City Council B Session

City of San Antonio

Meeting Minutes

City Council B Session

State of Texas

County of Bexar

City Hall Complex

105 Main Plaza

San Antonio, Texas 78205

FINAL

2:00 PM Municipal Plaza BuildingWednesday, April 10, 2019

The City Council of San Antonio convened in the “B” Room of the Municipal Plaza Building. City

Clerk Leticia Vacek took the Roll Call noting a quorum with the following Councilmembers

present:

8 - Treviño, Hall, Saldaña, Gonzales, Sandoval, Pelaez, Courage, and PerryPRESENT:

3 - Mayor Nirenberg, Viagran, and BrockhouseABSENT:

Mrs. Vacek announced that Councilmember Viagran was attending the Women in the World

Summit; Councilmember Brockhouse was ill; and Mayor Nirenberg was in Austin testifying before

the State Legislature. In the absence of Mayor Nirenberg, Mayor Pro Tem Hall presided over the

meeting.

Briefing by the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District on the development of its

new strategic plan for fiscal year 2020 - 2023 [Colleen M. Bridger, MPH, PhD,

Interim Assistant City Manager; Jennifer Herriot, Interim Director, Health]

1.

Dr. Colleen Bridger stated that 25 major health issues for Bexar County were presented and

Bexar County Residents were surveyed and narrowed down to 10. She noted that over

4,000 responses were received from Bexar County Residents of which 74% were from

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females. She stated that the process for communicating information and gathering input

began last year during Budget Events sponsored by SA Speakup. She noted that an

interactive survey board was displayed at all SA Speakup events and attendees received

three stickers to place on the board indicating their top three major health issues. She stated

that electronic surveys via numerous social media platforms, websites, local media outlets,

partner organizations, and Universities were distributed. She noted that paper surveys were

distributed via community organizations and Metro Health Programs.

Dr. Bridger reported that the following 10 major health issues were identified: 1) Access to

health services; 2) Aging Issues; 3) Dental Health; 4) Diabetes; 5) Drug and Alcohol Abuse;

6) Housing Issues; 7) Mental Health; 8) Nutrition; 9) Traumatic childhood events; and 10)

Violence. She noted that Jennifer Herriott would expand on the process to narrow the 10

major health issues to four.