May 07, 2024 City Council Workshop

, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THIS ON A WORKSHOP AGENDA UNLESS SOMETHING ELSE ARISES WHEN WE HAVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I THINK WHAT WAS IN THERE IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.

SO WE COULD, WE SHOULD JUST BRING IT UP AS AS NEEDED.

AS NEEDED.

NOT ON A CONSTANT BASIS.

MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM.

ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? NO.

NO.

THE ONBOARDING PROCESS, UH, IS VERY TIME CONSUMING.

TECHNICAL, AND ALSO SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, NEW NEW STUFF COMES UP AND, BUT I THINK THAT, UH, WITH THAT, UH, LEAVING IT, UH, TAKING IT OFF OUR WORKSHOP, I, I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD ON IT.

AND AS COUNSEL NEEDS TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT, UH, WE COULD ALWAYS DO IT AT THE NEXT WORKSHOP IF REQUESTED BY COUNSEL.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL

[3. Workshop to discuss the implementation of a Women's History Month program (R. Westbrook/S.Williams/S. Gonzalez) ]

THAT WAS BY COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK AND HE'S NOT HERE.

ANY INFORMATION THAT WE CAN SHARE? UH, NOTHING NEW.

AS YOU REMEMBER, MAYOR THIS AT THE LAST WORKSHOP.

UH, WE GOT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THIS ITEM AND THEN WE HAD TO CALL THE MEETING FOR TIME.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WANT TO COMMENT, I THINK IT WOULD, THIS WOULD ALLOW THAT OPPORTUNITY.

OTHERWISE WE CAN MOVE ON.

I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA ITEM AS WELL.

I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED IT LAST MEETING AND WE ALL KIND OF HAD A CONSENSUS THAT WE'LL LET THE LIBRARY CONTINUE TO DO THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

ONE IS A WORKSHOP ON THE POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS AND ENHANCEMENTS ON MOVING ON MAIN, UM, MR. WILLIAMS. SO MAYOR, UH, MOVING ON MAIN, OF COURSE, WE KNOW IT'S OUR SPRING EVENT AND IT, IT'S POPULAR AND THERE ARE, UM, A VARIETY OF COMMENTS THAT TEND TO BE MADE IN TERMS OF HOW WE COULD ENHANCE IT.

ALL RIGHT THEN NOW WE'LL CLOSE THAT ITEM.

THEN THE NEXT

[4. Workshop on potential modifications and enhancements to Movin' on Main (R. Gutierrez/S.Williams/S.Gonzalez/L.Shrum) ]

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS FORWARD AS IN A, A WORKSHOP FOR THE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS WAYS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, ENHANCE OR IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.

JUST TO GIVE A, LIKE I SAID, THE, THE INTENTION OF THESE WORKSHOPS IS TO, UH, ALLOW THAT FREE FLOW OF CONVERSATION.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO ADD, STAFF IS MORE THAN WILLING TO RECEIVE IT.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

YEAH, I HAVE DONE A, UH, UH, PUBLIC SURVEY ON THIS.

I MEAN, DO WE HAVE IN INFORMATION, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC? 'CAUSE I'D HATE FOR US TO SIT UP HERE AND COME UP WITH GOOD IDEAS THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC GOES, UH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS THINKING OF.

I, I DON'T IF THERE HAS BEEN A SURVEY CONDUCTED, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT.

LAUREN, DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT JUST SO I'M NOT SHOUTING? SO WE HAVE DONE POLLS, UM, ON SOCIAL

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MEDIA.

WE HAVEN'T DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, A SURVEY MAILED OUT TO RESIDENTS THAT'S STATISTICALLY VALID.

BUT WE'VE DONE FACEBOOK POLLS, LIKE WHAT ELEMENT DID YOU LIKE THE MOST? UM, HOW ARE THE FOOD TRUCKS? WE DO SEND OUT SURVEYS AFTER THE EVENT TO ALL OF THE VENDORS AND ALL OF THE, AND THAT'S ALL ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT NECESSARILY A, A, A STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT GETTING FEEDBACK SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO START WITH.

SOME IDEAS TO, UH, TO TOSS IN THERE TO START WITH THAT AREN'T OURS NECESSARILY, DO WE HAVE THAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OPEN-ENDED.

LIKE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DIFFERENTLY NECESSARILY? OKAY.

IT'S, IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT EVENT WAS YOUR FAVORITE OR WHAT ELEMENT WAS YOUR FAVORITE, WHAT SHOULD WE BRING BACK? UM, AND THEN OPERATIONALLY ON LIKE THE FOOD TRUCK SIDE, YOU KNOW? RIGHT.

HOW DID YOU DO THAT KIND OF A THING? SO NO, WE HAVEN'T DONE AN OPEN ENDED.

UM, WE DO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A PARKS BOARD, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE BROUGHT THE FORCE AND STUFF OVER THE YEARS.

UM, BUT IT'S JUST SORT OF, UM, IN AN INFORMAL BASIS.

YEAH, I, I MEAN, 'CAUSE I, I KNOW THAT ALL OF US HAVE TALKED WITH PEOPLE OUT THERE ON THE STREET DURING, DURING THE EVENT AND AFTER THE EVENT.

IT'S ALWAYS POPULAR.

IT'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, UH, VERY POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET.

BUT THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT PEOPLE GO, HEY, WHY CAN'T WE DO IT ON SATURDAY VERSUS SUNDAY? YOU KNOW, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, UH, WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY? , THINGS LIKE THAT.

ON THE TIMING, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD WHEN, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND THE Y HAD INAUGURATED THAT EVENT.

IT WAS MODELED AFTER THE SAN ANTONIO SOKOVIA AND IT'S ALWAYS ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

THAT WAS KIND OF, AND WE'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THAT OVER THE YEARS AND WE'VE JUST KEPT IT THE SAME.

UM, GIVEN THAT THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL, UM, TIMEFRAME, BUT OPEN TO YEAH.

CHANGE IF THAT'S, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT FOR ME, THAT'S JUST KIND OF SOME FEEDBACK THAT I'VE, I'VE RECEIVED, UH, AS WELL.

AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT, WELL, PART OF THE REASON, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE CLOSING DOWN OUR MAIN STREET AND THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH ACTIVITY ON A SUNDAY IN THOSE SHOPS THERE.

RIGHT.

WHERE THERE WOULD PROBABLY WOULD BE ON A SATURDAY.

I, BUT THEN AGAIN NEXT YEAR PROBABLY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR A GOOD CHANCE.

THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM OF NOTE IS THAT WE, WE MAY RUN INTO SIGNIFICANT HURDLES IN TERMS OF PUTTING ON A PROGRAM ALTOGETHER.

RIGHT.

BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SAME, IN THE SAME SPACE, CORRECT.

CORRECT.

MOVING ON AVIATION, I THINK IS , OAK STREET, WHATEVER, OAK STREET PICKLE, PICKLE PARK COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, CAME UP WAS, UH, WHEN THE BARS WERE OPEN, THEY COULDN'T, THEY DIDN'T SERVE ANYTHING.

AND SO AN IDEA CAME UP WHERE MAYBE IF WE'RE DOING THIS SO THAT IF THE BARS ARE OPENING UP FOR THE PEOPLE TO BE THERE, WE HAVE A CUP.

AND EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE TO BUY THE CUP TO GET THE ALCOHOL.

SO YOU PAY SO MUCH.

SORT OF LIKE HOW THEY DO AT WORST FEST.

, YOU PAY FOR THE CUP AND YOU GET THE ALCOHOL OR YOU PAY FOR A PICTURE AND THEN WE CHANGE IT EVERY YEAR SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T A COLOR.

SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T COME BACK WITH THE CUP FROM LAST YEAR, LIKE THEY BOUGHT ANOTHER CUP.

UM, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE THERE IS THAT TO ALLOW TO ALLOW ALCOHOL.

ALCOHOL ON THE STREET, ALCOHOL ON THE STREET OUTSIDE OF THE BAR.

DURING THE EVENT.

THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BACK IN THE PAST WHEN THEY DID SHIRTS FEST AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, THE CITY HAD ALCOHOL AND SO, AND YOU KNOW, SO ALCOHOL SO THAT PEOPLE COULD HAVE IT.

AND I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT HAVING IT ON A SATURDAY AS OPPOSED TO A SUNDAY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GO TO CHURCH OR THEY COMPLAIN THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE BETWEEN COMING TO THE MOVING ON MAINE OR GO TO CHURCH.

AND GET AN IDEA FROM COUNCIL.

, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO JUST TRYING TO, BUT I THINK THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT WITH THE KIDS AND HAVING THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO PARTICIPATE, I THINK IS A GOOD THING.

BUT I THINK LOOKING AT MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, MAYBE CHANGING THE DATE OR MAKING IT MORE IN THE AFTERNOON LATER IN THE EVENING SINCE IT'S SO HOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.

AND THAT MIGHT KEEP SOME PEOPLE FROM COMING OUT.

JUST A THOUGHT COUNCIL MEMBER GIBSON.

I SECOND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD IS SAYING.

I THINK THAT IT'S GOOD TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO ALSO BE A PART OF THAT EVENT, BUT MY QUESTION IS DO, HAS THERE, HOW DO WE KEEP SOME SORT OF, UM, DATA ON HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY ACTUALLY GO TO THIS EVENT? BECAUSE I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

YES, IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

BUT ARE WE STRUGGL THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE STRUGGLING WITH ATTENDANCE OR ARE WE, LIKE, WHAT IS TRULY THE, THE NECESSARY THE NEED OF HAVING THIS ON THE WORKSHOP? MAYOR, IT'S NOT REALLY, UH, IT'S, IT'S MORE OR LESS LIKE AN AFTER ACTION TYPE OF THING.

I MEAN, WE, WE EXPERIENCE MOVING ON MAIN, IF IT CAN BE, UH, IMPROVED ANY I NEW IDEAS, THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF PUTTING IT ON THE WORKSHOP

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WHICH DIRECTION DO WE KEEP DOING THE FOLLOWING OR DO WE CHANGE IT TO A SATURDAY AS SOMEONE SUGGESTED, DO WE MAKE IT A MUSIC FESTIVAL? MM-HMM.

OR DO WE CHANGE THE HOURS FROM FOUR TO 10 OR, OR SIX TO 12 OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

UH, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON IT'S HERE SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DISCUSS IT AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT DO WE DO THE SAME THING AGAIN NEXT YEAR OR CHANGE IT UP? I DO THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE IT UP, UH, BECAUSE I, I WOULD CAVEAT ON WHY TO CHANGE IT UP IS BECAUSE WE SEE MORE FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN DON'T WANNA GET OVERHEATED, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IF WE'RE GONNA BRING IN, YOU KNOW, MUSIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S ALSO BRINGING IN LOCAL TALENT THAT CHANGES THE GAME THAT THAT BRINGS IN THEIR QUOTE UNQUOTE AS YOUNG KIDS SAY IT, THEIR FOLLOWERS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT REALLY DOES ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHERE THE CITY OF SHIRTS LAND.

SO I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF, UM, LIGHT SHINING LIGHT HERE ON THE CITY OF SHIRTS.

NO, THERE'S SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD DO IF WE, IF WE DO CHANGE THE HOURS AND MAKE IT, MAKE IT LATER AT NIGHT, DEFINITELY.

IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A SATURDAY MM-HMM.

AND NOT A SUNDAY.

UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S ONE OPTION.

AS YOU INDICATED WE CAN MAKE IT MUSIC FESTIVAL AND ALTERNA IT EVERY YEAR WHERE WE HAVE IT IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

IT'S JUST THE DIRECTION THAT THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD ON.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

I THINK WE STILL NEED TO, UH, FOCUS ON, THIS WAS A FAMILY ORIENTED OUTDOOR EVENT, YOU KNOW, UH, AND, AND TO KEEP, WE WE'RE EITHER GONNA BREAK AWAY FROM THAT OR WE'RE GONNA KEEP THAT SAME, UH, SAME THEME AND JUST KIND OF WORK, WORK SOME CHANGES INTO IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WORK, YOU CAN WORK A BAND INTO, INTO LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, UH, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S STILL, IF YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THE MOVING PORTION OF IT, YOU KNOW, HAVE, HAVE A, UH, A BIKE RODEO FOR THE KIDS OR MAYBE A 5K, UH, TO KICK IT OFF.

SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE TO KEEP THAT SAME THEME AND THAT FAMILY ORIENTATION.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO START IT OFF AT SIX O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER DURING THE DAY, UH, FOR, FOR THAT ASPECT.

OR IF WE'RE JUST GONNA FLIP IT OUT AND, AND GO BACK TO PARTY IN THE PARK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE, MAYBE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE YOU COULD DO THAT TOO.

I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, IT DOES SOUND LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT EVENT.

UM, A MUSIC FESTIVAL TYPE THING.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, UM, BEFORE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE NEED TO TRY TO DO SOME THINGS MORE GEARED TOWARDS ADULTS.

UM, WE DO EVERYTHING FOR THE FAMILY.

UM, AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE 60TH DOWN ON MAIN STREET 60TH ANNIVERSARY.

THAT WAS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IT WAS MUSIC AND IT WAS ALCOHOL AND THAT KIND OF A THING SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO IN BRAUNFELS, THE SANGER FEST THEY JUST HAD.

UM, AND I THINK YEAH, INTEGRATING THE EVENT WITH THE, WITH THE BARS AND THE RESTAURANTS, THAT'S KIND OF THE THEME OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO DOWN THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY.

BUT IT WOULD BE A BREAK FROM THE MOVE IN ON MAINE BECAUSE THAT WAS A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER THING.

IT WAS, IT WAS WITH THE Y UH, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE THERE, UH, ARE THERE OTHER EVENTS THAT MAYBE THIS IS MODELED AFTER? AND ARE, ARE THERE ASPECTS OF THAT OTHER EVENT THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T INCORPORATED OR THAT IS IT JUST LIKE THOSE EVENTS? SO IT'S LIKE THE SCL VIA TYPE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THAT HAPPEN IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE LENGTH OF A URBAN STREET THAT THEY DO, OURS IS CONDENSED AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO WE BRING IN MORE OF THE VENDORS.

UM, BUT WE, WELL SO WHAT ARE THE ASPECTS OF THAT, OF THAT EVENT? SO ALL THE BARS AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE EXISTING ON THOSE STREETS OPEN UP AND IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT FEEL THAN OURS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CREATE THE ACTIVITY BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE A FEW RESTAURANTS AND BARS CURRENTLY, BUT WE DID DO A BIKE RODEO ONE YEAR.

UM, WE'VE DONE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A COUPLE YEARS BACK.

I THINK EVENTS JUST HAVE A LIFESPAN OVER TIME.

PEOPLE KIND OF GET TIRED OF THE SAME OLD, UM, AND SO THEY WANT SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH AND IT'S OKAY TO RETIRE SOMETHING AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WE'RE TOTALLY OPEN TO THAT.

UM, I THINK MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD BREAK FROM THAT AND TRY SOMETHING NEW.

UM, OBVIOUSLY YES, THE STREET IS GONNA GO UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO HOST THERE FOR TWO YEARS.

SO, UH, MAYBE WE TAKE THE TIME TO PLAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

UM, KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS.

ONE THING THAT YOU MENTIONED IS, UM, CONSTRUCTION.

OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

MAYOR PRO TIM, MATT LUSO.

YEAH, I WAS GONNA JUST KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT TIM SAID.

IT, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS KIND OF VEERING AWAY FROM WHAT I THINK THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THAT EVENT WAS.

JUST SPEAKING WITH THE MAYOR AND AND FREDDY WITH THE YMCA.

I KNOW THAT WASN'T REALLY THE THOUGHT OF IT, BUT, UH, NOT TO SAY IT'S A BAD IDEA TO MOVE AWAY FROM IT.

I THINK THAT THERE IS AN APPETITE FOR THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS AND UH, I THINK BRAINSTORMING ON NEW IDEAS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR FOR US.

'CAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, BUILD OFF OF THAT.

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WHAT WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR, FOR MOVING ON MAIN, UH, IF THERE IS CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL NEXT YEAR? SO I SPOKE WITH ENGINEERING, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE LATE FALL, WINTER THEY MAY BE ABLE TO START THE UTILITY WORK.

UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE CONTRACTOR COULD BE DONE OR CLEAN UP IN TIME ALSO NOT POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, WE RUN THAT RISK.

UM, AND THEN PHASE TWO WOULD BE THE, UM, WATER LINE.

SO THE STREET WOULD BE TORN UP FOR THE WATER LINE AND THEN PHASE THREE WOULD BE THE ENTIRE RECONSTRUCTION.

SO YEAH, OVER LIKE A TWO TO ALMOST THREE YEAR PERIOD, WE RUN THE RISK OF NOT BEING ABLE TO HOST IT.

YOU KNOW, I'D HATE TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AND THEN HAVE THE CONTRACTOR, UM, NOT BE DONE OR NOT CLEANED UP, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRENCHING.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE THEY COULD PACK IT ALL AND PUT PLATES OVER IT AND ALL THAT.

BUT THEN KIDS' BIKES MIGHT, YOU KNOW, FALL ON THE PLATE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I THINK MAYBE WE DO A PAUSE.

I, I THINK WE WERE CONSIDERING EITHER PAUSING THE EVENT ITSELF OR I MEAN AS A SECONDARY WOULD BE TO MOVE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, REINVENT TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

I THINK OAK STREET MIGHT WORK, UH, BECAUSE MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE FACING THE OTHER STREETS.

UH, THERE'S VERY FEW THAT ARE ACTUALLY FACING THE OAK STREET.

UH, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO SOME ANALYSIS AND SEE IF THEY WILL WORK THERE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, UM, SINCE THE STREET'S GONNA BE TORN UP, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE IF WE PAUSE THE EVENT, TRY SOMETHING ELSE, SOMEPLACE ELSE, THEN WE, THEN WHEN WE COME BACK IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE A NEW FRESH KIND OF IDEA BECAUSE THEN MAIN STREET WILL HAVE ITS FRESH NEW LOOK.

SO MORE PEOPLE WILL WANNA COME OUT AND SEE THE FRESH NEW LOOK INSTEAD OF TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING AND FORCE SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK MAY NOW MAY BE THE TIME TO PAUSE.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, SOMETIMES EVENTS RUN THEIR COURSE.

AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES MOVING ON MAINE WAS THERE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT WAS A LOT MORE PEOPLE RIGHT OUT THERE.

AND NOW IT'S NOT AS MANY PEOPLE.

RIGHT.

UM, IT'S OUT THERE.

SO THEY'RE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WANED OFF OF IT.

SO MAYBE TAKING THE TIME TO DO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER OR DO SOMETHING IN THE PARK AND THEN COME BACK AND THEN IT'S FRESH AND NEW AND THEN EVERYBODY'S LIKE EXCITED ALL OVER AGAIN.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PAUSE TO GET 'EM EXCITED AGAIN.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA.

LIKE YOU SAID WITH THE NEW STREET LIGHTING AND ALL THE NEW THINGS THAT MAIN STREET'S GONNA HAVE, IT'S GONNA HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FEEL AND IT'LL BE AN EXCITING THING TO COME BACK WITH A NEW EVENT THERE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'D LOVE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING SMALLER, MAYBE IN A PARK.

UM, BUT THEN REALLY FOCUS ON THE HOLLE THING.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT AND THE TRAIL LIGHTS AND IT WOULD GIVE STAFF TIME TO REALLY MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD.

IF WE COULD PAUSE ON THAT.

MOVING ON MAIN.

UM, SO, WELL I LIKE THAT IDEA OF FOCUSING ON HOLLA DAZZLE 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS, I THINK WITH STAFF AND WITH COUNCIL, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT MINDSET OF MAKING IT A MULTI-DAY EVENT SO THAT IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO FROM ALL OVER.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.

COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN.

NOW I WOULD JUST KINDA LISTEN TO ALL THAT THERE AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO PROBLEM SHIFTING IT AWAY FROM THAT.

THAT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.

YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE.

JUST MOVE IT OFF.

JUST, HEY, WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ELSE FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND, UH, AT THE END OF IT, CELEBRATE GOING BACK TO MAIN STREET MAYBE AND SEE WHAT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, UH, LET'S DO A PARTY IN THE PARK FOR A COUPLE YEARS, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, MAYBE JUST CHANGE IT TO AN ADULT THEME OR MORE ADULT PAIN.

NEVER GROW UP.

EVERY KIDS IN ADULT IN THE MARK.

ALL RIGHT.

COUNCIL MEMBER G GIBSON.

SO IF A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH CHANGING IT, BECAUSE WE COULD PUT THE I MOVING, I MAY NOT PAUSE WHEN WE DO THAT.

MAY I SUGGEST, UH, 'CAUSE I DID GO ON THE Y-Y-M-C-A GREATER SAN ANTONIO FOR THE, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? SELO.

CICLOVIA.

THEIR TIME, YOUR YOUR TIME AND THE STAFF'S ENERGY AND SOMETHING THAT THEY REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE BACK.

GOT IT.

SO THEY HAVE A FEW STATISTICS HERE THAT ARE ACTUALLY VERY, YOU KNOW, GEARED TO UNDERSTANDING IF SOMETHING IS WORKING OR ISN'T WORKING.

SO IF WE DO THE PARTY IN THE PARK, LIKE LET'S TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF, IF OUR, YOU KNOW, IF OUR ATTENDEES SURVEY REPORTED THEIR REASON FOR ATTENDING WAS FOR, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE SEDENTARY OR REPORT THEY'RE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE 'CAUSE THEY CAME TO THE PARTY IN THE PARK AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, THEIR NUMBERS FROM 2011 ALL THE WAY TO PRESENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WITH THE BLOCK OFF FOR COVID SAYING, YOU KNOW, NOT APPLICABLE DUE TO COVID, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LIKE, HOW ARE WE GAINING MOMENTUM WITH OUR RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF JUST GOING AND DOING WHATEVER I WANNA KNOW, LIKE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE WORTH

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SO IF POSSIBLE, IF WE COULD KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, STAND BEHIND GETTING SOME NUMBERS BEHIND IT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT OUR CITY WANTS US TO.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, I I, I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION ON MAIN STREET.

AND I THINK THAT THE, WE, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS.

WE EITHER POSTPONE IT OR WE HAVE PARTY IN THE PARK.

UH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO RISK, UH, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THE CONTRACTOR TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ELSE IS, UH, OVERLOOKED AT THAT TIME.

SO IF THERE IS CONSTRUCTION THERE, I THINK WE SHOULD EITHER POSTPONE IT OR, OR HAVE PARTY IN THE PARK.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE DIRECTION I THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING IN THIS SITUATION WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION ON THERE.

CAN I ASK FOR ONE CLARIFICATION? YES.

PARTY IN THE PARK, WE JUST USED TO CALL IT THAT, BUT WE YEAH, I JUST, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CREATIVE IDEAS FROM STAFF, RIGHT? SO WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD BROUGHT YOU THAT LONG LIST OF STUFF THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH.

CAN WE COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS FOR FEEDBACK? YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT 'EM.

ANY TRY? I THINK YEAH, I, I THINK THE DIRECTION DON'T FEEL OKAY.

I, I THINK THE DIRECTION WE'RE GETTING IS THAT FOR STARTERS WE NEED TO PAUSE, UH, MOVING ON MAIN BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AS FAR AS WHAT WE REPLACE IT WITH, WE'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE GO BACK AND REGROUP AS A STAFF AND BRING Y'ALL SOME IDEAS.

YEAH, DEFINITELY.

AND MAYBE COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION.

OR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE CAN DO.

ABSOLUTELY.

CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO PAUSE MOVING ON MAY? WELL THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM, SO NOT AN ACTION ITEM.

WE'LL JUST TAKE THAT AS DIRECTION AND, AND THE ONE FOR SPRING OF 25.

YEP.

WILL, SOUNDS GREAT.

WE'RE NOT, THEY'LL BRING, HAVE A COUNCIL FOR ACTUAL ACTION.

AND, AND LIKELY, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IS THE CASE ON A LOT OF THESE, THEY'LL COME BACK THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND RIGHT, RIGHT.

IF WE DO COME UP WITH ANOTHER EVENT, WE'LL DEVELOP A BUDGET AND WE'LL GET SOME NUMBERS TOGETHER AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU, YOU CAN'T REALLY PART, YOU CAN PREDICT PARTICIPATION, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU HAVE THE EVENT.

SO WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING NOT BE SUCCESSFUL HERE.

THAT, UH, TAKES CARE OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[5. Workshop to Highlight Domestic Violence and related services that are managed through our CrimeVictim's Liaison office through collaborative relationships with other Law Enforcement Agencies, thetri-County District Attorney's Offices, and other Non-Governmental Organizations that includes anassortment of services mandated by law and otherwise (M./Watson/S.Williams/J.Lowery) ]

ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

THIS IS A WORKSHOP, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED TO SERVICES THAT ARE MANAGED THROUGH THE CRIME VICTIMS LIAISON OFFICE THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, TRI-COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.

THAT INCLUDES AN ASSORTMENT OF SERVICES MANDATED BY LAW AND OTHERWISE.

COUNCIL MEMBER WATSON, YOU BROUGHT THIS UP TO OUR ATTENTION.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE FLOOR.

SO I'M SORRY TO, JUST TO INTERJECT REALLY QUICKLY IF, IF WE COULD, SO, UH, LIEUTENANT LAURS HERE OKAY.

AND IF MAYBE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO TO, TO ADD SOME BACKDROP.

IS THAT OKAY? YES.

AND THEN WE COULD, BECAUSE I WAS JUST CONCERNED WITH THE REACH, UM, THE RECENT POSTS THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT FOR ASSISTANCE.

SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE THAT WE CAN MAYBE DISCUSS THROUGH THE BUDGET OR JUST WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAYBE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

FLOOR'S, YOURS EVENING, MAYOR.

MR. WILLIAMS. COUNSEL.

UM, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, I'VE GOT, UH, MS. HEATHER DAVIS WITH US.

HE'S, SHE'S OUR VICTIM'S LIAISON.

AND I THINK GIVING YOU SOME OF THE EDUCATION ON WHAT WE CURRENTLY DO, UH, WILL, WILL, WILL ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ON, ON HOW WE WE PROVIDE FOR OUR VICTIMS AND WHAT RESOURCES WE GIVE THEM OR, OR PROVIDE, UH, INFORMATION HOW TO GET THOSE RESOURCES.

UH, MAYBE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW WE TAKE ACTION IN CERTAIN SUCH SCENARIOS IF YOU AS WISH.

BUT I THINK, UH, WHAT SHE'S PASSING OUT IS A, IS A LITTLE SLIDE DECK, UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION.

SHE'S GOT SOME OTHER THINGS HERE ON WHAT WE PROVIDE TO, UH, OUR, UH, OUR VICTIMS. AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO HEATHER BECAUSE I THINK SHE'S PROBABLY OUR BEST EXPERT TO, TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.

LIAISON OR ADVOCATE, UH, WITH SHIRTZ POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HELLO.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

HEATHER DAVIS, I MET ALL OF YOU IN FEBRUARY.

I STARTED IN JANUARY AND THEN WE DID THE INTRODUCTIONS IN FEBRUARY.

SO, AND THEN I SAW SOME OF YOU ON MOVING ON MAIN, TALKING ABOUT MOVING ON MAIN, BUT, UM, SO I DID A VERY SMALL, I DON'T, I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME, SO I WON'T, I COULD TALK FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT, UM, SO I DID PUT TOGETHER THIS VERY SMALL PRESENTATION, UM, REGARDING THE SERVICES AND, UM, I KNOW, UM, YOU WANTED TO FOCUS MORE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REGARDING, UH, WHAT WE OFFER.

AND, UM, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, UM, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME, UM, INDIVIDUALLY IF YOU WISH.

UM, BUT, UM, I AM THE CRIME VICTIM, UM,

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I STARTED IN JANUARY.

KRISTA IS NOW, UH, WITH SLO.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME WITH SHIRTZ PD AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL BY THE WAY.

UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF, UM, I HAVE A MASTER'S IN A BACHELOR'S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

UM, I, I RETIRED IN AUGUST FROM TDCJ AS A PAROLE OFFICER.

I HANDLED, UH, MENTAL HEALTH AND UM, MONITORS AND SEX OFFENDERS.

SO I HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

I'VE DEALT WITH VICTIMS IN THAT ASPECT.

I ALSO WORKED IN THE DA'S OFFICE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

'CAUSE I AM FROM ORIGINALLY WISCONSIN, BUT I GREW UP HERE AND I WORKED WITH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNIT THERE.

SO ON PAGE TWO, THE, UM, CRIME VICTIM LIAISON, UH, BY TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 56 0 4 IS WHAT DESIGNATES ME WITH MY POSITION.

UM, PAGE THREE, THERE'S SOME DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UM, STATISTICS HERE FOR YOU.

AND I WANTED TO FOCUS MORE ON WHEN INCIDENTS OCCURS.

UM, AND I BECOME INVOLVED IS WE HAVE A COUPLE SYSTEMS, UM, WITH SHIRTZ PD.

ONE IS THE, UM, CALL FOR SERVICE AND THE OTHER IS, UH, POLICE OFFICERS.

SO THAT'S HOW I BECOME INVOLVED OR THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES CAN REACH OUT TO ME IF THERE'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR ANY INCIDENT THAT OCCURS.

AND THAT'S HOW I GET INVOLVED.

SO, UM, I BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE VICTIMS AND I REACH OUT TO THEM.

I PROVIDE SERVICES TO THEM.

AND, UM, WHEN THE OFFICERS INITIALLY BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE VICTIMS, THERE IS A PACKET THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE, UH, I DIDN'T BRING IT, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT THEY ARE GIVEN A, A PACKET TO THE VICTIMS. AND THEN I ALSO, UM, WILL REACH OUT TO THEM AND THERE'S A CLIENT CLIENT LOG SHEET.

I KIND OF HAVE IT WRITTEN ON RIGHT NOW THAT I REVIEW, OH, HERE'S AN INCIDENT.

OH, HERE'S AN INCIDENT FORM THAT THE OFFICERS ALSO REVIEW WITH THE VICTIMS. BUT THERE'S A SMALLER PACKET THAT THE OFFICERS DO PROVIDE THE VICTIMS. UM, BUT WHEN, WHEN I'M ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, I REVIEW THIS AND IN THIS IT HAS, UM, CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.

IT REVIEWS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS WITH THE VICTIMS. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT OCCURS AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT BECOMES INVOLVED WITH THE VICTIMS. AND IT GOES TO THE DETECTIVE, UH, THE POLICE OFFICERS.

UM, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

AND THEN THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ACTUALLY IS THE ENTITY THAT MAKES THE DECISION ON WHETHER THERE'S CHARGES.

AND THEN THE VICTIMS ACTUALLY BECOME A WITNESS FOR THE STATE.

SO I'M THE ONE THAT EXPLAINS THAT TO THEM.

UM, ON THIS FORM, IT ALSO HELPS, UM, EXPLAIN PROTECTIVE ORDERS TO THE VICTIMS. 'CAUSE ON THE SCENE, AN EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER CAN BE INITIATED.

I'M SORRY IF I'M GOING REALLY FAST, BUT I KNOW I DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME.

UM, AND THEN A FINAL PROTECTIVE ORDER CAN BE ISSUED AND I ASSIST WITH THAT AS WELL.

I GIVE THEM THE APPLICATION AND THEN DEPENDING ON IF IT'S BEXAR COUNTY, GUADALUPE COUNTY, KAL COUNTY, 'CAUSE WE ARE A TRI-COUNTY HERE.

SO I ASSIST WITH GIVING THEM THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN DIRECTING THEM TO THE CORRECT COUNTY OF WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.

UM, ANOTHER, UH, SERVICES PROVIDED IS SAFETY PLANNING, REFERRALS TO COUNSELING SERVICES, UM, SCHEDULING FORENSIC INTERVIEWS, SANE EXAMS, UM, PROPERTY RETURN, UM, AND CASE STATUS WITH WITH COURT COURTS.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY OF THAT? ? NO, NOT THE INTAKE.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN PUT, PUT IT, I GUESS JUST MORE MEDIA COVERAGE ON IT, LIKE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PART OF THE ASPECT OF IT, JUST FOR THE NOTIFICATION SO THEY KNOW WHERE TO GO.

OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA CALL 9 1 1, BUT THERE WERE, DO WE OFFER, YOU KNOW, SHIRTS AS A CHURCH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND I DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER.

I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T THINK WE DID.

SO I SAID, YOU KNOW, JUST CALL THE, YOUR LOCAL IF IT WAS BLO PD OR SHEZ PD.

BUT I WAS JUST SEEING IF THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE THAT MAYBE Y'ALL NEEDED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR JUST MORE AWARENESS.

PART OF YES MA'AM.

I BELIEVE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY,

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WE CAN PUT SOME AWARENESS OF WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.

IF YOU'RE A, A VICTIM OR A POTENTIAL VICTIM OF, OF FAMILY VIOLENCE OR WANT TO REACH OUT TO SOMEBODY, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IF THEY WANT TO GO, UH, AND, AND TALK TO SOMEONE ELSE, I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY PUT SOMETHING OUT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

UM, THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS, UM, THE SHELTERS AND CRISIS CENTERS AND DA'S OFFICES THAT, UM, I'VE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS AND AGENCIES IN THE SURROUNDINGS COUNTIES THAT, UM, I WORK WITH.

AND THERE'S SO MANY OF 'EM THAT I COULDN'T HAVE POSSIBLY NAMED THEM ALL.

BUT, UM, THE ONE, UH, THRIVING HEARTS WITH GUADALUPE COUNTY IS ONE OF THE MAIN AGENCIES THAT I WORK WITH IN THE AREA.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE A SHELTER THERE, WHICH IS A GREAT RESOURCE.

SO IF THERE'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION AND THE VICTIM MAN OR WOMAN AND CHILDREN NEED, UM, A HOME OR A SHELTER AND THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED, THEN I WOULD CONTACT, UM, ACTUALLY ASHTON AT THRIVING HEARTS AND SHE HELPS ME WITH THAT.

UM, ANOTHER GOOD ONE IS, UH, THE FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER IN BEXAR COUNTY.

UM, IF THE VICTIM LIVES IN GUADALUPE COUNTY OR COMAL COUNTY AND THEY WANNA RELOCATE TO ANOTHER COUNTY TO GET AWAY FROM THE SUSPECT, THEN THAT'S A GOOD, UM, THEN THEY MIGHT WANNA GO TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT COUNTY TO, TO RELOCATE.

UM, PAGE FIVE SHOWS THE DIFFERENT, UH, CRIMES THAT, UM, IS REVIEWED AND THAT I DEAL WITH.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW IT KIND OF WENT FAST.

SO IS THERE ANYTHING, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE MAYOR FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'RE MISSING THAT YOU COULD USE? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE THE PROGRAM BETTER IN REGARDS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE? IN REGARDS TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, FAMILY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO, A GREAT SHELTER WOULD BE WONDERFUL IN THE AREA THAT FOR WOMEN'S SHELTER, EMERGENCY EMERGENCY, A WOMEN'S EMERGENCY SHELTER WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

REVICTIMIZE THEM AND WHEN YOU'RE MOVING THEM.

BECAUSE THERE'S OVERCROWDING CURRENTLY, AM I CORRECT FOR SOME? I WELL, I WAS NOTIFIED SOMEBODY WAS SAYING THAT, UM, THERE WAS NO SPOT FOR ANYBODY.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THAT WAS OR SUPPLIES A SPOT AVAILABILITY.

SO MAY MAYBE IT'S OH YES, YES.

FOR SOMEBODY THAT WAS NEEDING TO, SO THE, TO LEAVE THEIR HOME AND THEY WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE, BUT I GUESS THEY WERE CALLING AROUND AND THEY HAD NOWHERE TO GO.

AND SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

WHAT CAN WE DO THAT Y'ALL WOULD NEED TO MAYBE BUILD OUR OWN OR FUNDING WISE, WHAT CAN WE DO? SO PART OF THAT'S LOCATION, PART OF THAT IS WHERE THE VICTIM WOULD WANT TO BE AND WANT TO GO.

A LOT OF THAT IS BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN ARE IN SCHOOLS AND THEY WANNA KEEP THE CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THAT IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT BECAUSE IF THEY'RE IN GUADALUPE COUNTY AND THEY'RE IN A CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, SAY THEY'RE IN SHIRTS, THEY WANT KEEP THEM IN SHIRTS, UM, THERE IS NO SHELTER HERE IN SHIRTS.

SO WANTING TO KEEP THEM HERE IS A HUGE CHALLENGE.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF STRUGGLE WITH THAT.

SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE THE, SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND WHERE THEY LOCATED AND WHAT'S THEIR CAPACITY LIKE RIGHT NOW? SO I, I DID BRING SOME PAM PAMPHLETS.

SO THIS ONE IS THE THRIVING HEARTS PAMPHLET AND I CAN PASS THESE OUT TO YOU IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE.

THAT'S IN GUADALUPE.

IT'S GUADALUPE GONZALES, KASS AND WILSON.

THAT'S WHERE THRIVING HEARTS SERVES.

UM, AND THEN THIS ONE IS THE FAMILY VIOLENCE, WHICH SERVES BEAR COUNTY.

THIS ONE IS AL COUNTY.

SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, COUNTY.

SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ALL, ALRIGHT, WE'LL DO AGAIN.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, AS A PAROLE OFFICER, I DID WORK IN THE 17 SURROUNDING COUNTIES.

SO I KNOW OF, UM, DIFFERENT COUNTIES HAVING MANY DIFFERENT SHELTERS, CRISIS CENTERS, BUT IT'S ALL DEPENDING ON WHERE THE VICTIM WOULD WANNA GO AND YOU DON'T WANNA REVICTIMIZE THEM TO MAKE THEM UP AND MOVE.

'CAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS OF NOT WANTING TO RE

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AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID.

SO, BUT IF THERE'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION, THERE'S AN ASSAULT, A STRANGULATION, THEN SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYWARD, ANOTHER, ANOTHER UM, THING THAT I DO IS I HAVE THIS FOLDER THAT I GIVE TO, UM, THAT I HAND OUT.

IF I SEE THEM, A LOT OF MY CONTACT IS DONE OVER THE PHONE.

UM, BUT IF I SEE THEM IN PERSON, I WILL HAND OUT THE FOLDER.

AND THIS FOLDER HAS, UM, THE PAMPHLETS.

IT HAS A PROTECTIVE ORDER APPLICATION.

IT HAS, UM, BUSINESS CARDS IN HERE.

IT HAS A CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION APPLICATION.

IT HAS, UM, UM, AND I THINK, WELL EVERYTHING IN HERE IS IMPORTANT.

IT ALSO HAS THE, UM, ABUSE WHEELS AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ABUSE WHEELS.

UM, IT EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS.

UM, AND THERE'S MANY OF THEM THAT I PUT IN HERE AND A LOT OF WOMEN AND MEN AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH, WITH ANY OF THESE.

AND SO I HAVE, UM, MANY OF THESE IN HERE.

IT HAS, UM, A CHECKLIST OF, UM, UM, OF, UH, SAFETY PLAN, EMERGENCY DOCUMENTS TO TAKE WITH YOU.

AND THAT'S ALSO IN THE FLYER FOR THE, UH, FAMILY VI IN THE FAMILY VIOLENCE FLYER AS WELL.

SO ALL THIS IS WITH MY BUSINESS CARD AND IT'S IN THE, THE FOLDER COUNCIL MEMBER.

HAYWARD, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I DID.

I, I GUESS BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THERE ARE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, BUT TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE WAY A LOT OF THIS IS IN TALKING WITH PEOPLE, THERE IS NEVER REALLY ENOUGH LOCATIONS, NO MATTER HOW MANY YOU PUT OUT.

TRUE.

UM, AND SO I, I GUESS WHEN YOU'RE AT CAPACITY, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING NOT MOVING THEM AND SO WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS IF THEY CAN'T, YOU CAN'T MOVE THEM OR YOU CAN'T DO AN EMERGENCY RELOCATE? WHAT'S THAT? THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEWHERE FOR SOMEONE TO GO.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON IF THEY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT PLACE TO GO.

AND SOME OF THE PLACES ARE NOT THE BEST WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, BUT THERE'S WOMEN AT THE, WELL, THERE'S HAVEN FOR HOPE AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THAT AND THAT'S NOT THE BEST PLACE TO GO.

UM, I'VE HAD OFFENDERS THERE.

IT'S, BUT IT'S, IT IS A PLACE, SO IT, IT, THERE ARE OPTIONS BUT IT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE IDEAL COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK.

JUST, UH, JUST HOW, HOW MUCH TRAINING OR EDUCATION, HOW YOUNG DO YOU ATTACH 'EM, LIKE SROS? ARE THEY FAMILIAR? IS THIS A PROBLEM IN HIGH SCHOOLS? DO Y'ALL REACH OUT TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? UM, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EVER, I GUESS COMPLAIN TO SROS ABOUT ANY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SCREENSHOT.

SO EVERY POLICE OFFICER'S TRAINED ON, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE.

SO, AND THAT, THAT AS, AS THEY BECOME BASIC PEACE OFFICERS.

THEN WE'RE ALSO TRAINED, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND OCCASIONALLY THAT COMES IN WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRAINED ON THAT AS WELL.

SO SPECIFICALLY, IS THERE A COURSE FOR US TO TAKE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS? NO, AT PRESENT, BUT IT IS, IT IS INCORPORATED BECAUSE FAMILY VIOLENCE CAN BE FROM AGE 12 ON UP.

UM, SO IT, IT, THE FAMILY VIOLENCE IS FAMILY VIOLENCE TO US.

I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.

UM, THE, UH, THRIVING HEARTS IN GUADALUPE COUNTY.

WHAT'S THE CAPACITY THERE? 11.

11, THANK YOU.

SO 11 ROOMS, SO THREE OF THE ROOMS ARE FAMILY ROOMS, SO IT CAN HOLD UP TO FIVE OR SIX.

AND THEN THERE'S FOUR ROOMS. WE'RE SINGLE FOR SINGLE AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE FOR DOUBLE OR TRIPLE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

WE'RE UP, UH, TO A HEARTBREAK

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HERE.

UH, COUNCIL DID UH, ALL YOUR QUESTIONS GET ANSWERED? OKAY.

SO, SO MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST RECAP THE DIRECTION THAT I THINK I HEARD FROM COUNCIL WAS IS TO, UM, IS TO INCREASE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS IN TERMS OF RESOURCES.

COUNCILWOMAN WATSON.

IS THAT OKAY? AND THEN, UH, REEVALUATE SHELTER OPTIONS.

IF IT WERE SAY A CITY RUN SHELTER.

UH, WE CAN, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD WANNA LOOK THROUGH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROCESS AS WELL AS OUR OPERATING BUDGET.

SO WE, THAT, THAT WOULD RUN THROUGH OUR NORMAL BUDGETING PROCESS AND THEN THE SOCIAL MEDIA AWARENESS, WE COULD PROBABLY START LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT AWAY.

HEY STEVE AS WELL? YES MA'AM.

WITH THE CITY MAGAZINE.

'CAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET THAT IN THE MAIL.

EVERYBODY DOESN'T GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I THINK HAVING SOMETHING IN THE MAGAZINE SO WHEN IT GETS MAILED, UM, THEN THEY HAVE A RESOURCE.

GOT IT.

ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL BE, UH, ON OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA, UH, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND WITH THAT, UH, AT THIS TIME, WE STAND ADJOURN.