I CAN'T SEE IN FRONT OF ME THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S CALLING REMOTELY, BUT DOES ANYBODY HAVE, I DUNNO IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT LARGER TO SEE.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER .

UH, YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS FIRST HALF OF THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW WE KIND OF ZOOMED THROUGH THE, THE CRIME FIGURES AT THE BEGINNING.

IS MY READ ACCURATE THAT CRIME SEEMS TO BE DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD? UM, THERE WERE DEFINITELY SOME CATEGORIES OF CRIME THAT WERE DOWN AND ONLY A FEW THAT WERE UP.

AND THAT'S GONNA BE A COMPARISON TO THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, UM, OR THE PREVIOUS YEAR DEPENDING ON WHICH SLIDE YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

UH, SO WE ALWAYS CAUTION PEOPLE, WHILE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE CRIME SETS LOOK LIKE, WHEN YOU TAKE A SMALLER SNAPSHOT, THERE COULD BE A WEIRD ANOMALY THAT'S CAUSING THAT AND TO LOOK AT THE CRIME SETS OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO REALLY GET A GOOD READ ON WHAT'S HAPPENING.

BUT YES, UH, THERE WERE NUMBER OF, UM, NUMBER OF CRIME STATISTICS THAT WERE DOWN AS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND LAST QUARTER.

AND CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO VIOLENT CRIME? MOST OF THE VIOLENT CRIME WAS DOWN, I THINK THAT HOMICIDES WERE UP, LET ME SCROLL BACK UP IN MY, UM, MIND HERE TO JUST LOOK AT, TO MAKE SURE HOMICIDE OFFENSES WERE UP 33% FOR A ONE YEAR CHANGE.

UH, AND THEN SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND KIDNAPPING SLASH ABDUCTIONS WERE BOTH DOWN BY 30% FROM LAST YEAR.

AND IN TERMS OF THE FIVE YEAR, UH, DIFFERENCE, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOSTLY A DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HOMICIDES, WHICH WERE UP 9%.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SURE.

UM, ANYBODY ELSE REMOTELY AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE IN-PERSON FOLKS.

UH, KI RAMIREZ, UM, YEAH, I HAD A BRIEF QUESTION ABOUT THE CITYWIDE RESPONSE TIMES AND CALL VOLUME.

UM, AND JUST THE, THE, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CALL VOLUMES OF, I MEAN, HONESTLY OF OVER 2500, 2500 TO 2,800 FEWER CALLS, UM, CALLS.

UM, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT REDUCTION IN CALL VOLUME IS AND WHY IT DOESN'T, WHY IT DIDN'T IMPACT POTENTIALLY RESPONSE TIME MORE? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY VERSUS JUNE? NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE.

WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, A SOLID 1500 MORE CALLS.

JUNE IS DOWN TO 5,000 OR SO.

WITH REGARDS TO CALLS, WE ONLY COLLECT DATA THROUGH JUNE 19TH, BUT THE RESPONSE TIME IS STILL CLOSER TO THE APRIL,

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CORRECT.

2,500 MORE CALLS.

WE ONLY COLLECT DATA THROUGH JUNE 19TH, SO THE CALL, UM, VOLUME IS GONNA RAISE AS WE ENTER THE LAST OF JUNE INTO THAT DATA.

SO THE CALL OF RESPONSE TIME WAS STILL FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF CALLS PER DAY, SO TO SPEAK.

SURE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE, UH, CALL IN REMOTE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.

COMMISSIONER BURNHAM, UM, AT THE, AT THE RISK OF BEATING A DEAD HORSE FROM A LONG TIME AGO, UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UM, AT THE NEXT QUARTERLY REPORT WHERE WE GET ANNUAL DATA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INCLUDE CLEARANCE NUMBERS EITHER FOR 2022 OR 2023? HAPPY TO CHECK ON THAT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT REQUEST, BUT I'M HAPPY TO CHECK ON IT AND SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

UM, WELL, NO, AND I'LL PUT THAT.

I'LL CHECK ON THAT.

I'LL GET YOU AN ANSWER.

AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I'D WANT OR TO MYSELF? AND WE ARE DOING WELL ON TIME IN CASE ANYBODY IS WONDERING, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY, UM, CHIEF, I JUST HAD, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT OVERALL THE NUMBERS ARE, ARE GOOD.

IT'S NICE TO SEE THEM MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I THINK IT'S A TESTAMENT TO WORKING WITHIN THE LIMITED RESOURCES, WHICH IS WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT TREND INSTEAD OF THE OPPOSITE.

AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I WAS JUST WONDERING ABOUT.

UM, THE FIRST ONE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF VARIABILITY FROM UP AND DOWN BY COUNCIL DISTRICT OR BY PRECINCT, IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE, IS THAT JUST THE RANDOMNESS OF A MONTH TO MONTH OR IS THERE ANY BROADER TRENDS? 'CAUSE SOME ARE UP 30% IN, IN SOME CATEGORIES AND OTHERS ARE DOWN 15 OR 20% IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE TIME OR THE CRIMES, UH, SORRY.

THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CRIMES, THE NUMBER OF CRIMES WIDE SWINGS BY EITHER, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT OR ALSO BY BY SECTOR.

I THINK THAT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM TRENDS, THOSE WILL EVEN OUT MORE SO THAN THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT JUST FROM THIS QUARTER TO LAST QUARTER, LAST YEAR'S QUARTER THE SAME QUARTER OR JUST LAST QUARTER.

AND THE REASON I SAY THAT'S BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A SPECIFIC INCIDENT THAT HAS MAYBE A DOUBLE MURDER OR UM, A MURDER THAT INCLUDES A REVENGE FACTOR.

SO YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT HOMICIDES OR AGAT A******S THAT HAPPEN IN THE SAME AREA THAT CAN SPIKE THE NUMBERS.

AND THEN ANOTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT THAT JUST FOR SOME REASON IS QUIET OVER THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE QUARTER ONLY, I DON'T THINK IT GIVES A TRUE SNAPSHOT.

I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LONG, LONG-TERM TRENDS FOR THOSE.

AND I ASSUME THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT Y'ALL ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON TO LOOK FOR HOTSPOTS FOR INTERVENTIONS AND THAT TYPE THING? ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE, WE DO HOTSPOTS DOWN TO THE ADDRESS.

WE DON'T NECESSARILY LOOK AT A COUNCIL DISTRICT OR A SECTOR TO DEPLOY RESOURCES.

WE LOOK AT 'EM, UH, GRANULARLY TO AN ACTUAL APARTMENT COMPLEX OR STREET SO THAT WE CAN DEPLOY THE RESOURCES TO ACTUALLY WHERE THE CRIME IS HAPPENING.

AND THEN ONE THING THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE AT SOME POINT, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE, UH, A RATE BY POPULATION AS AUSTIN GROWS, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM 12 MURDERS TO 13 MURDER AS WELL.

ANY MURDER IS TOO MUCH THAT THAT'S A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

MM-HMM, OKAY.

WOULD, WOULD BE USEFUL TO PUT IN CONTEXT OF THOSE CHANGES OVER TIME.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THE ABSOLUTE ONES.

OBVIOUSLY OUR GOAL IS ZERO, BUT THAT'S NOT REALISTIC, SO.

UNDERSTOOD.

UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER IN PERSON REMOTELY, UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ? I JUST WANTED TO ECHO COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT'S, UM, REQUEST FOR CLEARANCE DATA.

I'M NOT SURE WHEN THAT FELL OFF 'CAUSE IT HAD BECOME PART OF THE REGULAR QUARTERLY REPORT AT SOME POINT AND I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS THEIR LAST MEETING, BUT I GUESS AT SOME POINT IT, IT FELL OFF.

SO IF WE COULD GET THAT INCLUDED BACK, UM, IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE REGULAR ROTATION.

OH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THERE.

UH, COMMISSIONER EBERHART, UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I ASKED FOR A FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA IS THAT IN THE PAST, I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM Y'ALL THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE DATA THAT ACTUALLY LINES UP WITH THE OFFENSES THAT WERE COMMITTED IN A PARTICULAR QUARTER, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HOW FAST CASES MOVE.

THAT'S, THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, SO IF THERE RECENT, IF IT'S A RECENT QUARTER YES MA'AM.

SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO IN PARTICULAR, UM, GET THE DATA, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER THE LAST SORT OF FULL CALENDAR YEAR IS, OR IT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BUDGET YEAR, A FISCAL YEAR, UM, AND REALLY BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES THAT WERE LOGGED IN THAT TIME PERIOD AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE OFFENSES THAT WERE CLEARED.

AND, AND IF THERE'S NEEDS TO BE AN EXTRA CATEGORY THAT'S LIKE PENDING, STILL WORKING ON IT OVER HERE.

UM, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW Y'ALL, UH, SUBMIT THAT TO THE FBII THINK IT'S A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND.

WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT AND IT ALWAYS MIGHT BE UPDATED, BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO SHOW WHAT WE HAVE AT THE TIME.

BUT TO CLARIFY, WE WANT BY FISCAL YEAR, NOT CALENDAR YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE DO MOST OF THE OTHER DATA.

IT IT DOES NOT MATTER.

POLICING DATA RELEASE? ALRIGHT, CHIEF, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP MONICA SPIRITOS.

WHATEVER WORKS FOR Y'ALL.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE UH, OPEN

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SHE'S WITH OUR RESEARCH AND PLANNING UNIT.

UM, THERE WAS A TEAM EFFORT TO TO, TO START THIS OPEN DATA PORTAL, BUT I THINK SHE'S GONNA BE ONE OF THE MAIN SPEAR HEADERS OF THIS PROJECT.

UH, STOOD UP A VERY COMPLICATED AND UM, IN-DEPTH PROCESS IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT AND BRAG ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT.

WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

I'M MONICA SPEARES AND I'M A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE CONSULTANT WITH A PD.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE AND BRING AWARENESS TO AN AWESOME RESOURCE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, ABOUT, WHAT WAS IT, EIGHT MONTHS AGO, SEPTEMBER, 2023, CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE WELL-DOCUMENTED, CLEAR, UNDERSTANDABLE INFORMATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OPEN DATA, WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, BUT IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASILY UNDERSTOOD.

SO OUR TEAM WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR SIX MONTHS TO COLLECT ALL OF THIS DATA THAT WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND PUT IT INTO A NICE ORGANIZED LITTLE PACKAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S OUR HOPE THAT THE CLARITY WILL HELP EVERYONE IN AUSTIN GAIN SOME INSIGHT INTO POLICING ACTIVITIES.

AND ALL OF THAT CAME DOWN TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE, THE OPEN POLICING DATA RELEASE.

AND MY TEAM TOOK ALL OF THE INFORMATION THEY COLLECTED AND PUT IT INTO ONE SINGLE WEBSITE.

SO IT'S EASY TO FIND, EASY TO NAVIGATE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT TODAY.

SO FIRST THINGS FIRST, GETTING TO THE WEBSITE, THE EASIEST WAY IS THAT LINK THAT YOU SEE AT THE VERY TOP AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV/APD-DATA-PORTAL.

UH, YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE MAIN DATA HUB WEBSITE AND THEN TYPE IT INTO THE SEARCH BAR.

AND I ALSO PUT A QR CODE THERE.

I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THIS WEBSITE IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES, TABLETS, LAPTOPS, DESKTOP COMPUTERS.

AND WHILE THE THE TAPPING DEVICES ARE EASY TO USE AND DEFINITELY WILL GET YOU THE INFORMATION YOU WANT, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND USING A DESKTOP OR A LAPTOP BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF INTERACTIVE FEATURES THAT REQUIRE THE USE OF A MOUSE OR A TRACK PAD WHEN YOU USE THEM.

SO IF YOU CAN USE A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP, THAT WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL.

OKAY, SO ALL OF THESE DATA SETS, THERE WERE 16 TOTAL DATA SETS THAT THE TEAM CAME UP WITH AND FIVE INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS.

AND THE FIRST OF WHICH ON OUR WEBSITE IS OUR NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM OR BRS DATA SET.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONE I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH TODAY.

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE 15 OTHERS THAT YOU CAN WORK THROUGH INDEPENDENTLY.

SO I WANT YOU TO NOTICE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BUNCH OF LINKS.

THE FIRST ONE IS FOR A DASHBOARD.

THERE ARE ONLY FIVE DASHBOARDS OF THE 16 CURRENTLY, ALTHOUGH WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING NEW ONES.

UH, THE DASHBOARD IS ALSO PICTURED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE AND UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD YOU'LL SEE IT SAYS GUIDE.

SO THIS INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD, IT HAS TONS OF FEATURES, MOST OF WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW EXISTED UNTIL IT HAD BEEN CREATED AND I GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT.

SO OUR TEAM CREATED THIS GUIDE TO POINT OUT ALL OF THOSE FEATURES AND MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THIS DATA SET.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT YOU'LL SEE THERE'S AN ABOUT DATA LINK AND A DATA PREVIEW.

THOSE GO HAND IN HAND.

AND THOSE ARE THE MORE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS.

AND YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S ALSO A GUIDE TO USING THE DATA 'CAUSE IT CAN GET KIND OF CONFUSING IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO I'M GONNA GET INTO THE DASHBOARD WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

SO YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS DASHBOARD IS INTERACTIVE, ALTHOUGH THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE, SO I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO GET YOU THROUGH IT.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE TOP THERE ARE FIVE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTS.

THOSE ARE DROPDOWN MENUS THAT HELP YOU FILTER OUT THE DATA.

SO WHAT WE SEE HERE IS DATA FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2020, ALL THE WAY TO THE MOST RECENT CURRENT MONTH, WHICH IS MAY.

SO BRS DATA IS UPDATED THE MIDDLE OF EVERY MONTH FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

SO ON ON JULY 15TH, WE'RE GONNA UPDATE FOR JUNE.

SO IT'S ABOUT TO BE THERE A COUPLE WEEKS, BUT THAT'S A LOT OF DATA TO LOOK AT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND.

SO IF YOU CLICK THE DROPDOWNS, YOU CAN FILTER BY YEAR, BY MONTH, BY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND YOU CAN NARROW THAT DATA DOWN INTO SOMETHING THAT'S USABLE FOR YOU.

AND THE COOL PART ABOUT THIS IS EVERY TIME YOU CLICK A DROPDOWN MENU, THE GRAPHS AND THE CHARTS, THEY'RE GONNA CHANGE AND THEY'RE GONNA MOVE IN REAL TIME.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE DATA IS CHANGING.

AND WHEN I SAID THAT IT WAS BEST TO USE ON A DESKTOP OR A LAPTOP, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE TONS OF FEATURES ON HERE.

IF YOU HOVER OVER ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS IN THAT TABLE, IT LIKE IF YOU HOVER OVER A NUMBER 14, IT'S GONNA POP UP WITH THE WORD ROBBERY IF IT'S FOR ROBBERIES AND IT'S GONNA DEFINE WHAT A ROBBERY IS.

SO IT'S GONNA GIVE YOU REALLY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

NOW THIS IS THE MORE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THINGS.

THIS IS THE ABOUT DATA TAB FOR THE BRS DATA DASHBOARD THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.

AND IT'S THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.

THE UM, IN DARK BLUE AND BIGGER FONT, IT SHOWS YOU WHEN IT WAS LAST UPDATED, WHICH WAS JUNE 13TH.

SO THE MIDDLE OF LAST

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MONTH.

IT ALSO SHOWS YOU HERE THERE ARE 331,000 ROWS OF DATA, WHICH CAN BE OVERWHELMING.

AND IT'S GOT 12 COLUMNS ENCOMPASSING ALL THAT DATA.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU'LL SEE IT SHOWS YOU WHICH COLUMNS ARE PART OF THE DATA AS WELL AS A DESCRIPTION OF EACH OF THE COLUMNS.

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE DATA TAB, WHICH MATCHES THE ABOUT DATA THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

THIS IS ALL 331,000 PIECES OF DATA.

AND JUST LIKE THE DASHBOARD, IF YOU DON'T WANNA LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AT ONCE, IF IT'S OVERWHELMING, YOU HAVE THE OPTION IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER TO EXPORT IT TO A SPREADSHEET AND YOU CAN FILTER IT OUT YOURSELF.

YOU CAN ALSO CLICK THAT BLUE ACTIONS BUTTON AND QUERY THE DATA, WHICH IS FURTHER FILTERING TO MEET YOUR NEEDS NEEDS BEFORE YOU EXPORT THAT SPREADSHEET YOURSELF.

AND IF YOU'RE A VISUAL PERSON, IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU WANNA PROVIDE SOME CHARTS AND GRAPHS, YOU CAN CLICK THE VISUALIZE BUTTON, GET NICE PIE CHART OR A BAR GRAPH TO SHOW THAT DATA.

OKAY, I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF THESE, BUT THIS IS THE ALL 16 THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

ALL 16 DATA SETS WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS DASHBOARDS IF IT DOES CONTAIN A DASHBOARD.

AND THERE ARE SOME INTERACTIVE MAPS, ONE OF WHICH I'M GONNA DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY.

UM, THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING, GROWING DOCUMENT.

SO WE DO TAKE MANY FEEDBACK, SUGGESTIONS, WE VALUE YOUR INPUT.

SO THIS ISN'T GONNA BE THE END ALL FOR OUR SET HERE AND I'LL LET YOU ALL LOOK AT THAT INDEPENDENT.

OKAY, THIS IS A REALLY COOL FEATURE.

SO AT, IN MY JOB WE HEAR A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE, WHAT'S THE CRIME IN MY AREA? AND IT SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE ENOUGH QUESTION, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT THAT CAN'T BE DEFINED BY JUST ONE QUESTION.

SO, UH, WE'VE CREATED THIS CRIME SEARCH MAP, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE AT THE TOP IT DEFAULTS TO THE ADDRESS RADIUS.

THAT'S THE FEATURE THAT I CHOOSE TO USE.

SO I WOULDN'T CHANGE THAT.

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS INTO THE SEARCH BAR.

YOU CAN CHANGE THE RADIUS DISTANCE FROM BETWEEN 502,000 FEET.

AND THEN YOU CAN CHANGE THE DATES.

IF I'M LOOKING FOR A CRIME THAT I KNOW HAPPENED BETWEEN MAY 2ND AND MAY 4TH, I CAN NARROW IT DOWN.

SO WHEN I HIT THAT, SUBMIT THAT BLUE BUTTON, IT'S GONNA ZONE ZOOM IN ON MY ADDRESS AND IT'S GONNA CREATE A CIRCLE AROUND MY ADDRESS.

AND IT'S GONNA POPULATE THAT CIRCLE WITH LITTLE DOTS EACH REPRESENTING A CRIME IN THE AREA.

YOU'RE ALSO GONNA SEE A TABLE THAT POPS UP AND THE TABLE WILL DESCRIBE EACH OF THE DOTS INSIDE OF YOUR ADDRESS RADIUS.

AND IT'LL GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT WAS, WAS IT A ROBBERY, WAS IT A THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE? OKAY.

AND LAST, IF Y'ALL WANNA HAVE MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS OPEN DATA PORTAL, IF YOU HAVE THOUGHTS FOR DATA THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU NEED HELP USING NAVIGATING THE DATA PORTAL, YOU CAN EMAIL THAT ADDRESS A PD OPEN DATA ASSETS AND THAT COMES DIRECTLY TO ME AND I CAN SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH THE TEAM AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION THAT PERTAINS TO YOU.

THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST AND THAT WOULD BE JUST PUBLIC THAT INFORMATION AT AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND THAT'S IT.

AND CHIEF, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD BEFORE I OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION? NO, SIR.

UM, SO WE'LL GO FIRST WITH THE VIRTUAL FOLKS TO MAKE SURE WE CATCH THOSE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS.

I DO YOU WANNA SAY BEFORE THIS QUESTION? THIS IS, I THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC THING.

UH, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MAYBE AT A FUTURE MEETING FEEDBACK FROM ADVOCATES, FROM ACADEMICS, FROM NEWS MEDIA, SORT OF HOW USEFUL THIS HAS BEEN, UM, AS YOU TOLD YOU.

BUT I THINK IT'LL BE A VERY USEFUL THING AND I HOPE THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE PUBLICIZING, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN KNOW HOW TO LOOK THAT UP.

UM, BUT WITH THAT, WITH THAT ONE THOUGHT, UM, ANYBODY ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM? JEREMY MEERS? UM, JUST ABOUT TIMEFRAME FOR THE REMAINING, UM, THE REMAINING REPORTS THAT ARE IN PARTICULAR YOU SUPPORT, I MEAN ALL OF THEM HONESTLY, JUST HOW, WHEN DO YOU GUYS ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THE OTHER, THE OTHER RE THE COUNCIL REQUIREMENTS? UH, WE DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME SET AS OF NOW.

'CAUSE THOSE DATA SETS ARE MORE INTENSIVE AND REQUIRE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, BUT THEY ARE BEING WORKED ON.

IS THERE ANY SENSE OF A ESTIMATE OF KNOWING WHEN THAT MIGHT BE? UM, LIKE WOULD YOU KNOW IN A MONTH OR TWO IF IT'S GONNA BE A SIX MONTH OR A YEAR MONTH OR HAVE SOME SCOPE OF THE PROJECT FOR WHEN? I DON'T KNOW AT THIS TIME.

BEING POSTED IN, JUST KIND LIKE THE USE OF FORCE REPORTS, THE ANNUAL USE OF FORCE REPORTS TO GET POSTED.

ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS OR JEREMY? UH, JUST SOMEWHAT RELATED, UM, JUST BECAUSE I SAW THE USE OF FORCE WITH DEMOGRAPHICS AS PART OF IT.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF, UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S SOME REPORTING THAT IS ALREADY

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IS THAT INFORMATION GONNA BE CROSS POSTED INTO THIS DATA PORTAL, UM, TO ALIGN WITH THIS DEMOGRAPHIC IN ANY WAY? OR IS THAT STILL GONNA, ARE, ARE THOSE DATA SETS STILL GONNA HAVE DIFFERENT HOMES? THIS IS GONNA BE OUR NEW HOME FOR USE OF WORK.

THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR MOST DETAILED DATA SET.

IT'S GOT 43 COLUMNS, I BELIEVE.

UM, ANYBODY IN PERSON HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, YES.

COMMISSIONER BURNETT.

UM, IS THERE ANY PLAN, UH, OR COULD THERE BE A PLAN, UM, TO SEPARATE, UM, GUESTS IN CUSTODY OUT FROM ALL OF THE REST OF THE USE OF FORCE DEMOGRAPHICS, UM, AND POTENTIALLY PROVIDE MORE DETAIL? UM, AND I, I ASK THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME PARTICULAR REPORTING TO THE, I THINK THE AGS OFFICE THAT HAPPENS ON THOSE CASES.

UM, AND THEY GET A LOT MORE ATTENTION.

RETENTION.

THERE'S NOT CURRENTLY A PLAN, BUT WE CAN LOOK INTO SEPARATING DEATH , YOU BRING THAT BACK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ONLINE OR IN PERSON? UM, ONE, ONE THOUGHT THAT, UM, WHAT CHAIR RAMIREZ WAS SAYING THAT AS WE JUST PAYBACK, IS THERE THOUGHTS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF END UP, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GOAL IS EVENTUALLY BE A ONE STOP FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS DATAS THAT CAN INCLUDE THINGS COMING FROM THE OPO AND AND THEIR OPEN DATA.

IS IT EVENTUALLY GONNA BE LIKE ONE SITE WHERE EVERYTHING, IF POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CONNECTED THAT FOLKS CAN GET ACCESS TO THERE? SORRY, I DON'T THINK THE OPOS DATA WILL BE MERGED WITH OURS.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE GONNA STILL BE A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT OUT SEPARATELY.

IT MIGHT BE, WHICH TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT COULD BE WORTH CONSIDERING AS YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE SOME KIND OF A, A LINK.

'CAUSE IMAGINE WHEN FOLKS ARE GOING ONE SPOT THINKING THEY'RE GETTING THE DATA, IT COULD BE USEFUL AND SAME THING FOR THEM POTENTIALLY TO HAVE A CROSS LINK BACK TO THIS DATA COURSE.

LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CROSS LINK.

WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, OH, ONE ONE MORE QUESTION.

UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ.

YEAH, JUST A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

SO, UM, DURING THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE GROUP WORKING WORKING GROUP, UM, THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

UM, THE, DURING OUR LAST MEETING THERE WAS A MENTION OF AN INDEPENDENT, UM, DASHBOARD BEING PUT TOGETHER FOR THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE, UM, MODEL.

UM, SO AGAIN, I GUESS I'M JUST CIRCLING BACK TO THE WHOLE ONE HOME FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

ARE THERE OTHER, UM, INSTANCES WHERE A PD IS REPORTING OUT DATA THAT IS NOT GONNA BE HOUSED HERE? LIKE ARE THERE OTHER GROUPS LIKE, UM, YEAH, SO THE IDEA IS FOR EVERYTHING THAT A PD OWNS SOLELY TO BE REPORTED OUT THROUGH THE OPEN DATA PORTAL AS A ONE STOP SHOP.

BUT WHEN YOU GET INTO OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR LIKE THE C-S-C-R-M, WHICH IS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS ENTITIES AND BOTH VOLUNTEERS, PRIVATE CITIZENS AS WELL AS OTHER ENTITIES, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO CROSS LINK THE DATA OR, OR HAVE A WAY TO SHARE EASILY, WE'RE OPEN TO THAT.

BUT WE'RE GONNA LET THEM DRIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN DESIRE AS FAR AS WHERE THAT DATA LIVES.

IS GONNA BE ON FLEET MOBILITY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT PRESENTATIONS FROM A FEW DIFFERENT FOLKS.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, WELL THANKS Y'ALL.

APPRECIATE UPDATE AND APPRECIATE THE QUARTERLY REPORT.

AND OUR NEXT ITEM

[3. Presentations by Austin Police Department, Austin Fire Department, Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services and Fleet Mobility Services on Public Safety Vehicles.]

SO WE'RE GONNA BE COMING UP.

UH, COMMISSIONER, IF IT'S OKAY, I'M GONNA INVITE UP, UH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FLEET MOBILITY SERVICES, RICK HARLAN.

HE'S GONNA GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THREE PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES AND THEIR FLEET.

OKAY, PERFECT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE WITH YOU ASSISTANT CHIEF, ASSISTANT CHIEF LEE ROGERS OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

UH, FLEET IS UNDER MY PURVIEW IF MR. HARLAN HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY MORE DETAILED QUESTIONS FOR A P OF THE ANSWER.

SURE.

WELL WELCOME AND THANKS Y'ALL FOR COMING.

UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS, UH, RICK HARLAN.

UH, MY NAME IS RICK HARLAN.

I'M ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FLEET MOBILITY SERVICES.

IT'S NOT OFF.

GET A CHANCE TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE, THE FLEET.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT WE'RE INVITED HERE TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY FLEET.

BUT WHAT I THOUGHT I'D DO IS I'D WALK THROUGH KIND OF A HIGHER LEVEL VIEW FIRST AND THEN WALK YOU DOWN INTO THE DETAILS.

YOU CAN JUST GIVE YOU A BROAD VIEW AND THEN KIND OF WALK YOU INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE KINDA NUANCES OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO WE'RE A, UM, UH, KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE,

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UH, FLEET DEPARTMENT.

WE ORDER VEHICLES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, WE BUDGET PLAN, UM, ORDER MAKE READY AND DISPOSE OF THE VEHICLES ACROSS, UH, THE ENTIRE FLEET OF 7,300 FLEET ASSETS.

WE ALSO MANAGE 42 FUEL SITES.

WE'RE A TOTAL LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION.

ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE A, WHAT WE THOUGHT WE'D DO IS KINDA GIVE YOU A, A BROAD VIEW OF THE FLEET, WHICH IS JUST KIND OF SIMPLIFIED, UH, UH, TERMS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FLEET.

AGAIN, 7,389 ASSETS SPANNING A DIVERSE RANGE OF VEHICLES FROM ON-ROAD TO OFF-ROAD POWERED NON-POWERED IT'S BOATS TO MOTORCYCLES TO LAWNMOWERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE GAMUT.

ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS OUR FUELING THAT WE, UH, HAVE THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND IT'S A DIVERSE ARRAY OF FUELS.

UM, WE ISSUE ABOUT 5.6 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL ANNUALLY.

WE DO ABOUT A THOUSAND FUEL TRANSACTIONS A DAY, CITY OF AUSTIN.

10 YEARS FRONTLINE AND FIVE YEARS IN RESERVE.

BUT I DO, WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO HERE IS JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH SOME FLEET TRENDS, UH, INVENTORY TRENDS AND HISTORICAL CAPITAL SPENDING, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEN LOOK AT, UH, KIND OF THE RETIREMENT TARGETS.

THESE WERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED OF US TO PROVIDE THESE ANSWERS.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS ON THIS CHART, JUST SO YOU CAN READ IT EFFECTIVELY, THERE'S THREE SWIM LANES, UH, AND AT THE TOP YOU HAVE IT COLUMNIZED, A-P-D-A-F-D, AND, AND E-M-S-A-A-T-C-E-M-S-I SHOULD SAY.

SO WITH A PD, YOU'VE GOT 1,283 FLEET ASSETS VALUED AT ABOUT $50 MILLION.

UH, OF THAT 530 OF THEM ARE BLACK AND WHITE, UH, PATROL CARS.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT 375 UNMARKED POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLES AS WELL.

MOVING TO THE RIGHT WITH A FD, THERE'S 417 FLEET ASSETS VALUED AT ABOUT $103 MILLION.

81 OF THEM ARE ENGINES OR PUMPERS, AND 22 OF THEM ARE AERIAL DEVICES, EITHER A LADDER OR A QUINT.

AND THE REST OF THEM ARE SUPPORT VEHICLES OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT KINDS.

WE WON'T GET INTO THAT TOO MUCH.

AND THEN TO THE FAR RIGHT IS A-T-C-E-M-S.

THERE'S 249 FLEET ASSETS VALUED AT ABOUT $33 MILLION.

OF THAT, 89 OF THEM ARE AMBULANCES.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BROAD MAIN POINTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY INVENTORY.

THE NEXT SWIM LANE DOWN IS OUR ACQUISITION SPENDING BY BUDGET YEAR.

SO I THOUGHT THE BEST WAY TO TO, TO ILLUSTRATE THIS TO YOU, YOU IS KINDA SHOW YOU A THREE YEAR LOOKBACK TO SHOW YOU THE KIND OF SPENDING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

UM, IN 2024, YOU COULD SEE WITH A PD, IT WAS 10.2 MILLION.

UH, FOR A FD IT, UH, IS 12.4 MILLION.

AND FOR A-T-C-E-M-S, IT'S 13.4 MILLION.

NOW YOU SEE SOME FLUCTUATION, UH, IN THE CAPITAL SPENDING.

WE WISH THAT WAS JUST A PERFECT FLAT LINE, BUT THE WAY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE LONG LEAD TIMES, UH, A LOT OF THE SPENDING COMES BECAUSE WE ARE ORGANICALLY NEEDING TO REPLACE CERTAIN FLEET ASSETS AT CERTAIN TIMES.

SOME OF THEM COST MORE THAN OTHERS.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING SOME OF THE LEAD TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY FLEET WHERE LEAD TIMES HAVE GONE OUT FOR DELIVERY.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT LINE DOWN IN THE NEXT SWIM LANE.

SO FOR A PD REPLACEMENT ELIGIBILITY FOR A TYPICAL PATROL CAR, THEY COME UP ON OUR RADAR AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY NEED TO BE PUT INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AT THAT POINT, ANTICIPATING THEY'D BE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES WHEN WE REPLACE 'EM.

UH, IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT MOTORCYCLES ARE AT 70,000 MILES.

UM, AND THE LEAD TIMES FOR A POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE ARE 10 TO 12 MONTHS.

BUT THE TIMELINE IS COMING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AT THIS POINT NOW.

AND, UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE TIMELINE WITH, UH, UM, WITH A PD VEHICLES, THEY'RE GENERALLY SERVED BY TWO MANUFACTURERS, GENERAL MOTORS AND, AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY BEING THE BIGGEST OF THE, OF THE TWO.

AND THERE IS ANOTHER, A THIRD VENDOR, BUT WE DON'T BUY MUCH OF IT.

AND SINCE COVID, UH, THERE HAS BEEN KIND OF A RELEASE OF A LOT OF THEIR INVENTORY BACK TO US.

BUT, UH, AN INTERESTING THING IS THAT, UH, OF ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT ARE PRODUCED BY THESE COMPANIES, UH, 60% OF 'EM GO TO INDIVIDUAL.

OUR BUYERS, UH, 30% OF THEM GO TO COMMERCIAL FLEETS, AND ONLY 10% OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTIVE OUTPUT OF THESE MANUFACTURERS ACTUALLY GOES TO GOVERNMENT FLEET, WHICH WOULD BE STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL.

SO WE'RE KIND OF ON THE TAIL END OF IT.

WE'RE THE LEAST PROFIT MARGIN FOR THESE COMPANIES.

AND SO, BUT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RETAIL SALES GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO WE HAVE, UH, HAD A DELUGE OF VEHICLES THAT WILL BE COMING IN.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

THE NEXT SWIM LANE OVER WITH A FD UH, OUR PUMPERS ARE RUN

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AND WE'VE GOT 17 TOTAL RESERVES WITH THE ENGINE OR PUMPERS.

TWO OF 'EM ARE READY RESERVES.

THAT MEANS THEY'RE FULLY LOADED AND READY TO GO FOR A HOT SWAP.

THAT'S ABOUT 32% RESERVE RATIO.

AND WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT ENGINE AND PUMPERS TO FIRE STATION RATIO IS HOW WE LOOK AT THAT PERCENTAGE.

UH, THE NEXT LINE DOWN IS LADDERS AND QUINCE.

THEY RUN 15 YEARS FRONTLINE AND FIVE YEARS IN RESERVE, AND WE'VE GOT EIGHT RESERVES THERE, AND THAT'S ABOUT A 15% RESERVE RATIO.

SO WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE WITH OUR RESERVES, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS ROTATING OUT.

AS THE NEW APPARATUSES COME IN, WE TAKE THE OLDEST ONE OUT AND WE AUCTION THAT OFF AND WE PUT OUR OLDEST ONE THAT'S BEING REPLACED INTO THE RESERVE FLEET.

AND THE LEAD TIMES HERE HAVE GONE OUT 24 TO 36 MONTHS.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE MOST ALARMING ASPECT OF IT, BUT WE'RE NOT ALONE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE AND REALLY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

THERE'S TWO MAIN MANUFACTURERS OF THESE, UH, PARTICULAR APPARATUSES AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN EXPERIENCING THAT.

AND WE'VE RAISED, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE CALL TO ATTENTION IN THIS AREA ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE AT THIS POINT, ALONG WITH OTHER CITIES IN THE, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

UH, SO, UM, GOING TO THE RIGHT WITH H-T-C-E-M-S AMBULANCES TYPICALLY RUN FOUR TO SIX YEARS.

THAT USUALLY COMES OUT TO ABOUT 150,000 MILES.

THESE ON A, ON AN ENGINE, THESE VEHICLES CAN RUN 300 TO 500,000 MILES.

THEY'RE VERY ROBUST.

UH, BUT, UH, WE, WE TYPICALLY SEE THESE THINGS REPLACED, BEING REPLACED AT ABOUT 150,000 MILES.

UM, WE'VE GOT 26 AMBULANCES IN RESERVE.

AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY THESE RESERVES ARE CRITICAL TO US BECAUSE ONCE YOU TAKE A A VEHICLE OUTTA SERVICE, YOU'VE GOTTA STILL MAINTAIN COVERAGE OVER THE AREA WHICH YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, AND THESE VEHICLES REQUIRE QUITE A BIT OF, OF, UH, MAINTENANCE IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WARRANTY INTACT ON THESE ENGINES BECAUSE IT'S THE ENGINE IDLE TIME ON THEM THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH.

NOT NECESSARILY THE MILES, BUT THE ENGINE IDLE TIME.

UH, SO THE LEAD TIMES ON THESE ARE 24 TO 36 MONTHS AS WELL.

AND THESE THINGS COST RIGHT AT ABOUT $470,000 A PIECE.

SO WE MONITOR THAT FLEET VERY CLOSELY.

NEXT TO THE RIGHT IS A-T-C-E-M-S.

SO JUST TO KIND OF WALK YOU DOWN AND INTO THE STORY A LITTLE BIT HERE AND KIND OF FILL IN THE BLANKS, I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ACQUISITIONS AND WHAT'S WAITING TO BE DELIVERED, UM, THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE FLEET, HOW DO WE LOOK AT IT JUST FROM A EXECUTIVE LEVEL, AND THEN WHAT OUR UTILIZATION OF THIS FLEET THE FLEET IS, UM, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE, TOP LEFT, SAME FORMAT, UH, IS WITH A PD, THERE'S 274 A PD VEHICLES OR $19.8 MILLION WORTH OF A PD FLEET ASSETS THAT ARE ON ORDER AT THIS POINT.

QUITE A BIT OF BACKLOG.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY'RE ON THE GROUND AND THEY'RE BEING, UH, WORKED THROUGH RIGHT NOW, HAVING PRISONER CAGE INSTALLED, GUN RACK, CENTER CONSOLE, LIGHT RACKS, ALL THE ELECTRONICS AND EVERYTHING, UH, INSTALLED IN THEM TODAY.

WE SENT OUR ACQUISITIONS TEAM DOWN TWO WEEKS AGO AND LAID EYES ON THESE, AND THEY'RE HERE AND THEY'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THE BACKLOG, BUT IT WAS THE FORD KIND OF UNLEASHED THEIR FULL PRODUCTION ON US AND CREATED QUITE A, A BACKLOG FOR US.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE.

SO THERE'S 152 MARKED, UH, OR BLACK AND WHITE VEHICLES AND 88 UNMARKED, AND THOSE WILL ALL BE DELIVERED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN WITHIN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS.

SO A PD WILL BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT HAVING NEW VEHICLES WITHIN THEIR FLEET, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM FOR THEM AS WELL.

UH, NEXT IS A FD UH, THERE'S 47, UH, FLEET ASSETS ON ORDER WORTH 22 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

FOUR OF THOSE ARE AERIALS AND 11, 11 OF THEM ARE ENGINES.

AND WE EXPECT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ONE OR TWO OF THE AERIALS, MAYBE ONE OF THE AERIALS, MAYBE TWO OF THE AERIALS AND, UH, SEVERAL OF THE ENGINES TO BE DELIVERED HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

SO, UM, THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES THESE, ONE OF THE COMPANIES PIERCE, THEY ONLY PRODUCE A THOUSAND APPARATUSES A YEAR.

AND SO, AND IT'S EVERYTHING FROM A FLAT SHEET PIECE OF METAL ALL THE WAY TO A FINISHED PRODUCT ON A DAILY BASIS, MAYBE ONE OR TWO OR THREE A DAY COME OUT OF PRODUCTION SERVING THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

THERE'S ONE OTHER COMPANY THAT KIND OF DOES THE SAME THING.

SO IT'S A, UM, VERY INTENSE MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR A VERY, VERY SPECIALIZED VEHICLE.

UH, THE APPARATUSES, YOU KNOW, RUN US SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF, LET'S SAY FOR AN ENGINE, MAYBE 1.3 TO $1.5 MILLION, AND AERIAL COULD BE UPWARDS OF $1.8 MILLION.

AND SO THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY STAY IN OUR, IN, IN SERVICE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND SERVE THE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

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THEY'VE GOT 64, UH, AMBULANCE, UH, VEHICLES ON ORDER, UH, WORTH 19.3 MILLION OF THAT.

UM, WHAT WE, WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE IS THE 2022 AND THE 2023 ORDER, WHICH IS 20 AMBULANCES ARRIVING WITHIN THE NEXT SIX TO 12 MONTHS.

AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS CHANGED HERE WITH A-T-C-E-M-S IS THAT WE'VE DIVERSIFIED THE MANUFACTURER.

WE WERE SINGLE SOURCING FROM A, UH, SINGLE PATIENT COMPARTMENT AND WORKING WITH, UH, EMS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A SECOND WHO JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE, UH, THE CAB CHASSIS AND A EQUIVALENT, ACTUALLY A BETTER PATIENT COMPARTMENT.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, EXCUSE ME, TO HAVE THIS NEW MANUFACTURER BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE NOT, UH, LEANED INTO THE TECHNOLOGY OF AIRBAGS IN THE PATIENT CARE COMPARTMENT.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE STANDARD PRACTICE.

IT IS IN THE, IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE.

UH, BUT CERTAINLY WITH THIS, UH, COVID-19 IN THE CHASSIS SHORTAGE LEANING INTO ANOTHER MANUFACTURER, THE LION'S SHARE OF THESE AMBULANCES WILL HAVE AIRBAGS, WHICH IS SAFER FOR OUR MEDICS.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE DIVERSIFIED OUR VENDOR SELECTION ACROSS ALL THREE PUBLIC SAFETY AREAS, WHICH HAS MITIGATED A LOT OF THE LEAD TIME RISK THAT WE'VE HAD OUT THERE, OR A SINGLE MANUFACTURER HAVING A SPECIFIC PROBLEM, WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR US AT THIS POINT NOW.

BUT THE QUESTION ALWAYS IS, WITH ALL THESE LEAD TIMES AND ALL OF THIS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE FLEET? HOW DOES IT REACT? WHERE DO WE STAND WITH OUR FLEET HEALTH? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND SWIM LANE AND YOU START OVER, UH, ON THE A PD COLUMN, WHICH YOU SEE FROM 2022 TO 2024 IS THE AVERAGE MILEAGE OF A A PD VEHICLE.

UH, A PATROL VEHICLE WENT FROM 50,248 MILES TO 55,461.

NOT A BIG JUMP, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE WEAR AND TEAR.

IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT TOP END.

THE VEHICLES THAT ARE AT THE OLDEST AGE WITH THE HIGHEST BIOLOGIST WHERE YOU FEEL THE PAIN.

SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT 5% OF OUR VEHICLES ARE OF THE BLACK AND WHITES THAT ARE ACTUALLY OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES.

ALL OF THOSE WILL GET REPLACED HERE IN THE NEXT TWO QUARTERS.

SO THE, THERE'S GOOD NEWS ON THE HORIZON, AND THEN YOU SEE THE AGE GOING FROM 4.2 YEARS TO 4.8.

SO WE CAN, WE SEE WE'RE NOT REALLY HURTING THE FLEET TOO MUCH, WE'RE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH IT.

UM, AND WE'RE NOT IN BAD SHAPE, BUT YOU, YOU DO FEEL THE PAIN ON THE FRINGES OF YOUR OLDEST FLEET MOVING TO THE RIGHT.

IF YOU LOOK AT A FD, YOU SEE THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE GONE DOWN IN AGE AND GONE DOWN IN AVERAGE MILES FOR THE APPARATUSES AS A RESULT OF, UH, ENGINES OR PUMPERS COMING IN AND BEING DELIVERED TO US.

AND THEN WITH EMS, AND THIS IS WHERE OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THAT, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, A-T-C-E-M-S OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE SECOND VENDOR AND GET SOME GUARANTEES OF DELIVERY.

AND WE'RE REALLY, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE 20 EMS VEHICLES COME IN BECAUSE WE'VE GONE FROM 87,000, UH, AVERAGE MILES PER AMBULANCE IN 2022 TO 109.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO PUSH IT THERE AT THIS POINT.

AND, AND SO THAT RELIEF IS IN SIGHT.

AND ON THE BOTTOM SWIM LANE REALLY, UH, IT'S JUST THE USAGE OF THE VEHICLE.

SO IF I PUT 2020 AND 2021 ON THIS GRAPH HERE, YOU WOULD SEE AN INTERESTING COVID STORY.

UH, AND, UH, YOU'D SEE, YOU KNOW, A PD PRETTY FLAT IN TERMS OF, UH, VEHICLE MILEAGE DRIVEN, UH, WITH, UH, WITH A FD.

THEIR ACTUAL MILES WERE DOWN DURING COVID AND S'S MILES WAS UP.

AND SO THERE'S AN INTERESTING STORY THERE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THIS CHART RIGHT HERE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, UM, UH, CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE.

SO, UH, THAT'S JUST A CHECKPOINT FOR US.

THE NEXT THING IS SUPPLY CHAIN.

OKAY, SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, LIKE WHAT ARE OUR OPERATIONAL RISKS BESIDES OBVIOUSLY THE LEAD TIMES AND THE MANUFACTURERS AND COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE, RIGHT? UM, WE PUT THIS INTO SIX BUCKETS.

OUR AREA OF FOCUS AND RISK MITIGATION FOR US, FIRST BEING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THIS LAST WINTER, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THREE YEARS OF ICE STORMS AND FREEZES AND POWER OUTAGES AND ALL OF THAT.

WHEN THAT'S HAPPENING, WE'RE OUT THERE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY'RE OUT THERE, THEY'RE THE PRIMARY FLEET THAT'S OUT THERE.

WE'RE OUT THERE WITH THEM.

UH, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED SEASONAL MAINTENANCE CAMPAIGNS TO ADDRESS THIS EXTREME TEMPERATURE IN THE WINTERTIME AND ALSO IN THE SUMMERTIME WITH OUR HPAC SYSTEMS IN THE VEHICLES.

UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAVE 24 7 MOBILE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT.

AND WE'VE BEEN FLEXING OUR WORKFORCE IN ORDER TO BE OUT THERE.

WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF A VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STAY, UH, ACTIVE AND ENGAGED.

SO WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE REPAIRED ON SITE IF WE CAN.

IF NOT, WE'RE HOT SWAPPING OR WE'RE MOVING 'EM INTO A RESERVE VEHICLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

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THE, UH, AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU KNOW THIS OR NOT, BUT THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS, UH, TRULY THE EPITOME OF A GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

YOU GET YOUR COMPUTER CHIP OUT OF TAIWAN, YOU GET YOUR DOOR HANDLE OUT OF TURKEY, YOU GET YOUR VEHICLE INTERIOR OUT OF, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA.

SO IT'S, AND IT ALL GETS ASSEMBLED HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE'S 30,000 PARTS THAT GOES INTO A SINGLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE.

AND, UH, SO WHAT WE DO IS WE MAINTAIN THE MOST, UM, WE MAINTAIN A ROBUST INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT BREAK THE MOST.

UH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, NUMEROUS VENDORS ON CONTRACT TO FOR HOT SHOT DELIVERY.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT WE'VE GOT PROBABLY 25 YEARS OF OVER 500 DIFFERENT MODELS OF ENGINES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE FLEET.

AND YOU CAN'T KEEP ONE OF EVERYTHING IN STOCK.

SO YOU KEEP THE THINGS THAT ARE THE, UH, BIGGEST PROBLEMS. THE SECOND IS LABOR MANAGEMENT.

AFTER 2020 OR AFTER COVID, EVERYBODY'S EXPERIENCED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SHORTAGE OF LABOR.

UH, THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY IS NO DIFFERENT.

PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO BE MECHANICS, IMAGINE THAT.

AND THEN, UH, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE ESTABLISHED SOME INTERESTING RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING INTERNSHIPS AND APPRENTICESHIPS, AND WE LEVERAGE STRATEGICALLY OUR VENDORS IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO REPAIR ON VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT OUR LIABILITY.

IT'S THEIRS.

SO FOR ALL IN WARRANTY REPAIRS, ALSO WITH ACQUISITIONS, UH, THE NEXT COLUMN OVER THE EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS, WE, WE DO AN ANNUAL FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

SO EVERY YEAR WE DO A FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

WE KNOW WHAT VEHICLES NEED TO BE REPLACED FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE ALSO HAVE A MASTER AGREEMENT IN PLACE, MEANING THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED AND HAVE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY THE VEHICLES FROM OVER THIS FIVE YEAR PERIOD.

AND WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A DIVERSIFIED VENDOR POOL AS A RESULT OF THAT.

SO WE CAN CHOOSE WHICH VENDORS WE SOURCE FROM IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE DELIVERY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHY VENDOR DIVERSIFICATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY WAS SO IMPORTANT.

AND THEN WE'VE STRATEGICALLY, AND YOU SAW THE SPIKES IN CAPITAL SPENDING ON FLEET REPLACEMENTS.

UM, BUT WE'VE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED OUR PURCHASING TIMING TO, UM, WITH THE OEMS PRODUCTION SCHEDULES WHEN THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRODUCING THE VEHICLE.

SO OUR ORDERS ARE THE FIRST IN LINE, SO WE'RE THE FIRST VEHICLES TO COME OFF THE PRODUCT LINE.

AND SO INSTEAD OF THE LAST AND BEING CAUGHT BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, AND THEN WE MAINTAIN ROBUST COMMUNICATION ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WE CONTACT ALL OF OUR VENDORS AND GET DELIVERY DATES FOR EVERY VEHICLE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

AND WE PUT THAT ONLINE AT OUR WEBSITE.

NEXT IS FINANCIAL PLANNING AND COST CONTROL.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LOOKING VERY CLOSELY AT THE DOLLARS BEING SPENT.

UH, WE DO A DETAILED FORECAST.

WE ARE A COST ALLOCATION DEPARTMENT, SO WHATEVER IT COSTS THE FLEET, WE THEN ALLOCATE THOSE COSTS OUT AND FOR FUEL AND MAINTENANCE TO EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY, MAINLY TO KEEP THEIR BUDGETS NICE AND STABLE AND CALM.

SO WE TAKE THE, THE FLUCTUATION AND WE MAKE THE WATER SMOOTH FOR THE DEPARTMENT SO THEY COULD FOCUS ON WHAT THEY DO.

UM, WE HAVE STRINGENT COST CONTROL MEASURES IN PLACE, AND WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CONTINGENCY PLANS HERE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN 2022, WE SAW A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN FUEL COSTS, ALMOST A $3 MILLION IN ONE YEAR SPIKE IN FUEL COSTS IN 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT, CONTROL IT, NOT GO OVER BUDGET AND KEEP IT EVERYTHING IN CONTROL.

AND LASTLY IS, UH, LAST COLUMN AND LAST AREA OF, UM, OPERATIONAL RISK AND MITIGATION STRATEGY IS WITH OUR FUEL.

UM, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT WE BUY FUEL IN BULK.

WE DON'T PAY WHAT ANYBODY PAYS AT THE RETAIL PUMP, WE BUY IN BULK.

UM, AND, UH, SO THAT HELPS US STABILIZE FUEL COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING AT DAYS OF SUPPLY, LIKE HOW MUCH FUEL DO WE HAVE ON HAND AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME? WHEN WINTER STORM YURI HIT, NOBODY WAS MOVING, FUEL TRUCKS WEREN'T MOVING, BUT WE HAD, UH, VULNERABLE POP POPULATION IN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES THAT WE WERE BEING ASKED TO FILL UP THEIR EMERGENCY GENERATORS.

AND SO WE HAD A, NOT ONLY THE FLEET, BUT WE ALSO EXTENDED OUR, UM, FUELING CAPABILITIES OUT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION AROUND THE CITY AS WELL.

AND, UM, AND SO, UH, AND WE'VE ALSO GOT, UH, SECURED CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH OUR FUEL VENDORS, MULTIPLE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WHERE WE CAN HAVE FUEL DELIVERED, UH, TO US.

BUT AT THAT TIME, THE FUEL WASN'T BEING DELIVERED WHEN WE WENT TO STORM DERBY.

NOBODY WAS GETTING ON THE ROAD AT THAT TIME.

SO, UM, THAT'S WHY HAVING A ROBUST AMOUNT OF FUEL ON IN THE GROUND HERE FOR THE CITY, IT'S THE LIFEBLOOD FOR THE CITY.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, WE'RE SHUT DOWN.

IT'S AN ENTIRE ORGANIZATION.

THIS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS OUR MOBILITY STRATEGY.

SO JUST KIND OF GETTING TO A COUPLE OF HIGH LEVEL THINGS, AND WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THESE FAIRLY QUICK.

UH, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH OF AN EYE CHART AS SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF, BUT, UM, SO WE HAVE MOBILITY STRATEGY.

I WANNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS REAL QUICK, JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON IT, TALK ABOUT SOME TELEMATICS AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FLEET.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

UH,

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WE ARE FOCUSED ON ANYTIME WE'RE BUYING A VEHICLE, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN FLEET FROM INITIATIVES TO, TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE EXISTING FLEET.

WE'RE FOCUSING ON ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ELECTRIC VEHICLES EFFICIENT VEHICLE ACQUISITIONS PROCESS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ENHANCING SAFETY AND DRIVER RISK MITIGATION, UH, TOOLS AND WHAT YOU WOULD THINK OF THAT AS LIKE FRONT END COLLISION WARNING, BLIND SPOT MONITORING CAMERAS, THIS SORT OF THING.

THESE THINGS DIDN'T COME WITH ON FLEET VEHICLES.

YOU'D HAVE TO BUY THE CHROME AND LEATHER PACKAGE VEHICLE.

WE DON'T BUY THAT KIND OF A VEHICLE.

WE BUY A FLEET VEHICLE.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN PUSHING AND ADVOCATING FOR SAFETY, SOME OF THE ADVANCED SAFETY FEATURES TO BE INCLUDED WITH TRUCKS THAT WE BUY FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE'VE GOT TELEMATICS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.

AND THEN WE'RE FOCUSED ON ALL OF OUR GOALS ALIGNING WITH THE E THE, THE, UH, CLIMATE EQUITY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

WE ARE TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR CARBON REDUCTION GOALS AS WELL.

AND WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC STORY TO TELL THAT I'LL SHARE WITH YOU AT THE VERY END.

WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN WITH REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS, WE ACTUALLY HIT PEAK CARBON OUTPUT FOR THE FLEET IN 2007 ACTUALLY.

UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, EVERYTHING, IF WE DO IT RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THE COST, UH, DOWN FOR THE FLEET ITSELF.

WHEN WE ACQUIRE A VEHICLE, OR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO BUY A VEHICLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OR ANY DEPARTMENT, WE RUN IT THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A FLEET.

OUR, OUR ACQUISITION STRATEGY, WHERE THE FIRST THING WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND CAN WE DOWNSIZE IT, CAN WE LIGHTWEIGHT IT? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE WE TO RIGHTSIZE THE FLEET? WE DON'T WANNA OWN IT.

IF WE DON'T NEED TO OWN IT, WE CERTAINLY DON'T NEED TO BUY IT IF WE DON'T NEED TO BUY IT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZATION AND WE'RE TRYING TO MONITOR UTILIZATION OF THESE VEHICLES.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE STRANDED ASSETS JUST SITTING AROUND, UH, WHERE WE'VE INVESTED INTO 'EM, AND THEN WE DON'T USE THEM.

THERE'S JUST SITTING IN A PARKING LOT SOMEWHERE.

SO WE USE TELEMATICS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND JUST TO KIND OF MONITOR THAT, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR PURCHASES OF VEHICLES TO RUN ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS OR CAN IT BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE? UH, WE HAVE, AGAIN, THE MASTER AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF OUR VENDORS.

SO THAT MUST BE IN PLACE FOR US TO, UM, BUY OUR VEHICLES.

WE TYPICALLY GET ALL OF OUR PURCHASES IN FOR THE NEXT YEAR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS.

ONCE THE BUDGET'S APPROVED, WE SPEC 'EM OUT, PLACE THE PURCHASE ORDERS, GET 'EM TO THE VENDORS, BUT WE'RE ALREADY WELL IN ADVANCE OF THAT, COMMUNICATING THOSE FORECASTS TO THE VENDORS ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BUY OR WE'RE PLANNING ON BUYING.

AND THEN WE STRATEGICALLY SOURCE 'EM FROM THE VENDORS WHO CAN PROVIDE THE BEST WARRANTY, THE FASTEST DELIVERY, UH, AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS A TELEMATICS PROJECT, RIGHT? WE'VE, WE'VE CONNECTED OVER 7,000 FLEET ASSETS WITH A-V-L-G-P-S TELEMATICS, UM, IT WITH VEHICLES, UH, THESE ARE ON-ROAD, OFF-ROAD POWERED.

NON-POWERED VEHICLES ARE TRACKED IN REAL TIME TRANSMITTING THEIR LOCATION OR THEIR PERFORMANCE OR HOW THEY'RE RUNNING.

UH, WE'VE HAD 25 DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING THE UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS FAIRLY RARE AND REALLY IN A TESTAMENT TO THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY TO JOIN IN ON THE TELEMATICS PROGRAM.

UH, THIS HELPS THEM WITH THEIR INVENTORY MANAGEMENT.

IT HELPS US SEE INTO THE VEHICLE AND SEE IN, IN ADVANCE OF ANY KIND OF VEHICLE PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT BE OCCURRING.

UM, WE'VE TRAINED OVER 2,500 MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ON LOOKING AT THESE VEHICLES AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND AND WHERE THEIR PEOPLE ARE AT, JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE DECISION MAKERS, UH, HAVE EVERYTHING IN THEIR TOOLBOX TO KNOW WHERE THEIR STAFF ARE AT AND WHAT IS GOING ON.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD BEFORE.

AND THEN FINALLY, UM, JUST HAVING THAT REAL TIME VISIBILITY.

UH, ENGINE FAULT CODES VEHICLES HAVE HAD COMPUTERS IN 'EM SINCE 1996.

AND, UH, BUT AS TIME HAS GONE BY, THERE'S MORE COMPUTERS AND MORE SENSORS IN THEM.

LIKE A SINGLE VEHICLE CAN PUT OUT THREE TO FOUR TERABITS OF DATA IN A GIVEN DAY.

HOW WE SEE THAT AND PUTTING IT INTO ACTIONABLE STEPS FOR US TO IN ADVANCE, PULL A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD BEFORE IT ACTUALLY STRANDS THE DRIVER OUT ON THE ROAD, TELLS US A LOT.

WE DO A LOT OF MUTUAL AID AND GO TO FLORIDA OR UP INTO THE PANHANDLE FOR THE FIRES THAT WE JUST SAID.

UH, WE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE THOSE VEHICLES ARE AT ANY ONE GIVEN TIME.

WE TYPICALLY SEND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT WITH THEM, AND, UH, WE CAN CHECK ON THE HEALTH OF THAT VEHICLE WHILE IT'S, WHILE IT'S IN TRANSIT.

OUR CARBON OUTPUT BY 6,400 METRIC TONS.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THIS, BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UH, WE DO SHARE THIS INFORMATION BROADLY, BOTH, BOTH DOMESTICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES WITH OUR AND WITHIN TEXAS AND, AND ACROSS OTHER, UH, UM, CITIES IN THE UNITED, IN THE WORLD, REALLY THAT, THAT, UH, WANT US TO SPEAK TO 'EM.

UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE 360 BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE FLEET.

UH, WE WILL HAVE REDUCED

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UH, AND, UH, WE ARE SAVING ROUGHLY ABOUT $1,205 PER VEHICLE.

AND THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT'S REALLY ONLY TRAVELING 5,000 MILES A YEAR WHEN YOU GET TO A VEHICLE.

THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES FOR THE MOST PART.

WHEN YOU GET TO VEHICLES THAT ARE TRAVELING 10, 15, 20,000 MILES A YEAR, THE FUEL SAVINGS IS EXPONENTIAL AT THAT POINT.

SO THE SAVINGS NUMBER BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT, UH, OFFSET, UM, FOR THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE.

SO WE BUILT A, UM, UH, WHAT WE WROTE A WHITE PAPER BACK IN 2000 AND, UH, 1516 FOR SMART CITY CHALLENGE.

AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL IF WE BUY 330 BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE FORECASTED OUT THAT WE'D SAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $3.5 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS IN FUEL AND MAINTENANCE.

WELL, WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE'LL HIT THAT 10 YEAR 3.5, UH, MILLION DOLLARS SAVINGS, 12 TO 18 MONTHS AHEAD OF PLAN.

SO THE SAVINGS ARE REAL.

UM, WE'RE SHARING THIS STORY ACROSS, UH, UH, ALL OF TEXAS AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UH, THROUGH ALL THE CITIES.

UH, NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE HERE BECAUSE IT'S ONE THAT DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY GETTING THE MINDSET CHANGED, UH, ONGOING BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

IF YOU WALK INTO A ROOM OF A THOUSAND PEOPLE, YOU'LL WALK OUT WHETHER A THOUSAND DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON WHETHER GOING BATTERY, ELECTRIC VEHICLES A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.

UH, WE HAVE AN 80.6% PARTICIPATION RATE ACROSS EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.

AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, PUBLIC SAFETY REPRESENTS ALMOST 20% OF OUR TOTAL BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT.

AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT REALLY WIDELY KNOWN.

UM, AND THEY, BUT THEY'VE PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY'S FLEET.

AND HATS OFF TO THEM.

THEY'VE EMBRACED THIS TECHNOLOGY.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UH, THEY, THEY WERE VERY WILLING EARLY ON TO TAKE IT ON, AND WERE SUPER HAPPY THAT THEY DID, BECAUSE THIS HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR OVERALL, UM, SAVINGS.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY, UH, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS STARTS TO GET INTO KIND OF THE BIG THINGS WITH PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND EV WE ARE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF A IMPLEMENTING A, UH, BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE PILOT.

IT'S A CHEVY BLAZER.

UH, GENERAL MOTORS HAS PRODUCED A POLICE PURSUIT CHEVY BLAZER.

UM, WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE CAN INTRODUCE ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

UH, THIS IS A, UH, GONNA BE A COUPLE YEAR PROJECT, A COUPLE YEAR PILOT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE NUANCES OF INTRODUCING A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT FLEET.

AND, UM, SO THIS IS A VEHICLE 498 HORSEPOWER, 130 MILES AN HOUR.

THERE'S NOTHING ON PLANET EARTH THAT WILL BEAT IT.

AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE BETWEEN ZERO AND 60.

IT'S INSTANTANEOUS.

UM, AND BECAUSE IT'S A POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE, IT MEANS IT'S BEEN CERTIFIED, UH, TO HANDLE, UM, TRAVERSING A TRACK IN MICHIGAN WHERE THEY'VE CERTIFIED IT TO BECOME POLICE PURSUIT RATED.

UH, THE RANGE ON THESE THINGS IS 250 MILES.

UH, THE WARRANTY ON THE BATTERY IS EIGHT YEARS OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND MILES.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PILOT.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS IS THE TIMELINE ON THIS PARTICULAR, UM, PROJECT.

WE'RE IN PHASE FOUR TODAY.

THOSE VEHICLES ARE ACTUALLY IN FACTORY BEING PRODUCED TODAY.

UH, AND, UH, SO WE'RE HEADED TO PHASE FIVE.

WE EXPECT THOSE VEHICLES TO ARRIVE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

UH, ONE OF THE TASKS AHEAD OF US THERE IS TO UPBEAT THEM WITH ALL THE ELECTRONICS AND EQUIPMENT THAT GOES INTO A POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT.

UH, DOES THAT MEAN MY TIME'S UP ? UH, THERE'S A LOT OF VEHICLES THAT, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF EQUIPMENT THAT GOES INTO THESE VEHICLES FROM, YOU KNOW, LAPTOPS TO RADIOS, TO CAMERA SYSTEMS, YOU NAME IT.

AND, UH, THESE, THIS EQUIPMENT HAS TO GO IN THERE AND KIND OF FIT SEAMLESSLY AND OPERATE SEAMLESSLY.

AND, UH, SO WE HAVE A LIMITED AREA WHERE WE'RE PLANNING ON, UH, WORKING WITH A PD TO, UH, PILOT.

THESE.

WE'VE GOT DC FAST CHARGER, LEVEL THREE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING BUILT TODAY.

WE'RE BUILDING IT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

THESE ARE KIND OF A, THE PILOT WE ARE ASSUMING IS A DOWNTOWN TYPE PROJECT, KINDA SHORT DISTANCE, GOT TWO OF 'EM.

THESE ARE ADDITIONS TO THE FLEET.

SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FLEET.

UH, AND THEN THE GOAL IS FOR A PD TO PUT THESE THINGS TO THE TEST, RIGHT? TO SEE HOW THEY PERFORM, LOOK AT DURABILITY, THE RELIABILITY, THE CHARGE TIMES, HOW DO THEY PERFORM OVER TIME? AND WHAT HAPPENS? WE WANT TO GET OUR MECHANICS ON 'EM.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN 'EM.

GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO SUPPORT THESE VEHICLES IF THEY DON'T SUPPORT 'EM.

AND THIS IS A BIG GIFT.

THE MANUFACTURERS MUST SUPPORT THESE VEHICLES.

IF ONCE WE GET 'EM, WE'RE GONNA HOLD 'EM FOR FIVE YEARS, UH, IT'S NOT JUST A TEST FOR BUYING IT, IT'S A TEST FOR THE DURATION OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE ITSELF.

AND WE, AND WE,

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AND WE DON'T END THAT.

THEY, UH, IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO FIX 'EM QUICKLY AND GET 'EM BACK INTO SERVICE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO THE GOAL IS BY THE END OF, UH, LET'S SAY, UH, UM, 2025 AND THE BEGINNING OF, UH, 2026, WE'LL DO A KIND OF A POST-MORTEM, DO AN EVALUATION ON THESE VEHICLES, AND WE'LL JUST SEE WHERE, WHERE WE STAND WITH THEM AND TO WHAT EXTENT WE WANNA, UH, PUT THESE INTO THE FLEET.

UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, UH, JUST IN TIME FOR BUILDING THE 2027 BUDGET.

UH, SO THE TIMING ON THAT WAS INTENTIONAL.

AND, UH, JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF ADOPTION, UH, BACKUP POWER IS CRITICAL FOR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHEN YOU'RE TALKING LAW ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN NEVER BE DOWN, UH, THE OFFICERS HOT SEAT, THESE VEHICLES, THEY CAN NEVER STOP.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE A TRUE TEST FOR THE COMPLEXITIES OF INTRODUCING A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON THIS, UH, FROM THE MANUFACTURERS TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, OR THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF, OF AUSTIN LOOKING AT THIS PARTICULAR PILOT.

AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST THAT'S GONNA GO, AND WE'RE GONNA ABSOLUTELY COMMUNICATE HOW IT WENT.

SO, I WOULD BE REMISS WITHOUT ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING SOME OF THE NUANCES THAT COME WITH THE BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT.

UM, WE'RE ALL FOR IT.

UM, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MACROECONOMIC REALITIES.

WE ARE DEALING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES.

UM, THERE'S A, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE OR BACKUP POWER TO IT, AND THERE'S A TRANSITION THAT'S KIND OF TAKEN PLACE WITH BATTERY TECHNOLOGY TODAY.

WE USE LITHIUM ION IRON, LITHIUM IRON BATTERIES, AND THEN LITHIUM ION, AND THEY'RE MOVING TO LITHIUM IRON, AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA MOVE TO SOLID STATE.

SO THERE'S TRANSITION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE IN TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN KIND OF PULLING BACK ON THEIR BEV PRODUCTION.

PEOPLE AREN'T WANTING TO BUY 'EM.

WE HAD A LOT OF UPTICK IN SALES OF BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES LAST YEAR.

THINGS KIND OF SLOWED DOWN WITH THE COST OF CAPITAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

JUST PRIVATE SECTORS KIND OF IMPACTING THIS.

UH, AND, UM, AND THEN THE, THE MANUFACTURERS NEED TO DIVERSIFY THEIR, THEIR BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE OFFERING TO US FOR THINGS THAT WE WANT.

UM, MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MAKING EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD USE FROM A PUBLIC, UH, SECTOR FLEET.

UH, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE LOOKING TO GET INTO SOME LARGER VEHICLES WHERE OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAVINGS ARE EVEN MUCH GREATER THAN THE LEASE VEHICLES.

UM, AND THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT, UM, POLICE, UH, THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION IS THAT, AGAIN, OUR VEHICLE, OUR FLEET TRAVELS 45 MILLION MILES A YEAR, AND 40% OF ALL THOSE MILES IS A PD.

SO, UM, IF IT CAN BE DONE IN A LIMITED WAY, THERE MIGHT BE SOME GREAT SAVINGS.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE HEAVIER DUTY VEHICLES WHERE THE COST PER MILE IS, IS SUPER HIGH.

UM, AND THEN, UM, THE SUPPLY CHAIN, RIGHT? THE MINING OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAINS AND ASSEMBLY PLANTS, THESE THINGS AREN'T TOTALLY STOOD UP YET IN THE UNITED STATES.

THESE MINING OPERATIONS ARE IN, UH, UH, NOT FREE TRADE COUNTRIES YET AT THIS POINT.

SO THOSE THINGS ARE BEING PULLED BACK DOMESTICALLY.

UH, SO SUPPLY CHAIN CONTRACTS BACK TO THE UNITED STATES OR INTO THE FREE TRADE COUNTRIES WHERE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THIS IS WHERE I WOULD ASK, UH, YOU KNOW, MY PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS TO CHIME IN.

I I, WHAT WE SEE FROM A FLEET PERSPECTIVE FOR OTHER SMALLER VEHICLES IS REALLY THE, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

INSTEAD OF ROLLING IN A FULL SIZE POLICE PURSUIT VEHICLE OR, UM, OR FOR EVERY, UH, CALL, INSTEAD OF ROLLING A FIRE APPARATUS, WE SEE IT MAY BE A, UH, SQUAD TRUCK GOING OUT OR, UM, WITH LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, UH, A-T-C-E-M-S RATHER THAN, UH, PUTTING AN AMBULANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE ACL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT TO HAVE LIKE A UTV OR SMALLER ELECTRIC, UM, UH, VEHICLE THAT CAN GO NAVIGATE AND TRAVERSE THE POPULATION, RIGHT? TAKE THE PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE AREAS.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL, IF YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY ABOUT THAT? I, I DON'T SEE ANY QUICK COMMENTS.

I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR COMMISSIONERS, BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND ON, BEHIND ON TIME.

SO IF WE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU GUYS THINK IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, OTHERWISE WE COULD JUST TRY TO, UM, JUST GET A LITTLE, LITTLE SPACE FOR QUESTIONS WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE, UM, DETAILED REPORT.

WELL, REALLY, THAT'S KIND OF IT.

THE LAST SLIDE, UH, WOULD JUST BE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON, UM, OUR EMPHASIS ON OPERATIONAL ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO ONE INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS.

IT'S A MUTUAL SUCCESS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

WE'RE DEDICATED TO, UH, TO THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF, UH, OUR RESIDENTS.

UH, YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY AND SAFETY AND, AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY THAT'S IT.

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I THINK IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO GET A SENSE OF THE WORKING GROUPS AND INTEGRATIONS AND SOME OF THE FUTURE DIRECTIONS.

UM, WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP FOR, FOR QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GO TO THE VIRTUAL COMMISSIONERS FIRST.

ANY CARRIERS? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP OVER THE PAST FEW MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO FLEET, AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS ANSWERS A LOT OF THOSE AND JUST CREATES A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.

I GUESS.

I AM DEFINITELY FOR FUTURE CONVERSATIONS, VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT ALL ALTERNATIVES, SMALLER VEHICLES, UM, THAT CAN BE PUT INTO ROTATION.

OUR, OUR FIRE TRUCKS, OUR, OUR EMS BUSES ARE HUGE, HUGE GAS GUZZLING, UM, HEAVY MACHINES.

UM, AND, UM, ALTHOUGH I KNOW ALL THE TOOLS ON THEM ARE, ARE VERY HELPFUL AND USEFUL AND HARD TO LET GO OF, I'M, I'M SURE THERE ARE PLENTY OF CALLS THAT CAN BE ANSWERED WITH SMALLER VEHICLES.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE ONLINE.

WE'LL GO TO THE IN PERSON.

UM, COMMISSIONER BARNHART, I, I WANNA SECOND THE THANK YOU.

UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PRESENTATION AND IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING HOW MUCH FLEET DOES ACTUALLY, UM, BUT I, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THE, THE OBSERVATION ABOUT, OR THE, THE NOTE ABOUT, UM, FUTURE PILOTS, UM, INCLUDING SMALLER VEHICLES, UM, FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOUR DATA COLLECTION, THAT WHAT TELEMATICS REALLY MEANS? IT IS.

UM, SO YOUR SOPHISTICATED DATA COLLECTION YEAH.

MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE FOR FIRE STATIONS TO SEND SMALLER VEHICLES, UM, TO NON-FIRE CALLS, UM, CONSIDERING WHAT A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR CALLS, UM, THEIR CALL VOLUME IS MOSTLY MEDICAL AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF OTHER STUFF THAT'S ALSO NOT REQUIRING A FULL APPARATUS.

I, YEAH, THE TELEMATICS SYSTEM IS ABSOLUTELY A USEFUL TOOL TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DISTANCE TRAVELED, THE MILES TRAVELED.

IF THEY CAN MATCH THAT UP WITH THE NATURE OF THE CALL ITSELF, UH, THEN THEY COULD LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AHEAD AND DOWNSIZE.

LIKE THE SQUAD TRUCK, UH, UH, PROGRAM IS A GREAT, UH, WAY TO BEGIN THAT.

AND THEN IT'S OPEN FROM THERE.

IT'S, IT REALLY IS A, UM, A, IT'S A, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

THANKS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? UM, THE ONLY QUESTION I'D HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK IN COLLABORATION THAT'S BEING DONE.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO YOUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL AS A COMMISSION WE COULD RECOMMEND OR THINKING BUDGET NEEDS DOWN THE ROAD FOR ANY COLLABORATIONS? OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE IN A GOOD SPOT? I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT.

I, WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THREE OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

EACH AND EVERY PERSON SITTING AT THIS ROOM, WE'VE TALKED TO MANY, MANY TIMES.

IN FACT, IT'S PROBABLY THE GREATEST AREA OF FOCUS WE HAVE.

UM, FROM A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, UH, THERE'S NO CONSTRAINT IF WE NEED IT, AND IT CAN BE JUSTIFIED.

WE'RE BUYING IT.

IF THERE'S AN OPERATIONAL CHANGE OR THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THE VEHICLE, OR THERE'S INCREASES IN RESERVE VOLUME OR IF THEY WANT TO DOWNSIZE AMBULANCES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE TALKING EVERY WEEK, ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR IF NEEDED, UH, TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

I FEEL WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE WITH THESE DEPARTMENTS.

THANK COMMISSIONER, ASSISTANT MAYOR SMITH FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS WITH OUR SQUAD, UH, PILOT PROJECT, WE HAVE BOUGHT FIVE, UH, F-150 PICKUPS THAT WE PUT AROUND THE CITY.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING FOR THOSE.

AND IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN REPLACE AN ENGINE WITH THAT PICKUP AS THE ENGINE STILL NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR FIRE RESPONSE.

BUT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, UH, AND KEEP THOSE, UH, BIGGER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR OUR STANDARD OF COVERAGE, WE WOULD NEED STAFFING FOR THOSE PICKUPS.

SO WE HAVE 'EM, WE USE THEM FOR SPECIAL EVENTS WHEN WE UPST STAFF.

WE ALSO USE THEM, UH, WHEN AN ENGINE GOES OUTTA SERVICE FOR TRAINING OR OUTTA SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE, UH, WE'LL PUT THE CREW IN THAT SQUAD FOR A MORE EFFICIENT RESPONSE AND MAKE SURE THEY STAY IN SERVICE FOR STANDARD OF COVERAGE.

BUT WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE LOOKED AT STAFFING FOR THOSE, WHICH WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN YET, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE VEHICLES.

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STEP IS THE DISCUSSION OF FORENSIC NURSING, AND WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM A SAFE ALLIANCE AS WELL AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AND RESOURCE TEAM.

WELL, THANKS Y'ALL.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND COMING HERE, AND I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR, HEAR BACK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE FROM YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, NEXT

[4. Discussion of Forensic Nursing with representatives from The Safe Alliance (SAFE) and Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team (SARRT).]

I WASN'T SURE FROM SOME EMAILS.

IS SOMEBODY GOING TO BE PRESENTING VIRTUALLY OR ARE WE, I BELIEVE SHELLY EGGERS WAS ONLINE.

IF SOMEONE WANTS TO LET HER IN.

DID Y'ALL HEAR, UH, JEREMY RAMIREZ.

UM, AND WE HAVE ABOUT JUST BEING MINDFUL OF TIME OVERALL, WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MINUTES ALLOCATED DISCUSSION.

SO FOR OUR PRESENTERS, IF WE COULD JUST, SO WE MAKE SURE TO HAVE TIME FOR DISCUSSION, MAYBE ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION TIME BETWEEN THE TWO OF Y'ALL.

UM, SO WE HAVE TIME FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTERWARDS FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.

UM, BUT WITH THAT, I WILL, IS SHELLY ONLINE AND ABLE TO PRESENT? I AM HERE ONLINE.

I, I THINK I SHOULD PROBABLY GO SECOND, BUT I'M HERE AND READY.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

WELL THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER.

AND IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND, JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UM, PLEASE TAKE AWAY CERTAINLY.

UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU TO, UH, THIS COMMISSION AND ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS PRESENT FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN BEST, UM, SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

UH, MY NAME'S NIKITA VE.

I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH SAFE ALLIANCE.

UM, FOR THOSE OF Y'ALL THAT MAY NOT KNOW, UM, SAFE ALLIANCE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

WE ARE BASED HERE OUT OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

HOWEVER, OUR SERVICE AREA IS REALLY ANYBODY WHO WOULD NEED, UH, WHO WOULD REQUIRE OUR SERVICES.

UM, OUR NAME IS OUR MISSION.

SO FOR SAFE, IT IS STOP ABUSE FOR EVERYONE.

THAT'S OUR NAME AS WELL AS OUR MISSION.

WE HAVE FOUR PILLARS OF SERVICE AREAS WITHIN SAFE, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

ALL OF THE SERVICES HERE AT SAFE ARE OFFERED WITH CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES, AND ALL SERVICES ARE FREE.

UM, AND AT NO COST TO SURVIVORS, OUR ORGANIZATION IS LARGE.

UM, AS FAR AS A NONPROFIT GOES, WE HAVE WELL OVER 300 STAFF MEMBERS, UM, AND WE FACILITATE RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN DIFFERENT PHASES.

UM, WE OFFER PREVENTION SERVICES, SO WE TRY TO STOP IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS.

UM, AND THAT'S THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY.

UM, WE ALSO OFFER CRISIS INTERVENTION, WHICH IS, I THINK WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF FIRST WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT SAFE ALLIANCE.

AND THEN WE OFFER LONG-TERM, UH, SUPPORT AND HEALING WITHIN SAFE, WE HAVE OVER 20 DIRECT SERVICE PROGRAMS, AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT RESPOND DIRECTLY TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, ONE OF OUR FOUR PILLARS.

UM, I WANNA TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM AND THEN FOLLOW UP WITH OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AND THEN DISCUSS BRIEFLY ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT MAY SERVE THESE, UM, THESE VICTIMS. SO AS FAR AS OUR FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM, THIS CONSISTS OF FULL-TIME AND RELIEF STAFF NURSES.

THESE NURSES ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO OFFER A FORENSIC EXAMINATION IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF A SEXUAL ASSAULT.

A SURVIVOR MAY REQUEST A FORENSIC EXAM WITH AN INTENTION TO REPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THEY MIGHT PRESENT AND WANT TO EXPLORE THE OPTION TO PRESENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, OR THEY MAY CHOOSE TO NOT ENGAGE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH WE CALL A NON-REPORT EXAM, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR SERVICES THAT ENGAGE WITH THE FORENSIC NURSES CENTER AROUND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR WITHIN THE SCOPE OF REPORTING, THE FOCUS OF OUR FORENSIC NURSING IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SURVIVOR, NOT RELATED TO THE OUTCOME NECESSARILY OF THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE CASE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO NAME THAT, THAT AS WE KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OF, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS THAT CHOOSE TO REPORT, WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER-REPORTED CRIME.

SO, AS FAR AS, UM, JUST RELATING TO THE PRESENTATION, AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINERS, UM, DO IS THEY WILL EVALUATE AND TREAT TRAUMA AND OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS AS NEEDED.

UM, AS FAR AS THE FORENSIC EXAM, THEY, THEY MAY COLLECT BIOLOGICAL TRACE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INTERWOVEN WITHIN THE EVIDENCE COLLECTION.

UM, IS THE CONVERSATION PIECE.

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF A FORENSIC EXAM.

I THINK WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF FORENSIC EXAM, THEY THINK PRIMARILY OF THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL EXAM EXAMINATION.

HOWEVER, A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH THE SURVIVOR, LEARNING WHAT, UM, THEIR NEEDS ARE, AND THAT IS GONNA IMPLEMENT SAFETY PLANNING, WHAT A FOLLOW UP LOOKS LIKE, BOTH IN TERMS OF EMOTIONAL CARE, AS WAS, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL CARE, AND THEN OFFER REFERRALS.

OUR GOAL IS TO MINIMIZE THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA THAT MAY BE ASSOCIATED RELATED TO SEEKING SERVICES.

OUR NURSES WILL ADVOCATE WITH, UM, FOR OUR PATIENT'S NEEDS.

WE'LL COLLABORATE WITH OTHER RESPONDERS, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, OUR NURSES WILL PARTICIPATE AS EXPERT WITNESSES.

THEY'RE SPECIALLY TRAINED AND THEY HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED AS EXPERTS, AND THEY WILL PARTICIPATE, IS CALLED UPON FOR PROSECUTION

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OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SO WHAT I WANNA EMPHASIZE ABOUT OUR FORENSIC NURSES IS THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A CLINICAL SERVICE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

UM, OUR NURSES ARE PRIORITIZING THE DIGNITY, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR PATIENT.

AND WHEN WE SAY TRAUMA INFORMED, I KNOW THAT WORD KINDA GETS THROWN OUT A LOT.

UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A FORENSIC EXAM IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSISTENT INFORMED CONSENT.

THEY'RE DOING THIS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EXAMINATION, MAKING SURE THE PATIENT IS ON BOARD WITH WHAT IS MOVING FORWARD.

SERVICES ARE RENDERED WITH COMPASSION AND PATIENTS, AND WE SURVIVORS.

UM, WE USE SURVIVOR CENTERED SERVICES.

AND THEN AS I'LL MENTION, UM, SAFETY PLANNING IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF WHAT OUR FORENSIC NURSES DO WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR ADVOCATES.

UM, AND I'LL LEAN MORE INTO WHAT OUR SURVIVOR ADVOCATES DO.

WE REFER TO THIS INTERNALLY AS OUR SAVA PROGRAM.

IT'S SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCACY.

UM, AGAIN, ALL OF OUR SERVICES ARE GOING TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.

THE WAY THIS PLAYS IN IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A REPORTED EXAM, THAT SURVIVOR MAY NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE EVERY SINGLE DETAIL OF WHAT INCURRED DURING THE ASSAULT.

IF THEY CHOOSE TO DISCLOSE THAT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR A FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINER, THEY CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.

THEY CAN ALSO UTILIZE OUR ADVOCATE FOR CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES.

MAYBE THEY WANNA TALK ABOUT SAFETY PLANNING OR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T WANNA INCLUDE IN THAT REPORT.

AND SO WE ARE ALONGSIDE THERE WITH THEM.

UM, OUR ADVOCATES ARE PROVIDING A ACCOMPANIMENT DURING THE EXAM ITSELF.

WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING IS THAT CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE.

THEY PROVIDE CRISIS INTERVENTION, AND AS I MENTIONED, THE SAFETY PLANNING THROUGHOUT THIS.

WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE IS A SURVIVOR MIGHT HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND IMMEDIATE LEGAL CONCERNS OR MEDICAL CONCERNS OR OTHER TYPES OF BASIC NEEDS, AND OUR ADVOCATES ARE THERE ON THE SPOT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

IN ADDITION TO BEING PRESENT DURING THE MEDICAL EXAM ITSELF, UM, THEY CAN ALSO ACCOMPANY A SURVIVOR TO A DETECTIVE INTERVIEW.

AND WE ALSO HAVE CONTINUOUS FOLLOW-UP SUPPORT SERVICES.

SO WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN POST THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH, IT TAKES A SURVIVOR MONTHS, POSSIBLY YEARS TO MOVE FORWARD IN, IN NAVIGATE THAT JOURNEY OF HEALING THAT MIGHT OCCUR POST ASSAULT.

UM, WHAT THAT MIGHT INCLUDE IS CONNECTION TO OTHER SAFE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE PRESENT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT MOMENTARILY.

IT MIGHT INCLUDE REFERRALS OR COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES.

IT MIGHT INCLUDE SOMETHING AS BASIC AS PHYSICAL RESOURCES.

WE GET GROCERIES FOR A LOT OF OUR SURVIVORS, GETTING THEM FOOD, GETTING THEM GAS, UM, BUS PASSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

MANY, MANY BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING CLOTHING.

UM, AS WE KNOW, UH, THE SUPPORT THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS CAN TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ASKED.

SO OUR ADVOCATES WILL BE PRESENT AGAIN, POST SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT OUR ADVOCATES MIGHT HAVE.

UM, THIS MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE SUPPORT THROUGH THE CIVIL LEGAL SYSTEM.

UM, MAYBE PROTECTIVE ORDERS ARE AN ISSUE.

MAYBE THERE ARE FAMILY LAW ISSUES RELATED TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

WE SEE A LOT OF HOUSING, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT A SURVIVOR MAY NOT FEEL SAFE IN THEIR APARTMENT, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO RELOCATE AND KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

UM, AND SO OUR ADVOCATES ARE WELL TRAINED TO OFFER THAT TYPE OF ACCOMPANIMENT.

UM, SURVIVORS MAY NEED ADDITIONAL, UM, MEDICAL NEEDS.

AND SO PLANNED PARENTHOOD SERVICES IS A VERY CLOSE COLLABORATION WE HAVE WITH THAT COMMUNITY PARTNER.

AND THEN WE CAN OFFER SOME MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

UM, SO OUR ADVOCATES HERE AT SAFE AS WELL AS OUR FORENSIC NURSING.

WE DO A LOT MORE THAN WHAT DOES PRESENT AT THAT ONE MOMENT IN TIME, WHICH IS THAT FORENSIC EXAM.

IT IS EXTENDED CARE THAT WE OFFER.

UM, OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR ADVOCATES ARE WORKING, UM, WITHIN THE PREVENTION SCOPE BY WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.

WE OFFER TRAINING, UM, THROUGH THE NEW CADET CLASS.

UM, WE WORK WITH UNIVERSITIES AND WE WORK WITH SEVERAL OTHER NONPROFITS.

SO OUR ADVOCATES IN WITH THIS FOLLOW-UP SERVICE.

I WANTED TO OFFER A VISUAL OF THE VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS HERE AT SAFE THAT MAY INTERFACE WITH A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF WHERE VIOLENCE OCCURS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PREVENTION.

I'VE JUST LISTED A FEW OF THE PROGRAMS HERE THAT WE HAVE IT SAFE.

UM, EACH LITTLE BUBBLE COULD BE ITS OWN 15 MINUTE PRESENTATION HERE, .

UM, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY SPECIFIC SERVICES, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.

WHAT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT WITH PREVENTION IS IT STARTS ALL THE WAY FROM YOUTH THROUGH OUR EXPECT RESPECT PROGRAM.

WE ARE IN SCHOOLS, WE ARE TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT LOOKS LIKE.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TITLE IX, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DATING VIOLENCE.

UM, AND THEN THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH, UM, ADULTS THAT MAY NEED SERVICES, UM, OR WHERE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE CAN PREVENT, UH, SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR HOTLINE IS OUR NUMBER, UM, ONE ENTRY INTO SERVICES.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S LISTED AT THE TOP.

AND OF COURSE, EMERGENCY HOUSING, LEGAL SERVICES, UM, SPECIFIC SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IS ONE I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

AND THEN, UM, ONE OF OUR MOST REQUESTED SERVICES THROUGH OUR HOTLINE IS GONNA BE OUR COUNSELING AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE LEGAL SERVICES POST ASSAULT, A SURVIVOR CONTINUES.

UM, A SURVIVOR'S NEEDS MAY CONTINUE FOR LONG-TERM SUPPORT AND HEALING.

AND SO I'VE JUST LISTED A FEW OF THOSE PROGRAMS HERE.

AGAIN, WELL OVER 20 PROGRAMS AT SAFE.

A NUMBER OF THEM WILL INTERFACE WITH OUR SURVIVORS.

I WANNA CLOSE OUT WITH WHAT KEEPS, UH, THE FOUNDATION OF SAFE, UH, GOING

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FORWARD.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, TO SUSTAIN OUR DIRECT SERVICES, OUR AD ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS, UM, NEEDS TO BE FULLY, UM, FULLY FUNCTIONING.

SO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM, OUR FINANCE, OUR QUALITY COMPLIANCE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE THE DEPARTMENT THAT MANAGES MOST OF OUR GRANT FUNDING.

OVER WELL OVER 50% OF SAFE'S BUDGET DOES COME FROM GOVERNMENTAL GRANTS.

AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE AND THAT WE ARE, UM, REPORTING ACCURATELY THAT COMES THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

OUR FACILITIES IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

WE OFFER THE SERVICES ON SITE, SO SURVIVORS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO TO A HOSPITAL AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY FUNCTIONING AS A MEDICAL CLINIC, UM, AS WELL AS A SAFE SPACE.

UM, AND SO A LOT OF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS THAT ARE, THAT ARE WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST CLOSE THIS OUT.

UM, AND AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR, UM, ALLOWING US THIS, THE SPACE TO BE HERE.

UM, SAFE IS REQUESTING SUPPORT FROM THIS COMMISSION AND FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN TO ENSURE THAT EACH SURVIVOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IS ABLE TO RECEIVE IMMEDIATE SERVICES, WHETHER THAT BE FOR A FORENSIC EXAM OR POST, UM, SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES THAT MAY BE NEEDED.

LIKE MANY OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE, UM, OUR MISSION IS VERY LARGE, AND THE NEED IS VERY GREAT.

UM, STAFFING AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES AS AN AREA WHERE OUR ORGANIZATION, UM, DOES NEED MORE SUPPORT.

SO CURRENTLY OUR ORGANIZATION, WE OFFER, UM, ABOUT 400 FORENSIC EXAMS A YEAR.

IF WE LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN ON TRACK.

UM, SAFE FORENSIC NURSES ARE THE PRIMARY PROVIDER OF SANE EXAMS IN THE AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AREA.

AND THEN WE ALSO OFFER SUPPORT TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

UM, SURVIVOR NEEDS ARE EXCEEDING OUR CAPACITY.

I DID WANNA BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE UNABLE TO IMMEDIATELY SERVE ALL SURVIVORS THAT PRESENT FOR AN EXAM.

UM, WHEN A SURVIVOR PRESENTS AND WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET AN IMMEDIATE, UH, FORENSIC EXAM.

OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE SURVIVORS.

WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WILL OFFER REFERRALS OR WE'LL OFFER ALTERNATE TIMES.

I WANNA BE CLEAR THAT NO SURVIVOR WILL BE TURNED AWAY IF THEY ARE SEEKING SERVICES.

HOWEVER, WE DO WANT AND NEED TO DO BETTER AND OFFER THAT IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.

UM, SAFE IS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY SART.

THANK YOU SHELLY EGGER FOR BEING PRESENT TODAY AND OFFER, UM, HER TESTIMONY AND WE'RE DILIGENTLY.

UM, SAFE ALLIANCE IS DILIGENTLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE SART TO EVALUATE OUR CURRENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL AND EVALUATE HOW CAN WE PROBLEM SOLVE AS A COMMUNITY, UM, TO, TO BETTER SERVE THOSE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO SUPPORT FUNDING FOR SAFE SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES.

UM, THE SPECIFIC AMOUNT REQUESTED IS 325,000 ANNUALLY, UM, TO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM, OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCACY PROGRAM, AND THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, UM, THAT WORKED TOGETHER TO SERVE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

UM, THIS REQUEST ECHOES OUR REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, WHICH WE PRESENTED IN MARCH OF 2024.

UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

UM, THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE BY SHARING THAT IF SOMEONE IS A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND IF THAT PERSON IS SEEKING HELP, TO PLEASE CONTACT OUR 24 7 SAFELINE, WHICH IS 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3.

NOT IN THE BUSINESS IN THE START OF DICTATING ANY AGENCY'S BUDGET, UM, OR ESTABLISHING BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY.

AND THEN OUR NEXT PRESENTER, UM, ONLINE.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS SHELLEY EDGAR.

I'M THE MANAGING ATTORNEY FOR THE LEGAL AID FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAM AT TEXAS LEGAL SERVICES CENTER HERE IN AUSTIN.

AND I'M ALSO CO-CHAIR OF THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY SART.

THE SART IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, UH, COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE AIMED AT IMPROVING THE SY SYSTEM RESPONSE TO SEXUAL ASSAULT IN AUSTIN.

MEMBERS OF THE SART INCLUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTORS, FORENSIC NURSES, MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS, THE CRIME LAB AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WHO SERVE SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT.

SAFE HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR, UH, LONGEST STANDING PARTNERS THAT, THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH SAFE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS SHORTAGE OF, UH, AVAILABLE FORENSIC NURSING EXAMS AND ENSURING THAT NO EVIDENCE IS LOST AND NO VICTIMS ARE FORCED TO ENDURE LONG WAIT TIMES IS A CRITICAL STEP IN INCREASING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

THIS ISSUE HAS LONG BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE SAR FOR OVER A DECADE.

WE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE BACK IN 2014 WHEN THERE WAS ALSO AN INABILITY TO PROVIDE, UM, FREE AND IMMEDIATE NURSING EXAM, FORENSIC NURSING EXAMS FOR EVERY SURVIVOR AT THAT TIME.

AND THAT IS WHAT LED TO THE CREATION OF EL LOUISE HOUSE, A MODEL THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF TO HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN REPLICATED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

UM, WE HAVE TO, TO ADDRESS THIS CURRENT ISSUE, WE HAVE FORMED A FORENSIC EXAM WORK GROUP WITH THE SAR TO TRY TO ADDRESS THIS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES AND CONSIDER LOTS OF DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINTS IN TERMS OF HOW WE EXAMINE THE PROBLEM, HOW WE DEFINE THE PROBLEM, AND HOW WE CAN BRAINSTORM FOR SOLUTIONS.

WE ARE

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UM, HOWEVER, WHILE WE KNOW THAT SAFE HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT SURVIVORS, WE ARE, UM, COMMITTED TO ASKING FOR DEDICATED FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR FORENSIC, UM, NURSING SALARIES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE SALARY, UM, ISSUE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY BARRIERS IN HIRING AND MAINTAINING, UH, FORENSIC NURSES.

SO WHETHER THAT BE WITH, UM, WITH SAFE, UM, EXCLUSIVELY, OR IF WE, IF WE END UP AS A COMMUNITY USING OTHER PROVIDERS FOR, UM, TO HELP FILL THIS GAP, WE ARE ASKING THAT THERE BE DEDICATED FUNDING THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE FORENSIC NURSING SALARIES IN OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THIS SHORTAGE OVER THE LONG TERM AND FIND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS.

UM, WE ARE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION, UM, ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND GIVING US US THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

UM, WE APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE, AND SAR LEADERSHIP IS ALSO HERE TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN GOING FORWARD ON THIS ISSUE.

UM, OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS THERE, ONLINE CHAIR MAYORS.

UM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

UM, AND I'M SORRY THAT I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.

UM, TODAY.

UM, THE, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR US HOW MUCH OF THE $325,000 IS SPECIFICALLY LINE ITEM FOR, UM, THE FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM? RIGHT NOW? I DON'T HAVE, UM, THE BUDGET THAT THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE MODEL GROUP PUT TOGETHER IN FRONT OF ME.

WAS IT BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING THAT 325 INCLUDES OTHER PROGRAMS? SURE.

I CAN SPEAK FOR THAT.

UM, SO ON BEHALF OF SAFE ALLIANCE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LINE ITEM CARVE CARVED OUT.

WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR, UM, UNRESTRICTED FUNDING, UM, TO BE DETERMINED BASED OUT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COME UP, UH, WITH AS AN AGENCY, AS WELL AS THAT SUBGROUP THAT SHELLY EDGAR MENTIONED.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT WE WANT TO ADDRESS IN TERMS OF WHERE, UH, THE PROBLEM SOLVING CAN OCCUR.

SO YES, ABSOLUTELY OUR FORENSIC NURSING AND THE STAFFING IS AN ISSUE, AND WE WOULD ECHO THAT SAME CONCERN WITH OUR ADVOCACY PROGRAM.

UM, AND SO REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO BEST SUPPORT THOSE AREAS.

IS THERE A REASON WE CAN'T DELEGATE THAT? YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY THE REASON IS, IS BECAUSE, UM, OUR SERVICE AREA IS, UM, NOT JUST EXCLUSIVELY TO AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.

AND IS THERE ANY SENSE FOR, LIKE, WHAT, WHAT FRACTION OF THAT IS GONNA BE SALARY, SORT OF, AS TARA RAMIR HAS MENTIONED? I KNOW IT'S NOT, UH, YOU GUYS AREN'T ASKING IN TERMS OF A LINE ITEM, BUT IS THERE ANY SENSE FOR OUTTA 325,000, DO YOU ANTICIPATE 200,000 THAT WOULD GO, OR ROUGHLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE A WORKING DRAFT OF AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT CHANGES PRETTY REGULARLY .

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU AGAIN, IF IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED LIKE IT'S IN A DRAFT FORMAT.

AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF THE SUBGROUP, WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF HOPES AND GOALS AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE THIS BEFORE AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN.

AND SO WE WANNA BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM, UM, AND A, A SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT IS DEDICATED SOLELY TO, UH, SALARIES FOR FORENSIC NURSING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A COMPONENT OF IT, CERTAINLY.

UM, OTHER QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE, UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, AND THE REASON I ASK FOR THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEM IS BECAUSE THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE MODEL GROUP, WHICH WE'VE SEEN THEIR BUDGET PRESENTED TO US THROUGH THE WORKING GROUP UPDATE THAT WE GAVE A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, HAD A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE MODEL GROUP ALSO, UM, IS HOPING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, DEDICATED DOLLARS FOR THE SALARIES, THAT THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COLLECTIVE SEX CRIMES RESPONSE MODEL GROUP.

AND THAT'S ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE WOMEN'S COMMISSION, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

UM, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO, AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES TO SEE IF I COULD FIND THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT THAT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

OTHER QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY NO, NO PROBLEM.

UH, COMMISSIONER, PARENT, UM, I, IS THERE, IS THERE A REASON THAT THE, THE SART WORK GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON HOW TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, UH, MORE EFFECTIVELY, UM, SHOULDN'T JUST BE EMPOWERED WITH THE DECISION MAKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED FOR SALARIES, HOW MUCH MONEY WE NEED FOR TRAINING AND, AND, AND LICENSING.

UM,

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THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS IS THAT WE SERVE, UH, OUR ADJACENT IN MANY, MANY OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL.

AND THEN WHAT I WOULD ALSO SHARE IS, UM, WHAT I SHARED IN THE PRESENTATION IS THE SCOPE IS ONE SECTION OF IT IS GONNA BE THE FORENSIC EXAM.

AND WHAT WE DO IS SO MUCH MORE LIKE IN TERMS OF THAT EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OTHER SERVICES THAT OUR AGENCY PROVIDES.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER COMPONENT THAT I WANNA EMPHASIZE IS, AS I MENTIONED, FORENSIC NURSING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, THEY DO PRI, EXCUSE ME, FORENSIC NURSING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVOR ADVOCACY.

THOSE TWO PROGRAMS DO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS, UH, SURVIVOR SEEKING ASSISTANCE WITH AN IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH SEEKING A FORENSIC EXAM.

SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ARE ASKING FOR A LOT OF OTHER STUFF AS WELL.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES FOR THEM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR HOUSING.

WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT OUR COUNSELING, WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR TRAINING.

UM, THERE'S JUST, IT'S SO EXPANSIVE IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WORKS.

UM, WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORT OF ONE PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UM, OUR NURSES AND OUR ADVOCATES, WE ALSO WANNA BE EQUITABLE IN HOW WE TREAT THE REMAINDER OF OUR STAFF.

UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ALWAYS INCLUDE OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE ASK FOR, FOR THAT FROM OUR SAFE PERSPECTIVE.

YEAH, I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND HAVING BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A NONPROFIT, ACTUALLY MORE THAN ONE, UM, THAT GETTING FUNDING THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED WITHIN A BROADER SORT OF CATEGORY OF NEEDS IS ALWAYS GONNA BE PREFERABLE.

UM, I MEAN, I THINK THE CONCERN I'M HEARING, AND, AND ACTUALLY I, I GUESS MS. IGER CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THAT, UM, THAT WE MAY BE LOSING PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT 24 7 COVERAGE, UM, OF SANE NURSES.

UM, AND, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THE OTHER COUNTY'S ISSUE BECAUSE IT, I THINK IT, IT, IT WOULD BE A NUMBERS PROBLEM.

LIKE I, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT A HUGE PROPORTION OF OUR SEXUAL ASSAULTS, UM, ARE BEING REPORTED IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

BUT THAT'S JUST AN ASSUMPTION.

UM, UH, MS. EGGER, SURE.

I, I THINK THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA DRAW THE DISTINCTION THAT, UM, THIS ISN'T THE START TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, UM, IMPOSE OURSELVES ON, ON OUR COLLEAGUES AT SAFE IN ANY WAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE AGREE THAT EVERY, EVERY PROGRAM THEY PROVIDE IS, IS A, A WONDERFUL SERVICE FOR SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FROM, FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, OUR, OUR GOAL AS A SART IS, YOU KNOW, THE SAME AS IT WAS IN 2014, IN 2014, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SURVIVOR WHO PRESENTS IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, FOR A, A SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAM THAT NEEDS ONE, IS HAS ACCESS TO A FREE AND IMMEDIATE EXAM PERFORMED BY A FORENSIC NURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN A TRAUMA INFORMED WAY.

AND THAT THEY ARE, WE ARE ALSO HONORING THEIR, UM, THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE AN ADVOCATE PRESENT.

UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S THE GOAL THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS THIS WORKING GROUP, NOT, NOT ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO SAFE, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THESE FORENSIC EXAMS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE HAVE FUNDING IN ORDER TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE STAFFING FOR THAT, WHETHER IT'S AT HOSPITALS OR, YOU KNOW, AT SAFE OR OTHER, UM, PARTNER AGENCIES THAT, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO WORK WITH TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.

AND IF, IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, UM, OR IN AGREEMENT EXACTLY WITH WHAT, UH, SHELLY SHARED.

SO ONE OF THE BRAINSTORM, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MUCH JUST BRAINSTORMING PHASE, BUT HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO LEAN ON COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT MAY OFFER SANE EXAMS AS WELL, AND CAN WE FIGURE OUT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM, UM, TO OFFER THAT SAME TYPE OF SERVICE? UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS IN VERY EXPLORATORY PHASES.

WE'VE HAD ONE SUBGROUP MEETING AND WE'RE, UM, HAVE A SECOND ONE SCHEDULED, AND WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THIS AS THE NEED AND THERE QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.

UM, COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND I'M SORRY FOR MY IGNORANCE, DOES THIS GROUP ENCAPSULIZE ALL THE OTHER CITIES, OR THAT ARE, THAT'S IN Y'ALL'S SERVICE PROVISION OR GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE PROVISION? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHILE WE AS A CITY ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS CONSIDERING YOU DO HAVE A VERY LARGE REACH, ARE EQUALLY COMMITTED.

THE SART DOES.

OF OUR, OF ST EXAMS HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, SOME TIME.

IT, IT IN INCLUDES MEMBERS FROM ALL, UM, FROM MAINOR, UM, PFLUGERVILLE, MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES ARE A PART OF, ARE A PART OF THE SART AND A, AND A PART OF THIS WORKING GROUP AS WELL.

AND ARE YOU REQUESTING THAT SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM THOSE OTHER CITIES? UH, WELL, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE HAVE, HAVE NOT REQUESTED ANY SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE SAFE HAS BEEN THE, THE SOLE PROVIDER

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UM, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, GOING FORWARD, AS WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS DEDICATED FUNDING AND, AND IT COULD COME FROM A, A VARIETY OF SOURCES, DEPENDING ON WHO THE PROVIDER IS GOING TO BE FOR, FOR THESE SANE EXAMS. OKAY.

IT, I, AND WE MAY NOT, THIS MIGHT NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS IN THIS QUORUM, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO SEE LIKE A INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT SO THAT WE REALLY CAN START TO ENSURE THAT THE HOLISTIC SERVICE PROVISION SAFE AND OTHERS PROVIDE IS COMPLETELY TAKEN CARE OF.

BECAUSE I THINK BETWEEN ALL OF US, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO KIND OF ZOOM OUT.

UM, SO, AND I AM NOT SURE IF YOU COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITHIN, IN Y'ALL'S GROUP TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE PULL THOSE LEADERS TOGETHER, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KIND OF ZOOM OUT AND ENSURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE BEING COMPLETELY, UM, SAFEGUARDED AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY OF FUNDING.

CERTAINLY.

UM, AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION TOPIC.

I WASN'T, IT WAS AN ACTION ITEM.

I DO KNOW WE LOST OUR QUORUM AS SOMEBODY FELL OFF.

UM, SO I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, BUT WE WILL HAVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IF WE DON'T GET OUR QUORUM BACK RELATIVELY.

I BELIEVE MICHAEL WAS GONNA SIGN OFF BRIEFLY TO SWITCH TO MOBILE.

SO IF WE CAN HANG ON FOR A SECOND BACK.

NEXT UP, UM, WE HAVE IS TO DISCUSS AND IMPROVE THE FORMATION OF, UH, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, CADET TRAINING ACADEMY AND RECOMMENDATIONS WORKING GROUP.

PERFECT.

THERE YOU GO.

UM, SO I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF SORT OF OVERALL TIME, I, I THINK BROADLY, SO A COUPLE THINGS BECAUSE OF WHERE THIS WAS PUT IN OUR, IN OUR, UM, AGENDA, THIS WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM, NOT AN ACTION ITEM.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE AS A COMMISSION CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION PER SE, ALTHOUGH IN OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BRING THAT UP FOR NEXT SESSION IN AUGUST, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THE WORDING OF THAT.

UM, I THINK BROADLY SPEAKING, AT LEAST FOR MYSELF AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN KIND OF WEIGH IN, I THINK WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF, UM, OF SAFE IN THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DO.

I MEAN, I KNOW I WORK, I'M AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN AND A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN SOME SERIOUS STAFFING ISSUES THAT HAVE MADE WAIT TIMES MUCH WORSE THAN THEY SHOULD BE.

UM, I THINK ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, FOR SOME OF THE CONCERNS RAISED BY A FEW OF THE COMMISSIONERS BOTH WITHIN THE REGION, AND THEN ALSO IN TERMS OF THE, THE DOLLARS.

I THINK EVERYBODY IS SUPPORTIVE.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING, UM, WHAT EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE DOING AND MAKING SURE THE RESOURCE IS SUSTAINABLE AND, AND THERE FOR THE LONG TERM AND ABLE TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.

UM, WITH THAT, JUST SO WE MAY BE MINDFUL OF TIME, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUICK QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, OR OUR, OUR FOLKS FROM SAFE AND FROM THE START TEAM WHO CAN THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

[5. Discuss and approve the formation of an Austin Police Department Cadet Training Academy Recommendations Working Group.]

UM, I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ.

I KNOW THIS WAS HER, UM, TOPIC OF, UM, ON THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, TO, TO BRING UP, AND THEN ALSO FOR THE WORDING ON THAT, SO CHAIR RAMIREZ.

UH, OF PROGRESS ON THE VARIOUS, UH, POINTS OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE BOTH BY OPO AND OTHERS FOR REVISION AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE A PD ACADEMY.

UM, SO ONE, I JUST WANTED US TO, WE HAD BROUGHT THIS UP A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO WITH REGARDS TO FORMING A WORKING GROUP ON THE TRAINING ACADEMY.

I THINK WE JUST NEEDED TO SORT OF VERBALIZE ON THE RECORD WHAT OUR INTENTIONS WERE WITH REGARDS TO THE SCOPE OF THE WORKING GROUP.

UM, MY FIRST SORT OF, UM, SUGGESTION IS TO BASICALLY WORK AS A WORKING GROUP TO ONE, REVIEW THE FINAL KROLL REPORT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY, UM, FIGURE OUT WHETHER THERE ARE SOME POTENTIAL REPORTING SORT OF BASELINES THAT WE WANT TO RECOMMEND, UM, MOVING FORWARD.

UM, AND ALSO JUST TALK TO OTHER POTENTIAL, UM, STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING PROCESS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAN PULL TOGETHER WITH REGARDS TO WHAT COMES NEXT.

NOW THAT THE PAROLE REPORT IS DONE, UM, WE HAD TALKED A LOT ABOUT CONTINUITY, OR I DID AT LEAST , UM, DURING OUR LAST MEETING, AND FIGURING OUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO ESTABLISH SOME MORE CONTINUITY FOR THE PROGRAM.

UM, SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.

IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING ELSE, I AM VERY OPEN.

UM, YEAH, SO DOES ZOOM HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS THAT THE, THE BACKGROUND IS WE NEED TO APPROVE THE SORT OF SCOPE OF WHAT WE WANT THE WORKING GROUP TO LOOK AT SO THAT WAY THEY CAN REPORT BACK TO THE, TO THE COMMISSION OR, UM, SO A DISCUSSION.

UH, YES, COMMISSIONER .

UH, AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF THE COMMISSION, I THINK WHAT, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ HAS SUGGESTED MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

I'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT REVIEW,

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JUST PROVIDE A FORUM FOR US TO ENUMERATE THOSE THINGS WITHIN THE PFC PUBLICLY, UH, FOR AUSTIN RESIDENTS, SORT OF AS A, AS A GENERAL SUGGESTION FOR WHAT THE, THE WORKING GROUP CAN DO.

THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UH, YES, COMMISSIONER SMITH, AND I BELIEVE I ASKED THIS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'D BE, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THE WORKING GROUP, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEE ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN THE TIMELINES WERE AND WHERE WE ARE, KIND OF OF COLOR COORDINATED, GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE, RED OF WHERE YOU ARE AS FAR AS THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS GO.

UM, AND THEN, AND THEN MAYBE ADVISE ON HOW WE GET BACK ON TRACK OR ASK HOW WE GET BACK ON TRACK AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT THEY SAY, HOW THEY'LL GET BACK ON TRACK OFFER, YOU KNOW, UH, FURTHER SUGGESTIONS OR ANALYSIS.

I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT OVER THE COURSE OF THE WORKING GROUP AND MAKE SURE THAT WE INCORPORATE INTO THE OVERALL RECOMMENDATIONS.

YES, THAT SOUNDS GREAT.

THAT WOULD BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT YEAH.

WELL, ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR, OR THOUGHTS? UM, IS ANYBODY, DO WE, IN TERMS OF THE SCOPE OF THE WORKING, DO, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION GOING TO THE COMMISSION, DO WE NEED TO HAVE A WRITTEN DOCUMENT, UM, OR THE VERBALIZATION THAT CHAIR RAMIREZ MADE? WILL THAT BE, IS THAT ADEQUATE FROM A WORKING GROUP FORMATION? YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A VOTE IN ORDER TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP, CORRECT? YEAH.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYTHING, UM, WRITTEN DOWN.

UM, SO CHAIR RAMIREZ, WOULD YOU MIND JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZING, UM, WITH THE ADDITIONS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE SCOPE OF READ SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS AND THEN WE GIVE, SOMEBODY WANTS TO MOVE AND SECOND, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE.

I WILL REMIND EVERYBODY, UM, THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE EXACTLY SIX PEOPLE, UM, WE NEED TO BE UNANIMOUS TO HAVE ANYTHING THAT GETS APPROVED.

SO IF ANYBODY ABSTAINS, UM, IT IS A NEGATIVE VOTE, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE WE ARE WITH QUORUM FOR THE NEXT FEW VOTES THAT WE TAKE.

YEP.

SO I THINK, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THE, THE SCOPE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH REGARDS TO THE, UM, I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT REVIEWING OF PROGRESS OF THE A PD, MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE A BIG STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE OVERALL SCOPE OF ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE MADE, UM, TALK WITH STAKEHOLDER GROUPS AND FORM RECOMMENDATIONS, POTENTIALLY PLURAL, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ON HOW TO SORT OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OVERALL TRACKING, UM, AND REPORTING OUT OF A PD TRAINING ACADEMY SORT OF PROGRESS.

SO THAT'S THE, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UM, TO, UM, UH, FOR A VOTE ON THE FORMATION OF THE WORKING GROUP.

I SECOND.

WELL, UM, WITH THAT, CAN WE GET A SHOW OF HANDS OF ALL THOSE IN APPROVAL? OKAY.

IT LOOKS, UH, UNANIMOUS.

WE HAVE ALL FOUR ONLINE AND HERE.

UM, SO WE'LL APPROVE THAT IN TERMS OF MEMBERS.

UM, SO IS THERE ANYBODY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONS ARE NOT HERE, SO, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ CAN REACH OUT, UM, TO ANYBODY NOT HERE WHO'S INTERESTED.

I AM ASSUMING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE, UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE GROUP.

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL BE IN THE GROUP.

I, I WILL TAKE UP, UM, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER SIERRA ON THEIR PARTICIPATION, AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO EVERYONE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US.

ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

THANK YOU ALL.

UM, SO NEXT ITEM IS APPROVED, THE

[6. Approve the Public Safety Commission Annual Report.]

UM, SO THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP FOR EVERYBODY TO LOOK OUT.

WE CAN PUT IT UP ON HERE.

UH, THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER BY, UH, CHAIR RAMIREZ AS ONE OF THE OBLIGATIONS, UM, THAT WE NEED TO PUT A, A REPORT FOR THE COMMISSION.

UM, AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LIST, AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY DETAIL, BUT OF THE TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED.

AND THEN IT INCLUDES, UH, ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE, UH, PASSED.

UM, SO I CAN, EVERYBODY WHO HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH IT FOR JUST A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN OPEN IT UP FOR ANY DISCUSSIONS, UH, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR ADMISSIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO HAVE TO, UH, APPROVE OFFICIALLY.

AND THEN I CAN'T SEE THE, UM, ONLINE FOLKS, JUST IF ANYBODY HAS ANY HANDS RAISED OR ANYTHING.

I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I, THAT WE USUALLY JUST VERY MATTER OF FACT DO BEHIND THE SCENES AND SUBMIT.

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IT'S JUST A VERY GENERAL SUMMARY OF OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE PASSED OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

UM, AND WITH CHRISTIE AND THE CLERK'S, UM, RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE JUST GOING AHEAD AND TAKING A VOTE ON IT SO THAT IT CAN BE PUBLISHED TO OUR BACKUP.

SO THAT'S WHY.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DISCUSSION, OTHERWISE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO APPROVE IT, I MOVE TO, TO, TO ADOPT THE, THE QUARTERLY, THE ANNUAL REPORT.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

UM, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT? YES.

UM, WITH THAT, I'M GOING, I DON'T SEE, UM, COMMISSIONER SIERRA O'S CAMERA ON, SO I'M GONNA TAKE A ROLL CALL THOUGH THEN FOR APPROVAL.

UM, CHAIR RAMIREZ, WAS THAT AN APPROVAL? YES.

AND COMMISSIONER SMITH? YES.

AND I VOTE YES TOO.

SO WE HAVE UNANIMOUS OR APPROVED.

UM, NEXT

[7. Approve a Recommendation to Council to include members of the Public Safety Commission and other Boards and Commission members in stakeholder groups meeting the Austin Police Department Chief Candidates.]

ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UM, TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION AND OTHER BOARD'S, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO PULL THAT UP.

UM, THE BACKGROUND ON THIS IS, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE ARE UNDERGOING A SEARCH FOR A NEW, UH, PERMANENT POLICE, UH, CHIEF, WHICH OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME IMPACT UPON OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR COMMISSION, AND EVERYBODY WHO'S INTERACTING.

THIS IS A ASK, UM, TO INCLUDE AT LEAST SOME MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME, UH, MEMBERS FROM OTHER RELEVANT COMMISSIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, WHICH HAS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HAS SOMETIMES HAPPENED AND HAS SOMETIMES NOT IN THE PAST.

UM, SO HAS EVERY OPENS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

UM, I AM HAPPY TO READ IT IF ANYBODY DOES NOT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF THEM AND NEEDS TO HAVE IT, HAVE IT READ AND RIGHT.

I CAN'T SEE THE FOLKS ONLINE, SO JUST PLEASE SPEAK UP IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR ANYTHING.

UM, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, UM, UH, THE THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CILO FOR THE SECOND TO BRING THIS, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATION UP, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION.

UM, UH, AS, AS CHAIR AS, AS VICE CHAIR RUAN SAID, UM, WHETHER WE, WE HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN, UM, THE, THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT MEET, UM, OUR, OUR CHIEF CANDIDATES FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.

UM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT GETS GETS, WE GET TAKEN UP ON THAT, UM, IS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S SET IN STONE.

SO THIS IS JUST OUR VERY PUBLIC SORT OF REQUEST TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT PROCESS.

UM, SO I'D APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR, UM, OR FOR ANYBODY ELSE OR COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION? UM, ALL RIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOTION AND OR SECOND? I MOVE SECOND.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, COMMISSIONER SMITH, UH, TO POINTS MADE EARLIER BY CHAIR.

UM, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I CAN, WE CAN SEE EVERYBODY, SO WE CAN DO A SHOW OF HANDS OF EVERYBODY WHO IS IN APPROVAL.

ALRIGHT.

LOOKS UNANIMOUS.

UM, SO THIS WILL PASS.

UM, WE ARE, WE WILL NEED TO AT SOME POINT, UM, IF WE ARE ASKED, WE WILL NEED TO APPROVE, UM, THOSE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE HAVE.

UH, WE'RE GOING TO DE OBVIOUSLY DEFER THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD THE ASK IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS, KNOWING IF IT'S ONE OR TWO OR THREE PEOPLE.

UM, BUT WE WILL FORWARD THIS ON TO THE, UH, RELEVANT CITY FOLKS.

UM, WITH THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING GOOD.

WE MADE UP TIME AT THE END, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GOOD.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, TIME TO DISCUSS FOR ANY, UH, FUTURE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS. SO OPEN THAT UP FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BRING ANYTHING UP.

WE STILL DON'T, WE HAVEN'T HAD ADDED ANYBODY.

DO YOU, JUST FOR PROCEDURE, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE OR POSTPONE WITHOUT OBJECTION? UH, SURE.

UH, SO REGARDING THE, AND THANK YOU BY THE WAY.

UH, SO REGARDING THE MINUTES, UH, WE HAD ONE ABSTENTION EARLIER.

WE HAVE NOT ADDED ANY ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONERS, AND WE NEED SIX TO APPROVE IT.

UM, SO, UH, WE SHOULD, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO, UH, POSTPONE, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JUNE TO THE AUGUST MEETING, CAN I DO THAT AS A CHAIR? CAN I MAKE A MOTION? OKAY.

I'LL, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, UH, TO POSTPONE IT IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO.

SECOND SECONDED.

ALRIGHT, PERFECT.

ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? UH, WITH THAT WE WILL, UM, MOVE, POSTPONE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNTIL AUGUST.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT CATCHING UP ON, UM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE I FORGOT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, OTHERWISE

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

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UM, I WOULD LIKE FLEET TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT TO DISCUSS WITH US THEIR ANALYSIS OF WHEN SMALLER VEHICLES ARE ABLE TO BE ENGAGED WITH RATHER THAN THE, THE VEHICLES THAT TAKE UP, UH, MORE GAS.

AND THEN AS DISCUSSION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, PROCESS WISE, UH, WE CAN DISCUSS ANYTHING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A SECOND IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT ON.

IS THAT CORRECT OR RAMIREZ? YEAH, I'LL SECOND THAT ONE.

PERFECT.

SO FOR FLEET TO COME BACK TO DISCUSS THE SMALLER, UH, VEHICLES AND USAGE, UH, USING THEIR DATA ANALYTICS.

CORRECT.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP, UM, THAT FOR HOPEFULLY FOR AUGUST THAT WE SHOULD, UH, A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE, THE SAFE AND THE SART TEAMS. UM, WE CAN GET THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND WE CAN WORK ON THE WORDING TO GET THAT POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT FOR AUGUST 2ND? OKAY, PERFECT.

UM, ANY OTHER FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT FOLKS HAVE? UM, THE ONLY THING THAT CAME UP, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS NOW, BUT'S DISCUSS IT FROM THE OPEN DATA PORTAL AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, MS. CHAIR RAMIREZ MADE, UH, THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF ONE FULL LIMITATION, BUT THEN ALSO JUST TO GET SOME SENSE AT SOME POINT DOWN THE ROAD FOR FEEDBACK.

I CAN ALSO, WE CAN ALSO JUST KEEP THAT ON A RUNNING AGENDA ITEM.

UH, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A SECOND IT NOW, UM, BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT THAT CAME, CAME UP MY MIND JUST, UH, THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW SOMETIME TO, TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THERE.

BUT IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, PAUSE FOR A SECOND IN CASE ANYBODY CAR-WISE OR ANYTHING ELSE IS, UH, NEEDING TO SECOND ON THERE.

WELL, THANKS YOU ALL.

UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, EVERYBODY'S TIME.

I KNOW IT'S CHALLENGING WITH SUMMER.

UM, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE OUR MEETING IN IN AUGUST.

UM, AND WITH THAT WE WILL, UM, ADJOURN A FEW MINUTES EARLY.