* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE AUSTIN ISD BOARD AUDITORIUM FOR THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. TODAY'S MEETING IS BEING BROADCASTED LIVE ON A ISD TV CHANNEL 22 ON SPECTRUM AND CHANNEL 99 ON AT AND T UNIVERSE. I WILL SERVE AS TODAY'S PRESIDING OFFICER. I CALL THE MEETING OF THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE TO ORDER AT 12:09 PM SHOWING THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE PRESENT. MAYOR KIRK WATSON, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT THREE. JOSE VELASQUEZ, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT FIVE. BRIAN ALTER, PRECINCT TWO. TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER BRIDGET SHEA, TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT ONE. JEFF IAN, PRESENT TRUSTEE FOR AUSTIN ISD AT LARGE POSITION NINE. ARTIE SINGH, SECRETARY OF THE AUSTIN I INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ANDREW GONZALEZ, POSITION SIX. AND MYSELF, CATHERINE WHITLEY, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TRUSTEE POSITION FOUR. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. [II. Approval of Minutes] THE FIRST ITEM, OUR ON OUR AGENDA IS APPRO APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR JUNE 16TH, 2025, MOVE OF APPROVAL. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SURE. OKAY. UM, ALL WHO'S READY TO APPROVE, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OKAY. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED ON OUR AGENDA TODAY [III. JSC Collaborative & Cost Sharing Opportunities] IS A DISCUSSION OF THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE, COLLABORATIVE AND COST SHARING OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'LL START WITH THESE QUESTIONS. AND SO WE HAVE ALLOTTED TIME FOR EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS ON OUR AGENDA. UM, AND SO WE HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION. UM, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE UP WHETHER THE JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE WANTS TO PURSUE COST SHARING OPPORTUNITIES. UM, WELL, I APPRECIATE AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE. LET ME, LET ME, UM, START WITH, WITH MY THOUGHT BRIEF THOUGHT ABOUT CONTEXT. UM, AND THAT IS THAT WE'RE ALL, EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM FACING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND THOSE CONSTRAINTS ARE GOING TO, IN MY OPINION, BECOME MORE DIFFICULT AND MORE CHALLENGING, NOT EASIER OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS. SO IT WOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON US TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT SHARE COSTS IF FOR NO OTHER REASON. IT'S JUST A BETTER, EFFICIENT, MORE AND MORE EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, AS I SAY THAT, I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO, TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS WE HAVE VERY LIMITED TOOLS TO ALLOW FOR COST SHARING. UH, SECOND IS THAT THOSE OF US IN ELECTIVE OFFICE, WHILE WE TEND TO ACT LIKE WE MIGHT KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS, UM, WE MAY NOT REALLY. AND, AND SO THE ONLY WAY I THINK THIS WILL ACTUALLY WORK IS IF WE, UH, HAVE AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEVEL, THAT LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION AND WORK AS OPPOSED TO US COMING TOGETHER LIKE THIS. SO I THINK THAT'S THE SECOND THING. THE THIRD THING IS, AND, AND BY THAT I MEAN PRO AND YOU PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT AT THE STAFF LEVEL THAT IS STAFFING IT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT. AND THEN THE THIRD THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC TRUSTS WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THIS, AND I THINK THAT'S A KEY PART OF THIS. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, THE PUBLIC HAS TO TRUST THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING THAT'S MORE EFFICIENT, UH, MORE EFFICACIOUS, SAVES MONEY. UM, IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT, I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S OPEN AND OBVIOUS AND, AND NOT A REAL COMPLICATED. WELL SEE. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY WE'RE DOING THIS, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL COME IN AND DO IT THIS WAY, THAT IT HAS TO BE A STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND THEREFORE, I, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS AS WE LOOK AT THIS AND AS WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE, WE FOCUS ON, WE COME UP WITH ONE, TWO, OR THREE THINGS THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC THAT WE ASK PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO HELP US WITH. AND NOT OVERLY COMPLICATED. AND I'VE GOT THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE, BUT, UM, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO CREATE THAT CONTEXT. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM, FROM OTHER MEMBERS IF THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE WANNA GO INTO. UM, IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PURSUING? UM, COST SAVINGS, SHARING OPPORTUNITIES [00:05:01] AS PART OF THIS COMMITTEE? AND THEN, UM, OUR NEXT TOPIC OF CONVERSATION, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO SOME OF THOSE POTENTIAL AREAS FOR COLLABORATION IF THERE'S AGREEMENT ON WORKING TOGETHER FOR THAT. IF I MIGHT JUST FOLLOW UP, 'CAUSE I, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF, OF WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. YOU KNOW, THE REASON I I OFFERED A RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL WAS, 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. WE DO ALL HAVE, UM, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, BUT WE ALL DO SOME OF THE SAME THINGS. AND SO, UM, I THINK REALLY HIGHLIGHTING WHAT, WHAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED ABOUT GIVING STAFF A CLEAR DIRECTION, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SOMETIMES BEEN ABSENT FROM THIS COMMITTEE, RIGHT? WE ALL TALK ABOUT AN IDEA AND THEN STAFF IS KINDA NOT SURE ARE, ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO DO SOMETHING? ARE THEY NOT? WHAT'S THE DELIVERABLE? AND SO IT JUST KIND OF ENDS AS A, A NICE DISCUSSION AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE SEE EACH OTHER THREE MONTHS LATER. SO I THINK IDENTIFYING THOSE FEW THINGS THAT ARE BOTH DISCREET AND THEN SAYING, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO US AS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TELL OUR WHOEVER POINT PERSON IS TO TALK TO YOUR POINT PERSON. HAVING THAT ABILITY FOR STAFF TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. UH, I THINK WE'LL MAKE THIS WORK MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF JUST BEING A NICE IDEA. SO, UH, I, I DID BRING ONE IDEA WHEN WE GET TO, UH, THAT PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT, UM, JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE, MADAM CHAIR. UM, I, I THINK THAT, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE REAL OPERATIONAL IDEAS, UH, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WHEN WE TALK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, IT'S CHAPTER THREE 80. WHEN WE TALK IT FROM, UH, THE COUNTY STANDPOINT, IT'S CHAPTER 3 81. WE, WE DO DIFFERENT THINGS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD, UH, AS A COMMITTEE, UH, TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BUILT, UH, THAT HAVE BENEFITED THE COMMUNITY IN REAL TIME. UH, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UH, WARMING CENTERS, HEATING CENTERS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, AN IDEA THAT ALLOWED US TO BRING OUR OPERATIONAL STAFF IN, WE BROUGHT OVER OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES FOLKS, AND YOU SAID, OVER YEARS. AND WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS ON THE TABLE AND FIGURED OUT HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. UH, WHEN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE WAS ANOTHER CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED AROUND THE TABLE. AND WE WORKED TOGETHER, UH, TO PASS A TAX RATE ELECTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT ONLY TALKING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT CITY VOTERS AND COUNTY VOTERS AS WELL. SO, UH, I THINK THAT WE HAVE A HISTORY OF HAVING, UH, MADE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAKE OPERATIONAL CHANGE BECAUSE WE'VE FOCUSED ON THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED BY THE COMMUNITY AND REQUESTED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. I THINK I, I THINK THAT OUR, OUR PRIMARY GOAL HAS TO BE, UM, HOW DO WE CREATE THE POLICY THAT IS, UH, NECESSARY TO BRING OUR OPERATIONAL FORCES IN AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, UNDERSTANDING, UH, THE CONDITION OF ALL OF OUR BUDGETS. SO I, I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET REALLY, REALLY, UH, NOT ONLY GOOD WORK, BUT THINGS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THE CITY, UH, THROUGH, UH, THROUGH OUR COMMITTEE MAY SO, CHAIR? YES. YES, PLEASE. UM, I, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO, I HAVE A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE, WE OVERLAP A LOT OF OUR, OUR TAXPAYERS ARE THE SAME. THERE'S SOME DIFFERENCES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TAXPAYERS ARE ALL THE SAME. AND, UM, I THINK WE NEED PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, PART OF THE REASON THAT WE ARE IN THIS CRISIS IS BECAUSE ONE PARTY THAT CONTROLS THE STATE AND CONTROLS FUNDING THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE IS LITERALLY WAGING MORE AGAINST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE MAD AT THE SCHOOL BOARDS. THEY THINK THE SCHOOL BOARDS CAUSED THE BUDGET SHORTAGES, AND IT'S LITERALLY CAUSED BY THE LEGISLATURE'S INTENTIONAL ACTION TO NOT PROPERLY FUND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND IT'S THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY TO DO THAT. SO I THINK WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA BE UNITED IN THAT MESSAGE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. AND OUR TAXPAYERS STILL WANT US TO BE EFFICIENT. THEY STILL WANT US TO [00:10:01] USE THE, THE TAX RESOURCES, UM, WISELY. AND I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S BROAD AGREEMENT ON THAT AS WELL. AND IN FACT, WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF COOPERATING. I THINK YOU'VE ALL GOTTEN THE, THE TRAVIS COUNTY INVESTMENTS 2025 OVERVIEW. WE HAVE MULTIPLE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT FOR YEARS THAT TOTAL MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE A, AN ACCURATE AND, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE STARTING POINT OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CURRENT STATE IS. UM, SO I THINK THE, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE STAFF TO WORK TOGETHER TO ASSEMBLE THIS INFORMATION SO WE CAN HAVE A REAL, UM, DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. UM, THIS DOESN'T, THIS DOESN'T COVER ALL OF IT. IT'S SORT OF A, A HIGHLIGHT FROM OUR SOCIAL SERVICES SIDE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UH, 23 MILLION PLUS IN CURRENT EXISTING, UM, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS. JUST ON THE SOCIAL SERVICE SIDE. WE HAVE A, A VERY ROBUST INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. UM, SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ENGAGE STAFF AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME ACCURATE STARTING POINT OF UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE. AND, UM, AND I THINK THERE'S VALUE IN US LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER. I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING, WE, WE CAN AND HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE OUR RESIDENTS. THOSE ARE OUR, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ADULTS WHO WILL BE WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ECONOMY. UM, AND WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'VE NOW PUT IN OUR BASE BUDGET FUNDING FOR THE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, WHICH WE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY YEAR IN OUR BUDGET. AND FINALLY WE JUST SAID, LOOK, PUT IT IN THE BASE BUDGET. IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT IT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON HELPING STUDENTS GET, FAMILIES GET STABILIZED. SO THERE ISN'T THE KIND OF DISRUPTION OF FAMILIES HAVING TO MOVE, UH, REPEATEDLY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE BEING TAKEN OUTTA SCHOOL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SAME WITH THE CHILDCARE INITIATIVE. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP. AND THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, UM, THAT WE ARE PUTTING TOWARD AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, UM, WITH THE ISDS. SO I, I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY VALUABLE FOR US TO ALL HAVE A, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT STATE AND, UM, AND THEN FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. BUT WE ARE, ALL, ALL OF OUR BUDGETS ARE BEING, UM, ATTACKED LITERALLY. AND PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST MAD AT THE SCHOOL BOARD. I MEAN, LOOK AT OUR SUBURBAN SCHOOLS. THEY'RE CLOSING SCHOOLS. THOSE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE WEALTHY, ROBUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT'S, THAT'S COMMUNICATED ACROSS THE BOARD TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND SO WITH, UM, WITH WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT FROM ALL THE ENTITIES, UM, LET'S MOVE ON TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL AREAS FOR COLLABORATION. AND THEN, UM, FROM THOSE AREAS, WE CAN DECIDE WHAT OUR TOP ONE, TWO, OR THREE PRIORITIES ARE. UM, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE SOME POTENTIAL COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? ? YEAH. UM, FIRST I WANTED TO SEE IF PRESIDENT BOSWELL HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP A LITTLE EARLIER. OH, JUST REALLY ECHOING WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING. I THINK, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE IDEA. EVERY ONE OF THESE IDEAS THAT ARE ALREADY ENTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS, COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY, COLLABORATING WITH THE COUNTY, THE DISTRICT START AS, AS AN IDEA SOMEWHERE. AND I THINK BEING DELIBERATE ABOUT SHARING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THOSE EFFICIENCIES AND THOSE OVERLAPS. AND NOT JUST WITH AUSTIN, ISD AND THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, BUT ALSO WITH DELL VALLEY, ALSO WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO HAVE THAT OVERLAP. MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND THERE'S SUCH GOOD WORK BEING DONE AND THEN HAVING A DELIBERATE SYSTEM FOR MOVING FORWARD. SO I'M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW TOPICS. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. I'M A GUEST HERE TODAY, SO THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT, UM, PEOPLE HAVE IDEAS. ONE, UM, THAT HAS BEEN SHARED PRIOR WAS, UH, RELATED TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU ALL HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET, AND THIS WAS A REALLY JUST A QUICK AND DIRTY, UM, OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT. UM, THINK ABOUT REALLY AT ATTACKING AS A GROUP. UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES OBVIOUSLY IMPACT ALL OF US. AND I THINK THIS REALLY CAME TO ME PERSONALLY WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT WORK THAT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IS DOING THAT THE E THREE ALLIANCE IS DOING, THAT THE CITY IS DOING WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT [00:15:01] ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING, UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE, WHICH IS PRODUCING THIS PIPELINE OF THE WORKFORCE. AND ONE QUESTION THAT CAME TO MY MIND AS A TRUSTEE IS, ARE WE AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM FULFILLING THE NEED? ARE WE ALIGNED WITH THE ACTUAL REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS, UM, IN AUSTIN OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS? UM, AND THEN LIKEWISE WITH A CC, ARE THEY ALSO, UM, ARE WE ALIGNED? AND I DON'T, I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A SINGULAR DOCUMENT THAT PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE THAT SAID VERY CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE FIVE AREAS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE THE BIGGEST WORKFORCE GAPS IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORTFALL OF X, Y, AND Z. NOW, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THE E THREE ALLIANCE DID, UM, HAVE, DO SOME OF THIS WORK. SO THIS IS ALSO IN YOUR PACKETS. UH, AND YOU CAN SEE, LIKE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE'S GONNA BE ABOUT 5,000 JOB OPENINGS BY THE YEAR 2030. TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY THE BIGGEST ONE HERE WITH 22, OVER 22,000 PROJECTED JOB OPENINGS. UM, AND THEN, AND, AND SO THAT'S GREAT. UM, BUT THEN IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CAPACITY RIGHT NOW TO PRODUCE THAT? AND SO I REALLY FELT, I FELT LIKE THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE OUR THREE ENTITIES COULD WORK TOGETHER, UM, IN SOME WAY TO EITHER CREATE A REPORT OR CREATE SOME SORT OF, UM, MANIFESTO, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, THAT, THAT REALLY PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE. AND THEN WE COULD CLEARLY SEE WHAT EACH ENTITY WOULD DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS SHARED TARGET THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FOR OUR CITY. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE, AND I'D WELCOME ANY CONVERSATION ON THAT TOPIC. AND ALSO HEARING OTHER IDEAS THAT FOLKS HAVE. SO MANIFESTO HAS SUCH A BAD REPUTATION. OKAY. , WE WON'T USE THAT WORD. SORRY, THAT WAS, I, I WAS THINKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ASSET MAP OF WHO, WHO IS DOING WHAT, WHERE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS WERE BEING. WHAT WE FOUND OUT WITH CHILDCARE, AND WHAT WE FOUND OUT WITH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS IS THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF GOOD PROGRAMS OPERATING ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEY WEREN'T COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER. WE COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT WAS GOING ON IN 7, 8, 7, 2, 3, 7, 8, 7, 6, 6, AND OTHER ZIP CODE AREAS. SO THE FIRST THING WE TRIED TO DO IS IDENTIFY WHO WAS DOING WHAT, WHERE. AND AS I LOOK AT THESE TARGET INDUSTRIES, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, SO WHO'S TEACHING IN TRAINING THEN? AND, UH, SO HOW ARE WE CONNECTED TO OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE CONNECTED TO OUR CTE PROGRAMS? HOW ARE OUR CTE PROGRAMS CONNECTED, UH, TO A CC? HOW ARE THEY CONNECTED TO UNIONS WHO ARE PRODUCING FOLKS AS WELL? IS THERE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS? AND WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER? AND WE SAY THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE MAYOR HAS BEEN CHAMPIONING, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FIRST IDENTIFYING WHAT'S ON THE GROUND, UH, THEN IDENTIFYING WHERE THE TRAINING IS HAPPENING, KNOWING THAT THERE IS GOOD AND CONSISTENT TRAINING IN ALL REGIONS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY. AND THEN HOW, HOW WE BUILD AN OPERATIONAL WORK PLAN TO GET FROM OUR CURRENT STATE, UH, TO THE FUTURE STATE THAT WILL PRODUCE THE, THE, UM, THE EMPLOYEES AND, AND THE, UH, LEADERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COUNCIL. I WENT AHEAD AND, AND FILLED OUT YOUR, YOUR TEMPLATE FOR, UM, AN IDEA AROUND OUR OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE, WE OPERATE PARKS, THE COUNTY OPERATES PARKS. WE ACTUALLY SHARE SOME OF THE PARKS WITH A IC THAT WE CO-OWN. UH, Y'ALL MANAGE OPEN SPACES, AND WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AS A CITY OF, WE NEED CERTAIN FACILITIES TO JUST MAINTAIN OUR, OUR, UM, LAWNMOWERS AND ALL THE, THE, JUST THE MAINTENANCE NEEDS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE STAFFING CHALLENGES WITH MAKING SURE THE TRASH IS TAKEN OUT EVERY DAY, AND THE BATHROOMS ARE CLEANED, AND THEN THE LAWNS ARE MOWED. AND SO I THOUGHT IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT FACILITIES DOES EACH ENTITY HAVE? ARE THERE, IS THERE EXTRA SPACE AT A COUNTY FACILITY OR A AN A ISD FACILITY THAT INSTEAD OF US BUILDING A WHOLE NEW FACILITY, MAYBE WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE SPACE YOU HAVE. OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES YOU'LL HAVE A, A CITY PARK KIND OF MORE ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY THAT IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO A COUNTY PARK, AND MAYBE IT WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO HAVE ONE CREW DO BOTH OF THOSE INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMEONE DRIVE ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ALL [00:20:01] DO RIGHT NOW. WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE AND THE, AND THE EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY TO SEE JUST ANY SYNERGIES AMONGST THAT? SO, UH, AND THEN REALLY, I THINK TO, TO DO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BUILD ON WHAT THE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT IN AN ASSET MAP. LIKE, LET'S JUST FIRST SEE WHAT EVERYBODY HAS, RIGHT? HOW, WHERE ARE YOUR FACILITIES, HOW BIG ARE THEY? AND, AND ALSO THE EQUIPMENT ITSELF, AND WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS? AND SEE THEN WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO, TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT BEFORE WE JUST START BUYING NEW THINGS. THANK YOU. I'LL JUMP IN FIRST. I WANNA SAY THAT BOTH OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE'VE HEARD SO FAR, I THINK, UH, ARE EXACTLY WHAT THE, THE, WHETHER, WHETHER WE END UP DOING BOTH THOSE THINGS OR ANY OF THEM, BUT THEY'RE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT I THINK HAS BEEN THE, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD FAILURE, BUT I GUESS THE FAILURE OF TRYING TO DO THIS IN THE PAST WHERE WE WEREN'T SPECIFIC ENOUGH, WE WEREN'T COMMON SENSE ENOUGH, BUT IN BOTH OF THE LAYOUTS OF THAT, YOU HEAR IT THAT WAY. SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD. ONE OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT I THINK WOULD BE, AND, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID NOT, UH, PUT THIS INTO THE, UH, FORMAT, BUT I'LL JUST, I'LL TALK ABOUT IT, IS IN THE AREA OF, OF ADDRESSING, UH, THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LIVING HOMELESS, UH, I THINK THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR US TO, PARTICULARLY IF WE DO THE ASSET MAPPING, UH, WHICH IS SOMETHING I THINK, I THINK YOU WE'RE NOW HEARING THAT AS A, AS A FIRST STEP IN EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S SMART AND WISE. BUT WITH REGARD TO, UH, WE'RE ALL INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WITH, UH, THE NEED TO STRENGTHEN EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION ON HOMELESSNESS. AND WE ALL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ARE ADDRESSING THAT IN SOME WAY. WHETHER WE'RE DOING IT IN A UNIFORM WAY. WELL, I, I COULD ARGUE WE'RE NOT. AND WHETHER WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY WHERE INSTEAD OF, UH, CAN WE MAKE THE, THE, THE SUM STRONGER THAN THE COMPONENT PARTS, AND CAN WE DO IT IN A WAY WHERE WE DON'T DUPLICATE EFFORTS? SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE PART OF, OF THAT. THE SECOND WOULD BE, UM, JOINT INVESTMENT. I'LL, I'LL USE THAT WORD, ALTHOUGH THAT ALWAYS SCARES PEOPLE. 'CAUSE THAT IMMEDIATELY MEANS MONEY. BUT JOINT INVESTMENT IN FAMILY SHELTER CAPACITY, UM, IF WE WERE TO SET A TARGET THAT THIS COMMUNITY, THIS JOINT GROUP, UH, THESE, THESE WORKING TOGETHER INTER JURISDICTIONALLY TO GET 50 NEW FAMILY SHELTER BEDS, THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENT, A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN A ISD. IT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND, AND MAYBE 50 IS NOT THE RIGHT NUMBER, BUT IT'S A GOOD ROUND NUMBER. AND, UM, BUT, AND, AND THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE WE INVEST, WHAT'S THE CITY INVESTING? WHAT'S THE COUNTY INVESTING? UH, AND, AND, AND WHAT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICT INVESTING IN THINGS THAT IF WE PUT IT INTO FAMILY SHELTER, WE WOULD SAVE MONEY. AND BY THE WAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IF WE DO AN ASSET ANALYSIS, WE'RE GONNA FIND THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER JURISDICTIONS WE OUGHT TO INVITE TO THE PARTY. UM, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY I THINK OF CENTRAL HEALTH, UH, IN PART BECAUSE OF THE ROLE IT CAN PLAY, NOT JUST IN PROVIDING ACUTE CARE IF SOMEBODY'S SICK, BUT IN PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS PART OF ITS MISSION. AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS, UH, SUPPORTING YOUTH WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. UH, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ALSO SCRATCH THE ITCH OF ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS AND, AND, AND, AND WE'RE ALL DOING THINGS. THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE DOING THINGS THAT, UH, COULD SAVE SAVE DOLLARS AND CREATE SYNERGY? THAT'S BETTER SAID. SO, UH, SO I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO PUT THAT OUT. BUT I WANNA START, UH, WITH WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER AND, AND, AND, UH, BOARD MEMBER, UH, SING JUST STARTED OUT. UM, AND THAT IS, UH, WHEN WE GO TO OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WHICH THAT HAS TO BE, IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IS WE START WITH WHAT IS THE ASSET MAP? BRING US BACK THE ASSET MAP. DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE ASSET MAP. DON'T BE AFRAID THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH. THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS. AND, AND, AND, AND BRING IT BACK THAT WAY. SO, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. JUST, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS CONVERSATION. AND, AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT [00:25:01] OUR SHARED PARK SPACES, UM, WE'RE ALREADY, WE HAVE CITY FUNDS THAT HELP PAY FOR OUR ARBORIST. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LEANING, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, EXCITED TO HEAR DISCUSSION OF SHELTERS FOR FAMILIES. AND I THINK I'VE TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, INCLUDING WITH YOU MAYOR, ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED, AND A SHELTER THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THERE ALONE HAS MADE FOR FAMILIES, UM, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IT'S ON A CAMPUS, IT'S NOT A, A FULL-TIME. THEY, THEY DEPLOY IT IN THE EVENING, THEY JUST SHUT IT DOWN AT NIGHT. AND THE CAMPUS OPERATES AS A CAMPUS DURING THE DAY, BUT IT HAS INCREASED ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE, BEHA, YOU KNOW, IMPROVED BEHAVIORS, IMPROVED GRADES, IMPROVED HEALTH OF FAMILIES, IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT OF PARENTS. IT HAS DONE ALL THE THINGS WE WOULD WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO DO. AND TO DO THAT IN A COMMUNAL WAY WOULD BE REALLY POWERFUL. I THINK. SO, AND, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME PROOF OF CONCEPT, UM, IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD GO TO AND ASK WHAT HAS WORKED THERE. UM, AND THEN I REALLY WOULD LOVE TO LEAN INTO THE HEALTHCARE CONVERSATION. I THINK AS THE STATE, AGAIN, THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS UNDER ATTACK FROM THE STATE THAT IS BECOMING LESS. AND, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BECOMING LESS AFFORDABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HEALTHCARE ARE THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. IT'S A SAFETY NET FOR FAMILIES WHO COULDN'T GET THAT OTHERWISE. AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING USED AS SCHOOLS ON THE WEEKENDS AND THE EVENINGS WHERE MAYBE WE NEED HEALTHCARE SPACE, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK WE COULD PERHAPS WORK TOGETHER ON SOMETHING THAT WOULD AMPLIFY HEALTHCARE OPTIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS DURING THE DAY AND EXPAND HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES CLOSE WHERE WE HAVE HEALTHCARE DESERTS WHEN IT'S NOT SCHOOL TIME. SO I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT AS WELL. OH, NO, GO FOR IT. THESE ARE, UH, REALLY GREAT, UH, SUGGESTIONS AND QUESTIONS. UM, AND I THINK, ESPECIALLY AS THE MAYOR SAID, ASKING, WHO ELSE SHOULD BE HERE? WHAT STRIKES ME IMMEDIATELY IS A CC IS DOING REMARKABLE JOB TRAINING. MM-HMM . THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR. SOME OF THAT JOB TRAINING IS FUNDED BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR. UM, AND I THINK, AND BECAUSE PARTS OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ACADEMY FOR YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY INCREDIBLE WORK THERE. PLUS, UM, THERE ARE SO MANY ISD AND OTHER A ISD AND OTHER ISD STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING A CC CLASSES WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, GETTING CERTIFICATION. SO THEY'RE, I THINK, A REALLY KEY PARTNER. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE, UM, THAT I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE, UH, USED TO BE CALLED, YOU KNOW, UH, GREATER AUSTIN NOW, I THINK GREATER CENTRAL TEXAS, UH, INITIATIVES OF THE CHAMBER AND OTHER GROUPS, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO ATTRACT THEM HERE. UM, AND THAT SHOULD BE A KEY PART OF WHAT'S ON THEIR AGENDA AS WELL, BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES NEED TRAINED, QUALIFIED, UH, WORKERS. UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AT, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE OF THE VISION OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WHEN THEY SENT OUT, UM, DIRECT CO RELIEF AND ECONOMIC RELIEF FUNDS, TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE GOT 247 MILLION. WE WERE REALLY CLEAR, IT WAS ONE TIME FUNDING, AND WE PUT 117 MILLION OF IT INTO CREATING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE KIND OF THE BEST KEPT SECRET. SO I HAD, I LOVE TELLING IT IN THESE KINDS OF FORMS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING THAT WILL CREATE 1900 UNITS OF HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TRANSITIONING OUT OF HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING FAMILIES. SO THERE WILL BE FAMILY SHELTER OPTIONS THEY'RE BEING BUILT NOW. UM, AND, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST A, IT'S A REMARKABLE INVESTMENT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. IT WON'T SOLVE THE HOMELESSNESS BY ITSELF, BUT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALSO ARE INTENDING TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING. SO, UH, VERY, VERY PROUD TO HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH YOU IN THAT COLLEAGUE. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE, THERE'S SOME OTHER REALLY, UH, SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE PUSHED, AND CENTRAL HEALTH HAS ACCEPTED, UH, PROVIDING SOME SERVICES WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL IN JAIL. THEY HAVE WORKED, UH, WITH OUR CONSTABLES OFFICES TO GO OUT AND VISIT, UH, UM, UNHOUSED SITES. THEY HAVE. SO, LIKE I SAID, AN ASSET MAP WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE, UH, TO SEE, UH, WHERE CONCEPTS HAVE BEEN PROVEN. AND MAYBE WE CAN PUSH A LITTLE HARDER TO GO TO SCALE, UH, BECAUSE THEY, BECAUSE THEY OPERATE IN SOME PLACES, NOT FULLY, BUT IT, BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH INTEGRAL CARE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SO I, I THINK THAT THERE ARE [00:30:01] A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS GOING. AND, AND WE HAVE A DRINKING GAME NOW AT COMMISSION. WHENEVER WE SAY, UH, WHENEVER WE SAY ASSET MAP , WHENEVER WE SAY ASSET MAP, WE GET, SO, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO OUTLINE THINGS ON THE GROUND. THINGS ARE, THAT ARE ALREADY BEING OPERATED, AND IF THEY ARE EFFECTIVE, UH, WHAT'S THE METHOD THAT WE NEED TO TAKE THEM TO SCALE? AND CAN WE DO THAT THROUGH LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS? BECAUSE, UH, IN THE, IN THE FACE OF, UH, OF FE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKING AWAY FROM CHILDCARE, UH, WE OPERATED AS A COMMUNITY MM-HMM . AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN PROGRAMS ARE NOT OUR KIDS THAT ARE IN TROUBLE. SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, UH, TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND HELP THEM. AND, AND, UH, YOU MADE THE POINT THE OTHER NIGHT, UH, THAT YOU WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS BE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL. UH, AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE CONNECT THE DOTS. AND I THINK, I, I THINK THAT THE DISCUSSION TO TODAY GETS US MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. SO, IT'S SO FUNNY 'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, I KNOW COMMISSIONER IL'S GONNA START TALKING ABOUT ASSET MAPS, . UM, AND YEAH, IT IS A DRINKING GAME, BUT, AND I THINK LIKE MY DRINKING GAME IS, UM, METRICS, LIKE WHAT ARE THE METRICS FOR SUCCESS, RIGHT? SO LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF MY THING THAT I ALWAYS BRING UP TOO. AND SO I THINK ONE THING THAT CAN DISTINGUISH THIS EFFORT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT WE DECIDE ON, IS, UM, DEFINING AHEAD OF TIME, LIKE WHAT PROBLEM WE'RE SOLVING AND BE SUPER CLEAR SPECIFIC ABOUT IT. SO IF WE WANNA, IF LET'S SAY IT'S HOMELESSNESS, WE SHOULD SAY, WE WANNA REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS PEOPLE IN AUSTIN FROM X TO Y. YOU KNOW, AND WE SHOULD ALL KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS. YOU KNOW, UM, LET'S SAY WE, WE TALK, WE DECIDE THIRD GRADE READING IS THE THING THAT WE WANNA ALL, YOU KNOW, TALK, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE ON. WE SHOULD ALL KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGES OF OUR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN AUSTIN ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL IN THIRD GRADE. THAT SHOULD BE A SHARED ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AND WE SHOULD BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE OUTCOME IS. AND THAT WAY WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, UM, TO WHATEVER, FOR WHATEVER WORK IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN REALLY MAKE, SO I WOULD JUST URGE AS WE'RE DOING THE ASSET MAPPING, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST SAYING, OH, WE WANNA HELP HOMELESSNESS, OR WE WANT TO HELP INCREASE OUR WORKFORCE, BUT REALLY ATTACH NUMBERS TO IT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK THE PROGRESS REALLY WELL. AND AS WE DO THAT, THAT REALLY JUST, AND AS WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED OUR ABILITY TO DO THAT PROGRESS, IT REALLY JUST ATTRACTS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE TO THE EFFORT. SO, UM, SO, SO JUST, JUST TO, UM, TO CAPTURE ONE POINT, YOU KNOW, ASSET MAPPING IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP OF PROJECT PLANNING. MM-HMM . AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE IDEA'S IMPORTANT, BUT BREAKING IT UP INTO PHASES, OFTENTIMES, WE'LL, WE'LL DEFINE, WE'LL SAY WE WANT TO ADDRESS A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM THAT HAS MANY COMPONENTS, AND YOU CANNOT DO THEM ALL AT ONCE. MM-HMM . AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH OF THE PROBLEM, THE DEPTH OF THE PROBLEM, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD, I THINK MANY TIMES BECAUSE TO FULLY EDUCATE A CHILD AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, WELL, THAT'S A LONG-TERM PROCESS. MM-HMM . UH, BUT WE DO KNOW THE TYPES OF THINGS, UH, THAT, THAT PROVIDE US, UH, THAT PROVIDE US, UH, DOCUMENTATION ALONG THE WAY THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S NOT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A BUILDING, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU CAN PRESENT THE IDEA, YOU CAN GET IT FUNDED, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO, TO SCOPE OUT THE WORK AND GET ALL OF THE PERMITS AND THEN HIRE THE GROUP. THAT'S, AND IT'S, AND IT'S A THREE YEAR PROCESS ANYWAY, YOU LOOK AT IT. SO IT IS BEING REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT WE CAN DO FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD, AND, AND TO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT GUARDRAILS WHEN WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'RE MEETING OUR MILESTONES QUICKLY. I DO THINK THE, UM, THE ASSET MAP WILL HELP ALL OF US HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH WE'RE ALREADY COOPERATING. AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL AS WELL. PEOPLE ARE REALLY FEELING SQUEEZED. THE, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE MOST PEOPLE IDENTIFY IS AFFORDABILITY. UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE A VERY GOOD STORY TO TELL ABOUT HOW WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND POOLING OUR RESOURCES, UM, TO, TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO TWO BIG MESSAGES. THE, THE LEGISLATURE IS INTENTIONALLY CUTTING FUNDING [00:35:01] FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND, AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE COLLABORATING AND POOLING OUR RESOURCES TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH PUBLIC FUNDS, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TOPICS THAT PRESIDENT BOSWELL AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND HEALTHCARE. AND, AND THE MAYOR MENTIONED THIS. CENTRAL HEALTH IS KEY TO THIS CONVERSATION AND UNIQUE TO THAT ENTITY. YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY BOTH HAVE APPOINTEES TO THAT BOARD. WE TOGETHER ARE A MAJORITY OF THAT BOARD. AND SO WHEN WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION, HAVING THEIR, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEIR ASSETS AT THE TABLE AS WELL, I THINK IS, IS GOING TO BE ESSENTIAL TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE ADDRESS IT. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WORKING ON THE VITA CLINIC WHEN YOU WERE IN THE SENATE AND YOU WERE CHAMPIONING THAT, UM, UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER FUNDED, RIGHT? BUT NOW CENTRAL HEALTH, MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THEY COULD HELP. AND, AND THE, THE RESULTS THERE WERE INCREDIBLE MM-HMM . UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING THEM AT THE TABLE WOULD BE VITAL. SO I, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I WOULD SAY, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNICA AND SENDO AND INTEGRAL CARE, IT'S ALL OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER WITH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MISSIONS. UH, BUT UN UNTIL, UNTIL WE PUT THE, THE ASSET MAP TOGETHER AND IDENTIFY WHO'S DOING WHAT, WHERE IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT THE MOST EFFICIENT PATH IS, UH, TO GETTING TO A CONCLUSION THAT WAS, OKAY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM THIS CONVERSATION, UM, AND I'M LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, IT TALKS ABOUT OUR NEXT STEP OF RECOMMENDING TWO TO THREE TOPICS TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN THE STEP AFTER THAT IS HOW DO WE STRUCTURE IT? BUT WE MIGHT WANNA PUT THAT TOGETHER. WOULD IT BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE, UM, STRUCTURE MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMING UP WITH TOPICS FROM AN ASSET MAP COMING UP WITH PRIORITIES THEN, OR, I'D LIKE TO HEAR SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT, WOULD WE LIKE TO COME UP WITH PRIORITIES IN THIS MEETING TO FOCUS ON FOR ASSET MAPPING, OR DO WE WANNA FOCUS ON LOOKING WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING? AND MAYBE I'M JUMPING AHEAD, UH, OR I DON'T UNDERSTAND, UM, WHICH I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO BOTH. UM, BUT, UH, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WE HAVE AT LEAST TH THREE, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO GO ANY MORE THAN THREE IF WE GOTCHA. UH, AS WE BITE OFF THIS, THIS, BUT WE HAVE THREE, UH, POTENTIAL THINGS WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT. SO THAT'S STEP ONE. IF, IF WE, IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT ON THAT, STEP TWO, AND, AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S WORKFORCE PARKS AND HOMELESS AND, AND, AND THEN VERY SPECIFIC WITH REGARD TO HOMELESS. I DON'T WANT, 'CAUSE THAT CAN GROW ON US REAL QUICKLY. UH, BUT SO, BUT THOSE WOULD BE THE THREE POTENTIAL. IF YOU DO ASSET MAPPING IN THOSE THREE AREAS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE DISTINCT, THOSE ARE THREE DISTINCT AREAS. SO THE ASSET MAPPING IS GOING TO REQUIRE AND GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE SAYING. AND I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF DOING THIS. THIS CANNOT BE ABSOLUTELY. THE EXPERTS RATHER THAN THE POLICY. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THE EXPERTS. AND, AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT THAT THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF IS IN A POSITION TO DO THAT FOR THE JURISDICTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE. UM, AND I THINK, I THINK WE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, THAT, THAT THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE. RIGHT. SO, AND I'M GETTING A, A VERY POSITIVE NOD ACROSS THE ROOM. UM, BUT, BUT THAT BE AT LEAST FROM THE CITY. SO, SO, SO, SO WE WOULD NEED, BUT WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AND ASK THAT QUESTION. UM, AND I JUST HEARD THE WORD CAPACITY, AND I AGREE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CAPACITY FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND, AND IT IS THREE TOO MANY, RIGHT? IS THREE IS THREE TOO MANY. BUT WE COME, WE WOULD COME BACK AND, AND REPORT NOT AT THE NEXT MEETING, BUT WE WOULD REPORT TO EACH OTHER IN A WAY THAT, THAT WE CAN DO THAT. AND WE'RE COMMITTING TO DO THAT. AND THEN THE THIRD PART IS TO DO THE ASSET MAP. I REALLY AGREE THAT AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT OUR METRICS ARE GOING TO BE FOR OUTCOMES. FOR ME, MY INSTINCTIVE REACTION, MAYBE CALL IT A KNEE JERK REACTION, IS UNTIL I KNOW WHAT THE ASSET MAP LOOKS LIKE, I HAVE DIFFICULTY DETERMINING WHAT MY METRICS ARE, OUTCOME METRICS ARE, BECAUSE I'M FEARFUL THAT I'LL SET OUTCOME METRICS THAT I JUST DON'T, RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE, WE'RE NOT AS GOOD AS WE THINK WE ARE. RIGHT? AND SO WE, WE, WE, WE MAY NEED THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP AFTER WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD [00:40:01] ON THE ASSET MAPPING AS THAT'S, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION THAT, I MEAN, THE, A ASSET MAP LEADS US TO A CURRENT STATE ANALYSIS. WHERE ARE WE? RIGHT HERE? AND THEN, THEN WE DECIDE WHAT, WHERE, WHERE WE GO FROM THAT. AND THAT HELPS US THEN MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT THE METRICS ARE. I, I COMPLETELY AGREE. YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO DO THAT. OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL ROLL, WE'LL SPIN OUR WHEELS. BUT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE ASSET MAP IN PLACE. BUT THAT'S HOW, THAT IS MY, IN MY, THAT'S MY INSTINCTIVE REACTION OF WHAT THE OUTLINE WOULD LOOK LIKE. OKAY. MARY, DID YOU HAVE, I I CAUGHT HOMELESSNESS. DID YOU HAVE TWO OTHER SUBJECT AREAS? YEAH, WORKFORCE AND PARKS. UM, FOR THE THREE, THE THREE THAT GOT LAID OUT, THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT WE OUGHT TO DE DISCUSS. UM, AND, AND, BUT, BUT I, I THINK WE OUGHT TO TRY TO KEEP IT TO, TO, AS YOU INDICATED MADAM CHAIR, TWO OR THREE, WE, UH, WELL, CLIMATE OBVIOUSLY IS GONNA, IT'S GONNA DISRUPT EVERYTHING THAT WE PLANNED BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE, WE'LL HAVE FREEZE DAYS IN THE FUTURE. WE'LL HAVE RAIN BOMBS IN THE FUTURE. AND IT, AND IT STOPS ALL OUR PLANS. BUT, UM, UM, THE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, AND WE'VE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO THIS AND LAUNCHED IT, IS A MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION, UM, OPERATION TO DIVERT PEOPLE FROM OUR JAILS TO GET TREATMENT INSTEAD OF JAIL, WHEN WHAT THEY REALLY NEED IS TREATMENT. AND THAT'S INTERWOVEN WITH THE HOMELESS ISSUE. MM-HMM . IT'S INTERWOVEN WITH OUR HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND, AND ALL OF IT. SO, UM, I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO FIT IN THERE SOMEWHERE. AND, AND, UH, AND IT IS RELATED TO HOMELESS. UM, OUR STAFF HAD DONE SOME, UM, EXAMINATION ON OTHER ISSUES. I DON'T KNOW IF AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO HEAR FROM STAFF, BUT I THINK A REALLY ESSENTIAL PART OF THE ASSET MAP IS CAPACITY. AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE REVENUE SOURCES FOR EACH OF OUR ENTITIES. OH, YEAH. AND I'M, I'M A BROKEN RECORD ON THIS ONE, BUT WE, THE COUNTY HAS VERY LIMITED REVENUE SOURCES, UH, NOT AS CONSTRAINED, UH, AS AIS SD OR THE ISDS, BUT WE REALLY ONLY GET, UH, PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. WE DON'T HAVE SALES TAX, UH, OR WE GET MIXED DRINKS, BUT PEOPLE AREN'T DRINKING AS MUCH, SO THERE'S LESS REVENUE THERE, . UM, BUT IT'S A LIMITED, I WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M DOING MY PART . I THINK A LOT OF US ARE. BUT ANYWAY, IT'S, UM, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING AS PART OF A BASELINE, UM, UH, ANALYSIS, UM, IN A, AN ASSET MAP IS TO JUST UNDERSTAND THE CAPACITY IN TERMS OF REVENUE SOURCES. SO, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOPIC AND WE'RE PUTTING AN ASSET MAP TOGETHER, AND IT'S AN ALL, UH, JOHN SHOCK PROCESS, WE, WE IDENTIFY WHAT'S THERE, WHAT UNDER WHAT AUTHORITY IT OPERATES UNDER, WHAT ITS CURRENT BUDGET IS. EVEN IF WE LOOK BACK AS FAR AS, UH, THREE BUDGETS, I THINK IT'S TALK ABOUT CAPACITY. IT'S NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONLY THE CAPITAL AVAILABLE, BUT IT IS, IT IS THE, UH, THE STAFF THAT'S AVAILABLE AS WELL. SURE. WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY FTES OR WHETHER IT COULD BE DONE, UH, IN A, IN A STUDY OF SORTS. WE'VE HAD THE LBJ SCHOOL GIVE US SEVERAL STUDIES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO US GOING FORWARD. WE'VE DONE SOME OF OUR CLIENT STUDIES OR CLIMATE STUDIES, UH, WITH TEXAS STATE. SO I, I THINK THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO PUT A FORMAT TOGETHER THAT ALLOWS US NOT ONLY TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS THERE, UH, BUT WHERE IT CAME FROM, HOW IT'S FUNDED, AND WHETHER IT HAS ENOUGH RESOURCES IN IT CURRENTLY. SO, AND YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THAT STRUCTURE, AND I THINK THAT'S SOME, YOU KNOW, WE NEED, WE NEED STAFF TO, TO MAKE THESE, UM, THINGS MOVE. AND WE HAVE STAFF AT THREE SEPARATE ENTITIES. AND SO I THINK A LOT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US, IF YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A STAFF MEMBER, YOU'RE LIKE, I KNOW I CAN CONTROL UP AND DOWN MY OWN CHAIN, BUT IT'S HARD MM-HMM . UM, TO BROADLY WITH THREE DIFFERENT ENTITIES. UM, SO I, I'D LOVE TO DISCUSS THE IDEA, UM, 'CAUSE WE ALL HAVE BUDGET SEASON COMING UP OF WHAT WE THINK ABOUT HAVING A JOINT STAFF MEMBER THAT'S FUNDED JOINTLY. UM, TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. 'CAUSE I, I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NEW TO THIS COMMITTEE ISH. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A YEAR, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF ELECTIVES LIKE WITH, WITH LOTS OF IDEAS, BUT THE STAFF IS REALLY THE ONE DOING THE WORK, KNOWS WHAT THE CAPACITY IS. SO I LIKE TO HEAR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. UM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, I LOVE THE IDEA OF, OF HAVING A DEDICATED STAFF MEMBER. SO WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CONVERSATION ALONG. THE ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO ADD IS, UM, AND IT'S, UH, TO PUT MORE OF A FOCUS ON THE ONE THING THAT WE ALL SHARE IN THIS ROOM IS, IS TAKING CARE OF [00:45:01] OUR STUDENTS, TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDDOS. UH, AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER IS HYPER PASSIONATE ABOUT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH DURING OUR BUDGET CYCLE, OR ONE OF OUR BUDGETS, UH, DURING ONE OF OUR BUDGETS. BUT, UM, I I, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW, AND I APOLOGIZE, I WANNA SAY IT'S, UH, IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 5,700 KIDS. AND IN AI, THE ALONE THAT ARE, THAT ARE UNHOUSED UN HAVE INSECURE HOUSING RIGHT NOW, UH, FOR TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, OUR NAVIGATION CENTER IS COMING IN RIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, BUT IT WAS 10% OF THEIR STUDENT POPULATION IS HOUSING INSECURE. I, I THINK IF WE PUT A PREMIUM AND A FOCUS ON OUR STUDENTS, UH, I, I THINK WE'D BE BETTER SERVED RIGHT NOW. I, AND, AND THAT'S JUST MY, MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT, UH, I KNOW WHEN I WAS HERE AT A ISD THAT THE NUMBER WAS, WAS HOVERING ABOUT 2,500, AND I KNOW IT BALLOONED IN JUST THE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT I WAS GONE. SO, UM, THAT, THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE MY 2 CENTS. BUT, BUT I THINK US PUTTING A FOCUS ON, ON OUR IN-HOUSE STUDENTS WOULD, WOULD, UH, WOULD, WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT MY NUMBERS ARE RIGHT, BUT TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE JUST SAID, THE NUMBERS THAT, THAT I'VE GOT, UM, IS THAT RIGHT NOW, A ISD IS SERVING ROUGHLY 2000 STUDENTS THAT ARE LIVING HOMELESS. AND OF COURSE, TRAVIS COUNTY'S ALSO EXPERIENCING RECORD EVICTION RATES RIGHT NOW. UM, AND SO THAT COULD ADD TO THAT, THAT PROBLEM. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I, I WANTED TO FOCUS ON, UH, OR I BROUGHT THE IDEA OF FOCUSING ON EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION, BUT ALSO FAMILY SHELTERS AND, AND SOMETHING I CAN SHARE ABOUT THAT DATA. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE, UM, DEROGATORY RATINGS FROM THE STATE, AND I LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, SO I, I CAN EVEN SEE A SCHOOL THAT, THAT ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER AND THAT HAVE THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS EXPERIENCING POVERTY. AND THE NUMBER, THE, THE, THE DATA PIECE THAT IS MOST PREDICTIVE OF THE SCHOOL HAVING A DEROGATORY LA RATING OR LABEL FROM THE STATE THAT COULD GET THE DISTRICT TAKEN OVER IS STUDENT MOBILITY. SO IT, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE HOMELESSNESS PERCENTAGE, BUT IT IS THAT INSECURITY OF HOUSING OR MOVING IN AND OUT OF HOMELESSNESS. SO, SO WHEN Y'ALL ARE USING DIFFERENT NUMBERS, IT IS, THAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE INSTABILITY. THAT'S, IT'S NOT THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S VERY GOOD POINT. THAT'S THE WRONG NUMBER. IT COULD BE A, A NUMBER FROM MONTH, MONTH TO MONTH. NO, YOU'RE, THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. BUT, BUT TO, AND, AND TO YOUR QUESTION, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT THE BEST, THE BEST STEP FORWARD IS MAKE SURE OUR STAFFS, OUR INDIVIDUAL STAFFS, ARE PREPARED TO PROVIDE THE ASSET MAPPING INFORMATION, THE DATA THAT'S GONNA BE NEEDED. BUT I DON'T THINK WE WILL SUCCEED IN OUR AMBITION HERE UNLESS WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WE SAY THAT'S THE PERSON, THEIR JOB IS TO GET THAT DONE, PARTICULARLY IF WE HAVE TWO OR THREE ITEMS. AND THAT PART OF THAT JOB WOULD BE TO GO TO THE CITY, GO TO THE COUNTY, AND PUSH WHEN IT REQUIRES PUSHING. BUT, BUT COLLECTING THAT DATA, UM, AND HAVING SOMEBODY THAT'S, THAT'S ON POINT FOR THIS COMMITTEE IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT. AND SO WHAT WOULD BE OUR TIMELINE AND NEXT STEPS TO DO THAT? TO MAKE MONDAY, MONDAY, MONDAY ASK MEANT MONDAY. UM, WE SHOULD HAVE STAFF TELL US. YEAH. MY EXPERIENCE AS A, AS A STAFFER FOR 30 YEARS IS, UH, WE, WE ASK THAT. THEY TELL US WHAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE JOBS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED, TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE OUR DECISIONS FROM THERE. AND, AND, AND THE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT IS, IS IF TO, TO, TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT IS GO BACK TO OUR STAFFS AND SAY, WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT WHERE WE HAVE SOMEBODY? AND IT MAY BE THAT IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER'S WILLING TO ASSIGN TO DO THAT, OR SOMEBODY AT THE COUNTY IS WILLING TO TAKE. AND WE HEAR YOU QUITE PERSUASIVE IN THAT TYPE OF . I HAVE MY DAYS, BUT WHAT, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT, THAT WE MAY HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS AS PART OF THEIR CURRENT JOB. MM-HMM . IS THIS A GOOD TIME FOR US TO HEAR FROM STAFF? WELL, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE READY TO TALK, UM, YOU, HOW YOU, MR. ? I, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOMEBODY ASSIGNED TO IT FROM EACH OF OUR ENTITIES, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THE WORK. SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF CONTRACTING IT OUT TO A SCHOOL, [00:50:01] TO, TO DO THE, TO DO THE PROJECT. AND EACH ONE OF OUR STAFFS WOULD HELP SHEPHERD THAT CONSULTANT. UM, THE ABUJA SCHOOL DOES A GREAT JOB IN THESE INSTANCES. DELL MEDICAL SCHOOL. YES. I AM A GRADUATE OF THE LBG SCHOOL . OKAY. AND MY, AND MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THAT IS FUNDING. MM-HMM . UM, I'M, I'M VERY, I'M VERY CAUTIOUS. IF WE HAVE STAFF AT ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT HAS CAPACITY TO BE THE POINT PERSON, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY MY, UH, INSTINCT. BUT I'M, I'M MAKING THAT TO SOME DEGREE. I'M MAKING THAT UP AS I SIT HERE. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO. BUT I, I, I'D ASK, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO COMMENT ON THAT, UH, STEPHANIE HAYDEN, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE ARE LOOKING TO BRING PRESENTATIONS TO THIS BODY, WE TYPICALLY GO BACK TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE WORK. SO LET'S DO HOMELESSNESS, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, AND SO GOING BACK TO THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, I WOULD GO TO DAVID GRAY AND TALK TO DAVID AND SAY, YOU KNOW, HEY, DAVID, TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UM, THE VIDEO AND I HAVE SOME NOTES FOR HIM. AND HE AND I WOULD TALK ABOUT IT. AND WHAT THEY TYPICALLY WILL DO IS, IS THEY'LL ASSIGN SOMEONE THAT WORKS IN THIS AREA, HOMELESSNESS, UM, AND THEY WILL COMPILE THE INFORMATION AND PUT THE INFORMATION TOGETHER. I THINK THAT THAT HAS KIND OF WORKED FOR US AS FAR AS BRINGING PRESENTATIONS TO THIS GROUP. AND SO IF, IF WE'RE KIND OF WANTING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE US TO GO BACK AND KIND OF LOOK AT FOLKS, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING IN PARKS. AND SO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THE DOWNSIDE IS, IS THAT THAT'S THE POTENTIAL OF THREE PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR ME AT THE, AT THE CITY. UM, BUT NOT THAT THAT'S A BAD THING, UM, BECAUSE AT LEAST THAT'S A, THAT'S GONNA BE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT. AND SO AS WE START TO DIG IN DEEPER, THEY WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION READILY ACCESSIBLE. AND SO THEY CAN REALLY START TO KIND OF GIVE US, GIVE US MORE, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND SO, UM, WHAT, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS, UM, ALLOW, UM, AETNA PILLAR AND MYSELF, UM, TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS CAN LOOK LIKE. I THINK THAT IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO, AS WE'RE KIND OF LAYING OUT THE ASSET MAPPING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMMON MEANING. AND SO BEING ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL TO SAY THE, THE INFORMATION COMING BACK IS GONNA HAVE THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PACKET ITSELF. UM, BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR US TO GO OFF AND KIND OF DO SOMETHING AND WE ALL SHOW UP WITH APPLES AND ORANGES AND BANANAS, FOR EXAMPLE. UM, SO IF, IF, IF WE COULD DO THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I DO THINK THAT, UM, AND WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ALL, SEND SOME THINGS, EMAIL, TALKING WITH OUR FOLKS, CITY, SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, COUNTY, AND THEN THAT WILL ALLOW US TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO JUST KIND OF EMAIL AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO. AND THEN WHEN WE THINKING ABOUT THE AGENDA, THEN BEING ABLE TO TRY TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT MEETING, UM, AND LAY ALL OF THAT OUT. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH. AND IF I COULD, UM, CHIME IN HERE. UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE ONE SINGLE PERSON. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA SHEPHERD ALL THESE THROUGH BECAUSE, BECAUSE EACH OF THESE, UH, TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED ARE VERY DISTINCT AND DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. AND SO I, I REALLY LIKE WHAT, UH, STEPHANIE HAS SAID ABOUT US GETTING TOGETHER. AND AS I ENVISION THIS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOMELESS ISSUE, UH, DAVID GRAY IS, IS, IS KEY TO THE, TO IT. WE HAVE, UM, A DEPARTMENT HERE THAT DEALS WITH HOMELESS STUDENTS. I WOULD INCLUDE THOSE PEOPLE AND THEN ASK THEM WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. WE MAY HAVE, WE MAY WANT LIFE WORKS, WE MAY WANT, YOU KNOW, OTHER ENTITIES, NONPROFITS WHO NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONVERSATION AND, UM, THE COMMITMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND SO I WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF WHAT THIS STAFF BRINGS BACK TO YOU. I WOULD JUST, UH, POINT OUT, WE, WE, I THINK WE ALL NEED OUR OWN STAFF TO PROVIDE THE BASIC INFORMATION THAT, [00:55:01] UH, IS THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE ASSET MAP. UM, OUR STAFF, ALTHOUGH WE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GATHER IT AND HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, THERE ARE AMONG DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THERE'S NO ONE CENTRAL PLACE WHERE THAT'S ALL GATHERED NOW. BUT WE HAVE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO ASSEMBLE THAT. SO WE HAVE OUR, OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH THAT IS. UM, BUT IT WOULD BE EACH OF OUR STAFFS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GATHER THE INITIAL INFORMATION. UM, SO CLEARLY THERE'D BE A ROLE AT THAT BEGINNING LEVEL. UM, BUT THERE DOES NEED TO BE AN AGREED UPON DEFINITION OF, UH, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND I DO THINK THE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS FOR JOINT FUNDING ARE A KEY PART OF THAT IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT ASSETS WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A NEXT STEP TO ME. AND THEN, SO TALK, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT A NEXT STEP, UM, WHERE WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THREE BIG ITEMS. DO WE WANT TO START WITH ONE, UM, AS A FOCUS FOR, FOR STAFF, UM, AND THEN SEE, YOU KNOW, SEE WHERE WE ARE THERE. 'CAUSE THESE ARE VERY, AND I CAN, I CAN READ THROUGH WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE. UM, SO WE HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON OUR LIST PARKS AND OPEN SPACE MANAGEMENT. UM, I HAVE HOMELESSNESS WITH A LOT OF BULLET POINTS, UM, ABOUT INTEGRAL CARE, UM, ABOUT OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, INCLUDING OUR YOUTH, UM, WHO ARE AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A, A GREAT PATH FORWARD AND THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF, UM, NEW FAMILY SHELTER BEDS, ADDITIONAL CAPACITY. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT'S DUPLICATE, WHAT'S NOT, WHERE CAN THE SUM, YOU KNOW, BE BETTER THAN OUR PARTS. UM, SO IN THE SHORT TERM, DO WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH ONE OR EXPLORE THREE? WELL, I, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT I THINK IF WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF INSTINCTIVELY THINKING TO DO IS ASK STAFF TO GET TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BEST NEXT STEP IS AND TELL US. OKAY. AND THEN LET THEM TELL US WHETHER OR NOT, AND ON THE HOMELESS, LET ME, LET ME BE CLEAR. I, I DON'T WANNA VIOLATE THE RULES I LAID OUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, AND THAT IS KEEP IT AT, AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. UM, I ACTUALLY THINK THE, THE BULLET POINTS THAT I MENTIONED ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND, AND I MEANT THEM TO BE SPECIFIC. UM, I DON'T WANT US TO, AND, AND WE ALL TEND TO DO THIS. THOSE OF US IN ELECTIVE OFFICE, WE TEND TO COMPLICATE THE STUFF THAT, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. I, I REALLY DON'T WANT US TO DO THAT. UM, AND IF WHAT WE NEED IS ONE BULLET, ALTHOUGH I THINK WE'RE CAPABLE OF, OF DOING MULTIPLE ON THIS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE OVERLAP, BUT LET'S LET, LET OUR STAFF, LET'S LET THE STAFF REPORT BACK TO US ABOUT, OKAY, THIS WOULD BE THE BULLET WHERE YOU COULD GET THE QUICKEST AND BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. CAN WE CONCENTRATE ON THAT? AND I'M, AND I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I, I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY, UM, LET, LET'S DO THE INITIAL SKETCH AND DO SOME TYPE OF RISK ASSESSMENT THAT KIND OF LEADS US TO A PRIORITY ORDER MM-HMM . SO, YOU KNOW, THIS EITHER THIS, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WILL BITE FIRST, OR THIS IS THE ONE WE CAN COMPLETE FIRST, OR WHATEVER THE CRITERIA IS. UH, AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST CAPACITY NOW. AND SO WE LOOK AT THOSE ITEMS AND HAVE YOU TELL US. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. AND, AND I, AND I, IT MAY BE THAT, I MEAN, THE WAY COUNCIL MEMBER WALTER LAID THAT OUT IS IT MAY BE THAT THERE'S SOME VERY QUICK THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE THAT, THAT ARE EFFICIENT, SAVE MONEY AND, UM, DO WHAT WE WANT 'EM TO DO. THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM PICKING UP SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANT TO TOO QUICKLY SAY IT'S JUST ONE THING. WELL, THE, THE ONE THING, THE HOMELESSNESS HAS SO MANY COMPONENTS TO IT. UM, AND A LOT OF IT IS ALSO, UM, THE, THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE IN PLACE CURRENTLY TO STABILIZE FAMILIES. UM, AND, AND WHAT SORT OF FEEDER INVESTMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS ARE ALL THE SUPPORT, ALL THE SUPPORT WAS SERVICES. THAT WAS MY FIRST POINT. YEP. ALL THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES. UM, BUT, UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT, UM, UH, A GOOD, UM, KIND OF DISCUSSION AROUND WHERE TO START. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WAS ROLLING AROUND IN MY MIND WAS, ARE THERE, UM, ARE THERE OTHER FACTORS [01:00:02] THAT ARE DRIVING OUR SENSE OF PRIORITY? I MEAN, HOW HAVE WE DETERMINED THAT HOMELESSNESS, WHICH I THINK IS A HUGE ISSUE AND A HUGE PROBLEM, UM, HOW WE DETERMINED THAT THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT. AND I DON'T WANNA DELAY WORK ON THIS, I JUST THINK IT'S VALUABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE GREATEST NEED OR WHERE'S THE GREATEST BANG FOR THE BUCK, OR, UM, ARE THERE, UM, MORE THREATS? FOR INSTANCE, UH, COMING FROM THE LEGISLATURE, I MEAN, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT LOWERING REVENUE CAPS EVEN MORE AND IN, UH, IN INSTITUTING SPENDING CAPS. SO I JUST THINK IF WE HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF SORT OF WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE URGENCY OR WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR WHAT WE FOCUS ON FIRST. BUT I, I'M GENERALLY IN AGREEMENT THAT HOMELESSNESS IS AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM. IT'S NOT, UH, DECLINING. I THINK IT'S, IT'S GETTING WORSE AS THE ECONOMY. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, PEOPLE ARE SQUEEZED, UH, FROM ALL FRONTS. SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE IN THAT. I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR US TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR PICKING THE PRIORITY. WELL, I'M NOT SURE WE, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY A COUPLE OF THINGS BASED, PARTICULARLY BASED UPON THE THREE KINDA OUTLINES THAT WE, THAT WE, WE HAVE HEARD. UM, ONE IS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IN OUR EXPERIENCE, WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT DOES. IT'S CROSSED JURISDICTIONAL. YES. UH, TWO IS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ONE OF THE CRITERION IS THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE ALREADY DOING SOMETHING IN, AND SO WE CAN BUILD ON IT. THREE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALL LOOK AT AND, AND INSTINCTIVELY KNOW WE'RE NOT DOING IT TOGETHER AS WELL AS WE COULD. AND THEN THE FOURTH WOULD BE IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS A PRIORITY IN OUR BUDGETS. MM-HMM . AND, AND, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE TO ALL THAT IS THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER THINGS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ON THIS LIST, BUT THESE ARE THE THREE THAT HAVE KIND OF RISEN JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE CRITERIA AND THE INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT 'EM FORWARD. I, I THINK, AND I WOULD LOVE TO ADD TO THAT VICE PRESIDENT WILEY CHU'S POINT, THAT THE MOBILITY OF OUR STUDENTS IS A REAL TAKEOVER RISK. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MOBILITY AT SOME OF THE CAMPUSES THAT ARE BEING LABELED WITH THESE RATINGS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30% OF STUDENTS STARTING AND ENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR AT DIFFERENT CAMPUSES. AND THE DATA ARE VERY CLEAR THAT THAT IMPACTS NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS WHO MOVE, BUT ALSO THE STUDENTS WHO STAY BECAUSE THE TEACHER HAS TO PAUSE, INTEGRATE A NEW STUDENT, UM, MAKE THOSE CHANGES. AND SO I THINK, UH, TO ME THAT RISES FOR A LOT OF ALL THE REASONS THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED AND JUST THE EXISTENCE OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. AND IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HAVE LIMITED POWER TO CONTROL, BUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER ENTITIES, WE HAVE COLLECTED POWER TO MAKE A BIG IMPACT ON. UM, SO I, TO ME THERE'S A, A LOT OF GOOD ARGUMENTS FOR THAT ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE IS WHETHER WE DO WANT TO TRY TO BRING A CC INTO THIS BODY. YES. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IF THERE ARE BYLAWS OR KIND OF WHAT FORMAL SYSTEMS THERE ARE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE FORM. THEY'RE ANOTHER IMPORTANT LOCAL ELECTED BODY. I AGREE. UM, SO I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE ADDING REPRESENTATION FROM A CC. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA SINCE, SINCE, UM, BC IS IMPORTANT. BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT ENTITIES LIKE THE, UH, COMMUNITY, UM, IT USED TO BE ACTION NETWORK AND I GUESS IT'S ADVANCEMENT NETWORK NOW, BUT IT KEEPS THE TYPE OF DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO, SO MAYBE THERE'S, ONCE AGAIN, AN ASSET MAP TELLS US WHERE ALL OUR RESOURCES ARE AND WHO'S DOING WHAT, AND WHETHER A LOT OF THIS RESEARCH IS BEING CONDUCTED RIGHT NOW MM-HMM . AND IS IN A DATABASE SOMEWHERE. YEAH. SO YEAH. WHAT, WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE IF WE DID WANNA, I MEAN, IS THERE INTERESTED IN MAYBE BRINGING A INFORMALLY, I REALLY THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT LIKE, I WONDER HOW WE ACTUALLY DO THAT. YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN ASKED IN THE PAST. IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME, I THINK, BUT, UM, I'LL DO SOME DIGGING, BUT I, I THINK WE CAN ASK TO BRING THEM IN. I'LL LOOK AT THE BYLAWS. YEAH, THAT'D BE COOL. REPORT BACK. GREAT. THANK YOU. IS IT, IS IT THE WISH OF THIS BODY TO INVITE A CC AND, YES. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE . THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO JUST BRING UP BRIEFLY IS AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT TOPICS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THINGS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN, THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOABLE, LIKE WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY BE SUCCESSFUL. BUT I ALSO ALWAYS LIKE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WILL THIS, WHAT WILL THE JSC 10 YEARS FROM NOW WISH THAT WE HAD TACKLED? [01:05:01] AND THINK ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S WHEN I THINK ABOUT LIKE, MORE EXISTENTIAL THREATS LIKE CLIMATE OR, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRACY, OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. BUT JUST, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT TO AVOID DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S HARD AND ILL STRUCTURED. UM, I THINK THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE FOR US TO BE VISIONARY IN ADDITION TO BEING PRACTICAL. GREAT. WE HAVE A DEMOCRACY, AND I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT ALL. UM, THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS AT THINGS LIKE THIS FOR YEARS AND WE'VE GOTTEN NOWHERE. SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THOUGH, THAT WE START WITH SOMETHING PRACTICAL THAT WE MIGHT GET SOME SUCCESS AND BUILD ON SUCCESS BEFORE WE TAKE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, MAY BECOME MAYBE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE DIFFICULT. I MEAN, I, I, I, I REMEMBER JUST THREE YEARS AGO TALKING TO A JOINT GROUP ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND EVERYBODY AGREEING UNTIL THEY WENT BACK TO THEIR BUILDINGS AND, AND, AND, AND QUIT. THEN THEY QUIT AGREEING. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO HAVE SOME SUCCESS OR AT LEAST ACT LIKE A SUCCESS. AND MADAM CHAIR, MAY I, I, I WOULD JUST URGE YOU TO REMEMBER, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER SHAY'S, UH, SUGGESTION TO INCLUDE JAIL DIVERSION AS A POSSIBILITY. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG FOCUSES OF TRAVIS COUNTY BIG BUDGET PRIORITY. AND IT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH AND INCLUDES HOMELESSNESS. SO, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T FORGET THAT. THANK YOU. AND THEN, SO DO WE WANNA TALK? OH, YES. YES, MA'AM. MM-HMM . UM, ONE, ONE THING I I WILL MENTION, UM, MY, MY EXPERIENCE IN, IN BEING A SUPPORT STAFF ON THIS WITH THIS GROUP IS, IS THAT, UM, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS NOT PRESENT IN THE CONVERSATION, AN ENTITY IS NOT PRESENT. WHAT WE HAVE TYPICALLY DONE IN THE PAST IS, IS THAT ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED LIKE A PROJECT OR SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA WORK ON, WE'VE ESTABLISHED LIKE THESE WORKING GROUPS AND WE'VE GONE BACK. AND SO MAYBE WE'VE GOT A C, C AND MAYBE WE GOT LIFE OR, AND NONPROFITS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE ENTITY WAS AND, AND, AND HAD THEM IN THE WORK GROUP AND WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE COME FORWARD WITH US TO PRESENT, THEY WOULD COME FORWARD WITH US TO PRESENT TO THE BODY. AND THEN THAT WAY YOU, YOU KIND OF HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT A SPECIFIC ITEM. SO I, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PUT THAT FORWARD TO YOU ALL JUST KIND OF FOR AWARENESS. UM, IT WON'T JUST BE THE THREE BODIES THAT WILL BE WORKING ON THIS. WE WILL GO BACK AND WE'LL IDENTIFY WHO'S PROBABLY GONNA BE THE BEST KIND OF GROUP OF FOLKS TO BE AT THE TABLE TO KIND OF WORK ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR WORK ON HOMELESSNESS, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE THREE OF OUR, UM, ORGANIZATIONS. SO JUST, JUST FYI THAT'S HELPFUL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO, TO CHANGE BYLAWS TO BRING OTHER FOLKS TO THE TABLE HERE. NO, THAT'S EXTREMELY HELPFUL. UM, ARE Y'ALL READY TO MOVE ON TO TALKING ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND DELIVERABLES? UM, QUESTION AND IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR STAFF TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEE, LIKE A, A SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE PRESENTING TO THE ENTIRE BODY HERE, OR WHAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL? I THINK IF WE HAVE, I THINK IF WE HAVE OUR STAFF, UM, COLLABORATING ON, ON TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, PULL TOGETHER AN ASSET MAP ON, ON WHAT THE CURRENT STATE IS. UM, DO WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE? DO THEY NEED TO GO TO A SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE THEY COME BACK TO US? I MEAN, THERE'S TIME WE MEET QUARTERLY. I, I'D DEFER TO THEIR SENSE ABOUT WHAT IS BEST. I, I'M GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW, NO. UM, I, I DO KIND OF GO BACK TO MY EARLIER STATEMENT, UM, THAT ONCE WE CONNECT AND GET TOGETHER AND MEET AND KIND OF START TO MAP OUT, UM, A A PLAN, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO, I'M GONNA COME BACK TO THE MAYOR AND THE LAST KIDS AND, AND ALTER AND KIND OF TALK WITH THEM. SO THERE'S GONNA BE KIND OF THIS KIND OF TWO-WAY CONVERSATION GOING ON. UM, AND THEN MY THOUGHT IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET TO AN AGREEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE REALLY WANTING TO SEE IN THE ASSET MAPPING, THEN FOLKS WILL KIND OF GO OFF AND START DOING THAT AND WILL RETURN WITH AN ITEM THAT MEETS ALL OF THAT CRITERIA. UM, AND SO I THINK [01:10:01] WE WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS DEFINE IT. SO WE ALL ARE KIND OF HAVE THE SAME KIND OF MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE DEFINITION. UM, I, I DO THINK THAT, AND, AND DAVID GRACE HAS BEEN TEXTING ME, SO HI DAVID , UM, AND SO AND SO HE, HE IS ALREADY HAS HIS MIND KIND OF PERCOLATING OVER THERE ABOUT SOME THINGS OF HOW HE CAN SUPPORT ME WITH THE, WITH THE HOMELESS, UM, KIND OF INFORMATION. AND SO I, I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE START HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS AT OUR WORKFORCE, UM, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO, TO KIND OF MOVE SOME THINGS WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST COME WITH THE FRAMEWORK. WE KINDA SHOW THOSE THINGS AND THERE MAY BE ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO PRESENT AT THE, AT THE, AT THE FIRST MEETING AS FAR AS KIND OF WHAT THAT ASSET MAPPING MAY BE FOR ONE OF THE AREAS. BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KIND OF FINE TUNE THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT TOGETHER. EXCELLENT. AND, AND I, UM, BEEN THINKING ABOUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER'S IDEA. WE HAVE, UM, A FACILITIES STAFF PERSON. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PROBABLY GET, TRY TO GET A LIST OF ALL THE FACILITIES, UM, OPEN SPACES, ET CETERA, THAT WE HAVE ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, WE HAVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS, UM, WE HAVE OUR, UH, PROJECT HELP, WHICH ARE THE STAFF THAT, THAT, UM, WORK WITH, UM, HOMELESS, UH, CHILDREN. WE HAVE THE FOSTER CARE LIAISON AND, AND THEN WE'LL GET WITH DR. MAXWELL AND OUR ACADEMIC TEAM TO, UM, REALLY GATHER THE INFORMATION THAT, THAT YOU HAVE SHARED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR CHILDREN WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES AND MAYBE TRY TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THERE. AND SO I THINK THAT EACH OF THE THREE ENTITIES CAN GO BACK TO OUR RESPECTIVE, UM, UH, AGENCIES AND THE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THOSE AGENCIES THAT TOUCH ON THESE ISSUES AND GATHER THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN WE'LL ALL THREE GET TOGETHER AND, UM, I THINK WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU BY THE NEXT MEETING. AND, UM, AND STEPHANIE, I HAVE, I JUST SENT YOU OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVERSION ASSET MAP AND ALL OF THE, THE PROCESS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE MADE. SO YOU'LL HAVE IT IN YOUR REPERTOIRE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. THAT MAKE ANY, ANY RESOURCES LIKE THAT? WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY HERE IN THE SHEET THAT WAS PASSED OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA SPEAK TO PR, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, EFFORTS UNDERWAY AT THE COUNTY WITH PROGRAMS THAT ARE INTENDED TO BE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, UM, AND THEN ASSISTANCE ONCE FAMILIES ARE, UM, IN CRISIS. SO I THINK ALL OF THAT IS, IS GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT ASSET MAP. RIGHT. UH, THE COUNTY HAS ALWAYS FOCUSED ON HOMELESS PREVENTION AND A LOT OF OUR INVESTMENTS, WHETHER THAT'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY ASSISTANCE, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UM, AND, UH, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO PREVENT AND ALSO LEGAL ASSISTANCE WHEN SOMEBODY IS GOING UNDERGOING AN EVICTION. UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO MAP ON OUR END. AND JUST LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, IT'S, IT'LL BE GREAT TO SEE HOW ALL OF THAT WORKS TOGETHER WITH WHAT THE OTHER ENTITIES ARE DOING AND THAT WE KNOW IT'S HAPPENING AND WE CAN, UM, EACH OF OUR CLIENTS CAN TAP INTO THAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO 12 WEEKS FROM NOW FOR MEETING QUARTERLY IS THE WEEK OF MAY 4TH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO, TO COME UP WITH A DATE HERE, BUT SHOULD WE, WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULERS, UH, MAKE THAT AS A GOAL I KIND PRESENTATION OFFICE TILL WHEREVER THEY TELL YOU TO GO? YES. UM, AND WE TYPICALLY BE A FRIDAY SEVEN MM-HMM . SO THAT'D BE THE EIGHTH. THE, UM, THAT'S DURING THE CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTY'S CONFERENCE, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT WAY THAT WE GET OUR CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS. AND THE WEEK BEFORE THAT IS MAY 1ST, AND THAT WON'T WORK FOR ME. OKAY. WHY DON'T WE DO A BALLOT OF THE FIRST, EIGHTH, 15TH, 18TH, 15TH WORKS FOR ME. HMM. 15TH WORKS FOR ME. I KNOW I CAN HOLD THAT. WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SEND THE MM-HMM. GET SOMETHING OUT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF SAY WHAT'S THE BEST OF MS. MAY. OKAY. LET'S SEE. UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS [V. Standing Items (set at previous meetings)] ON STANDING ITEMS, UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS [01:15:01] FUTURE AGENDA MEETING DATES WE HAVE SET? UM, DO WE WANNA ADD ANYTHING TO OUR STANDING ITEMS? YES. YES, I THINK SO. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT TRAVIS COUNTY IN MAY, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT ONE 20. UM, CHAIR BEFORE [Additional Item] WE AJOUR, DO YOU HAVE A, OH, GO AHEAD. I DO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, RTS LEADERSHIP ON THIS. UM, I KNOW THAT Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS GENERAL CONCEPT, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING INITIATIVE TO JUST SAY THAT THAT'S JUST TEAM EFFORT, DEDICATE A MEETING TO THESE, UM, THESE NEEDS AND, UM, UH, WHAT WE CAN SHARE. I APPRECIATE THAT. COLLABORATE ON, ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE WE'VE ALL BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE. I DID WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING BEFORE WE ADJOURN. SINCE WE ARE HOSTING, I HAVE TO SHARE SOME, SOME GOOD NEWS COMING OUT OF A ISD AND RECOGNIZE DR. MARION MAXWELL AND JOSH IAN, WHO ARE PART OF REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF OUR STAFF. BUT WE JUST GOT OUR MIDDLE OF YEAR TEST SCORES BACK AND THERE'S A LOT TO CELEBRATE. SO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE TEASER. BUT, UM, THE CLOSING OF PERFORMANCE GAPS FOR READING AND MATH IS IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS. OH, WOW. UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME, I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN A TRUSTEE, SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT IN THE COMING WEEKS, BUT I AT LEAST WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE TEASER AND GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT, UM, AS YOU DRIVE BACK TO WHERE YOU'RE GOING. THAT'S FABULOUS. MM-HMM . AND I WOULD SAY ACKNOWLEDGE HOW SHARED INVESTMENTS IN OUR FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS AND OUR PARENT SUPPORT SPECIALISTS AND OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS ADDS UP TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THIS OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY IS CONTRIBUTING. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WITH THAT GREAT NEWS, I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 1:26 PM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.