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[1. Meeting called to Order The AACOG Board of Directors is meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code (Open Meetings Act). As such, the Board of Directors reserves the right to retire into executive session concerning any of the items listed on this Agenda whenever it is considered necessary and legally justified under the Texas Open Meetings Act.]
RIGHT.GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE, UH, JULY TERM OF, UH, ALMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
UH, TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH, 2023.
LET'S CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
SUZIE, CAN YOU DO ROLL CALL FOR US, PLEASE, SIR.
GOOD MORNING HERE, JUDGE KELLY.
AMY PUTNEY FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT.
COMMISSIONER JUDGE FLORES MARCUS FOR COMMISSIONER CLAY MORRIS.
COMMISSIONER GILLESPIE FOR CO MAYOR DAON.
MS. EXCUSED, I TOLD HER SHE WAS HERE.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA.
GENE RODRIGUEZ FOR HER COUNCILWOMAN GTO MR. HAS HERE.
YOU HERE FOR JUDGE CHER? MS. LEWIS.
REPRESENTATIVE MERCK KELLY EARLY FOR REPRESENTATIVE MER.
COUNCILMAN BRADLEY? HERE, JUDGE LAR.
SUSIE, DO PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THANK TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. Public Comments This time is for anyone to comment to the Board of Directors on issues and items of concern. There will be no Board of Directors deliberation or action on these comments. Time allowed is at the discretion of the Chairman; with three (3) minutes being customary.]
RIGHT.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST TO LET OUR MEMBERS KNOW THAT, UH, REPRESENTING NEW BRAUNFELS AFTER THEIR ELECTIONS, WE HAVE COUNCILMAN BRADLEY, WHO WILL BE THEIR MEMBER, AND THEN, UH, FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROCHA GARCIA AND COUNCILMAN PEZ WERE REAPPOINTED AND COUNCILWOMAN GTO WILL BE JOINING US AS THEIR THIRD MEMBER JUST FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION.
UH, ARE THERE ANY DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM PRESENTED TODAY? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON
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TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.IT IS A BUSY MONTH, AS Y'ALL HEAR ME SAY QUITE FREQUENTLY.
AND, UH, EVEN THOUGH MY GREEN LIGHT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
AND I GRABBED MY AGENDA, NOT MY REPORT.
SO JUST GRAB THE RIGHT DOCUMENT.
WE HAD A BLOOD DRIVE LAST WEEK THAT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH PARTICIPATION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES IN THIS BUILDING AND AT THE ACADEMY.
AND WE THINK, THINK WE HAD A COUPLE OF TENANTS THAT JOINED US AND WE CONTRIBUTED ENOUGH PINTS OF BLOOD TO SAVE 132 LIVES.
SO WE DO THAT ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
WE ALSO, SO IF Y'ALL WALK DOWN THE HALLS, YOU MIGHT SEE LARGE BASKETS THAT ARE BY THE ELEVATOR.
WE'RE CONDUCTING OUR BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVE FOR OUR GRANDPARENTS, RAISING, RAISING GRANDCHILDREN.
EVERY YEAR WE, WE ASSIST THE GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND, UH, ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE A HARD ROAD AND THEY ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
SO WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, Y'ALL HEARD ME TALK ABOUT, ABOUT THAT WE WERE HOSTING THE AGING CONFERENCE, UH, LAST MONTH.
UH, AND WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.
IN FACT, IT WAS THE LARGE, LARGEST ATTENDANCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONFERENCE THUS FAR.
AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GREAT, UM, PRESENTATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE HEALTH BEING LOCATED HERE.
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AND WE WERE VERY HONORED AND PLEASED THAT, UH, TEXAS AGING PROGRAMS HAVE RENAMED ONE OF THEIR AWARDS, UH, FOR THE INNOVATIVE PROGRAM BUILDING AND PARTNERSHIPS IN AGING AFTER OUR FORMER AGING DIRECTOR, GLORIA VASQUEZ.SO GOING NAMED THE GLORIA VASQUEZ, UH, INNOVATION PROGRAMS. AND, UH, HER FAMILY WAS THERE WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THE CHANGE.
AND THEN IT WAS REALLY MEANINGFUL THAT THAT AWARD, THIS AWARD THIS YEAR WAS PRESENTED TO ACO.
WE ARE THE FIRST RECIPIENT, UH, BECAUSE OF THE WORK WORK THAT WE DO WITH DEAF LINK.
WE HAVE DONE SOME REALLY INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS TO, TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE DEAF, WHICH IS REALLY AN UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDERSERVED SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THEY WERE THERE TO ACCEPT IT.
ALSO, UH, I ATTENDED THE CITY ANNUAL TECH STOP STOP MEETING AUSTIN EARLIER, EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AND THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WILL BE MEETING TOMORROW TO OUTLINE THE YEAR'S REACH AND REWARDS PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE WILL LAUNCH THE REGIONAL AWARDS SUBMISSION.
D'S BEEN VERY, THEY'VE OFFERED AN EDUCATIONAL SERIES AT THE MULTI CENTER NAVIGATORS.
UH, THEY ALSO, THEY ALSO DID A WORKSHOP FOR SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT PRINCIPAL EDUCATORS ON PERSON CENTRIC THINKING.
AND AS YOU HAVE BEEN AWARE, THIS YEAR THEY HAS BEEN UNDER, UNDER PERFORMANCE, UH, AND I D D FINANCIALLY.
SO WE'VE DONE A SMALL, SMALL REORGANIZATION OF THEIR DEPARTMENT.
WE ELIMINATED A FEW POSITIONS AND REORGANIZED IT TO BRING CLOSER, UH, CONTROL CONTROLS IN IT.
WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT ALL THE STAFF WHOSE POSITIONS WERE ELIMINATED, HALF FOUND OTHER, OTHER POSITIONS.
SO NO INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LOSING A JOB, AND THAT SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE DECREASING OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE INCREASED WITH THAT.
WE ALSO WILL NOT BE RENEWING, UH, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION CONTRACT, WHICH WAS A PERFORMANCE BASED AND HAS PROVEN TO BE DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT.
SO WHEN THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES THE END OF AUGUST, WE'LL NOT BE RENEWING THAT ONE ON NATURAL RESOURCES.
WE HOSTED THE ELECTRIC, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETING THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH WE HOSTED THE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUS LUNCH AND LEARN WITH LINE ELECTRIC ELECTRIC YESTERDAY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UH, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC STUDENT TRANSPORTATION AND THE INCENTIVES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST DISTRICT PURCHASING.
WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING ENERGY RESILIENCE AND HAZARD MITIGATION, UH, ROUNDTABLE TOMORROW FOR EMERGENCY PLANNER PLANNERS AND MANAGERS.
AND I HAVE TO REALLY THANK BARNETTE 9 1 1 BECAUSE THERE WILL BE HOSTING THAT MEETING.
UH, WE ARE ALSO HOSTING A BUILDING ENERGY CODES ROUNDTABLE, AUGUST 24TH TO TALK ABOUT THE 2021 BUILDING CODES AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO UPGRADE THE MOST CURRENT CODES.
AND ANY CITY IS WELCOME IT'S DESIGN FOR THOSE WHOSE CODES ARE OLDER THAN 2015.
BUT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND THAT.
AND THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
UM, THE ACADEMY IS, IS VERY BUSY.
I HAVE TO THANK COMMISSIONER MOOD FOR ALL OF HIS SUPPORT WITH T O 'CAUSE THE ACADEMY WILL BE A TRAINING PROVIDER FOR THE RESURGENT SCHOOL MARSHALL PROGRAM.
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT WE WERE A TRAINER FOR MANY YEARS AND THEN THEY ENDED, UH, OUR T O STOPPED THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROGRAM.
UH, BUT WE, THEY WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK.
AND WE, WE WILL BE THE, A PROVIDER TRAINING FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS.
UM, IT'S, IT IS GONNA BE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROGRAM BECAUSE INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUALS APPLY DIRECTLY TO US, THEY WILL BE APPLYING TO T COLE.
AND T COLE WOULD BE REFERRING TO US.
IT'S ALSO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING GUARDIAN PROGRAM THAT IS, UH, THE INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH MUCH MORE TRAINING AND FORESIGHT BY THE STATE.
UH, SO YOU HAVE ANY, AND I REALLY WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.
IT'S FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO, AND HELP US WITH DOING OUTREACH.
WE WILL BE DOING OUTREACH TO THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT IN MAKING SURE THAT PRI PRIVATE AND CHARTER KNOW, THEY'RE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THE TRAINING.
UH, AND THEN THEY WILL CONTACT T OH DIRECTLY.
CAN I MAKE ONE COMMENT REALLY QUICK? SURE.
UM, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO, THAT ALMOST ALL OF THAT TRAINING IS, IS PAID FOR BY THE STATE.
THERE'S SCHOLARSHIPS, THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM THE STATE.
THE ONLY THING I BELIEVE WAS TRAVEL MM-HMM.
ALL THE TRAINING, THE TRAINING EXPENSES ARE PROVIDED.
UH, AND, AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE, MAKE SURE THAT CLARIFY THAT INCLUDES
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OUR STAFF'S EXPENSES, UH, 'CAUSE AND THAT THAT'S HOW IT WAS BEFORE.WHAT SET UP BEFORE THAT WAS THE SAME WAY OPERATED.
SO, UH, WE REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
UM, AND THEY ALSO, THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY BUSY PLANNING FOR THE, FOR THE UPCOMING ECLIPSE, THE ONE IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THE MUCH LARGER ONE IN APRIL.
SO THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY WITH THAT.
OUR, UH, ON REGIONAL SERVICES, THERE'S A PLANNING AND ZONING WORKSHOP, WHICH IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR, POPULAR WORKSHOPS IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH.
AND, UH, LAST, LAST WEEK WE CO-HOSTED THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN, UH, A WEBINAR WEBINAR TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES WORK ON MAIN STREET DESIGNATIONS AND DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATIONS AND CLAUDIA MORA HAS INFORMATION ON THAT.
UH, LAST WEEK, LAST WEEK WE HOSTED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S, UH, BROADBAND OFFICE.
UH, THE, THE WORK GROUP HERE WE WERE VERY PLEASED.
THEY HAD IN SAN ANTONIO, ANTONIO, THE LAST ONE THEY HOSTED WAS IN VICTORIA FOR THIS REGION.
WE HAD OVER 90 PEOPLE HAD REGISTERED.
REGISTERED, AND WE HAD NEARLY 70 THAT SHOWED OUT.
SO IT WAS A VERY WELL ATTENDED WORKSHOP FOR THE B D O ON, UH, MILITARY MILITARY AFFAIRS.
UH, BOTH ALEJANDRO AND I ATTENDED, UH, A CONFERENCE IN ST.
LOUIS LAST YEAR, I'M SORRY, SPONSORED BY DEPART OF DEFENSE ON MITIGATION.
AND I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN TWO DIFFERENT PANELS.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT YOU'LL HEAR LATER TODAY THAT OUR MURR TWO ITEMS CAME BEFORE YOU.
OUR MURDER APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED LAST YEAR, THANK YOU, HAS FINALLY MADE IT, MADE IT THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
AND IT WAS APPROVED LAST WEEK AND I EXECUTED LAST WEEK.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO ITEMS, UH, IN SUPPORT.
MERCK COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY.
VETERANS DIRECTED CARE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE TO OUR VETERANS.
WE LEARNED AT THE A G A CONFERENCE THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
UH, THE VA REALLY, WE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT WE'RE SERVING ALL ALMOST 610.
AND THEY USED US AS A, A MODEL, UH, FOR THE NATION.
SO OUR TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB THERE.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE JULIE'S LEADERSHIP.
WE ALSO ARE SERVING FOUR CLIENTS IN U VALLEY AND FOUR IN VERDE AND ONE IN KENNY COUNTY.
I'VE SPOKEN TO MY COUNTERPART TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT.
THEY'RE VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR RESIDENTS WITH PROGRAM WEATHERIZATION.
I WANT EVERYONE TO REALLY PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE ITEM FOR YOU TODAY WHERE WE'RE GETTING SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM B I L FOR WEATHERIZATION.
SO WE REALLY NEED ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL AREAS FOR WEATHERIZATION SERVICES, AND WE NEED MORE VENDORS.
UH, SO WE REALLY WANT TO BE PREPARED TO DO A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
SO WE, WE LOOK FORWARD FOR THAT VERY MUCH.
UM, ON THE BUILDING UPDATE, WE ARE VERY PLEASED IF YOU DROVE AROUND THE BACK OF THE BUILDING, YOU WILL SEE OUR GENERATOR IS NOW INVOLVED AND COMPLETE.
AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO, IT'S, IT'S FUNCTIONING.
THEY DID THE TEST TWO WEEKS AGO.
IT ONLY TOOK US OVER, OVER TWO YEARS TO GET IT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE OUR GENERATOR AND WE HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO USE IT.
BUT IF WE DO, IT'LL POWER OUR 9 1 1 EMERGENCY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND PROVIDE POWER SO THAT ALL OF OUR NETWORK, OUR COMPUTER NETWORK.
SO STAFF CAN CONTINUE WORKING FROM HOME.
AND, UH, WE HAVE YOU RECALL, WE APPROVED A LOAN FROM CCO TO IMPLEMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS BUILDING.
THIS BUILDING, WE'VE AWARDED THE CON-ED, THE CONTRACTS FOR THE HVAC CHILLER AND FOR THE LIGHTING AND FOR THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT BY, BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE WON'T BE FREEZING OR BURNING UP TO CAM UP WHERE YOU LOCATED IN THIS BUILDING AND HAVE, UH, NEW LIGHTING THAT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
AND WE HAVE EVEN SUBMITTED INVOICES FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THAT CONTRACT.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S EXCITING FOR US.
SO IF THERE'S NO, NO QUESTIONS, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, I HAVE THE ESTEEMED MAYOR, UH, MARY DENNIS FROM THE CITY OF LIVE OAK.
WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW THAT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE.
AND THAT IS MAYOR SUSAN DALEY ON HER BIRTHDAY.
WE'RE CELEBRATING HER BIRTHDAY.
DID YOU TELL 'EM YOUR BIRTHDAY WAS ON THE 20TH?
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NO.YOU GIRLS OLD ENOUGH TO DRINK YET? JUST EARLY.
[ Consent Agenda The consent agenda consists of items considered being of a routine nature and contains items recommended for approval by the Executive Committee or by the Board Chair and the minutes from previous Board of Directors meetings. These items will be enacted in one motion, or any member of the Board may request that items be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately for purposes of discussion and voting.]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.ARE THERE ANY ITEMS NEED TO BE PULLED? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE APPROVAL.
A MOTION BY MR HAS LOCKER OR SECOND BY MAYOR CONTRERAS.
[10. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve AACOG's Annual Audit Report for the year ended December 31, 2022 - Julio Elizondo]
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERING ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ACOG'S ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ELON, YOUR C F O TODAY'S, UH, FOR IS ACTUALLY HERE TO PRESENT OUR AUDIT FINDINGS, PART 2020.
WE HAVE, UM, MCKAYLA AND MS. MCKAYLA AND MS, UH, TO PRESENT YOU.
I'M THE AUDIT PARTNER AT VUS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS B K D.
SO IF YOU'RE AROUND THIS VICINITY, PROBABLY HEARD THAT FIRM BEFORE WE MERGED OVER A YEAR AGO.
AND SO GETTING THAT NAME THAT THERE AND LETTING Y'ALL KNOW THAT IT'S STILL THE SAME, SAME AUDITORS, UM, NEW NAME AS WE HAVE MERGED WITH ANOTHER LARGE NATIONAL FIRM NAMED D H G IN COMBINED FORCES AND CREATED FOR US.
SO TODAY WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE 12 31 20 22 AUDIT RESULTS.
UH, FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, WE ACTUALLY GIVE THREE OPINIONS.
AND SO WE GET, WE GET ONE OPINION OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THERE ARE TRANSACTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE REASONABLY MATERIALLY CORRECT.
SO I'LL COME RIGHT, RIGHT OUT THE GATE, THE GATE AND TELL YOU THAT IS A CLEAN OPINION OR WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BECAUSE THIS ORGANIZATION RECEIVES, UM, A LOT OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED AND SUBJECT TO UNIFORM GUIDANCE AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE TEXAS GRANTS, GRANTS MANAGEMENT STANDARDS FOR THEIR STATE FUNDING.
AND SO WE AUDIT THOSE MAJOR PROGRAMS WE GO THROUGH.
AND SO NOT EVERY SINGLE PROGRAM THAT THEY DO IS, WE KNOW THEY DO A LOT, UM, AND AUDIT A HANDFUL.
I THINK THIS YEAR IT WAS SIX PROGRAMS ALTOGETHER.
AND WE GIVE A PAN OVER THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE PROGRAMS OF THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE AND BE REASONABLE WHETHER THAT'S WHO, WHO'S ELIGIBLE, HOW DO THEY DRAW DOWN THOSE FUNDS, HOW DO THEY, THEY REPORT BACK, BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND GO THROUGH AN ARRAY OF COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES.
UM, IF THEY WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING THAT THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE MANDATED THAT THEY DO, WE WOULD EVALUATE THAT AS A FINDING.
UM, IF IT WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH, IT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT INEFFICIENT AS WELL.
IF IT WAS MATERIALS TO THE OVERALL ORGANIZATION OR TO THE PROGRAM AS A WHOLE, IT'D BE A MATERIAL NON-COMPLIANT.
SO WE ISSUED, ISSUED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE COMPLIANCE OVER THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE FUNDING.
THERE ARE NO FINDING NO FINDINGS.
THERE WERE NO MATERIAL NON-COMPLIANCE.
IN ADDITION, THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO GIVE, GAIN UNDERSTANDING AND TEST THE INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING.
AND SO WHAT WE DO THERE IS WE GO THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S INTERNAL CONTROLS, HOW THEY, UM, REVIEW AND PROCESS, PROCESS AND THE OVERSIGHT OVER THESE PROGRAMS. THEN CERTAIN CONTROLS AND WALK THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OVERSIGHT WITH REGARDS TO THOSE PROGRAMS. IF THERE WAS ANY BUST IN THE CONTROLS, THEY WEREN'T REVIEWING, THEY WEREN'T APPROVING, THEY WEREN'T, UM, PROVIDING THOSE PROGRAMS TO THE ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS, WE WOULD THEN ASSESS THOSE OR EVALUATE, UM, THOSE ESTIMATE CONTROLS AS DEFICIENCIES ARE SIGNIFICANT AND IF THEY WERE MATERIAL MATERIAL.
AND SO THAT OPINION OVER THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING WAS ALSO AN UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINION.
AND SO I GET THE GOOD, THE GOOD NEWS OF JUST SAYING EVERYTHING WAS CLEAN.
IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE.
SO I DO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO NOT ONLY THE FINANCE TEAM WHO, HIS DEPARTMENT, WHICH THERE WAS A LOT OF TRANSITION IN THE FINANCE TEAM THIS YEAR.
THERE'S A BIG EFFORT ON ON THEIR PART OF PROVIDING US A LOT.
BUT ALSO ALL OF THE PROGRAMS, ALL OF ALL OF THOSE PROGRAM DIRECTORS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ALL OF THEM, PROVIDING 'EM ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THAT STANDPOINT, OPERATIONALLY AS WELL IS A BIG, BIG PUSH.
SO IT TAKES A LOT OF, A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY FOR THOSE RESULTS.
THERE'S FEW OTHER REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO ELSO.
SHE'S THE SENIOR MANAGER ON THE ENGAGEMENT AND HAS BEEN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ALL.
SO FOR THE REQUIRED COMMUNICATION,
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THE FIRST PIECE WE GO OVER IS OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE AUDITOR.AS MCKAYLA MENTIONED, WE PERFORM AN AUDIT OVER YOUR, UM, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THE COMPLIANCE ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING.
WE FOLLOW US ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING STANDARDS WHEN WE DO THOSE AUDITS.
AND WE PRESENT AN OPINION THAT THEY'RE PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS.
SO PROVIDING THAT HIGH LEVEL ASSURANCE BUT NOT ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE.
UM, I THINK JULIA AND HIS TEAM APPRECIATE THAT.
WE DON'T LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE TRANSACTION.
MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS IT PERTAINS TO FINANCES IS THAT THEY PREPARE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH US GAP.
AND THEY'RE IN CHARGE CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THE PROGRAM COMPLIANCE.
AND THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED AT LEAST ANNUALLY TO EVALUATE WHETHER THERE ARE CONDITIONS OR EVENTS THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT MAYBE AOG OR NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AS THEY GO.
CONCERN, CONCERN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
THE RESULTS OF OUR AUDIT, SO AS MCKAYLA MENTIONED, USUALLY GET CLEAN OPINIONS ACROSS ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND THERE WERE NO SCOPE LIMITATIONS ON ANY OF OUR AUDITS.
AND WE HAVE NO UNRESOLVED AUDIT ISSUES.
AND AGAIN, KUDOS TO JULIO AND HIS TEAM, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE CHANGES TO GET US ALL OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WE REQUESTED TIMELY.
AND IN AN OF DETAIL, I KNOW WE HAD LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONCLUDE AND GET, GET TO THAT FINAL CLEAN OPINION.
DURING THE AUDIT, WE SET LEVELS OF MATERIALITY.
SO WE SET A REALLY LOW THRESHOLD OR ANYTHING BELOW THAT.
WE PROBABLY DON'T EVEN, WE MAYBE MENTIONED TO MANAGEMENT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN.
AND THEN WE SET A REALLY HIGH THRESHOLD THAT ANYTHING OVER THAT, AND IF COURT REPORTED, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GIVE THAT CLEAN OPINION.
THAT KIND OF IN BETWEEN LEVEL IS WHERE MANAGEMENT GETS TO DECIDE.
DO THEY WANNA MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT IN THE CURRENT YEAR OR DO THEY WANNA WEIGH IT? SO WE HAD NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS OVER THAT REALLY HIGH THRESHOLD.
WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WERE KIND OF AT IN BETWEEN.
THE FIRST ONE WAS RELATED TO LEASES.
SO THIS YEAR WE IMPLEMENTED G 87.
THAT CHANGED TO LEASES THAT BROUGHT BOTH YOUR LAST LAWYER AND LESSEE LEASES ONTO THE BALANCE SHEET.
IF THE INTEREST RATE'S NOT LISTED IN THE LEASE, THEIR MANAGEMENT HAS TO DO AN ESTIMATION OF WHAT THE LESSEE'S INTEREST RATE IS FOR THOSE LEASES.
INITIALLY, WHEN THE CALCULATIONS WERE DONE, ARON'S INTEREST RATE WAS USED VERSUS THE LESSEES.
SO WE WORKED WITH MANAGEMENT DURING THE AUDIT.
THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THE POLICY FOR HOW TO DO THAT ESTIMATION AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA DO THAT GOING FORWARD.
AND WE RECALCULATED WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE AND DETERMINED THE DIFFERENCE WASN'T MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIALS.
AND SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT THAT OFF AND FIX THAT IN 2023.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT GOT WAIVED IS RELATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF A A D C.
SO HISTORICALLY THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED AS A DISCRETELY PRESENTED UNIT, WHICH IN THE FINANCIALS THAT'S NEXT TO A APPROX NUMBERS MANAGEMENT KIND OF DETERMINED THAT WAS THE BEST WAY FOR USERS TO SEE THAT INFORMATION.
AND TO HAVE THAT TO USE PER GS E GUIDANCE, IT SHOULD REALLY BE PRESENTED AS BLENDED, WHICH WOULD BE PART OF A NUMBERS MANAGEMENT IS GONNA EVALUATE THAT GOING FORWARD BASED ON MATERIALITY AS WELL AS BENEFICIAL.
WHAT'S THE BENEFICIAL TO THE USERS TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE GONNA PRESENT THAT OR CONTINUE PRESENTING AS DISCRE? ALSO, AS PART OF OUR AUDIT, WE LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF ACCOUNTING PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.
SO WE LOOK AT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, WE LOOK AT THOSE ONES THAT ARE DISCLOSED IN NOTE ONE, THE FINANCIALS, SEE IF THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR YEAR, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS OVER HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION IS, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE G GUIDANCE.
WE DID PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE GS B 87 NOTES THIS YEAR.
SO THERE WERE SOME CHANGES IN THE POLICIES AS WELL AS SOME PRESENTATION IN THOSE NOTES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
WE ALSO LOOK AT ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND THOSE ARE MORE EXPOSED TO RISK.
AND THE ONES THAT WE DEEMED SIGNIFICANT FOR ACOG WERE THAT ALLOWED FOR COLLECTABLE ACCOUNTS OR GRANTS RECEIVABLE, THE DEPRECIABLE LIVES OF CAPITAL ASSETS AND THE ESTIMATIONS AROUND THE NET PENSION LIABILITY AND ASSET.
WE ALSO LOOK AT SIGNIFICANT DISCLOSURES.
SO THOSE CAN BE DISCLOSURES THAT INVOLVE PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE AND INFORMATION.
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LOOKED AT COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES AS WELL AS THAT ME LIABILITY AND ASSET.AND THEN AS PART OF OUR REQUIRED COMMUNICATION, PROGRESSIONAL STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT WE LET THE BOARD KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS.
AND AS MCKAYLA MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE WERE NONE THAT WE NEEDED TO REPORT.
ALSO, WE IDENTIFIED ANY GOING CONCERN MATTERS WHERE MANAGEMENT DOES THAT EVALUATION.
AND MAYBE THERE, IF THEY IDENTIFIED SOMETHING IN THE SOLUTION WASN'T SUFFICIENT TO CORRECT, CORRECT IT, WE WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY FRAUD OR NON-COMPLIANCE WITHIN EITHER
AND WE HAD NONE OF THAT TO REPORT.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT RELATED PARTIES IN THOSE RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS TO SEE IF THERE THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS UNUSUAL, THAT WAS UNUSUAL OF NATURE OR NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
AND WE IDENTIFIED NOTHING RELATED TO THAT MATTER.
THEN ALSO, IF WE HAD ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT, WE WOULD BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION WITH MANAGEMENT.
WE HAD NO DISAGREEMENTS THAT WE'RE SIGNIFICANT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT WE DID DISCUSS WITH 'EM TO EXTENT LEASES AND THAT WAS JUST 'CAUSE IT WAS NEW THIS YEAR AND HAD A LIMITATION AND GOING THROUGH THAT INTEREST RATE PIECE.
AND THEN IF WE HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENT DI DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED DURING THE AUDIT, THAT COULD BE UNAVAILABILITY OF PERSONNEL.
ANY RESTRICTIONS IMPROVED BY MANAGEMENT.
ANY TIME WHEN MANAGEMENT WAS REFUSING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US OR IF THERE WAS ANY UNEXPECTED EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE AUDIT EVIDENCE, WE WOULD'VE BROUGHT THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BUT AS WE MENTIONED, JULIO AND HIS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB WITH PROVIDING US ALL OF THE ACCESS AND INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED.
UM, I DO WANNA POINT OUT JUST A COUPLE THINGS ON THE FINANCIALS AND THAT'S JUST RELATED TO WHAT CHANGED.
AND I'LL BE ON YOUR BALANCE SHEET.
YOU'LL SEE THE, UM, LEASES ASSETS AND BILITIES COME ONTO THE BALANCE SHEET.
OUR G S B STANDARDS IS YOU ONLY UPDATE THE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR THAT'S PRESENTED IN THE FINANCIALS TO PRESENT CLEAR FINANCIALS.
BUT YOUR MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS HAS TO BE COMPARATIVE.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME NOTES THAT 2021 IN THE M D N A WAS NOT UPDATED RELEASES.
SO IT'LL STILL MATCH LAST YEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S JUST GONNA BE SOME ADDITIONAL WRITTEN EXPLANATION ON THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THE NET PENSION LIABILITY LAST YEAR CHANGE TO PENSION ASSET THIS YEAR, IT WAS DEEMED TO BE OVERCROWDED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE, ON THE INTEREST RATE.
DOES, DOES ACOG, WHENEVER WE GO AND LEASE, UH, AN OFFICE SPACE TO SOMEBODY HERE, ARE WE CARRYING THAT? DO WE DETERMINE WHAT THAT THAT INTEREST RATE IS FOR THEM? AND I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO JULIO ON THAT OR TO CLIFF THAT.
WHAT WHAT, WHAT WAS THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN IT? SB 87 IS LIKE WHEN YOU LEASE COPIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S A NIGHTMARE.
CAN I CLARIFY? ARE WE TALKING THE LESS OR THE LESSEE? WHAT, UM, CAN YOU SAY, YOUR QUESTION I'M ASKING IS, IS THAT PERTAINING TO OFFICE SPACE LEASE HERE? CORRECT.
THE, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE, THE, SO THE GOVERNMENT FACT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BOTH.
SO IN THE FACT THAT AOG RENTS THE COPIERS OR IF THEY, I DON'T, THEY DON'T, BUT IF THEY HAD SOMEWHERE DOWN ON JOHNS SPER THAT THEY RENTED OUT UNIT, THAT WOULD BE A LEASE OBLIGATION THAT THEY'VE SIGNED A CONTRACT AND THEY'RE GONNA PAY THIS.
AND THAT INTEREST RATE IS, IF IT'S NOT STATED IN THERE, THEY WOULD COME UP WITH AN INTEREST RATE AND INTEREST RATE ON THIS TERM.
AND WHERE THIS WAS, WAS ON THE LESSOR SIDE WHERE THIS BUILDING AND THEY RENT OUT TO TENANTS.
RIGHT? THEY ALSO PUT THAT ON THE BALANCE SHEET.
NOW AS A RECEIVABLE, THEY'RE GONNA GET THIS MONEY.
SO THEY SIGNED THE FIVE YEAR, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LIST, THE, THE INTEREST RATE THAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THE LESS C THERE'S IN THAT CONTRACT AS OPPOSED TO WHAT THEIR IMPLICIT OR STATED OR TREASURY RATE OR WHATEVER THEY'VE USED FOR THAT.
DID I ANSWER THAT QUESTION RIGHT? YES, YOU DID.
YEAH, WE, WE ACTUALLY HIRED A FIRM TO DO OURS IN OUR COUNTY.
I MEAN WE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TRANSPARENT.
IF YOU SAY IT'S COMPLICATED, IT'S COMPLICATED.
IT'S NOT A COMPLICATED TAKE A MOTION, JUDGE.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU LADIES VERY MUCH.
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DEPARTMENT.AND WHO COORDINATED THE COLORS
THEY SAID HELL, WE OUTTA HERE.
[11. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the 2nd Quarter 2023 financial report. - Julio Elizondo A. Dashboard B. Balance Sheet C. Revenue and Expenditures D. Administrative Budgets E. Quarterly Investment Report]
11, CONSIDERING ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SECOND QUARTER 2023 FINANCIAL REPORT.JULIO, GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.
CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I REACHED CHIEF FINANCIAL, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
TODAY I'LL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE OF OUR FINANCIAL FINANCIAL OF JUNE.
WE WILL COVER OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN DETAIL, BOTH THE BALANCE, BALANCE SHEETS, UH, EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED, RECEIVABLE ACCOUNTS, RECEIV RECEIVABLE, CASH AND INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS OUR STATEMENTS OF S HERE WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL DASHBOARD THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON A MONTHLY BASIS, THAT AS OF THE END OF JUNE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF METRICS HERE THAT ARE KIND OF PROVIDED TO YOU ON A DIFF DIFFERENT, UM, PERSPECTIVE TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE OUR, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT KIND OF THE TWO THAT I KIND OF LIKE TO POINT OUT EVERY, EVERY TIME I PRESENT IS THE PERCENTAGE EARNED IN EXPENSE, WHICH GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET FOR THE YEAR.
SO AT THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE, UH, EXPENDED 51% OF OUR TOTAL BUDGET.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME PROGRAMS THAT HAVE OVERPERFORMED.
WE HAVE OTHERS THAT HAVE UNDERPERFORMED, WHICH I WILL GET INTO MORE, MORE DETAIL IN A FEW MORE SLIDES.
AND THEN THE OTHER THAT I TYPICALLY LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE AGE.
POOL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING, SITTING AT $9.6 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE.
IT'S IN THE, THE LINE WE'LL PUT WITH WHERE WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE YEAR.
UH, AND, AND I'LL GET, UH, INTO MORE DETAIL ON, ON WHICH, WHO ARE OUR TOP FUNDING, TOP OPEN AR CUSTOMERS AT MOMENTS.
AND A FEW MORE SLIDES AS WELL.
OUR BALANCE SHEET, UH, IS HERE.
WE HAVE A SUMMARIZED VIEW OF IT.
SO YOU CAN SEE OUR TOTAL ASSETS ARE 44 POINTS 6 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE.
IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE INCREASE IN ACCOUNT SEALABLE FROM WE WERE A YEAR AGO, AS WELL AS INCREASE IN THE, UM, UM, OUR FIXED ASSETS AS WELL AS THE PENSION ASSET THAT MCKAYLA AND ALYSSA HAD MENTIONED IN THE PAST PRESENTATION.
OUR FUND BALANCES BOTH UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED, UH, BY, BY PROGRAM.
YOU CAN SEE ARE, ARE WHERE EACH PROGRAM LIES AT THE END OF JUNE AND COMPARED TO WHERE WERE A YEAR AGO TO TODAY AS WELL AS LAST MONTH.
AGAIN, WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME PROGRAMS THAT ARE, ARE CONTINUOUSLY ADDING, ADDING TO THEIR FUND BALANCE AND OTHERS THAT HAVE, HAVE USED SOME OF THAT FUND BALANCE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
AND I'LL GET TO THOSE HERE IN THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES AS WELL.
OUR CASH AND INVESTMENTS, VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT $6.1 MILLION AT THE END OF JUNE.
UH, PRETTY MUCH, MUCH IN LINE WITH WHERE WE WERE, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN FOR THE LAST YEAR.
OUR CVS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE PRETTY SIMILAR STILL.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT INTEREST THAT WE HAVE EARNED, UH, FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.
THE INVESTMENT SUMMARY BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACTS.
UH, WE LIST OUT OUR MONEY, MONEY MARKETS, UH, BOTH THE RATES AS WELL AS THE INVESTMENT INVESTMENT POOLS,
AND THEN, AND THEN THE CDS, UH, WHICH WE CURRENTLY HAVE LISTED AS WELL WITH CHURCH, BANK AND TRUST.
UH, WE DID HAVE ONE RECENTLY MATURE, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF THOSE TWO, 2.45%, UM, CDS.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO CHURCH THAT THEY, WE HAVE REVIEWED 5%.
SO THEY'RE CONTINUOUSLY STAYING COMPETITIVE.
UH, AT THE END OF JUNE, WE HAVE EARNED, UM, 55,000 IN TOTAL, TOTAL INTEREST.
SO THAT'S A GREAT, UH, FINANCIAL POSITION TO BE IN.
AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, HERE WE HAVE OUR, WE DID OUR TOP OPEN AR CUSTOMER CUSTOMERS, UH, UP AT THE VERY TOP WE HAVE VETERANS AFFAIRS.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF KIND OF JUST NORMAL BUSINESS.
WE DID, UH, THAT TOTAL BILL UN BILL WAS, UM, UH, MAY.
IT HAS BEEN BILL COLLECTED AS OF, UH, THE BEGINNING OF OF JULY.
THE ONLY OUTSTANDING MONTHLY WE DO HAVE IS JUNE.
WE DO HAVE, IT'S AT $1.44 MILLION.
WE DO HAVE SOME OVER 90, UH, AT THE END OF THE END OF JUNE.
BUT, UH, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT THAT HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
UH, THAT WAS MARCH, MARCH PAYMENT, THE APRIL THROUGH JUNE.
BILLINGS ARE CURRENTLY, APRIL HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, BUT MAY AND JUNE TEX HAS MIGRATED TO, TO A NEW BILLING SOFTWARE THAT THEY'RE USING.
OUR ACCOUNTANT HAS BEEN WORKING, WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE TX DOTS TEAM AND TO GET THOSE UPLOADED INTO THEIR PORTAL.
SO I HAVE NO CONCERN, CONCERNS OR ISSUES.
SHE'S THERE WITH THAT BEING COLLECTED IN NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.
UH, WE ARE CURRENT, CURRENT THERE.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST NORMAL OPERATIONS.
UH, H H S TMTM, HP, THIS IS THE MEDICAID, MEDICAID REVOLUTION, RIGHT? UH, WE DID
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RECEIVE 500 HUNDRED 46,000 ON JULY 7TH.UM, THE, THOSE CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REBUILD THEM 365 DAYS AFTER THE FACT.
UH, I D D JACOB AND HIS TEAM ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME ISSUES WITH THE, THE PROCESS, THE BILLING PROCESS THERE.
UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT GETS RECTIFIED CORRECTED GOING FORWARD.
CAN I ADD ONE THING THERE? YES, SIR.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, BILLING PROCESS ON OUR SIDE.
H H S C IMPLEMENTED A NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO ISN'T QUITE WHAT IT WAS DOING.
UH, BECAUSE WHEN WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVED IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT MOVE OUT OF BEXAR COUNTY AND
EVERYONE WAS TOLD IT TRANSFERRED.
IN REALITY, THE NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM, IT DIDN'T TRANSFER.
SO WHEN WE WOULD SUBMIT A BILL, IT WOULD GET A DENIAL.
AND THE DENIAL IS A VERY BROAD CATEGORY.
SO I HAVE TO REALLY RECOGNIZE JACOB'S STAFF BECAUSE THEY IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE, POINTED OUT TO H H S C WHO HAS NOW CORRECTED THE PROGRAM.
SO GOING FORWARD WE SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT ISSUE.
BUT A LOT OF THE ONES THAT WERE DENIED ARE CAUGHT UP IN THAT TIMING.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO GO BACK AND RESUBMIT THOSE INVOICES.
SO IT'S GONNA TAKE US ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS TO CLEAN UP THAT BACKLOG.
BUT IT WAS REALLY A, A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM ARE DUE TO THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED A YEAR AGO.
AND I'LL SAY JULIO IS MORE HOPEFUL THAN I AM BECAUSE T DOT ALSO IMPLEMENTED AN, THE NEW BILLING PROGRAM THAT HE MENTIONED THEY IMPLEMENTED A YEAR AGO AND IT FAILED.
SO THEY'VE SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED IT AND CORRECTED EVERYTHING AND THEY'RE NOW IMPLEMENTING IT AGAIN.
SO I AM HOLDING MY BREATH THAT IT WORKS AS THEY TELL US TO.
HE'S MUCH MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN I AM.
SO I'M JUST CAUTIONING YOU THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THERE.
UM, CONTINUING ON THE LIST, WE HAVE ALAMO, H H SS, UH, THEY HAVE AN OPEN RECEIVER, 370,000 THAT'S CURRENT AND JUST ON OPERATIONS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I I, I DID WANT, UH, MENTION IS V METRO U Z A.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE MENTIONED THAT THE LAST SEVERAL BOARD MEETINGS, UH, WE DID, WE HAVE, I KNOW IT SAYS LAST, LAST MONTH BILL HERE, BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS AT THE END OF, UH, JUNE.
WE HAVE BILLED AS OF TWO WEEKS AGO ALL THE WAY THROUGH JUNE.
SO, SO THE, THE BALL IS KIND OF, KIND OF VIA COURT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REVIEWING EVERYTHING.
SO PAYMENTS ARE TRICKLING AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, WORRIES THAT THIS WILL GET RESOLVED.
I, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, EVERY CON CONFIDENCE IN THE WORLD THAT IT'S GONNA BE RESOLVED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
AGAIN, THERE WAS JUST ON OUR SIDE, BOTH OUR, OUR SIDE AND THEIR SIDE.
SOME ISSUES, I FEEL IT'S ALL BEEN IDENTIFIED, WORKED OUT WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT.
SO OUR STATE REPRESENT EXPENDITURES AT THE END OF JUNE.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING AT 826,000, UM, IN A SURPLUS, UH, WHICH IS A GREAT POSITION CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT WE BUDGETED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT WOULD BE SITTING AT A DEFICIT OF HUNDRED 70.
AND, UM, GOING INTO MORE DETAIL, THE GENERAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, UH, IS CURRENTLY SITTING $93,000 BELOW BUDGET.
THIS IS A VARI, IT'S DUE TO THE CASE PROGRAM.
UH, THIS MORE OF A TIME ISSUE AND WILL BE CORRECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
ARTS IS CURRENTLY SITTING AT A FOUR 82,000 SURPLUS.
UH, THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED IN OPERATIONS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
M B A ARE CURRENTLY TWO $2.3 MILLION ABOVE BUDGET.
AGAIN, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, ADAM HAS MENTIONED VETERANS DIRECTED IT'S CONTINUING TO, UH, DO REALLY WELL AND JUST GROW EXPONENTIALLY, UH, WHICH HAS KIND OF CAUSED THAT 643,000 SURPLUS.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSED PROPOSING A NEXT PRESENTATION, A BUDGET MODIFICATION TO CORRECT THAT BUDGET.
I B D IS CURRENTLY THOUSAND DOLLARS DEFICIT.
UH, PROGRAM DID PAY OUT THAT SECOND SET OF RETENTION BONUSES THAT, UH, BOARD APPROVED, UH, BACK IN JANUARY.
IN ADDITION, JACOB HAS DEVELOPED A PATENT TO ADMITTED GATES LOSSES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND PROGRAM WE WILL BE PRESENTING A A OR PROPOSING A BUDGET MODIFIC MODIFICATION TO, UH, CORRECT THAT, CORRECT THAT BUDGET AS WELL.
NATURAL RESOURCES IS CURRENT CURRENTLY $435,000 BELOW THE BUDGET.
ON THE REVENUE SIDE, UH, IT'S MAINLY DUE TO THE CCO AND THE DEAR REGRETS.
UH, THE DEAR, THE DEAR REGRETS, UH, IS ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY PROPOSING A BUDGET MODIFICATION AS WELL THERE TO DECREASE THAT BUDGET.
UH, PROGRAM HAD TROUBLE FINDING A SUB-RECIPIENT, SO WE'LL BE DE OBLIGATING THOSE FUNDS.
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AND, AND IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY IT, YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD A GRANT, UH, FOR H E B A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.THEY PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT AND THEN THEY WANTED TO BUY ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ELECTRIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
SO WE GOT THE DIRA GRANT, THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS AND THEY NO LONGER WANT TO PURCHASE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND WE HAVE SPOKEN TO EVERYBODY, UH, SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION, PORT SA.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO HALF THE WORLD AND WE CAN'T FIND ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN HAVING THE GRANT TO PURCHASE THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO DELIGATE AND RETURN THE MONEY.
SO IT WAS, YES MA'AM, A FAIRLY SPECIALIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY 170,000 OF OUR BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
UM, ANY DUE TO OUR DEAL? E GRANT, UH, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU.
I SHORTLY IN THE BUDGET, UH, MODIFICATION PRESENTATION, UH, TO CORRECT THAT BUDGET.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING EIGHT, 8% UNDER BUDGET.
A GREAT POSITION TO BE IN, IN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT IN DIRECT, UH, EXPENSES AS AS POSSIBLE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE WILLING HAVE ANSWER.
FOR YOU OVER, FOR THE WRITEOFFS, IS THERE A POLICY OF WHAT, HOW YOU WRITE
IT REALLY COMES UP AFTER THEY'VE EXHAUSTED THE ABILITY TO COLLECT, UH, THEN IT GOES THROUGH THE CHAIN OF APPROVALS AND IT ULTIMATELY, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE IN I D D AND THEY GO TO JACOB AND THEN ME FOR FINAL SIGN OFF AND APPROVAL.
AND I HAVE TO SAY THE PERCENTAGE, WE CAN BRING THE PERCENTAGE BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION NEXT MONTH, BUT OUR WRITE OFF IS VERY, VERY SMALL.
WITHIN 1% I BELIEVE IS MM-HMM.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR CONTRERAS, SECOND BY JUDGE EVANS.
ANY OPPOSED? HEARS? THANK YOU.
[12. Consider and act upon the presentation and recommendation to request Board of Directors approval of the 2023 AACOG Budget Modifications. - Jhoan Torres ]
NUMBER 12 IS BY, UH, JOHN TORRES CONSIDERING ACT UPON PRESENTATION.RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVAL OF THE 2023 ACOG BUDGET MOD MODIFICATIONS.
UH, MORNING CHAIRMAN MEMBERS BOARD NAME IS HOLDER HERE IN ACOG FOR TODAY ARE PROPOSED BUDGET MODIFICATIONS.
UH, SO TO START, WE'RE GONNA GO, UH, DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR BUDGET CERTIFICATIONS HIGH LEVEL, THEN I'M GONNA GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY.
WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GO PROGRAM BY PROGRAM AND SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, HERE'S A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW LIKE I MENTIONED.
SO, SO OUR TOTAL DIRECT EXPENDITURES AND INDIRECT, CURRENTLY OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, YEAR $79 MILLION OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
YOU GUYS APPROVED THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS.
AND IN THE TOTAL OF $617,000 FOR SUB TOTAL OF ABOUT 79.6 MILLION AS OF TODAY.
HERE, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOU TO THE FOURTH ROW.
UH, IN THIS, THIS IS CONTINUATION OF THE LAST SLIDE SLIDE.
SO LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH A $79 MILLION BUDGET, ABOUT 600 K IN ADJUSTMENTS YEAR TO DATE.
AND NOW TODAY I'M BRINGING AN EXPENDITURE MODIFICATION OF ABOUT $6.5 MILLION, BRINGING US TO A TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF 86.1 MILLION.
THESE ARE THE, I HAVE AN OVERVIEW, WE'RE GONNA GO PROGRAM BY PROGRAM.
WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THIS SLIDE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION.
THE LAST ROW, UH, OUR TOTAL CHANGE IN CHANGE REVENUES IS GONNA BE ABOUT $8.2 MILLION.
EXPENDITURES ABOUT 6.5 MILLION FOR A NET REVENUE EXPENDITURE CHANGE OF ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.
SO STARTING WITH MILITARY VETERAN AFFAIRS ARE CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THERE IS GONNA BE ABOUT $9.3 MILLION IN REVENUES AND ABOUT $7.5 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.
AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THOSE CHANGES ARE GOING TO BE, UH, ONE, LIKE THERE WAS EARLIER BEFORE VETERANS HAS JUST KIND OF CONTINUED TO BLOW
UM, SO WE ARE GONNA BE RAISING THOSE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S KEY TO MENTION HERE IS BECAUSE WE WERE AWARDED RIGHTS FOR TEXAS ZEROS, ZEROS GRANTS EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE HAD BUDGETED TO COVER THOSE GRANTS THAT ARE, OR TO COVER THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ARE VETERANS RESTRICTED FUNDING.
SO NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE, MOVING ON TO I D D, UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A DECREASE OF,
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OR WE'RE PROPOSING REVENUE DECREASE OF $1.22 MILLION OUT OF EXPENSES OF ABOUT $900,000.AND LIKE, UH, MS MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT'S GONNA BE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT DECREASED MEDICAID REVENUE.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DECREASING EXPENDITURES TO ESSENTIALLY THE ESSENTIALS.
UH, THERE WERE ALSO SUBCONTRACTORS THAT DROPPED OFF, SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO DECREASE THAT AS WELL.
THAT'S FOR RESOURCES LIKE IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE LAST PRESENTATION IS GONNA, THAT THE OBLIGATION OF THE DR FUNDING, THAT'S GONNA BE BULK OF THAT CHANGE IN, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
AND THERE IS ALSO, UH, OUR T C Q BUDGET NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
UH, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN EXPECTED ON THE BUDGET.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT UP TO THE CORRECT FORECAST FIGURES, REGIONAL SERVICES THERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A DECREASE IN OR PROPOSING A REVENUES DECREASE OF $16,000, AN EXPENDITURE OF THE SAME.
UH, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS GOING TO BE WHENEVER WE PREPARE OUR FORECAST AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR 2022, UH, WE HAD GONE GONE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN EXPECTED PROGRAM SPENT A LITTLE MORE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR OUR FUNDING THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
AND CONSERVATION IS GONNA BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
THEY EXPECT PROGRAM FORECASTED TO EXPAND THE MONEY AND DIDN'T DO IT.
SO WE'RE MOVING THAT FORWARD TO 2023, ADJUSTING OUR BUDGET UP.
FURTHERMORE, WE'RE MOVING OUR PROGRAM IS MOVING FUNDS FROM COORDINATION TO THEIR IMPLEMENTATION TASKS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH PROGRAM TO, YOU KNOW, FORECAST THAT OUT AND ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS WILL SUSPENDED FOR, WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW CHANGE OF $180,000 IN EXPENDITURES OF THE SAME.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.
UM, LIE E, WHENEVER WE FORECAST FORECASTED THAT BUDGET OUT OR WE PREPARED THE BUDGET, WE USE OUR 2022 BUDGET OR THE CONTRACT THAT WE WERE AWARDED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CONTRACT ON HAND FOR 23.
SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR 23, WE'RE BRINGING THAT BALANCE UP TO THE CORRECT FIGURES.
AND THE D O E WE RECEIVED MORE FUNDING FOR FFY FFY 24 THAN EXPECTED WAS BUDGETS.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL, THAT FOR THE TIME WE'RE PROPOSING A REVENUE ADJUSTMENT OF $250,000.
UM, IT MIGHT NOT INCREASING EXPENDITURES THERE.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS, SO EARLIER IN THE YEAR, UM, IF MEMORY RECALLS, THERE WAS A STORM, RIGHT? AND WE HAD SOME FLOODING IN OUR STAIRCASE.
SO BECAUSE OF THAT IT HAD A LOT OF DAMAGE.
WE RECEIVED, UM, SUM INSURANCE MONEY TO FIX THOSE ISSUES.
AND SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST, ADJUST REVENUES.
AND WHEN THE BUDGET WAS, BUDGET WAS PREPARED FOR 2023, I HAD KIND OF, UH, THIS IS A GOOD ERROR I GUESS TO HAVE.
UH, WE HAD PROJECTED EXPENDITURES HIGHER WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SO ACROSS TO, UH, OUR BUILDING MANAGEMENT TEAM, THEY REALLY KEPT EXPENSES.
SO, UM, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'RE NOT GONNA TO ADJUST THAT EXPENDITURES SHIFT REVENUES.
SO NOW, NOW I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE AND REQUEST, REQUEST APPROVAL FOR, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL.
UH, MR. HERBERG, WHERE, WHERE ARE WE ON OUR SMALL LITTLE, UH, LAWSUIT WITH OUR FORMER OWNER OF THE BUILDING? WE ARE STILL, UH, AWAITING TO TRIAL.
SO WE'RE IN THE HANDS OF THE COURTS? YES, YES, I KNOW THAT.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY, BY, UH, I'M, I'M MOVED IT.
MR. HAS LOCKER SECOND BY MAYOR DELEON.
ANY, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
[13. Agency Contract Performance Report - Diane Rath]
RIGHT.AGENCY CONTRACT PERFORMANCE REPORT.
I HAVE A VERY SHORT REPORT BECAUSE I'M VERY PLEASED THAT THE AGENCY'S PERFORMANCE OVERALL IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL.
IF YOU LOOK AT AGING, IF I DON'T POINT IT OUT, WILL WILL POINT IT OUT TO YOU.
SO HE IS VERY PROUD AND WE ARE VERY RELIEVED THAT AGING HAS MET THAT ALL OF THEIR PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR TWO MONTHS IN A ROW.
SO AGING BOTH
AND ART, I REALLY HAVE TO THANK SEAN BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING NOMINAL JOBS.
UH, EARLIER, EARLIER JUDGES HEARD THEIR REPORT AND UH, THEY'VE ONLY ONLY MISSED ONE TARGET THAT'S IN MCQUEEN.
'CAUSE OUR INDIVIDUAL'S A DIALYSIS PATIENT THAT PASSED AWAY AND WE HAVE NOT REPLACE, REPLACE THAT ONE
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PATIENT.SO, UH, OTHERWISE THEY ARE EXCEEDING ALL OF THEIR BENCHMARKS.
BENCHMARKS ON I D D.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THEY'VE HAD SOME PERFORMANCE ISSUES THIS YEAR.
THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED THEIR CORRECTED, UH, ACTIONS INTERNALLY AND THEY'RE, UH, CERTAINLY ARE IMPROVING.
UH, THEY MISSED ONE IN JUNE, UH, FOR TYPE B FOR GENERAL REVENUE AND THAT'S THE ONE WE REALLY MAKE MONEY ON.
UH, BUT WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT, THAT WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
YOU SEE THIS MONTH'S RESULTS ON WEATHERIZATION.
AND, AND ALICIA, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.
UH, HE WILL SEE THAT OUR AVERAGE COST IS, UH, LOW AND OR TOO HIGH ABOVE OUR BENCHMARK.
AND THAT WILL DECREASE AS WE DO MORE HOMES 'CAUSE THAT AVERAGE COST LEVELS OUT AS WE COMPLETE MORE HOMES 'CAUSE THAT THAT CONTRACT, UH, IS ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH.
AND THAT WILL BE FINE 'CAUSE WE'RE ON TARGET FOR OUR NUMBERS COMPLETED.
UH, ON D O E I'M VERY PLEASED THEY DID YEOMAN'S WORK ALL JUNE CLOSING OUT HOMES.
AND SO WE HIT OUR TARGET AND WE COMPLETED 50 UNITS.
SO WE HAD ONE EXTRA HOUSE AND, UH, WHAT COST THERE YOU CAN SEE THAT JUST FINE.
SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB AND I'M GONNA CONTINUE AS I DID EARLIER, TO BEG FOR REFERRAL REFERRALS AND ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RECORD AND REALLY INVEST THE, INVEST THE DOLLARS THAT WILL BE COMING FOR AUTHORIZATION IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY, UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REPORT.
OKAY, MAYOR DENNIS AND MAYOR CONTRERAS.
[14. Consider and act upon the recommendation to submit a comment letter to TxDOT regarding the 2024 Draft Unified Transportation Program (UTP) - Diane Rath]
14 ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS CONSIDER AND ACT UPON THE RECOMMENDATION TO SUBMIT A COMMENT LETTER TO TEXT DOT REGARDING THE 2024 DRAFT UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.IS IT ALL RIGHT WITH YOUR PERMISSION? AND I'LL JUST SPEAK FROM HERE.
UH, THIS IS AN ITEM, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING ITS U T P PLAN THAT IS THEIR 10 YEAR PLAN FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION.
UH, SO WE ARE COMMENDING THEM ON THE ACTIONS THEY'RE TAKEN, BUT THE REAL THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ACOG IS ON THE SECOND PAGE.
UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR
UH, WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FUNDING.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT TRANSIT AND YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC THAT'S ON 35, AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPTION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO RUN, UH, WITH FUNDING.
SO WE'RE URGING THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO, UH, URGING THEM TO DO PLANNING IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.
JUST FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION UNDER THE FEDERAL LAW PLANNING DOLLARS DIRECTLY TO YOUR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THE NPOS ARE UNDER FEDERAL LAW RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PLANNING IN THEIR REGION.
IF YOU'RE A RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND WE, WE HAVE A RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION AT ACOG, THAT FUNDING IS DISCRETIONARY.
THE STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY CAN GIVE IT TO THE R P O SO THEY CAN DO THEIR OWN PLANNING.
IN FACT, WASHINGTON STATE EVEN ADDS GR TO IT.
UM, OUR TEXAS TXDOT RETAINS THAT MONEY.
SO ALL PLANNING FOR THE RURAL AREAS IS DONE BY, UH, TDOT.
SO IN OUR AREA, WE CAN'T CONTROL OUR OWN FUTURE WITH THE EXPLOSIVE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING IN ALL OF OUR COUNTIES IN OUR REGION.
SO WE'RE URGING THEM TO REALLY DO PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.
UH, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS GOVERNMENT, UH, ENTITIES CAN'T RESERVE RIGHT OF WAYS UNLESS IT'S IN A PLAN.
WELL, IF THEY HAVEN'T DONE THE PLAN AND INCLUDED THAT RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, PRESERVE IT.
AND ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT EXPENSE IS JUST GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER WHILE IT'S NOT IN A PLAN.
SO WE'RE URGING THEM TO PLEASE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, THESE COMMENTS, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
GOT JUDGE EVANS SECOND BY MAYOR DENNIS.
ANY DISCUSSION? YES, DIANE, ONCE YOU GET THAT LETTER, WILL WE GET TO RECEIVE A COPY OF IT? OH, IT'S IN YOUR NOTEBOOK.
IT'S UNDER, UH, AGENDA ITEM 14.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO SEND YOU AN ADDITIONAL ONE IF YOU'D LIKE IT.
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DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF HOW THAT LETTER WILL BE RECEIVED BY, UH, TEX? WILL IT BE IGNORED OR WILL IT BE, UH,I'M NOT ANTICIPATING THAT ANY THING WILL CHANGE, BUT AT LEAST IT IS ON THE RECORD AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
[15. Consider and act upon recommendation to authorize the executive director of AACOG to enter into a subrecipient funding agreement between AACOG and VIA Metropolitan Transit for an amount not to exceed $650,000. These funds are for public transportation operations in the San Antonio and New Braunfels Urbanized Area (UZA) and do not require a budget amendment. - Sean Scott]
15, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACOG TO ENTER INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ACOG AND VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $650,000.THESE FUNDS ARE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO AND NEW BRAUNFELS URBANIZED AREA U C A AND DO NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, THIS ITEM HONOR, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO, UH, CONTINUE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AND ILLINOIS COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ON THIS.
IS THAT FOLLOWING THE 2020 10TH CENSUS, THE CITY'S NEW BRAUNFELS SHORTS, MARION AND PORT PORT OF GU, LUPE COUNTY, WERE WERE MERGED INTO WHAT WE CALL THE SAN ANTONIO URBANIZED AREA.
AND AT THAT TIME, THEY BECAME SUBJECTED SUBJECT TO, TO 53 0 7 URBAN TRANSPORTATION.
SO IN JANUARY OF 2014, VIA METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AS THE F FT, A DESIGNATED AND DIRECT SAFETY OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION FUNDS IN THE REGION ENTERED INTO A SUB AGREEMENT WITH ACCO TO HAVE ALAMO REGIONAL TRANSIT PROVIDE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO THESE NEWLY IDENTIFIED CITIES.
THIS AGREEMENT WAS ESSENTIAL TO TRANSPORTATION FOR RESIDENTS IN THIS U V A THAT WOULD'VE OTHERWISE GONE AND SERVED.
SKIP AHEAD TO THE RESULTS FROM THE 2020 CENSUS ARE ABOUT A WHOLE NOTHER CITY SERIES OF CHANGES TO THIS REGIME, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT PREDICTED.
FIRST THING IS THE CITY CITIES OF CHURCH AND CIVIL REMAIN UNCHANGED.
THEY'RE GOING TO STAY IN THE SAN ANTONIO GATE AND THEY'LL BE USED IN THAT FUNDING SOURCE FOR THEIR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
MARION MCQUEEN WILL RETURN TO THE PRE 2010 ZONING ZONING AND THE UNDER THE RURAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDING STATUS.
AND THEN THE CITY, THE CITY OF VILLES WAS CARVED OUT OF
UH, AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN, THEIR OWN FUNDING ALLOCATIONS WHEN FUNDS AVAILABLE.
SO AS I STATED, THESE CHANGES WERE NOT EXPECTED AND BECAUSE OF THIS, METROPOLITAN TRANSIT HAS AGREED TO EXTEND THE CURRENT FUNDING AGREEMENT TO, FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR TO NEEDED TIME TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT SOME KIND OF SERVICE.
THIS AGREEMENT IS NEEDED INSTRUCTIONS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE U C A AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR THE EFFECTIVE PARTIES TO PLAN ON HOW TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES IN THE FUTURE.
SO STAFF DOES RE RECOMMEND THAT YOU AUTHORIZE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH KIA FOR UP TO $650,000, UH, OF SIX SECTION 3 0 7 TRANSPORTATION FUNDS TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE U Z A.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER TO THAT ON THIS AGREEMENT? ADDRESS TIMELY PAYMENT STILL THERE? HANG JUST A SECOND.
THE YEAR OR IS THAT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? UH, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE? OH, I'M SORRY.
I, I I WAS TALKING ABOUT MARYANNE, IS THAT, UH, JUST FOR, UH, A YEAR, UH, EXTENSION FOR MARIAN RURAL C MUNI OR IS THAT A UM, CONTINUATION? YOU KNOW, SO, SO THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR THE U Z A ION AND MCKINNEY BOTH STEPPED, STEPPED OUT OF THE U A SO NOW YOU'LL GO INTO THE RURAL FUNDING AGREEMENTS AND IT'S ALREADY COVERED AND THAT'LL GO TILL THE NEXT CENSUS, RIGHT? JUDGE EVANS, DOES THIS ADDRESS THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE FROM IN THIS AGREEMENT?
I REALLY HAVE TO RECOGNIZE OUR ACCOUNTANT THAT RETURNED TO US.
ROBERT GUMBO IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'VE SEEN THE LAST SIX MONTHS EXPEDITED AND VIA HAS A NEW ACCOUNTANT THAT'S WORKING VERY, VERY WELL WITH US.
SO EACH OF THE ENTITIES, I THINK WE'RE AT A GOOD PLACE NOW.
SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC 'CAUSE THEY'VE HAD THEIR ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS. WE'VE HAD OUR ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS, BUT WE NOW THINK THAT WE'VE SOLVED THE PROBLEM ON BOTH SIDES.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALRIGHT, WE GOT THE MAYOR, MAYOR BRADLEY.
IT'S MY FIRST YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT.
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UP.ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[16. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve and submit the Alamo Area Agency on Aging and Bexar Area Agency on Aging 2024-2026 Area Plans to the Texas Health & Human Services Commission. -- William J. McKnight]
ITEM NUMBER 16, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE AND SUBMIT THE ALAMO AREA AGENCY ON AGING AND BAR AREA AGENCY ON AGING 24 THROUGH 26 AREA PLANS TO TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.MR. MCKNIGHT, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS, BOARD DIRECTOR OF AGING AND MILITARY.
I THINK FOR THE NEXT THREE ITEMS, THIS BEING THE FIRST, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AGING AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION TO MILITARY AFFAIRS.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE AREA POINT HERE AND THE, THIS IS THE AGENDA THAT I'LL FOLLOW.
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE, IN AS PART OF THIS, THIS PRESENTATION IS, YOU'LL SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN YELLOW WE'RE TRYING TO COVER.
THIS IS A KEY STRATEGIC STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT WILL COVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
UH, AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS I WANTED TO ENCAPSULATE THE SIMILARITIES IN REGARDS TO SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FROM H H S C IN SUPPORTING OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY, BOTH WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY AND THEN WITHIN OUR RURAL AREAS.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, NEXT SLIDE.
REGARDING DIRECTIVES, AGAIN, THIS IS A REQUIREMENT, UH, UNDER SECTION 3 3 0 6 OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT.
OUR BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE THIS, ONCE THIS DOCUMENT IS APPROVED, THERE WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2023.
OUR CURRENT TIMELINE THAT WE'RE OPERATING ON IS WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT SUBMITTED BY, BY THE 31ST OF JULY.
AND THIS, UH, PRESENTATION TO YOU IS OUR, OUR FINAL STEP PRIOR TO SUB FINAL EDITING AND THEN SUBMITTING TO H H S C.
AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME, SOME ADJUDICATION BETWEEN THE AGENCIES AND, AND H H SS C AS WE FINALIZE THE DOCUMENT IN, IN PREPARATION TO, FOR IT TO BECOME EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE ON THE 1ST OF OCTOBER.
WHAT I'VE DONE IS, UH, WE DO HAVE BOTH DOCUMENTS IN YOUR, IN YOUR FOLDERS THERE.
I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, HIGHLIGHT SECTION.
AND I'M REALLY GONNA, REALLY GONNA FOCUS MY ATTENTION ON IS SECTION EIGHT.
THAT'S THE MOST, MOST CRITICAL PORTION WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOALS.
GOALS, OBJECTIVES OF STRATEGIES.
UH, SO WHAT I WANT DO IS JUST HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE'RE WE'RE OPERATING UNDER AND AS WE'RE PREPARING THE, THE PLAN TO SUPPORT IT.
UH, IT WAS REALLY A NEED BASED PLAN WAS FOCUSED ON TWO THREE CRITICAL NEEDS, UH, TRANSPORTATION, HOME DELIVERED MEALS AND PROVIDER SERVICES.
WHAT, WHAT I FOUND JUST COMING IN.
'CAUSE THIS IS THE PLAN WE'RE CURRENT OPERATING UNDER.
IT WAS, UH, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO, TO BUILD NEW, INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE IDEAS, TO ESTABLISH NEW PARTNERSHIPS.
WHAT I FOUND IS, UH, WHEN WE CAME UP WITH NEW IDEAS, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DELAY FROM H H S C TO GET APPROVAL.
UM, AND THIS IS PART, IT WAS PARTLY DUE BY DESIGN, BASED OFF WHAT WAS OCCURRING.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CONSIDERED PRIORITIES, AND THIS IS WHAT WE OPERATED UNDER.
SO AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, YOU'RE SEEING A NEW, UH, KEY AREA TOPIC AND WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S INTERESTING HERE, THOSE TOP THREE NEEDS ACTUALLY NEATLY FOLD, RIGHT? RIGHT.
UNDER ITEM ONE, THE O A A CORE PROGRAMS. SO THERE'S SOME SYNERGY, SYNERGY AND SYNCHRONIZATION AS WE BUILD MUCH, MUCH LARGER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE AREA PLAN BY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE US MORE FLEX, MORE FLEXIBILITY IN QUICKLY IDENTIFYING, IMPLEMENTING NEW PLANS IN SUPPORT OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WILL I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT THAT IN 22 WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF COVID.
AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH IN 21 AND 22, ABSOLUTELY.
TO PUT THAT IN CONTEXT JUST A LITTLE BIT.
SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I WANNA JUST TO REMIND EVERY ONE OF THE TIME PERIOD.
METHODOLOGY AND, AND HOW WE CAME TOGETHER IN REGARDS TO DEVELOPING THIS AREA PLAN.
UH, I, WE, UPON US RECEIV, KEEPING INITIAL GUIDANCE IN AS A FORMER DIRECTORS C UH, WE SAT DOWN WITH THE, THE STAFF AND DEVELOPED A METHODOLOGY.
AND I, I FORMULATED A METHOD METHODOLOGY BY WHAT I CALLED THE THREE DOS, WHAT WE MUST DO, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO.
AND THEN I TOOK THAT, I TOOK THAT METHODOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT AND I BRIEFED IT TO BOTH THE, OUR ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE ASAC AND BSAC, UH, AND ASKED THEM, UH, HEY, HELP ME IDENTIFY WHAT BLIND SPOTS.
AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AS THIS DOCUMENT AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, WE, WE, THROUGH OUR STAFF INPUT ANALYSIS, WE SUBMITTED DRAFT DOCUMENTS TO BOTH, BOTH THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
AND THEY HAD APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE
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OVER, A LITTLE OVER THREE WEEKS TO REALLY FOCUSED ON THIS SECTION EIGHT.'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT WE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK, SUBSEQUENTLY INTEGRATED THAT INTO THE DOCUMENT.
AND THEN I WENT UP AGAIN WEEKEND BEFORE LAST AND BRIEFED THIS PORTION, SECTION EIGHT OF THE AAC JUST AS A PRECURSOR BEFORE COMING TO YOU.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SITTING HERE, AND WE'VE SEEN THOSE GREEN DOTS HERE.
WE'RE SITTING ON THE 26TH OF JULY PENDING YOUR APPROVAL.
WE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY PACKAGE THIS DUE FINAL EDITS AND THEN SUBMIT, UH, TO H H S C.
THEY WILL THEN REVIEW THE DOCUMENT.
AND I'M ANTICIPATING AN EXCHANGE OF DIFFERENT GUIDANCE, DIFFERENT IDEAS AS WE'VE WORK TO SOLIDIFY, UH, BOTH THE AREA PLANS FOR, FOR BEAR AND ALAMO.
AND THEN I WILL THEN COME BACK TO BOTH OF OUR ADVISORY ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THE ASAC AND BSAC AND BACK, BRIEF THEM ON WHAT CHANGES HAS OCCURRED AS PER H H S C GUIDANCE.
SO THIS IS THE PLANNING AND WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO FOCUS THE TARGETED STRATEGY IN FOCUS ERRORS WAS SPECIFICALLY THESE ARE DIRECTED BY H H S C.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GREATEST ECONOMIC NEED, SOCIAL NEED, INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT, LOW INCOME MINORITY POPULATIONS, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCIES, RESIDENTS RESIDING IN, IN RURAL AREAS, SEVERE DISABILITIES AS ALZHEIMER'S.
AND THEN ALSO A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON CAREGIVER AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT.
SO IN US DEVELOPING OUR SPECIFIC TARGETS, OUR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES IN PART IN DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH INSTITUTING NO NEW PROGRAMS, THESE ARE KIND OF OUR GUIDING RULES THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO FOLLOW IN ORDER TO GET, UH, TO EXECUTE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AND THOSE TWO PHOTOS, WE HAVE CAPTION HERE.
THE FIRST ONE IS OUR OPERATION COOL FAN DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.
WE HAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GONZABA FOUNDATION, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF A 415 FANS.
SO WE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE, BOTH THE RURAL AREAS AS WELL, WITHIN MAY COUNTY.
AND THEN THE SECOND PHOTO YOU SEE THERE, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE PARTNERSHIP WITH ENABLED DENTAL, UH, THAT WE, UH, EXECUTED IN RIO COUNTY, WHERE WE WERE ACTUALLY PROVIDING DENTAL SUPPORT TO, UH, TO CITIZENS WITHIN THAT COUNTY.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING DO IS START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE CORE PROGRAMS. AND WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS FOCUS IN VERY GENERAL TERMS, UH, AND JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF COMPONENTS IN REGARDS TO SUPPORTING YOU.
UH, THE FIRST ONE AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE, AND AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVES ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN RED IS, AND BEAR, AND IF IT'S RELATED TO YELLOW.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME.
OKAY? SO THE KEY THING IS IN RE IN REGARDS TO THE GOALS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THEY'RE EXACTLY THE SAME.
BUT THE CHALLENGES, AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, WE'RE IN TWO SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANTLY VERY DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS.
SO WHEN IN BEXAR COUNTY AND DOING OPERATE, DOING OUTREACH IN BEXAR COUNTY, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, THE RURAL AREAS, CASES WE DON'T HAVE.
SO IT, IT IS, IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO FIND THOSE RIGHT PARTNERSHIPS WHERE WE CAN AGGRESSIVELY CONDUCT OUTREACH TO, TO ATTRACT AND PROVIDE PEOPLE THE, THE INFORMATION AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
SO HERE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON A, A CONSISTENT DELIVERY MODEL, UH, BOTH IN REGARDS TO US BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE AND HOME DELIVERED MEALS.
AND ALSO YOU'LL SEE THE, THE STRESSING, STRESSING OF INCREASED AWARENESS, AWARENESS IN REGARDS TO COMBATING ELDER ABUSE.
UH, AND WHAT WE ALSO DO, OR WHAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FOCUS ON AS WE, AS WE DEVELOP THIS PLAN COVERING THE NEXT TWO, TWO YEARS, WE WANT TO FOCUS ON A VERY AGGRESSIVE AWARENESS STRATEGY BY WHICH WE'RE SIGNIFICANT.
WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN LARGE NUMBERS.
WE, WE'VE REALLY IMPLEMENTED A POLICY FOR OUTREACH WHERE IT IS NOT THE OUTREACH PERSON, THAT ONE PERSON THAT'S CONDUCTING OUR OUTREACH.
EVERY SINGLE PERSON, EVERY SINGLE ENGAGEMENT IS OUT DOING OUTREACH.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE REPRESENTING US EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING WORK IN DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING OUR PROGRAMS TO MAKE SURE THE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT SERVICES WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
THIS, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EMPHASIZING HERE THE THEME OF STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIPS.
UH, AND AGAIN, WHAT YOU'LL SEE THE TREND, ALL THE REST OF THE, THE REMAINING SLIDES REINFORCING THE OUTREACH STRATEGY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT CAPACITY WE'RE IN.
UH, YOU'LL SEE HERE SPECIFIC FOCUS ON TITLE THREE AND TITLE VII SERVICES.
THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO, WITH TITLE SEVEN, IS IN RELATION TO OUR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS. TITLE THREE SERVICES IN RELATION TO SENIOR SUPPORT, RECEIVING
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SENIOR CAREGIVER SUPPORT.WE WILL PROVIDE, UH, OTHER SENIOR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE.
SO WE'RE REALLY TR TRYING TO FOCUS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE INCREASED AWARENESS AND TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS UNDERSTAND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR, AT OUR DISPOSAL.
IN REGARDS TO OUR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM WITH THE TITLE VII RESPONSIBILITIES, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE DO HAVE IS THIS IS REALLY ABOUT RECRUITING AND RETENTION OF OMBUDSMAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS. AND CURRENTLY WHERE WE'RE SIT, BAY COUNTY, I MEAN IN SUPPORT OF BAY UH, AGING, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 34 VOLUNTEERS.
AND ON THE ALAMOS, WE'RE SITTING AT 29 VOLUNTEERS.
AGAIN, VERY, VERY STRONG CONTINUAL VOLUNTEERS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO CULTIVATE, SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUT TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS WHAT CHALLENGES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITHIN THE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SENIOR CENTER OR A SENIOR FACILITY CONCEPT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, GET THEIR VOICES BEING HEARD.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE WE PUT A LOT OF FOCUS AND CONTINUE TO JUST CULTIVATE THAT RELATIONSHIP.
NEXT SLIDE HERE, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING, AND YOU'RE SEEING THE THERE, UH, JUST BY THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE, IT WAS A C OVID 19 FOCUS, BUT I'M REALLY, UM, WHILE THAT WE'LL WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT, THAT RESURGENCE COMP, WE'RE SEEING REPORTS AT VERY SMALL NUMBERS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME INCREASES IN REGARDS TO COVID.
BUT WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS OUTREACH.
AND THIS IS REALLY, IF WE DO GO BACK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT PROVIDING SOCIAL REASSURANCE, UH, WE HAVE ASSERTIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT'S AVAILABLE BOTH AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT AND WE CAN LEVER LEVERAGE THESE TYPES OF RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S, UH, ISSUING OF IPADS, UH, TO PEOPLE TO TRY TO, UH, PROVIDE MULTIPLE FORMS OF ASSISTANCE DEVICES TO COMBAT THAT LONELINESS THAT PEOPLE MAY POTENTIALLY FEEL AND HAVE EXPERIENCE AS WE'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH THAT, OUR, OUR VERSION OF COVID.
AND IF WE GO BACK TO THAT, WE WANT MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE POSTURED BETTER PREPARED, PREPARED TO ADDRESS THAT AS NEEDED.
AND HERE WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING SPECIFICALLY, THIS, THIS IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING OR NETWORK.
UH, IT'S ABOUT ACCESS AND THIS IS TELECOM COMMUNICATION AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER HAND IN HAND.
TELECOMMUNICATION, VIRTUAL RESOURCE AWARENESS, TECHNOLOGY LITERACY.
IF WE'RE SETTING THE CONDITIONS NOW, WE'RE ABLE TO LEVERAGE PROGRAMS THAT IN THE EVENT OF SOME TYPE OF EMERGENCY, BETTER POSTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OUR ELDERLY POPULATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON HERE, THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL LOOK.
IT'S US MAKING SURE WE HAVE BACK MECHANISMS IN REGARDS TO PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.
IT'S ENSURING THAT OUR MONITORING PROGRAMS ARE IN PLACE.
IT'S ENSURING THAT WE HAVE PROPERLY TRAINED PERSONNEL IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND OUR PROVIDING ACCURATE INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS ALSO, AND WE WERE AWARDED, UH, CREATING MATERIALS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON UNDERSERVED, UH, COMMUNITIES.
WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE DIRECTLY FOCUSED ON THE DEAF COMMUNITY.
WE'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S HAVING THESE RESOURCES ENHANCED YOUR ABILITY TO CONDUCT OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
AND HERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG-TERM, UH, CARE.
AND THIS IS ABOUT RESOURCE AWARENESS.
IT'S ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO PROPERLY AND ADEQUATELY COVERAGE CASE MANAGEMENT.
UH, WE HAVE OUR HOUSING HOUSING NAVIGATOR, OUR LOCAL CONTACT AGENT, OUR OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS, AGAIN, PROVIDE THAT COORDINATED AS THAT PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF IN-HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED LONG TERM CARE SERVICES THAT ENABLES OLDER TEXAS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NEEDS TO BE ACTIVE.
AND IF THEY HAVE ISSUES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHERE, WHERE THEY CAN GO AND WE'RE POINTING THEM IN THE ACCURATE DIRECTION TO GET WHATEVER ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE ADDRESSED.
AND HERE WE'RE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON CAREGIVING SIDE.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO EMPHASIZE ON THIS SLIDE SPECIFICALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS TO IT.
IT ALLUDES TO OUR GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM AND DIANE HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, AS WE'RE WORKING TO COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SUPPORT OUR PARENTS RAISING GRAND RELIGION PROGRAM, UH, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS UT HEALTH AND WELLMED.
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KIND OF WORK THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BETTER ENABLE US TO LAY TO LE LEVERAGE, UH, HIGH LEVEL SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.AND THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY GONNA BE NO CHANGE.
IT'S REALLY TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONDUCTING MORE PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONDUCTING MORE AGGRESSIVE.
YOU, YOU'RE NOT SEEING ONE OF MY FOLKS IN YOUR OFFICE OR IN YOUR AREA.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY NEED TO, WE WE'RE OUT THERE BECAUSE OF, WE, WE ARE WORKING AGGRESSIVELY TO BE OUT THERE, BUT WE WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO PUT QUICKLY DO IN THIS OVERVIEW IS JUST CONDUCT, JUST HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION OF SECTION SECTION EIGHT OF THE AREA PLAN.
UH, WE ADDRESS SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY AND WE GOT THIS DOCUMENT TOGETHER AND WE REVIEWED THE CORE COMPONENT OF, AGAIN, SECTION EIGHT IS THE KEY TO THE OBJECTIVES STRATEGIES THAT WE PLAN ON SUBMITTING FOR, UH, SUBSEQUENT HH SC APPROVAL.
SO PENDING ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, NATURALLY OUR STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND SUBMISSION OF BOTH THE DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT ENTERTAIN MOTION TO APPROVE, APPROVE APPROVAL OF.
I'VE GOT STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF THE ALAMO AREA AGING AND AIR AGENCIES, UH, F F F Y 2024.
UH, GOT A MOTION BY MR. HAS LOCKER.
WE LOOK AT THE, UH, IT'S TITLED, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF COMMUNITIES.
LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF INACCURACIES THERE.
KERRVILLE IS SAID TO BE IN THE M S A, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S NOT 4 59 ON YOURS, I'M SURE ON ON THE IPAD PAGE.
IT'S ACTUALLY PAGE 18 OF THE, OF THE DOCUMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE 4 59 ON THE SIDE.
CAN CAN YOU REPEAT? YOU SAID YOU SAID THERE WAS INAC IN REGARDS TO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OR KERRVILLES NOT IN M NO, IT'S NOT AN M S A WE'RE IN THE M SS A AND I I THINK HONDA IS IS CERTAINLY MORE THAN 25.
HONDA'S GOT LIKE 8,600 POPULATION.
IT SHOWS 2,500 DEER COUNTY IS IN THE M MSS A YES.
I WILL GO THROUGH THAT AND CORRECT THAT BECAUSE UH, REO IS NOT THE M SS A KERRVILLE ISS NOT THE M MSS A.
YES MA'AM, WE WILL CORRECT, CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT H H S C DID MANDATE, AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.
THEY MANDATED ALL THEAS DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR AREA PLANS, STANDARD DEMOGRAPHIC, BUT ALL OF THE DATA THAT'S IN IS PROBABLY THREE YEARS OLD AND IT'S ALL COMING FROM THE TECH DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER.
SORRY, BUT SOME WE'LL CORRECT THE INACCURACIES 'CAUSE IT HAS INACCURACIES IN HERE.
ACKNOWLEDGED SO WE'LL, WE'LL CORRECT IT BECAUSE YOU'RE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
DIANE MENTIONED, UH, THE NEED FOR RE OR RECRUITS FOR WEATHERIZATION.
IT SEEMS TO BE THAT I'M ASSUMING THAT UH, AS THE AGING NAVIGATORS ARE OUT THERE, THAT THEY CAN IDENTIFY HOMES THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE SUBJECTS FOR THE WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM.
UM, THEY REALLY SORT OF INDEPENDENT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
'CAUSE THE NAVIGATORS REALLY HELP PEOPLE IDENTIFY WHERE THEY NEED TO, WHERE THEY CAN LIVE, WHERE THEY NEED TO BE LIVING.
SO WE WILL REALLY LOOK IF WE CAN SOMEHOW TIE THOSE TWO TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK, I THINK JUST A VERY SIMPLE MM-HMM
IF THEY'RE EDUCATED ON WHAT THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE AGENT.
AND THAT IS WHAT OUR OUTREACH STAFF DOES.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHY WHEN WE DIVIDED IT THIS YEAR, TOOK THE NEW APPROACH INSTEAD OF EACH PROGRAM HAVING THEIR OWN OUTREACH PERSON BY HAVING, UH, ONE OUTREACH PERSON HAVE A SPECIFIC, UH, FOUR COUNTIES BASICALLY, THAT THEY CAN REALLY DO ALL OF IT.
SO WE NEED TO TELL THAT STORY BETTER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
AS REVISED, I MEAN THE MOTION AS REVISED OR BE TO AMENDMENT AS AMENDED ASD.
WILL THAT BE AS AMENDED? YOU HAVE TO AMEN THIS MOTION.
ALRIGHT, WE'VE GOT MOTION AND A SECOND TO, UH, AMEND THAT WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
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ALL IN FAVOR? A.[17. Consider and act upon the recommendation to ratify the Request for Proposal (RFP) concerning the Military Installation Resilience Review Grant (MIRR). – William McKnight]
UH, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO RATIFY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CONCERNING THE MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE REVIEW GRANT, WHICH IS MER AYE OF ANAI.YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WILL MCKNIGHT HERE ONCE AGAIN, UH, AS MS. RAFF HAS ALREADY ALLUDED TO, WE WERE JUST NOTIFIED LAST THURSDAY OF OUR APPROVAL OF BEING AWARDED THE MERE GRANT.
UH, SO WHAT THE INTENT WAS, WAS TO GET THAT R F P OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND, THIS IS ABOUT CONTRACTING AND AFFIRM TO, TO CONDUCT, TO ASSIST US IN CONDUCTING A STUDY STUDY TO EXAMINE WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER AND BACKUP ENERGY, ENERGY NEEDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING J B S A LACKLAND PORT SAN ANTONIO.
SO WE WANTED TO UPON ON NOTIFICATION, TRY TO GET THAT R F P OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BASED OFF THE RATIFICATION WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, POINT IN TIME, THERE'S NO IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET.
UH, THIS IS REALLY ABOUT JUST DOING THE RATIFICATION AND MAKING SURE THAT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH GETTING BE ADDRESSED AS QUICKLY AND SUFFICIENTLY AS TIME AS POSSIBLE.
WE GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR DELEON.
SECOND BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MOODY.
YES, BRIAN? THIS FROM MY, SO, SO THE, WE'RE DOING THE MATCH WITH IN KIND CORRECT THE STAFF.
UH, WE'RE DOING THE MATCH WITH OUR IN KIND AND STAFF, BUT WE'RE HAVING CASH MATCH, UH, FROM A C P SS AND A LITTLE BIT FROM SAWS.
IS THAT ALREADY IN AGREEMENT? UH, IT, IT IS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE I L A TO FORMALIZE IT.
IT'S NOT BEEN FORMALIZED, BUT IT'S BEEN, IT WAS AGREED TO IN THE GRANT COUNCIL? YES.
YOU GOT A MOTION? A SECOND? ANY MORE QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER, QUICK COMMENT CHAIR.
UM, I SERVE ON THE MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE AS WELL AS THE FOUR P, UH, WITH, WITH BRIAN AND J B S A.
AND, YOU KNOW, I APPLAUD DIANE AND ACOG FOR SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S OFTEN LOST HOW BIG OF A PORTION J B S A IS TO OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY.
YEAH, THE NUMBER I'VE, I'VE SEEN IS $40 BILLION.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT OUR MISSIONS, UH, AND OUR MILITARY UNITS HERE, UH, IN THE ALAMO REGION AND, AND I AGAIN APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO DO THAT.
HEARING NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[18. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to negotiate and execute three separate Interlocal Agreements (ILA) with City Public Service Board (CPS Energy) San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS), and Port San Antonio to provide funding, assist in the selection of a study contractor, and provide expert subject matter information in support of the Military Installation Resilience Review Grant (MIRR). - William McKnight]
CONSIDERING ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THREE SEPARATE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM AND PORT SAN ANTONIO TO PROVIDE FUNDING, ASSIST IN THE SELECTION OF STUDY CONTRACTOR AND PROVIDE EXPERT SUBJECT MATTER INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY INSTALLATION RESILIENCE REVIEW.GRANT, MR. MCKNIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH ONCE AGAIN, UH, ALL ILAS HAVE BEEN DRAFTED AND DISTRIBUTED TO THIS COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UH, IN REGARDS TO, TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, C P S ENERGY HAS, HAS AGREED TO COMM CONTRIBUTE $35,000 IN CASH AND JUST OVER 10,000 IN IN KIND SUPPORT SAWS WILL CONTRIBUTE $15,000 IN CASH.
IN CASH AND JUST OVER 60 500,000, UM, 65 NOT THOUSAND $6,500 OF SUPPORT.
AND THEN PORT SAN ANTONIO CONTRIBUTE $15,000 IN CASH AND JUST UNDER $7,000 IN ON SUPPORT, UH, TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS.
AND AGAIN, AS YOU WELL KNOW, UH, THIS IS REALLY THE DRAFTING OF THE ILAS, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS DESIGNED TO FACILITATE INCREASE COOPERATION, INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN ALL ENTITIES IN DOING PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN PREVIOUS LOCATIONS, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ALIGNED WITH, UH, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, UH, THERE IS SOME APPREHENSIVE IN REGARDS TO SHARING OF IT INFORMATION.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, TRYING TO DO IS JUST TO GET AHEAD OF THAT AND TO JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL SYSTEMS IN PLACE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO, AGAIN, TO GET THIS GRANT EXECUTED, BENEFITS THAT IT'S GONNA BRING TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY APPROVAL.
ALL GOT, UH, MOTION BY MR. HAS LOCKER, SECOND BY MAYOR CONTRERAS.
ANY OPPOSITION? THAT REALLY LOUD HERE.
[19. Consider and act upon the recommendation to approve the proposed revised Method of Distribution (MOD) for $29,888,000 in Community Development Block Grant Regional Mitigation Program Funds (CDBG-MIT) and authorize the executive director to submit the MOD to the Texas General Land Office (TXGLO). This item does not require a budget amendment. - Claudia Mora]
19, CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED REVISED METHOD OF[01:25:01]
DISTRIBUTION FOR $29,888,000 IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT REGIONAL MITIGATION PROGRAM FUNDS AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO SUBMIT THE METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION TO THE GEN TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE.THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
BOARD MEMBERS, I'M CLAUDIA MORA, THE REGIONAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR HERE.
UM, JUST TO LET, TO LET YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION THAT'S IN YOUR, UH, NOTEBOOKS ARE ON THE IPAD HAS BEEN REVISED SLIGHTLY, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THE MONITORS OR THE SCREEN FOR, UH, THOSE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION ON THE REGIONAL METH, UH, METHOD OF DIS DISTRIBUTION, UH, PROGRAM.
AND SO IT'S ALSO, I'LL ALSO REFER TO IT AS THE CITY C D B G MIDCON.
UM, THE REGIONAL MITIGATION MITIGATION PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES THAT WERE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY.
EACH CAUSE IN, IN THE STATE IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY WAS ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECTS.
THE CAUSE WERE REQUIRED, REQUIRED TO DEVELOP A METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION FOR THOSE FUNDS.
THE TEXAS GENERAL LAND LAND OFFICE DEVELOPED THE, UH, TEXAS PLAN AND ALSO ADMINISTER ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAM.
THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT APPROVES AMENDMENT AMENDMENTS TO THE ACTION PLAN.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, ONE, ONE OF 'EM WAS TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATED FUNDS FOR ADDRESSING HAZARD HAZARD MITIGATION NEEDS AMENDMENT WANTED THE TEXAS ACTION PLANNING INCREASE THE ALLOCATED AMOUNT TO THE ALAMO REGION FROM $12.8 MILLION TO $29.8 MILLION.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU A SUMMARY OF THE ACOG ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOD IN JANUARY OF 20 20 22.
THE G L O APPROVED THE WAIVER TO INCLUDE COUNTIES IMPACTED BY THE 20 20 15 AND 2016 PLUS IN FEBRUARY.
THE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PARTICIPATION PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE C P P WAS SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE G L O.
THE PUBLIC PLANNING MEETING WAS HELD AT WHICH COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED, AND THOSE COMMENTS WERE USED TO DEVELOP THE MOD.
IN OCTOBER OF 2022, WE SUBMITTED THE MOD TO THE G L O AND RECEIVED CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR THE PRELIMINARY MOD.
IN NOVEMBER, WE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND IN DECEMBER WE BROUGHT THIS, UH, MOD TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL, AFTER WHICH WE SUBMITTED, SUBMITTED IT TO THE G L O.
THE G O REJECTED THE MOD BECAUSE OF AN ERROR IN THE HOW ALLOCATION CALCULATION.
I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, MORE DETAIL ON THAT AFTER THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES.
THIS SUMMARIZES THE MOD THAT WAS DEVELOPED.
BASICALLY 50% PERCENT OF THE FUNDING MUST BE SPENT IN COMMUNITIES WITH 51% ARE HIGHER IN LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PERCENTAGE.
AND WE'LL ALSO REFER TO THAT, THAT AS L M I SOME COMMUNITIES WERE, WERE IDENTIFIED WITH THAT 51% ARE HIGHER.
L M I, THE OTHER HALF OF THE $29.8 MILLION IS ALLOCATED TO NINE ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.
THE FACTORS USED TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS ARE L M I, SOCIETAL VULNERABILITY INDEX AND POPULATION.
HERE'S A LIST OF ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES, AND I WON'T READ THOSE TO YOU.
BASICALLY I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE A FEW.
UH, FLOOD CONTROL AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY ALONG WITH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THIS CAN BE REPAIRS MADE TO WATER AND SEW FACILITIES AS WELL AS STREETS AND ROADS.
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE OR ACTIVITY AND THAT CAN, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, BROUGHT BACK ALSO TO THAT CATEGORY.
THIS NEXT LIST SHOWS SHOWS YOU, UH, INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES AND BASICALLY EMERGENCY RESPONSE RESPONSE SERVICES.
BUILDINGS FOR DAILY GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS AND REPAIR ON PERSONAL OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ARE INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
THE STATE, PRIMARILY THE G L O, WILL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT RECEIVE FUNDING AND TAKE 'EM THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS SO THAT INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES OR PROJECTS ARE AVOIDED.
AND SO WITH THE METHOD OF DIS DISTRIBUTION, UH, WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES.
ONE BEING THE CITY CATEGORY AND ONE BEING THE, UH, COUNTY CATEGORY.
FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS, THIS IS THE CITY'S CATEGORY.
THERE WERE NO CHANGES MADE IN THE REVISED, UH, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, EXCUSE ME, CALCULATIONS.
UH, THE FUNDING WAS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITIES, EACH CITY RECEIVING $2.1 MILLION FOR THEIR PROJECTS.
NEXT IS, UH, I THINK THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION.
THIS SHOWS YOU A SIDE, A SIDE BYSIDE COMPARISON OF THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATION, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT, AND THE REVISED ALLOCATION, WHICH IS
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ON THE RIGHT.THE ERROR THAT WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE G L O WAS AT THE WEIGHTED DISTRIBUTION OF L M I AND POPULATION TO EACH, EACH OF THE COUNTIES.
THE CORRECTED ALLOCATION AMOUNTS WERE MADE ON INTERNAL A CODE DOCUMENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE ALLOCATION AMOUNTS IN THE DOCUMENTS POSTED ONLINE AND PRESENTED THE NOVEMBER PUBLIC HEARING, ALONG WITH THE LETTERS THAT WERE SENT TO THE ELIGIBLE COUNTIES DID NOT REFLECT THE CORRECTIONS BECAUSE THESE CHANGES NEED NEEDED TO BE MADE.
LETTERS WITH THE CORRECT ALLOCATION AMOUNTS HAD TO BE REISSUED, CORRECT ALLOCATION AMOUNTS HAD TO BE POSTED.
A 15 DAY, 15 DAY COMMENT PERIOD HAD TO TAKE PLACE.
SECOND PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING HAD TO BE CONDUCTED.
AND THIS WAS, UH, AND THIS WAS, UH, DONE ON JULY 17TH.
AND, AND MEMBERS THE 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T READ THAT, BUT THIS SLIDE IS CORRECT IN YOUR MATERIAL, SO YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN YOUR MATERIAL AND IT IS CORRECT AND WHAT'S LOADED ON YOUR IPADS.
AND THE HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON JULY 17TH, WE RECEIVED THREE, THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THESE ARE SUMMARIZED FOR YOU.
BASICALLY, UH, THE CONCERN OF THESE COMMENTS CONCERNED, UH, THE EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO THE CITIES, UH, WE WERE ASKED FOR, FOR THE SAME, UH, DISTRIBUTION FACTORS TO BE USED, UH, FOR THE CITIES THAT, THAT WERE USED FOR THE COUNTIES, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE POPULATION AS THE MAIN DISTRIBUTION FACTOR.
IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMENTS WE CITED, THE MAIN DISADVANTAGE OF FUNDING FORMULAS IS THAT POPULATION TENDS, TENDS TO BE A PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION FACTOR.
SMALL COMMUNITIES ARE HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED AND RECEIVE LESS FUNDING DUE TO POPULATION.
A O STAFF SEES THE MODEL AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALLER COMMUNITIES TO UNDERTAKE AND COMPLETE MUCH NEEDED HAZARD MIS MITIGATION PROJECTS.
ALL COMMUNITIES SHOULD PARTNER WITH THEIR COUNTIES TO MAXIMIZE C P P MID FUNDS TO UNDERTAKE PROJECTS.
AS FOR THE NEXT, NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROCESS, UH, TODAY THE ADCOM BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL CONSIDER, UH, AND HOPEFULLY APPROVE THE PROPOSED REVISION TO THE MOD.
UH, THE MODIFICATION, EXCUSE THE MOD.
AND THE FINAL MOD, JUST TO SUMMARIZE YOUR REAL QUICK FOR YOU, IS TO ALLOCATE 50% PERCENT OF THE $29.8 MILLION TO COMMUNITIES WITH L I 51% OR HIGHER, EQUALLY DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS AT $2.1 MILLION FOR EACH OF THE SET OF ELIGIBLE CITIES.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDATION IS ALSO TO ALLOCATE THE OTHER 50% TO THE NINE ELIGIBLE COUNTIES BASED ON L M I SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX AND POPULATION.
IF APPROVED TODAY, THE STAFF WILL SUBMIT THE MOD TO THE G O BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
THE G L O ONCE, ONCE, ONCE THEY APPROVE THE MOD, WILL CONTACT THE ELIGIBLE CITIES COUNTIES DIRECTLY AND INSTRUCT 'EM ON HOW TO ACCESS THE FUNDS AND HOW TO I IMPLEMENT THEIR PROJECTS.
THIS COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT.
WHAT'S THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX? I HADN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE EITHER.
INDEX IS, THEY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE ECONOMY, THE, UH, THE USE OF VARIOUS, UH, OF SERVICES BY PEOPLE IN YOUR AREA.
FOR EXAMPLE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, HEALTHCARE, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THROWN IN THERE.
AND EACH, UH, COMMUNITY HAS AN INDEX OR ARE RATED ON OR GIVEN A RATING THAT IS A SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX.
UM, REGARDING THE CITIES AND COUNTIES THAT RECEIVED THE FUNDING, UH, DO THEY HAVE A TIMEFRAME THAT THEY HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY? AND WHAT KIND OF REPORTING DO THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT? YES, MA'AM.
THE, UH, G L O WOULD LIKE FOR THESE PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN, WITHIN TWO TO THREE YEARS OF RECEIVING THE, UH, THE DESIGNATION FOR FUNDING AND THE REPORTING WOULD BE, UH, ON AN A MONTH, WELL, EXCUSE ME, QUARTERLY BASIS.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, A A ANNUAL BASIS.
AND IF I CAN CLARIFY, THEY WON'T BE REPORTING TO US.
THEY'RE REPORTING THEIR CONTRACT.
ALL THE OVERSIGHT IS WITH THE G L O.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR CONTRERAS.
[20. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept the State Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services Biennial Performance Contract funding with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in an amount not to exceed $5,165,000. This item will not require a budget amendment.- Virginia Charles]
CONSIDERING ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXCEPT TO ACCEPT THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 2024.2025, INTELLECTUAL AND DIS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES, BIANNUAL PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
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FUNDING WITH TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,165,000.THIS ITEM WILL NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
MS. CHARLES, GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M VIRGINIA CHARLES CHARLES, DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES.
AUB SERVES AS THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOP DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY SERVICES IN FAIR COUNTY.
IN THAT ROLE, OUR I D D SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REHABILITATION COORDINATION ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL, WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WHO LIVE IN BEAR COUNTY RECEIVE NECESSARY AND QUALITY SERVICES.
THESE CASE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ARE FUNDED THROUGH MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT AND REVENUES.
THE CONTRACT FUNDS OR STATE FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2023 WILL ALLOW ACOG TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE C COMMUNITY SAFETY NET SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH I B D IN BEXAR COUNTY, LIVING IN THEIR OWN HOME FAMILY HOMES, GROUP HOMES AND IN NURSING FACILITIES.
THE PROJECTED HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FUNDING WAS INCLUDED IN THE ACOG OF 20 23 3 BUDGET.
AND THEREFORE THIS ITEM DOES NOT REQUIRE A BUDGET AMENDMENT STAFF WITH THE MINUTES ACCEPTING THE ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5,000,165 5,000.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND BY JUDGE HEKE IN DISCUSSION.
[21. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept funding from the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the continuation of Employment Services Apprenticeship Pilot programs in the amount of approximately $225,000. This item will require a budget amendment. -Virginia Charles]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM H H S C HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE CONTINUING CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES APPRENTICESHIP PILOT PROGRAMS IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $225,000.THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT MS. CHARLES.
THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY.
ACOG PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH I D D D THROUGH THE I B D SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES APPRENTICESHIP PILOT PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION THROUGH MONEY FOLLOWS PERSON FUNDING.
THIS AWARD IS CONTINUATION AND WILL ALLOW ACOG TO, TO MAINTAIN AN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT IS ROOTED IN EMPLOY EMPLOYMENT FIRST OBJECTIVE AND THAT SEEKS TO PROVIDE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS THAT MAY, MAY LEAD TO FUTURE, FUTURE INTEGRATED AND COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT.
THERE IS A FINANCIAL IMPACT AND THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACOG 2023 BUDGET.
STAFFER COMMANDS APPROVAL TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR AN APPRENTICE APPRENTICESHIP EMPLOYMENT PILOT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $225,000.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND I WILL CLARIFY THAT THIS IS NOT THE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH.
THIS IS A SEPARATE ONE THAT WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH.
I GOT A MOTION BY MAYOR DELEON.
[22. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept funding from the Health and Human Services Commission for State Fiscal Year 2024 for the continuation of the Employment Services Tablet Pilot program in the approximate amount of $350,000. This item will require a budget amendment.- Virginia Charles]
ITEM NUMBER 22, CONSIDERING ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TABLET PILOT PROGRAM.IN THE AMOUNT APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $350,000, THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE ANOTHER BUDGET.
AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, MENTIONED ACOG SERVE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR PERSONS WITH INTE INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
IN THAT ROLE, THE I V P SERVICES DEPARTMENT PROVIDES VARIOUS EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
THIS AWARD IS THE CONTINUATION AND WILL ALLOW ACOG TO MAINTAIN AN ELECTRONIC TABLET PROGRAM TO PROVIDE REAL TIME, TIME JOB COACHING IN THE WORKPLACE TO PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL, INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES WITH COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT.
THERE IS A FINANCIAL IMPACT AND THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACOG 2023 BUDGET.
STAFFER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION FOR THE ELECTRONIC TABLET PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 350,000 BUCKS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO WE, SO YOU GIVE 'EM A TABLET, DID TEACH 'EM HOW TO USE IT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT AND I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT THE FEEDBACK IS VERY, VERY POSITIVE.
UH, BOTH FROM THE EMPLOYERS AND FROM OUR CLIENTS.
DIDN'T WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS, UH, THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO?
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GOOD MEMORY.MOTION TO YOU NEED ONE? ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY JUDGE HEKE.
[23. Consider and act upon the recommendation to authorize the Executive Director to accept funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) for the 2023-2025 Department of Energy (DOE) Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Contract for an estimated amount up to $2.6 million for the period of July 15, 2023 - June 30, 2025. This item will require a budget amendment. - Alicia Ávila-Peñalver]
CONSIDER AN ACT UPON RECOMMENDATION TO AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE 2023.2020 THROUGH 2025 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW CONTRACT FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF UP TO $2.6 MILLION FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 15TH, 2023 TO JUNE 30TH, 2025.
THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM MANAGER.
WE ASK THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER AND RECOMMEND ACTION TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION, EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BY PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE OF LAW, WEATHERIZATION PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED, EXCEED $2.6 MILLION.
THE GRANT WILL BE ACTIVE ACTIVE AS OF JULY 15TH, 2023 THROUGH THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025.
THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND THE IMPACT OF OUR, TO OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL WEATHERIZATION FIRM BY UTILIZING LEVERAGE FUNDS AND ENHANCED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO PERFORM DEEP ENERGY RETROFIT OF LOW INCOME RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY HOMES.
THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE BUDGET OF AMENDMENT AND THE GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO MAKE APPROXIMATELY 150 MORE, UH, LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE AMO REGION AND ENERGY EFFICIENT.
AS MRS. DRAFT MENTIONED BEFORE, WE, WE DO ASK THAT TO, UM, REFER CLIENTS TO OUR PROGRAM AND WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FOR CONTRACTORS ON, ON THE WEBSITE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONTRACTORS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING WEATHERIZATION WORK, WE WELCOME THEIR, THEIR HELP BECAUSE WE'LL BE DOUBLING THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT WE ARE WEATHERIZATION.
UM, IF I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, YOU MAY, WE MIGHT ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH TRAINING CONTRACTORS TOO.
UM, THEY HAVE EXPANDED OUR TRAINING DOLLARS.
WE HAVE 50,000 FROM D O E FOR OUR ORIGINAL D O E CONTRACT.
AND THEN I BELIEVE IT'S 175,000 FROM THIS B I O PLAN.
SO A LOT OF THE MONEY WILL BE SPENT ON TRAINING CONTRACTORS TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED WITH ALL THE, UM, SIGN FACT SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT, UH, MOTION BY MS. LEWIS.
SECOND BY, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
SECOND IT AND YOU CAN HAVE THE QUESTION.
UM, CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE WEATHERIZATION AND, AND WHAT'S TYPICALLY INVOLVED IN, IN THAT PROCESS? IS IT THE SAME FOR EVERY KIND OF RESIDENTIAL HOME OR IS IT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S LIKE THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF THOSE DOLLARS IN THE WEATHERIZATION PROCESS? IT DOES VARY BY HOME BECAUSE EVERY HOME IS DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT, UH, THE NEXT STOP WILL GO OUT AND DO A HOME ASSESSMENT.
BUT THE HOME ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT, THEY WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY, UH, LEAKS THROUGHOUT THE HOME.
MEANING IF IT'S, IF IT'S THE WINTER, YOU WANT THAT WARMER STAIN, YOU DON'T WANT THAT ESCAPE.
THESE WILL CHECK GAS APPLIANCE APPLIANCES BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO DO HEALTH AND SAFETY, SAFETY ISSUES.
THEY DO, THEY NEED A REFRIGERATOR TO SEE IF THERE'S BEEN TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY, THEN THERE'S CHANCE THAT THOSE WILL BE GIVEN REPLACED.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT EVERY HOME IS GONNA RECEIVE A, B, C, AND D BECAUSE WE, WE DO HAVE A PRIORITY LISTING, BUT EVERY HOME WILL REQUIRE DIFFERENT ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE MOST IN.
DOES IT INCLUDE LIKE WINDOWS IF YOU HAD TO REPLACE WINDOWS INSULATION? IT DOES, IT DOES, IT DOES INCLUDE ADDING AND WALL INSULATION.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT DO WINDOWS ANYMORE.
THEY, UH, WE ARE ARE LARGE SEAL AROUND THEM BUT NOT REPLACE REPLACE.
AND AS FAR AS ELIGIBILITY, IS THERE AN INCOME CUTOFF OR, YES.
UH, I CAN, I'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND OUT AN GUIDELINE TO EVERYBODY.
BUT, UM, FOR FOUR, I BELIEVE WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT
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45.IT'S ABOUT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DO E IS ABOUT 185%.
SO IT'S, I'LL TELL YOU, THESE ARE TWO OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PROGRAMS TO MANAGE.
AND I THINK THE MOST FRUSTRATING 'CAUSE THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY IS SO VERY, VERY RIGID.
AND THIS IS THE PART, IF YOU HAVE INCOME AT THAT LEVEL, AND I'M GONNA DISPLAY MY PERSONAL BIAS HERE.
IF YOU HAVE INCOME THAT LIMITED, CHANCES ARE YOUR ROOF MIGHT BE BAD AND YOUR FOUNDATION MIGHT BE BAD.
UNDER OUR NORMAL PROGRAMS, WE CAN'T FIX 'EM IF THE FOUNDATION'S BAD OR THE ROOF IS BAD.
UH, NOW UNDER THESE FUNDS, THESE ARE MORE FLEXIBLE.
SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY.
AND EVERY TIME THEY DO AN INSPECTION, THEN IT THAT IT HAS TO GO UP TO THE STATE AGENCY TO REVIEW BEFORE WE CAN JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH, IT'S A VERY MICROMANAGED PROGRAM IN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, YOU EXTREMELY HARD QUALIFIED.
AND SO, UH, WE REALLY CAN'T HAVE A BAD FOUNDATION.
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY INCOME LIMITED.
AND THEN THE STATE AGENCY HAS TO APPROVE IT BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AND CORRECT ME IF I SAID ANYTHING WRONG IN THAT YES OR NO.
AS FAR AS THE APPROVAL, THAT'S FOR THE, OKAY.
BUT STILL, UH, IF WE, WE HAVE CERTAIN CAP THAT WE CAN HIT IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND SOMEBODY MIGHT NEED, NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED.
WE DO HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM OUR STATE AGENCY FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, FOR LIFE WE HAVE A 12, $12,000 CAP FOR D O E WE HAVE AN 8,000 CAP.
SO WE, AND WE ARE TRYING, TRYING TO LEVERAGE OUR FUNDS TO WHERE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR THANK YOU ON BEHALF.
AND, AND LAST KIND OF QUESTION OR COMMENT BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID, I'M GUESSING IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE ANY KIND OF COST SHARE WITHIN THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE THE DOLLARS GO FURTHER WITH AMY YOUNG.
WITH A COUPLE OF 'EM WE CAN, BUT BETWEEN LIHEAP AND D O E, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY RIGID.
I WILL SAY WHEN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD THEIR WHITE ROOFS PROGRAM, WE COULD PARTNER WITH THAT PROGRAM.
THEY COULD DO THE ROOF AND THEN WE COULD COME DO EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THAT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION.
WE'RE GONNA COME ACROSS FROM MAYOR.
ARE RENTERS ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM ALSO? YES'.
HOW MANY HOMES DO YOU ANTICIPATE DOING ONE 50 FI GRANT'S? 150.
MAYOR RE YEAH, IT, UM, IN THE, UH, RURAL AREAS, UM, A LOT OF HOMES ARE WINDOW UNITS AND UM, YOU KNOW, OLD WINDOWS.
BUT DOES THAT, IS IT AN ADVANTAGE FOR THEM TO TAKE, TO DO THIS? OR, I MEAN, WILL THEY GIVE UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CENTRAL AREA ANYMORE, JUST INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE APARTMENTS.
THEIR WINDOWS ARE NOT, WINDOW CANNOT, WE MAY BE ORDER REPLACED EVEN IF THEY'RE RENTERS.
JUDGE LUKES ON THE, UH, BUDGET DETAIL, TRYING TO ADD THOSE NUMBERS ON THE MATERIALS LINE.
WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? MATERIALS, PROGRAM SUPPORT, LABOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A MATERIAL.
MATERIAL LABOR WOULD BE WHAT WE PAY THE CONTRACTORS.
BUT THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN OUT, I'M TRYING TO, HERE'S THE TYPO THERE.
'CAUSE I'M THINKING IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE 1.4 MILLION OR, UM, IT'S THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IS RIGHT.
DO YOU, DO YOU CAN THE ONE ON THE AGENDA THAT IS WHAT SHE COURT IS EVERYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED FOR STOP TIME AND ALREADY AVAILABLE.
IT'S 1 4 2 9 8 AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE AFTER THE EIGHT NINE.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A PERIOD.
I I GUESS IT SHOULD BE 1.4 MILLION.
I'M THINKING, BUT OH, IT COULD BE ONE, LIKE 1,429.
WELL THAT WOULDN'T GET YOU TO 2 MILLION.
UM, YEAH YOU'D NEED LIKE 1.898.
THE MATERIALS PROGRAM AND SUPPORT OUT OF THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION WOULD UH, PROBABLY BE 1,429 MILLION.
DO WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE TYPO? IT'S 1 MILLION.
ARE YOU DOING THAT'S MY PAPER.
DID I EVER GET A SECOND ON THIS, MR.
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MOODY? I THINK YOU GAVE IT TO MR. MOODY.DID MR. MOODY ACCEPT THAT
ANYWAY, UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
AND CAN I SAY ONE THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM WE HAD, SORRY.
WE HAD, WE IN THE RURAL AREAS WHERE WE REALLY NEED CONTRACTORS DESPERATELY.
A FEW YEARS AGO WE TRIED REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS 'CAUSE THEY'RE VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY DURING THE SUMMER, BUT SOME OF THEIR MAINTENANCE ARE NOT AS BUSY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL THINK YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT, THEY COULD EARN ADDITIONAL INCOME AND SEE THAT TRAINING.
[24. Next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at AACOG.]
OUR NEXT MEETING IS AUGUST 23RD, 2023.