* 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. . [00:00:03] YEAH, WE READY TO DO THAT. HE IS A LIKE TEETH 2020. IT IS A BATTLE FOR, WE ARE DOING THIS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. UM, REMOTELY. I KIND OF WANT YOU TO GO NEED TO MUTE YOUR PHONE. UM, MR. BURTON, COULD YOU PLEASE MEET? THANK YOU. IS A COUNCIL MEMBER HYPER MADISON HERE IN NATASHA. I'M HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, PRO TIME GARZA. I'M HERE, UH, PO YOU MAY BE MUTED. OKAY. I'M HERE. THAT'S WHERE OUR KITCHEN. I'M HERE. THANK YOU. JIMMY FLANNIGAN. MOSTLY PAROLE. THAT'S WHY HE'S NOT WITH US YET. OKAY. WHAT ABOUT COUNSELOR MEMBER LS? ALL RIGHT. UM, UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT'S WHEN THE AUTHOR ALISON YOU HERE OR WE HAVE EVERYBODY BUT COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. THAT'S A QUORUM. UH, WE'RE, WE HAVE A PRETTY BUSY DAY TODAY, LADIES LEGS AS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT IN WORK SESSION. UH, I THINK THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED. HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A CODED BRIEFING TODAY. WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH US THAT HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY. UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, PROBABLY, UH, UP UNTIL 10 30, BUT NO LONGER THAN THAT TO GET THROUGH THE BRIEFING OR TODAY I HAVE TO, THE KOBE BRIEFING WILL THEN GO TO PRESENTATION WITH, UH, THE MANAGER AND ADD ON, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, ISSUES, FUNDING ISSUES. UH, I ALSO WANT US TO TALK ABOUT, UH, SETTING A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR NEXT WEEK. IF PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THAT CLOSED BUDGET ISSUES MORE IN DETAIL SINCE WE'VE JUST GOT THE INFORMATION TODAY, IT'S HARD TO REACT TO IT THAT QUICKLY. UH, WE NEED MORE INVOLVED CONVERSATIONS, SO I WANT TO DISCUSS AND FLOAT THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME TIME NEXT WEEK WHEN WE CAN RECONVENE. UM, BUT WE'LL DO THAT. MY HOPE IS, IS THAT WE CAN TAKE THAT THROUGH LUNCH. UH, WE'LL BREAK FOR LUNCH IN THAT NOON TO ONE HOUR, UM, UH, PERIOD OF TIME. UH, AFTER LUNCH WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE ECHO POINT IN TIME COUNT, UH, RIGHT AFTER LUNCH. UH, THAT WILL THEN GIVE US AN A RIGHT AFTER THE, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. THEN WE'LL DISCUSS. UM, THE, UM, UH, BRACKENRIDGE UT, UH, NEGOTIATIONS. UM, AND THEN THE, UH, THREE POOLED ITEMS IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS BRACKENRIDGE. UH, THE OTHER ITEMS WILL BE DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THURSDAY, NOT TODAY. THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL HEAR IT WILL BE THE BRACKENRIDGE. UH, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, I THINK THAT'S HOW WE WORK AND WE WANT TO TRY AND GET THROUGH THESE FIRST TWO PRESENTATIONS IN THE MORNING. SO THE FIRST ONE HOPING TO GIVE US, UH, WE'LL BE DONE BY 10 30, HOPEFULLY MANAGER OUR MIND TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO HAVE THE, UH, THE [Item B1] GENERAL, UH, REPORT ON KOBE DAY TEAM, UH, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS TODAY ON THE, UH, SPANIC COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE IN ADDITION TO OUR STAFF, I THINK THAT, UH, CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE HERE ARE ALSO HERE TO SPEAK TO US. MAYOR, THIS IS LESLIE. YES. LET'S SEE. OH, WELL JUST WANTED TO MAKE, YEAH, WELL YEAH, I'VE BEEN ON, IT'S JUST THAT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE ME, SIR. I THINK WE'VE GOT IT. THANKS. COOL. I CAN SEE YOU NOW. I HEAR YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE GET STARTED AND A DIRECTOR WOULD OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FEMALE. WE'RE GOING THROUGH AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE SEEN INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIPS. AS WE ALL TACKLE THIS PANDEMIC TOGETHER A TABLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING AN OVERVIEW FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR GREAT PARTNER AND CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE. UH, SO I'M NOT [00:05:01] GONNA DELAY ANY LONGER AND KICK THIS OVER TO A DIRECTOR, STEPHANIE HAYDEN, UH, TO TEE THIS DISCUSSION UP. DR. HAYDEN. GOOD MORNING. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING. UM, WE'RE JUST, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW SINCE WE HAVE, UM, A REALLY TIGHT AGENDA TODAY. UM, OUR STAFF HAVE CONTINUING OR CONTINUING TO PROVIDE, UM, ASSISTANCE AT THE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS CENTER ARE UM, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SURVEILLANCE. UM, FOLKS ARE, UH, WORKING ON OUR CASE INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS OUR CONTACT TRACY. UM, WE HAVE 32 STAFF THAT ARE ASSIGNED, UM, TO WORK ON CASE INVESTIGATION AND CONTACT. TRACY WILL BE ONBOARDING AN ADDITIONAL 12. UM, THIS WEEK. WE ARE ALSO, UM, HAVING CONVERSATIONS, HAD A MEETING WITH OUR, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, UM, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF OTHER CURRENTLY EMPLOYED CITY OF AUSTIN STAFF THAT CAN TRANSITION OVER AND TO ASSIST US WITH CONTACT TRACING AS WELL. UM, WE'VE HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE AND COMMUNITY CARE IS GOING TO, UM, BASED UPON THE, UM, THEY, AS THEY INCREASED THEIR NUMBER OF TESTING OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE GOING TO START TO DO ADDITIONAL UH, CASE INVESTIGATION AND CONTACT TRACING TO COVER, UM, ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. SO THEY WILL BE PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY CARE AS WELL AS, UM, A COUPLE OF, UM, NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM. AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF SPLIT THAT PROCESS UP BETWEEN CASE INVESTIGATIONS AND THEN THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE ADDITIONAL CONTACT TRACING. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, IS THROUGH THE INCIDENT COMMAND, UM, OPERATIONS. THE NURSING HOME, UM, AREA HAS BEEN SET UP AND, AND THEY ARE, UM, I WILL BE COMING FORWARD WITH A MEMO ON THE 21ST MEMO. WE'LL PROVIDE YOU A RESPONSE TO THE RESOLUTION, UH, THE NURSING HOME RESOLUTION. UM, SO WITHIN A RESPONSE WE'VE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO UM, ENSURE THAT TESTS ALL OF THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF THE 32 NURSING HOMES IN THE 75 ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. UM, AT THIS TIME, UM, AS, AS YOU ALL WILL SEE IN DR. SCOTT WILL SHOW YOU IN HIS SLIDES. UM, WE HAVE A LIST OF A THROUGH M AND WITH THE A THROUGH M. UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED 11 OF THOSE, UM, SITES AS WELL AS WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL ONE THAT WILL BE, UM, ADDRESSED ON TOMORROW, MAY THE 20TH. AND SO WE WILL COMPLETE THAT INITIAL A THROUGH M. NOW ONE OF THOSE WAS A STATE FACILITY AND SO WE HAVE NOT INCLUDED THAT IN OUR, IN OUR ACCOUNT AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE STATE ON THAT. UM, STAFF WILL BE, UM, THROUGH THE MAY, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER TO ENSURE THAT 32 NURSING HOMES ARE BEING ADDRESSED WITHIN THE 14 DAY PERIOD. OUR STAFF ARE COLLABORATING, UM, ACROSS THE CITY, UM, IN ORDER TO, UM, COMPLETE THE REST OF THOSE. SO EXACTLY. WE ARE, UM, TOTALLY, WE HAVE COMPLETED 13 SITES. AND SO AS FAR AS AN ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF THE TESTING KITS, UM, THE PPE, THE NURSING HOME FUND, BUT STUDY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF TWO POINT $9 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO COVER ALL OF THOSE EXTENSIVE, OUR, UM, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES GRANT IS CONTINUING TO WORK AND, UM, ENSURE THAT, UM, OUR PARTNERS, UM, ARE COLLABORATIVE COLLABORATING ACROSS THE CITY. UM, SO WHETHER IT IS OUR CHILDCARE, UM, UM, TASKFORCE THAT IS, HAS BEEN ENSURING THAT ESSENTIAL WORKERS, UM, HAVE, UM, CHILDCARE OPPORTUNITIES. UM, ALSO THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS TO, UM, DEVELOP A PLAN SO THEY ARE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY. SO BASED UPON, UM, WHAT'S IN THE GOVERNANCE ORDERS AS WELL AS WHAT'S IN THE CITY'S BORDERS. UM, OUR STAFF ARE GOING TO BE, UM, WORKING WITH, UM, ALL THE CHILDCARE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS, UM, DAY YOUTH CAMPS, UM, IN ORDER TO ASSIST [00:10:01] THEM AS THEY BEGIN TO LOOK AT THEIR OPERATIONS AND OPEN UP OUR HOMELESSNESS FOLKS ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO ENSURE OUR HOMELESS POPULATIONS NEEDS ARE MET. UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, FOUR, UM, PROTECTIVE LODGES THAT ARE UP IN, UM, AND, AND, UM, RUNNING. OUR CONVENTION CENTER IS UM, CONTINUING TO PARTNER UP TO ENSURE WE HAVE FOOD ACCESS. WE UM, EXECUTED A CONTRACT THAT WAS EFFECTIVE ON FRIDAY FOR AISD AND UM, AND SO THAT WERE, UM, THAT STARTED FEEDING FOR THE PARENTS, UM, ON YESTERDAY AS OUR, AS OUR STAFF CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK IN THE DETERMINED, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY, UM, SOME UNMET NEEDS THAT WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT WE HAVE. WE ARE, UM, DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR SPECIFIC ZIP CODES WHERE THOSE ZIP CODES, WHERE WE SEE, UM, DISPARITIES. AND SO, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ALSO DEVELOPING A, UM, WE HAVE A CURRENT HOTLINE, A NURSING HOTLINE, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ADD, UH, THE ABILITY FOR FOLKS TO CALL IN IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR INABILITY, UM, TO, TO WORK BECAUSE THEY, UM, THEY REALLY NEED ASSISTANCE EITHER WITH SICK LEAVE APPLICATIONS, UM, UM, OR APPLYING FOR THAT PROCESS, BUT ANY TYPE OF BASIC NEEDS OF FINANCIAL NEEDS THAT THEY MAY NEED. UM, AND ANY QUESTIONS THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OUR, UM, UNICAL DISEASE STUDENT AND UM, OUR, UM, STI AND HIV CLINICS ARE STILL OPEN IN PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RE MY UPDATE BY COLLEAGUES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PRESENTATIONS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL DO QUESTIONS. UH, WE'LL GET EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS, GO TO THE NEXT PERSON, TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS FAST AND WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING AROUND UNTIL WE LOSE PEOPLE. BUT DOES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS. OKAY. WHO'S THE NEXT PRESENTER? DR. SCOTT. AND SO AGAIN, MAYOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU DR. HAYDEN. I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DR. SCOTT. THANK YOU, SPENCER. IF I GET AVI TO PULL UP MY SLIDES, UH, WHILE WE'RE WAITING ON THAT, LET ME, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, EMS AND OUR EMS COLLEAGUES IN TRAVIS COUNTY THIS WEEK IS EMS WEEK. UH, I TELL YOU THAT THIS, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE BENEFITED GREATLY FROM THIS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND EMS. THE EMS SYSTEM HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TESTING IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR TREATMENT OF, OF PATIENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE TESTING, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMMAND AND CONTROL, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION PIECE. THEY'VE BEEN INTEGRATED AT EVERY LEVEL AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT RELATIONSHIP HERE IN AUSTIN. TRAVIS COUNTY. CAN YOU ALSO MY SLIDES, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHICH PRESENTATION? IT'S THE ONE WITH MY NAME ON IT. UH, THE COVEN 19 UPDATE THERE. YES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, OUR CITY CLERK ALSO EMAILED THIS TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IT'S THE ONE, THE NAME OF THE FILE IS BE ONE CORVETTE 19 COUNCIL PRESENTATION IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL THAT UP. I'M THEIR EMAIL AND THAT EMAIL CAME THROUGH AT EIGHT 21. THERE IT IS. OKAY, GREAT. IF YOU COULD SWITCH TO THE THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT'D BE PERFECT. OKAY. UH, SO THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR GRAPH FROM LAST WEEK. AGAIN, THE, THE RED BARS ARE SHOWING CUMULATIVE CASES AND YELLOW BARS AT THE BOTTOM ARE NEW CASES BY DAY AND THE GRADE IS THE PERCENT CHANGE AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS DAY. UM, THE PERCENT CHANGE, AS YOU CAN SAY, CONTINUES TO DRIFT DOWNWARD RIGHT NOW. THAT EQUATES TO A DOUBLING TIME OF ABOUT 26 DAYS. UH, SO STILL HEADING IN [00:15:01] A POSITIVE DIRECTION. WE DID HAVE A SLIGHT UPTICK YESTERDAY WITH 78 NEW CASES, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT TREND. OKAY. I CAN SHARE IT FROM MY SIDE OF IF THAT WORKS OR YOU THINK YOU CAN WORK IT OUT THE WAY. WHAT I'M DR. SCOTT JUST TO SHARE IT ON HIS SIDE STAFF WITH US. OKAY. SCOTT, WHY DON'T YOU SHARE YOUR, SHARE YOUR RESPONSE. CAN YOU DO THAT? YES SIR. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD TO GO NOW. OKAY. CAN YOU SWITCH FORWARDS TO SLIDES? THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS A NEW CONFIRMED CASES BY DAILY. THOSE ARE THE BLUE BARS. THEN YOU KNOW, IT WAS A ROLLING SEVEN DAY AVERAGE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN THIS IN THIS OSCILLATING PHASE BETWEEN 40 AND ABOUT 55 CASES PER DAY ON AVERAGE ON THAT SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE. SO WE'RE RELATIVELY FLAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEW CASES PER DAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING HERE IS A REFRESH OF THE SLIDE I SHOWED YOU LAST WEEK, WHICH IS THE, UH, THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THE FIVE COUNTY MSA. THE ORANGE LINE AT THE BOTTOM OF HIS DISCHARGES, THE BLUE LINE IS NEW ADMISSIONS IN THE GRAY IS THE TOTAL HOSPITALIZED. THE YELLOW WAS SHOWING YOU THE SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT HAS BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS. HOWEVER, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE DUE TO THE PATIENTS BEING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME RATHER THAN A SUDDEN SPIKE IN NEW ADMISSIONS. SO OUR NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU. UH, THEY, UH, THEY BREAK DOWN OF THE NEW ADMISSIONS IN A ROLLING AVERAGE JUST REGARDING THE NEW ADMISSIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE NEW ADMISSIONS IN THE FIVE COUNTY MSA BASED UPON DATA FROM OUR THREE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ASCENSION, SATAN AND SAINT DAVID'S. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR SEVEN DAY MOVING AVERAGE HAS BEEN BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10 PER DAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO AGAIN, RELATIVELY FLAT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW ADMISSIONS, BUT THAT CUMULATIVE EFFECT HAPPENS OVER TIME BECAUSE OF, OF THE DURATION OF STAY OF INDIVIDUALS RELATED TO COBIT 19. AGAIN, THESE ARE FACTORS THAT THAT PLAY INTO OUR, UH, OUR, OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS SURGE AND ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO. UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SHOWS US THAT WE HAVE, UH, EFFECTIVELY PLATEAUED OR FLATTEN THE CURVE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE FIVE COUNTY MSA. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED BEHAVIORS TO CONTINUE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO CONTINUE IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE. UM, HAVING SAID THAT, IF WE HAVE INCREASES OVER TIME, EVEN IF WE DON'T SEE A SWORD SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN NEW YORK, WE MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE HOSPITALIZATIONS RISE OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH MAY STILL STRESS THE SYSTEM. AGAIN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS ALONG WITH OUR HOSPITAL PARTNERS AND THEY'RE PUT BACK ON THIS REGULARLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS AN UPDATE OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS RELATED TO HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE FIVE COUNTY MSA. UM, UH, THE GREEN LINE IS TOP IS, UH, IS OUR HISPANIC POPULATION. UH, THE YELLOW IS, IS WHITE, NON-HISPANIC. THE ORANGE IS AFRICAN AMERICAN, THE, UH, GRAY, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER. AND THIS, UH, THIS TIME IS OTHER OR UNCLASSIFIED, UH, AND THAT'S DOING A GOOD MORE BAR AND EPIDEMIOLOGIST STAFF TO RESOLVE THOSE, UH, THOSE UNKNOWNS. [00:20:01] AND THEY, UH, THE BLUE IS ASIAN AMERICANS. UH, SO AGAIN, WE CAN SEE THAT THIS WEEK OUR HISPANIC POPULATION, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION ARE OVERREPRESENTED. AND WHEN IT COMES TO HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL CONCERN TO US BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THIS, UH, DISPROPORTIONATE REPRESENTATION. UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AS A DIRECTOR. HAYDEN SAID EARLIER ON REACHING OUT TO THESE COMMUNITIES AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY CARE. THE HOMES TALK AFTER I DO IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE EFFORTS THEY'RE DOING TO REACH OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY. NEXT LIKE IS WELL, LOOK AT THE WEEKLY CONFIRMED CASES FOR TRAVIS COUNTY AND WE CAN SEE THAT LAST WEEK WE HAD OUR DROP TO THREE 30 FROM THREE 81. HOWEVER, AGAIN, OVER THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS, RELATIVELY FLAT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW CASES. UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PROVIDES US A SNAPSHOT WITH HOW WE'RE DOING. BUT AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDES, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH TO ME INDICATES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A LOCAL CONTROL, LOCAL INFLUENCE OF OUR POLICIES BECAUSE THIS EPIDEMIC, THIS PANDEMIC OF COBIT 19 IS AFFECTING DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, DIFFERENTLY, AT DIFFERENT TIMES. UH, WHICH TO ME SUGGESTS THAT THAT A STATEWIDE APPROACH, WHILE IT'S, IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE A STATEWIDE STRATEGY, WE DO NEED LOCAL CONTROL INFLUENCE THE CURVES THAT OUR OWN JURISDICTIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT A BREAK, A BROKEN DOWN HERE IS A NEW CASES BY DAY PER MILLION. ALL RIGHT, SO THE DID THE PER MILLION TO GIVE IT SORT OF A, UH, A COMMON MEASURE ACROSS THE JURISDICTIONS GIVEN THE SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION IN SIZE OF OUR MAJOR METROPOLITAN COUNTIES. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS TRAVIS COUNTY, AGAIN, RELATIVELY FLAT, A LITTLE BIT OF OSCILLATION, UH, BETWEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, 30 AND 40 CASES PER MILLION, UH, PER DAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THEIR COUNTY SIMILARLY HAS BEEN FLAT. UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR COUNTIES HOSPITALIZATION NUMBERS, UH, THEY HAD A PINK HOSPITALIZATION THAT HAPPENED, UH, AROUND THE MID OF, OF APRIL, WHICH INDICATES THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD SOME UNKNOWN CASES EARLIER TO THE LEFT OF THIS SLIDE BEFORE WE HAD ADEQUATE TESTING IN PLACE. NEXT SLIDE. DALLAS COUNTY IS MUCH DIFFERENT. YOU CAN SEE A SUBSTANTIAL PEAK HAPPENING AT THE END OF APRIL. THEY'VE MANAGED TO PLATEAU THAT OFF NOW, BUT A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING HERE IN TRAVIS COUNTY IN BEAR COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. NOW, PASO SIMILARLY EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE PARTICULARLY OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS. NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S COUNTY, UH, HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD A PINK, UH, AROUND THE MIDDLE OF APRIL. UH, THEY FLATTEN THAT OUT AND IT'S TRENDING UPWARD AGAIN. NEXT SLIDE. CARROT COUNTY, SIMILAR TO DALLAS COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. NEXT SLIDE. AND TEXAS AS A WHOLE AGAIN HAS BEEN RELATIVELY FLAT SINCE THE MIDDLE OF APRIL WITH A TREND UPWARD. AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL VARIATION BASED UPON THE METROPOLITAN COUNTY ACROSS TEXAS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT AMARILLO IS, UH, IS SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE NEED SOME LOCAL CONTROL WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING OUR OWN JURISDICTIONS. UH, THIS IS THE REASON WHY DOUBT IN THE STAGING SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC HOW WE THINK WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT AND HOPEFULLY AFFECT BEHAVIOR IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE RISKS FOR THEM MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE RISKS IN AMARILLO OR DALLAS OR KAREN COUNTY OR HARRIS COUNTY. NEXT LIFE IS, THIS IS NOT DATA OF OUR NURSING HOME CLUSTERS. UH, AGAIN, THIS INCLUDES NURSING HOMES, LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES, AND, UH, OTHER INSTITUTIONS. UH, THE, THE ONES THAT IN GRAY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THAT CHANGE IN AT LEAST THREE WEEKS. UH, SO THOSE ARE INACTIVE CLUSTERS AT THIS STAGE. UH, SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT, UH, WE HAVE FIVE OF THOSE, UH, THIS WEEK. WE HOPE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ONES IN THE FUTURE AS THEY EFFECTIVELY HAVE A LIMITED BUDGET, FURTHER TRANSMISSION WITHIN THOSE FACILITIES. UH, WE SEE THAT, UH, DESPITE THAT WE'VE GOT TWO NEW OUTBREAKS AT THE BOTTOM, P AND Q AND A TOTAL OF 83 NEW CASES FOR THESE CLUSTERS THIS WEEK. UH, 473 TOTAL CASES BETWEEN STAFF AND, UH, AND UH, RESIDENTS WITH A [00:25:01] TOTAL OF 46 DEATHS. UH, AGAIN, OUR, OUR, UH, NURSING HOME STRIKE TEAMS AND OUR NURSING HOME TASK FORCE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD ON THIS ISSUE, PROVIDING SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR FOR THE STATE'S INVOLVEMENT NOW IN, UH, SUPPORTING NURSING FACILITIES, INCLUDING TESTING AS WELL AS PROVIDING, UH, THE STRIKE TEAMS FOR OTHER FACILITIES, UH, AROUND THE STATE TO REALLY TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS. AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH THESE, UH, WITH THESE FACILITIES, WITH OUR ADMINISTRATORS, WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTORS, AND UH, CONTINUE TO, TO SHARE BEST PRACTICES BETWEEN THE FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN GAIN BETTER CONTROL OVER THIS AND, AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION COMPLETELY, UH, INTO THESE FACILITIES THAT, UH, THAT DON'T HAVE A COBRA 19 CASES AT ALL. NEXT SLIDE. OH, THIS IS A NEW SLIDE RELATED TO NON INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS. UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY DIFFERENT SECTORS OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION, MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, TRADE AND FINANCIAL INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AND SERVICES. AGAIN, YOU CAN SAY THAT, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION IS THE MAJORITY OF THE CLUSTERS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED IN INSTITUTIONS WITH NINE UH, GENERAL CONTRACTOR, GENERAL CONTRACTOR RELATED, UH, CLUSTER INVESTIGATIONS. TWO RELATED TO CONCRETE, THREE RELATED TO ELECTRIC HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING. UH, ONE RELATED TO EXCAVATION, TWO RELATED TO PLUMBING AND TWO RELATED TO SPECIAL TRADES. UM, WE, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THIS COMMUNITY. UH, WE HAVE PILOTED SOME, UH, TARGETED TESTING OF CONSTRUCTION SITES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, TO REACH OUT TO THIS COMMUNITY, REALLY TRYING TO, TO, UH, ENGAGE CONSTRUCTION IN A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT, UH, UH, THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RESOURCES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE. THEY CAN COME OUT AND DO SITE TESTING IF THEY DESIRE AND, UH, AND CONTINUE TO BUILD THOSE PARTNERSHIPS. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH TESTING AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. UH, THERE'S SOME ONGOING CONCERN ABOUT, UH, BEING DETECTED. THERE'S SOME ONGOING CONCERN ABOUT, UH, THE INABILITY TO WORK. UH, YOU KNOW, QUITE FRANKLY, UH, THERE'S A DISINCENTIVE RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE TO GET TESTED BECAUSE IF THEY TEST POSITIVE, THEN THEY'RE OUT OF WORK. AND IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THEY DON'T HAVE ASSURANCES OF, OF A PAYCHECK. AND THAT'S NOT ONLY FOR CONSTRUCTION THAT GOES WITH ALL OF OUR WORKFORCE AND THIS ISN'T SUBSTANTIAL BARRIER. AND THIS, UH, THIS BARRIER IS GOING TO CREATE CHALLENGES FOR US AS WE TRY TO CONTROL THE OUTBREAK OF, OF COBRA 19 IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY. AS WE OPEN THINGS UP, UH, THESE KINDS OF DISINCENTIVES ARE GOING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO CONTROL. UH, AND UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER COSARA IS, IS, IS A ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT LATER. BUT, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT. UH, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS NOW. THE IMPORTANCE OF REMOVING THESE DISINCENTIVES FOR PEOPLE GETTING TESTED, PEOPLE GETTING DIAGNOSED, PEOPLE GETTING TRADED. AND WE REALLY DO HAVE TO WORK HARD ON, ON BREAKING DOWN THESE BARRIERS AND THESE DISINCENTIVES IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL AND KEEP BUSINESSES OPEN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE TARGETED TESTING THAT WE DID AT TWO DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION SITES LAST WEEK. UH, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED, AROUND 127 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE TESTED. UH, YOU CAN SEE BOTH SIDES HAD A NEGATIVE RATE OF ABOUT 92.1 TO 92.2% WITH 7.8 AND 7.9% POSITIVE. UH, SO AGAIN, YOU MAY SAY, WELL, THAT'S A REALLY LOW NUMBER OF 7.8 7.9%. UH, OUR, OUR REGULAR DRIVE THROUGH TESTING RIGHT NOW THAT HAS A POSITIVE RIGHT? THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 2.3%. SO THIS IS MORE THAN TRIPLE, UH, THE, THERE THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY'S RATE OF POSITIVITY. UH, SO THIS IS CONCERNING. THIS DOES INDICATE THAT WE NEED FURTHER TESTING IN THIS COMMUNITY. UH, AND AGAIN, COMMUNITY CARE IS GOING TO TALK DIRECTLY AFTER ME ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO TARGET, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. IN THIS MALL AS, AS OUR MINORITY POPULATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, UH, THREE WEEKS AGO NOW, WE, UH, ROLLED OUT THIS PUBLIC ENROLLMENT FOR TESTING. SO WE TRANSITIONED FROM AND REQUIREMENT OF MY PHYSICIAN REFERRAL TO, UH, TO TESTING TO THIS PUBLIC ENROLLMENT PIECE. AND AS A RESULT, WE'VE, WE'VE TESTED SUBSTANTIALLY PEOPLE THAT MAY HAVE IN THE PAST. UH, SO THIS 2,700 IS TWICE THE TOTAL, BUT WE DID FROM THE ENTIRE OUTBREAK BEFORE THAT THROUGH THE MORE DRIVE THROUGH SITE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH US. UM, YOU CAN SEE, AND I APOLOGIZE, THEY, THE COLORS ARE DIFFERENT, UH, ON THE TWO SLIDES AS [00:30:01] IT RELATES TO, UH, TO DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES. NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, IN THE, IN THE LIGHT PURPLE, UH, ON THE LEFT SIDE IS, UH, THE, THE MAJORITY OF OUR INDIVIDUALS BEING TESTED HAVE BEEN WHITE, UH, WITH, UH, 613 BEING HISPANIC OR LATINO AND 181 BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN. UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU SEE THE POSITIVITY RATE, UH, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR HISPANIC OR LATINO, WHICH IS IN THE LIGHT BLUE, IS THE SUBSTANTIAL, UH, UH, THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE POSITIVE RATE. SO TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU BY ETHNICITY AS IT RELATES TO POSITIVITY, OUR HISPANIC POPULATION BEING TESTED THROUGH OUR DRIVE THROUGH AS AN 8.6% RATE OF POSITIVITY. UH, OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN IS 4.4%. OUR WHITE IS 1%, AND OUR ASIAN AMERICAN IS 0%, UH, BASED ON THESE, UH, 2,700 CASES. SO AGAIN, SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES WHEN IT RELATES TO, UH, TO RACE AND ETHNICITY. UH, AND AGAIN, UH, IN THE SAME POPULATION THAT IS EXPERIENCING HIGHER RATES OF POSITIVITY, WE HAVE HIGHER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATION, UH, AND UH, UH, AND AGAIN, THAT D THAT IS DUE IN PART TO THE UNDERLYING DISPARITIES AND HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE ACCESS TO, UH, FOOD AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, ISSUES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH. SO AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO OUR PARTNERS AT COMMUNITY CARE FOR THEIR OUTREACH, WHO WILL CONTINUE AS A DIRECTOR. HAYDEN SAID, UH, TO ENHANCE OUR OUTREACH TO THESE COMMUNITIES, TO, TO REALLY TRY TO PREVENT INFECTION FROM HAPPENING, NUMBER ONE. UH, BUT ALSO TO ENSURE THAT FOLKS WHO, WHO ARE POSITIVE, UH, CAN SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR, THEIR HOUSEHOLD TO REDUCE THAT TRAIN, THAT HOUSEHOLD TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THE ISOLATION FACILITY COMES IN. WE OFFER A HOTEL ROOM TO PEOPLE, UH, WITH THE, THAT IS FREE, THAT PROVIDES THEM FOR AND PROVIDES THEM WITH ACCESS TO THE TV, INTERNET. AND IT REALLY HELPS US TO BREAK THAT TRANSMISSION CYCLE WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD, UH, THAT WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, WITHOUT THE CONCERN THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, UH, CHARGED OR DETECTED BY AUTHORITIES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO AGAIN, THAT IS, THAT IS A KEY PIECE. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT FOLKS WHO ARE AFFECTED, UH, UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THEY CAN ACCESS HEALTHCARE. THEY DON'T NEED TO WAIT IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED. THEY HAVE CHEST PAIN, THEY HAVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE GETTING WORSE. THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEED TO SEEK OUT HEALTHCARE EITHER THROUGH NINE, ONE ONE OR PRESENTING THEMSELVES TO UH, TO THE ER AND IN CALLING IT ADVANCED SO THAT THEY, THAT THE TEAM CAN BE PREPARED FOR THEM. UH, THERE IS NO REASON TO WAIT. UH, WE KNOW THAT THEY, THIS PROGRESSIVE, THIS DISEASE CAN BE A BIT, UM, UH, IT MAY BE HARD TO DETECT FOR PEOPLE. UH, THEY MAY BE SUBTLY GETTING WORSE DAY BY DAY. UH, THEY MAY BE GETTING CONFUSED. THERE MAY BE GETTING SHORTER, UH, HAVING SHORTENED, UH, WORSENING SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND THOSE ARE WARNING SIGNS THAT FOLKS NEED TO SEE, SEEK A HIGHER LEVEL CARE. AND IT'S REALLY CRITICAL, PARTICULARLY IN OUR FOLKS WHO DON'T NORMALLY HAVE ACCESS TO CARE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE HOSPITALS ARE THERE FOR THEM, THEY'RE PREPARED TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AND UH, THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE A BAYER, UH, AND UH, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THOSE MESSAGES BOTH THROUGH OUR AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH CHANNELS, COMMUNITY CARE, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR, OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE WORKING HARD TO, TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THESE COMMUNITIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON, UH, ON THE TRAVIS COUNTY JAIL. UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PRESS LATELY RELATED TO INFECTIONS WITHIN JAILS AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TRAVIS COUNTY JAIL AND SHERIFF HERNANDEZ SINCE THE BEGINNING WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, EFFECTIVE, UH, SYSTEMS IN PLACE FOR THE JAIL. UH, SO THEY WERE, THEY IMPLEMENTED POLICY CHANGES VERY EARLY ON TO PROTECT, UH, THEIR, THEIR INMATE POPULATION. UH, THEY DESIGNED A SYSTEM THAT ISOLATES INDIVIDUALS FOR 14 DAYS BEFORE THEY'RE INTRODUCED INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION. IF THOSE INDIVIDUALS DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH COBIT 19, THEY ARE TESTED, UH, AND, UH, AND THEY'RE ONLY MOVED INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION WHEN IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, THAT THEY ARE CODED FREE. UM, THEY MADE CHANGES TO OFFICIAL VISITS. SO IF A, IF AN ATTORNEY COMES OR, UH, THERE'S A VISIT FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRIMARILY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL WHENEVER POSSIBLE, WHEN THEY DO HAVE TO HAVE IN PERSON MEETINGS, THEY REQUIRE MASKING. UH, AND THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, [00:35:01] THEY, THEY TRY TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING IN ADDITION TO THAT MASKING TO, UH, TO REALLY TRY TO DECREASE THE TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION. UH, WHEN POSSIBLE, THEY ALSO HAVE THE PHYSICAL BARRIERS BETWEEN THE TWO INDIVIDUALS MEETING, UH, TO FURTHER ENHANCED THAT, UH, NET REDUCTION IN TRANSMISSION. UH, THEY'VE DONE THINGS LIKE STAGGERING GROUP MEETINGS. UH, THEY CLAIMED BETWEEN THE MEETINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STILL IN THE ISOLATION PHASE. UH, THEY, THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE SEPARATE AND THOSE ACTIVITIES ARE INDIVIDUAL AND AGAIN, CLEANING IN BETWEEN THOSE SESSIONS TO TRY TO EFFECTIVELY CONTROL THE SPREAD OF DISEASE. SAME THING IS TRUE FOR MEDICAL EVALUATIONS. THEY HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING EVALUATED FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS AT A TIME THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPACED OUT AND LIMITED TO THE 10. UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE ARE WORKING WITH, WITH THE SHERIFF AND THE JAIL, UH, TO LOOK AT ONGOING, UH, MODELS FOR, UH, FOR TESTING FOR INMATES AS WELL AS STAFF. UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED, UH, UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE LEVELS OF, OF TESTING KITS AND TESTING CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THIS EPIDEMIC. AND AS WE ARE INCREASING OUR CAPACITY TO DO TESTING, YOU'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE ADVANCING THE TESTING FOR NURSING HOMES, UH, IN SOME OF THE, AND THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR OUR JAIL POPULATION. NOW. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM. EXCUSE ME. SO WE'RE MEETING LATER THIS WEEK, TWO NEW, UH, TO DISCUSS AVENUES ON HOW WE MIGHT PROVIDE A LONGTERM STRATEGY FOR TESTING FOR, UH, FOR THAT POPULATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, WE ARE, UH, FINALIZING OUR STRATEGY, OUR LONGTERM STRATEGY FOR TESTING THROUGH THE END OF 2020 AND PART OF THAT IS A DISCUSSION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS IN RELATION TO A SERA PREVALENCE STUDY. SO THE SARAH PREVALENCE STUDY IS THE ANTIBODY BASED TESTING AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO PUT TOGETHER A STUDY PROPOSAL WHICH SPANS 18 MONTHS. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERAL POPULATION SERIAL PREVALENCE AS WELL AS, EXCUSE ME A SECOND, AS WELL AS SOME SUBPOPULATIONS INCLUDING FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS, PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS. UH, SO LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IN LOOKING AT THESE SUBPOPULATIONS, UM, THE NUMBER OF SPECIFIC AIMS THERE OF THE STUDY, THE FIRST IS VALIDATION OF, UH, BETWEEN THE, UH, THE TEST THAT'S DRAWN AND SENT OFF TO A LAB VERSUS A POINT OF CARE TEST THAT CAN BE DONE, UH, OUTSIDE OF A LAB. UH, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE SERIAL PREVALENCE RATE IN AUSTIN, AND THEY'RE NOT LONGITUDINAL STUDIES LOOKING AT, AT THOSE GROUPS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF HOW TO MANAGE POLICY BASED UPON SERIAL PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY STUDIES. SO YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THIS COMING IN A PROPOSAL, UH, FOR, UH, AS A PORTION OF OUR OVERALL TESTING STRATEGY FOR THIS SPAN OF DENVER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND AGAIN, FINALLY, UH, THIS IS THE PUBLIC ENROLLMENT, UH, UH, ADDRESS. THIS IS OUR AUSTIN, TEXAS.GOV/COBRA 19. UH, FOLKS CAN SIGN UP FOR A FREE EVALUATION FREE TESTING. AND THIS IS REALLY A CRITICAL STEP IN, UH, ALLOWING US TO CONTROL THIS OUTBREAK. UH, IT, UH, IT IS FREE AND, UH, WE REALLY WANT THUMBS TO, UH, TO SIGN UP IF THEY'RE CONCERNED. UH, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, TO TEST FOLKS WHO ARE THEY SYMPTOMATIC, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE HAD EXPOSURE TO COBRA 19. UH, SO REGARDLESS OF IF INDIVIDUALS THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO TEST THEM, PLEASE SIGN UP. PLEASE FILL OUT THE SURVEY. UH, AND UH, AND BASED UPON OUR, OUR, UH, EVALUATION, UH, APPROPRIATE FOLKS, WE OFFERED A TEST. IT'S FREE OF CHARGE AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO GO TO THE SITE AND SIGN UP. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR ESCADA. AND AGAIN WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE TOTAL REPORTS AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK A DIRECTOR HAYDEN TO INTRODUCE OUR PARTNERS AT CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE FOR THE NEXT PART OF OUR, OUR PRESENTATION. DR. HAYDEN. THANK YOU SPENCER. UM, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE UM, CENTRAL HEALTH WITH US, UM, UM, COMMUNITY CARE HERE WITH US TODAY. UM, THEY ARE SUCH A INVALUABLE PARTNER. THEY HAVE [00:40:01] CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SO MANY SERVICES TO OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I HAVE UM, DR JASON FORNIER AND HE WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION AND I UNDERSTAND HE HAS TWO ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSONS WITH HIM AND THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL. SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND HIS STAFF. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY. YOU NEED TO UNMUTE JASON. OKAY. WE WERE COMING THROUGH. YEAH, WE CAN, IT'S A LITTLE MUFFLED, BUT MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE BETTER NOW. OKAY, GREAT. SORRY GUYS. WELL, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. WELL THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION AND MISS EDEN. UH, GOOD MORNING, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR ADLER. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE OUR SCREEN. UH, JOINING ME THIS MORNING IS OUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, DR. ALLEN SALSA AND ALSO OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, YVONNE KAMRANA. AND SO AND ALSO ON THE PHONE IS UM, MR MIKE ETHAN, WHO'S THE PRESENT CEO FOR CENTRAL HALL AND TED BURTON. THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES TOWARDS THE END. OKAY. SO THE AGENDA, THE SPORTING. SO AGAIN, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. SO THE AGENDA THIS MORNING IS JUST, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM PERSPECTIVE AS IT RELATES TO OUR OVERALL RESPONSE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, INCLUDING WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR CLINICAL OPERATIONS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR TESTING INITIATIVES AND MYSELF, DR SALSA AND YVONNE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE TEAM THIS THIS MORNING. AND THEN AGAIN, MIKE AND TED ARE GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH SOME KEY NOTES AND POINTS FROM CENTRAL HALL'S PERSPECTIVE. I THINK BEFORE JUMPING IN AND TALKING SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNITY CARE HEALTH CENTERS, RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC THINKS IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND AUDIENCE AT LARGE. JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY CARE. UM, WE ARE A 501 C THREE NONPROFIT THAT PARTNERS WITH CENTRAL HEALTH CENTRAL HEALTH SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, YEARS AGO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A FEDERAL GRANT AWARD THROUGH THE FEDERAL HEALTH CENTER, UH, PROGRAM. UH, IT'S AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES ACT, SECTION THREE 30 LONGSTANDING PROGRAM IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE, THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THE HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM IS TO CONNECT TO LOWER RESOURCE, LOWER INCOME, UNINSURED AND UNDER INSURED COMMUNITIES WITH THE PRIMARY NEED AND DESERVE. AND SO HERE AT COMMUNITY CARE WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND HONOR OF CARING FOR TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS, AUSTIN RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOWER INCOME, LOWER RESOURCE, AND UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED. IN 2019 WE PROVIDED CARE TO 116,000, 175 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS FOR ALMOST 400,000 CONTACTS OR PATIENT VISITS WITH A MEDICAL PROVIDER. A DENTAL PROVIDER OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER CERTAINLY OPERATES 27 CLINICS ACROSS THE AREA. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN PROPER. UH, BUT WE DO OPERATE, UH, BOTH OUTSIDE THE CITY OF AUSTIN WITHIN TRAVIS COUNTY. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO CLINICS NOW OUTSIDE TRAVIS COUNTY AS WELL. ONE IN BASTROP AND ONE IN ROUND ROCK. UM, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT OVERALL SERVICES, IT'S ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE. AND SO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CENTRAL HALL BUSINESS, UH, THEY SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN YEARS AGO AS THE, UH, THE ACTUAL GRANT WITH THE FEDERAL GRANT AWARD AS A HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM. UH, BUT GIVEN NUANCES RELATIVE TO GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY CARE ACTUALLY IS OPERATING AND WE HAVE OUR OWN SEPARATE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AND GOVERNANCE RELATIVE TO THAT. AND SO CERTAINLY OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OUR PARTNERS THAT CENTRAL HEALTH AS WELL AS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND PUBLIC HEALTH IS REALLY GOT AHEAD AND HELPED US SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED TO SERVE. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE AT COMMUNITY CARE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US, UH, IS OUR VISION, WHICH IS REALLY ACHIEVING HEALTH FOR ALL. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO CORONA VIRUS REALLY IS ABOUT HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE AND STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE SWEETIES. WE SERVE AT THE SAME TIME, ALL ACHIEVING GREATER HEALTH EQUITY. SO THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE RESPONSE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR ADLER, WHAT WE HAD AT THE FORUM [00:45:05] IT'S NOT CUTTING OUT FOR US. WOULD IT HELP IF I WOULD NEED A NEW TOOL? UM, UH, DR CORNEA WHERE WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU, YOU TAILED OFF CAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU. YES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THANK YOU. NOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU AND WE LOST YOU AS YOU WERE BEGINNING TO GET TO THIS SLIDE, BUT NOW YOU'RE UNMUTED. NOW YOU'RE MUTED AGAIN. I THINK I NEED TO UNMUTE AND TURN OFF YOUR PHONE. TRY SPEAKING NOW. DR FORNIA. YES, WE'RE, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, PERFECT. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE WERE THOUGHT WE'D BE SAFER TO HAND AROUND THE PHONE SO YOU CAN HEAR US, BUT WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMPUTER. MY APOLOGIES. UM, THE NEW NORM FOR ALL OF US. UM, SO WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, IS THAT AS I ADVANCED THAT SLIDE, OUR GOAL HERE AT COMMUNITY CARE IS REALLY TO GO AHEAD AND STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. COUPLED TO THAT IS WE HAVE CORE AS OUR MISSION STRENGTHENING AND LOOKING AT ACHIEVING HEALTH EQUITY FOR ALL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT REALLY REFLECTS OUR RESPONSE RELATIVE TO THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT FOR VERY EARLY ON IN OUR PLANNING THAT DATES BACK TO FEBRUARY RELATIVE TO PREPARATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS WAS REALLY OUR TOP PRIORITIES OF LOOKING AT HOW DO WE SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF BOTH OUR PATIENTS WHO ARE COMING IN EGRESSING INTO OUR FACILITIES AND OUR STAFF AS WELL. AND KEY TO THAT AND IN VERY EARLY ON TO THE RESPONSE WAS MAKING SURE WE HAD ADEQUATE ACCESS TO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. ANOTHER TOP PRIORITY FOR US WAS ENSURING THAT WE HAD ACCESS AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR ACCESS TO OUR HEALTHCARE SERVICES, ESPECIALLY AS CORONAVIRUS BECAME MORE PREVALENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND WE WERE LOOKING AT PROTECTIVE MEASURES BOTH FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR PATIENTS. AND SO COUPLED TO THAT WAS COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, BOTH INTERNAL AND THEN ALSO EXTERNAL AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT KEY TO OUR RESPONSE AS ALWAYS IS LOOKING AT DATA TO INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING, INCLUSIVE OF HOW OUR SERVICES WERE BEING RENDERED, HOW THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE AND ADAPT TO THE CITY TO THE NEW NORMAL. THAT EVOLVED WITH CORONAVIRUS AND THEN ALSO COUPLED TO THAT IS HOW WE WERE GOING TO USE DATA TO INFORM OUR TESTING STRATEGIES. AND SO SOME OF THE MITIGATION STEPS THAT WE PUT IN VERY EARLY ON REALLY INVOLVED AND BASED ON DR ASCOT AND APHS DIRECTIVE, REALLY TAKING A LOOK AT HOW FOLKS ARE ENTERING INTO OUR FACILITIES, INCLUSIVE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE SCREENING TWICE DAILY. BUT EVERYONE WHO COMES INTO OUR FACILITY, FACILITIES BEING PRESCREENED. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY MONITORING FOLKS THAT WAY. UH, PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD 12 OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND I 12 SOUNDS LIKE TOO MANY. UH, ACTUALLY ONE IS TOO MANY, BUT 12 OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE TO DATE OF THOSE 12 THOUGH WE DO KNOW THAT 11, UH, WERE MOST LIKELY CONTRACTED THROUGH COMMUNITY EXPOSURE AS OPPOSED TO WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ONE INDIVIDUAL PERHAPS WITHIN OUR ENVIRONMENT. SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS TO THESE, THESE GUIDANCE THAT'S COME THROUGH APH REALLY IN TERMS OF PROTECTING NOT ONLY OUR STAFF AND THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS THAT ARE PUTTING THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES ON THE LINE, BUT ALSO OUR PATIENTS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH. WE ALSO VERY EARLY ON AS MANY OF YOUR WORK SET UP FOR CORONAVIRUS HOTLINE THAT WASN'T DIRECTED JUST TO OUR PATIENTS, BUT IT WAS DIRECTED TO CUNY MEMBERS AT LARGE. BUT IN PARTICULAR TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDER INSURED. AND ESPECIALLY AS LOW AS THAT LACKED A PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER. WE MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT OUR PATIENTS WOULD KNOW HOW TO FIND US BECAUSE THEY FIND US REGULARLY. BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE EXTENDING THAT OUT. SO THAT NUMBER IS FIVE ONE, TWO NINE, SEVEN, EIGHT, EIGHT, SEVEN, SEVEN, FIVE THAT'S OPERATING EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK STILL. AND WE'RE AVERAGING ANYWHERE FROM THREE TO 400 CALLS A DAY. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ALSO VERY EARLY ON INTO OUR RESPONSE, WE GET THEM IMPLEMENTED DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING AND DR SALSA, WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR HANCOCK TRACK THROUGH TESTING AND JUST A MOMENT. BUT WE ALSO WENT AHEAD AND TRANSITIONED THE MAJORITY OF OUR SERVICES TO TELEPHONIC AND TELEMEDICINE. AND DR. SHAW HAS THE NEXT SLIDE. SO HE'S GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY TO TELEPHONIC AND TELEMEDICINE AND JUST HOW RAPID WE WENT AHEAD AND MADE THAT SWITCH. SO ALAN, PLEASE, WELL, I DO. GOOD MORNING MARK. [00:50:03] YOU KNOW, I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THAT. WE SAW THAT 2001 WHEN IT HIT OUR, UM, CRITICAL URGENT PATIENTS OUT OF CLINIC. UM, WELL WE, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY TO CATCH UP OR PLAY AND UM, AND LEARN HOW TO, UM, WITHIN THE SPAN OF FOUR OR FIVE DAYS, UH, WE TRANSITIONED TO A TELEPHONIC AND A VIDEO BASED, UM, CARE MODEL AND WE NOW CONDUCT ABOUT 70% OF OUR CARE REMOTELY. AND THEY'RE SEEING BETWEEN 1300 AND 1400 PATIENTS, PATIENTS A DAY. YEAH. UH, IN MID MARCH WE ALSO STOOD OUT OUR HANCOCK DRIVE DRIVE THROUGH, UM, TESTING SITES. THAT SITE WAS SELECTED AS AIDEN WAS CENTRAL TO THE PATIENTS, UM, THAT WE SERVE TODAY. WE'VE HAD OVER 4,000 INDIVIDUALS, UM, VISIT THAT SITE, BOTH PATIENTS AND NON-PATIENTS. UM, WE'VE TESTED WITH A LITTLE OVER 70%, AND WE'VE TESTED ABOUT 3000 INDIVIDUALS. WE FOLLOW THE CDC GUIDELINES, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS TESTING AS THE AVAILABILITY OF TEST HAS BECOME, UM, OR AS TESTS HAVE BECOME MORE AVAILABLE. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LIBERALIZE OUR TESTING AND GO FROM KIND OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY GROUPS TO LOWER PRIORITY GROUPS. OKAY. MAN, I THINK WE'RE GETTING SOME ECHO AND IT MIGHT BE YOU AND JASON NEEDING TO MEET PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR COMPUTERS ON AND THEIR PHONES ON ONE SOURCE OF TIME. SO WE'RE GETTING AN ECHO. UM, HOW WAS THAT? IT'S, IT'S HIGHLIGHTING FOR ME JASON'S SCREEN AND SO I HAVE TO CALL YOU OUT AND SUPPORT THAT, BUT IT MIGHT BE PLAYING LIKE YOU COULD FIND A WAY TO MAYOR HUMANA. WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY FOR SHUTTING DOWN ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SHARING OFF ONE, ONE COMPUTER. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME FINE NOW. OKAY, GREAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE VERY QUICKLY, BUT UM, THAT I THINK ARE REAL INFORMATIVE RELATED TO, UM, ADDITIONAL TESTING AND SOME DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. SO WE DID WANT TO, UM, WE DID WANT YOU TO BE AWARE THAT BEYOND JUST OUR, OUR HANCOCK LOCATION, WE DID EXPAND TO THE EASTERN CRESCENT SITES, UM, TO EXPAND, UH, TESTING ALONG. SO WE HAVE FOUR SITES THERE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO, UH, DRIVE UPSIDES. OVERALL. WE'VE SCREENED OVER 500 PEOPLE AND TESTED, UM, A LITTLE OVER 480 INDIVIDUALS AND THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND THE BREAKDOWN IS THERE FOR, FOR YOUR REVIEW. WOW. AND SO, UM, THE OTHER THING WE ALSO, UM, LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE IS THEN OVERALL WHAT OUR POSITIVITY RATES, UM, UH, HOW THEY'RE PRESENTING, UH, OBVIOUSLY BY GENDER, RACE, AND ETHNICITY. SO I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE SITES VERY QUICKLY FOR YOUR REVIEW. THE FIRST THING IS THAT YOU CAN SEE OVERALL THAT WE HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RATE OF POSITIVITY, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, TESTING FOR MALES THAN FEMALES. AND SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THAT, UM, UH, HAVE BEEN, UM, REVIEWED OVER THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS. UM, ALSO WE WANTED TO REVIEW AROUND REGARDING AGE. AS FAR AS POSITIVITY. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE, UM, A 653 INDIVIDUALS AND THE HIGHEST, UH, AGE GROUP, WHICH IS 18 TO TWO 64 RANGE. UM, AND THESE, WHAT YOU SHOULD TAKE FROM THIS IS THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRESENTING TO THE TESTING CENTER. UM, AND THIS IS, THIS IS THE AGE RANGE THAT WE HAVE. UH, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT COMPARES AS FAR AS THE OVERALL POSITIVITY RATE. UM, UH, BASED ON AGE. UM, WE ALSO WANT TO DISCUSS AS FAR AS THE COMPARISONS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEING U S COMMUNITY CARE PATIENTS, UH, TO THOSE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO ARE COMING TO THE TESTING CENTER. SO WHAT YOU CAN SEE OVERALL THAT ARE OUR POSITIVITY RATES. UM, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NEAR EACH OTHER BUT THEY'RE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR OUR NANCI UC PATIENTS. UM, WE HAD A HIGHER, UM, A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO EARLY [00:55:01] ON, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UM, AN INCREASE IN THE CQC NUMBERS. UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT IF THE PERCENTAGES, AS FAR AS THE, THIS IS ALWAYS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RETURNED AND THERE'S ALWAYS A GAP RELATED TO THE RETURN RATE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FROM THE TIME YOU COLLECT THE TEST TO WHEN YOU GET THE RESULTS BACK ON THAT AS WELL. SO WE'RE SWITCHING OVER TO DR SCHALL CHANEL. ALRIGHT. UM, HELLO AGAIN. UM, YOU, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR POSITIVITY RATE, YOU CAN SEE WE'VE HAD, UM, A RATE THAT HAS BEEN TRANSITIONING, BUT POSITIONING, UM, AS FAR AS INCREASING GRADE, REALLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH, UM, UH, THE, UH, POSITIVITY RATE AND BY ETHNICITY, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HIGH RATE AS FAR AS OUR LATIN X, UM, PATIENT POPULATION. AND WE'LL GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS IN A SECOND. UM, AND THEN AGAIN THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, YOU CAN SEE OUR TRANSITION, UM, APRIL, THE END OF APRIL THROUGH THE FIRST WEEKEND MAY WAS KIND OF OUR HIGH POINT WITH 21.41% AS FAR AS POSITIVITY RATE. UM, AND WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 19%. NOW AGAIN, THAT RATE HAS BEEN, UM, GRADUATED GRADUALLY INCREASING. UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN WHO HAVE VISITED OUR TESTING SITES. UM, AT THE END OF APRIL, UM, WE HAD, WE HAD A POSITIVITY RATE OF ABOUT 3.5%. AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE 10% INCREASE, UM, FOR, UH, FROM THAT DATE TO MAY 10TH THROUGH MAY 16TH. NOW OF NOTE, PLEASE NOTICE THAT, UM, WE HAD, UM, TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE POSITIVE THEN AND WE HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO TESTED POSITIVE THE NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WEEK LATER. SO THE END IS REALLY SMALL THOUGH. THAT POSITIVITY RATE HAS DEFINITELY INCREASED, UM, FOR THE WHITE ONLY YOU CAN SEE, UM, AGAIN, ANOTHER JUMP IN THE POSITIVITY RATE HERE. THE TESTING NUMBER ACTUALLY WAS LOWER THAN THE WEEK BEFORE. UM, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FOUND POSITIVE WAS ONE MORE THAN THAN THE WEEK BEFORE. UM, FOR OUR LATIN X POPULATION, YOU CAN SEE THE TREND HAS BEEN GRADUALLY INCREASING. UM, THE WEEK OF APRIL 26TH TO, UM, TO MAY 2ND WAS OUR HIGHEST POINTS. UM, DURING THAT WEEK WE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION SITES, UM, THAT VISITED OUR TESTING SITE. AND, UM, ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I'VE GIVEN PREVIOUSLY IS WE HAD ONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN WHICH 48 INDIVIDUALS, UM, VISITED, VISITED OUR SITES. UM, AND 26, UM, TESTS TESTED POSITIVE. UM, THE, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR POSITIVITY RATE NOW IS STILL, UM, A LITTLE OVER 24%, UM, TESTING, UM, BY WEEK AS FAR AS, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT OUR PATIENTS VERSUS OUR PATIENTS. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE A GRADUAL INCREASE, UM, AS RELATED, UM, TO THE POSITIVITY RATES. SO I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR ADLER, UH, MS. HAYDEN AND UH, MR KROENKE, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DATA AND DR ASCOT, WE'VE GOT SOME TRENDS THAT ARE PRETTY INDICATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN OUR TESTING SITES. UM, NOT JUST WITH OUR HAYCOCK TESTING SITE WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED ALMOST 3000 UNIT TESTS, BUT ACROSS OUR SYSTEM, UH, THE END OF LAST WEEK WE WERE AT AND ALMOST 4,600 UNIQUE TESTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. AND WE'RE AVERAGING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN ABOUT 150 TO 200 TESTS ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. UM, THE TRENDS ARE AGAIN, SPECIFIC TO ARE THOSE THAT WE'RE SEEING WITHIN OUR CLINICS OR HEALTH CENTERS WITHIN OUR TESTING SITES. BUT WE DO THINK THAT IT'S INDICATIVE OF WE'RE CORONAVIRUSES WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. AND SO WE, WE CAN'T UNDERSCORE THAT ENOUGH. WE THINK THAT WHEN WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS DATA AND KNOWING THAT THINGS ARE OPENING BACK UP, UH, WE THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR US NOT ONLY TO CONTINUE THE TESTING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, BUT ALSO TO EXPAND THAT TESTING. SO TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT, JUST FROM A GEOCODE PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ALL OUR TESTS. THIS IS A HEAT MAP THAT YOU'RE WORKING AT AND THIS IS GIVING YOU AN IDEA OF THE TESTING THAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY FROM LATE LAST WEEK. SO THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER FIVE, 600 TESTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE INTERVENING TIME. BUT WITH THAT STATED, WHAT YOU'RE WORKING AT HERE AND WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS, IS BECAUSE THE PATIENTS AND POPULATIONS WE SERVE AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE ARE MOSTLY EAST OF OR NORTH, UH, ALONG RUNDBERG, NORTH AUSTIN AND THEN INTO THE, THE EASTERN [01:00:01] PORTION OF TRAVIS COUNTY AND INTO THE, WHAT'S KNOWN AND REFERRED TO SINCE 2015 IS THE EASTERN CRESCENT BASED ON THE CITY DEMOGRAPHERS WORK. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, WE'RE SEEING TESTING, HITTING A LOT OF THE AREAS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SEE. WE'RE SEEING DOWN IN THE DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY, WE'RE SEEING RIVERSIDE MONTOPOLIS, WE'RE SEEING DEL VALLEY, WE'RE SEEING AUSTIN'S COLONY AND HORNSBY, BEN MAINER AND THESE ARE ALL SITES IN THE EASTERN CRESCENT WHERE WE HAVE TESTING CONNIE PARK AS WELL. AND THEN ST JOHN'S AND THEN RUN BERGEN NORTH AUSTIN IS WHICH WE'RE SEEING AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT AS WE GO AHEAD AND WE TAKE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF. WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT, AND THIS IS AS DR SCHALL SHEA INDICATED, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THE WEEK BY WEEK DATA HAS BEEN THE MOST INFORMATIVE TO US. WHAT ARE WE SEEING WEEKEND AND WEEK UP? AND THAT'S SOMETHING NOW WE'VE BEEN DOING COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PROBABLY THE LAST FOUR WEEKS OR SO AS WE'RE TRYING TO GO AHEAD AND POSITION OURSELVES, UH, IN TERMS OF BEING MORE RESPONSIVE AND LOOKING AT TRENDS THAT ARE MERGING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME TESTING OVERALL, ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE PICKED UP AS IS THAT 56% OF OUR TESTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN PROVIDED TO NON-COMMUNITY CARE PATIENTS. SO LET ME REPEAT THAT AGAIN. 56% OF OUR TESTS HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY CARE PATIENTS, BUT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE. UM, BUT THE OTHER 44% HAVE. AND SO WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE TOP 10 ZIP CODES WITH ALL OF THOSE 41, WE'VE HAD 4,133 TESTS RETURNED AS OF THIS DATA BEING ANALYZED YESTERDAY MORNING. UM, SO THAT WAS WITH THE RESULTS THAT WERE TRICKLING IN FROM LAST WEEK. REALLY FROM THURSDAY, FRIDAY, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RESULTS. SO REALLY IT'S REFLECTIVE OF LAST WEDNESDAY WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE, THIS IS THE TOP 10 ZIP CODES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A PERCENTAGE NEXT TO IT. SO I'LL LOOK UP AT PFLUGERVILLE, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE AT THE TOP RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'VE GOT ZIP CODE SEVEN, EIGHT, SIX, SIX ZERO. OUR POSITIVITY RATE. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WE'VE TESTED EITHER IN THAT HEALTH CENTER OR AT ONE OF OUR TESTING SITES OR AT ONE OF OUR OTHER HEALTH CENTERS. UH, OUT OF THE 148 PFLUGERVILLE RESONANCE FROM SEVEN, EIGHT SIX SIX ZERO 25 AND TESTED POSITIVE AT 16.9%. UM, AND AS YOU LOOK THROUGH, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR HIGHEST LEVEL RIGHT NOW IS SITTING AT 26.8%, WHICH IS AT 77, FIVE TWO, WHICH IS THE ST JOHN'S COMMUNITY. UH, AND THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN FURTHER INTO THE DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY, UH, WE'RE SEEING IN 78, SEVEN, FOUR, FOUR, SEVEN, EIGHT, SEVEN, FOUR, ONE. SO YOU'RE SEEING SOME, SOME AREAS WHERE WE SEE A HIGHER POSITIVITY. AGAIN, MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT IF WE WERE TO DO SIMILAR TO DR ASCOT AND TRY TO CONTROL BY THE POPULATION, CAUSE THIS IS A LITTLE MISLEADING WHEN IT'S JUST POSITIVITY. WE NOW NEED TO OVERLAY THIS DATA FRANKLY WITH THE CENSUS TRACK OR SORRY, THE ZIP CODE, UM, POPULATION OVERALL AND SAY, OKAY, WELL FOR THE TESTING WE'VE DONE THERE, HERE'S THE PER THOUSAND OR PER 10,000 RATE THAT WE'RE SEEING RELATIVE TO OUR TASK. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL PLAN ON DOING INTO THE FUTURE. BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA. WE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR TESTINGS WERE FEELING, JUST INDICATING THAT WE SET THE THRESHOLD OF YOU HAD TO HAVE WITHIN A COMMUNITY, WITHIN ONE OF THESE ZIP CODES, YOU HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 25 POSITIVES AS THE FLOOR, UH, IN ORDER FOR IT TO HIT IN THE TOP 10 BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HAVE A ZIP CODE WHERE WE TESTED THREE OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN TOTALITY OUT OF THE 4,133 TESTS THAT WE'VE HAD BACK AND HAVE THAT YOU COULD HAVE TWO THAT CAME BACK POSITIVE AND SAYING IT'S A POSITIVE RATE OF 50. OF COURSE THERE WAS STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OR POWER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SMALL NUMBERS LIKE THAT. SO THE OTHER PART THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO US HERE AT COMMUNITY CARE WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WE SEE OUR ROLE AS REALLY JUST BEING COMPLIMENTARY TO WHAT GREAT JOB AND I CAN'T COMMAND DR ASCOT AND MS. HAYDEN AND ALL OF THE STAFF AT APH. THIS IS REALLY AS, AS SPENCER INDICATED, THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. UM, THIS IS A VERY FLUID, UH, POSITION. IF YOU'D ASK AS TO US HERE AS THREE LITERS FROM COMMUNITY CARE SIX WEEKS AGO, IF 70% OF OUR SIR, WHILE EIGHT WEEKS AGO, SIX INCH, WE'VE BEEN AT THIS MORE THAN SIX WEEKS HERE TO BELIEVE THAT TOO. UM, BUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO THAT 70% OF OUR CLINICAL SERVICES WOULD BE OCCURRING VIA TELEMEDICINE OR TELEPHONICALLY. I THINK WE WOULD HAVE ALL SHOOK HER HEAD AND SAID, THERE'S NO WAY. AND SO OUR ABILITY TO DO THIS IS BASED ON THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT GAP FILL WHERE NEEDED, BUT ALSO RELYING ON OUR 1100 PLUS EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTED FOLKS WHO WERE COMING THROUGH AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE REALLY THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE HARD WORK ON THE FRONT LINE AND REALLY HEROES IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THAT CARE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE THINK AS DO OUR PARTNERS SAID, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND, UH, HEALTH AUTHORITIES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY IS WE ALL NEED TO BE DOING MORE TESTING. AND SO A LITTLE BIT OVER A WEEK AGO, WE WORKED WITH PARTNERS THAT HAD SEEN SANTEEN HEALTH INSURERS. [01:05:01] UH, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW CINTEEN HEALTH, UM, SANTINA IS A NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY MORE LOCALLY. THEY'RE SUPERIOR HEALTH PLAN AND THEY REALLY WORKED IN THE MEDICAID SPACE, VERY LARGE INSURER, NASH, INDIA, NATIONALLY, UM, MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF LIVES COVERED THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS DIFFERENT HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS. UH, THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTENE AND, UH, QUEST DIAGNOSTICS. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE AN ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT FOR ANOTHER THOUSAND TESTS PER WEEK. UH, AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE THAN THAT, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT THEN IMMEDIATELY MOVED US FROM BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BASELINE OF 600 TESTS PER WEEK TO NOW 1600 TESTS. THE OTHER THING THAT WAS UNIQUE ABOUT THAT IS IS WE GOT, UM, UM, THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN HONESTLY DIDN'T TAKE MUCH FOR THEM TO GET TO THIS, UM, AND THEIR PERMISSION TO USE THOSE TESTS FOR ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING, WHICH IS ATYPICAL, RIGHT? VERY EARLY ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE EARLIER GRAPHICS WE PUT UP, OUR TESTING WAS VERY LIMITED WHEN WE WERE IN MID-MARCH WE WERE TESTING, YOU KNOW, 50, 60 INDIVIDUALS A WEEK WHEN WE FIRST STARTED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON RELATIVE TO TESTING KITS AND MEDIA. WE STRUGGLED LIKE SO MANY OTHER PROVIDERS DID ACROSS THE NATION AND SECURING THOSE MUCH NEEDED MATERIALS. UH, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME WE WERE TESTING FOLKS WHO ARE HIGH RISK CONSIDERED BASED ON CDC GUIDELINES OVER THE AGE OF 60 OR IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. NOW, TODAY AND FOR THE LAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, IF YOU SHOWED UP AT ONE OF OUR TESTING SITES AND YOU WERE SYMPTOMATIC, THERE WAS A VERY STRONG LIKELIHOOD, WELL NOT AS STRONG. LIKE YOU WERE GUARANTEED YOU ARE GOING TO GET A TEST. AND EVEN IF YOU WERE ASYMPTOMATIC WITH NO EXPOSURE, YOU MIGHT'VE GOTTEN TESTED BASED ON WHERE OUR TESTING WAS. WELL, WHAT THE COMMITMENT FROM 17. WE ALSO WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT TESTING ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR HEALTH CENTERS. SO THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE COMING INTO OUR CLINICS WHO ARE COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC FOR CORONA VIRUS LIKE SYMPTOMS, THAT'S FEVER, COUGH, THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM DR ASCOT AND OTHERS. UM, AND WITH NO KNOWN EXPOSURE. AND SO THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY DATA. THIS NUMBER IS SMALL OVERALL. UM, BUT THIS IS AGAIN DEMONSTRATES OUR ABILITY HERE AT COMMUNITY CARAVAN, INGEST THE DATA RELATIVE TO OUR OWN TESTING, PUT IT INTO A FORMAT THAT CAN THEN INFORM WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE TOP GRAPHIC HERE, THIS IS FOR THE TIME PERIOD OF THURSDAY, MAY 8TH THROUGH FRIDAY, MAY 14TH, MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT ABOUT 40% OF THE TESTS THAT WERE CONDUCTED DURING THAT PERIOD ARE STILL OUTSTANDING. THEY'LL HIT A, AS OF YESTERDAY OR TODAY OR TOMORROW. IN TERMS OF OUR RETURN TIME, IT'S USUALLY ABOUT 72 HOURS. RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TOP ONE, THIS IS ALL COMMUNITY CARE. OUR TESTING SITES, YOU CAN SEE FOR ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS WITH NO EXPOSURE, SO THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF HAVING BEEN EXPOSED TO ANYONE. WHEN WE'VE TESTED OUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF TESTS COME BACK POSITIVE AT 5.5%, THAT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER THAN THE 2.3% AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. DR ASCOT MENTIONED A, IT'S A LITTLE DISCONCERTING, WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE WHEN IT MEANS YET BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL NUMBER. BUT WHEN WE CONTROL FOR, AND IT COULD BE FRANKLY THE FACT THAT WHEN WE'RE DATA ENTERING THIS IN, AT OUR TESTING SITES, UH, WE'RE THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T JUST AN OVERSIGHT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THOSE SYMPTOMS IN THE HEALTH CENTERS. THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC IS REALLY, THIS WAS A NEW INITIATIVE AS OF LAST WEEK. SO AS PATIENTS WERE COMING INTO OUR FACILITIES, WE WERE ASKING THEM IF THEY WOULD LOOK IF THEY WERE ASYMPTOMATIC AND NO KNOWN EXPOSURE, IF THEY'D LIKE TO GET TESTED FOR A CORONAVIRUS. NOW, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT CDCU HAD PROVIDING US GUIDANCE UP UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO. UM, AS OF LAST MONDAY, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, UH, ISSUED A GUIDANCE THAT ONE OF THE HIGH PRIORITY GROUPS OR ASYMPTOMATIC TESTING WAS INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE DRAWN FROM, UH, RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS. AND SO THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR PATIENT POPULATION. AND SO WE ARE STILL ADHERENT TO CDC GUIDELINES. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. THESE ARE SCARCE RESOURCES, BUT BASED ON THE GUIDANCE FROM CDC AND THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR OWN TREND DATA, A HIGHER BURDEN OF CORONAVIRUS POSITIVITY THAN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO GET A BASELINE WITHIN OUR PATIENTS. AGAIN, VERY PRELIMINARY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM FOR OUR HEALTH CENTERS, WE'RE SEEING IT OVERALL POSITIVITY RATE OF 1.3900000000000001%. SO THESE AGAIN ARE FOLKS, NO SYMPTOMS, NO KNOWN EXPOSURE. WE HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL AT A 72 TEST POSITIVE. THAT'S A VERY LOW NUMBER. WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE HERE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET OVERALL, DEPENDING ON WHICH EPIDEMIOLOGISTS OR STATISTICIAN, UH, THIS IS GOING TO ROLL FORWARD. WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AS WE'LL HAVE GOTTEN TO SEVERAL HUNDRED OF ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS TESTED. SO WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITHIN OUR CARE ENVIRONMENTS. IT DRAMATICALLY SHIFTS WHEN WE START LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR TESTING SITES ON THIS SLIDE FOR INDIVIDUAL OILS WHO ARE SYMPTOMATIC WITH NO EXPOSURE, [01:10:01] UH, AND THAT'S THE TOP. SO OVERALL, IF YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC AND YOU PRESENT TO EITHER OUR HEALTH CENTER OR WHATEVER, OUR TESTING SITES, THE POSITIVITY RATE, WHEN SOMEONE'S SYMPTOMATIC AND WE KNOW EXPOSURE IS 22.83% WHEN THERE'S A SYMPTOM, THE BOTTOM PARTS ARE THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC. WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO HAS SYMPTOMS WITH A KNOWN EXPOSURE, SO THIS IS A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER, A LOVED ONE, OR MAYBE A COWORKER WHO'S TESTED POSITIVE AND THE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTS TO US WITH A SYMPTOM. YOU CAN SEE FOR OUR PATIENTS THAT'S COMING IN AT 44% AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS FAIRLY LOW, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE OVERALL TESTING THAT'S OCCURRING. UH, SO WE TRY NOT TO READ INTO TOO MUCH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THIS TO SAY THERE IS A TREND TIER AND WE NEED TO BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS. UM, AND WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, ALMOST 44% FOR COMMUNITY CARE, PATIENTS WHO PRESENT WITH SYMPTOMS AND KNOWN EXPOSURE ARE TESTING POSITIVE COMPARATIVE TO 20% OF NON-COMMUNITY CARE PATIENTS TESTING POSITIVE WITH IT OVERALL POSITIVITY RATE OF 28.21%. SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, HOW DOES THIS INFORMATION INFORM US AND HOW IT SHOULD BE USED TO INFORM POTENTIAL INITIATIVES THAT ARE BEING ENDORSED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. I THINK THIS SPEAKS VERY CRITICALLY TO A CONTACT TRACING THAT AS SOON AS WE IDENTIFY CASE SYMPTOMS, EXPOSURES, IT'S IMPERATIVE YOU WANT TO DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OR THE TOP SYMPTOMATIC WITH NO EXPOSURE COMING THROUGH, RIGHT? EVEN ON THE PART WHERE THEY'RE ASYMPTOMATIC. WE DO HAVE ASYMPTOMATIC WITH EXPOSURE AND WE'RE NOT SHOWING THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT SYMPTOMATIC WITH EXPOSURE. YOU KNOW, CONTACT TRACING IS GOING TO BE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. SO DR. SHAW, IF YOU DON'T MIND JUST TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH CONTACT TRACING AND HOW WE'RE STEPPING THAT UP AND JUST SO THAT THERE'S AWARENESS AROUND COUNCIL MEMBERS AS IT RELATES TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH AUSTIN'S PUBLIC HEALTH, WHICH WE'RE REALLY PLEASED AND HAPPY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK, THE GREAT WORK THE CITY'S DOING. UH, THANK YOU. SO, UH, DR ASCOT, UH, REFERRED TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE BY US IN COLLABORATION WITH UT. UM, WE ARE TRANSITIONING, UM, TO UH, AND MS. HAYDEN REFERRED TO THOSE AS WELL. UM, TO SET UP OUR OWN, UM, TRACING ENVIRONMENT, PARTNERING WITH CENTRAL HEALTH. UM, AS WE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TESTS, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE ARE REALLY CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AS FAR AS WHEN WE APPROACH, UM, THE INDEX PATIENTS, UM, AND THEN ENSURE THAT WE TRACE ALL OF THEIR CONTACTS. SO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT, UM, IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, SETTING THAT UP, UM, SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE IN CONTACT WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE A POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS, UM, DON'T SPREAD THAT DIAGNOSIS AS A STAY HOME AND THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS FOR THAT DR. SHAW AND GIVE ON AND HER TEAM ALL THE WORK AROUND THIS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THE INFORMATION WE JUST SHARED WITH YOU. SO OVERALL WE'RE SEEING A POSITIVITY RATE THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE GENERAL COMMUNITY. AND UH, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND SUMMIZE THAT THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE. UM, AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALSO SEEKING TESTING THROUGH OUR SITES AS A, UH, ROLE ESTABLISHED TRUSTED PROVIDER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR, UH, WITHIN OUR RACIAL AND ETHIC, UM, FOR OUR RACIAL AND ETHNIC NEIGHBORS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS. I THINK THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN COME GET TESTED THROUGH US. THE OTHER THING IS, IS OUR DRIVE THROUGH TESTING FROM VERY EARLY ON. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A REFERRAL, IT WAS OPEN. YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPLETE ANYTHING. YOU SHOW UP, WE'RE GOING TO SCREEN YOU ONSITE. NOW THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT WAIT A LITTLE LONGER. BUT FOLKS HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH US. I THINK THE OTHER KEY TAKE TAKEAWAYS THIS IS THAT WE'RE SEEING TRENDS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE THAT ARE WORRISOME WITHIN OUR PATIENT POPULATIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO SERVE IN SPECIFICALLY WITHIN OUR LATIN APPS COMMUNITY. WHEN WE'RE SEEING A RUN RATE FROM THE BEGINNING OF AROUND 24% POSITIVITY FOR THOSE THAT WE'RE NOTING THAT IT'S SKEWED BASED ON, YOU KNOW, A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REFERRING FOLKS DOWN TO US. AND SO EVEN WHEN WE START CONTROLLING FOR THAT, IT'S, IT'S STILL AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AND IT MEANS THAT OUR, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER GOOD JOB COLLECTIVELY HERE AT COMMUNITY CARE AND AT LARGE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO APPROACH CONTAINMENT AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND FOLKS THROUGH THEIR NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN THAT JUST SIMPLY HAVE ACCESS TO LESS RESOURCES. AND SO PART OF THAT'S ABOUT MESSAGING. AND SO WE'VE REALLY RELIED ON OUR INTERNAL RESOURCES, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERS AT CENTRAL HALL WHO'VE BEEN TERRIFIC TO, TO WORK AND SUPPORT US WITH THIS. IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT WHAT ARE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES, UH, BOTH USING OUR INTERNAL PATIENT DATABASE [01:15:01] BUT ALSO LOOKING AT COMMUNITY AT LARGE. AND I KNOW MR EASTLAND AND UH, MR BURTNER ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SO I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OVER TO THEM. I'M GOING TO MEET MY, UM, MY HEBREWS SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, TO SPEAK. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TED BURTON AND I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AT CENTRAL HEALTH. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY, GREAT. SO WE, UH, AS JASON MENTIONED, CENTRAL HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH COMMUNITY CARE TO CREATE A UNIFIED AND INTEGRATED, UM, COMMUNICATIONS APPROACH TO SHARE, UM, CRITICAL INFORMATION THROUGH MULTIPLE CHANNELS, UH, ALWAYS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND SO FROM GRASSROOTS ON THE GROUND OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PAID MEDIA, SPECIFICALLY TARGETING OUR TARGETING PATIENT POPULATION. SO, UM, PEOPLE 200% OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY POVERTY LEVEL. I'M JUST GOING TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. SO WE COMPLETED PHASE ONE OF A MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT RAN APRIL THROUGH MAY AND WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH TOMORROW PHASE TWO OF A MEDIA INITIATIVE. I WOULDN'T LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. IN FACT, I HAVE A MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEDIA PLANS ARE COORDINATED AND COMPLIMENTARY WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY. BUT, UM, JUST A REAL QUICK RECAP OF WHAT WE'VE DONE. WE HAD A HEAVY EMPHASIS ON RADIO AND SO AGAIN, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND OUR TARGET AUDIENCE WAS THE LATINO COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AGAIN, FAMILIES WITH LOW INCOME, UH, I CAN PROVIDE MUCH MORE DETAIL IF YOU'D LIKE IT, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE HAD PRODUCED SPOTS, SPOTS, UH, DJ READS, AND THEN WE DID A LOT OF RECORDED INTERVIEWS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND THOSE INTERVIEWS RUN, UH, PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, UH, THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS, UH, INITIATIVE, WE HAD NEARLY 470 SPOTS AND REACH 65% OF OUR TARGET AUDIENCE FIVE TIMES A WEEK. SO A REALLY GOOD SATURATION. AND AGAIN, THAT RADIO WILL KICK OFF AGAIN NEXT MONDAY, BUT TOMORROW WE BEGIN A DIGITAL, UH, ONLINE INITIATIVE. WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF EARNED MEDIA, SO PRESS RELEASES ABOUT ONE A WEEK, ALWAYS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. AND THEN NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, AND THEN A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO CENTRAL HEALTH.NET TO LOOK AT OUR, UM, COVET 19 PAGE. THERE'S A LOT OF SHAREABLE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT THERE THAT WE PRODUCED IN HOUSE AND WITH OUR CONSULTANTS. AND, UH, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF PRODUCING MORE. AND THIS PAID SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN IS TARGETED AT THE 10 ZIP CODES THAT JASON MENTIONED. UM, HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOME AND HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF POSITIVITY RATES. SO USING INFOGRAPHICS VIDEOS, UM, WE HAD 1.3 MILLION IMPRESSIONS THROUGH APRIL REGARDING, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND GRASSROOTS OUTREACH. WE'VE, OUR COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAVE ALL MOVED INTO THE VIRTUAL REALM. UM, IN FACT, WE HOSTED A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT, A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, TALKING ABOUT HOW KOBE 19 IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR 20, 21, UH, BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE LAUNCHED A NEW TEXTING INITIATIVES, SO ALL OF OUR PAID MEDIA HAS A TEXTING COMPONENT WHERE YOU CAN OPT IN AND WE'LL TEXT YOU INFORMATION ABOUT TESTING SITES, UH, RESOURCES, ET CETERA. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR MEDIA CAMPAIGN WILL HAVE A HEAVY FOCUS ON THE LATIN NEXT COMMUNITY AND LOW WAGE WORKERS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. SO TALKING ABOUT HOW TO GET TESTED, THE COVET HOTLINE NUMBER, UH, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE REALLY CRITICAL BARRIERS AS TO WHY THAT MIGHT PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM GETTING TESTED. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE IS A FEAR OF TESTING, THERE'S A FEAR OF TESTING POSITIVE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK, NOT BEING ABLE TO EARN A LIVING AND CARE FOR YOUR FAMILY. SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND EXPLAIN WHAT CAN HAPPEN IF YOU DO TEST, HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY, HOW TO ISOLATE SO YOU DON'T, UM, INFECT YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES WHO MAY BE MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING UNDER ONE ROOF SO THAT THEY GAIN, WE'LL COORDINATE THIS MEDIA BUY WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH. NEXT SLIDE. WE ALSO WENT BACK, YES, WE ALSO CONDUCTED A DIRECT MAIL CAMPAIGN THAT WERE THREE PHASES AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN ANOTHER UH, [01:20:01] ROUND, UH, HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, BUT THE DIRECT MAIL PIECES, WE REACHED 119, UH, I'M SORRY, 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS THREE TIMES. AND SO THERE WAS THREE PHASES, UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF, INCLUDING HOW TO WEAR A FACE MASK, UM, STRAIN HOME AND STAYING SIX FEET AWAY. THERE WAS A DIRECT MAIL PIECE THAT WAS ABOUT CARRYING COVERAGE. AND SO AN A DIRECT MAIL PIECE THAT WAS ALL ABOUT TESTING, UM, PROMOTING THE HOTLINE, WHERE TO GET TESTING AND WHAT TO EXPECT. AND SO THAT DIRECT MAIL PIECE WILL CONTINUE. AND THEN JUST REAL QUICKLY ON SOME OF THE GRASSROOTS OUTREACH TO RECHARGE, TO REACH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT ARE CALLING OUR MEDICAL ACCESS MEMBERS, UM, MEMBERS WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, WHO OFTEN DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. AND SO EXPLAINING TO THEM HOW THEY CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHERE TO GET TESTED, HOW TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE OVER THE TELEPHONE. AND WE'VE HEARD THAT USING A LOCAL FIVE ONE, TWO NUMBER TO MAKE THESE CALLS HAS BEEN VITAL. ANECDOTALLY, PEOPLE HOMELESS, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL IF THEY DIDN'T SEE A LOCAL NUMBER. WE'RE DOING OUTREACH TO IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN HELP SHARE INFORMATION. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN CALLING, UH, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. SO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK WITHIN THAT INDUSTRY TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT TESTING AND A ONE PAGE FLYER. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING OUTREACH KITS, UM, THAT WILL INCLUDE THE FLYERS AND POSTERS AND WE'RE GONNA MAIL THOSE TO SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT CATER TO THE LATINO COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS NOW. UH, AND THEN WE ARE BEGINNING A VIDEO SERIES, UM, THAT IS GOING TO FEATURE, UM, HIGH PROFILE LATINO LEADERS, UH, RESPECTED LATINO LEADERS, UM, C KNOW, STOKER, KNOWS TOCA, WHICH HAS TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES. AND SO, UM, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A TURN ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY. PEOPLE SAY THAT IF IT'S OUR TURN, IT'S OUR TURN. LIKE THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. SO WE WANT TO TAKE THAT AND TURN IT INTO A POSITIVE MESSAGE ABOUT IT'S OUR TURN TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES, OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT VIDEO SERIES IS IN THE WORKS AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO PUT OUT PROBABLY BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PUT SOME MONEY BEHIND IT TO GET IT OUT AS FAR AND WIDE AS POSSIBLE. AND WITH THAT I WILL PAUSE AND HAND THE TO MIKE PIECE ONE. THANK YOU TED. I'M MIKE EASTLAND, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTRAL HEALTH AND WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL AND EVERYONE FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING. REAL BRIEFLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENTS AND OUR MEDICAL ACCESS PROGRAM AND OUR MEDICAL ACCESS BASIC PROGRAM. ALSO KNOWN AS MAP AND MAP BASIC. AS YOU CAN SEE BETTER FOCUS ON THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER ENROLLMENTS HAVE INCREASED AND THAT'S UM, DUE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. ONE, AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ECONOMICALLY AND FAMILIES NEEDING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE COVERAGE. TWO, WE'VE ALSO EXTENDED ENROLLMENT BY 90 DAYS FOR OVER 16,000 MAP AND MAP BASIC MEMBERS. TYPICALLY ENROLLMENT LASTS FOR SIX MONTHS. BUT BY EXTENDING THAT ENROLLMENT, UH, WE WERE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE'S COVERAGE DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY LAPSE SO THAT, UH, THEY WENT WITHOUT COVERAGE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF COVERAGE DURING A PANDEMIC. AND THEN THE OTHER REASON IS JUST, UM, VERY ROBUST OUTREACH AND TELEPHONIC SERVICES. SO AS TED POINTED OUT, WE ARE REACHING OUT TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAYS, UH, HOW TO, UH, ROLL IN MAP BUT ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT EASY TO ENROLL IN MAP. AND THAT MEANS, UM, USING TELEPHONE. WE LAUNCHED AN APP WHICH ENABLES PEOPLE TO ENROLL AND UM, THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US BECAUSE AGAIN, PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. THEIR HOUSES ARE COMING TO THE ENROLLMENT SITES. THEY CAN DO SO FROM THEIR HOUSE SAFELY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND I WANT APOLOGIZE. UM, I'M NOT SEEING THE SLIDES ON MY SCREEN. WE ARE NOT EITHER. IT'S GOING DARK. UM, EVERYBODY HAS THAT SLIDE SET. THAT WAS, I CAN, I CAN START, UM, SPEAKING TO WHAT I, WHAT I RECALL IS THEY, UM, THESE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, IT SHOULD BE A SET OF GRAPHS THAT SHOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A VISUAL ON THE SLOW ACCESS AND SLIDING FEE SCALE PROGRAMS? [01:25:01] THE AGE PATIENT, AGE, GENDER, YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. SO WHAT THESE GRAPHS WE'RE SHOWING IS A, IT'S A, IT'S A SNAPSHOT INTO THE MEDICAL ACCESS AND MEDICAL ACCESS BASIC PROGRAMS. WE TEND TO TREND, UH, YOUNGER WITH OUR POPULATION, UM, FALLING BETWEEN THE 18 AND 45 OR 49 CATEGORY. WE ARE A PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC, OVER 66% LATIN X AND UM, AND THEN PROBABLY IN DESCENDING ORDER LOOKING AT ANGLO AND THEN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, ENROLLMENTS. UH, WE ALSO ARE, UH, WE HAVE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE ENROLLEES, UH, BY GENDER IDENTITY, UH, AS OPPOSED TO A MALE BY GENDER IDENTITY. THEN AGAIN, I DON'T RECALL OFF THE TOP. I DON'T HAVE THOSE SLIDES IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THAT JUST GIVES YOU A SENSE ABOUT WHO WE ARE. AND AS NOTED EARLIER, OUR MISSION IS BY PROVIDING CARE TO THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND WE FOCUS AT 200% OF BELOW FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. AND THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND AS, AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER AND THE VARIOUS TASK FORCES THAT WE EITHER ARE PROVIDING STAFF RESOURCES TO OR MONITORING AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY CARE. NOT ONLY LOGISTICALLY WE'RE NECESSARILY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITY SUPPORT, BUT ALSO IN OUTREACH. AS MR. BARTON HAD POINTED OUT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE, HOWEVER YOU PRESENT YOURSELF AND SEE YOURSELF, WHETHER IT'S BY RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER IDENTITY, ORIENTATIONS, UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE IN APPROPRIATE WAYS SO THAT WE CAN GET THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT, UM, HOW TO BE TESTED, HOW TO GET CARE, BUT ALSO HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY. AND FRIENDS AS WELL. SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OVER TIME, BUT WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITH YOU TODAY. MANAGER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MANAGERS ARE MORE TO THE PRESENTATION OR SHOULD WE GO TO THE COLLEAGUES TO DO QUICK ROUNDS OF QUESTIONS? UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, YOU CAN GO TO THE COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED ELEMENTS OF THIS MORNING. SO AGAIN, CAN'T THINK, CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH CENTRAL HEALTH AND COMMUNITY CARE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH THE COUNCIL. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, DR. SCOTT. HELLO. YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY WITH US. UM, I DUNNO. ARE YOU STILL WITH US? A MAYOR? I BELIEVE HE DID HAVE TO STEP UP TO GO TO COMMUNITY COURT. OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE. WE'LL GO AROUND. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. SO IF EVERYBODY, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE ONE QUESTION AND WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES TO THINK OF YOUR MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION AND WE'LL WHIP AWAY THROUGH THE ACCOUNTS. REMEMBER ALICE, YOU WANT TO START WITH YOUR FIRST QUESTION? YES. LET ME MAKE SURE I'M, I'M MUTED. UM, AND I'M SORRY THAT DR. SCOTT HAD TO STEP OFF. HE MAY BE THE ONE TO BEST ANSWER THIS, BUT I HAD SEEN IT, THERE WAS THREE CLUSTERS WITHIN MEDICAL LABORATORIES AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS IN RELATION TO A COVEN TESTING LAB OR IF THAT WAS SOME SORT OF OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR IF THERE WAS ANY INDICATION THAT IT CAME IN THROUGH OTHER POINTS OF CONTACT AND JUST HAPPENED TO BE SHOWN THERE. DIRECTOR HAYDEN, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? UM, YES. UM, IT ACTUALLY CAME IN THROUGH, UM, OTHER POINTS OF OTHER POINTS OF TESTING, NOT FOR THE LABORATORIES WHEN WE WERE PROCESSING THE TESTING. OKAY. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES. UM, I WAS NOT AWARE OF ALL THE, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT CENTRAL HEALTH IS DOING. SO THANK YOU. UM, AND WAS WONDERING IF, IF, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, YOU KNOW, DR. SCOTT HAS REALLY HIGHLIGHTED ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE'VE HAD, THE DISPARITIES, THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT WE'RE SEEING. AND UM, BECAUSE CENTRAL HEALTH HAS DONE SUCH SIGNIFICANT WORK IN THAT OUTREACH, UM, YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE, BUT WE HAVE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE US, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR A TASK FORCE OR SOME SORT THAT WANTING TO HELP THE WANTING TO HELP AND BOOST OUR EFFORTS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. AND SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, HAS, HAS, HAS, HAVE MEMBERS OF THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY REACHED OUT TO CENTRAL HEALTH AND ASKED, UM, FOR A SIMILAR TASK FORCE. AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE THAT'S THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT Y'ALL ARE DOING, UM, IN THAT AREA AND, AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF, UM, BOASTING OF YOUR EFFORTS. [01:30:01] UM, I'LL, I'LL START THE ANSWER TO THAT AND THEN ASK OTHERS TO CHIME IN PLEASE. THAT'S A, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. AND ACTUALLY THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN TO WHERE WE REACHED OUT TO LEADERS, UM, IN COMMUNITIES, UH, LATIN X, AFRICAN-AMERICAN, UM, AND ALSO BY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. BUT THEY'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO US AND BEEN INVALUABLE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING US INSIGHT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO, HOW TO WORK THROUGH THIS, THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS. SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BENEFITED FROM A VERY ROBUST TWO WAY COMMUNICATION, BUT, AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO BE A CENTRAL AS WE CONTINUE TO GO FORWARD. UM, SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO FORM A TASK FORCE. NO, MA'AM. UM, AT LEAST NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I THINK THAT JUST, WE'RE, UM, RUNNING A 90 MILES AN HOUR, PUTTING OUT AS MUCH CONTENT AS WE CAN, BUT IF THERE'S SOME, SOME, UH, PIVOTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT WHAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE DOING, WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT. UM, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A TASKFORCE THAT THERE'D BE ONE THAT'D BE ORGANIZED, UM, UNDERNEATH, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HEALTH OR THE EOC, HOWEVER THAT SHAKES OUT. BUT, UM, YOU GET TO MEET TASKFORCES, YOU START PULLING ON THE SAME RESOURCES AND TOO MANY ZOOM MEETINGS AND YOU LOSE PRODUCTIVITY. UM, BUT THAT'S MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO YOUR EXCELLENT QUESTION. OKAY. I JUST QUICK, QUICK FOLLOWUPS, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, GET SOME SUPPORT FOR SAID TASKFORCE. SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO HELP, UM, HELP THE EFFORTS. BUT I, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMUNITY CARE AND EVERYONE FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW COMMUNITY CARE HAS, UM, I THINK WEEKLY UPDATES. I WAS ABLE TO JOIN ONE FOR A LITTLE BIT THAT IS OFFERED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH EVERY WEEK. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHERE OUR KITCHEN. UM, OKAY. SO, UM, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? YES, I KNOW. I ONLY GET ONE. SO, UM, SO MY QUESTION THEN I'LL ASK, UH, ARE CENTRAL HEALTH THEN, UM, I'M, I'M WONDERING ABOUT COORDINATION ACROSS, IT'S ACTUALLY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH TO ABOUT COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER, UM, SAFETY NET PROVIDERS IN THE CITY, SPECIFICALLY, UM, PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC. UM, AND THE OTHER, UM, OR THE OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS THAT ARE PART OF THE, OR HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST PART OF THE ICC, THE INTEGRATED CARE COLLABORATION. I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S COLLABORATION GOING ON. TWO FRONTS, BOTH, UM, OUTREACHING TESTING, UM, AND THE, AND THE DATA COORDINATION BECAUSE I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY TO TAKE THE DATA FOR OUR TESTING THE DATA FOR CENTRAL HEALTH TESTING THE DATA FOR PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CLINIC THAT DATA FOR THE OTHER SAFETY NET PROVIDERS TO GET A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE. I THINK CENTRAL HEALTH DATA IS VERY, VERY, VERY INSTRUCTIVE BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE. BUT I'M WANTING TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE ARE EFFORTS GOING ON TO LOOK AT THE DATA ACROSS THE COMMUNITY TO INTEGRATE THE DATA AS WELL AS TO INTEGRATE THE OUTREACH. AND I THINK THE MAYOR PER TIM'S QUESTION ABOUT THE, UH, TASK FORCES IS VERY, UM, HELPFUL. AND SO I'D ALSO BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE ICC IN ANY OF THIS, UH, INTEGRATION. WELL, I THINK ON THE DATA PIECE I'LL HAVE THE FERTILE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME, SOME DATA COMPILATION OF COLLECTION FRAMEWORKS THAT ARE SEPARATE FROM THE ICC, BUT I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO OTHERS TO ANSWER THAT. WE COULD ASK STEPHANIE TO SPEAK TO THIS. KATHERINE, OUR KITCHEN, MIKE HAS BEEN TASKED WITH PULLING EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S DOING TESTING. THE TESTING IS IN ONE PLACE AND IT'S BEEN REPORTED. THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE NEVER BEEN SET UP BEFORE. UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW IT IS, IT IS IN FACT HAPPENING. OKAY. WELL, I MEAN THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THESE DATA, THESE DIFFERENT DATA BUCKETS ARE HELPFUL, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND ACROSS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE SEEING. COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, THIS IS JASON WITH COMMUNITY CARE HERE AND MAYOR ADLER IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THAT TASK FORCE HAS BEEN STOOD UP. IT'S FUNCTIONAL. THERE'VE BEEN TWO MEETINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED. UH, DR SALSA AND MYSELF ARE PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY WITH THAT IN COORDINATION, INCLUDING, UH, GAINING ACCESS TO INFORMATION THROUGH ICC, BUT ACROSS THE DISPARATE SYSTEMS AND THEN HAVING THAT ALL FUNNEL UP. SO IT'S A, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE FOR, TO BE PRODUCED OUT OF THAT, BUT I WOULD BE GUESSING IT'S STILL PROBABLY [01:35:01] SEVERAL WEEKS AWAY. THE CICC GETS ALL THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM. IT'S ALL THE TESTING LABORATORIES AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I USED TO BE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ICC, SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT. SO YES, DR FORNIA, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU OFFLINE SOME MORE ABOUT THAT. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO. YEAH. SO, AND ALSO I LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER ASPECTS OF, UH, COORDINATION THAT MAY BE OCCURRING WITH REGARD TO OUTREACH, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THREE GUIDE TO, YOU KNOW, REACH IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT SORT OF THING. UM, AND I THINK THAT THE MAYOR PER TIM'S QUESTION WAS IMPORTANT, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME COORDINATION THERE ALSO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? YES, COUNSELOR TOLD THEM. UM, I HAVE, I HAVE SEVERAL. I THINK MINE TOO IS FOR DR S SCOTT WHO'S LEFT, BUT PERHAPS SOMEONE ELSE ON THE CALL CAN ANSWER THIS ONE. SO IN DR S SCOTT'S PRESENTATION, HE HAD A SLIDE ABOUT THE NON-INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS, ONE ONE INVOLVED RESTAURANT RETAIL ONE INVOLVED CONSTRUCTION. I'M TRYING TO SQUARE THAT INFORMATION WITH SOME OTHER INFORMATION REVIEW RECEIVE TODAY AND OTHER INFORMATION WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE MEDIA. AND I'M NOT, I CAN'T, I CAN'T MAKE THAT WORK, UM, FROM MY ANGLE. SO PERHAPS DIRECTOR HAYDEN MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, ANSWER THAT QUESTION, CARE, UM, IN, IN THEIR PRESENTATION. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. UM, BUT IN THEIR PRESENTATION, YOU GAVE SOME NUMBERS FOR ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THOSE, AND SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE NON-INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS SITE THAT WAS IN DR S SCOTT'S PRESENTATION ALSO REFLECT IS, IS A DIFFERENT SET OF NUMBERS OR HOW, HOW THOSE MESH. UM, THE OTHER EXAMPLE I'M AWARE OF, WE'VE SEEN SOME MEDIA DISCUSSIONS AND I DON'T, I'M NOT GOING TO OFFER SPECIFICS, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED SOME, SOME MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT PARTICULAR RESTAURANTS. UM, AND THOSE NUMBERS DON'T SEEM TO BE REFLECTED IN THE NON-INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS AND DR S SCOTT SLIDES. SO, SO I WONDER, DIRECTOR HAYDEN, IF HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE NON-INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS. UM, FRAMEWORK THAT DR S SCOTT PRESENTED AND WHAT NUMBERS THOSE ARE COUNTING AND HOW THAT MESHES WITH COMMUNITY CARES INFORMATION. AND BEFORE I, BEFORE I END, I JUST WANT TO SAY I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTRACT TRACING. UM, I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT AND ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UM, DIRECTOR HAYDEN AND OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND SHAWN WILLETT IN PURCHASING. I KNOW YOU HAD A VERY, VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME, UM, IN GETTING THE, THE AISD CAREGIVER MEALS UP AND RUNNING. I BELIEVE THOSE START TODAY. UH, AND AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE INVOLVING DIFFERENT GLOMERATION OF LOCAL RESTAURANTS. SO IT'S REALLY A BENEFIT ALL AROUND ALL OF ALL OF THOSE, UM, PARTIES, BOTH THOSE WHO ARE DELIVERING THE MEALS AS WELL AS THOSE WHO ARE RECEIVING THEM. SO REALLY HUGE THANKS TO OUR CITY STAFF FOR THEIR EXTRAORDINARY WORK ON GETTING THAT HAPPENING. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES OR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO THE BUDGET QUESTION FOR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH ABOUT THAT CHART. INSTITUTIONAL CLUSTERS CHART. YES. UM, SO BASICALLY, UM, I'LL START WITH THE QUESTION BETWEEN THE TIE BETWEEN, UH, WHAT, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CARE HAS, UH, PRESENTED VERSUS WHAT ELSE THE PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PRESENTED. UM, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND IS, IS THAT THEY'RE TESTING SITES. UM, UM, AS DR SHELL SHELLS, UH, MENTIONED THEY HAD A SITE WHERE, UM, A, UH, SEVERAL, IT WAS OVER 40 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS CAME OVER, UM, TO THAT TESTING SITE AND THEY WERE, UM, FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY. SO THEY ARE HAVING FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS COMING OVER FROM ANOTHER COUNTY. SO THAT'S ONE THING. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT, UM, WE DEFINE A CLUSTER AS THREE OR MORE CASES. AND SO ONCE A SITE HAS THREE OR MORE CASES, UM, AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTION, IT IS VERY COMPLEX BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, THEN YOU MAY HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE SMALLER CONTRACTS. AND SO THEN WE START TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC, UM, PART OF THE INDUSTRY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE PLUMBING FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE TWO CLUSTERS WITHIN THE TWO COMPANIES [01:40:02] THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX THAN JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUSINESS ITSELF, THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. AND SO ALL OF THE COMPLEXITIES WITH THAT. UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION AND I KNOW, UM, BE ABLE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WELL. WELL, DR HILTON, THANK YOU. THAT IS THE QUESTION REALLY IS ABOUT THE SLIDE THAT DR S SCOTT PRESENTED ON 16. I THINK I HAVE ANOTHER CLARIFICATION I NEED FOR THAT. AND IT'S ON PAGE 16. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER DIVISION G WHERE IT SAYS RETAIL TRADE FOOD SERVICE AND IT LISTS THREE, IT'S NOT THREE INDIVIDUALS OR THREE CLUSTERS THAT THAT IS THREE CLUSTERS. AH, OKAY. SO THAT'S THAT I THINK IS THE CLARIFICATION I NEEDED TO SQUARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ON PAGE 16 WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE MAY BE GETTING THROUGH THE MEDIA AND OTHER SOURCES. AND ARE THESE CLUSTERS CUMULATIVE OR ARE THESE CURRENT CASES? THESE, THESE ARE CURRENT BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY WITH THIS SNAPSHOT AND WE TOOK OUT THE NON, WE TAKE OUT ALL THE NURSING HOMES AND SO THIS IS ONLY CLUSTERS BETWEEN MAY 1ST THROUGH MAY 17TH. I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IN THE FUTURE MAYBE NOT BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE PRESENTATION. THOSE CLARIFICATION'S BOTH THE DATES AND THE AND SOME OF THAT OTHER UM, INFORMATION THAT WE DISCUSSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE CAN DO THAT. AND UM, AS A DOCTOR, AS SCOTT MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE A STABILIZATION AND THERE'S NO MORE ADDITIONAL CASES, THE CLUSTERS FALL OFF AND WE, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ANOTHER SET OF CLUSTERS. SO IT'S AN THAT'S REALLY SUPER HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND MIRA SAY I WOULD REQUEST THAT AT SOME POINT DURING TODAY'S WORK SESSION WE REVISIT THE IDEA OF THAT TASKFORCE THAT SEVERAL OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED. I KNOW WE ARE TRYING TO GET TO QUESTIONS FOR PRESENTERS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, I HAVE SEVERAL, SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND POTENTIALLY EVER CITY STAFF ABOUT THAT ISSUE. I'LL MAKE SURE WE DISCUSS THAT. I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO FURTHER THIS COUNCIL MEMBER, OTHER PEOPLE RAISED THEIR HANDS. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHAT I'M HAVE TO READ. MY QUESTION IS, UH, UM, IT'S ALSO WAS TESTING. UM, WE HAVE, UH, UH, I SEEN THAT WE'RE GETTING, UM, MORE, UH, CASES. A CONSTRUCTION SITE IS REALLY PLANNED THROUGHOUT NOW FOR Y'ALL GUYS TO GO UP AND TEST ALL CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OR JUST WAITING UNTIL SOMEONE, BUT ONE OF THESE CONSTRUCTION SITES COME IN AND TEST POSITIVE. AND IF THEY DO, DO I GO AND TEST ALL, ALL THESE WORKERS OUT THERE? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER THEREA UM, OUR STAFF ARE DEVELOPING THE UM, UH, TESTING, UH, PLAN AND STRATEGY FOR CONSTRUCTION SITE TWO AND FOUR, BUT AS IT, AS A GENERAL PRACTICE, UM, BASICALLY WHAT THE DEPARTMENT DOES IS, IS THAT IF THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT TESTS POSITIVE EATING EMPLOYMENT, UM, SITE, UM, WE, WE TRACK THAT INFORMATION. AND SO ONCE IT TURNS INTO A CLUSTER, WE CONTACT THE OWNER OF THAT BUSINESS AND, UM, WE TALKED TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THREE POSITIVE CASES AT YOUR, UM, AT YOUR, UM, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR SITE, YOUR LOCATION AND, UM, BASICALLY, UM, RECOMMEND SOME, UM, STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE. AND AMONGST THOSE STRATEGIES IS, IS THAT WE, WE WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION IF WE NEED TO GO IN AND TEST MORE EMPLOYEES IF WE NEED TO, UM, CHECK THE, UM, UM, SCREENINGS THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE, ANY KIND OF DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY'VE KEPT UP WITH. SO IT'S A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TYPE PROCESS AS WELL BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE ADHERING TO THOSE SAFETY PRACTICES. BUT WITH CONSTRUCTION WE ARE LOOKING TO DO, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, ACTUALLY WAIT UNTIL THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE ACTIVE CASES FROM THAT LOCATION BEFORE Y'ALL GO AND TEST ALL THE REST OF THE WORKERS. IS THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET HOLD OF THE TEST OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION OF THE OTHER CONTRACTORS? WELL, IT'S A, IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEVERAL THINGS. UM, ONE, [01:45:01] I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET. UM, AND SO, UM, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING EACH OF THE PRIORITIES AS MUCH AS WE CAN. SO BETWEEN THE NURSING HOME TESTS AND THE LONGTERM CARE TESTS, UM, THE, THE, THE REQUESTS FROM THE JAILS, THE REQUESTS FROM THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, UM, THE GENERAL POPULATION THAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, THE ABILITY TO DO MOBILE TESTING. AND SO WE HAVE SO MANY PRIORITIES AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THAT TESTING OR THE TESTING KIDS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. SO WE HAVE TO SET A PROCESS WHERE WE DO PRIORITIZE. SO IT'S A COMBINATION. IT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TESTS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TESTS AVAILABLE OUT THERE TO DO THAT. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TEST. THERE ARE NOT. THIS IS LESLIE. I CAN'T TELL IF YOU CAN SEE MY HAND. THAT'S WHERE HER HARPER, MADISON COUNSELOR, MY COUNSELOR. THANK YOU TARA. I APPRECIATE IT. I ACTUALLY THINK I'M A COUNCIL MEMBER. RENTERIA GOT PART OF MY QUESTION ANSWERED. UM, AND SO THE, THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION WOULD BE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. UM, BUT I STILL WALK AWAY WITH THE QUESTION ABOUT ACCESS. UM, BOTH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO GET TO THE SITE TO BE TESTED. I'M STILL JUST HAVING SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IF WE'RE MEETING THE NEED, IF WE STILL HAVE THAT TRANSPORTATION, UM, SHORTAGE. AND THEN THE OTHER CONCERN I'M HAVING WAS PICK ON ONE OF THE SLIDES. THE INDICATION WAS UPWARDS OF 70% OF PATIENTS ARE ACCESSING HEALTHCARE, UM, IN THE SYSTEM BY WAY OF, UH, UH, IT WAS TELEPHONIC AND, AND, UH, DIGITAL ASSETS. AND SO I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M STILL JUST WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION AND OR ACCESS TO, UM, DIGITAL DEVICES AND OR BROADBAND? YEAH, SO I'LL TAKE THAT ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, SO JASON, 48 COMMUNITY CARE. SO OUR HANCOCK TESTING SITE AT INTERSTATE 35 AND 41ST, THAT WAS THE FIRST WE OPEN. BUT FOR THE VERY CONCERNS YOU RAISE, IT WAS THE REASON WHY COMMUNITY CARE BASED ON NOT ONLY KNOWLEDGE, DISCRETE KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE CUNY AT LARGE RELATIVE TO TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS, BUT ALSO HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WE NEEDED TO BRING TESTING CLOSER TO AND MORE PROXIMAL TO WHERE THEY LIVE, UH, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE INITIATED OUR EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY TESTING INITIATIVE. AND SO ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS WE HAVE TESTING AT THE JORDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN, UM, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH AISD IN COLONY PARK. WE'RE IN DEL VALLEY AT THE SE METROPOLITAN PARK ON THURSDAY MORNINGS. WE'RE AT MEANER, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAYS. AND WE'RE ALSO IN THE AUSTIN'S COLONY, HORNSBY, BEN, UH, AREA THAT DUNLOP MIDDLE HORNSBY, DUNLAP MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I SHOULD SAY ON TUESDAYS. ADDITIONAL TO THAT, DOWN AT OUR WILLIAM CANNON SITE, WHICH IS DOWN IN DOVE SPRINGS, OUR PFLUGERVILLE SITE, OUR RUNDBERG SITE, WE'RE DOING ONSITE TESTING. SO PFLUGERVILLE AND WILLIAM CANNON FOLKS, WHEN THEY COME TO THOSE HEALTH CENTERS, ARE ABLE TO GET TESTED, UH, AS THEY'RE ENTERING THE BUILDING. AND IN SOME CASES WE ACTUALLY HAVE TESTING OUTSIDE AND WILLIAM CANNON, UH, WHICH IS IN DOVE SPRINGS IN PFLUGERVILLE ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF THAT. SO DOESN'T MITIGATE THE ISSUE COMPLETELY BUT, BUT HAVING ACCESS TO OTHER, UH, TESTING SITES I THINK HAS HELPED. AND WE SAW HIM AT OUR CLOSE TO ALMOST 600 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS TESTED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY THROUGH THOSE INITIATIVES AT THOSE SITES. AND MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WE'VE OPENED UP TESTING WITHIN OUR HEALTH CENTERS. THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. ALL OF OUR HEALTH CENTERS UP AND RUNNING WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OUR SMALLER OB GYN CLINICS, THE AUSTIN OB GYN CLINICS, THE ONE IN SPRINGDALE AND RIVERSIDE STILL REMAIN CLOSE, UH, PARTLY BECAUSE WE'VE CONCERT OR OB FACILITIES, UH, ON, UH, OUR SOUTHEAST HEALTH AND WELLNESS OR NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST AUSTIN, UH, HEALTH CENTERS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR PRENATAL PATIENTS. WE ARE SUPPORTING ASSISTING WITH TRANSPORTATION AS WELL, NOT JUST FOR TESTING BUT FOR CLINIC ACCESS AS WELL. SO WHILE A LOT OF OUR CLINIC SERVICES ARE STILL BEING PROVIDED BY TELEPHONE OR TELL MEDICALLY, UH, WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES ONSITE. UH, JUST SO THAT THERE'S CLARITY, UM, YOU [01:50:01] DON'T NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTER, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO A SMARTPHONE. ACTUALLY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY JUST AS LONG AS THEY'VE GOT ACCESS TO A LANDLINE OR TO, UH, UH, A PHONE, UH, BE AT A CELL PHONE WITHOUT DIGITAL KELLER SMARTPHONE CAPABILITIES. WE'RE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR PATIENTS AND IF NEED BE, IF THEY NEED TO BE SEEN IN PERSON, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, UH, AT ONE OF OUR CLINICS. ADDITIONAL TO THAT, WE'VE SET UP ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAIL, HOME PHARMACY, DELIVER DELIVERY, UH, COMING OUT OF OUR CENTRAL PHARMACY AT A SOUTHEAST HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. BY NO MEANS DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GETTING TO EVERYONE'S NEEDS. AND SO AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC, WE'RE TWEAKING OUR RESOURCES AND HOW WE APPROACH TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS IT. UH, THE CONCERN ABOUT FOLKS BEING ABLE TO CONNECT TO US TELEPHONICALLY HAS BEEN RAISED. UM, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR BURNERS AT CENTRAL HEALTH TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO WE GO AHEAD AND MITIGATE THAT. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, NO, THANK YOU. THANKS. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THE SLIDES THAT DR PROVIDED AND I KNOW HE ISN'T HERE. MAYBE DR. HAYDEN COULD ANSWER. IF YOU COULD LOOK AT SLIDE 15, THAT NEW CLUSTER, I THINK IT'S UH, WHEW. THE NEW CLUSTER WAS NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. THERE'S TWO DEATHS OUT OF 26 RESIDENTS, 18 WORKERS. UM, CAN YOU TELL US IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING INFECTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS AND IF THEY WERE, WHY WAS THERE THIS BIG OUTBREAK? IS THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR THEY'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH OR, UM, WHERE THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING? CAN YOU GIVE US, TELL US THE STORY THAT'S HAPPENING THERE PLEASE. AND IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER, IF STEPHANIE ISN'T ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. SOMEBODY ELSE. SO THAT'S SCOTT. SLIDE 15. UM, UM, SO, SO ULTIMATELY, UM, AT THOSE FL SITES WE ARE AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO TEST THE EMPLOYEES AND THE RESIDENTS. SO AS THOSE TESTS COME BACK POSITIVE THEN YOU ARE GOING TO SEE UM, REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR THE LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES YOU ARE GOING TO SEE UM, ADDITIONAL UM, WE ARE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE IN POSITIVE RATE FOR THE STAFF AS WELL. IF THAT'S THE CASE THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD BE USEFUL FOR US TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE CHARTS SO THAT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY IF MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING TESTED, OUR HOURS ARE GOING TO GO UP AND THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED TO A SURGE BECAUSE WE HAVE REOPENED. BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SIFT THROUGH THAT, THOSE DIFFERENT UM, VARIABLES. SO IF STAFF COULD GIVE US ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THESE DOCUMENTS AND ALSO COULD WE GET THESE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE OUR MEETING TO WALK THROUGH SOME PRETTY DENSE MATERIAL, LISTEN AND READ AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK THROUGH THESE PAGES OURSELVES IN ADVANCE. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY MAYOR, CITY MANAGER THAT WE CAN GET THIS INFORMATION IN THE SAME TIMEFRAME THAT WE GET OUR OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FOR MEETINGS. PLEASE. THAT'D BE, IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL. I THINK IT MIGHT LIMIT HOW MANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE IN THIS FORUM. UNDERSTOOD. WELL WE'LL DO OUR BEST. THANK YOU. SPECIAL CALLED. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALSO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS QUESTIONS TODAY'S EXPERTS AS WELL. UH, I'LL CHECK AND SEE ABOUT GETTING ALL THE EXPERTS BACK AGAIN. JUST KIND OF A HERCULEAN TASK. WILL EVERYBODY TO A COUNCIL MEETING LIKE THIS CAUSE EVERYBODY IS LITERALLY RUNNING 90 MILES AN HOUR ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK. BUT I'M SURE THAT IN THIS SPECIAL CALL NEXT WEEK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND AT LEAST AT SOME OF THESE WE'LL CHECK AND SEE. UM, AND WE GET ENDED UP THE DOCUMENTS IN ADVANCE. PLEASE THINK IT WILL MAKE OUR MEETINGS GO FASTER I HOPE. I THINK AND I AGREE WITH THAT TOO. IT'S BEEN, THAT HAS BEEN THE REQUEST ALL THE TIME. AND I KNOW STAFF IS TRYING TO GET US DOCUMENTS AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF US BEING ABLE TO REVIEW THINGS SO THAT THEY GET BETTER QUESTIONS WHEN, WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER. UH, RATHER THAN [01:55:01] HAVING A NEED TO THEN BRING THEM BACK AGAIN TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND THEY WON'T ASK ANYBODY. AGAIN, IT'S GOING 90 MILES AN HOUR IN THE MORNING. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU AND I KNOW THAT STAFF YEARS COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERED GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. UM, AS WE TRY TO, UM, PUZZLE OUR NEXT STEPS TO ADDRESS A HIGH PREVALENCE OF THE CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, UM, IN CERTAIN POPULATIONS, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND LANGUAGES AND GET THAT INFORMATION OUT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ACCESS TO TESTING. THEN ITEM 38. WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ABILITY TO STAY HOME AND MAKING THAT EASIER. UM, THERE'S SEEMS TO BE ANOTHER PIECE HERE THAT I'D LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT, WHICH IS IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF STAYING HOME, HOW DO WE MAKE THEIR WORK SITE SAFER? UM, AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CITY AND KIND OF DOING THAT? UM, SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR STAFF ON WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE THOSE SITES SAFER, WHETHER IT'S HAND WASHING STATIONS, THAT'S ACCESS TO PPE, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, AND THEN IF WE HAVE DATA FROM WHERE WE'RE SEEING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT WHETHER THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY HOME OR NOT STAY HOME OR UM, YOU KNOW, IN THAT REGARD. UM, I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO, WE ALSO HAVE TO, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, UM, THE ABILITY TO STAY HOME. AND IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT SO EVERYONE CAN STAY HOME, WE'VE BEEN PRECLUDED FROM TAKING CERTAIN ACTION, UM, FROM THE STATE AND, AND, AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC SIDE. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IF SOMEONE HAS TO GO TO WORK, UM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS, THAT THEY HAVE THE SAFEST, UM, PLACE TO WORK. UM, POSSIBLE. I START AND THEN, UH, DIRECTOR HAYDEN AND FOLKS FROM CUNY CARE CAN ALSO JOIN. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS HAVING. AND WE NEED TO REALLY AMP UP THE WAY IN WHICH WE EDUCATE AND COMMUNICATE AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF EXACTLY AS YOU'RE SAYING, UH, BOTH THE HYGIENE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TO CREATE, UH, SITUATIONS WHERE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE INCENTIVIZED TO DO THAT. SO IT IS THAT SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AROUND KNOWING THAT THEY WILL ONLY VISIT PLACES THAT ADHERE TO THOSE POLICIES. UH, BUT WE STAND READY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP SIGNS THAT THEY'RE ACCESSING, UH, PPE AND, AND SANITATION EQUIPMENT. UH, AND WE FILTER THOSE REQUESTS AS WE WOULD NORMALLY THROUGH OUR EOC. AND SO EVEN IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT NEED MORE ASSISTANCE WITH, WITH, UH, DIFFERENT SANITATION OR, OR, OR HYGIENE OR, OR, OR, OR, OR MATERIALS THAT THEY'D BE REQUESTING, UH, WE, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE, UH, IN THAT RESPECT. BUT I'LL ASK THE DIRECTOR, HAYDEN IF SHE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE AROUND HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THAT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR FROM DR. HAYDEN, BUT I ALSO JUST WANT TO ADD, I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE ANY DATA ABOUT THE ABILITY TO STAY HOME OR TO STAY HOME OR NOT TO, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING COMPREHENSIVE FOR THE REGION, BUT IF OTHERS ON THE LINE HAVE THAT DATA, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN. IS THERE A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED OF THE EOC AS MEMBER AUTHOR AND NO ONE'S BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT? UH, YET, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IS UH, UH, JUST BASED ON CONVERSATIONS LIKE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, UH, SOME OF THE WORKERS GROUPS HAVE GONE OUT TALK TO THE WORKERS AND GIVEN US ANECDOTAL INFORMATION BY SOME OF THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE. I THINK THERE ARE MORE OF OUR COLLEAGUES BRINGING A RESOLUTION THIS WEEK THAT SPEAKS TO THAT ISSUE. BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN, UH, ANY REAL DATA DRAWING ON THAT. SURVEYS ARE THE, LIKE THE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION AND SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT BARRIERS MIGHT BE. AND THERE ARE MANY. IT JUST DIRECTOR HAYDEN DIDN'T HAVE A ANYTHING BAD. UM, I, I AGREE WITH, UM, CITY MANAGER CRANK AND THE MAYOR AS WELL. UM, AND, AND THE BUSINESSES, BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO EITHER THROUGH ONE, ONE OR DIRECTLY TO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH VIA EMAIL AS THEY ARE, UM, [02:00:01] TRANSITIONING BACK TO THE WORKFORCE AND WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THEM. UM, AND, AND HELPING THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR IS PROTOCOLS AND THE ONES THAT, UM, MAY HAVE REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. UM, SOME OF THAT IS REPRESENTED IN THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, MR WILL, UM, WE'LL REVIEW DURING HIS PRESENTATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT THE, UM, CHILDCARE FACILITIES HAVE REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP AS THEY ARE, UM, STARTING TO SET UP AND GET AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING SERVICES TO. SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK IN THAT SPACE AND, AND, AND PROVIDE THAT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. I WANT TO JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A NEED THAN JUST TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT EASY FOR FOLKS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THE MATH AND, AND, AND I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A ROLE FOR US, UM, IN, IN MORE FORMALLY PROVIDING SOME OF THE RESOURCES OR CREATING THE ACCESS MECHANISMS, UM, TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR FOLKS. UM, YOU KNOW, FOLKS KNOW THAT THEY NEED SANITATION, THEY KNOW THEY NEED MASKS, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET THOSE, UM, IN A TIMELY WAY THAT THEY CAN AFFORD ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. AND TO THAT END ON SOMETHING, I KNOW THAT A COUNSELOR ALSO THAT YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON A, THERE'S A NONPROFIT, UH, YESTERDAY THAT JUST GAVE A HUNDRED THOUSAND MASKS TO INSTRUCTION SITES. UH, AND IT'S THAT GROUP WHOSE NAME I CANNOT REMEMBER AT THE MOMENT. YEAH. THE EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATION THAT HAS INVITED ANY EMPLOYER IN THE CITY TO CALL UP ANYONE IN THE CITY. THEY HAVE APPARENTLY ACCESS TO MILLIONS OF MASKS AND ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO CALL IN AND THEY'RE POINTING OUT THAT HE'LL PROVIDE THOSE MASKS, UH, FOR FREE IF YOU'RE UNABLE TODAY, UH, ASKING PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THE NEXT PERSON TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, BUT IN CASE ANYBODY IS WATCHING OUR MEETING TODAY, UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO MASKS, UM, THAT IS PRESENTLY AN IMMEDIATELY, UH, AVAILABLE. UM, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU ACCOUNTS OVERALL. DO I WISH MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THAT SITE? UH, RIGHT NOW HE'S ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO PROMOTE IT MORE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS, TO GET THAT WORD OUT AS WIDELY AS WE CAN, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE WITH A SUPPLY OF MASKS LOOKING TO GET THEM OUT TO EMPLOYERS OR TO WORKERS OR TO HAVE HER IN, UM, IN SCALE QUANTITIES AT ATX EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOUNDATION. UM, IT CAN BE LOOKED UP THAT WAY, UM, FOR FOLKS WHO, WHO I WANT IT. BUT I, I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS THESE BOTTLENECKS, LIKE EVEN IF YOU WANT TO SET IT UP VERY SAFELY, UM, WE STILL HAVE A WEEK SUPPLY CHAIN AND WE HAVE A ROLE, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. THANK YOU. UH, COLLEAGUES, SOMEONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION. AMERICA. MY QUESTION WAS FOR DR. SCOTT AND IF DIRECTOR HAYDEN, THIS IS BETTER FOR HIM THAN I THINK JUST AN EMAIL FROM HIM TO US WOULD WORK. BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT OUR EXPERTS BELIEVE SHOULD BE GETTING DONE IN THE JAIL. UH, I THINK HIS SLIDE SHOWED A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S GETTING DONE AND A LOT OF FOLKS I DON'T THINK KNOW ALL EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DONE. UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT SHOULD BE GETTING DONE, IT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL FOR US TO KNOW. UM, AND IN PARTICULAR, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REAL SCARCITY OF TESTING. UM, UM, AND SO, SO I'M INTERESTED IN WHEN OR IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO, UM, MORE VIGILANTLY BE TESTING ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE IN THE JAIL. I THINK IT'S REALLY, WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION THAT OTHER CITIES IN JAILS HAVE GOTTEN INTO AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THAT POSITION. SO, UH, DIRECTOR HIDDEN, IF THAT'S BETTER FOR DR. SCOTT TO JUST EMAIL AND SAY ANSWER TO YOU, THAT'S OKAY. BUT THAT WAS MY, MOST OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MY COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT THEN LET ME CONCLUDE WITH THIS FIRST, UH, TWO, UH, UH, DIRECTOR HAYDEN AND TO UH, UH, DR. SCOTT THEN AND THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM, TRAVIS COUNTY. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE WITH RESPECT TO PERCENTAGES THAT ARE TOO HIGH, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. UH, BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A TOO HIGH PERCENTAGE [02:05:02] OF A, OF A SMALL NUMBER. UH, AND WE HAVE YOU GUYS TO THANK TO A LARGE DEGREE FOR THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH LARGE NUMBERS, UH, THAT SO MANY COMMUNITIES ARE DEALING WITH. SO THANK YOU FOR HER LEADING, HELPING TO BE OUR COMMUNITY IN A POSITION WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP TAMP IT DOWN. SO MUCH SPECIAL THANKS TO COMMUNITY CARE. AND TO CENTRAL HEALTH, YOU ARE OUR MINDS AND THE AREA THAT IS MOST CHALLENGING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING AND THE SUPPORT YOUR YOUR OPERATIONS ON. I WANT TO PICK BACK UP THIS AFTERNOON, THE ISSUE RAISED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM . UH, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BEST PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE VOICES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO HELP. I WOULD AN ABILITY AND A WAY TO BE ABOUT TO, TO, TO PLUG IN. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING, MANAGER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S NOW GO TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. IT IS 1110. I WANT TO BRING UP FINANCE SIDE OF THIS. YES. KEVIN WILL TELL THEM. CAN I MAKE A QUICK SUGGESTION, UM, TO PONDER? I, I THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THESE PRESENTATIONS. THEY'RE SUPER INFORMATIVE AND VERY USEFUL. WE SEEM TO ALWAYS RUN OUT OF TIME FOR QUESTIONS AND I WOULD JUST, UM, ASK THAT THAT ONE SOLUTION MIGHT BE TO HAVE THEM IN SEGMENTS AND MAYBE HAVE PEOPLE COME AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AFTER EACH SEGMENT. BUT IT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SEVERAL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENTING TODAY, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST SECTOR, I, SCOTT AND OTHERS ARE ALSO ON, ON ROUTE TO TRAVIS COUNTY TO PRESENT PROBABLY A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION. AND SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY. I, I THINK, I HAVE NO IDEA, UM, CTM HOW COMPLICATED THIS WOULD BE. BUT, BUT SINCE, SINCE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT ARE, ARE RECEIVING SOME OF THE SAME INFORMATION, ARE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THE SAME THINGS, THIS MIGHT BE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO HAVE THAT PIECE OF THOSE PIECES OF OUR MEETINGS BE JOINT SO THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE LISTENING TO DR. SCOTT AND ASKING QUESTIONS. THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT ARE IN THE SAME VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY BE MOST EFFICIENT WITH OUR, OUR STAFF'S TIME, BUT ALSO, UM, POTENTIALLY HAVE MORE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO EXPLORE. SO I'LL THINK ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. AND HERE, THANK YOU MAYOR MEMBERS. UH, WE'LL [Item B2] NOW PIVOT TO THE BUDGET FRAMEWORK THAT WAS REQUESTED AROUND COBIT 19 FUNDING. UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE RECEIVING MULTIPLE, UH, SOURCES OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT ABOUT THE FLUID NATURE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND HOW WE CAN BE MINDFUL AND STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW TO USE THOSE LIMITED RESOURCES. OBVIOUSLY THE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE SO MUCH GREATER THAN WHAT WE HAVE, THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT, UH, BUT KEEPING IN MIND SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND SOME WAYS OF MOVING FORWARD. UH, OUR, OUR BUDGET, UH, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING COLLABORATIVELY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THIS. AND YOU WERE GIVEN THESE MATERIALS YET LAST NIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE, UH, LOOK THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY. BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY CFO AT BENNY NOTE. SO WALK US THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS MORNING, BUT WE HAVE OTHER STAFF ON THE LINE TO ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, ONCE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS, OF THIS FRAMEWORK. THANK YOU CITY MANAGER AND GOOD. UM, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. MAYOR BRUTON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I COULD JUST FIRST ASK OUR CTM STAFF TO SWITCH TO THE OTHER GRIEVANCE STATION. THIS IS PART OF THE BACKUP INFORMATION WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU. THIS IS THE DETAIL TABLE, SO IN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK, BUT WHILE ON BIG CITATION. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S JUST JUMP RIGHT AHEAD INTO THE NEXT SLIDE. SLIDE NUMBER TWO PLEASE. AND I BELIEVE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAD WITH VISITATION AND SEND IT OUT YESTERDAY EVENING. UM, BUT ON SLIDE TWO YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS WORK IS IN RESPONSE TO CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION PASSED ON LATE SEVEN ON DIRECTING STAFF TO DEVELOP A SPENDING FRAMEWORK FOR YOU FOR THE UTILIZATION OF ALL FEDERAL SOURCES, BOTH IN 19 RELIEF FUNDS. THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE EVERYTHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION. THERE'S LOTS OF DETAILS INCLUDED WITH THE RESOLUTION, BUT THESE ARE BROAD POINTS OF RESOLUTION DIRECTORS AND STAFF TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. UM, FIRST OFF, MAXIMIZING EFFECTIVENESS ON THE USE OF THOSE BEDROCK BONDS. [02:10:01] LOOKING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR FISCAL YEAR. WE BUDGET A LITTLE BIT, CERTAINLY HAD SOME BUDGET CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US WANTING TO INCLUDE A TIMELINE FOR EXPENDITURES AND ALIGNED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH FUNDING SOURCE TO INCLUDE ALL THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED COUNSELED FUNDING INITIATIVES, THINGS LIKE BLOGS, ET CETERA. UM, TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF FUNDS INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY CATEGORY. UM, THE PRIORITIZED PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND SAVE LIVES AND TO PRIORITIZE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO SERVE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I PUT THOSE ALL WITH CHECK MARKS CAUSE I UM, I BELIEVE THAT OUR FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE PRESENTING TODAY ADDRESSES ALL OF THOSE POINTS WITH THE SLIDE THREE PLEASE. THIS WAS VERY MUCH A, UH, ORGANIZATION WIDE COLLABORATION. I CAN'T THANK THE TEAM MEMBERS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE NOT FROM AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC RECOVERY, UH, OFFICER VERONICA ZANIO, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDED BY SOME, WE HAVE A LITTLE WRAP, THE EQUITY OFFICE, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, ALLEGED CHARITY. THOSE ARE THE TRUE LOVE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING. AND UM, DR S GOT ALSO IS ABLE TO BIND, BIND TO HELP GUIDE THIS, MISSED ALL OF HIS OTHER DUTIES AND JUST A BRAG ON THIS TEAM A LITTLE BIT. I HAVE BEEN ON AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK. I AM ON BALLS WITH CFOS AND OTHER STAFF INVOLVED IN OPEN 19 RESPONSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM LARGE FIRMS, LARGE CITIES, PHOENIX, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, ALL OF THE LARGE TEXAS CITIES. AND I CAN TELL YOU I'M NOT AWARE OF A SINGLE OTHER CITY THAT'S PUTTING OUT A FRAMEWORK THIS QUICKLY WITH THIS MUCH DETAIL. AND BACK, I WAS JUST ON A CALL YESTERDAY TALKING WITH SOME FOLKS AND UM, ONE OF THE CITIES THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE ALREADY PRESENTING THIS TO COUNCIL THIS WEEK THAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE TARGETING JUNE 17 ROUGHLY A MONTH FROM TODAY BEFORE THEY PREVENT WITHOUT A FRAMEWORK TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL. AND THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IN THE TIME THEY HAD. SO IT JUST CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH TO THE EVENING AND WEEKEND HOURS THAT THE FOLKS ON THIS PAGE PUT IN TO GETTING THIS FRAMEWORK TO YOU ON THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE GIVING IT TO YOU. I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK RECAP WHERE I'M ON SLIDE FOUR NOW. UH, THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THE CITY IS FACING. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS CAUSE YOU'VE SEEN IT GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO APRIL SEVEN. WE PROVIDED A QUICK SUMMARY TO COUNCIL AND WE HAD CHANGED. UM, WE'LL USE THE NUMBERS. SO, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE ACROSS A LOT OF OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES, WE ARE PREDICTING DECLINES AND SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN MANY OF THESE REVENUE SOURCES. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, FOCUSING ON AND DOING OUR BUDGETARY PLANNING BASED UPON THE SLOWER RESOLUTION. WE THINK THAT'S THE WORD PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION. UM, THE MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FOR SURE ON THAT SLOWER RESOLUTION. UM, AND WORKING WITH JOHN FROM GXP, WE'RE PASSING A 57 POINT $6 MILLION REDUCTION IN REVENUE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. UM, AND THEN AS WE LOOKED AT FISCAL YEAR 2021, UM, ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A RESURGENCE OF CASES AND A SECOND SHUTDOWN, UM, THAT BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND STAY OVER AND OPERATE SAFELY. UM, WE WOULD PROJECT A LESSER IMPACT OF $22 MILLION. UH, FOR FISCAL 2021 WE DO HAVE OUR FIRST DATA POINT. WE CAN ACTUALLY POINT TO, UM, WE RECEIVED OUR MAY SALES TAX PAYMENT, WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF MARCH SALES. THERE IS A TWO MONTH LAG IN THE TIME OF SALES OCCURRED AT A TIME, UM, THAT THAT REVENUE GETS RECORDED TO THE CITY FROM THE STATE CONTROLLER AND OUR MAY SALES TAX PAYMENT WAS DOWN FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT. UM, UM, WHICH IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER LARGE TEXAS CITIES WHERE THE RANGE IS ANYWHERE FROM SIX AND A HALF PERCENT DECLINE TO 10.7% DECLINE. STATEWIDE. THE REDUCTION IN SALES TAX REVENUES FROM OUR SALES WERE DOWN 9.3%. UM, THE STATE HOME STAY SAFE ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT ON MARCH 24TH. SO THIS MINUS 4.5% IS REALLY ONLY A PARTIAL MONTH IMPACT, BUT IT DOES CAPTURE THE FACT THAT SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST WAS CANCELED THIS YEAR. UM, BUT THEN ALL OF THAT, WE'D CERTAINLY ANTICIPATE THAT OUR JUNE SALES TAX PAYMENT, WHICH WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF A APRIL SALE IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IT'S GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER DECLINE THAN THE 4.5%. SO THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND SITUATION AND WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, SCALING BACK ON DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, LOOKING INTO THE PRUDENT USE OF OUR RESERVES TO TRY TO BALANCE OUT THIS LOTS OF REVENUE. AND OUR BILL MAINTAINS A REMAINS TO BE THAT BY TO END THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHERE THEY 12% RESERVE LEVEL. I [02:15:01] DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH 12% RESERVE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. WE STARTED THIS WITH A RESERVE. BEYOND THAT, WE HAVE VERY GOOD FINANCIAL POLICIES. WE ADHERE TO THOSE FINANCIAL POLICIES AND THAT PUTS US IN A GREAT POSITION TO RESPOND TO A CRISIS LIKE THIS. BUT WE CAN MANAGE TO BE PRUDENT WITH OUR RESERVES AND THAT'S A SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE FUTURE SHOULD WE NEED IT. IF THERE IS A RESURGENCE OF APPROVAL, 19 AND ADDITIONAL ACCESS, WE WON'T NECESSARILY, UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE SIX, IT, UM, THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ECONOMIC LOCKDOWN DON'T STOP WITH THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES, WE'RE PROJECTING THE DECLINE OF 36 POINT $7 MILLION. AIRPORT REVENUES DOWN 68 POINT $1 MILLION AND UM, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MARTIN FEEDS DOWN 8.9 MILLION. WHILE THAT COMPARATIVELY IS, THAT IS A SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER BIGGER DOWN THE SLIDE. AND ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT'S NEARLY A 50% REDUCTION IN PARKING REVENUES PROJECTED FOR FISCAL YEAR ONE. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE VARIOUS FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES. AND AGAIN, I'LL TRY TO BE QUICK HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE SLIDES BEFORE, BUT WELL FIRST IS FEMA FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WHERE THE FEDERAL COST SHARE IS 75%. THE LOCAL COPS SHARES 25%, WHICH IS STANDARD FOR DISASTER DECORATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE ITEMS, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEME EXPENSES ARE THERE FOR OUR DIRECT EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE EVENT. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IS HAIR EXACT FUNDING. AND AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THESE BEFORE SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL. BUT THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO, UM, LOCAL AGENCY IS A PERONA BY RISK RELIEF FUND. THE CITY'S ALLOCATION IS 178 POINT $8 MILLION AND PROBABLY YOU CAN SEE THAT THOSE FUNDS WERE, ARE AVAILABLE FOR MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS DUE TO THE EMERGENCY ECONOMIC SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, APRIL HOPS OF STAFF, SUBSTANTIALLY DEDICATED TO PROBING MAGAZINE RESPONSE. UM, AND THEN THEY DO COME WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE TO USE THOSE FUNDS BY DECEMBER 30TH OF 2020. UM, AND UM, THE FUNDS CANNOT BE USED FOR REVENUE. RIGHT? SO, UM, WE ALSO RECEIVED ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FROM VARIOUS CUT ALLOCATIONS. CDG WHERE DOES THE SOLUTIONS BRAND? WE WANTED THE NEXT SLIDE AND WE RECEIVED FUNDING ON TO AID INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LIVING WITH AIDS, WHY WHITE GRANT AND THAT HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS GRANTS OR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL OUTPATIENTS. BUT BOTH OF THOSE FUNDING FROM THE BYRNE JAG GRANT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND A 58 ONE $7 MILLION ALLOCATION OR OUR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT GRANT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS WANTING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. UM, THESE ARE SOME NEW AWARDS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO COUNCIL, BUT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF. UM, BUT I JUST IDENTIFY THEM ON THIS SLIDE AS NEW AWARDS, A COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AND A ONE POINT $5 MILLION CAME TO THE CITY. THESE FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR EMPLOYMENT TRAINING AND PLACEMENT, HEALTH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, UM, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE LINKAGES AMONGST THE VARIOUS ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO RECEIVE A $550,000 GRANT FOR THE CARES ACT PROVIDER RELIEF PROGRAM. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT GRANT THAT WILL HELP US REIMBURSE OUR COSTS RELATED TO UNINSURED OVER THE 19 PATIENTS. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, THERE ARE ALSO A VARIETY AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, MANY OTHER UM, SOURCES OF GRANT FUNDING THAT WOULD SEE DOLLARS THROUGH THE CARES ACT. UM, AND WE HAVE CITY STAFF THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT ARE CRUCIAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ALL OF THESE AREAS. AS WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE'LL BE CERTAIN TO SHARE THAT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO END THIS SECTION AT LEAST WITH TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES ON ALL THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FUNDING. HERE IS ROUGHLY $265 MILLION OF FUNDING, UM, FROM THE CARES ACT. UM, THAT COMBINED WITH THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF CITY OF AUSTIN FUNDING AIRPORT FUNDS OF ROUGHLY ANOTHER $250 MILLION COMBINED COMING INTO THE AUSTIN MSA, WE OUT JUST OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING FROM THE HARRIS ZACK LOANS TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES AID WITH THE OVID 19 RESPONSE AND THAT HALF A BILLION DOLLARS DOESN'T EVEN ACCOUNT FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT [02:20:01] WOULD BECOME LATER IN THE PROCESS. THAT'S JUST FUNDING DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CARES ACT AND ALSO DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY SOURCES OF LOCAL DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED TO CRISIS RESPONSE. I'M GOING TO MOVE IN NOW TO A SUMMARY OF OUR BROKEN VIRUS SPENDING FRAMEWORK. UM, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU SAW IT UP BRIEFLY. THERE IS A SECOND BILE THAT PROVIDES A LOT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND THE FUNDING. I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE A SUMMARY HERE ON THESE SLIDES. AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE STAFF FROM UM, VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS DO UM, HELP RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS. BUT UM, TO START OFF IN CREATING THIS FRAMEWORK, UM, WE PULL ALL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS TOGETHER AND REALLY DISCUSS WHAT THE KEY PRINCIPLES FOR THE FRAMEWORK WOULD BE AND A LOT OF THESE OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES YOU SAW ARTICULATED IN RESOLUTION AND ARTICULATED THAT INITIAL SLIDE OF THIS SLIDE DECK. BUT PRINCIPAL STAFF FOCUSED IN ON WAS TO MAKE MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE OUR TOP PRIORITY. AND WE HAVE HEARD THAT NOT ONLY FROM OUR MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, UM, IT WAS EXPRESSED IN THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION. WE HAD HEARD FROM INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE EVEN HEARD IT FROM OUR ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE MIGHT THINK WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF THE CITY. AND THEY ARE, AND IN THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, THEY ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THIS OUR TOP PRIORITY IN THEIR WORDS. THAT SINGLE BEST THING WE CAN DO FOR OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS TO, UM, ADDRESS THE DISEASE TO STOP THE SPREAD AND TO GET OUR ECONOMY SAFELY OPENED UP AGAIN WITHOUT RISKING THE NEED FOR ITSELF AND SHOVELS. SO THEY'VE ALSO PRIORITIZED MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS AS OUR TOP PRIORITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. UM, SECONDLY THAT ALL PUBLIC HEALTH AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT PROGRAMS MUST LEAD WITH RACIAL EQUITY. YOU'VE HEARD THE DATA EARLIER TODAY AND YOU'VE HEARD OF ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH BENEFITS. UM, AND THEN IN OUR ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY WE'RE SEEING AND HEARING, UM, FROM THAT COMMUNITY ABOUT THE BUSINESS IMPACTS THEY'RE EXPERIENCING AND HOW THEY'RE DISPROPORTIONATE FROM WHAT ARE THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. SO BOTH OF THESE ARE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND THEY ARE BUTTONED CENTER IN OUR CONSIDERATION OF HAVING DEVELOPED THESE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. HOW WE ROLL THEM OUT PROPERLY. PRESERVING THE CITY'S LONGTERM FISCAL HEALTH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SAW THAT EARLIER SLIDES AND THE REVENUE REDUCTIONS THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE STRATEGIES WE'RE DOING TO MITIGATE THAT LOSS OF REVENUE. UM, AND AGAIN, I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY STRIVING TO DO HERE IS TO MAINTAIN OUR QUOTE PER SECOND, THIRD LEVEL. SO WE ARE STRATEGICALLY LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FEDERAL FUNDS, FEMA AND OTHERS, UM, FOR CITY EXPENDITURES THAT WERE OCCURRING THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO UM, CHARGE OFF TO A FEDERAL SOURCE OF FUNDS, WHICH IS GOING TO HELP US KEEP OUR BUDGET IN BALANCE. AND THEN THIS, THE CITY MANAGER LED WITH THE FINAL PRINCIPLE, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO MAINTAIN FLEXIBILITY IN THIS. UM, OUR, OUR SITUATION, THE PUBLIC HEALTH SITUATION, IT SEEMS TO CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVE AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST TO THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES. UM, SO WE NEED FLEXIBILITY AND REGARDS TO THE FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AS NEW INFORMATION COMES IN, UM, WE MAY DECIDE THAT IT'S NECESSARY TO SHIFT FUNDING FROM ONE PROGRAM AREA TO THE OTHER. AND MAYBE WE HAD TOO MUCH MONEY IN ONE BUCKET AND WE NEED MORE THAN ANOTHER AND WE NEED FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT. UM, WE REALLY NEED FLEXIBILITY IN REGARDS TO THE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT WE WOULD APPLY TO ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND SO YOU'LL SEE IN THE FRAMEWORK WHILE WE'RE, WHILE WE IDENTIFY THE TYPES OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO USE FOR THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LISTED. UM, WE'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY SAYING THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT MUST LOVE THIS FUNDING SOURCE AND ANOTHER DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT MUST COME FROM A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. UM, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT. AND WE HAVE A WHOLE CITY STAFF TEAM SET UP, UM, UM, STAFF FROM OUR CONTROLLER'S OFFICE OR HOMELAND SECURITY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BUDGET OFFERS THAT ARE CAREFULLY LOOKING AT ALL THE, WITHIN EXPENDITURES AS ARE IN IDENTIFYING THE MOST APPROPRIATE, THE MOST STRATEGIC SORTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING WILL APPLY THE EXPENDITURES TO. AND AGAIN, AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THOSE BONDS AND TO MINIMIZE THE RISK OF CLAIMS BEING DENIED, LOTS OF BELINDA IN REGARDS TO WHICH SOURCES WE GET BLIND TO WHICH PROGRAMS. UM, AND THEN BY THE, THE FUTURES IS OF COURSE UNCERTAIN. WE GOT TO KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE A RESURGENT OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT NEED TO BE A SECOND SHUTDOWN. UM, [02:25:01] THE RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR A CONTINGENCY FUND AND UM, WE ARE PROPOSING A CONTINGENCY IN THIS PLAN THAT I'LL LAY OUT HERE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, THIS IS JUST A 50,000 FOOT LOOK AT THE, AT THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK. IN TOTAL, WE HAVE 270 POINT $1 MILLION OF SPENDING THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE WILL OCCUR ACROSS THESE FOUR BROAD CATEGORIES. UM, ECONOMIC SUPPORT, 101.2 MILLION. AND UM, I'LL, I'LL PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES IN THE SLIDES. UM, COMING UP NEXT, UH, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, $98 MILLION MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEWS, 37 POINT $9 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY FUNDS, $33 MILLION. THIS $270 MILLION IS THE SUM TOTAL OF OUR GROWNUP VIRUS RELIEF FUND. ALL THOSE DIFFERENT GRANTS WE'VE RECEIVED FROM HUD AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES GETTING ENVISIONED. $25 MILLION OF OUR GENERAL FUND RESERVES WILL BE DRAWN DOWN AS PART OF OUR OVERALL RESPONSE RESPONSE PLAN. REMEMBER WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR ABOUT $25 MILLION AHEAD OF OUR 12% POLICY AND OUR GOAL IS TO END THE YEAR AT THAT 12% POLICY, BUT THAT DOES GIVE US $25 MILLION THAT WE CAN APPLY OR IS THAT'S OUR MORE FLEXIBLE SOURCE OF FUNDING. UM, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE FOR WHAT OUR FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS WILL BE IN. OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE. THERE COULD BE MORE THAN ONE THING IT DOESN'T INCLUDE IS THE AIRPORT GRANT OF 57 POINT $8 MILLION. UM, THAT GRANT IS VERY FLEXIBLE IN REGARDS TO THE AIRPORT USES. UM, BUT IT STOPS AT THE AIRPORT. THAT AIRPORT BRAND. COULD IT BE USED FOR ANY OF THE PROGRAMS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN FULL, BUT JUST PLEASE KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL 57 POINT $8 MILLION. IT'S FLOWING TO OUR AIRPORT TO MEET THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. I JUST HAVE THREE OF THESE, ACTUALLY FOUR OF THESE TO PROVIDE YOU A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY. THESE TRACK TO THE MORE DETAILED TABLES THAT WE'VE PROVIDED IN THE OTHER PDF DOCUMENT. BUT IN REGARD TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND THE $98 MILLION ESTIMATE OR PROGRAMS SUCH AS, UM, EVENT, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, OPERATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER. UM, THIS IS OUR DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC INCLUDING OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAM AND PROGRAMMATIC ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE 19. AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES PAYROLL EXPENSES FOR STAFF THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DEDICATED TO COVE IN 19 RESPONSE AND IN PARTICULAR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH PERSONNEL THAT ARE, UM, THAT HAD TO SUBSTANTIALLY SHIFT HOW THEY OPERATE, THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY OPERATE IN ORDER TO SAFELY OPERATE IN OVER 19 WORLD. BUT, UH, FUNDING SOURCES HERE, A LOT OF THIS WILL BE REIMBURSABLE FOR FEMA, BUT ALSO THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. UM, AND THEN THE OPERATING BUDGETS OF OUR DEPARTMENT TO THE EXTENT THEY HAD FUNDING ALREADY IN THEIR BUDGETS, UM, UM, FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT IT'D BE USED FOR COATED 19 RESPONSE. AND THAT'S ALSO A SOURCE OF ONLY IN HERE. UM, I'LL HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE, UM, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THE LITTLE FOOTNOTE THAT THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. UM, AND UM, ALSO ONE WANTS TO BE AWARE THAT THESE ESTIMATES ARE INCLUSIVE OF ANY PRIOR ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL IS TAKEN. UM, SO FOR THINGS LIKE THE RISE PROGRAM, WE TO BE BENIGN OF SUPPORT THAT'S INCLUDED IN IT. AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS WITHIN, UM, ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF 37 POINT $9 MILLION. AGAIN, WE'RE USING ESTIMATE THROUGHOUT HERE. WE FULLY ENVISIONED THAT THESE NUMBERS, UM, MAY NEED TO SHIFT AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, BUT THIS FUNDING WOULD BE, UM, FOR BROADLY FOR PROGRAMS INCLUDING DETECTION OF A VULNERABLE POPULATION. SO, UM, THIS LIVING FOOD, UM, NURSING HOMES, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, ET CETERA, WOULD ALL BE CAPTURED UNDER PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I THINK HE'S DONE TESTING, UH, EPIDEMIOLOGY, RESPONSE PLANNING AND RESEARCH AND SHELTERS AND QUARANTINE FACILITIES, VARIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES, EDUCATION, OUTREACH, UM, MEDICAL AND PROTECTIVE SUPPLIES. SO ESSENTIALLY ALL THE THINGS WE'D BE ALL NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS DISEASE. UM, CONTINUE TO SLOW AND EVENTUALLY TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, YOU KNOW, VOID ALL RESURGENCE AND THEN A SECOND ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN OR, OR, OR BEYOND A SECOND. AND THEN THIS IS ALL SORTS OF FUNDING. AGAIN, WE DID MAKE THIS OUR TOP PRIORITY, ALTHOUGH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS, UM, SMALLER THAN WHAT YOU'RE SEEING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND UM, AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT. [02:30:01] THIS IS WHERE WE START OUR TASK TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTAL IS WE GIVE US THE BUDGET ESTIMATES THAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE TASK THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU. AND UM, THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME UP. UM, IN REGARDS TO THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT. THIS IS A LONG LIST, SO I WON'T READ ALL OF THE BUT UNDER A ONE POINT $2 MILLION. UM, BUT FUN RIDE PROGRAM, ANCHOR PROGRAM, VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT COUNCIL HAS ALREADY APPROVED. UM, BUT ALSO A WHOLE SLEW OF ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE EVEN ON A SUPPORT TEAM FELT WERE NECESSARY, PROVIDE RELIEF TO BUSINESSES, ARTISTS, AND MUSICIANS, NOT FOR PROFITS. UM, AND, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ESPECIALLY NEED HELP DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. NOT ONLY IS THIS THE, UH, THE, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M SORRY, I SHOULDN'T, UH, I JUST GO TO SLIDE 19. THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO. LET'S MOVE ON TO SLIDE 20 NOW AND WITH STILL WITHIN THAT ECONOMIC SUPPORT CATEGORY, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT COME TO BEAR HERE IN FRONT OF VIRUS, BUT WE FUND THE VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDING AND OFTEN ENERGY AND WATER TO INCREASE FUNDING TO PROVIDE UTILITY BILL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL FAMILIES AND THEN OUR GENERAL FUNDRAISERS. BUT ALSO THOSE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE FINAL CATEGORY BEING CONTINGENCY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE WILL HOLD $33 MILLION OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR, UM, FOR FUTURE UNCERTAIN WEEDS. THIS IS ROUGHLY 12% OF THAT TOTAL. UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST INCIDENTAL. THAT'S IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS WHAT WE STRIVE TO KEEP IN OUR GENERAL FUND AS A PRUDENT RESERVE POLICY. UM, WE DIDN'T DESIGN THIS TO, UH, TO LAND THERE. UM, BUT, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ENDED UP, UM, $33 MILLION TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL MEDICAL OR PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS AS THEY ARISE, INCLUDING IF THERE'S A NEED TO, IF THAT RESURGENCE OF THE DISEASE, WE NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND TESTING, ET CETERA. UM, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES THIS FLEXIBILITY IF WE ENDED UP HAVING HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED OPERATIONAL EXPENSES RELATED TO OUR CODE IN 19 RESPONSE. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES AND IT'S A VERY FLUID SITUATION, UH, WITH AS THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR EXPENDITURES THAT PERHAPS ARE DISALLOWED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. AGAIN, WE HAVE A TEAM DEDICATED TO THIS AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS CONSISTENCY GIVES US SOME FLEXIBILITY SHOULD THAT OCCUR. AND THEN JUST BROADLY FLEXIBILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS. ONLY HAVE TWO MORE LEFT THAT WE HAVE A SLIDE 22 PLEASE. JUST IN REGARDS TO TIMING CONSIDERATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY ONLY TWO BIG TIMING CONSIDERATIONS. ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE 170 POINT $8 MILLION FRONT OF VIRUS RELIEF. THOSE DOLLARS MUST BE EXTENDED BETWEEN MARCH 1ST, 2020 AND DECEMBER 30TH, 2020. WHAT DOES EXPENDED MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE COULD ENCUMBER THE FUNDS ON DECEMBER 30TH AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA THEY'VE BEEN ENCUMBERED, WE'VE INCURRED THE EXPENSES, PAID THEM OUT YET? NO, I DON'T THINK WE COULD DO THAT. THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HAS MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT WHEN THEY SAY EXPANDED, THEY REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT MONEY OUT THE DOOR CHECKS PASSED BY DECEMBER. NOBODY WOULD REALLY FIND THIS YEAR IF YOU ADDRESS THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE, NOT FOR APARTMENTS OR CITIES OR JURISDICTIONS AND TRYING TO CREATE A KIND OF A RAINY DAY FUND OUT OF A, THE SECOND CONSIDERATION HAS TO DO WITH FEMA REIMBURSEMENTS, WHICH, UM, THE CITY HOUSE FROM MARCH 25TH, WHICH WAS THE DATE OF THE TEXAS DISASTER DECLARATION ITSELF, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2020, UH, TWO INCURRED COSTS OF THE GOAL OF BEING OUR REIMBURSEMENT AND THEN FILING IS YOU'D LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE PASSED OUR OPERATING DEPARTMENTS AND THEY ARE PREPARED TO PHASE THE DOLLAR FOR THOSE PROGRAMS IN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS. UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS THE, UH, THE MANY, MANY CURRENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FUTURE NEEDS THAT THE COMMUNITY MAY HAVE YOU ON THE FINAL SLIDE. NEXT STEPS. I'M ON MAY 21ST, JUST TWO DAYS FROM TODAY. YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR AGENDA. UM, WE WERE BUDGET AMENDMENT ITEMS TO APPROPRIATELY VARIOUS SOURCES OF FUNDING. I DIDN'T HAVE AN ITEMS FOR THE PROVIDERS THAT WE FUND. UM, AND, AND, UM, ANY OF THE HUD FUNDS, YOU'LL ALSO SEE MANY, MANY ITEMS FOR THE APPROVAL AND RATIFICATION OF NUMEROUS 19 RELATED CONTRACTS SO THAT WE CAN THEN START MOVING FORWARD WITH IT SPENDING THESE DOLLARS AND MEETING THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS, UM, ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE'LL CORRECT [02:35:01] WITH THAT. WE'LL BE, UH, CONTRACTING, UH, DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS, GETTING THOSE CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONTINUED PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. UM, AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE SHIFTING OUR GEARS TOWARDS DOCUMENTATION OF ALL THESE EXPENSES FOR THE FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS AND FINANCIAL REPORTING SO THAT WE CAN REPORT BACK OUT. SO ON A REGULAR BASIS HOW WE'RE DOING IN REGARDS TO SPENDING THESE FUNDS AND MEETING THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I DO AGAIN WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM WHO WORK AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF HOURS TO GET THIS DONE, THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAD TO GET IT DONE IN AND THEY ARE ON THE LINE TO HELP ME WITH QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THAT A COLLEAGUE HAS 1140. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AGAIN, WE'LL KIND OF ROTATE THROUGH IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, TO A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE THROUGH. UM, THIS IS OUR STAFF SO WE HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH THEM. AND IT'S MY SUGGESTION THAT UM, WE ADDRESS MORE OF THE KIND OF, THE FRAMEWORK ON THE CLUSTER FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED. I'M NOT SURE, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS IN THE LIGHT OUT TO GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER POLLS QUESTION EARLIER. IT'D BE GOOD TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS AND MAYBE ASK MORE QUESTIONS ON THURSDAY. YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS IT OBVIOUSLY MORE DETAIL AT A SPECIAL NEXT WEEK. UH, SO I THINK THAT PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FEEDBACK WE COULD GIVE A QUESTIONS WE WOULD ASK WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK MORE GENERALLY THAN TRYING TO MOVE THINGS BETWEEN, BETWEEN THINGS THAT SAID IN A PROTEST GOING TO START US OFF. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 15 MILLION ADDITIONAL OR IS THAT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED? THAT IS THE, THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT. AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS SPREADSHEET, RIGHT? YEAH, I WAS RIGHT AT THE SECOND, BUT I LOOKED AT IT THIS MORNING. YEAH. SO THE COLUMN ON THAT SPREADSHEET THAT SAYS ESTIMATED TOTAL ESTIMATED SPENDING FOR EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES, THE COLUMN TO THE WRITER THAT SPEAKS TO WHAT COUNCIL ACTIONS AREN'T ENCOURAGED. SO FROM FOR THE RIDE PROGRAM LINE, THERE IS THE $59. OKAY. AND I GUESS MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, I'M INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE HAS NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. UM, AND SO I'M WONDERING IN THIS ONE QUESTION AROUND, UM, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION? I DON'T WANT TO HOG AT THE TIME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IF I JUST SAW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS HAPPENING ON THURSDAY? AND THEN I THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING TO LOOK FURTHER AT THESE ALLOCATIONS. SO HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE HAVE THAT MEETING AFTER WE, AFTER WE POSSIBLY APPROVE SOME SPENDING ALLOCATIONS? NO, I THINK THAT'S AN INAPPROPRIATE CONVERSATION TO HAVE. BUT CERTAINLY SPENDING ALLOCATIONS THAT ARE COMING UP, A FAIR GAME TO DISCUSS IN THE BROADER CONTEXT. UM, SO THOSE THINGS WERE, THEY WERE, THEY WERE PARALLEL PATHS. STAFF WAS RESPONSIVE TO THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED THAT'S NOW COMING UP. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THINGS COMING UP ON OUR, IF WE ASKED THE MANAGER AND HAD TO COME BACK WITH KIND OF A GLOBAL FRAMEWORK FOR US AND THAT'S NOW WHAT HAS, OKAY. AND I'LL JUST QUICKLY ADDRESS MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE NO ADDITIONAL. UM, I SEE INCREASES TO, WE, WE'VE APPROVED SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDS AND I SEE INCREASES IN ALMOST ALL OF THOSE. I DON'T SEE ANY, I DIDN'T SEE ANY INCREASE TO THE RISE ABOVE WHAT WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED. SO THAT'S THE CONCERN. THE OTHER I SAW, AND I HATE TO GET INTO THIS COMPETING AGAINST, CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S INCREDIBLE NEED, UM, FOR EVERYBODY. BUT WE SPECIFICALLY DIDN'T CALL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RISE FUND AND I WOULD CONSTANTLY BE ASKED, WELL WHAT INDUSTRIES IS THIS FOR? AND I SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES CAUSE THAT'S FOR ANYBODY WHO NEEDS IT. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T CALL IT AND DINA, SO I SEE SPECIFIC, UM, YOU KNOW, MUSICIAN AND CREATIVE ARTS AND REALLY ANYBODY COULD HAVE APPLIED TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE RISE FUND WASN'T CALLED THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, UH, NANNY DOMESTIC WORKERS FUND. IT WAS CALLED THAT RICE FUND SPECIFICALLY CAUSE ANYBODY COULD, UM, APPLY TO IT. AND SO, UM, JUST BRIEF CONCERNS ARE THE OVERALL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO GET TO BUSINESS, BUT, UM, WE'RE GIVING MORE TO BUSINESS THAN WE ARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY NEED. UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY, [02:40:02] I, I'M, I'M NOT A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THOSE, IN THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE STUFF AROUND. BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR A RISE WHEN WE'RE ALREADY SEEING NONPROFITS, UM, ASKING FOR MORE MONEY THROUGH THAT FUND. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A, THERE'S A, A NONPROFIT, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP FOR NONPROFITS AND RISE MONEY DOES ALLOCATE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. SO IF WE GIVE NONPROFITS RISE CONTRACTS, THEY'RE GETTING HELP BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING IT. SO, NOT ONLY ARE WE HELPING THE NONPROFIT, BUT WE'RE HELPING THEM GET MONEY OUT TO PEOPLE WHO NEED THE MONEY. SO I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AS WE DECIDE WHERE THE ALLOCATIONS GO. SO IF I COULD JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF STEPHANIE IS STILL ON THE LINE, BUT I, I DO KNOW THAT THE, A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RIGHTS AND THE ITEM RIGHT BELOW ON THE SPREADSHEET SPEAKS ABOUT A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IS I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF STEPHANIE IS ON A LINE TO EXPLAIN THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WAS LOOTED ON SEVEN POINT $9 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH FUND AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT IS SIMILAR OR DIFFERENT THAN RIDES. ARE YOU ON SPOT? I THANK YOU. AND, UM, UM, THE DEPARTMENT FELT LIKE KIND OF BASED UPON THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING FROM OUR, OUR SOCIAL SERVICES, UM, BRANCH AS WELL AS OUR STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN OUR CASE MANAGEMENT STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THE, UM, THE, THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL OPERATIONS AT THE CALL CENTER. UM, WE, WE, OUR, OUR FOLKS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, LIKE SOFT REFERRALS AND REFERRAL, YOU KNOW, TO, UM, UM, SOCIAL SERVICE ENTITIES THAT COULD ASSIST THEM. BUT WHAT WE KEEP SEEING IS, IS THAT, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE WANTING TO, UM, NOT STAY AT HOME AS THEY WAIT FOR THEIR TEST RESULTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO, UM, OR FOLKS THAT, UM, DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO STAY AT HOME BEFORE 14 DAYS TO RECOVER. AND SO WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEALTH FUND AND THAT FUND WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FOLKS, UM, THAT DON'T, THAT WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR WHETHER IT'S UNEMPLOYMENT RENTS OR WHETHER IT IS, UM, THE SICK LEAVE. BUT THIS WILL PROVIDE THEM SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY HOME, UM, DURING THAT TIME. AND SO MAYBE LIKE A MISUNDERSTANDING OF, I MEAN, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE RISE FUND WAS CREATED FOR. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST SAYING, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE, IN THE, IN THE RESOLUTION THAT CREATED RISE THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM INSTEAD OF GOING SPECIFICALLY TO A SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACT THAT PUBLIC HEALTH OR JUST JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, DISTRIBUTING THAT MONEY THEMSELVES. UM, AND SO, SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT COULD BE AN EXTRA 8 MILLION TO RISE AND, UM, DIRECTOR HAYDEN, YOU KNOW, THE, OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE WHERE THE NEED IS AND WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S, WHAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS OTHER KINDS OF NEEDS THAT SEEM TO FIT EXACTLY WITH WHAT THE PURPOSE OF RISE WAS. AND, UM, AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I GUESS SO TO SPEAK, PROBLEM, PROBLEM SOLVED THERE. I JUST, I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THE, THE MAPS THAT WERE JUST SHOWN AND THE DISPARITIES AND WHO'S IT'S AFFECTING IN THE POSITIVITY RATES AND MANY OF THE SOCIAL SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THE RISE FUND ARE, ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVICING THOSE PEOPLE, THOSE HEAT MAP AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE TESTING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER POSITIVITY RATES THAN, UM, THAN OTHER PARTS OF TOWN. OKAY. NEXT COLLEAGUE, OUR CUSTOMER CASAR AND COUNCIL MEMBER TOVO. I APPRECIATE THE FRAMEWORK AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF, OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS DOLLARS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DOLLARS. I THINK THAT THAT'S SPOT ON. UM, MY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS RELATIVE TO WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM JUST SAY. UM, I, I THINK THAT ADDING ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO THINGS LIKE RISE AND TO INDIVIDUAL HELP MAKE SENSE. I KNOW THAT IN THIS FRAMEWORK YOU HAVE SOME OF THAT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT FUND AND WITH THE INCREASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD, UM, I JUST THINK THAT SOME ADDITIONAL FINDING SOME ADDITIONAL WAY TO ADD TO THE RISE MONEY MAKES SENSE. I WOULDN'T WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE RISE MONEY BY PULLING IT FROM [02:45:01] OTHER INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTS BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE PULLING IT FROM, YOU'RE JUST MOVING THE CHAIRS AROUND THE TABLE BUT YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING. AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT MONEY AND PUT IT TO RICE FUND BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU'RE NOT HELPING ANYBODY EXTRA BY DOING THAT. UM, I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE RENT MONEY AND MOVE IT TO THE RISE FUND BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RISE FUND IS PAYING PEOPLE'S RATS. SO I BE INTERESTED IN PLACES AND US HAVING A CONTINUED CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE FOCUS, HOW WE ADD MORE MONEY TO THE RISE FUND WITHOUT TAKING IT FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. UM, OR AN EXISTING THING THAT HELPS INDIVIDUAL FOLKS. AND I THINK THAT DOES LEAVE SOME BUCKETS RIGHT. AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM LISTED, I THINK THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN HELP OUR NONPROFITS BY, UM, BY HAVING MONEY IN THE RISE FUND THAT HELPS THEM HELP MORE FOLKS. UM, I THINK THERE ARE, I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED, OUR ECONOMIC EXPERTS SAID THAT THE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP OUR ECONOMY, BUT IT'S WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL IS FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAY HOME AND SLOW THE SPREAD. AND SO I WOULD LOOK AT, UM, I WOULD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT SOME OF THOSE VERY INDUSTRY SPECIFIC FUNDS INSTEAD MAYBE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO HELP PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES OR AT, UM, AT OUR BALANCE BETWEEN BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT I CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM THAT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE RICE FUNDS MONEY, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO PULL IT FROM PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR THE KINDS OF FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY HELPING INDIVIDUALS. CAUSE THAT DOESN'T MAKE, TO ME THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS, YOU KNOW, I, I DO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON NURSING HOMES AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND, UH, WORKERS THAT ARE HIGH RISK, THAT THOUGH THAT OUR NUMBERS REALLY GET THOROUGHLY VETTED WITH PEOPLE. I'M GLAD WE PUT THESE OUT THERE, BUT BEFORE WE FIRM ANYTHING UP THAT WE REALLY, THAT THOSE THREE NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THINKS THAT THERE'S ENOUGH AND THOSE BUCKETS, UH, I'M GLAD TO SEE THEM CALLED OUT HERE, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT FOLKS TO, FOR US TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THOSE ARE SET BEFORE WE REALLY SET UP THE OTHER NUMBERS. UM, SO THOSE ARE MY LOOKING AT THIS. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, BUT MY MAIN TWO ISSUES ARE UM, UH, GET MORE HELP TO INDIVIDUALS OUT OF THIS BALANCE AND THEN TO, TO REALLY VET THAT THOSE THREE CATEGORIES ARE THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THINKS THOSE THREE CATEGORIES ARE COVERED. THANK YOU. I'M NOT, I AM NOT IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTANDING SOME OF SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AND, AND PART OF IT I GUESS IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T YET HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WELL UNDERSTAND WHAT EACH OF THESE BULLET POINTS MEETING, SORRY, MY DOG IS AND VERY IMMEDIATE IN THE BACKGROUND AND WHINING. SO APOLOGIES FOR THE APOLOGIES FOR THE NOISE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING AND I MAY JUST BE MISSING A CHART ABOUT HOW, HOW THIS FRAMEWORK IS ALLOCATING MORE MONEY TO BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS. AND I WONDER IF WE JUST NEED TO REALLY DIG INTO SOME OF THESE DESCRIPTIONS. UM, TO ME THE, WITH ALL THE NUMBERS ON IT, DO YOU HAVE THE CHART WITH ALL THE NUMBERS ON IT? IT WASN'T SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, BUT THE SECOND CHART, UM, TELL ME WHICH PAGE, IF YOU WOULD, IF YOU LOOK AT ED'S EMAIL FROM 7:00 PM LAST NIGHT, THERE'S TWO ATTACHMENTS. OKAY. SO IT'S IN THE, IT'S NOT IN THE POWERPOINT, IT'S IN THE CHART. OKAY. I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE SPEND SOME TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S TODAY OR IN OUR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING REALLY BETTER UNDERSTANDING FOR EXAMPLE, HOW THESE DIFFERENT TRENDS CROSS. SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH, SO NOW I'VE LOST MY PAGE AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT REALLY SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I KNOW MANY OF US HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS THIS WEEK WITH AUSTIN INTERFACE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WILDLIFE CAN FUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER BULLET CALLED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, FOOD ASSISTANCE. LIKEWISE. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS I LOOK ON PAGE 19 I SEE ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS, IT'S JUST CLASSIFIED DIFFERENTLY. SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE INTEREST IN HAVING FUNDS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES, I THINK WE JUST, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED TO THESE BASIC NEEDS TO FOOD ASSISTANCE, TO RENTAL ASSISTANCE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT FERN IT ENDS UP BEING DISTRIBUTED [02:50:01] THROUGH. AND SO I GUESS A QUESTION FOR OUR STAFF WOULD BE, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE AT THIS POINT ON PAGE 19 AND PERHAPS IT'S ON THE CHART THAT GREG REFERENCED THAT I'M GOING TO FIND HERE IN A SEC, HOW MUCH OF THAT WOULD BE RENTAL ASSISTANCE? WHAT THE SUGGESTION WOULD BE IN TERMS OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE? SURE. AND MAYBE I COULD ASK OUR CTM PEOPLE SEE THAT 18.6 SO WOULD THIS BE AN ADDITION TO THE 1.1 0.5 THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED? THIS WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. MMM. I THINK THE 1.5 MAY BE SEPARATE. MAYBE I COULD LOOK TO RUDY TO ANSWER THAT. BUT TO THE EXTENT THE RISE PROGRAM INCLUDED SOME FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, SHE KIND OF HAD TO MAKE THAT CHOICE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ORGANIZE THE EXPENDITURES ALL AROUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. ULTIMATELY WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WANTED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN THE FRAMEWORK THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAD BROUGHT FORWARD AND ADVOCATED FOR WHEN WE SLICE AND DICE THE NUMBERS OF DIFFERENT WAY AND SAY, OKAY, WITHIN THE RIGHT SPOT THERE WAS THIS LEFT FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IN ADDITION TO THE 18.6 LISTED HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S THE REASON WE'VE ORGANIZED IT THE WAY WE DID IT. AND YOU WANT IT, YOU WANT IT, THE PROGRAMS ALREADY. AND I THINK THERE WAS A QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT THIS AND I'M SORRY, I JUST DIDN'T, UM, COMPLETELY CAPTURE THE RESPONSE. ALL THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR THURSDAY. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUNDTRACK WITH AUSTIN DIAPER BANK AND OTHERS, ARE THOSE REFLECTED, ARE THOSE REFLECTED IN THIS SPENDING FRAMEWORK? AND IF SO, WERE THEY REFLECTED AS DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL MONEY? STEPHANIE CAN YOU TAKE, ARE REFLECTED IN THE RISE IN THE ORIGINAL $15 MILLION RISE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AFTER LUNCH? I KITCHEN YOU ARE QUESTIONING OR AFTER LUNCH WE'RE SWITCHING TOPICS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE AMERICAN. YOU'RE, YOU'RE MARRIED, YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE. SOMETIMES APPARENTLY THIS GETS AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH. UH, THE UH, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ENDING BEFORE LUNCH. WE DON'T NEED TO, I MEAN IF, SO ONCE THIS CONVERSATION TO EXTEND FARTHER WE CAN ALLAY LUNCH BY A FEW MINUTES OR WE COULD COME BACK AND THROUGH IT. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE EXTENDED QUESTIONS. WE ALSO HAVE THURSDAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL SET IT FOR NEXT WEEK AS WELL. OH, LET'S SEE HOW MANY MORE QUESTIONS WE HAVE. OKAY. UM, ASK A BIG PICTURE QUESTION AND THEN JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I CAN ASK OFFLINE OR THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT ON THURSDAY. SO, UM, FROM A BIG PICTURE QUESTION, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, WELL, FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE FRAMEWORK AND FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO QUICKLY. I REALLY, I LIKED THE FRAMEWORK. UM, SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT. SO FROM A BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVE, I WILL WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE 33 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY. I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME, IF THERE'S SOME, UM, ESTIMATE AROUND THAT OR IF THAT'S MORE JUST SORT OF WHAT'S LEFT. IN OTHER WORDS, IS THERE SOME THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE MUST KEEP A MUCH WITH CONTINGENCY? SO THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AND THEN THE DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT DON'T WANT TO DRILL INTO THAT MAY OR WE CAN, I'M HAPPY TO DO OFFLINE OR DO ON THURSDAY I'M GOING TO WILLING TO UNDERSTAND THE BUCKET NURSING HOME. UM, STEPHANIE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SHE SAID IT WAS 2.9. I WILL WANT TO SEE THE, THE HOW THAT ADDS UP BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE QUITE ENOUGH TO ME. I'LL ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING HOMES POPULATION. THAT'S THE OTHER DETAILED QUESTIONS WE'LL BE AROUND. I'M NOT SEEING ANY DOLLARS IN HERE RELATED TO THE CONSERVATION CORPS. A RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED, WHICH WAS THE WORKFORCE RELATED RESOLUTION. SO I'M GOING TO WANT TO SEE WHERE THAT IS. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARTS, ARTS ONES, ABOUT HOW THAT BREAKS DOWN. AND THEN FINALLY I DO HEAR AND UNDERSTANDING THE CONCERN OF THE MAYOR OF PORT TIM IS BRINGING UP ABOUT [02:55:01] THE RISE FUND. AND UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, JUST FROM AN UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE, I'VE NEVER PUT MUCH MORE INTO THAT FUND BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE BRANDED FOR THE COMMUNITY AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TWO FUNDS THAT DO THIS THING. SO ANYWAY, SO GOING BACK TO MY BIG PICTURE QUESTION, THE BIGGER PICTURE QUESTION IS ABOUT THE 33 MILLION. SO ED, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S, UM, A, IF THERE'S A THINKING THAT WE NEED TO RESERVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT AS OPPOSED TO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WILL YOU DO? WE JUST HAVE AN ALLOCATED YET? UM, THERE WAS SOME THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT ANSWER. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PHOENIX THERE THEY ARE RESERVING AROUND 50% OF THEIR CHRONIC VIRUS RELIEF FUND ALLOCATION. FIRSTLY, I FEEL THAT'S MUCH TOO HIGH AND IT'S MUCH TOO, THERE'S TOO MUCH OF A COMMUNITY ECONOMICS, ECONOMIC COORDINATED PUBLIC HEALTH NOW TO RESERVE THAT AMOUNT OF FUNDING. BUT JUST SAYING THAT WAS, THAT WAS WHAT THEIR STAFF RECOMMENDED AND WHAT THEY'RE PROCEEDING WITH. UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE 33 MILLION, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MAGIC NUMBER. YOU'RE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FROM A 30,000 FOOT LEVEL, I DON'T THINK CALCULATOR AND 33 MILLIONS, ABOUT 12% OF THE, OF 270 MILLION WE MAKE WHAT WE SPENT 19 WHICH FELT ABOUT RIGHT. THAT'S TRADITIONALLY WHAT OUR CITY HAS HELD BACK WHEN THE GENERAL, OUR RESERVE. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THING, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS THIS MOST IS A RESURGENCE OF THIS DISEASE AND WE NEED A SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED, LENGTHIER PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH COST ESTIMATES OF 37.9 MILLION. 33 MILLION IS A BIG CHUNK OF THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THREE, FOUR MONTHS, MONTHS FROM NOW IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FEDERAL SOURCES OF FUNDING COMING AND THERE'S A RESURGENCE OF THE DISEASE, NOT LIKE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH MONEY TO MEET IMMEDIATE PUBLIC HEALTH. I'M SOMEWHAT RAMBLING, BUT THOSE ARE THE THOUGHT PROCESSES THAT WENT INTO LANDING AT THAT $33 MILLION. NOT AN EXACT ANSWER, DIFFERENT CITIES, DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS. BUT I WILL SAY MOST CITIES ARE CHOOSING TO RESERVING MUCH LARGER AMOUNT THAN LOCALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S TOUGH TO ME THAT TELLS ME THAT AT LEAST SOME, SOME ROOM FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT THOUGH IT TELLS LIKE GENERAL MAGNITUDE IS NEED TO BE SO MAYOR ON MY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. UM, I'M SORRY, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID WITH REGARD TO THE MAYOR PRO TIM'S QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS. UM, I WAS THINKING THAT WE WERE LOOKING TO BE VOTING ON THIS AT SOME POINT AND I WAS THINKING WE WOULD BE, WAS THINKING WE WOULD BOAT ON JUNE 4TH PERHAPS. SO IS THAT, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'LL STOP REMEMBERING QUITE WHAT YOU SAID IN RESPONSE TO HER QUESTIONS ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND I CAN, I CAN HEAR YOU. SOMEBODY TURNED ME OFF AGAIN, I WON'T BE VOTING FOR THE, UH, ALLOCATION. YOU WON'T BE VOTING FOR THE ALLOCATIONS TO SPEAK. UH, YOU KNOW, WE COULD SEE HOW FAR WE COULD GET, UH, NEXT WEEK OR NOT BASED ON THE, THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING. I SEE US CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK. CERTAINLY AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM RES, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO VOTE ON BUDGET ITEMS ON THURSDAY. SO, UH, BUT I DON'T SEE US HAVING TO DECIDE THAT TODAY OR TOMORROW. WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL, IF WE'RE READY TO DO IT AT THAT POINT IF WE'RE NOT AND WE DON'T. BUT JUST HAVING A FRAMEWORK AROUND US I THINK IS GOING TO BE, UM, I COULD JUST EMPHASIZE THAT POINT ON THE NEED FOR GETTING BUY IN AND SUPPORT FOR THE FRAMEWORK BECAUSE AS WE'VE SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES, THESE ARE ESTIMATES AND THEY WILL CHANGE. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GET IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU FEEL A LITTLE LOCKED INTO A CERTAIN NUMBER BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT UNDER EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, THOSE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE OVER TIME. EVERYBODY, WE'RE LEARNING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES FOR COUNCIL AS WE GET ADDITIONAL REQUESTS AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS. WE REALLY HOPE TO GET THE FEEDBACK ON THE BROADER FRAMEWORK TODAY TO KNOW IF WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I THINK IT'S GENERALLY THE BREWERIES THAT YOU'RE WANTING US TO FOCUS ON GENERALLY THE PERCENTAGES AND AMOUNTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. BUT I JUST URGE CAUTION ON GETTING TIED TO TWO INTO A SPECIFIC NUMBER BECAUSE THEY WILL CHANGE AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES. SO, SO MAYOR, JUST MY LAST POINT AND THEN I'LL LET IT GO, BUT UM, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER, BUT I DO, I PERSONALLY, JUST FROM [03:00:01] MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THE FRAMEWORK AND THE ESTIMATES DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AND I'M UNHAPPY WITH THE FOURTH, BUT I THINK, I THINK THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE A VOTE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FLATTENING IT AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS, NEVER HEARD FROM HIM. I THINK THAT THE FRAMEWORK IS A GOOD START. NO, YOU'RE FAINT. HEAR ME NOW. YEAH, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE FRAMEWORK, BUT I DO THINK IT IS CONFUSING TO HAVE SOME OF THE LINE ITEMS BE BRANDED CONCEPTS AND OTHER ITEMS BE GENERAL BUCKETS. I THINK WE KIND OF NEED TO PICK AND, AND TO THE MAYOR PRO TEMPS POINT, LIKE TH THE RISE FUND ACTUALLY SOLVES A NUMBER OF THINGS BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS CREATED AND THE WAY IT'S IMPLEMENTED. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE IT AS A, AS A LINE ON THIS CHART BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY DOES OTHER THINGS. AND SO I, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO PICK A STYLE. WE'RE EITHER DOING BUCKETS AROUND ISSUES AND THEN IN THE DETAILS WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RISE AS A COMPONENT OF THIS. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE MONEY FOR THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE MONEY FOR THAT. THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME. AND I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY SIMPLIFY THIS CHART A LITTLE BIT. IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ROWS. SO IT'S CLEARER ABOUT THE BUCKETS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND ROUGHLY HOW MUCH OF THESE RELATIVE FUNDS WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING TO THAT CHALLENGE. UM, AND, AND THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE CREATED THAT HAVEN'T BEEN NAMED ON THIS LIST AS WELL. SO I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO NEED TO PICK A ROUTE ON THAT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MATTERS WHETHER OR NOT WE VOTE FOR IT BECAUSE ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE TO COME BACK TO US FOR VOTES ANYWAY. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GET INTO A, UH, UH, AN OLD SCHOOL CONCEPT MENU STYLE DEBATE ON THE DAYAS WHEN NONE OF THESE NUMBERS ARE ACTUALLY ALLOCATED IN A VOTE ON THIS CHART. OKAY. THANK YOU. I REALLY LIKED THAT IDEA THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO BLEND IT IN WITH SOME OF OUR STRATEGIC OUTCOMES SO THAT WE CAN REALLY KIND OF TIE UP THAT FRAMEWORK WITH ISSUES AND THEN METRICS. UM, I THINK, I THINK THAT COULD WORK WELL, BUT I JUST HAD THAT IDEA AS COUNCIL MEMBER FLANAGAN WAS TALKING, SO I HAVEN'T REALLY VETTED IT VERY THOROUGHLY. UM, BUT I WILL ALSO ECHO THE NEED FOR MORE, BUT TO ASSISTANCE, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVES OVER AT CENTRAL TEXAS INTERFACE HAVE CRUNCHED A LOT OF NUMBERS AND IDENTIFIED A NEED THAT COULD BE UP TO $40 MILLION. UM, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT BUCKETS THAT HAVE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. UM, I WOULD SUPPORT IF THERE'S MORE BRICE FUNDING OR IF WE'RE ABLE TO FIND, UM, OTHER, OTHER FORMS OF KIM'S ACT OR SUBSEQUENT STIMULUS PACKAGES THAT COULD BE USED FOR THAT. BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR VENTS, THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR UTILITY BILLS IN, IN GOOD CONDITION. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CUSTOMERS EFFORTS GOING ON AND SOME OF IT JUST COMES DOWN TO MEDICINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IF YOU, IF YOU NEED CERTAIN PRESCRIPTIONS AND YOU'VE LOST YOUR JOB, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST NEEDING THAT CASH TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE VERY BASIC BILLS ARE PAID. SO I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO IDENTIFY. I HOPE WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL AS CITY MANAGER. AND IDENTIFYING THAT GROUND LEVEL RENTAL ASSISTANCE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED. ESPECIALLY CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE END IS, IF IT'S INSIGHT AND HOW, YOU KNOW, OUR BEHAVIOR OBVIOUSLY AFFECTS THIS TIMELINE. AND SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A RECURRING ISSUE AS AS THE WEEKS AND MONTHS GO ON. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT REFERENCE. A COUNCIL MEMBER AND ONE THING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND US, ALL THE DIFFERENT SOURCES THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED IN THIS SPREADSHEET. I MEAN THIS IS JUST WHAT THE CITY MIGHT BE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE EFFORTS, BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY OTHER PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS RESOURCES FOR EXAMPLE ON RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE COUNTY, THROUGH, THROUGH OTHER OTHER MEANS. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THAT AND UNIFIED PRESENTATION SO WE CAN HAVE THAT A SENSE OF WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THOSE RESOURCES. BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR POINTS AND I THINK THE POINTS AROUND HOW DO WE LOOK AT THESE CATEGORIES AND PROGRAMMATIC AREAS, ET CETERA WILL BE A GOOD NEXT STEP. ABSOLUTELY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW IN OUR HOUSE, UM, WITH THE RENT PROGRAM, WHICH I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, THEY APPLIED FOR IT AND THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO EVERYBODY WHO DID APPLY. AND SO I KNOW THAT, UM, YOUR TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED THAT NEED AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO FIND MORE FUNDING FOR THAT. [03:05:01] AND ALSO FOR SMALL LANDLORDS, PEOPLE WHO JUST HAVE ONE RENTAL PROPERTY AND THE HOME THEY LIVE IN AND ARE WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TENANTS CAN STAY. UM, SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A BIG CONVERSATION IN ALL OF THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO MY QUESTION WAS ALSO ON, UH, ASSISTANT. UH, I KNOW THAT THE LAST TIME I OWNED A RISE TO ONE POINT $5 MILLION, IT WENT TO A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT WERE OVER 10. RIGHT? I THINK A LITTLE BIT OVER 5,000 QUALIFIED AND ONLY HAD THAT 1.5 MILLION WAS ONLY TO HELP, COULD ONLY HELP A LITTLE BIT OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE. I WAS JUST WONDERING, HOW DID YOU COME OUT, WANT TO KNOW WHAT, HOW THE, THEY CAME UP, Y'ALL CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF, UH, 18.6 MILLION AND HOW MANY WOULD, WOULD THAT HELP? I MEAN PEOP UH, FAMILIES WOULD THAT HELP? SO MAYBE I COULD JUST SPEAK TO THE, SOMEWHAT BROADLY TO THE 18.6 MILLION. WE RECOGNIZED WE COULD SPEND A FORTUNE, WE WERE AWARE OF THE $40 MILLION RECOMMENDATION. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE WE COULD EASILY SPEND MORE THAN $4 MILLION TO RESOLVE THE MATTER BALANCING ALL THE VARIOUS AGAINST ONE 11. THEN COMING UP WITH THE BROADER, I'M GOING TO LOOK THE RODEO MORE TO THE 18.6 MILLION AND HAVE THEM EQUAL THAT. HI, THIS IS ROSIE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES. SO WE HAVE NOT, UH, CONTEMPLATED THAT LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE YET. AND WHAT, UH, WHAT THAT PROGRAM DESIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE YET WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THE, THE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, THE MAY RENT PROGRAM THAT WE DID WITH OUR PARTNER HAKA AND, UH, WOULD BE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION SOME CHANGES IN PROGRAM DESIGN TO MAKE IT AN EASIER PROGRAM TO ADMINISTER AND TO POTENTIALLY BRING IN ADDITIONAL PARTNERS TO HELP, UH, WITH GETTING THE FOLKS QUALIFIED AS WE HAVE A LARGER DOLLAR AMOUNT TO DISSEMINATE EVERY MONTH. UM, BUT WE WILL START WORKING ON, ON PROGRAM DESIGN, UH, IN THAT VEIN. UM, BASED ON FEEDBACK WE GET FROM COUNCIL AND, AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE A, DO YOU, CAN YOU JUST, UH, ALSO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER RIGHT NOW ABOUT HOW MANY FAMILIES WITH THAT, THAT MONEY BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF WHAT YOU SEEN ON THE FIRST THOUSAND FAMILIES THAT Y'ALL HELPED OUT, HOW MUCH HOUSING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE? SURE. I MEAN, I WOULD ESTIMATE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, AROUND A THOUSAND TO $1,200 A MONTH. UM, OF ASSISTANCE, UH, WE WOULD WANT TO HOPEFULLY, UH, BRING IN FOLKS FOR A MULTI MONTH PROGRAM, UM, POTENTIALLY TO QUALIFY THEM FOR UP TO THREE MONTHS OF ASSISTANCE. UM, AND SO I'D HAVE TO DO THE MATH TO WORK THAT OUT. UM, BUT THAT'S ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. UH, THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT LESS DEPENDING ON, UM, ON, ON THE ACTUAL REQUESTS THAT COME IN AND WHAT FOLKS RENTAL NEEDS ARE. BUT THAT'S A GOOD ESTIMATE TO DO, TO USE, CORRECT. IT'S AROUND ME WHERE IT SEEMED LIKE THE LAST AROUND THERE WERE ABOUT 5,000, A LITTLE BIT OVER 5,000 PEOPLE THAT QUALIFIED FOR THAT PROGRAM. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO YOU'RE ON THAT 5,000 AND DAN, YOU'RE DIVIDING THE 1000 THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT. THAT WAS 1.5 MILLION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS YOU THINK ABOUT PROGRAMMATICALLY ABOUT THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UH, AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT, UM, REALLY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO PROTECT THE, UH, THE, THE SMALL LANDLORD THAT HAS A COUPLE OF PROPERTIES NOW ALSO STILL HAVING TO MAKE MORTGAGE PAYMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE TENANTS THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS. UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A WAY, IF AN ATTENDANT IS NOT, UH, APPLYING BUT WOULD OTHERWISE QUALIFY, WE HAVE A LANDLORD LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT BE IN DANGER OF LOSING SOME OF THE, UH, THE MILL, UH, MISSING HOUSING THAT WE HAVE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE. OR MAYBE THERE'S A WAY FOR THAT PERSON TO BE ABLE TO ALSO GET INTO THAT LOTTERY OR THAT DRAW. AND, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPONENTS, UH, MMM. YEAH. ELEMENTS OF THE RESERVE I THINK CAN BE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW AND A LOT OF THE MODELING WE'RE SEEING US POTENTIALLY HAVING A SECOND PEAK, WHICH IS GOING TO REALLY TAD SURVEYED AND CHANGE [03:10:02] FUNDING MODELS ALLOW, UH, I DON'T THINK HALF IS NECESSARY. UM, IF ON A LOT OF CITIES ARE PREPARING FOR A SECOND WAVE, UM, THERE MAY NOT BE THIS NEW POLITICAL FORCE, UH, TO, TO STEP BACK IN WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CITIES. SO I THINK HAVING THAT KIND OF RESERVE IS GOING TO BE REAL IMPORTANT FOR US. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN YOU COME BACK. UM, UH, SO THAT I CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND, UH, WHAT THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE WITH RESPECT TO HOW MICROPLANING AGAINST TRACING AND, AND, AND HISTORY AND WE'RE PUTTING AGAINST TESTING, UH, IN THE CITY SO THAT AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE TESTING PROGRAM AND WHAT IS THE KIND OF TYPE TRACING COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING OURSELVES THE ABILITY TO SCALE, UH, THAT OPERATION. I THINK THAT IF WE'RE IN FACT OPENING THE ECONOMY, UM, THE WAY THAT THAT IS SUCCESSFUL IS NOT ONLY BRING THE FACE COVERINGS IN THE LIFE, BUT ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO ISOLATE THE VIRUS FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS TO DO A BETTER JOB OR HAS TAKEN A TRACING. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLAN FUNDED FOR THAT. THANK YOU. UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. COUNSELOR. ALTAR. THANK YOU. UM, AND I WANTED TO GO FIRST BACK TO THE GENERAL BUDGET AND ASK WHAT WAS THE REVENUE CAP LEVEL THAT YOUR BUDGET WITH THE SHORTFALL OF WAS, WAS BASED ON, SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 THAT $22 MILLION REVENUE STARTED FALL OR SO ASSUMING IN THAT FORECAST 3.5%. UM, AND HOW MUCH REVENUE DOES EACH PERCENTAGE BRING IN ROUGHLY? UM, EACH PERCENTAGE WOULD BE ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF AND 8%. OKAY. UM, SO I, I MADE A DECISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE AS A, AS A COUNCIL AND THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE WHERE WE WANT, UM, THAT PROPERTY TAX REVENUE CAP TO FALL. UM, MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND THEN DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT PORTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET GOT KIND OF LAWFULLY REDIRECTED TO THESE OTHER, OKAY. IT'S SOME PEOPLE'S TIME IS ALLOWED TO BE COVERED. UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT FREES UP OR IS THAT A CONVERSATION WE CAN HAVE OUTSIDE OF UP HERE? WE COULD, WE COULD MAYBE HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL NOW AND GET INTO THE DETAILS LATER, BUT YOU LOOK AT THAT MORE DETAILED FRAMEWORK ON PAGE ONE, UNDER EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WE'RE REFLECTING ON $30 MILLION IN 19 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THAT WAS A LOT OF DOLLARS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE FEMA REIMBURSED FOR KIND OF THE STANDARD DISASTER RELIEF TYPE STUFF. WE ARE ESTIMATING $68 MILLION OF ELIGIBLE PAYROLL EXPENSES. I WOULD SAY SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENSES THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED. AND THAT'S FISCAL YEAR 20 OR 21. BOTH. IT'S THE CRF IS BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND DECEMBER 30TH. SO WE'RE EXPANDING ANTICIPATING OVER THAT PERIOD. AND YOU KNOW, IF THIS IS AN ESTIMATE, THAT'S THE BEST ESTIMATE THAT WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND IT HIT A BALL. THAT'S OUR ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW. THE ELIGIBLE EXPENSES. OKAY. UM, SO HOW SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT THAT MONEY IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, UM, AND HOW YOU'RE FACTORING THINGS OVER TIME? YEAH, I WOULD THINK ABOUT IT IN REGARDS TO, UM, LEAVES FIRE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH IN PARTICULAR ON THAT, SUBSTANTIALLY CHANGED OF THE OPERATING RESULTS BOTH IN 19. UM, AND, AND THOSE EXPENSES ARE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO RECOVER ROTAVIRUS. UM, AND SO SHIFTING OFF TO THAT BONE SOURCE DOES HELP WITH LEARN, BUDGET BALANCING AND IT'S PART OF THE EQUATION. TRY TO MAINTAIN IT JUST PARTLY GOING TO BE DEPENDENT UPON HOW MUCH OF THOSE EXPENSES WE CAN RECOVER. OKAY. SO I'LL WANT TO TALK MORE WITH YOU ABOUT THAT OFFLINE. UM, I HAVE SOME NITTY GRITTY QUESTIONS WITH THAT. UM, SO I HAVE, I AT SOME POINT, I W I HAVE SEVERAL OTHER COMMENTS THAT I WANT TO MAKE, BUT I AT SOME POINT, I THINK AS A COUNCIL WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OVER, [03:15:01] UM, SORT OF WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING AID TO INDIVIDUALS, WHAT OUR APPROACH AND METHOD WAS, UM, IS GOING TO BE. SO, UM, THE INNOVATION THAT I THOUGHT WITH THE RISE FUND AND WHAT I REALLY, UM, HEARD FROM ADVOCATES WAS A, UM, A NEED IN HIS DESIRE TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHERE IT WAS BEST SPENT TO HELP THEM. UM, AND SORT OF, UM, VERY LARGE SUMS THAT ARE, ARE EARMARKED FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS A DEPARTURE FROM THAT. AND I'VE JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER WHAT'S THE BEST SORT OF APPROACH FOR THAT. UM, I DON'T AN ANSWER, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO BETTER, BETTER UNDERSTAND. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PUT A NUMBER BECAUSE EVEN THE $40 MILLION REQUEST IS JUST FOR MAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IN JUNE, WHAT HAPPENS IN JULY. UM, AND, AND MMM. SO, SO THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT HOW WE MAKE THESE, HOW WE MAKE THESE CHOICES. UM, ON THAT. UM, THE, THE THING THAT I FELT LIKE WAS REALLY MISSING FROM THIS APPROACH IS I DIDN'T SEE ANY KIND OF BUCKET FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'VE GOT, THERE'S, UH, FOLKS WORKING ON THE, ON THE LAWN NEXT DOOR HERE. UM, SO THE WORLD, UM, HAS CHANGED AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK IN SAFE ENVIRONMENTS, WHETHER IT'S OUTDOORS OR WHETHER IT'S RETHINKING HOW WE DO OUR WORK. AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OR WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE RETOOLING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDING THAT WE DO ALREADY HAVE IN OUR BUDGET. UM, BUT THERE ARE HUGE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN, I NOTICED THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE THE CONSERVATION CORPS ON HERE, BUT AS A BROADER THING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED THE HOPE THAT HAVING TRAINING AND SOME SORT OF PATH TO SOMETHING BETTER IS GOING TO PROVIDE THEM. AND I THINK WE SHOULD CREATE SPACE THERE. WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE CHANGING NEED OF HOW WORK IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. IT'S GONNA WORK, LOOK AND FEEL REALLY, REALLY, UM, DIFFERENT. SO I THINK THAT'S A BUCKET THAT IS DEFINITELY MISSING FROM THIS FRAMEWORK. UM, AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THAT OTHER MONEY ELSEWHERE IN THE BUDGET THAT IT'S EASILY, UM, UH, REDIRECTED THAT WAY. UM, I WANTED TO ASK, SO ECHO WANTING TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TESTING AND TRACING OVER TIME, THE WAY THAT THE MAYOR HAD ASKED ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I THINK IT'S, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT, UM, RESERVE, UM, IN TERMS OF KIND OF WHAT'S IN WHICH BUCKET OR WHICH FUND. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S AT LEAST 26 MILLION MORE THAT YOU KNOW, IS ALONG THE LINES OF INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE, UM, IF NOT MORE IN HERE. UM, AND SO I DON'T, I'M NOT REALLY CAUGHT UP ON WHAT WE CALL IT AND WHAT IT FALLS UNDER. UM, BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE A PHILOSOPHICAL DECISION ABOUT HOW TARGETED WE WANT TO BE, UM, AND WHAT WE'RE GIVING TO THE INDIVIDUALS AND HOW WE WANT TO DELIVER IT. UM, AND THERE MAY BE APPROPRIATE TIMES TO DELIVER IT ONE WAY AT VERSUS ANOTHER. AND AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER, BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT. UM, MOVING FORWARD. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND AND TO THINK ABOUT. UM, I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THE TIMEFRAME FOR THE MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS THAT YOU WERE PLANNING OVER. UM, AND AT WHAT LEVELS? UM, I DON'T KNOW IF MOST OF MY OTHER COMMENTS WERE WOW COMMENTS, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, DIRECTOR HATING OR SOMEBODY CAN SPEAK TO THE TIME HORIZON FOR THE HEALTH NEEDS. UH, YES, I CAN. ENDLESS PROPOSAL. UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, THE WORK WE WOULD DO, UM, TO THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. UM, AND SO IN THIS PROPOSAL IT INCLUDES THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE WOULD NEED, UM, THAT WOULD BE DOING, UM, CASE [03:20:01] INVESTIGATION, UM, AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL CONTACT TRACERS. UM, AS WE AS EITHER WE HIRE THEM OR PARTNER WITH OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO GET THEM ON BOARD, WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL TO THE CITY OR EXTERNALLY. UM, WE KNOW, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE ANTICIPATING NEEDING AN ADDITIONAL 90, UM, UM, CONTACT TRACERS. UM, AND THEN IN THIS PROPOSAL WE ARE ESTIMATING THE PURCHASE OF 80,000 TEST KITS, UM, AND UM, ESTIMATING THAT WE WOULD POTENTIALLY ADMINISTER ABOUT, UM, 1100 OF THOSE A MONTH. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO CONTINUE TO REQUEST TEST KITS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE COLOR, UH, UM, UM, VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS WELL AS, UM, TARGETED TESTING SUCH AS THE LONGTERM CARE FACILITIES. AND SO WE HAVE, I MEAN, WE PLANNED OUT FOR, UM, FOR PPE, UM, UM, ET CETERA. SO WE, WE'VE INCLUDED THAT IN THIS PLAN AND AS I SAID EARLIER, IT WILL TAKE US THROUGH TO DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND. IT GOES THROUGH DECEMBER. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS AT OR THE OTHER STUFF, BUT IF WE COULD GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WE MIGHT ANTICIPATE GETTING FROM THE STATE. UM, WE SEEM TO ONLY BE HEARING ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDS. IS THERE ANY SUPPORT FROM THE STATE? UM, A HEARD A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF MAYBE SOME STUFF FOR THE NURSING HOMES AND THE TESTING, BUT I WASN'T SURE HOW THAT WAS FACTORED INTO THIS, UM, PLAN. OKAY. EXCEPT THAT IT CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. THAT'S PART OF THE DILEMMA. PART OF THE FLEXIBILITY HERE THAT THE STATE DOES STEP IN AND PROVIDE A LOT OF TESTING SUPPLIES OR NURSING HOMES IN THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM ANSWER ON THAT YET, BUT THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD ADD TO THAT, YOU, YOU'RE SPOT ON? UM, I MEAN, I'LL USE THE EXAMPLE OF THE NURSING HOMES. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST THEM TO PROVIDE US SOME ADDITIONAL TEST KITS FOR THE NURSING HOMES. WE, UM, THEY HAVE COVERED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE, UM, THE PPE COSTS, UM, AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT. AND THEN WITH THE STRIKE TEAMS, THEY COVERED THE STRIKE AND THE COST OF THE STRIKE TEAMS. BUT, UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR, UM, GRANTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UM, OUR, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY GRANTS. UM, WE RECEIVED AN ADDITIONAL ONE POINT $6 MILLION. AND SO WITH THOSE FUNDS, UM, THAT HAS ALLOWED US THE ABILITY TO SET UP OUR, UM, PLATFORM OF SALESFORCE THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO, UM, TO BRING A BOARD, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, 12 PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HIRED, UM, ONE OF WHICH IS HAVE, HAS A FOCUS WITH THE NURSING HOMES. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE ABOUT FOUR ADDITIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGISTS AND WE'VE SET UP A DATA TEAM, UM, TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE DATA UNTIL WE GET SALES SALESFORCE FULLY OPERATIONAL. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE AND ARE IN THE FRAMEWORK. OKAY. I DON'T SEE IT IN THE FRAMEWORK, BUT ED CAN ANSWER THAT BETTER WAS THE QUESTION, ARE THE STATE FUNDS INCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK? YES. NO, THEY'RE NOT MORE ACCOUNTED FUNDS OR CENTRAL HEALTH FUNDS. THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TOO, I GUESS. BUT WE'RE GETTING STATE MONEY FOR THE CITY TO ALLOCATE AND THAT IS WHAT I'M WONDERING IS MISSING. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES HELPING TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH CRISIS, BUT IN SO FAR AS THE STATE IS PAYING FOR A STRIKE FORCE OR IS PAYING FOR TESTING, IS THAT CAPTURED IN HERE? OKAY. I WOULD APPRECIATE SORT OF SEEING THAT, UM, IF WE CAN OR SOME MECHANISM TO AT LEAST FLAG IT AS, AS A MISSING PIECE OF THE BUCKET. UM, THAT COULD HELP FREE UP RESOURCES AND CUSTOMER WE WENT TO. WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL CLARITY REGARDING THOSE FUNDS. AND SO AS WE GET THAT, WE'LL CERTAINLY BE UPDATING COUNSEL WITH THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WENT BACK AND REALLY QUICK THAT SOME OF COUNCIL MEMBER HALTER'S POINTS AND LET ME JUST STEP BACK AND SAY I TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK ON THIS FRAMEWORK AND YOU'RE STARTING TO SENSE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES [03:25:01] THAT WE HAD IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER. ANY BUDGET PROCESSES IS ABOUT TRYING TO MATCH THE LIMITED RESOURCES TO GREATER NEEDS AND UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN A NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS WE MIGHT HAVE TWICE AS MANY NEEDS AS RESOURCES. IN THIS PROCESS. IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE 10 TIMES IN NEED OF RESOURCES OR ALMOST UNLIMITED NEEDS COMPARED TO THE RESOURCES WE HAVE. SO THIS CHALLENGE IS UNBELIEVABLY MORE DIFFICULT THAN EVEN A NORMAL BUDGET. I DID JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON THAT RESOLUTION DID THANKFULLY GIVE STAFF UNTIL JUNE 8TH TO KIND OF WORK OUT THE DETAILS ON IT AND WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. I JUST DIDN'T APPEAR WHERE WE WERE AT A POINT TO EVEN TAKE A, MAKE A GUESS AND STICK A NUMBER ON HERE. SO THERE'S, THAT PROGRAM GETS DEVELOPED. WE WOULD ENVISION IT BEING ADDED TO THE FRAMEWORK AS A DIRECTOR, HAYDEN, TO THE DEGREE THAT YOU, YOU ANSWERED SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ON TRACING AND TESTING. UM, I'M INTERESTED IN HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT. UH, YOU KNOW, 1100 TESTS DOESN'T GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE IN TERMS OF TESTING. SO I DON'T KNOW THE CONTEXT FOR THAT. AND WITH RESPECT TO THE TRACING, I HEAR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WHAT I DON'T HAVE A FEEL FOR IS HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT'S ANTICIPATING WE'RE GOING TO BE TRACING AS THE WORLD GROWS OR WHAT ASSUMPTIONS WE'RE MAKING AND HOW RAPIDLY WE ANTICIPATE THAT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES. BEING ABLE TO DRIVE US, BEING ABLE TO ISOLATE. SO ARMED WITH THAT KIND OF INFORMATION, THOSE KINDS OF STRATEGIES AND TELL ME WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD ENOUGH OR WHETHER WE NEEDED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN THOSE AREAS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. THANK YOU. REAL QUICK QUESTION FOR ED ON ABOUT SONS LIMITED. UM, THE, IS CONGRESS ADDING TO THEIR APPROPRIATION? MY UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR CONSULTANT THAT'S HELPING US DO THE FEMA PROCESSES OR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT. AND THAT REIMBURSEMENT IS THE 75%. RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, WITH REGARD TO ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE, UM, I WASN'T SURE IF ALLISON WAS ASKING FOR LIKE FOLKS COMING TO THE CITY OR EFFORT THAT THE STATE IS DOING. I KNOW THEY DEPLOYED THE NATIONAL GUARD, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GO AND CLEAN AS A STRIKE FORCE TO STERILIZE SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT A FINGER TO. BUT ARE WE LOOKING FOR CASH MONEY FROM THE STATE? I AGREE WITH YOU. THE ONLY THING WE'D BE ABLE TO TRACK WOULD BE ALLOCATE IT TO THE CITY TO APPLY TO SOMETHING LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THE NATIONAL GUARD. I DON'T SEE ANY WAY. SO WOULD THE LEGISLATURE HAVE TO CONVENE IN ORDER TO FREE UP SOME TO DO SOME BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS IN ORDER TO GET MONEY TO DO THINGS? DO WE KNOW WHAT THE EFFORT IS AT THE STATE? MAYBE BREE OR, UM, SOMEONE IN, UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COULD MAYBE LOOK AT THAT AND LET US KNOW I'M HERE. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? HI, THIS IS BRIAN FRANCO AND OUR GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS OFFICER. UM, THAT'D BE FRANK THAT I WOULD REALLY NOT COUNT ON ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE. UH, THE STATE DOESN'T GIVE US, NORMALLY THEY ARE PROVIDING SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THE FUNDS THAT HAVE TWO CITIES UNDER 500,000 THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS, WHICH IS SO YOU ALL UNDERSTAND IT WAS A SMALL HANDFUL OF LESS THAN 20 CITIES THAT DID RECEIVE THESE FUNDS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME MONEY TO THOSE CITIES THAT DID IT. BUT WE ARE CHECKING EVERY ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE STATE OF POTENTIAL ASSISTANCE IN TRACKING THAT DOWN. BUT IT IS FAR LIMITED. THE RESOURCES THAT STEPHANIE SPEAKING TO, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, STEPHANIE, IS UM, AND PRIESTS OF ALREADY EXISTING RESOURCES THEY NORMALLY PROVIDE TO YOU IN TERMS OF, UM, AND THEY COME DOWN THROUGH WHAT WAS ALLOCATED ADDITIONALLY AND CARES TO BE FRANK. SO THE STATE WILL NOT BE PROVIDING RESOURCES. IF THEY DID, YOU'RE RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER POOLS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONVENE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF TALK OF A SPECIAL SESSION AT THIS POINT, SO INCONVENIENT JANUARY AND THEN THAT WOULD BE FOR THE NEXT BY ANY, RIGHT. SO THAT WOULDN'T START UNTIL THE FOLLOWING FALL. SO, UM, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, 21 IF THERE WAS [03:30:01] ANYTHING THERE. AND IS THAT AN EFFORT THAT TNL OR URBAN COUNTY USE, UH, LARGE URBAN COUNTIES? UM, IS THERE ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION GOING ON STATEWIDE? THE DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW STATEWIDE IS FROM THIS, UH, THIS TML HAS NOT STARTED AN EFFORT ON THAT ISSUE QUITE YET. UM, AND OUR URBAN CITIES WILL START MEETING TOWARDS THAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. UM, WHAT IS BEING TALKED AT THE LEADERSHIP SIDE IS SEND OUT A STATEMENT AND OR IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TRIBUNE SAYING HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THREE POINT ABOVE THE 3.5 IS ALLOWABLE IN THIS SITUATION. THERE'S DISAGREEMENT FROM TML AND OTHER LEGAL EXPERTS ON THAT, ON THE REVENUE CAP AND INSTABILITY THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT LIVING CITIES, TOWERS IN THESE SITUATIONS. SO MAYBE IT'S BEST THAT YOU'RE JUST OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME. COLLEAGUES, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE BREAK FOR LUNCH? ARE WE OKAY LETTING THESE FOLKS GO AND PICKING UP THE NEXT BRIEFING AFTER LUNCH? JAMES? WE ARE. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION, BUT MY QUESTION IS JUST, SO DOES THIS MEAN THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THURSDAY OR ARE WE WAITING UNTIL THE SPECIAL PLUMBING? I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS ON THURSDAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL BUDGET ITEMS THAT ARE COMING UP AND I CAN'T MISS BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS THOSE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHING ON THIS THURSDAY MANAGER. IF YOU COULD HELP US WITH THE CLERK, YOU HAVE A TIME NEXT WEEK FOR A SPECIAL JUST ON THE AGENDA AND THE FRAMEWORK, FINANCIAL ISSUES, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, CATCH HER. TOBO UM, THANK YOU. I DO STILL HAVE CONTRACT TRACING QUESTIONS. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE WOULD TAKE IT UP IN THIS AND I'LL, I GUESS I'LL TRY TO SUBMIT THEM THROUGH THE Q AND. A. I KNOW WE'RE ALL WELL OVER OUR LUNCH RIGHT TIME AND I'M ABOUT TO HAVE A MUTINY I THINK IN MY WORKPLACE. UM, QUICKLY THOUGH I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTERS, UM, CCC IDEA AND WHERE THAT IS REFLECTED WITHIN THE SPENDING FRAMEWORK. IS THAT REFLECTED IN, IN THE PIECE FOR BUSINESSES OR HOW, HOW IS THAT INITIATIVE ACCOUNTED FOR? AND APOLOGIES AGAIN IF I MISSED IT. I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY CAREFULLY, CAREFULLY REVIEW YOUR POWERPOINT. SO IT'S CURRENTLY NOT REFLECTED BUT IT'S ALSO NOT FORGOTTEN AND STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON IT AND LOOKING TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM. THAT'S A PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTING BUDGETED FUNDS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO USE TO IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT FEDERAL SOURCES AND OTHER SOURCES. BUT THE RESOLUTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PASSED ON DID GET MISS TO JUNE EIGHT TO DO THAT WORK. BUT JUST IT'S GOOD TO PUT EVERYBODY ON NOTICE THAT WE WOULD ENVISION THE FRAMEWORK ADJUSTING TIME. IT'S HOW MUCH MONEY WE WOULD WENT THROUGH THAT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO GET IT OPERATIONAL OR WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE A NUMBER THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE PUTTING AN ESTIMATE OUT THERE YET. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK TO ADDRESS BY JUNE EIGHT THANK YOU. OKAY, YOU READY? ALRIGHT COLLEAGUES, IN THAT CASE IT IS 1237. DO WE WANT TO COME BACK? SAY AT ONE 30 UM, LET'S COME BACK AT ONE 30 WE'RE GOING TO DO THE POINT IN TIME. COUNT. UH, AND THEN, UM, I GO TO, UH, BRACKENRIDGE, UH, MAYBE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION THEN OR THE PULLED ITEMS AND THEN EXECUTIVE SESSION. DON'T KNOW YET. LET'S SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION GOES. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A POINT IN TIME AND THEN GO TO BRACKENRIDGE. YES. COUNTS NUMBER. HARPER MADISON, I JUST WANTED TO ASK REAL QUICK IF YOU GUYS WOULD DO ME THE FAVOR OF EXTENDING TO ONE OF MY COWORKERS ONE 40 IT IS AND HE ELSE MAY HAVE JUST, I'LL NOTE THAT THE ECHO TEAM DOES HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FIT IT IN BEFORE THEY HAVE THE FORMAL PRESS CONFERENCE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SCHEDULED FOR TWO 30 AND SO I JUST NOTE THAT. OKAY. I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. UH, 1238 THEN WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL ONE 40. ALEX. UM, WE ARE BACK. IT IS A ONE 42, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HARPER MADISON. OKAY. I'M GONNA PRETEND GARSA TIM GARZA NOT HERE YET. KNOW AREA, NOT HERE YET. THAT WAS MEMBER COSAR. YEAH. YEAH. LET'S REMEMBER. KITCHEN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PLAN AGAIN. [03:35:01] NOT HERE YET. COUNCIL MEMBER POOL. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIS. YEAH, KELSEY, REMEMBER TOVO I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. YES, I CAN HEAR YOU AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU. I CAN SEE YOU. I CAN'T HEAR YOU YET. KATHY, ARE YOU, BUT NOT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON MUTE, MUTE IT. YEAH. YOU REALLY WANT TO WORK ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR. OKAY. ONCE I DID IN A YEAR FROM A MAYOR PRO TEM GARZA, YOU WITH US? COUNCIL MEMBER I'M HERE. GOOD, THANK YOU. YEAH, CHAD COUNTS FOR A FLAT AGAIN. NOT YET. AND CANCER OVER TOTAL IS STILL WORKING ON SOUND. YES. YEP. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. I JUST NEED TO STOP IT AND START IT AGAIN, JOE. YEAH. AH, OKAY. THAT GIVES US A CORUM. LET'S GO AHEAD AND BEGIN [Item B3] THE, UH, REPORT. UH, MANAGER. I THINK THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. YOU KNOW, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS A TIME FOR US TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS AT ECHO, UH, TO GIVE THE RESULTS OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNTS. I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE CRUNCHED ON TIME AND SO I'M GONNA PASS IT DIRECTLY OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECHO. UH, MATT, MALIKA, UH, WITH THAT MAP. AND CAN YOU SAY MANAGER ANTHONY, CAN YOU, UH, COUNSEL MAN, COUNCIL FOR, UH, PROVIDING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THE RESULTS FROM OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT THIS YEAR. UM, THEY, SARAH DEVINSKY, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM ME LATER ON. SO SARAH, TAKE IT AWAY. YOU KIND OF FAINT. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. LET ME TRY TO TURN OFF MY AUDIO A MUCH BETTER NOW. WE CAN. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. C IS THE, UM, IS THE POWERPOINT UP? UH, WHAT, WHAT IS THE FILE NAME ON THE POWERPOINT? WHAT'S THE FILE NAME? I HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE. B3 OR BEFORE THE 2020 POINT IN TIME COUNT. IS IT B THREE B THREE B THREE. WHEN WE GET THAT UP, UM, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE, UM, ON THE RELEASE OF THE ACCOUNT DATA THIS YEAR. UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, ECHO AND THE CITY AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS WERE TAPPED TO HELP LEAD THE HOMELESSNESS COVEN 19 RESPONSE. UM, AND THAT HAS REALLY BEEN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK ENDEAVOR, UH, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. MMM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE IN YOUR PRESENTATION IS NOW EXCELLENT. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO BRIEFLY, UM, JUST TO RECAP, UM, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE COUNT IS. UM, REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBER CHARACTERISTICS AND SOME POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY TARGET FUNDING AND SERVICES. UM, VERY BRIEF RECAP ON THE BACKGROUND. IT'S AN ANNUAL COUNT. IT'S REQUIRED BY HIVE AND IT'S REALLY JUST ONE MEASURE OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A SNAPSHOT OR A PREVALENCE ESTIMATE OF HOMELESSNESS ON ONE NIGHT. WE HAVE OTHER WAYS THAT WE LOOK AT THIS DATA THAT CAN HELP US PROVIDE A MORE COMPLETE PICTURE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT. THANKS. UM, OKAY. SO WE DID DISCUSS METHODOLOGY IN FEBRUARY WHEN I PRESENTED LAST. SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS OTHER THAN TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE METHODOLOGICAL CHANGES IN 2020, INCLUDING THE WEB BASED SURVEY WITH GEOLOCATION CAPABILITY, UM, THE INCREASED VOLUNTEER ACCOUNT AND UM, THE SUBDIVIDED GEOGRAPHIC SECTION. SO IN 2019, WE [03:40:01] USE DIVIDED TRAVIS COUNTY INTO 36 SECTIONS. AND THIS YEAR WE DID, WE DIVIDED IT INTO 74 SECTIONS, WHICH KIND OF ALLOWED FOR A MORE THOROUGH GRANULAR COUNT. UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME KEY METHODOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT WE BELIEVE HAVE IMPACTED OUR FINDINGS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO I JUST ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE LIMITATIONS OF PIT COUNTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARIATIONS IN METHODOLOGY FROM YEAR TO YEAR. UM, THERE'S VARIABLE CONDITIONS, UM, GEOGRAPHY, WHETHER VOLUNTEER CONSIDERATIONS CAN ALL IMPACT, UM, THE COUNT AND ANOTHER IS VISIBILITY FOR HUD GUIDELINES. PEOPLE MUST BE SEEN TO BE COUNTED. SO SOME HEARD OF REACH INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT BE COUNTED. AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES, UM, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE, UM, STAYING ON SOMEONE'S COUCH OR PERHAPS THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL OR THEY'RE IN, UM, IN JAIL AND THEY ARE HOMELESS. UM, THEY WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE PIT COUNT. AND THERE'S ALSO, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR DUPLICATION, WHICH WE TAKE ALL MEASURES TO AVOID, MINIMIZE AND REMOVE ANY DUPLICATES, BUT THAT POSSIBILITY REMAINS. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THE UNSHELTERED COUNT RELIES ON A COMBINATION OF SURVEY AND OBSERVATION DATA. SO IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE SURVEYED AND ARE, UM, UNSHELTERED COUNT DIFFER FROM THOSE THAT ARE OBSERVED IN THE ENCHILADA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THIS YEAR IN 2020, UM, WE COUNTED 2,506 INDIVIDUALS OVERALL. UM, THAT WAS AN 11% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. UM, WE SAW A 20% DECREASE IN THE SHELTERED HOMELESS COUNT. UM, AND A 45% INCREASE IN THE UNSHELTERED COUNT. WE ALSO HAD AN ADDITIONAL 39% INCREASE IN OUR VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WE'VE HAD INCREASED VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION, UM, AND YOU CAN SEE A PROPORTIONAL INCREASE, UM, WITH OUR INCREASED VOLUNTEERS. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE POINT IN TIME COUNT ACROSS THE LAST, SO FROM 2011 TO 2020 IN BLUE, WE HAVE THE UNSHELTERED COUNT AND ORANGE, WE HAVE THE SHELTERED COUNT, UM, AND IT'S VARIED ONLY BY NO LESS THAN 150. UM, THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM 2011 TO HERE, IT'S A FAIRLY SMALL SPREAD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS SLIDE I THINK IS ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT FINDINGS. UM, FROM THE PIT COUNT. UM, WE LOOK ON THE LEFT AT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT THE RAW COUNTS OVER THE LAST DECADE FROM 2011 TO PRESENT IN BLACK, YOU HAVE THE TOTAL 25 OH SIX FOR THIS YEAR. IN ORANGE YOU HAVE THE SHELTERED COUNT AND YOU HAVE THE UNSHELTERED COUNT. UM, IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE THE PROJECTED TRAVIS COUNTY POPULATION AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT POPULATION AND AS WE ALL KNOW AND HAVE EXPERIENCED, THAT POPULATION HAS INCREASED, UM, FAIRLY DRAMATICALLY. ON THE RIGHT, WE HAVE THE POINT IN TIME COUNT PER CAPITA. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, APPROXIMATELY 0.2% OF THE OVERALL POPULATION OF TRAVIS COUNTY IS, UM, FOR THE POINT IN TIME COUNT. SO THAT ACTUAL RATE OF HOMELESSNESS HAS REMAINED FAIRLY CONSTANT OVER THE LAST DECADE. WHILE THE COUNT MIGHT BE TRACKING WITH POPULATION GROWTH, THE RATE IS REMAINING THE SAME AND I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO A LOT OF THE WORK OF OUR PARTNERS IN HELPING KEEP THAT LINE FLAT AS OPPOSED TO GOING UP. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THIS IS A MAP OF THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. UM, A CONCENTRATION REMAINS IN THE CITY CENTER DISTRICT MINE. UM, BUT WE DID A, AN ANALYSIS OF DISPERSION. UM, IT SHOWED THAT MORE AND SHELTERED INDIVIDUALS WERE COUNTED AWAY FROM THE URBAN CORE IN 2020 THEN IN 2019 AND THIS WAS A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINDING. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, THIS IS THE UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS BY CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT AND MUNICIPALITY. SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THAT MUNICIPALITY TABLE IS ALSO INCLUSIVE OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL. UM, SO WE SAW AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 488 INDIVIDUALS. [03:45:01] NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, SO THIS IS A COMPARISON OF THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE COUNTED IN THE PIT COUNT BY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT. SO HE CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IN BLUE, THAT'S 2019. UM, AND IN THE RIGHT WE HAVE ORANGE, THAT'S 2020 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS SAW AN INCREASE WHILE DISTRICT NINE ACTUALLY SAW THE LARGEST DECREASE IN PORTION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A MAP OF UNSALTED HOMELESSNESS BY COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT AND ELECTION PRECINCT. UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE AS WELL THAT THE CONCENTRATION REMAINS IN THE CITY CENTER, BUT AGAIN, THAT INCREASED DISPERSION IS ILLUSTRATED AND SOME OF THOSE OUTLYING ELECTION SINCE YOU CAN SEE THE DARKER GREEN FURTHER OUT IN SOME OF THE OUTLYING AREAS MORE SO THAN LAST YEAR. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO, UM, BEFORE WE PRESENT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, UM, WE DO A YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON, UM, IN OUR SUB PUBLIC SUBPOPULATIONS. UM, AND SO BASICALLY IF THE HEAD COUNT AS A PREVALENCE ESTIMATE PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF HOMELESSNESS ON ONE DAY OF THE YEAR, WE USE OTHER MEASURES SUCH AS THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, WHICH IS CAPTURED WITHIN OUR HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, EXCUSE ME, INFORMATION SYSTEM OR HMI ASS. AND THAT KIND OF PROVIDES A MORE ROLLING VIDEO OF PEOPLE ENTERING AND EXITING THE SYSTEM OVER TIME. UM, THAT GIVES US MORE OF AN INCIDENCE ESTIMATE. UM, SO ECHO'S COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM BASICALLY PROVIDES A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO ACCESS VITAL RESOURCES AND THOSE RESOURCES ENABLES THOSE PROVIDERS TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. UM, COORDINATED ENTRY IS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDED PROGRAMS. UM, AND SO IT'S REALLY A WAY FOR ALL OF THOSE PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS TO EFFICIENTLY CONNECT HOUSEHOLDS TO SERVICES, SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND HOUSING TO END THEIR HOMELESSNESS. SO YOU'LL SEE AS I PRESENT THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES, I'M GOING TO BE COMPARING HEAD COUNT FINDINGS WITH OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SCIENCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, SO AGE, UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE 2019 ON THE RIGHT IS 2020. UM, HOMELESSNESS BY AGE. WE SAW THE PROPORTION OF CHILDREN DECREASE, UM, BY 3.7%, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINDING. UM, YOUTH AND ADULTS INCREASED SLIGHTLY, BUT THAT YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON WAS NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM. YOUTH HOMELESSNESS ACTUALLY DROPPED 8.1%. AND WHEN SELF RESOLVED, HOMELESSNESS WAS ACCOUNTED FOR BY 28% IN 2019. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. VETERANS. SO THE PROPORTION OF VETERANS INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY 0.5%. AGAIN, THAT YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON WAS NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT UM, PER THE COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, HOMELESSNESS IS ACTUALLY REDUCED 40.1% AMONG VETERANS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. RACE. SO UP ON THE TOP WE HAVE 20, 19. ON THE BOTTOM WE HAVE 20, 20. UM, WE DID FIND THE PROPORTION OF BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICAN INCREASE SLIGHTLY BY 1.3% THIS YEAR. UM, AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT FINDING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON. UM, LIKE AFRICAN-AMERICANS REPRESENTED 36.5% OF THE 2020 PUT COUNT AND MEANING THAT THEY ARE, OH WELL OVERREPRESENTED IN OUR POPULATION. SO IF THEY'RE ONE IN THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE PIT COUNT OR ONE IN 10 INDIVIDUALS IN TRAVIS COUNTY AND PER OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM, HOMELESSNESS WAS ACTUALLY DECREASED BY 1.9% AMONG THAT POPULATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ETHNICITY. SO, UM, THE PROPORTION OF HISPANIC LATINEX DECREASED BY 3.2% THAT YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON WAS APPROACHING STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT OF P VALUE OF 0.05, THREE, UM, IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON. HISPANIC LATINEX ARE SLIGHTLY UNDERREPRESENTED NOW IN THE PIT COUNT AS COMPARED TO THE POPULATION OF TRAVIS COUNTY. SO, UM, IN 2019, HISPANIC LATINOS COMPRISE 33% OF THE PIT COUNT AND NOW THEY'RE COMPRISING 29.8%. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY THAT IS, BUT NO, WE'RE [03:50:01] CONCERNED THAT IF, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND IF THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, A CULTURE OF FEAR, WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SEEN AND, AND, AND BE SERVED ESSENTIALLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. GENDER. SO, UM, WE DID SEE A SMALL INCREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF FEMALES, UM, AND THE PIT COUNT ABOUT 2.3% AND A SMALL DECREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF MALES, A VERY SMALL INCREASE IN THE PROPORTION OF TRANS OR NONCONFORMING. UM, NONE OF THESE WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT, BUT WE DID, UM, TALK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THEY KNOW THAT PERHAPS WOMEN MIGHT'VE FELT A LITTLE BIT SAFER BEING SEEN WITH THE ORDINANCE CHANGES, UM, SINCE THEY ARE KIND OF A VULNERABLE POPULATION AMONG THE HOMELESS POPULATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCED WITH PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN HOMELESSNESS INCREASED BY ABOUT 3.5%. UM, THAT THOSE INDIVIDUALS NOW COMPRISE 61.3% OF OUR POPULATION, WHICH IS, SPEAKS TO CHRONICITY. UM, YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISON WAS NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. SO, UM, BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND IT KIND OF GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THE LOCATION OF FIRST HOMELESSNESS, UM, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, UM, AUSTINITES ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS REPORT? THE MAJORITY REPORT, AUSTIN IS OUR FIRST LOCATION OF HOMELESSNESS. SO 63.4% REPORTED ON HOMELESSNESS IN 2020. THAT'S UP SLIGHTLY FROM 2019. UM, PEOPLE, UM, REPORTING JUST TEXAS IN GENERAL AS THEIR FIRST LOCATION WITH 19.4. SO THAT'S TEXAS OTHER THAN AUSTIN. AND THEN OUT OF STATE REMAINED A KIND OF STEADY AT 17.1%. SO PEOPLE WERE REPORTING THAT THEIR LOCATION OF FIRST HOMELESSNESS WAS OUT OF STATE AND THEN THEY ARRIVED HERE. UM, AND SO THAT KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS REALLY A SORT OF A HOMEGROWN PROBLEM. UM, AND SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT TO, UM, BEAR IN MIND AS WE'RE, WE'RE THINKING AND PLANNING MOVING FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HOUSING FIRST. UM, THIS IS AN APPROACH THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, UM, WITH PERMANENT HOUSING. UM, IT FOCUSES ALSO ON REMOVING BARRIERS TO ENTRY LIKE WHITEY OR TREATMENT PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS. UM, AND THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF A SHIFT IN OUR RESOURCES OVER THE YEARS. AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS PROVIDE INCREASINGLY EFFICIENT HOUSING FOCUS, CASE MANAGEMENT, THE CITY OF AUSTIN ECHO AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE REALLY COALESCING TO EXPAND AVAILABLE PERMANENT HOUSING AND SERVANTS TO MEET EVEN AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY. UM, HOUSING FIRST IS AN EVIDENCE BASED APPROACH THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE COST EFFECTIVE AND UM, EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE AND COST EFFECTIVE. UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT INCREASED PERMANENT HOUSING RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH THE NEED IN AUSTIN. TRAVIS COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS A SHIFT IN RESOURCE CAPACITY FOR PERMANENT HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS. YOU CAN SEE AN ORANGE. UM, WE HAVE PERMANENT HOUSING BEDS IN BLUE. WE HAVE SHELTER BEDS. UM, AND SO HOUSING FIRST RESEARCH SHOWS THAT UM, PARTICIPANTS ACCESS HOUSING FASTER AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO REMAIN HOUSED. UM, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO USE EMERGENCY SERVICES SUCH AS HOSPITALS, JAILS, EMERGENCY SHELTERS. UM, AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT, UM, THEY CAN UTILIZE UP TO $23,000 LESS PER PERSON PER YEAR IN PUBLIC RESOURCES, RESOURCES. AND WHEN IN A SHELTER PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENTS HOUSED IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY FROM 2017 TO 2019 IN ORANGE. WE HAVE MINIMAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND BLUE. WE HAVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. AND IN GREEN WE HAVE RAPID REHOUSING. UM, THESE ARE EACH, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THEY'VE INCREASED OVER TIME. 2017 WE HOUSED, UM, 1,615. UM, AND NOW IN 2019, WE HOUSED, [03:55:01] UM, 2000, 171. AND THAT'S AN INCREASE OF 25% OF FROM THE 2017 A YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO MATT FOR A FEW SLIDES. THANKS, SARAH FOR THAT OVERVIEW. CAN PEOPLE HEAR ME FINE? YEAH, THAT NODDING. IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE NICE TO SEE EVERYONE'S FACES, UM, UH, TO THEM. SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, ADDRESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATION HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE FOREFRONT OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS RIGHT NOW, GIVEN, UM, THE RACIAL DISPARITIES THAT AT COBIT HAVE HIGHLIGHTED FOR ALL OF US ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE EXISTED FOR SOME TIME. UM, THE QUOTE FROM KIANA FISHER, UH, FROM CARITAS OF AUSTIN IS IT'S FANTASTIC AND I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO, UH, READ IT WORD FOR WORD, BUT, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL THINK ABOUT, UH, THAT ECHO'S TAKEN TO HEART AND THAT, UM, I THINK WE'RE REALLY RESOLUTE ON, FOCUSED AND FOCUSED ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM IN OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY IS EQUITABLE. UM, AND THAT WE WERE, WE ARE CHALLENGED EVERY DAY, UM, AS A SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITY AS YOU KNOW, IN OUR GOVERNMENTAL WORK, YOU KNOW, IN OUR GOVERNMENT AND IN CERTAINLY THROUGH OUR SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING, UH, RACIAL DISPARITIES, UM, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON HOMELESSNESS IN THE BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IT'S CONCERNING. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND, UH, NEEDS TO BE, UM, IT NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS, UH, REMEDIATING THAT. UM, WE HAVE AN EQUITY RACIAL EQUITY TAX GROUP, UM, THAT ECHO'S A PART OF, UM, IT'S FOCUSED ON TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND SHARING, UM, THAT OUR EQUITY AND ACCESS TO HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. UM, WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT OUR COORDINATED ENTRY SYSTEM THIS YEAR AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO ADD SOME QUESTIONS THAT GETS, UM, GETS TOWARD, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS EQUITABLE AND ACCESS IS EQUITABLE FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, ARE NONWHITE FOLKS, UM, ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL. WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS BIGGER THAN OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS DECISION MAKERS TO TACKLE BROADER STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES THAT IMPACT OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. UM, I WANT TO COMMEND, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, RENTERIA HARPER MADISON. UM, ALSO REMEMBER KASAR MAYOR PRO TEM GAZA, OR THE LETTER THAT I SAW THAT WENT TO, UM, GOVERNOR ABBOTT, UM, ASKING FOR THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID IN OUR STATE, UM, TO PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS FOR HEALTHCARE. UM, THOUGHT THAT WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A WAY THAT WE COULD CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE, UM, UH, MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND HOUSING FOR OUR POPULATION EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND IN POVERTY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE COBIT, COBIT 19 IN THE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM, UH, WE KNOW AND WE HAVE KNOWN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT HAVING A, UM, YOUR HEALTH CARE AND YOUR HEALTH SITUATION DOES NOT GET BETTER. UM, THROUGH UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS. UM, ANY DOCTOR COULD TELL YOU NO MATTER WHAT CONDITION YOU HAVE, IT'S MORE LIKELY, UM, THAT YOU WILL, UM, GET WELL FASTER. UM, IF YOU ARE HOUSED AND HAVE, UM, APPROPRIATE SHELTER. UM, SO IT WAS NO SHOCK TO US. UM, OBVIOUSLY, AND TO MANY OF YOU THAT UM, KOGAN 19 IS HIGHLIGHTED THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE HOSPITALIZED, TWO TO FIVE, TWO TO FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY TO NEED CRITICAL CARE AND TWO TO THREE TIMES AS LIKELY TO DIE FROM COBRA. 19. UH, WE KNOW AS YOU KNOW, AND YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS, UM, HERE IN AUSTIN THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE A NEW WAVE OF ECONOMIC INSECURITY DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. UM, FOOD, HEALTHCARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, HOUSING, UM, LACK OF ACCESS TO THOSE, UM, PUT MORE PEOPLE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS. UM, WE KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ECHO IN THE CITY, UM, CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR AND COUNCIL CITY STAFF HAVE LED A CHARGE TO STAND UP MORE RESOURCES, UH, TO SUPPORT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES ARE LISTED BELOW. I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE HERE JUST TO RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS. UM, OUR HEALTHCARE FOR THE HOMELESS WORKERS, UH, EMS, UM, [04:00:01] COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDICS, ALL OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE TREATMENT, UM, SERVICES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, HARM REDUCTIONISTS IN A COMMUNITY, OUR EMERGENCY SHELTER STAFF, OUTREACH TEAMS, PERMANENT HOUSING PROVIDERS, AND CERTAINLY CITY STAFF. UM, AND THE MANY WHO WERE ON THE PHONE WHO HAVE PARTNERED WITH ECHO, UM, THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING CRITICAL RESOURCES TO PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN RESPONSE TO COVIDIEN. UM, I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THINK, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR HOMELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY COURT FOLKS. UM, THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE HERE. UM, REALLY GREAT WORK IN PARTNERING TO MAKE SURE WE HELP GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. I WANT TO THANK MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO BRING RESOURCES TO BEAR FOR THIS, UM, POPULATION DURING THIS TIME AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK REALLY HARD TO CAPITALIZE ON THOSE RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT WE DO MORE, UM, TO END HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PUT IN OVER THE LAST YEAR. UM, I, WE'LL GO DOWN AND MEET ALL OF THEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE TIME FOR QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. THE BREADTH OF THIS WORK IS, UM, REALLY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE, UM, ONE OF SARAH'S SLIDES THAT TALKED ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AS IN RELATION TO POPULATION OF AUSTIN AND HOW IT'S, IT MAY BE PRETTY CONSTANT. SHE REALLY SHOWS THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT THAT OUR SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITIES PUT IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO EVERY DAY. UH, WE KNOW HOW TO END HOMELESSNESS HERE. AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ON DISPLAY YEAR AFTER YEAR, UH, THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE RUN, SOME, SOME OF WHICH ARE FUNDED BY THE CITY, SOME THROUGH COMMUNITY, UH, CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THESE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS LISTED HERE AND MANY OTHERS, UM, KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO END HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN. TRAVIS COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? I THINK WE KNOW, UM, WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY HERE IN AUSTIN. UH, YOU HAVE ALL TAKEN STEPS TO ADDRESS THAT THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE HAS. UM, THERE'S AN RFQ OUTRIGHT NOW TO RUN UM, MOTELS AND HOTEL, MOTEL CONVERSION STRATEGY. WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN AUSTIN. TRAVIS COUNTY. WE KNOW THE GREAT WORK THAT MOBILE LOAVES AND FISHES IS DOING TO COMPLETE, UM, THEIR PHASE TWO EXPANSION IN THE COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE. VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING THAT WORK TO SCALE. THEN OF COURSE, FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES WILL OPEN THEIR 25TH COMMUNITY AT WATERLOO TERRACE THIS YEAR, UM, TOTALING 132 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN AN EFFORT TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS AND PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK HAPPENING HERE IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. WE KNOW WE NEED MORE OF IT. AND, UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS. WE HAD INCREASED A POINT IN TIME COUNT VOLUNTEER CAPACITY AND IMPROVED SURVEY METHODS. UM, BECAUSE OF THAT WE'VE HAD A MORE, WE HAVE A MORE THOROUGH AND ACCURATE COUNT OF OUR EXISTING, UM, UNSHELTERED HOMELESS POPULATION THAT'S CLEAR. UM, ACCOUNT OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS HAS INCREASED A LOT OF PER CAPITA RATE, A BUNCH SHELTER, HOMELESSNESS HAS REMAINED PRETTY CONSTANT OVER THE LAST DECADE. WE SHOWED THAT, UM, I THINK ECHO FEELS PRETTY GOOD ABOUT SAYING THAT THE, UM, THE INCREASES IN OUR UNSHELTERED HOMELESS COUNT, UM, HAVE REALLY STRONG CORRELATION TO OUR VOLUNTEER BASE. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE. WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROGRESS TO MAKE ON ELIMINATING RACIAL DISPARITIES AND UM, AND HOUSING POPULATIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY HOMELESSNESS, LIKE BLACK AFRICAN-AMERICANS, VETERANS AND YOUTH. UM, WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL THERE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE AT ECHO THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO END HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT REALLY SEEING IT THROUGH THE LENS OF RACISM IN OUR COUNTRY. UM, AS CONTINUED, UH, MAJORITY OF PEOPLE FALLING INTO HOMELESSNESS. OUR AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY RESIDENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. UM, INCLUDING RISING COST OF RENT. AUSTIN IS, UM, EVEN WITH LAS VEGAS FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PER RENTAL, UM, PER A HUNDRED PEOPLE, UM, IN THE, UM, IN THE COUNTRY, WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING HERE. UH, WE NEED TO INCREASE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THEY'RE EFFECTIVE IN ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, UM, INCREASED PERMANENT HOUSING AS NEEDED TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND IN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY. [04:05:01] UM, AND PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ OUR REFERENCES, ALTHOUGH TO SAY I WAS PART OF EIGHT. UM, THE PARVIN AND PERLMAN, UM, HOUSING FIRST. OKAY. SO, UH, THANK YOU AND QUESTIONS. UM, I THINK OUR NEXT MADDIE, THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK. AND FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE NIGHT OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WAS THERE A, UH, ONE OF OUR SHELTERS HAVE TO EMPTY OUT FOR SOME REASON? DID THAT IMPACT THE COUNT OR NO? WELL IT IMPACTED THE COUNT IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAD A DECREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR SHELTER SYSTEM. UM, AND WE SAW OUR UNSHELTERED, OUR SHELTER NUMBER DROP AND OUR UNSHELTERED NUMBER GO UP. AND SO WE DID, UM, WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR SHELTERS THAT HAD A UM, SOME, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A PLUMBING EMERGENCY AT THE TIME THAT CAUSED THEM TO CLOSE DOWN PART OF THEIR, PART OF THE SHELTER THAT NIGHT. YES. ANY IDEA WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE SHELTER? I PERSONALLY COULDN'T BE THERE CAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO SAY SARAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER. YEAH, EXACT NUMBER. BUT WE DO KNOW THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF THE DOWNTOWN SHELTERS SHIFTED TO A HOUSING FOCUS CASE MANAGEMENT MODEL, WHICH REDUCED OUR BED COUNT. THAT WAS FIVE, ABOUT 130 REDUCTION WITH ABOUT 130. AND THEN WE ALSO RECLASSIFIED SOME HOUSING THAT WAS, UM, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING AND THEN CORRECTLY RECLASSIFIED AS RAPIDLY HOUSING. AND THAT ACCOUNTED FOR ANOTHER 103 I THINK. AND THE BURST PIPE ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 25. OKAY. BUT SOMEWHERE ABOUT 250 PEOPLE WOULD JUST BE THAT KIND OF STATISTICAL CHANGE. GREAT. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. YOU BOTH DO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. THAT WAS WHERE HER KITCHEN. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THIS IS, IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO SEE THIS KIND OF, SO I APPRECIATE IT AND UM, UM, AND FI AND FINE WITH HIM AT THE TIME IT TOOK. IT'S VERY USEFUL INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU SARAH. SO, UM, AND MATT, SO I HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION. UM, IT'S REALLY, UH, HAS TO DO IN PART WITH SLIDE NINE, BUT ALSO I THINK SLIDE 26 SO WE'RE NOT 20, NOT 26. I'M SORRY. YEAH, 26. SO HERE'S MY, HERE'S MY QUESTION. SO WHEN I LOOK AT SLIDE NINE, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE COUNT PER CAPITA IS GOING UP. IT'S NOT FLAT, BUT, UM, BUT IT'S GOING UP SLIGHTLY AS YOU SAID, BUT I, I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CALL IT FLAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT FLAT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POINT IN TOTAL COUNT PER CAPITA, UH, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREND BECAUSE IT IS GOING, IT'S GOING UP. NOW I, I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT, UM, IN 2011 DOWN TO 2015, IT WENT DOWN AND I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S LIMITATIONS BASED ON HOW MANY WERE COUNTING, BUT THIS IS A TOTAL COUNT PER CAPITA. SO ANYWAY, I JUST DON'T WANT US TO OVERSTATE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN CALL THE GRAPH ON NINE AS, AS A, AS FLAT. SO WITHIN A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ME IS, IS ON, UM, 26 I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, THIS IS GREAT IN SHOWING US ADDITIONAL CLIENTS HOUSED. UM, AND I'M WONDERING IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A RATE PER POPULATION OR IF PERHAPS THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEASURE THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE, THE RAW NUMBERS ON THE, THE HOUSING DOESN'T HELP ME UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE ACTUALLY THE PROPORTIONS OF UNSHELTERED PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING HOUSED. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A RIGHT PER POPULATION, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY GIVE US A COMPARISON IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT WORD FOR POPULATION ON SHELTER TO THE RATE PER POPULATION THAT WE HOUSED. BUT YOU MAY HAVE A THOUGHT ON A BETTER, A BETTER MEASURE THAN THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IF WE, IF THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE UNSHELTERED, UH, HOW ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF, UM, IN TERMS OF, OF GETTING MORE OF THOSE FOLKS INTO SHELTER? MMM. OH, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY. OH, AM I, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YOU'RE QUITE A QUIET FOR THE VOLUME. [04:10:10] IS THAT BETTER? YES. OKAY, GREAT. SO, UM, I WANT TO FIRST ADDRESS THE FIRST QUESTION. AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY DID RUN A STATISTICAL TREND LINE ACROSS AND GOING BACK TO SLIDE NINE FROM 2011 TO THE PRESENT. AND THAT TREND WAS FAIRLY CONSTANT, UM, AND SLIGHTLY ON THE, ON THE DECLINE. UM, SO FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT, IT HAS REMAINED CONSTANT, BUT I MEAN, TALKING ABOUT THAT, I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. I WASN'T, I DIDN'T MEAN TO SUGGEST, I DO SEE A DROP SINCE 20 2011. I THINK THAT'S, I GUESS I WAS THINKING MORE THAT IT, THAT IT WAS LOOKING TO ME LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT 2017, EIGHT, 19 AND 20 WERE CONTINUING TO GO UP, ALTHOUGH I REALIZE IT'S SLIGHTLY, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. AND I WILL SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SLIGHT, UM, UPTICK IN 2018 2019 AND 2020 DOES CORRESPOND, IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE SEVEN CORRESPONDS WITH INCREASED, UM, VOLUNTEER COUNT AND IMPROVED SURVEY METHODS. SO THE DIGITAL SURVEY DID HELP US TO COUNT, UM, FASTER AND IT INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT WERE COUNTED PER VOLUNTEER. UM, SO THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE SURVEYS MORE QUICKLY AND WE WERE GETTING MORE THOROUGH RESPONSE RATES. UM, AND SO THAT UPTICK IN THOSE LAST THREE YEARS TRACKS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICALLY WITH THE INCREASE IN OUR VOLUNTEER ACCOUNT. BUT THAT SAID, UM, I THINK THE, THE HIGHER NUMBER IS MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR ACTUAL EXISTING POPULATION. SO WE DON'T THINK IT'S AS SO MUCH THAT, BUT THE POPULATION IS GROWING RIGHT NOW. IT'S THAT WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB OF COUNTING EXISTING POPULATION. AND THEN TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION ON SLIDE 26, UM, WE WOULD HAVE, WE WOULD NEED TO, TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THAT AND WE MIGHT REACH OUT TO YOU BECAUSE WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT DENOMINATOR AND GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO THAT BEFORE WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT WAYS, THINK ABOUT THIS PROBLEM CREATIVELY AND ALSO RUN SOME DIFFERENT ANALYSIS TO BETTER ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY. I, I'M TRYING TO GET AT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS, IS THE, THE RAW NUMBERS ARE HELPFUL. I THINK IT'S, UM, I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT WE ARE HOUSING OUR FOLKS, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP ME UNDERSTAND HOW THAT RELATES TO THE NEED. SO THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FOR IS SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF MEASURE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT THE BEST ONE IS. YOU WANT TO GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT. UM, COUNSELING OUR KITCHEN. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE ALSO THAT I THINK THE, THERE WILL BE SOME MODELING, I THINK THAT THAT IS GOING TO GET PRESENTED TO COUNCIL OR BE IN A REPORT THAT GETS SENT THROUGH, UM, FROM SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS AT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH. BUT I THINK COULD BETTER SHOW YOU, UM, WHERE SOME OF THOSE GAPS EXIST ON THAT SLIDE OUT 26, WHY DID THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GOOD ASS? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. BECAUSE THOSE PROGRAMS BECAME MORE EFFECTIVE THAN AND KEEPING PEOPLE HOUSED EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S TURNOVER IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS ARE NEW UNITS BROUGHT ONLINE. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS MORE FOLKS STAYING IN OUR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS. NOT, THAT'S NOT A SLIDE THAT'LL SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF BEDS. SO IT'S THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOUSED IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING. IF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE DOING WELL, UM, AND FOLKS ARE STAYING IN THEM, THAT NUMBER SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE HOPEFULLY. UM, SO WE DON'T SEE EXITS AND THEREFORE TURNOVER WHERE SOMEONE ELSE WOULD THEN GET HOUSED IN THAT PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING RESOURCE. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AS COUNCIL MEMBER RENTERIA? YES. MY QUESTION IS THAT HAS THE ROAD IN LOCALLY AND, AND THE, UM, THE 300 ADDITIONAL HOMES IN MOBILE LOAVES AND FISHES, HAVE THEY COME ONLINE YET? UM, SO THE ROADWAY IN RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW THAT, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME CITY STAFF ON THE, ON THE LINE THAT CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE MORE CONTEXT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THOSE UNITS ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF SOME REMEDIATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO BE READY, UM, FOR, UH, PERMANENT HOUSING. BUT NO, THEY HAVE NOT COME ON YET. COUNCIL MEMBER INTERVIEW THE 300 UNITS OVER THERE. NOPE, THOSE ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW. I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO START PHASING IN THE [04:15:01] FIRST, UM, FOLKS GETTING HOUSED. HOPEFULLY SOMETIME THIS SUMMER IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND HOW MANY UNITS ARE THOSE? ANOTHER 300 OVER THERE, BUT WROTE IT FOR HIM. HOW MANY UNITS THEY'RE REALLY IN. UM, IS 87 OR 85 UNITS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT OUR TOPO, YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU ECHO AND OUR CITY STAFF. I WOULD ECHO THE THANKS THAT MATT MONICA MENTIONED TO ALL OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HAVE HEALTH RESOURCES, THE FOOD RESOURCES AND UM, THE OTHER CARE THAT THEY NEED DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. I WANTED TO ASK US SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT, I THINK IT IS, WELL THE, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN, IN LOOKING THROUGH THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SURVEYED THIS YEAR, DISTRICT NINE, AS YOU POINT OUT, MY DISTRICT HAS, UM, HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. IT ALSO HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE. UM, I'VE BY FAR REALLY, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THAT THIS YEAR IT'S MORE, THERE WAS MORE DISPERSION, UM, IN TERMS OF UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS COUNTED IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE URBAN CORE. AND I WONDERED IF YOU HAD ANY ASSESSMENT OF HOW THAT CORRELATED TO VOLUNTEERS AND WHERE VOLUNTEERS FOR ASSIGNMENT THIS YEAR. SO CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, HI NECESSARILY. I THINK OTHER THAN JUST THAT, I THINK THE GRANULARITY OF OUR SUBDIVIDED SECTIONS, HAVING THOSE 74 SECTIONS AND HAVING MORE VOLUNTEERS KIND OF PLUGGED IN TO EACH OF THOSE SECTIONS, HELP DESK PERHAPS COUNT MORE PEOPLE THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY, MAYBE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY THERE AND WE JUST HADN'T HAD THE RESOURCES TO COUNT THEM OR THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME FACTORS THAT SORT OF PUSHED PEOPLE OUT INTO SOME OTHER AREAS. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE WHY, BUT UM, YEAH, I THINK HAVING MORE VOLUNTEERS AND HAVING MORE GRANULAR, UM, HIT SECTIONS HELPED. THANK YOU. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BY WAY OF ANECDOTE, AND I'M SURE OTHER TEAMS SPEND THIS TOO, AND THE TEAM ON THE TEAM I WAS COUNTING WITH, NO, WE ENCOUNTERED, I WOULD SAY MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, UM, ENCAMPMENTS WHERE INDIVIDUALS DIDN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WORTH, IT'S WORTH NOTING ALWAYS THAT AS YOU HAVE THESE ARE ESTIMATES AND THERE CERTAINLY ARE MORE UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THEN THESE NUMBERS ALWAYS REFLECT THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME AND VOLUNTEERED AND ALL OF THE WORK OF ECHO STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COUNT IS AS THOROUGH AS POSSIBLE. IT SEEMS TO GET BETTER EVERY, EVERY YEAR. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU TOO FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE OTHER ON HERE. I THINK THE WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS DOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BEDS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF FROM RAPID REHOUSING TO PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, TO HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS TO HOUSING FOR OUR ELDERS I THINK IS JUST REALLY TREMENDOUS. AND SO THANK YOU TO WELL, WHILE YOU'RE NOT JUST PROVIDING DATA ABOUT THE NEED, THE REALLY SIGNIFICANT ABSOLUTE NEED, I'M ALSO SHOWING US SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND HOW IT, HOW IT IS HAVING AN IMPACT IS IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, AND THIS MORNING WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE SPENDING PLAN AND YOU'VE HIT ON A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT TO CONSIDER AS WE THINK ABOUT THOSE ALLOCATIONS. AND THAT IS THE REAL DANGER THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE A YEAR FROM NOW LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND SEE AN INCREASE BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO IN THE MIDST OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS HAD FALLEN INTO HOMELESSNESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT INVESTING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND THOSE OTHER PREVENTION STRATEGIES SO THAT WE, WE DON'T SEE INCREASES IN THESE NUMBERS THAT COULD BE OTHERWISE SEPARATED. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, AND THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE PIT COUNT, IT'S REALLY ABOUT AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. ON THURSDAY WE'LL BE ASKED TO APPROVE, UM, PURCHASING, UH, ONE OF THE PRO LODGES THAT WOULD BE, UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT USED IN THE IMMEDIATE, UM, IMMEDIATE TIMES, BUT ALSO BE ABLE TO S TO PROVIDE LONGER TERM HOUSING. AND I WONDERED IF WE COULD GET JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER THAT LODGE IS ALREADY BEING USED AND IF IT IS AT CAPACITY AND IF THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR OTHER PROTECTIVE LODGING. UM, AND THEN THAT'S PROBABLY FOR OUR STAFF, BUT MAYBE MR MULLICA YOU HAVE INFORMATION AS WELL ON THAT. I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE IN OUR NUMBERS OF HOUSING INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED THAT PROTECTIVE LOGIC. YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK CERTAINLY THE CITY STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU A CLEARER [04:20:01] PICTURE. BUT I KNOW JUST FROM BEING ON THE CALLS WITH, UM, CITY STAFF THAT WE DO HAVE A WAIT LIST CURRENTLY FOR PRO LODGES RIGHT NOW FOR HIGH RISK PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, THAT ARE IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE LODGING. AND SO EVEN WITH, UM, PROLOGUE FOR OPEN AND RUNNING. AND LET ME TELL YOU, UM, PROLOGUE FOR OPEN, UM, I BELIEVE NOON, UM, YESTERDAY AND WHAT WAS REFERRED I THINK 60 SOME ODD PEOPLE, MMM. BY MID MORNING. AND THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF STANDING UP THOSE PRO LODGES AS QUICKLY AS THEY HAVE WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE COMING FROM INTEGRAL CARE. IT'S REALLY QUITE AMAZING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THOSE ARE BROUGHT ONLINE AND OPERATIONAL. SO IT'S VERY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT HAPPEN SO FAST FOR PEOPLE IN A TIME OF NEED. BUT I THINK PROBABLY, UM, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET A MORE THOROUGH ANSWER FROM, FROM THE CITY STAFF ON, UM, AVAILABILITY. I THINK ACM SHREDDER WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. YES. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, I'LL PROVIDE NUMBERS BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE, UH, FLUID. UH, BUT I WILL SAY GENERALLY THAT WHEN WE OPENED A PROLOGUE FOR THAT, YES, WE ABSOLUTELY HAD A WAITING LIST AND WE'RE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO MOVE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN NEED OF HOUSING, UM, AND SUPPORT, MOVE THEM INTO PROLOGUE FOR, UH, I WANT TO NOT GIVE A A BAD NUMBER BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT NUMBER FLUCTUATES, UM, REALLY DAILY. UM, UH, BUT AGAIN, TO GENERALLY SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO UTILIZE THAT FACILITY, UM, ACM SHORTER OR OTHER STAFF, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW LARGE THE WAITING LIST IS JUST TO GET A SENSE OF THAT SCALE, UH, EITHER IF NOT ON THIS CALL AT ANOTHER TIME AND JUST, UM, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. BUT MR MALAIKA WOULD ASK YOU AND, AND OTHERS AND ECHO AND OTHERS IN YOUR, UM, WHO YOU'RE WORKING WITH AS YOU IDENTIFY NEEDS. I KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT I AM ASKED BY MY CONSTITUENTS, HOW CAN THEY HELP, WHAT CAN THEY DO IN THIS IMMEDIATE TIME? AND SO AS YOU IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS WERE OTHER AUSTINITES CAN, CAN PITCH IN. I HOPE YOU'LL LET US KNOW SO THAT WE CAN AMPLIFY THOSE AND GET THOSE, THAT WORD OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND FOR COMMENTS. GREAT. MATTHEW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, SARAH, THANK YOU. AND, AND, AND ALL THE PARTNERS WORKING ON THIS. UH, AND I, AND I AM EXCITED THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOWARD THOSE 300 ROOMS AS PART OF THIS. I KNOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES ADDRESSED THIS EARLIER. THE DEGREE TO WHICH WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THE EMERGENCY AND LEVERAGE IT FOR INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES GOING FORWARD SO THAT WE GET A LONGTERM BENEFIT. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND THIS ISN'T A SPECIFIC KIND OF FACILITY THAT LENDS ITSELF TO THAT, YOU KNOW, BY DEFINITION EXTRA EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING. THANK YOU. AND THEN WHEN I POINTED OUT JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING CHALLENGES IN CERTAIN POPULATIONS AND OTHER POPULATIONS WERE DOING BETTER THAN MANY OTHER PEER CITIES. UH, JAILS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN AREA THAT WE'RE DOING WELL IN, UM, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE, DIRECTOR, UH, HAYDEN AND RECTOR, UH, SURE. AND, UH, MATTHEW AND THE TEAM, UH, THIS COMMUNITY WAS ONE THAT EVERYBODY REALLY JUMPED ON REALLY EARLY AND, AND ISOLATED, UH, AND HAS, UM, IT'S CERTAINLY A SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION, BUT IT'S BEEN SO MUCH MORE PROTECTED, UH, BECAUSE OF THAT WORK. AND WE'RE SO MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN MANY OTHER PEER CITIES AT THIS POPULATION. BUT THANK YOU FOR, YEAH, WE JUST HAD A FELLOW CARMEN AS WELL TO THAT LIST. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S WHO, IVANKA, THE NEXT PRESENTATION THEN MANAGER. THIS IS THE ONE ON BRACKENRIDGE. IF I MAY MAKE A MAYOR, DO YOU MIND IF WE DO THE WHOLE ITEMS THAT RELATE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SO WE CAN JUST ALLOW OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF TO LEAD. BUT THAT'S UM, I MEAN A, BOTH OF THE COUNCIL. DO YOU FIND, UM, YOU'LL WANT TO PULL UP 2122, UH, UNDERSTOOD. I HAVE 23 IS BEING WITHDRAWN. SO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO ITEMS 21 AND 22 MANAGER. CORRECT. OKAY. UM, YOU GUYS ARE FLAT AGAIN. YOU PULLED BOTH THESE, YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION ON THE Q AND A ABOUT STATEMENTS OF WORK THAT I DON'T THINK HAS BEEN ANSWERED YET, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, TO WHAT EXTENT IS REPORTING THE DATA BACK TO THE CITY PART OF THE EXPECTATION OF THESE VENDORS? DIRECTOR [04:25:01] HAYDEN'S ON TO RESPOND TO THAT? YES, I'M HERE. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR MOVING THIS UP A LITTLE AHEAD ON THE AGENDA. UM, SO, UM, WITH OUR, UM, CURRENT PROCESS, OUR VENDORS ARE REQUIRED, UM, TO SUBMIT, UM, THEIR DELIVERABLES AS THEY COMPLETE THEM. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE A, UM, REPORTING OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THEY SERVE AND, UM, HOW MUCH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE THEY ARE PROVIDING OR THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. UM, AND SO OUR, UM, EACH ONE OF THE VENDORS, UM, HAS THEIR PROCESS OF HOW THEY ARE, UM, ENSURING THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY SERVE ARE MEETING THE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF, BECAUSE OF KOBE 19, THEY, UM, UM, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS FUNDING. AND SO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WE, WHAT WE SET UP IS, IS WE'VE SET UP FOUR MONTH CONTRACTS. THE CONTRACTS ARE FOUR MONTHS TERM. UM, NOT TO SAY THAT THE VENDORS HAVE TO, UM, HAVE A CONTRACT FOR THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT THAT ALLOWS US, FOR THEM TO PROVIDE ALL OF THEIR, UM, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE. BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO CLOSE OUT THE CONTRACT AND SUBMIT, UM, ALL OF THE FINAL CLOSEOUT REPORTS AND THE SUMMARY DATA THAT WE ARE REQUIRING WITH THEM. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, OUR STAFF WILL ADD ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS TO THE REST OF THE CONTRACTS THAT WE GO OUT AND MONITOR. AND SO WHEN OUR FOLKS GO OUT TO MONITOR, WE WILL TYPICALLY SELECT A TIME PERIOD. UM, AND BECAUSE THESE WERE ARE ARE JUST, UH, JUST A SHORTER QUICK IN NATURE. UM, NORMALLY WE HAVE A 12 MONTH CONTRACT, WE'LL PICK A MONTH OUT OF THE YEAR. WITH THIS ONE, WE'LL PROBABLY PICK A WEEK OR TWO OUT OF THE TERM AND THEN OUR FOLKS WILL GO TO THEIR, UM, OFFICES, UM, OR HAVE THEM TO, YOU KNOW, SEND US SOME INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL GO OUT AND MONITOR, UM, ENSURE THAT THE CLIENTS THAT RECEIVE THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THAT THEY HAVE, THE DOCUMENTATION, UM, FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND OUR HOUSEHOLDS. AND UM, AS WELL AS THAT THEY MET THE, UM, THE CRITERIA AND OUR PARTNERS ARE USING VARIOUS SYSTEMS. AS I SAID EARLIER, UM, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A CLIENT DATA SYSTEM. AND SO WE ARE ALLOWING OUR PARTNERS TO USE THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE. THE DATA THAT THEY'LL REPORT BACK. IS IT, WELL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHAT I'M ASKING FOR. MY HOPE IS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT IN CLOSER TO REAL TIME THEN AT THE END OF A FOUR MONTH CONTRACT DEMOGRAPHICALLY IN THE AGGREGATE WHERE THE DOLLARS WENT, THAT INFORMATION. UM, WE ARE PLANNING TO PROVIDE A LOVELY REPORT, UM, TO COUNCIL ONLY BECAUSE ALL OF THE CONTRACTS HAVE A DIFFERENT DATE. AND SO IT WAS JUST, IT'S JUST EASIER FOR MY STAFF TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND PROVIDE A MONTHLY REPORT BACK TO, UM, TO, TO COUNSEL. SO, SO WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON WHO'S RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THAT'S HOW OFTEN THE DATA WILL BE UPDATED. YES. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT THE BUSINESS SUPPORT STUFF IS HAPPENING, I THINK OUT OF A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT THAN YOURS, BUT I'M ALSO EXPECTING TO SEE SIMILAR DATA, UM, REPORTED BACK AND FOR BUSINESSES. I THINK IT'S FAIR TO REPORT THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T DO THAT FOR INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD AGGREGATE THE DATA, BUT THOSE ARE, I THINK, FAIR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC. OKAY. WAS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN OUR REPORTS? UM, WE TYPICALLY PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVED, UM, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE, UM, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA. UM, WELL I THINK I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DATA YOU'RE RECEIVING FROM THE VENDOR BECAUSE WE CAN SLICE AND DICE IT HOWEVER MUCH WE WANT LATER, UNLESS YOU'RE NOT GIVING THE DATA. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONTRACT SO THAT WE'RE REQUIRING THE VENDORS TO REPORT BACK WHATEVER IT IS. WE'RE REQUIRING THEM TO PORT BACK, REPORT BACK, AND THEY ALL NEED TO REPORT BACK THE SAME THING OR ELSE THE NUMBERS WON'T ADD UP AS YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M DRIVING TOWARDS. I THINK THERE'S STILL AN OPEN Q AND A ON THAT. AND SO I'M HAPPY WITH YOU ANSWERING THIS IN FULL THROUGH THE QA PROCESS. [04:30:02] OKAY. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. [Item B4 (Part 1 of 2) ] MANAGER, YOU WON'T TAKE US TO THE PRESENTATION OR BRETT, SOUNDS GOOD. UH, COUNSEL, UH, THIS IS A TOPIC THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST AND I THINK YOU'D LIKE THIS. AND, AND I BELIEVE FEBRUARY, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND OPEN SESSION AND THEN, UH, AFTER A FEW SLIDES FROM OUR STAFF, WE'LL GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AND THEN, UH, COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR, UH, FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ANDY LYNN, SCIENCE IN TO WALK US THROUGH, UH, TO TEE UP THIS CONVERSATION. ANDY, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND OUR AGREEMENT TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE. UM, THIS IS MOVED TO, UM, TO BE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN WHEN WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. IT WAS JUST BEING ME. I'M GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I DON'T SEE LOADED. WONDERFUL. I CAN GET THAT STARTED. CUT IT OFF. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AGAIN, WHY WE'RE HERE. THE LAST YEAR IN FRONT OF COUNCIL DECIDED WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT MENTIONED THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND THE BREAKFRONT RIDGE PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. I CAN REPORT TODAY THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN SIGNED, THE EXECUTED RETURN TO THE CITY. SO WE'RE HERE. IS THAT PART OF THAT DISCUSSION OFFERED BY THE TERM SHEET? AWESOME. TO GIVE YOU BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS, THIS ALL RELATES TO COURSE TO THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP AND ACTIONS RELATED TO THAT. OF COURSE. ARE THERE ALSO REAL ESTATE INTERESTS AT UNIVERSITY ELLS? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO TO GIVE YOU A CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF WHERE WE'RE, WHAT PROPERTIES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I SAID THIS IS EXPANDED, MOSTLY OWNS VARIOUS PROPERTIES AROUND THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S JUST AN OVERVIEW THAT, BUT THE ONES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, I ONLY THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACK, WHICH OF COURSE IS ALONG THE LAKE LIKE AUSTIN. YOU COULD SEE THAT SHOWN HERE. GATEWAY TRACKS. IT'S JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS STREET AND WE HAVE THE SEMATECH CAMPUS OVER IN EAST AUSTIN. UM, ON TOP OF THIS WE ALSO HAVE THE PICKLE WEST CAMPUS, WHICH IS A BREAKER AND MOBILE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE WIND AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY, THEY HAVE OUTLINED THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACT AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THEIR CALCULATIONS AND DISCUSSION, THEY REMOVED THE STRAFFORD TRACT. ONCE THEY SETTLED IN DIRTY OF IT, SOME OF THE US LUMPS DEVELOPED AND COME UP WITH A TOTAL OF 355 ACRES THAT ENCOMPASSES THE PROPERTIES YOU SEE HERE. I'M STILL THE DEEP VALLEY TRACK, THE SAFEWAY TRACK, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ATP, THE UNI, UM, ALL WE, ALL OF THESE PARCELS MAKE UP ABOUT 355 ACRES WHICH ARE IN THE ENTIRETY OF THE BRACKENRIDGE AGREEMENT. SO WHEN WE'RE SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT THE BLACK IMAGE TRACKS, UM, SPECIFICALLY WE USE THAT TERM. THE WAY THE UNIVERSITY HAS REDEFINED IT, THIS PROPOSAL JUST WAS EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THIS STRAFFORD TRACK, WHICH IS IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER OF THE SCREEN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HE'S PROVIDED THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE SITES AND WHERE THEY ARE. HERE'S WEST PARTICULAR RESEARCH CAMPUS. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES. IT'S THE ON THE CORNER OF BROOKLYN, NO PACK. IT'S LUMPED INTO WATERSHEDS. IT'S MOSTLY ENDED ALL THE CAMPUS THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE SEMATECH CAMPUS. UM, AGAIN, IT SAID YOU STEPPED UP TO THE TOP OF THIS. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS THAT PROPERTY WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE MENTIONED THESE, UM, IT IS ALSO A VERY LARGE TRACK, MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED, UM, 94 ACRES. APPROXIMATELY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS THE GATEWAY PARCEL. UM, IT IS ON THIS STREET JUST BEFORE YOU WERE HEADING WEST AND IT'S KIND OF A UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS AND ALSO HAS A SMALL, UM, BUILDING. IT'S OCCUPIED BY AN ESTATE AGENCY ON THE NORTHERN REMAINED REMAINED. UM, PLEASE. THIS IS THE TOWN LAKE TRACT ON THE LAKESIDE TRACKS, COLORADO APARTMENTS, BRACKENRIDGE APARTMENTS AND THE BIOFIELD BOX. MANY OF THE PROFESSORS BETTER BY THE UNIVERSITY. THIS IS THE PORTION THAT THEIR PARKING IS REDEVELOPED. THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 162 ACRES ALONG THE [04:35:01] LAKE FROM REDBUD TRAIL DOWN BASICALLY THE DEEP EDDY POOL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HISTORY AS EVERYONE THAT'S READ A VERY LENGTHY HISTORY, THIS PROPERTY IS, IS JUST A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND DATES BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY. UM, POINT OUT ONE OF THE WATERSHED EVENTS I THINK FOR THIS WAS COUNSEL PREPARE A PROPOSAL, UM, IN EXCHANGE FROM UNION DECEMBER 18TH, 2018 LIKE THE MIDDLE PAGE. AND SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH VARIOUS PROPOSALS AND BULLET POINTS AND LETTERS. UM, AGAIN, THE LAST ROUND CAME IN AND MAFER FROM MR REPRESENTATIVE AS A PROPOSAL. UM, AND WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S IN THIS MAYFIELD PROPOSAL. UM, THE BASIS FOR THAT AGREEMENT. UM, SPEAKING OF THE UNIVERSITY WAS THE LETTER THAT WE SENT AS THE CITY BY JUNI ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2018. UM, MANY OF THE TERMS THAT THEY PROPOSE, UM, INCLUDE THAT THERE ARE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. UM, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IS THAT UNI IS NOT INCLUDED AS, UH, AN AGREEMENT FOR US TO PURCHASE. IF YOUR PRICE IS TO GUARANTEE YOU A 40% OPEN SPACE, I COULD RELATE ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE 345 ACRES THAT I'VE REFERRED TO AS A BRACKET. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. UM, THE UNIVERSITY HAS DISCUSSED, ALTHOUGH NOT CONVEYED TO US IN WRITING IT, UM, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING TO NEGOTIATE A TWO YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE UNION CONSERVANCY OR THE SOVIET UNION HISTORICAL DISTRICT THAT A PURCHASE WITH ME THAT IS, THAT IS OUR INTENT, UH, THAT THEY HAVE EXPRESSED VERBALLY, NOT IN WRITING YET. THEY ALSO INTEND TO NEGOTIATE WITH WIA FOR THE PURCHASE OF THEIR 14.5 ACRES. WHETHER YOUR LISTING FACILITIES ARE TODAY A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UT HAS ASKED WHY ARE THEY MAKING IT BETTER FOR 0.4 OR FIVE FOR, FOR THE BLACK AND RED TRUCKS. UM, TODAY THEY, THE ENTITLEMENTS IN THE BACK OF WINTER BREAK, WE'RE ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION. THIS WOULD BE CLOSER TO 6.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET. IT WOULD BE ON THE ENTIRETY OF THE 345 ACRES. UM, THAT THAT IS MAKING A CHANGE ON. THEY ALSO REQUESTED 200 SQUARE FEET ON THE TOWN LAKE TRACT WITHOUT A LEVELS. SO IT WAS CONSIDERATION NOT BEING TIED TO GENERATE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT SURE. THE INTERSECTIONS, UM, AROUND THAT GOLF EVENT THAT WOULD INCLUDE TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEASURES. UNIVERSITIES ALSO ASKED FOR MIXED USE ZONING RESIDENTIAL COURSES, CIVIC, INDUSTRIAL, UM, BASED ON A DMU, USE SOME REGULATIONS WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. UM, THEY HAVE NOW INCLUDED OFFICIALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR CBS CAMPUS WITH REQUEST TO APPROPRIATELY ZONE THAT REQUEST, UM, WITH GATEWAY NORTH GATEWAY ZONING. UM, AND THEY'VE ALL, THEY'VE ASKED FOR A POVERTY PROCESS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE BDA, UM, FOR ALL OF THEIR PROPERTIES. THEY SUGGESTED ON THE SEMATECH PROPERTY A TIF TO REIMBURSE THEMSELVES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THE TIP IS INCLUDED A BRC LAST THAT WAS ONE OF THE OFFERS THAT THE CITY MADE IN 2018 SO THAT'S NOT SHOWING HER THE CHANGE, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED. THE BASSER EAST RIVERSIDE OR WHATEVER WAS ONLY ON THE SEMATECH PROPERTY AND MODIFIED PERMANENT PROCESS. AND FOR GREGORY, THEY'VE ASKED TO INCLUDE THAT PROPERTY INTO A POTENTIAL TO FOR THE BRACKENRIDGE TRACK, WHICH AGAIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2018 RESPONSE TO THE UNIVERSITY. UM, ALONG WITH SPECIFIC ZONING CS IN UV OR LIB AND A MODIFIED POVERTY PROCESS. THOSE ARE THE OVERVIEW OF THEIR OFFERS AT THIS TIME. UM, INTO COUNSEL THAT I WOULD TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS THAT IS OUR OVERVIEW. UM, AND I BELIEVE HE WANTED TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT REAL ESTATE MATTERS BEFORE WE PROCEED ANY FURTHER. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? YOU CLOSE THAT SLIDE PLEASE. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING ANY FAILS, THOSE SLIDES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT [Executive Session] COLLEAGUES. SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THEN GOING INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS BETTER. IF YOU COME BACK OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AND THEN WE'LL PUT OUR CONVERSATION ON THE PRAC TRACK AND THEN THE FINAL PULLED ITEMS SOUND OKAY, I READ THAT. THEN TWO 48 RECESS, THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION. AND SO THEN WE THREW HER INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AND I DON'T HAVE THE SCRIPT IN FRONT OF ME. UH, LET ME HOPE. MAYOR, YOU'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT [04:40:01] TO FIVE, FIVE ONE OH SEVEN ONE AND FIVE FIVE ONE OH SEVEN TWO ON ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE PROPERTIES, MAYBE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BACK IN THOSE TRACKS INCLUDING THE LINES, MOOSE MILL, GOLF COURSE, WEST PICKLE AND SEMATECH TRACK. AND I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION. I AGREE. I THANK YOU FOR THAT WITHOUT OBJECTION. THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE'LL COME BACK OUT AFTER EXECUTIVE SESSION IN A SHORTCUT DISCUSSION OF BRAC AND DO THE REMAINING PULLED ITEMS WHERE YOU ARE. MY COLLEAGUES IS FOUR 34. UM, WE'RE NOW CONTINUING ON IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE WERE IN CLOSED SESSION, CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. WE ADDRESSED ITEM. [Item B4 (Part 2 of 2)] WAS IT BEFORE BEFORE? YES. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW. MY PROJECT CONNECT DISTRICT NINE TOWN HALL IS TONIGHT FROM FIVE TO SIX O'CLOCK. AND SO I'M GOING TO NEED TO UM, GET ON WITH THIS MEETING CALL IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AND SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO ALERT MY COLLEAGUES. I DID PULL UP THE 96, WHICH IS THE RESOLUTION I'M BRINGING FORWARD IN PART TO DISCUSS SORT OF HOW YOURS FUNCTIONS, HOW MINE FUNCTIONS. WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TIME FOR THAT CONVERSATION TODAY, BUT I AM MAKING A COUPLE EDITS TO IT AND JUST WANT TO ALERT EVERYONE TO LOOK FOR THAT IN THE REVISED BACKUP WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. CAUSE I WON'T, I WON'T BE HERE TODAY FOR THE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS FIRST BUT BACK NOW TO SPEAK, UH, UH, MUNI BEFORE WE GO TO THE BULLET ITEMS, YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE GO TO OTHERS? YEAH, THAT'S OKAY. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'M PARTICIPANT. THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. I'LL PARTICIPATE IF THERE'S AN OPENING. DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS? UH, TO, TO THE, TO THE MUNI A ISSUE. ALISON, THANK YOU MAYOR. I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS. UM, AND UM, I WANT TO START BY THANKING PRESIDENT FENJVES FOR HIS SERVICE AND UH, WISHING HIM WELL. UM, YOUR, YOUR SERVICE IS MUCH, MUCH APPRECIATED AND, AND I'VE ENJOYED, UM, REPRESENTING YOU HERE ON COUNCIL AS WELL. VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH MR HARTSEL. UM, I WANTED TO, BEFORE I MADE SOME GENERAL REMARKS THOUGH, SEE IF I COULD JUST ASK MR SPILLER TO SPEAK TO A KEY PIECE OF WHAT I WANT TO SUGGEST IN TERMS OF DIRECTION FOR THE CITY MANAGERS. MR SPILLER ON? YES, MA'AM. I'M ON. THIS IS ROBIN SPILLER. THANK YOU ROB. UM, I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES, WE HAVE TO SOLVE THE ISSUE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE RIGHT SIZE THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND NOW THAT AS OF YESTERDAY, WE FINALLY HAVE SOME GLIMPSE OF THE BOOK POSED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS. UM, I THINK WE CAME TO A POSSIBLE DIRECTION THAT MIGHT HELP US RETHINK, UM, HOW WE APPROACH THIS DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDE UT WITH THE KIND OF FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED WHILST ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS THAT THE MAYOR AND I HAVE REPEATEDLY IN OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER OVER THE BRECKENRIDGE TRACK RAISED WITH RESPECT TO MAKING SURE THE TRANSPORTATION THERE. UM, AND THE IDEA IS BASICALLY TO HAVE SOME MECHANISM SUCH AS A TRIP TAP, UM, SO THAT, THAT IS REALLY WHAT CONSTRAINTS THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT VERY BRIEFLY TO HOW THIS MIGHT BE APPLIED IN THIS INSTANCE? UH, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, ROBERT SPILLER, AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR. UM, VERY MUCH LIKE OUR DEVELOPMENT AT MILLER, UH, AIRPORT REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. UH, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A PMP CAPACITY PROBLEM HERE, UH, IN THE LAKE AUSTIN BOULEVARD BRECKINRIDGE AREA. AND LIKE MILLER, WHAT WE DID WAS IDENTIFY A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD CREATE DURING THE PMP PERIOD. UH, AND THEN, UH, THE DEVELOPER THROUGH AS THEY BUILD THAT SITE OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND CONTINUE TO ADD DEVELOPMENT AND BUY DOWN, IF YOU WILL, THAT TRIP BUDGET. SO AS THEY ADD A NEW SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING THAT GENERATES A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TRIPS DURING THAT PEAK PERIOD. AND SO WE REDUCE IT. UH, THE CAN CERTAINLY DO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS. CHOOSING THE TYPE OF LAND USAGE, UH, THAT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, UH, TIME OF DAY USES, UH, AND [04:45:01] SO NOT EFFECT APP. SIMILARLY, THE DEVELOPER, UH, COULD PICK TRIP, UH, OR LAND USE TYPES THAT, THAT HAVE VERY LOW TRIP NEEDS DURING THE DAY. UH, AND, UH, BASICALLY ALLOWS THE DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP, UH, TO ALMOST WHATEVER DENSITY THEY WANT AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN THAT CRITICAL TRIP CAP. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON TO IDENTIFY, UH, UH, FOR THAT TRIP CAP AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON MILLER. IT WAS DONE THROUGH A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, AND AGREED TO IN A, IN A DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SO I'M GONNA SPEAK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT BASIC BACKGROUND BEFORE I SPOKE. UM, BUT, UH, MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE BECKENRIDGE TRACKS. UM, THAT'S THE PART THAT'S IN MY DISTRICT AND UM, THERE ARE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE OTHER PARTS, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY AND FOCUS MY COMMENTS TO THAT AREA. SO FOR ME, MY TWO BIG GOALS WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE BRECKENRIDGE TRACT ARE THE FOLLOWING. FIRST, I WANT US TO PRESERVE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, OPEN SPACE, GREEN SPACE TO MEET EXISTING NEEDS AND THE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED NEEDS OF A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND TO CREATE THE NATURE-BASED TRAIL CONNECTIVITY TO REDUCE THE VEHICLE TRIPS. SECONDLY, I WANT TO RIGHT SIZE THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THAT THESE TWO GOALS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S INTERESTS OF HAVING A HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. I REALLY APPRECIATE AND VALUE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT UT PROPOSAL GIVE TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACE WHILE ALLOWING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT OPEN SPACE IS NOT ANTITHETICAL TO DEVELOPMENT AND THAT CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AND FRO. UM, CITY MANAGER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE UT AND THE CITY CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING IDEAS AND I BELIEVE THESE WILL ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE THE PRESERVATION OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE OPEN SPACE AND ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES WHILE PROVIDING UT THE FLEXIBILITY IT'S SO MUCH WANTS, UM, FOR ITS NEEDS. SO FIRST I WANT US TO UM, HAVE A SET ASIDE OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, OPEN GREEN RECREATIONAL SPACE. UT OFFERED 40%. I WANT TO SEE A LARGER PERCENTAGE THAT REFLECTS THE EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS FOR PRESERVING GREEN SPACE AROUND THE CREEK AND THE CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES RESERVES ADEQUATE GREEN SPACE ALONG THE LAKEFRONT FOR THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS REFERENCED THE TRANSPORTATION MEMO AND PRESERVES A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH WIA AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS AND ASSOCIATED OPEN SPACE GOALS. FOR ME, THIS WOULD COME MUCH CLOSER TO 200 ACRES THAT WOULD REMAIN FREE FROM COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THESE, UM, ASKS, UM, REFLECT THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND INTENTION OF THE PROPOSAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY, UM, AND IT INCLUDES THEIR DESIRE TO ALLOW THESE SATISFIES TO COUNT TOWARDS THEIR PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS IN MY VIEW. THE SECOND THING THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER A CITY MANAGER IS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF, UH, WHAT MR SPILLER, UM, JUST REFERENCED, WHICH WOULD HAVE A BUCKET OF TRAFFIC TRIPS. UM, I'D LIKE FOR UT AND STAFF TO DETERMINE A WAY FOR US TO APPLY A SIMILAR TYPE OF TOOL THAT WE'VE APPLIED IN THESE OTHER LARGE DEVELOPMENTS BY CREATING A TRAFFIC TRIP TAP THAT WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR AND MOVE FORWARD AT THE LEVELS THAT CAN BE ABSORBED BY THE UPGRADED MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE. LOTS OF PIECES OF THIS WOULD NEED TO BE DETERMINED, BUT I THINK IT'S A MEANINGFUL WAY FORWARD TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS AND PROVIDE UT WITH THE FLEXIBILITY THAT IT NEEDS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANS. UM, I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO SEE YESTERDAY THAT UT AND ATD HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIONS. THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THESE. UM, PARTICULARLY I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CAPACITY CREATED MOST OF THESE BUT NOT ALL SEEM FEASIBLE. SO I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A MECHANISM IN THE CASE THAT ONE OR MORE OF THEM DID NOT BECOME FEASIBLE, UM, THAT WE COULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT. I FEEL LIKE THIS TWO PRONGED APPROACH GIVES UT FLEXIBILITY AND ADDRESSES OUR NEEDS FOR OPEN SPACE AND TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT FOLLOWS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS. LIKE MILLER AND IT ALSO MATCHES BRADLEY AND STRATUS THAT SECURED OPEN SPACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. UM, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS TO SAY. THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I WANT TO ADD HERE VERY QUICKLY AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAIL AS NEEDED. FIRST WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE ENVELOPE AND THE DESIGN STANDARDS. UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN VARY BY LOCATION [04:50:01] AND TOPOGRAPHY. UM, AND I THINK UT AND OUR STAFF NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT ADDITIONAL DESIGN STANDARDS MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT. I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SHOW US THEIR PRETTY PICTURES AND THEIR CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT THEY HAVE FROM DIFFERENT HARRIS VIRUS SO THAT WE CAN SEE, UM, SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE IN THE WORK. UM, I'M TOTALLY COMFORTABLE IN COUNTING WAY OUT IN THE OPEN SPACE. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO COUNT THAT AND GET MOVING ON THAT TRANSACTIONS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO, UM, KEEP WAITING. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE US TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY CAN CONTINUE TO TALK WITH UT IF UT ENTERS IN ARRANGEMENTS WITH THIRD PARTIES FOR LAND ACQUISITION. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I'M WITH IT TIFF. I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD GO UP TO FULL PERCENTAGE. UM, AND UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S NOT ON THE HOOK FOR ANY OF THE TRAFFIC AND PREVENT, UM, FOR OTHER PARTS OF THIS PACKAGE. THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT STUDENT HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TRANSIT, UM, AND OPEN SPACE AND TRAFFIC NEEDS OF OTHER TRACKS THAT ARE ALSO IMPORTANT TO ME. BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN RETHINK HOW WE'VE BEEN CONCEPTUALIZING THIS PROJECT AND, UM, TRY TO THINK IN TERMS OF A VERY LARGE OPEN SPACE BUCKET AND A TRAFFIC BUCKET THAT REFLECTS WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE WITH ALLOWING SOME OF THAT, UM, TO, TO BE A FUNCTION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GETS PUT DOWN THAT WE CAN REALLY, UM, MOVE FORWARD AND RETHINKING HOW THIS WHOLE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PLAYS OUT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, WORKING WITH UT, UM, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS FOR SPENDING THE TIME ON THEM AND TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR TAKING THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE, UM, AND WHERE WE'RE RESPONDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CLOSE SOME OF THESE LOOPS BEFORE PRESIDENT FENJVES LEAVES. I THINK THIS IS A FRUITFUL STEP FORWARD. UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH Y'ALL. THANK YOU. YES, CATS ARE A KITCHEN. THANK YOU ALL. I'LL BE BRIEF. UM, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER. UM, I WOULD SUPPORT, UH, MUCH OF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AND AGAIN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO, TO UH, THE UNIVERSITY FOR CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS. I THINK WE CAN GET TO A PLACE THAT'S VERY FRUITFUL AND IS A WIN WIN FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. THERE ARE JUST, THERE ARE TWO POINTS THAT I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE. UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER, UH, RAISED, UH, RAISED, UH, I WANT TO TALK FOR JUST A MOMENT ABOUT, UM, OPEN SPACE. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE LAKEFRONT ALONG LAKE AUSTIN ALONG LIKE, UH, LADYBIRD LAKE IS, IS REALLY A TREASURE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. UH, REGARDLESS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE DISTRICT GETS IN, IT'S A TREASURE. THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE LAKE IS A TREASURE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE DO NOW, UM, HAS IMPLICATIONS FAR INTO THE FUTURE. SO I WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT PROTECTING THIS AREA, UH, INAPPROPRIATE WAYS FOR OPEN SPACE. SO THE TRAILS MENTIONED THAT I THINK THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE FOR FURTHER CONVERSATION AND CONSIDERATION OF THE BIO BIOFIELD LAND AREA, WHICH HAS BEEN SOMETHING IN OUR HISTORY FOR SOME TIME. SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT, UM, TRANSIT, UH, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT TO THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN, UM, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN BEING A PARTNER AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND I WANT TO URGE THE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE ON TRANSIT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, UM, AND TO WORK WITH CAP, METRO AND PROJECT CONNECT. SO I THINK THAT THE TRAFFIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA ARE BROADER, UM, AND IMPACT THE REST OF THE CITY ALSO. AND I AM HOPING THAT WE CAN INCLUDE, UH, THAT COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH, UM, KENT METRO IN THE CITY ON ISSUES RELATED TO TRANSIT AND TO CONNECT AS PART OF, UM, OF THIS, UH, AGREEMENT MOVING FORWARD. AND SO, UM, THAT'S ALL I'D LIKE TO SAY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR TAKING TIME DURING THIS TIME AND UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? YES. CANCER. JUST CATS, [04:55:01] CATS REMEMBER TO TABLE. SO LET HER GO FIRST AND SHE HAS THAT FIVE O'CLOCK PANEL. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T MEAN TO JUMP IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY. I CAN NO LONGER SEE ANY OF YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO HAS THEIR HANDS UP. I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UM, AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE AND REALLY TO THANK ALL OF THE STAFF WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS AND ALSO TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALTAR FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS, UM, NEGOTIATIONS AND, AND HELPING THIS CONVERSATION MOVE FORWARD IN A PRODUCTIVE WAY. AND I STAND ALONGSIDE HER IN, IN EXPRESSING OPTIMISM ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN. I AGREE WITH THE POINTS THAT SHE RAISED AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN DID AND WOULD JUST ADD, UM, AS AN ADDITIONAL DETAIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CONVERSATION, HAVING ADDITIONAL CONVERSATION AROUND HOW WE, UM, TALK ABOUT STUDENT HOUSING IN THE CITY AND APPRECIATE THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSE ON THAT FRONT, BUT WOULD, WOULD LOOK, WOULD LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY TALKING ABOUT, UM, ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. AND SO, AGAIN, JUST AGREE WITH THE POINTS ABOUT INCREASED OPEN SPACE AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS, BUT APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION. I'M POSITIVE ABOUT IT AND EXCITED ABOUT THE DIRECTION AND, UH, THANKS PRESIDENT FENDERS AND HIS FAMILY FOR THEIR SERVICE TO AUSTIN AND WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR, IN THEIR NEW ROLE. YEAH. SO WE'RE AT 30. YEAH. I, UH, I SUPPORT THAT DIRECTION, BUT I, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT BEING, HAVING ONE OF MY TRACKS THERE AND SEMATECH BEING PART OF THE NEGOTIATION. YOU KNOW, I REALLY WOULD HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND, AND HAVE A DISCUSSION OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE UT IS WILLING TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, THEY HAVE THEIR OPTIONS AND, AND UH, SO I REALLY WANT, I REALLY WANT TO SLOW THAT DOWN ABOUT THE, UH, DEVELOPING THE SEMATECH UNTIL I GET TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE ASKING FOR? ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT ON THE MAJOR RIVERSIDE, UH, CORDOVA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A BIG PROJECT WITH PROJECT CONNECT AND BOND TRANSPORTATION, BOND MONEY THAT WE INVESTED INTO THAT AREA. AND BECAUSE OF THE 2020, UH, AND THE RAIL BOAT, UH, I HAVE THE LAID BACK PROJECT, BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO GET DONE THERE AND MAKES SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS WAS, WAS PLANNED ALREADY AND IN MY, MY DISTRICT. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOUTUBE WILLING TO WAIT, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. DEAN HARTZELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS AND THE REGENTS. I HAVE, I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT UP POINTS AND I WANT TO BRING UP THREE THAT I'VE BEEN DISCUSSED, SOME BUT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. UH, AFFORDABILITY, UH, TRANSPORTATION, UH, ISSUE AND THEN, UH, INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEEDS ACROSS OUR CITY. SO ON, UH, ON TRANSPORTATION TO STARTS, I ECHO THE CALL FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KITCHEN AND OTHERS ACAP METRO BE AT THE TABLE DURING THIS. UM, THIS IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO DOWNTOWN AND THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR THERE TO BE ENOUGH JOBS AND HOUSING HERE TO JUSTIFY A SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH LEVEL OF MASS TRANSIT THAT MAYBE THAT COULD BE A ROUTE FOR US TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES BECAUSE WE COULD WIND UP IN, UH, THIS, UH, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD MASS WHERE IT'S SO AUTO ORIENTED THAT YOU DON'T GET MASS TRANSIT AND YOU GET LOTS OF CAR TRIPS AND IT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE. UM, BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T COORDINATE AND SO I WOULD REALLY STRESS THAT CAP METRO BE AT THE TABLE BECAUSE IF THERE'S A WAY THAT, UM, UT PARTICIPATES AND EVERYBODY GETS TOGETHER AND WE CAN DO THAT, A KID BUS OR CONNECT TO THE TRAIN, IT WOULD BE, I THINK THAT THAT, I WOULDN'T WANT TO MISS THAT IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK THAT CONNECTING IT VIA PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ALSO MAKES IT SO THAT WHATEVER GREAT AMENITIES ARE HERE ARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY BROADLY AND CONNECTS POTENTIALLY IF OUR WHOLE PROJECT CONNECT DIVISION COMES TO TOGETHER ALL SOME SIDES AND PARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY BACK TO HERE. SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, FOR ME AND I, AND I THINK FOR OTHER FOLKS ON THE DIES, UH, SECOND ON AFFORDABILITY, I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS TO BE, UM, IF WE INVEST SO MUCH DOLLARS INTO THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE, UH, FOR IT TO BE CONTINUE FOR IT TO BECOME TOO EXCLUSIVE PRICE WISE. UM, AND SO I REALLY [05:00:01] THINK THAT THERE IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO THERE BEING A SIGNIFICANT AND A MORE SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABILITY, UH, AT THIS LOCATION OR POTENTIALLY AT SOME OF THE OTHER SITES THAT UT IS TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT'S NOT JUST A BENEFIT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN BECAUSE THERE ARE LOWER INCOME STUDENTS THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE FINDING PLACES TO LIVE. THERE'S WORKING CLASS STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT HAVE TROUBLE FINDING A PLACE TO LIVE. AND I THINK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE A REAL BENEFIT, UH, ON THIS SITE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HASN'T BEEN BUILT ON YET AND THAT ISN'T ON THE TAX ROLL YET, IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY BOTH FOR THAT KIND OF TRANSIT INVESTMENT AND FOR AFFORDABILITY. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE IS AROUND, I THINK THIS IS BROADER FOR THE DIAS TOO, TO KNOW. I DO BELIEVE THAT TAX REINVESTMENT INTO THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY, ON THE LAKE, ON THINGS LIKE THAT IS A CITYWIDE BENEFIT. AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT THAT. BUT I JUST DO HAVE CONCERNS WITH HOW MUCH EITHER OF PUBLIC DOLLARS OR REINVESTMENTS. WE JUST CONTINUE TO JUST DO RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT GOOD THERE. BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF, UM, OUR REC CENTERS THAT ARE OUT PHASE ONE OF, OF THREE OR FOUR AND WHO KNOWS IF THEY'LL EVER GETS TO THREE OR FOUR OUT IN PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE JUST BEEN WAITING ON TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT FOR DECADES, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT PARKS. I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO FIND WAYS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN SELF AND ALLOWING THIS MUCH, UM, DEVELOPMENT FOR US TO, TO LEVERAGE, NOT BENEFITS 30 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, BUT SOME IMMEDIATE BENEFITS TO, TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE AS WELL. SO ALL THREE OF THOSE I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND IF WHAT IT TAKES FOR US TO GET THERE IS FOR THE BUILDINGS TO BE TALLER OR FOR PIECES TO BE REARRANGED HERE. I THINK WHOLE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN WHAT VARIABLES IT IS WE NEED TO CHANGE. BUT I THINK THAT A REALLY EXPENSIVE AND LOWER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WINDS UP HURTING US ON AFFORDABILITY, WINDS UP HURTING US, EVEN WORSE ON TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND ON OPEN SPACE THAN IF WE, IF WE FIND THE RIGHT SOLUTION HERE. BUT I'M GLAD THAT, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT I WOULD JUST REALLY FOCUS ON THAT AFFORDABILITY, MASS TRANSIT AND THINKING ABOUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ALICE. THANK YOU. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF PRESIDENT INVESTOR'S WORK ALONG THE WAY. UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR UT. UM, THE MAIN THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THE BRECKENRIDGE TRACKS IS, IS THE OPEN SPACE, ESPECIALLY TRAIL ACCESS THAT WOULD BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE. UM, I AM ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE BIOLOGICAL FIELDS AND KIND OF UNDERSTANDING BETTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE OF, OF THAT LAND. UM, AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE NEED FOR BETTER TRANSIT OPTIONS ALLOW A LONG LIKE AUSTIN, UM, IN A SANDWICH BETWEEN SOME REALLY BAD INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN THE REDBUD TRAIL BRIDGE AND SOUTH MOPAC LANES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE DO WITH HOUSING OR, UM, COMMERCIAL SPACE ALONG THOSE TRACKS OF LAND, I THINK MY DECISION'S GOING TO WEIGH HEAVILY ON HOW MUCH TRANSPORTATION WE'RE ABLE TO DO AS WELL. I THINK HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION GO TOGETHER AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO DECIDE KIND OF IN SILOS WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN EXACTLY THERE. UM, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT THIS CONVERSATION, UH, TAKING PLACE SEPARATELY FROM WILDFLOWER CENTER, WHICH I KNOW HAS A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES GOING ON. UM, BUT I JUST FEEL THAT KIND OF ABSORBING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BAD IDEA TO INTERTWINE BRECKENRIDGE DISCUSSIONS WITH STRATTICE AGREEMENTS FOR THAT NATURE. UM, BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE CONVERSATIONS AND SEEING HOW THE CITY T ARE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF'S WORK AND, UM, AND UTS WORK AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY THAT, THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? CAN I JUST CONCLUDE BY SAYING, UH, MY, UH, THANKS TO, UH, PRESIDENT FENJVES, UH, AS WELL. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, CARMEL. UH, THANK YOU FOR INITIATING SO MANY CONVERSATIONS, UH, CHANGING THE RELATIONSHIP UNIVERSITY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN, WE CAN FINISH THAT AND ADVANCE THAT WORK. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH, UH, DEAN, UH, AND UH, THANKS TO THE, TO THE REGENTS, UH, AND TO CHAIR, UH, OUTSIDE, UH, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LISTED MANY OF THE ISSUES OR THOUGHTS ON MANY OF WHICH I, I AGREE WITH. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF DEVELOPMENT ON THESE TRACKS, TRACK THAT TRACKS THAT DESERVE TO BE DEVELOPED AND [05:05:01] ARE ENTITLED TO, UH, BUT TAKING A LOOK AT THEM THROUGH THE LENS OF TRIPS MAY BE THE WAY TO BE ABLE TO FINESSE THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION WE'VE ALL BEEN ASKING THAT I DO IN PART DEPENDENT ON, ON, ON WHAT CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT, UH, THE STATE SEEMS TO BE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WAS THE BIG TICKET ITEM WITH, UM, OPEC. UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S A, THERE'S A CLOSER CLOSER BRIDGE THERE. UH, LIKE THE, UH, PART OF THE PROPOSAL THAT SPEAKS TO, UM, A DEDICATED, UH, OPEN SPACE, UH, CAUSE I THINK THAT BECOMES IN ANOTHER EVER KNOB AND UH, CAN, CAN TURN. UH, AND CERTAINLY IF, UH, THERE'S, UH, AN ENTITY, A THIRD PARTY ENTITY OR OTHERWISE IT WANTS TO STEP IN AND, AND BUY SOME PROPERTY TO PUT INTO, INTO AN OPEN SPACE USE. UM, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. UH, AND THEN WE COULD JUST FOCUS ON OTHER PARTS OF THE, OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY. UM, BUT I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED. THE ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABILITY, I STILL URGE US TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS AND NOT THINK OF THIS SOLELY AS A, IN A TRANSACTIONAL WAY. THE CITY DIDN'T DO THAT WITH THE ARENA OR RIGHT AWAY FOR RED RIVER. UH, I THINK THERE ARE NEEDS THAT, UH, THE UT HAS WITH RESPECT TO AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING. UH, THEN THAT GO WELL BEYOND THE, THE 700 UNITS. UH, BE GREAT. IF WE GET FIGURE OUT PAT, UH, FIVE OR 10,000 ADDITIONAL DORMITORY SPACES, I THINK THE CITY WOULD, WOULD GO INVEST IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT BENEFITS ALL OF US, UH, ISSUES LIKE SAFETY ON WEST CAMPUS AND DEALING WITH, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE SHARED MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SPACES AND, AND THE, UH, CHALLENGE OF HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY ARE ALL THINGS WE COULD BE WORKING ON TOGETHER, UH, AS WELL AS PROVIDING SOME MEASURE OF CERTAINTY TO THE UNIVERSITY REGARDING OTHER TRACKS THAT IT OWNS, UH, THAT IT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE MARKET. SO I THINK THAT THINGS THAT ARE IN A LETTER ON THE TABLE, THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT I THINK THEY COULD JOIN, UH, THOSE, UH, BUT WE DO WANT TO BRING THIS CONVERSATION TO A RESOLUTION SO THAT WE ALL MOVE PAST IT. I COUNSEL IF I MAY, JUST A THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT I WAS WORKING ON THIS VERY COMPLICATED, UH, ISSUE, UH, BUT IN PARTICULAR AMBULANCE SIZE AND JUST THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY. REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE, ANDY. I AGREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SPENCER. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL [Item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his 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.