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          COMMISSIONER HOLMES, 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
PRESENT VICE CHAIR, RUTAN PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER NGUYEN PRESENT. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER ORR WILL NOT BE JOINING US TODAY. 
          COMMISSIONER SIERRA RELO. 
          PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE QUORUM, SO WE'LL JUST, KRISTY, IF YOU CAN JUST HELP ME KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE AS THEY JOIN. 
          UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT, COMMISSIONER DRAGO, AND, UM, FOR SURE ARE JOINING, AND I'M NOT SURE ABOUT COMMISSIONER SMITH. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL  ]
COMMUNICATION? YES. 
          CHAIR CARLOS LEON. 
          THREE MINUTES. 
          SO, CARLOS LEON, FIRST AND FOREMOST, GRACIAS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TO A CAT METRO PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT. 
          SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND FORMER A PD COMMANDER DARRELL JAMEL ISSUED ME A FRAUDULENT, UNWARRANTED SIX MONTHS SUSPENSION, AN ALLEGED UNLAWFUL ACT TO INTENTIONALLY HARM ME BY DENYING ME MY RIGHT TO RIDE CAP METRO FOR INTEREST RATE TRAVEL TO ALLEGEDLY RETALIATE AGAINST ME FOR AND OBSTRUCT ME FROM INFORMING CAT METRO'S BOARD AND CEO AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AT TELEVISED MEETINGS ABOUT CAP METRO EMPLOYEES TARGETING ME WITH THEIR ONGOING HARASSMENT AND OR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AGAINST ME THAT JAMEL FAILED TO STOP. 
          IN ADDITION TO THOSE TWO ALLEGED THIRD DEGREE FELONY VIOLATIONS OF TEXAS PENAL CODE 36.06, JAMEL IS ALSO ALLEGEDLY GUILTY OF ABUSE, OF OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND OFFICIAL OPPRESSION VIOLATING TEXAS PENAL CODES 39.02 AND OH THREE. 
          FURTHER FALSITIES WITHIN JAMAL'S SUSPENSION LETTER AND FOLLOW-UP LETTER ALLEGEDLY CONSTITUTE MULTIPLE COUNTS OF TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD VIOLATING TEXAS PENAL CODE 37 POINT 10 BECAUSE HE ALLEGEDLY MADE THEM INTENTIONALLY TO HARM ME THEIR STATE JAIL FELONIES. 
          ALSO ALLEGEDLY JEMELE'S ORDER CAB METRO POLICE ISSUED ME A CTN FOR ALL CAP METRO VEHICLES AND PROPERTY THREATENING TO ARREST ME FOR VIOLATING IT, THOUGH IT'S POISON FRUIT FROM THE POISON TREE, THUS TOWARD LAWFULLY HOLDING JAMEL ACCOUNTABLE, I EMAILED A PD SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNIT ASKING HOW TO REPORT ALL THIS WITH EVIDENCE TO DO THEIR DUTY AND FORWARD TO THE DA TO PROSECUTE BECAUSE THAT UNIT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING CRIMINAL INCIDENTS INVOLVING A POTENTIAL ABUSE OF POWER FROM SWORN OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES WHEN THE OFFENSE OCCURS WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION. 
          HOWEVER, I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. 
          I FOLLOWED UP WITH AD'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY LIAISON. 
          I GOT NO RESPONSE, BUT THANKFULLY, ASSISTANT CHIEF JONES HERE JUST HELPED ME, PRAISE GOD. 
          A PD ALLEGEDLY SHIELDING JAMEL NOT ONLY THREATENS MY PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT ALL CAP METRO WRITERS BECAUSE IF HE GETS AWAY WITH IT WITH MULTIPLE ALLEGED CRIMES AGAINST ME, WHAT'S STOPPING HIM FROM DOING IT TO OTHERS? CALLING OUT CAP METRO CRIMINALITY. 
          AND BECAUSE CAP METRO IS POSITIONING ITSELF TO RUN AND SECURE THE FUTURE PROJECT CONNECT LIGHT RAIL, THIS CANCER WILL SPREAD POTENTIALLY ENDANGERING MANY MORE AUSTINITES PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE YEARS TO COME. 
          THEREFORE, I ASK YOU TO PUSH CAP METRO TO RESCIND THE FRAUDULENT UNWARRANTED SUSPENSION AND CTN AGAINST ME THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED, AS WELL AS FIRE JAMAL AND CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE HIM. 
          IN JESUS' NAME I PRAY. 
          THANKS, CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, CHAIR, JUST NOTING THAT COMMISSIONER ROGO AND BEHAR BERNHARDT HAD JOINED. 
          AND COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT, IF YOU COULD JUST SEND IN YOUR CONFLICT STATEMENT, PLEASE TO COUNT YOU HERE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO, I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION, DO WE? CHRISTIE? NO, CHAIR. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES. 
          UM, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR FOR ACCEPTANCE 
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UNLESS WE HAVE DISCUSSION OR CHANGES. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE SECOND? OKAY. 
          AND THEN A QUICK VOTE ON THAT, JUST A QUICK SHOW OF HANDS WOULD BE HELPFUL. 
          1, 2, 3. 
          ANYBODY ONLINE RAISING THEIR HANDS ON MINUTES? CAN'T APPROVE THEM WITHOUT MORE HANDS. 
          WE NEED THREE MORE HANDS ONLINE. 
          4, 5, 6, 7. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST AGENDA 
          [2. Public Safety Quarterly Report, Austin Fire Department.   ]
ITEM. 
          IT'S THE PUBLIC SAFETY QUARTERLY REPORT FROM AUSTIN FIRE. 
          ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 
          ROB BYERS, THE CHIEF OF STAFF WITH THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO, UM, Y'ALL HAVE IN THE BACKUP ALL THE DETAILS BY, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR THE INFORMATION FOR CALL TYPES AND, AND RESPONSE TIMES AND ALL THAT. 
          SO THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM. 
          HERE'S A FEW HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS. UM, YOU CAN SEE OVER, OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, THE, THE CHALLENGES WE THAT WE LOOK AT AS FAR AS THE, THE CALL VOLUME GROWTH AND THE ABILITY TO RESPOND IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          OUR RESPONSE GOAL TIMER IS, IS EIGHT MINUTES, UH, AT 90% OF THE TIME OR LESS, RIGHT? AND SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY RUNNING SOME CHALLENGES WITH THE CITY'S GROWTH AND TRYING TO ACHIEVE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD. 
          SO WE, WE LOOK AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOOLS AND OPTIONS. 
          THERE'S A, A TECHNOLOGY ONE FORTHCOMING THAT WILL HELP NAVIGATE THROUGH STOPLIGHTS, UH, UH, IN A FASTER FASHION. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHEN THAT GETS UP AND RUNNING IN FULL FORCE, HOW THAT'LL HELP US WITH OUR RESPONSE TIMES. 
          WE'VE ALSO HAD, UH, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH EMS AND THE, UH, MEDICAL DIRECTOR ON, UH, MAKING SOME APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS TO WHO RESPONDS TO WHAT TYPE OF CALL. 
          AND SO YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE DIP IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CALLS WE HAVE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR THAT, UH, MAY BE RELATED TO THAT. 
          IT'S ONLY BEEN IN PLAY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          SO WE'LL SEE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, UH, HOW THAT AFFECTS OUR CALL VOLUME. 
          AND WHERE THAT PLAYS INTO, INTO EFFECT IS, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A UNIT TO BE ON A CALL AND THEN ANOTHER CALL COME IN THEIR TERRITORY. 
          SO A UNIT FOR MUCH FURTHER AWAY HAS TO, TO, UM, RESPOND TO THAT, AND THAT OBVIOUSLY WOULD TAKE A LONGER TIMEFRAME. 
          SO THESE ADJUSTMENTS MIGHT HELP TO MINIMIZE SOME OF THAT AND HELP US WITH OUR OVERALL RESPONSE TIME. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT, THAT WE CAN, UH, USE IN AN APPROPRIATE FASHION TO HELP US WITH GETTING TO THE CALLS IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN HELPING OUR FACILITIES. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, IN ADDITION TO THE FIVE STATIONS OVER THE PAST SIX OR SO YEARS THAT WERE BRAND NEW BUILDS. 
          WE'VE ALSO HAD THE CITY INVEST A LOT OF, UH, EQUITY INTO, UH, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME STATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED, UH, WITH A VARIETY OF, UM, REFRESHMENTS DONE TO THEM AS FAR AS THE, THE, UH, UH, COMPLETE REBUILD, WHICH IS THE STATION 25, THAT THEY HAD A NUMBER OF ISSUES TO IT, TO OTHER THINGS WHERE THEY JUST GONE IN AND, AND MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. 
          WHEN I SAY MINOR, IT DIDN'T REQUIRE PERMITS TO BE PULLED TO BE DONE. 
          SO IT WOULD BE A, A THOROUGH CLEANING OF THE STATION, UH, PAINT, MAYBE NEW CABINETS, UH, COUNTERTOPS, FIXTURES, THOSE SORT OF ITEMS. UH, IN FACT, STATION 17, UH, THEY JUST STARTED THAT TODAY, AND THAT'LL BE ONE OF THOSE WHERE THERE'S NO PERMITS REQUIRED, BUT, UH, THEY'LL DO A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS TO REFRESH IT. 
          THOSE, THESE, UH, FACILITIES YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE WELL LOVED OVER THE YEARS WITH BEING LIVED IN 24 7, NEVER UNOCCUPIED. 
          SO, UH, THINGS DO WEAR OUT OVER TIME, AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN, IN, UH, MAKING THEM, UM, FUNCTIONAL FOR OUR FOLKS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, AUTOMATIC AID. 
          I'VE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, WE HAVE MOST OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND SOME OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY THAT ARE PART OF THE AUTOMATIC AID. 
          AND JUST THE BENEFITS THAT THAT COME WITH THAT IS THE CLOSEST UNIT RESPONDS AUTOMATICALLY. 
          THERE'S NO CALL TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE. 
          SO IT HELPS WITH THE, THE QUICKEST, UH, UH, POSSIBILITY OF THE RIGHT UNITS BEING ON SCENE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO MITIGATE THE INCIDENT. 
          AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE. 
          THERE WAS A BRUSH FIRE, UH, IN WHAT WAS, UH, THE PETALS AREA. 
          THEY HAD OVER 15 UNITS RESPOND TO FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND, AND AS FAST AS THOSE BRUSH FIRES CAN MOVE, GETTING THOSE ON ON SCENE IN A TIMELY FASHION, ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO MINIMIZE THE, THE EFFECT THAT THOSE FIRES COULD HAVE ON OUR, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR MEMBERS. 
          AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING SUCCINCTLY. 
          WE DO A LOT OF TRAINING AND 
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DRILLING TOGETHER TO PRACTICE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE SHOW UP ON SCENE, WE'RE WORKING AS ONE, UH, UH, WELL-OILED MACHINE VERSUS A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER IN AN AD HOC FASHION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS ONE IS ONE THAT YOU GET FROM EMS AS WELL, UH, ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          SO JUST PROVIDING HERE WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES AS FAR AS, UH, DRUG OVERDOSE CALLS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE CHANGES OVER TIME TO THAT WE'LL SEE IS, AS I KNOW EMS IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THEIR OUTREACH AND, AND OUR FOLKS DO A GREAT JOB IN THEIR, UH, RESPONSES, WHAT THAT'LL DO OVER TIME. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, ARSON INVESTIGATIONS. 
          UH, SUPER PROUD OF OUR FOLKS HERE, UH, THAT THE, THEIR CLEARANCE RATE IS, IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND THEY'RE VERY BUSY GROUP. 
          UH, AS A HIGHLIGHT HERE, THERE WAS, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SETTING FIRES IN A, UH, UH, WILD WILDFIRE AREA, UH, IN THE, IN THE FOREST, UH, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND, UH, THROUGH SOME PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, SEVERAL MEMBERS JUMPED IN TO RECOGNIZE BY COMMUNICATION THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S HAD MULTIPLE FIRES TO IT. 
          A DIFFERENT UNIT HAPPENED TO RESPOND ON THIS GIVEN DAY. 
          UH, BUT, UH, A A, UH, ONE OF OUR ASSISTANT CHIEFS WHO WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS RECOGNIZED THAT CALLED OVER THE RADIO TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE IN THAT AREA, JUST IN CASE THEY WERE STILL LINGERING AROUND. 
          AND, AND THROUGH THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO'D BEEN SETTING THOSE FIRES AND WAS, WERE ABLE TO, TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET AT LEAST FOR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, UM, TO, TO MINIMIZE THOSE FIRES FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. 
          SO THE, AS YOU KNOW, THOSE WILDFIRES CAN, CAN MOVE QUICKLY AND INTO COMMUNITIES. 
          SO, UH, WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER AND, AND, AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS, SURE DID PAY OFF IN THIS, THIS SITUATION TO AVOID SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FAR WORSE SITUATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          OUR WILDFIRE DIVISION, WHICH YOU'RE GONNA HEAR FROM HERE IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE WITH THEIR, THEIR BIANNUAL UPDATE, UH, STAYING VERY, VERY BUSY. 
          UH, ONE THING THAT LISTED ON HERE IS THE, UH, UM, UH, FORGIVE ME, I'M DRAWING A BLANK ON, ON THESE, UH, THE SIZE. 
          SO THE STRUCTURE IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS, UH, THOSE, UH, AFTER WHAT HAPPENED IN IN LA UH, MOST CERTAINLY DREW ATTENTION HERE AND THEY'VE GOTTEN A, A, A HUGE VOLUME OF REQUESTS FOR THOSE. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THIS. 
          AND, AND THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF CREATIVE THINGS TO INCLUDE, UH, TRAINING CIVILIANS ON HOW TO HELP DO THOSE ASSESSMENTS, TO DO 'EM PROPERLY SO THAT WE CAN DO THE MOST GOOD OVER THE, THE, THE, THE QUICKEST PERIOD OF TIME WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          SO, KUDOS TO THEM FOR THAT. 
          UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON A CENTRAL AWARENESS TOOL. 
          UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SOFTWARE, UM, TOOL, IF YOU WILL, THAT HELPS US TO, TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON A PARTICULAR SCENE, NOT ONLY WHERE UNITS ARE, BUT HELPS WITH A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS. 
          IF THERE'S A MAJOR WILDFIRE ISSUE AND WE'RE HAVING TO EVACUATE COMMUNITIES, IT GIVES A, A, A, UH, MECHANISM TO TRACK WHERE THINGS, WHICH STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN CHECKED, WHICH ONES WE KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE GONE FROM, THAT THOSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. 
          IT, IT, IT HAS MULTIPLE LAYERS TO IT, AND IT IS SUPER, SUPER HELPFUL FOR US IN, IN ADDRESSING ONE OF THOSE LARGE SCALE INCIDENTS WHENEVER THEY MAY OCCUR AGAIN, UH, ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY'LL BE GOING INTO HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE. 
          VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE, THEIR TEAM AND THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DOES A VARIETY OF THINGS. 
          YOU THINK OF THEM DOING ITEMS LIKE, UH, UH, NEW, NEW STRUCTURE BUILDS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, ALARM SYSTEMS, ALL THAT WORK EXITS ARE, ARE, UH, IN THE RIGHT SPOT AND HAVE THE RIGHT, UH, MECHANISMS FOR FOLKS TO GET OUT QUICKLY. 
          THEY ALSO DO PRE-EX, UH, UH, UH, ALREADY EXISTING BUILDINGS SUCH AS THIS ONE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE, THE, THE, UH, SAFETY FEATURES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY. 
          THEY ALSO DO SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE, UH, THE IMPORTANCE. 
          YOU SEE, THE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT THEY DO BUSY NEARLY YEAR ROUND WITH CERTAIN MONTHS HAVING A HIGHER UPTICK TO 'EM. 
          UH, BUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS HERE, UH, AS WE HAD BETWEEN ACL AND F1, ALMOST A MILLION PEOPLE, 450,000 OVER TWO WEEKENDS AND 400,000 FOR F1. 
          UH, THERE WAS ON ONE OCCASION WHERE ONE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS CAUGHT FIRE. 
          THANKFULLY, THEY'RE ABLE TO STEP IN AND, AND ADDRESS IT WITHOUT IT BECOMING A MAJOR ISSUE. 
          UH, BUT JUST THE, THE, THE, THE, THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT THEY DO IN PREPARATION OF, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN MILL ABOUT SAFELY, GET OUT SAFELY IF THEY NEED TO, AND ALSO TO HAVE THE RIGHT RESOURCES ON SCENE. 
          UH, VERY CRUCIAL BECAUSE GETTING INTO ONE OF THOSE EVENTS IS MOST CERTAINLY VERY CHALLENGING IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE, THE, THE, UH, THE PATRONS, LET ALONE TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH IN A LARGE FIRETRUCK. 
          SO HAVING THE RIGHT ASSETS ON SCENE, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          WHICH WILL ALSO BRING US TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO, ANOTHER INCIDENT. 
          THIS ONE HAPPENED OUT AT F1, UH, 
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WHERE THERE WAS A CO2 BOTTLE THAT LEAKED, UH, UH, INSIDE OF A COOLER. 
          AND, UH, THE, THANKFULLY, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS IN THAT COOLER WAS ABLE TO, TO SELF EXTRICATE. 
          BUT BY HAVING THE RIGHT U THE PEOPLE ON SCENE WITH THE RIGHT DETECTORS AND ALL THAT, WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, MITIGATE IT IN A TIMELY FASHION. 
          AND THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED THROUGH THAT. 
          BUT HAVING THE RIGHT RESOURCES IN PLACE AND THE PROPER PLANNING DONE BY ALL OF OUR FOLKS AT THE, THE, THE, UH, FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN ENJOYABLE AND SAFE EXPERIENCE WITH A VARIETY OF, OF ACTIVITIES AND, AND CELEBRATORY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY. 
          SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, COMPLIANCE ENGINE. 
          UH, AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE, THE, THE BUILDINGS WE HAVE THAT HAVE SPRINKLERS, ALARM SYSTEMS, ET CETERA, TO, TO KEEP TRACK OF MAKING SURE THOSE ARE ALL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ON A REGULAR BASIS IS A HUGE CHALLENGE, AS YOU SEE BACK IN 2014 WHERE WE WERE DOING ALL THAT IN-HOUSE, UH, GREAT WORK BY OUR FOLKS, BUT IT WAS JUST AN INSURMOUNTABLE TASK TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE, THE TURNOVER OF MANAGEMENT AT APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          UH, WORKING WITH THIS THIRD PARTY VENDORS IS THEY, WHAT THEY SAID THEY'VE DELIVERED. 
          AND IN THE 80, UH, PERCENTILE, UPPER EIGHTIES AND IDEALLY INTO THE NINETIES, IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. 
          HELPS US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE EXISTING, THAT THEIR, THEIR LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS ARE UP AND OPERATING PROPERLY AT ANY GIVEN TIME IF THERE WERE TO BE AN EVENT OR, UH, TO OCCUR. 
          SO REALLY GOOD FOR, FOR THE, THE SAFETY OF OUR FOLKS AS THEY MILL ABOUT, UH, TOWN. 
          NEXT SLIDE AND OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
          THE BEST, UH, UH, SAFETY FEATURE THAT ANYONE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IN THEIR HOME IS, IS A, IS A SMOKE ALARM. 
          AND WE WILL PREACH THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          WE'LL PUT THEM IN FOR FREE, WHICH WILL YOU SEE THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          I HAVE THE ADVERTISEMENT TO IT. 
          UH, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          UH, THE, WE'LL CHECK 'EM IF YOU'VE GOT 'EM. 
          IF, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM, WE'LL GET 'EM INSTALLED FOR YOU AT NO CHARGE. 
          YOU NEED TO HAVE A WORKING SMOKE ALARM, IDEALLY, AT CEILING LEVEL. 
          COULD EITHER BE HIGH UP ON THE WALL OR ON THE CEILING ITSELF IN EVERY BEDROOM OR EVERY PLACE WHERE SOMEONE IS SLEEPING. 
          AND ALSO IF THERE'S A HALLWAY THAT LEAVES THOSE BEDROOMS LIKE YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE IN THAT HALLWAY AS WELL. 
          WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO GIVE PEOPLE ADVANCED WARNING TO GET OUTTA THEIR HOUSE SAFELY IF THEY, IN THE, IN THE CASE OF A FIRE TO OCCUR. 
          UH, ANOTHER SAFETY THING THAT YOU CAN DO ON YOUR OWN, IN ADDITION, NOT SEPARATE FROM, BUT IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE SMOKE ALARMS, IS TO SLEEP WITH BEDROOM DOORS SHUT. 
          UH, THAT DOOR, AS FLIMSY AS IT MAY BE, FEEL IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME, DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF KEEPING THE, THE SMOKE AND THE HEAT AND THE FLAMES OUT OF THAT AREA, GIVING PEOPLE A BETTER TIME TO, TO LEAVE, UH, OUT OF A WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF THAT'S THE SAFEST WAY OUT OF THE HOUSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, UH, THE, UH, SHOWING YOU HERE AROUND THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHERE WE'RE GOING, UH, SOMETIMES MAYBE ENTICING Y'ALL THROUGH SOME COMPETITIVE STUFF HELPS A LOT, UH, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO ENGAGE, WHETHER IT BE THE, THE SIZE EVALUATIONS OR, OR, OR SMOKE ALARMS. I'D LOVE TO HAVE THESE IN EVERY SINGLE HOME. 
          IF EVERYONE'S OUTSIDE, THAT MAKES THINGS SO MUCH EASIER FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO FOCUS ON, UH, SINCE THE LIFE SAFETY PORTION IS CHECKED AT, AT PUTTING THE FIRE OUT AND SAVING THE, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR THE HOME. 
          SO, AND FOR THE, THE MEMBERS, UH, NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND AS ADVERTISED, THERE IS THE, THE, THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR SMOKE ALARMS. UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK 'EM ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          AND AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM, WE WILL PUT 'EM IN FOR FREE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SO JUST TRACKING, UH, WHERE WE ARE, WHERE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED STRENGTH IS 1,303 PEOPLE. 
          UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE RUNNING AROUND 70 OR SO VACANCIES. 
          UH, THE, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS THE, UH, MOST PEOPLE LEAVE BY RETIREMENT. 
          YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS REFLECTED IN, IN BLUE. 
          AND, AND USUALLY FOR AFTER A VERY HEALTHY CAREER, 27 TO 30 YEARS, THERE ARE OCCASIONS WHERE PEOPLE LEAVE, UH, LESS THAN THAT. 
          AS YOU SEE THE RESIGNATIONS AND THE, THE AVERAGE THAT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN TWO TO FIVE YEARS, UH, AS OF TODAY. 
          AND WE ASK EVERY SINGLE TIME, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY IS SOMEONE LEAVING? AND, UH, WHAT WE SEE IS A VARIETY OF THINGS WHERE IT'S, THEY, THEY CAME FROM ELSEWHERE. 
          THERE'S FAMILY NEEDS. 
          THEY NEED TO GO BACK HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY. 
          SOME HAVE MOVED ON TO A DIFFERENT PROFESSION. 
          UH, SOME HAVE MOVED FOR FAMILY PURPOSES AND CONTINUE TO BE A FIREFIGHTER WHERE THEY MOVED TO. 
          IT'S JUST SO FAR AWAY THAT STAYING HERE IS NOT, NOT VIABLE FOR THEM. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UH, RECRUITING AND HIRING. 
          THIS TENDS TO, CONTINUES TO BE A HOT TOPIC FOR US. 
          THE LAST HIRING PROCESS HAD, UH, ROUGHLY 660 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE WRITTEN EXAM. 
          AND WE'RE USED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP. 
          SO TRYING 
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TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN, UH, ADVERTISE THE, HOW GREAT THE CITY OF AUSTIN IS AND, AND HOW GREAT THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT IS. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT TEACH AROUND THE NATION AND, AND SOMETIMES OUT OF THE COUNTRY IN OTHER AREAS. 
          AND SO WITH THOSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND THE QUALITY OF TRAINING WE PROVIDE, UH, WE BELIEVE IT'S OUR DEPARTMENT TO BE SECOND TO NONE, UH, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC AND WOULD LOVE OTHERS TO COME JOIN US. 
          UH, THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD 771 SHOW UP FOR THE WRITTEN TEST. 
          UH, IT WAS OVER TWO DAYS. 
          THE WRITTEN TEST WAS ON DAY ONE, AND THEN THERE'S A, A STRUCTURAL ORAL PROCESS WHERE THEY DO A A, AN ORAL TEST AS WELL. 
          THAT WAS ON SATURDAY, AND THAT MOVED OVER TO SUNDAY AS WELL. 
          AT THE END OF ALL THAT, WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT SEVEN 50 PEOPLE THAT COMPLETED ALL OF IT. 
          SO, UH, AND THIS LIST WILL BE GOOD FOR 18 MONTHS, SO WE'LL BE HIGHER OFF OF THAT WITH THE FIRST CLASS, PROBABLY STARTING IN JULY. 
          THERE'S MORE STEPS TO THE HIRING PROCESS ITSELF. 
          AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, UH, TWO TO THREE CLASSES OUT OF, OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR LIST, FORCED TIME TO, TO DO A NEW, A NEW ONE. 
          UH, SOME THINGS THAT WE UTILIZE TO, TO DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS THE AUSTIN FIRE EXPLORERS. 
          UH, THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME EQUIVALENT, MAYBE THE SCOUTS, IF YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY. 
          AND, AND IT'S MEANT FOR THE YOUNGER CROWD, UH, UP TO 18 YEARS OF AGE. 
          UH, AND THEY DO A LOT OF PHENOMENAL THINGS. 
          THEY GO ELSEWHERE AND, AND COMPETE, AND THEY'VE COME BACK WITH, UH, UH, FIRST GETTING, FIRST PLACE AND A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, DOING THAT ARE FIRE RELATED. 
          SO REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE FOLKS THAT, THAT ARE, UH, HELPING TO ENCOURAGE THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIREFIGHTERS TO, TO, TO COME ALONG AND IDEALLY, UH, CONSIDER US AS A FUTURE CAREER. 
          AND THEN FOR YOUR, YOUR ADULT CROWD, WE'VE GOT THE PASS THE TORCH, AND THAT'S DESIGNED TO, TO, TO GET PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ABOVE THE AGE OF 18, UH, A, A REALLY HANDS-ON, UH, EXPERIENCE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY GO OVER, UH, COURSE OF A NUMBER OF WEEKENDS. 
          THEY'RE ISSUED TURNOUTS. 
          THEY, THEY THROW LADDERS, PUT LADDERS UP, RATHER, THEY, UH, WORK WITH FIRE HOSE. 
          THEY DO A LOT OF EVOLUTIONS THAT ARE FIREFIGHTER RELATED, SO THEY REALLY GET AN UP CLOSE HANDS-ON FEEL OF WHAT THE JOB WOULD BE LIKE. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THOSE. 
          THEY'RE GREAT RECRUITING TOOLS TO DRAW INTEREST TO. 
          AGAIN, OUR AWESOME DEPARTMENT WITH OUR AWESOME PEOPLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO YOU SEE THE, THE LAST FEW CLASSES HERE, CLASSES 1 39, GRADUATED IN JULY, ONE 40 IN OCTOBER, AND THEN WE'VE GOT 1 41 THAT STARTED, UH, THE LITTLE TYPO THERE RIGHT NOW. 
          THEY, THEY STARTED WITH, UH, A LITTLE OVER 30 PEOPLE THAT WE THINK WE'RE DOWN TO 28 NOW BY, BY ATTRITION. 
          SO THAT'S NOT QUITE UP TO DATE WITH AN EXPECT GRADUATION WITH THEM OF MARCH 6TH. 
          UH, AND THAT COMPLETES THE LIST THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. 
          THAT 750 PEOPLE I MENTIONED EARLIER WILL BE THE NEXT CLASS THAT WE HIRE OFF OF, UH, OR LIST THAT WE HIRE FOR THE CLASS THAT I SAID STARTED IN JULY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND THAT IS EVERYTHING I'VE GOT AS FAR AS THE TIMELY PRESENTATION FOR YOUR FULL, UH, AGENDA. 
          TRYING TO BE, UH, A GOOD STEWARD OF THAT, BUT ALSO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          ALSO PREACH THE GREAT THINGS THAT OUR FOLKS ARE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          YES. 
          FOR THAT, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. 
          YEAH. 
          IF WE CAN GET THE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY, OF COURSE. 
          COMMISSIONER HOLMES OUTTA CURIOSITY, UM, I KIND OF HAD THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM IN PLACE, AT LEAST SOME PLACES. 
          IS, WAS I WRONG ABOUT THAT OR IS THIS A NEW OR IMPROVED OR EXPANDED SYSTEM AND IS IT ONLY FIRE? SO, NO, IT'LL BE MORE THAN JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE'S BEEN ONE. 
          SO I'VE BEEN IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE THE LATE 19 HUNDREDS. 
          , IT SOUNDS OLDER WHEN YOU SAY IT THAT WAY, SINCE 1995. 
          AND WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS IN PLACE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WITH VARIED LEVELS OF SUCCESS, UH, INCLUDING, UH, A WOBBLY LIGHT THAT WOULD NOTIFY THE STOPLIGHT TO CHANGE AS WE WERE APPROACHING IT. 
          THIS ONE IS GONNA BE MORE, UH, INVOLVED WHERE IT MAPS OUT THE DIRECTION THAT THE, THAT THE PATH THAT THE FIRETRUCK OR THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE, LET ME JUST SAY MORE GENERIC CLUE, NOT JUST FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY WILL MAP OUT THE PATH THAT IT'S GONNA FOLLOW TO GET THERE AND GET THE LIGHTS CHANGED TO, TO GET THINGS, UH, PEOPLE OUT OF THE WAY SAFELY AND FOR THE, THOSE EMERGENCY UNITS TO MOVE IN A MORE SWIFT FASHION TO WHERE THE CALL IS. 
          SO THERE HAS BEEN SOMETHING THROUGHOUT THE, THE DECADES. 
          THIS ONE IS THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY WISE OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR. 
          UH, AND AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION IS, IS, UH, IS HELPING US WITH THIS. 
          I KNOW IT'S OUT IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          I COULDN'T NAME THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. 
          SO IT'S BEING ROLLED OUT AS WE SPEAK, UH, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GONNA PRODUCE FOR US OVER THE COURSE OF TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE? COMMISSIONER RUAN. 
          THANKS, CHIEF. 
          MY APOLOGIZE FOR 
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NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE, UM, IN PERSON, BUT APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I WAS CURIOUS ON THE RECRUITING NUMBERS AND THE RECRUITING FAIR THAT YOU SAID ARE, WAS MARKEDLY DOWN IN TERMS OF THE, THE NUMBERS MM-HMM . 
          DO YOU GET ANY SENSE FROM SPEAKING WITH COLLEAGUES? IS THIS A NATIONAL ISSUE, UM, OR IS THERE ANYTHING UNIQUE HERE AND ANY THOUGHTS IN TERMS OF IMPACT ON THE ACTUAL CADET CLASS ITSELF? IT'S NOT UNIQUE. 
          UH, AS WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH OTHER LARGER DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION, THEY'VE ALL EXPERIENCED VARIOUS LEVELS OF THE SAME THING. 
          UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK INWARD TO, UM, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR RECRUITING PROCESS. 
          'CAUSE WE WANNA DEFINITELY GET THE BEST CANDIDATES POSSIBLE AND, AND A LARGE VOLUME OF THEM TO, TO, TO BE ABLE TO, TO HARVEST FROM FOR THE CLASSES, UH, AND TO IDEALLY HAVE LISTS THAT, THAT MAYBE GO LONGER. 
          ALTHOUGH IN THIS DAY AND AGE, PEOPLE, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT WHERE LISTS WERE GOOD FOR TWO YEARS. 
          NO ONE WAITS TWO YEARS TO LOOK FOR A JOB. 
          THEY USUALLY WANT SOMETHING MORE TIMELY THAN THAT. 
          SO, UM, BUT THE PROCESS IS COSTLY. 
          SO TRYING TO FIND A BALANCE OF, OF THOSE TWO THINGS, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT. 
          BUT AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS GO, IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IT REALLY IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE WITH VARYING LEVELS OF DIFFERENCES. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN TERMS OF THOSE NUMBERS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT STRATEGIES OR THE AT AT THIS POINT? I, I, I KNOW THAT, UH, SCHEDULES, UH, AND THE HOURS THAT PEOPLE WORK, UH, THERE'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT WHEN, WHEN I JOINED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE 24 48 WAS VERY ATTRACTIVE. 
          AND, AND, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS YOU END UP NOT REALLY HAVING WEEKENDS OFF OR TIMES WITH YOUR FAMILY WITH, UH, SO YOU HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE FAMILY TIME WORK WITHIN THAT UNIQUENESS. 
          THE UNIQUENESS OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHEDULE. 
          UH, THE, THE, UM, WITHOUT GOING INTO DETAILS THERE, THERE'S AN AGREED UPON CONTRACT THAT'S WAITING FOR VOTES FROM COUNCIL AND AS WELL AS THE MEMBERSHIP THAT HAS THE, THE CHANCE THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS TO CHANGE THAT SCHEDULE TO SOMETHING THAT, UH, I BELIEVE WILL BE MORE ENTICING. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THAT PASSES, UH, PEOPLE MAKE IT, UH, AN INFORMED VOTE, UH, ON THAT. 
          AND THAT WILL HELP US, I BELIEVE, UH, DRAW SOME OTHER FOLKS TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT? UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          I HAVE A QUESTION THAT CAME FROM, ACTUALLY, OR DOESN'T COME DIRECTLY FROM, BUT I HEARD ABOUT SOMEONE WHO HAD A HOUSE FIRE, AND WHEN THEY WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE FIRE AFTER, UH, A PD OR A PD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD CLEARED THE SCENE. 
          UM, UH, LIKE THE FIRE HAD TO SOME EXTENT REIGNITED. 
          UM, AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT OR WAS SMOLDERING AND SORT OF CROPPED BACK UP, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY OR, YOU KNOW, AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. 
          IT, SO IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          THE, UH, FIRES WE DO A LOT OF, UH, OUR FOLKS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AT, AT GETTING TO THE SCENE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, UH, EXTINGUISHING AND, AND LIFE SAFETY, GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF HARM'S WAY. 
          A MATTER OF FACT, THIS PAST WEEKEND, UH, THERE WAS, UH, UH, SEVERAL PEOPLE RA RESCUED OFF OF A BALCONY ALONG WITH SOME PETS AS WELL MM-HMM . 
          UH, AND PEOPLE MATTER THE MOST FOR US, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE LIFE SAFETY COMPONENT OF IT, THE, UH, WHEN THE FIRE IS, IS CONTROLLED AND EXTINGUISHED. 
          THERE'S NO MORE VISIBLE FLAMES. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT IN OVERHAUL LOOKING FOR THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL SMOLDERING. 
          AND THAT IS A VERY DAUNTING TASK. 
          UH, IF YOU THINK OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF HOW, UH, HOW A STRUCTURE IS DESIGNED AND BUILT, UH, WE DO A, A VERY THOROUGH JOB. 
          UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE MAY BE A TIME OR TWO WHERE, WHERE, WHERE SOMETHING ELUDES US. 
          UM, I CAN TELL YOU, I WENT TO, TO, TO, AS AN ASIDE, WHEN I WAS A CAPTAIN, I WENT TO ONE, UH, HOUSE. 
          UH, THE, THE, THE PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING OF SMOKE. 
          THERE'S NO FIRE WE GET THERE. 
          WE, WE COULD SMELL VERY FAINT SMOKE, UH, ENDED UP GETTING UP IN THE ATTIC. 
          AND, AND THERE WAS ONE OF THE TWO BY SIXES THAT HAD SMOLDERED AWAY, LIKE NO LONGER EXISTING FOR ABOUT TWO, TWO LENGTH OF TWO FEET. 
          A AN ELECTRICAL LINE HAD GONE OVER THE TOP OF IT, STAPLE THROUGH IT, AND IT JUST NEVER HAD ALL THE, THE, THE CONDITIONS RIGHT TO ACTUALLY TURN INTO A FIRE. 
          BUT THAT HAD TO HAVE HAD TO EXISTED OVER YEARS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 
          SO THERE ARE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CHALLENGING TO SEE AND CHALLENGING TO FIND. 
          I KNOW OUR FOLKS DO A FANTASTIC AND THOROUGH JOB. 
          ARE THERE GONNA BE OCCASIONS, UNFORTUNATELY WHERE SOMETHING'S MISSED? YEAH. 
          UH, BUT IT'S NOT FOR A LACK OF, OF GIVING IT A SOLID EFFORT TO GET IT FULLY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE THEY LEAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, I HAD A QUICK, UM, ONE, UM, I NOTICED THAT THE BACK, THE 
          [00:30:01]
QUARTERLY BACKUP DATA ISN'T IN THE BACKUP YET, SO IF WE CAN GET THAT POSTED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          MM-HMM . 
          UM, AND THEN THE SECOND WAS I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE I 35 CONSTRUCTION AND HOW THAT'S IMPACTING RESPONSE TIMES IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN. 
          I KNOW THAT IT IS ALREADY TRICKY TO GET AROUND DOWNTOWN AND THAT CONVENTION CENTER TRAFFIC REDIRECT IS QUITE A BIG LOOP. 
          AND I'M WONDERING HOW THAT'S IMPACTING YOU GUYS. 
          SO I'VE NOT HAD ANYTHING REPORTED AS A CONCERN, UH, A LOT OF DUST, UH, IN, IN THAT AREA WITH THE, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. 
          BUT THE, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT OCCUR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, FROM, FROM DIFFERENT FESTIVALS THAT AFFECT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS TO, UH, UH, NIGHTLY EVENTS THAT SOMETIMES CAN AFFECT THAT. 
          UH, WE, WE MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOMETHING'S A, A CHALLENGE FOR OUR FOLKS. 
          THERE'S BEEN NOTHING REPORTED TO ME IN REGARDS TO THE, THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE, THE, THE, THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION STUFF GOING ON RELATED TO IT. 
          NOTHING'S BEEN REPORTED TO ME AS AN ISSUE AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT'S, IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE MONITOR AND, AND WE HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT, UH, THE CONDITIONS ARE PROBLEMATIC FOR US TO RESPOND. 
          WE MOVE UNITS TEMPORARILY OUT OF THE STATION SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A FEW HOURS, OR WE SUPPLEMENT IT WITH, UM, ATVS OR, OR WITH, UH, PICKUP TRUCKS SO THAT THE MORE MANEUVERABLE TO RESPOND TO, UM, THE CALL TYPES THAT THOSE WOULD TYPE OF UNITS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR. 
          AND I THINK, I'M NOT JUST CONCERNED ABOUT YOU GUYS GETTING THROUGH IT, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL SITE. 
          AND, AND I, I GUESS THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I KIND OF HAD ON THE MIND, LIKE IF, YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT WORKERS  AND HAVING ADEQUATE ACCESS TO THE SITE SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN GET THERE TO HELP IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE HAD ON THE MIND AS I PASS IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU FOR ASKING. 
          UH, NOT, NO ISSUE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AT THIS POINT. 
          UH, AND WHEN WE DO HAVE ISSUES, THEY ARE, THEY ARE BROUGHT AHEAD AND WE, WE LOOK COLLABORATIVELY FOR SOLUTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE, UH, PROPER RESPONSE TO, TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A SPLIT SECOND TO TALK TO THE PRESS THAT'S WATCHING AND REMIND AND, AND SAY THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY AWESOME IF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHTED THIS SMOKE ALARM PROGRAM, UM, AND WITH THE NUMBER SO THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF I DIDN'T, IF I DIDN'T MENTION IT, WE'LL PUT THOSE IN FOR FREE. 
          YES, EXACTLY. 
          . 
          SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF THE PRESS WOULD HELP WITH, UM, SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR BIANNUAL WELFARE READINESS UPDATE. 
          I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION. 
          OH, THERE WAS, I'M SORRY. 
          COMMISSIONER WYNN. 
          COMMISSIONER NGU. 
          SORRY, I DIDN'T, IT'S AN EASIER, I HIGHLIGHTED THAT . 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, SORRY, MY CONNECTION MIGHT BE SPOTTY, SO I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, JUST GOING BACK TO RECRUITING CHIEF, UH, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS STILL AN UPPER AGE LIMIT FOR, UH, FOR CANDIDATES, UH, TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE THAT HAVE REMOVED THE UPPER AGE LIMIT, UH, AS LONG AS THE CANDIDATES CAN GO THROUGH THE RIGOROUS, UM, THE RIGOROUS VETTING PROCESS THAT, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS. 
          IS THAT A CONSIDERATION? UH, FIRST, I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THERE STILL AN UPPER AGE LIMIT? UH, AND A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE IS, IS IS THERE A CONSIDERATION IF THERE IS, UM, TO, UH, CONSIDER EITHER MOVING THAT UPPER AGE LIMIT UP OR, UH, ELIMINATING IT ALTOGETHER? IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS IT SITS TODAY. 
          UH, FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY, THEY HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 18 AND NOT YET 36 WHEN THEY SIT FOR THE WRITTEN EXAM. 
          SO THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE AGE PARAMETERS FOR US AT THIS TIME. 
          UH, THERE WAS ONE OCCASION BACK IN THE LATE NINETIES WHERE THAT, UH, THE, THE UPPER LIMIT HAD EXPIRED. 
          THERE WAS A, A STATE LAW THAT EXPIRED, AND WE DID HAVE A COUPLE MEMBERS THAT JOINED THAT WERE ABOVE THE AGE OF 35 EACH, EACH, UH, DID A GREAT JOB WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY BOTH, UH, RETIRED AFTER ABOUT 10 YEARS, THOUGH. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S A PHYSICALLY DEMANDING JOB. 
          AND, AND MOST CERTAINLY, IF PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE, IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING TO, TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT TO HAVE A, A, A LONG, LENGTHY CAREER, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET UP IN AGES, THAT THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT'S DONE. 
          NOT THAT PEOPLE CAN'T DO IT, BUT IT IS HARD ON THE BODY. 
          IS IT DICTATED BY STATE LAW? I'D HAVE TO, I THINK IT IS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'D GO BACK AND I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT. 
          SO I WOULDN'T, UH, I WOULDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN IN PEN. 
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OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CHIEF. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I THINK UNLESS WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO 
          [3. Biannual Wildfire Readiness Update, Austin Fire Department. ]
THE WILDFIRE READINESS UPDATE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, THEY'RE COMING UP AGAIN. 
          PHENOMENAL WORK BY CHIEF STEWART AND, AND HER GROUP. 
          SO YOU'VE GOT, UH, CHIEF STEWART, WHO IS OVER OUR WILDFIRE DIVISION AND LUKE BALL, UH, WHO'S, UH, BEEN WITH US NOW ABOUT SIX MONTHS, AM I GUESSING, RIGHT THERE. 
          YEP. 
          I'M GLAD TO HAVE 'EM. 
          SO I WILL YIELD THE FLOOR TO, TO THOSE EXPERTS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UH, THIS IS THE RESOLUTION THAT WE FOLLOW TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION AND WHAT, UH, WE'RE, WHAT YOU'RE, WE'RE USING TO DICTATE WHAT WE'RE REPORTING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING WITH THE NUMBER OF LOCAL CWPP THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND IMPLEMENTED. 
          WE'RE AT 26 OVER TIME. 
          CURRENTLY, WHAT WE'RE CALLING A LOCAL CWPP IS A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'VE GONE ON TO A COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          AND THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE MADE STRIDES TOWARDS BEING A PART OF THE NATIONAL FIREWISE COURT, UH, GROUP SO THAT THEY'VE DONE SO MANY HOURS WORTH OF WORK REPORTED THOSE, UH, IMPLEMENTED THEIR COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          AND SO OUR FIRE ADAPTED COMMUNITIES TEAM, UH, THE ONES THAT CHIEF FIRES MENTIONED THAT DO OUR STRUCTURED IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS, THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT GO OUT AND DO THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESENTATIONS, GARNER THE INTEREST WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES AND HELP THEM REACH THAT FIREWISE STATUS. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND THEN THE NUMBER OF LOCAL CWPP THAT ARE STARTED BUT NOT COMPLETED, WE'RE AT 22. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING FIREWISE THAT WE'VE GONE AND DONE THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ALL OF THOSE STEPS. 
          SO WE'VE DONE THAT CRA, THE COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT, AND THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS IT, BUT NOT QUITE HAVE ACHIEVED IT YET. 
          AND I WILL SAY THAT BECOMING FIREWISE ISN'T THE END ALL BE ALL. 
          SO IF A COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANNA TAKE, UM, ALL OF THE OFFICIAL STEPS TO BECOME FIREWISE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          WE WANT 'EM TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTIONS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY RISK AS, UH, COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT. 
          BUT IF THEY DON'T GET THE FIREWISE DESIGNATION, THAT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THOSE STEPS FOR US. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO, UH, LOOKING AT THE, UH, LOOKING AT THE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE HIGH RISK, UH, IN THE URBAN INTERFACE, UM, THE PLANNING AREAS STILL, IT'S 46, UH, PERCENT IN THE HIGH RISK IDENTIFIED AREAS STILL NEED THAT PLANNING, BUT 54% HAVE BEEN COVERED BY SOME OF THIS, UH, LOCAL LEVEL CWPP. 
          SO THOSE 46% ARE OPPORTUNITY ZONES. 
          UH, THOSE AREAS THAT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE RESIDENTS THERE, THOSE AREAS MAY NOT HAVE A, UH, EXISTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR US TO WORK WITH, LIKE AN HOA MM-HMM . 
          SO IT'S THE, UH, ORGANIZING IN THOSE SPOTS THERE IS GONNA TAKE MORE COORDINATION TO GET THE, THE RESIDENTS TOGETHER FOR THESE, THESE COMMUNITY, UH, TASKS THAT TAKE A, UH, A UNIFIED EFFORT. 
          THE PRESENTATIONS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS 31. 
          THESE ARE, UH, TALKS TO, UH, TARGETED AUDIENCES IN, UH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY POPUPS, UH, GOING TO, UH, PLACES LIKE, UH, NURSERIES TO TALK TO FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LANDSCAPE AND, UH, TRYING TO GET OUR MESSAGE OUT TO THE BROADEST AUDIENCE WE CAN FIND ACROSS THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THE SIZE ASSESSMENTS, THOSE, UH, STRUCTURE IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS THAT, UH, WE OFFER, AGAIN, THIS IS FREE, UH, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS 352, UH, WHICH IS I THINK A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, UH, OUTPUT FOR A STAFF OF THREE. 
          AND WE'VE GOT A, A EVALUATION OF THE $267 MILLION WORTH OF STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN EVALUATED BY THAT. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, THIS CAN BE BROKEN OUT BY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR FOLKS TO LOOK AT WHERE THIS MOST OF OUR WORK'S BEING DONE THERE. 
          UH, THEN AS FAR AS FUEL MITIGATION, UM, IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH, UH, UH, OTHER AGENCIES, PARTNER AGENCIES ON SEVEN PRESCRIBED FIRES FOR OVER 500 ACRES. 
          UH, IT'S AN, I THINK, A VALUABLE PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION ALSO TO, UM, SUPPORT OUR FIRE USE PARTNERS AND LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES. 
          UH, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, UH, PROACTIVELY MANAGE THE LANDSCAPE AS WELL AS HAVE FIREFIGHTER TRAINING ON THE LIVE FIRE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, AND OUR STAFF ALSO, UH, CONTINUES TO WORK WITH THOSE PARTNER AGENCIES IN WHATEVER CAPACITY WE CAN TO ADVISE AND COORDINATE FOR OTHER TYPES OF LAND MANAGEMENT TREATMENTS FOR FIRE MITIGATION. 
          UH, A LOT OF THAT'S BEING DONE IN PUBLICLY MANAGED WILDLANDS, UH, PARTICULARLY 
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IN PRIORITIZED PARTS OF THE BOUNDARY WITH THE, UH, BUILT COMMUNITY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND THEN NEXT IS THE NUMBER OF TRAINING HOURS RECEIVED AND CONDUCTED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          SO WE HAVE CONDUCTED 859 HOURS OF WILD WILDLAND MITIGATION TRAINING. 
          UH, WE'VE RECEIVED NONE. 
          WE DID HAVE TO, UH, PUT A MORATORIUM ON SOME OF OUR TRAINING WITH SOME OF THE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT WE WERE, WE DID MANAGE TO COMPLETE 859 HOURS OF TRAINING. 
          AND THEN, SO WE DID SEE A DECREASE FOR QUARTER THREE AND FOUR FOR, UH, BEING ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT OF THE CITY TO RECEIVE OTHER TRAINING. 
          BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON OUR OWN CAPACITY TO DELIVER THOSE CLASSES IN-HOUSE, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE WITHIN OUR WILDFIRE BATTALION AND OUR WILDFIRE DIVISION WITH HIGHER QUALIFICATIONS SO THEY CAN TEACH SOME OF THOSE HIGHER LEVEL CLASSES FOR US. 
          OKAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND WITH THAT, WE CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL HAVE. 
          YEAH, I ACTUALLY, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THAT THE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. 
          IS, IS THAT, OR DOES IT FEEL HIGHER LIKE FOR THOSE STRUCTURED IGNITION ZONE EVALUATIONS? YEAH. 
          YES. 
          THEY ARE HIGHER. 
          SO SINCE THE PALISADES FIRE IN JANUARY, WE HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN REQUESTS FOR THOSE EVALUATIONS. 
          AND LIKE LUKE SAID, UH, WE'VE GOT A, A CREW OF THREE THAT ARE DOING ALL OF THOSE ACROSS THE CITY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND AGAIN, ANOTHER FREE SERVICE THAT WE CAN OFFER FROM THE WILDFIRE DIVISION. 
          OKAY. 
          WE STILL HAVE A BACKLOG. 
          UH, STILL HAVE A BACKLOG. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THERE WAS A BIG, UH, UPTAKE IN INTEREST AFTER PALISADES FIRE OKAY. 
          FOR FOLKS TO HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL STRUCTURES ASSESSED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I DON'T RE AND I'M GONNA GET TO QUESTIONS 'CAUSE I JUST, I ALWAYS REMEMBER THERE BEING A STRUGGLE TO LIKE GET ENOUGH INTEREST AND REACH COMMUNITIES AND MY THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW, OR DO YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DO THIS? 'CAUSE YOU SAID IT'S THREE PEOPLE AND, UM, IF YOU'VE GOT A BACKLOG, SO A AMAZING, LIKE AMAZING SORT OF, UM, LIKE INCREASE FOR SURE. 
          AND THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF RISING TO THE OCCASION WITH, UH, THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE. 
          UH, ALSO PARTNERING WITH, UH, CITIZENS TO MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, TRAIN THE TRAINER WHERE THEY CAN GO OUT AND DO IT AS WELL, UH, TO BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER. 
          UM, ALSO, WE'LL, WE'LL SAY WE'RE READY FOR MORE. 
          UH, WE WILL FIND WAYS TO GET IT DONE. 
          I KNOW THAT THE, WE'VE CHALLENGED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE TO ADD CONTENT TO THE NEWSLETTERS AND I KNOW WE'VE PROVIDED STUFF TO 'EM. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THAT SUPPORT, UH, TO TRY TO REACH ALL ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITIES. 
          NOT EVERYONE HAS AN HOA AND I KNOW OUR FOLKS HAVE, HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF REACHING OUT TO AND BEING CREATIVE WITH THEIR, THEIR EFFORTS. 
          BUT, UH, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A, A FOCUS FOR US TO, TO GET THOSE NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER AS FAR AS WHAT WE GET COMPLETED AND THAT WE KEEP TO GET STUFF COMING IN TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SORRY TO JUMP AHEAD THAT JUST NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL THAT IS FANTASTIC. 
          THAT WAS, THAT WAS WELCOMED AND EXCITING, EXCITING NEWS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK. 
          AND THEN WITH THAT WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 
          [4. Discussion of sexual assault data with Austin Police Department Sex Crimes Unit, Austin  Travis County Sexual Assault Response & Resource Team (SARRT), The SAFE Alliance, and  the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. ]
ITEM, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT DATA WITH AUSTIN, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT SEX CRIMES UNIT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE AND RESOURCE TEAM JOINING US, THE SAFE ALLIANCE AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW, I THINK THE, I THINK YOU GUYS WE'RE GONNA START WITH A PD BUT WE CAN, WE CAN FILL UP AS MANY CHAIRS AS WE WANT UP HERE. 
          IF YOU GUYS WANNA COME ALL UP OR HOWEVER YOU WANNA DO IT. 
          OR YOU CAN JUST TAKE THOSE SEATS LIKE YOU USUALLY DO. 
          THAT'S FINE AS WELL. 
          UM, AND ALSO JUST BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS, UH, AS THE WORKING GROUP, UM, TALKED THROUGH, OUR ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR QUARTERLY DATA. 
          AND AFTER EVEN A SINGLE QUARTER OF DOING THAT REPORTING IT, IT WAS QUITE EVIDENT THAT THAT WAS REALLY BURDENSOME AND DIFFICULT, UM, AND NOT GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO KEEP UP. 
          SO WE SWITCHED TO BIANNUAL FOR NOW WITH THE STILL EVENTUAL GOAL OF THERE BEING A BETTER PLACE FOR THIS DATA TO LIVE LONG TERM. 
          UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS GREAT, BUT THIS IS NOT IDEAL. 
          SO WITH THAT , YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD. 
          THE EVENING EVERYONE, I'LL BE PRESENTING QUARTER TWO AND QUARTER 3 20 25. 
          I'M ANGIE JONES, ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER SPECIAL VICTIMS BUREAU. 
          SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA FOR SEX CRIMES REPORTED CASES FOR Q2 AND Q3, 
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UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. 
          UM, WE WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS ALL CRIMES, SO THIS INCLUDES MISDEMEANORS, SO ANYTHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VOYEURISM, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          SO ANYTHING THAT GOES THROUGH OUR DISPATCH REPORTED AS A SEX CRIME IS INCLUDED IN THIS DATA HERE. 
          AND THEN WHEN WE WHITTLE IT DOWN TO JUST SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES, AND THESE ARE ADULTS ONLY, NOT INCLUDING CHILDREN, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT BIG GAP BETWEEN THOSE YEARS OF 2023 OR 20 22, 20 23, 20 24. 
          AND THEN 2025 IS THAT ELEVATED LINE. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE DATA INTEGRITY PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          SO I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO EXPLAIN ON THAT. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OCTOBER OF 2024 IS WHEN WE STARTED THAT WORK. 
          AND SO THERE WAS THAT SHARP INCLINE AND WE'RE NOW STARTING TO BALANCE OUT. 
          SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT AS TIME GOES ON IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, EXPLAINING THOSE DATA INTEGRITY PROJECTS. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THESE SEX CRIMES INFORMATION TITLE CODES, NOW THESE WERE JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, THESE WERE STILL INVESTIGATED FULLY. 
          IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF HOW THEY WERE TITLED IN THE SYSTEM. 
          WE'RE GOING BACK TO 2019 BECAUSE WE WANNA UPDATE AND CORRECT THAT DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ALL REFLECTIVE SO THAT WE HAVE FROM 2019 TILL PRESENT. 
          UM, SO THAT GAP THAT WE SAW ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE WHEN WE'RE COMPLETED WITH THIS PROJECT, I ANTICIPATE THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT BIG GAP ANYMORE, THAT THOSE LINES WILL ALL BE MARRIED UP TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A PROJECT FOR CONSOLIDATING TITLE CODES. 
          I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR SOME WORK OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN ON THIS BECAUSE CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TITLE CODES RELATED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS, RAPE, SODOMY, AND SEXUAL ASSAULT WITH OBJECT. 
          AND AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THAT'S PRETTY CONFUSING FOR A PATROL OFFICER WHEN THEY GO TAKE A REPORT AS TO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TITLE IT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD THIS INFORMATION TITLE CODES TO HELP THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT REPORTS ARE ROUTED PROPERLY. 
          BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT WE NEED SOME CLEANER DATA AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE THOSE THREE UNDER JUST SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          AND IN DOING THAT, IT'S MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR TRAINING IS CURRENTLY, WHAT TEXAS PENAL CODE SAYS. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING IN THAT, UM, HOPING TO GET THAT OFF THE GROUND SOON. 
          AND WITH OUR DATA TRANSPARENCY, UH, TO WHAT, UM, CHAIR NELLY MENTIONED, UM, MS. RAMIREZ WAS THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING THAT DASHBOARD AND WE ARE HOPING THAT, UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT DATA EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR, UH, THE COMMISSION AS WELL. 
          SO THAT IS OUR GOAL THERE ON POLICY AND PROCEDURE UPDATES, UH, THIS HAS BEEN, I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE STANDARDIZED REPORT WRITING. 
          SO THE PROCESS WITH THIS IS JUST TO HELP WITH HELP OUR DETECTIVES AND HELP WITH PROSECUTION TO MAKE CLEAR WHERE, WHERE INFORMATION IS IN THE REPORTS. 
          UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME OF THESE REPORTS ARE PRETTY LONG. 
          UH, SO WITH THE STANDARDIZED REPORT PROCESS, IT JUST KEEPS THINGS A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED AND EVERYONE CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE REPORTING. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME EXPECTATION CHANGES FOR RESPONSE TIMES. 
          UH, THIS WAS GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT WHEN IT'S SOMETHING AS TITLED SEX CRIMES, UM, IF IT'S PRIORITY ONE OR A PRIORITY TWO. 
          AND WE WORKED WITH PATROL AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE TO SEX CRIMES CALLS. 
          AND SO FAR WE ARE SEEING SOME POSITIVE RESULTS TO THAT, UH, RESPONSE TIMES RATHER AND UPDATING OUR GENERAL ORDERS. 
          WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT AS WELL AS SENDING OUT, WE'VE ALREADY SENT OUT OUR FIRST TRAINING BULLETIN RELATED TO THAT CHANGE. 
          THE ANNUAL CASE REVIEW THAT AVOW HAS BEEN CONTRACTED TO DO, THEY JUST COMPLETED, UH, THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS THAT'S GONNA BE FOR CASES FROM 2023 TO 2024. 
          SO THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF, OF COMPLETING THAT REPORT, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL GET THAT FINAL REPORT TO THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2026 FOR US TO REVIEW. 
          UH, SO THAT'S, THEY DID NOTE, UM, THEY CAME OUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND MET WITH EXECUTIVE STAFF AND AS WELL AS WITH SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS, UH, WITH THE SEX CRIMES UNIT DID. 
          AND THEY HAD SOME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR US FROM, FROM THIS REPORT. 
          SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          AND THEN TO TOUCH REAL BRIEFLY ON OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT REDUCTION PROGRAM, UM, THIS IS CALLED SARP IS WHAT WE CALL IT. 
          UH, THIS WAS WHERE WE HAD OFFICERS THAT WERE GOING OUT INTO BARS. 
          SO THE CONCEPT BEHIND THIS WHOLE PROGRAM IS SEXUAL ASSAULTS TEND TO HAPPEN IN A RESIDENCE. 
          THEY HAPPEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, UM, BUT THE SUSPECT MIGHT BE MEETING THE VICTIM AT A BAR. 
          SO IF WE HAVE THAT POINT OF INTERVENTION WHERE WE HAVE BAR OWNERS OR BOUNCERS WHO SEE 
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A FEMALE BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE, OUT OF THE BAR BY SOMEONE WHO, AND SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO INTERVENE AND ENSURE, DO YOU KNOW THIS PERSON? ARE THEY WITH THE SAFE? ARE THEY GOING TO A SAFE PLACE? UM, SO THEY WORKED ON THIS PROJECT AND THROUGH COLLECTION OF DATA AND HAVING THESE PLAIN CLOTHES OPERATIONS IN THE DOMAIN, THEY DID SEE A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN SEXUAL ASSAULTS THAT WERE REPORTED OUT OF THE DOMAIN. 
          THE PROJECT IS STILL ONGOING. 
          IT IS WRAPPING UP. 
          IT WAS RELATED TO, TIED TO A GRANT. 
          SO, UH, THAT IS WRAPPING UP. 
          BUT WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THIS. 
          AND THEY ARE WORKING ON A VIDEO, UM, THAT WILL BE USED FOR EDUCATION IN THE BARS THAT THEY CAN USE WHEN THEY'RE DOING, UH, ORIENTATION WITH THEIR EMPLOYEES. 
          SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM THERE. 
          AND ALSO EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UH, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN OUR, IN OUR, UH, STAFFINGS, UH, FROM 70 AND QUARTER TWO UP TO 86 IN QUARTER THREE. 
          SO YIELDING POSITIVE RESULTS, WE'RE HAVING OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS, DISCUSSING POLICIES, EVIDENCE SHARING. 
          UM, WE'RE HAVING REALLY OPEN, HONEST COMMUNICATION ON HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR COMMUNITY FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A TRACKING CASES. 
          SO THIS WAS, UM, HAVING BEEN A DETECTIVE IN SEX CRIMES, I COULD TELL YOU THERE WERE TIMES WHERE YOU FILED A CASE, FILED AN ARREST WARRANT, AND THEN YOU DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 
          SO THIS TRACKING PROCESS WOULD ALLOW OUR DETECTIVES TO HAVE VISIBILITY WITH THE CASES AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 
          SO I THINK IT GIVES THEM MORE, A LITTLE MORE OWNERSHIP TO IT AND IT ALSO HELPS THEM WITH THAT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT, UM, WITH THOSE CASES. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT IS ALL IN PROCESS THERE. 
          TRYING TO THINK ANOTHER POINT ON THE, UM, ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS GOING TO BE EMBEDDED INTO OUR CHILD ABUSE UNIT AS WELL. 
          I BELIEVE THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. 
          TODAY, TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY. 
          SO VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT. 
          UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST GOING TO STRENGTHEN OUR CASES AND OUR, UM, OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD ON THESE SLIDES, I BELIEVE. 
          YES. 
          DID YOU WANNA OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS FOR ME OR DO WOULD YOU LIKE TO YEAH, LET'S DO SOME QUESTIONS ONE AT A TIME. 
          I THINK THAT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL JUST ASK, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY SORT OF RISKS THAT YOU GUYS ARE, ARE TRACKING RIGHT NOW? ANYTHING THAT, ANY SORT OF TROUBLE SPOTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE KEEPING TABS ON AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH YOU? UM, WE ARE, WELL WHEN YOU SAY RISK, AS FAR AS RISK TO THE PUBLIC OR CAN YOU JUST THE, THE, THE, THE OVERALL, THE OVERALL PROJECT AND YES. 
          TO THE PUBLIC. 
          I, I MEAN, I, I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST TO, TO PROCESS AND, AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO, TO TRACK ALL OF THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK HAPPENING ON THE POLICY SIDE RIGHT NOW SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE COLLECTIVE, UM, SEX CRIMES RESPONSE, SO THAT'S C-S-C-R-M GROUP, UM, IS WORKING ON A LOT OF THINGS FOR THE POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES. 
          UM, AND THEY, THEY ARE, THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE CURRENTLY. 
          UH, I HAVE MY COMMANDER HERE AS WELL, SO SHE NEEDS TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING SPECIFIC. 
          UM, BUT I CAN'T SAY OF ANY RISKS THAT I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT STAND OUT AS FAR AS THINGS THAT AREN'T WORKING OR THINGS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HITTING, UM, ROADBLOCKS WHERE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES. 
          STAFFING ISN'T HAVING AN IMPACT ON YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, STAFFING IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE. 
          HOWEVER, UM, I THINK THAT STAFFING HAS MORE IMPACTED ON OUR PATROL LEVELS FOR HELPING WITH THAT RESPONSE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WAITING HOURS AND HOURS AFTER THEY'VE CALLED TO MAKE A REPORT. 
          UM, SO IT IS REPRIORITIZING THOSE CALLS AND LOOKING AT WHAT REQUIRES A RESPONSE TO A PRIORITY ONE, I KNOW SEX CRIMES VERSUS A PRIORITY TWO. 
          AND SO MAKING SURE THAT, UH, PART OF THAT PROCESS OF, OF RESPONDING AND STAFF WHERE STAFFING MIGHT BE AN ISSUE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY UNITS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND. 
          THEN HAVING THE SERGEANT REACH OUT TO THE, THE PERSON WHO'S CALLING TO LET THEM KNOW WE ARE COMING. 
          OKAY. 
          YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY THERE'S THAT INITIAL CONTACT. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEEN PARTNERING WITH VICTIM SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO MAKE THAT PHONE CALL AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THEY MIGHT BE A GOOD PARTY FOR THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE IN CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM ANYWAYS, SO THAT WAY THEY HAVE THAT INITIAL OUTREACH. 
          OKAY. 
          GREAT. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY 
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OTHER QUESTIONS? 2, 3, 4. 
          AND I DO NEED A COUPLE MORE PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR CAMERAS ON SO THAT WE'RE STILL OFFICIALLY AT QUORUM, PLEASE. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM UNLESS WE HAVE AT LEAST UM, THREE OF YOU GUYS ONLINE ON CAMERA. 
          WE NEED ONE MORE PERSON. 
          AT LEAST I DON'T REALLY COUNT, BUT IF ANOTHER CASE MORE PEOPLE TO GO ON. 
          YOU POPPED ON. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER BERNHARD, COMMISSIONER ADD DRAGO. 
          IF EITHER OF YOU, BOTH OF YOU COULD PLEASE COME ON. 
          WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T KEEP MOVING FORWARD UNTIL WE ARE AT QUORUM. 
          I CAMERA DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING AND APOLOGIES EVERYBODY. 
          I AM WORKING ON IT. 
          OH ONE, SORRY, COMMISSIONER. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU . 
          DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER RUTAN. 
          UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THE FILLINGS OF COOPERATION, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DOING MORE SUCCESS IN THAT REGARD. 
          I DID A QUESTION ON SOME OF THE BACKUP, UM, DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED UNDER THE, UM, THIS IS PAGE FIVE AND ON THE BACKUP DATA, UNDER THE SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES CLEARED THE INTERNAL STATUS. 
          UM, I NOTICED FOR THE Q2 3 20 25 COMPARED TO 2024, THERE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, UH, CASES THAT WERE CLEARED PENDING VICTIM READINESS. 
          UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A TRUE UPTICK OR A CLASSIFICATION OR SORT OF WHAT THE THOUGHTS WERE IN TERMS OF THE SIGNIFICANT MM-HMM . 
          I THINK IT'S ALMOST A 50% INCREASE, UM, IN THAT CATEGORY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          BETWEEN THE 2025. 
          THE 2024, YES. 
          I, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER. 
          UM, BUT JUST KNOWING ABOUT THE DATA INTEGRITY PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE THAT THAT'S RELATED TO THE TITLE CODE PROJECT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          BECAUSE AS IT'S, AS WE KNOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE HIGHER BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING DATA THAT'S, THAT'S CLEANER IN A SENSE. 
          UM, SO THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY TITLED SEX CRIMES INFORMATION, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FULLY INVESTIGATED OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED, PENDING VICTIM READINESS, THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN THE DATA BECAUSE OF THE TITLE CODE. 
          SO NOW THAT WE'RE CLEARING UP THE TITLE CODE ISSUES AND WE'RE NOW TITLING THEM PROPERLY, GOING BACK AND DOING THOSE AUDITS THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD AUDIT TO ME THAT I BELIEVE THAT MIGHT BE RELATED TO WHY THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2024 AND 2025. 
          UH, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE FURTHER JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IN CA INDEED THE CASE. 
          THAT'D BE WONDERFUL. 
          I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND THEN JUST ON THAT SAME SLIDE, LIKE IT SEEMED LIKE THERE'S A DIFF SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER THAT WERE CLEARED BY ARREST IN, IN THE SIMILAR PERIOD, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST A DATA CLASSIFICATION VERSUS AN ACTUAL CHANGE IN, UM, IN, IN SUCCESSFUL ARRESTS AND INVESTIGATIONS. 
          SO, MM-HMM . 
          I APPRECIATE THAT FOLLOW UP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          WILL DO I MAKE A NOTE? OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          I THINK NEXT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO SAFE, 
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SAFE ALLIANCE. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I AM HOLLY BULLS. 
          I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, VICTIM ADVOCACY AT THE SAFE ALLIANCE. 
          I'M PAULA MARKS, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FORENSIC NURSING AT THE SAFE ALLIANCE, AND WE CAN LET ALLISON INTRODUCE HERSELF ONLINE. 
          HELLO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY TODAY. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          I'M ALLISON COLE. 
          I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AT SAFE. 
          UM, AND WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES MANY SERVICES IN AUSTIN TO SURVIVORS OF SEX. 
          UM, ALL FORMS OF DOMESTIC AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, MOST ESPECIALLY INCLUDING ABSOLUTELY INCLUDING SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          DO WE HAVE THIS SLIDE THING? NEXT SLIDE? YEAH. 
          UM, VERY BRIEFLY, WE CAN JUST GO INTO, I ALWAYS THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND EVERYONE WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE. 
          THE FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM SEES PATIENTS AT BOTH ELOISE'S HOUSE, WHICH IS SOME PICTURES HERE THAT YOU SEE. 
          UM, IT, WE'RE STILL PROUD OF IT. 
          IT OPENED IN MARCH OF 2025. 
          IT'S STILL BEAUTIFUL. 
          IF NOBODY'S HAD A TOUR YET, UM, I WELCOME YOU TO REACH OUT TO ONE OF US AND WE CAN SCHEDULE ONE BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL LOCATION WHERE, UM, SURVIVORS IN OUR COMMUNITY CAN HAVE CONFIDENTIAL AND GREAT SERVICES. 
          WE ALSO ARE, UM, THE FORENSIC NURSING DEPARTMENT IS CREDENTIALED INTO 21 DIFFERENT HOSPITALS AND COUNTING IN FIVE DIFFERENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL TEXAS. 
          THAT WAS UP FROM LAST YEAR. 
          WE HAD SOME NEW, UM, EMERGENCY CENTERS THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, UM, IN BASTROP, B CAVE CIRCLE, C LEANDER, VILLE, AND MANOR CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, AGAIN, JUST TO ORIENT US TO WHAT SERVICES IN PARTICULAR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE ALLISON MENTIONED, BECAUSE SAFE IS SO HUGE, WE LIKE TO JUST SPECIFY WHAT SERVICES, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT SERVICES ARE RESPONDING TO. 
          SO MEDICAL CARE AND ASSISTANCE REPORTING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, THE OPTION TO HAVE EVIDENCE COLLECTED WITH OR WITHOUT A REPORT. 
          AND THEN, UM, GETTING CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES, HAVING A CONFIDENTIAL ADVOCATE, UM, GETTING PLUGGED IN FOR ONGOING SUPPORT AT, SAY, FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE ALWAYS LEAVE THE OPTION OF NONE OF THE ABOVE. 
          SOMETIMES WE MEET WITH PEOPLE, WE GET A REFERRAL, THEY COME IN, THEY HEAR WHAT WE CAN DO, AND THEY DECIDE THAT NONE OF THAT IS FOR THEM. 
          AND WE LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE TELL US NO. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT CONTEXT, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO THIS IS ADVOCACY DATA FOR, UH, Q2. 
          UM, IT'S KIND OF A LOT OF INFORMATION ON HERE. 
          AND SO I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT. 
          UM, WE ARE, WE SAW 65 MEDICAL ACCOMPANIMENTS IN JUNE, WHICH IS TWICE AS MANY AS WE HAD LAST YEAR. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE SEEING OURSELVES BACK AT THE SAME CENSUS THAT WE HAD BEFORE THE PANDEMIC IN 2020. 
          SO BACK IN 2019. 
          THIS IS KIND OF, WE'RE FINALLY BACK TO LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE BEFOREHAND. 
          AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE'RE STILL SEEING A PRETTY HIGH CENSUS RIGHT NOW. 
          TWO THINGS THAT I WILL POINT OUT ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THERE WERE TWO EXAMS THAT HAPPENED IN Q3 WITHOUT AN ADVOCATE THERE. 
          THE ONE IN JULY, WE JUST DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ADVOCATES ON CALL. 
          EVERYONE HAD ALREADY BEEN RESPONDING TO MULTIPLE CALLS. 
          UM, AND SO THERE WAS NOT SOMEONE AVAILABLE FOR ONE OF THOSE EXAMS THAT DAY. 
          AND THEN THE ONE IN SEPTEMBER WAS ACTUALLY AN, AN EXAM THAT OUR SAFE NURSES PERFORMED IN HAYES CALDWELL. 
          UM, AND SO IT WAS A HAYES CALDWELL WOMEN'S CENTER REFERRAL, UM, THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, UM, ASSIST WITH. 
          SO THOSE WERE THE TWO ON THAT ONE. 
          AND THEN I WILL ALSO POINT OUT IN AUGUST, THERE WERE TWO, UH, REQUESTS FOR ACCOMPANIMENT TO INTERVIEW WITH FOR TWO INTERVIEWS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
          UM, ONE OF THOSE, AGAIN, WE JUST DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE AVAILABLE DUE TO OUR ON-CALL SCHEDULE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS A SURVIVOR WHO ONLY SPOKE SPANISH. 
          AND STILL AT THIS TIME, WE DO NOT HAVE ADVOCATES WHO ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES IN SPANISH. 
          AND SO WE OFFER ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SUPPORT THEM AND WE OFFER REFERRALS TO AAFSA, UM, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          IF I MAY JUMP IN REAL QUICK WITH ONE CLARIFYING POINT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS CAUSED A LITTLE CONFUSION AT A PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          UM, SAFE ALLIANCE IN GENERAL DOES HAVE, UM, MANY SPANISH SPEAKERS, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCACY PROGRAM. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO NOT HAVE A SPANISH SPEAKER AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON IN OUR FORENSIC NURSING PROGRAM. 
          WE DO HAVE, UM, A SPANISH SPEAKING NURSE, SO WE HAVE THAT ACCESS WITHIN OUR STAFF. 
          WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT. 
          OKAY, THIS 
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IS, AGAIN, A LOT OF DATA AND A LOT OF NUMBERS. 
          THIS IS A QUARTER 2 20, 25 NUMBERS. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN FORENSIC, UH, THAN THE ADVOCACY. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THEY DO OVERLAP, BUT WE ARE TWO DISTINCT DIFFERENT SERVICES. 
          SO THAT'S, UM, THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO, UM, NURSE SERVICES. 
          SO WE, UM, AGAIN, SAW, UM, A TOTAL OF 126 EVIDENCE COLLECTION EXAMS, UM, MEDICAL CARE ONLY. 
          WE DID NINE IN Q2. 
          AND, UH, WE HAD 93 DIFFERENT CONSULTS. 
          THOSE CONSULTS BOTH CONSIST OF IN-PERSON CONSULTS AND PHONE CONSULTS. 
          BUT SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, DOCUMENT IN OUR MEDICAL RECORD, AND AGAIN, WE POINT OUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MEDICAL, UM, THE MEDICAL CARE ONLY IS WHEN PEOPLE JUST WANNA COME IN AND JUST GET MEDICINES. 
          MAYBE LIKE PREVENTATIVE ANTIBIOTICS, EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION, UH, PHYSICAL HEAD TO TOE ASSESSMENT THAT'S UNRELATED TO EVIDENCE COLLECTION. 
          YOU CAN GO TO NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO HERE'S SOME OF THE DATA THAT, UM, UH, KIND OF THAT SHOWS SOME OF OUR POTENTIAL MISSES. 
          UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A TREND I THINK WE HAVE IMPROVED UPON. 
          UM, BUT WE, AGAIN, WE WANNA BE TRANSPARENT. 
          SO, UM, LET'S SEE. 
          IN APRIL OF Q2, WE DID HAVE ONE PERSON THAT DECLINED SERVICES. 
          ONCE A FORENSIC NURSE AVAILABLE WAS AVAILABLE, I LOOKED INTO THAT DATA AND WE, UH, OFFERED SOMETHING ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER, UM, TO A HOSPITAL. 
          BUT AT THAT POINT, THAT PERSON WOULD WANTED TO HAD DECLINED. 
          UM, OUR SERVICES, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE IN MAY. 
          WE, UM, WE DID LOSE A PATIENT TO A FOLLOW UP AND I LOOKED INTO THIS ONE. 
          WE DID HAVE A SEXUAL ASSAULT ADVOCATE THAT WAS BEING, UH, READY TO GO TO A RESPONSE, BUT BY THE TIME THAT COORDINATION HAPPENED, THE PATIENT HAD BEEN DISCHARGED. 
          THEY DID GET THE SAFE LINE NUMBER. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT, UM, TALKING TO SOCIAL WORKERS AND, UM, CHARGE NURSES AND FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SAFE LINE NUMBER IS PASSED ALONG EVEN WHEN THESE, UM, MISSES DO HAPPEN. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IN THAT ONE. 
          AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO IN, UH, Q3, AGAIN, THE DATA IS KIND OF SIMILAR TO Q2, LIKE HOLLY SAID, BACK KIND OF UP, UM, TO OUR PRE PANDEMIC NUMBERS, 126 EVIDENCE COLLECTION EXAMS AND, UM, SEVEN MEDICAL CARE ONLY. 
          AND WE DID, AGAIN, 93 CONSULTS. 
          THAT INCLUDES BOTH IN-PERSON AND UM, TELEPHONE CONSULTS AND NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND IN Q3, OUR DATA WAS, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED. 
          WE DO STILL HAVE PATIENTS THAT DECLINE SERVICES AT INITIAL DISPATCH, BUT THAT'S AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH EITHER A NURSE OR AN ADVOCATE THAT, UM, GETS TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE. 
          AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE TALKED ABOUT THE NONE OF THE ABOVE. 
          'CAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT A GOOD, UM, A GOOD TIME FOR THEM. 
          WE ALSO REALLY INFORM OUR PATIENTS, UM, ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO DECLINE OUR SERVICES. 
          SO WE LEAN REALLY HARD ON INFORMED DECLINATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, MAYBE RIGHT NOW IS NOT GOOD, BUT MAYBE TOMORROW MIGHT BE BETTER. 
          SO, UM, JUST MAKING SURE THAT Y'ALL KNOW THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE REFLECTED IN ALSO A SERVICE DELIVERY, BUT, UM, MAYBE IT WAS, IT JUST WASN'T GOOD AT THE TIME. 
          UM, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU GO, YEAH, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. 
          UM, SO SOME OF THE RISKS THAT WE HAVE, UH, BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON FUNDING IN GENERAL, LIKE MANY OTHER NONPROFITS, THE, YOU KNOW, RISK OF JUST FEDERAL FUNDS, IT'S JUST VERY UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, WE ALSO LOST ONE OF OUR MAJOR DONORS FOR THE FORENSIC NURSING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCACY PROGRAM AT SAFE. 
          SO THAT HAS BEEN, UM, A BIT OF A CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE FUNDS, UM, CREDENTIALING AT HOSPITALS. 
          SO LIKE PAULA MENTIONED, OUR NURSES ARE ABLE TO GO TO SETON AND ST. 
          DAVID'S FACILITIES. 
          IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT PROCESS TO GET OUR NURSES APPROVED THROUGH THOSE HOSPITALS. 
          AND EVEN WHEN WE DO GET THEM CREDENTIALED, SOMETIMES WE ARE STILL HAVING OUR NURSES TURNED AWAY AT THOSE TIMES. 
          UM, WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT INTO SOME OF OUR CONTRACT RENEWALS THAT, UM, I'LL TALK ABOUT AS OUR SUCCESSES AS WELL. 
          AND THEN AGAIN, JUST WE'VE BEEN, UM, OH, SORRY, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE HOSPITALS TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS. 
          IT'S JUST AN ONGOING, ONGOING EFFORT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS ALLISON. 
          UM, AND THEN AGAIN, JUST THE AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AND LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. 
          SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON OUR TEAM CURRENTLY WHO WORKS FULL-TIME, WHO'S ABLE TO SPEAK SPANISH AND, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH SURVIVORS AND PROVIDE SERVICES IN THAT WAY. 
          WE'RE USING IN-PERSON AND TELEPHONE INTERPRETERS. 
          UM, AND WE ARE, AGAIN, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT SURVIVORS ARE GETTING THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE. 
          UM, BUT IT JUST CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE TO 
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HIRE QUALIFIED STAFF. 
          UM, AND THEN SUCCESSES. 
          WE'VE BEEN, UH, RENEWING CONTRACTS. 
          WE JUST FINISHED OUR CONTRACT RENEWAL WITH A PD, UM, AND WITH TCSO, UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON THOSE WITH, UH, HCA AND ASCENSION FACILITIES AS WELL. 
          OUR COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE C-S-C-R-M PROJECT QUITE A BIT ON SOME OF THE PATROL RESPONSES, ESPECIALLY THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. 
          THAT'S BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS. 
          UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON, OR HAVE ESTABLISHED A PROCESS WHERE SAFE RECEIVES FEEDBACK FROM ALL SURVIVORS WHOSE CASE HAS BEEN CLOSED WITH TCDA. 
          UM, AND SO ANOTHER AVENUE FOR SURVIVORS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK THAT WE THEN SHARE WITH, UM, THE DA'S OFFICE. 
          AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD STAFF RETENTION. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF EXPERTISE ON OUR TEAM. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF NURSES WHO'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS FIELD FOR 10 YEARS PLUS, WHICH IS PRETTY RARE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN FORENSIC NURSING. 
          SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. 
          AND A LOT OF THAT IS JUST A DEDICATION TO TAKING REALLY GOOD CARE OF OUR STAFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE SEEING A REALLY HIGH CENSUS, UM, IN THESE REALLY BUSY MONTHS. 
          IF I MIGHT CALL OUT ONE ADDITIONAL SUCCESS THAT HOLLY AND PAULA MAY BE A LITTLE BIT SHY ABOUT, BUT I JUST CAN'T IGNORE. 
          UM, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE DATA, I'M SORRY, WE ARE GOING QUICKLY 'CAUSE WE WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME. 
          WE HAVE HAD QUITE A LOT OF CALLS, UM, AND QUITE A LOT OF SURVIVORS COME TO US, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          IT'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN VOLUME AND THEY HAVE MADE, UM, AMAZING EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE CATCHING ALL OF THESE SURVIVORS. 
          UM, AND OUR TEAM HAS JUST BEEN RESPONDING TO CALLS COMING. 
          WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A BAT SIGNAL WHEN SOMEONE'S NOT TECHNICALLY ON CALL, BUT THEY CAN COME AND RESPOND TO A CALL. 
          AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RISING TO THE OCCASION AND, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THEIR TIME AND OUR MANAGEMENT STAFF HAVE BEEN TAKING EXTRA, UM, EXTRA DIRECT CALLS THEMSELVES. 
          AND I, I REALLY JUST WANT TO, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BRAG ON THEM AND THANK THEM A LITTLE BIT FOR ALL OF THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, WE ALWAYS JUST ENCOURAGE, UM, WE HAVE A PATIENT FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT WE DO FOR, WE OFFER IT TO EVERY SINGLE PATIENT THAT WE SEE. 
          AND AGAIN, ALSO JUST SO HAPPY WITH OUR NUMBERS THAT THE QUALITATIVE DATA THAT WE GET GET FROM OUR PATIENT FEEDBACK SURVEY IS, UM, REMAINS HIGH. 
          AND YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST KIND OF READ THROUGH IT. 
          GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU WANNA DO THAT ONE? OH, YEP. 
          UH, JUST MORE OF OUR PATIENT FEEDBACK. 
          YEAH. 
          THE PART THAT I LOVE IS DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO BEGIN TO RECOVER? BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT IS OUR ROLE BECAUSE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN HAVE OUR QR CODE, PLEASE PASS THIS AROUND. 
          THIS IS FOR, UM, TAKES US TO THE WEBSITE ON THE SAFE ALLIANCE, HAS AN FAQ, HAS A WAYS TO CONTACT AN ADVOCATE OR A FORENSIC NURSE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, FROM EVERYONE? I DO COMMISSIONER HOLMES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ARE, SO, ARE SAFE EXAMS NOW HAPPENING BOTH AT HOSPITALS AND ON SITE THERE AT SAFE? YES. 
          AND THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN FOR, I MEAN, SINCE THE SAFE ALLIANCE HAS BEEN DOING FORENSIC EXAMS, YEAH, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN CREDENTIALED THAT NUMBER OF HOSPITALS IS INCREASING. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I DON'T, IT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THAT DATA, BUT UH, WE WERE GOING A LITTLE FAST. 
          ARE, IS THERE A, IS IT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE ARE DONE AT THE HOSPITALS COMPARED TO THERE AT SAY, I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT DATA, BUT, BUT I SAY KIND OF, UM, A BALLPARK IS AROUND, 80% ARE SEEN AT OUR COMMUNITY-BASED CLINIC, 80 TO 85%. 
          DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT? AND 20 TO, UM, YEAH, ABOUT 20% ARE SEEN AT HOSPITALS. 
          GOTCHA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WOULD SAY ALSO, AND THAT'S ALL UP TO THE SURVIVOR'S PREFERENCE. 
          YES. 
          UH, UP TO THE SURVIVOR'S PREFERENCE. 
          AND THEN ALSO IF THERE IS A MEDICAL NEED FOR THEM TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL, UM, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE. 
          SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE FOLKS IN HOSPITALS THAN AT OUR CLINIC JUST DUE TO THE LEVEL OF NEED REALLY. 
          IS THAT PUTTING A LOT MORE STRAIN ON YOUR RESOURCES? IT DOES, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ONLINE FROM ANYONE? I JUST, UM, HAD A QUESTION, UM, ABOUT THE, THE INTERPRETER SERVICES AND YEAH, JUST SPANISH LANGUAGE. 
          UM, I KNOW THERE'S A DEARTH OF INTERPRETERS, , I KNOW THERE IS, UM, THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR MORE INTERPRETERS AND THAT'S JUST NOT JUST ACROSS THE HEALTHCARE SPACE. 
          UM, UH, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS, LIKE WHAT KIND OF STRATEGIES ARE YOU GUYS EMPLOYING TO RECRUIT? LIKE, LIKE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING TO HELP FILL THAT GAP? ASIDE FROM, 
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WE JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS COULD SPEAK TO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF HIRING INTERPRETERS OR HOW WE UTILIZE INTERPRETERS FOR OUR SERVICES? I THINK JUST HIRING INTERPRETERS, HIRING SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF. 
          LIKE WHAT KIND OF RECRUITING, UM, YOU KNOW, PIVOTS ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO ADDRESS THAT? 'CAUSE THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE, RIGHT? YEAH, SO IT HAS, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, THAT WE HAVE THAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A STIPEND FOR ALL BILINGUAL STAFF. 
          WE ALSO HAVE AN ON-CALL STIPEND, UM, AS WELL. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT STAFF HAVE. 
          AND THEN ALLISON, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OTHER, UM, THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN TERMS OF, UM, REDOUBLING EFFORTS TO HIRE BILINGUAL STAFF? UNFORTUNATELY, OUR BEST EFFORTS HAVE NOT RECENTLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF BILINGUAL STAFF IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND IT'S, UM, CANDIDLY FOR THE SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM ADVOCATE, IT CAN BE A HARD JOB TO RECRUIT FOR IN GENERAL BECAUSE IT IS A HARD JOB. 
          UM, THE HOURS ARE NOT AS CONSISTENT AS YOUR REGULAR NINE TO FIVE, AND IT'S A HIGH LEVEL OF, UM, STRESS AND VICARIOUS TRAUMA THAT THESE FOLKS ARE ENCOUNTERING ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS IN THEIR WORK. 
          SO THAT COUPLED WITH THEIR BEING A SMALLER POOL OF BILINGUAL APPLICANTS OUT THERE, IT'S JUST BEEN, IT'S BEEN TOUGH AND WE PRIORITIZE BILINGUAL CANDIDATES AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT WE JUST DID NOT. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR MOST RECENT, UM, ROUND OF HIRING, WE JUST DID NOT RECEIVE MANY AT ALL. 
          UM, BILINGUAL CANDIDATES WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR, UM, WAYS TO INCREASE THAT RECRUITING POOL. 
          WE'VE CERTAINLY TRIED EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN THINK OF. 
          UM, WE WORK WITH OUR OWN NETWORKS, WE WORK WITH  WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE TRY TO GET THE WORD OUT FOR THESE JOB POSTINGS, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE, UM, NUMBER OF BILINGUAL APPLICANTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE. 
          UM, I WILL SAY THAT SECURING THE INTERPRETERS, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN Y'ALL HAVING MANY PROBLEMS, UM, GETTING THE INTERPRETERS WHEN YOU NEED THEM. 
          BUT PLEASE CORRECT ME IF, UM, YOU'VE BEEN SEEING THAT BEING DIFFERENT ON THE GROUND LATELY. 
          HAULING AND PAULA? NO, WE HAVE A REALLY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES INTERPRETATION SERVICES WITH US. 
          UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO SOME MORE LIKE HYPER-LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS OR MORE LIKE INFORMAL KIND OF VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE IF THERE ARE FOLKS WITH MAYBE UNCONVENTIONAL EXPERIENCE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND I'VE SHARED THE LINK TO, UM, TO APPLY FOR THE POSITION, UM, WITH MORE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. 
          I MEAN, REALLY TRYING TO JUST GET THE WORD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          I WILL ALSO SAY THAT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S A REALLY HIGH DEMAND, ESPECIALLY IN HEALTHCARE RIGHT NOW, AND MM-HMM . 
          UM, NONPROFIT IS A LITTLE BIT UNCERTAIN, LIKE SOME OF THE FUNDING, UH, FOR SOME OF THE REASONS WHY CITED EARLIER. 
          UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S BEEN HARDER TO RECRUIT BECAUSE OF THAT. 
          AND THINGS THAT WE DO ON THE NURSING SIDE IS THAT WE DO OUTREACH TO, UM, NURSING SCHOOLS AND TRY TO GET INTO AS MANY NURSING SCHOOLS AS WE CAN. 
          A CC, UM, ST. 
          ED'S, UH, TEXAS STATE TO JUST KIND OF, UH, TALK ABOUT THIS WORK. 
          UM, AND ALWAYS WE SAY THINGS LIKE, IF ANYONE SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGES, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          WE DID JUST HIRE A PRN NURSE THAT DOES SPEAK SOME OTHER LANGUAGES LIKE HINDI AND URDU. 
          AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED FOR, UH, SHE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED HER TRAINING, UH, LAST WEEK, SO WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE BRING UP THE LOSS IN FEDERAL FUNDING, BUT JUST THE REMINDER THAT NONPROFITS ARE LOSING A LOT OF PRIVATE DONORS AS WELL, UM, RIGHT NOW I THINK IS WORTH SAYING OUT LOUD. 
          UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING UNDER REPORTED AND I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU, IT'S HAPPENING TO YOU GUYS AS WELL. 
          SO DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ONLINE? OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          MY BERGER. 
          I'M THE FIRST ASSISTANT AT THE THANK YOU , TRAVIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. 
          UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE WHEN C-S-C-R-M STARTED, THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR DA GARZA. 
          HE TASKED ME ALONG WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, ANDREA AUSTIN AND OUR DIRECTOR OF VICTIM SERVICES, NEEVA FERNANDEZ, TO WORK ON THE C-S-C-R-M PROJECT. 
          UM, BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE ARE IN MANY A MEETING, UM,  AND I THINK ONE OR TWO OR THREE OF US ARE IN EVERY SINGLE C-S-C-R-M MEETING ALONG WITH, UM, SART AND THE A PD LEADERSHIP MEETINGS. 
          IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY REWARDING EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S BEEN SO REWARDING IS THE HARD WORK THAT A PD HAS DONE. 
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SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK CHIEF DAVIS, CHIEF JONES COMMANDER LICHTER, AND ENTIRE C-S-C-R-M TEAM. 
          THEY'RE SO COMMITTED TO THIS WORK AND IT HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE WORKING WITH THEM. 
          UM, DO THE, I DON'T HAVE A LONG PRESENTATION, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY. 
          UM, WE WANTED TO SHOW Y'ALL THE NUMBER OF TRIALS THAT'S INCREASED SINCE 2022 AND THE C-R-S-C-M PROJECT. 
          UH, THIS SHOWS THAT, UH, ANDREA AUSTIN HAS PUT TOGETHER A REALLY DEDICATED TEAM OF PROSECUTORS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SEEING THESE CASES THROUGH, UM, AND COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED. 
          WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, UM, FOR SURE, BUT WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO BAT WHEN IT'S WARRANTED AND WHEN IT'S NEEDED. 
          UM, WE DON'T ALWAYS WIN, BUT SOMETIMES WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR VICTIMS IS HAVING THEIR VOICE HEARD IN COURT. 
          AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, THE OTHER THING THAT'S COME OUT OF C-S-C-R-M, AS CHIEF JONES MENTIONED IS THE STAFFING PROJECT. 
          OUR STAFFING NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, UM,  A PD STAFFING NUMBERS. 
          THAT REFLECTS A LOT OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING IS FIGURING OUT HOW TO DEFINE CERTAIN CONVERSATIONS THAT OUR LINE PROSECUTORS ARE HAVING WITH DETECTIVES. 
          UM, I DON'T THINK EITHER NUMBER IS WRONG, IT JUST REALLY REFLECTS THE AMOUNT OF WORK WE NEED TO DO IN ALIGNING OURSELVES IN, IN HOW, UM, HOW WE'RE RECORDING THESE CONVERSATIONS. 
          SO TWO YEARS AGO WE EMBEDDED A PROSECUTOR IN THE SEX ASSAULT UNIT THROUGH A GRANT. 
          UM, THE GRANT EXPIRED AND WE ARE NOW FUNDING HER INTERNALLY SO SHE CAN STAY THERE. 
          UM, ALONG WITH IT, WE HAVE THE MONTHLY LEADERSHIP MEETINGS WHERE WE REALLY WORK THROUGH, AS CHIEF JONES MENTIONED, THE HARD ISSUES. 
          WE LOOK AT CASES FROM THE EYES OF THE PROSECUTION, WHAT WE NEED TO PROVE A CASE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. 
          UM, SO WHILE WE'RE STAFFING CASES, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED AT TRIAL, THAT'S JUST GREATLY CHANGED. 
          NOT ONLY OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH A PD, BUT THE KIND OF CASES THAT ARE COMING THROUGH TO OUR OFFICE. 
          UM, I THINK BOTH SIDES AGREE AS WELL. 
          IT'S BEEN A LOT BETTER FOR THE VICTIMS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION FROM BOTH AGENCIES AND THEY'RE NOT BEING TOSSED BACK AND FORTH. 
          UM, AND THAT'S BEEN HUGELY EFFECTIVE. 
          SO, UM, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN STAFFING AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST CONTINUE, CONTINUE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND INCREASE IT. 
          AS CHIEF JONES MENTIONED, UM, COMMANDER LICHTER CAME TO US AND SAID, THIS HAS BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL, CAN WE DO IT FOR CHILD ABUSE  ? AND WE, UM, WE SCRAPED OUR PENNIES TOGETHER AND WE JUST HAD A, A PROSECUTOR START, UM, TO BE EMBEDDED AT THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER ON MONDAY TODAY. 
          UM, AND WE HAD OUR FIRST MONTHLY LEADERSHIP MEETING LAST WEEK ON CHILD ABUSE. 
          AND TOMORROW WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST LEADERSHIP MEETING FOR HOMICIDE, AND WE HAVE A PROSECUTOR WHO WILL BE IN BED IN HOMICIDE STARTING DECEMBER 1ST. 
          SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? THAT'S GREAT. 
          DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ONLINE MIND? NO. 
          UM, I'M, I'M ASSUMING HAS THE REPORTING, THE REPORTING CHANGES THAT A PD IS DOING, STARTING TO SEE THEIR WAY THROUGH TO TR TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AT THIS POINT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT, OR IS THAT AT THAT AT THE VERY BEGINNING? SO I, ARE YOU THE DATA PROJECT THAT'S TRACKING THE CASES? UM, WE HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR OFFICE IN TOUCH WITH, UH, THE DATA PEOPLE AT A PD, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW, UM, WE'RE STILL IN THE, IN THE EARLY PROCESSES OF IT, SO WE CAN'T SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW A CASE'S BEEN FULLY TRACKED, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO, TO TRACK THEM AS WELL. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. 
          THAT WAS THE, THE, THE ASPIRATIONAL, UM, PIE IN THE SKY, BEGINNING TO END STUFF,  THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT BEING AMAZING AND IT IS REALLY HARD TO MAKE HAPPEN. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TAKING STEPS TOWARDS THAT. 
          SO THAT'S AMAZING. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO DO IT. 
          IT'S TWO VERY DIFFERENT, UM, DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS THAT DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER, SO. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH, FOR SURE. 
          WE'RE EXCITED. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANYBODY? OH, COMMISSIONER , CAN YOU SPEAK ON THE INCREASE IN MISTRIAL FROM 24 TO 25? UH, UM, I CAN'T GO INTO SPECIFICS ON EACH ONE. 
          UM, MISTRIALS CAN HAPPEN. 
          I CAN SPEAK GENERALLY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. 
          IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM, UM, A CASE GETTING TO DE DELIBERATIONS AND THE JURY NOT BEING ABLE TO COME TO A VERDICT WHERE THEY'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. 
          IT CAN BE A LEGAL ISSUE HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRIAL THAT CAUSES THE JUDGE 
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TO ISSUE A MISTRIAL. 
          UM, THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE TWO MAIN REASONS. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYTHING ELSE ONLINE? OKAY. 
          WELL, THANK YOU ALL. 
          I KNOW THAT THIS IS QUITE THE HALL THAT WE DO, SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE FOR THIS AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS IN SIX MONTHS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AWESOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, UM, MOVE ON TO, UM, OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS, UM, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO 
          [5. Final report and recommendation from the Bylaws Working Group.  ]
FROM FIVE TO SIX PRETTY QUICKLY HERE. 
          JUST THE FINAL REPORT, UM, AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BYLAWS WORKING GROUP. 
          OUR FINAL REPORT IS THE REDLINED, UM, BYLAW AMENDMENTS THAT ARE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE AND THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE. 
          UM, JUST AS A REMINDER AND REFRESHER, WE SORT OF EMBARKED ON THIS, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO, SPECIFICALLY SO THAT WE COULD, AS A COMMISSION, UM, POTENTIALLY ADDRESS, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY A LITTLE BIT MORE HOLISTICALLY. 
          UM, AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING, AS THE CITY IS EMBARKING ON A MORE HOLISTIC SORT OF APPROACH TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS IS OUR EFFORT TO SORT OF REFLECT THAT IN THE MAKEUP OF THE BODY OF OUR COMMISSION, UM, BOTH IN TERMS OF CITY DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT, UM, JOIN US. 
          AND, UM, THE SECOND PIECE BEING VIA MEMBERSHIP. 
          UM, AND, UM, WE CAN GO THROUGH THE RED LINE HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT THE IDEA BEHIND, UM, THE MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION WAS JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE, UM, BUILD IN A STRUCTURE SO THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVE, UM, MEMBERS FROM, UM, THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSIONS SO THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ISSUES AND WE, WE CAN KIND OF GUARANTEE HAVING THOSE VOICES AT THE TABLE, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MOTION FOR SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP ITEM SIX, UM, 
          [6. Approve amendments to the Public Safety Commission Bylaw regarding purpose and duties  and membership. ]
FOR THE BYLAWS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE BYLAWS. 
          AND FROM THERE WE CAN START DISCUSSION. 
          SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION SO THAT WE CAN OPEN THAT UP, UH, MOVE, WOULD THAT BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW BYLAWS TO OPEN DISCUSSION OR SHOULD WE DO A MOTION TO OPEN DISCUSSION? UH, SO SORRY. 
          TYPICALLY YOU'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GET IT ON THE FLOOR. 
          UH, HOWEVER, COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT, I'M STILL WAITING ON THAT CONFLICT OF INTEREST. 
          SO IN ORDER TO HAVE YOU ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AND, UH, PRESENT AT THE MEETING, I STILL WOULD NEED THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S JUST A QUICK EMAIL THAT SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OR WHAT YOU HAVE A CONFLICT WITH TO CHRISTIE. 
          UM, SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR TO, FOR CONSIDERATION IF ANYBODY'S OPEN TO DOING THAT. 
          SURE. 
          UH, I MOVE THAT WE CONSIDER THE BYLAWS AMENDMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND A SECOND FROM SOMEONE. 
          I SECOND COMMISSIONER. 
          HI DRAGO. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR RUTAN, MY APOLOGIES. 
          ARE YOU, UM, MOTIONING TO CONSIDER THEM OR TO APPROVE THEM, UH, THAT WE CONSIDER? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE FIRST GOAL WE WANTED TO DISCUSS. 
          YEAH. 
          TO CONSIDER SO THAT WE CAN OPEN DISCUSSION. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO JUST SO THAT IT'S CLEAR, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER VOTE TO APPROVE, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH BOTH THINGS BY JUST MOTIONING TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO, BUT JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, UH, CAN WE GET A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR TO APPROVE AND THEN WE CAN BEGIN DISCUSSION FROM THERE? MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND A SECOND. 
          I SECOND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN FROM THERE, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS, ALL OF THE ABOVE. 
          UM, AS YOU GUYS CAN SEE, WE SORT OF, UH, WE NOT SORT OF, WE, UM, REDLINED TO CORRECT THE NEW NAMES FOR THE DEPARTMENTS ACCORDING TO, UM, THE NEW UPDATES. 
          SO IT'S NOW AUSTIN FIRE, AUSTIN POLICE, AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, UM, AND WE HAVE ADDED IN, UM, THE AUSTIN CLIMATE AND ACTION RESILIENCE OFFICE, AUSTIN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AUSTIN EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AUSTIN FORENSIC 
          [01:30:01]
SCIENCE, AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES AND OPERATIONS, AUSTIN POLICE, AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. 
          UM, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM, UM, AND THAT WE OCCASION THAT WE, WE HEAR FROM REGULARLY. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS ON THAT. 
          UM, THE NEXT SET OF RED LINES ARE TO THE MEMBERSHIP ARTICLE. 
          UM, AND IT WOULD BASICALLY ADD, UM, THE FOLLOWING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS FROM THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE SHALL NOMINATE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE COUNCIL TO SERVE AS NON-VOTING PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS MODELED AFTER THE SAME CLAUSE IN THE DOWNTOWN COMMISSION AND THIS IS HOW THEY CREATE MORE REPRESENTATION, UM, WITHOUT CREATING ADDITIONAL QUORUM BURDENS. 
          UM, AND SO WE HAVE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ADVISORY COMMISSION, THE ASIAN AMERICAN QUALITY OF LIFE ADVISORY COMMISSION, HISPANIC QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION, COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, COMMISSION ON AGING, COMMISSION FOR WOMEN, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER QUALITY OF LIFE COMMISSION, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, AND THE EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMISSION. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE JOINT INCLUSION COMMITTEE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ADDITIONS, SUGGESTIONS, RED LINES. 
          AND THEN THE FINAL CHANGE, UM, IN THE BYLAWS THAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING IS ALL THE WAY IN ARTICLE SEVEN, PARAGRAPH L, WHICH IS, UM, TO HAVE OUR RECORDS HELD AT THE AUSTIN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE INSTEAD OF THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          WE HAD THE CHANGE FROM A LIAISON FROM THAT WAS STAFFED FROM AUSTIN POLICE TO BEING STAFFED OUT OF THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. 
          SO THIS JUST FELT LIKE A NATURAL SORT OF ALIGNMENT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL JUST, UM, AS FAR AS SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD AS A WORKING GROUP, THERE WERE JUST SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE AIRED, UM, WERE JUST WHAT THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY DO TO OUR MEETING TIME, UM, WHETHER OR NOT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE OUR MEETINGS MORE CUMBERSOME, UM, IS HAVING THIS MANY MORE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE. 
          UM, AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 
          I DIDN'T WANNA KEEP THAT INTERNAL. 
          I, I, I DO THINK THAT HAVING THE MEMBERSHIP REPRESENTATION IN PARTICULAR IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO JUST HELP CREATE SOME MORE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS. 
          AND IF WE DO FEEL LIKE OUR MEETINGS ARE GETTING LONGER BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION, WE CAN ALWAYS ADDRESS THAT BY, UM, COMPACTING OUR AGENDA SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS AND NOT CUT THOSE OFF. 
          I THINK. 
          UM, AND AS FAR AS THE AGENCIES, THESE ARE FOR THE MOST PART AGENCIES THAT ARE ALREADY PRESENTING TO US ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS. 
          UM, SO OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, IF WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, AMENDMENTS OKAY. 
          THEN WITH THAT, I GUESS I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE WENT THROUGH AND TRIED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE INCLUDING AND EXPANDING AND, AND ALSO SORT OF UPDATING AND MODERNIZING SOME OF OUR PHRASING. 
          SO I THINK OVERALL IT MAKES SENSE. 
          I HOPE THAT WE'LL GET APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVES TO, UM, VOLUNTEER FROM THE OTHER COMMISSIONS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH US EITHER IN PERSON OR VIRTUAL. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S ALWAYS AN ASK 'CAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY IS PULLED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT THAT'S AT LEAST THE HOPE TO HAVE REGULAR PRESENCE OF, UM, MORE, UM, PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE OR PARTICIPATE AS RELEVANT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL THEN WITH THAT, UM, I WILL, WE'VE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO I WILL JUST CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          I, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'LL JUST CALL FOR A VOTE. 
          UM, ALL IN FAVOR OF THE BYLAWS AS REDLINED. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT IS UNANIMOUS WITH EVERYONE PRESENT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          EVERYONE PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER NGUYEN 
          [01:35:01]
IS NO LONGER WITH US. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, THAT IS ADOPTED. 
          THANK YOU EVERYONE. 
          UM, NEXT STEPS FOR OUR BYLAWS WILL BE THAT THEY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THEN THEY GO TO AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, WHERE THEY'LL BE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED. 
          WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THEM AT THAT POINT. 
          UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT AND WE'LL HEAR BACK WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT THEM AS A WHOLE, WHETHER THEY PROVIDE REVISIONS, ASK US TO MAKE CHANGES AND WE'LL JUST KINDA TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
          SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU. 
          THAT IS EXCITING. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, AND THEN OUR LAST ITEM 
          [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ]
IS JUST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING I THINK COMING UP, UM, I'M GONNA SEE, I DON'T THINK I HAVE IT PULLED UP. 
          WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS SLATED FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY ALREADY. 
          WE HAVE COUNCIL AT FIRST APPEARANCE, UM, IS COMING. 
          WE ARE WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, UH, A DATE FOR THEM TO COME JOIN US. 
          I DID WANNA BRING UP, UM, THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS THAT THERE IS AN ELECTION TOMORROW, UM, THAT MAY HAVE IMPACT ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS DEPENDING ON HOW THOSE GO. 
          UM, AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS IN DECEMBER ABOUT ANY POSITIVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT WE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH. 
          UM, HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT THE, THE WORST, THE, THE, THE UNFUN CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, IMPACTS TO SERVICE. 
          UM, BUT UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR, UM, HAVING THAT DISCUSSION IN DECEMBER IF NEED BE. 
          UM, AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ALSO WANT NOPE, GO AHEAD. 
          COMMISSIONER BERNHARDT. 
          SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY URGENT, BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A REGULAR CHECK IN ON, UM, THE G FILE ISSUE. 
          I KNOW WE, WE ASKED A COUPLE QUESTIONS AT THE LAST MEETING AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE WE JUST WAIT UNTIL WE GET THOSE RESPONSES AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF HAVING OKAY. 
          UM, AN AGENDA ITEM WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          UM, ALSO, UM, WANTED TO PROVIDE AN ON NON UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF OR AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT AS THEY'RE NOW CALLED. 
          WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK FROM THE AUSTIN POLICE OVERSIGHT OFFICE. 
          UM, AND COMMISSIONER RUAN AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE FOR BEST NEXT STEPS AND WE'RE WAITING ON THAT TO HEAR WHAT COMES WITH THAT. 
          UM, AND I'LL, WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED AS WE HEAR MORE, UM, BUT AS OF NOW THEY ARE STILL NOT PRESENTING TO US. 
          SO WITH THAT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? IT IS GETTING TO BE WINTER. 
          IT IS. 
          OH. 
          ALSO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO, IN PREPARATION FOR MY DEPARTURE AS CHAIR IN APRIL  START HELPING AND PITCHING IN WITH AND LEARNING, UM, PRACTICING PUTTING THESE AGENDA ITEMS TOGETHER AND SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE LEADING UP TO AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO COMMISSIONER RUAN OR I, WE WOULD LOVE THE HELP. 
          UM, AND WOULD LOVE TO GET MORE PEOPLE, UM, LOOPED IN, UM, SO THAT THIS WORKLOAD CAN BE SPREAD AROUND. 
          AND SO, YEAH, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH, I HAD ONE MORE THING THAT I AM FORGETTING RIGHT NOW, UM, THAT I WANTED TO MENTION, BUT I THINK THAT'LL HAVE TO BE IT. 
          SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, I ADJOURN. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S DARK.
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