May 06, 2026 Public Health Commission

UM, ONCE YOU HEAR THE TONES HIT, WE HAVE ABOUT 10 SECONDS, AND THEN THE MIC WILL GO AHEAD AND CUT YOU OFF.

UH, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR MIC IS GREEN WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS AND BOARD, EVERYONE ATTENDING REMOTELY AS WELL.

STAFF, APOLOGIZE.

MY NAME IS NICK LITTLEJOHN.

UM, I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF, HOPEFULLY AUTHORIZED BY 7 8 7 4 4 ABOUT CONCERNS AT THE DOVE SPRINGS RECREATION, UH, SORRY, THE DOVE SPRINGS, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC.

WE'RE SEEING A BIT OF A TREND OF THEM SAYING THAT THE, THE BUILDING THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHEN I FIRST CAME IN THERE, UM, THEY HAD SEVEN, UH, TV SCREENS THROUGHOUT THEIR BUILDING.

THEY WERE NOT TURNED ON.

THEY HAD NO RESOURCES.

THEY WEREN'T SHOWING A TXN OR THE INTERNAL PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, CHANNEL TO BASICALLY DESCRIBE WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT BUILDING.

BUT IT GETS ACTUALLY A LOT WORSE.

AND I WANNA BE POSITIVE THAT I THINK WE CAN RECOVER AND DO BETTER.

BUT THERE WERE NEEDLES AND DIAPERS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT.

I ACTUALLY HAD TO WORK WITH POLICE THIS WEEK TO RECOVER THE NEEDLES, TO KEEP OTHERS FROM BEING, UM, AND THEY WERE ONLY INJURED INITIALLY.

THEY HAD NO SHARPS CONTAINER, UH, IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM.

AT LEAST I HAD TO GET THAT PUT IN.

UM, WE'RE FINDING JUST A, A, THERE'S A, A HOMELESS CAMP ADJACENT EDITOR WITH POLICE WHERE THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY THREE ARMED GENTLEMEN WHO ARE TRYING TO, UH, VICTIMIZE PEOPLE AT NIGHT THAT ARE IN THAT CAMP.

POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO THIS.

UH, I APPRECIATE THEIR ACTIONS ON THAT.

UM, OVERALL THAT FACILITY I THINK, NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S BEING ABSOLUTELY MISSED.

AND SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THERE'S A, WE NEED A RECALL FOR ONE, THERE'S MANY, MANY ISSUES.

THERE'S A DEFECT IN THE LANDSCAPING OF A BRAND NEW CITY BUILDING WHERE THERE'S SEVEN MATURE TREES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO SHADE THE PRESCHOOL.

THEY'RE AT THE YMCA THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY DIED NOW.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY FALLEN OVER, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AS AS PRESCRIBED BY THE CONTRACTOR.

THERE'S ABOUT 30 TO 45 BUSHES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE POLLINATOR TRACTORS, BEAUTIFUL FRAGRANCES.

THOSE ARE COMPLETELY DEAD.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACTOR CLEAN SCAPES SPRAYING, UH, GLYPHOSATE, WHICH IS AGAINST, I BELIEVE, CITY CODE TO KILL ALL OF THE NATURAL MOSSES AND WILDFLOWERS THAT ARE TRYING TO WRAP HERE IN THE SPRING.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, UM, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO PUT, FOR ONE, THERE'S A SIGN FOR, UH, CHALKBOARD SIGN TO SHOW PEOPLE RESOURCES.

WE HAVE WOMEN AT FOUR IN THE MORNING LINING UP FOR, UH, FOOD, OVER 200 PEOPLE, THEREBY THE PRESCHOOL.

AND THIS THE SIGN THAT OBVIOUSLY SHOULD BE IN THE COURTYARD LOBBY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THIS BUILDING ACTUALLY DOES, ASIDE FROM WIC.

AND THINGS ON THEIR FIRST FLOOR IS STORED UPSTAIRS.

IT HAS OLD DATES ON IT.

IT'S NOT BEING SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC.

I HAVE AN ABSOLUTE LIST OF ISSUES, UM, TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED.

AFTER THE THREE MINUTES, THE LAST ELECTRIC CAR CHARGER, UH, THE, WE HAD THE LAST FREE ELECTRIC CAR CHARGER IN 7 8, 7 4 4.

UNDER AUSTIN ENERGY AT THAT FACILITY, THE CABLES HAD BEEN STOLEN, UNFORTUNATELY, BY ADJACENT HOMELESS CAMP OR WHOEVER IT WAS.

THEY DID NOT SELF-REPORT.

SO THAT WAS LEFT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AD FOR SIX MONTHS, NO ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING FOR FREE.

AND THEN RECENTLY STAFF DID TURN OFF.

THEY, I THINK TALKED TO AUSTIN ENERGY AND GOT THE FREE CHARGE TAKEN AWAY.

BUT THEN STAFF STARTED USING THE CHARGERS, WHICH SEEMED A LITTLE BIT INAPPROPRIATE.

WE'VE SEEN A FEW ACTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO CITY AUDITOR.

I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY'S SEEN THAT, THAT REPORT.

UM, THEY'RE NOT DOING COMPOSTING AS REQUIRED.

UH, WE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERY CITY FACILITY IS SUPPOSED TO DO COMPOSTING IN A FOOD WASTE RECOVERY.

MAKES SENSE.

THERE'S A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN THAT IS NOT BEING UTILIZED.

AND THESE ISSUES AS WE GET TO ANOTHER THREE MINUTES, ARE UNFORTUNATELY ECHOED.

SO IT IS RIGHT OR UNFORTUNATELY ECHOED AT, UH, SOUTHEAST WELLNESS.

SO I WENT THROUGH THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR NOTES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVING ON TO OUR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 1ST, 2026.

ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY.

[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THOSE MINUTES HERE? MOVE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM.

COMMISSIONER RICE.

DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO SECOND THOSE? MOVE THIS MOTION.

MOTION.

I SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR IN PASSING THE MOTION.

UH, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, MAKE SURE YOUR VIDEO IS ON TO COUNT YOUR VOTE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE HAD UNANIMOUS HANDS.

ALL RIGHTY.

[2. Presentation and demonstration of RADD Platform by Phillip Bays, Christopher Collins and Brian Morris. ]

UH, MOVING ON

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TO OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION FROM RADD PLATFORM BY PHILIP BAYES, CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, AND BRIAN MORRIS FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

PLEASE JOIN US GENTLEMEN.

HELLO.

AND THANK Y'ALL FOR HAVING US.

IF YOU CAN GIVE US A BRIEF MOMENT AND I'LL GET MY LAPTOP BACK UP.

PASSWORD INCORRECT.

14 CHARACTERS IS A LONG ONE.

YOU KNOW, SECURITY FIRST.

UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND MY NAME'S PHILLIP BAYES.

I'M AN IT MANAGER SENIOR HERE AT AUSTIN.

PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDE THE HEALTH, UM, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT.

UM, I'M HERE WITH CHRISTOPHER COLLINS, WHO'S A SCRUM MASTER SENIOR, ALSO IT ARCHITECT, OR I ACTUALLY AI ARCHITECT.

IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKE IT.

UM, AND BRIAN MORRIS, WHO IS AN, UM, AN IT SERVICE OWNER WHO'S ALSO AN, UH, AI ENGINEER.

UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND AT LEAST, UM, TO ALL THE NURSES OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT IS NURSES WEEK, MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A NICE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED.

UM, SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, UM, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO SHOWCASE, ACTUALLY, IT'S THE WRONG, UM, PRESENTATION THAT'S UP CURRENTLY.

SORRY, I GOT TWO, TWO, YES.

SORRY.

IT'S THE ITEM TWO.

THERE WE GO.

NOW WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PRESENTATION.

THE SECOND ONE WILL BE COMING SOON.

THIS IS WHERE AI IS USEFUL, NOT CHATTING WITH IT TO MAKE YOUR DOCUMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO BE AN ACCELERATOR FOR OPERATIONS, RIGHT? SO THE PROOF IS WE'VE TESTED THIS PLATFORM FOR THE LAST AT LEAST A YEAR OR MORE, I WOULD SAY.

SO WE'RE HERE TO SHOW OFF, UM, A CAPABILITY THAT EXISTS CURRENTLY AT THE CITY OF AUSTIN.

UM, AND WE WANNA SHOW YOU THIS CAPABILITY AND HOW IT CAN ACTUALLY ENABLE SOME OF THIS, UM, PRIORITIZATIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THIS COMMISSION.

UM, SO WE'RE NOT HERE TO PROPOSE TO BUILD SOMETHING NEW, ASKING FOR MONEY, ASKING FOR HEAD COUNT.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO DO ANY OF THAT.

WE'RE JUST GONNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

IT'S AN EXISTING, UH, CAPABILITY THAT THE CITY HAS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START TO UTILIZE IT.

THIS IS THE SLIDE, RIGHT? YEP.

GOT IT.

SO FROM A, FROM A TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND EVEN INTERNALLY.

UM, DATA EXISTS, BUT IT'S SLOW AND FRAGMENTED, SILOED EVERYWHERE.

UM, SYSTEMS DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.

UM, DELIVERING ANY KIND OF NEW CAPABILITY FOR THE CITY TAKES MONTHS, SOMETIMES EVEN YEARS.

UM, SO EVEN WHEN WE IDENTIFY THE RIGHT PROBLEMS, SYSTEMS CAN'T RESPOND FAST ENOUGH.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY NOT A PUBLIC HEALTH STRATEGY ISSUE THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO HERE.

IT'S MORE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUE AND A CAPABILITY ISSUE THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO.

SO WHAT WE'VE BUILT, INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR VENDORS OR EVEN CITY FUNDING TO COME, UM, WE'VE STARTED DOWN THIS PATH FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

UM, SO AFTER COVID, LUCKILY WE GOT A LITTLE BREAK AND A LITTLE REPRIEVE.

WE COULD GO FOCUS ON NEW BUSINESS.

UM, SO THIS TEAM HERE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BUILT, UM, A PLATFORM USING, UM, CITI EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, USING THE MICROSOFT AZURE ENVIRONMENT THAT'S INSIDE THE CITY SYSTEMS. WE DESIGNED IT TO BE REUSABLE ACROSS ANY USE CASE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF.

AND IT'S ALREADY USED TO CREATE MULTIPLE WORKING APPLICATIONS, RIGHT? THIS PLATFORM IS ALREADY HAVE ABOUT 17 OR MORE WORKING APPLICATIONS.

SO IT'S NOT AN EXPERIMENT, IT'S NOT SOME IDEA THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S A FUNCTIONING PLATFORM.

IT ALLOWS US TO GO FROM AN IDEA TO A SOLUTION IN ABOUT A WEEK, SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE OR LESS DEPENDING.

SO WHAT THIS SYSTEM DOES, UM, THIS IS WHERE WHEN YOU HEAR THE TERM AI, THIS ACTUALLY MATTERS.

IT'S THE CAPABILITY OF AI, NOT THE CHAT GBT THAT YOU'RE LISTENING TO OR YOU'RE PLAYING WITH.

THIS PLATFORM ENABLES A SHIFT FROM JUST GETTING REPORTS EVERY WEEK TO ACTUALLY EARLY SIGNAL DETECTION, MAYBE SOME CROSS SYSTEM VISIBILITY, UM, EVEN ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS, AND DEFINITELY SOME FASTER RESPONSE FOR OPERATIONS.

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SO IN A MATTER OF DAYS, UH, USING THIS EXISTING CITY SERVICE AND CATALOG, UM, AND SOME OPEN AI TOOLS.

WE BUILD A WORKING SYSTEM SO A RESIDENT CAN SIT DOWN, DESCRIBE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN ANY LANGUAGE, WALKS OUT WITH A PERSONALIZED MAP OF THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE FEDERAL, OR EVEN NONPROFIT PROGRAMS FOR THINGS.

THEY ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR ONE CONVERSATION, NOT GOING THROUGH 18 SYSTEMS TO FIND OUT, DO I QUALIFY FOR THIS MONEY, RIGHT? SO ON THE BACK END, IT ALSO GIVES YOU AS A COMMISSION AND ALSO PROGRAM MANAGERS, SOME WAYS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY NEEDING.

SO IT HAS A BACKEND, AN ADMIN SECTION.

SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND, AND YOU'LL SEE A PICTURE OF WHAT'S EMERGING, SOME TRENDS THAT ARE COMING OUT, SOME COMMON QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED, ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, UM, HEAT RELATED CALLS THAT ARE RISING UP IN A CERTAIN ZIP CODE, SCHOOL COUNSELING REQUESTS THAT COME IN AT A CERTAIN SCHOOL, MAYBE WE NEED TO FOCUS SOME ATTENTION THERE.

EVEN REFUGEE FAMILIES THAT ARE SLIPPING THROUGH SOME KIND OF COORDINATION GAP BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF SYSTEMS TO GET HELP.

SO TODAY, THIS, THIS ALL IS SILOED, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO FIND THOSE GAPS.

SO THIS SYSTEM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU AT LEAST CAN HELP TOWARDS AND KIND OF MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE GAPS.

SO BECAUSE OF THIS PLATFORM AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, YOU CAN GET AN IDEA TO A SOLUTION IN, LIKE I SAID, WEEKS INSTEAD OF MONTHS INSTEAD OF NEEDING FUNDING, INSTEAD OF NEEDING HEADCOUNT.

SO THE REAL PROBLEM IS, AND WHERE THIS IS REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE IS, IS WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AT THE CITY.

WE PAID EXTERNAL PARTIES TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CITY THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE INTERNALLY.

NOT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO IT, NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TALENT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN PRODUCTION, WE DON'T HAVE A PATH FOR IT TO GO TO BE SCALED.

WE DON'T HAVE A PATH FOR IT TO ACTUALLY BE RECOGNIZED.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TODAY.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF RISK HERE COMES WITH EVERYTHING.

SO WHAT'S RISK OF DEPARTMENTS GOING DOWN THIS PATHWAY ON THEIR OWN? EVERY DEPARTMENT WILL DO IT THEIR WAY.

THEY'LL DO IT FRAGMENTED.

NOBODY WILL COORDINATE.

THE WORST PART IS THE DEPARTMENTS WITH MONEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD BRINGING IN THOSE VENDORS AND DOING THE WORK.

SO THE EQUITY IS NOT ACROSS THE CITY.

IT IS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE MONEY.

THEY'LL GET THE NEED.

SO THIS SOLUTION HELPS BRIDGE THAT.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY, WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO BYPASS A TS, WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKING YOU TO MAKE A MANDATE FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOU DO IS EN ENABLE THE CITY TO USE WHAT IT ALREADY HAS.

WE RECOMMEND TO THIS COUNCIL, OR I'M SORRY, THIS COMMISSION RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PLATFORM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CAPABILITY, WE WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE PLATFORM TO SEE THE BREADTH AND THE FULL OPPORTUNITY THAT THIS PLATFORM BRINGS.

WE FURTHER RECOMMEND TO ALIGN THIS CAPABILITY WITH A TS INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S BUILT ON TOP OF A TS INFRASTRUCTURE AND WITH THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGY GOVERNANCE TO SCALE IT CONSISTENTLY, SECURELY AND SUSTAINABLY.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE RECOMMEND ESTABLISHING A CLEAR PATHWAY FOR STRUCTURED BUSINESS VALIDATION.

SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THINGS THAT ARE BUILT, THEY ARE WORKING.

THE PROBLEM IS I CAN ONLY GIVE IT TO THESE TWO GENTLEMEN TO TEST, NOT TO CHRIS, NOT TO NATALIE, NOT TO ANYBODY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN PRODUCTION.

THERE IS NO PATHWAY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF ASK FOR AND GET A RECOMMENDATION OF HOW DO WE GET THIS INTO PRODUCTION SO THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CAN START REALIZING THE BENEFITS OF THIS PLATFORM.

SO WHAT WE NEED FROM THE COMMISSION, UM, Y'ALL DON'T IMPLEMENT TECHNOLOGY, BUT YOU DEFINITELY SHAPE THE DIRECTION OF TECHNOLOGY.

UM, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN RECOGNIZING THIS CAPABILITY TO IMPROVE HOW PUBLIC HEALTH DOES WORK, HOW WE DELIVER

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SERVICES, AND HOW WE SUPPORT STAFF.

WE'VE SHOWN THAT THESE TOOLS CAN WORK INTERNALLY.

WE'VE SHOWN 'EM TO OTHERS INSIDE OF OUR ORGANIZATION, AND THEY ALSO SEE THE VALUE IN THESE.

BUT TODAY WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT BEING USED IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT AND WE CAN'T SCALE IT.

SO WE NEED A PATH FORWARD.

UM, MANY OF OUR PROGRAMS HAVE IDEAS.

WE CAN TAKE THOSE IDEAS TO SOLUTIONS PRETTY QUICKLY AND SEE IF THEY'RE ACTUALLY VIABLE.

WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY VENDORS, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYBODY ELSE.

WE USE CITY TALENT AND RESOURCES TO DO WORK.

SO IN CLOSING, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING NEW.

IT'S ALREADY EXISTING.

IT'S ALREADY BUILT.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A HEAD COUNT, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS RAD PLATFORM, WHICH IS A RAPID APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM, WHICH EXISTS TODAY.

WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PROPER WAY TO, TO LEVERAGE IT.

SO WHAT IS NEEDED NOW IS ALIGNMENT WITH THE ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNANCE SO IT CAN BE VALIDATED WITH THE BUSINESS AND SO THAT WE CAN SCALE SOME SOLUTIONS TO PRODUCTION.

AND SO WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT TO TRY TO GET TO THAT PATHWAY.

AND WITH THAT, IF WE CAN SWITCH OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WILL ACTUALLY SHOW YOU, UM, SOME CAPABILITIES THAT THE SYSTEM CAN DO THERE.

IT'S, THERE WE GO.

ALRIGHT, MAYBE SMALL, BUT YOU'RE GONNA GET THIS IN A HANDOUT AFTER MR. YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH, UH, SOME BIGGER SCREENSHOTS OF THIS SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DETAILS.

AND THANK YOU, PHILIP.

SO EVERYTHING THAT I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU TODAY, UH, COMES FROM A FUNCTIONAL PILOT, RIGHT? SO THIS, THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON.

THEY WORK, IT'S, THEY'RE CONNECTING TO REAL DATA SERVICES AND APIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT I, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT, AS PHILIP SAID, ALL THIS STUFF HAS TO BE IN A LOCKDOWN SANDBOX THAT WE CANNOT GIVE OTHER PEOPLE ACCESS TO BECAUSE IT'S ON OUR AZURE INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE REALLY NEED THE KEYS TO UNLOCK THAT KINGDOM WHERE WE CAN MOVE IT THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE AND GET THESE THINGS INTO PRODUCTION.

BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TO GO SIT DOWN WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING US FOR THIS STUFF FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND SHOW THEM THAT WE'VE BUILT THIS STUFF AND WE'VE LISTENED AND WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THIS.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA COST YOU AN ARM AND A LEG TO GO OUT TO A VENDOR TO DO IT.

AND SO, AGAIN, THESE ARE NOT PHOTOSHOP MOCKUPS.

THIS, THIS IS REAL STUFF.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SCREEN HERE IS, UM, THE CATALOG ITSELF.

SO THE PLATFORM IS ESSENTIALLY A COLLECTION OF CODE LEGOS THAT WE'VE BUILT.

SO FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE BEEN LISTENING TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND BUILDING DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY MODULES, AND WE SHIFTED TO A MODULAR DEVELOPMENT STRUCTURE BECAUSE WE FIND THAT A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS ASK FOR SOME OF THE SAME THINGS.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WE WOULD START FROM SCRATCH AND REBUILD SOMETHING EVERY TIME WE SIT DOWN TO DO A PROJECT.

SO WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING WE HAD GOING ON AND ALL THE ASKS ACROSS, UM, NOT JUST A PH BUT ACROSS THE CITY, UM, LOOKING FOR USE CASES THAT MADE SENSE TO DEVELOP A CORE TECHNOLOGY STACK.

SO WHAT WE'VE ENDED UP WITH IS OVER 145 READY TO GO TECH MODULES THAT ARE ALREADY PUBLISHED INTO OUR PLATFORM.

THEY'RE ALL USING A STANDARDIZED TECH STACK AND LANGUAGE.

SO THEY'RE EASY TO REPURPOSE AND LEVERAGE ON DEMAND WHEN WE NEED TO BUILD STUFF THAT ALLOWS US TO GO FROM A CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL TO A WORKING FUNCTIONAL APPLICATION THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON AND SEE AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON WITHIN A WEEK TO TWO WEEKS.

SO WE'VE BUILT THE SIZABLE CATALOG, UM, AND I DO WANNA SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS IN A DEV ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS STUFF AND PUT IT IN A REAL APP THAT WE CAN START GIVING TO YOUR TEAMS. SO YOU CAN START GIVING US THE FEEDBACK ON THAT AND WE CAN START MORPHING AND BUILDING OUR CATALOG ALSO HAS A BUSINESS CASE COMPONENT WITH A DASHBOARD ASSIGNED TO IT.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO MOVE THESE THINGS INTO YOUR HANDS SO YOUR TEAMS CAN START LEVERAGING THESE TECHNOLOGIES.

AND THEN WE AS IT WILL START TRACKING THE ROI THIS, THIS IDEA WORK.

WAS THIS A GOOD CONCEPT? LET'S PUT SOME REAL KPIS TO THIS.

LET'S UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE TRACKING AN OUTCOME OR A DOLLAR AMOUNT, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE DRIVING SUCCESS FACTORS THAT WILL HELP US DETERMINE WHERE WE SHOULD PUT OUR EFFORTS AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY WORKING? AND IT ALSO GIVES US THE INFORMATION TO COME BACK TO THESE COMMISSIONS AND SAY WHETHER SOMETHING TRULY

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IS HAVING A MEASURABLE SUCCESS OR NOT.

AND THAT'S BUILT INTO THE PLATFORM.

SO NOW WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU IS AN APPLICATION THAT WE DEVELOPED FROM THE PLATFORM IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

SO WE TOOK A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

MANY PROGRAMS HAVE HAVE ASKED US ABOUT CREATING SERVICE DIRECTORIES OR HOW DO I GET INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR, WHAT SERVICES PEOPLE NEED, OR HOW DO I LINK UP PEOPLE IN NEED WITH SPECIFIC SERVICES? SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE BUILT A INTERACTIVE SERVICES CATALOG THAT'S ALSO AI POWERED.

SO THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FILL OUT FORMS AND GO PULL INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE, THEY CAN TALK TO THIS TOOL IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE EXPENSIVE TRANSLATION SERVICES.

THEY CAN TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR LIFE, WE CAN MATCH THEM WITH ANY SERVICE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY? SO ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'VE ENABLED THEM TO ACCESS, UH, IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, THEY CAN CHOOSE A LIFE EVENT, RIGHT? SO WE GIVE THEM A COUPLE DIFFERENT MODES OF ENTRY HERE.

SO WHEN THEY CLICK ON THESE BUTTONS, MAYBE THEY'VE RECENTLY HAD A BABY, THEY'VE LOST THEIR JOB, THEY'RE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, MAYBE, UM, IT'S A VETERAN TRANS TRANSITIONING TO, UH, SOME NEW STAGE OF LIFE.

THEY CAN CLICK ON THESE BUTTONS AND IT WILL PRE-START THE CONVERSATION FOR THEM IN THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY'VE SELECTED JUST TO KIND OF GIVE THEM A STARTING POINT TO GET THAT CONVERSATION GOING A LITTLE EASIER.

NEXT, ON THE BACK END THAT MAKES ALL THIS POSSIBLE IS A SERVICES DIRECTORY.

SO WE PARTNERED WITH OUR GIS TEAM TO TAP INTO ALL OF OUR LOCAL A PH SERVICE LAYERS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY ESTABLISHMENTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

WE PULLED ALL THAT INFORMATION IN AND THEN WE DID OUR OWN SCRAPING AND WORKED WITH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST AND MADE A BIG CATALOG OF ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

WE PUT IT IN A VERY NICE, NEAT, SEARCHABLE FORMAT THAT'S EASY TO FIND.

AND SO OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN BROWSE THROUGH THE SERVICE CATALOG IF THEY WANT TO, GIVING THEM ANOTHER WAY, UM, OF REACTING TO THIS INFORMATION.

NEXT.

SO EVERY SERVICE HAS A DETAILS PAGE, WHICH INCLUDES THINGS LIKE WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, WHAT KIND OF SERVICES ARE OFFERED HERE.

THERE'S A CLEAR MAP AT THE BOTTOM THAT SHOWS THOSE LOCATIONS.

UM, IT SHOWS LANGUAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN, ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION, JUST A REALLY NICE CLEAN WAY TO LOOK AT INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PARTICULAR SERVICE.

AND IT'S ALL STANDARDIZED.

SO WE LOOKED ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICES AND THE AVERAGE SET OF INFORMATION THAT WE COULD GET FROM EACH SERVICE AND THEN KIND OF CAME UP WITH A TEMPLATE THAT WE COULD USE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EACH SERVICE NEXT.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, SINCE WE HAVE THE LOCATION INFORMATION, WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD A VERY NICE INTERACTIVE COLOR MAP THAT PEOPLE CAN ALSO INTERACT WITH THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE SERVICES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE MAP.

AND THEN AS THEY PICK AND CHOOSE DIFFERENT SERVICES ON THE LEFT, IT'LL HIGHLIGHT THE DOTS AND IT'S NICE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE IF SOMEONE WANTED TO JUST BROWSE BY SERVICES NEAR THEIR LOCATION OR KIND OF SEE MAYBE HOW FAR THEY HAD TO DRIVE TO SOMETHING NEXT.

AND WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU NEXT IS, UM, AS PART OF THE OUTPUT FOR EACH CONVERSATION, THE AI IS ABLE TO, UM, ASSESS THE NEEDS OF THAT PERSON AS WELL AS, AS THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, IT TRIGGERS SOME AUTOMATED RULES THAT I'LL SHOW IN A SECOND.

AND IT BUILDS THIS SERVICES PLAN.

SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT LOOKS AT ALL THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS THAT THEY PROVIDED, THE LOCATION THAT THEY'RE IN, THE PARTICULAR LIFE ISSUE THAT THEY'RE HAVING, MATCHES THEM WITH THIS, THESE SERVICES, AND THEN BUILDS THEM AN ACTUAL PATH FORWARD.

THIS CAN BE EMAILED, SO THEY CAN CLICK ON A BUTTON AND HAVE IT EMAILED THEM.

THEY CAN HAVE THE LIST TEXTED TO THEM.

IT WORKS ON MOBILE, IT WORKS ON DESKTOP, ANY, ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM.

UH, AND THEY CAN VIEW THE SERVICES DETAILS OF EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL SERVICES ON DEMAND.

AND SO IT BASICALLY GIVES THEM THIS ACTIONABLE MAP OF SERVICES THAT THEY CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND TAKE ACTION ON.

THERE'S NO NECESSARY ROADBLOCKS THAT ARE STANDING IN THEIR WAY, RIGHT? THEY CAN JUST CLICK ON THIS AND CLICK THE CALL BUTTON AND THEY'RE NOW MATCHED WITH THAT SERVICE.

IT ALSO GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THEY'LL NEED TO HAVE TOGETHER BEFORE THEY MAKE THAT CALL.

SO IT REALLY GIVES THEM A FULLY PREPARED PLAN OF ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD IF THEY CHOOSE TO LOG IN.

SO ALL THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT NEEDING TO SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT, WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANY AUTHENTICATION.

IF THEY WANT TO LOG IN, THEY CAN LOG IN, PROVIDE JUST A FEW DETAILS, AND THEY CAN SAVE THIS TO THEIR ACCOUNT SO THEY COULD COME BACK AND REVIEW THAT PLAN AT ANY TIME.

NEXT, THIS IS A, AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF WHAT A CONVERSATION LOOKS LIKE.

THIS ONE'S

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IN ENGLISH.

THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, UM, IS LIKE AN OUTDOOR WORKER IN A CERTAIN ZIP CODE AND THEIR AC BROKE AND UM, THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE A NATURAL CONVERSATION.

SO THERE'S NOT A BIG LONG FORM THAT THEY HAVE TO FILL OUT.

THERE'S NOT GOING BACK AND FORTH CLICKING BETWEEN THINGS.

THEY CAN JUST LITERALLY TYPE OR TALK TO THIS THING THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO NATURALLY AND IT WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THEM.

SORRY, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE AGAIN, JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE OUTPUT OF THAT.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, BECAUSE THEY MENTIONED THE HEAT ISSUE, UH, THAT'S THE CHINESE ONE I THINK.

SORRY, GO BACK.

SOMETHING INTERESTING LIKE THIS LIFESPAN CALCULATOR.

SO IT'S IDENTIFIED UP AT THE TOP THAT THEY'RE AN AT RISK FOR A HEAT RELATED EVENT, RIGHT? SO WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ACTUALLY TRIGGERS OUR BACKEND SYSTEM AND IT PUTS A FLAG IN THE BACKEND, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU THE ADMIN INTERFACE, BUT THAT'S FLAGGING FOR OUR STAFF AT A PH THAT THIS IS PROBABLY A PRIORITY CASE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK INTO.

GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT ONE.

SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SHOWING, UH, WHAT THE INTERFACE LOOKS LIKE IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE.

THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO GO TO ANY TRANSLATION SERVICE.

SO THE AIS TODAY ARE ABLE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND UP TO 112 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES JUST OUTTA THE BOX.

IT'S JUST HOW THEY WORK.

AND THE AI THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IN OUR AZURE ENVIRONMENT HAS ALL THOSE SAME CAPABILITIES.

SO WE'RE REALLY NOT LIMITED ANYMORE BY LIKE, CAN WE GET THIS VENDOR ON BOARD TO HANDLE THIS? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY MATERIALS DO WE HAVE TO SEND OUT FOR TRANSLATION AND PAY FOR, AT LEAST ON THE CONVERSATION COMPONENT SIDE? GO AHEAD NEXT.

AND SO WE'LL ALSO PROVIDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE, RIGHT? SO THE WHOLE WEBSITE WILL TRANSFORM INTO THEIR, THEIR ACTUAL NATIVE LANGUAGE.

SO LANGUAGE ACCESS IS REALLY NO LONGER A BARRIER FOR TOOLS LIKE THIS.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE BACK END.

SO ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, WE HEAR FROM UH, A PH STAFF ALL THE TIME THAT THEY NEED INTELLIGENCE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT IN THE, IN THE SYSTEM.

WHAT ARE PEOPLE EITHER ENGAGING WITH, WHAT ARE THEY ASKING FOR? IS THERE AN EVENT THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF? SO EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS ON THE FRONT END SIDE MAPS TO THE BACK END AND PROVIDES LOTS OF ROBUST METRICS.

WE CAN VIEW EVERYTHING FROM THE TRAFFIC.

WHAT, WHAT COMPLETION RATES ARE GOING ON? ARE PEOPLE GOING DOWN CERTAIN PATHS? ARE THEY CHOOSING SPECIFIC LIFE EVENTS? HOW ARE THE LANGUAGE ACCESS PATTERNS DISTRIBUTED? WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS IS TRAFFIC COMING FROM? NEXT, WE CAN BUILD ELIGIBILITY RULES FOR DIFFERENT SERVICES.

SO IF WE WANT TO SET THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN, UM, SERVICES TO BE SHOWN IN A PLAN, THIS SYSTEM ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO GO IN AND SET WHAT THOSE RULES AND THRESHOLDS WOULD BE.

IF WE'RE PROMOTING CERTAIN SERVICES, WE CAN PROMOTE THOSE THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CUSTOMIZATION THAT WE CAN DO IN HELPING OUR STAFF TO BUILD THE PLANS FOR OUR, UH, RESIDENTS.

FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO LOG IN AND SHARE THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS, WE CAN PULL, UH, REALLY RICH DEMOGRAPHICS REPORTING.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SURFACE IT HERE, SURFACE IT HERE ALONGSIDE ALL THE SERVICES OR ISSUES THAT THEY'RE REPORTING AS WELL.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS, UH, SERVICES RANKED BY DEMAND AND MATCHED BY VOLUME.

AND WE CAN SLICE AND PIVOT THIS LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE CAN ALSO PULL OUT, UH, EQUITY INFORMATION.

SO WE CAN HAVE EQUITY SCORES THAT LOOK AT, UM, PORTAL USERS AGAINST CENSUS DEMOGRAPHICS IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE CAN SEE, UM, DISPARITY ALERTS AND ZIP CODES WHERE MAYBE MATCHING RATES ARE DROPPING OFF OR TAKING OFF.

UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SET UP RULES FOR FLAGGING THINGS, RIGHT? SO IF THE EQUITY GROUPS WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS, WE CAN CUSTOMIZE ALL THOSE METRICS FOR THEM AS WELL.

AND THEN PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE'D WANNA LOOK AT IS THE DEMAND MAP.

SO WE CAN OVERLAY THE ACTIVITY ON RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT SAME MAP AND WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT SERVICES ARE IN DEMAND, HOW MUCH AND WHERE THEY'RE AT.

AND OF COURSE IT WOULD'VE BEEN COMPLETE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE LOTS OF REPORTING.

SO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING, UH, THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON OR SEE IN THE DASHBOARD CAN BE TURNED INTO REPORT THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED AND PUT IN EXCEL OR CSV FILES FOR ANALYSIS LATER.

NOW PIVOTING.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ALL THAT CORE STACK OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE BUILT TO DO THIS AND WE TALKED WITH OUR GIS TEAM AND WE HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER PROBLEM IS, WELL WHAT IF PEOPLE AREN'T WANTING TO ENGAGE IN THAT WAY? THEY, THAT'S NOT THE CONVERSATION THAT THEY WANT TO HAVE.

MAYBE THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY HAVING A CRISIS THAT WOULD DRIVE THEM TO THAT NEED.

WE CAN NOW CREATE OTHER TOOLS THAT CAN STILL MAP INTO THE SAME SERVICES CATALOG, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE

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SO IT'S AN INTERACTIVE WIDGET THAT WE COULD FEATURE ACROSS ANY OF OUR DIFFERENT, UH, PROPERTIES.

THAT GIVES US ANOTHER ENTRY POINT, A WAY TO COLLECT DATA AND KIND OF A FUN WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO INTERACT WITH THEIR HEALTH INFORMATION.

SO THIS ALLOWS THE USER TO GO OUT, PUT IN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEY LIVE IN AND THEIR CURRENT AGE AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO, THEY CAN TYPE IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR HEALTH CHOICES, LIKE THEIR DIET, THEIR BMI, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN USING CENSUS DATA AND COHORT DATA THAT WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER, UM, IT SHOWS THE LIFESPAN ESTIMATOR FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN HOW THEY'RE KIND OF RANKING ON THERE.

AND THEN IF THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE ACTION ON THOSE THINGS NEXT THEY GET A LITTLE SCORECARD.

AND THEN EACH OF THOSE ARE CLICKABLE AND IT WILL TAKE THEM INTO THE SERVICES CATALOG AND SHOW THEM SERVICES THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT COULD HELP THEM WITH MAKING SOME BETTER CHOICES.

MAYBE THE STOP SMOKING LINE, MAYBE SOME DIET IMPROVEMENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN NOW TAP INTO THAT SAME INFORMATION.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE SERVICES CALCULATOR HERE IN ABOUT THREE DAYS BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ALL THE OTHER STUFF BUILT.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN.

WELL THANKS.

UH, ALRIGHT, SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT HOW QUICKLY WE CAN PIVOT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS PLATFORM IN PLACE AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT.

I CAME WITH ANOTHER CONCEPT TO KIND OF, CAN YOU ALL STILL HEAR ME OKAY, UH, TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE WHERE WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE SERVICE CATALOG, WE ALREADY SAW THAT FROM CHRIS.

WE CAN BRING THAT EASILY INTO ANOTHER APPLICATION, USE IT THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE KIND OF AS AN ACCELERATOR TO JUMPSTART WHERE WE'D WANT TO GO.

AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PROOF OF CONCEPT THAT WE MAY NOT USE, BUT IT'S JUST TO GET US THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO US, AND WHAT THESE TOOLS CAN ACTUALLY LEVERAGE US TO DO IN ABOUT THREE DAYS.

SO ANYONE JUMP TO THE NEXT ONE? SO I CAME UP WITH AN APP.

THE IDEA HERE THAT THE CONCEPT IS PRETTY SIMPLE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO US THAT WANT HELP MATCHING WITH RESOURCES.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN OR STAFF TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

BUT WE STILL WANT TO LISTEN.

WE STILL WANT TO TAKE DOWN THEIR INFORMATION AND HELP THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO THIS IS, OUR APP IS DESIGNED AS A FIRST LEVEL TRIAGE.

SOMEBODY THAT YOU COULD THEN TALK TO IN A CHAT INTERFACE, KIND OF LIKE WHAT CHRIS WAS DISPLAYING TO GET US THAT FIRST LEVEL OF ENTRY TO TELL US WHAT ARE YOUR NEEDS AND IF, IF YOU WANNA GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

UH, WHAT WE DO, WE GET A, A QUICK LITTLE JUMPSTART OF WHAT INFO YOU HAVE.

GIVE US YOUR NAME, GIVE US HOW TO CONTACT YOU.

WE'RE, UH, JUMP INTO A CHAT INTERFACE.

WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN.

AND HERE WE GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY TYPE WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO SAY TO US, BUT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ALSO USE OUR VOICE.

SO IF WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, I, MAYBE I'M NOT A A TECH SAVVY PERSON, MAYBE I JUST MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING.

I CAN USE MY VOICE TO INTERACT WITH THIS AS WELL.

AND IF YOU WANNA GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE, UH, GIVE YOU JUST AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE ACTIVE CONVERSATION.

UH, I AM, YOU KNOW, I EXPRESS A NEED.

I'M GETTING SOME FEEDBACK, I'M GETTING SOME INFORMATION, UH, KIND OF WALKING THROUGH.

AND IN THIS CASE WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH ARE FOR THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET LIKE THE TOP TWO OR THREE ISSUES THAT ARE MAYBE AFFECTING THEM IN THEIR LIFE.

AND SO IT'S DESIGNED TO WALK THROUGH A COUPLE DIFFERENT POINTS TO SAY, ARE YOU HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS? LET ME ASK SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.

LET ME GET KIND OF A, AN ASSESSMENT OF WHERE YOU'RE AT SO THAT I CAN THEN PAIR YOU WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN FURTHER ASSIST YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT HUMAN INTERACTION TOUCH.

UM, AS WELL AS PROVIDE SERVICES.

WE CAN ALSO RECOMMEND THINGS THAT YOU COULD GO OUT TO DO TODAY.

BUT THE IDEA HERE THEN WOULD BE OUR STAFF WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A DASHBOARD WHERE WE COULD SEE EVERYBODY WHO'S COME IN AND MADE CONTACT WITH US.

WE CAN SEE WHO'S COME IN TODAY, WE CAN SEE WHAT ISSUES THEY'RE FACING TODAY.

IS IT FOOD SCARCITY, IS IT HOMELESSNESS, IS IT RENT AND ASSISTANCE WITH THAT? AND IT KIND OF GIVES US A ONE SHOT OF THIS IS WHO'S COME IN DOING A PRE TRIAGE EVALUATION OF WHAT THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH AND LOOKING AT KIND OF WHAT THE SEVERITY IS FOR THAT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL IF YOU WANNA GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

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AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A STEP IN AND ACTUALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PERSON WHO CALLED IN, WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THAT THEY'RE FACING.

WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY IT THINKS THAT'S AN ISSUE.

SO THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH HOUSING BECAUSE THEY SAID, AND IT'S ACTUALLY TOO SMALL FOR ME TO READ IT, BUT BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH HOUSING OR I'M HAVING AN ISSUE PAYING RENT.

AND SO WE CAN FLAG EXACTLY WHY WE THINK THAT IS EXACTLY WHY WE THINK IT'S THE SEVERITY LEVEL THAT WE ARE.

AND WE CAN HAVE SOMEBODY REACH OUT TO THEM AND CONTACT THEM AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD DO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE HELP THAT YOU NEEDED ALREADY FROM THE SITE, YOU CAN DO THIS AND MAYBE WE CAN ALREADY WALK YOU THROUGH A PROGRAM.

GIVE US ANOTHER AVENUE FOR OUTREACH.

AND THEN THIS IS A, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THEIR VIEW FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL INTERACTION.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST ONE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU CAN GO FROM THERE, HOW YOU CAN TAKE THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES, PIVOT ON THAT, COME UP WITH AN IDEA.

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT TOOK ALL ABOUT THREE DAYS TO COME UP WITH FROM IDEA TO EXECUTION.

NOW IT'S A DEMO.

IT'S NOT READY FOR US TO TURN OUT AND AND RUN WITH.

BUT THE IDEA IS TO GET THAT INTO THE PEOPLE'S HANDS HERE SO THAT THEY CAN TELL US WHAT THEY LIKE ABOUT THE TOOL, WHAT WOULD MAKE IT A BETTER TOOL, MAYBE SPAWN OFF SOME IDEAS THAT, HEY, THIS WOULD BE GREAT TO ENTER IN WITH THIS TOOL.

I LIKE THIS CONCEPT BUT NOT THIS CONCEPT.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO WE'RE GIVING YOU THAT KIND OF PLUG AND PLAY MENU SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD AND THESE TOOLS TO HELP NOT ONLY OUR STAFF BE MORE PRODUCTIVE, BUT HELP THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND JUST, WE SHOWED YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY BUILT JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T SEE IS THE 17 OR MORE APPLICATIONS THAT'S BEHIND IT THAT DOES HAVE SOME PURPOSE, THAT DOES HAVE OTHER VALUES, RIGHT? WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

SOME OF THOSE 17 DO INCLUDE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNCTIONS AND IT IT COULD SERVE FOR THE WHOLE CITY, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD EASILY COME AND SHOW YOU THE BENEFIT AND THE VALUE OF WHAT THIS PLATFORM CAN DO.

BECAUSE BEFOREHAND IT TOOK US MONTHS AND YEARS AND A LOT OF MONEY TO BUY THINGS.

NOW WE CAN DO IT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M SURE EVERYONE ELSE DOES TOO.

SO I WILL TRY TO, UM, JUMBLE THESE TOGETHER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN ANY THAT WE DON'T GET TO.

I CAN EMAIL THEM OVER LATER 'CAUSE I THINK THE MORE TECH QUESTIONS AREN'T FOR US.

UM, SO THIS, WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT SOUNDS LIKE A CHW IN SOME WAYS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS, THEY CAN UTILIZE, THEY CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, ESSENTIALLY FOR FREE IS WHAT THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE SOUNDS LIKE.

BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS TO IMPLEMENT THIS INTO A DEPARTMENT.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN? I THINK, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE USE CASE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SHARED, BUT LET'S JUST SAY FOR INSTANCE, UH, IMMUNIZATIONS IS LIKE, WE'LL SPEARHEAD THIS THING.

WHAT WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU GOING TO COME UP AGAINST IN ORDER FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO EVEN START TO HAPPEN? UM, AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT IS BECAUSE IF WE DO WRITE A RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL NEED TO KNOW HOW TO ADDRESS THAT INTO THAT INTEGRATION.

UM, AND THEN MY, I'LL I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL, I'LL EMAIL THE REST .

UM, SO LUCKILY WE, THIS IS ALL BUILT ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INSIDE THE CITY.

UM, IT WAS ACTUALLY BUILT WITH IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TS WITH, WITH THEIR ARCHITECTS AND THEIR VENDOR.

UM, SO IT'S NOTHING THAT'S NEW TO THEM.

THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE STUCK IN A DEVELOPMENT BOX AND THERE'S NO PRODUCTION BOX TO PUT IT IN, RIGHT? SO THE DEVELOPMENT BOX IS VERY SMALL, IT'S THIS LITTLE CONTAINER AND IT'S GOT THESE TWO PEOPLE IN IT.

SO IF I WANT Y'ALL IN IT, I NEED A BIGGER BOX AND THEN I NEED A PRODUCTION BOX.

SO AFTER YOU BLESS IT AND TEST IT, THEN WE CAN GET INTO PRODUCTION.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE IT.

IS THERE ANY DOLLAR, ARE THERE ANY DOLLARS THAT NEED TO GO BEHIND THAT TO GO FROM DEV TO PRODUCTION? INTERNAL CITY DOLLARS? YES.

SPINNING UP A NEW SERVER, NEW STORAGE SOLUTION MAYBE SO YES.

BUT THAT'S INTERNAL CITY MONEY THAT IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE GRAND SCHEME, IT'S PITNEY.

WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH US JUST SO THAT WE KNOW YES.

THAT INFORMATION.

UM, 'CAUSE I,

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AND I THINK THERE, THERE IS SOME WAY THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST WHERE MY BRAIN IS GOING.

AND THEN I SAW THE POLICY PO PULSE.

WHICH IS LOOKS LIKE AN APP THAT'S WITHIN THERE.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE A FEW COMMISSIONERS COULD JOIN YOU ALL? WE COULD JUST USING IT AS AN EXAMPLE BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT POLICY, UH, JUST TO SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK IF WE WANTED TO USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IS THAT A, UH, EVEN JUST A SHOW AND TELL TYPE EXPERIENCE? YEAH.

SO ANY OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, ANY OF THEM THAT YOU SAW, AND IT WAS A BRIEF THAT YOU SAW, BUT, UM, WE CAN GIVE YOU A FULL LIST OF ALL OF THEM AND IF YOU WANTED TO DO A DEEP DIVE, WE'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO OPEN THAT.

WE HAD ONE THIS MORNING WITH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, SO, OKAY.

I WILL, UM, OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER RICE IS WAITING FOR THIS, SO PLEASE .

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M SORRY I'M NOT THERE, BUT GLAD TO SEE EVERYBODY THE MOMENT HERE AND, AND CONGRATS REALLY WONDERFUL, UM, WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I HAD SORT OF QUESTIONS LIKE, I WONDERED WHY WOULDN'T YOU JUST SHOW US A LIVE DEMO, EVEN IF IT'S JUST, UM, RATHER THAN JUST THE SOFT, JUST THE, THE SIDEWARE.

SO THAT WAS ONE THING I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH MY MIND.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF THE, IT SEEMS LIKE THE PATH, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO SUPPORT GREAT IDEAS OF COURSE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE PATH WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD GO TO A ONE OR MORE CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU HAVE AND, AND HAVE THEM COME TO ADVOCATE FOR IT, IT AS YOUR CUSTOMER.

AND THERE THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING IN MORE THAN, THAN, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE TELLING US ABOUT IT.

UH, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WONDERED IF THAT'S A PATH ALSO AN OPTION BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW IT REALLY WORKS AND, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE ANY DOWNSIDES TO SOME OF THIS AND, AND WHAT ARE THE COMPLEXITIES AND, AND THE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, ISSUES AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT REALLY ROLL INTO A, A PRODUCTIZATION PROCESS AND THE COST PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, NOT DEFINED YET.

BUT I WONDERED MAYBE SPECIFICALLY JUST THAT, THAT WHY DIDN'T, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHOW US ANYTHING LIVE? YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY SHOW YOU SOMETHING LIVE.

THE PROBLEM WITH TECH DEMOS AND LIVE IS EVERYTHING GOES WRONG, RIGHT? IF YOU'VE EVER DONE A TECH DEMO, IT ALWAYS GOES WRONG WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DEMO.

SO WE TOOK THE NICE WAY AND WANTED TO SHOW YOU NICE SCREENSHOTS.

SO IF YOU WANT US TO TURN IT ON, WE CAN FLIP THE SWITCH AND DO IT RIGHT NOW AND SHOW YOU ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WORK AND CLICK SOME BUTTONS.

IF IT'S SLOW, IT'S SLOW.

IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT DOESN'T WORK.

IT'S A DEMO, RIGHT? HOWEVER, WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M GONNA DEFER TO THE CHAIR, BUT ALSO WE'D BE HAPPY TO SORT OF HAVE SOME OTHER YEAH, I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO COME BY YOUR OFFICE SOMETIME AND SEE IT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE WOULD LOVE THAT DOCTOR.

RIGHT.

JUST TO, AND, AND THIS IS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I HAVE A SENSE THAT WE'D WANNA SORT OF KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE THE COMMISSION SAYS WE LOVE THIS IDEA.

ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSION WOULD PROBABLY BE HAPPY TO SAY GENERIC.

WE, WE LOVE THE IDEA OF INTERNAL HOMEGROWN THINGS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO LIMITS TO THAT BECAUSE THE TEST OF, OF SCALABILITY AND COSTS AND ALTERNATIVES AND OTHER MARKET, UH, OTHER PRODUCTS THAT ARE ADJACENT AND SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE NOT REALLY ON THE TABLE YET FOR US TO DISCUSS OR EVEN KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE, WE BROUGHT ONLY THE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION STUFF TODAY.

WE DID NOT BRING YOU ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY STUFF THAT WE HAVE.

GOT IT.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THE WORK.

LET ME JUST BE CLEAR.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA ECHO THAT.

UH, THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S REALLY AMAZING, YOU KNOW, THE CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW AND, UM, JUST TO HAVE THIS BE BUILT INTERNALLY AND SPECIFIC TO OUR NEEDS BY OUR OWN PEOPLE, I THINK IS AWESOME.

UM, I LIKE THE CONCEPT THAT Y'ALL WERE SAYING ABOUT EQUITABLE AND, UH, STREAMLINED ACCESS TO RESOURCES.

IF I WAS TO DISTILL ON THE ASK, I'M HEARING BASICALLY YOU WANT SUPPORT FOR A PILOT, AND I THINK A LOT OF TIMES IT IS EASIER TO GET A LIMITED SCOPE PILOT AND YOU KIND OF KIND OF BUILD FROM THERE.

DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AS FAR AS A, LIKE A BEACHHEAD APPLICATION? UM, YEAH, THERE, I MEAN THERE IS A LOT OF USE CASES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM PUBLIC HEALTH.

SO REALLY WORKING WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND THAT ONE THAT IS THE LOW HANGING FRUIT AND IS AN EASY WIN THAT WE CAN PUT OUT THAT MAYBE NOT ONLY BENEFITS OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT ALSO OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT WOULD BE ONE WHERE WE'RE GONNA LOOK FOR FIRST IF WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO.

BUT THERE'S ABOUT FIVE OF THEM THAT WE HAVE THAT IF WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT AND A PATH TO PRODUCTION, WE COULD GO DOWN AND START TALKING TO THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND WITH A COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'LL HAVE IT READY.

I MEAN, BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE COULD HAVE WORKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO USE AND INTERNAL STAFF TO USE TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.

I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STUFF IN HEALTHCARE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PUBLIC HEALTH.

THINGS THAT COME TO MIND ARE, UM, THE BIGGEST ONE IS, YOU KNOW, DEC LIKE VERY LIMITED RISK, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM .

MINIMIZING THAT.

UM, AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S, YOU KNOW,

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LOW COST.

AND THEN FROM THERE IT'S, UH, EASY TO SHOW, UH, AN IMPACT.

YOU KNOW, SO HAPPY TO BE A RESOURCE WHEN YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT THIS AND FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE, UH, MINIMUM, MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT VERSION OF THIS THAT YOU COULD PUT INTO PRODUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE BUY-IN ON.

UM, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION TOO LONG, SO I DON'T KNOW REALLY HOW THAT WORKS AS FAR AS MOVING THINGS FORWARD.

BUT, UM, THOSE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS AND HAPPY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP Y'ALL IN MOVING THIS FORWARD.

AND I KINDA WANNA PIGGYBACK ON THAT.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE DE-RISKING, SO SOME OF THE STUFF WE SHOWED YOU TODAY HAS AI INTEGRATED INTO IT, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AI IN THESE SYSTEMS, RIGHT? SO WE CAN BUILD STUFF VERY RAPIDLY THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE VALUE LIKE THESE APPLICATIONS OR JUST A CATALOG OR ANY SIMPLE THING THAT'S RELATIVELY LOW RISK, WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON ON THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

AND I, I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, RIGHT? LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE AI INTEGRATED INTO IT AS A COMPONENT.

THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE WAY WE CAN DE-RISK RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

AND, AND ONE, ONE LAST PIVOT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU SAW A SERVICE CATALOG LOOK LIKE A WEBPAGE, RIGHT? IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AUSTIN, TEXAS FIVE GOV PAGE THAT IT'S NOT A MODULAR PLATFORM, IT CANNOT DO THAT APP CONTAINER THAT YOU SAW THERE, RIGHT? SO SINCE IT CAN'T, YOU HAVE TO PIVOT.

IF YOU DO WANT SOMETHING THAT WORKS MORE LIKE A MODERN APP DRIVEN WEBSITE, THAT THAT WHAT WE SHOWED YOU TODAY IS THERE AUSTIN TEXAS.GOV RIGHT NOW.

CAN'T GET THERE.

I THINK WE HAD ONE MORE COMMENT FROM ONLINE, UM, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WRAP THIS UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, COMMISSIONER LUHAN.

OH, AND OF COURSE, DIRECTOR STIR, WE WILL SAVE THE FLOOR FOR YOU TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION HOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER LUHAN, ARE YOU, UH, YOU MUTED? UH, YOU'RE STILL MUTED, BUT WE CAN SEE YOUR MOUTH MOVING.

OKAY, ONE SECOND.

DIRECTOR STIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, WHILE WE WORK ON THESE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES, JOIN US? SURE.

I'LL OFF THE MEETING AND THEN COME BACK IN AND SEE IF THAT RESOLVED YOUR MIC AND SHIFT.

I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER RICE'S QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE PATH.

UM, AS PHILIP MENTIONED, HE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON PUBLIC HEALTH APPLICATIONS, AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, IT SHOULD BE A PRESENTATION TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO TO THIS COMMISSION AS WE ARE WRESTLING WITH THE DIMINISHING RESOURCES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US STAY ON PAR AND, AND GROW.

AND SO THIS IS WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DOLLARS FOR FOR PEOPLE.

HOW DO WE THEN LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY? AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION FOR THIS COMMISSION TO HAVE, AND PERHAPS THAT IS THE NATURE OF HOW THE RECOMMENDATION COULD COME FORTH FROM THIS BODY, BUT ALSO THEY ARE DOING THE WORK, TAKING THIS ROAD SHOW TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO GARNER SUPPORT.

I JUST, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU TOUCH ON THAT PART, SO I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, HELP YOU OUT.

YEAH, YEAH.

AND I, UH, COMMISSIONER LUHAN IS STILL WORKING ON HER, HER VOLUME.

I GOT IT.

HERE WE ARE.

WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND ASK, HEY, WERE YOU ABLE TO MEET THIS NEED? YEAH, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE FOOD PANTRY HERE, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT FOR WHATEVER REASON, LET'S SAY, UM, A COMMUNITY CLINIC, RIGHT? IF IT WAS THERE AT THAT TIME, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS ON THERE, BUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PLEASE JOIN US.

I HAVE TO LOG INTO THE PHONE.

SO, UM, THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING TOOL FOR SOMEONE THAT NOT ONLY HAS UTILIZED SOME OF THESE SERVICES TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE BEFOREHAND ON FINDING RESOURCES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF THE BEST DIRECTIONS WOULD BE 2 1 1 FIND HELP, UM, AS SOME OF THE PILOTS.

I KNOW THAT ON ONE OF, UH, IT WAS A WHILE BACK, I THINK AT THAT TIME IT WAS LIKE, UH, SOMETHING ABBY, UM, OR DEAR ABBY OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? UM, SO WHEN I WAS AT A PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION, I WAS THE FOLLOW UP AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER TO FI FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE REFERRALS.

SO THAT PLATFORM, WHAT IT SHOWED WAS, LET'S SAY THAT SOMEONE NEEDED FOOD PANTRY, RIGHT? WE COULD NAVIGATE THAT AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER.

THEY WOULD COME TO ME, THEY'D BE LIKE, I NEED THIS.

SO OF COURSE I WOULD GO AHEAD AND SEND, SET UP THEIR ACCOUNT, AND THEN IT WOULD SEND A REFERRAL DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DID NOT HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOWING UP, RIGHT? SO THEN MY JOB WAS TO COME BACK WITH THE,

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SO THEN I WOULD CALL, UH, I THINK ST.

JOHN'S, UM, DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE LIKE SOME, WHEN YOU NEEDED RENT ASSISTANCE, WHEN YOU NEEDED A RENT, RENT ASSISTANCE, UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONES.

IT WAS ABOUT 2021 WHEN ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING.

SO THEN I WOULD CALL THEM, DIRECTLY, FIND THEM, AND I'D BE LIKE, OKAY, WELL LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE IS RECEIVING AND IS READING THOSE REFERRALS? AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, WE DO NOT.

BUT WE WERE, BUT THEY WERE PUT ON THE SYSTEM, RIGHT? THAT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SEND OUT THOSE REFERRALS DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THAT CASE, I WAS WITH ELANO.

SO WHENEVER WE RECEIVED ANY REFERRALS FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, TITLE 10, SORRY, MY DOGS ARE SO EXCITED.

THEY, THEY SEE SOMETHING, UM, LET'S SAY THERE WAS SOMETHING FOR TITLE 10 OR A FOOD PANTRY, RIGHT? FOR EXAMPLE, I WILL RECEIVE THAT REFERRAL.

I WOULD CONTACT THE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SAY, HI, I AM MARTHA FROM ANO.

I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM THIS TIME TO THIS TIME WE ARE HAVING OUR FOOD PANTRY.

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH? RIGHT? SO WE WERE ACTUALLY, AT THAT TIME, THAT ORGANIZATION WAS VERY ACTIVE IN FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE REFERRALS.

I KNOW SOME OTHER AGENCIES WERE ALSO ACTIVE.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT IMPLEMENTATION WHERE IT, IT, UM, IT COLLECTS ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT BEING ABLE TO MAYBE NOT REINVENT A HUNDRED PERCENT THE WHEEL, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING IS SO INNOVATING WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION.

UM, AND THEN ESPECIALLY BEING ABLE TO LIKE BREAK IT DOWN AND THEN FOR YOU GUYS RECEIVE IN THE BACK END, RECEIVE THAT ALERT.

ESPECIALLY FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP SAP, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS LIKE 2 1 1, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY.

I WAS LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND I THINK 2 0 1 TEXAS.ORG WOULD BE SOME OF LIKE A GOOD PLATFORMS TO FIND OR EVEN FIND SOME NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP YOU PILOT THAT.

UM, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT EITHER YOU DO IT WITH THAT PLATFORM WHERE THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE SYSTEM WHERE WE ALL RECEIVE THE, THE REFERRALS, DEPENDING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE YOUR NONPROFIT OR, OR, OR AN AGENCY OR, UM, YOU WOULD LITERALLY UTILIZE SOME OF THESE, GRAB A COUPLE OF, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE YOU TEST IT OUT WITH THEIR CLIENTS, UM, BECAUSE IT ALSO WOULD SUPPORT THEM, YOU KNOW, NOT, NOT ONE ORGANIZATION HAS ALL THE SERVICES, BUT WILL BE ABLE TO LIKE REALLY DO THAT CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP.

LIKE LET'S SAY IF I HAVE A CLIENT AT MY ORGANIZATION AND I KNOW THAT THEY NEED, UM, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, UH, WELL I CAN'T DO MENTAL HEALTH, BUT LET'S SAY THEY NEED A FOOD PANTRY, RIGHT? I CAN'T HELP HELP 'EM WITH THAT, BUT I WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT IT IN AND THEN I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT CLIENT, JUST THE SAME WORK THAT I WAS DOING BEFORE, BUT AT THIS POINT AT MY CAPACITY, RIGHT? AND THEN BE ABLE TO LIKE BUILD ON THAT.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD, I MEAN, BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WHAT YOU HAVE PUT TOGETHER RIGHT NOW, AI IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOOLS, BUT THE WAY THAT IT WOULD SET UP THE LONGEVITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SO MUCH WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH, RIGHT? SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR DIGNITY, YOU KNOW, LIVE LONGER.

UM, SO I JUST WAS WONDERING, HAVE YOU GUYS THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE FINDING HELP OR 2 1 1 WITH UNITED WAY WHERE YOU CAN ALSO MAYBE INCORPORATE THIS AND THEN BRING IN SOME ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THOSE REFERRALS? UH, YES.

UH, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS IN SOME OF THE 3 1 1 SERVICES FROM THE CITY, UH, FOR, FOR WHAT HE BUILT.

UM, AND, AND THAT WAS JUST SCRAPING THE, THE, THE EDGE OF WHAT CITY SERVICES, BUT WE'RE IN CONVERSATIONS, UM, NOT ONLY WITH OTHER AGENCIES, BUT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER PARTNERS AND NONPROFITS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SCALE THIS TO MAKE IT ALL FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR CERTAIN GROUPS, RIGHT? FOR EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY NEEDS THE, THE ABILITY TO GET GOOD HEALTH.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING IN, SHARING THIS WITH US.

UH, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE IN TOUCH TO FIGURE OUT, I KNOW COMMISSIONER ALI STEPPED AWAY, BUT, UM, HOW WE CAN, WE CAN COME IN FOR A DEMO AND SEE THE, AND SPEND

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THE TIME YES.

GOING THROUGH THE CLICKS AND THE PAUSES.

UM, AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE, WE'LL WE'LL COMPILE THOSE AND GET THOSE TO YOU ALL, UH, AND THEN KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING SO WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SOME MOVEMENTS.

[3. Receive updates from commissioners on assigned action items.]

LET'S MOVE INTO DISCUSSION ITEM THREE, UH, WHERE WE RECEIVE UPDATES FROM COMMISSIONERS ON ASSIGNED ACTION ITEMS. UM, ANYONE REARING AT THE BIT TO SHARE UPDATES, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER RICE, I'M HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER.

UM, ON THAT NOTE, SORRY, LEMME FIND MY NOTES HERE.

UM, I HAD THREE THINGS TO JUST TO MENTION AND TALK ABOUT.

UM, THE FIRST WAS A PRE-READ THAT WE SENT OUT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ADJACENT TO THE IDEA OF WHAT OUR PRIOR, UM, YOU KNOW, SESSION PRESENTERS WERE TALKING ABOUT IN THE REALM OF, OF AI.

I HAD, UM, TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I MAYBE MENTIONED IT IN THE, IN OUR LAST MEETING A MONTH AGO.

UM, THE PRE-READ WAS KIND OF ABOUT, AND I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE IDEA WAS TO SHOW THAT IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE FOR REALLY ANYBODY TO HAVE AN LLM AND WORK ON AN IDEA AND THEN BUILD A LITTLE, UM, TOOL.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO SHOW WITH SOME PICTURES IN THAT PRE-READ.

AND, AND AGAIN, I SAID THAT LAST MONTH, AND TO ME THE, THAT'S ALL SORT OF THE PREFACE TO THE IDEA OF NOT ONLY THE HOMEGROWN SORT OF TOOLS THAT WE COULD BE BUILDING OUR TEAM, THIS TEAM AS WE SAW EARLIER COULD BE BUILDING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE MORE GENERIC USE OF THE AI IN A, IN A, IN A BUSINESS OR WORK ENVIRONMENT, FOR INSTANCE IS THE OTHER THING I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE.

AND, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT WAS, THIS IS SORT OF TOPIC TWO, WHAT TOPIC ONE, THE PRE-READ WAS JUST TO MAKE THE POINT THAT PEOPLE CAN REALLY BUILD TOOLS MUCH MORE EASILY.

YOU CAN IMAGINE JUST AS YOU'RE HEARING AND A LITTLE AGENT TO BUILD TO, UM, SEE IF YOU COULD IDENTIFY WHEN NEEDLE WASTE WAS, YOU KNOW, UM, IN AN UNUSUAL, UM, UM, CONCENTRATION SOMEPLACE MIGHT BE A SIGNAL THAT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, PORTEND A A AN UPCOMING OVERDOSE CLUSTER.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S A GRAND THEORY, WHICH YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TEST WITH A, A LITTLE AGENT LIKE THIS TO SEE IF THAT'S TRUE AND IF IT WAS WORKABLE AND, AND PRODUCE RESULTS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR, FOR CITIES ACROSS, ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY OR, OR, OR DERIVATIVE BODIES MIGHT COME ABOUT.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE 0.1, 0.2 IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A A, AN COMPANY, UM, WHICH IS A HOSPITAL COMPANY, A VERY LARGE HOSPITAL COMPANY.

THEY'VE, THEY'VE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MADE A PURCHASE FOR CHAT GPT LICENSES FOR EXECUTIVES, FOR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE OFFICE TO USE, FOR ANYBODY TO USE, UH, EVENTUALLY I'M SURE.

BUT THE POINT WOULD BE, AND NOT JUST TO BUILD TOOLS LIKE WE SAW IN THE LAST HOUR OR THE AGENTS THAT I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, GETTING DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT COME EVERY DAY.

AND, AND ANY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH OR TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PERSON'S INBOX THAT COMES IN, WHICH MIGHT BE EXCEL FILES WITH DATA.

IT'S, UM, IT'S AS, AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU CAN DROP THOSE, THOSE KINDS OF PIECES OF INFORMATION, THOSE KINDS OF FILES INTO CHAT GPT AND SAY, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE TOP 10 THINGS I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS? AND IT CAN EASILY DO THAT IN SECONDS.

AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A WHOLE ACCELERATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF ROLES THAT CAN BE GOING ON.

UM, I THINK AT, AT ANY KIND OF A, A PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTION.

AND, AND, UM, SO I WAS TRYING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMISSION THOUGHT THAT WAS OF INTEREST, THE, THE NEXT A A SUBSEQUENT STEP COULD BE, YOU KNOW, A RECOMMENDATION WHICH WOULD POSIT ALL THE WHERE AS IS, WHICH TALK ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT AND ARE EXCITED ABOUT FOR AI AND THE, THE WHERE AS WOULD LEAD TO THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEREFORE TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE LLMS AND MAKE THEM BROADLY AVAILABLE TO THE TEAMS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH ABOVE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TEAMS. AND, UM, AND I WAS EVEN TRYING TO POSIT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOME SUCH RECOMMENDATION IF, IF THE COUNCIL THOUGHT IT WAS OF INTEREST, I GUESS THEN, UM, IF THE COMMISSION THOUGHT IT WAS OF INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD SAY, LET'S, LET'S MAKE AUSTIN A PROTOTYPE MODEL OF HOW PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS CAN BE USING THESE THINGS.

AND WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US THE LICENSE FOR A PENNY PER LICENSE SO THAT EVERYONE CAN HAVE IT THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR IN THE, IN CITY AND COUNTY, AND LITERALLY SEE WHAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UM, AMAZING THINGS COULD DEVELOP FROM THAT OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, UM, AS A PROTOTYPE FOR THE, FOR, UM, AN LLM COMPANY TO THEN, YOU KNOW, HAVE

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A BASIS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD AT A, A DIFFERENT SCALE THAN THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE.

SO THAT'S ITEM ONE AND ITEM TWO, UM, UNRELATED TO THOSE TWO, I WANT TO GIVE THE LAST ITEM, ITEM THREE, WHICH WAS A REQUEST THAT CAME FROM A CONVERSATION I HAD.

UM, AND, AND THE, THE REQUEST CAME FROM, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

AND THE REQUEST WAS THAT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF CITY, IF, IF THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION COULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, UM, I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MY WORDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, COLLABORATE WITH CITY AND TRA COUNTY STAFF TO PRIORITIZE THE SERVICES IN CASE FURTHER, UM, BUDGETARY CHALLENGES MAKE SERVICE CONTRACTION REQUIRED.

AND THAT WAY WE WOULD BE SORT OF VOICING A, UM, A PRIORITIZATION KIND OF IDEA ON, YOU KNOW, UM, WHAT THINGS WE'D WANNA MAKE SURE WOULD BE PRESERVED.

AND, UM, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME OF THAT TODAY, EVEN IN THE, UH, DISCUSSION OF THE, UH, THE SEXUAL HEALTH, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL.

AND, UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE THAT PART OF THAT WOULD BE, UM, AN ASSESSMENT NOT ONLY OF THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE OUT THERE OF THE SERVICES, BUT MAYBE IDEAS THAT WOULD LINK, UM, SERVICES LIKE THE GUYS WERE SHOWING US TODAY TO HELP WITH MANPOWER ISSUES.

SO IT WOULD BE ALSO PART OF, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, IT COULD BE PART OF A, A VISION OF A, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, A PRIORITIZATION, BUT ALSO A VISION OF, OF HOW, YOU KNOW, THE TECHNOLOGY CAN MAKE SOME THINGS MORE EFFICIENT, WHERE THAT, SO THAT THERE WAS LESS IMPACT OF THE, UM, YOU KNOW, OF THE, UM, BUDGETARY CHALLENGES.

SO LEMME PAUSE THERE AND SEE IF ANY OF THAT MADE ANY SENSE.

BUT THOSE WERE THREE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE AS AN UPDATE.

COMMISSIONER RICE.

UM, I THINK THAT LEADS INTO A GREAT CONVERSATION, UM, WITHIN, WITH AMONGST THE COMM, AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS, BLESS, UH, ABOUT HOW WE BUILD OUT THIS RECOMMENDATION AND THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE AROUND IT.

UM, ONE OF THE NOTES THAT I WROTE DOWN ABOUT HOW WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT PHILIP AND HIS TEAM BROUGHT TO US TODAY IS POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT THE DEPARTMENTS OR THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE BIGGEST HIT, UM, OF, WITH LOSS OF FUNDING, LOSS OF HUMANS, UM, AND HOW COULD WE UTILIZE A TOOL, UH, LIKE WHAT THEY'VE CREATED OR THEIR ABILITY TO CREATE, UM, TO FILL THAT GAP.

BECAUSE I, I, WE COULD, WHO KNOWS IF WE'RE EVER GONNA BE ABLE TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE OR INCREASE, UM, ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES OR, OR PROGRAMMING.

UM, SO THAT, I THINK THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE COULD START TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING INTO AS WELL, OF HERE'S THE CONNECTIVITY, HERE'S THE, THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN, HERE'S POTENTIALLY THE PILOT THAT WE IMPLEMENT, UM, TO SHOW WHY THIS IS VALUABLE, UH, TO ADD TO OUR LANGUAGE IN THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFICALLY FROM THIS COMMISSION.

UM, SO I, I SEE THE CONNECTIVITY IN, IN SOME OF WHAT YOU SHARED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHERS THAT HAVE INSIGHTS, FEEDBACK QUESTIONS, CLARIFYING NEEDS AS WELL.

UM, BUT I'M TRACKING THA THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WOULD MAYBE SAY THAT, I MEAN, AS OTHERS MAY THINK ABOUT A RESPONSE OR OTHER COMMENTS, UM, I'D BE HAPPY TO THINK ABOUT DRAFTING SOMETHING THAT WE COULD NOW RE REFLECT ON IN NEXT MONTH, SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO THAT IT COULD BE A SEQUENCE OF, OF, UM, CONVERSATIONS THAT WOULD FINE TUNE WHATEVER WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER.

YOU'RE GETTING HEAD NODS.

SO I THINK YOU HAVE, UH, SOME FOLKS WHO CONCUR THAT GO AHEAD AND RUN WITH THAT.

UM, BRING IT TO THE, THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION IN JUNE AND WE CAN KEEP THE, THE, OH, PLEASE, YES, DO, DO, DO WITH THAT.

DO I NEED TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA WITH A SECOND PERSON OR CAN WE DO THAT NOW? OR DOES THAT PASS MUSTER TO SAY THAT MAKES THE AGENDA? NO, THIS IS, SINCE THIS IS A PART OF YOUR UPDATE, IF YOU ARE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, OKAY, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE, UM, A SECONDED EXPERIENCE.

IF THIS IS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT, UH, YOU CAN PRESENT THAT DURING OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, BUT THEN IF IT'S BEYOND THAT, THAT'S WHEN YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A SECONDARY TO OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO SAY YES TO.

COMMISSIONER RICE THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH, UH, I DID WORK ON A FEW THINGS.

OTHER UPDATES? I KNOW, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WITTY, DOHA AND CROOKHAM ALL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO PRESENT.

I'LL DO A QUICK UPDATE JUST SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TIME AND, AND BE COGNIZANT OF EVERYBODY'S AFTERNOON SLASH EVENINGS.

UM, POST SPEAKING TO

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ONE OF THEM IS LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL NEWSLETTER.

UM, I'VE, I'VE WHIPPED THIS UP.

UH, I WILL HAVE DANNY DO SOME MORE CLEANING OF IT AND PUT SOME SOPS IN PLACE SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THIS NEWSLETTER.

BUT ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, USING AI, I ASKED IT TO PULL ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM OUR PARTNERS, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, WHAT ARE THEY UP TO, WHAT ARE SOME MEETINGS THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, UM, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY THAT ARE PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED, UH, THAT WE CAN UTILIZE INTERNALLY TO KEEP OURSELVES, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE OF, OF, OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

UM, SO AS SOON AS DANNY HAS SOME TIME TO PUT HER HANDS ON THAT AND GET IT, UH, CLEANED UP, WE WILL GET THAT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE IS, UH, A CONVERSATION THAT I, OR AN ITEM THAT I BROUGHT UP, UM, ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER RICE LAST MEETING.

AND IT WAS AROUND CONVERSATIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, WITH NONPROFITS THAT ARE LOSING FUNDING, LOSING PROGRAMMING, UM, WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COMMISSION TO INCREASE OUR CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

UM, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THIS CRISIS? AND IT STARTED OFF AS MAYBE WE JUST GET PEOPLE IN A ROOM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.

UM, AND IT'S NOW KIND OF TURNED INTO A LITTLE BIT, SOMETHING EXTRA.

UM, SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM UT, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, WHO'S IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

AND ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD WAS, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE EXECUTIVES? WHAT ARE CBOS THAT ARE LOSING FUNDING GOING TO DO? UM, THERE HAS TO BE SOME OTHER OPTION THAN CLOSING THEIR DOORS.

BUT BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT POINT, WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE COULD ACTIVATE AND, UM, ENCOURAGE, UH, COLLABORATION? UM, I WAS ALSO RECENTLY AT A CONFERENCE AND, AND A FUNDER EVEN MENTIONED, UM, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING INVITE ONLY, BUT ALSO ENCOURAGING COALITIONS, UH, SO THAT FUNDERS CAN STILL ACTUALLY GIVE THOSE GRANTS OUT AND STILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SAME IMPACT, BUT SUPPORT ACROSS, BUT MAYBE SMALLER.

AND THEY'RE STILL DOING THIS WORK TOGETHER.

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A BRILLIANT THING.

SO I'M LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'RE HAVING THIS PROBLEM IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW.

EVERYONE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM.

WHAT ARE WAYS THAT WE COULD ADDRESS THIS? AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BURNOUT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CREATING RELATIONSHIPS INSTEAD OF CONVERSATION ABOUT COMPETITION.

UM, AND THEN THE BEST PART IS IT'S INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY.

AND I AM WORKING ON FINALIZING WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO TALK TO DANNY ABOUT HOW TO HAVE COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED, UH, FOR IN-PERSON THINGS.

SO WE DON'T HAVE WALKING QUORUMS, BUT, UM, WE'VE MAPPED OUT A SERIES OF EXPERIENCES WHERE, UH, THERE WILL BE A CONVERSATION AROUND THESE ITEMS, THESE TOPICS WITH NONPROFITS THAT ARE IN THE AREA WITH TECHNOLOGY, FOLKS THAT ARE IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE CONCEPT OF COALITIONS, CONVERSATIONS, COLLECTIVE SUPPORT, UM, AND THEN TAKING THOSE, UH, NUGGETS OF INFORMATION AND, AND CONDUCTING A HACKATHON.

UM, SO WE, WE HAVE PUT IT ALL INTO PLACE, UH, AT LEAST THE LANGUAGE, AND THAT'LL BE COMING OUT TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR REVIEW, FOR FEEDBACK, FOR QUESTIONS.

UM, AND THEN IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, IN BEING A PART OF THAT EXPERIENCE, HOW YOU WANNA BE ACTIVATED.

UH, SO YOU'LL GET THIS, UM, STATIC WEBPAGE THAT I BUILT FOR YOU ALL TO CLICK AROUND IN.

DANNY HAS TOLD ME THAT IT OPENS THROUGH OUR PORTAL SO IT'S SAFE.

UM, AND THAT'S MY, THOSE ARE MY TWO UPDATES.

SO YOU'LL HAVE, UM, TWO PIECES OF MATERIALS FROM ME WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

UM, AWESOME.

ANY OTHER UPDATES? OKAY.

MOVE TO DISCUSSION ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH FUNDING, UH, CREATED BY COMMISSIONER JACOB WHITTY, COMMISSIONER WHITTY OF FLOOR.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND

[4. Discuss draft recommendation “Sexual Health Funding” created by Commissioner Jacob Whitty.]

HI EVERYONE.

UM, I MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT I PRESENTED LAST MONTH.

SO THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT OUT, IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR WITH A FEW SMALL CHANGES, UM, FROM THE INPUT.

UM, AND I CAN DESCRIBE THE, WHAT THE SMALL CHANGES WERE, BUT I ADDED A WHEREAS STATEMENT, UM, MENTIONING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF HIV PREVENTION.

SO ONE ADDITIONAL STATEMENT WAS, WHEREAS PREVENTING ONE NEW HIV

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INFECTION YIELDS AN ESTIMATED $300,000 PLUS COST SAVE FOR LIFETIME MEDICAL COSTS.

AND THEN IN THE THEREFORE, STATEMENTS, I TOOK OUT THE MONETARY, UM, ATTACHMENT OF A FEW MILLION DOLLARS THAT I HAD LAST TIME.

SO I TOOK THAT OUT.

AND THEN I ALSO ADDED THAT IN ADDITION TO LIKE, UM, DISEASE INTERVENTION SPECIALIST AND PUBLIC HEALTH FOLLOW-UP AND SURVEILLANCE BEING RECOMMENDED TO ALWAYS BE IN THE A PH BUDGET, I ALSO ADDED THAT IT SHOULD BE IN THE COUNTY LEVEL WITH TRAVIS COUNTY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

UM, SO THOSE WERE THE CHANGES THAT I MADE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THOSE UPDATES? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER WITTY, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE READY FOR NEXT MEETING IF YOU WANNA GET THAT OUT AS A FINAL.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE ON THE FINAL DRAFT OF THAT.

AND YEAH, IF, AND IF Y'ALL HAVE INPUT OR GRAMMAR SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE EMAIL ME SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY VOTE ON A NEXT MEETING.

THANKS.

LET'S GO TO DISCUSSION ITEM FIVE WITH, UH, THE DISCUSSION OF THE DRAFT RECOMMENDATION FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS PREVENTION FOR OUTDOOR WORKERS, UH, CREATED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER DOLSEN OR, UH, VICE CHAIR DOLSEN.

YES, PLEASE EMAIL.

UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT DANNY, DANNY SENDS OUT A, A QUICK REMINDER TO EVERYONE.

LET'S MAYBE HAVE THAT DONE BY NEXT 10 DAYS.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT GIVES EVERYBODY ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY, UM, THE HOMIE TO THE 10 DAYS ON WHEN THAT STARTS.

IT'S JUST 10 DAYS.

IT'S A GOOD NUMBER.

UM, BEAUTIFUL.

[5. Discuss draft recommendation “Heat-Related Illness Prevention for Outdoor Workers”.]

NOW.

SO THE DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST ABOUT THIS WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES I WERE GONNA, I WAS GOING TO MAKE, SO THE VERSION THAT WENT OUT OR WITH THOSE CHANGES.

UM, I THINK WHAT I WANT TO DO AS OPPOSED TO GETTING LIKE VERBAL DISCUSSION ALSO FOR LIKE, ALSO FOR LIKE THE SAKE OF TIME IS I WANNA SEND IT OUT VIA EMAIL FOR ANY FEEDBACK, WRITTEN FEEDBACK, BUT I ALSO WANNA SEND OUT THE ADDITIONAL, I GUESS, SUPPORTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT LIKE, WHAT THE OSHA CONSULTATION FORM LOOKS LIKE, JUST AS LIKE SUPPORTIVE EVIDENCE WITH IT.

UM, AND I THINK WHAT I WANNA DO IS SEND THAT OUT AND JUST HAVE EACH PERSON CONFIRM ANY CHANGES NEEDED OR THUMBS UP FROM THAT, JUST SO I KNOW THAT EVERYONE HAS EYES ON IT.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I KIND OF WANNA DO NEXT STEPS WITH THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT NOW, BUT HAPPY TO HAVE ANY VERBAL FEEDBACK AT THIS MOMENT, IF THERE IS ANY.

BASED OFF OF THAT, I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE DANNY CIRCULATE THIS WITH THE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY CHOOSE THE DEADLINE ON THAT JUST 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE EACH PERSON HAS SEEN IT, EVEN IF IT IS JUST THE EMAIL SAYING I'VE SEEN IT AND NO FEEDBACK.

UH, VICE CHAIR, DO YOU THINK YOU'LL HAVE THAT OUT AND WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE SAME 10 DAY CALENDAR TIMELINE? UH, TURNAROUND? YES.

UH, SO JUST FOR CLARITY FOR EVERYONE, THERE WILL BE, UH, A DRAFT FROM BOTH COMMISSIONERS WITTY AND VICE CHAIR DOHA.

UM, LET'S GET THOSE REVIEWED AND AT LEAST, UH, SOME SORT OF RESPONSE WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS STARTING TOMORROW, AND WE CAN GET THOSE ON THE AGENDA FOR JUNE.

FOR DISCUSSION ITEM NUMBER SIX, WE ARE TO DISCUSS COMMISSIONER TERMS. I THINK JUANITA, YOU HAVE UPDATE FOR US.

UH, I,

[6. Discuss commissioner terms.]

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

JUST A BRIEF, UM, REMINDER THAT YOU AND, UM, NOW VICE CHAIR DAWSON HOWARD, UM, TERMS STARTS MAY 1ST, FIRST.

SO, UM, YOU ARE NOW OFFICIALLY, UM, RECOGNIZED AS CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR YOUR TERMS. WONDERFUL.

[7. Discuss and approve “Bridging Public Health Funding” recommendation created by Commissioner Chris Crookham.]

ON TO DISCUSSION ITEM SEVEN, UH, WHICH IS TO DISCUSS AND APPROVE BRIDGING PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING RECOMMENDATION CREATED BY COMMISSIONER CHRIS CROCU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

I'M EXCITED.

I TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM LAST MONTH AND TRIED TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH OF IT AS I COULD, UM, AND I THINK I SUCCESSFULLY DID IT, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES OR IS, IS, IF ANYTHING IS STILL MISSING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYTHING STAYS THE SAME.

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DID JUST FOR SAKE OF ROOM, COMBINE A COUPLE OF WAREHOUSES THAT WERE SIMILAR SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE SAME TOPIC.

IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE MULTIPLE WAREHOUSES.

UM, I DID PUT IN MONEY, OR SORRY, A WHEREAS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OR ESTIMATES, RATHER, UH, ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE.

LEMME START OVER.

I FINALLY GOT SOME NUMBERS ABOUT, UH, WHAT POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, TAX REVENUE COULD BE FOR THE CAP AND STITCH.

AND ACCORDING TO A REPORT, UH, THEY ESTIMATE THAT ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE COULD BE BETWEEN 12 AND ALMOST $40 MILLION, UH, FROM THE DEVELOPING SOFT SITES ON THE CAP AND STITCH, AND THEN ALSO FROM VALUE PREMIUMS ON NEARBY PRIVATE PROPERTIES, SOFT SITES AND VALUE PREMIUMS ARE THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THAT REPORT.

AND SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO USE THE SAME INDUSTRY LANGUAGE SO THAT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD.

UM, AND SO THEN, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, I WENT AHEAD AND ASKED OR PUT RESERVE AND DEDICATE 35% A SYMBOL OF I 35, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT, AND I DID PUT IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH, A DEDICATION OF 35% OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BASED ON THE REPORT I JUST REFERENCED.

UH, IT WOULD YIELD BETWEEN FOUR AND ALMOST $14 MILLION IN DEDICATED FUNDS TO ALLOW AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO CONTINUE THEIR MISSION TO PREVENT, PROMOTE AND PROTECT.

SO I'M GLAD I FINALLY DID THE MATH BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY $14 MILLION IS NOT ENOUGH TO FUND PUBLIC HEALTH IN AN, AN, UH, IN A YEAR.

UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TAX REVENUE STILL WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ENOUGH.

I DID READ SOME THINGS THAT THERE ARE PLANS TO USE SOME OF THE TAX REVENUE TO FUND THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF, UH, THE CAPTAIN STITCH.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BE RESPECTFUL AND THOUGHTFUL AND NOT BE TOO GREEDY, UM, ABOUT WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR.

BUT I THINK 35% IS A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK, UH, THAT SYMBOLIZES AND SYMBOLIZES THE, THE COMMITMENT FROM CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS, UH, THAT THEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT HEALTH INEQUITIES AND IMPROVING THOSE DISPARITIES.

AND SO THAT IS WHY I FINALLY SETTLED ON 35%.

UM, AND I DID ALSO AT, UH, COMMISSIONER RICE'S, UH, REQUEST PUT IN THE REFERENCES, SO I REFERENCED TO, OR WHAT REPORT I WAS LOOKING AT FOR THAT INFORMATION.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO HIM FOR THAT.

UH, OTHERWISE, DO I MOVE, DO SOMEONE ELSE MOVE? DO WE DISCUSS, I THINK ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS TO, OR, UH, ANY MOMENTS OF CLARITY FOR COMMISSIONER CROOKHAM ON HIS FINAL UPDATES FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, SO, SO THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY AN EXCESS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BEING USED FOR THAT REGION, RIGHT? THIS IS, THIS WOULDN'T BE THE, THIS WOULDN'T REPLACE ANY FUNDING FOR THOSE POPULATIONS OR THAT REGION.

THIS WOULD BASICALLY ASKING FOR EX LIKE EXCESS FUNDING TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNT FOR THE DISCRIMINATION AND THE EFFECTS IN THE PAST.

UM, SO THE FUNDING WOULD GO TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, RIGHT.

AND THAT IS A WONDERFUL QUESTION THAT I DID STEW ON FOR A LITTLE BIT.

SHOULD WE REQUIRE THIS TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR BUDGET THAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH ALREADY GETS THAT, YOU KNOW, FIGURE CHANGES EVERY YEAR, SO IT'S HARD TO SETTLE ON A PARTICULAR NUMBER.

I LOOKED AT WHAT THEIR BUDGET WAS DURING COVID, UM, WHICH I THINK WE HAD AN INFLUX OF FUNDS AND WE'RE REALLY ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY MUCH BETTER IN THE WAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE, AND THAT WAS LIKE OVER $300 MILLION I THINK.

WHEREAS TODAY, THEIR, UH, BUDGET IS A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS, SO IT DEFINITELY CUT SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THIS IS NOT GONNA GET THEM THERE, OBVIOUSLY.

UM, I ALSO WANTED TO BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE THOUGH, IN JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX AND AN ECONOMY CAN GO DOWN AND WHATNOT, THAT, UH, IT MAY NOT BE REALLY FEASIBLE FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN THAT SAME BUDGET PLUS THIS.

SO I DIDN'T WANNA BE TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IN THAT.

I'M, I'M OPEN TO THAT DISCUSSION.

UM, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY, THERE DEFINITELY IS THAT RISK THOUGH THAT THE CITY WOULD SAY, OH, YOU'RE GETTING $14 MILLION IN, UH, REVENUE HERE, WE'LL REDUCE THAT, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT BE A BAD THING.

BUT, UM, I DID THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT DO YOU HAVE OTHER THOUGHTS ON WHICH DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO? I MEAN, I GUESS IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING EXTRA BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL IMPACT, THEN WE WOULD REQUIRE EXTRA FUNDING FOR THAT.

I SEE.

YOU KNOW, I SEE.

YEAH, NO, THIS ISN'T, THE IDEA IS A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING SOURCE FOR A PH FOR THEM TO THEN DETERMINE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

SO THE 14 MILLION COULD GO TO STILL FUNDING CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE SERVING THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SO PERHAPS ENHANCING THE PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXIST, OR

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IF THE FUNDING IS BEING LOST, YOU KNOW, REPLACE THAT FUNDING WITH THIS.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE WORK THAT A PH ALREADY DOES IS ADDRESSING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES, INEQUITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT CAME FROM I 35 AND THE 1928 PLAN.

I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT OUR JOB IS AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.

REALLY.

AND SO THIS WOULD JUST PROVIDE A STABLE, SUSTAINABLE, UH, FUND FOR, FOR A BH CAREMARK FOR SPECIFIC? CORRECT.

I MEAN, I DID TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EAST AUSTIN AND HOW IT'S BEEN MOSTLY IMPACTED, BUT THEN THEY'VE, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISLOCATED OR, UM, SO I DID NOT WANT TO, AND WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION BRIEFLY LAST, UH, MONTH AS WELL, THAT I REREAD THE LANGUAGE.

AND IT DOESN'T PREVENT, IN MY OPINION, THE MONEY BEING USED IN, IN WEST AUSTIN IF THAT'S WHERE IT'S NEEDED BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, A'S PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES.

UM, BUT I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, SADLY, BECAUSE OF ALL THESE INEQUITIES, UH, THE PEOPLE WHO DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR ASSISTED WOULD BE ASSISTED.

COMMISSIONER LUHAN, PLEASE.

OKAY, NOW I CAN UNMUTE MYSELF.

DID NOT MAKE THIS, THAT RESTRICTIVE TO BE, IT HAS TO BE FOR THIS PARTICULAR THING OR THIS PARTICULAR THING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

OKAY, GOOD.

MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING OUR, I'M JUST GONNA SHARE SOMETHING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT JUST, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE NOTICING A LOT IN THE COMMUNITIES IS PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING ABLE TO, UH, GO TO THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS.

SO IT'S AFFECTING A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY THAT IS BEING TARGETED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

UH, RIGHT NOW, OUR FA OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, OUR, OUR, OUR FAMILIES, UM, UH, THEY'RE LACKING RESOURCES.

UM, THERE IS A LOT OF BARRIERS WHEN ANY ORGANIZATION IS RECEIVING ANY FEDERAL FUNDING.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS JUST A RECENT EQUITY, AND I THINK IT'S STILL OPENED THE EQUITY, UH, GRANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, UM, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT OF A LOT OF INFORMATION, JUST YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS, WHICH IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE NEEDING IN YOUR GRANT, IN, IN YOUR PROPOSAL, WOULD THAT BE AS A WHOLE OR WOULD SOME PORTION OF THAT BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SOME NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING AND WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT THESE COMMUNITIES AND WELL, THE, THE, THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE TARGETED, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

RIGHT NOW, THE SENSITIVITY OF BEING ABLE TO LIKE PUT ALL A WHOLE ADDRESS FOR SOMEBODY THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING SERVICES IS, IS IN JEOPARDY, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW, SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO COLLECT AS LITTLE AS WE CAN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE AND STILL FALL UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF ANY MINI GRANT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN OR ANY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE NOTICED ON BIGGER, ON BIGGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING, THAT IS BECOMING VERY LIMITED.

BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL OR, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ID, THEY'RE NOT BEING SU THEY'RE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE HELPED.

UM, WOULD THIS GRANT BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, WOULD THIS, UH, PROPOSAL BE ABLE TO PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO REPORT EVERYTHING THAT A FEDERAL AGENCY, UH, A FEDERAL, A FEDERAL GRANT WILL REQUIRE, OR AN AGENCY THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING REQUIRE WHERE WE CAN, WE MANAGE OUR OWN, RIGHT? WE, WE DEAL WITH WHAT DATA WE'RE GONNA PROVIDE TO YOU, WE DICTATE THAT TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

WOULD THAT BE ABLE BE PART OF THAT? CAN YOU PUT IT IN THERE SOMEWHERE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF DECLINE IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THEY'RE BEING PICKED UP ON A SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

UM, AND IT'S, IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF STRESS.

SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF, IF IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A DISCLOSURE OR LIKE A LITTLE EIGHT PART TO IT, TO THAT OR JUST IN GENERAL? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.

I, THE IDEA IS THAT THE, THE FUNDS THAT GO THROUGH THIS, THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE USED BY A PH FOR WHATEVER NEEDS THEY SEE AS SUPPORTIVE OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT COULD BE CERTAINLY, UH, GRANTS OR CONTRACTS IF THEY DE DEEM THAT TO BE THE BEST USE OF THE FUNDS.

OR IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN FUNDING, UH, SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT IS THAT A PH NEEDS TO GET THEIR JOB DONE TO SERVE THE INDIVIDUALS, THE FAMILIES THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

UM, BUT EVERYBODY ELSE, SO I, I INTENTIONALLY

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I WANT IT TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND SO IF THAT FALLS WITHIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND A PH, UH, DECIDES TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, THEY MOST DEFINITELY COULD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER K*M?

ONE THING I FORGOT TO SAY IS, UM, LAST TIME I BELIEVE WE HAD THE DISTRICT OR SALES TAX OR OTHER TAX, UM, AND IN DOING THE MATH AND STUFF, I REALIZE, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX IS VARIABLE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? AND WE KNOW RIGHT NOW SALES TAX IS DOWN.

AND SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THE CITY'S IN THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THAT IT'S IN.

UH, SO THAT IS NOT TOO STABLE OR RELIABLE, WHEREAS THE PROPERTY TAX IS GENERALLY THE SAME.

IT USUALLY INCREASES EVERY YEAR.

UM, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A MORE STABLE AND, UH, SECURE APPROACH.

UH, SO THAT'S WHY I WENT WITH THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE AND THAT THE NUMBERS I PROVIDED HERE ARE ONLY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN TAX.

IT'S NOT FOR ALL THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES.

AND SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD DRAFT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THE COUNTY AS WELL AND ASK THEM TO DEDICATE THE COUNTY TAXES TO A PH FOR THESE SAME REASONS.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THIS IS JUST FOCUSED ON THE CITY OF AUSTIN, COMMISSIONER RICE.

THANK YOU CHRIS AND COMMISSIONER COOKER AND, AND, UM, FOR THE GREAT WORK HERE.

AND, AND I JUST WONDERED, I'M LOOKING AT THAT SENTENCE AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE, IF IT NEEDS TO BE PRESCRIBED A LITTLE BIT.

'CAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX THAT IS PROBABLY, UM, IN THE DALLAS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE, THE PROPERTY AROUND THE, THE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS WHAT WENT UP.

AND I JUST WONDERED IF IT, IF IT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS, IF YOU HAD A SENTENCE OR AN A AN ELEMENT IN THERE THAT SAID THE PROPERTY TAX GENERATED IN, YOU KNOW, BY THE PROPERTY WITHIN FIVE BLOCKS OF, OF THE, OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR SOMETHING, OR SOMETHING THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL PROPERTY, YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY JUST ON THE CAP AND STITCH, YOU KNOW, INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE, BUT YOU'RE, WE WERE IN DALLAS, THEY NOTICED WITHIN A, A MILE OR TWO OR SOME NUMBER OF BLOCKS, THAT WAS WHAT, WHAT WENT UP AND THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT, THERE WAS, UM, LIKE $600 MILLION OR SOMETHING, UM, OR I FORGET THE NUMBER EXACTLY, BUT SOME, SOME VERY LARGE NUMBER.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO CALL OUT, I'M NOT SAYING IT VERY WELL, BUT SOME GEOGRAPHY AROUND THE CAP CAPTAIN STITCH INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WOULD BE THE BENEFIT OF, OF THE, UM, THE, THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT DOES, YES.

UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

THE, THE LAST, WHEREAS SAYS WHEREAS A 20, 25 HOUR FUTURE, 35 POTENTIAL IMPACTS REPORT ESTIMATES.

SO THAT SPECIFIC REPORT WAS FROM, I THINK IT WAS, IT WAS CONDUCTED BY A VENDOR, I THINK FOR DOWNTOWN AUSTIN ALLIANCE.

UM, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT THEY'RE IN THAT REPORT.

THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TALKED ABOUT THE SOFT SITES AND THE VALUE PREMIUMS OF NEARBY PRIVATE PROPERTIES.

SO I TRIED TO USE THAT EXACT LANGUAGE THAT THEY USE BECAUSE THAT'S, THESE NUMBERS ALSO CAME FROM THEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT KIND OF COVERS IT, BUT IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE PRESCRIPTIVE OR CLEARER, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO OR DO THAT AS WELL.

WELL, YEAH, I WAS JUST TRYING TO, I'M ON THE SECOND PAGE WHERE IT'S NOW, THEREFORE YOU'VE GOT THE, THE SENTENCE THERE THAT, UM, NEARBY PROPERTIES.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD, I MEAN, I'D JUST LEAVE THAT TO CITY COUNCIL, CITY, CITY, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AS A LAWYER TO TELL YOU WHETHER OR NOT THAT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFIED SOMETHING MORE SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE SURE IT IT DOES WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO.

I, UM, SURE.

NO, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

I DO THINK THIS DOES GO ONCE WE APPROVE AND VOTE OR VOTE AND APPROVE ON THIS, UH, I DO BELIEVE IT DOES GO IN FRONT OF LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS APPROPRIATE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WITHIN WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING DONE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT LANGUAGE, BUT I DO THINK THIS DOES, IT HAS A SERIES OF STEPS THAT IT GOES THROUGH JUST AS WELL.

WELL, I THINK GIVEN THAT MAYBE COMMISSIONER RICE'S COMMENT IS EVEN MORE, UH, PRUDENT, BECAUSE IF IT, IF WE DO JUST SAY NEARBY PRIVATE PROPERTIES, THEN LEGAL COULD DEFINE WHAT THOSE ARE IF THEY WANT, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

UM, WHICH I THINK IS WHAT COMMISSIONER RICE WAS SAYING.

UH, SO I'M GONNA PULL UP THAT REPORT NOW AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MAYBE SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN ADD INTO THAT BEFORE WE, UH, TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS.

JUST, I WONDER, AND CHRIS, I'M, I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, WE MIGHT WONDER ABOUT SEEING IF DALLAS, UM, DEFINED IN ANY PARTICULAR WAY THAT EXPERIENCE AROUND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE HUB, YOU KNOW, ANYWAY.

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[8. Approve commission bylaws. ]

OKAY, WONDERFUL.

LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL, UH, DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM ITEM EIGHT, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE COMMISSION BYLAWS.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

UH, SO THEY ARE FINALLY COMPLETED AND NOW WE ARE TO VOTE ON THEM, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN BE OFFICIAL FOR THE COMMISSION.

UM, SO WE FOR CLARITY ARE SETTING FORTH A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMISSION, THE PUBLIC OS TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION BYLAWS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE.

DO I HAVE SOMEONE TO MOVE THAT MOTION? DO YOU WANT A MOTION BEFORE A QUESTION? UH, MOTION BEFORE QUESTION.

SO MOVED.

COMMISSIONER RICE.

DO I HAVE ANYONE TO SECOND THAT MOTION? I'LL SECOND.

UH, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ALI.

UH OH.

UH, AND, AND COMMISSIONER LU LUHAN.

ANY QUESTIONS TO THAT MOTION, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER RICE? THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN THE, THE LATEST BYLAWS, AND I, FORGIVE ME IF I'VE MISSED IT, BUT, UM, THAT WASN'T IN THE PACKET, I DON'T THINK, BUT I COULD BE WRONG.

THEY CAME OUT FROM DANNY, UH, EARLIER.

THEY, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE IN OUR QUORUM CHECK EMAIL.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LEGAL HAS FINALLY SAID YES TO THE CITY CLERK HAS FINALLY SAID YES TO.

THE ONLY THINGS THAT CHANGED IN THE BYLAWS WERE, UH, SMALL CLERICAL ERRORS THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE APPROPRIATE, BUT OUR ACTUAL CORE PROCESSES, UH, AND PROCEDURES DID NOT CHANGE ASKING INDULGENCE OF THE COMMISSION.

MAY I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION? SURE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE, WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST TIME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE TENURE CHANGED, DID IT NOT? OR THEY WANTED TO STANDARDIZE THE TENURE? AM I WRONG ON THAT? UH, UH.

'CAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, AGAIN, FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING.

BUT CAN ANYBODY REMIND ME WHAT THE, IF THERE WAS, IF THAT WAS PART OF THE CHANGE, THE TENURE OF THE COMMISSIONERS? UM, UH, UM, THEY DIDN'T CHANGE THAT.

NO, THAT STAYED THE SAME.

UM, SURE.

JUANITA, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, COMMISSIONER RICE, THE, THE, THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT HAPPENED OR, UM, EDITS WEREN'T TO ANY OF THE DRAFTED BYLAWS THAT WERE CREATED.

UM, INITIALLY THE CITY OR ORDINANCE, OR CITY CLERK OFFICE HAD SOME STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT IN ALL BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, UM, BYLAWS.

AND SO WE HAD TO UPDATE OUR BYLAWS ALONG WITH GETTING ALL OF THE OTHER EDITS THAT, UM, WE HAD WORKED ON PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED INTO THOSE BYLAWS, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FOLLOWED THE CITY'S STRUCTURE.

SO IF YOU NEED ANOTHER COPY, WE CAN SEND THAT TO YOU JUST TO REVIEW IT AGAIN, BUT WE JUST CREATED, UH, ACTUALLY UPDATED THE BYLAWS TO FOLLOW THE CITY'S, UM, NEW STANDARDS OF WHAT THEY READ.

AND THEN THERE IS A PARAGRAPH TOWARDS THE END THAT IS STANDARD TO ALL BY, UM, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WAS ADDED.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE MOTION? OKAY.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING OUR AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION BYLAWS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CAMERA IS ON SO WE CAN CLAIM YOUR VOTE.

DANNY HAS GIVEN ME THE NOD OF APPROVAL.

WE HAVE OFFICIALLY APPROVED OUR BYLAWS AND THEY ARE IN PLACE.

WE ARE, ARE REAL.

WE'RE A REAL, WE'RE A WHOLE REAL GROWNUP NOW.

UM, YES, PLEASE.

THERE IS ONE MORE FINAL STEP, WHICH IS THE, UM, AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL DO THEIR FINAL, UM, REVIEW AND APPROVAL, BUT IT'S BEEN GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE, THE NECESSARY VETTING AND REVIEW.

WE JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA FOR THEM TO DO THEIR FINAL STAMP, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE APPROVED ACTIVATED BYLAWS.

WE WILL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THANK YOU.

WE WILL LOOK FORWARD .

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT WE GOT THOSE,

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THOSE PASSED THROUGH.

UM, LOVE

[FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]

IT.

OKAY, SO FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, UH, I DID, UM, I DO THINK THAT, THAT WE INTERNALLY AS A COMMISSION CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE ABOUT DOVE SPRINGS PUBLIC HEALTH CLINIC.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AMONGST OURSELVES, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DID ADDRESS, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH US, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE PRESENTATION FROM THE RAD CREW.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR PHILIP AND TEAM, PLEASE GET THOSE TO DANNY.

LET'S KEEP THAT 10 DAY CALENDAR GOING AND WE'LL GET THOSE ALL TO DANNY IN 10 DAYS FROM TOMORROW, UH, WITH YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND IF YOU HAVE INTEREST AND BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, UH, AGAIN, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT HAVING A WALKING QUORUM.

UH, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE MULTIPLE EXPERIENCES, UH, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE DANNY KNOWS WHO AND WHEN TO PLAN FOLKS, UM, SO THAT WE DON'T TURN THAT INTO A WALKING QUORUM.

I CAN, I'LL KEEP SAYING THAT.

UH, AND THEN REGARDING, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER, UM, FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.

THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, THAT COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS OF CENTRAL TEXAS HAS SHARED.

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH DANNY ABOUT HOW TO INTEGRATE THAT INTO OUR CONVERSATION.

SO THAT WILL ALSO BE SOMETHING THAT WE BRING UP.

UM, AND ONE MORE ITEM THAT I THINK WE'RE WAITING TO SEE IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET SCHEDULED FOR, FOR JUNE.

UM, AND, AND IF THIS IS GONNA BE OUR, OUR FUTURE AGENDA ITEM OR NOT.

SO YOU ALL WILL BE AWARE OF THAT.

UH, WE HAVE COMMISSIONER RICE GIVING HIS UPDATES INSTEAD OF NECESSARILY NEEDING THAT AGENDA ITEM.

DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER RICE, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE FORMAL TIME? NO, THAT'S PERFECT.

UM, OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL, UH, DRAFTS FROM BOTH, UM, WELL FROM ALL OF THEM FROM COMMISSIONER WITTY K*M AND VICE CHAIR DOSEN.

UM, DID I MISS ANYTHING FROM OUR CONVERSATION TODAY THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE NEEDS TO BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? AWESOME.

DANNY, DO WE HAVE ANY PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE COMMITTED FOR NEXT MONTH ALREADY? NOT YET.

COMMISSIONER RICE, I WONDERED, I'M LOOKING BACK IN THE EMAIL AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND IT, BUT I WONDER IF I COULD ASK, UH, JUANITA OR DANIELA TO FORWARD THE LATEST NOW SEMI APPROVED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION VERSION OF THE, THE, THE BYLAWS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A COPY AND SOMETHING THAT I DON'T SEEM TO FIND 'EM RIGHT NOW, SO I JUST SENT TO YOU, COMMISSIONER RICE.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, AS THINGS COME UP AGAIN, PLEASE REM PLEASE REMEMBER, UH, IF YOU HAVE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM POST THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO HAVE THAT ON THE AGENDA AND THEN SEND THAT TO DANNY.

ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT? WELL, I WAS WONDERING IS IT TOO LATE TO PROVIDE THAT ONE AMENDMENT AND THEN, UH, VOTE? I IS IT, WOULD IT CONSIDERED TO BE FINALIZED IF YOU ADD THAT AMENDMENT? MM-HMM .

IT'S, IT IS JUST A HALF A SENTENCE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT WITH THE LANGUAGE CHANGE ALREADY ON IT BEFORE, SO I DIDN'T NEED TO DO ALL THIS WORK RIGHT NOW.

SORRY, , YOU WERE JUST ON IT IS REALLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

MM-HMM .

AM I, IS THAT MM-HMM.

PLEASE.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE IS NEXT MONTH IS THE LAST DAY FOR SOME OF US.

IS THAT ACCURATE DESPITE YOUR FEELINGS? ? I I WILL SAY OFFICIALLY, UM, SOME TERMS WILL BE EXPIRING.

UM, WE ARE WRAPPING UP.

WE'VE HAD I THINK A TOTAL OF LIKE 45 APPLICATIONS.

A LOT OF THEM ARE DISQUALIFIED DUE TO, UM, RESIDENT LOCATION.

UM, AND SO WE ARE FINALIZING THAT LIST.

WE WILL HAVE A FEW APPLICATIONS THAT WILL GO TO OUR EXECUTIVES FOR, UM, CONSIDERATION FOR INTERVIEW, AND THEN HOPEFULLY BY YOUR, UM, IT'LL BE THE END OF JUNE THAT YOU'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THOSE PERSONS SELECTED, AND THEN WE WILL BE TRYING TO GET THEM APPOINTED BY THE AUGUST MEETING.

SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN JULY.

IS ROLLING OFF UNLESS HE REAPPLIES, AND AND WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU.

WHO'S ROLLING OFF? CHRIS IS ROLLING OFF AND, UM, WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT.

JACOB, JACOB

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I TOLD, I DID SUGGEST THAT HE HAS A HOLD HOLDOVER PERIOD.

AND SO JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, I FALL INTO A DEEP COMB AND DON'T GET THEM ANY INFORMATION.

YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I COME OUTTA MY COMA TO, TO GET THAT.

WE DON'T WANT THAT.

BUT, BUT THERE IS A HOLDOVER PERIOD.

UM, SO UNTIL THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS COMPLETED AND WE'VE VETTED THOSE, UM, CANDIDATES, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WOULD REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS UNTIL WE CAN SUCCESSFULLY ONBOARD THEM, IF THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS IN YOUR BYLAWS.