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Good morning, everyone, and welcome
to the Special City Council Study session.

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Today is February 22nd, 2023.

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City Clerk Please take roll.

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Councilmember Wright.
Present.

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Councilmember Padilla is absent.

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Councilmember Lenz. Present.

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Councilmember Warmsley.
Present.

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Councilmember Blower. Present.

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Councilmember Villapudua. Present.

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Mayor Lincoln. Present.
We have a quorum.

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Thank you. She added, Am looking.

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At this time do we have any public comments?

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I have no public comment cards mayor.

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Thank you. Okay, good.
Turn it over to city manager Harry Black.

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Okay.
Good morning.

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I guess you can hear me well out there?

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It's good.
Our first.
I just want to thank the team for putting this together.

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These.
These large meetings like this one

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and the one last week really requires a lot of work.

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I think we started working on
putting this one together,

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maybe, what, a couple of months ago?

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Yeah. So I want to thank

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Courtney and Katie for sort of serving

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as our two quarterback system here for this.

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Something like this really requires

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a lot of a lot of hands.

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So I want to
thank all of the directors and their staffs for it,

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for their contributions to getting this done.

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So what I'd like to do is just let
you know what you have in front of you.

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You have this PowerPoint presentation,

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which is really summarizing what's in this notebook

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that you have.
So we want to give you the overview summary

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of everything, which is the PowerPoint.

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And if you want to do a deeper dive into any one of

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the sections that we talk about, you've got

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you've got
more in-depth

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content for each one of the items
that we're going to be covering in the Notebook.

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So the notebook is more of a resource document for you.

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So this morning

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you're going to receive the following

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and overall summary of where we are.

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Then we're going to go into each

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each programmatic
initiative that you have approved

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from COVID mitigation and prevention,

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community wellbeing,
essential support for households,

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small business support and economic recovery,

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homelessness and housing, recovery of city government,

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the digital divide and Internet connectivity

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and then miscellaneous projects.

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And then we can go into a concluding discussion.

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But again, if you have any questions
all along the way here, don't hesitate to raise

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a question.

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Okay.
Just so you know, some history.

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The American Rescue Plan Act, ARPA was passed by Congress

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on March 10th, 2021.

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ARPA allocated about 30 to $50 billion in emergency

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funding to state, local, territo

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Stockton was
allocated 78 million.

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Council reviewed
and approved the spending plan on June 22nd, 2021,

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and then again on September 14th, 2021.

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We through your actions, we were able to reprogram

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funding to support Project HOMEKEY two applications,

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and that ordinance is noted right there.

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Council Offer Workshop
was held on February 16th, 2022.

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What we want to try to do
is we want to try to do this updates for you,

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like on a rolling every six month

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basis with motion.

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2020 2-05- 24 Dash 1502 Council approved two

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and a half million dollars in contingency funds

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to support uplift downtown Miracle Mile improvement

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projects and mandated COVID sick leave expenses.

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Again, as we all know, funds
must be obligated by December 31st, 2024.

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That means that we have to have identified projects

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and they need to be obligated in
our financial management system by 2024, December 31st.

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And then funds must be expended by December 31st, 2026.

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We'll talk more about
that as we go along.

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So a summary

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we have allocated to projects

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of just about $70.2 million

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with contingency council contingency,

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about 7.8 million.

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To date, we've had expenditures of about 20 million and change.

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We've obligated another 41.5 million.

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So pending obligation is about 11 million.

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And the contingency balance of 5.3

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million.

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So milestones and accomplishments,

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as I just mentioned, we through your your actually

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reprogram funding to support project Homekey to applications

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with most in 20 2205 24 1502.

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Council approved another two and a half billion dollars

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in funds to support the uplift downtown Miracle Mile

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improvement projects and mandated COVID sick leave

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expenses.
We hosted the first internation rally

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renowned Flavor Fest, an equitable,

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diverse and family friendly festival
which was nationally, internationally recognized.

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We launched a curling program with community medical centers

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as part of the city's community wellbeing

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and public safety efforts.

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We designed and launched the Business Facade program

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with Downtown Stockton Alliance to enhance

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commercial storefront fronts throughout the city.

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Design is more than 35% complete

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for the Animal Shelter Upgrades Project.

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We continue to successfully implement

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the Economic Development Strategic Action Plan.

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We've distributed
about 1550 Chromebooks with hot spots

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and 500 data enabled tablets,

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with three years of pre-paid Internet transitioning now

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to moderate monitoring recipients.

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I don't know if you can see that or not.
No, but the purpose of this is to show you that,

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you know, we have a master schedule, project schedule

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that allows us to keep track of every every initiative

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where we are, etc.,

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and you'll get pieces of that in the notebook as well.

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So we're on top of it.
We're organized.

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We have pretty, pretty solid command and control

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over how we are spending and managing these funds.

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So at this time,

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I'm going to ask for our first initiative.

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I'm going to ask our CFO to come forward

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and to talk about COVID mitigation and prevention.

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Good morning.
Kimberly Tramel Chief Financial Officer

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And so the administrative Services Department

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is administering one project in this area,

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and that is the Personal Protective Equipment Project.

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It was originally funded at $260,000 and with

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the purpose of purchasing, of course, PPE,

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the city experienced a disruption to the supply chain.

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We also saw increased costs and competition

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to get PPE at the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

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So this project was put in place to make sure we would be able

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to maintain those supplies and protect our employees

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who are out in the field and exposed

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to potential situations regularly.

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So we started out with a sufficient supply of PPE

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because we had used our CARES Act funds to buy PPE.

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So for that reason, we haven't really needed
to buy a lot of new PPE.

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We are monitoring our inventory
to make sure that we have enough

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and we have an open supply chain right now.

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So we are able to acquire PPE as needed

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when inventories get low and

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for that reason, we expanded this project a little bit

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based on some feedback from last February's ARPA presentation.

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And so we now
include the purchase of COVID 19 antigen tests for employees

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and also the disinfecting of city facilities.

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So the purchase that the expenses
that are listed on the slide, the 24,000 for 23,704 tests

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and 697 for decontamination are actually

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what we've added to this project.

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And we anticipate
we may need to purchase more tests come fall of 23.

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Basically, you know, now that we're past the pandemic,

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we're still having outbreaks and that kind of thing.

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So we make the tests available

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to people to make sure that we're not spreading an

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illness any more than needed. And

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we'll
continue to monitor our PPE supply as we anticipate

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that towards the end of
this fiscal year, we'll probably

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spend another 14,000 and then we'll have a larger

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purchase towards the later in the ARPA program timeframe

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so that we can make sure we have that stock

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before the funds are gone.
With that, I'll take any questions on the project

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or turn it over to Katie
for the next project.

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Good morning.
Katie Regan, Director of Performance and Data Analytics.

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My office was allocated
just about $100,000 for open data efforts

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as it relates to public health and housing and homelessness.

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We have expended 64,000 of those dollars

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on software in support of publishing this open data,

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and we have published two components of the public health.

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We have a set of COVID dashboards,

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as well as an interactive map,

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which I'll talk about in a second on the next two slides.

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And then we will be obligating the rest of this funding towards

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staff time as it relates to our partnership

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with the CIO C and the relationship

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we have there with HMAS Data Collection, the data cleaning.

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Working with the board
on the kind of format of that particular

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open data dashboard before we then publish and release

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the homeless related data.

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So this next
slide here is just a snapshot as well as the link

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where you can find the live version of this dashboard.

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This is San Joaquin County.
We're sourcing this data from the state

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and then publishing it again with a filter
of just our specific regions.

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You can see cases across the entire time span.

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And then this next slide is another tool that's

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been published.
This exists at COVID that Stockton, S.A..

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And it's an interactive map, again,
with data sourced from the state that is aggregating

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our total vaccination rates by zip code.

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So again, across all of San Joaquin County.

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We can kind of drill
in by different populations to see vaccination rates as well.

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As you can see,
there are little dots overlaid, purple and blue.

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We have overlaid locations for testing sites

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as well as locations for vaccination sites.

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Any questions?
What you may also want to do, Katie, is put a plug in

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for the open data portal and you know what it is,

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how they can get access to it and so forth.

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Absolutely.
So these are all components of the open data portal.

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The data portal is available at data that Stockton, S.A.

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that's the kind of home landing page

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that again, will link out
to each of these pages that you've seen.

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And we are actively publishing raw, machine readable

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data sets as well as interactive dashboards.

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On top of those data sets so that we can kind of engage

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in multiple formats with kind of all pieces of the community.

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The most engaged component of our community is academia.

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We've been partnering a lot with local universities

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to engage with this data in new ways

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and bring their data science students
along with us to really learn new insights from the data

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that kind of expands the capacity within the OPD 18.

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Thank you.

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We're just going to be rolling right through this.

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Folks are going to be coming up.
So, again, if you've got questions,

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don't hesitate to just raise your hand.

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Hey, good morning.
I'm Alex Bailey, a program manager

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with the city manager's office.
And I'm going to be talking about the community well-being

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Crisis Intervention Project here.

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So we'll start with the project budget of 5.76 million.

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So we've expended nearly $300,000

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as of early February, which is about 5% of the budget.

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The remaining 5.4 million has been obligated

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among the three years of the pilot project, resulting

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in a pending obligation of nothing and no dollars.

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So this solid spending plan has been achieved

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by accomplishing our primary goal

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to establish an agreement with a CBO

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who would develop and implement the pilot project

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and Community
Centers of Stockton was selected as the project partner,

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and the city executed a contract with CMC in August 2022.

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So some additional milestones to share.

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The communications event
held at the Stockton Ballpark on November 3rd.

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At this event, C and C staff introduced the Mobile Crisis

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Intervention pilot, which is known as Carelink,

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and they described the project
objectives and answered questions.

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The event featured two care vehicles onsite

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for the public to check out.

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Also, the official program launch was on November 15th

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and the CMC team of clinicians and social workers

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provide mobile outreach response to community members

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experiencing mild to moderate crisis.

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Another milestone They've expanded their service

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to five days a week and they are onboarding additional staff

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to the original schedule.
They've expanded the hours from that and they continue

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to add the staff to their local outreach program.

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And then with the program data,

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we can see that there are 96 cured link responses

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in the first 85 days of the pilot project.

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And here's some additional content,

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some additional data for context on that.

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So the total number of days of services, not counting weekends

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during this time frame was 69 days of service.

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They didn't go out on Thanksgiving.

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That's about the only day their total number of days

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providing services on a part time basis

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because they started out with a part time hours was 39 days

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and they have provided 58 responses during this period.

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So the full
time service days are 25.

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And then just
to put it in context about the growth of this program

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in the month between January 12th and early February,

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the response rate accelerated to 38 calls in one month

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as compared to 58 calls over two months.

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So these numbers don't include the follow ups

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to the declines as well.

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In summary, the care team is responding to an increasing

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number of behavioral and mental health needs,

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and they're meeting individuals where they are with assistance,

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referrals and follow ups while growing in recognition

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as an alternative responder to foster community well-being.

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The timeline covers
major steps since the 2022 ARPA workshop.

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First half of the year focused on developing project scope,

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issuing procurement and awarding the contract to CMC.

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With the contract established, we didn't need to issue a no pho

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for sub partners to support the primary partner.

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CMC already had an array of knowledgeable

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and experienced sub
partners in place who support ongoing street medicine,

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outreach within their existing infrastructure of programs

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and services.
Those include housing coordination, behavioral health,

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transitions of care network, substance use disorder,

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outpatient services and HIV and Hep C programs.

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Collaborative partner agencies that CMC is working with include

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St Mary's Gospel Center, Stockton Shelter, Women's Center

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Stand, Gleason House and County Behavioral Health.

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So the year wrapped up with the November
public announcement and the Curving launch

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and just a few photos from our public announcement

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on November 3rd at the stock ballpark.

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See the vehicles here.
People were able to check out the inside of the vehicles here

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from the equipment that's been used to provide the services

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they had assigned with their objectives

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for this program

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speeches.
And so we are going to be able to have Mr.

00:18:36.682 --> 00:18:38.682
Alfonso up who he's he's here, but he's not here yet.

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So I don't know if we can get a little bit later

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something that's good.
He was going to be here to answer any questions,

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any any questions When this particular segment

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do you happen to know

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what was the increase attributed to

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it? Was the increase attributed to you?
You said we went from how many?

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How many?
Yeah. So it was what were those numbers again?

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It was from November to January, it was 58 calls.

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And then from January to February it was like 38.

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Okay.
This morning I think I attribute that

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to it's being better publicized.

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More people are finding out about that.
Also, the role of the police, they have with their blue cards

00:19:22.861 --> 00:19:24.529
that they
when they're responding to emergencies, that blue card

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that they give out is actually listing

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the care program as well.

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So could we maybe get a

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just a general understanding of what that process

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looks like in terms of if the call comes in

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for for service, how how is it

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determined that the care they receive?

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Is there anyone from PD who might be able to answer

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that question?

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Yeah.
Chief McFadden

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Yeah.
So this is a key

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component that we're still working out with CMC.

00:20:16.448 --> 00:20:18.448
But, but what's been happening so far, it's been a huge

00:20:19.518 --> 00:20:21.518
educational piece to where now some of our community members

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and departments are calling CMC directly.

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All right.
I had a meeting with the CEO from St Mary's Diner

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and she spoke of just how make

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the call volume that she was calling us on has

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been diverted to them completely and it's been successful.

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And that's a big part that we're trying to continue is

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to educate our community.
There is an option, if you have a juvenile that's acting out

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because they don't want to do their homework,

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you could call CMC and CMC will come out to mitigate that.

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As far as we continue, I'm sure there'll be some call

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responder models that we do or a joint response.

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I would like to see
a more involved in some of our our critical incidences.

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Historically, if we had a hostage barricade,

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you would have an officer on Mike

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and he would just or the person that come out

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but with the evolving of policing, I'd like to see

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a clinician on that have a phone

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how those conversations to help mitigate by asking Right now

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it's educational and we meet on a regular basis.

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I have Alfonzo on my captain, but

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I speaking with him.

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The biggest component has been the outreach

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to communities to, Hey, there is an option to 911 now,

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and I'm sure it's going to continue to expand.

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So so have our community partners are calling CMC direct.

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Yes. Okay.
So it's not going through dispatch? No.

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Okay. Okay.
At some point we would like to see

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we don't know how it will look,
but it could be where we have

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a commission up with dispatch or we train our dispatchers

00:22:03.188 --> 00:22:05.188
to divert some of these calls to CMC.

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That that's some of the back work we're still working on.

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But as of right now it's been a strong

00:22:10.562 --> 00:22:12.562
educational piece to where there are options

00:22:13.298 --> 00:22:15.298
in 9118 could still get the help you need back again,

00:22:16.868 --> 00:22:18.868
the right help that you need at the scene.

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Thank you.
She would think she

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I just wanted to recognize the work of CMC

00:22:26.812 --> 00:22:28.812
also as they're proactively going downtown

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and you know, it's a very busy area

00:22:33.352 --> 00:22:35.352
with a lot of needs and so they're reaching out,

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you know, even before they get those calls.

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Okay, Thank you. Thank you.
Alex will have economic development at this time

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to talk about essential support to households.

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Good morning, Carrie. Right.
With economic development and I just want to give a quick

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:05.140
overview will be handling the essential support to households

00:23:07.219 --> 00:23:08.886
small business
support and economic recovery and homelessness and housing.

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For the most part,
you'll be hearing from program managers within the Department

00:23:14.326 --> 00:23:16.326
that will share the progress we've made overall.

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This was a building year. In 2022.

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We built a lot of the programs for execution.

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2023 will be really focused in on the impact pieces.

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Not that we haven't had an impact in 2022,

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but we've really been building it
and putting the systems in place to be successful.

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So super excited for you to hear from the team.

00:23:36.248 --> 00:23:38.616
I do want to point out
Raquel Echevarria, who you won't be hearing from,

00:23:39.918 --> 00:23:41.918
but is the one that keeps us all organized

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and the budget and the tracking and the grant administration.

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So I wanted to shout out and say thank you to her.

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And with that, I'll turn it over to Lorna.

00:23:54.566 --> 00:23:56.200
Good morning.
Lana Lozano, Economic Development Program Manager,

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Community Support Program.
We started with a budget of 2.7 million

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and from there we released a note For August eight, 2022.

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We received 69 applications.

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From there, we took a recommendation

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that was approved for partial funding for 34 organizations

00:24:18.790 --> 00:24:20.790
on November 15th, 2020, to

00:24:23.161 --> 00:24:25.696
the organizations
will provide everything from youth homelessness,

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:29.699
prevention, recreation, mentorship and employment

00:24:31.870 --> 00:24:33.870
to arts and cultural events, as well as health

00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:37.600
and wellness services and homelessness outreach.

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Currently, we are contracting with 33 organizations,

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and monthly reporting will begin this quarter.

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Any questions?

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Okay.
Next is Jordan Peterson on small business support

00:24:56.610 --> 00:24:58.610
and economic recovery

00:25:08.874 --> 00:25:10.874
piece?

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Good morning, Marion.
Council Member.
Jordan Peterson I'm a program manager

00:25:15.130 --> 00:25:17.130
in the Economic Development Department.

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I'll be starting this off
in the small business support and economic recovery category.

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And the first project I'll be updating
you on is the business facade Improvement Program.

00:25:26.725 --> 00:25:29.426
The program will support the enhancement
of commercial facades

00:25:30.495 --> 00:25:32.495
seeking to streamline the process for businesses

00:25:32.764 --> 00:25:35.733
to apply and work to be completed.
The past year has been focused on planning, coordinating

00:25:37.202 --> 00:25:39.202
and developing this dynamic public private partnership.

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In December 2022,
the Council authorized a contract

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with the Downtown Stockton Alliance

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:48.440
for Administration of the program.

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As a result, all funding of this program

00:25:50.682 --> 00:25:52.682
for this program has been obligated.

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Program launch has been preceded by milestones

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that include the Community Development Department

00:25:57.188 --> 00:25:59.823
developing a supplemental checklist
to streamline funded projects in close coordination with GSA

00:26:02.961 --> 00:26:04.961
staff, develop the application portal in the neighborly system.

00:26:06.631 --> 00:26:08.631
Over 600 letters were mailed to licensed contractors

00:26:09.868 --> 00:26:12.536
within the city
interested licensed contractors that meet the requirements

00:26:14.372 --> 00:26:16.372
can still sign up for the courtesy list.

00:26:16.741 --> 00:26:19.510
They can visit Stockton, C.A.
of Ford Slush Biz Busy biz assist to learn more

00:26:23.548 --> 00:26:25.548
and find the link to register at neighborly.

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Lastly, a kickoff event took place on February 1st

00:26:29.521 --> 00:26:32.122
to launch the program
and applications are now being accepted

00:26:32.958 --> 00:26:34.958
through the city's neighborly portal for eligible properties

00:26:35.994 --> 00:26:37.994
located in the downtown core or greater downtown areas.

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30 Questions.
I'll move on to the next project Update

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The Economic Development
Strategic Action Plan is the next project update.

00:26:53.311 --> 00:26:55.311
The plan provides a tangible framework

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:57.480
for the city to focus on economic recovery

00:26:57.782 --> 00:26:59.782
and growth in the aftermath of the COVID 19 pandemic.

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:03.820
Utilizing ARPA funds, the city

00:27:03.922 --> 00:27:05.922
contracted with Deloitte for the creation of the plan,

00:27:06.958 --> 00:27:08.958
which was approved by council in January 2022.

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The plan's seven investment areas

00:27:12.931 --> 00:27:14.931
and 24 initiatives focused on different aspects of business

00:27:16.267 --> 00:27:18.267
support, workforce development, entrepreneurship,

00:27:19.904 --> 00:27:21.904
downtown activation and quality of life.

00:27:23.208 --> 00:27:25.208
Since adoption staff have utilized the plan

00:27:25.810 --> 00:27:27.810
and investment areas to align ARPA funded activities

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:31.140
to maximize impact and benefit to the community.

00:27:32.283 --> 00:27:34.283
One significant impact is a successful pursuit of 5.25

00:27:36.221 --> 00:27:38.221
million from the state for the cleanup of the nine

00:27:39.991 --> 00:27:41.991
acre South Point site along the waterfront.

00:27:43.610 --> 00:27:45.629
Coordination with the state is well
underway and we hope to have

00:27:46.931 --> 00:27:48.931
some more updates to provide in the next few months

00:27:50.350 --> 00:27:52.350
as the plan and other initiatives continue

00:27:52.370 --> 00:27:54.938
to be implemented.
Remaining funds will be obligated for activities

00:27:56.474 --> 00:27:59.443
and initiatives that advance the goals
of the Economic Development Strategic Action Plan.

00:28:04.549 --> 00:28:06.549
On to the last one that I have

00:28:08.253 --> 00:28:10.754
under the Business Attraction
and Expansion Incentives Project

00:28:13.358 --> 00:28:15.358
staff explored a number of tools and resources

00:28:15.794 --> 00:28:17.794
to help advance business attraction efforts.

00:28:18.863 --> 00:28:21.231
Staff ultimately determined
the procurement of retail recruitment

00:28:22.330 --> 00:28:24.330
services would have the highest, most cost effective impact.

00:28:26.710 --> 00:28:28.710
The city recently entered into a three year contract

00:28:28.406 --> 00:28:30.406
with retail strategies to provide various services

00:28:31.760 --> 00:28:33.760
related to retail recruitment and business attraction

00:28:35.146 --> 00:28:37.181
services.
These services are listed in the Project Plan update

00:28:38.983 --> 00:28:41.180
and include
market and retail gap analysis and ongoing industry trends.

00:28:43.655 --> 00:28:45.655
Identification of retail prospects, including priority

00:28:48.159 --> 00:28:50.159
priority, commercial properties and redevelopment sites.

00:28:51.620 --> 00:28:53.620
Proactive retail recruitment for targeted zones,

00:28:53.965 --> 00:28:55.965
including representation at trades trade shows.

00:28:57.302 --> 00:28:59.302
Development of a customized strategic

00:28:59.604 --> 00:29:01.604
asset based and market driven plan for downtown

00:29:03.708 --> 00:29:05.442
and a downtown
Roast Real estate Analysis and Property Owner Toolkit.

00:29:08.513 --> 00:29:10.513
In addition to preparing retail strategies.

00:29:11.916 --> 00:29:13.916
ARPA funds have been obligated for Zoom Tours capabilities.

00:29:15.854 --> 00:29:17.854
This tour, this tool enables virtual tools to be created

00:29:19.324 --> 00:29:21.324
and posted online, highlighting business services or quality

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:24.660
of life aspects for the city.

00:29:26.664 --> 00:29:28.664
Highlighting quality of life aspects

00:29:28.666 --> 00:29:30.666
for prospective businesses.

00:29:32.237 --> 00:29:34.237
This project will help to identify barriers

00:29:34.405 --> 00:29:36.405
to both business recruitment and expansion within the city

00:29:37.942 --> 00:29:40.677
as these barriers are identified
throughout retail strategies work.

00:29:41.546 --> 00:29:43.914
Remaining funds will be obligated
to strategies and initiatives

00:29:44.315 --> 00:29:46.315
that can help to reduce these barriers.

00:29:47.318 --> 00:29:49.318
Next, I turn it over to you.

00:29:49.921 --> 00:29:51.921
Oh, hi. Yes, sorry.

00:29:52.190 --> 00:29:54.190
So in your presentation, it took me back to

00:29:57.595 --> 00:29:59.595
a previous conversation that we talked about loss

00:30:00.165 --> 00:30:02.165
of business licenses due to the pandemic.

00:30:03.635 --> 00:30:05.635
I know that there was a variation. I don't remember

00:30:07.205 --> 00:30:09.974
that presentation entirely.
I know Carrie. Right.

00:30:09.974 --> 00:30:11.974
You led the charge on that presentation

00:30:12.911 --> 00:30:14.911
when we talked about business loss

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:17.780
and the impact of COVID.

00:30:18.483 --> 00:30:20.483
So just out of curiosity, with this three year contract

00:30:22.287 --> 00:30:24.287
with retail strategies, are we also

00:30:26.591 --> 00:30:28.591
looking at strategy

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:30.660
to kind of like recover

00:30:32.263 --> 00:30:34.263
and support areas

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:36.599
that were disproportionately impacted due to COVID?

00:30:39.137 --> 00:30:41.137
And, you know, as a result of COVID,

00:30:41.372 --> 00:30:43.372
the pandemic and just inflation areas

00:30:45.810 --> 00:30:47.810
within the entire city that has lost,

00:30:49.981 --> 00:30:51.981
you know, business aspects and retail development.

00:30:52.984 --> 00:30:54.685
Yeah, definitely.
So that's that is one aspect of our

00:30:55.553 --> 00:30:57.221
is focusing
on the disproportionate impact for households and businesses.

00:30:59.324 --> 00:31:01.324
And so retail strategies will definitely be looking at

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.160
different zones within the city

00:31:04.229 --> 00:31:06.229
that have been impacted similarly and also differently

00:31:08.533 --> 00:31:11.680
historically and throughout the pandemic.
So they'll be looking at commercial zones

00:31:13.370 --> 00:31:15.672
in different areas throughout the city,
identifying voids within the market vacancies

00:31:18.209 --> 00:31:20.209
or just opportunities to attract in different retail

00:31:21.946 --> 00:31:24.314
within different areas of the city.
But yes, we will be looking closely at that.

00:31:25.850 --> 00:31:27.818
If I can add to that,
just to provide some context,

00:31:29.821 --> 00:31:31.821
obviously there were some business losses

00:31:31.890 --> 00:31:33.890
during the pandemic, but relatively speaking, in terms

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:37.159
of comparing Stockton to the rest of the country.

00:31:38.663 --> 00:31:40.663
Our losses were minimal just based

00:31:41.432 --> 00:31:43.432
on the diversification of our economic base.

00:31:45.103 --> 00:31:47.103
And in fact, business licenses applications increased by

00:31:49.274 --> 00:31:51.274
how much from what what year to what year

00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:56.279
to the market.

00:31:56.514 --> 00:31:58.215
Right. So.
So business licenses increased by more than 50%

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:03.619
from 2019 to 2020

00:32:05.123 --> 00:32:07.958
2022. I'm sorry. Yeah.
So, again, our local economy is growing

00:32:11.729 --> 00:32:13.964
and it's very vibrant.
So I just want to

00:32:14.432 --> 00:32:16.432
you know, we're just we're doing these activities

00:32:17.101 --> 00:32:19.101
to further strengthen the local economy.

00:32:19.203 --> 00:32:21.203
It's not that we have a problem of any sort.

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:23.439
We're actually very, very economically.

00:32:25.760 --> 00:32:27.760
We're healthy.

00:32:29.647 --> 00:32:31.647
And now I'll turn it over to Tina to

00:32:31.849 --> 00:32:33.849
talk about event programing.

00:32:44.762 --> 00:32:46.263
Good morning.
Tina McCarty, managing director of Events and Parking.

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.900
In looking at the business lost

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:54.700
through COVID in the COVID shutdowns,

00:32:55.106 --> 00:32:57.106
one thing that our downtown businesses rely

00:32:57.542 --> 00:32:59.542
upon are the events that come in and with the large arena,

00:33:01.346 --> 00:33:03.346
the ballpark and Weber point, Bob Hope Theater,

00:33:05.216 --> 00:33:07.216
just to name a few, as well as the Civic here,

00:33:08.820 --> 00:33:10.820
the event industry took as many did, took

00:33:11.689 --> 00:33:13.689
quite a large hit through the COVID shutdown

00:33:14.425 --> 00:33:17.361
and in a duration that lasted longer
than many other industries.

00:33:18.196 --> 00:33:20.196
So we took a look at, so what do we do to

00:33:21.632 --> 00:33:23.632
remind everybody how great it is together

00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:26.680
and what a great market Stockton is for events.

00:33:27.472 --> 00:33:29.139
So in doing that,
we partnered with Visit Stockton and created Flavor Fest.

00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:34.911
I think they did a great job.
The first year was

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:38.180
successful, talked to many of the attendees.

00:33:39.550 --> 00:33:41.550
We were over 11,600 attendees over two days.

00:33:46.290 --> 00:33:48.290
The reaction to

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.160
the event was great in that people

00:33:51.829 --> 00:33:53.829
were excited to see something happening in Stockton again.

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.660
It was full of great colors and every type of food

00:33:58.936 --> 00:34:01.304
you can imagine.
So this year we are moving forward with a three day event.

00:34:03.975 --> 00:34:06.610
So we will start on Friday.
If you weren't able to make it

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:09.879
last year, please mark your calendars.

00:34:10.140 --> 00:34:12.140
It's May 19th, 20th and 21st.

00:34:13.351 --> 00:34:15.752
We will have entertainment.
We are trying to top ourselves as far as having more food

00:34:18.489 --> 00:34:20.489
vendors and more diversity in food and beverage

00:34:22.560 --> 00:34:24.560
throughout the festival, and we'll start it again on Friday.

00:34:26.297 --> 00:34:28.297
So moving on to a three day event.

00:34:29.634 --> 00:34:31.634
So what I can tell you about what it did for business

00:34:32.103 --> 00:34:34.103
and driving business, some of our benchmarks

00:34:34.305 --> 00:34:36.305
we now have attendance numbers certainly will compare next year

00:34:38.509 --> 00:34:40.509
for future events.

00:34:40.945 --> 00:34:42.945
But I can tell you from a parking standpoint,

00:34:43.347 --> 00:34:45.347
the month of May last year was the largest, highest revenue

00:34:47.685 --> 00:34:49.685
generating event, parking on record.

00:34:52.156 --> 00:34:54.156
So certainly we got events and people back in the downtown

00:34:56.761 --> 00:34:58.761
bringing them our spread when as far as, you know,

00:34:59.831 --> 00:35:01.698
the Bay Area,
we brought people from Sacramento

00:35:02.533 --> 00:35:04.533
as well as the majority of the attendees

00:35:04.969 --> 00:35:07.671
certainly were our community here
in the Stockton, but definitely well attended.

00:35:11.542 --> 00:35:13.542
With that, I'm going to roll into uplift downtown.

00:35:14.912 --> 00:35:16.912
Happy to take questions at any point,

00:35:16.981 --> 00:35:18.981
but they really are connected.

00:35:19.484 --> 00:35:21.484
So with the the impetus of Flavor Fest

00:35:22.787 --> 00:35:24.787
in moving that forward, we

00:35:25.490 --> 00:35:28.291
we wanted to put our best foot forward
as far as the city and what we look like

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:31.962
to our visitors who were here.
So with that, we invested funds

00:35:33.764 --> 00:35:35.764
into updating with the help of public works.

00:35:37.201 --> 00:35:39.201
We painted curbs, we painted light poles,

00:35:40.471 --> 00:35:42.471
we improved irrigation and weather point.

00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.640
And throughout the downtown we also put in New sails,

00:35:47.378 --> 00:35:49.378
the small sails, the big ones, not quite

00:35:49.847 --> 00:35:52.649
there yet, but it's coming.
But new sales over the eating area on the south

00:35:54.852 --> 00:35:56.852
part of the Weber Point property and really tried

00:35:58.220 --> 00:36:00.220
to make everything fresh and clean again.

00:36:01.692 --> 00:36:03.692
Parking garages were all power wash.

00:36:03.928 --> 00:36:05.928
Parking also improved their irrigation

00:36:06.330 --> 00:36:08.330
and landscaping in the area, worked on lighting.

00:36:09.534 --> 00:36:11.534
We've been improving the lighting

00:36:11.536 --> 00:36:13.536
in the parking garages to help add to the ambiance

00:36:14.372 --> 00:36:16.372
and the security of our downtown and the vibrancy

00:36:18.843 --> 00:36:20.510
going forward.
We do have major projects still ahead in uplift.

00:36:23.247 --> 00:36:25.247
We are replacing the video board in the arena

00:36:26.450 --> 00:36:28.450
and the operating system that's currently underway

00:36:29.587 --> 00:36:31.587
and is about in the selection process, procurement process.

00:36:33.391 --> 00:36:36.259
So we will be moving forward with that.
Our goal to take timeline that we're pushing

00:36:38.996 --> 00:36:40.996
would be to have that completed somewhere in the September area

00:36:42.266 --> 00:36:44.266
because PBR, professional bull riding is in town and

00:36:46.700 --> 00:36:48.700
are very excited and interested in the new video capability.

00:36:49.874 --> 00:36:51.874
So with that investment, the goal is to increase

00:36:53.711 --> 00:36:55.679
our technology.
It was original from when the arena was built in 2005.

00:36:58.349 --> 00:37:00.349
So we're going to venture into today's technology and certainly

00:37:02.486 --> 00:37:04.486
should aid in the attraction of more events to the area

00:37:07.825 --> 00:37:10.727
really quickly on
is the shade structure at the

00:37:14.265 --> 00:37:16.265
downtown weather point is it has it been completed?

00:37:16.834 --> 00:37:19.669
Yeah, it hasn't been completed.
It's public works is

00:37:20.104 --> 00:37:22.104
is diligently working on the project

00:37:22.907 --> 00:37:25.308
and it's in the procurement stage
so they're fabricating I believe soon to come

00:37:26.978 --> 00:37:28.978
and then installation thereafter. Okay.

00:37:29.213 --> 00:37:31.213
Thank you.

00:37:31.749 --> 00:37:34.451
Thank you.
And I'm going to turn it over to Nicholas.
Right.

00:37:37.455 --> 00:37:39.455
You next one

00:37:46.831 --> 00:37:49.133
area.
Good morning.

00:37:49.133 --> 00:37:51.133
Nicole Snyder, economic development manager.

00:37:52.503 --> 00:37:54.503
So I'm going to talk about the Chamber and business

00:37:54.572 --> 00:37:56.806
district support.
We contracted with all of the chambers and the business

00:38:00.211 --> 00:38:02.211
districts downtown Stockton Alliance and the Miracle Mile

00:38:04.115 --> 00:38:06.115
for financial support to those organizations

00:38:06.917 --> 00:38:08.917
to ultimately aid the business recovery efforts.

00:38:10.221 --> 00:38:12.221
And so downtown Stockton Alliance, I'll talk a little bit

00:38:13.570 --> 00:38:15.570
about each contract that we've executed.

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:18.260
Downtown Stockton Alliance contracted with them to promote

00:38:20.310 --> 00:38:22.310
their area events and encourage more business to the downtown.

00:38:25.536 --> 00:38:27.300
And they are
also, with this contract, promoting any job listings.

00:38:29.874 --> 00:38:31.874
So any of the businesses in the downtown that are hiring,

00:38:32.810 --> 00:38:34.810
they're promoting those job listings.

00:38:35.946 --> 00:38:38.481
As far as the Stockton Chamber,
they have numerous things

00:38:38.983 --> 00:38:40.983
on their contract that they are planning to do,

00:38:41.850 --> 00:38:43.850
one of which is hiring a membership retention

00:38:43.654 --> 00:38:45.654
specialist for attracting and retaining businesses.

00:38:46.891 --> 00:38:48.891
That just was posted yesterday, actually.

00:38:49.694 --> 00:38:51.694
So they hope to have someone on board in the next months.

00:38:52.830 --> 00:38:54.497
They also are
augmenting existing programs such as the Education Series,

00:38:57.735 --> 00:38:59.735
their ribbon cuttings and mixers,

00:39:00.171 --> 00:39:02.171
and then their success group, which is called Network

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:05.308
for Success.
They meet two times a month

00:39:05.609 --> 00:39:07.609
to share any networking tips and leads

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:11.681
business needs.
They're also utilizing the contract to host a board

00:39:14.852 --> 00:39:17.287
strategic planning retreat
that was actually held last September, and they hired

00:39:19.623 --> 00:39:21.623
a consultant to restructure membership dues

00:39:22.927 --> 00:39:24.962
into a tiered system.
Their membership dues

00:39:24.962 --> 00:39:26.962
was previously based on employee count of each business,

00:39:28.566 --> 00:39:30.566
and now they are restructuring that to have tiers

00:39:32.970 --> 00:39:34.970
that businesses can sign up for.

00:39:36.741 --> 00:39:38.741
And lastly, they're developing a phone app

00:39:39.410 --> 00:39:41.410
in addition to restructuring and redeveloping their website.

00:39:43.614 --> 00:39:45.614
Their website was 15 years old,

00:39:46.250 --> 00:39:48.250
and so it definitely was in need of a prefab.

00:39:50.788 --> 00:39:53.323
And so they're in the process right now.
They hired on with a local consultant

00:39:55.493 --> 00:39:57.493
111 designs and that should be completed

00:40:00.131 --> 00:40:02.465
hopefully by the end of March
is what they're targeting targeting.

00:40:04.668 --> 00:40:06.668
And then we have also with the Miracle Mile

00:40:06.871 --> 00:40:08.871
Improvement District, I had a contract with them.

00:40:10.441 --> 00:40:12.441
Their contract is for marketing efforts.

00:40:13.210 --> 00:40:15.210
They've signed on with Port City Marketing, another local

00:40:16.814 --> 00:40:19.349
marketing company
for some of their campaign efforts there also.

00:40:22.953 --> 00:40:24.953
For those that are familiar with the banner that went

00:40:25.356 --> 00:40:28.124
over the Miracle Mile.
It promoted local events throughout Stockton.

00:40:31.610 --> 00:40:33.610
They're going to retrofit that banner finally.

00:40:33.431 --> 00:40:35.431
And so they've been working with our permitting department

00:40:36.333 --> 00:40:38.501
and getting the proper permits.
They have contractors on board, and they hope to have the work

00:40:39.904 --> 00:40:41.904
finished by the end of this month.

00:40:41.972 --> 00:40:43.972
So that'll be exciting to see that banner back.

00:40:44.942 --> 00:40:46.942
And then also they're resuming all of their signature events

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:50.579
that have been halted from COVID.

00:40:52.616 --> 00:40:55.418
Lastly, we've
contracted with the ethnic chambers as a partnership.

00:40:57.655 --> 00:40:59.856
So the Hispanic chamber,
the Asian Chamber and the African American Chamber

00:41:01.926 --> 00:41:03.926
contracted to expand their services

00:41:04.361 --> 00:41:06.361
related to recovery by conducting any

00:41:08.132 --> 00:41:10.132
business climate assessments that they can,

00:41:10.267 --> 00:41:12.267
they can promote and provide referrals to resources,

00:41:13.871 --> 00:41:15.871
to members for resources.

00:41:16.407 --> 00:41:17.807
Of course,
all of these contracts we track accomplishments.

00:41:19.310 --> 00:41:21.310
We are obtaining monthly reports from these folks

00:41:23.747 --> 00:41:25.747
and what we've and they've hit the ground

00:41:26.717 --> 00:41:29.686
running to what we have to date
actually at the end of 2020 to reports received were 800

00:41:32.957 --> 00:41:34.957
businesses were served through networking workshops

00:41:35.292 --> 00:41:37.292
and one on one assistance, 29 jobs were promoted

00:41:39.263 --> 00:41:41.263
and 111 areas promoted.

00:41:43.670 --> 00:41:45.670
If 100 and I'm sorry, vendor included.

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.837
Can you repeat that?
Injured in 11 events from oh event said areas.

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:52.400
I apologize.

00:41:54.211 --> 00:41:55.778
All right.
Moving on to entrepreneurship support

00:41:58.382 --> 00:42:00.382
entrepreneur Entrepreneurship support with ARPA,

00:42:01.850 --> 00:42:03.850
funds are augmenting our existing successful

00:42:04.154 --> 00:42:06.154
City of Stockton Entrepreneurship Grant program,

00:42:07.258 --> 00:42:09.258
and with that, the steps we have taken to get to where we are.

00:42:12.129 --> 00:42:14.129
We issued a notice to funding available availability last year

00:42:17.434 --> 00:42:19.434
and opened the online application portal and grants

00:42:21.138 --> 00:42:23.138
were available for entrepreneurs up to $10,000

00:42:25.643 --> 00:42:27.643
for entrepreneurs with innovative business concepts.

00:42:29.146 --> 00:42:31.146
We received a whopping 81 applications

00:42:32.490 --> 00:42:34.490
that we internally reviewed, and then our selection committee

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:37.619
then reviewed those applications and scored them.

00:42:39.223 --> 00:42:41.223
They recommended 11 entrepreneurs for funding,

00:42:42.793 --> 00:42:44.793
and we've entered into nine

00:42:45.496 --> 00:42:48.298
nine contracts with nine entrepreneurs
with innovative business concepts.

00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:52.340
A couple of those examples of some innovative concepts.

00:42:54.371 --> 00:42:56.371
We entered into a contract for a drone imaging company

00:42:59.643 --> 00:43:01.643
and they are acquiring software for thermal aerial imaging

00:43:03.814 --> 00:43:05.814
to provide to firm owners for analysis of things like

00:43:07.952 --> 00:43:09.952
crop health yield to work with solar companies

00:43:11.889 --> 00:43:13.889
and improve their efficiency.

00:43:14.792 --> 00:43:16.792
Another one was a local owned small business grocery store

00:43:18.228 --> 00:43:20.229
that used the program
to create an online present presence and a post system.

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:25.835
So those are just a
few examples addition to this program.

00:43:28.572 --> 00:43:30.572
With these funding, these funds is now

00:43:31.208 --> 00:43:33.208
we've implemented a entrepreneur in-person entrepreneur cohort.

00:43:35.713 --> 00:43:37.713
Last year we were able to do this, but it was virtual.

00:43:38.882 --> 00:43:40.882
So we are able to now meet in person, which is exciting.

00:43:42.620 --> 00:43:44.620
And what this does is, is connect

00:43:45.789 --> 00:43:47.789
the the entrepreneurs with each other.

00:43:48.826 --> 00:43:50.826
They can bounce ideas off of each other

00:43:50.995 --> 00:43:52.995
and they also can obtain resources to grow

00:43:54.632 --> 00:43:57.101
and expand their businesses.
So to date,

00:43:57.101 --> 00:43:59.101
we've had three successful meetings, almost 100% attended.

00:44:01.839 --> 00:44:03.839
I think maybe one meeting we had one person not attend so

00:44:05.776 --> 00:44:07.710
very well attended.
And actually

00:44:08.612 --> 00:44:10.612
it was it was mentioned to us as city staff

00:44:11.682 --> 00:44:13.682
how beneficial it was to them to attend these.

00:44:14.785 --> 00:44:16.785
So we're really excited moving forward

00:44:16.887 --> 00:44:18.887
to have them connect them with all the resources for their

00:44:21.191 --> 00:44:23.191
growth efforts

00:44:25.562 --> 00:44:27.562
and remaining funds that we have obligated here in this program

00:44:29.233 --> 00:44:31.233
are for the upcoming Small Business Week

00:44:32.336 --> 00:44:34.336
in May and Future

00:44:35.506 --> 00:44:37.506
in Planning Process Entrepreneurship Pitch Contest.

00:44:39.810 --> 00:44:41.810
So with that, my questions

00:44:42.346 --> 00:44:44.346
oh handed over to Carrie right?

00:44:55.359 --> 00:44:56.959
Carrie Right.
Director of Economic Development

00:44:57.428 --> 00:44:59.428
And I'm going to cover the marketing

00:45:01.498 --> 00:45:03.800
project plan.
As you may recall,

00:45:04.702 --> 00:45:06.702
this project was brought to council on October 10th

00:45:08.772 --> 00:45:10.772
and approved and we executed a contract with JP Marketing.

00:45:12.543 --> 00:45:14.543
We're really in the initial stages of implementation

00:45:15.879 --> 00:45:17.480
and there's a lot of
behind the scenes work happening in terms of assessments

00:45:20.250 --> 00:45:23.190
and understanding the market and making
sure the information is sound.

00:45:23.520 --> 00:45:25.520
As we work with JP Marketing for them to better understand

00:45:26.230 --> 00:45:28.230
Stockton, the assets we have and what we need to work on.

00:45:30.761 --> 00:45:32.761
We've conducted a launched a citywide

00:45:33.530 --> 00:45:35.530
online survey, so we're tabulating those results.

00:45:36.600 --> 00:45:38.600
We've conducted initial SEO or search

00:45:39.136 --> 00:45:41.136
engine optimization evaluation and created a plan.

00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:44.340
It's important to note
that we do need a lot of content and we have a lot of content.

00:45:47.144 --> 00:45:50.120
I think historically in the city,
we've accomplished attached,

00:45:50.881 --> 00:45:52.881
dealt with a crisis and we just move on.

00:45:52.950 --> 00:45:54.950
We don't take the time to pull all the information together,

00:45:56.587 --> 00:45:58.587
promote our successes and our celebrations

00:45:58.822 --> 00:46:00.822
just because of timing and staff.

00:46:01.391 --> 00:46:03.391
So this contractor gives us

00:46:03.594 --> 00:46:05.594
the kind of push we need to pull some of those things together.

00:46:07.564 --> 00:46:09.564
The content that was shared last is great

00:46:11.135 --> 00:46:13.135
in terms of accomplishments that we can share with the public.

00:46:14.438 --> 00:46:16.438
So we're working on implementing those with the marketing team.

00:46:18.609 --> 00:46:20.710
They've held staff.
We'll have staff, interviews and video orthography.

00:46:23.347 --> 00:46:25.347
They'll be here to film, you know,

00:46:25.749 --> 00:46:27.749
like the opening of Pixie Woods and promoting that.

00:46:28.652 --> 00:46:30.652
They'll be here to film Small Business Week

00:46:30.721 --> 00:46:33.156
and really trying to
bring in a lot of content for us to use in the future.

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:38.260
Marketing is a pay to play opportunity,

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:41.330
so I think JP
Marketing is really setting us up for us to understand

00:46:43.367 --> 00:46:46.269
where we have to put our dollars in order
to get the reputation lift that we're looking for

00:46:48.272 --> 00:46:50.674
and the strategies to implement.
It's not that, you know,

00:46:50.674 --> 00:46:52.842
staff doesn't know how to do that
already in some senses, but there's just not the time

00:46:55.612 --> 00:46:57.130
in the day
to kind of really pay attention to all the particulars

00:47:00.117 --> 00:47:02.117
and this contract allows us to do that.

00:47:02.452 --> 00:47:05.321
So we have weekly calls,
we have weekly accomplishments, task lists, staffs involved,

00:47:09.459 --> 00:47:11.459
and we're working in partnership with the CMO's Office.

00:47:12.696 --> 00:47:14.696
So altogether, looking for a year from now,

00:47:15.532 --> 00:47:17.532
really having the data and the analytics actually

00:47:19.670 --> 00:47:21.670
to show you the progress we've made.

00:47:21.872 --> 00:47:23.973
But really
in the end, a year from now, you should be able to type in

00:47:25.676 --> 00:47:27.676
City of Stockton and see a lot of the stories and content

00:47:28.979 --> 00:47:30.979
that will be inputting and frankly buying.

00:47:32.883 --> 00:47:34.883
So that's what pops up when you do searches

00:47:35.252 --> 00:47:37.252
instead of some of the stories that you see them.

00:47:37.855 --> 00:47:39.855
So that's pretty much it on marketing.

00:47:40.490 --> 00:47:42.490
And I will turn it over to Lennar

00:47:47.731 --> 00:47:49.731
soon.

00:47:51.969 --> 00:47:53.969
Economic Development Program Manager, Nonprofit Support.

00:47:57.740 --> 00:47:59.740
We started out with 765,000 in the budget.

00:48:01.411 --> 00:48:03.411
We released a NOVA in April of 2022

00:48:04.214 --> 00:48:06.214
for a partner to develop and run this program.

00:48:07.517 --> 00:48:09.517
We received five applications and from there recommend aided

00:48:11.540 --> 00:48:13.540
and was approved by Council the United Way of San

00:48:14.258 --> 00:48:16.258
Joaquin County in July of 2020 to

00:48:19.663 --> 00:48:21.663
through the United Way's application process.

00:48:21.999 --> 00:48:23.999
15 nonprofits were selected.

00:48:25.269 --> 00:48:27.269
Currently, they kicked off with orientation

00:48:28.505 --> 00:48:30.505
in December of 2022 and have since had a class once a month.

00:48:33.477 --> 00:48:35.477
The curriculum also provides study

00:48:35.545 --> 00:48:37.545
sessions at the nest, a physical and meeting space provided

00:48:39.483 --> 00:48:41.483
by the United Way for nonprofits to meet, share,

00:48:43.487 --> 00:48:45.487
gain guidance, understand and create a community.

00:48:47.457 --> 00:48:49.457
These successful classes are building a certified,

00:48:49.993 --> 00:48:51.993
sustainable nonprofit capacity building program.

00:48:55.966 --> 00:48:57.967
Question Yeah.
What was the United Way

00:49:00.237 --> 00:49:01.804
chosen as a
beneficiary of this project funding?

00:49:04.740 --> 00:49:06.809
Why, yes,
I can tell you one of the reasons was the fact

00:49:08.245 --> 00:49:10.245
that they already had a physical space

00:49:10.647 --> 00:49:12.647
for these nonprofit capacity building classes,

00:49:14.251 --> 00:49:16.251
and they also provided great insight on what who

00:49:18.755 --> 00:49:20.790
they would be partnering
to create the curriculum that they use now.

00:49:23.930 --> 00:49:25.930
Okay. You

00:49:26.730 --> 00:49:28.730
are you are you going to I have a question,

00:49:29.166 --> 00:49:31.934
but I don't going to cut you off. Are you going?
You may answer it in your presentation.

00:49:32.703 --> 00:49:34.703
I'm completed. Okay.

00:49:34.838 --> 00:49:36.838
Can you tell me more about this robust, diverse

00:49:38.342 --> 00:49:40.342
advisory committee?

00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:45.460
I can't speak to the committee as I.

00:49:47.484 --> 00:49:49.484
I have not

00:49:49.953 --> 00:49:51.953
been to any of their meetings,

00:49:53.323 --> 00:49:55.323
but I know that they did advise on the curriculum

00:49:56.426 --> 00:49:58.426
and they were present at the nest opening.

00:50:00.530 --> 00:50:02.530
Is this group a creature

00:50:03.133 --> 00:50:05.133
of the United Way or a creature of the city of Stockton?

00:50:06.269 --> 00:50:08.771
The United Way? Okay.
So this is really something

00:50:08.939 --> 00:50:10.939
that the United Way has put in place

00:50:11.641 --> 00:50:13.641
as a means of, you know,

00:50:16.790 --> 00:50:18.790
fortifying the program, you know, just getting some

00:50:20.550 --> 00:50:22.550
targeted community

00:50:23.520 --> 00:50:25.520
or market input.

00:50:27.424 --> 00:50:29.525
Sure.
And it's important to me as a council member to understand

00:50:32.863 --> 00:50:34.863
and know these things, especially when

00:50:36.166 --> 00:50:38.166
we provided $727,000.

00:50:40.404 --> 00:50:42.404
So maybe at some point, if it's not appropriate

00:50:43.707 --> 00:50:45.707
for today's meeting, maybe we'll have them come.

00:50:46.443 --> 00:50:48.443
Just give us a little more clarity,

00:50:49.446 --> 00:50:51.881
especially being that we are
a diverse city and community and we want to make sure

00:50:54.751 --> 00:50:56.751
that we're contracting with entities that do provide

00:50:59.890 --> 00:51:01.890
and uplift the reflection of this community.

00:51:02.920 --> 00:51:04.920
So thank you. That's good.

00:51:05.362 --> 00:51:06.962
Thank you.
And next is Carrie Wright on homelessness and housing.

00:51:13.170 --> 00:51:14.570
I mean,
we can get the advisory council for you for the nonprofit.

00:51:16.740 --> 00:51:19.542
As part of our guidelines,
we're required to make sure that we're serving disadvantaged

00:51:22.379 --> 00:51:24.379
and disproportionately impacted communities

00:51:25.315 --> 00:51:27.216
through ARPA dollars.
So that's within the contract with United Way

00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:31.860
and some of their advisors have been impacted.

00:51:31.188 --> 00:51:33.756
Andrea, out of Sacramento
that has a history of working with organizations and lifting

00:51:36.293 --> 00:51:38.461
them up in the communities.
But we can get you

00:51:38.595 --> 00:51:40.595
exactly who those advisory council members are.

00:51:41.665 --> 00:51:44.568
Thank you, Carrie.
Oh, add to that.

00:51:44.568 --> 00:51:46.568
And I think I think it'd be appropriate if

00:51:48.972 --> 00:51:50.972
if we scheduled some of these strategic partners

00:51:52.342 --> 00:51:54.342
to come in, like the United Way,

00:51:55.412 --> 00:51:57.412
like Carelink Community Medical Center.

00:51:59.150 --> 00:52:01.817
Obviously, they weren't able to make it today,
but at some point, I think

00:52:02.819 --> 00:52:04.819
just provided information or update to the council.

00:52:06.220 --> 00:52:08.220
I mean, we can be intentional about how we schedules out.

00:52:09.259 --> 00:52:11.259
Absolutely. We can do that.

00:52:11.495 --> 00:52:12.795
These are
significant investments with a huge community benefit.

00:52:15.866 --> 00:52:18.434
And so I think it's
it's important that we're all on the same page

00:52:19.369 --> 00:52:20.970
as a council
with what we're doing out in the community,

00:52:22.105 --> 00:52:24.105
because the truth be told, as we we need to carry that message

00:52:26.409 --> 00:52:28.409
as well amongst our constituents.

00:52:29.246 --> 00:52:30.880
Thank you.
And also in the in the binder,

00:52:31.515 --> 00:52:33.549
it has the list of all
the charities that are involved in this cohort.

00:52:35.719 --> 00:52:37.719
And it's a very diverse group

00:52:38.210 --> 00:52:40.623
of charities that they're working with,
and I think that's following up with the mayor said.

00:52:43.693 --> 00:52:45.194
I think it's
a good idea to have a report and let the community know

00:52:47.998 --> 00:52:50.166
the support we're giving
to these charities through the United Way.

00:52:52.302 --> 00:52:54.302
And I think this is a very impressive group with

00:52:55.772 --> 00:52:57.772
15 charities. So

00:52:58.375 --> 00:53:00.375
thank you very much.

00:53:01.511 --> 00:53:03.511
So now we'll move on to homelessness and housing.

00:53:04.981 --> 00:53:06.981
As with all of the ARPA dollars, I think we approached funding

00:53:09.619 --> 00:53:11.619
for this area, understanding that is one time funds.

00:53:13.356 --> 00:53:15.591
So building in long
term expenses was going to be difficult to undertake.

00:53:18.662 --> 00:53:20.662
So like nonprofit capacity

00:53:20.797 --> 00:53:23.566
or some of the homeless initiatives,
the one time infusion is supposed to be kind of

00:53:25.502 --> 00:53:27.502
the catalyst for self-sustaining or recovery pieces

00:53:29.806 --> 00:53:31.806
that are needed in the moment, but trying

00:53:31.908 --> 00:53:33.908
not to add on long term expenses to the overall budget.

00:53:35.845 --> 00:53:37.845
I'm sure CFO can travel as excited to hear me say that.

00:53:40.750 --> 00:53:42.750
Okay, let me get this moving.

00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:45.320
How come it's not

00:53:48.291 --> 00:53:50.291
I did something

00:53:54.640 --> 00:53:56.365
that we want to be.
I don't know what I did there is

00:53:58.635 --> 00:54:00.635
it just needs a minute to think.

00:54:00.704 --> 00:54:02.704
I got it. It's there. Yep.

00:54:02.973 --> 00:54:05.808
Sorry about that.
So I'll start off by saying

00:54:07.677 --> 00:54:09.677
this area would not have been successful

00:54:10.113 --> 00:54:12.113
without the approved staff augmentation,

00:54:12.849 --> 00:54:14.849
in particular with rain Community development.

00:54:15.452 --> 00:54:18.154
Who? Casey Rain is here with us today
and has been helping

00:54:18.154 --> 00:54:20.154
to lead the homeless initiatives for the ARPA funded dollars,

00:54:21.424 --> 00:54:23.424
as well as some additional staff support in that area.

00:54:24.527 --> 00:54:26.527
And I think it's added to that as well as kind of

00:54:27.931 --> 00:54:29.931
just our overall mindset and persistence and just

00:54:31.935 --> 00:54:33.935
unwilling to not succeed that we've been able to proceed

00:54:36.673 --> 00:54:38.673
with as many accomplishments in this area.

00:54:39.609 --> 00:54:41.609
So I this one of the more complicated staff updates.

00:54:43.546 --> 00:54:45.546
So I just do want to go through it

00:54:45.815 --> 00:54:47.815
so you understand where we've been and where we're going

00:54:49.152 --> 00:54:51.152
and make sure that everyone is good with that.

00:54:51.521 --> 00:54:53.521
So what we had is the original budget was $3.6

00:54:55.910 --> 00:54:57.910
million for 125 low barrier shelter beds.

00:54:59.529 --> 00:55:01.529
And then we got the news that there might be a county

00:55:02.432 --> 00:55:04.667
grant available.
So we tied those dollars together

00:55:05.535 --> 00:55:07.535
and we went out to the community and tried to find someone

00:55:08.471 --> 00:55:10.471
that could produce those shelter beds

00:55:10.607 --> 00:55:12.607
and be able to achieve the money that was being offered

00:55:14.100 --> 00:55:16.578
from the county.
We were
ultimately not successful in that proposal to the county.

00:55:19.549 --> 00:55:21.650
They had some questions.
The site had an issue and that didn't work out.

00:55:24.540 --> 00:55:26.540
Again, persistence, we don't give up.

00:55:27.900 --> 00:55:29.900
Went ahead and went back out to the community

00:55:29.492 --> 00:55:31.960
asking for additional partners.
And maybe it's timing.

00:55:32.195 --> 00:55:34.195
Maybe this just needed to work out the way it did.

00:55:35.650 --> 00:55:37.650
But we do have several applicants for the A project

00:55:41.771 --> 00:55:43.771
that will allow us to house homeless individuals.

00:55:47.770 --> 00:55:49.770
So it's a middle of the procurement right now.

00:55:49.846 --> 00:55:52.715
We're getting ready to bring it to council.
So I do want to share

00:55:52.916 --> 00:55:54.916
that we are bringing a project with Saint Mary's

00:55:55.819 --> 00:55:57.819
and for recommendation to the Council in late March

00:55:59.522 --> 00:56:01.522
that would accomplish more than 125 beds

00:56:02.892 --> 00:56:04.892
and would be non congregate shelter, which is

00:56:06.596 --> 00:56:08.630
highly
desired by the state for us to make sure that we accomplish.

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:12.300
So that's a pending project that would need approval,

00:56:13.360 --> 00:56:15.360
which is why we have pending ARPA allocation of 5.4 million.

00:56:17.273 --> 00:56:19.273
In addition, we spent a lot of time

00:56:20.810 --> 00:56:22.810
and an amazing amount of time

00:56:23.580 --> 00:56:25.580
really trying to make safe camping and parking work.

00:56:27.283 --> 00:56:29.283
Ultimately, again, the success of the city

00:56:30.860 --> 00:56:32.860
staff has been based on having a viable partner

00:56:34.224 --> 00:56:36.224
that has the capacity to help us implement

00:56:36.693 --> 00:56:38.994
some of these things
that did not come for us for safe camping and parking.

00:56:40.697 --> 00:56:43.432
So today
we're wanting to pull together these funds so that we have one

00:56:45.902 --> 00:56:47.902
homeless kind of housing part of ARPA dollars

00:56:50.206 --> 00:56:52.206
that we could utilize into the future for

00:56:54.430 --> 00:56:56.430
the mission of what council has asked us to do,

00:56:57.414 --> 00:56:59.414
which is ultimately provide shelter funds.

00:56:59.783 --> 00:57:01.783
So we have the 3.6 million coming forward

00:57:03.190 --> 00:57:05.554
with Saint Mary's for approval
if that's the direction we want to go.

00:57:06.423 --> 00:57:08.423
And then that would leave 1.8 million

00:57:08.425 --> 00:57:10.425
to assist with other types of housing operations.

00:57:11.795 --> 00:57:13.795
We know we have operations gaps in some shelters.

00:57:14.297 --> 00:57:16.297
We know we have another round of Homekey

00:57:16.733 --> 00:57:18.434
which has been really
successful, successful and we'll talk about in a minute.

00:57:19.936 --> 00:57:21.936
But pulling the money together so we can look at it as a whole

00:57:23.306 --> 00:57:25.306
was the intent of the project plan update today.

00:57:26.543 --> 00:57:28.543
So that's the update on shelter beds in the enhanced safe zone.

00:57:30.790 --> 00:57:32.790
Yes. So the whole idea

00:57:34.284 --> 00:57:36.284
of recommending safe camping and safe parking was because

00:57:41.558 --> 00:57:43.558
because the

00:57:45.940 --> 00:57:47.940
because the

00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:51.599
because

00:57:52.101 --> 00:57:54.101
there were a number of

00:57:54.370 --> 00:57:56.370
individuals who,

00:57:56.673 --> 00:57:58.673
number one, weren't comfortable in the congregate shelters.

00:58:00.777 --> 00:58:03.512
Number two, really weren't comfortable
in any kind of shelter setting at all.

00:58:04.481 --> 00:58:06.481
They wanted to remain in their mobile homes.

00:58:07.350 --> 00:58:09.350
They wanted to remain in

00:58:10.687 --> 00:58:13.550
their tents,
that there's an element of our unhoused population

00:58:16.626 --> 00:58:18.626
that doesn't want to be connected to any

00:58:22.232 --> 00:58:24.800
significant structure.
The less structure the better for some of them.

00:58:26.336 --> 00:58:28.336
And now that was the main push behind safe camping and parking

00:58:30.507 --> 00:58:32.507
that that they could just come park their RV or car,

00:58:34.577 --> 00:58:36.577
have access to restrooms and showers.

00:58:39.849 --> 00:58:41.849
And I thought we were headed down that path

00:58:42.986 --> 00:58:44.986
with either Saint Mary's or the Stockton shelter

00:58:45.855 --> 00:58:48.824
for the homeless to accommodate that.
So that's not a possibility at this point.

00:58:50.493 --> 00:58:52.493
So the project that we went out to that

00:58:54.631 --> 00:58:56.631
we noticed in terms of the no PHA required,

00:58:58.434 --> 00:59:00.434
we were very specific last time, 125 low barrier shelter beds.

00:59:02.705 --> 00:59:04.705
This time the language is a little bit more open.

00:59:05.208 --> 00:59:07.208
It talked about low barrier, it talked about transition in

00:59:08.645 --> 00:59:10.645
what Saint Mary's is proposing is

00:59:13.249 --> 00:59:15.249
more than 230 individual.

00:59:16.986 --> 00:59:18.986
I would call them sleeping cabins

00:59:19.222 --> 00:59:21.222
on the parking lot that's across from them.

00:59:21.758 --> 00:59:23.758
They would essentially do what you what counsel intended,

00:59:25.940 --> 00:59:27.940
which was provide that space for people who don't

00:59:27.830 --> 00:59:30.332
want to go into a shelter
or that have medical needs that have high level of case

00:59:32.335 --> 00:59:34.335
management required as frankly, a transition space

00:59:36.773 --> 00:59:38.773
from being unsheltered and in woman's flue

00:59:40.176 --> 00:59:42.176
to hopefully getting the services they need to take

00:59:42.912 --> 00:59:44.912
the next steps into more housing stable environment.

00:59:46.916 --> 00:59:48.916
But the as we've talked about, the states

00:59:50.587 --> 00:59:52.587
really looking for non congregate shelter

00:59:53.560 --> 00:59:55.560
and so these individual sleeping cabins

00:59:56.192 --> 00:59:58.327
and possibly
some safe camping spaces that's not been put off the table

01:00:01.497 --> 01:00:03.497
but they're proceeding

01:00:03.533 --> 01:00:05.533
they have funding from health plan of San Joaquin.

01:00:07.470 --> 01:00:09.470
They have a very competitive and compelling application from

01:00:11.400 --> 01:00:13.400
on that staff level that we've reviewed.

01:00:13.343 --> 01:00:15.177
We've reviewed
multiple applications, interviewed several folks.

01:00:17.580 --> 01:00:19.580
And this from a staff perspective, is the most viable

01:00:21.170 --> 01:00:23.170
for accomplishing the goals that Council wanted us to do.

01:00:24.320 --> 01:00:27.222
So I'm a little bit concerned, though,
because there are possibly some unforeseen consequences here.

01:00:31.661 --> 01:00:33.661
My thinking is that if there was non congregate

01:00:34.530 --> 01:00:36.932
housing available,
a lot of those that are currently

01:00:37.233 --> 01:00:39.233
in the congregate housing would prefer to be

01:00:39.435 --> 01:00:41.435
in the non congregate housing individual cabins.

01:00:42.972 --> 01:00:44.972
So all we're going to be doing is opening up more shelter

01:00:45.742 --> 01:00:47.742
beds that aren't being used.

01:00:49.178 --> 01:00:51.178
If I may, Councilman Wright,

01:00:52.782 --> 01:00:54.782
it's important to also

01:00:54.851 --> 01:00:56.851
keep in mind that

01:00:57.553 --> 01:01:00.489
we've had numerous discussions
with Saint Mary's

01:01:02.692 --> 01:01:05.270
and not only about
the micro housing initiative, but also about safe

01:01:07.897 --> 01:01:09.897
camping, safe parking, but mostly safe parking.

01:01:12.201 --> 01:01:14.201
And so our strategy is to move

01:01:14.570 --> 01:01:16.570
forward as director Wright mentioned, with

01:01:18.341 --> 01:01:20.341
with making a recommendation to you all to fund

01:01:21.611 --> 01:01:23.611
the micro housing initiative,

01:01:24.414 --> 01:01:26.414
because it sets us up

01:01:26.582 --> 01:01:28.582
to continue those discussions regarding safe

01:01:28.785 --> 01:01:31.253
parking and safe camping
because they have the real estate to accommodate it.

01:01:32.855 --> 01:01:34.855
And so

01:01:35.858 --> 01:01:37.858
so the strategy, again, is to further solidify

01:01:39.950 --> 01:01:41.950
the relationship with them and keeping safe

01:01:42.298 --> 01:01:44.298
camping and safe parking on the table and

01:01:48.710 --> 01:01:50.710
and appropriately in sort of organically

01:01:51.574 --> 01:01:53.574
taking advantage of that when we can. So

01:01:55.511 --> 01:01:58.246
it's still on the table,
but the key is, as has been mentioned, is

01:01:59.782 --> 01:02:01.782
we issued a procurement and we got no takers really.

01:02:03.586 --> 01:02:05.586
So the key is instead of trying to procure it

01:02:06.689 --> 01:02:09.224
in a traditional way,
we're going to try to see if we can organically fit it in.

01:02:12.762 --> 01:02:14.762
As our relationship with Saint Mary's

01:02:15.998 --> 01:02:17.998
grows and develops.

01:02:19.680 --> 01:02:21.680
So I will remain skeptical until I see the final proposal. But

01:02:24.140 --> 01:02:26.975
I also want to add that I'm fully
supportive in any additional project Homekey projects.

01:02:29.479 --> 01:02:32.470
I think they've been
overwhelmingly successful in terms of, you know,

01:02:34.317 --> 01:02:36.317
most of them haven't even come online yet,

01:02:36.385 --> 01:02:38.385
but but when they do, that's going to reduce our unhoused

01:02:39.822 --> 01:02:42.491
population significantly.
So any more project homekey

01:02:44.360 --> 01:02:46.360
projects we can and I'm all for.

01:02:46.662 --> 01:02:48.530
Thank you.
So that'll be in in a future slide in just for clarity.

01:02:52.235 --> 01:02:54.235
So you said the the 6.5 million grant

01:02:56.372 --> 01:02:58.372
know for you're going to be coming back to us

01:02:59.342 --> 01:03:01.342
recommending Saint Mary's

01:03:03.513 --> 01:03:05.714
for for that particular
grant in its entirety the 6.5 million.

01:03:07.950 --> 01:03:09.950
So the 6.5 million from the county is subject to

01:03:13.550 --> 01:03:15.223
I mean we weren't successful
in getting it last time when we went for it.

01:03:16.526 --> 01:03:18.460
Yes, that is
that was the shooting is that we will bring a project to you

01:03:20.863 --> 01:03:22.864
in March.
The content plates the Saint Mary's you know up to

01:03:26.402 --> 01:03:28.402
it was more than 230 individual units,

01:03:29.639 --> 01:03:31.639
a single recipient for the 6.5 million.

01:03:32.842 --> 01:03:34.842
That's thinking. Yes, that's the thinking.

01:03:35.110 --> 01:03:37.110
Yes. Let's keep going.

01:03:39.549 --> 01:03:41.549
Okay. So

01:03:41.984 --> 01:03:43.984
staff augmentation, I won't spend a lot of time here.

01:03:45.221 --> 01:03:47.489
This is what's been making
kind of things move along in economic development.

01:03:50.426 --> 01:03:53.610
We have ran community development,
RSG Consulting, which is more of a

01:03:56.132 --> 01:03:58.733
affordable housing consultant.
We're hiring two interns

01:03:59.635 --> 01:04:01.635
and then we have the homeless technical assistance

01:04:02.972 --> 01:04:04.972
technically obligated for future

01:04:06.943 --> 01:04:08.943
help as we move through some of the additional projects

01:04:09.545 --> 01:04:11.913
which I'll be talking about.
Homekey So Project Homekey, I'm

01:04:15.585 --> 01:04:17.585
this has been, I think, singularly

01:04:17.920 --> 01:04:19.920
the highest return on investment from a competitive grant

01:04:21.224 --> 01:04:24.250
with the state that we've seen.
The city of Stockton has procured three projects

01:04:27.296 --> 01:04:29.296
and has been the only city or entity

01:04:30.766 --> 01:04:32.766
within the county to really focus on this outside

01:04:34.103 --> 01:04:36.103
of housing authority, which we were the main impetus

01:04:36.572 --> 01:04:38.572
for making housing authorities project work,

01:04:38.941 --> 01:04:41.710
which was the ARPA dollars.
So just as a reminder, there's several rounds of homekey,

01:04:44.280 --> 01:04:46.815
there's several rounds of hap.
The first round of Homekey went to town center studios

01:04:49.318 --> 01:04:51.318
where both as the developer and the state

01:04:51.754 --> 01:04:54.222
learned an incredible amount of
what was going to be required to accomplish that task as well.

01:04:56.826 --> 01:04:59.728
As we saw
costs kind of escalate through COVID, which was

01:05:02.131 --> 01:05:04.131
hard to handle in terms of accurately projecting costs.

01:05:06.235 --> 01:05:08.235
Second round was brought to you as part of ARPA,

01:05:09.438 --> 01:05:11.438
where we asked you to leverage some of the contingency funds.

01:05:14.143 --> 01:05:16.143
Well, as the $6 million here from ARPA funds

01:05:18.381 --> 01:05:20.381
and direct them towards the competitive

01:05:22.351 --> 01:05:24.351
applications for Culver's quarters,

01:05:25.321 --> 01:05:27.321
which is going through the Planning Department right now

01:05:28.391 --> 01:05:31.920
and building permit process
with hopefully a groundbreaking contract in spring.

01:05:33.620 --> 01:05:35.931
So that one is well underway.
We're very excited about that and it's

01:05:36.766 --> 01:05:38.766
going to be 68 units of housing, so that's specific to ARPA.

01:05:41.370 --> 01:05:43.370
But in that same

01:05:44.874 --> 01:05:46.874
council meeting, you also approved us to leverage

01:05:48.511 --> 01:05:50.511
our contingency on the chance that we could get

01:05:51.180 --> 01:05:53.180
another project hunky, which we did,

01:05:53.582 --> 01:05:55.582
which is the 12 units for a domestic violence shelter,

01:05:56.752 --> 01:05:58.752
which is also underway within the planning Department.

01:05:59.889 --> 01:06:01.889
And a pre-construction meeting has been held for that one.

01:06:02.858 --> 01:06:05.293
We came back to a move
and move that funding out of contingency and over to half.

01:06:09.650 --> 01:06:11.433
It's a little complicated
because there's so many different colors of funding

01:06:13.903 --> 01:06:15.903
and the team is trying to be as strategic as possible

01:06:17.106 --> 01:06:19.106
to make sure that we leverage all of the funding available,

01:06:20.176 --> 01:06:23.111
spend it in the time that's required,
that make sure that we spend it on the right things as well.

01:06:25.810 --> 01:06:27.810
So council approved that and that project is moving forward.

01:06:29.318 --> 01:06:31.318
So we have three Homekey projects.

01:06:31.520 --> 01:06:33.520
We also brought to you the local housing,

01:06:34.590 --> 01:06:36.590
a local homeless action plan in June

01:06:37.626 --> 01:06:40.610
for our HAP funding,
which we're not talking about today,

01:06:40.396 --> 01:06:42.396
but we almost have to, if we want to talk about hunky

01:06:42.999 --> 01:06:44.999
and where we very specifically talked about leveraging the role

01:06:48.671 --> 01:06:50.671
that we have within the city of Stockton to create units.

01:06:51.707 --> 01:06:53.707
We think that goes back to what we previous talked about.

01:06:54.410 --> 01:06:56.410
It's great to have shelter, it's great to have micro-housing,

01:06:58.800 --> 01:07:00.281
it's great to have transitioned,
but ultimately we need the units

01:07:01.217 --> 01:07:03.217
which is what Project Homekey will bring about.

01:07:03.519 --> 01:07:06.354
So there is around for
project Homekey, there is around four of have.

01:07:09.158 --> 01:07:11.158
We are trying to merge these things together

01:07:11.594 --> 01:07:13.594
to come alongside and have successful projects.

01:07:15.398 --> 01:07:18.299
It's dependent on developers.
So we issued a letter of interest

01:07:19.635 --> 01:07:21.970
the beginning of the year.
We have two projects that procurement is in process

01:07:23.973 --> 01:07:25.973
and I can't talk about that one, but it is a process.

01:07:26.642 --> 01:07:28.642
We have two possible projects will be vetting those out

01:07:29.945 --> 01:07:31.945
and we would like to bring another additional project.

01:07:32.982 --> 01:07:34.982
Homekey focused on women and children,

01:07:35.551 --> 01:07:37.551
which we saw during the storms, was an issue

01:07:37.653 --> 01:07:39.653
in terms of our shelter population.

01:07:39.789 --> 01:07:41.789
So that we could create the units needed for the exits

01:07:42.992 --> 01:07:44.992
out of shelter into permanent housing.

01:07:46.462 --> 01:07:48.462
So that's Project HOMEKEY and it's multiple

01:07:50.660 --> 01:07:52.667
kind of funding sources.
But ARPA being the kick off.

01:08:00.209 --> 01:08:02.209
Thank you.

01:08:12.254 --> 01:08:13.788
All right.
We've got a couple different projects

01:08:14.390 --> 01:08:17.250
in our recovery of city government.
Not quite as interesting as the last items,

01:08:19.195 --> 01:08:21.195
but we'll go through them quickly.

01:08:21.597 --> 01:08:23.597
So the first one is the Lost revenue

01:08:23.732 --> 01:08:25.732
replacement project, which is part of ARPA.

01:08:27.636 --> 01:08:30.405
There's very specific guidelines
to how we calculate these lost revenues.

01:08:32.441 --> 01:08:34.441
And so we've gone last time we spoke actually a year ago,

01:08:36.479 --> 01:08:39.470
we were doing this on a calendar basis
we've now been allowed to do it on a fiscal year basis.

01:08:40.316 --> 01:08:42.316
So we have three fiscal years under our belts

01:08:43.953 --> 01:08:45.687
where we've done the
calculation as provided by the federal government.

01:08:47.723 --> 01:08:49.723
And so calculated revenue

01:08:49.792 --> 01:08:51.792
loss is for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 was 13.8

01:08:54.997 --> 01:08:56.997
million and for the fiscal year, 21 was 394,000.

01:09:00.236 --> 01:09:02.236
And then for the fiscal year that ended June 3022,

01:09:03.405 --> 01:09:06.400
that was 9.1 million.
So these are the total that we could be eligible for.

01:09:08.177 --> 01:09:10.177
But when we brought this to council, 9,585,000

01:09:12.548 --> 01:09:14.548
is what we allocated out of the project funds.

01:09:16.318 --> 01:09:18.318
So We've done this in two rounds with round one

01:09:19.588 --> 01:09:22.357
being 4.5 million.
We last June we brought to council

01:09:23.659 --> 01:09:25.659
a recommendation on how to allocate that 4.5

01:09:26.862 --> 01:09:28.862
and it was split among the general fund,

01:09:29.198 --> 01:09:31.198
the recreation fund, the venues fund in the parking fund.

01:09:33.169 --> 01:09:35.169
And so the final allocation round two,

01:09:36.380 --> 01:09:38.380
which is just over 5 million, we've obviously our calculations

01:09:39.742 --> 01:09:41.742
have qualified us to do that full amount,

01:09:42.444 --> 01:09:44.444
but we're waiting for one more fiscal year of results

01:09:45.481 --> 01:09:47.481
before we say here's how we recommend

01:09:48.250 --> 01:09:50.250
spreading that out among city funds

01:09:51.854 --> 01:09:54.122
so the revenue
loss can be used for continuing services

01:09:56.425 --> 01:09:58.860
and we've directed it
thus far to the funds that really had the most loss

01:10:01.397 --> 01:10:03.698
when it came to revenues
because their venues were shut down

01:10:05.134 --> 01:10:07.134
and they weren't able to provide services during the worst

01:10:08.337 --> 01:10:10.337
of the pandemic.

01:10:11.874 --> 01:10:13.874
Our next project is general administration,

01:10:14.900 --> 01:10:16.711
so this is a newer project.
It wasn't in the original plan, but we redirected $406,000 from

01:10:20.849 --> 01:10:22.849
what was going to go into our ERP project

01:10:23.819 --> 01:10:26.721
because we realized we were having trouble
delivering some of the ARPA projects

01:10:28.157 --> 01:10:30.157
with staffing challenges.

01:10:30.159 --> 01:10:32.159
So We've got the 406,000 in here.

01:10:32.895 --> 01:10:34.895
The bulk of it is about 300,000 is directed

01:10:36.665 --> 01:10:38.933
towards procurement services.
So we've gone with an outside consultant

01:10:40.236 --> 01:10:43.171
to our procurement department,
which has been short staffed for most of the last two years.

01:10:45.841 --> 01:10:47.841
And so just to make sure we're not holding up any projects,

01:10:49.110 --> 01:10:51.110
we can send something like Kari was just talking about

01:10:51.814 --> 01:10:53.814
that's in procurement out to our external assistance.

01:10:56.151 --> 01:10:58.151
We're also using some external assistance for reporting

01:10:59.655 --> 01:11:01.655
and we've done things like an annual report

01:11:03.359 --> 01:11:05.627
that was due to the federal government.
We pulled in some support to do that.

01:11:07.363 --> 01:11:09.363
And then also some of today's materials have been we've used

01:11:10.566 --> 01:11:12.566
outside assistance to develop them.

01:11:14.103 --> 01:11:16.371
This is really something.
We're pulling money as needed.

01:11:16.672 --> 01:11:18.672
So we haven't spent

01:11:19.800 --> 01:11:21.800
a whole lot so far, but we have most of it obligated,

01:11:23.345 --> 01:11:25.345
all of it obligated.

01:11:25.881 --> 01:11:27.881
The one time essential worker premium payment

01:11:28.117 --> 01:11:30.117
went out to all city staff last November 7th, November 7th, 21.

01:11:33.689 --> 01:11:35.556
So this project is
basically complete, but our employees continue

01:11:37.559 --> 01:11:39.559
to assist the community, the pandemic.

01:11:40.296 --> 01:11:42.296
And so this is one of the things we could do with ARPA dollars,

01:11:43.980 --> 01:11:45.980
is to give them a one time premium payment.

01:11:46.168 --> 01:11:48.200
Full time employees
receive $2,000 and part time employees received $500.

01:11:50.773 --> 01:11:52.773
We had over 1500 full time employees and around

01:11:54.443 --> 01:11:56.443
250 part time employees receive this payment

01:11:58.747 --> 01:12:00.481
because.
The council, when we brought them in this project, plan

01:12:02.351 --> 01:12:04.351
to reduce the projects by 10% to put money

01:12:05.688 --> 01:12:07.622
into the contingency.
This transit project is slightly overspent and so the 311,000

01:12:12.610 --> 01:12:14.610
will come from redirecting project funds

01:12:14.630 --> 01:12:16.630
from other projects as they come in under budget.

01:12:17.733 --> 01:12:19.733
And so we will work through that.

01:12:21.337 --> 01:12:23.337
And then this is a fun one.

01:12:24.273 --> 01:12:26.207
We talked a lot about it
last year, providing COVID related paid leave to employees.

01:12:29.110 --> 01:12:31.110
So while the city has been open throughout the pandemic

01:12:31.914 --> 01:12:33.914
and our employees have been out in the public,

01:12:34.350 --> 01:12:36.350
they also have suffered illness or been quarantined

01:12:38.754 --> 01:12:40.754
and use their sick leave too during that time.

01:12:42.291 --> 01:12:44.291
So both state and federal governments

01:12:44.760 --> 01:12:46.760
have required that we provide additional leave balances

01:12:47.963 --> 01:12:49.963
to employees related to the pandemic.

01:12:51.800 --> 01:12:53.800
We this has been a large expense for the city thus far.

01:12:55.904 --> 01:12:57.904
And so since March of 2020, the beginning of the pandemic,

01:12:59.341 --> 01:13:01.341
we've spent 3.6 million, more than 3.6 million really

01:13:03.212 --> 01:13:05.813
on COVID related leaves.
That's only sick leave, and it's mostly the special sick leave.

01:13:09.651 --> 01:13:11.651
It doesn't even include worker's comp.

01:13:12.421 --> 01:13:15.390
So you can see in
we came back to the council and revised the budget

01:13:18.193 --> 01:13:20.193
for this from the original 900000 to 1.4 million.

01:13:22.231 --> 01:13:24.231
And we've got all of that expended.

01:13:25.367 --> 01:13:28.350
There's a portion showing us obligated,
but basically just a function of we need to move the expenses

01:13:31.306 --> 01:13:33.474
to ARPA.
And so we add that 3.6

01:13:36.812 --> 01:13:38.812
that has been spent on leaves CARES paid for 1.2 million.

01:13:41.850 --> 01:13:43.850
Then for the fiscal year ending June 30, 21,

01:13:44.953 --> 01:13:46.953
we moved about 445,000 ARPA.

01:13:48.757 --> 01:13:51.492
That was of 1.1 million.
So it wasn't even the full amount for that period.

01:13:53.862 --> 01:13:55.862
Then at the end of the last fiscal year,

01:13:55.898 --> 01:13:57.898
we had about 452,000 that we moved to ARPA.

01:14:01.336 --> 01:14:03.336
And since then we have another 500,000

01:14:04.573 --> 01:14:06.573
that we've identified that will put into this project

01:14:07.276 --> 01:14:09.276
those two came out of a total of 1.3 million

01:14:11.460 --> 01:14:13.460
expended from January to December of 22.

01:14:14.316 --> 01:14:16.316
You may recall that the state put through a bill 80, 84

01:14:18.530 --> 01:14:20.530
that said employers had to provide the sick leave.

01:14:21.390 --> 01:14:23.390
We had over 36000 hours

01:14:24.920 --> 01:14:26.920
utilized from January to December.

01:14:27.362 --> 01:14:29.362
It's just amazing how much sick time we have

01:14:31.934 --> 01:14:33.934
needed to provide.

01:14:35.170 --> 01:14:37.170
And with that, I'll turn it over to questions.

01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:40.341
Yes, a few questions.
And wanting to go back to general administration

01:14:42.778 --> 01:14:44.778
and the procurement assistance, how often were outsourcing

01:14:47.583 --> 01:14:49.583
versus keeping these projects in house

01:14:50.752 --> 01:14:52.752
and were all of these projects

01:14:53.121 --> 01:14:55.523
COVID related?
So we have actually

01:14:56.625 --> 01:14:58.625
two different contracts with the vendor.

01:14:59.261 --> 01:15:01.261
Everything in ARPA is ARPA related.

01:15:01.730 --> 01:15:04.432
So it's, you know,
economic development come into procurement

01:15:05.267 --> 01:15:06.868
and saying,
I have this ARPA project, we need to get it off

01:15:07.736 --> 01:15:09.736
the ground, we need to get it done quickly.

01:15:09.738 --> 01:15:11.738
We say, okay, based on the workload right now,

01:15:11.840 --> 01:15:13.840
your best option is going to be to work with our

01:15:14.476 --> 01:15:16.476
So everything in ARPA is ARPA related.

01:15:17.613 --> 01:15:19.613
And as I said, we kind of assess the workload

01:15:22.117 --> 01:15:24.285
as projects come up.
Sometimes it's a couple,

01:15:25.420 --> 01:15:27.420
sometimes there's a lot going on at once

01:15:27.489 --> 01:15:30.191
and so that's when we'll pull in the outside.
Consultant I don't have the actual number

01:15:32.461 --> 01:15:34.461
of projects right now, but we did spend about 40,000

01:15:37.990 --> 01:15:39.990
with the procurement assistance.

01:15:39.635 --> 01:15:41.635
If I may add to that, there's a there's a distinction between

01:15:43.839 --> 01:15:46.700
and staff augmentation.
This is mostly staff

01:15:46.208 --> 01:15:48.208
augmentation and not outsourcing.

01:15:48.610 --> 01:15:50.610
We've not outsourced the procurement function.

01:15:50.779 --> 01:15:52.779
We're just bringing in consultant support

01:15:53.148 --> 01:15:55.148
as a supplemental supplement in terms of staff resources.

01:15:58.687 --> 01:16:00.687
So what what was the difference between the service

01:16:01.823 --> 01:16:03.624
and the assist?
So the assistance is bringing in bringing in the consultant

01:16:06.662 --> 01:16:08.662
to help work out the it's it's the same function,

01:16:11.433 --> 01:16:13.433
it is staff augmentation for procurement services.

01:16:15.571 --> 01:16:17.571
We just the expended today is 40,736 and the obligated

01:16:20.275 --> 01:16:22.275
for the remainder of that contract is 259,000.

01:16:23.679 --> 01:16:25.413
Okay.
And then lastly, when you talked about the lost revenue

01:16:27.716 --> 01:16:29.716
replacement, just that just to clarify your stating

01:16:32.854 --> 01:16:34.854
that the revenue replacement was because during that time

01:16:40.262 --> 01:16:42.262
Parks and Recreation, for example,

01:16:43.398 --> 01:16:45.398
wasn't functioning, running out space, etc., etc..

01:16:47.803 --> 01:16:49.803
So it, it

01:16:50.472 --> 01:16:52.472
the, the money replace was just the functioning

01:16:53.775 --> 01:16:55.775
of the centers, not actual services.

01:16:57.813 --> 01:17:00.281
Yeah, that's a great distinction.
And the federal government

01:17:00.515 --> 01:17:02.817
has really said that
we only going to look at the revenue side of the equation.

01:17:05.220 --> 01:17:07.220
So it is because the the rec centers

01:17:09.910 --> 01:17:11.910
or the afterschool programs weren't available.

01:17:11.593 --> 01:17:14.528
The revenues that would normally be generated
by those programs did not come in.

01:17:15.464 --> 01:17:17.464
Now, there's another side to that equation.

01:17:17.733 --> 01:17:19.300
We made sure
that we weren't overspending and that we were reducing

01:17:21.436 --> 01:17:23.170
expenses.
Well, but this only looks at the revenue side.

01:17:24.706 --> 01:17:26.741
So it doesn't
we we're providing services in a lot of ways

01:17:28.377 --> 01:17:30.377
and a lot of different ways, but maybe not charging for them.

01:17:30.912 --> 01:17:32.912
So, you know the way and we would

01:17:33.949 --> 01:17:35.949
in a normal setup where somebody is using

01:17:36.485 --> 01:17:38.485
an after school program or in venues is a great example.

01:17:39.988 --> 01:17:42.156
We couldn't do events.
So there was no revenue coming in for events.

01:17:43.625 --> 01:17:45.292
Okay.
Thank you for that clarification.

01:17:52.670 --> 01:17:54.702
All right.
Good morning, everyone.
Jodi, I'm AC Public Works director,

01:17:55.671 --> 01:17:58.105
and I'm going to go ahead and walk us through
some of these fun and exciting digital divide projects.

01:18:00.942 --> 01:18:02.942
So first up, we have our fiber master plan,

01:18:04.790 --> 01:18:07.480
which also includes construction.
We have a budget of 2.6 million allocated towards this project.

01:18:10.152 --> 01:18:12.152
The goal of this project is first and foremost

01:18:12.988 --> 01:18:14.988
to develop a master plan to help us identify

01:18:16.458 --> 01:18:18.458
where we have some critical fiber gaps.

01:18:18.794 --> 01:18:20.794
And really, it's going to help us prioritize

01:18:21.263 --> 01:18:23.263
where we're going to implement and install our backbone

01:18:24.332 --> 01:18:26.332
structure for, installing the actual fiber.

01:18:28.470 --> 01:18:30.470
And so right now we're about 80% complete

01:18:31.573 --> 01:18:33.908
with this master plan.
Over this next month, we're going to start

01:18:34.643 --> 01:18:36.643
developing the hard costs for we think we can do

01:18:37.579 --> 01:18:39.579
with the remainder of the construction funding.

01:18:39.981 --> 01:18:41.981
So we intend to have the plans and first

01:18:44.152 --> 01:18:46.152
round of drawings, advertising for bids coming in May.

01:18:48.290 --> 01:18:50.290
So this is going to roll out rather quickly.

01:18:51.693 --> 01:18:53.693
Any questions?

01:18:56.131 --> 01:18:57.531
All right.
So moving on to our public Wi-Fi pilot program.

01:19:00.902 --> 01:19:03.404
The budget allocated towards
this endeavor was a little over $600,000.

01:19:06.141 --> 01:19:08.141
The original goal was to install

01:19:08.643 --> 01:19:10.643
infrastructure at five locations, parks,

01:19:11.813 --> 01:19:13.813
community hubs to provide, obviously, public Wi-Fi.

01:19:16.170 --> 01:19:18.170
Going into this project, we did multiple job walks,

01:19:19.521 --> 01:19:21.789
we met with vendors.
We actually went out for proposals.

01:19:23.291 --> 01:19:25.291
We realized that we were greatly underfunded.

01:19:27.462 --> 01:19:29.462
And so revisiting what we could do with the available budget

01:19:30.932 --> 01:19:32.932
really kind of negated what we were trying to accomplish.

01:19:34.736 --> 01:19:37.671
And so for that reason, it was recommended
that this project be canceled.

01:19:38.673 --> 01:19:40.673
We did identify a need in another category

01:19:42.430 --> 01:19:44.430
that we'll talk about miscellaneous.

01:19:44.450 --> 01:19:45.746
And it's really
to look at generators, especially for fire stations,

01:19:48.617 --> 01:19:50.617
given some of the power issues that we've faced.

01:19:55.423 --> 01:19:56.824
All right.
So moving along here with digital traffic

01:19:58.193 --> 01:20:00.193
camera replacement, we have a budget of over $1.4

01:20:01.696 --> 01:20:03.696
million allocated towards this project.

01:20:04.499 --> 01:20:06.499
This project is to replace our cameras.

01:20:07.803 --> 01:20:09.803
Right now, we have 330 existing analog cameras throughout the.

01:20:12.841 --> 01:20:14.841
We use the cameras to monitor traffic.

01:20:15.510 --> 01:20:17.510
PD also connects to the cameras to obviously do

01:20:19.800 --> 01:20:21.800
surveillance and monitor safety of our streets.

01:20:22.184 --> 01:20:24.184
And so this camera replacement

01:20:24.219 --> 01:20:26.219
is to do high definition cameras.

01:20:26.488 --> 01:20:29.223
We're anticipating doing
approximately half of our existing inventory.

01:20:31.359 --> 01:20:33.359
So around 150.

01:20:33.495 --> 01:20:35.696
We're wrapping up design.
We're about 95% complete,

01:20:36.832 --> 01:20:38.832
and we're going to advertise for equipment starting in March.

01:20:40.350 --> 01:20:42.350
We'll have a separate contract to install.

01:20:42.504 --> 01:20:44.806
So here it come.
In summertime,

01:20:44.806 --> 01:20:47.700
we're going to start getting going
and you'll see it council action item

01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:50.760
before you for that award.

01:20:52.614 --> 01:20:53.814
All right.
I'm going to turn it over to the director of CSP

01:20:56.184 --> 01:20:58.786
sorry
questions and really quick, because I to write it down.

01:21:01.857 --> 01:21:04.124
So you were walking.
I was writing.
Sorry, getting to the the digital traffic camera

01:21:08.330 --> 01:21:10.664
replacement.
How are areas being identified as key

01:21:13.268 --> 01:21:15.268
points, areas of concern?

01:21:18.273 --> 01:21:20.273
So right now, it's generally spread

01:21:21.443 --> 01:21:23.443
pretty evenly throughout the city.

01:21:23.912 --> 01:21:25.912
So we normally allocate

01:21:26.281 --> 01:21:28.281
on an annual basis about 20 to 25 cameras per year.

01:21:30.151 --> 01:21:32.151
So with this funding, we're obviously accomplishing

01:21:33.321 --> 01:21:35.389
a lot more.
We're anticipating over the next 3

01:21:36.424 --> 01:21:38.424
to 4 years based on our operations,

01:21:38.560 --> 01:21:40.560
I need to replace our entire system.

01:21:41.162 --> 01:21:43.162
So this is a great step forward.

01:21:43.765 --> 01:21:46.300
We're expecting in the next few years
to have all of them replaced

01:21:47.135 --> 01:21:49.603
and then also ones
that remind me again on the pending applications that

01:21:52.641 --> 01:21:54.641
remain for fiber master plan and the public Wi-Fi.

01:21:57.120 --> 01:21:59.130
When you say
pending applications, are you saying that

01:22:00.782 --> 01:22:02.782
there are like contracts that pending that aren't

01:22:05.754 --> 01:22:07.754
in completion or is it just

01:22:07.956 --> 01:22:09.956
those dollars are not going to be allocated at all?

01:22:10.258 --> 01:22:12.258
No, we intend to use all of those funding available.

01:22:13.695 --> 01:22:15.695
So when we're looking at the fiber master plan, 2.3

01:22:16.932 --> 01:22:18.932
for, you know, that's just going to get us started.

01:22:20.402 --> 01:22:22.169
So what
we're trying to figure out right now is just what percentage

01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:27.600
of our entire master plan build out will accomplish with that.

01:22:28.743 --> 01:22:30.743
And then obviously at the council goal

01:22:31.460 --> 01:22:33.747
setting meeting that we had last week
identified it as a federal priority.

01:22:35.450 --> 01:22:37.851
So we're definitely going to need
additional dollars towards this endeavor.

01:22:39.888 --> 01:22:42.423
Sure.
That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you.

01:22:43.191 --> 01:22:45.926
And then one more point of clarity
for the public wildfire project plan that was canceled.

01:22:47.495 --> 01:22:49.495
So I may say it was canceled because it was underfunded

01:22:51.433 --> 01:22:53.901
and would be reduced.
Scope would no longer meet the intended goals.

01:22:55.704 --> 01:22:57.704
What was the funding requirement?

01:22:58.406 --> 01:23:00.406
So when we were looking at five sites, it was

01:23:01.209 --> 01:23:03.209
we need to basically double what we had allocated.

01:23:05.130 --> 01:23:07.130
And so the other important thing was for some of the locations,

01:23:09.117 --> 01:23:11.117
it was going to require the removal of some trees,

01:23:12.988 --> 01:23:14.989
which is a very touchy
subject, especially,

01:23:15.156 --> 01:23:17.156
you know, they were healthy trees for us to be able to.

01:23:18.226 --> 01:23:20.226
This is the technical component, but for the devices to work

01:23:22.230 --> 01:23:24.230
efficiently, which areas we'll be looking at,

01:23:26.968 --> 01:23:28.968
most notably where we had the problematic sites.

01:23:30.572 --> 01:23:32.572
It was downtown Weber Point event center area and then

01:23:33.908 --> 01:23:35.908
victory Park.

01:23:37.345 --> 01:23:38.779
Okay.
Thank you.

01:23:47.220 --> 01:23:48.322
Hello.
Chris Farrell, Community services director.

01:23:50.250 --> 01:23:52.250
As you know, the pandemic changed how we lived our lives.

01:23:53.228 --> 01:23:55.228
Students were attending classes from home.

01:23:56.765 --> 01:23:58.765
Many employers required their employees to work from home.

01:24:01.202 --> 01:24:03.202
Even health care transitioned to phone and web

01:24:03.772 --> 01:24:06.173
based appointments.
And all of us had to rely on technology

01:24:07.308 --> 01:24:09.308
to keep in contact with friends and family.

01:24:10.780 --> 01:24:12.780
During this time, staff quickly

01:24:12.800 --> 01:24:14.800
realized that many of our residents lacked

01:24:14.382 --> 01:24:16.382
the appropriate technological resources

01:24:16.651 --> 01:24:18.651
to adequately, adequately navigate this new landscape.

01:24:20.822 --> 01:24:22.389
We learned that
35.7% of Stockton households lacked Internet service

01:24:26.294 --> 01:24:28.294
and 8% did not have a computer in their home.

01:24:29.531 --> 01:24:31.531
So in February of 2020 to the Connectivity Support

01:24:33.168 --> 01:24:36.103
Project was approved
by City Council
with the goal of decreasing the digital divide by increasing

01:24:39.740 --> 01:24:41.740
access to technology and broadband services.

01:24:42.877 --> 01:24:44.877
So we went ahead and we purchased 2050 devices.

01:24:46.414 --> 01:24:48.414
It was 1550 Chromebooks,

01:24:49.350 --> 01:24:51.350
500 tablets and all of the devices

01:24:52.153 --> 01:24:54.153
had three years of pre-paid Internet service.

01:24:55.356 --> 01:24:57.356
We worked with 66 community based organizations

01:24:58.593 --> 01:25:00.593
and federally funded housing projects to help spread

01:25:01.963 --> 01:25:03.963
the word about the program and identify distribution sites.

01:25:07.268 --> 01:25:09.268
And happy to report that all devices have been distributed.

01:25:11.439 --> 01:25:13.439
And in addition, 238 device recipients completed

01:25:15.243 --> 01:25:17.243
one on one coaching to learn how to use their new devices.

01:25:18.980 --> 01:25:20.980
200 received group coaching

01:25:21.716 --> 01:25:24.418
and this coaching continues today
and all of our library branches.

01:25:28.356 --> 01:25:30.524
I wanted to show you these maps.
I know it's hard to see the particulars,

01:25:31.493 --> 01:25:34.270
and the particulars aren't really important.
We just wanted to provide some context as to how we chose

01:25:37.232 --> 01:25:39.232
the distribution areas.

01:25:39.901 --> 01:25:41.901
On these maps, they showed the census tracts.

01:25:42.770 --> 01:25:45.372
We prioritized
looking at two things one, identifying the neighborhoods

01:25:47.142 --> 01:25:49.176
most in need.
Speaking from low income poverty levels,

01:25:51.913 --> 01:25:53.913
but also those that lacked broadband services.

01:25:55.383 --> 01:25:57.383
So as you can see on the map, tract one was our first

01:25:59.521 --> 01:26:01.521
priority, and that's this area right downtown Civic for

01:26:05.193 --> 01:26:07.193
I think on the census tract, it's actually identified

01:26:07.562 --> 01:26:09.562
as Chavez library neighborhood.

01:26:10.832 --> 01:26:12.832
And then moving out from that.

01:26:12.901 --> 01:26:14.901
Our second priority

01:26:15.136 --> 01:26:17.136
was the tracks that included three and six

01:26:19.107 --> 01:26:21.107
sixes, Moorman SLU, three Threes, McCloud Lake

01:26:21.776 --> 01:26:24.440
Just to give you some context,
because I know it's hard to see on those maps.

01:26:25.613 --> 01:26:27.613
So priority one and two were really those areas

01:26:28.516 --> 01:26:30.516
that had either no broadband service at all in their homes

01:26:32.253 --> 01:26:34.253
or very unreliable service and in addition did not have

01:26:35.957 --> 01:26:38.659
computers in their homes.
So that's how it was decided

01:26:40.228 --> 01:26:42.228
where the computers would be distributed first.

01:26:43.231 --> 01:26:45.231
If you remember, I know many of you were at the events,

01:26:45.833 --> 01:26:47.833
there was a timeline associated with each track,

01:26:48.603 --> 01:26:50.603
so they were first available to those that lived in phase

01:26:51.940 --> 01:26:54.741
one or in tract one.
And Then after that time when I they were

01:26:56.544 --> 01:26:58.544
then allowed to go to the priority two.

01:26:59.814 --> 01:27:01.814
And then when that time went on, we opened it up to everyone

01:27:02.884 --> 01:27:04.884
that was within the city boundary.

01:27:07.689 --> 01:27:09.923
And then I would be remiss
if I didn't show some feel good photos.

01:27:11.526 --> 01:27:13.526
I know I saw many of you at the giveaway events

01:27:15.363 --> 01:27:18.131
and they were phenomenal.
We had such great

01:27:19.500 --> 01:27:21.335
support from the
community, so much gratitude from the community.

01:27:23.338 --> 01:27:25.372
And I just have to tell you,
a couple of these feel good stories.

01:27:26.941 --> 01:27:28.941
I was working with a man at one of our five key

01:27:30.211 --> 01:27:32.211
distribution events, and he had never surf the Internet before.

01:27:33.982 --> 01:27:36.490
And I know that's crazy
to even think there's such a thing of that in 2023.

01:27:38.620 --> 01:27:40.620
He had a little bit of familiarity with email

01:27:41.322 --> 01:27:43.322
because his grandchildren had set it up for him on his phone,

01:27:44.492 --> 01:27:47.461
but he had never done the internet.
He wasn't even sure what it could do

01:27:48.429 --> 01:27:50.429
and to see his eyes just light up

01:27:52.000 --> 01:27:54.000
when he realized he could search things like MLB

01:27:54.802 --> 01:27:56.802
scores, no idea that he could look at scores online.

01:27:59.574 --> 01:28:01.574
So we did a little bit of the fun stuff.

01:28:02.176 --> 01:28:04.176
He was just amazed that all this information

01:28:04.545 --> 01:28:06.980
was available to him.
Definitely like a kid in the candy store.

01:28:08.283 --> 01:28:10.550
Candy store.
But then we dove into what could he really do this

01:28:12.186 --> 01:28:14.186
with this information in his in his life?

01:28:14.322 --> 01:28:16.690
How will this help him?
And I learned that he was on state disability.

01:28:18.726 --> 01:28:20.726
And so we went to the SDI Web page where he learned

01:28:22.196 --> 01:28:24.196
that he could check his claims.

01:28:24.432 --> 01:28:26.432
He could submit forms.

01:28:26.668 --> 01:28:28.668
He had no idea that he could do all of these things

01:28:29.304 --> 01:28:31.405
from his home.
So just one example.

01:28:32.307 --> 01:28:34.307
We also met several moms were trying to find work.

01:28:37.679 --> 01:28:39.679
They were going to the library to use the computers,

01:28:40.682 --> 01:28:42.682
which is a great resource, but very difficult

01:28:43.184 --> 01:28:45.184
if you have to bring your toddlers or your with you.

01:28:46.487 --> 01:28:48.487
It's not a great space to be able to work.

01:28:50.625 --> 01:28:52.726
So now they'll be able to
do those things at home when their kids are napping.

01:28:54.829 --> 01:28:57.300
We had a woman who was
literally brought to tears because she was so excited

01:28:58.766 --> 01:29:00.766
that she wouldn't have to put her two toddlers

01:29:00.868 --> 01:29:03.570
in the car seats and go to the library
to use the computer anymore. So just really great

01:29:06.541 --> 01:29:08.541
grateful residents

01:29:08.843 --> 01:29:10.843
who received devices.

01:29:12.714 --> 01:29:14.714
And then I just wanted to close with this

01:29:15.583 --> 01:29:17.583
to show that the devices did go to the areas

01:29:18.653 --> 01:29:20.653
that we were hoping they would go to.

01:29:21.989 --> 01:29:23.989
A total of 73% went to those phase

01:29:25.460 --> 01:29:27.460
one and phase two households.

01:29:30.498 --> 01:29:32.498
I'm happy to answer any questions,

01:29:32.700 --> 01:29:34.700
No questions, but just a comment.

01:29:35.536 --> 01:29:37.536
I just think that, you know,

01:29:38.606 --> 01:29:40.606
as council members have,

01:29:41.420 --> 01:29:43.420
things are better of importance to us.

01:29:44.278 --> 01:29:46.278
And for me, I was a library card,

01:29:47.281 --> 01:29:49.281
I was a librarian Mom, I talk about that all the time.

01:29:50.752 --> 01:29:52.752
This really has touched and changed lives.

01:29:54.889 --> 01:29:56.889
And I was present at several events

01:29:58.493 --> 01:30:00.493
where these were distributed to the community.

01:30:01.562 --> 01:30:03.562
I've ran into residents who received one

01:30:05.733 --> 01:30:07.733
and like it was all smiles like this really impacted

01:30:10.371 --> 01:30:12.406
and changed lives.
And as a council member,

01:30:14.709 --> 01:30:16.709
I love when you all talk about census tracts and poverty,

01:30:17.645 --> 01:30:19.645
because I get it I grew up in poverty.

01:30:20.648 --> 01:30:22.648
I know what it's all about.

01:30:22.950 --> 01:30:25.619
And so I just thank you for this.
This is really heartfelt to me and important and

01:30:28.589 --> 01:30:30.589
and it has changed and impacted lives in a positive way.

01:30:32.960 --> 01:30:34.960
So thank you so much for your hard work.

01:30:35.563 --> 01:30:37.563
Yeah, I have comfortable these comments as well.

01:30:38.466 --> 01:30:40.466
And then we didn't just give them the tablets

01:30:40.635 --> 01:30:42.635
right in the hot spot and say, there you go.

01:30:43.304 --> 01:30:45.304
There is an element of support that we also provide.

01:30:45.840 --> 01:30:47.840
Could you summarize it? Sure.

01:30:47.875 --> 01:30:49.875
So we gave support on the day they got the device.

01:30:52.146 --> 01:30:54.146
So we help them in case they didn't have an email set up.

01:30:55.349 --> 01:30:57.349
We went through just the normal kind of daily use functions.

01:30:59.954 --> 01:31:02.656
If they needed coaching.
Beyond that,
they were able to come to either

01:31:03.240 --> 01:31:05.240
a one on one session or a group session.

01:31:05.726 --> 01:31:07.726
All were at the libraries with the exception of

01:31:09.630 --> 01:31:11.630
I think three were actually at nonprofit organization sites.

01:31:14.268 --> 01:31:16.803
And then that continues to this day.
So anyone could bring their device in

01:31:17.572 --> 01:31:19.572
to the without an appointment, without registering for a class,

01:31:20.741 --> 01:31:23.210
they can just walk in
and there's libraries at every single branch

01:31:24.612 --> 01:31:26.612
that have been trained to do technology support.

01:31:27.782 --> 01:31:29.916
So those continue.
We have about 450 to just under 450

01:31:33.540 --> 01:31:35.540
individuals who actually signed up for a class.

01:31:36.390 --> 01:31:38.758
But then, as I said, there's many
that are just coming in as as walk ins.

01:31:40.394 --> 01:31:42.394
Great work. Thank you. You're welcome.

01:31:43.531 --> 01:31:44.831
Okay.
I'll pass it off to the miscellaneous projects.

01:31:49.303 --> 01:31:50.971
All right.
So we're getting close to the end.

01:31:51.572 --> 01:31:53.572
And first, we have our touchless restrooms.

01:31:54.709 --> 01:31:56.709
We have a little over $3 million allocated

01:31:56.911 --> 01:31:59.246
for touchless restrooms.
As you're aware, we are using the pre-fabricated restrooms.

01:32:01.749 --> 01:32:04.384
They're called excellence.
And this project has allowed us to do a purchase of five unit

01:32:08.356 --> 01:32:10.356
which have arrived, that is with our round one funding.

01:32:11.692 --> 01:32:13.692
And those sites include and it's listed here on the slide

01:32:14.462 --> 01:32:16.462
Victory Oak, Eden, Mattie Harrell and American Legion.

01:32:17.932 --> 01:32:19.932
So those restrooms are planned for installation this summer.

01:32:22.136 --> 01:32:24.136
We are working on the design for those five units

01:32:25.506 --> 01:32:27.506
and then right behind that we're purchasing another five units.

01:32:28.843 --> 01:32:31.745
And those sites that are identified
include Sandman, D'Antoni,

01:32:32.413 --> 01:32:34.413
Group B, Brotherhood and Caldwell Park.

01:32:34.749 --> 01:32:36.749
And so the parks that we selected

01:32:37.218 --> 01:32:39.218
for installation of the axles

01:32:39.720 --> 01:32:42.556
was based on a couple of different things.
You know, obviously the need.

01:32:43.900 --> 01:32:45.792
But when we talk about need, it's
where do we have little playing?

01:32:46.561 --> 01:32:48.561
And then our constant, constant issue of vandalism.

01:32:51.198 --> 01:32:53.198
But we have vandalism at all of our restrooms,

01:32:53.467 --> 01:32:55.467
but we're looking notably at restrooms

01:32:55.603 --> 01:32:57.603
where we have to close indefinitely

01:32:57.672 --> 01:32:59.672
or the damage is so significant that, you know, it takes weeks,

01:33:01.709 --> 01:33:03.709
if not more, to do the repairs and have them operable.

01:33:05.479 --> 01:33:07.347
So this is great.
We continue to have,

01:33:07.582 --> 01:33:10.483
you know, a lot of success with these units.
And so fingers crossed that we carry this momentum.

01:33:13.387 --> 01:33:15.387
Jody, just for new members,

01:33:16.190 --> 01:33:18.190
could you describe what an exclu is for them?

01:33:20.628 --> 01:33:22.628
Yeah, So

01:33:22.930 --> 01:33:24.930
honestly, I would really encourage if you haven't

01:33:26.400 --> 01:33:28.400
visited one of these restrooms, I would love for you to visit.

01:33:30.370 --> 01:33:32.370
So whether you need to or not.

01:33:33.207 --> 01:33:35.408
Exactly.
So we have four units.

01:33:35.943 --> 01:33:37.943
This one right now.

01:33:39.380 --> 01:33:41.481
So what we love about
these restrooms is that, you know,

01:33:42.316 --> 01:33:45.251
they're touted as being vandal proof.
And what makes them vandal proof for the most part

01:33:47.622 --> 01:33:49.622
is that the doors automatically close and lock.

01:33:52.159 --> 01:33:54.159
We're able to program the doors for, you know,

01:33:54.428 --> 01:33:57.163
dusk and dawn settings
we can easily remote into the system

01:33:59.233 --> 01:34:01.233
to program them for if we know there is like

01:34:01.802 --> 01:34:04.371
an event concert at a park
or a little league's running, you know, longer for an evening.

01:34:07.208 --> 01:34:09.208
The units have recessed features.

01:34:10.770 --> 01:34:12.770
So instead of the typical traditional stink

01:34:12.780 --> 01:34:14.780
that stands out from the wall, it's recessed into the wall.

01:34:16.500 --> 01:34:18.500
Why that's important is because people can't take a bat and

01:34:20.287 --> 01:34:22.422
break it off.
That's the same for like the toilet paper dispenser.

01:34:24.158 --> 01:34:26.158
And we also have it set up so

01:34:27.194 --> 01:34:29.194
it sprays a disinfectant in the restroom.

01:34:29.964 --> 01:34:32.866
You can time it out for,
you know, a duration like every 2 hours,

01:34:34.680 --> 01:34:36.680
or you can time it for after so many flushes.

01:34:37.238 --> 01:34:39.238
It's really easily programable and

01:34:41.609 --> 01:34:43.609
it's just really compliments the combat efforts.

01:34:43.944 --> 01:34:45.944
Also, Jody had a quick question.

01:34:46.947 --> 01:34:48.947
You mentioned those that have been ordered.

01:34:49.550 --> 01:34:51.550
When do you anticipate those coming in and being installed?

01:34:52.653 --> 01:34:54.653
So they're.

01:34:55.156 --> 01:34:57.156
Right now we're wrapping up the design.

01:34:57.191 --> 01:34:59.191
So the design is pretty simple.

01:34:59.794 --> 01:35:01.794
It's just getting the utilities, the sewer and the power

01:35:03.631 --> 01:35:05.631
to where we're going to actually install the unit.

01:35:06.600 --> 01:35:08.600
And we're expecting to start installing this summer.

01:35:10.710 --> 01:35:12.272
So by the end of this
summer or fall, you should see the units

01:35:13.140 --> 01:35:15.140
completely installed the first five.

01:35:16.430 --> 01:35:18.430
Thank you, Jodi.

01:35:18.450 --> 01:35:20.450
So how does these parts get chosen?

01:35:22.917 --> 01:35:24.917
Because I have

01:35:25.190 --> 01:35:27.190
a park in my district, which is a part.

01:35:28.155 --> 01:35:30.155
How does that get involved being chosen

01:35:31.292 --> 01:35:33.292
as well, not knowing that they don't have a park?

01:35:34.495 --> 01:35:35.862
Yeah.
So I think we try to tackle the low hanging of where we have

01:35:38.866 --> 01:35:41.401
existing restrooms.
Typically, we have restrooms at what we call more regional

01:35:43.771 --> 01:35:45.771
parks, a larger park site versus say like a small pocket park.

01:35:49.143 --> 01:35:51.878
So again, it kind of
goes back to the need of where we have

01:35:54.582 --> 01:35:56.582
large gatherings like little leagues or in the park,

01:35:58.753 --> 01:36:00.753
and then it's where we have the constant vandalism.

01:36:01.655 --> 01:36:04.424
I mentioned we have vandalism everywhere.
Every building we have, we have vandalism.

01:36:05.559 --> 01:36:07.559
But certain sites like, for instance, brotherhood,

01:36:11.499 --> 01:36:13.499
that one, it's nonstop

01:36:14.101 --> 01:36:16.101
to the point where we just have to shut the restrooms.

01:36:17.438 --> 01:36:19.438
We work closely with PD

01:36:19.607 --> 01:36:21.607
and it just comes to a point where we can't operate them

01:36:23.577 --> 01:36:25.577
and it's no longer safe for just the average citizen

01:36:26.480 --> 01:36:28.548
who wants use it.
You know, we want it for the families.

01:36:28.983 --> 01:36:30.983
We want it for the people who really, really want to use it.

01:36:32.953 --> 01:36:34.953
That's how we try to identify it.

01:36:35.422 --> 01:36:38.224
In my perfect world,
I want
actually was at all of our park sites,

01:36:38.826 --> 01:36:40.826
and I think we're working towards that.

01:36:41.162 --> 01:36:42.695
Okay.
Yeah, I would love to revisit the park.

01:36:45.866 --> 01:36:47.866
So as a park currently does not have a restroom,

01:36:48.836 --> 01:36:50.703
so that's kind of
one of the prohibitive factors and making it cost effective

01:36:54.475 --> 01:36:56.376
because it's
now stubbing out utilities from the street

01:36:57.378 --> 01:36:59.378
to bring it all the way into the park.

01:36:59.446 --> 01:37:02.148
Not that it can't be done
correctly, but it adds a little extra.

01:37:04.885 --> 01:37:06.885
Jodi I'm looking at the list of parks here.

01:37:08.222 --> 01:37:10.356
I think I can find one
in every council district except District two.

01:37:12.393 --> 01:37:14.393
So just wanted to throw that out there.

01:37:15.290 --> 01:37:17.290
So noted.

01:37:17.431 --> 01:37:20.300
But we have an Austin playground coming your way.
We do, absolutely.

01:37:20.534 --> 01:37:22.534
A couple of them.

01:37:23.237 --> 01:37:25.237
I never realized how much bathrooms

01:37:27.107 --> 01:37:29.107
for a hot topic in the city.

01:37:30.911 --> 01:37:32.911
You can on the council and and rec.

01:37:35.583 --> 01:37:37.583
One of the biggest concerns as I'm always sending Jodi

01:37:39.787 --> 01:37:41.787
an email to Florence of course

01:37:42.122 --> 01:37:44.122
about bathrooms being backed up and interesting things

01:37:46.160 --> 01:37:48.160
being found and discovered in the toilet.

01:37:49.230 --> 01:37:51.230
Son, stop. Non stop.

01:37:51.832 --> 01:37:53.832
So I'm hoping that this can kind of mitigate

01:37:54.902 --> 01:37:56.902
some of the repeated and repetitive costs

01:37:58.672 --> 01:38:00.672
to flush sewer systems and get cell phones and gloves

01:38:03.878 --> 01:38:05.878
and all kinds of clothing out of bathroom stalls.

01:38:07.414 --> 01:38:09.414
I do want to also continue to incorporate

01:38:09.984 --> 01:38:11.984
the need to look at the parks sport team.

01:38:14.121 --> 01:38:16.121
Sports teams are playing, paying to play on the fields.

01:38:20.761 --> 01:38:23.630
I know that.
I appreciate
a lot of these parks that's on the list that I know.

01:38:26.567 --> 01:38:28.334
I personally know
that the bathrooms have been dormant for years,

01:38:31.171 --> 01:38:33.171
but also kind of elevating like parks, like Buskirk,

01:38:34.441 --> 01:38:36.441
where there's heavy Pop Warner football

01:38:37.978 --> 01:38:39.978
that is being played out there and soccer.

01:38:40.381 --> 01:38:42.381
And I think the Giants, I don't know what team it is

01:38:44.218 --> 01:38:45.885
that's out there
and I don't think that they have any bathrooms

01:38:46.954 --> 01:38:48.954
unless the community center is opened.

01:38:50.691 --> 01:38:52.691
And the same thing from for Paul Western Park,

01:38:54.728 --> 01:38:56.728
where they have a very active little league that's out there.

01:39:00.334 --> 01:39:02.468
And of course that
park continues to be vandalized by people throwing

01:39:05.439 --> 01:39:07.439
all kinds of stuff in the in the toilets.

01:39:07.942 --> 01:39:09.942
I think we installed or are planning to install this spring.

01:39:11.645 --> 01:39:13.645
It's a device I always mispronounce the name.

01:39:14.481 --> 01:39:16.416
You told me about that,
but it kind of like it's like a garbage.

01:39:17.484 --> 01:39:19.484
Like a oh, yeah, like a garbage disposal.

01:39:19.787 --> 01:39:21.787
But it's terrible.

01:39:22.623 --> 01:39:24.624
Hundreds of thousands
of dollars every, you know, three, four, six months.

01:39:27.428 --> 01:39:29.428
Same bathrooms, different day with vandalism.

01:39:31.899 --> 01:39:34.567
So just kind of wanting to elevate that.
But I'm looking forward to these

01:39:36.300 --> 01:39:38.300
exclusive, exclusive bathrooms.

01:39:39.273 --> 01:39:41.474
And what were the parks?
These have already been installed.

01:39:41.842 --> 01:39:43.842
So we have one at Victory Strip, Stubley

01:39:44.845 --> 01:39:46.845
and now

01:39:49.830 --> 01:39:51.150
help me out.
Yeah.
Connie, you remember, was our fourth one.

01:39:53.921 --> 01:39:55.921
If I click on me and more coffee victory.

01:40:00.940 --> 01:40:02.528
Okay. Struggling to get you started.
And there's one more and it escapes.

01:40:04.980 --> 01:40:06.699
Okay. But I will follow up.
So the victory no list on here would be an additional yes.

01:40:09.603 --> 01:40:12.305
Okay.
So for victory, the additional one would be located.

01:40:13.874 --> 01:40:15.808
The one that we're planning to
install would be on the westerly side

01:40:17.611 --> 01:40:19.611
where the Little League operates.

01:40:19.813 --> 01:40:21.881
And same with the oak.
We'd put it closer to the Little League near the

01:40:24.685 --> 01:40:26.685
ice skate facility.

01:40:32.260 --> 01:40:34.660
All right.
So moving on, Miracle Mile
Improvement District traffic and safety improvements.

01:40:36.897 --> 01:40:38.897
This was a one off of hundred thousand dollars

01:40:39.466 --> 01:40:42.268
from the contingency that was allocated
towards this project.

01:40:42.770 --> 01:40:44.770
And if you might recall, we have an existing $300,000

01:40:46.240 --> 01:40:48.240
that was allocated as part of last year's

01:40:48.475 --> 01:40:50.475
discretionary funding, putting us at a total budget of 800,000.

01:40:52.780 --> 01:40:54.780
The project is currently 99% complete.

01:40:56.784 --> 01:40:58.784
We are very close to advertising this project

01:40:59.853 --> 01:41:02.188
and just as a refresh,
this project includes crosswalk safety improvements.

01:41:04.291 --> 01:41:06.291
We're going to install a rectangular rapid flashing

01:41:07.861 --> 01:41:09.429
beacon.
It's a device that's going to bring

01:41:11.650 --> 01:41:13.650
the flashing lights and the auditory signals

01:41:14.134 --> 01:41:16.134
so that we have pedestrians crossing safely.

01:41:16.904 --> 01:41:19.672
It also includes corner bulb outs
where we actually change the horizontal flow line

01:41:21.475 --> 01:41:23.475
to shorten the distance of crossing for pedestrians.

01:41:24.611 --> 01:41:27.313
And so our goal with this project
is also to complement the efforts of the larger

01:41:29.550 --> 01:41:31.550
funding allocation that we just received

01:41:31.685 --> 01:41:34.420
so that we can minimize Broadway.
That's what we'd like to do is somehow

01:41:36.924 --> 01:41:39.459
make sure this complements that effort.
And so we're trying to build out and plan for the best

01:41:42.362 --> 01:41:44.362
possible use of this money.

01:41:46.600 --> 01:41:47.934
All right.
Moving on to fire Apparatus four,

01:41:48.969 --> 01:41:50.969
we have two allocations of funding, round one in round two.

01:41:52.973 --> 01:41:54.973
Round one included the purchase of six pierce fire engines.

01:41:57.644 --> 01:42:00.279
Super exciting.
I know.
Fire department chief and his team

01:42:01.982 --> 01:42:04.150
and our public works fleet
did a visit this calendar year to check on the build.

01:42:06.653 --> 01:42:08.653
So right now those six engines are on the production line.

01:42:10.900 --> 01:42:12.900
They're working on the these

01:42:12.793 --> 01:42:14.961
as far as build out.
I know I have in at the bottom it's about 25% built.

01:42:17.331 --> 01:42:19.465
It's actually a little greater,
I would estimate, closer to that halfway mark.

01:42:21.335 --> 01:42:23.335
So they're working on the suspension.

01:42:25.205 --> 01:42:28.141
They're going to start dropping the engines in there.
So it's getting closer.

01:42:28.575 --> 01:42:31.430
And over the next few months
it's going to wrap up rather quickly.

01:42:32.479 --> 01:42:34.479
We're expecting the engines to be arriving here in May.

01:42:36.483 --> 01:42:38.483
So really, really quick and around the corner.

01:42:39.860 --> 01:42:41.921
In terms of round two funding,
we're working with the fire department.

01:42:42.723 --> 01:42:44.723
We're making some headway on the spend down the funds.

01:42:47.194 --> 01:42:49.194
We're looking at two battalion SUV units.

01:42:51.365 --> 01:42:53.365
We're also looking at three brush rigs.

01:42:53.433 --> 01:42:55.433
And then this discussion of generators we talked about,

01:42:58.710 --> 01:43:00.710
we have about five generators that we're looking to install

01:43:00.841 --> 01:43:02.841
at various fire stations.

01:43:04.244 --> 01:43:06.244
So so, Jody, in in in all

01:43:07.381 --> 01:43:09.381
with respect to the fire fleet, I know you have six,

01:43:12.753 --> 01:43:14.753
but I know that there are more engines

01:43:14.788 --> 01:43:16.788
and I know we've got a ladder truck in there somewhere.

01:43:17.157 --> 01:43:19.157
So what was the total number of engines and ladders

01:43:20.894 --> 01:43:23.563
that department will be able
to turn over as a result of this funding?

01:43:25.320 --> 01:43:27.433
So I think we had it's going
to put us about eight engines, is that correct?

01:43:29.703 --> 01:43:32.572
And then one ladder truck, Right.
And that will constitute what percentage of the fleet

01:43:34.441 --> 01:43:36.709
overall fleet.
Chief, I need to tag you in.

01:43:38.212 --> 01:43:40.212
So so basically, with this funding, we're turning

01:43:41.114 --> 01:43:43.114
two thirds of the fire fleet, which is pretty significant

01:43:44.718 --> 01:43:46.718
and amazing. Actually.

01:43:47.988 --> 01:43:49.988
It's it's awesome.

01:43:51.240 --> 01:43:53.240
Any questions or should we move on?

01:43:56.430 --> 01:43:57.863
All right.
So vehicles and equipment to support Clean City Initiative.

01:44:03.700 --> 01:44:06.500
And we owe an on Clean City initiative.
We're working on that separate topic now.

01:44:07.374 --> 01:44:10.343
All right.
So we have a little over $1.3
million allocated for purchasing equipment.

01:44:12.512 --> 01:44:14.512
What we did with the round one funding

01:44:15.415 --> 01:44:17.415
is we ordered several pieces

01:44:18.685 --> 01:44:20.685
skip loader, bobcat, tractor, ten wheel dump truck

01:44:22.220 --> 01:44:24.220
equipment, trailers, F-150 for towing some of our

01:44:25.292 --> 01:44:27.326
heavy equipment to job
sites, a street sweeper and a grapple loader truck.

01:44:30.464 --> 01:44:32.464
So far, we have our bobcat and our street

01:44:33.800 --> 01:44:35.800
that have been delivered and they're already used

01:44:37.738 --> 01:44:39.738
in many of the homeless cleanups that we do.

01:44:41.410 --> 01:44:43.843
We also have a skip loader that's going to be
coming up here in the next couple of months.

01:44:45.120 --> 01:44:47.120
We're expecting the remainder of the equipment

01:44:47.470 --> 01:44:49.470
to arrive by summer fall of this year.

01:44:50.617 --> 01:44:53.286
Jody does this and
does the streets sweeper that we purchased

01:44:55.722 --> 01:44:57.722
cancel out some of the contracts that we currently have?

01:44:58.492 --> 01:45:00.359
Absolutely not.
So it's going to be in addition to

01:45:01.610 --> 01:45:03.610
so when we think of the street sweeper, it's

01:45:03.630 --> 01:45:05.630
going to be separate from the franchise

01:45:05.666 --> 01:45:07.666
sweeping that happens, say, on our local roadways.

01:45:08.468 --> 01:45:10.468
So the street sweeper is going to be used

01:45:10.904 --> 01:45:12.904
for one offs, you know, for construction

01:45:13.507 --> 01:45:15.507
or we have a spill in the street where we need to deploy

01:45:17.100 --> 01:45:19.445
someone rather quickly instead of
waiting on the contracted services.

01:45:22.516 --> 01:45:24.516
This is more like a one off situation.

01:45:24.685 --> 01:45:27.486
Another case like the storms,
you know, we had to rely solely on contract sweeping.

01:45:28.555 --> 01:45:30.523
It would have been nice for us
to have some of our drivers just hop in and right.

01:45:31.692 --> 01:45:33.692
Handle it themselves for sure.

01:45:33.960 --> 01:45:35.960
What's a skip loader?

01:45:39.800 --> 01:45:41.800
Honestly, Mike, what I think would be

01:45:42.336 --> 01:45:44.336
I should have done is let's do like a photo show

01:45:46.273 --> 01:45:48.273
and. I can show you all the equipment.

01:45:48.275 --> 01:45:50.843
Yeah.
What does it do?
It scoops up stuff. Picks up stuff?

01:45:52.112 --> 01:45:54.280
Yeah. Okay.
We call, like, a little Skippy sometimes.

01:45:55.315 --> 01:45:57.315
Oh, it Skippy.

01:45:58.385 --> 01:46:00.519
I will do.
Yeah, let's do that little flashcards,

01:46:01.655 --> 01:46:03.856
because some of the equipment is pretty cool.
The one that I'm excited to see is the grapple loader truck.

01:46:05.525 --> 01:46:07.525
That one's going to be like,

01:46:07.828 --> 01:46:10.496
my favorite Ernie already.
So that one has a big arm articulating arm

01:46:11.732 --> 01:46:14.433
and it can swivel. And it's hard.
I feel like I can't describe it.

01:46:14.768 --> 01:46:16.768
I have to like. Okay.

01:46:16.770 --> 01:46:18.504
That's for sure.
Okay. So it picks up like that. The graph.

01:46:19.439 --> 01:46:21.439
Yeah. Okay. All right. I'll get your photos.

01:46:21.742 --> 01:46:23.742
Thank you, Jodi.

01:46:24.911 --> 01:46:26.812
All right, so moving on.
Emergency generators, actually facilities.

01:46:27.948 --> 01:46:29.948
So we talked a little bit about reallocation of funding.

01:46:30.450 --> 01:46:32.450
This is from the public Wi-Fi project.

01:46:32.519 --> 01:46:34.519
So 600,000 and change.

01:46:36.223 --> 01:46:38.959
We have a real need for
I mean, we've seen through

01:46:38.959 --> 01:46:40.959
the storms and just regular power outages

01:46:42.950 --> 01:46:44.950
for replacing generators at some of our fire stations.

01:46:46.233 --> 01:46:48.233
The generators are older than me in many cases,

01:46:49.403 --> 01:46:52.138
which is unacceptable.
We've identified a need for at least five locations

01:46:54.708 --> 01:46:57.610
that could be used with this funding.
We also have some separate

01:46:58.111 --> 01:47:00.980
ICF funding that we could put towards it.
But in terms of our first locations identified OECD

01:47:04.351 --> 01:47:06.351
and then companies one, two, three and four,

01:47:07.888 --> 01:47:10.556
we probably have another six locations
right behind it that we would need to do.

01:47:14.194 --> 01:47:16.194
So is this going to offset them in incorporate

01:47:18.932 --> 01:47:20.932
City Hall

01:47:21.334 --> 01:47:23.334
for the the emergency generators?

01:47:24.400 --> 01:47:26.505
No. Okay.
So putting in an emergency generator for our new city hall

01:47:30.410 --> 01:47:32.410
that we're getting estimates and it's a multi-million

01:47:33.246 --> 01:47:35.981
dollar endeavor.
Ten Multi, multi.

01:47:38.118 --> 01:47:40.420
Oh, wow.
Yeah.

01:47:40.420 --> 01:47:42.420
So a generators in terms of like use rate.

01:47:43.123 --> 01:47:45.458
So there's like two different use.
One is for like emergency lighting, low level lighting

01:47:47.961 --> 01:47:49.961
just for for evacuation purposes to get people out.

01:47:51.832 --> 01:47:53.832
And the other is I call it generator on steroids

01:47:54.301 --> 01:47:56.301
so that you can fully be fully functional and operable.

01:47:57.871 --> 01:47:59.871
So we'll have a generator at New City hall for evacuation

01:48:01.908 --> 01:48:03.908
purposes, but not in terms of being fully functional.

01:48:07.414 --> 01:48:10.820
More more discussion on that, though.
What about for pump stations?

01:48:12.752 --> 01:48:14.752
Yeah, I'm going to I'm going to say something on that towards

01:48:15.922 --> 01:48:17.990
the end.
Yeah. All right.

01:48:19.860 --> 01:48:21.860
So we'll move on to.

01:48:22.963 --> 01:48:25.898
New City Hall H vac upgrade.
We have a little over $1.3 million allocated

01:48:27.868 --> 01:48:29.868
towards the HVAC replacement at New City Hall.

01:48:31.304 --> 01:48:33.304
The h vac replacement in total is probably

01:48:33.640 --> 01:48:35.640
closer to $3 million. So this definitely helps.

01:48:36.176 --> 01:48:38.176
And offsetting those costs

01:48:38.678 --> 01:48:40.678
as far as project status, which

01:48:41.114 --> 01:48:43.114
I can kind of give you updates in general for New City Hall,

01:48:44.651 --> 01:48:46.651
Roebling has been really great to work with.

01:48:46.653 --> 01:48:48.653
They wrapped up demolition this last month.

01:48:49.456 --> 01:48:51.456
Right now they're working on the FP,

01:48:51.658 --> 01:48:53.658
the fiber reinforced polymer panels, which is

01:48:54.661 --> 01:48:56.661
a lot of words, but that's like the structural

01:48:57.464 --> 01:48:59.464
reinforcement of the flooring in the walls.

01:49:00.467 --> 01:49:02.467
And right now they're probably about 15, 20%

01:49:04.104 --> 01:49:06.104
complete with their build.

01:49:06.940 --> 01:49:08.940
And we're still looking at fall of 2024

01:49:10.410 --> 01:49:12.410
for entire project completion.

01:49:18.818 --> 01:49:20.152
All right.
So this is the fun one Animal shelter facility upgrades.

01:49:22.322 --> 01:49:24.322
We have $5.4 million allocated for this project.

01:49:27.494 --> 01:49:29.494
And our goals here obviously are to increase

01:49:30.931 --> 01:49:32.931
capacity and just, you know, the facility, it's it's tired.

01:49:36.403 --> 01:49:38.370
It needs a lot of help.
And so this is definitely a great start

01:49:40.640 --> 01:49:41.941
right
now with the funding we are looking at

01:49:44.210 --> 01:49:46.210
an additional 8000 square feet of expanded facilities.

01:49:48.381 --> 01:49:50.381
It also includes probably just under 1000

01:49:51.184 --> 01:49:53.184
square feet of renovation for the existing facility

01:49:56.923 --> 01:49:58.424
right now.
In terms of conceptual design, we have vetted that process

01:50:00.794 --> 01:50:02.794
and they're working on the actual construction drawings.

01:50:04.640 --> 01:50:06.640
They're about 35% complete.

01:50:06.366 --> 01:50:09.101
We're looking at advertising the project
still summer of 2023.

01:50:10.700 --> 01:50:12.700
It will probably be late summer

01:50:14.274 --> 01:50:16.274
and this project is near and dear to many of us.

01:50:16.610 --> 01:50:18.610
And I know Ginetta

01:50:18.812 --> 01:50:20.812
has a real passion for this project and

01:50:22.882 --> 01:50:25.840
yeah, we're excited.
Yeah, I'm going to call you out, Jane.

01:50:27.354 --> 01:50:30.122
That's great.
Any questions about the facility?

01:50:30.857 --> 01:50:33.325
Yes. One question.
You said what's the upgrade?

01:50:34.561 --> 01:50:37.262
8000 square feet.
Yeah. I'm sorry. So let me back up.

01:50:37.998 --> 01:50:39.998
So I forget that we have a new council member. So

01:50:43.536 --> 01:50:45.536
when we're looking at the increased capacity,

01:50:45.839 --> 01:50:47.839
we're looking at a cattery that's been a subject,

01:50:50.243 --> 01:50:52.243
you know, a need for our community academy.

01:50:53.546 --> 01:50:55.546
We're looking at expanded medical facilities

01:50:56.883 --> 01:50:58.883
and expanded kennel, and then just a general need

01:51:00.620 --> 01:51:02.620
for, like, office space meet and greet areas.

01:51:06.920 --> 01:51:08.694
Look,
no further questions that you said 20.

01:51:30.517 --> 01:51:32.517
No, no, no, no.

01:51:34.320 --> 01:51:36.320
Good morning, Mayor and council.

01:51:36.322 --> 01:51:38.322
I'm your chief of police, Stanley McFadden.

01:51:39.590 --> 01:51:40.659
I'll be covering
some police equipment and maintenance expenditures.

01:51:42.862 --> 01:51:45.664
I must say, that's very uplifting
for the department to get some new equipment

01:51:46.800 --> 01:51:48.800
when you're very lean and doing more with less.

01:51:50.770 --> 01:51:52.770
This helps us to get the job done.

01:51:53.306 --> 01:51:55.306
The goals we have was to support communications

01:51:55.742 --> 01:51:57.742
equipment, upgrades for the department's effort,

01:51:59.546 --> 01:52:01.546
enhance our critical response equipment and enforcement,

01:52:03.483 --> 01:52:05.483
and improve department wide communications

01:52:05.885 --> 01:52:07.885
with the community.

01:52:10.223 --> 01:52:12.223
We're authorized 1.2 million

01:52:12.659 --> 01:52:14.659
if we made some expenditures, as you can see,

01:52:15.361 --> 01:52:17.361
and we still have some pending obligations as well.

01:52:19.499 --> 01:52:21.499
Some of the communication upgrades that we made is

01:52:21.801 --> 01:52:23.801
we now have much better portable radios and unmarked cars.

01:52:26.806 --> 01:52:28.806
They don't have a car radio, so it's very important

01:52:29.375 --> 01:52:31.375
to have adequate portable radios for communications.

01:52:33.513 --> 01:52:36.281
We also
enhance our video and audio equipment

01:52:37.784 --> 01:52:39.784
as far as I help us on those special operations.

01:52:40.920 --> 01:52:42.920
For example, the Hells Angels operates as you know, we utilize

01:52:43.790 --> 01:52:45.790
a great vehicle, great audio to help us make that a success

01:52:48.962 --> 01:52:51.730
as some critical response equipment
was our explosives ordnance detail.

01:52:54.300 --> 01:52:56.300
We got a vehicle is in process and we got the new bomb suits.

01:52:58.304 --> 01:53:00.304
A lot of bombs which are outdated, not effective.

01:53:01.674 --> 01:53:03.674
And we want them to be able to focus on

01:53:07.347 --> 01:53:09.347
mitigating the situation and not,

01:53:09.883 --> 01:53:11.883
you know, holding their equipment and gear together and

01:53:13.353 --> 01:53:15.353
also safety equipment for our officers.

01:53:16.723 --> 01:53:18.723
We we request officers to run towards the bullets,

01:53:20.160 --> 01:53:22.160
and we're having them do that without ballistic helmets.

01:53:23.596 --> 01:53:25.596
So we have started cycling economist who where

01:53:26.633 --> 01:53:28.633
they're having to go in those dangerous situations.

01:53:29.803 --> 01:53:31.803
They had the appropriate equipment for that.

01:53:32.872 --> 01:53:35.641
They also have face shields.
They got more training, event

01:53:37.310 --> 01:53:40.112
training, ammunition, and
they got tactical flashlights mounted on their handguns.

01:53:42.649 --> 01:53:44.649
Now, which is

01:53:45.752 --> 01:53:47.752
a great step in policing out of the old way,

01:53:48.721 --> 01:53:51.390
would be to have a large flashlight
and try to acquire the target

01:53:51.991 --> 01:53:54.593
with a flashlight and a gun in your hand.
It's a lot more difficult now

01:53:54.928 --> 01:53:56.928
that actual light is mounted to their gun.

01:53:59.650 --> 01:54:01.650
We updated the fire range, which is out at the park.

01:54:01.734 --> 01:54:03.734
It's a very outdated

01:54:05.638 --> 01:54:07.638
that the bullet trap was not effective.

01:54:09.442 --> 01:54:11.442
So they did some upgrades there and now it's more effective

01:54:12.412 --> 01:54:14.412
and we're having more training out there as well.

01:54:17.483 --> 01:54:19.483
We did some networking upgrades at the animal shelter as well

01:54:20.620 --> 01:54:22.154
to where they have
wi fi working out there and they're able to do

01:54:23.289 --> 01:54:25.289
what they need to do at the animal shelter.

01:54:25.892 --> 01:54:27.892
And we also replace undercover vehicles

01:54:28.127 --> 01:54:30.127
that were no longer undercover to our communities

01:54:32.265 --> 01:54:34.333
with being undercover.
You can't use the same cars for several years because you

01:54:37.503 --> 01:54:39.503
you guys know why you need to go into.

01:54:41.808 --> 01:54:43.808
I think what's really been great is, you know,

01:54:43.910 --> 01:54:45.910
it's important for us to be responsive and assessable.

01:54:47.130 --> 01:54:49.548
We weren't at the industry standard
when it comes to communications.

01:54:50.183 --> 01:54:52.183
Now are we gave it to all of our sergeants already.

01:54:53.286 --> 01:54:55.487
We have an impressive
for all of our officer to have cell phones

01:54:56.823 --> 01:54:58.823
so they can interact with the reporting party,

01:54:58.825 --> 01:55:01.159
they can interact with
their victim, their witnesses, they can carry

01:55:02.695 --> 01:55:04.695
on those conversations that they weren't able to do

01:55:05.965 --> 01:55:07.965
without having a third party sets of dispatchers

01:55:08.167 --> 01:55:10.167
to connect them to the the caller.

01:55:10.870 --> 01:55:12.870
So that's a great move and us being more responsive.

01:55:15.410 --> 01:55:17.410
Also, we're working on a software

01:55:17.410 --> 01:55:19.410
which can help us get feedback from our community where good,

01:55:21.147 --> 01:55:23.147
whether it be a QR code or something and give us feedback

01:55:23.917 --> 01:55:25.917
how we're doing on those routine calls

01:55:25.919 --> 01:55:27.919
where they may be routine for the officers.

01:55:28.210 --> 01:55:30.210
But it's an awful incident for our community

01:55:31.900 --> 01:55:33.900
and we want to make sure we treat that asset.

01:55:33.860 --> 01:55:36.261
So we're very instead
interested in the feedback that we'll be getting

01:55:38.197 --> 01:55:40.197
back from the new software that going to launch.

01:55:42.535 --> 01:55:45.437
Just to pivot real quick, because I am done with
this is we are opening our wellness unit today.

01:55:48.775 --> 01:55:50.775
You're all invited. It's at 4:00.

01:55:51.344 --> 01:55:53.445
The media will be there.
It's at our our operations building.

01:55:55.982 --> 01:55:57.982
And in case any questions over.

01:56:01.721 --> 01:56:03.721
Yeah you mentioned a software.

01:56:04.257 --> 01:56:06.257
What will that be launch.

01:56:07.126 --> 01:56:09.126
We're still looking at some different vendors

01:56:11.970 --> 01:56:13.365
like there's one where you can
incorporate into CAD so before the

01:56:15.468 --> 01:56:17.803
the corks and clears
the caller would have to give feedback

01:56:19.305 --> 01:56:21.807
for the officer for their call.
Okay there's another one where

01:56:23.543 --> 01:56:25.543
we could give a business card and it's got like a QR code

01:56:26.679 --> 01:56:28.847
and then it allows them
to activate the QR code and give feedback as well.

01:56:30.917 --> 01:56:32.917
So we're trying to see

01:56:33.190 --> 01:56:35.190
what's sustainable and give us the most,

01:56:36.322 --> 01:56:38.957
you know, feedback from the community.
Okay. Thank you.

01:56:39.759 --> 01:56:42.627
And just one thought, Chief,
in response to the QR codes, because I'm always

01:56:44.230 --> 01:56:46.230
sketchy on them, because I think that

01:56:47.467 --> 01:56:49.467
QR codes of isolates a particular community,

01:56:53.206 --> 01:56:55.540
because not a lot of people
don't really understand and know how to

01:56:58.644 --> 01:57:00.912
use QR codes.
I mean, we just had a presentation

01:57:01.514 --> 01:57:03.514
by the community development director that where she,

01:57:06.719 --> 01:57:08.719
you know, reported that and a gentleman didn't

01:57:10.560 --> 01:57:12.657
even know how to surf the web.
And so how do you kind of bridge that gap between communities

01:57:15.728 --> 01:57:17.728
that kind of are still in like the digital divide realm

01:57:21.467 --> 01:57:23.467
so that they also have an opportunity to voice and,

01:57:25.972 --> 01:57:27.972
you know, uplift concerns as well?

01:57:30.109 --> 01:57:32.744
No, absolutely. I agree.
And that's part of what

01:57:33.813 --> 01:57:35.813
we're going to have to continue to have conversations

01:57:36.490 --> 01:57:38.383
and meet with our community leaders
and see how we can touch those that aren't really touchable

01:57:41.220 --> 01:57:43.220
because we do want to hear their feedback.

01:57:43.322 --> 01:57:45.900
Thank you for that.
And let me find that we're not having our tacos at four.

01:57:48.428 --> 01:57:51.960
Well,
is there any other questions?

01:57:52.565 --> 01:57:54.565
No, but thank you for these upgrades that you're

01:57:55.401 --> 01:57:57.536
probably recommended in.
Your staff recommended, and hopefully this helps

01:57:58.938 --> 01:58:00.938
with our hiring process that at all.

01:58:01.374 --> 01:58:04.309
And we're improving the equipment
for our police officers. So no, absolutely.

01:58:05.945 --> 01:58:07.945
Thank you.

01:58:09.449 --> 01:58:11.149
Thank you, Chief.
And thank you, everybody.

01:58:12.852 --> 01:58:14.852
We're going to sort of roll into the conclusion of this,

01:58:16.556 --> 01:58:18.556
but are there any are there any additional questions that

01:58:19.492 --> 01:58:21.492
that you might have about what's been covered this?

01:58:22.562 --> 01:58:25.300
Well,
that's great.

01:58:26.632 --> 01:58:28.567
Okay.
So the cadence for these meetings

01:58:30.336 --> 01:58:32.336
to make them meaningful,

01:58:33.339 --> 01:58:36.274
we're sort of doing a rolling 6
to 7 month update like this.

01:58:38.945 --> 01:58:40.945
So the next update would probably be somewhere

01:58:41.414 --> 01:58:43.414
around early September.

01:58:45.151 --> 01:58:47.786
So that's
what we're planning to do.

01:58:49.655 --> 01:58:51.891
We've taken notes.
So what we'll do is

01:58:51.891 --> 01:58:53.891
we'll have a series of follow up presentations.

01:58:55.161 --> 01:58:57.161
We'll just schedule those as a part of just

01:58:57.396 --> 01:58:59.396
regular council meetings

01:58:59.966 --> 01:59:01.966
and take care of that.

01:59:03.603 --> 01:59:05.603
So once again, your PowerPoint,

01:59:09.750 --> 01:59:11.750
that's just summary

01:59:12.778 --> 01:59:14.778
for those who want to dig deeper.

01:59:15.810 --> 01:59:18.490
You've got a notebook.
It has something for every single initiative

01:59:20.520 --> 01:59:22.520
charts, graphs, more enhanced

01:59:23.289 --> 01:59:25.289
overviews, etc.

01:59:30.429 --> 01:59:32.429
in that

01:59:33.650 --> 01:59:35.650
from what it looks like now,

01:59:35.668 --> 01:59:38.360
you know, projects,
some of these initiatives are going to be under budget.

01:59:39.472 --> 01:59:41.472
At the end of the day, some will be over budget.

01:59:42.575 --> 01:59:44.575
My sense, based on what it feels like,

01:59:45.878 --> 01:59:47.878
well, clearly have more projects that will be

01:59:50.820 --> 01:59:52.351
over budget.
I'm sorry

01:59:52.351 --> 01:59:54.351
under budget than over budget, not necessarily by that much.

01:59:55.288 --> 01:59:57.288
So something that I would like for you to consider

01:59:59.892 --> 02:00:01.892
is we have $5.3 million

02:00:02.461 --> 02:00:04.461
in contingency left.

02:00:05.932 --> 02:00:07.932
I would like to recommend

02:00:08.801 --> 02:00:10.801
that you consider a couple of things, maybe reallocating

02:00:17.877 --> 02:00:19.877
an additional $2 million of the contingency

02:00:21.147 --> 02:00:23.147
to the Shelter project, which is has a tight budget right now.

02:00:27.119 --> 02:00:29.119
And then another 3 million

02:00:30.189 --> 02:00:32.189
for stormwater management.

02:00:33.659 --> 02:00:35.659
And if if you all are agreeable to that,

02:00:38.798 --> 02:00:40.798
then what we would do is, is come back at a council meeting

02:00:43.200 --> 02:00:45.200
with how those moneys would be number one in

02:00:45.404 --> 02:00:48.340
the case of the animal shelter,
how would it be integrated into that project

02:00:50.610 --> 02:00:52.610
And we would have to come back to you all with what it can do

02:00:54.847 --> 02:00:56.847
with a $3 million investment, which obviously is

02:00:58.484 --> 02:01:01.453
is not going to solve
all of the problems
of stormwater, but it keeps us moving in that direction

02:01:04.223 --> 02:01:06.223
and will be consistent with a much

02:01:07.293 --> 02:01:09.293
upcoming stormwater management master plan presentation

02:01:10.730 --> 02:01:12.730
and so forth that you're going to get.

02:01:14.700 --> 02:01:16.700
You've already gotten it, I believe, right or not.

02:01:17.770 --> 02:01:19.770
I know next week I'm sorry, at the next council meeting.

02:01:20.873 --> 02:01:22.873
So something if, if, if that, if you agreeable to that

02:01:25.411 --> 02:01:27.411
and it would leave $30,000 in the contingency fund.

02:01:28.981 --> 02:01:30.981
So I believe that with that

02:01:30.983 --> 02:01:32.983
and what, what how this is probably going to

02:01:35.388 --> 02:01:37.388
pan out in terms of when we

02:01:37.590 --> 02:01:39.590
get to the end of this process I think will be an okay shape.

02:01:42.328 --> 02:01:44.328
So any any thoughts or reactions to that?

02:01:45.310 --> 02:01:47.310
My initial thoughts is

02:01:48.234 --> 02:01:50.234
how did we come up with those those figures?

02:01:50.970 --> 02:01:52.970
And then what would be the impact on those figures?

02:01:53.472 --> 02:01:55.472
Because I think about I just got me thinking about

02:01:57.643 --> 02:01:59.643
the facade improvement for downtown Stockton.

02:02:01.814 --> 02:02:03.814
I know there's a couple business districts.

02:02:04.383 --> 02:02:06.383
One in particular is the Miracle Mile as well.

02:02:07.219 --> 02:02:09.219
Is that program looking to be expanded

02:02:11.324 --> 02:02:13.324
to that particular area? And,

02:02:15.661 --> 02:02:17.661
you know, because that should be

02:02:19.465 --> 02:02:21.465
an option for the council contingency as well.

02:02:23.769 --> 02:02:26.105
So yeah, Yeah,
we're going to

02:02:26.105 --> 02:02:28.105
and I think I'd like to at a meeting get information

02:02:29.675 --> 02:02:31.675
why like the animal shelter, how the two would be spent?

02:02:33.546 --> 02:02:35.546
Because I know there's a big need there

02:02:35.781 --> 02:02:37.781
and we don't want to give them

02:02:38.617 --> 02:02:41.419
too much, but we also don't want to
give do a big project and not give enough.

02:02:42.688 --> 02:02:45.523
So I'd like more information.
And as a follow up to it, the mayor saying is,

02:02:47.193 --> 02:02:49.193
I'd like to see how you would plan on spending that

02:02:49.929 --> 02:02:51.929
on those two things and discuss.

02:02:53.699 --> 02:02:55.699
Yeah, so many needs, I think before we just make

02:02:56.769 --> 02:02:58.769
an arbitrary decision to put 5 million out there

02:03:00.272 --> 02:03:02.340
and then
get information later, Let's start with the information

02:03:03.709 --> 02:03:05.709
first and the discussion before we allocate those funds

02:03:07.179 --> 02:03:09.179
that could be together as a group or could be

02:03:10.816 --> 02:03:12.816
amongst the budget Finance Economic Development Committee.

02:03:13.719 --> 02:03:16.355
It's at the pleasure of the council
how we want to do that.

02:03:16.355 --> 02:03:18.355
I think it should become for the Council,

02:03:18.691 --> 02:03:21.326
the entire council, right.
So we can schedule another session or another discussion

02:03:24.296 --> 02:03:26.296
specifically on contingency and kind of walk through that

02:03:27.400 --> 02:03:30.368
as a body.
Yeah, we can just set it up
as a, as a council agenda item and, and use it at a

02:03:34.740 --> 02:03:37.242
and have that discussion.
You know, my, my recommendation for the stormwater is,

02:03:39.745 --> 02:03:41.745
you know, so my distinction

02:03:42.715 --> 02:03:44.715
is, is

02:03:47.553 --> 02:03:49.553
I usually put things into categories.

02:03:50.189 --> 02:03:52.189
Is it a necessity or is it a what.

02:03:53.626 --> 02:03:55.626
Stormwater management is a life

02:03:56.280 --> 02:03:58.280
safety health necessity,

02:03:59.465 --> 02:04:01.465
which is the only reason why I brought that up.

02:04:01.767 --> 02:04:03.767
But we will set up some time

02:04:04.336 --> 02:04:06.336
on a future council meeting to,

02:04:07.606 --> 02:04:09.606
to further delve into that.

02:04:13.450 --> 02:04:15.450
Okay, I think we made it.

02:04:18.751 --> 02:04:20.751
If there are no other questions, I will turn the meeting back

02:04:21.921 --> 02:04:23.956
over to the mayor.
Okay.

02:04:23.956 --> 02:04:25.956
At this time, I'll entertain a motion to adjourn. So

02:04:28.394 --> 02:04:30.394
thank you.