Apr 09, 2024 Commissioners Court

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

[1. Opening Prayer: Senior Pastor Rick Godwin, Summit Church]

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE HAVE SOME ROYALTY IN THE ROOM, SO WE GOT TO GET THIS MEETING GOING, AND I'M SURE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PLACES TO GET TO BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE IN THE POST ECLIPSE DAY, SO I HOPE EVERYBODY HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OR AS AS I WAS HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE, IT GOT DARK AND THEN IT GOT LIGHT AGAIN.

SO THAT WAS A RATHER UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR ME.

SO I WISH EVERYONE WELL.

GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR APRIL 9TH, 2024.

PLEASE NOTE, COMMISSIONERS, THAT WE WILL BE TAKING A LUNCH BREAK AND LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.

ADDITIONALLY AS I INDICATED EARLIER, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FIESTA EXCITEMENT IN THE COURT THIS MORNING.

IT IS MY EXPECTATION THAT EMPLOYEES, IF YOU'RE IN THE ROOM PLEASE, THE MIDDLE ISSUES, TAKE IT OUT IN THE HALLWAY, ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT SOME BUSINESS HERE, AND AND THE ROYALTY, IF Y'ALL WOULD, IF YOU HAVE MEDALS TO GIVE OUT, PLEASE DO SO IN THE HALLWAY SO WE CAN GET BACK TO THE COURT'S BUSINESS. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY TO INTRODUCE SENIOR PASTOR RICK GODWIN AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO INTRODUCE PASTOR RICK GODWIN, WHO'S THE FOUNDER AND SENIOR PASTOR OF SUMMIT CHURCH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

RICK IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

HE'S THE AUTHOR OF FIVE BOOKS, TRAVELS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, SPEAKING AT BUSINESS AND CHURCH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCES.

BUT RICK'S PASSION IS TO CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND LIVE LIFE AT THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL.

WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE PASTOR RICK HERE THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THE GREAT PROPHET JEREMIAH SAID IN CHAPTER 29, PRAY FOR THE PEACE AND PROSPERITY OF YOUR CITY, FOR AS IT PROSPERS, YOU WILL PROSPER AS WELL.

SHALL WE PRAY? ALMIGHTY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE POWER OF VISION, THE ABILITY TO SEE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE.

SO TODAY, I PRAY FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT TO BE EMPOWERED WITH VISION FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE FUTURE, AND FOR THE WELL-BEING OF EVERY CITIZEN OF SAN ANTONIO.

GRANT EACH COMMISSIONER WISDOM, INTEGRITY, FORESIGHT AND COMPASSION IN GOVERNING THE AFFAIRS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

GIVE THESE MEN AND WOMEN THE SPIRIT OF SERVANTHOOD, COOPERATION, MUTUAL RESPECT, AND THE MORAL COURAGE TO PUT PUBLIC GOOD ABOVE PERSONAL AGENDA WHEN FACING DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING DECISIONS.

SO, LORD, WE ASK YOU THIS MORNING FOR FAVOR IN RESTORING JOBS AND OPENING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN STAGNANT SECTORS OF SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMIC MARKETS, WE ASK YOU TO FAVOR US WITH CAPITAL TO BUILD SMALL BUSINESSES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES, ART AND CULTURE, ATTRACTING BOTH YOUNG AND OLD FAVOR SAN ANTONIO WITH NEW INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY THAT WILL CREATE NEW JOBS AND STRENGTHEN OUR ECONOMIC BASE.

FAVOR US WITH CITY LEADERS DELIVERED FROM POVERTY OF SMALL THINKING.

GIVE US GREAT VISION.

GRANT SAN ANTONIO YOUR FAVOR AND BLESSING WE PRAY WITH FRUITFULNESS AND PRODUCTIVITY AND WITH PEACE AND SAFETY.

MAY THE GREAT WORDS OF THE PROPHET MICAH GUIDE OUR COMMISSIONERS TODAY.

WHAT DOES THE LORD ASK OF YOU? SEEK JUSTICE, LOVE KINDNESS, AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.

WE PRAY THIS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR GODWIN.

NOW, IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT, COURT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND STEP DOWN.

[3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]

SO MONICA SANCHEZ HERE FIRST.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ROLL WITH THE CEREMONIAL PROCLAMATIONS AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HAS ASKED THAT THE REY FEO GOES.

SO REY FEO, YOU'LL BE FIRST UP.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S STEP DOWN.

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OKAY, MISS MONICA SANCHEZ.

WELL, DISTRICT CLERK, ARE YOU PRESENT? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THEN I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND AD LIB THIS AS WE GO FORWARD.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN LONG STANDING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE DEDICATED, GIVE HARD WORK AND BASICALLY GIVE BACK.

AND WORKING HERE WITH THE COUNTY AND SERVICING EVERYBODY WHO COMES THROUGH HERE.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE THIS MORNING TO RECOGNIZE MONICA SANCHEZ, WHO APPARENTLY IS NOT HERE THIS MORNING FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. MONICA SANCHEZ WAS ALSO MY COURT CLERK IN THE TWO 25TH DISTRICT COURT AND LONG STANDING COURT IN CHILDREN'S COURT.

AND SO I KNOW NOT ONLY HER DEDICATION, HARD WORK, BUT HER PASSION AND COMMITMENT FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF BEXAR COUNTY.

IN FACT, I BELIEVE SHE ADOPTED A CHILD OUT OF THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.

SO IF WE COULD MONICA, WHEREVER YOU ARE, LET'S GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND PRESENT HER 25 YEAR PIN.

WE TYPICALLY WOULD TAKE A PICTURE, BUT THAT WOULD ONLY BE US.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME LET CAN WE POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, PRESENTATION, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING HIS ROYAL MAJESTY EL REY FEO. JOHN MCFADDEN.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WOULD YOU DO ME THE HONORS? THANK YOU, JUDGE. AND AS THEY COME UP YOUR MAJESTY, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM WITH YOUR TEAM.

YOU CAN STAND THERE, SIR.

I HAVE THE HONOR, EVEN THOUGH I'M OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND OUT OF UNIFORM TODAY TO SERVE ON THIS GREAT COURT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL.

I COULD NEVER STEAL JOHN'S THUNDER, BUT THE MCFADDENS AND THE WHOLE FAMILY HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB THIS YEAR.

I SAY I'M AN HONORARY MEMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING ALL THE LEGWORK.

I THINK CLOSE TO 100 SCHOOLS VISITED.

I KNOW OVER $1 MILLION RAISED FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

AGAIN, I'LL LET YOU SPEAK IN A MINUTE, JOHN, BUT LET ME LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION.

AND IT DOES READ.

WHEREAS THE LEGEND OF EL REY FEO DATES BACK TO MEDIEVAL TIMES IN SPAIN, WHEN THE COMMON FOLK SELECTED ONE OF THEIR OWN TO REIGN AS THE UGLY KING.

THIS CELEBRATION OF THE POPULACE ULTIMATELY TRAVELED TO THE NEW WORLD, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, LULAC COUNCIL NUMBER TWO, SELECTED ITS OBSERVANCE AS A MEANS TO RAISE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED AND DESERVING LOCAL STUDENTS, AND WHEREAS NOW EL REY FEO MERITS ROYALTY STATUS AND PARTICIPATES IN THE 11 DAY FIESTA FESTIVITIES, IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS A GOODWILL AMBASSADOR, VISITING NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, ORPHANAGES, AND LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND WHEREAS, THROUGH THE SCHOLARSHIP EFFORTS OF EL REY FEO'S PROGRAM HAS BECOME AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM BASED ON THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE RECEIVED A COLLEGE UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, JOHN MCFADDEN HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE 75TH REY FEO AND WILL CONTINUE HIS COMMITMENT TO ASSIST DESERVING STUDENTS IN FULFILLING THEIR DREAMS OF ATTAINING A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF THE COUNTY OF BEXAR HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS JOHN MCFADDEN, EL REY FEO 75, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

JOHN, CONGRATULATIONS.

WAIT. MR. KING, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

PLEASE SAY A FEW WORDS AND INTRODUCE YOUR COURT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE.

AND THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

I ACTUALLY KNOW FOUR OF THE FIVE PERSONALLY, AND WE JUST COULD NOT BE MORE HONORED TO BE HERE.

SO I WANTED LORENA LINDA TO STAND UP HERE WITH ME, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IS WE'VE FORMED WHAT WE CALL THE DIAMOND JUBILEE TEAM, WHERE LORENA, LINDA, LORENA DE LA FERIA DE LAS FLORES AND REY FEO HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE TEAM TO DO ONE SET OF FUNDRAISING, BELIEVING THAT AS A TEAM TOGETHER, EVERYONE CAN ACCOMPLISH MORE.

ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE A TEAM WE WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE AFTER 74 PREVIOUS REY FEOS, WE USED TO BE A ONE LEGGED STOOL WHERE WE ONLY OFFERED FOUR YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS.

THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WE'VE GOT THE REY FEO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION TO OPEN IT UP TO TWO YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS AND TRADE SCHOOLS.

WE'LL GIVE OUT OVER 100 TRADE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS OUR FIRST YEAR.

AND WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO HAVE A VERY LARGE MILITARY PRESENCE ON THE COURT WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVE DUTY RETIRED.

I'M THE FIRST ACTIVE DUTY RETIRED REY FEO IN MILITARY CITY, USA, AND AND WE'RE.

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WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE MILITARY AMBASSADORS AND RECRUITING COMMAND.

WE'VE VISITED MORE HIGH SCHOOLS THAN EVER.

WE'VE GOT MORE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS THAN EVER.

WE WATCHED 30, 40, 50 KIDS COME OUT OF THE STANDS AND TALK TO THE RECRUITERS AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

SO WE'RE WE ARE NOW A FOUR LEGGED CHAIR, AND WE'RE NOT A ONE LEGGED STOOL.

AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN SUPPORTING US EACH INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONALLY SUPPORTING US.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT DOES.

BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, THERE IS REALLY NO FUNCTION IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

I WILL ADD THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS ALLOWED US LORENA LINDA HAS RAISED MORE MONEY THAN ANY OTHER LORENA.

SHE'LL TURN IN OVER $200,000 AND.

AND THE THE DIAMOND JUBILEE TEAM WILL TURN IN OVER $1.5 MILLION THIS YEAR, TRIPLING THE RECORD.

ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT INTERNALLY WE GUIDE OURSELVES BY PSALM 138 THAT THE WHERE THERE IS UNITY, GOD COMMANDS A BLESSING, AND SO WE KIND OF STRAPPED HIS HANDS BECAUSE WE'VE REMAINED UNIFIED.

THE MESSAGE DIAMOND JUBILEE MESSAGE TO THE KIDS IS LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE.

MATTHEW 516 LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE AMONGST MEN, THAT THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHICH I HAVE IN MORSE CODE, IN THE GEMS AROUND MY CROWN. AND WE JUST GIVE REALLY ALL THE GLORY TO HIM.

AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOHN.

WHY DON'T YOU COME UP FOR A PHOTO? YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING, STEPHANIE? YOU CAN COME HERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE HIGHEST HONOR.

THE HIGHEST HONOR OF WHICH YOU KNOW YOU NEED.

BUT I GET MORE OF THIS.

THOMAS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I'LL SAY IT AFTER YOU DIE.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YEAH. YOUR COLLECTIONS ARE STILL.

CAN I GET ANOTHER ONE? THANK YOU ALL.

RIGHT. I GOT YOU, I GOT YOU.

YES, SO DID I. YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE. YES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

SO THAT'S FINE. OH.

THANK YOU. HOW WAS YOUR TRIP? WOW. FANCY.

IT'S THE BEST ONE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. REALLY? OH, WELL.

ALL RIGHT. PHOTO TIME.

OKAY. READY? LET'S GET A PICTURE.

OKAY. DOCUMENTS.

THANK YOU.

KNOW. 94 SCHOOLS.

OKAY. ARE WE READY? READY.

GO! HE'S IN.

WE ARE. I'M KIND OF MAD, RIGHT? OKAY. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LIKE.

YOU UNDERSTAND? ALL RIGHT.

READY? YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH.

GOOD. GOOD, GOOD.

READY? ISN'T.

ALL RIGHT. ALL.

RIGHT. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. ME TOO.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU. I DID NOT.

OH, GOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. HANG ON. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU.

I GOT ONE CHANCE TO DO IT.

I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, STEPHANIE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, JUST.

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ALL RIGHT.

KING ANTONIO, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZING KING ANTONIO SCOTT ALLEN CHRISTIE.

WILL THE KING ANTONIO AND HIS MINISTRY COME FORWARD? GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

BEXAR PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE TEXAS CAVALIERS WERE FOUNDED IN 1926 AND CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF OVER 600 BUSINESS, CIVIC, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO BETTERING THE LIVES OF SAN ANTONIO AREA CHILDREN THROUGH NUMEROUS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS CAVALIERS PUT ON THE MUCH BUOYED TEXAS CAVALIERS RIVER PARADE BY UTILIZING THE HELP FROM ITS VOLUNTEER MEMBERS WHO CONSTRUCT BARGES, CARRY GENERATORS, SELL TICKETS, AND PERFORM ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENES JOBS THAT GO INTO PRODUCING A PARADE OF THAT MAGNITUDE.

AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, THROUGH THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, SUPPORT CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY BY RAISING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR HUNDREDS OF LOCAL CHILDREN'S CHARITIES.

AND WHEREAS SCOTT ALLEN CHRISTIE HAS BEEN ELECTED KING ANTONIO TO REPRESENT THE TEXAS CAVALIERS DURING FIESTA WEEK ACTIVITIES, KING ANTONIO WILL VISIT LOCAL SCHOOLS, CHILDREN'S CHARITIES, NURSING HOMES, VETERANS HOMES AND PEDIATRIC UNITS AT LOCAL HOSPITALS, BRINGING KINGS MEDALS AND A BIT OF FIESTA VIVA TO EACH SPOT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS APRIL 9TH, 2024 TO HONOR KING ANTONIO.

SIGN YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE COUNTY SUPPORT TO ALLOW FIESTA TO GO ON.

AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE, IT'S A BIG ECONOMIC DRIVER AND IMPORTANT TO OUR WHOLE CITY AND COMMUNITY AND COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY THAT REPRESENTS BEXAR COUNTY.

FIRST OFF, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.

CAN WE PRACTICE A VIVA FIESTA? ONE. TWO.

THREE. VIVA FIESTA.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN GET STARTED.

RIGHT. ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION MYSELF, ANTONIO, THE COMMANDER OF THE TEXAS CAVALIERS, NIGHT AND DAY AND EXECUTIVE.

WE ARE A REPRESENTING OUR ORGANIZATION, AND WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR SUPPORTING US.

OUR RIVER PARADE IS MONDAY THE 22ND, AND IT'S AT 7:00 ON THE WORLD FAMOUS SAN ANTONIO RIVERWALK.

ON OUR FOUNDATION SIDE OF THINGS, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

WE BROKE GROUND IN NOVEMBER ON THE TEXAS CAVALIERS CHILDREN'S EDUCATION CENTER AT THE ALAMO.

AND THAT'LL BE DONE IN TWO YEARS.

IT'S A $7.5 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM OUR ORGANIZATION AND SOME COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

AND EACH YEAR WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'LL HOST 250,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY.

THAT'LL BE THEIR GATEWAY INTO THEIR LEARNING AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE AT THE ALAMO.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROUD OF AS AN ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS SOMETHING WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR CITY AND THE OBVIOUSLY, THE HISTORIC ALAMO WITH ALONGSIDE THAT, JUST THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT 63 CHILDREN'S CHARITIES THROUGH OUR FOUNDATION IN THE FORM OF OVER $1 MILLION IN GRANTS.

SO THE CHARTER OF THAT FOUNDATION IS TO HELP CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP CLOTHE, FEED, AND SHELTER THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROUD TO DO.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO VISIT OVER 60 SCHOOLS CHARITIES, HOSPITALS SOME RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.

ALL IN TOTAL, WE HAVE ABOUT 200 STOPS.

WE REALLY GET RAMPED UP AND GOING NEXT WEEK.

BUT WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.

AND VIVA FIESTA, VIVA, VIVA! YOU. THANK YOU.

GREAT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CASES WE GOT, I GOT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO MUCH.

JOE WILL VISIT YOU.

THANK YOU TO SEE YOU STAY.

HI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VIVA FIESTA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. JOSH, I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.

PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WILL BE HERE.

GOOD MORNING. CHRIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE HERE TODAY.

GOOD MORNING SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

SEE YOU ON THE SIDE I THINK I THINK I WANT TO BE HERE.

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APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BYE BYE EVERYBODY. HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SEEING YOU AROUND.

YES, SIR. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, LET'S DO THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 27TH, 2024 TO BE FIESTA FLAMBEAU NIGHT, PARADE DAY.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I'M DOING FIESTA WEEK.

WELL, WE WANT TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS FROM FIESTA FLAMBEAU TO COME TO THE DAIS.

PLEASE, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR YOU.

THANK YOU ALL.

LOVE THE SPARKLES, THE LIGHTS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

IT READS. WHEREAS THE 76TH ANNUAL FIESTA FLAMBEAU NIGHT PARADE, ORGANIZED BY OVER 100 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE ASSOCIATION, WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2024.

THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ORCHESTRATES AND STAGES AMERICA'S LARGEST ILLUMINATED PARADE, ENSUING A SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE, ENTHUSIASM AND TEAMWORK. AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR THE 2024 PARADE IS FIESTA FLAMBEAU 76 LA LOTERIA.

AND WHEREAS, WITH OVER 750,000 SPECTATORS AND ANOTHER 1.5 MILLION WATCHING THE LIVE STREAM BROADCAST, THIS 3.2 MILE PARADE THROUGH DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO IS DEFINITELY THE PARADE OF ALL PARADES SHOWCASING TRUE FIESTA SPIRIT.

AND WHEREAS, KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE'S PARADE, THIS YEAR'S FIESTA FLAMBEAU NIGHT PARADE WILL ILLUMINATE ITS WAY THROUGH THE FINAL WEEKEND OF FIESTA SAN ANTONIO. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2024, AS FIESTA FLAMBEAU PARADE NIGHT.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS NINTH DAY OF APRIL, 2024, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

BROTHER. GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU TOMMY.

MORNING JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, OFFICIALS AND GUESTS.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE HERE THIS MORNING TO BEGIN THE CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE COMING.

WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR THEME THIS YEAR, THE LA LOTERIA.

WITH THAT, WE'VE HAD GREAT FUN PUTTING THE ACTS TOGETHER, THE FLOATS.

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

I HAVE A PAST PRESIDENT, PETE ORTIZ, ANOTHER PAST PRESIDENT, BONNIE CARRIZAL, TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS, CECILIA MENDIOLA AND LINDA SCOTT.

WE'RE HERE TO BRING IN THE FUN, JUST LIKE WE DO ON THE APRIL TO THE 27TH.

WE WANT YOU TO JOIN US.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME AND BE SAFE AND ENJOY OUR GREAT BIG OLD PARADE.

AND AS WE LIKE TO SAY, VIVA FLAMBEAU.

FOR.

DON'T TELL ME THE DAMN THING.

NICE TO SEE YOU. HI.

HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? HI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU, MAN? GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE.

THANKS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

JACOB, Y'ALL STAND IN THE MIDDLE.

Y'ALL, WHEREVER YOU LIKE.

OKAY? COME AND HOLD UP.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. VERY WELL.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHERE'S THE MIC? BECAUSE THE MIC.

I PRESENT IT OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO PRIZE PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING APRIL 23RD, 2024 THROUGH APRIL 26TH, 2024 AS NIGHT IN OLD SAN ANTONIO WEEK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

SO PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS.

WHEREAS A NIGHT IN OLD SAN ANTONIO OR NIOSA BEGAN IN 1936 AS A HARVEST FESTIVAL ON THE GROUNDS OF MISSION SAN JOSE IN PRECINCT ONE, AND IS NOW A FOUR NIGHT FESTIVAL IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO THAT CELEBRATES THE CITY'S DIVERSE CULTURAL LEGACY.

AND WHEREAS NIOSA WILL CONTINUE TO FEATURE SAVORY FOODS AND BEVERAGES, MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, AND SOUVENIRS WITH THE HELP OF MANY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS.

AND WHEREAS FUNDS RAISED AT NEOSHO ENABLE THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY TO CONTINUE ITS MISSION OF PRESERVING HISTORIC BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, PLACES AND CUSTOMS RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

IN ALL THAT IS ADMIRABLY DISTINCTIVE TO THE STATE, NIOSA IS THE TOP FUNDRAISER FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE NATION AND TRULY LIVES UP TO ITS MOTTO AS A CELEBRATION FOR PRESERVATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE PROCLAIMS NIOSA 2024.

GOOD MORNING AND VIVA! MY NAME IS LISA PIERCE OF THE NIGHT, AND I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF NIGHT IN SAN ANTONIO.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY VICE CHAIRS.

LINDA DUFFIN OVER ON THAT SIDE.

SORRY. TISHA RISKY, AARON ENGEL, JACKIE FELLERS AND MY TREASURER, WAYNE HARTMAN.

A NIGHT IN OLD SAN ANTONIO BENEFITS OUR COMMUNITY BY CELEBRATING AND PRESERVING THE CUSTOMS AND CULTURE UNIQUE TO OUR REGION, WHICH IS WHY IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE PREMIER MOST LOVED FIESTA EVENTS.

COMMUNITY SUPPORTS.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE PRESERVATION, EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS OF SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY, WHICH WE PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR THE RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES OF SAN ANTONIO AREA, INCLUDING THOSE IN THE CITY OWNED LA VITA.

OVER THE PAST YEARS, WE HAVE GRANTED OVER 5 MILLION TO THE CITY TO INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILLION TO LA VITA.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO DOES ON BEHALF OF PRESERVATION.

TODAY. WE HAVE BROUGHT ALONG SMALL GIFTS FOR YOU GUYS, AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU AT THIS TIME.

AND. VIVA, VIVA! WHERE ARE YOU? THANKS FOR COMING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

SEE YOU TOO. YOU TOO.

NICE. GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING.

YEAH YEAH YEAH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH YEAH. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANKS I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO GET SOME FORM.

I GOT MY MENTAL TOOL THERE.

GOT A LITTLE BIT.

Y'ALL. SURE. OKAY.

OKAY. LET'S GET. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WANT SOMEONE ON? THANKS FOR TAKING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE GET TO.

THAT'S RIGHT. TELL ME SO MUCH.

YOU. IS THAT.

WHICH ONE IS THAT? ALCOHOL.

ALCOHOL. LET ME DO.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION, A PROCLAMATION TO THE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION RECOGNIZING APRIL 18TH, 2024 THROUGH APRIL 28TH, 2024 AS FIESTA WEEK WITH THE FIESTA COMMISSION.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

IF I COULD GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS FIESTA SAN ANTONIO STARTED IN 1891 AS A ONE PARADE EVENT AND HAS EVOLVED INTO ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER FESTIVALS WITH AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MORE THAN $340 MILLION FOR THE ALAMO CITY.

AND WHEREAS THE 134TH YEAR OF FIESTA WILL TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR, AN 11 DAY CELEBRATION FROM APRIL 18TH THROUGH APRIL 28TH, THE FESTIVAL COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO AND SAN JACINTO, AND THE BIRTH OF MULTI-ETHNIC HERITAGE OF THE ALAMO CITY, THE AREA NONPROFIT

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AND WHEREAS FIESTA SAN ANTONIO IS PROMOTED REGIONALLY, NATIONALLY, INTERNATIONALLY, AND THE FESTIVAL HAS BECOME A POPULAR ATTRACTION FOR VISITORS FROM FAR AND WIDE.

NEARLY 3 MILLION PARTY GOERS ENJOY FIESTA SAN ANTONIO FROM ACROSS THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD.

AND WHEREAS FIESTA SAN ANTONIO BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE TO JOIN IN A SPIRITED CELEBRATION OF SAN ANTONIO'S RICH HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS THE 1/34 FIESTA SAN ANTONIO, WITNESSED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE COURT FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS RICHARD SPAR AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIESTA SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION.

AND I'M HERE WITH MISS FIESTA, SIERRA DAVILA, WHO IS RIGHT HERE, AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, STEVE ROSENAUER, AND THE REST OF THE COURT OR NOT COURT FOR US, IT'S ACTUALLY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SO WE'RE HERE AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THE GROUPS BEFORE US THAT ARE ALL MEMBERS OF FIESTA SAN ANTONIO COMMISSION.

YOU ALL HAVE SEASONED VETERANS.

WE KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S VIVA FIESTA VIVA.

YOU HAD IT RIGHT.

THEY HAD IT WRONG. THEY'LL BE GOING TO TRAINING.

WE'LL BE ASKING FOR SOME MONEY FOR THE TRAINING PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT NOT NOW.

THAT FIGURE OF 340 MILLION YOU JUST HEARD IS A LITTLE BIT DATED.

TALKING TO THOSE ECONOMIC PROFESSORS THAT DID THAT FIGURE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY SAID WITH THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WE CAN CALL IT $400 MILLION.

DO THAT MATH BY 11 DAYS.

THAT'S A LOT PER DAY. CORRECT.

SO IT'S A BIG DEAL TO HAVE FIESTA HERE.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT THIS YEAR.

KEEPING INSIDE OF WHAT THE COMMISSIONER COURTS DOES, WHAT THE CITIES DO AND WHAT OUR CITIZENS DO, WE HAVE A THEME FIESTA FOR ALL, ALL INCLUSIVE, ALL DIVERSITY.

EVERYBODY'S WELCOME. IT'S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OUR TIME HERE.

VIVA FIESTA.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

IT'S. HE'S GOT A DISPUTE WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

I'M PASSING FOR YOUR.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE MY FRIEND GERALD MULLIN TO COME TO THE DAIS.

WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL HONOR TO SEE HIM TODAY.

WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN PLATOON COMMANDER AND SOME OF HIS GREAT VETERAN FRIENDS.

COME. STAND RIGHT THERE. HELP HIM OUT THERE RAMON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

IT READS. WHEREAS SERGEANT FIRST CLASS GERALD MULLIN SERVED THE UNITED STATES HONORABLY IN WORLD WAR TWO AS PLATOON COMMANDER OF A GROUP OF BLACK SOLDIERS SUPPLYING THE FRONT LINES AGAINST HITLER.

AND THEREAFTER, THE 24 YEARS AFTER ENLISTING IN THE ARMY IN 1942.

AND WHEREAS, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RED BALL EXPRESS, AN ALL BLACK TRANSPORTATION UNIT THAT SAW HEAVY COMBAT ACTION IN FRANCE AND GERMANY, BECAUSE THE NAZIS KNEW THAT THE RED BALL EXPRESS WAS PROVIDING AMMUNITION, FOOD, FUEL AND SUPPLIES FOR THE FRONT LINES OF THE ALLIES, AND HITTING THE RED BALL EXPRESS WOULD STIFLE THE ALLIES

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AND WHEREAS DURING THE WAR, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS MULLIN HAD THE DUTY OF PLATOON COMMANDER, AS HIS UNIT WAS SHELLED BY THE GERMANS REGULARLY DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. AND WHEREAS SERGEANT MULLIN RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING DECORATIONS AND CITATIONS.

THE AFRICAN MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS.

GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH SIX LOOPS.

WORLD WAR TWO VICTORY MEDAL, MARKSMAN'S BADGE CARBINE.

NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL SECOND AWARD EXPERT MISSILEMAN BADGE LAUNCHER.

ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, NORTHERN FRANCE AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS, SPS RIFLE BADGE AND NUMEROUS ADDITIONAL AWARDS.

AND WHEREAS AFTER RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS, MULLIN ENTERED PRIVATE BUSINESS AND THEN WORKED FOR THE GANADO GROUP FROM 1972 UNTIL 1984, AND WHEREAS HE HAS CONTINUED SERVING HIS COMMUNITY AS A LONG TIME TREASURER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS FIRST ALLIANCE.

MEMBER OF THE HARVARD PLACE EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, LEADER IN THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, THE ELKS, A LIFELONG METHODIST, AND MANY OTHER CIVIC GROUPS, AND IS ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVING VETERANS OF WORLD WAR TWO AND IS NOW BEING REVIEWED FOR THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR AWARD FOR HIS BRAVERY IN WORLD WAR TWO.

AND WHEREAS, THROUGHOUT HIS LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS LIFE, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS MULLIN HAS BEEN THE EPITOME OF A MAN WHO PUT COUNTRY BEFORE HIMSELF.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES HIS SACRIFICE IN WORLD WAR TWO FOR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY WORLDWIDE, AND MARKS SERGEANT FIRST CLASS GERALD MULLINS 100TH BIRTHDAY.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURE AND SEAL OF OFFICERS NINTH DAY OF APRIL.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

MR. MULLIN AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER PROBABLY 35 YEARS OR SO.

AND HE HAS INCREDIBLE HUMILITY.

HE HAS SERVED IN SO MANY CAPACITIES, AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD.

I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD.

I KNOW THAT EVERY DAY HE'S GOING TO GOLDEN CORRAL, AND THEY'VE GIVEN HIM FREE MEALS FOR LIFE AS HE DESERVES. AND IT'S A IT'S A GOOD MEAL.

WE'LL JOIN YOU OUT THERE ON PAT BOOKER SOME DAYS.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE FRIENDS WHO PUT THE FIRE UNDER ALL OF US TO RECOGNIZE THIS HERO IN OUR MIDST.

HAD HE NOT DONE WHAT HE DID IN HIS SACRIFICE, WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE AND COMFORT AND FREEDOM CELEBRATING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

WHEN FREEDOM WAS ON THE LINE, YOU RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT WE HONOR.

MR. MULLIN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU.

AND I'M SO SURPRISED IT HURTS.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

COME ON UP. WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

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WHERE'D IT GO? OH, HERE IT IS.

SO MUCH STUFF. CDBG.

YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD IF YOU'RE HERE TO REPRESENT ROBERT REYNA. MAYOR MICHAEL MARTINEZ IS HERE FROM SAN DIEGO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY PARTICIPATED, AND YOU GUYS GOT $300,000 FOR A NEW STREET.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO THANKS FOR JOINING.

YEAH. OKAY.

OH, AND COUNCILMAN JESSE'S HERE, ALSO FROM SOMERSET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ALRIGHTY. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF APRIL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM.

AND WHEREAS FOR 50 YEARS, THE CDBG PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED ANNUAL FUNDING AND FLEXIBILITY TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE DECENT, SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A SUITABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE.

AND WHEREAS, OUR COMMUNITY URGES CONGRESS AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK BEING DONE LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY WITH CDBG BY SUPPORTING INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, OUR COMMUNITY HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF $7,225,031.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT SUPPORTS THIS VALUABLE PROGRAM, WHICH HAS MADE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE VIABILITY OF THE HOUSING, STOCK, INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND DESIGNATES A MONTH OF APRIL 2024 AS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH SPANISH] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

SO THIS MONTH, WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

IN BEXAR COUNTY, THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN PROFOUND, ENABLING CRITICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THIS MORNING, WE'RE JOINED BY SPECIAL GUESTS WHO'VE UTILIZED THE CBDG PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MAYOR MICHAEL MARTINEZ FROM SANDY OAKS, MARIO OBLEDO JUNIOR FROM THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, DEBORAH DELACRUZ FROM EACH ONE TEACH ONE, MICHAEL TAYLOR FROM HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, AND JESSE VIDALES, REPRESENTING BOTH SOMERSET SENIOR CENTER AND ALSO THE CITY OF SOMERSET.

SO ON BEHALF OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE COURT FOR CELEBRATING THIS ANNIVERSARY, WHICH REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO THE IMPORTANT WORK CONTINUING THE IMPORTANT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE?

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WE WANT TO CALL THOSE WHO ARE HERE TO HONOR THE THRU PROJECT'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

AS YOU'RE COMING UP, WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION AND IT READS, WHEREAS THE THROUGH PROJECT BEGAN IN JULY 2011 AS A SERVICE PROJECT OF UNITY CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WHEREAS THROUGH PROJECT WAS CO-FOUNDED IN 2011 BY A FOSTER MOTHER AND A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER WHO HAD GROWN UP IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.

AND WHEREAS, THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND THE PLIGHT OF YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE AND THE SHORTAGE OF SOCIAL WORKERS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST THEM.

AND WHEREAS IN 2013 THE THROUGH PROJECT BECAME A SEPARATE ENTITY, GAINING 501C3 STATUS, AND WHEREAS THERE WAS A CRITICAL NEED FOR A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION WITH VOLUNTEERS WHO COULD SERVE AS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FOSTER SYSTEM AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY LOCAL NONPROFIT AGENCIES, WHICH COULD HELP THEM ACHIEVE HEALTHY, INDEPENDENT LIVES AND SUCCESSFULLY BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN FOSTER CARE AND ADULTHOOD.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THREE PROJECTS.

10TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATED THIS DAY IN THE 9TH OF APRIL, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

CONGRATULATIONS. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE SAKAI AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FOR BEING PART OF OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION THROUGH PROJECT IS ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT'S DEDICATED TO HELPING YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS AS THEY'RE PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER FOSTER CARE.

OUR MISSION IS TO EMPOWER YOUTH WITH A HISTORY OF FOSTER CARE TO BUILD SUCCESSFUL, INDEPENDENT LIVES.

SO TEN YEARS AGO, WHEN WE GOT OUR START, WE WERE A STAFF OF ONE.

IT WAS OUR FOUNDER, ELAINE HARTEL, AND WE HAD ONE PROGRAM, MENTORING, WHICH IS STILL THE HEART AND SOUL OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST DECADE, WE'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT.

WE'RE NOW A STAFF OF 14, AND WE HAVE TEN PROGRAMS, FROM COUNSELING TO COLLEGE HOUSING AND VOCATIONAL HOUSING AND LIFE SKILLS CLASSES AIMED AT HELPING THESE YOUTH HEAL FROM THEIR PAST TRAUMA AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE STEPS TO BUILD THE LIVES THAT THEY'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF, AND TO DO SO WITH COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE AND RESILIENCE.

I WANTED TO SHARE A QUICK STORY.

JUDGE SAKAI ELAINE SHARED WITH ME THAT WHEN THRU PROJECT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED, EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH JUDGE SAKAI LOVES TO HELP YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE AND THOSE WHO ARE AGING OUT. SO OF COURSE SHE REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE KINDLY AGREED TO MEET WITH HER.

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT NONPROFITS COME AND GO ALL THE TIME.

AND SO APPARENTLY YOU SAID TO ELAINE, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD PLAN HERE, BUT IF YOU'RE STILL AROUND IN SIX MONTHS, GIVE ME A CALL.

SO I'M PROUD TO SAY WE MADE IT THOSE SIX MONTHS, AND WE MADE IT ANOTHER NINE AND A HALF MONTHS AFTER THAT.

AND WE INTEND TO KEEP SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR A LONG WHILE TO COME.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT, AND I WANT TO KEEP WITH TODAY'S THEME AND SAY VIVA FIESTA.

THANK YOU.

IS ABBY MOORE HERE? YES. OKAY.

Y'ALL ARE NEXT. AND WHILE THEY'RE COMING FORWARD, THIS IS ALCOHOL AWARENESS

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SO THEY'RE NOT DRINKING AND DRIVING.

SO MAKE SURE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WELLNESS PROGRAM.

WHAT? YOU GUYS WANT TO COME FORWARD? SO I KNOW ABBY HAS BEEN AT THE HELM FOR A LONG TIME, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2020, FOR THE CIRCLES OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY COALITION WILL OBSERVE ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH DEDICATED TO HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING EXCESSIVE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, REDUCING DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENTS, AND ADDRESSING ALCOHOL RELATED HARMS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS ALCOHOL IMPAIRED DRIVING REMAINS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, NECESSITATING A MULTIFACETED APPROACH THAT INCLUDES PREVENTION, EDUCATION, AND STRINGENT ENFORCEMENT OF DRUNK DRIVING LAWS.

AND WHEREAS, BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY AND EMPLOYING EVIDENCE BASED STRATEGIES, WE CAN MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL RELATED HARMS AND PROMOTE SAFER COMMUNITIES.

COMMUNITIES. WE CALL UPON ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO UNITE IN OUR EFFORTS AND PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY PROCLAIMS APRIL 2024 TO BE ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

OH, IT'S JUST ME. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO TALK.

ALL RIGHT. JUST ME. JUDGE SAKAI AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION, WHICH SHOWS THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY HOW STRONGLY YOU ALL FEEL ABOUT THE ISSUES OF IMPAIRED DRIVING.

13 YEARS AGO, MY LIFE WAS FOREVER CHANGED WHEN, AS AN ON DUTY SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICER, A REPEAT IMPAIRED DRIVER STRUCK MY PATROL CAR AS I WAS ASSISTING A STRANDED MOTORIST ON I-35. AS A RESULT OF THAT CRASH, I ENDED UP LOSING MY RIGHT LEG BELOW MY KNEE.

I WISH I COULD STAND HERE TODAY AND SAY THAT THAT WAS AN ISOLATED OR A RARE INCIDENT.

HOWEVER, SINCE THEN, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN NUMEROUS SIMILAR AND MUCH MORE HORRIFIC INCIDENTS RELATED TO IMPAIRED DRIVING.

JUST LAST WEEK, OUR COMMUNITY LOST A FIVE YEAR OLD AND HER MOTHER IN A SENSELESS IMPAIRED DRIVING CRASH.

BEXAR COUNTY HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES OVER THE LAST DECADE.

WE WERE ONE OF THE FIRST LARGE COUNTIES TO ADOPT THE 24 OVER SEVEN NO REFUSAL IMPAIRED DRIVING POLICY.

HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE AND WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND NOT REST ON OUR LAURELS.

WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN IMPAIRED DRIVING INCIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

IT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT IMPAIRED DRIVING, BUT OTHER LIFE CHANGING EVENTS THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF PEOPLE'S CONSUMPTION OF IMPAIRING SUBSTANCES.

SHOOTINGS, CUTTINGS, FAMILY VIOLENCE ALSO IMPACT OUR CITIZENS AND ARE ALSO RELATED TO IMPAIRMENT.

AS WE ENTER THIS FIESTA SEASON, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT IT IS UP TO EACH ONE OF US TO PLAN AHEAD.

LET'S MAKE THIS FIESTA SEASON ONE TO REMEMBER, FOR ALL THE GOOD REASONS AND NONE OF THE BAD.

REMEMBER TO PLAN AHEAD.

SOMEONE'S LIFE DEPENDS ON IT AND IT MAY BE YOURS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

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[5. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.]

COMMISSIONER MOODY.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

19. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. WE DON'T ACTUALLY NEED A PRESENTATION FOR IT.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING IT BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING.

JUST HAVE ONE THING TO WRAP UP.

YOU WANT TO DROP IT? YES. WE'LL JUST BRING IT BACK FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. SO AGENDA ITEM 19 IS BEING DROPPED.

IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? DROPPED. SO RESET IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING? CORRECT. PLEASE. ALL RIGHT.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

I BELIEVE, THEN THERE'S NO INDIVIDUAL MATTERS TO TAKE UP.

WE'LL THEN GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, FILING FOR A RECORD THE FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS AND DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. FY 2024 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (March 13,2024). b. FY 2024 Budget for Sheriffs Office LEOSE Fund - 114 (March 18, 2024)]

[7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, March 26, 2024]

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL THEN GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

[8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak.]

ALL RIGHT IS I KNOW THAT LISA JENSEN WAS JUST WITH THE PRESENTATION.

LISA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH, AS THE CEO OF ALPHA HOME, A 47 BED WOMEN'S RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FACILITY, WE KNOW THE CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY POST COVID, WHERE WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE OF ALCOHOLISM IN OUR COMMUNITY BY 40%. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, AND RECOGNIZING ALCOHOL AWARENESS IS A PART, A HUGE PART OF THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU.

IS MICHAEL MARTINEZ MAYOR MARTINEZ, ARE YOU STILL HERE? DID HE LEAVE? MAYOR MARTINEZ, MICHAEL MARTINEZ.

I DON'T SEE HIM, I THINK HE LEFT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

DEBORAH SILLER CRUZ.

DEBORAH SILVER CRUZ.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK SHE WAS ALSO HERE PART OF THE EARLIER PRESENTATIONS.

LANA HERNANDEZ.

LANA HERNANDEZ.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE SAKAI, COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I'M SORRY. IT WAS IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO SPEAK PRIOR TO AGENDA 53, ITEM THREE.

IF YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND RESERVE YOUR RIGHT TO 53.

THANK YOU. GOT IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP? AND I HAVEN'T CALLED YOUR NAME? THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES SUBMITTED TO ME AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? WHO? I DID NOT CALL THEIR NAMES.

OKAY. FOR THEN MOVING ALONG.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEY'LL TAKE UP INDIVIDUAL ITEMS.

[53. Presentation, discussion, and appropriate action regarding authorizing negotiation of agreements with selected projects to be funded by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds to support Preventative Health ($10 million) and Behavioral Health ($21,457,728) and through the Request for Proposals (RFP) Event #1050. Contingent upon successful negotiations, agreements will be presented to the Commissioners Court at a later date for consideration and approval.]

PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION.

APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AUTHORIZATION.

NEGOTIATION OF AGREEMENTS WITH SELECTED PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT.

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $21,450,728.

AND THROUGH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, RP EVENT NUMBER 1050, CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS AGREEMENTS WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AT A LATER DATE FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

AND BEFORE DOCTOR A, WOULD YOU ALLOW? I'D LIKE TO ALLOW MISS LANA HERNANDEZ.

WE'RE GOING RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

WE'RE TAKING UP AGENDA ITEM 53.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

HELLO AGAIN.

HI. MY NAME IS LANA HERNANDEZ, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE STREET2FEET ORGANIZATION.

IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AT THAT PAST DATE THAT OUR ORGANIZATION WAS BROUGHT UP, AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

STREET2FEET IS A WELLNESS PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

WE'RE A SMALL ORGANIZATION, VERY GRASSROOTS.

MY TEAM IS HERE.

GABRIELLE [INAUDIBLE] MY DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING DIRECTOR.

SO WE ARE A TEAM OF TWO.

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.

WE WANT TO REMOVE THE BARRIERS OF WELLNESS TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE PROVIDE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT SOMEONE WOULD NEED TO HAVE ACCESS TO WELLNESS, BECAUSE WELLNESS IS NOT A PRIVILEGE BUT A NECESSITY FOR EVERYONE.

SO WE PROVIDE EVERYTHING FROM ATHLETIC GEAR TO A VERY ROBUST SIX DAY A WEEK WELLNESS PROGRAM.

INDIVIDUALS ARE WALKING, RUNNING, MOVING THREE DAYS A WEEK AT OUR LOCAL GARCIA PARK NEAR THE HAVEN FOR HOPE CAMPUS, AS WELL AS WEEKLY YOGA OPPORTUNITIES, QIGONG MEDITATION OPPORTUNITIES, BREATHWORK, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY INTEGRATION.

MEANING WE TAKE OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND OR ARE IN A RECOVERY TREATMENT PROGRAM, SUBSTANCE FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND OR MENTAL HEALTH INTO HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

WE ARE GOING ON HIKES.

WE'RE GOING TO SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITIES SUCH AS CICLOVIA, FREE COMMUNITY YOGA WITH THE PROMISE, THE IDEA THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS UNDERSTAND WHERE TO SEEK, WHERE TO FIND HEALTHY COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.

MANY OF OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS DO NOT LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITIES OR HAVE NEVER LEFT THE ZIP CODE OF 78207.

SO IT'S OUR MISSION THAT WE SUPPORT THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT INTO HEALTHY COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MOVEMENT IS MEDICINE, COMMUNITY IS MEDICINE.

PART OF OUR PROGRAM IS THAT SERVICES MEDICINE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE RECOVERY, RECOVERY COMMUNITY SERVICE IS A HUGE COMPONENT IN THE RECOVERY PROCESS, BUT IT IS ALSO A HUGE COMPONENT IN THE STREET2FEET MISSION WHERE WE OUT IN SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY REINTEGRATE OUR PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IN SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ARE NOT A MANDATED PROGRAM.

EACH INDIVIDUAL THAT COMES TO STREET TO FEED IS VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, WE UTILIZE MOVEMENT AS A MEDICINE COMMUNITY AS MEDICINE AND SERVICE AS MEDICINE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE RESEARCH AND THE DATA OF HOW ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS DO HAVE HEALING PROPERTIES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR GIRL.

ITEM AGENDA 53.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

DOCTOR ANDREA GUERRERO FOR BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.

WE ARE COMING TO YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU TO AUTHORIZE US TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS UNDER ARPA FOR THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY SEEN AND GAVE US THE GREEN LIGHT TO, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHICH WE PROVIDED TO ALL OF YOUR OFFICES AFTER THE LAST MEETING ON MARCH THE 12TH.

AND TO GIVE US THE GO AHEAD TO DO THOSE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS GOING FORWARD.

JUST A REVIEW OF THE RFP PROCESS.

AGAIN, WE WERE PROVIDED OR ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH BY THE ARPA OFFICE, $31 MILLION, 21 MILLION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND 10 MILLION IN PREVENTATIVE HEALTH.

WE HAD AN EVALUATION TEAM MADE UP OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGRILIFE CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

AND WE HAD AN EXTERNAL MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO METROPOLITAN HEALTH DISTRICT THEIR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.

WE CREATED AN RFP.

A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT OUTLINED OUR EVALUATION CRITERIA.

OBVIOUSLY ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN EXACERBATED BY COVID.

COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES, WHICH WERE HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING, HEALTHY CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR.

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OR SHOULD SERVE PERSONS IN UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT LIMITED TO JUST THAT.

BUT WE PRIORITIZE THAT SERVING POPULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE VULNERABLE BY STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES.

WE ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE A VERY SPECIFIC EVALUATION PLAN FOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, EACH OF THESE PROPOSALS ARE UNIQUE.

INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE.

NO TWO ARE REALLY THE SAME, ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT ADDRESS SHARED PRIORITIES.

NO TWO ARE DOING IT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AND IN THE SAME POPULATION.

SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW EACH OF THEM PLAN TO OUTLINE OR TO MEASURE THEIR SUCCESS, TO DEFINE THEIR METRICS AND TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO US.

WE EMPHASIZE PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION.

HOW ARE THESE PROGRAMS WORKING WITH OTHERS TO DO THE SAME WORK? HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE THE WORK OF ONE ORGANIZATION WITH ANOTHER? ADDRESSING SUSTAINABILITY, MEASURING RETURN ON INVESTMENT, AND BEING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, AND ADDRESSING COMMUNITY VOICE, MAKING SURE THAT THEIR METHODOLOGIES AND EVALUATION WERE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE.

AND THEN WE WE ALSO SCORED THEM FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL ABILITIES.

PROGRESS TO DATE. WE OPENED THE RFP IN SEPTEMBER 2023.

WE HAD THE EVALUATION PERIOD THROUGH FROM DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY 24TH.

DURING THAT TIME, WE MET AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR AS AN EVALUATION TEAM FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES FOR 4 OR 5 HOURS EACH TIME TO DISCUSS THE EVALUATIONS THAT WE HAD DONE INDIVIDUALLY. I'M SORRY.

BACK UP. WE CLOSED. WE CLOSED THE RFP IN NOVEMBER.

THEN DECEMBER THROUGH JANUARY WAS THE EVALUATION PERIOD.

AND THEN IN MARCH, THE MARCH 12TH MEETING LAST MONTH THE COURT ACCEPTED OUR PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS CONTINGENT UPON US PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION.

AND WE MADE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOUR OFFICES AFTER COURT AT THAT TIME.

SO GETTING INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE AREAS OF HEALTHY EATING AND ACTIVE LIVING AND HEALTHY CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE OR JUST GO THROUGH THE SLIDES? OKAY. IN THE AREA OF SUBSTANCE, ADULT SUBSTANCE USE AND YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THREE TWO FROM THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, THE BE WELL ORGANIZATION, PARTNERING WITH TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEN ONE ADDRESSING YOUTH, WHICH IS THE RISE RECOVERY INSPIRE ACADEMY. IN THE AREA OF ADULT MENTAL HEALTH AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.

THESE ARE THOSE THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.

THE ONES THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING YOUTH ARE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, SA YOUTH AND VISION QUEST.

THE OTHERS ARE EITHER GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD ADULTS.

SO IN SUMMARY, IN THE AREA OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, WE'RE RECOMMENDING $8,359,293 TO FUND THOSE THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

IN THE AREA OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH AND THEN THE AREA OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH $18,489,224.

WE HAVE BEEN BUDGETING AND HAVE A DRAFT BUDGET FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND STAFFING.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HIRING ADDITIONAL FOLKS TO HELP US MANAGE ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS ONCE THEY'RE AWARDED.

OUR ESTIMATE IS 1,377,000.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL AT A LATER DATE.

THE SPECIFIC STAFFING PLAN, WHICH WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTOOD HOW WE'RE BUDGETING FOR IT.

SO OUR TOTAL THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AT THIS TIME IS 28,225,724.

ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

DOCTOR ANDREA, THESE ARE THE SAME ONES THAT WE WENT OVER PREVIOUSLY, CORRECT? NO ADDITIONS EXCEPT AN INCREASE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY, YES WE DO. OKAY.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WELL, SPECIFICALLY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE, THEY WERE THEY DID NOT HAVE A PRESENCE IN PRECINCT ONE.

AND LAST YEAR THEY STARTED A PROGRAM AT ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT HARLANDALE HAD TO SHUT DOWN WHICH I'VE VISITED, AND SO I'M SUPPORTING THAT.

I HAD DONE SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

SO I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS IS GOING TO FURTHER GO TO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

CORRECT. SAY THAT AGAIN.

IT'S GOING TO FURTHER GO TO THE MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM, THE MONEY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

YES. OKAY. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY CITED THE SCHOOL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

I'LL SECOND THAT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. DOCTOR GUERRERO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

REMIND ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, I GUESS, THE THE BREADTH OF THE NEED OUT THERE JUST IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ALLOCATED THE 30 MILLION OR SO.

BUT WHAT WAS THE SUBSCRIPTION OVERALL? YOU HAVE A ROUGH NUMBER OF HOW MANY DIFFERENT THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT WERE REQUESTED IN EXCESS OF $250 MILLION.

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AND THAT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OF THE GROUPS OUT THERE WHO I THINK HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE AND WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, BUT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DOLLARS.

SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THESE DOLLARS WILL GET PUT TO WORK PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT.

YOU AND YOUR TEAM THE I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SOME OF THE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER ALLOCATIONS.

YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE, I GUESS, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFITS IN SOME INSTANCES.

IS THAT CORRECT? IN ALL INSTANCES, YES.

FOR EVERYTHING THAT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING SPECIFICALLY THE UNITY PROJECT AND CORAZON, THOSE TWO ARE SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARD FOLKS IN RECOVERY OR IN THE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WHO NEED PEER SUPPORT AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO AID THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY ON RECOVERY.

THE OTHER IS A HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM.

SO IT'S AGAIN, IT'S HARM REDUCTION.

CORAZON IS HARM REDUCTION.

IT'S THE ONLY LICENSED HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM IN THE STATE.

AND SO THE UNITY PROJECT AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, SAN ANTONIO IS PROPOSING TO PARTNER WITH BOTH OF THOSE TO SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH, PEER RECOVERY AND HARM REDUCTION.

SO, SO FOR PURPOSES OF, I GUESS COUNTING REPORTING IS UT HEALTH THE SUBRECIPIENT OR.

YES. OKAY. SO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSIGHT WITH THOSE NONPROFITS.

BUT THE THE ARPA REPORTING WILL BE FROM UT HEALTH.

YES. THEY ARE THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. YES. OKAY.

AND THAT HAS A DOUBLE BENEFIT IN THAT IT REALLY REDUCES IT OBVIOUSLY BRINGS THE RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGES THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION.

BUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T PUT THE ONUS ON THE SMALL NONPROFIT TO DO THAT LEVEL OF REPORTING EITHER TO THE COUNTY OR BECAUSE OF ARPA REGULATIONS, IT HELPS TO DEVELOP THAT ORGANIZATIONAL RESILIENCY IN THOSE SMALLER NONPROFITS BECAUSE ON THEIR OWN, IT MAY NOT BE AS EASY TO DO A GRANT LIKE THIS OR A CONTRACT LIKE THIS WITH THE COUNTY OR WITH ANY FEDERAL AGENCY.

SO IT REALLY DOES HELP TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN CAPACITY.

OKAY, GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT FOR TODAY'S DISCUSSION, BUT I KNOW AT SOME POINT, JUDGE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME REPROGRAM DOLLARS THAT WE COULD PUT TO WORK.

AND I KNOW THIS IS CERTAINLY A BUCKET, I BELIEVE WHERE THERE IS A NEED AND HOPEFULLY THIS COURT WILL DECIDE IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER THAT, THAT MAYBE THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT CAN GO IN THIS AREA.

SO THANK YOU, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A MONTH AGO WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT IT UP, AND I MADE SOME COMMENTS REGARDING THE ONGOING PROGRAMS AND EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH WITH ANY OF THE RECIPIENTS.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT KIND OF BALLPARK AS FAR AS HOW MANY OF THESE ARE ARE EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED IN THE PAST VERSUS ENTIRELY NEW ORGANIZATIONS GOING FORWARD? IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND MAYBE I'M GOING TO MIGHT DEPEND ON LETITIA, WHO IS HERE OR GILBERT, TO TALK ABOUT WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH BEFORE.

I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE A NEW DEPARTMENT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TAKEN A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO SOME OF THESE.

BUT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE CRYSTAL COUNSELING WORKS WITH THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO SUPPORT DIVERSION.

GUARDIAN HOUSE, I BELIEVE, HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT.

DO WE HAVE WE DID SOME HOMEWORK ON WHO'S ALREADY GETTING FUNDS.

OKAY. YES.

LETICIA DOMINGUEZ, GOOD MORNING.

SO A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM WE HAVE NOT WORKED WITH SPECIFICALLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTRACTS WITH THEM.

THE ONES THAT DO STAND OUT IS LIKE ACOG.

WE HAVE A DIRECT CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, OUR OFFICE HAS NOT CONTRACTED WITH THEM BEFORE SPECIFICALLY.

BUT AS FAR AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE DO PARTNER UP WITH THEM WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

WE REFER TO THEM.

SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE, AS YOU COULD SEE UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, WE HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT IS WORKING IN OUR JAIL RIGHT NOW FOR A JAIL STUDY OF OUR GPS SYSTEM. BUT AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THESE WE HAVE NOT WORKED WITH SPECIFICALLY.

WHICH ONE DID YOU JUST MENTION? ACOG THE ID THAT IS.

OH, OKAY. EXCUSE ME.

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OKAY, I SEE IT. AND WE DO HAVE A JAIL LIAISON RIGHT NOW WHO IS CURRENTLY IN OUR JAIL REVIEWING ALL IDD, I'D SAY PARTICIPANTS OR ANY ONE WHO'S MAY BE IDENTIFIED AS IDD.

OKAY. OBVIOUSLY THE THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IN MY COMMENTS LAST TIME AS WELL.

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I MEAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS REALLY WHY WE WERE SO ADAMANT ABOUT HAVING A ROBUST EVALUATION PLAN.

THE MORE DATA THAT WE CAN COLLECT FROM THESE PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF THEIR SUCCESSES AND WHAT'S WORKING AS WHAT INTERVENTIONS ARE WORKING THE BETTER OFF WE ARE FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS, FOR MAKING A CASE TO, TO THE COURT TO ADDING ANY OF THESE TO THE GENERAL FUND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE COUNTY MANAGER.

MAYBE. BUT THE BASICALLY IF IF THESE TURN OUT TO BE GOOD INVESTMENTS, IF WE CAN SHOW RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN DOLLARS AND CENTS, AS WELL AS SUCCESSES TO INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM, WE'RE WE'RE IN A BETTER POSITION TO TO MAKE THAT CASE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO TO GRANT FUNDING.

BECAUSE REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS USING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES TO CREATE MORE EVIDENCE THAT THESE WORK.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HOW WE CAN MAKE THE FOUNDATION FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS TO LARGE AGENCIES IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE SET EXPECTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET DATA BACK IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE THESE FUNDS ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, GOING ON IN PERPETUITY.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS SHORT TERM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET THEIR FEET UNDERNEATH THEM GOING FORWARD.

YOU MENTIONED HIRING IN TERMS OF STAFF TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND WORK THE CONTRACTS.

WILL THOSE BE FULL TIME HIRES OR ARE THESE TEMP EMPLOYEES CONTRACTORS? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU SAID 1.3 MILLION.

IT WOULD BE FULL TIME HIRES FOR AT LEAST THROUGH THE PERIOD OF ARPA.

SO TWO OF THE POSITIONS WERE WILL BE REQUESTING NOT NOT NOW, BUT IN AT ANOTHER COURT DATE PROBABLY NEXT TIME OR THE ONE AFTER WOULD BE CONTRACT SPECIALISTS THAT HELP US JUST MANAGE THE REPORTING AND THE AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AND WE'LL ALSO BE REQUESTING A DIRECTOR OF PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, SOMEONE WHO IS A CONTEMPORARY OF THE OTHER THREE DIRECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, OF THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, THAT WOULD BE REALLY STAFFED OUT OF THE PUBLIC PIO'S OFFICE.

BUT TO HELP US TELL THE STORY OF WHAT BEXAR COUNTY IS DOING IN THIS AREA.

YEAH. SO THIS THAT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S PROBABLY TWO THINGS THERE'S ADMINISTERING THE CURRENT ARPA DOLLARS AND THOSE CONTRACTS, BUT ALSO KIND OF MORE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH GOING FORWARD.

YEAH, BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. WELL AND I JUST WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

ARE THOSE DOLLARS THE 1.3 MILLION THAT YOU EXPECT TO REQUEST.

IS THAT GOING TO COME FROM ARPA, OR WILL THAT BE GOING TO THE GENERAL BUDGET THAT WILL COME FROM ARPA IN THE SAME WAY THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IS THE MAJORITY OF IT? WELL, NOT THE MAJORITY, EXCEPT FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BUT THE PREVENTATIVE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

ME AND THE NEW STAFF THAT WE'VE HAD ARE FUNDED BY ARPA DOLLARS, BUT THOSE WILL BE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.

SO IN 26 THEY WILL REVERT BACK TO THE GENERAL BUDGET.

IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THAT WILL BE UP TO THE COUNTY MANAGER TO DECIDE, BUT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE FUNDED BY ARPA.

YEAH. YOU'RE CORRECT.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT FUNDED BY ARPA AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THOSE EMPLOYEES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY FOR THEM, RIGHT? YES, SIR. I DID WANT TO MENTION THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I HAD BECOME AWARE OF. I THINK THEY WERE ON THE LIST.

AND I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECOGNIZE I KNOW THE 100 CLUB HAD A REQUEST AROUND SUPPORT FOR MENTAL HEALTH FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. SEEMED LIKE A WORTHY CAUSE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE YOU KNOW, THE ASK VERSUS WHAT MAKES SENSE, BUT I HOPE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT GOING FORWARD IF WE COME BACK TO COURT WITH WITH ADDITIONAL ASK.

AND I ALSO SPENT SOME TIME OVER AT CLARITY AND I KNOW THEY HAD AN ASK AS WELL IN TERMS OF EXPANDING THEIR COUNSELING SERVICE, I KNOW THEY HAVE A KIND OF DIRECT CONNECTION TO ALL THE INVESTMENT WE HAD IN OUR ISDS WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH FOR OUR TEENS AND OUR KIDS.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AGAIN AS WELL.

THERE WAS ONE ITEM ON HERE I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT EASY EXPUNCTION CAN CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW WHY IT, YOU KNOW, FELL UNDERNEATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HERE.

SURE. SO EASY EXPUNCTION IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT ASSISTS INDIVIDUALS WITH EXPUNGING ELIGIBLE OFFENSES THAT ARE ON THEIR CRIMINAL RECORD.

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SO IT IS SOCIALLY DETERMINED IN SOME WAYS.

AND SO WHEN THOSE FOLKS ARE IN SOME LEVEL OF RECOVERY AND TRYING TO TURN OVER A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT PATH IN THEIR LIFE, THEY OFTEN SEEK EXPUNGEMENT TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE MOST MOST OF THE TIME, IT'S TO BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER JOB THAT IF BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD, THERE'S A BARRIER TO THAT. AND WHEN SOMEONE HAS A BETTER JOB, IT HAS, YOU KNOW, A HIGHER LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT.

OUR DATA SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES, BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A JOB THAT OFFERS HEALTH INSURANCE.

THEY MAKE MORE. THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE MORE MONEY, SO THEIR EARNING CAPACITY IS LARGER.

THEY'RE ABLE TO RELY LESS ON GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP AND WICK AND MEDICAID, BECAUSE THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEIR FAMILY, MAKE MORE MONEY.

AND SO REALLY, AS IT CREATES A CULTURE OF WELLNESS FOR AN ENTIRE FAMILY, WHEN SOMEONE IS ABLE TO SECURE BETTER EMPLOYMENT, AND OFTENTIMES A CRIMINAL RECORD IS ONE OF THE ONLY BARRIERS TO THAT.

AND SO IT REALLY IS SEEN AND OFTENTIMES IT'S PART OF SECOND CHANCE PROGRAMS THAT HELP FOLKS REENTER THE WORKFORCE. WELL, I HAVE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY SOME MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD BE BE IMPLEMENTED AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT $200,000 WOULD BE SPENT.

IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT LEVEL CRIMES ARE WERE ABLE TO EXPUNGE WITH THE PROGRAM, IS THAT ANYBODY WHO QUALIFIES FOR THE PROGRAM TODAY? YES, IT WOULD BE COST SHARE.

OR IS THE TAXPAYER PAYING FOR THAT ENTIRELY? NO, THIS IS THESE ARE FUNDS BECAUSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING LESS THAN WHAT THEY REQUESTED IN THEIR PROPOSAL.

SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS A LOWER AMOUNT THAT WOULD FUND SPECIFIC SERVICES.

SO SPECIFIC SERVICES RELATED TO JUST DETERMINING THEIR ELIGIBILITY.

BASICALLY THE PROCESS TO GET THEIR RECORD EXPUNGED.

SO NONE OF THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, NONE OF THE OTHER OVERHEAD AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, BUT THINGS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO EXPUNGING THAT RECORD AND ERASING THE CHARGES.

DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? AND THE REST OF THEIR FUNDS WOULD BE RAISED BY THE BY THE ENTITY ITSELF.

AND THEN THE REASON THAT THIS IS THIS PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, SAY, IF SOMEONE'S GOING THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THEY GET THEIR RECORD EXPUNGED THAT WAY, IS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS SEEKING TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PARTICIPANTS HAVE A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF MAYBE HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD, LIKE CHRIS CILLIZZA, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT WE CAN HELP THOSE FOLKS BEFORE THEY MIGHT REOFFEND AGAIN AND HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, GO, WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR THEM TO GET CRIMINALLY JUSTICE INVOLVED AGAIN BEFORE WE SEEK TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR RECORD IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YEAH. WELL YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED HERE FOR FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH SUPPORT.

YOU KNOW, I SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.

AND THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WORTHY CAUSES HERE.

I DISAGREE ON THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, EASY EXPUNCTIONS, YOU KNOW, FALLS UNDERNEATH THIS CATEGORY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A BROADER CONVERSATION, AT LEAST FROM MY OPINION, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GUERRERO, FOR YOUR WORK AND ALL THE TEAM THAT HELPED PUT THIS TOGETHER.

SO YOU ALL ARE THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS.

CAN YOU TELL THE TAXPAYER WHAT IS IT THAT YOU KNOW THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THAT'S TRANSFORMATIVE IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW ARE WE BENCHMARKING? IS IT X NUMBER OF FOLKS WHOSE RECORDS ARE EXPUNGED? IS IT THIS MANY FOLKS WHO ARE NO LONGER SUBSTANCE USERS? IS IT, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU BECAUSE THIS IS THROUGH AN ARPA PROCESS.

WE TRADITIONALLY LOOK AT THESE KINDS OF FUNDS AS TRANSFORMATIVE.

YOU KNOW, WE SPENT WPA MONEY ON THE RIVERWALK.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY TANGIBLE.

BUT WHAT WHAT I DON'T HAVE IN THE PRESENTATION IS WHAT IS THE YOU'RE THE ARCHITECTS OR WHAT IS WHAT ARE WE BUILDING HERE? WHERE ARE WE GOING WITH THIS? ABSOLUTELY. PUBLIC HEALTH AS A DISCIPLINE IS IS INTENDED TO CREATE HEALTH FOR ALL. SO IF I'M HEALTHIER, YOU'RE HEALTHIER.

IF YOU'RE HEALTHIER, YOUR FAMILY IS HEALTHIER.

AND SO WHEN WE INVEST DOLLARS IN POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE VULNERABLE BY STRUCTURAL INEQUITY, BY

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AND WE WE SAW THIS, YOU KNOW, COVID WAS THE BEST, I THINK, EXAMPLE OF THIS, BECAUSE I MIGHT MAKE A DECISION FOR MYSELF TO BE VACCINATED FOR AGAINST THE COVID VIRUS.

BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN I DO THAT, I PREVENT MYSELF FROM BEING SICK, AND THEREFORE I MIGHT PREVENT MYSELF FROM TRANSMITTING THAT VIRUS TO PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY AND PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY. AND SO AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE AND MY DECISION TO BENEFIT MYSELF ALSO BENEFITS BASICALLY EVERYONE AROUND ME.

AND SO WHEN WE COLLECTIVELY INVEST IN THE PUBLIC GOOD, IN HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR THOSE THAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF EVERYONE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY, WE CAN ALSO TALK ABOUT OUTCOMES AND METRICS OF SUCCESS.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ADULTS, THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE FEWER NUMBER OF MENTAL HEALTH DAYS THAT PEOPLE REPORT MEANS THAT THE MORE OFTEN THEY'RE ABLE TO GO TO WORK AND BE PRODUCTIVE, IT MEANS THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING MORE TO THE ECONOMY.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES AND HELPING LARGE BUSINESSES.

THERE ARE ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT BASED ON AN INDIVIDUAL CHOICE THAT I MAKE FOR MYSELF OR AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE THAT WE'RE GIVING TO A PERSON THAT'S A PARTICIPANT IN ANY ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS. AND WE CAN TAKE EVERY SINGLE METRIC THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS AND TRACK THEM TO A LARGER OUTCOME.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT THE COUNTY MANAGER TOLD ME WHEN I FIRST CAME ON 16 MONTHS AGO WAS BASICALLY, HERE'S HERE'S THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT SHOWS WHERE THE WORST PARTS OF FOOD INSECURITY WERE IN THE COUNTY, WHERE THE WORST PARTS OF, YOU KNOW, THE MOST DEATHS TO COVID.

AND HE ASKED ME, HE'S LIKE, WE NEED TO CHANGE THESE MAPS.

AND SO ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS HAVE SOME ELEMENT OR SOME METRIC THAT CAN BE TRACED BACK TO A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT CAN DIRECTLY ADDRESS ALL OF THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED, OR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY IDENTIFIED NEEDS THAT ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SO THAT HOPEFULLY, IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN POINT TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TODAY OR WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE ME TO DO TODAY.

SURE. FOR THE RECORD, GILBERT GONZALES, DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, THROUGH THE LENS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND SPECIFICALLY WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN TO ADDRESS THREE SPECIFIC AREAS.

THE FIRST, IN ALL OF THE EVALUATIONS TO LOOK AT HOW IS THIS IMPACTING THE EARLY INTERVENTION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDED INTERVENTION? SECOND IS TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE AS WELL AS CARE ITSELF.

AND THIRDLY, AND THIS IS THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE OF ALL IS HOW DO WE CONTINUALLY ADDRESS CONTINUITY OF CARE.

SO ALL OF THESE EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED AT PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY INCREASED LEVELS OF SERVICE SPECIFIC TO EACH OF THOSE THREE PHASES.

OKAY. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION STILL IS DO WE HOLD A BENCHMARK TO WE WILL SEE THIS REDUCTION IN THIS AREA? AND WHAT ARE THOSE? CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE THE BAR MOVE? ABSOLUTELY. FIRST EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE WITH RESPECT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARENA WOULD BE RECIDIVISM IS THE MAIN IS THE KEY FACTOR THERE.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

WHAT WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS TO ASSIST CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ENSURING THAT WE DON'T GET THESE PEOPLE BACK INTO SERVICE? THE OTHER IS THE NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE REQUESTED SERVICE VERSUS THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ACCESS, THAT SERVICE VERSUS THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING TERMED AS THEY'RE NOT RECIDIVATING OR THEY'RE NOT COMING BACK.

ALSO THE REDUCTION OF CRISIS EVENTS, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINTS TO TO THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THOSE CRISIS INTERVENTIONS.

SO THE OUTCOMES VERY SPECIFICALLY ARE WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS THAT WE ARE DOING THAT THAT'S ELEVATING THIS INDIVIDUAL TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN BE SELF-SUSTAINING IN RECOVERY AND TO ENSURE A SPECIFIC RESILIENCY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LET ME GO AHEAD.

YEAH, I WOULD I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT.

SO LETICIA HAD MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE NEW ORGANIZATIONS, RIGHT? THAT WE DON'T THAT WE HADN'T HAD A PREVIOUS CONTRACT WITH THEM.

SO I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE ARPA FUNDING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FUND MORE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO STREET2FEET, I THINK, IS HERE.

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

LET ME WEIGH IN A LITTLE BIT.

COMMISSIONER MOONEY, COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAVE RAISED SOME QUESTIONS AND AND CORRECT ME IF I MISSTATE ANYTHING.

THE POINT YOU ALL WERE MAKING.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I BELIEVE STAFF HAS RESPONDED AS BEST THEY CAN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM, NEW DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE A NEW DEPARTMENT HEAD.

SO IN ESSENCE, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CUTTING EDGE AND BE AT THE FOREFRONT HOW WE INTERVENE INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES, ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE MOST SERVICES.

AND ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T DEAL WITH THAT POPULATION, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST PROBLEMATIC, CORRECT? HOMELESS, CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, FILLING THE JAILS, CAUSING HOMELESSNESS.

IT JUST THE MYRIAD OF ISSUES.

SO THERE'S A COMPLEXITY OF THIS THAT YOU CAN'T ANSWER CERTAIN QUESTIONS IN A VERY SIMPLISTIC WAY, BUT LET ME GIVE FEEDBACK TO STAFF.

WHAT I REALLY HEAR COMMISSIONER MOONEY AND COMMISSIONER COWER SAYS, WHAT ARE WE GETTING IN RETURN FOR THIS? AND SO I HEARD YOUR REMARKS, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK.

I THINK ONE, ESPECIALLY ON THE ISSUE OF EXPULSIONS, AND I REALIZE COMMISSIONER MOODY HAS REALLY HAD HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THAT BECAUSE ON ITS FACE, IT'S LIKE THAT'S A LEGAL PROCESS.

WHY ARE WE HELPING PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES? WELL, THE ISSUE IS, HAVING BEEN IN THE COURT SYSTEM, IS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE IN OUR SPECIALTY COURTS, ESPECIALLY FROM A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, SO TO SPEAK.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S USUALLY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ADDICTION.

TWO, IT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH AND THE TRAUMA THEY SUFFERED.

AND THREE, IT'S THERE'S THE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, A LOT OF SITUATIONS.

AND THEY ALL HAVE TO KIND OF BE CLEANED UP, SO TO SPEAK, TO PUT PEOPLE BACK ON A PATH.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE COULD DO IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONNECTED TO ALL THE SPECIALTY COURTS.

WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WE SERVED, HOW MANY PEOPLE EXPULSIONS, HOW MANY PEOPLE GOT EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE OF EXPULSIONS.

IS THIS TYPICALLY IT'S VERY STRICT.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT CLEANING ANY RECORD OF A VIOLENT OR REPEAT OFFENDER.

IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

IT'S USUALLY FIRST TIME, ONE TIME OFFENDER WHO DIDN'T GO TO, WHO DIDN'T GO TO JAIL BUT MADE A MISTAKE, USUALLY VERY LOW LEVEL OFFENSES, DRUGS OR TRESPASS OR, OR THOSE TYPE OF OFFENSES.

AND SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM TO CLEAN PEOPLE'S RECORDS UP SO THAT AS THEY GET THEIR ADDICTION ISSUES AS THEY GET THE MENTAL HEALTH, WE CLEAN THEIR RECORDS, THEY GO BACK TO WORK, AND WE GET THEM INTO WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT ELEVATE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IN A FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A MULTI-LEVEL, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PROCESS.

BUT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO HAVE THE WHAT WHAT THE WHAT COMMISSIONER MOONEY AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT ARE SAYING IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND SHOW US WHAT WHAT WE DID OTHER THAN WE MADE LIFE BETTER.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU SERVE? HOW MANY PEOPLE KEPT OUT OF JAIL? HOW MANY PEOPLE MOVED UP IN THE WORKFORCE? HOW MANY PEOPLE? WE GOT INTO WORKFORCE TRAINING ON AND ON AND ON AND ON.

SO DO YOU ALL GET, I THINK, IS THAT REALLY WHAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

BECAUSE THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, I'VE LOOKED AT THE ORGANIZATIONS, I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE WELL ESTABLISHED, ALTHOUGH WE PERHAPS THE COUNTY HASN'T NECESSARILY WORKED WITH THEM. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER UP WITH SOME REALLY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS HERE.

AND SO EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT ARE GETTING THE HIGHER LEVEL OF OF FINANCIAL AWARD HERE, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS CREATE REALLY CUTTING EDGE PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS THAT COULD BE PILOT PROGRAMS, PILOT THAT WE COULD SHOW THE OUR STATE, IF NOT THE COUNTRY, THAT WE ARE CUTTING EDGE.

AND SO THE THE WHAT THE STAFF ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO DO, ESPECIALLY AS YOU HIRE ON STAFF, IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING OUR THE BIGGEST BUCK FOR OUR BANG, THE BIGGEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

ALL RIGHT. AND SO THAT MEANS TO A SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, SENSE OF REPORTS I WOULD ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO I WOULD ASSUME YOU WOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COURT ON

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NOW, LET ME ALSO KIND OF SET THE STAGE TWO THAT WHAT I BELIEVE HAS HAPPENED.

AND I REALLY APPLAUD DOCTOR GUERRERO AND HER STAFF WAS THAT THROUGH HER EVALUATION COMMITTEE AND STAFF, THEY PUT TOGETHER A THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATIVE PROCESS OF EVALUATION.

SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LIKE IT, AND SOME PEOPLE AREN'T, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE.

SOME PEOPLE SAYING, I HAD A GREAT PROGRAM AND I DIDN'T GET THE AWARD, SO WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

AND I WOULD ASK THE COURT TO UNDERSTAND, AS YOU HAVE HERE, THESE COMMENTS TO FORWARD THEM TO DOCTOR GUERRERO SO THAT PERHAPS THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE METRIC WAS, WHAT THE EVALUATION WAS, SO THAT THEY CAN PUT A PROJECT OR A PROGRAM TOGETHER THAT BEST FITS AS TO WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH.

DOCTOR, GROW ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YES. ALSO TO OBVIOUSLY THERE PROBABLY WERE MANY OTHER WORTHWHILE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COURT THAT WE LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL.

AND I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU BROUGHT UP THE ARPA REPROGRAMING DOLLARS, AND OBVIOUSLY, WE MAY EVEN HAVE REPROGRAMING WITHIN THIS BUCKET OF MONEY THAT WE'RE AWARDING. SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT FOLLOW THROUGH.

SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT USE.

SO WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A DEADLINE.

WE HAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO GET THESE FUNDS DESIGNATED, OR ELSE WE LOSE.

WE GOT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT TO GET THE MONEY OUT OR WE LOSE IT.

CORRECT? DAVID SMITH SO THESE AREN'T GENERAL REVENUE DOLLARS, BUT COMMISSIONER MOODY DOES RAISE AN ISSUE.

AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR.

WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS THAT THIS ARPA FUND IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME CIRCUMSTANCE, SO TO SPEAK.

WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY GIVE BIG AWARDS IN ORDER TO MAKE BIG DIFFERENCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT AT AT THE END OF THIS, THERE MAY NOT BE THE GENERAL REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

SO ALL RECIPIENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEY CAN'T COME BACK AND EXPECT THAT THIS COURT WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THEIR PROGRAMS. AND SO IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE JOINT EFFORT.

IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE CLEAR DIRECTION AND DISCUSSION WITH THE RECIPIENTS THAT THEY NEED TO LEVERAGE.

THEY NEED TO LOOK FOR GRANTS THROUGH THE FEDERAL, STATE AND THE LOCAL THROUGH THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL JUST PUT ON RECORD THAT I SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

DOCTOR GUERRERO, I THINK THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

AND SO COURT, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ALLOW DOCTOR GUERRERO TO DO THE GREAT WORK SHE'S DOING.

I THINK SHE HAS BEEN UP FRONT AND DIRECT WITH THE COURT AS TO WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO, AND I HAVE NOW GIVEN HER BACK SOME FEEDBACK TO WHAT I BELIEVE THE COURT NEEDS IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, DOCTOR GUERRERO, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COURT? NO, SIR. UNDERSTOOD.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING? NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? YES. WE HAVE ONE ABSTENTION.

ALL RIGHT, GET TO WORK.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO TIME.

[4a. 10:30 a.m. - Announcement of the Winners of the 2024 Bexar County Employees Slim Down Showdown weight loss challenge]

I BELIEVE THAT'S ITEM FOUR, A ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES SLIMMED DOWN SHOWDOWN WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE.

I DON'T THINK I MADE THE FINAL CUT, DID I? I DON'T THINK SO.

I DON'T THINK SO.

GO AHEAD, MISS HALL. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS NICOLE HALL. I'M THE BEXAR COUNTY WELLNESS PROGRAM MANAGER.

IN JANUARY, I CAME HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE KICKOFF OF OUR ANNUAL SLIMMED DOWN SHOWDOWN CHALLENGE FOR EMPLOYEES.

AND I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS.

HOWEVER, BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO WORKED HARD THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE AND SHOW A QUICK VIDEO THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OF ALL THE PROGRESS THAT THEY MADE.

[01:40:24]

WOO! CARS ARE COMING! BICYCLE WELLNESS.

END OF SLIMMED DOWN SHOWDOWN.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD SO MANY DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATE THIS YEAR AND COME TOGETHER TO MOTIVATE ONE ANOTHER TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE EVER SEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM STARTED TEN YEARS AGO.

THIS YEAR AS A WHOLE, WE HAD 675 EMPLOYEES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AND ACHIEVE A TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT LOSS OF 2,929 POUNDS. THIS WAS AN.

THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF OVER 440 POUNDS FROM LAST YEAR'S CHALLENGE, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED.

THIS YEAR WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE, WITH SOME OF THE WINNERS BEING ONLY 0.1% APART FROM ONE ANOTHER.

BUT WE DO HAVE OUR TOP SIX WINNERS TO ANNOUNCE WHO ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT LOSS.

SOME OF THE WINNERS ARE HERE TODAY, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT PLACE THEY WON YET.

SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU'RE HERE, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM, WE DO HAVE CERTIFICATES TO GIVE YOU.

AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE AT THE END.

SO IN THIRD PLACE, WINNING $250 TO HEB, WE HAVE VICTORIA SMITH FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND FRED MENDOZA FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

IN SECOND PLACE, WINNING $500 TO HEB.

WE HAVE SUZANNE DE WALT WITH A LAW LIBRARY AND STEVE YOUNG FROM BCIT.

AND IN FIRST PLACE, WINNING $850 TO HEB.

WE HAVE SUSAN BOWEN FROM THE DA'S OFFICE AND JESSE RAY ORTIZ FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

DO THEY HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO GET THE AWARD? NO. I KNEW THAT THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS COULDN'T COME, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED, AS IT WAS TRULY INSPIRATIONAL TO SEE THE DEDICATION AND EFFORT EVERYONE PUT FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS OF THE CHALLENGE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE HEALTHY HABITS CONTINUE BEYOND THIS CHALLENGE. I ALSO WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK THE 46 EMPLOYEES THAT VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO BE TRAINERS FOR THIS CHALLENGE.

IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM TO HELP WEIGH IN AND MOTIVATE THE PARTICIPANTS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS CHALLENGE HAPPEN.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, JUDGE SAKAI, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE SAW A HUGE SPIKE IN REGISTRATIONS AFTER YOU SENT OUT YOUR MEMO IN JANUARY, AND I REALLY THINK THAT IT WAS THE FINAL PUSH THAT WE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. SO THANK YOU.

WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATION EVENT FOR ALL TRAINERS, ALL PARTICIPANTS.

AND JUST AN ADDITIONAL CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS TODAY AT 4 P.M.

IN THIS COURTROOM.

I BELIEVE YOU ARE COMING, BUT IF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS YOU ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND AS WELL IF YOU'D LIKE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED TO JOIN US TODAY.

EXCUSE ME AT 4 P.M..

AND HELP US JUST CELEBRATE IN YOUR SUCCESS.

WE'LL HAVE SOME SNACKS.

WE'LL HAVE SOME PRIZES.

IT'LL JUST BE FUN TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE TOGETHER.

BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

CAN I. CAN I JUST COMMENT? I SEE FRED MENDOZA GOING TO THE GYM ALL THE TIME, SO I'M SURPRISED HE DIDN'T GET A HIGHER PLACE.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS. BUT BUT I WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST FINISHED PASSING THE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND EXERCISE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ANXIETY AND STRESS, WHICH IS WHY I WALK EVERY DAY BECAUSE I'M JUST A LITTLE STRESSED.

SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

AND SO THANK YOU, NICOLE, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO PARTICIPATED.

SO LET'S KEEP EXERCISING.

SO THANKS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE. CAN WE GET A PICTURE.

YEAH. WE'LL STAND AND Y'ALL GET RIGHT IN FRONT.

CONGRATS, GUYS. GOOD JOB.

CONGRATULATIONS. 600.

YOU HOLD UP YOUR CERTIFICATE.

Y'ALL SHOULD DO, LIKE, ARMS LIKE THIS.

YOUR ARMS UP. NO, NO.

OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

[01:45:06]

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 54 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE BEXAR COUNTY ANIMAL CARE SERVICES AND VERMONT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

[54. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the Bexar County Animal Care Services and Environmental Services Office to be constructed on County-owned property located on Cagnon Road.]

DAN CURRY, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT FOR BURKE COUNTY.

I KNOW THOMAS IS PASSING AROUND A POWERPOINT FOR YOU GUYS.

SO WE'RE BRINGING FORTH AN UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE HEARD SOME CONSTRAINTS FROM THE USER GROUPS.

AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, I ALWAYS HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL NEED TO INVEST TO GET THAT HIGHER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, I ALWAYS HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING YOU, BUT MICROPHONES DON'T COME IN SIX THREE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, I.

I JUST HAVE A HARD TIME.

IT'S THE. YEAH, IT'S OUR BURDEN OF BEING TALL, I GUESS.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO PROJECT.

OKAY. SO AGAIN WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AS YOU KNOW, IN FY 22, COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED THE PROJECT FOR ABOUT $5.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DESIGN AGREEMENT WITH RVK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY.

SO WE FINISHED ABOUT 100% DESIGN DEVELOPMENT DRAWINGS IN DECEMBER 22ND.

WE SEND THOSE OVER FOR THE USER GROUPS EARLY IN 23, AND WE HAD AN OPINION OF PROBABLE COST AGAIN.

SO WE LOOKED AT THAT OPINION, PROBABLE COST.

AND WE WERE LIKE, WOW, THAT'S THAT'S EXPENSIVE.

LIKE WE DO ON EVERY PROJECT WE VALUE ENGINEER.

WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO FIND WAYS TO DELIVER THE PROGRAM AT THE MOST EQUITABLE COST.

SO DURING THAT PROCESS, THERE WAS A THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE USER GROUPS ABOUT ADDITIONAL NEEDS FOR KENNEL CAPACITY.

AND SO THE EXISTING CAPACITY WE HAVE AT THE KIRBY FACILITY, WHICH IS AN ANIMAL CARE FACILITY IS AT CAPACITY AND I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT RUNS THE ANIMAL CARE OPERATION IS IN DIRE NEED OF ADDITIONAL SPACE.

SO WITH THAT, WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME OPTIONS FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER THAT COULD INCREASE CAPACITY AT THIS FUTURE FACILITY.

BECAUSE WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON PAPER.

AND SO NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE PIVOTS IF WE'RE GOING TO.

SO TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE, THIS IS A LAYOUT OF THE CURRENT DESIGN OF THE FACILITY.

IT IS ON CANYON ROAD DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBSTATION.

THE CURRENT PROJECT INCLUDES AN, AN ADMIN OFFICES FOR THE ANIMAL CARE STAFF, INCLUDING ADOPTION LOBBIES, OPERATING ROOMS, STORAGE FACILITIES, CAT FACILITIES, DOG FACILITIES, AND KENNELS FOR 48 DOGS.

SO OUR OPINION OF PROBABLE CAUSE RIGHT NOW FOR THAT FACILITY, WHICH IS ABOUT 12,000FT², IS RIGHT ABOUT $6.2 MILLION, THAT PUTS US AT ABOUT A $745,000 SHORTFALL FOR THE BASE PROJECT.

NOT UNATTAINABLE.

BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE A SMALL GAP ON THE PROJECT.

WE'VE HAD OUR CONSULTANTS LOOK AT ADDING ADDITIONAL KENNEL CAPACITY.

SO IF WE ADD ADDITIONAL 48 SPACES FOR KENNELS, WE THINK THAT COST IS ABOUT $2.6 MILLION TOTAL.

AGAIN, AT THE CURRENT OPINION OF PROBABLE COST, WHICH AGAIN IS EARLY IN THE PROJECT, WE'RE ESTIMATING THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS IS ABOUT 2.4 MILLION AND SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGN FEES TO ADD THAT LEG.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF IN A PURPLE COLOR FOR A TOTAL COST OF 2.6.

IF YOU ADDED A THIRD RUN OF KENNELS, WE THINK THAT ADDITIONALLY IS ANOTHER $2.6 MILLION.

SO EVERY RUN OF KENNELS IS ABOUT THAT COST EXPOSURE.

WE DID FOR YOUR OWN ENLIGHTENMENT.

PUT THE OPTION TO ADD THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OFFICE ONTO THAT FACILITY, BECAUSE IN THE WE'VE DESIGNED THIS FACILITY TO TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY LATER.

AGAIN, IF YOU WANTED TO CHOOSE TO ADD THAT NOW THERE IS A COST EXPOSURE TO THAT, AND IT'S ABOUT $4.1 MILLION.

ADDITIONALLY TO DO THAT, JUST THAT PART IN GREEN.

SO THIS IS AN A CUMULATIVE THIS IS BY COMPONENT.

SO AGAIN I WANT TO GO BACK AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE RIGHT NOW BASE PROJECT.

WE HAVE A GAP OF ABOUT $745,000.

IF YOU WANT TO ADD KENNELS.

IT'S ABOUT $2.6 MILLION.

AND I DON'T SPEAK TO THE KENNEL CAPACITY THING.

I'LL LET THE USER GROUPS SPEAK TO THAT.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ADD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OFFICES, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $4.4 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO THE COURT FOR THE COURT'S CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.

SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO START CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE THAT ONE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S 745 NEEDED BECAUSE WE ALREADY ALLOCATED ALMOST 6 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

CORRECT. RIGHT. SO ORIGINALLY BUDGETED IN 22 FOR $5.5 MILLION.

AND WE'RE THE COSTS ARE RISING OKAY.

AND BY RUN, YOU MEAN AN ADDITIONAL 46 KENNELS.

4848. OKAY.

SO THEN IF WE APPROVE THE 2.6 MILLION TODAY, WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF ALMOST 100.

[01:50:04]

OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE.

FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, PRETTY MUCH SINCE I GOT HERE.

AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE STRAY DOGS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PAST YEAR THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE DEATHS AND SOME SERIOUS ATTACKS.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND INCLUDE THE 2.6 MILLION FOR THE ADDITIONAL KENNELS SO WE CAN HAVE A TOTAL OF 96 KENNELS.

AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE SPOKEN TO JAVIER, NO, JAVIER IS ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU SEE, OVER THE ANIMAL CARE TEAM.

YES. OKAY.

BUT I'VE TALKED THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE JUST DESIGN IT SO THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WE SEE THE CONTINUAL GROWTH OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CARE SO THAT WE CAN ADD ON INSTEAD OF ALLOCATING THE 4 MILLION, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ALMOST 7 MILLION, WHICH IS DOUBLING THE PRICE.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE 2.6 MILLION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE 96 HANDLES.

MOTION COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST JUST TO CLARIFY, CALVERT, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ BECAUSE YOU SAID THE 2.6 COMMISSIONER CLIFFORD IS FOR THE MOTION.

YOU NEED THE EXACT AMOUNT, RIGHT? THE 2.6.

YOU NEED THE EXACT AMOUNT. 2,648,300.

YEAH, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

YES. I JUST WANTED THE QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. YOU NEED TO ADD THE 745 TO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE A 745.

PULL THAT SLIDE BACK UP AGAIN PLEASE.

SO, COMMISSIONER, YOUR MOTION WOULD REALLY BE TO ADD THREE $3,393,300.

THAT WOULD MAKE THE PROJECT WHOLE AS IT IS.

PLUS ADD THE ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS.

OH, GIVE ME A PLUS OF 745.

OKAY, SO DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME THE NUMBER AGAIN, OR CAN I JUST SAY WHAT THEY.

IT'S $3,393,300.

OKAY, SO DO I MAKE AN AMENDMENT OR CHANGE MY MOTION LARRY? HOW WOULD I DO? JUST MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND THUS MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO MY OWN MOTION TO INCLUDE THE 745,000. THAT WAS SHORT SHORTFALL, RIGHT? FOR TOTAL AMOUNT OF $3,393,300.

ACCEPT. THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

ALL RIGHT. WE GOT AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

FURTHER CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS, IS THE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING INCLUDED IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS OR THE, SO THE THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION PRICE AND A DESIGN AND CONSULTING PRICE.

SO AGAIN, THE CONSTRUCTION PRICE IS THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO I JUST AM HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHY IS IT SO MUCH PER SQUARE FOOT FOR 61.

SO AGAIN THIS IS THIS IS WE'RE ABOUT 50% THROUGH DESIGN.

AND OUR CONSULTANTS ARE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS ON EXACTLY WHAT THE MARKET'S GOING TO BEAR IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE'RE BEING CONSERVATIVE TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU.

SO AGAIN THESE SQUARE FOOT PRICES MAY BE OVER 400 TO 500 SQUARE DOLLARS A SQUARE FEET.

IT MAY ACTUALLY BID MUCH LESS WHEN WE ACTUALLY PUBLICLY BID IT.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT COMING BACK TO YOU MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THIS PROCESS.

AND WE GIVE YOU A COST THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER THE PROJECT FOR.

I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST IT'S NOT IN MY PRECINCT, BUT I WAS TELLING, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER, I THOUGHT WE COULD BUILD LIKE A HOUSE IN DOMINION FOR THAT MUCH.

I JUST I KNOW THAT IT'S BASICALLY CONCRETE YOU KNOW, WITH METAL CAGING.

RIGHT. BUT I, COMMERCIAL AIR CONDITIONING, SOME PAVEMENT FOR PARKING.

BUT I JUST THINK THAT ANYWHERE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A VERY GOOD COST LOWERING.

I MEAN, THESE ARE LIKE HOTEL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND OFFICE SPACE.

SQUARE FOOTAGE PRICES. I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE MATERIAL.

COMMISSIONER, I WISH I COULD TELL YOU WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET IS AS WELL, BUT WE RECENT PROJECTS ARE COMING IN AT THESE COST PER SQUARE FOOT.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.

IT'S IT IS, IT IS.

THE MARKET IS RUNNING AWAY FROM US, AND WE JUST IT'S A FACT OF THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS.

DO WE THINK WE CAN DELIVER THIS PROJECT FOR CHEAPER THAN THAT? ABSOLUTELY. AND WE WILL WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO DO THAT, BUT I HAVE.

[01:55:01]

SO WE'LL GET THIS DONE.

WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR, I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO JUST BE FOR MY PRECINCT, BUT IT'S FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY, INCLUDING A LOT OF THE SUBURBAN CITIES HAVE BEEN. WELL, AT LEAST MY MAYORS AND I'VE HEARD THAT OTHER SUBURBAN TOWNS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT NEEDING KENNELS FOR THEIR OWN TOWNS.

AND SO THIS IS ALSO GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME CONTRACT WORK WITH THEM TO HELP TAKE CARE OF, TAKE CARE OF THAT.

SO, I MEAN, THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THE DOG ATTACKS, NOT ONLY IN MY PRECINCT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CITIZENS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND NEED IT.

SO I AGREE WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

I JUST AM SHOCKED AT THE COST, THAT'S ALL.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT IT, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, I SHARE COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S CONCERNS.

PROBABLY EVEN EVEN MORE SO.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

DAN, THE OTHER DAY, WALKING ME THROUGH THIS.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

IT'S JUST TOUGH.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING DOWN THE COST, BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE BRINGING COST OF A $9 MILLION DOG KENNEL TO THE COURT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON.

OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND NOT THE WHOLE THING.

THERE'S ALREADY BEEN MONEY SET ASIDE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS SAYS.

THE ALL IN COST IS GOING TO BE NOW THE DESIGN FEES FOR THE ADDED KENNEL RUN.

I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY KIND OF COVERED THAT AS AN OPTION IN THE ORIGINAL DESIGN.

NOW THEY'RE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER $250,000.

WELL, SO WE'RE ESTIMATING AGAIN, THAT'S A PLACEHOLDER OF ABOUT 10% OF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, WHICH IS GENERALLY WHAT WE DO FOR ADDITIONAL FEES.

WE HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO THE THE CONSULTANT TO ASK FOR A PROPOSAL FOR THOSE.

BUT IF WE'RE ADDING ACTUALLY SCOPE OF WORK TO THEIR PROJECT.

SO WHETHER IT'S THE EXACT SAME, YOU KNOW, KENNEL RUN THAT'S COPIED AND PASTED OVER HERE, THERE'S STILL SOME, YOU KNOW, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING EFFORT, COORDINATION, EFFORT AND EVERYTHING WITH THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD TO PRODUCE THOSE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE BID OUT.

SO DO I DO I HOPE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY SPEND LESS THAN THAT ON THOSE CONSULTING FEES? ABSOLUTELY. BUT DESIGNING TWO KENNEL RUNS WAS NEVER PART OF THE BASE PROJECT.

YEAH. BECAUSE WE'RE BASICALLY GOING TO DUPLICATE THE FIRST KENNEL RUN, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S A LOT CHEAPER THAN 250,000.

WE'LL WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO NEGOTIATE THOSE FEES DOWN.

YEAH. SO I MEAN, JUST DOING THE MATH ON THE 2.4 MILLION WITHOUT THE DESIGN FEES, THAT'S OVER $50,000 PER KENNEL.

AND CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THE KENNEL SPECIFICALLY? I MEAN, I KNOW THERE'S THIS COMMERCIAL SPACE WHERE THERE'S THE ADOPTION CENTER AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MAYBE DRIVES UP THE OFFICE SPACE COST, BUT THE KENNEL SPECIFICALLY BEING $50,000 PER.

HELP ME WITH THAT. YEAH.

SO AGAIN IT IS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF, OF CONSTRUCTION FOR KENNELS, BUT IT ISN'T LIKE YOU'RE BUILDING CLASS A OFFICE SPACE.

THEY HAVE CMU DIVIDER WALLS.

THEY HAVE GUILLOTINE DOORS THAT THAT LET THE DOGS IN AND OUT.

SO THERE ARE SOME SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT IN THERE ALSO, THE FACILITY IS HAS COOLING AND HEATING COMPONENTS, NOT TRADITIONAL HVAC, BUT FANS AND HEATERS.

SO IF THERE IS A EVENT LIKE WINTER STORM URI AGAIN OR WHATEVER, WE DON'T LOSE THE ABILITY TO TO KEEP THOSE THOSE AREAS TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED TO, TO PROTECT THE, THE ANIMALS IN THOSE SPACES.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS FAIRLY SPARTAN, FAIRLY SIMPLE.

IT A CONCRETE FLOOR, CMU WALLS, CHAIN LINK FENCE AND ROOFS.

AND SO AGAIN I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO DELIVER TO YOU GUYS A CHEAPER SOLUTION THAN THIS.

BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW TO TELL YOU THAT I CAN DO IT CHEAPER AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, AS WE GET FURTHER INTO DESIGN AND WE HAVE A BETTER COST ESTIMATE, I WILL CERTAINLY BRING, COME BACK TO COURT AND TELL YOU WHAT THE REAL COST IS OR WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

A REVISED ESTIMATE IS WE'RE ABOUT 50% IN DESIGN.

SO NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO WE WANT TO PUSH FORWARD WHICH COMPONENTS WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, AND THEN GIVING YOU GUYS A REALLY GOOD ESTIMATE.

AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AT THAT POINT, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE DIRECTION.

OKAY. AND I'VE ALSO HEARD DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS THE RIGHT SIZE? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND RUN.

YOU KNOW, IS THAT ENOUGH? OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS OVERHEAD INTO A BUILDING, SHOULD WE BUILD TO OR OR HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND ONTO IT LATER ON? I THINK WHAT YOU TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF BUILT FOR THE SECOND RUN, BUT NOT FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BEYOND THAT.

YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW THE CURRENT BUILDING HAS TWO RUNS THAT COULD BE ADDED PRETTY EASILY.

THE THIRD ONE, IF WE DID THAT WOULD TAKE SOME DIFFERENT MODIFICATION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LINE UP EXACTLY WITH THE CURRENT BUILDING CONFIGURATION.

[02:00:03]

DAN, MAYBE I COULD ALSO TAG ON TO THAT.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR ESO THAT THE KIRBY FACILITY IS ALMOST DOUBLE ITS NORMAL CAPACITY.

SAY THAT AGAIN, DAVE.

THE KIRBY FACILITY HAS ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF DOGS AS KENNELS.

SO HOW MANY DOGS DOES THAT MEAN WHEN YOU SAY DOUBLE, 120? AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALL THOSE DOGS OVER.

NO, YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE AT LEAST HALF OF THEM, THOUGH THAT WOULD STILL LEAVE KIRBY FULL, BUT AT LEAST THEY WOULDN'T BE.

IT WOULD BE ONE DOG, ONE KENNEL.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND JUST DOING THE BASE PROJECT BECAUSE IT'LL BE AT OVER CAPACITY THE DAY WE OPEN IT. CORRECT.

AT A MINIMUM, I WOULD RECOMMEND ADDING THIS SECOND KENNEL RUN, SO AT LEAST WE WOULD HAVE SOME MORE CAPACITY ONCE IT'S FINISHED.

YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE.

I WAS JUST GOING BEYOND THAT.

RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THIS PATH AND, AND INVEST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THEN LIKE THIS BEING A TEN YEAR SOLUTION OR A 15 YEAR SOLUTION, NOT A TWO YEAR SOLUTION, YOU KNOW DO WE HAVE ANY HAVE WE HAD ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER LOCAL PET SHELTERS IN TERMS OF THEIR COSTS AND, AND HOW THEY'VE CONSTRUCTED THINGS IN THE PAST? I'M JUST WONDERING, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT ANY OF THOSE NONPROFITS HAVE SPENT OVER $1 MILLION BUILDING A FACILITY.

SO, AGAIN, THE ESTIMATES WE'RE PROVIDING YOU ARE FROM OUR CONSULTING ARCHITECTS.

AND SO THEY HAVE SOME SOME FEELERS IN THE MARKET AND THEY'VE DONE RECENT ANIMAL CARE PROJECTS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE THEM IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

BUT THEY HAVE SOME HISTORY OF THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THAT'S WE'RE GETTING THEY'RE GETTING SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES FROM BUT TO, FOR FACILITIES, WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ATASCOSA COUNTY OR WHOEVER ELSE.

AND SOME OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE LARGER WERE BUILT SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO, WHICH AS WE ALL KNOW, THE THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT AND THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET WAS, WAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHEAPER BACK THEN.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERN.

AGAIN, I'M JUST OBVIOUSLY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE OVERALL COST AND THAT WE CAN'T FIND A WAY TO VALUE ENGINEER IT TO A GREATER EXTENT IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SERVE MORE, MORE OF THE NEED AT A LOWER COST TO TAXPAYERS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HARD FOR YOU KNOW, AT LEAST MY CONSTITUENTS TO, TO STOMACH THE, THE PRICE TAG, THE TOP LINE HERE.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A NEED.

I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CUT THAT COST DOWN.

YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO FORWARD.

AND DO YOU SEE ANY SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT VALUE ENGINEERING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? WELL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S ME SPECIFICALLY.

I'D HAVE TO DIVE FURTHER INTO THE PLANS.

I MEAN, WE DO NORMAL THINGS LIKE THE GAUGE OF THE ROOFING MATERIAL, YOU KNOW, THE SIZE OF THE GUTTERS AND, AND OTHER THINGS THAT WILL ADD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THAT COMPONENT. BUT BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BIG CHUNKS, RIGHT? SO OUR VALUE ENGINEERING EFFORTS WILL BE DOWN TO THAT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS CATEGORY.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING IF YOU WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE REMOVING SLAB, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE REMOVING BUILDING AND CLOSURE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS FOR SPACE CONSTRAINTS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER TICKET ITEMS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

AND IS THE WHAT'S THE OFFICE SQUARE FOOTAGE SHORT OF THE KENNEL? FORGIVE ME, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THAT.

EXACTLY. I DO KNOW THAT THE IN OUR SUMMARY, IT HAS THE ENTIRE FACILITY ABOUT 12,000FT².

SO. OKAY, THAT'S INCLUDING THE KENNEL THAT INCLUDES THE FIRST ROUND OF KENNELS.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

I'M JUST GUESSING MAYBE 7000, 7 TO 8000FT² FOR THE OFFICE, THEN.

YEAH. THE EXISTING KENNELS ARE 5200FT².

THE ADDITIONAL BAY. THEN I WOULD, I WOULD YES, WE'RE TALKING RIGHT AROUND 6600FT² FOR OFFICE SPACE IN THE BASE PROJECT.

I HAVE A VALUE ENGINEERING THOUGHT.

IT'S VERY NOVEL, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT OUT OF THE SCHEME OF THOUGHT PROCESS FOR THINGS LIKE A KENNEL THE 3D, THE 3D, I'M SORRY.

THE 3D PRINTING HAS BECOME MORE POPULAR FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I WONDER IF WE NEED TO ON, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN.

I MEAN, WELL, THEY'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN THESE 3D PRINTED.

[02:05:02]

YEAH. I MEAN, IS THERE A COST SAVINGS THAT IT'S NOT MY MARKET.

SO WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPLORE IT.

I DON'T THINK THE THE CHEAPEST BUILDING CONSTRUCTION YOU CAN DO, COMMISSIONER AND COMMERCIAL IS A METAL BUILDING AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A METAL BUILDING.

AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

THIS FACILITY IS A IS A COLLECTION OF METAL BUILDINGS TIED TOGETHER.

SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE'RE IN THE LOWER END OF THE CONSTRUCTION SPECTRUM.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO AGAIN, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING.

YOU'RE ASKING ME TO TO DIAL THIS PROJECT IN AND WE'LL WORK AS HARD AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

AND AGAIN, I KNOW I'M UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE COST OF OF THINGS NOWADAYS, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK THE BEST WE CAN TO TRY TO GET THIS COST REASONABLE AND THEN DELIVER TO YOU GUYS A PROJECT WE THINK WE CAN WE CAN SURVIVE WITH.

JUDGE. ONE AREA I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IS THE 6000FT² OF OFFICE SPACE.

IS THAT REALLY THE NUMBER WE NEED? SINCE WE'RE NOT MOVING OUT THERE? I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLACE FOR VETS AND PROCEDURES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT STILL.

SO THERE'S SOME CRITICAL OPERATIONAL ROOMS THAT WILL DEAL WITH THE USERS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S SURGERY, SPAY AND NEUTER SPACES, YOU KNOW, QUARANTINE ROOMS AND THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THEM TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.

BUT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE NEEDS VERSUS NICE TO HAVES.

YEAH. AND THIS IS GOING DOWN A DIFFERENT PATH.

BUT HAVE WE EVER CONTRACTED OUT FOR THESE SERVICES.

I MEAN WE HAVE OUR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES.

BUT THEN IN TERMS OF PROVIDING A SHELTER FOR THOSE ANIMALS, GO PARTNER WITH A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION OR AN NGO OR THE CITY FOR THAT MATTER.

SO IN I ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR GOD'S DOGS IN MY PRECINCT, WHICH IS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S STILL NO THERE JUST ISN'T ROOM, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO YEAH, I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU GAVE $2 MILLION TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WHETHER THEY COULD COME UP WITH A KENNEL FOR 200 DOGS, I RECALL ACTUALLY RECALL SAYING THE SAME THING, BUT WE WERE PAYING FOR THE CITY.

WE WERE PAYING LIKE 200 BUCKS.

I SAID, PUT THEM IN A HOTEL, CONTESSA.

IT'D BE CHEAPER.

BUT IT'S IT WAS 200 BUCKS A DAY.

THEY WERE CHARGING. YEAH, YEAH, THEY WERE CHARGING THAT MUCH? YEAH, YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? LET ME LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION THEN LET ME, LET ME GO DOWN ANOTHER INQUIRY BASED ON WHAT I HEARD.

I'M I WANT TO GET THIS CAPACITY ISSUE.

I HEARD WE HAVE HEARD 25 ANIMALS AT OUR CURRENT KIRBY FACILITY.

THAT'S A JOINT VENTURE, SO TO SPEAK, BETWEEN THE CITY OF KIRBY AND BEXAR COUNTY THAT WAS CREATED MANY YEARS AGO.

OBVIOUSLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S AT DOUBLE THE CAPACITY.

AND SO I ASSUME, AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CITY OF KIRBY HAS INDICATED, THEY REALLY WISH TO TAKE THAT FACILITY BACK.

IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM KIRBY.

AND THAT'S A COUNTY FACILITY.

IT'S A COUNTY. OKAY.

YEAH, WE WERE PARTNERS, BUT THIS CITY OF KIRBY CHOSE TO GO THEIR OWN WAY A FEW YEARS BACK BECAUSE AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE OF THE CAPACITY AT KIRBY, WE HAVE OUR 25.

SO MY MATH, THAT'S WHAT, 60, 60, 60 TO 65 ANIMALS THAT IMMEDIATELY NEED TO COME OVER TO THIS NEW FACILITY.

CORRECT? OBVIOUSLY ANIMAL POPULATION WILL RISE AND BUT I WOULD ASSUME IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN OUR IT WILL CONTINUE TO RISE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH LOOSE ANIMALS.

SO WE GOT 60 ANIMALS WE'VE GOT THAT MEANS ONE KENNEL RUN IS ALREADY FULL.

WE'VE GONE TO A SECOND KENNEL RUN TODAY AND WE'VE GOT NEARLY HALF OF IT FULL.

THEN WE HAVE I JUST HEARD AND AND I'VE HEARD MYSELF.

SUBURBAN CITIES ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO CREATING A PARTNERSHIP WHICH HAS A DOUBLE EDGE TO IT, OBVIOUSLY.

PERHAPS WE CAN CREATE FEE FOR SERVICES WHICH WILL HELP ON OFFSET SOME OF COSTS, BUT AGAIN ADDS MORE ANIMALS THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

SO I'M JUST TALKING OUT LOUD, IT SOUNDS LIKE TWO KENNEL RUNS IS GOING TO BE FULL.

I'M NOT TRYING TO KEEP BUILDING UP.

SURE, THIS FACILITY AND IN LIGHT OF THE COST ISSUE GIVE ME, I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF, ARE THESE KENNELS

[02:10:02]

SO THAT'S PART OF THE BUILD OUT.

RIGHT. RIGHT. SO IF WE'RE SO RIGHT NOW TO ADD THAT SECOND RUN, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD THAT WITHIN EXISTING FACILITY.

YEAH. SO THEY'RE A PROPOSED FACILITY PROPOSED.

RIGHT. SO THE WAY THE DESIGN IS CURRENTLY WE ARE DESIGNING IT TO BE EXPANDABLE.

AND SO THAT SECOND RUN WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE IN THE IN THE ROADMAP OF THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY.

AND WE'RE PLUGGING THAT COMPONENT.

AND THEN I HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT A THIRD KENNEL RUN.

WILL IT FIT IN THIS CURRENT FACILITY, OR CAN IT BE PLANNED SO THAT WE CAN REVISIT AND ADD ON.

WE CAN ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT THE CONFIGURATION.

IF YOU GIVE US DIRECTION TODAY I'LL LOOK IN I WANT TO KNOW IS IT IS IT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE OTHERWISE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AT SOME LATER DATE AND BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY AND OBVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER LOCATION, OR ARE WE LOOKING ON THE LONG TERM THAT WE WOULD ADD KENNEL RUNS TO THIS PROPOSED FACILITY? WE CAN TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY.

SO LISTEN, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER THE COURT DIRECTS US TO.

IF YOU WANT US TO RESEARCH HOW TO GET MAXIMUM KENNELS AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE, WE CAN BRING YOU BACK A SCENARIO THAT ADDS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, 96 ADDITIONAL KENNELS OR 136, 132 ADDITIONAL KENNELS.

WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE OPTIONS FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER.

WE JUST HAD THESE THREE OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US DIRECTION TO TO KIND OF GROW THE CAPACITY AND GIVE US SOME ECONOMY OF SCALE, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE THIS PROPOSAL? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO REDO THIS PROPOSAL SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE DIRECTION YOU'VE GIVEN US TODAY, WITH WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT TO EXPAND THOSE THINGS, AND THEN BRING AN UPDATE BACK TO YOU AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE DESIGN PROCESS.

I DON'T WANT TO STOP THE PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A DIRE NEED, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE HAPPY TO BEFORE WE GO TO BIDDING OUT AND BEFORE WE GO TO CONSTRUCTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO BRING THAT SUMMARY BACK TO THE COURT.

BUT JUST TO BE I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, DAN, AS CURRENTLY DESIGN AND IF YOU ADDED A THIRD KENNEL RUN, THAT MEANS YOU'RE REDRAWING WALLS, RIGHT? POTENTIALLY, YES.

YEAH. WHICH IS CONSULTING FEES AND SOME OTHER MAKE A BIGGER ROOF AND BUT UNDER THE ROOF HE HAS DESIGNED YOU CAN PUT THE SECOND KENNEL RUN WITHOUT CHANGING THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. BUT IF WE WANTED TO PROPOSE THIRD RUN, WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME MODIFICATIONS.

YEAH. AND THAT WOULD MODIFY THE COST.

I, OF COURSE, ASSUMING DAN, DID WE FULLY BUILD OUT THE KIRBY CLINIC? YEAH. SO THE KIRBY WAS BUILT AS IS A IS A SINGLE STANDALONE METAL BUILDING, AND IT ONLY HAS REALLY TWO ROOMS IN IT AND THE REST ARE KENNELS.

BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS EXPANSION WASN'T THERE.

EXPANSION ABILITY OF THE KIRBY CLINIC TOO.

SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY, BUT THE SITE IS PRETTY CONSTRAINED.

I MEAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY ADD ON TO THE SIDES OF IT, BUT THE ISSUE WITH KIRBY IS THE SUPPORT FACILITIES IN THERE.

THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH OFFICE SPACE AND SPACE TO DO PROCEDURES AND OTHER THINGS.

YEAH, THAT'S TO SUPPORT THE VOLUME OF DOGS.

YOU WALK IN THE DOOR AND THERE'S A CAT CAGE RIGHT THERE.

AND THE TECHS DESK MAY EVEN HOLD ANIMALS WHEN THEY'RE REALLY FULL.

IT'S JUST OKAY. IT'S CROWDED.

ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE KIRBY INITIATIVE? WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE THEY? NUMBER ONE, WE'RE DOING IT AT A SITE WHERE WE HAVE ACREAGE THAT WE ALREADY OWN, AND IT'S EXPANDABLE.

IF YOU WANT TO BEAR THE COST OF IT, IT CAN BE EXPANDED EASILY.

WHEREAS WE'RE MORE LANDLOCKED AT KIRBY, WE DON'T OWN THE SURROUNDING LAND.

KIRBY DOES AND DOES.

THIS PROPOSED FACILITY OVER IN CAGNON HAVE GREEN SPACE.

IS THAT BUILT INTO THIS OR NOT? YEAH. THE CANYON ROAD PROPERTY IS OVER 100 ACRES OF SPACE.

AND SO THE THE I KNOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL I JUST DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY CRITICIZING WE DIDN'T CREATE GREEN SPACE.

IT DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET.

YEAH KIRBY BROWN SPACE.

VERY GREEN. SO.

OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION.

ARE WE READY TO VOTE OR COMMISSIONER MOONEY CAN.

CAN WE? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

I KNOW WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE HERE, BUT IN REGARDS TO EXPLORING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY, WHETHER THAT'S JUST A THIRD RUN OR WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A BROADER LIKE REDESIGN IN ORDER TO GET A LOWER COST PER KENNEL.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT, COULD YOU DO SOME BACKGROUND RESEARCH ON OPPORTUNITIES BESIDES THE CITY IN TERMS OF PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH NONPROFITS TO, TO SEE IF THERE'S YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THOSE NONPROFITS COULD PROBABLY DO A LOT WITH, WITH SOME OF

[02:15:02]

SO I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO TAKES CARE OF ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE PRICE TAG JUST IS REALLY SCARY TO ME AT THIS POINT.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT'S DRIVING ME RIGHT NOW.

MY CONCERNS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO LET ME LET ME ASK THIS OUT LOUD FOR FOR MY COLLEAGUES.

REALLY I WANT THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE AN ISSUE.

IT'S I BELIEVE THERE'S A SENSE OF URGENCY.

THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT PROTECTION.

WE OBVIOUSLY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY WE NEED MORE CAPACITY.

AND SO MY FOCUS IS CAPACITY.

I AM SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

SO I'M NOT OPPOSING IT.

BUT CAN I GIVE INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF THAT I WANT A STRATEGY A PLAN OF HOW WE EXPAND. AND THEN IF THERE'S A COST ISSUE THAT IS THAT IS NEEDED THAT WE COULD BRING IT BACK.

NOT NOT THE MOTION, BUT TO ADD, I'LL BE REAL BLUNT.

AND, COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A HARDER TIME BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SAY WE MAY NEED TO SPEND A BIT MORE MONEY SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH CAPACITY, BECAUSE THE OTHER THING IS, IF WE DON'T, I CAN SEE US COMING BACK AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS AND SAYING WE NEED ANOTHER FACILITY.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY.

I'D LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP A TURNKEY.

I KNOW THAT DOCTOR GUERRERO, LET ME ASK DOCTOR GUERRERO COME UP HERE BECAUSE YOU, THIS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES WILL REMAIN IN YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CORRECT? YES. AND WITH THIS PROPOSAL THAT IS ON THE FLOOR AND WE'RE ABOUT READY TO VOTE ON MEANS THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PART OF YOUR DEPARTMENT WILL STAY AT PUBLIC WORKS.

CORRECT? WE'RE NOT BUILDING OUT, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME OFFICE SPACE AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE ON THE LONG TERM FROM CAPACITY? YES. SO TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

YES. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OFFICES WILL REMAIN AT PROBANDT, GIVEN THE CURRENT DESIGN OR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING FORWARD TODAY.

AND WE'VE TALKED WITH FACILITIES AND WE'VE TALKED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AND WE'VE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'RE HAVING HERE.

IT IS CAPACITY IS IS A QUESTION MARK, ESPECIALLY AS WE GROW THE BUT WE ALSO ARE INTENDING TO CREATE MORE INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR HOW TO MOVE MORE DOGS OUT OF THE FACILITY THROUGH ADOPTION, THROUGH FOSTER, WE WORK WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT FOSTERS AND SHELTERS ALREADY.

SO THE 125, THOSE ARE THE ANIMALS THAT WE HAVE CUSTODY OF ON ON SITE.

AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE FOSTERED OUT TO DIFFERENT SHELTERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE LIKE A LARGE SEIZURE.

WE REALLY RELY ON THE SHELTERS TO INCREASE CAPACITY IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

BUT TO MOVE MORE DOGS OUT, EITHER THROUGH ADOPTION OR THROUGH TRANSPORT TO SHELTERS IN THE NORTH THAT NEED DOGS TO ADOPT.

AND THEN ALSO FOCUSING WITH STAFF, WITH THE ANIMAL CARE STAFF ON COMMUNITY EDUCATION, INCREASING OUR CAPACITY TO SPAY AND NEUTER DOGS, TO MICROCHIP, SO THAT DOGS WHO BECOME LOST ARE ABLE TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR WITH THEIR OWNERS.

AND SO DOING A LOT OF THAT COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON HOW TO BE A RESPONSIBLE PET OWNER.

IS DONE ON THE FRONT END, UPSTREAM IN A PREVENTATIVE HEALTH KIND OF A WAY.

SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE BOTTLENECKS ON BOTH, ON BOTH ENDS OF IT.

BUT THE FACILITY AS IT IS NOW.

YEAH. I MEAN, CAPACITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CONCERN.

DO YOU AGREE WITH ME ON THE CAPACITY ISSUE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE VERY STRATEGIC AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH INCREASED CAPACITY? I WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR INITIATIVES.

I, I'D ASSUME THAT'S TOTALLY IN LINE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY IS SAYING, WORKING WITH THE NONPROFITS, SEEING IF THEY CAN HELP US MOVE HOMELESS ANIMALS OVER TO NICE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND THEY DEAL WITH THEIR OWN CAPACITY ISSUES AS WELL.

A LOT OF THE SHELTERS AND FOSTERS ARE ARE AT CAPACITY AS WELL.

THEY DO THEY DO THEIR BEST AND WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

BUT IT'S REALLY A COMMUNITY EFFORT BACK AND FORTH AND FOSTERING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WE'VE, WE'VE I THINK STAFF HAVE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF THAT.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW TO US, WE REALLY ARE WORKING..

OVERALL VIEW OF A OVERALL VIEW FROM FROM LOOKING HIGH ALTITUDE DOWN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOOSE ANIMALS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF UNHOUSED ANIMALS.

ABSOLUTELY. AT ITS CORE, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE TO COMMISSIONER'S CLAY-FLORES POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY HIGH PROFILE DOG MAULINGS AND ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES BY STATUTE, AS BEXAR COUNTY IS TO ADDRESS DANGEROUS DOGS WHEN, WHEN THEY HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW TO TO PUT THOSE THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM.

AND SO IT'S IT'S AN ANIMAL CARE AND A HUMANE CONCERN, BUT IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE WHERE THERE ARE STRAY ANIMALS THAT ARE MORE

[02:20:05]

SO I DON'T LET ME GO TO DAVID.

I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO AMEND ANYTHING.

I WANT TO GET THE VOTE ON THIS CURRENT MOTION.

BUT CAN STAFF LOOK AT THE CAPACITY ISSUE? AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO DEAL WITH CAPACITY, THEN BRING IT BACK.

SO, YEAH, WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO ANSWER TO THE COURT'S QUESTIONS IS WE LOOK AT A MULTI YEAR HISTORY OF HOW MANY ANIMALS, PARTICULARLY DOGS, WE'VE HAD TO PICK UP AND SEE WHAT THAT GROWTH IS.

BECAUSE WHAT I THINK I'M WHEN WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH THIS YEARS AND YEARS AGO, I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT FOR BEXAR COUNTY, THE AREA OF OUR COUNTY THAT HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CALLS FOR STRAY AND LOOSE DOGS WAS ALAMO RANCH, AND I WAS SCRATCHING MY HEAD.

BUT THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

AND AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS START SWEEPING THROUGH PREVIOUSLY RURAL AREAS, YOU, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE WOODED AREA AND, AND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S AREA, YOU DON'T NOTICE SO MUCH IF A DOG IS LOOSE OR STRAY BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO NOTICE IT.

BUT ONCE YOU PLOT A SUBDIVISION DOWN, NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THOSE DOGS ARE EITHER FORCED OUT AND BECOME NUMEROUS AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO NOTICE THEM.

AND THEN WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST TO ADD TO YOUR LIST OF THINGS WE COULD DO FOR A STRATEGY OR TO ADDRESS IT, IS I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO HELP GIVE US A LITTLE MORE AUTHORITY IN TERMS OF BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME IRRESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS AND THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK IF WE COULD LOOK AT THINGS THAT WOULD GIVE US TOOLS SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CITY HAS INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, THAT COULD ALSO BE A TOOL WE COULD USE.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'VE HAD A VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION.

I CALL FOR A VOTE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ONE. NO. RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. CURRY. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM 55 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BEXAR COUNTY WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON COUNTY OWNED PROPERTY LOCATED ON BROOKS CITY BASE.

[55. Presentation and discussion regarding the Bexar County Workforce Training Center to be constructed on County-owned property located on Brooks City-Base.]

I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.

THIS ONE IS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER LOCATED AT THE BROOKS SITE.

SO WE CAME BACK PROBABLY ABOUT 60 DAYS AGO.

I GAVE YOU GUYS, TOLD YOU GUYS WE WERE GOING TO GO TO THE MARKET AND GET YOU AN UPDATE.

SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU TODAY.

SO A LITTLE SUMMARY ON THE PROJECT.

IT'S LOCATED COUNTY OWNS PROPERTY ALONG CITY BASED LANDING AND SPEEDWAY AT BROOKS CITY-BASE.

THE CURRENT DESIGN OF THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 39,300FT².

INCLUDES MACHINE SHOPS, FLEXIBLE LAB SHOPS, WELDING LABS, CLASSROOMS, OFFICES, AND EXPANDABLE FOR FUTURE DEMAND.

SO HERE'S A GENERAL SITE PLAN OF THE BUILDING.

THE BUILDING IS OUTLINED IN RED, INCLUDING THE OUTDOOR WELDING AND GRINDING SPACE PARKING LOT.

AND ALONG THOSE TWO IT'S VERY PROMINENT ON THAT CORNER.

HERE'S A FLOOR PLAN TO KIND OF SHOWING THE INDIVIDUAL SPACES WITHIN THAT TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAINING NEED MACHINE SHOPS, WELDING SHOPS, OFFICE ADMIN SPACE, FLEXIBLE SHOPS, CLASSROOMS, OF COURSE, COMMON AREAS WITH RESTROOMS AND BUILDING SUPPORT SPACES.

HERE'S A I KNOW WE'VE SHOWN YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT HERE'S A RENDERING OF WHAT THE EXTERIOR OF THE POTENTIAL FACILITY COULD LOOK LIKE.

IT IS CERTAINLY A PLEASING TO THE EYE FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE.

SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A PROJECT UPDATE.

WE CAME IN DECEMBER REPORTED THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

GUIDO BID THE PROJECT THROUGH THEIR CMR SERVICES.

WE RECEIVED A REALLY STRONG RESPONSE FROM THE MARKET, BUT I WAS ENCOURAGED BY.

SO A LOT OF PARTICIPATION, A LOT OF WHAT THEY CALL COVERAGE IN THE INDUSTRY, WHICH WE HAD MULTIPLE BIDS ON MULTIPLE SCOPES OF WORK.

SO THE HVAC OR THE MECHANICAL WORK, PLUMBING, WE HAD MULTIPLE BIDDERS ON THOSE.

WE HAD GOOD COVERAGE, THE GMP THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US FROM GUIDO WAS SUBMITTED TO US ON MARCH 12TH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE FOR GMP IS $22,985,096.

SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A RUNDOWN OF WHAT THAT INCLUDES.

SO CONSTRUCTION COST OF WORK IS 19.2 MILLION.

THEY HAVE A HALF $1 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY THERE.

THAT'S IN THEIR IN THEIR NUMBER SUBCONTRACTOR INSURANCE PRE-CONSTRUCTION FEE, WHICH WAS NEGOTIATED AS PART OF THE CM AGREEMENT, PERMITTING FEES, GENERAL CONDITIONS

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AND THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK FEE.

SO FOR A TOTAL OF $22.9 MILLION.

SO I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED TO DELIVERING THAT PROJECT.

PLATING FEES CPS UTILITY CONNECTION BEING THE THE PROBABLY THE PRIMARY ONE CPS ENGINEERING FEE TO GET PERMANENT POWER TO THAT SITE.

FF&E WHICH IS TRADITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT.

THIS INCLUDES METAL TABLES, GRINDING TABLES, CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING TO FURNISH THE FACILITY, IMPACT FEES FOR THE WATER METERS RECYCLED WATER AGREEMENT WITH SAWS TECHNOLOGY AND SWITCHES, ALLOWANCES, NETWORK SWITCHES THAT WE PROVIDE AND THAT BCIT MAINTAINS FOR US OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, MOVING FEES FOR STAFF RELOCATION AND THEN THE PROJECT ADMINISTRATION FEE IS FEES THAT WE USE FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS TEAM TO MANAGE THE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS STAFF CHARGEBACK TIME, WHICH ARE ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE SUMMARY HERE.

GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE FROM GUIDO IS $22.9 MILLION, $22,985,096 ON OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT COSTS THAT ARE THE BURDEN OF THE COUNTY, $1,697,500, FOR A TOTAL PROJECT DELIVERY COST OF $24,682,596.

SO WE'LL TELL YOU THAT THE CAPITAL ACTIVITY CURRENTLY HAS A REMAINING FUND BALANCE OF $16,896,000, WHICH MEANS THIS PROJECT HAS A CURRENT SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 7.7 $7.8 MILLION.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP.

I USUALLY WAIT TILL THE END, BUT TODAY, BECAUSE THE AGENDA ITEM WAS PUT ON AT MY REQUEST AND FOR DISCUSSION.

AND THE REASON BEING IS I WANT TO PUT THE COURT ON NOTICE THAT OBVIOUSLY, THE COST OF THIS HAS COME IN AND WE NEED NEARLY $8 MILLION MORE.

I'VE DONE SOME DUE DILIGENCE.

I HAVE TALKED TO THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN THE WORKFORCE, AND I WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY DUE DILIGENCE IN TALKING TO THE WORKFORCE AS TO WHO ACTUALLY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IF AND WHEN WE BUILD THIS BUILDING.

I'M COMMITTED TO BUILD SOMETHING.

BUT I'M NOT SURE IN LIGHT OF MY CONVERSATIONS OF WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THAT BUILDING.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BUILD A BUILDING AND HAVE NO PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS RUNNING.

I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TEXAS FAME, TEXAS FAST, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS ARE COMMITTED ALREADY TO VARIOUS WORK PROGRAMS. WE KNOW THAT THE ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT IS RUNNING A WORKFORCE PROGRAM.

WE KNOW THAT THE ALAMO WORKFORCE IS WE KNOW THAT THE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, THERE'S VARIOUS PARTNERS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME TOGETHER, AND I'D LIKE TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE IN ORDER TO THEN DEVELOP A BUILDING THAT WILL FIT EVERYBODY'S NEEDS.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

I WANT TO REACH OUT TO OUR STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY OUR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE A SKILLED LABOR FORCE.

THAT WAS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO COME.

SO I JUST PUT THAT ON THE TABLE.

OBVIOUSLY WE WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I THINK TODAY WE NEED TO GIVE DISCUSSION SO STAFF KNOWS WHERE TO GO.

SO WITH THAT I OPEN IT UP.

WHO WANTS TO START? JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I GUESS I AM CONCERNED IN LIGHT OF JCB COMING IN AND ALL THESE PROMISES OF MANUFACTURING JOBS ARE VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE FULFILL IF WE SLOW DOWN THE TRAINING IT REALLY MAKES ME WORRY ABOUT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, HAVING HEARD THE TESTIMONY FROM THE BOARD OF TEXAS FAME, THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT FOUR YEARS OF COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO GET THIS DONE.

I MEAN, WE ALSO HEARD FROM FERNANDO REYES FROM REYES INDUSTRIES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THIS DONE, SO..

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, LET ME JUST SAY THIS.

I DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A FIRM COMMITMENT THAT TEXAS FAME WILL BE PARTICIPATING.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT BOARD.

IT'S A 500 1C3.

I HAVE TO RESPECT THAT.

THEY HAVE THEIR AUTHORITY TO DECIDE WHO THEY WANT TO PARTNER UP AND WHAT BUILDING THEY WANT TO BE IN RIGHT NOW.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'VE PARTNERED UP WITH THE TEXAS ALAMO COLLEGE DISTRICT AND THEY'RE RUNNING A AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A ROBUST

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SO I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH COLLEGE DISTRICT.

I WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR CITY OFFICIALS.

IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE WORKFORCE IS VERY FRAGMENTED, AND PERHAPS WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH EVERYBODY.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THE COURT FOR PERMISSION JUST TO CONTINUE.

ALTHOUGH I'M JUST I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK, BUT ALSO SO THAT WE CAN GIVE A TIMETABLE.

SO COMMISSIONER CALVERT WITH I AGREE, WE CAN'T SIT ON THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT MY DESIRE OR I WANT THIS.

I WANT THOUGH, A THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF HOW WE CREATED THIS.

THIS OBVIOUSLY WAS CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO UNDER THE PREDECESSOR COURT.

SO IT'S IT'S TAKEN TIME AND I THINK IT'S BEEN CRITICIZED FOR TAKING THAT TIME.

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A JUSTIFIED CRITICISM OF WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET THIS PROGRAM ONLINE.

BUT AS THE COUNTY JUDGE AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY DUE DILIGENCE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

THAT'S FAIR. BUT THERE'S TWO THINGS TO KEEP IN CONSIDERATION.

ONE IS THE GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WILL POTENTIALLY INCREASE DEPENDING ON HOW LONG.

SO IS IT LIKE A 30 DAY CONVERSATION OR IS IT TWO WEEKS OR.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG? I THINK THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.

DAN CURRY WHAT WHAT IS THE PARAMETERS UNDER THIS CURRENT FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT.

SO TRADITIONALLY, GMPS, WHEN THEY'RE PRESENTED BY CONTRACTORS ARE GUARANTEED FROM ANYWHERE TO 60 TO 90 DAYS.

THERE IS A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH CALLED BUYOUT WITH THE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.

SO IF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, IF THE COURT TAKES AN ADDITIONAL TWO WEEKS AND THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, USE SOME OF THAT NEGOTIATION WITH THE MAYBE THE VENDOR SAYS, WELL, I CAN'T PROVIDE YOU THAT CREW. I PROVIDE A DIFFERENT CREW.

WE'VE DONE THIS DANCE BEFORE WHERE WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE CONTRACTOR AND US WORK THROUGH THE BUYOUT PROCESS TO, TO BASICALLY DELIVER THE SAME PROJECT FOR THE SAME GMP.

SO GUIDO HAS PROTECTED THEMSELVES WITH ABOUT A HALF $1 MILLION IN CONTINGENCY.

AND SO IF THERE IS SOME EXPOSURE, TEN, 20, $30,000 IN THAT BUYOUT PROCESS BECAUSE OF DELAYS AT THE RIGHTLY SO THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE ITS TIME AND MAKE A DECISION, WE BELIEVE THAT'S COVERED IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL.

THE OTHER THING TO REMEMBER, TOO, IS ALAMO COLLEGES, TYPICALLY WHEN THEY WORK WITH EMPLOYERS.

THEY ACTUALLY DO THEIR TRAINING REMOTELY.

SO IT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF THE INTENT THAT THEY DO IT IN THIS FACILITY.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY CITIBANK NEEDS TO PARTNER WITH ALAMO COLLEGES TO DO A TRAINING.

THEY'LL DO IT ON CITIBANK'S ACTUAL PREMISES BECAUSE IN THIS CASE, THEIR SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT FOR CITIBANK LIKE THERE IS AT THIS WORKFORCE CENTER.

WELL, MY FEEDBACK FROM [INAUDIBLE] DISTRICT IS THEY'RE ON PALO ALTO CAMPUS RIGHT NOW.

GREAT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO STAY THERE.

SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY, COMMISSIONER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHO'S IN, WHO'S OUT.

SURE. NO. AND I NEED TO BE FAIR TO OUR OUR PRIVATE INDUSTRY AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

I ALSO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS OF.

I WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME INTO THIS FACILITY.

THIS IS A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY.

IT'S A WONDERFUL FACILITY.

BUT IF NOBODY COMES INTO THIS, I HAVE TREMENDOUS CONCERN OF WHY WE'RE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SURE THING. WELL, SO THIS JUST TO BE CLEAR, THIS PROJECT WAS NEVER MY PROJECT.

THIS WAS JUDGE WOLF'S PROJECT.

SO I AM, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO FINISH THE DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE JUDGE WOLF DID A LOT OF THAT WORK PRIOR, YOU KNOW, TO HIM LEAVING COURT.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THE CONVERSATION.

I MEAN, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONVERSATION FROM THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY, BUT, I MEAN, IF THIS IS A LOOSE END, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE JUDGE ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON THIS AND I'VE SPOKEN ON THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND, AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S AN ALIGNMENT JUST AS IN SOME OF THESE PREVIOUS ITEMS ON THE NEED, WE KNOW THERE'S A NEED FOR THESE SKILL SETS OUT THERE, AND THIS TRAINING NEEDS TO BE DONE.

THE QUESTION IS WHERE WHO'S WHO'S PARTNERING ON THAT? WHERE IS IT TAKING PLACE? WHAT DOES THAT TRAINING LOOK LIKE? SO I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION BEFORE FROM THE DAIS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES HOW SHOULD READY TO WORK PLAY IN THIS SPACE OR FUNDING IT OR HELPING FUND.

ALAMO COLLEGES SEEMS LIKE A AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.

RIGHT. AND HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH THEM OR LEAN ON THEM TO, TO MOVE FASTER IN THIS SPACE WHERE THERE'S CLEARLY A DEMAND FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR? YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S OTHER ENTITIES OUT THERE AS WELL.

I MEAN, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, I TOURED VO TECH CAMPUS ON NORTHEAST ISD.

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BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FAME VERSUS FAST, LIKE, WHICH ONE SHOULD WE BE PLAYING IN OR PRIORITIZING, OR DO WE NEED TO DO BOTH OR OR SHOULD ALAMO COLLEGES BE BE FOCUSED ON FAME AND WE'RE FOCUSED ON FAST? WHAT KIND OF SPACE DO WE NEED FOR FAST? I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE FOCUSED ON FAST, DO WE NEED THIS KIND OF SPACE OR CAN WE LEASE ANOTHER BUILDING DOWN THERE AT BROOKS? I MEAN, I'VE TOURED THE FACILITY.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT A TAJ MAHAL, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS THE JOB DONE, RIGHT? AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS WE GET THE JOB DONE, I THINK, FOR OUR PRIVATE SECTOR AND AND FOR OUR INDUSTRY.

SO I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ON WHAT OUR STRATEGY IS AND WHAT OUR OPTIMAL PLACE IN THAT BROADER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SHOULD BE.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD ASK STAFF TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT, LIKE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PLAYERS, THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH THESE TWO PROGRAMS, WHERE INDUSTRY IS AT AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WHERE I STAND.

AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN TOO MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE PATH OF WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU JUDGE.

AND YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE IT, BUT I, I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PROJECT FROM THE OUTSET.

BUT AGAIN, THE ESCALATING COST IS KIND OF CONCERNING.

AND I THINK AS HAS BEEN STATED, IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE STOCK OF KIND OF THE WORKFORCE TRAINING INVENTORY IN THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT? WE GOT ALAMO COLLEGES DOING SOME STUFF.

I WAS AT FAST LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE DOING SOME GREAT WORK OUT AT BROOKS, BUT IT'S YOU KNOW, A VERY BASIC FACILITY.

RIGHT. SO DO WE NEED SOMETHING LIKE THIS? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I THINK TO YOUR YOUR POINT, JUDGE, HAVING SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS BEFORE WE JUMP COMPLETELY INTO THIS, I GUESS, LET ME ASK WITH RESPECT TO THAT, DAN, ON THE FACILITY HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR? KIND OF PREP WORK, AND I KNOW WE ACQUIRED THE LAND.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN IDEA OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF OF YEAH.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE PURCHASED THE LAND FOR $1.7 MILLION, AND WE PROBABLY ARE IN FOR ANOTHER 1.3 AT LEAST.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE ABOUT $4 MILLION.

OKAY, OKAY. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

I AM NOT SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PIVOT COMPLETELY, BUT MAYBE IT DOES REQUIRE A DOUBLING DOWN OF IS IT, YOU KNOW, THIS BIG OF A FACILITY, IS IT SOMETHING SMALLER? AND I KNOW AGAIN, THERE'S GREAT WORK GOING ON AT ALAMO COLLEGES, CAMPUSES AND OTHER PLACES IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I THINK CERTAINLY JUDGE TO YOUR POINT.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T LET IT LINGER FOREVER.

AT SOME POINT, WE'VE GOT TO SAY WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE'VE GOT TO MOVE FORWARD.

RIGHT. AND I WOULD, I WOULD ANTICIPATE IF THERE ARE OFF RAMPS THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PROBABLY STRAIGHT AHEAD.

I MEAN, PRETTY PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND SO BUT I DO THINK THAT TAKING STOCK OF THAT ECOSYSTEM OF WORKFORCE TRAINING, WHATEVER IS HAPPENING WITH READY TO WORK AND OTHER PLACES NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING WHETHER IT'S AT THIS SITE OR SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR THE FUTURE OF WORKFORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION, JUDGE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. SO I JUST WANT THE COURT TO BEAR IN MIND THAT WE HAVE, SINCE STAFF ON PAID TRIPS TO SAINT LOUIS AND OTHER PLACES TO ASSESS IT, THEY CAME UP WITH FOUR YEARS WORTH.

IT WAS SOUTH CAROLINA, FOUR YEARS OF RESEARCH.

ON THEIR MODELS IN OTHER CITIES.

SO THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED, I BELIEVE, TO MARMON MOK, THE ARCHITECT, AND A LETTER CAME FORWARD FROM THE FAME BOARD SAYING THAT IT WAS IN COLLABORATION OF THEIR MULTIPLE MEETINGS.

SO I DON'T WANT US TO GET AMNESIA ABOUT THE COST THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS IN TERMS OF YEARS, AS WELL AS IN TERMS OF STAFF RESOURCES.

SO I WILL JOIN YOU, JUDGE, IN REACHING OUT.

WE'LL HAVE THOSE MEETINGS TOGETHER WITH THE MANUFACTURING COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THEIR NEEDS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE MEETINGS.

AGREED. SO THANK YOU, MR. CURRY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I WILL ASSURE.

OH, MR. COMMISSIONER MOODY, COULD I JUST REITERATE THE ALAMO COLLEGES PIECE HERE? I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION.

I DON'T KNOW IF AT SOME POINT THAT'S MORE OF A WORK SESSION OR THEM COMING TO COURT, BUT THEY SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE AN IMPORTANT PIECE IN, IN THIS, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD

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I'VE AGREED TO PARTNER UP WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT, COMMISSIONER MOODY SOUNDS LIKE YOU, BUT I CAN'T HAVE THREE OF US IN THE SAME ROOM AND UNLESS WE DESIGNATE AS AN OPEN MEETING. SO WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

AND WE'LL WE'LL JUST FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET THIS INFORMATION.

DAN I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO ON YOUR REPRESENTATION THAT WE KIND OF HAVE A 90 DAY WINDOW TO WORK UNDER OUR EXISTING CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY LIABILITIES, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE BUYOUTS, OR WE CAN HOPEFULLY.

SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR AND JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT PIVOTING, BUT WE'RE JUST EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE.

I UNDERSTAND THIS WAS JUDGE WOLFF'S, BUT I'M THE NEW COUNTY JUDGE, AND AND I REALLY FEEL THAT I HAVE TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE I'M PREPARED TO VOTE UP OR DOWN.

AND SO MR. SMITH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

WE GOT THE BIDS ON MARCH 12TH.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALMOST AT 30 DAYS ALREADY, CORRECT? OKAY. SO REALLY, IT'S 60 DAYS.

60 DAYS. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

AND SO I'LL BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO TRY TO GET FEEDBACK AND TRY INCLUDE THE COLLEAGUES ON THESE MEETINGS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OKAY. LET'S, I'M MAKING AN EXECUTIVE DECISION.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON, WE'RE GOING TO GO I UNDERSTAND AGENDA ITEM 56 AND 57, LARRY, ARE ISSUES THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ASKED TO TAKE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DO HAVE LUNCH.

AND SO STAFF EVEN THOUGH WE MAY WORK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, I EXPECT Y'ALL TO HAVE LUNCH AS LONG WITH US.

SO, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE PARTAKE.

OTHERWISE, SOMEBODY'S TAKING A LOT OF FOOD HOME, AND IT AIN'T GOING TO BE ME.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE UP ITEMS 5657 EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC)]

EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACTED UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COURT ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFER IN THE MATTER OF MATHIA VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY AND REPRESENTATION OF A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, JODY GONZALES, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BEXAR COUNTY AND BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, RELATED TO A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULE PROPOSED BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

SO AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS 1150.

THE COURT WILL NOW I WILL STAY IN THE COURT.

WE'LL STAY HERE. ASK EVERYBODY.

SO STAFF, I PRESUME, I PRESUME Y'ALL COULD GO AHEAD AND START HAVING LUNCH AND AND THEN BE PREPARED TO COME BACK.

ALRIGHT. AND THEN COMMISSIONERS COURT AS SOON AS IF WE FINISH HERE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH.

ARE WE READY TO GO BACK OPEN, LARRY? YES, JUDGE. OKAY.

ITEM 56.

[56. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the need to contract for outside legal counsel to represent the interests of District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales in his official capacity as the Criminal District Attorney of Bexar County and Bexar County, Texas related to a potential challenge to an administrative rule proposed by the Texas Attorney General. ]

AT THIS TIME, THE COURT WILL TAKE UP ITEM 56 AND OPEN SESSION.

WE'RE BACK IN OPEN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 12:34, MR. ROBERSON. YES, JUDGE.

SO ITEM 56 IS DISCUSSION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE CONTRACT FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL WITH THE FIRM OF MILLER AND CHEVALIER TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GONZALES, IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF BEXAR COUNTY AND BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, RELATED TO A POTENTIAL CHALLENGE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE RULE PROPOSED BY THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ONE. NO. ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NUMBER 57.

[57. Discussion and appropriate action related to pending or contemplated litigation or a settlement offer in the matter of Roxanne Mathia v. Bexar County. ]

JUDGE DURING EXECUTIVE OF THE COURT CONSIDERED TURNING OVER ITS SELF-INSURED RETENTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 TO ITS OUTSIDE INSURANCE CARRIER TO ALLOW THEM TO TAKE OVER DEFENSE AND RESOLUTION OF THE MATTER OF ROXANNE MATHIA VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY.

IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ONE ABSTENTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

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IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

DID COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES LEAVE ANYBODY? OKAY, SO, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WILL YOU PLEASE DICTATE IN THE RECORD AND THEN THE ADJOURNMENT, THE MEMORIALS THAT WE WILL ADJOURN ON? YES. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

I DO HAVE ONE THAT COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES ONE CONSTITUENT SHE LEFT TO TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF JOSE PEDRO CHAVEZ, WHO WAS THE FATHER OF SERGEANT CHAVEZ WITH HER CONSTABLE'S OFFICE.

AND THEN ON BEHALF OF PRECINCT TWO WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF PATRICK STEVEN MCCULLOCH, COLONEL BERNARD RICK AND THE BROTHER OF JUDGE ALFRED JIMENEZ, BEN JIMENEZ.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. I DON'T HAVE ANY JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. DOROTHY HARDIN, MOTHER OF CRAIG CATES OF MEADOWLAWN CEMETERY.

JIMMY ZAMZOW, THOMAS STEUBEN, MARY HEITFELD, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE KIRBY SENIOR CENTER.

JANET JOHNSON, SUSAN D'AMBROSIO, BEVERLY HIGGINSON, MOTHER OF JAY HIGGINSON, WHO RUNS THE GREATER RANDOLPH ASSOCIATION SENIOR PROGRAM, AND JOAN WAY.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL ALSO MOVE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF CARRIE LONGORIA, WHO'S THE MOTHER OF JUDGE JOHN LONGORIA, WHO I UNDERSTAND WAS A CENTENARIAN. JOEL HARVEY KLEIN, A RENOWNED ATTORNEY, JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, UT LAW GRADUATE.

I'LL JOIN IN WITH COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, WITH PAT MOLOCK.

SCOTT JAMES BAIRD WHO WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH RISE RECOVERY AND THE BEXAR COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

MAXINE COHEN WHO IS A, YES, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADER WHO CO-FOUNDED THE SAN ANTONIO HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM. AND SHARON FOX ABELOW, WHO IS AN OWNER AND OPERATOR OF ANA INSURANCE.

AND THEY RAN THAT INSURANCE COMPANY FOR 55 YEARS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MEETING ADJOURNED.

GIVE YOU GUYS MY MEDAL.

HERE YOU GO. OH. THANK YOU.

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