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City Council Meeting Minutes July 7, 2020 <br />CAPCOG was the first COG out of 24 in Texas that formed an Homeland <br />Security task force which Homeland Security — Budget $350K plus project <br />budgets & 3 staff <br />• Coordinates regional approach to funding, planning, training, outreach via <br />various active committees: <br />Planning, Training & Outreach, Technology, Recovery & Resiliency, <br />Response, and Public Health & Education <br />• Manages regional notification system WarnCentralTx.com and WebEOC. <br />• Works primarily through Emergency Management Coordinators <br />Ms. Voights stated there is a sub -committee of the Executive Committee <br />working on ideas to get the public to register for Warn Central Texas to receive <br />emergency notifications for flooding or fires. Community Economic <br />Development division mainly assists with Planning and Funding. Ms. Voights <br />stated there are 5 different grants, a committee scores the applications and <br />executive committee reviews them. The Household Hazardous Waste <br />Collection events is the most popular grants provided. Regional Planning & <br />Project Development Division project development occurs focuses on more <br />environmental issues and works with air quality program that ground level <br />monitors, what the data shows for ozone. Flooding mitigation after flooding <br />maps to show where it flooding may happen the next time. Other services <br />include Air Quality, GIS Services & 9-1-1 Management and Mapping, County <br />contracts for GIS 911, Broadband, and Water <br />Ms. Voights mentioned the Governor's office funds all COGs to do law <br />enforcement training & retraining Regional Law Enforcement Academy <br />(RLEA) for the last 22 years. Other training provided are: <br />• Basic Peace Officer Courses (BPOCs) <br />• Jailer certification courses <br />• TCOLE Mandated Inservice courses <br />• Use of force simulator now called de escalation simulator <br />• Texas Department of Agriculture Gas pump skimmer project <br />More training includes: <br />• Canine encounters Crime scene investigation <br />• Environmental law Crisis intervention <br />• Cyberstalking Basic Instructors <br />- Budget $477K and 3 Full time employees (Tuitions generate 30% of budget) <br />CAPCOG does Planning: <br />• Area Agency on Aging Area Plan <br />City of San Marcos Page 12 <br />