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not the real you're on there okay well
good morning everybody welcome to our
special City Council meeting today is
Friday April 3rd 2020 it's proximately
9:30 a.m. this medium course is being
streamed live over zoom so thank you for
those who are joining us I have to admit
it's actually pretty interesting and I
think it's been doing quite well I just
want to take a quick moment to thank our
staff Adrienne and Udell and Dominick
everyone from Communications Office
Jennifer for great job that you guys
doing okay so we have first thing first
order of business is I need to read a
conflict of interesting and so this is
where I'll ask if any member of the city
staff city manager or City Council has
any known conflict of interest on any
item on the agenda
No okay see none okay now I'm gonna need
a motion a second what's on the floor
isn't the resolution number - 0 - 1 3
so moved
what was that can you I'm sorry Mary
it's Cassandra Gunda yes okay so is the
motion made by Mayor Pro Tem
Cassandra gandara a second by city
councilor Gabe Vasquez and I believe
Natalie green will be discussing good
morning mr. mayor members of council
Natalie green with community development
the resolution before you is a budget
agreement for emergency systems or the
impact from Kovan 19
are you all know on March 11th 2020 the
state of New Mexico declared a state of
public health emergency on koban 19 does
pose a threat to the health and safety
and well-being our residents and our is
in need provide expanded support
services Council has requested that
staff prepare a resolution to allocate
approximately a million dollars in
emergency assistance from the Telstar
facility fund part of the attachment in
your packet attachment a has a list of
those agencies and they may require it's
normal council approval for contracts
but we can cover that in the top right
it will be a budget adjustment it's a
transfer from the tell Sarpedon through
the healthcare fund which is the fun
that we typically have expenses out of
and again that funding is for essential
and critical services to combat the
effects of Kovan 19 in loss
Oh council has proposed partnering with
some agencies in our community those
have the ability to receive up to a
specific dollar amount those would be
FYI las cruces public schools lacasa
which is the domestic violence shelter
la pinyon which is our social service
agency that primarily works with victims
of sexual assault casa the big arenas
which is food food insecurity resources
across the city and the county community
of Hope which would be able to do
emergency rental assistance or homeless
prevention to keep people who are unable
to pay their rent or walk
the threat of being evicted or losing
their not being able to pay their
mortgage they could provide that type of
assistance NCAA would also be able to
provide a variety of assistance for
individuals and families and again
that'd be rental assistance mortgage
assistance and then some critical need
gift cards and then fishes and loaves
provides food boxes for the elderly and
those are the dollar amounts that
council has recommended council is also
recommending that we fund some critical
services in the city of Las Cruces which
the Utilities Department would increase
their utility assistance fund for
members of the community that cannot
afford to pay their water bill trash
bill and gas bills quality of life we
are looking to do essential supply fund
we also have considered various
departments for drivers I know Memorial
Medical mentioned that we need drivers
to drive kovat tests to Albuquerque or
the state labs
Thursday through Monday or Thursday
through Sunday I'm sorry and then also
possibly expanding meals on wheels or
meals some sort of meal delivery we also
need pppp for city staff and that would
be staff that primarily has
person-to-person contact so our cashiers
our permit texts on many of our utility
workers basically our frontline
essential staff and economic meant there
has been mentioned of a economic crisis
flash assessment which I'm sure the
economic development can speak more to
but I believe it's some sort of analysis
of how kovat is impacting our the
economics around Las Cruces and the
state
and so you have your standard chemical
options to vote Yes No or amend as you
see fit and I will stand for questions
okay thanks Natalie before you do let me
just share with Council that I took this
list from our meeting on the 30th of
March and and so these allocations
although may not necessarily be the
total amount but we this was I think a
good start I must say that I was
mentioning that orestes thinking that we
probably need to have in addition to our
council regular council meeting this
coming Monday that we may want to have
another meeting either one week from
today or maybe even Thursday because one
week from today is Good Friday we may
want to have it on Thursday and if
there's some things that you see that
were left out or if you feel that we
need to increase the amount but I wanted
to go with this at the very minimum
based on on some of the things that I
had heard so see here one thing I want
to talk about the hundred thousand
quality of life essential supply fund
what that was I believe councilor
American gandara was talking about she
wanted to make sure that those who
needed diapers and formula and and milk
and and just all those necessities not
necessarily give them away but the
settlement cost so that if we were to
acquire these goods and then we might be
able to put them out through various
outlets there in the city and the
economic development assessment I have
here also with me is they have in Lopez
who is going to talk a little bit about
that and I think that's about it but
what I'm trying to get at is please
don't think that this list is a final
list we're more than happy to see what
other things that we that I may have
missed and we need add to it to go from
there and again it's this is kind of
more of a working meeting I mean I
envision a probably have been two
meetings a week for the next so we need
it okay thanks thanks
never so with that let's see one raised
their hand
oh hey girl Jana Jana been cool
eat you to the punch there counselor bus
kills everyone was being shy this
morning so I'm good morning everyone
thank you so much Natalie for your
presentation um I Natalie to have so
you've probably spoken to each of these
organizations right mister mayor
Councillor and coma I have reached out
to many of the agencies to to develop
scopes of work and to figure out the
finer details when you so CAA how do you
know about how many people they'll be
able to serve with this 50,000 they are
looking to do some sort of voucher
system they will include up to $700 in
rental and mortgage assistance I think
they're proposing a total of 60 clients
based on the budget Oh $50,000 will be
able to help maybe a hundred people at
CAA I you know I think that that's I
think it's too low I think that somebody
an agency who's going to be assisting
people directly with paying their
mortgage in the rent which you know
April first was a couple days ago if not
a lot of folks were in that situation
they're probably going to be May 1st and
so I think I think it's I really want to
advocate to make sure that that fund for
CAA is significantly larger I think that
the separate service are providing is
exactly what people need um you know I'm
curious about why John so if I could
jump in real quick I'll take the
responsibility for that amount
I know that counsel Vasquez was talking
about he wanted to somehow get monies to
those that might otherwise not qualify
under unemployment and such I honestly
wasn't a hundred percent certain what
CAA did and and so I'm glad Nathalie
reached out to them but as I mentioned
I'll be more than happy to if this is an
initial start I don't have a problem
even if we adjust it I think Jennifer is
on the on the line if we can do that or
as I mentioned we may want to have for
next week the additional funding yeah
for sure I mean I think I would prefer
adjusting it now you know we've been in
contact with the Community Foundation
and the amount of applications they've
received from people who've been
recently laid off furloughed everything
from restaurant workers to dental
hygienist like this is real it's
happening in our community and and and
we have to put this money out there for
agencies that already have the system in
the structure to be able to do so and
you know I think for me someone like
Community Action Agency who's been doing
this for a really long time who never
asked for status at the door who says
yes we will help you because you need it
as an agent I think they're good
stewards the public dollars and I think
you know when I think about $50,000
helping maybe 60 75 people when there's
hundreds and hundreds of people in our
community who are needing that
assistance I think I think we should
increase it now and think about you know
a second round later let me get it looks
like they have a dollar hand the
assistant city manager wants to jump in
David you there sorry mayor working on
Des Moines mayor members of council I
just want to remind you that this is
probably the first of a couple of
iterations and we have to execute
contracts with all of these agencies or
contract amendments that we haven't
gotten in place loaves and fishes it's
it's a very small amount I think you and
from our Community Action Agency it's
in the city managers threshold to
execute contracts without counsel
authorization but as we add more money
to projects we're facing potential
procurement issues or contracting issues
that require your approval the special
meetings will help us and we can get
those on time but we haven't worked out
the specifics with CAA if Natalie can
chime in I think we're correct we don't
have a current agreement with with CAA
and we have an advantage in Mayport your
beautiful screen if you go unseen this
will go to the final that was it mayor
okay thanks David thanks for that so I'm
curious Natalie can you answer that de
caña have what's the process right now
with CA mr. mayor Councillor Ben Coleman
we do have an existing contract with CAA
so we would do a contract amendment and
it would be below 50,000 it would be
below the threshold so I could execute
that with the city manager's Authority
otherwise I would have to bring back a
contract amendment that unless it's a
special meeting at the April 20th
council meeting that's mainly what
statement were missing what's the amount
you can go without you know 75,000 is
that it mr. mayor I will defer to legal
but I believe it is 75,000 okay and and
councillor Bencomo
if we were to do that or if we can bump
this up to 70 or whatever 75 and then
again like I said I have no problem have
another meeting next week and then that
can put things in place that are needed
I will say from what I'm hearing
you know several landlords out there
that are working with with their tenants
but I think they're obviously a few that
are probably being really tough and and
I think this is where this is helpful
but nonetheless I agree with you and I'm
more than happy to help increase
whatever we can now to get it out
quickly and then next week for the
future amounts honestly I'm okay with
that I would like to see it increased
today and then I'm
I think people are going to need help
more than once so if we come back and
discuss this on a later time I think
that that will be necessary thank you
and next is councillor Vasquez Thank You
mayor thank you to the staff as well for
organizing another zoo meeting for us
and going on round two of these meetings
I also appreciate all the members of the
public who have provided feedback and
comments prior to this meeting I did
want to say that I do second councilor
Bank on most thoughts in terms of
matching the taxpayer money to taxpayer
needs at this point and I think these
are small amounts and I think this is
kind of like putting a band-aid on a
broken leg at this point we need to do
more I feel like we you know we work for
the people of this city and I think the
people are really hurting I don't see
this as our money as the city's money I
really see see this is the people's
money and so I think we need to get this
right I think we need to act boldly and
decisively quickly I think people are
counting on us and so from the proposal
that we discussed last week or just a
few days ago and mayor your proposal
that you put forth this seems to be just
a tiny fraction of what was discussed
including the written proposal that we
submitted for all of Council to see and
so I'm just a little bit worried that
that we're not going to get there to
where where we I think initially
intended based on our discussions and
the written proposals may are both from
you and from some members of the council
here and so I think you know families
across the city before the coronavirus
nearly a third of them are living at or
below the poverty line these are folks
who already are counting on all kinds of
safety net programs and assistance and I
know some of these families don't have
the luxury of waiting like other people
do especially when they're getting the
close to the first of the month I know I
know the anxiety grows amongst families
here especially those who have lost
their jobs so I think they need help
today in fact I think they needed help
yesterday right and so I completely
support raising as much of the limit as
we can today but also want to make sure
that we don't lose sight of the previous
discussion and the proposals that that
we had discussed some of the things that
I see listed here through the network of
different nonprofits that we can
potentially help are no different than
what we proposed in the in the last
iteration of this discussion critical
need giftcards is something that we
propose to the tune of you know
potentially 1.5 million dollars through
the together Las Cruces fund homeless
prevention well that's all part you know
people need cash in hand to be able to
pay rent to be able to pay mortgages
paying bills the same thing that we're
doing with the city's utilities
assistance fund is what essentially some
of this cash that people would do or how
it would help them so I don't see what
we were proposing previously any
different than what we're proposing
today I just see that it's a smaller
amount and we just really like to make
sure that on the next go-around if
council agrees mayor if you agree that
we talked about big numbers right that
we look at potentially you know
splitting 750,000 dollars between the
Community Action Agency and another 750
thousand dollars to the Community
Foundation of southern New Mexico's
together Las Cruces fund
that puts is at 1.5 million split evenly
between these two assistance programs
and you know they have the way they have
the system in which to determine how
folks in our community get get these
funds this this cash assistance and so I
think what behoove us to do that on the
next go-around so that we don't have to
come back you're at right over and over
because what we're seeing in the economy
is something greater than the Great
Depression right like this is that the
jobs numbers that
that guy that were posted and the
unemployment numbers that are that are
just skyrocketing in New Mexico and
across the country this is this is
something serious here this is something
like the country's never seen before and
so I think we need to act accordingly
and that means using as much resources
as we can to help people to help people
stay afloat but also you know that money
goes back into our local economy and so
you know we talked about the need for
GRT and the need for small business
support well if we give people we put
money in people's pockets that that
stuff that goes back into the local
economy so we keep people afloat we help
people until you can get back on their
feet and so absolutely supportive of
raising this the amount to see a a at
this point to 75,000 but would also just
ask that on the next go-around hopefully
we can look at some much bigger numbers
akin to that matches what the problem is
out there so let's all say but other
than that Thank You mayor for putting
together this great list of local
nonprofits that we can help and I know
folks are counting on us to continue to
do more so thank you thank you let me
get with Natalie real quickly so Natalie
let me ask you something if we had put a
hundred thousand or 150,000 even even if
we have a contract in place or we have
that working relationship in place by
having that amount larger than what is
within the city manager's purview would
that have had to have what that would we
I guess I should say if we were to do
150 can you advance them 75 and and then
have to do whatever you need to do to
get the remaining 75 or that actually is
a whole different situation and you may
have to actually do whatever you need to
do whether you go out to bid or however
you need to do that can you respond to
that please because that's that's why I
try to keep some of these amounts lower
knowing that I knew that we had we've
we've done we've given monies to la casa
can you incasa degree knows I knew we've
done that and and then when we go to
government like Las Cruces public
schools you know we can do that easily
but can you can you share with us how
that works please mr. mayor I'm gonna
have to defer to legal or the
procurement office or the city manager's
office for that okay whoever wants to
jump in that'd be fine mr. mayor if I
could this is a forum is best in arm
city manager you are correct in in
noting that if it was if it is above the
city managers approval we would have to
go and modify the contract amend the
contract first three either go under
contract if we didn't have one in place
rather than if it is under the city
manager approval where we can begin
working with the contract amendment
simply by city manager approval and not
having to come back to Council for the
contract amendment that is a process
booked through our procurement and
therefore by putting the numbers under
75,000 we potentially have the ability
to get going quicker on utilizing that
funding than having to come back to
another special meeting I hope that
answers your question
oh absolutely and I wanted to kind of
point that out to my colleagues now the
other thing is counselor and Bastas
about together fund Las Cruces now this
is a new 501 C 3 I believe and I don't
know and I think Jennifer's on the on
the conference here that the the
difference between going with them and
not knowing they're there checks and
balances in place to deal with because
this money can only be given to my
knowledge to those that meet a certain
income threshold I mean I know the City
of Albuquerque did something well then I
have since found out they've been using
a foundation we don't have that
foundation own city foundation there yes
mayor the the together Las Cruces fund
is simply the name of a program that's
ministered by the Community Foundation
so this is an organization we've done
business with in the past in fact during
the refugee situation there's actually
an existing city contract through a
resolution we previously supported that
that supported local nonprofits through
the Community Foundation so there's both
an established relationship existing
contract to my understanding between us
and the Community Foundation and in
targeting with them they they don't have
an income threshold as far as I know for
that fund okay let me get let me get
Jennifer is on the line I apologize I
was not that familiar with it so
generally thank you ma'am okay I do I'm
not really sure what the question is the
idea here was that we would have the
ability to act quickly to remain under
$75,000 so the maximum you could go in
seventy four thousand nine hundred and
ninety-nine dollars in order not to have
to come back to council the idea was to
go ahead and make that amendment and to
give that amount quickly and then come
back with amendments that would exceed
that threshold it was the way to act
quickly to just start spending money
right now without having to come back to
Council with contract amendments which
we and intend we intend to do with
larger amount it was just a way to act
faster okay so we could then say next
week have monies to go to well let's put
this way so let's say we did two
questions one can an amendment be made
for say seventy four thousand four that
together Las Cruces fund this is one
question and two so then there they
would be allowed to distribute however
they see fit
within some guidelines of course that's
correct and it depends on whether or not
this organization falls under one of the
exemption exemptions under the
procurement code right now we're looking
at section 24 - 64 of the procurement
code that requires your approval but
they're also a list of exemptions so we
have to look at which organization and
what services they are providing and so
perhaps either a David a lion David my
estes or now the green can kind of fill
us in a little bit about that together
las cruces fund and the role that they
played during the asylum seekers I guess
listening to my colleagues here if
they're if either if any of them want to
jump on the on the line and the video to
kind of share with us what exactly they
did mr. mayor I mean David Dolan for the
record members of council
the difference with the Community
Foundation and the asylum seeker
assistance it was for a reimbursement to
nonprofits that had verifiable expenses
in providing assistance to the asylum
seekers prior to the city's detailed
involvement with it so it was a
reimbursement for documented expenses
specific to that event beforehand so
that makes that situation different with
the Community Foundation under the Los
Cruces fund that they're proposing now
we don't have a relationship with them
in that sense we can but we we face
procurement issues just like the city
attorney said related to at least
contracting my preliminary very quick
discussions and review of their
application they would not based on
their current application would not meet
our requirements for qualifying
participants that doesn't mean it can't
be done it can be but we we have to
develop a contract and an understanding
for how they qualify people we we want
this this is a needs-based
Assistance Program and that so we still
have to meet the requirements of the
state law and city ordinances doesn't
mean it can't be done yeah
thing that you have to realize is this
is this money will not go out the door
instantly just by having con contracts
in place they're gonna have to spend
money to get reimbursement from us state
law prohibits us from cutting checks in
advance where service does not render
and so they they will have to front some
money we deal with this with our
nonprofits all the time so they worked
out their cash flow in that regard so we
still have to complete those
requirements doesn't mean it can't be
done and it has to be for eligible
participants and for qualified expenses
but those are details that we have to
work out with each of the nonprofit's
not only in their scope scope between
the nonprofit's but ensuring that
they're capable of meeting the
requirements for the participants we
think we want to help the most needy in
this situation we have to help the sick
and/or and indigent in this regards so
it doesn't mean we can't do it we can
you realize it has to take it does take
time mayor if I may and mr. dollar hon
thank you yes those discussions were had
with the executive director at the
Community Foundation miss Tara van
winter who committed to changing the
application process or questionnaire to
make applicants eligible in whatever way
is compliant with the city's requirement
and so again I would just urge staff or
county city manager - to get moving on
this quickly right because this this has
been a proposal that's been out there
for a week already and it's a little
troubling that nobody has had
conversations the Community Foundation
of southern New Mexico because the
reality is that they through private
donations have been the organization
that's been helping people out now and
so they are getting money out the door
as we're trying to decide here how we
can best help our community and so if we
can make it possible again this is the
in my opinion
the most dire of emergencies that our
community has ever faced in terms of
what this economic impact has on local
families and when what that means for
the healthy and the health and safety
and well-being of households that are in
poverty that can't pay bills there's a
lot of other effects other than economic
effects you know when people are
suffering and that's domestic violence
and that's child abuse and that's
welfare issues that's people going
hungry so it's more than just money it's
all the effects of not having money that
I just want us to remind ourselves that
are out there and so if this is a viable
option and be great to have two streams
of funding going out to the needy people
in our community
one administered by the Community
Foundation one administered by the
Community Action Agency so that you can
really reach the most people as you can
if it's completely not possible then
let's focus on the Community Action
Agency and have what we need to make
sure that that they're able to get out
as much money out the door it really
doesn't matter to me which way we do it
I just I just want to make sure that
we're we're having these conversations
now so that we can allocate the money
that's needed in the community so thank
you again mayor for bringing those
important points up and Mister dollar
hon for your explanation on that Thank
You councillor and I after listening
what you're saying it's possible and
David the doll can jump in if you if you
need to you're saying that they've
already given out monies depending on
the amount and if they have track kept
track of you know certain status that
the city's going to need to be able to
prove case we're audited where these
monies went then it sound and then of
course once we get that relationship
with them it sounds like they might be
able to be reimbursed for those that
have already been expended is that
correct in it mr. mayor members
counseled that that is correct
but our concern is is anyone that they
previously provided assistance to may
not meet the qualifications that we
needed them to we have to start that
dialogue and work with them I asked for
the application last week
I understand that miss Van winter is
more than willing to change the
application but there may be other
avenues within the community that can
help us also assist that Community
Action Agency community co-op and yone
lacasa
all those agencies that we already have
existing relationships with fully
understand our requirements and can move
things forward probably a little bit
faster but we will have that dialogue
Thank You mr. Don and if I just may
those are all different services that
are offered through those different
nonprofits what the Community Foundation
is doing is putting in cash in people's
pockets right and I think that's really
important I would like for us and for
staff you know for mayor you know for
our city manager to find every possible
way to say yes in this situation right
we're not in a regular situation where
you know we should be putting up
roadblocks on this kind of stuff we
should work through these problems as
hard as difficult as legally challenging
as they are we have to find solutions
and we have willing community partners
out there so it's a little frustrating
to hear of all the roadblocks when
clearly there's a way to do this but
it's not the time to take the easy way
out in my opinion we have to figure out
how to get financial relief out to folks
so thank you for all that you that you
would be willing to do to make that
happen
also I know you're very frustrated let
me tell you something when it's all said
and done and this is over I'm sure the
attorney general's office is not gonna
you know things will be moved on and we
have to we have to be accountable to you
know that's not our money that's the
public's money and I understand your
frustration we were doing everything we
can for you we are and but you know and
again we do the best we can but I'm
trying to get this thing expedited and
also just a real quick clarification the
initial proposal I had was like 1.4
million and this one here's a million
and so like I said I mean I wanted to
just get something going fast and then
if we have to next week we'll do it
again until you know but as you heard
David whoa
look at that that together Las Cruces
fund and see how the mechanism can be in
place for those that they were you know
that they will be helping and can be
reimbursements and and then hopefully
touch on some of the others that you
know whether it's rent assistance with
food assistance and such and so we're
just doing a vest here and you know like
I said when when I saw Albuquerque did
what they did you know but it's you know
they're they're being real tight-lipped
you know I'm I'm trying to get as much
as I can out of them I can't even get a
text back from the Attorney General I
mean everybody is just slammed right now
so thank you me thank you oh okay we
have a mere Pro Tem done to that was
just to speak and then councillor abate
the student thank you Mary
appreciate the opportunity I am
extremely grateful to all of the staff
and administration mister myiasis
continues to be very forthcoming and
communicative anytime I have any
questions or concerns so I want to say
publicly thank you I know how hard this
is working from home I agree this is
uncharted unprecedent times and we
should out quickly and swiftly I'm I am
in agreement to the attachment and the
areas I think that are most important I
would agree with contraband coma if we
can increase the thriving families with
Community Action Agency 275 thousand
that that is what I'd like to see in
terms of the PT ease for city staff in
terms of the p2p contact I don't know
what that is and if I could encourage
the work through the Las Cruces
creatives that has already developed the
shields and the bass mass
um it would be helpful especially as I
continue to hear my colleagues in the
child welfare arena that are still
continuing to do home visits checking
safety and the welfare of children and
families that they're in dire need of
PBS as well it which is a class in
itself that it doesn't get looked at or
included in as a medical sort of piece
and and I think that we need to protect
as many people as we can especially as
we move into these next few weeks where
Las Cruces public schools are continuing
to assess the safety and well-being of
children and whether children have
access to Internet and virtual learning
there they're probably going to have to
get into people's homes and ensure that
they're equipped to - to work through
the virtual learning that that should be
happening and so that would be one of my
recommendations if it means families and
youth incorporated leashes that building
out to Las Cruces creative so if there
is a way that we can even use some of
the funding to connect and ensure that
these folks all these folks that are
providing services that the PPEs can get
tied into that so that we ensure that
especially my partners and colleagues at
the child welfare arena get those
teepees secondly I'm I'm so happy about
the essential supply fun I think that is
really important to continue to hear the
issues that surround folks especially
those that are providing services or
have shelter emergency care having dire
you know just major trouble getting the
basic necessities
I also agree with conservationists
around the Community Foundation they are
an a foundation that's been in existence
for some time I have I have the the
application it's on time you can see
that I expects job to have those
conversations swiftly with committee
action
excuse me Community Foundation they have
given at least fifty five thousand
dollars to the most needy and they have
an application process that consists of
sort of like you know are you unemployed
have you when and literally they denied
at samples who were laid off prior to
the co-ed situation and and and
basically refused them the money because
of falsifying information that kind of
thing so in the conversations that I've
had with Tara winners I've also sent her
a income guidelines that lots of
entities or agencies follow which is one
hundred and eighty five percent to two
hundred percent poverty so I gave her an
example she is in agreement to change
the process to meet those you know our
guidelines and and so I'd like to see
that also occur I had a question about
the economic development the economic
crisis slash assessment and what that
would entail mayor you had indicated
that Gavin is on the call I like to see
what that is and how we can because I
had sent you information about the
Community Foundation and Albuquerque
working with the City of Albuquerque as
it relates just the stimulus right of
businesses helping give grants into
small businesses and I continue to be
concerned with our small businesses and
how we're going to lift them up out of
this and and I know you've made some
calls to them and
you've been Decatur they've been
tight-lipped so would that be something
that davon can help with as it relates
to this working with our own Community
Foundation good good question but if I
may Mayor Pro Tem
I'd like to leave that if you notice we
have the community partners and then we
go down to the city Los Cruces oh sorry
that's okay we can stick with the
community partners get all that kind of
ironed out and then move to the to the
city of Las Cruces which that falls
under one of the things that I want to
say and want to clarify when I said I
wasn't aware about the foundation I am
aware of the community foundation don't
get me wrong but but years ago when
Memorial Medical Center belonged to the
city and county they had a Memorial
Medical Center Foundation lots of public
schools has a foundation the Community
Foundation is not the city of Las Cruces
is what I'm trying to get at and ABQ one
is to my knowledge the city of
Albuquerque's own foundation nothing
nobody else it's their own foundation
that's what I'm trying to get at so I
mean that that is I think that is
something there that I always thought
that we could do ourselves but until I
realized after reading some some
information because I was initially told
from the City of Albuquerque that they
were really stretching the leader funds
and I thought okay it just doesn't sound
like we could go that route but then
after reading another report it said ABQ
one which is their own foundation is
giving them where exactly that's what I
was trying to get so so I needed to
clarify that okay that see that that's
where the hiccup is is is the now we may
be able to have our own fund let's just
say let's say we were to call it I don't
know adelante Las Cruces and you have it
parked there in the community foundation
then we start raising money then that's
known let's no that's not the city's
money that's money that that the city
can use or we can help raise I believe
that's something there that I haven't
had that discussion with our city
attorney but I believe if Albuquerque
has one we can do that
okay I appreciate it and just a couple
of more points mayor did we get
confirmation from Las Cruces public
schools with a hundred and fifty
thousand dollars for the internet and
virtual learning yes they definitely
would could use that they're very very
appreciative they can either use Comcast
or CenturyLink I think they were even
talking about hotspots I mean they they
already have a plan on how they can use
this money yes okay good
and earlier as I was mentioning given
government the government there's no cap
and we can do this immediately yes so
the other things that was mentioned
about gift cards and and I'm assuming to
our grocery stores and maybe our food a
restaurants and whatever and one of the
things that I like is that we still have
I feel really strongly that we still
have to stimulate our our economy in a
way and this would be a good way of
doing it and I don't know because of all
the rules and the funding and whatnot if
we could outline in these contracts that
as much as like for example lacasa is
using hotels you know hotels in our
community to assist art of domestic
violence victims and and whatnot and if
we can ask them to ensure that we are
looking at as many hotels that we can
and the food preparation that goes with
what they're seen is an increase in food
that we could maybe outlined that they
use different restaurants in they're
coming absolutely those are good
questions let's ask either Natalie David
or either David and Natalie if if when
we give this money to these nonprofits
can we ask or can we mandate that they
that they basically spread the the
monies around to different hotels
mr. mayor and councillors ended up we
can do something along those in the
contract we do generally require that
when they expend funds they expend funds
within the boundaries of the city of Las
Cruces so we can keep that money within
our jurisdiction okay okay good that's
great and I I think that's it married
mayor thanks oh we have I guess I didn't
feel like I went I feel like I went on
and on about the Christmas creatives and
the ppes and whatnot it know her that we
had um some connection there I think
this is really going to be helpful as we
move forward and they seem to have
things pretty well set up and so I'd
really like for us to look at getting
some funding to Christmas tree that's
okay can we can we come back to that one
on the second so we have councillor
abate the stevie and councillor Bencomo
again Thank You mayor and thank you to
all the city staff who helped work with
everything most of my comments really
echo my colleagues and so I don't want
to go over that too much in biood of
time and everything but I do want to
make mention as we were talking last
week with the hospitals and as we look
for what might happen in the next three
weeks I do think we need to consider
what we might need as far as
preparations during what's being called
our surge potential for for seeing
patients and what we might need to do to
protect our community and and help with
the medical community for any sort of
resources that they might need I'm not
sure what that looks like what we can do
with that but it's something that in the
next I would say I think they're
guessing right now in about three weeks
we might start in our highest level
numbers of those affected
we know that there are lower resources
right now so if there is any way that
the city can help acquire build up sort
of a little stockpile on those
everything from the ppes to any other
sort of necessary items and looking if
we are in Las Cruces if we are still
going to have to continue to drive our
testing kit up to Santa Fe what does it
look like to see what we need to make
sure that we can test here in Las Cruces
what type of equipment is necessary here
so that we can get those faster results
and I know this is a conversation that
probably needs to happen with the minute
help with the state to see what that
looks like but we know that when the
time comes there's going to be a lot of
activity and if we can help as much as
possible in our own city we will have
better success and better results for
our patients okay good oh good point so
before I get the councilor Bencomo so
what what what I want to do is just make
sure that these agencies two four six
eight agencies that we have identified
I'm going to presume that that we want
to increase Casas the peregrinos to
75,000 misty Valley community of Hope
seventy-five thousand Community Action
Agency
seventy-five thousand all in amendments
there and if we can just kind of focus
on this first and then move on to the
next next section and then other things
that you may want to discuss if that's
okay that's fine okay so with that
counselor Bencomo
Thank You mr. mayor my question may
actually fall under other things I want
to discuss them I'll throw it out now
because I think it's I want staff to
maybe think about it I wonder have we
received any sort of update information
confirmation around the federal stimulus
package and the monies that are supposed
to come to municipalities through the
state and on wondering the timeline on a
wondering there how we can use that
money so I would like to to know if we
have an update on that again I don't
have to for the answer now I can wait
till later no I I saw that we'd been
approved for I think it's like 1.25
billion I believe but we'll let Seth
come up with that if that's what they
have towards the end on federal money
okay so Mayor Pro Tem did you have a
question again or did you not forget let
me let me just um also recommend and and
I don't know if I said this but Catholic
charity you sent me an email and working
they work also with many of our indigent
or undocumented are especially providing
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services in the in the legal services to
our DV la casa and so I was hoping that
Natalie that maybe this is a way of
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incorporating Catholic Charities
especially around the legal piece into
the contract is that possible so you
basically want to know if if the Casa
can subcontract out to Catholic
Charities yeah yeah let's get Natalie
and
mr. mayor mayor pro-tem Canada we do
have an existing contract with Catholic
Charities they are a current recipient
of health-related public services that
resolution was anticipated to come
forward on May 4th
we could bring health related public
services forward sooner um but my
recommendation would to just increase
that part of funding for for all those
agencies if it's not necessarily Kovach
related okay good thank you
okay so thank you Natalie tell sir
Florida's South Florida's did you wish
to speak yes yeah you're great Thank You
mr. mayor and I agree with everything my
account my fellow councillors have
stated I agree I think we are all very
frustrated and I too would have expected
have to move on some of in some of these
areas a little bit quicker but this is
the way it's going and I am very
appreciative however of all the work
that they have done regarding this
emergency we are faced with as far as
the letter from mr. firown' tenifer own
from Catholic Charities and his request
for assistance
I have a question well I agree with what
councilor gun that I had said about
assisting them because they provided a
lot of services to the indigent the
legal services and I'm looking I'm
thinking about the fact that we don't
have a rent control statute in the state
of New Mexico so people are going to be
facing eviction and the stay on the
order on the stay for eviction still
requires people to to go to court
whether they do it
whether they make a virtual appearance
or not needing help and I know I said
this last Monday that on Helicon Rubio
has reached out to New Mexico legal aid
to be they'll be coming forward people
out but with that money than that
because Catholic Charities does provide
legal services they will be able to use
that money towards evictions I have to
qualify anyway and to the satisfaction
of the judge that that they really are
in dire need and cannot aid or rent so I
think that we should definitely set
money aside from that to $75,000 that we
could do today to get that moving
because yeah two days ago people well
you know doing here after people will be
facing eviction people not regard the
land owner the landlord won't
necessarily abide by well there's
nothing to abide by
because evictions can happen or excuse
me a writ of Konishi regarding an
eviction so I think we should move in
that direction
Thank You mr. Muir yeah Thank You
counselor two things one mr. firown' I
sent I received this last night and
that's to suit that's too late to get it
on this agenda I don't know when you
receive that I got it last night
and so I don't have a problem in putting
on our next agenda for next week thank
you very much and I can't stress this
enough that if there's any concern that
that what was listed this from this list
I take full responsibility because from
our meeting last on them on Monday the
30th I kind of even reviewed it the
areas that were going in of course and
the reason why I had the amounts was for
expediency and I knew that there was
going to be a little bit of a challenge
regarding the together Los Cruces
so if I'm a councillor still I can have
it for our next council meeting you said
you'd wish staff had moved quicker which
ones were you wanting and again I have
to take responsibility for that because
that was my list put together so it
wasn't them this was based on the
discussion that we had on the 30th so
can you tell me never for our next
council meeting what specifically you
wanted us to the city to look at are you
or anybody know you I specifically know
it's just that we're getting information
today and of course maybe because we
were getting information and perhaps the
Constitution to move forward this manner
or that was my comment there mister
firown' requesters Catholic check
charities excuse me I could appreciate
you putting it on the agenda for our
next meeting thank you and I think well
I think we could at our next meeting if
we can have staff put together some type
of exemptions on in our code as far as
how we're dealing with things Jennifer
can you speak a little bit more to that
please on how we can assist Contracting
new services in an emergency situation
and what the City Council can do yes
mayor and council you can change your
exemptions exist in the procurement code
so there are exemptions I can't remember
how many there's a list of several
exemptions where things do not have to
be go through the entire process it does
still require that you have contract
approval but you can add things to that
list of exemptions and you can also
specify and clearly define in the event
of an emergency especially one that has
beautiful claimed by the mayor and it
would trigger those attentions perfect
okay so we'll work on that
as well so thank you for that okay so
getting back to
see who else so that so as far as the
first portion of this list we're good
it looks like just increasing those that
were at fifty to seventy-five thousand
so if we can go to the second part now
we're I think does anyone have any
questions I think we talked about the
hundred thousand for the essential
supply supply fund and that's the one
where a mere pro timid had wanted to
make sure that we had goods for those
that needed it specifically diapers and
formula and things of this nature
the the drivers and the kovat test kits
oh I let me yes Jennifer I recently
received an email about some items ppes
that are available outside the state and
so when I forwarded order to I don't
know if I forward it to the hospitals or
forward to the state and it came back
saying that that the governor had wanted
us to only use PPG's that were either
manufactured or or bought within New
Mexico are you aware of anything like
that and not aware I can look it I need
to look into that more I mean this was
just I mean I get you know lot of emails
and I I thought that that was very
unusual but I'll look on that so are
these either baby if I could add to that
there is one of the public health orders
declaration from the governor and the
main concern isn't so much where it's
coming from
if it has been approved by FDA there are
certain PPE that the Department of
Health wants to make sure we aren't just
purchasing and giving to people first
responders or anybody who may need them
and they may not be effective or they
may not have been proven to meet FDA
requirements that's probably the
documentation that you're talking about
that you received okay thank you David
appreciate that no service cos you have
a comment
yes mayor do you have a question for
Jennifer so under the ordinance that we
just passed giving emergency powers to
the mayor under an emergency
Proclamation I if I recall correctly
there was a provision in there that
allows the mayor to use resources
financial resources needed to respond to
an emergency we didn't set a cap on that
so potentially if if we if the mayor
were to to issue an emergency
Proclamation could he not then authorize
resources in an amount greater than
seventy-five thousand dollars to the
very funds that we are looking at here
today mayor and council that's correct
however it would have to go back to City
Council for approval and we certainly
would still have to follow our
procurement code like I said we can
change the procurement code but it would
certainly have to go back to council
Berkley that's fine and I think you know
that's another option for us to look at
in terms of how we get this how we get
this money into these funds in an
expedited way mayor if that's a
possibility under an emergency
Proclamation for you to allocate larger
amounts over 75,000 in the coming few
coming days
I'm sure council would be happy to come
back and look at those proposals but a
you know just want to make sure that
we're using that effectively since we
just passed that ordinance if if it
affords us ability to do that we should
we should consider that Thank You
Jennifer no good good question so
Jennifer if we were to do this on Friday
and have the emergency declaration
ordinance or verbiage first then
subsequently the next below that would
be different amounts for some of these
nonprofits that the councillor was
talking about about increasing it can
that be done basically what I'm trying
to say is in the same day same meeting
as long as the declaration is done first
and then allows me to do what needs to
be done to increase those amounts is
that possible
I'll have to look more carefully at the
chronology of what that what that would
look like but I think the content here
was that we will bring forward the
amendment and that can be done fairly
quickly - once the amendment to the
contract the existing contracts happen
all you need is 7 to 72 hours to approve
those contracts and I think that's kind
of where we were moving toward is get
this money going first and quickly and
then we'll work on those amendments as
quickly as possible and bring them
forward for your approval either way and
then take about the same amount but
actually but it's also good though
since councillor Ross has brought it up
probably have that added to the other
emergency declaration to be able to do I
don't know to be able to well I guess if
we do if we have this new ordinance I
guess it's going to address us going to
higher amounts in ways so I see
interesting okay see okay so let's go to
the so this so this 75,000 for the test
kits and mail delivery we're good with
that
Council next would be the pp EES for
city staff now so mayor pro-tem was
asking about creative creative principle
last Christmas creative it was good and
so and I think Natalie mentioned I guess
we could do we have a Natalie do we have
a contract with them right now or do I
guess that's small enough though we can
go directly to them using them mr. mayor
we do not have a contract with community
creatives and I'll have to defer to
either legal or procurement on the
ability to contract with them mayor if
I'm if I may I just make mention that
they lease out that building from
families and youth incorporated so I
wondered if if council agreed that it
could
be tight in two families and youth
specifically for the production of mash
I don't know if that's viable or even
waffle if you will I don't know who
wants to take that Jennifer refer to you
here mayor pro-tem asking if we could
have families and youth use cruces
creatives to make these masks for city
staff really I mean if they're gonna be
used for city staff I would think that
they could do that not only city staff
mayor but our child welfare we providing
home business our school staff that kind
of thing Josh I would think that if it's
all for government I don't see why they
would be a problem with that but anyways
Jennifer did you want to jump on address
athletes um
Marian council if you're talking about
leaving the building for that purpose I
guess it would determine we would have
to determine all the actual purpose is
or if they're just using a duty building
I'm not I'm not clear mayor pro-tem what
is it were you talking about Elise are
we talking about them making masks for
city staff no no I I'm trying to get
around the fact that we don't have a
current contract with them and if it
helped families in use incorporated
leashes that building to them where they
are producing the mass and if that was a
better way to expedite giving them
funding funding for masks a production
of the mass yes and the masks to be used
for what it sounds like all government
individuals yes sir mayor and council
whether or not they use a building or
how they use a building if they're going
to provide a service to the city we
still have to follow our own ordinances
so we would still have to have some kind
of agreement in place that we are
providing you this funding for X Y and G
and that that still would need
and whether or not it would meet the
$74,000 threshold it has to be under 75
not 75 bucks just under 75 so that it's
still determined by what our procurement
code instead okay okay thank you thank
you I'm Jennifer
okay so we have counselor Flores
yes thank you Miss fair but in so far
regarding the math David and you mr.
Maynard David my assistant you brought
up the issue that the governor had asked
unquote that the bank the math being FDA
approved I I just thought I read
somewhere which you know I'm not really
that good at no no Dave everyone here to
clarify no no I understand that
I believe mr. clarified that I believe
he said they had to be approved by the
FDA so I just want to make sure that
whatever we do is consistent with what
them and I don't know what was the mayor
achieving was the governor's statement
about that an ass or was it a directive
was it an order and that's what I want
would like to know about that
do you know its biases yes mayor
Councillor protis it was one of the
public health order amendments that was
sent out I believe it was on the 24th of
the 25th
now that keeping in mind that's more
specific to first responders or people
who are in the line of assisting
potential other patients or people that
have been maybe in contact with someone
who has had the virus with something
like this if we are using the mask just
as a potential area of precaution that
may be something that helps out but we
don't want the people who are using them
to be under the impression that this
mask is is going to completely protect
them from concerns we want them to know
that this might be a level of
Comfort for you but it's not FDA
approved so how would we then reconcile
the fact that under the say for example
going into the homes of LC PM students
to install the computers or deliver them
or whatever and also so and then also
our staff here who are dealing the
public so it's only for health providers
mr. Madsen's is it limited to that the
restriction to move the order or more
expensive and so far health concerns and
contagion potential is concerned sure
that's a great question counselor foetus
I would have to reread the order it's
been a couple of days since I've seen
that's I couldn't tell you what the
specifics were but again the main
concern and you bring up a good point if
we were to ask somebody to be walking
into a room and potentially that person
that's in there either had the virus or
is quarantine for some reason because
they were in close contact with somebody
that did then we would we would very
much be a concern saying you're going in
there with a massive FDA if it hasn't
that doesn't mean that they can't go in
with their own mask before by mess up
the shelves at stores and they do have a
level of comfort wearing those they do
have a level of feeling better about
their situation but we would definitely
be concerned saying that this is an
approved mask if we gave it and thank
you mr. Masterson thank you mr. Muir
okay looks like we have Barbara did you
want to say something DeLeon
yes mr. mayor and councillor Flores I
did have some additional information
regarding that public health order as
David Moyes just mentioned it was a
public health order from March 25th and
it temporarily regulates the sale and
distribution of personal protective
equipment
it does have some stipulations mayor
with respect to the sale of this
equipment versus it requires anybody
with an inventory of PPE to report that
to the Department of Health we do that
for example the fire department is
reporting their levels of inventory of
PPE and then it stipulates that a
provide health care provider or supplier
cannot sell PPE outside of New Mexico
without prior approval from the
Department of Health and it also says
that they cannot sell PPE period without
prior approval from the Department of
Health so it's it's really regulating
the sale of PPE within the state and
then from suppliers within the state to
out-of-state purchasers and and it and
it covers just the management and the
reporting of inventory of PPE in order
to try to try to mitigate shortages and
and manage supply were necessary Thank
You Barbara I appreciate that I thought
I read something about the sale I wasn't
too sure exactly how it went but okay
good thank you
John sir Flores didn't put your hand
down or you have another question my
temperature okay mayor pro-tem I didn't
I didn't put my hand down
yeah thank you Thank You mayor and
reviewing um I think all of us received
fire departments some situation summary
and some of the items in terms of their
supply list are running pretty low and
so I just want to make sure that not
only law enforcement but our
firefighters
the necessary things so they're looking
at they have currently stocked up in
terms of the mass but they're getting no
no gowns in stock and so have hand
sanitizer minimal quantities safety
glasses minimal quantities
determine decontamination wipes minimum
quantities as well I just feel like we
need to make sure that they have what
they need and so I think that this is a
great way again
to partner with a local 501c3 to help
and all of you have the things that may
not be fda-approved but certainly can
help our firefighters and law
enforcement officers for example the
shelves that these people are making in
and and such a mayor just to remind you
we I think we both received or I know I
did I'm sorry things are days are
crossing and whatnot but I did receive a
email from former councillor Greg Smith
about an individual that has connections
to a company and in China that he lives
here and and would love to start
production of mash and and so I will
forward I believe I forward that to
David - - and and dr. Martinez in hopes
that they could do some research about
that - because at the end of the day
again I feel strongly we have to
stimulate our economy and that would be
one way to do that thank you Mir thank
you Mayor Pro Tem I looking for an email
from Lenny the chief of staff to
Chancellor Arvizu believe it or not when
we worked with were discussing the
developing
disinfectant and and such I think I know
I got something here I mean my emails
are just slammed here that they were
actually working on masks here locally
so that's that's uh I'll get that here
and then after one you all start talking
about look at that so okay so other than
the economic development of 7,500
everyone's good with the with the list
for now other than the couple things
that we need to do some amendments Oh
councillor Bencomo yes Thank You mr.
mayor I just had a question about the
utilities fund and if that would be
available immediately or if that would
take some time so go into that time I
think counsel I think I see I saw a
doctor Garcia on the see I'm here mayor
yes they are yes as you know this this
fund is to supplement the bills or the
inability to pay the bills
what happens is we manage this fund
through Casa de peregrinos but it's
really a move of funds from the general
fund to the utility fund so we will do
this immediately we work with the budget
office and this would be available
immediately we've had lots of calls
actually about 98 calls recently with
people wanting help for the arch bill so
we only have 24,000 left so this is very
useful funds that we will put to use
immediately greatly thank you and Mayor
Pro Tem I found that the email it says
it's from the chief of staff is is well
currently are undertaking making fat
making face shields and deliver our
first prototypes yesterday local
hospitals I'll ask our task force to vet
this request the raw materials to
achieve the n95 standard could be the
issue I'll let you know as soon as we
collect information
so okay we're good so you guys ready to
hear what the 7500 was the economic
crisis flash assessment
Oh mr. mayor yes kid not cancer if you
have a minute I can I can introduce this
but I think you need admins ready to go
Thank You Annie okay good I'm here good
morning there good morning Council how
are you today I first want to say is
resident Las Cruces I appreciate all
your product and practice and leadership
in this what we have going on today
wait illness and do you guys see him no
hold on maybe in another room I think
it's just picking up the audio on the
computer's microphone oh you know I just
want each place is just a little up here
well good okay well again thank you for
allowing me to be here today to talk a
little bit about this flash assessment
before I get going however I would like
to answer the Mayor Pro Tem earlier
question about how my Vita is trying to
be involved with assisting small
businesses if you may first let me say
that we've been reaching out well number
one we've been pushing out as much
information on all the programs that
have become available from the PPP loans
just disaster relief the state
investment council is coming up with a
hundred million dollar loan fund we're
trying to learn more about that we've
been pushing all this information out
via our social media but we've also
reached out to the state to ask how can
we better help on the ground yesterday
we actually had a meeting with a should
I say conference call with secretary
schroer who's leading a similar effort
at the state level of how do you
distribute distribute information
they're talking about a train the
trainer program and Movida
we have volunteered if that's the
direction
want to go we have volunteered as a
regional economic development
organization to participate in that with
them and help better provide the right
information and handle the companies on
all of these programs that are coming
out so we hope to hear from the
governor's office early next week as if
that's the route they're going to take
so mayor pro-tem I hope that might
answer your question in terms of what
we're doing in that respect
thank you Devon turning to the flash
assessment about a month ago when we
anticipated the severity of what was
happening here we started participating
in a number of webinars and a number of
conversations with our peers in economic
development really across the country
one thing became clear was that for
communities to respond we're going to
need to understand what this looks like
the aftereffect is going to look like
and right now it's hard for anyone to
predict what that may mean what we do
know is that companies are shifting and
what we're seeing local companies shift
their business models as well how long
this pandemic goes on we'll probably
determine are these permanent shifts or
not and culturally speaking among
consumers how are we going to be
changing our habits that local
entrepreneurs need to adapt to let me
give you an example
obviously curbside is a is a big change
that may be something permanent later on
does that affect the real estate of the
actual restaurant if they're doing more
of their business doing curbside do
people want to have more social distance
within a restaurant itself does that
change your footprint construction walls
whatever needs to be put up based on the
length of this behavior the other thing
that we know is going to come out of
this is the need for more telework we we
see that happening happening already we
see some companies being able to shift
to that other companies cannot
unfortunately as we know
we never expected a month ago that as of
yesterday we would have 28,000
unemployment claims that is a thirteen
or fourteen thousand from last week
alone which is up about fourteen
thousand from the week before that we
don't know when next week is going to
look like I reached out to secretary
macam Lee about what's happening with
Las Cruces unemployment claims they
don't have those answers quite yet he
said maybe in a week or two we may have
more information
well that combined with the fact that we
know what's shut down lots of retail is
completely shut down our call center
industry basically is ordered to be shut
down that's 1,500 employees right there
that we don't know if they're on the
unemployment claims list if they've
already filed or if we're going to see
that in the next reflection so there's a
lot of unknowns and as we get into
predictive modeling as to what it's
going to look like in three months or
six months we can have educated guesses
as to the inputs we're going to be
putting into this model we're going to
be down 20% in this industry 30% in this
industry maybe up in this industry but I
think what we really need to understand
is what are the entrepreneurs what are
the businesses really thinking are they
going to be shifting their models and
then we need to understand what they're
thinking to be able to put that in put
into our modeling and analysis so we
actually reached out to the community
economics lab they're based in
Albuquerque the gentlemen who founded
that is named mark Lautman he's been
doing economic development for the last
40 some years in both in New Mexico and
across the country he was one of the
original kind of dreamers and founders
of the original development team down in
Santa Teresa which which has brought all
that together over the years he he was
the advisor to Mesa del Sol's
development in Albuquerque where
Albuquerque Studios is on he's in past
ten years started community economics
laboratory which is really a think-tank
and when we approached him and talked
about this type of need he had mentioned
they are already working on such
modeling so our conversation would be a
stipend of $7,500 basically to pay them
for this analysis and the way the
analysis as explained to me would
is we would do a shred of sorts and that
shred obviously would have to be online
it would have to be virtual but we would
bring businesses into the room across a
variety of different sectors from
hospitality to builders to restaurants
to manufacturers and it'd be a Charette
asking the questions what are you
predicting your models going to look
like based on if we're out of this in
two weeks maybe we're back to normal if
we're out of this in three months and
maybe a completely different situation
so it's to develop this shred ask the
questions get the answers and put these
answers back into their modeling so we
can have a better predictive analysis as
to what the future looks like depending
on the length of this pandemic so in a
nutshell what we're trying to do is when
the curtain opens up and life and
business is going to change what does it
look like and what's the impact at that
point so I'll leave it with that to
answer any questions you might have
so Griselda dr. Gert Martinez dr.
Martinez are you there
okay well we'll skip we're cool
counselor Flores has a question no you
guys can hear me right yes there and so
I'm sorry I forget to unmute yes thank
you mr. Maron Thank You mr. Lopez so
you've given us a picture of what has
happened up until now but there's no way
of projecting how it's going to end up
is that correct or that you you really
can't make any predictions at this point
based on the information the
developments we've kind of like to know
that that is correct we there's going
back to counselor Vasquez's comment
about this is unprecedented no one knows
what's going to happen we're all making
educated guesses at this point thank you
very much and then will you be hearing
from bill McKinley about how we've been
impacted here in Las Cruces or is it
information that he did you say you'd be
gathering that information or he had
told me that the claims do not the
initial claims do not offer a geography
and they're going to have to go back and
and review that as more claims come in
he told me about a week to two weeks
they should have more information on the
geography of where those 28,000
unemployment claims are going to come
from I'm thinking I'm thinking that
presumably because we are the second
largest city that a lot of them will
come from
if I may say what's interesting
counselor is what we're doing here today
we never would have done a video
conference because we always met in
person and I think you're gonna see
businesses now now that they've been
forced to learn how to do this what does
that mean for even restaurants are they
gonna now put the focus on on
drive-through because what if this
happens again and so I think that what
this assessment does is be able to give
this out to our business people in the
city to see what the trends are and
maybe start thinking about that I I can
I have to tell you when I Drive and see
chick-fil-a with two full lanes I mean
these guys plan for drive-through and
and you know so these are things that
this has changed the way we do business
both from a city government and also
from a consumer standpoint as well yeah
that's true
Thank You mr. mayor and thank you mr.
Lovins uh dr. Martinez are you still are
you still are you available for some
reason okay well we'll just go to uh
counselor a beta Stewie and Thank You
mr. Lopez I do you think this is going
to be something that our businesses need
to look at in all reality until there is
a vaccine that can happen the chances of
having to deal with a very similar
situation in the upcoming fall in winter
are very high again you know this is
still a a moving issue and so I think it
will be very important for our business
this is to know how to attack and those
trends to look for you even after you
know best case the next couple months
three months and we may get to go back
to normal but there's a high probability
of us having to pull back again and
adjust for any sort of reoccurrence and
until like I said we get that teens we
get
some of that immunity buildup there's
high probability of us having to to be
in very similar situation to ender straw
so thank you Thank You counselor dr.
Martinez are you available okay so
that's it for Davin I can change places
again thank you thank you Iowa's
listening carefully um it doesn't come
to add to any surprise that the
economically this is going to affect
different sectors differently some
sectors a lot and some sectors not so
much and I think this kind of a study
would help us understand what possibly
we could do to help sectors what to do
in the future put it that way so it
seems like a good thing to do thank you
okay so let's get back to the possible
amendments in this question I need to
ask our city attorney Jennifer Vega
Brown so earlier like for example you've
been taking la casa
and la pena on where I have it at
seventy-five thousand is it your is it
your recommendation that we reduce that
to say seventy four thousand 999 or
seventy four thousand five hundred or
are those okay that's one question and
then the other when we increase increase
casa that peregrinos see Valley
community of Hope and the Community
Action Agency do we increase that to 270
four five or seventy for 9.99 or I need
a little clarification on that please
very hopeful yes the total amount of
services paid has to be under 75 the
procurement code 7 says 75,000 ordinal
75,000 or more has to be approved by
council so it would have to be under 75
so yeah 74 74 5 yes so there's 4 5
missile missile thing yes today we have
to be for a total you can't split it up
into two separate contracts it has to be
the total amount sir okay so this next
question will be for Christine so
Christine so let's take for example
lacasa
we may have to reduce that by $500 does
that need to be can I do
Kent can the council member they need to
do each one individually or can we do
them all in one amendment one motion um
where the resolution is written for a
total of 1 million so I would amend it
for a total amount based on all the
changes okay but but so when we go back
to let's say for example can a council
members say I want to make a motion to
change like the costs at a seventy four
thousand five hundred Lobby new on the
seventy four thousand five hundred Casa
peregrinos increased that to seventy
four thousand that's why I'm trying get
it can they make that all in one motion
or would you prefer that they be
individually motion and voted on I think
we should do them individually okay okay
so with that then on the I'll need
someone to make a motion in a second to
change la Costas funding to from 75,000
to seventy four thousand five hundred to
meet the threshold of the city's
procurement okay
I'm sorry who made the motion who made
the second all right Gabe Oscar's maybe
no sir no sir Vasquez and councillor
abate thus to be second
did someone someone was that David on
hand who said something or no yeah yes
ma'am sorry I didn't want you to get too
too many amendments before I brought
this up this is just a budget adjustment
for authorization to set aside funds for
these activities rather than here's a
thought
rather than amending the dollar amounts
that we know you want to commit commit
the dollar amounts that you want and
we'll we'll take two steps to fix this
contract amendment will will contract
amend up to the seventy four five and
then for the additional money that
you've committed then we'll work on
bringing back a second contract
amendment through counsel action so so
you don't have to look at bringing back
more money you're going to cause us to
do two steps a budget adjustment now and
then a budget adjustment later and a
contract review I I would say just if
you're going to give the money give them
set aside the money and then we will
work through the procedural requirements
on the contracts will do it
administrator step first and then a
second step to bring back the contracts
were amounts above seventy five thousand
well okay what counsel wants to be able
to get this now to them and that's why
we're doing the under seventy five
thousand and mayor we can do that now
okay up to the seventy four not five and
and for any dollar amounts that we also
know they're going to need and to be
responsive to them then we can come back
with the contract exemptions contract
amount above the 75 at the next earliest
meeting but you're not having to do a
budget adjustment twice okay so well let
me just do this here so I think our
attorney want to station I don't know
let's see I don't see it Jennifer did
you have a comment no Marion counsel I
was like I was I agree with David dollar
and that would be the easiest way to do
it
okay and - so basically we're looking at
a budget adjustment of about seventy
three thousand so it was basically maked
up to a million seventy three thousand
which which what that does is it takes
the three la pinyon casa that pedigree
knows and missy valley excuse me casa
death pedigree knows from c valley
community hope and Community Action
agencies all to seventy four five and it
brings down a couple of those oh okay so
B actually 72 five okay so 1 million
72,500 would be the amount that we're
amending the amount to be transferred
funds it will retract my previous
amendment and counselor Stevie you'll
remove your second okay so then we'll
need an amendment to motion to amend the
budget adjustment to a million 72,500 to
be used for to increase the fundings for
cus of the pedigree no Steve Allen
community of Hope Community Action
Agency and bring it into line like a
salon Pina until to the city's
thresholds so moved
Oh motion made by councillor
Alaska second by councillor beta Stevie
is there any questions okay and then
found the amendment Christine yes no mr.
mayor I have a question oh I'm sorry go
ahead counsel income um can you help
clarify for me what we landed on with
the Community Action the community
foundation is that not gonna be included
in the amendment are we doing that well
that's gonna be I'm gonna discuss our
next council meeting not our next
special council meeting which probably
be next Friday but in there I have in
here where we're going to be working to
look at how to work with together Las
Cruces
at the very minimum the seventy four
thousand five hundred but then also to
see what exemptions we can make under
our code city's code to you know but I
think it's still gonna have to be vetted
through the City Attorney's Office okay
I I just wanted clarification thank you
okay so Christine this is on the
amendment this is on the amendment of
resolution 20 - 1 3 - to change the
amount to 1 million $72,500 so come sir
a big SUV contrivance desert yes
contraband Komal yeah come sir sorc
yes counter flutters yeah councillor
down that uh yes mayor yes
ok so now we're going to go ahead and go
to the we're on the main motion so this
is encompassing all the community
partners as well as that identified as
city of Las Cruces or the witches
resolution - 0 - 1 3 - so it's been
moved in second so if there's nothing
further a Christina keep all the vocals
this is on the motion to approve
resolution 20 - 1 3 2 as amended concert
a beta stevie concert vodka yes concert
van Komal yeah concerts org yes
Hunter flooded yeah concert gondola yes
mayor
yes okay before we adjourn let me just
tell you what what I'm thinking here so
we'll have another meeting say next
Friday the 10th at same time 9:30 and at
that meeting well hopefully by then
staff will be able to have looked at the
10 together Las Cruces fund and at the
very minimum if they can again I don't
know how they're gonna do it but if they
can make it so that we can do the
seventy four thousand five hundred for
them also seventy four thousand five
hundred for Catholic Charities and also
and this one here I need to cut a little
bit more clarification Jennifer did we
need to add the exemptions under our
code at this meeting on Friday or or not
here in council I'll leave that up to
the manager and we can try to get that
prepared I don't know if we I'll defer
to the city manager okay well he
happened to have his hand up so David
did you have something you'd like to say
yes I figured this question was coming
so I put my hand up in advance as I
mentioned in the last meeting when we're
talking about these type of items what
I'll do is I'll get with staff today
some time to find out if we think we
might have the ability to have that
exemption to the procurement code ready
we would like to but we'll work on that
for you
I also would like to take this
opportunity just to pass on two counts
to you mayor we fully understand the
concerns and the frustrations when we
talk about the items that we want to try
and put in place and what constraints we
have we understand the concerns of
frustrations because we go through them
as well as we're trying to to implement
and put together the requests that have
been sent to us when we do bring them up
we're not bringing them up as a road
block or something that is a deal
breaker we bring them up to let Council
know that these are the items that we
have to go through for a couple of
reasons one so that council is informed
of what the potential constraints are
going to be and also so that council
does have an idea that it may not move
as quickly as we would hope based on
having to work around some of these
items so I just wanted to pass that on
so that council is aware for their
information and to let you know that
staff fully understands the concerns and
frustrations because we go through them
as well so thank you for that well I
appreciate that David I appreciate you
saying that because and again even as
many years as I've got I mean there's a
few that I've never we've never
experienced something like this and so I
too had a few questions but nonetheless
that's why we have you all there to make
sure that we do the best we can and stay
within we all took oath to uphold the
laws the state of New Mexico and that
anti donation is a big one so I'm gonna
ask you all who have great relationships
as do many of us with our legislators
that has to be something that looked at
next time the governor declares the
emergency declaration we don't need this
thing hindering us like it's doing right
now so I have a counselor sorg and then
councilor mayor pro-tem maganda who had
something they'd like to speak councilor
sword yeah Thank You mayor I am it's too
late to change this maybe maybe not but
the $7,500 to go for the economic crisis
flash assessment I was thought rather
than that having to come out of the
tell us you're fine like our our
resolution is saying that it should come
out of the Department of Economic
Development budget oh well I mean that
sets that small amount I guess that can
be done administratively but at least
that's where we have it earmarked and
you never know we may be getting funding
from the state and they may want to know
where we spent it on in relation to
covet 19 and that may by moving it out
of a different fund may not allow us to
get reimbursed by having it here at
least we know where you can keep track
of the expenses we've used in pertains
to this this current situation well
that's a good point
I if we do get some reimbursement and I
would expect there is time then that's a
good point to do to do that thank you
Mayor Pro Tem Thank You mayor thank you
to my colleagues for being so patient
and really expressing your your deep
desire to help our our most vulnerable I
do I would like to put on the agenda and
the discussions around Las Cruces
creatives needs United and also I know
that dr. Martinez said working on the
small business micro loan program I'd
like to see if that is ready so that we
can administer those grants to our small
business and mayor I will forward that
email that i received from concert greg
smith or former councillor smith as it
relates to that particular company
wanting to produce mass quantities of
the peepees thank you okay thank you
doctor pie yeah this you have a comment
well looks like you suggest beer okay
can you hear me yes yes
just to provide a couple of points and
to counsel Morgana dr. Martinez is
having problems with phone right now so
she wasn't able to speak but but she's
she what - listen yes we are exploring
and that ability of conducting the
technical assistance for small
businesses that lead to micro lending
which currently work early in the
process one or an RFP for that
besides that we were also exploring some
of the things that that Albuquerque has
been able to do with the Grants Program
for small businesses and and we're
actually in the stages of we already
discuss with the City of Albuquerque and
seeing in which way they were able to
fulfill this program right now we're in
the analysis in the internal analysis
how can we make that happen as well so
just a couple of the things that we were
we wanted to mention beside states we're
doing a comprehensive campaign well a
campaign that at least touches every
business in the city we we try to
connect them from from Mandy section the
business development session we try to
connect them with the resources that
have been provided by the state and by
the federal government we've been in
contact with the Chamber's we've been in
contact with Mabhida and and also with
regards to that study that you were
mentioning the the thing we wanted to
mention is that we created an analysis
within the budget office and the
economic development department that we
sent to you so that some of the
estimates that we have for what could
happen immediately in our economy so
hopefully you've had a chance to review
that and with that said those are some
of the things that from the economic
development department were currently
working on
doctor thank you dr. paya this let me
ask you a question do you I would think
that I'm gonna guess that we probably
have at least half of the registered
businesses in Las Cruces email address
and if so do you think we we may or
maybe you've already done this we could
send them just a quick link to the
various programs that the federal
government's put out I know you just
said it but if we have that email
address if there was a way to get that
to them might be quicker as well I mean
because everyone gets bombarded with
things but if we have one that's geared
toward them specifically might be
beneficial mr. mayor members of council
were actually doing that twice a week
any news that comes in any new guidance
that we can provide from both the state
all the resources that the state has
been able to provide plus the federal
government we have been doing that and
at least twice a week since the
beginning of this indemic declaration
happened besides that mr. mayor the
within in trying to carry a go local
campaign and Mandy is coordinating that
portion as well so that we can assist
the businesses and in in any any way we
can do it right now and and again we're
trying to see how how Albuquerque was
able to create their their grant program
for small businesses and we're currently
in the analysis of that as we speak many
airports yes thank you I don't I don't
mean to interrupt but thank you dr. BIOS
for your continued commitment and
helping our small business and I
appreciate all the work that you're
doing remotely to assist our small
businesses mayor to your point about
creating a foundation specifically to
the city I think you call that I love de
las cruces I love that I wonder if that
part of dr. biotics dr. Martinez and the
staffs analysis as we move forward
because that seems to be able to sort of
springboard or make it a more quick
action if you will
yeah I copyrighted that name by the way
so I just want much so you want to know
if week if we can have our economic
development department looking at
creating something like this uh-huh
yeah I agree I agree totally that was
something there that you know because
you know like for example this is a kind
of similar so the employees I don't
think they have it anymore but when one
would retire you know if they got that
gold watch it didn't come from the city
it came from money that they raised from
an employee fund and it's kind of the
same thing so it's it's connected to the
city but not it's not City money so long
god and i and secondly and I say finally
dr. Pettis you made mention the request
for proposals and I'd like to see or
know if there's a time where we can
anticipate that and under these
circumstances can we expedite the RFP I
don't know if there is our Anora Nance
and or state via the emergency that we
might expedite request for proposal mr.
mayor and it's just sorry madam mayor
Burton actually the the RFP right now
we're currently in the stages of
finishing the writing portion of it
curiously enough the the RFP you we
started this process prior to the
pandemic occurred and and right now we
should be in in the stages in which we
can we can well if not we could be
closed of releasing the RFP I would have
to double-check on exactly when we can
make this but we'll try to make it as as
soon as practical and as soon as I saw
Russell processes allowed
besides I forgot to mention something
previously in a mr. mayor and madam may
return all the email blasts that we're
doing to our our local businesses are in
both English and Spanish so that it can
be reached to everyone so we have taken
that into account as well it's very
important okay and if that's if you're
finished
Mayor Pro Tem then looks like councillor
Bencomo wishes to say something I am
Thank You mayor
Thank You mr. mayor I heard something
about a gold watch I don't know when
that's happening just kidding um I
wondered mr. mayor I really would like
to encourage us to do either a bilingual
press conference or bilingual videos
from the city relating to what we just
passed and my biggest fear honestly is
that we'll be able to provide relief and
that that information won't trickle down
to the people that need it most and so I
really want to make sure that we're
diligent in doing that I'm happy to
volunteer or voluntold councillor
Vasquez to do Spanish content but I
think it's really critical and important
also in terms of thinking through an
emergency declaration which I am
strongly in support of I think we need
to seriously consider adding strong
guidelines mandating guidelines for
essential businesses I'm hearing from a
lot of employees in essential businesses
who are feeling really unsafe because a
lot of businesses have seen an increase
in customers and so management has no
incentive to limit customers and so but
really putting at risk there about their
employees and frankly the entire
community and so I also think it's
critical right that if somebody rolls up
to a big store and see the lineups I
perhaps there they'd rather turn around
and go home and stay so I really think
that this is these strong guidelines
perhaps with guidance from MMC staff I
think would be really important good
point and so just a couple things before
I get to counselor Beit thus to V so my
I have a volunteer policy analyst right
hand and I asked them can you find a
list of all the grocery stores and their
websites and information as well as
hardware stores that are throughout the
city I mean I think a lot of people they
might just shop at Sam's Club and
Albertsons but I mean there's Lowe's
there's Fiesta foods or Save Mart
there's a the toucan market and and I
guess well you know those are one things
and then also hardware stores you know
it's not just Lowe's and Home Depot
there's a Hades hardware there's
Johnson's True Value Hardware there's
RTD hardware this hard so when we get
that together I'll hopefully give it to
a Pio or Communications Office and and
then we can also put that out there and
because the information that we get or I
get the emails and I forward them to the
chief please is you know there's a lot
of people there at home people you know
they're there fix up their home but
there's so many other different hardware
stores in the in the city that it would
be nice if the public knows about them
as well and and filters out and keeps
them keeps them going as well so I think
I think that would be good
before I forget I get two cokes real
quick I think mechanics and
veterinarians I think all these
essential businesses so we're just
seeing an increase in customers I think
it's really important that they
understand that danger they're putting
people in by not letting limiting the
number of people at their story right
before I forget and I know counselor
basis TV and co service Cassandra
program again last week I inadvertently
left out one of our media partners who
does a great job in covering our our
news I know they're doing it right now
they have their also a person here
station that's Selena Madrid from Kate
Fox News I just wanted to big shout out
to them okay so counselor basis do you
have a question yes follow-up of
something that I mentioned earlier I
just think it's really important for the
council to be able to know the numbers
that were expected to be here in Las
Cruces in the next few weeks of what
those potential you know surge patient
numbers look like and what our community
might experience I know there's a lot of
work being done at the state level on
what the state is going to see but as we
move forward we know that as the second
largest city here we're going to be
taking in patients from the surrounding
communities
and so I think it's going to be
important that we get all that detail
and then figure out if there's ways that
we can help provide assistance if we do
have got a thank you kousser Vasquez
Thank You mayor can't forget that mundo
they also do a terrific job and I know
mr. Corrales is here oh yeah in fact yes
you do fantastic job too yeah before
before you get a call apologize for that
now I think I think you know it's
important to to counter bingum's point
and from the last conversation we had
with health care professionals at MMC
the cases in El Paso are doubling for
coronavirus like every two to five days
and in fact I think that like 10 you
cases yesterday they're our sister city
our families our businesses our
economies tied together so even though
we have relative to maybe the rest of
the state in the country
fairly low amount of cases you know I
consider El Paso to be part of part of
our community and so their cases are
growing exponentially and so I think we
need to be aware that in being prepared
for as councilor debate this to be said
having to treat some of those patients I
know some folks from El Paso are already
coming up here to get tests done and so
you know potential contamination from
from that activity is real so preparing
ourselves before it gets worse is a good
idea I believe that if an emergency
declaration helps to solidify perhaps
the message that we're sending to our
community to take this seriously right
not to to follow the governor's
guidelines but also that here at the
city locally that we are serious about
about making sure that we get out in
front of this quickly because we've seen
what the trends are nationally for
cities and states that do take this
seriously before it explodes their curve
is a lot smaller and so I think there's
some good lessons learned in that that
hopefully you know mayor you can think
about and if it's the appropriate thing
to do we can move on because I see that
growth in El Paso and it's a little
scary for us here in Las Cruces and so
and then the other thing I wanted to
just bring up briefly while we're
talking about potential for
contamination is I did want to bring
attention to the fact that there are
over 400 workers coming in from out of
the state into our border communities
currently to build the border wall and
these out-of-state workers are coming
under the direction of the Army Corps of
Engineers and the federal government
because they've deemed the building of
the wall to be an essential activity and
that means you have 400 folks in these
makeshift man camps that are coming down
to the border including a Luna County
where they're actually setting up now
and and again that's our neighboring
County those are folks in Deming and so
while we're trying to do everything we
can to protect our citizenry while the
governor is trying to do everything she
can you know it's just it's kind of
insulting frankly to have 400 plus
people coming in to do non-essential
business and in my eyes and so wanted us
to be aware of that because it poses a
great threat for contamination I don't
believe it's an essential activity and
and so far it seems like you know no
one's really doing anything about it so
you know I don't know what we could do
as a city and and also working with our
partner in in the city of Deming to to
address this perhaps letter to the
governor or something similar but that
that's highly concerning to me is that
we're getting over 400 workers from out
of state setting up in our community as
we speak I'll text her later today do me
a favor you know and I'll send something
to her but for sure we need to get
something it looks like David wants to
jump in and say some Maestas
yes Thank You mayor I appreciate that I
wanted to address councillor abate the
Stu V's items about numbers and having
information on that cause our basis to
be it is if it is okay with you I don't
have a problem emailing the answers to
the questions to all of the council and
to mayor that you posed to me a couple
of days ago I have reached out to the
Department of Health and to the Office
of Emergency Management as mayor and
council are aware we meet regularly
you've seen some of the minutes now for
the joint information center conference
calls that we have we also have a
separate group called the multi-agency
conference that we do also on a regular
basis at least once a week sometimes
more than that and in in that they talk
about readiness there is a lot of
information that the Department of
Health and the office of the emergency
management cannot pass on due to privacy
laws HIPPA also due to concerns of scams
or terroristic attacks as well so you
may not get answers to all of the
questions that you have but they are
looking at those and they are making
sure that they have preparedness for
number of people that potentially they
think they're going to have number of
beds that are available and they do it
statewide not just in our community not
just Los Cruces but they do it for the
entire state that includes also numbers
for PPE and distribution of the PPE
throughout so to summarize counselor
basis to be if it's okay with you I can
email all of Council and mayor the
answers to the questions that I am
allowed to provide to those questions
that you sent me thank you I really
appreciate that
David I heard counsels knowledge I spent
a robust list of questions regarding
this issue and to try to do what but
it's going to look like for Las Cruces
to make sure that we're as prepared as
possible
there was talk as well with the governor
having a field hospital as well that's
something that but in all honesty
probably will not be here in Las Cruces
I can imagine that it will probably be
situated more to near Albuquerque but we
know and as
servoz Costa said we are getting
patients from all over and even in El
Paso and then we ourselves send out
patients El Paso to with acute care
needs and those high level trauma cases
and so we're going to need to have
really clear communication that there
are going to be other accidents that
happen people are going to be injured in
other ways and how we make sure that the
public knows what they can go in for
where they're going to go I think will
be very important and more prepared and
in our knowledge we have on that
prior to this church the better it will
be and the better we can respond so I
really appreciate that David to have you
send that out to the rest of the council
once you get that information
thank you thank you councilor roscas I
apologize I forgot to lower my hand man
he'll be ok no problem counselor mayor
pro-tem Candida Thank You mayor um I
appreciate the questions and counselor a
bit the scoobies has has asked I'm
finding that extremely critical and
honestly I know they're I mean I'm a
licensed social worker and I understand
about HIPAA and privacy laws and all the
other stuff but frankly I think that as
a government like I mean my constituent
voted me in to help sort of disseminate
information and represent them and this
idea of elected is not in any of these
conversations no specifically what we
can and cannot receive as is concerning
to me
I've asked again last week or whenever
we had the last meeting Cullen
basically I think these are things that
we're just not asking to ask I think
these are things that we really need to
know to be able to distribute the
information accordingly I mean we all
you know
basically give an oath right to do the
things that we need to do lawfully and I
don't think any of us let go spreading
rumors about things and I understand
where the political piece of things I
understand that at the federal level
that appears like things are politicized
to know em and that's not what I'm about
and so I think for councilor Stewie to
ask the questions that she's asking for
us to get sort of the improve not sort
of to get the information that we need
so that we can prepare our community on
this and so I get continue to be very
frustrated about not am being a part of
calls and different things that's
because our public is asking us and
making sure that as a government we're
prepared and so I want to say that
secondly I do want to let the council
know that I sent a list of phone numbers
to you down after David
mr. master says approval to put some
very viable calls and phone numbers and
websites for example the kids talk which
is and I want to say this publicly
because I think it's important for our
kids to know that we care about what's
going on with them there's a kid talk
hour from 10 a.m. to 12 a.m. they can
call and or text a specific number and
that is
so sorry let me even with my glasses
that's a problem five seven five six
three six three six three six and again
our children youth and families
Department statewide central intake
that's one eight five five three three
three safe that's seven two three three
or from your cell phone you can hit
pound safe to report child abuse and
neglect I'm also deeply concerned about
suicide and during these times and a FSP
org has a kovat nineteen campaign all
that have been agreed to put on our
channel 20 and our website mayor so it's
more of a shout out to all our community
about unfortunately during these times
but raises anxiety and violence and I'm
super concerned about when I hear from
school staff that they can't reach
certain families that are higher risk
for some of these things and so we need
to make sure that we are incorporating
these numbers and websites into our our
daily information and so thank you David
and you Dell for doing that
and I agree that a lot more public
service announcements needs to be in
English and Spanish and out to our our
our radio stations mayor if we if we can
do that and with that I I'm done thank
you thank you a miracle Tim I know I do
have in my Estes and you don't recently
met with gentlemen who does all Spanish
newspaper and it's distributed
throughout the county so let's see I
think mayor arms do you wanna use me
that council Bencomo Thank You mr. mayor
I just really quickly I just reminded to
not forget about our deaf and
hard-of-hearing community as well to
ensure that our all our communication is
going out to folks
and many crafts and different accessible
manners Kausar bait thus to be did you
have a question or did you not take your
hand down
Thank You Mara I took my hand down but I
wanted to read it reiterate that I
believe most of the questions that I
asked mr. Meyer says they should not be
in violation of any HIPAA standards they
are asking for projections of those
numbers they're not asking for any
patient identifier and they are asking
for possible needs for the community but
by they check all the questions that I
have stay away from any patient
identifier okay great okay if there's
nothing further entertain a motion to
adjourn I so move to adjourn
thank you okay motion made by councillor
sword second by councillor FLOTUS that
we adjourn all those in favor signify by
saying aye aye
Bost there's no opposition so we're
adjourned it's 11:40 a.m. and we'll see
you all Monday thank you Mary
thanks everyone