Apr 23, 2024 Commissioners Court

[1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Shetigho Nakpodia, Redeemer's Praise Church]

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ALL RIGHT. OH.

GOOD MORNING.

I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR APRIL 23RD, 2024.

AND WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF FIESTA, SO I WISH EVERYONE WELL VIVA FIESTA AND BE SAFE AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY ON THE DAIS.

WE HAVE SOME ROYALTY, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE MINISTER COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ AND FORMER MINISTER, COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT.

SO WOULD YOU ALL LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING IN BEHALF OF YOUR ROLE AS THE ROYALTY JUDGE? NOT AS COMMISSIONER? ROYALTY, I WILL SAY, IS I'M A LITTLE UPSET AT COMMISSIONER CALVERT BECAUSE HE DID NOT WARN ME HOW YOU KNOW, OVER STIMULATING AND CONSUMING BEING ON RAFAEL'S COURT IS.

BUT I, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE HERE LAST COURT MEETING.

JUDGE. I KNOW WE'RE ONLY A FEW DAYS IN.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE END OF FIESTA.

BUT IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A GREAT FEW DAYS.

AND AS THEY MENTIONED, WHEN THEY WERE HERE THE COURT HAS RAISED ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.

THAT ALL GOES TO SCHOLARSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO THE FUND AS THEY SAY, IT'S A PARTY WITH A PURPOSE.

AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT COUPLE FIRST DAYS.

I KNOW NILSA STARTS TONIGHT.

AND WE'LL BE OUT THERE, BUT YEAH, I SAW YOU YESTERDAY, JUDGE, AND SAID, LOOK, I WILL BE IN IN COURT TOMORROW, AT LEAST PHYSICALLY.

SO I'M HERE. THANK YOU.

ALL I WANT TO SAY IS STAY HYDRATED, MY FRIENDS.

AND PACE YOURSELVES.

AND THAT WAS THE REASON I WAS ON THE BALCONY WATCHING YOU YESTERDAY.

I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, SO I.

I ENJOYED THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, AND YOU ALL LOOKED GREAT.

YOU ALL LOOKED FANTASTIC OUT THERE.

APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING THE FIESTA SPIRIT GOING.

AND VIVA FIESTA.

EVERYBODY ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CAVA, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE PASTOR PADILLA AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE PASTOR CATEGORYCYNIPOIDEA TO DELIVER THE INVOCATION FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

AS SHE COMES TO THE DAIS PASTOR STRATEGO WAS RAISED BY HER MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER MARIA GAGER.

EXCUSE ME. IN NIGERIA, THE OLDEST OF 12 CHILDREN, SHE ATTENDED SAINT MARIA GORETTI, A SECONDARY SCHOOL PAID FOR BY HER FATHER.

THE SCHOOL WAS IN BENIN CITY, NIGERIA, IN A REGION TORN APART BY CIVIL WAR IN THE LATE 1960S OVER THE BREAKAWAY STATE OF BIAFRA.

SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS WITH A BACHELOR'S IN PSYCHOLOGY AND WORKED AT MOBIL OIL FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL SHE LEFT TO JOIN HER HUSBAND IN SAN ANTONIO AFTER 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

THEY DIVORCED. HER FOUR CHILDREN, MUDIA, LUIGI, SUNNY, AND NORI, CARRY ON THE LESSONS SHE TAUGHT THEM AND OFTEN WORK BY HER SIDE.

SHE WAS ORDAINED AS A MINISTER IN 1994 AND TRAVELED AS AN EVANGELIST FOR TEN YEARS.

IN 2004, SHE STARTED HER FIRST CHURCH IN A SUITE ON HARRY WURZBACH ROAD.

IN 2010, SHE USED HER SAVINGS TO PURCHASE THE OLD CHURCH AT 107 PINE STREET.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, SHE AND HER TEAM SERVE HOT, FRESH MEALS TO THE LESS FORTUNATE WHILE ALSO FEEDING THEM SPIRITUALLY.

OUR MARCH 27TH OF THIS YEAR, SHE BROKE GROUND ON OPENING THE LOVE CENTER, A 24 HOUR CENTER AT THE CHURCH THAT WILL OFFER ANY KIND OF SERVICE A PERSON WHO FEELS HOPELESS COULD NEED.

IT COULD BE A SHOWER, A LAUNDRY ROOM, COMPUTERS FOR JOBS AND TRAINING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE CLASSES, RETURN TO WORK PROGRAMS AND THINGS TO IMPROVE A PERSON'S LIFE AND HELP THEM GET OFF THE STREETS.

IN ADDITION TO IMMEDIATE NEEDS, IT WILL ALSO FOCUS ON LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.

AT THE CORE OF ALL SHE DOES IS THE SAVING MESSAGE OF JESUS.

SHE ENCOURAGES ALL SHE ENCOUNTERS TO HAVE FAITH AND KNOW THAT THERE IS HOPE, AND THAT TRUSTING IN GOD CAN BE LIFE CHANGING.

SHE IS WELL KNOWN FOR TRAVELING THE STREETS OF SAN ANTONIO TO FEED, CLOTHE AND UPLIFT PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

HER DEVOTION IS ADMIRABLE AND SHE IS A BEACON OF HOPE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

I WANT TO THANK PASTOR CITIGO FOR JOINING US TODAY AND ASK HER TO PLEASE LEAD US IN PRAYER.

WOULD YOU RISE? PRAISE THE LORD.

GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST COMING HERE.

I REMEMBERED WHEN I USED TO BE SO SCARED GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE, AND I'LL BE SO SICK TO MY STOMACH BECAUSE I WAS SO SCARED.

AND HERE AM I, STANDING IN THE.

IN THIS PLACE PRAYING ISN'T THE WONDERFUL FATHER.

I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY.

I PRAISE YOU AND I THANK YOU.

I THANK YOU, LORD GOD, THAT YOU'RE TEACHING ME TODAY THAT NOBODY SHOULD GIVE UP.

THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR THIS PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS PEOPLE.

TODAY I BRING THE PRESIDENT AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT BEFORE YOU AND I PRAY THE PEACE OF GOD OVER THEM.

I PRAY ALSO FOR ALL THE SENATORS OF THIS.

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TODAY I DECLARE THE BLESSING OF THE LORD OVER ALL OF THEM.

I PRAY FOR ALL THE GOVERNORS OF THIS GREAT NATION.

I BLESS EVERY STATE AND EVERY GOVERNOR.

TODAY I PRAY FOR ALL THE MAYORS OF UNITED STATES.

FOR ALL THE COUNCILMAN AND COUNCILWOMAN THE BLESSINGS OF GOD TO BE UPON THEM.

I PRAY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, THIS GREAT STATE THAT YOU BLESS ME TO COME ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE WORLD TO BELIEVE IN.

I BLESS TEXAS IN THE NAME OF JESUS.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.

I BLESS OUR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ALL THE SENATORS AND THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE BLESS THEM.

I BLESS US, OUR MAYORS AND OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL OF ALL OF TEXAS.

THANK YOU FATHER.

TODAY I BRING SAN ANTONIO BEFORE YOU.

THIS IS THE CITY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE CITY OF LOVE, THE CITY OF GREATNESS, THE CITY OF PROTECTION, THE CITY OF SAFETY, THE CITY WHERE JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. THE CITY WHERE CHILDREN ARE RAISED, THE FINE CITY, A GREAT CITY.

I THANK YOU AND I BLESS THIS CITY IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND FATHER, I BRING BEFORE YOU THIS WONDERFUL COMMISSIONERS.

I BRING BEFORE YOU JUDGE PETER SAKAI.

I ASK YOU TO GIVE HIM THE WISDOM OF GOD.

FATHER, YOU SAID IN PROVERBS CHAPTER FOUR VERSE SEVEN, WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING.

SO I ASK YOU TO GIVE ME WISDOM.

GIVE HIM WISDOM AS HE MAKES DECISIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

FATHER, I'VE BEEN REBECA BEFORE YOU.

I ASK FOR THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD UPON HER.

I BRING JUSTIN BEFORE YOU ASK HIM FOR THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD UPON HIM.

I BRING GRANT BEFORE YOU ASK HIM FOR THE WISDOM OF GOD AND THE BLESSINGS OF GOD UPON HIM.

AND I BRING TOMMY BEFORE YOU ASK HIM FOR THE WISDOM OF GOD AND THE BLESSINGS OF GOD TO BE UPON THEM, AND UPON ALL THEIR STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT WALKS WITH THEM. MAY THEY BE BLESSED.

AND I PRAY FOR EVERYONE HERE, THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.

AND I SAY, THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.

THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU.

BE GRACIOUS TO YOU.

THE LORD LIFT HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE.

I SAY, THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.

THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU.

BE GRACIOUS TO YOU.

THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE.

I SAY, THE LORD BLESS YOU.

THE LORD KEEP YOU.

THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU.

THE LORD LIFT HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU AND GIVE YOU PEACE.

NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN IN YOUR LIVES.

MAY EVERYTHING MISSING BE REPLACED AND EVERYTHING BROKEN BE FIXED.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST.

AMEN, AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR, FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.

THE PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED IT. IF YOU'LL JOIN US 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. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS.

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I'M GOING TO ASK THE COURT TO PLEASE LET'S STEP DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION OF SERVICE PINS.

THE FIRST ONE UP WILL BE MISS MONICA SANCHEZ.

THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT IS BRIAN KEMP KERR.

SO COURT IF YOU WOULD STEP DOWN AND.

PENCE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, MONICA, STEP FORWARD.

AND OUR DISTRICT CLERK OR ANYBODY AND YOUR FAMILY.

MONICA, ANYBODY HERE WITH YOU OR YOU'RE WATCHING ON OR TELL THEM THEY CAN COME FORWARD.

ANYBODY HERE WITH FOR MONICA, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

AND, GLORIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR EMPLOYEE WHO'S BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE? MISS MONICA SANCHEZ, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BEXAR COUNTY.

MISS MONICA SANCHEZ AND AN EMPLOYEE OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WE REALLY AND TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS DONE FOR THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

SHE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING CLERK.

SHE REALLY DOESN'T COMPLAIN.

I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR COMPLAINING, BUT SHE IS AWESOME.

DOESN'T COMPLAIN.

SHE'S ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP EVERYONE.

AND I'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR HER.

IT STATES MONICA SANCHEZ CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION IS FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND LOYALTY TO THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE AND BEXAR COUNTY.

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YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT MONICA HAS DONE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY, MONICA, JUST.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND.

MONICA WAS MY COURT CLERK IN THE TWO 25TH DISTRICT COURT.

FOR HOW MANY YEARS? MONICA, I STARTED WITH YOU IN CHILDREN'S COURT IN 2000.

THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

AND I WILL TELL YOU, MONICA IS ONE OF THE BEST COURT CLERKS I'VE EVER HAD.

SHE ALWAYS WOULD KEEP ME IN LINE.

CORRECT, MONICA? YES, SIR.

AND SHE SERVED THE PUBLIC WELL, AND SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY DEDICATED AND LOYAL EMPLOYEE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO, MONICA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI.

AND COMMISSIONERS FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO GOD FOR ALLOWING ME ALL THIS TIME WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

I'VE LEARNED A LOT.

I'VE MET INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.

I'VE MADE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS THAT I WILL KEEP WITH ME FOREVER.

THANK YOU TO MY ADMIN, THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE, MISS MARTINEZ AND ALL OUR TEAM THEY'RE WONDERFUL.

I THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO FOR US EACH DAY.

I THANK YOU ALL, COMMISSIONERS, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH YOU ALL RECEIVING THIS.

AWARD. IT'S 25 YEARS IS A LOT.

AND I'M GLAD TO BE STANDING HERE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

COME FORWARD. MONICA.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME FOR US SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.

ALL RIGHT. COME ON.

THANK YOU LORD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT SERVICE.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. DON'T GO ANYWHERE, OKAY? NEED YOU AROUND. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET OUR SECOND LOYAL EMPLOYEE RECOGNIZING FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

BRIAN KEMPKER WITH THE CONSTABLE.

PRECINCT FOUR.

SO WOULD EVERYBODY HERE FOR BRIAN, PLEASE STEP FORWARD.

MR. CONSTABLE. SURE.

WELL, IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CONSTABLE IS IS HERE THIS MORNING, BUT I DON'T SEE HER, SO I WOULD LOVE TO SAY SOME WORDS ABOUT BRIAN.

BRIAN HAS BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 25 YEARS, HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF CONSTABLES.

I THINK THE FIRST WAS PROBABLY MATTHEW KNIGHT MARSHAL THAT WAS THERE IN PRECINCT FOUR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BENEFITED FROM HIS GENEROSITY OF TIME AND HIS EFFORT PATROLLING OUR STREETS, AS WELL AS DOING THE SERVICE OF PROCESSING PROCESS, SERVING AND MANAGING A NUMBER OF OUR OF OUR GREAT CONSTABLES IN PRECINCT FOUR.

HE HAS SEEN THE PRECINCT GROW AND HAS MANAGED TO KEEP AN INCREDIBLE SMILE ON HIS FACE.

HE HAS PERSONALLY DRIVEN ME AT A NUMBER OF NATIONAL NIGHT OUTS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL HIT 6 TO 8 OF THEM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET A SPEEDING TICKET.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN, FOR FOR WHAT YOU DO.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANY WORDS? I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE, HEATHER, AND MY SON BRANDON AND MY OTHER TWO SONS HAVE STAR TESTING THIS WEEK, SO THEY COULDN'T BE HERE.

SO, ANYWAY IT TAKES BOTH FAMILIES AT WORK AND AT AT HOME TO DO THIS.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT'S INVOLVED.

THANK YOU. THANK. BRIAN, WHY DON'T YOU STEP FORWARD FOR YOUR PIN? EVERYBODY HERE? YEAH. COME JOIN US.

LET'S GET A PHOTO TOGETHER.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. APPRECIATE YOU, SIR.

YOU GUYS GOT A GREAT.

I'M. THERE YOU GO.

I. HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT.

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KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THOMAS, YOU GOT THE PROCLAMATIONS? THE FIRST PROCLAMATION WE'RE GOING TO DO IS PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING APRIL 20TH 2ND TO MAY 3RD, 2024 AS LAW WEEK AND MAY 1ST, 2024 AS LAW DAY.

LET ME BRING UP STEVE CHISSANO, PRESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO BAR, AND YOUR ENTOURAGE, YOUR ROYALTY.

STEVE, BRING THEM ALL UP.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A GROUP, SO LET ME READ THE PROCLAMATION.

STEVE, AS YOU ALL ARE COMING FORWARD.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS LAW WEEK WILL COMMEMORATE THE NATIONAL HOLIDAY OF LAW.

LAW DAY WITH TWO WEEKS OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TO CELEBRATE THE ROLE OF LAW IN OUR SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS LAW DAY HAS BEEN ANNUALLY PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ENCODING THE PRESIDENTIAL PRACTICE INTO LAW IN 1961, STATUTORILY DESIGNATING MAY 1ST AS LAW DAY.

AND WHEREAS, THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF LAW DAY BY FACILITATING THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL READING PROGRAM AND DISTRIBUTING POCKET CONSTITUTIONS TO JURORS AND APPRECIATION OF THEIR ROLE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE.

AND WHEREAS, THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION CULMINATES LAW DAY WITH A LUNCHEON THAT CELEBRATES THE RULE OF LAW, AND IN 2024 WILL FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ELECTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR JOSHUA SELLERS.

AND WHEREAS THE 2024 LAW DAY THEME, THE VOICES OF DEMOCRACY, ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2024 ELECTIONS BY DEEPENING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, DISCUSSING ISSUES AND HONEST AND CIVIL WAYS, TURNING OUT TO VOTE, AND HELPING THE COUNTRY MOVE FORWARD AFTER FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS.

AND WHEREAS LAW WEEK IS AN OCCASION FOR PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT FOR OUR NATION'S TEXAS'S BEXAR COUNTY HERITAGE OF JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW, NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED, THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS APRIL 15TH THROUGH MAY 1ST, 2024, AS LAW WEEK, WITNESSED BY THE SIGNATURES OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND OF MYSELF AS COUNTY JUDGE.

STEVE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

YOUR HONOR. ESTEEMED COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS STEVE CHISSANO.

I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION, AND I'M DEEPLY HONORED TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR VIBRANT LEGAL COMMUNITY. BEFORE I DELVE INTO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A MAY 1ST LAW DAY, ALLOW ME TO SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON A HISTORICAL CURIOSITY AS TO WHY NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD CELEBRATE LABOR DAY ON MAY 1ST, WHILE THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT.

OURS IS IN SEPTEMBER.

GLOBALLY, 160 NATIONS CELEBRATE LABOR DAY ON MAY 1ST.

IT COMES DOWN TO TIMING.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR, THE UNITED STATES WAS INVITED TO ALIGN WITH THE GLOBAL TRADITIONS, BUT THIS MOVE RISKED ASSOCIATION WITH COMMUNIST REGIMES. IN RESPONSE, IN 1958, PRESIDENT DWIGHT D EISENHOWER ESTABLISHED MAY 1ST AS LAW DAY, A CELEBRATION OF OUR NATION'S COMMITMENT TO THE RULE OF LAW AND THE FREEDOMS ENSHRINED IN OUR CONSTITUTION.

TODAY, 66 YEARS LATER, WE FIND OURSELVES IN A WORLD WHERE A SHADOW OF COMMUNISM HAS WANED.

YET THE STRUGGLE FOR TRUE DEMOCRACY PERSISTS.

MANY NATIONS, WHILE NOMINALLY DEMOCRATIC, STILL GRAPPLE WITH AUTOCRACY AND AUTHORITARIANISM.

IN AMERICA, DEMOCRACY IS NOT JUST A CONCEPT, IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY.

IT DEMANDS AN INFORMED AND EDUCATED CITIZENRY CAPABLE OF UNDERSTANDING AND SAFEGUARDING OUR LIBERTIES THROUGH ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

THE THEME OF THIS YEAR'S LAW DAY, THE VOICE OF DEMOCRACY, UNDERSCORES THE IMPERATIVE FOR ALL AMERICANS TO ENGAGE IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS WITH DEPTH AND SINCERITY.

IT CALLS UPON US TO DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CIVIC ISSUES, ENGAGE IN CIVIL DISCOURSE, AND UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES THAT DEMOCRACY FLOURISHES WHEN THE RIGHTS OF MINORITIES ARE SAFEGUARDED ALONG THOSE OF THE MAJORITY.

IN SAN ANTONIO, LAW WEEK IS NOT MERELY A SYMBOLIC OBSERVANCE.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR COMMITMENT TO CIVIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

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THIS YEAR AT THE KING WILLIAM'S FAIR, WE'RE PROUD TO HOST A BOOTH INTRODUCING ESSAY LAW HELP.

ORG, A FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFERING LEGAL ASSISTANCE CURATED FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS.

AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO JUNE MOYNIHAN AND TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION FOR CREATING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS US TO TOUCH BEXAR COUNTY IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY.

I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO JUDGE SAKAI, TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF LAW WEEK, AND WE PRESENT OUR 2024 FIESTA MEDAL FEATURING SAN ANTONIO'S LADY JUSTICE.

AND THAT'S IN BAGS THAT ARE AT YOUR SEATS ALREADY.

TOGETHER, LET US REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE THAT DEFINE OUR GREAT NATION.

THANK YOU. THIS YOUR BOARD, PLEASE.

SO WE HAVE LIZ PROVENCIO, PATTY VARGAS, NICK GWYNN AND JORGE RIVERA, AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED JUNE MOYNIHAN. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY, STEVE, THANK YOU TO THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME MEMBER.

RIGHT, JUNE? AND I'M UP TO DATE ON MY DUES.

RIGHT. JUNE. OKAY.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE, BUT I'VE JUST BEEN HONORED TO BE PART OF THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WILL SAY THROUGHOUT THIS STATE, IF NOT NATION, IS THAT THE LOCAL BAR HERE, THE ATTORNEYS REALLY HAVE A SPECIAL, UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP.

THEY TAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO BE COLLEGIAL.

THEY'VE TAKEN EXTRA EFFORT TO BE CIVIL.

THEY TAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO REALLY HELP EACH OTHER AND TO HELP ALL OTHER ATTORNEYS, EVEN THEIR ADVERSARY ATTORNEYS, EVEN THOUGH AT TIMES IT CAN BE TOUGH.

AND I'M ALSO VERY PROUD OF THE JUDICIARY AND THE JUDGES THAT WORK IN THE COURTHOUSE AND WORK VERY HARD EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE WORKS AND WORKS FOR ALL OF US. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE ATTORNEYS AND THE JUDGES AND ALL THOSE MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION. AGAIN. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU COME FORWARD SO WE CAN PRESENT YOU THE PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE? OKAY. NICE TO SEE YOU.

HI. HOW ARE YOU? NICE TO SEE YOU.

GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I SLING ON THE BARS LAST NIGHT.

OH, YEAH? YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

DO YOU WANT ANYBODY ELSE IN THERE WITH YOU? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. WE'RE GETTING THE RECORD.

GETTING THE RECORD, GUYS.

DO WE NEED SOME MORE? MALLETS.

ONE MORE ON THAT THING. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS.

OKAY. HOW ARE YOU? HEY, BUDDY. I DIDN'T GET TO SEE YOU, BUT I CAME BY AND.

ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

WILL BE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING APRIL 28TH THROUGH MAY 4TH, 2024 AS BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, HIGHLIGHTING THE PARTNERSHIP AND EFFORTS OF THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SBA, SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT OFFICE, TEXAS SOUTHWEST SBDC NETWORK, UTSA, SBDC, AND BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION AND I'LL READ AND RENEE, AND YOU AND YOUR YOUR COURT ARE OBVIOUSLY HERE FOR TODAY PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS AMERICA'S PROGRESS HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY PIONEERS TO THINK BIG, TAKE RISKS, WORK HARD.

FROM THE STOREFRONT SHOPS AT ANCHOR MAIN STREET TO THE HIGH TECH STARTUPS THAT KEEP AMERICA ON THE CUTTING EDGE, SMALL BUSINESSES ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY AND THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR NATION'S PROMISE.

AND WHEREAS THE HISTORIC INVESTMENTS MADE THROUGH THE PRESIDENT'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT AND INFLATION

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AND WHEREAS, BECAUSE THE COUNTRY'S 30 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES CREATE NEARLY TWO OUT OF THE THREE NEW JOBS IN OUR ECONOMY, WE CANNOT RESOLVE OURSELVES TO CREATE JOBS AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AMERICA WITHOUT DISCUSSING WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR ENTREPRENEURS.

AND WHEREAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS PROCLAIMED NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK EVERY YEAR SINCE 1963 TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROGRAM AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO ENTREPRENEURS THROUGHOUT THE US, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

AND WHEREAS, BEXAR COUNTY SUPPORTS AND JOINS IN THIS NATIONAL EFFORT TO HELP AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES DO WHAT THEY DO BEST GROW THEIR BUSINESS, CREATE JOBS, AND ENSURE THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES REMAIN AS VIBRANT TOMORROW AS THEY ARE TODAY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS APRIL 28TH MAY 4TH, 2024 AS BEXAR COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES BY THE COURT.

RENEE WATSON, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU. RENEE WATSON.

I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

WE ARE EXCITED AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

DURING MY 24 YEARS AT THE COUNTY, WE HAVE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN EACH ONE OF YOUR PRECINCTS AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

THIS MORNING WE ARE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS UTSA DOCTOR VALDEZ'S INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT'S THE NAME OF IT NOW I WAS AN INTERN 40 YEARS AGO AT THAT CENTER WHEN I ACTUALLY STARTED MY CAREER IN SMALL BUSINESS.

WE HAVE AL SALGADO, WHO IS THE ASSISTANT VP FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SBDC SOUTHWEST REGION.

HE WILL HAVE A BRIEF REMARKS.

AS WELL AS MISS ANISA STEFANENKO, SHE IS THE DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS JEFF FARR WITH THE US WITH THE WHO WAS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER CHAMBER.

WE ALL HAVE SOME BRIEF GREETINGS FROM THEM THIS MORNING, AL.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS JUDGE.

ON BEHALF OF UTSA'S, SBDCS AND MANY SME SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS WONDERFUL COUNTY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR PROCLAIMING BEXAR COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION WITH THE NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

THIS CELEBRATION IS SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF AN UNPRECEDENTED, UNPRECEDENTED DISASTER WHICH WE REMEMBER COVID.

HOWEVER, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN RESILIENT AND INNOVATIVE.

NEVERTHELESS, MANY CHALLENGES STILL FACE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

IT IS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY BY RECOGNIZING THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND INNOVATIVE STARTUPS THAT DEFINE COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA, THIS GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND OF COURSE, BEXAR COUNTY.

IT IS AN HONOR TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT THE ENTREPRENEURS WHO CREATE JOBS, STRENGTHEN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND SOLVE GLOBAL GLOBAL PROBLEMS HERE AT HOME AND HOME.

BEING BEXAR COUNTY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR PARTICIPATING WITH NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BRINGING TOGETHER OUR SME ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT COUNTY AND EMPHASIZING THE SUPPORT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD MORNING.

BUENOS DIAS. I AM AN ESA STEPANENKO DEPUTY DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT OFFICE.

THANK YOU. BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, FIESTA ROYALTY AND HONORABLE GUESTS FOR RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

WITH THIS PROCLAMATION, FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK HAS SERVED AS THE SBA'S ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES AND INNOVATIVE STARTUPS, THE TIRELESS ENGINES OF OUR ECONOMY AND BACKBONES OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SBA, SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SBDC, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF UTSA AND TEXAS SOUTHWEST SBDC AND SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT OF BEXAR COUNTY HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN CONNECTING ENTREPRENEURS WITH RESOURCES AND TOOLS NEEDED TO DEVELOP AND GROW SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN BEXAR

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THANK YOU.

GRACIAS. VIVA NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK AND VIVA FIESTA.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI.

COMMISSIONERS, ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER CHAMBER, CEO JEFF WEBSTER AND OUR 1800 MEMBERS, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESSES HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY THIS WEEK. WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO SAY HOW HONORED WE ARE AT THE GREATER CHAMBER TO PARTNER WITH RENE'S ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE SBA AND UTSA'S SBDC TO CONTINUE TO MAKE BEXAR COUNTY ONE OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE NATION TO BUILD AND GROW A SMALL BUSINESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU RECOGNIZING THAT EFFORT TODAY.

VIVA FIESTA. AND THANK YOU.

AND FINALLY, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE CROWD, SO I KNOW PROTOCOL.

I'M NOT GOING TO CALL EVERYBODY'S NAME.

SO BUT THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM AND OUR DEPARTMENT.

BUT GRACE OUR CHAIRMAN, CHRIS FALLBROOK, IS NOT HERE YET, SO GRACE ROSE GONZALES, OUR POLICY CHAIR, WILL HAVE A FEW BRIEF REMARKS.

THANK YOU, COURT AND COMMISSIONERS FOR RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

I WANT TO REPORT THAT OUR COMMITTEE IS REINVIGORATED.

WE HAVE NEW APPOINTEES, AND IT'S REALLY A GREAT ENERGY THAT WE HAVE.

SO THIS IS SORT OF A WIND IN OUR SAILS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER ON A LOT OF THINGS HERE AT THE COUNTY.

I DO HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK LATER AS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE SWAMPY BOARD.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND FINALLY, CRYSTAL DARBY IS WAS COMMISSIONER FOR SHE'S BEEN WITH US SINCE 2005.

SHE RECENTLY RETIRED FROM OUR COMMITTEE.

WE WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER ALMOST 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO BEXAR COUNTY ON OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE, AND SHE WAS COMMISSIONER OF REBECA CLAY-FLORES APPOINTEE.

SO THANK YOU, CRYSTAL, FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US.

AND SHE'S STILL OUR DIRECTOR OF VOLUNTEERS FOR OUR CONFERENCE, SO SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WHY DON'T YOU. OH, GO AHEAD.

JUST JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU BOTH HAVE WINNERS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS. WE THEY WILL BE RECOGNIZED ON MAY 2ND AT THE NORRIS CONFERENCE CENTER.

AND I SO APPRECIATE YOU.

DIXIE FLAG FOR YOU AS FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR.

UNDERSTANDABLY AFTER 60 SOME ODD YEARS.

AND FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FLOAT JEREMY JACOBS BUSINESS OF THE YEAR WHICH IS THAT TOP AWARD.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

OH AND I'M I'M STATE STAR THIS YEAR WHICH IS.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST AWARD THAT AN SBDC ADVISOR CAN GET.

AND THERE ARE 60 OF US IN THE NATION.

AND WE'LL BE RECOGNIZED IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL AS NEXT THURSDAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME FORWARD FOR A PICTURE? WHAT'S GOING ON? YOU SEE IT? YEAH. YOU SEE DAN BARRETT.

GREAT TO SEE YOU. WELL, I MEAN, I CAN ADD IT.

GREAT. GRACE, HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU ALWAYS.

THERE WE GO. HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

HERE WE GO. GOT EVERYBODY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RENEE. ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GLENDA VIERA TO OUR COMMUNITY.

GLENDA, WOULD YOU COME UP WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR GUESTS? ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME? STEP FORWARD. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME ROYALTY.

WE DO HAVE ROYALTY IN THE HOUSE.

YEAH. THERE WE GO.

HEY, MCLENNAN. ALL RIGHT.

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OH, WE HAVE MISS HAPPY BUTTLES.

AND IS THAT COCO CHANEL AND EL REY? I THINK THAT'S I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE PART OF ROYALTY TWO.

RIGHT. HAPPY. OKAY.

THEY'RE THEY'RE PART OF ROYALTY.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS GLEN JAVIER IS A VISIONARY ADVOCATE AND FOUNDER OF MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT.

AND WHEREAS MISS GLENDA WAS BORN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, BUT CONSIDERS SAN ANTONIO HER HOME.

AND WHEREAS THROUGH A SCHOLARSHIP, GLENDA GRADUATED CUM LAUDE FROM SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS, SHE ATTENDED OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY TO EARN A MASTER OF EDUCATION DEGREE IN GUIDANCE COUNSELING.

SHE IS ALSO TAUGHT PSYCHOLOGY CLASSES AT SAINT PHILIP'S COLLEGE, AND WHEREAS, GLENDA HAS SERVED AS A COUNSELOR AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR WITH THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHERE SHE DESIGNED PROGRAMS TO EMPOWER UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS AND CREATED HEALTHY AND FUN EXTRACURRICULAR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN RESIDING IN LOW INCOME AND UNDERSERVED NEIGHBORHOODS.

SHE WAS THE HOST OF OPINION TV TALK SHOW ON KSAT TV, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE WAR ON POVERTY INITIATIVES.

AND WHEREAS, GLENDA HAS SHARED HER ENTHUSIASM, OPTIMISM AND LEADERSHIP WITH SEVERAL NONPROFITS AND PAGEANTS TO UPLIFT YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, GLENDA CELEBRATES HER MARRIAGE TO TECH SERGEANT WARREN AVILA FOR OVER 62 YEARS AND HER DAUGHTER CRYSTAL, HER SON TERRELL AND THEIR SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE CAMPBELL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GLENDA BIERRIA, WITNESSED BY THE SIGNATURES OF EVERYONE ON THE COURT.

GLENDA, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY GREATEST BLESSINGS IS TO WAKE UP AT 85 YEARS OLD.

AND I JUST MADE THAT THIS YEAR.

THE OTHER BLESSINGS I HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE SURROUNDING ME.

I DIDN'T DO THE MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO ALONE.

IT TOOK SUPPORTERS AND IT IS SUCH A WONDERFUL THING IN SAN ANTONIO THAT YOUNG WOMEN STEP UP TO THE PLATFORM TO PURSUE THEIR CAREERS AND TO TURN AROUND AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS OUR GOAL FOR MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO.

NOT ABOUT SWIMMING SUITS.

WE'RE ABOUT BRAINS.

WE'RE ABOUT INTELLIGENCE.

WE'RE ABOUT HUMILITY.

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THESE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE ARE PART OF THAT GOAL AND PART OF THAT SERVICE.

AND WE ALSO LIKE TO THANK MISS HAPPY FOR HER WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PROMOTIONAL, I WOULD SAY, ABILITIES AND HER BEAUTIFUL COCO CHANEL.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO LET MY QUEEN SPEAK TO YOU.

I HAVE MISS EMINENCE HERE.

I HAVE MY MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR YEARS, MR. JOE JARMAN, MY DAUGHTER CRYSTAL, MY MAJOR TECHNICAL PERSON, MR. RONNIE BROWN.

AND I DON'T THINK I FORGOT ANYONE.

OH, ALSO, THE YOUNG LADY HERE STARTED COMING WITH HER DAD TO THE PAGEANTS AT FIVE YEARS OLD.

AND LOOK AT HER. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL TODAY TOO, MAYA.

SO I'M GOING TO LET MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO SPEAK.

MISS EMINENCE.

MISS EMINENCE IS ALSO VERY POWERFUL.

SHE WINS A TITLE BY BEING THE HIGHEST MARKETING CONTESTANT, AND RAISES THE MOST MONEY TO BRING THE MOST ATTENDANCE.

SO THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL CROWN.

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS MISS DARA MEYERS.

NO MAC DIAS.

MAYA. EXCUSE ME.

DARA MAC.

OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO MISS GLENDA SIERRA FOR JUST GIVING US A PLATFORM TO SHINE AND TO GROW AND TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

I'VE ONLY BEEN MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND I'VE ALREADY MET SO MANY AMAZING PEOPLE, MADE SO MANY AMAZING CONNECTIONS, AND YOUR REPUTATION REALLY PRECEDES YOU.

SO THANK YOU, MRS. SIERRA. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE.

THANK YOU TO MISS VEE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE LOVE YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR OPENING UP DOORS FOR ME IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE MADE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS.

AND JUST FOR ME, JUST BEING IN THIS ROOM, I THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE AND ALLOWING US TO COME HERE TO EVEN EXPERIENCE THIS MOMENT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE ORGANIZATION OF MISS VIERA AND MISS SAN ANTONIO AND JUST HOPE FOR THE FUTURE FOR US.

AND THANK Y'ALL. THANK YOU.

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AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH US IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW THIS ORGANIZATION AND HELP THESE YOUNG LADIES.

THANK YOU. AMEN. I JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, COURT JUDGE PETER SAKAI.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO THE 2025 MISS BLACK SAN ANTONIO EVENT THAT WE WILL BE HAVING AT CARVER CENTER.

SO WE ASK YOU TO COME.

YOU DON'T REALIZE THE YOUNG LADIES THAT SHE MENTORS THAT SHE BRINGS UP IN THE COMMUNITY, KNOWING THAT THEY'VE COME FROM DIFFERENT KINDS OF BACKGROUNDS AND TO MAKE THEM BECOME BEAUTIFUL, INCREDIBLE WOMEN AND POWERFUL WOMEN FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND OTHER COMMUNITIES THERE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE.

SO WE LIKE TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COURT, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU. Y'ALL COME FORWARD.

OH, LET'S COME FORWARD AND HAVE A PICTURE.

THERE WE GO, MISS GLENDA.

ALL RIGHT, COME UP HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS. OH, YES.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR.

HERE WE GO. HELP ME! OH, LORD.

THEY'RE HERE. WELL, YOU TO HELP ME.

HELP HOLD AWARD.

THERE. THERE WE GO.

HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU. ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HEY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU. WELL, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR FRIENDS FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER TO COME ON UP.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG CELEBRITY HERE, SO WE.

YES WE DO.

SHE'S BEAUTIFUL TOO.

IT'S FUN. WE DON'T GET IT. WE DON'T GET THAT EVERY DAY.

EVERYBODY'S GOT TO GIVE THEIR LOVE TO COCO CHANEL.

ALL RIGHT. THE PROCLAMATION READS.

WHEREAS ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024, THE COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER CELEBRATED 40 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS, THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER IS A COMMUNITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN 1984 WITH THE ADVICE AND SUPPORT OF THE SAN ANTONIO BAR ASSOCIATION, WHOSE PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO PROVIDE MEDIATION SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUES AND TYPES OF DISPUTES. AND WHEREAS THE CENTER HAS NUMEROUS MEDIATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY BASED MEDIATION, COURT ORDERED LITIGATION, MEDIATION, FAMILY MEDIATION, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, MEDIATION, CRIMINAL COURT MEDIATION, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT, MEDIATION, NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIATION AT SAPD SUBSTATIONS AND OTHER LOCAL SURROUNDING POLICE STATIONS, MULTI-PARTY PUBLIC POLICY DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATIONS REFERRED BY THE JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENT. AND WHEREAS, THE CENTER IS STAFFED BY NINE COUNTY EMPLOYEES AND 80 VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEER MEDIATORS WITH VARIED BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, MILITARY SERVICE, MENTAL HEALTH, LAW, MANAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL SERVICE.

AND WHEREAS, FROM FEBRUARY OF 1984 THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2024, THE CENTER PROCESSED MORE THAN 220,293 CITIZEN DISPUTES AND SENT MORE THAN 70,646 DISPUTES FOR MEDIATION, AVERAGING 5507 CITIZEN DISPUTES AND 1766 DISPUTES SET FOR MEDIATION DURING A 12 MONTH PERIOD, WHILE MAINTAINING AN 84% SETTLEMENT RATE FOR ALL CASES MEDIATED.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENDS THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER FOR THEIR 40 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE AND URGES THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY TO JOIN IN CONGRATULATING THEM ON THIS ANNIVERSARY.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE.

23RD DAY OF APRIL, 2024, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

DOCTOR LABORDE, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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HE RETIRED AS A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AFTER 28 YEARS ON ACTIVE DUTY.

HE SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER MEDIATOR AT THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER FOR SIX YEARS.

HE JOINED THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TEAM IN 2007, AND IN 2015 BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER.

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO AL.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

BEXAR COUNTY DEPARTMENT HEADS DIRECTORS, SUPERVISORS AND TEAM MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE BEXAR COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED IN FEBRUARY 15TH, 1984.

CRITICALLY IMPORTANT IN PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

CONTINUITY IS IS SO CRITICAL IN THAT, AND WE'VE BENEFITED FROM THAT CONTINUITY WITHIN THE OFFICE TEAM AND ALSO WITH OUR TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS. THE ORIGINAL DIRECTOR OF THE BCDC WAS JOSE CASTILLO, WHO SERVED FOR SIX YEARS FROM 1984 TO 1990.

JOHN MOORE SERVED ONLY A SHORT PERIOD FROM 1990 UNTIL 1991 BECAUSE HE DIED.

MARLENE LABENZ HUFF WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND SHE JOINED THE TEAM IN 1990, AND SHE SERVED AS DIRECTOR FROM 1991 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2014.

I HAVE SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR SINCE THAT TIME.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE BCDC TEAM IS THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH MEETS QUARTERLY TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE OVERALL OPERATION OF THE BCDC AND TO DISCUSS ISSUES FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

CURRENTLY, JACQUELINE ROBERSON IS THE CHAIRPERSON.

AMY PUTNEY IS ONE OF THE MEMBERS.

JUDGE CHAPA ART ROSSI IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND, ESTHER DUENAS AND MARGO MARBUT ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE WITH US TODAY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE TEAM CONSISTS OF NINE EMPLOYEES WHO WORK DILIGENTLY AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO CALLERS OR WALK IN CLIENTS IN PROCESSING MEDIATION REQUESTS, CONDUCTING CLIENT INTERVIEWS, PREPARING CONFIRMATION LETTERS, COORDINATING WITH ATTORNEYS FOR COURT REFERRED MEDIATIONS, REPORTING THE RESULTS TO THE COURT, AND SCHEDULING OUR VOLUNTEERS.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ASSIST IN INFORMATION CALLS AND MAKING PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS NOT ONLY IN ENGLISH BUT ALSO IN SPANISH. OUR VOLUNTEERS ASSIST IN TRAINING OUR MEDIATORS AND CO MEDIATING WITH WITH NEW MEDIATORS.

OUR VOLUNTEERS MEDIATE ALL TYPES OF CASES, AND THEY SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR THE PARTIES THAT ARE IN A DISPUTE.

OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR TEAM.

WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND IF YOU ALL COULD RAISE YOUR HANDS.

BUT IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE BEEN SERVING TEN YEARS OR MORE, 20 YEARS OR MORE, 30 YEARS OR MORE.

I LOST MY PLACE.

SHARING EXPERIENCES AND DEVELOPING SKILLS IN THE ONGOING IS AN ONGOING PROCESS FOR ALL MEDIATORS.

THE ALAMO AREA MEDIATORS ASSOCIATION MEETS QUARTERLY TO DISCUSS VARIOUS TOPICS AND CASES.

SAMANTHA DEMAREE IS CURRENTLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALAMO AREA MEDIATORS ASSOCIATION.

SOME NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BCDC TEAM.

SINCE 2002, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE EARNED THAT.

IF Y'ALL WOULD RAISE YOUR HAND AND IT'S ACTUALLY.

THERE AND THEN OKAY.

IN 2013, THE SAN ANTONIO BAR FOUNDATION AWARDED THE BCDC THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD.

IN 2020, AFTER TWO MONTHS OF WORKING REMOTELY, THE BCDC RESUMED OUR MEDIATION SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY DURING COVID.

IN 2023, ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, GILSON RICAN, RECEIVED THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF MEDIATORS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD TO KIND OF YOU HEAR YOU HEAR A VEHICLE PROMOTIONS THAT THAT USE THIS PHRASE.

IT WASN'T MINE. I KIND OF STOLE IT FROM THERE.

TO SUMMARIZE, WE ARE PROFESSIONAL GRADE TO.

IN CLOSING, THE BCDC TEAM CONTINUES TO BRING PEACE AND HARMONY TO OUR COMMUNITY, ONE CASE AT A TIME BY RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND

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THANK YOU. OH, I DO HAVE ONE OTHER THING.

CONTINUITY. I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE DEBBIE ONTIVEROS, WHO HAS BEEN WITH THE CENTER FOR 34 YEARS.

YEAH. BRAINS ARE OVER HERE.

WOW. IN.

OKAY, I.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING.

LET'S GET A PICTURE. YEAH.

WOULD YOU SEND. THANK YOU.

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE A LITTLE SHORT OF TIME CERTAIN AT SO WE'LL TAKE THAT UP.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THEN.

AGENDA ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS SPECIAL PRESENTATION ITEM DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST FROM THE JOHNNY HERNANDEZ GRANT FOUNDATION FOR

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COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, COMMISSIONER CALVERT UNDERSTAND THIS IS Y'ALL'S ITEM.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. I WILL JUST TEE THIS UP.

CHEF, AS YOU COME UP, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION I WANT TO THANK.

FIRST OF ALL, COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR HIS COLLABORATION ON THIS.

I KNOW LA VITA IS IN HIS PRECINCT.

I THINK APPROPRIATE THAT WE TALKED EARLIER DURING PROCLAMATIONS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL BUSINESS AND RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS.

THIS IS AS MUCH A SMALL BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESS THAT IS HELPING TO INSULATE THEM FROM SOME OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT PIECE TO THE HISTORY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

AND THAT IS RESTORING WHAT IS A CULTURAL EPICENTER, EPICENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY IN LA VITA.

AS OLD AS THE CITY IS OVER 300 YEARS OLD.

SO, JOHNNY, I DON'T KNOW.

COMMISSIONER, IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING BUT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION AS WELL.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK AFTER JOHNNY, PLEASE.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION.

YES. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

I'M I DON'T GET I DON'T GET HERE TOO OFTEN, BUT I'M AS AS I ENJOYED THE THE CEREMONIAL IT REMINDS ME OF ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S APPROPRIATE, OBVIOUSLY, RECOGNIZING SMALL BUSINESS, CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESS.

BUT IT IS IT'S INSPIRING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE YOU KNOW, THE THE MISSION OF LA VITA AND THIS ARTS MARKET RECOVERY PLAN IS, IS ONE THAT WILL SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS.

AND THAT IS.

AND THAT IS THE FOCUS.

AS WE KNOW, LA VITA HAS A 300 YEAR OLD HISTORY.

IT IS ALSO A CORNERSTONE OF OUR OF OUR FOUNDATION.

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AND ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE LOCAL.

AS WE KNOW, LA VITA IS IN THE CENTER OF A VIBRANT DOWNTOWN THAT IS THAT IS BEING REBUILT AND REIMAGINED.

AND I AND I FEEL THAT THE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE ACCESSIBILITY INTO THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN ONE THAT HAS CHALLENGED ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE.

THE THE LA VITA ARTS MARKET SEEKS TO CREATE A DYNAMIC INITIATIVE TO FORM A WEEKEND MARKETS THAT INCLUDE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, CULINARY FAMILY ACTIVITIES, ART WALKS TO PROMOTE OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY.

THE LOBBY. THE ARTS MARKET SERVES AS A BEACON OF SUPPORT FOR LOCAL ARTISTS AND BUSINESSES ALIKE, FOSTERING GROWTH AND RESILIENCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ON THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS OF THE OF LA VITA AND OF MAVERICK PLAZA, AND THIS GRANT WILL HELP LAUNCH OUR PROGRAMING, WHICH WILL BE SUSTAINED IN THE FUTURE BY THE CULINARY CONCEPTS SET TO BREAK GROUND AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.

AND FOR CONTEXT, I'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE THAT.

IN 2017, SAN ANTONIO WAS DESIGNATED A UNESCO CITY OF GASTRONOMY.

IN 2018, MYSELF AND TWO OTHER CHEFS WERE AWARDED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY TO TO CURATE OUR FOOD HISTORY IN THE VILLAGE OF LA VITA, THE CITY.

AND WE'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE THE VILLAGE OF LA VITA HAS BEEN CHALLENGED IN TERMS OF ITS RELEVANCY, IN TERMS OF ACTIVATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.

LA VITA IS KNOWN FOR ITS SOME OF ITS ANNUAL EVENTS AND SOME SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, NIASA IS A PRIME EXAMPLE.

WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED THE VILLAGE TO BE VIBRANT, ACTIVE AND SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THE CULINARY CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT WILL THAT WE WILL LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR WITH TWO OTHER CHEFS WILL SUPPORT PROGRAMING INTO THE FUTURE.

AND THIS GRANT WILL HELP US LAUNCH WHAT WILL BE A LIFELINE FOR THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE VILLAGE.

SO IT'S MANY YEARS OF OF OF CHALLENGES.

AND WE ARE AND ALSO TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

WE HAVE THROUGH THE TEARS FUNDS, WE DID HAVE THE A DAY OF THE DEAD FESTIVAL THAT WE PARTNERED WITH THE COUNTY, THE CITY, VISIT SAN ANTONIO AREA BUSINESSES AND CORPORATE SPONSORS THIS THIS DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION.

IS AN EXAMPLE OF OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A PROGRAMING AND MAKE IT GROW IT, MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF, OF OF MEDIA VALUE THROUGH THIS EVENT.

PERSONALLY, MYSELF HAVE HOSTED JOURNALISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE TOURISM INTO OUR DOWNTOWN, WHICH CERTAINLY DRIVES THE HOT TAX.

AND IT BRINGS VISITATION, CREATES JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND DAY OF THE DEAD.

WE CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT THE COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN THIS EVENT TO THE LARGEST DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT IS A CULTURAL CELEBRATION. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY TRUE.

IT BELONGS IN SAN ANTONIO.

AS AS WE GROW THIS CELEBRATION, WE'VE HAD KEY SPONSORS LIKE FROST, H-E-B, TOYOTA, SILVER EAGLE, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE MEDIA VALUE.

WE CONTINUE TO SHARE THIS CULTURAL STORY AND OUR HERITAGE THROUGH A DAY OF THE DEAD.

AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT PROGRAMING CAN DO.

AND IT'S ORGANIZED PROPERLY WHEN IT'S EXECUTED.

AND THE GOAL IS IT TO BE SUSTAINABLE ON ITS OWN AND NOT BE A BURDEN TO THE COUNTY, TO THE CITY? TO FUND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GRANT, THE JOHNNY HERNANDEZ GRANT FOUNDATION, THAT IT IS DEDICATED TO MY FATHER, JOHNNY HERNANDEZ.

WE'VE WE HAVE FORMED THE FOUNDATION IN ABOUT 2015, AND IT IS IN HONOR OF MY FATHER, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO ALWAYS SAID, GIVE MORE THAN YOU, THAN YOU TAKE TOO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED.

AND I HONOR HIM THROUGH FORMING THIS FOUNDATION.

KITCHEN CAMPUS IS A YOUTH ORGANIZATION OF CULINARY ARTS THAT IS IS IN, YOU KNOW, IN DISTRICT FOUR.

THE COUNTY HAS SUPPORTED OUR ACTIVITIES FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE ARE NURTURING CULINARY TALENT AND HOSPITALITY FOR THE FUTURE.

I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER IN DISTRICT ONE WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES CLAY-FLORES, WHO SPONSORS OUR PAELLA CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE 15 HIGH SCHOOLS THAT COMPETE IN THE PAELLA CHALLENGE EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE RAISED THAT EVENT HAS RAISED OVER HALF $1 MILLION FOR EDUCATION.

AND THESE FUNDS STAY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE NURTURE CULINARY TALENT THAT ARE THE EMPLOYEES OF OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR HOTELS.

THIS YEAR AT THE PILOT CHALLENGE, WE RECOGNIZE SOUTH SAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE THEY WILL BE TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT MY ALMA MATER, THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA IN NEW YORK. SO I'M ORGANIZING THEIR TRIP RIGHT NOW.

THEY WERE THE WINNERS OF THE PAELLA CHALLENGE THAT IS PUT TOGETHER BY THE BY KITCHEN CAMPUS AND THE FOUNDATION.

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WE JUST BLESSED OUR OUTDOOR KITCHEN.

WE HOSTED OUR, OUR OUR NEWEST SISTER CITY FROM BAJA, PHILIPPINES, AND WE BLESSED IT.

THE AMERICAN INDIANS OF THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS DID A BLESSING ON OUR KITCHEN.

SO IT IS IT IS IT IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS.

WE ARE WORKING ON A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAMING AND MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE INTO THE FUTURE.

SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, JUDGE, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. YEAH.

AND IF I COULD JUST JOHNNY, ASK YOU SPECIFICALLY ON THE ACTIVATION PIECE BECAUSE THAT'S, I THINK, WHAT THE GRANT WOULD BE GOING TOWARDS HELPING WITH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ACTIVATION OF PROGRAMING AT LA VILLITA.

I THINK I REMEMBER WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS WHEN A LITTLE KNOWN AREA NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO, NOW, NOW KNOWN AS THE PEARL, WAS GETTING GOING THE FARMERS MARKET, WHICH EVERYBODY GOES TO NOWADAYS, YOU WERE PART OF THAT INITIAL ACTIVATION, IF I RECALL.

AND SO I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE TRYING TO RECREATE THAT NECESSARILY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE UNIQUE, BUT I THINK THE CONCEPT IS TO DO SOMETHING AT LA VILLITA THAT ACTIVATES NOT JUST THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

NOW WITH THE ACCESSIBILITY TO HEMISFAIR, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE, BUT ALSO HELPING THOSE SMALL BUSINESS VENDORS THAT ARE THERE IN LA VIDA.

YES, SIR. I WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL EIGHT VENDORS AT THE PEARL FARMERS MARKET, AND THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.

RIGHT. MY FRIENDS IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS SAID, WHY WOULD YOU OPEN A RESTAURANT THERE? THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE LEADERSHIP OF PEARL, I WAS COMMITTED TO BUILDING THAT FARMERS MARKET, BUILDING SOMETHING UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.

AND THE FARMERS MARKET AT PEARL, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING IN LA VILLITA AS AN ARTS MARKET IS AN INCUBATOR FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

WE WE TOOK SMALL BUSINESS FOOD OPERATORS AND GROWERS AND HAVE NURTURED AND GROWN SMALL BUSINESSES OUT OF THE MARKET.

THERE. AT PEARL, WE NOW HAVE 50 VENDORS AND IT'S EXTENDS OVER THREE DAYS.

THE MISSION OF LA VITA IS DEDICATED TO NURTURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND AND TEACHING FINANCIAL SUCCESS THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF WOVEN, INTERWOVEN SUPPORT.

THAT IS VERY THOUGHTFUL.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S NURTURING TALENT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS AN ARTIST AND ONE WHO I KNOW THAT LA VITA IS A VILLAGE DEDICATED TO THAT, I BELIEVE IT IS A UNIQUE PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE. ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S THE HEART OF THE CITY.

LASTLY, LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, CHEF, YOU'RE A VERY HUMBLE PERSON.

YOU KNOW, HE COMES FROM THE WEST SIDE EDGEWOOD PRODUCT.

HAS HAS STUDIED IN SOME OF THE MOST FANTASTIC PLACES IN NEW YORK AND, AND MEXICO AND FRANCE.

BUT CHOSE TO COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO AND IS STILL WORKING WITH A LOT OF THE KIDS THROUGH KITCHEN CAMPUS.

EXPOSING THEM TO THE CULINARY ARTS AND CAREERS IN CULINARY ARTS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

AND SO, CHEF, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK WE WANT TO BE PARTNERS.

CONTINUE TO BE PARTNERS WITH WITH YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT OTHER PARTNERS ON BOARD, BUT I THINK THE COUNTY, AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVER SHOULD BE AT THE TABLE AND SHOULD BE SUPPORTING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH OF SMALL BUSINESS.

SO I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES MAY HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

I MEAN, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, JUDGE, AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND JOHNNY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.

WE LOST ONE THIRD OF SMALL BUSINESSES DURING THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO WE HAVE TO DO MORE TO HELP SHORE UP THAT BACKBONE.

IN AMERICA, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE CONSTRUCTION HAS YIELDED A LOT OF TOUGH CONVERSATIONS IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS FROM THE SAINT MARY'S STRIP TO THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR.

AND WE HAVE TO BE THINKING AS A COURT ABOUT INITIATIVES LIKE THIS ONE TO TRY AND PRESERVE THE GREAT GASTRONOMY AND EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE IN GOVERNMENT.

IT BROKE MY HEART TO HAVE MY FRIEND AUGIE CORTEZ HAVE TO HAVE HIS RESTAURANT ON BROADWAY CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE LONG TIME THAT THAT TOOK AND IT'S CAUSING A BIT OF A REBELLION IN THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK THAT WE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE WHEN WE HAVE THESE AREAS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR GIVING PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE COUNTY AND CITY, FOR GIVING SAWS AND CPS AT THE CITY, THOSE UTILITIES THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CONTROL AND MARKETING IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE POSITIVELY DOING THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS INITIATIVE TO HELP STABILIZE SOME SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE HEART OF OUR CITY AND THE HISTORIC HERITAGE CENTER OF OUR CITY.

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INDEED, WE LOOK FORWARD, MOST IMPORTANTLY TO THE CONSTRUCTION ALL BEING DONE AND DAY WHERE WE ALL CAN REALLY ENJOY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHNNY. AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, HI.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID WE RECENTLY DID THE BAJA CHALLENGE.

SO I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

AND WHO WON LAST YEAR? BRECK BRACKENRIDGE WON LAST YEAR.

I HAD TO SAY THAT.

I HAD TO SAY THAT THEY WERE IN THE RUNNING.

THE JUDGES, THEY JUST WERE CLOSE.

CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE? I KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS ABOUT SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS IS DIRECTLY GOING TO IMPACT THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN LA VITA? WELL, WE I'M PART OF THE LA VITA ASSOCIATION, SO I'M A BOARD MEMBER.

AND, YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY GET TO SEE HERE FIRSTHAND AT THE CHALLENGES OF ALL THE BUSINESSES.

THE THING ABOUT LA VITA IS, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A IT'S A COLLECTION OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

IT CERTAINLY HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH ACCESS.

AND, AND I FEEL LIKE FROM, FROM ATTENDING THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH, WITH THE, THE, THE UNESCO DESIGNATION AS IT RELATES TO OUR MISSIONS AND OUR HERITAGE.

YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE, SPECIAL PLACE.

AND THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE CONTINUE TO, TO STRUGGLE BECAUSE OF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACCESS, BUT ALSO, I THINK COLLECTIVE IDENTITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING INTO PROGRAMING AND CURATE THE HISTORY THROUGH FOOD, WHICH WILL BE A DRIVER.

BUT THE I MEAN, WE JUST LOST ANGELITA, WHO WAS THERE FOR 60 YEARS AS A SMALL BUSINESS.

AND AGAIN, ACCESS AND I THINK A COHESIVE STRATEGY TO BRING VISITATION, NOT ONLY VISITORS BUT LOCALS IS WHAT IS WHAT I'M WORKING.

THAT'S WHAT I WORKED ON AT PEARL.

IT'S IT'S I'VE TAKEN THIS KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EVENT PROGRAMING, BRING IT INTO THE VILLAGE AND WE WANT TO SEE A VIBRANT VILLAGE.

WE WANT TO SEE A VILLAGE BUSY EVERY DAY, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR NOIOSA, NOT ONLY AT LUNCH TIME OR IN THE AFTERNOONS.

WE WANT TO SEE IT VIBRANT THROUGH THE EVENINGS.

TO ME, IT'S ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SHADERS AS A CITY OF OF OF CULTURE, AND ONE WITH A LOT OF RICH HISTORY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE IT'S ONE OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL PIECES OF OUR CULTURE THAT I THINK MAKES US DIFFERENT AS A DESTINATION.

AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT.

AND BUSINESSES PROVIDE THE UNIQUE FABRIC, THE SMALL BUSINESS OF WHAT LA VITA IS.

AND WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO LIFE AND REALLY BRING CUSTOMERS.

I MEAN, I THINK ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS FOOD AND BEVERAGE HAS BECOME THE DRIVER OF FOOTFALL IN ANY PLACE, OF ANY PLACE.

ANY DEVELOPER KNOWS THAT WITHOUT A GREAT RESTAURANT, WITHOUT A GREAT COFFEE SHOP, WITHOUT A GREAT BAKE SHOP, PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING.

THE BIG BOX STORES OF THE PAST ARE GONE AND NOW FOOD HAS BECOME THE DRIVER OF FOOTFALL.

SO THAT'S OUR MISSION, IS TO BRING THE VISITATION AND SHARE THE VILLAGE.

BUT THE STORIES OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, I THINK ARE POWERFUL AND WHAT ALSO CREATE THE EXPERIENCE, THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

AND THIS IS A ONE TIME GRANT.

CORRECT? ONE TIME GRANT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

AND COULD YOU HELP US WITH I'M LOOKING THROUGH THE SLIDES AND, YES, PROPOSED BUDGET.

THERE'S A EQUIPMENT BUDGET AND OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

THE $250,000 YOU'RE SEEKING, IS THAT GOING TO ONE OR THE OTHER OR A MIX OF BOTH OR.

SO THE FUNDS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

SO AWNINGS, FANS, SOUND SYSTEMS, SOME LIGHTING.

THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT NEEDED TO TO MAKE PROGRAMING SUSTAINABLE, TO MAKE IT ENJOYABLE, TO MAKE IT PART.

THERE'S A YOU KNOW, MYSELF, THERE'LL BE A VERY GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION.

YOU KNOW, MY, MY THE INITIAL PLAN WAS FOR PROGRAMING TO BEGIN WITH, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE RESTAURANTS THAT OPEN IN ABOUT TWO YEARS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, EVERYTHING GOT PUT ON HOLD.

I'VE, I'VE STEPPED UP AND SAID, LOOK, I'M WILLING TO START PROGRAMING TO HELP THE VILLAGE TO TO BEGIN TO GROW THE TOURISM, TO TO BEGIN TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE VILLAGE BEFORE THE THE RESTAURANTS OPEN THAT WILL OPEN IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

BUT THE INVESTMENT ARE ON HARD ASSETS THAT WILL REMAIN IN THE VILLAGE AND, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON PROGRAMING, AND WE WANT PROGRAMING TO BE EVERY DAY TODAY, IF YOU GO TO LAVETA, YOU HAVE NILZA BEING SET UP.

THEY TOOK FOUR DAYS TO SET UP.

RIGHT. THEY'LL TAKE FOUR DAYS TO BREAK DOWN.

THAT DISRUPTS THE COHESIVENESS OF THE VILLAGE AND THE ACCESS INTO THE BUSINESS.

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AND THAT'S WHERE THE INVESTMENT IS GOING INTO.

SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL WILL REMAIN AS PART OF THE VILLAGE INTO THE FUTURE.

OKAY. AND YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING YOUR PERSONAL INVESTMENT.

YES. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE CITY, THOUGH.

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S PIECE IN THIS EFFORT? YES AND YES.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE TERS, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD WHETHER THE TERS IS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY AT THIS POINT AS WELL.

RIGHT. SO THE CITY IN 2017, THE CITY PUT OUT AN INVITATION FOR IDEAS FOR THE VILLAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, MYSELF WITH, WITH A CULINARY AND OTHER TWO OTHER CHEFS PROPOSED A CULINARY CONCEPT THAT WOULD BE A, A REALLY A TO TO TO REBUILD THE VILLAGE AND TO CREATE ACTIVITY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

KIND OF BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT CULINARY BEING A DRIVER OF FOOTFALL.

SO THAT INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY HAS MADE WAS COMMITTED TO THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BACK IN 2017 AND 2018.

SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE.

AND THE TERS WAS, WAS IS PART WILL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF OUR PROGRAMING MOVING FORWARD.

OKAY. SO THE INVESTMENT BY THE CITY ALREADY TOOK PLACE YEARS AGO.

IT WAS JUST. YES SIR. IT WAS JUST COMPLETED LITERALLY ABOUT 30 DAYS AGO.

OKAY, OKAY.

AND CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUES? RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A PIECE THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WELL.

RIGHT? WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION DOWNTOWN, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW EVERY INTERSECTION.

I KNOW I GO THROUGH THE CESAR CHAVEZ AND SANTA ROSA INTERSECTION EVERY DAY FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL THERE, RIGHT? SO I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S SOME THINGS I THINK THAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY AND COUNTY TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND ON TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION. BUT CAN YOU SPEAK SPECIFICALLY? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THAT IN OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS PUBLIC WORKS IS THERE, THE CITY IS THERE.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN THERE.

I MEAN, WE ARE, I THINK I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST EFFORT IS BEING PUT TO COMMUNICATE, WHETHER IT'S SIGNAGE, STOP SIGNS, BANNERS THERE'S NO EASY WAY.

I MEAN, I'VE BUILT A COUPLE RESTAURANTS IN MY CAREER, AND CONSTRUCTION IS DIFFICULT.

I'VE HAD TO CLOSE RESTAURANTS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

I CLOSED THREE RESTAURANTS, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM CONSTRUCTION RELATED.

SOME ARE JUST IN THE SHIFT IN THE ECONOMY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE I BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS PROGRAMING PLAN IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BRING CUSTOMERS TO THESE BUSINESSES.

I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT THAT WE'RE WE'RE THE CITY, AND THE COUNTY IS DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

IT'S JUST SO MUCH.

IT IS JUST SO MUCH TO THINK OF.

I KNOW, JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE LA VITA DEVELOPMENT FOR WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2016.

AND WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING HISTORICAL IN NATURE, I THINK IT ADDS TO THE COMPLEXITY OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE PROGRAMING.

I'VE ALREADY YOU KNOW, I'M THERE EVERY DAY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BRING PEOPLE INTO THE VILLAGE.

AGAIN, I BELIEVE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH SIGNAGE.

BANNERS, WAYFINDING PROGRAMING.

THIS GRANT WILL JUST ALLOW US TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SMOOTHER TRANSITION.

IT'LL ALLOW US TO DO MORE.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THE TOURISM OF OUR DOWNTOWN ALSO IS JUST A GREAT DRIVER.

AND I HAVE CERTAINLY I'M WORKING WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO AND ON ALL THE HOTELS IN OUR DOWNTOWN TO SHARE THE STORY OF THE VILLAGE.

AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I'M COMMITTED TO DOING.

THIS IS CERTAINLY A PASSION PROJECT OF MINE.

AND INCORPORATING FOOD INTO THIS VILLAGE IS, I THINK, A POWERFUL STORY.

WE JUST IT JUST NEEDS ALIGNMENT AND SOME HELP AND WE I CAN I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS PUTTING THIS PROGRAMING INITIATIVE TOGETHER. OKAY.

NO, I MEAN, I GUESS THE POINT I'M, I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, YOU KNOW, FROM A GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT, HOW CAN WE DO A BETTER JOB OF THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESSES? AND FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, PART OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S LIQUIDATED DAMAGES INCLUDED IN IN CONTRACTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED ON TIME.

RIGHT. EVEN POTENTIALLY INCENTIVES TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT RATHER THAN, THAN THE DELAYS THAT THAT ARE ROUTINE.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CITY, COUNTY GOVERNMENT CAN, CAN HOPEFULLY LEAN INTO MORE IN THE FUTURE AS WE CONTINUE TO

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YES, SIR. AND THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE GROWING PAINS.

YES. AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND TRY TO REDUCE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE? I DO, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE SOME CONCERNS, THOUGH, IN TERMS OF THE PRECEDENT WHENEVER THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAT THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IN SOME WAY IN TERMS OF AN INVESTMENT TRYING TO DRIVE TRAFFIC TO, TO THE AREA TO, YOU KNOW, COMPENSATE FOR THE ISSUES THAT ARE CREATED BY THAT CONSTRUCTION. BUT I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I APPRECIATE THE THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THERE.

I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THIS BIG PICTURE AND HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON, ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

YES, SIR. JOHNNY, HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING? YOU KNOW, YOU ALL INSPIRED ME THIS MORNING WITH ALL THOSE PRESENTATIONS.

I NEED TO COME MORE OFTEN.

I WAS MAKING COFFEE AT THE AT THE COFFEE SHOP AT 6 A.M., SO I WAS A LITTLE BUSY.

WELL, LET ME KIND OF TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS OF HER THIS MORNING AND JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK AS COUNTY JUDGE.

FIRST AND FOREMOST I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR RESTAURANTS, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK.

IS IT BERGITKA IS A PLACE I OFTEN FREQUENT AND I REALLY ENJOY THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES IN PRECINCT ONE.

ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE MANY, MANY OTHER RESTAURANTS, TOO, JOHNNY.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODEL AND THE ABILITY TO GROW AND BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I'M ALSO APPRECIATIVE AND GIVE YOU A GRATITUDE FOR YOUR GIVING BACK, AS YOU SAID.

MUCH IS EXPECTED AND YOU KNOW, AND MUCH IS REQUIRED TO GIVE BACK.

AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION.

ALSO, TOO, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I'M JUST GOING TO ASK IS THAT I THINK YOU'VE HELPED CLARIFY.

THIS MORNING, WHAT THIS PARTICULAR AWARD IS GOING TO DO IS REALLY TO GO FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR CAPITAL TYPE PROJECTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE THERE, LA VITA. AND WE UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW FROM THE MANY FIESTA EVENTS HOW IMPORTANT THE VITA VILLAGE IS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I SEE THIS AS AN INVESTMENT.

AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU DO YOUR VERY BEST TO COME UP WITH AN ACCOUNTING, SO TO SPEAK.

I THINK THAT PERHAPS ECHOES COMMISSIONER MOODY THAT YOU COME BACK.

ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NEEDS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THAT YOU IDENTIFY THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST, PERHAPS PARTNER UP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SO YOU CAN LEVERAGE, IF NOT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS AND AND LOOK BIG AND SEE WHAT BIG PROJECTS WE CAN DO TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE AT THE LA VITA VILLAGE.

AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST ASK THAT YOU DO THAT FOR US AND MAYBE REPORT BACK AT A YEAR FROM NOW OR WHENEVER AND SAY, LOOK, THESE ARE THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THE COUNTY'S AWARD WAS ABLE TO DO FOR THE VILLAGE.

AND THIS IS YOUR, OUR RETURN OF INVESTMENT SO THAT WE CAN ASSURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS THE USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING TO GREAT USE.

AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT YOUR FOUNDATION, ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT YOU'RE ALSO PUTTING IN YOUR MONEY TO ALONG WITH THE CITY.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A WIN WIN.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT WE OUGHT TO THINK BIG AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BIGGER OPPORTUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHATEVER FUNDING WE CAN GET FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.

SO WOULD YOU DO THAT FOR ME? YOU HAVE MY COMMITMENT, JUDGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOHNNY, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ONE ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS, CHEF.

BEFORE YOU GO, I KNOW YOU HANDED ME SOME MEDALS TO GIVE OUT TO THE COURT.

YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK? SO THAT MEDAL IS REALLY IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT LA VITA.

THOSE MEDALS ARE MADE BY IT'S HAND SEWN BY AN ARTIST IN MICHOACAN.

THE RIBBON AND THE JEWELRY THAT IS PEWTER IS MADE BY ALEJANDRO CIFUENTES, WHICH IS OUR JEWELER, OUR METALSMITH, IN THE VILLAGE OF LA VITA.

SO IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP TO MAKE THIS SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S FIESTA MEDAL.

SO PLEASE WEAR IT PROUDLY.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF ART, OF COLLABORATIVE YOU KNOW, HANDMADE FROM MEXICO AND OUR LOCAL JEWELER IN LA VITA.

SO VIVA FIESTA. VIVA.

GRACIAS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO THE TIME.

CERTAIN. AT THIS TIME, THE COURT IS GOING TO RECESS.

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[5.a. 10:00 a.m. - Convene as Board of Directors, Bexar County Public Facility Corporation.]

FOR THE RECORD, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COURT ARE MEMBERS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

I BELIEVE I'M THE CHAIR.

CORRECT. COMMISSIONER, YOU'RE ON THE OTHER ON THE HSC, PFC SO OR EIGHT HSF.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND TAKE UP THE FIRST AGENDA MATTER.

APPROVAL OF JUNE 13TH, 2023.

PUBLIC COUNTY OF BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION MEETING MINUTES.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER MOODY SECONDS.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

THE SECOND MATTER TO TAKE UP IS TO CONSIDER ACTION TO APPROVE THE WRITTEN RESOLUTION, IN THE FORM SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TO ENGAGE ANDREW S COHEN OF COHEN RABINOWITZ, PLLC, TO SERVE AS COUNSEL TO THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

MR. ANDY COHEN, I ASSUME YOU'RE ALSO ANDREW S COHEN? YES, THAT'S MY AKA.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM? NO, JUST IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, TO SERVE ON IN THIS ROLE.

AND I'VE BEEN SERVING IN THIS ROLE FOR THREE YEARS.

I HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY IN THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION ARENA, BUT ALSO SPECIFICALLY WITH THE WITH THE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE PENDING BEFORE THE COURT.

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

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

SO THIS IS JUST A TECHNICALITY TO CHANGE BECAUSE THE NAME OF THE I GUESS LAW FIRM IS CHANGING, CORRECT? JANUARY 1ST I STARTED MY OWN FIRM.

AND SO YES, BUT NOTHING ELSE CHANGES IN TERMS OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD OR THE COURT? NOTHING AT ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL. DID I CALL FOR A VOTE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS, COUNSEL.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE TAKING UP OUR LAST AGENDA ITEM UNDER THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION ACTION TO APPROVE THE WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS IN THE FORM SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO EXTEND THE FINANCING.

CLOSING DATES FOR OUR LIFE APARTMENTS, THE SHOWROOM APARTMENTS AND THE SAN JOSE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT TO JUNE 12TH, 2025. MR. COHEN. THANK YOU JUDGE.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY AS THE ONCE AND FUTURE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OF THE PFC.

SO I APPRECIATE THE SECOND ACTION ITEM.

TODAY'S ACTION ITEM IS TO FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXTENSION OF THE FINANCING CLOSING DATES FOR THESE THREE TRANSACTIONS.

IN THE MOU, THERE WAS A DATE CERTAIN BY WHICH THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE AND THERE WERE CERTAIN EXTENSION RIGHTS.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS FORMALLY EXTEND ALL OF THEM TO THE OUTSIDE DATE THAT, BASED ON LEGAL ANALYSIS, IS THE OUTSIDE DATE BY WHICH WE CAN CLOSE THESE DEALS.

SO WE'RE JUST FORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGING THESE EXTENSIONS BECAUSE, NUMBER ONE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE GOING FORWARD AND SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT.

AND SO THEY WANT TO KNOW THAT THESE EXTENSIONS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE BY THE COURT.

AND SECONDLY, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT YEAR FOR DEVELOPERS.

THERE HAS BEEN CONTINUING HIGH INFLATION AND HIGH INTEREST RATES.

THERE'S ALSO BEEN WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE SUPPLY CLIFF.

THERE ARE A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS COMING OUT OF THE GROUND POST COVID, WHICH HAVE LED TO RENTS AND OCCUPANCY RATES DROPPING ON SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH HAS MADE IT EVEN MORE CHALLENGING TO ARRANGE FOR DEBT AND EQUITY FOR THESE TYPES OF TRANSACTIONS.

ACCORDINGLY, ALL THREE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE NAMED IN THE RESOLUTIONS HAVE COME FORWARD AND ASKED FOR THESE EXTENSIONS.

JUDGE. I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS.

EXTENDING THE FINANCING. CLOSING DATES FOR THE TOWER LIFE APARTMENTS TO SHOWROOM APARTMENTS IN THE SAN JOSE VILLAGE.

DEVELOPMENTS. MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. ANDY QUESTION ON THE EXTENSIONS.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE SHOWROOM WAS ASKING FOR FOR TWO EXTENSIONS.

IS WERE THOSE TWO SIX MONTH EXTENSIONS OR.

WE'RE JUST ADDRESSING IT WITH 112 MONTH EXTENSION RIGHT NOW OR.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE EXERCISING BOTH THE EXTENSIONS.

IN THE CASE OF TOWER LIFE, IT'S FOR EXTENSIONS.

IN THE CASE OF YEAH, THERE'S DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF EXTENSIONS, BUT WE'RE JUST TAKING THE DATE OUT TO THE JULY 12TH DATE, WHICH IS JUST BEFORE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF

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OKAY. SO FOR SHOWROOM IT WAS TWO SIX MONTH EXTENSIONS.

SO TAKEN OUT OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.

I KNOW JAMES IS HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CARE TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HELM AND THE SAN JOSE VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN PRECINCT ONE, BUT THIS IS REALLY SPECIAL.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THAT PART OF THE PRECINCT, SPECIFICALLY WHERE THIS IS ON SOUTH CROSS AND ROOSEVELT AREA.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF DEVELOPERS.

BUT JAMES IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPING HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE APPRECIATE.

AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD.

NO GRIT. YEAH, SURE.

NO. GREAT. THANKS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, THE COURT WILL CLOSE THE MEETING OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

THE TIME IS 1029.

AND IF I RUN THIS CLOCK, I HOPEFULLY WILL GET TO 1030.

AND WE WILL. SO 1030, PLEASE TEE UP.

[5.b. 10:30 a.m. - Discussion and appropriate action regarding the presentation by Rene Gonzalez of Garza/Gonzalez & Associates of the County's FY 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Single Audit Report, and Report on Conduct of Audit.]

HOLD ON THERE, MR..

LEO. THE TIME IS NOW 1030.

THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS LEO CALDERA, COUNTY AUDITOR.

TODAY, THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS, GARZA GONZALES ASSOCIATES, WILL BE PRESENTING A 2023 AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS TO COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, KNOWN AS THE ACFR, IS PUT TOGETHER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AUDIT, THE ACFR AND CONTINUING DISCLOSURE DUE AT THE END OF MARCH AND SUBMITTED TO THE AMA ELECTRONIC MUNICIPAL MARKETS PER THE SEC FILING REQUIREMENTS, INVESTORS AND STATE FEDERAL AGENCIES RESEARCH EVALUATE THE COUNTY'S FINANCIALS.

THIS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR STATE FEDERAL GRANTING AGENCIES.

I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT THERE FY 23.

WE EXPENSED OUT 111 MILLION IN GRANTS.

I WANT TO THANK GAZ AND GONZALES FOR THEIR COUNTY KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD WORKING RAPPORT WITH OUR TEAM.

AND I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN GETTING THE ACFR OUT ON TIME.

WE WERE USING NEW SOFTWARE, SO AS YOU ALL WILL KNOW, ALL PROBABLY KNOW THERE'S SOME UPFRONT, A LOT OF UPFRONT WORK WITH THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A LOT OF PROCESS REPORTING EFFICIENCIES GOING FORWARD.

I'M THE TREASURER OF THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AUDITORS, AND LAST WEEK I WAS TALKING WITH OTHER AUDITORS.

I ACTUALLY HAD TO FILE AN EXTENSION DUE TO SOME GATSBY UPDATES.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY STAFF.

WORKED A LOT OF LATE HOURS.

IN FACT, THEY CAN JUST STAND UP REAL QUICK.

WHERE YOU AT ON HERE? JUAN AND MATT AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING BRIAN, BUT.

BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.

THEY EVEN SLEPT A FEW NIGHTS OVERNIGHT TO GET THAT DONE.

SO THAT BEING SAID RICHARD, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP AND PRESENT THE AUDIT SUMMARY? THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MR. GALINDO. GOOD MORNING.

WHERE'S MR. RENEE? RENEE IS HERE.

HE'S HIDING BEHIND ME.

OVER THERE. OH. HEY, RENEE, HOW ARE YOU? YOU DON'T WANT TO COME UP HERE? NO. OKAY.

RICHARD CAN HANDLE IT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, RICHARD, LET'S GO.

OKAY. WELL, GOOD. GOOD MORNING.

COUNTY JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, MR. COUNTY MANAGER AND LEO CALDERA, THE COUNTY AUDITOR.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION, LEO.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WAS A LOT OF EXTRA, EXTRA HOURS THIS YEAR.

BUT WE DID GET THE THE PROJECT DONE.

AND FIRST OFF WITH ME TODAY, AS, AS YOU HEARD, IS IS RENEE GONZALES.

HE'S A SENIOR PARTNER WITH GARZA GONZALEZ AND ELI MENDOZA.

HE'S THE ALSO A PARTNER WITH GARZA GONZALEZ, AND THEY'RE LETTING ME DO THE PRESENTATION TODAY.

SO. SO TO START WITH, WE WE ARE WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE AQUIFER, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR IN YOUR, IN YOUR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION TO YOU.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SPEAK OF THE CONDUCT OF AUDIT REPORT, WHICH ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ELECTRONICALLY COMMUNICATED.

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WE ARE ISSUING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION THERE.

THERE WERE NO MATERIALS, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES NOTICED, NOTICED, NOTED ON INTERNAL CONTROL, OVER OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES IDENTIFIED, AND NO NONCOMPLIANCE THAT THAT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION DURING THE AUDIT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE PERFORM A SINGLE AUDIT, WHICH IS THE THIRD AUDIT REPORT THAT WE ISSUED, AND IT'S THE AUDIT REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE, WHICH ARE THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS SINGLE AUDIT CIRCULAR. AGAIN, IT'S AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.

NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES ON INTERNAL CONTROL REGARDING THE MAJOR PROGRAMS, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

IT'S AN UNMODIFIED REPORT AND NO FEDERAL OR STATE FINDINGS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT.

SO SO WE DO LOOK AT YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS, BOTH OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE.

NEXT, WE LIST THE MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT WERE AUDITED, AND WE AUDITED THE COVID 19 EMERGENCY RELIEF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE COVID 19 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS, WHICH IS WHICH IS A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PROGRAM FOR THE COUNTY. ON THE STATE SIDE, WE AUDITED THE STATE INDIGENT DEFENSE PROGRAM SO THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT WE AUDITED THIS YEAR WERE THREE.

WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY TWO MAJOR PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDED THE PARTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF GRANT, WHICH IS THE VICTIM ASSISTANCE BEXAR COUNTY PEARLS AND EAGLES AND BEXAR COUNTY FELONY.

AND ON THE STATE SIDE, WE WE ORDERED WE AUDITED FOUR PROGRAMS UNDER THE STATE INDIGENT DEFENSE PROGRAM IN THE PRIOR YEAR. WE WE ALSO AUDITED THREE FEDERAL AND THREE STATE PROGRAMS. GOING ON TO PAGE TWO.

INCLUDED IN THE.

IN THE ACT FOR ARE THE BLENDED COMPONENT UNITS OF THE COUNTY, WHICH WAS THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORP., THE BEXAR COUNTY HEALTH FACILITIES, THE BEXAR COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION, WHICH WAS NEW LAST YEAR.

WE ALSO INCLUDE THE DISCRETELY PRESENTED COMPONENT UNITS, THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, THE CIBOLO CANYON SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THE ALAMO REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY, AND WEST SIDE 211 SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

YOUR FUND BALANCE RESULTS WE'D LIKE TO COVER NOW YOUR GENERAL FUND HAD 5.3 IN, IN NON SPENDABLE AND 2 MILLION AND 246.4 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED.

TOTAL GENERAL FUND WAS 250 1.7, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR OF 45.6 MILLION.

YOUR RESTRICTED FUND BALANCE FOR DEBT SERVICE WAS 63.4, CAPITAL PROJECTS WAS SIX, 59.3, AND NON MAJOR FUNDS WERE 990 6.1, A TOTAL OF 1818 818 MILLION, AS OPPOSED TO 700.8 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR.

A GAIN OF 108 MILLION.

YOUR COMMITTED FUND BALANCE WAS MINIMAL 0.1 IN IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND 0.6 IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

YOUR TOTAL OTHER OTHER FUNDS WAS 808,000,800 818 IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND 701 IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

YOUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE WAS 1 MILLION OH SEVEN.

A BILLION OH 70 VERSUS 907 MILLION IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

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AND YOUR TOTAL REVENUES WERE ON YOUR FINAL BUDGET WAS 523.3 MILLION.

YOUR ACTUAL RESULTS WERE 590.4 FOR TOTAL REVENUES A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 66.9 MILLION.

TOTAL EXPENDITURES.

FINAL BUDGET WAS 560 3.1.

YOUR ACTUAL WAS 550 9.1, A FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF 4 MILLION.

SO YOUR TOTAL FAVORABLE VARIANCE OF REVENUES EXPENDITURES WERE 70.9 MILLION.

YOU HAD OTHER FINANCING SOURCES OF 14.3 MILLION.

WHICH WHICH AGREE.

WHICH TOTALS DOWN TO A ACTUAL RESULTS OF 45.6 MILLION.

YOU EXPECTED TO DECREASE DECREASE FUND BALANCE BY 39.4, BUT THE ACTUAL INCREASE WAS 43.6 MILLION.

IN THIS CURRENT YEAR THERE WAS A DEFINITE BUDGET DEFICIT RECOGNIZED FOR THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THERE WAS A GASB 96, A NEW GASB PRONOUNCEMENT, WHICH MORE LIKELY IS WHAT MR. CALDEIRA REFERRED TO IN HIS INTRODUCTION, IS THAT MAYBE OTHER OTHER COUNTIES MAY HAVE SAW DELAYS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION OF, OF GASB 96, WHICH IS OVER THE SUBSEQUENT FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION BASED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ARRANGEMENTS IT SERVES TO.

SO THAT CAUSED A DEFICIT, A DEFICIT IN YOUR IN YOUR ACTUAL FUND BALANCE.

BUT THAT WAS OFFSET BY BY OTHER SOURCES OF 9.4 MILLION TO RECOGNIZE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.

THERE WERE THERE TREATED SIMILAR TO LEASES THAT WE THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED, IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR.

I'M GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO PAGE FOUR.

YOUR CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS.

YOUR TOTAL CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS WERE 973 MILLION.

AND YOUR TOTAL INVESTMENTS WERE 565 MILLION.

THAT'S THAT'S A TOTAL OF 1.5 BILLION.

AND IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, YOUR YOUR TOTAL CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS WERE 1.4 BILLION.

SO THERE WAS AN INCREASE.

HOLD ON. ARE YOU FINISHED? YES, SIR. THE. THE OTHER.

FINISH. FINISH YOUR REPORT.

OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP.

OKAY. OTHER LONG TERM LIABILITIES THAT WE ARE PRESENTING AND WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING IS YOUR TEXAS COUNTY AND DISTRICT RETIREMENT TCR C TCR TEACHER'S PENSION.

YOUR ACTUAL EFFECT TO FUND TO NET POSITION WAS 26 MILLION DECREASE.

THAT'S TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION OR PENSION LIABILITY YOUR DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND YOUR DEFERRED INFLOWS FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PREMIUM PPO AND BASE PPO PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR OPEB PLAN.

THE THE THE THE NET EFFECT OF YOUR OPEB LIABILITY, YOUR DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND YOUR DEFERRED INFLOWS WERE NET 18 MILLION REDUCTION TO YOUR NET POSITION.

THE OPEB PLAN IS FUNDED ON A PAY AS YOU GO BASIS.

I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS, BUT BUT WE CAN GO INTO THAT IF, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

AND OUR, OUR LAST AREA THAT WE WANTED TO COVER ON THE FINANCIAL WAS, WAS THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT WIDE UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION THERE.

WE WE WE PREPARE A COMPARISON OF THE UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION FOR YOUR GOVERNMENTAL AND YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOUR UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION HAD A DEFICIT OF 511 511.8.

AND YOUR BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES HAD A DEFICIT OF 114.1.

WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED IN THE PAST AND STILL BELIEVE THAT A PART OF THE EFFECT OF THAT DEFICIT IS DUE TO NON COUNTY ASSETS THAT WERE BUILT FOR OTHER ENTITIES, AND THOSE ENTITIES, THEY'VE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THOSE ENTITY ENTITIES.

AND THOSE ENTITIES RETAINED THE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE ON THOSE ASSETS.

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AND THE TOTAL NON COUNTY ASSETS BUILT ON UNDER BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES FOR THE VENUE FUND WAS 215.4 MILLION.

I'VE COVERED THE FINANCIAL AREAS OF THE OF THE AUDIT REPORT AND, AND WE'LL YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE FINANCIALS. AND THEN THE LAST PAGE ON ON THE SUMMARY IS THE REPORT ON CONDUCT OF AUDIT.

AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT AFTER I WANT YOU TO FINISH YOUR REPORT AND THEN WE'LL START.

SOUNDS GOOD.

FINISH YOUR REPORT ON THE REPORT ON CONDUCT OF AUDIT.

WE ENCOUNTERED. WE WANTED TO REPORT THAT WE ENCOUNTERED NO DIFFICULTIES IN DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMING OUR COMPLETING THE AUDIT.

ANY MISSTATEMENTS DETECTED AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT PROCEDURES AND CORRECTED BY MANAGEMENT, WERE NOT MATERIAL, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN THE AGGREGATE, TO EACH OPINION UNIT'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

WE DO HAVE TWO COMMENTS OVER INTERNAL CONTROL AND OTHER MATTERS.

WE HAVE ONE REPEAT OF A PRIOR YEAR COMMENT, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY PERFORM A REVIEW AND WHERE NECESSARY, UPDATE THE BEXAR COUNTY PURCHASING MANUAL TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE APPLICABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATION, USE AND AUDIT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

THE OTHER COMMENT IS OVER THE REQUIRED AUDIT OF THE DISTRICT CLERK REGISTRY OF THE COURT'S ACCOUNT.

WE RECOMMEND THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK OFFICE ENSURES THE PREPARATION OF NECESSARY DATA AND REPORTS FOR THE AUDITS FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023 AND 24 TO MEET THE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 117 .123 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. FOR EACH OF THOSE COMMENTS, WE HAVE RECEIVED MANAGEMENT RESPONSES.

AND FOR YOUR INFORMATION, AND THEY PLAN TO CORRECT EACH OF THOSE COMMENTS IN THE COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU, MISS GALINDO.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MOODY? WELL, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

JUST A FEW THINGS.

TOP OF MIND FROM FROM HEARING YOU WALK THROUGH THIS ON PAGE FOUR.

IF YOU GO TO THE CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS.

YES. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH TEX POOL AND TECH STAR.

WELL THOSE ARE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS, POOLS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND THEY, THEY THEY'RE REQUIRED TO MEET THE THE REQUIREMENTS ISSUED BY THE, BY THE SEC.

OKAY. AND SO THEY ARE THEY ARE MEANT TO BE AVENUES THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN INVEST IN WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY.

OKAY. AND IF I COULD, COMMISSIONER, THE THEIR EQUIVALENT OF MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS WHERE WE CAN HAVE IT IN THERE BUT READILY AVAILABLE TO, TO DISPERSE OUT AND, AND SO, YEAH, THE EQUIVALENT AND TO RICHARD'S POINT, THE INVESTMENT THIS PAST YEAR WAS REALLY HIGH.

AND THOSE MONEY MARKET TYPICALLY THERE WERE CLOSE TO 5% REGULARLY.

AND WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN THERE.

OKAY. AND THAT KIND OF ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY I DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, $900 MILLION SITTING IN AN ACCOUNT AS CASH THAT WE COULDN'T GAIN A SIZABLE RETURN ON.

BUT YOU SAID WE'RE GETTING APPROXIMATELY 5% ON IT.

YES, COMMISSIONER.

AND THAT'S A LOT OF OUR OPERATING IS IN THERE FOR, LIKE, SHORT TERM.

SO WE CAN DISPERSE OUT EXPENSE OUT FOR OUR EXPENDITURES.

THANK YOU. AND THEN ON PAGE FIVE I THINK I'M FOLLOWING, BUT.

COULD YOU GO THROUGH THE NET EFFECT FOR BOTH THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE PPO PLANS IN TERMS OF NON ACCOUNTING SPEAK? IN TERMS OF WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND AND WHETHER WE'RE MOVING IN A FAVORABLE DIRECTION OR NOT.

WELL IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE TERMINOLOGY AND IT'S KIND OF TECHNICAL.

YEAH, BUT LAST YEAR YOU HAD A NET PENSION ASSET AND THAT BASED ON AN ACTUAL ACTUARIAL DETERMINATION, YOU NOW HAVE A NET PENSION LIABILITY.

SO YOU WENT FROM A $56 MILLION ASSET TO A 195 MILLION LIABILITY.

YOU HAD AN INCREASE TO THE DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND A DECREASE TO THE RELATED DEFERRED INFLOWS.

SO DEFERRED.

THE DEFERRED.

OUTFLOWS. THAT'S WHERE ULTIMATELY WE FEEL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY RETIREES MORE IN THE FUTURE AND IN THE FUTURE.

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YEAH. BUT THE TCJA'S, THE DECREASE IN RELATED INFLOWS IS THAT BASED ON OUR EXPECTATION OF RETURNS ON OUR INVESTMENT WITHIN THAT OR BASED ON SOMETHING ELSE.

WELL, WHAT WHAT HAPPENS PRETTY MUCH ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS, IS YOUR LIABILITY MAY INCREASE OR DECREASE YOUR, YOUR DEFERRED INFLOWS INCREASE OR DECREASE.

AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY, THEY OFFSET EACH OTHER.

AND SO ALTHOUGH YOU HAD A BIG CHANGE IN THE LIABILITY, YOUR, YOUR RELATED CHANGES IN THE DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND THE DEFERRED INFLOWS OFFSET IT TO WHERE THERE WAS ONLY A $26 MILLION EFFECT TO TO YOUR NET POSITION.

OKAY. BUT DAVID, IN OUR DISCUSSION RELATED TO THE CHANGE IN INFLOWS, IS THAT ABOUT ACTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYEES OR IS THAT ABOUT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENTS ON FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE WITHIN THE PENSION PLAN? YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I'VE HAD THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE TO ME AND I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

WHAT I WILL SAY IS THE WAY WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY LOOKED AT YOUR FUNDED RATIO FOR YOUR TAX OBLIGATIONS WERE ROCK SOLID, CONSISTENT AT MID 80S.

SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW GASB REQUIREMENT AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S CALCULATED.

SO GOOD LUCK.

WELL MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CIRCLE BACK WITH STAFF LATER ON.

AND WITH WITH LEO.

BUT COULD YOU ALSO SPEAK TO THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE THE PPO PLANS? YES, YES.

THE NET EFFECT OF THE DECREASE TO THE OPEB LIABILITY WAS 22 MILLION.

YOU HAD A $44 MILLION INCREASE TO THE RELATED DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND A AND A $48 MILLION INCREASE TO RELATED DEFERRED INFLOWS THAT REALLY OFFSET. AND SO YOU HAD A NET EFFECT TO THE NET POSITION OF 18 MILLION.

SO YOU HAD AN INCREASE OF 22 MILLION TO THE LIABILITY.

AND THEN THE DEFERRED OUTFLOWS AND INFLOWS OFFSET EACH OTHER BY 4 MILLION GIVING YOU A NET EFFECT OF, OF A DECREASE IN NET POSITION OF 18 MILLION.

AND THE DEFERRED OUTFLOWS ARE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY IN THE FUTURE.

AND THE DEFERRED INFLOWS ARE ITEMS THAT WILL BE COMING INTO INTO THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE.

AND THOSE ARE BOTH ACTUARIALLY.

BUT WHAT'S COMING IN IS EITHER COMING FROM EMPLOYEES OR COMING FROM INVESTMENTS WITHIN THE PLAN.

IT'S FROM FROM EITHER.

WELL, IN THIS CASE, IT'S FROM CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE COUNTY IN THE, IN THE OPEB PLAN.

OKAY. IN THE NET PENSION PLAN, YOU'RE CORRECT.

IT WOULD BE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COUNTY, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE EMPLOYEES AND THE EFFECT OF THE INVESTMENT HOW THE INVESTMENTS PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR.

AND THOSE ARE THE MAJOR THINGS YOU COULD ALSO HAVE CHANGES IN IN THE PLAN.

THERE'S A THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT, THAT GO INTO HOW THEY DETERMINE THE THESE ACTUARIAL CHANGES.

COMMISSIONER, TO YOUR I'M SORRY TO YOUR POINT.

THAT'S WHAT CONFUSES ME, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES, WE'RE GUARANTEED A 7% RETURN PERIOD.

SO WHY IS THERE A CHANGE IN THAT? THERE WAS A VERY LARGE INCREASE IN YOUR INVESTMENTS IN 20 2022, WHICH WAS A DECEMBER 31ST, 2021 VALUATION. THEY, THEY RECORDED ACTUALLY ALMOST 350 MILLION INCREASE IN INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN 2020.

SO YOU'RE TAKING TDC MRS ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS AND APPLYING IT TO OUR KNOW THE THE ACTUARY DOES THE THE ACTUARIAL MAKE THOSE COMPUTATIONS.

YEAH I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING DAVID.

BECAUSE IF IF WE'RE LIKE A SEPARATE PARTY AND WE HAVE A GUARANTEED CONTRACT ON OUR 7%, THEN HOW DOES TCDD'S INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE IMPACT OUR ACCOUNTING? YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S, IT'S IT'S PERFORMED BY THE ACTUARIES AND KNOW EVERY, EVERY COUNTY THAT PARTICIPATES OR OUR COUNTY OR DISTRICT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ACTUARIAL REPORT.

SO ALTHOUGH THIS, THESE, THESE INVESTMENTS ARE HANDLED BY TCRS.

BUT EACH EACH PARTICIPATING UNIT.

IT HAS THEIR OWN ACTUARIAL REPORT THAT IS PROVIDED TO THEIR TO TO THEIR ACCOUNTING PERSONNEL AND TO AND WE

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OKAY. AND YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE THIS DOWN, BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN ON PAGE FIVE, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST FOR ME IN THE FUTURE IF WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF HISTORICAL BECAUSE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT WE KIND OF JUST TALKED THROUGH THERE.

BUT UNDERSTANDING, LIKE, ARE THOSE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND HOW HAVE THOSE CHANGES LOOKED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

RIGHT. DO WE SEE A LONG TERM TREND OR, YOU KNOW, HAS IT JUST CONTINUED TO KIND OF BOUNCE AROUND BASED ON PERFORMANCE ON DECEMBER 31ST FOR FOR THE PENSION PLAN? THERE'S ALSO A SCHEDULE THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR ACFR AND IT'S THE TC DRS REPORT AND THERE IT REPORTS, IT'S CALLED THE SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET PENSION LIABILITY AND RELATED RATIOS.

AND THOSE RATIOS AS DAVID STATED, THEY'RE PRETTY ROCK SOLID AT 85%.

BUT BECAUSE OF THAT INVESTMENT EARNINGS IN 2020 AND ACTUALLY DECEMBER 2021 YEAR IT IT SPIKED AT 103.2%. AND THAT WOULD REALLY 20 LAST YEAR'S REPORT WAS REALLY THE OUTLIER.

OTHER THAN THAT YOU HAVE A PRETTY CONSISTENT RATIO OF, OF MID 80S TO 90 TO TO 89 THIS YEAR.

OKAY. YEAH.

MAYBE WE CAN JUST DISCUSS MAYBE THIS INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY RATHER THAN TO US UP HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR KIND OF HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE ON SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS AND YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. SURE. IT'S THE THE SCHEDULE IS LISTED ON PAGE 138 OF THE OF THE OF THE LARGE BOOK.

LARGE. OKAY. CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME HISTORY FOR YOU ALL THE WAY BACK TO RENEE? GET IN FRONT OF ME. I'M SORRY.

JUST CAN'T HEAR YOU. I'M SORRY.

YEAH. THE PAGE 138 OF THE LARGER REPORT GIVES YOU THE HISTORY THAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR.

THE DATA FROM 2014 ALL THE WAY TO 2023.

OKAY, WE'LL GET A COPY OF IT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MOODY FOR HIS QUESTIONING.

AND THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT WORK ON THE AUDIT.

WHAT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR ON IS BECAUSE PENSIONS HAVE LITERALLY BANKRUPTED GOVERNMENTS WHEN NOT TAKEN CARE OF.

AND SO WHEN I SEE A NET LIABILITY AT 89.48, IT DOES GIVE YOU SOME PAUSE.

AT WHAT POINT? THIS IS THE WRONG TERM.

BUT AT WHAT POINT DO WE CROSS IN THE PARABOLA WHERE WE HAVE YOU KNOW, MORE LIABILITY, YOU KNOW, THAN WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUT IN TERMS OF RETIREES.

SO CAN YOUR OR I GUESS THIS ACTUARY COULD PROVIDE FOR US THAT POINT SO THAT THE COUNTY KNOWS ALSO, WHAT IS THE INVESTMENT THAT NEED THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN SO THAT WE CAN KEEP FROM DEFAULTING ON OUR OBLIGATION? RIGHT. THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING AT.

YES. THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE A REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT REQUIRES, FOR THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION TO EITHER GO UP OR TO DECREASE.

AND THAT HELPS.

IN THE LAST, SINCE 2014 TO 2023, THE COUNTY HAS ALWAYS MET THEIR ACTUALLY ACTUARIALLY REQUIRED CONTRIBUTION.

WELL, THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT HELPS.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OF BOTTOM LINE AND IN FUNDING AND WHAT.

YEAH. AND THE COMPARISON OF THE LIABILITY TO YOUR ASSETS.

IT'S FUNDED 90%.

SO YOUR ASSETS ARE 90% OF YOUR OF YOUR TOTAL LIABILITY WITHIN YOUR PLAN.

WITHIN YOUR PENSION PLAN.

THAT'S THAT'S THE KEY.

PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT WE NEED TO SEE IS JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH IT.

SO FOR PERSPECTIVE, PROBABLY THIS ALL BECAME REQUIRED REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AFTER I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ILLINOIS OR CHICAGO.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.

RIGHT. WAS DISCOVERED TO BE FUNDED AT 14%.

CRAZY. SO YEAH, WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER.

WE COMPARE FAVORABLY TO THAT FOR SURE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET AHEAD OF.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL PROBABLY GO AND GET THE ACTUARY.

HAS THE ACTUARY ASSIGNED TO US.

I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF HEAR THAT WE'LL TALK BACK WITH BUDGET AND JUST DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. RENEE, THERE WAS A REFERENCE MADE TO, I THINK IT WAS THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT COUNTIES MADE TO NON.

COUNTY FACILITIES OR OPERATIONS.

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AND THEN AND THEN YOU DISTINGUISH THAT BY ALSO A SEPARATE AMOUNT, I THINK, ON THE, THE VENUE TAX.

YES. CAN CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? I, YOU KIND OF I GLOSSED OVER IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHEN THE 2008 BONDS WERE APPROVED.

RIGHT. THEY ALLOWED THE VENUE FUND TO BUILD ASSETS FOR OTHER ENTITIES.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THOSE WERE SOME OF THE SPORTS FIELDS, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT VENUES.

THAT. RIGHT. THE TOBIN.

YEAH. YEAH.

OR NONPROFITS. RIGHT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PART, BUT I GUESS IN TERMS OF FOR I GUESS ACCOUNTABILITY SAKE.

LET'S TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE BILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT ARE NON COUNTY.

YES. THEY THEN AND I GET THAT IT'S TYPICALLY SOMETHING FOR MAYBE A NON PROFIT.

I WOULD IMAGINE.

BUT I'M CURIOUS WITH, WITH RESPECT TO REPORTING, IF THOSE HAVE BEEN KIND OF TURNED OVER FOR LIABILITY SAKE, WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP THAT QUOTE UNQUOTE ON OUR BOOKS OR THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT.

YES. YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE JUST COMMISSIONER, WHAT WE KEEP ON OUR BOOKS IS THE DEBT SERVICE LIABILITY.

RIGHT. SO THIS IS A BALANCE SHEET DISCUSSION.

IT'S NOT A CASH FLOW DISCUSSION.

SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WE BUILD THE MISSION, REACH 200 WHATEVER, HOWEVER MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS.

WE DON'T OWN THE ASSET.

SO ON THE ASSET SIDE, THERE'S NO MISSION REACH FOR 200 MILLION ON THE LIABILITY PART, THERE'S $200 MILLION LIABILITY.

SAME FOR SAN PEDRO CREEK.

SAME FOR A LOT OF MPO OR TXDOT PROJECTS THAT WE HELP FINANCE.

RIGHT. AND THEN THERE ARE THE NONPROFITS.

BUT I WOULD SAY MOST OF IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE DONE FOR OTHER ENTITIES.

OKAY. AND THEN SO SO WHAT DOES THAT BILLION DOLLARS REPRESENT? IS IT OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME OR IS IT I BELIEVE IT'S OVER ALMOST 20 YEARS AT THIS POINT.

OKAY, OKAY.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE MAKE A LOT OF THOSE INVESTMENTS IN PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, FOR REPORTING PURPOSES, WHY IT COMES UP ON OUR, ON OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

WELL, IT'S IT'S ACTUALLY A RUNNING TOTAL, A RUNNING TOTAL, A RUNNING TOTAL SINCE, SINCE THESE RECORDS WERE STARTED.

AND THIS IS ON PAGE 220 START.

THE SCHEDULE STARTS ON PAGE 222 AND IT RUNS THROUGH 220.

225 225 OKAY.

AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU COVERED, KIND OF AT THE END, RELATED TO INTERNAL CONTROL, I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS, ONE REGARDING THE COUNTY'S PURCHASING MANUAL.

THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, YES. OKAY.

IT WE HAD BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

SO WE JUST BROUGHT IT UP TO COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND THE UNDERSTANDING FROM PURCHASING IS THAT THEY WILL COMPLETE IT BY, BY WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING.

YES. OKAY.

AND SO IT'S STILL A DRAFT FORM BASICALLY.

SO YEAH I KNOW THAT WAS ONE I THINK WE THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT MADE AT SOME POINT OVER THE PAST 6 TO 8 MONTHS TO, TO UPDATE THAT.

BUT WHAT IMPACT? I MEAN, I THINK IT NEEDS TO GET DONE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHAT IMPACT, IF ANY, DOES IT HAVE ON A, I GUESS A CLEAN AUDIT OR, OR FULLY BEING AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIANT? I MEAN, IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING? IN OTHER WORDS, ARE WE GOING TO BE HERE NEXT YEAR? YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, HEY, IT STILL HASN'T BEEN DONE, YOU KNOW, TISK, TISK OR IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

OR ELSE OUR POLICY NORMALLY IS TO EXPRESS A FINDING FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

OKAY. UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT, MANAGEMENT IS AWARE OF IT.

YOU KNOW WE CAN'T DEMAND THAT THEY DO IT, BUT WE CAN BRING IT UP TO YOU THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.

AND IN THIS CASE, ASSUMING THAT I DON'T THINK I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY NEXT YEAR OR WITHIN THIS YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE SAW.

BUT IF IT WERE NOT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING WE WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM A FIRM PERSPECTIVE TO REPORT IT ONE MORE TIME.

AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU, COMMISSIONERS, COURT AND MANAGEMENT TO ADDRESS THAT SUBSEQUENT TO THAT.

OKAY, OKAY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE FOURTH YEAR AT THIS POINT OF OF IT BEING COMMENT.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO THAT THAT'S A LITTLE MORE SERIOUS, I THINK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE PETER PETROV FROM THE AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT WHO SNEAK SNEAKED IN AND LEO THE REST OF YOUR TEAM FOR. JUST TAKING CARE OF OUR FINANCES.

SO. THANKS. WHERE ARE THEY, COMMISSIONER? WELL, PETER'S IN THE BACK THINKING I DIDN'T SEE HIM.

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PETER. OH, THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? JUST IS A PROPER MOTION TO AFFIRM THE AUDIT.

AS WE DON'T WE DON'T APPROVE, BUT WE I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION.

THIS DISCUSSION OKAY, OKAY.

APPROPRIATE ACTION. SO COUNTY JUDGE, ONE MORE ITEM, IF I MAY.

YES. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT AS YOUR AUDITORS, WE DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.

IT'S A SAMPLE SAMPLE SIZE THAT WE LOOK AT.

AND WE WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR NOT RESTRICTING US IN ANY FORM OR FASHION AND PROVIDING US THE DATA ON A TIMELY BASIS.

AS LEO HAD INDICATED, WE'RE HERE TODAY ON TIME BECAUSE OF THE COOPERATION THAT WE HAD FROM THE STAFF.

SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT.

I HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION, BUT FOR THE COURT, DO WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION? I THINK, YES. ACCEPTANCE.

IS THERE A MOTION MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY FINDINGS AND AFFIRM THE FINDINGS? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME TAKE A LOT OF THE COMMENTS I'VE HEARD.

THIS IS MY FIRST REVIEW.

ACTUALLY, WE DID IT LAST YEAR, BUT THIS THIS YEAR, I WANT TO APPLAUD THE COURT, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER MOODY, WHO ASKED THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEYOND MY EXPERTISE.

I WAS A LIBERAL ARTS GOVERNMENT MAJOR IN COLLEGE, AND SO I APPRECIATE THOSE THAT ARE ACCOUNTANTS AND OUR NUMBER COUNTERS AND UNDERSTAND NUMBERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STATUTORY AND REGULATORY RULES THAT WE LIVE BY, THAT WE MAINTAIN ACTUARIAL.

THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, RIGHT? ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS THAT WE'RE BALANCING OUR BOOKS, THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MORE THAN WE'RE TAKING IN, THAT WE HAVE OUR ACCOUNT BALANCES, THAT OUR PENSION FUNDS ARE ADEQUATELY FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR RETIREES AND THOSE THAT ARE SOON TO BE RETIREES.

AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THE DUTIES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON THE COURT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE OTHER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS BY THE REMAINING COMMISSIONERS IN REGARDS TO THIS, IN REGARDS TO THE INTERNAL CONTROL AND, AND, AND OTHER MATTERS, WHICH I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ MADE REFERENCE TO.

THE REASON WHY THOSE MATTERS ARE IMPORTANT FOR TODAY IS THAT THOSE ARE REQUIRED THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE BY THE COUNTY, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALL RIGHT.

AND SO YOU'RE JUST BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION, AND THEN IT'S UP TO US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE BEING MET OR NOT.

CORRECT. ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT UP TO YOU ALL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO BE THE TRAFFIC COP, SO TO SPEAK, IN REGARDS TO THE AUDIT.

IT'S UP TO US AS INDIVIDUALS OR AS A COLLECTIVE OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE A SOUND ACCOUNT ACCOUNTING WISE, CORRECT? YES, SIR.

THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. WE WILL BRING UP, AS WE INDICATED, A FINDING AND A RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN IT'S UP TO MANAGEMENT TO IMPLEMENT THAT AND FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT TO ASSURE THAT THAT'S IMPLEMENTED.

AND THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING UPON YOUR REVIEW, THE AUDIT AS IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO MATTERS ON PAGE FIVE AND SIX.

AND SO I WANT TO ALERT THE COURT THAT IN REGARDS TO THOSE ALERTS THAT OUR AUDITORS HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION I HAVE SENT LETTERS BOTH TO THE DISTRICT CLERK AND TO THE PURCHASING AGENT.

IF THEY COULD JUST BRING US UP TO DATE AS TO THE STATUS OF THOSE ISSUES, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE BEING RESOLVED.

I THINK PERHAPS WE'VE TOUCHED ON ONE, BUT I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT CLERK, I WANT TO GIVE HER OR HER STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING US UP TO DATE.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS A MATTER OF FORM IS CALL FOR THE VOTE ON THE MOTION, AND THEN ASK IF THE DISTRICT CLERK FIRST CAN COME UP, AND THEN THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT CAN JUST GIVE US A QUICK REPORT.

SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE REPORT SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

SO WITH THAT, IF Y'ALL WOULD JUST YEAH.

STAY FOR THE REPORT IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

SO AT THIS TIME, LET ME IS THE DISTRICT CLERK IN THE ROOM IN THE HOUSE? I SAW MISS MARTINEZ THIS MORNING OR MR. RAZ. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

JUDGE, WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WAS NOTED IN THE AUDIT REPORT? ABSOLUTELY. CAN YOU PULL THE MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN HEAR ON BEHALF OF THE DISTRICT CLERK? MISS MARTINEZ WE DO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINDINGS BY THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS, AND THE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED.

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THE RESOLUTION AND EVERYTHING WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE.

CAN YOU GIVE US A REPORT WHEN THAT'S DONE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MISS TORRES PURCHASING.

JUST. SO YOU GOT IT.

I GOT IT. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. I'M PATRICIA TORRES, THE PURCHASING AGENT.

IN SUMMARIZATION OF THE PURCHASING MANUAL AMENDMENT ONE STATUS, THE PURCHASING MANUAL REVISIONS WERE CONTINGENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE DISPARITY STUDY COMMISSIONERS, COURT APPROVALS OF GRIFFIN STRONG AND HOLIDAY NIGHT MEETINGS AND REVISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

SECOND, SECOND.

YEAH. SO AT THIS MOMENT THE STATUS UPDATE IS THE SECTIONS, THE MANUAL REVISIONS COMPLETED HAVE BEEN SECTION TWO, SECTION THREE, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE AND 15.

AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE LAST TWO SECTIONS, WHICH IS SECTIONS ONE OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FLOW AND SECTION 18 THE FIXED ASSET PROCEDURES.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE PURCHASING MANUAL 2019 AND PROCUREMENT PROCESS FLOW REVISIONS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED BY THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT AND PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY MANAGER OR, I'M SORRY, COUNTY MANAGER AND AUDITOR'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS AS OF APRIL 22ND, 2024.

ANTICIPATING RECEIVING ALL COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES BY MAY 3RD.

ALL CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS WILL BE EVALUATED AND INCORPORATED INTO A DRAFT.

PURCHASING BY PURCHASING TO COMPLETE BY MAY 10TH.

A COPY OF THE DRAFT WILL BE SENT TO ALL OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS FOR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDED CHANGES.

THE PURCHASING TO PROVIDE DRAFT BY MAY 13TH.

ALL OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE 15 DAYS PER THE BURKE COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1.1 PROCEDURE.

THEY HAVE 15 DAYS TO REVIEW, DRAFT AND FOR COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO PURCHASING WITH A DEADLINE OF MAY 31ST.

ALL CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS WILL BE EVALUATED AND INCORPORATED INTO A FINAL DRAFT.

PURCHASING TO COMPLETE FINAL DRAFT BY JUNE 7TH.

AND WE'RE IN HOPES TO HAVE A PLACEHOLDER FOR THE JUNE 18TH COMMISSIONERS COURT AGENDA.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? THANK YOU.

MR.. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET US THEN GO ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

REQUEST OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

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

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PULL 58 AND 61.

HOLD ON. 50. 58.

STATING. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE? 6161 OKAY.

I WASN'T PLANNING ANYTHING ELSE.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES 58 AND 61.

THAT'S IT, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

56, PLEASE.

56. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER.

MOODY. COMMISSIONER.

CALVERT. NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE.

YES. MR..

OH. WE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PULL AND DEFER ITEM 42.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM 42 WILL BE PULLED AND DROPPED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA AND WILL BE RESUBMITTED WHENEVER REQUESTED.

DID EVERYBODY GET THAT ITEM 42, WHICH IS THE SHERIFF'S ITEM? ALL RIGHT. THE REMAINING THE ALL OTHER ISSUES THAT CONSENT.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE UP THE MATTERS OF THAT WERE PULLED.

AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST IN LINE I'LL CALL ITEM UP 56.

[56. Approval of a second amendment to the Mission Del Lago Interlocal Agreement between Bexar County, the City of San Antonio and Mission Del Lago Reinvestment Zone Number 6, City of San Antonio, Texas, which will increase the County's maximum contribution to $16,836,760 and make the County's participation rate 100% during tax years 2025-2031.]

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COMMISSIONER MOODY, DID YOU WANT TO OPEN THE DISCUSSION? OR. OH, MELISSA, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS CAME BEFORE THE COURT.

I DON'T KNOW, 4 TO 8 WEEKS.

FEBRUARY. YES, SIR.

IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 20TH.

AND INSTEAD OF US BEING CAPPED AT A LOWER LEVEL BECAUSE BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE PULLED OUT OF THIS, THEN THEN THEY WERE ASKING THE COUNTY TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

IS THAT CORRECT? CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A 62ND OVER LEVEL? SOUTHSIDE ISD PULLED OUT OF THE TERS AND SO WE INCREASED OUR LEVEL FROM 75%.

I THINK IT WAS, YES, SIR, FROM 75% PARTICIPATION RATE TO 100% PARTICIPATION RATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS POINT BECAUSE I KNOW THIS THIS COURT ALREADY APPROVED THIS ITEM PREVIOUSLY.

JUST BEING CONSISTENT.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP IN AND FILL THE GAP THERE.

AND FOR THAT REASON, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND 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? ONE. NO. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE UP THE SECOND MATTER OF INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[58. Approval of a request from Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of $30,000 for the agencies and amounts listed as part of Precinct l's Contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund.]

APPROVAL OF A REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE FUNDING IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE AGENCIES AND AMOUNTS LISTED AS PART OF PRECINCT ONE'S CONTRIBUTION TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. I JUST WANTED TO PULL THIS UP.

I'M ALLOCATING $30,000 FOR MY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS.

DONNA WILLIS, YOU CAN COME FORWARD FOR PALO ALTO.

THEY HAVE A NEW NURSING PROGRAM.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IN THE SOUTH SIDE IN PRECINCT ONE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

SO IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR THIS NEW NURSING PROGRAM.

AND JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT DONNA WALLACE IS HERE FROM PALO ALTO FROM THE NURSING PROGRAM.

SO SHE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT GOT STARTED.

BUT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WRITING A LETTER TO, IN SUPPORT OF THE NURSING PROGRAM WHEN DONNA WALLACE WENT BEFORE THE TEXAS NURSING BOARD.

AND PART OF THE REASON WHY THE NURSING PROGRAM AT PALO ALTO WAS APPROVED WAS, IS BECAUSE OF THE NEW US SOUTH SIDE HOSPITAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET PROVING TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF IT BEING A TEACHING HOSPITAL.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

THE TIME IS YOURS. THANK YOU.

JUDGE SAKAI, COMMISSIONERS AND ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

IT'S BEEN A LONG AND EXCITING JOURNEY.

AND MY NAME IS DONNA WALLACE.

AND I'M FORTUNATE TO TO SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PALO ALTO COLLEGE'S NEW ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING.

AND IT'S FOR REGISTERED NURSES PROGRAM.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, LEADERSHIP AND VALUES DRIVE QUALITY AND OUTCOMES.

AND I'M SURROUNDED BY AN EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP TEAM.

SO THEY COULDN'T ALL BE HERE WITH ME TODAY.

BEFORE I SHARE A DETAIL OR TWO ABOUT NURSING, I JUST WANT TO THANK MY VICE PRESIDENTS.

IT TAKES A TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

LEADERSHIP MATTERS.

VICE PRESIDENT CATHERINE DOSS, DELILAH MARQUEZ, AND ESPECIALLY PATRICK LEE AND PRESIDENT GARZA OF PALO ALTO COLLEGE IS A VISIONARY LEADER.

IT DOES TAKE A TEAM.

SO I'VE BEEN WITH PALO ALTO COLLEGE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF.

WE WERE JUST APPROVED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF NURSING ON JANUARY 25TH OF THIS YEAR, AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO SUPPORT OUR NURSING PROGRAM.

WE'RE GOING TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE SOUTH SIDE, AND MISSION AND VALUES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

THE PALO ALTO COLLEGE MISSION IS TO INSPIRE, EMPOWER AND EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR SUCCESS IN LEADERSHIP IN NURSING. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THOSE VALUES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SAFETY, EXCELLENCE AND INTEGRITY.

I'M FULLY SUPPORTED.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR COHORT ONE.

THE BOARD OF NURSING SETS THE PARAMETERS ON HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU CAN HAVE FOR AN INITIAL COHORT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RULES, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 30 STUDENTS THIS FALL.

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SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

AND YOUR LETTER OF SUPPORT WAS JUST INVALUABLE.

AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM IS AWESOME.

YEAH. I WANT TO THANK JUAN.

HE REGULARLY GOES TO Y'ALL'S COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT.

REPRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE.

AND JUST AGAIN, TO HIGHLIGHT HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND TO THE MEDICAL FIELD IN GENERAL IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH PRINCETON WITHOUT SCHOLARSHIPS, SO I'M HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS. WELL, THANK YOU.

ON BEHALF OF THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT CHANCELLOR FLORES, PRESIDENT GARCIA, MY VICE PRESIDENTS, MYSELF AND ALL THE FUTURE NURSES AND LIVES THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO TOUCH TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 61, APPROVAL OF REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING AND TOTAL AMOUNT OF

[61. Approval of a request from Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of $120,000 to the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum (SAAACAM) for the coordination and production of the 2024 Bexar County Juneteenth Celebration as part of the Countywide Contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund.]

AS PART OF THE COUNTYWIDE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUTSIDE AGENCY FROM THE GENERAL FUND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IT.

I KNOW THERE'S SOME MEMBERS HERE FROM SACALM WHO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THEY WANT TO SAY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A COUNTY HOLIDAY.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I ADVOCATED FOR MY FIRST YEAR.

AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT JUST HAVING A HOLIDAY, BUT TO REMEMBER THE HISTORY OF OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST AS BLACKS, BUT AS AMERICAN HISTORY.

SO THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH AND FOR THE COUNTY SUPPORTING THIS FINANCIALLY.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE ON TODAY.

I HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

MISS O'MALLEY JARMAN WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE WITH US, SO I FEEL A LITTLE BIT LIKE AARON AND MOSES.

BUT I'LL DO MY BEST.

I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE FOR EACH OF YOU COMMISSIONERS.

IF I CAN GIVE THAT TO YOU, IF STAFF WILL GET IT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE.

THIS WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION FOR TODAY.

FIRST LET ME SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER FLORES AND THE ENTIRE BODY OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR JUNETEENTH EFFORTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND, COMMISSIONER FLORES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF SACM.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE COMMISSION.

JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS YOU CAN KEEP THOSE PACKETS WITH YOU IN THAT WAY.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH EVERYTHING ON YOUR OWN.

BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE POINTED OUT WHEN STUDENTS SEE THEMSELVES AND THEIR RELEVANCE, THEY PERFORM BETTER.

AND THE JUNETEENTH HIGHLIGHTS A PORTION OF HISTORY THAT IS PIVOTAL TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE THAT HAS OFTEN BEEN BURIED OR OVERLOOKED. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO OVERLOOK THAT ONE OF OUR ADVISORY MEMBERS IS HERE WITH US IN THE PERSON OF MR. DWAYNE ROBINSON, AND I THANK HIM FOR HIS ATTENDANCE AS WELL.

ALSO, CAN WE JUST IMAGINE FOR A MINUTE LIVING IN A CITY WHERE THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IS CELEBRATING A COUNTRY THAT ENDORSES CHATTEL SLAVERY THROUGH ITS CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT YET DOES NOT CELEBRATE THE END OF SLAVERY? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I APPRECIATE, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY HAVE NOT OVERLOOKED AND THAT WE SUPPORT.

IF YOU MOVE ON TO PAGE TWO AND I WON'T KEEP YOU LONG, JUST WANTED TO PINPOINT SOME OF THE MEASURING PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE PARTNER ENGAGEMENT AND TRUST INVOLVED IN EVENTS.

PARTNERS. AT THE ONSET OF MARCH 2023, THE LEGACY EVENT PRODUCERS WERE SKEPTICAL AT THAT TIME, BUT NOW WE'VE GAINED NEW PARTNERS WHO ARE EXCITED.

EFFECTIVE JUNETEENTH MARKETING HAS TAKEN PLACE.

SO WE'VE CREATED OUR COUNTY JUNETEENTH BRANDING THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING EVERYWHERE.

WE CREATED OUR JUNETEENTH WEBSITE, THE BEXAR COUNTY JUNETEENTH.COM.

WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE NOW FOR OUR BEXAR COUNTY JUNETEENTH.

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AND $11,000 WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THAT INVESTMENT IN MARKETING.

AND OF COURSE, OUR APPEARANCES ON LOCAL NEWS AND THOSE ENTITIES AS WELL WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR, OUR LOGO, WHICH YOU ALSO SEE IN THE COMING MONTHS.

OUR WEBSITE PRESENCE IS UP AS WELL AS OF MAY 15TH OF 2023.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY 2100 PAGE VIEWS AND 150 FOLLOWERS, WHICH WE HOPE TO INCREASE ON THIS YEAR. VISIT SAN ANTONIO IS ALSO INVESTING IN THEIR JUNETEENTH EFFORTS AS WELL, USING US AS THEIR KICKOFF FOR JUNETEENTH FOR THE SUMMER TRAVEL. AND OF COURSE, OUR PARTNER CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH TOBIN CENTER, WHICH WAS SOLD OUT.

AND THEN IF YOU MOVE TO PAGE FOUR, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, STARTING WITH THE PARADE THAT MR. ARCHEVEQUES AND HIS TEAM HAS WORKED ON FOR MANY YEARS.

DOWN TO THE BIG DREAM, WHICH BIG DREAM GIVES A QUITE A BIT OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO OUR STUDENTS IN THE CITY.

TRUE VISION HAS THEIR FIVE K WALK AND THEIR PARTY WITH FIREWORKS.

AND OUR FINALE EVENT, WHICH WAS HELD ON JUNE 19TH AT THE TOBIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY, WHICH WAS A PHENOMENAL EVENT FOR THE CITY, AND ALSO OUR PRAYER BREAKFAST, OUR CULINARY CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED AT TPR AND OUR ART OF FOUR RECEPTION THAT HAPPENED JUNE 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH, WHERE OUR LOCAL ARTISTS CAME TOGETHER, AND THEN ALSO OUR JUNE 16TH THROUGH 17TH FESTIVAL THAT HAPPENS AT THE COMANCHE PARK, WHICH IS ALWAYS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

LET'S LOOK AT NEXT STEPS.

IF YOU MOVE TO PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR 2024 AND 2023, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

AND SO YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS MEANT A LOT.

WE HAVE TRUSTED RAPPORT WITH THE CITY AND MORE PARTNERS NOW.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVATION THAT'S HAPPENING FOR JUNETEENTH.

SO THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WANT TO BECOME A PART OF OUR JUNETEENTH ACTIVATIONS.

OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER ON, BOARDING WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTING WILL BE HAPPENING SOON.

OUR WEBSITE IS BEING UPDATED.

THERE'S AN INCREASED. VISIBILITY WITH VISIT SAN ANTONIO, WHO IS ALSO A PARTNER.

AND WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT OUR THREE OVER THE STREET BANNERS THAT WILL GO UP BY MAY 27TH, SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR JUNETEENTH EFFORTS. AND ALSO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF FUNDS FROM BEXAR COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE EFFORTS.

IF YOU SWITCH OVER TO PAGE SIX, YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT STEPS OF EVENTS THAT WE ARE PLANNING FOR THIS YEAR, KICKING OFF WITH A NIGHT OF SOUL AT THE VILLAGE. AND AS MISTER JOHNNY WAS TALKING EARLIER, JOHNNY HERNANDEZ IS PARTNERING WITH US FOR A NIGHT OF SOUL.

AND WE'LL HAVE MUSIC AND FOOD VENDORS, ART MARKETS AND OTHER THINGS HAPPENING.

AND IT IS THE OPENING OF OUR NEW EXHIBIT, THE SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND THIS WILL BE OUR JUNETEENTH KICKOFF EVENT.

AND AS YOU SEE LISTED THERE, WITH THE BUDGET FOR EACH EVENT, EVERYTHING IS LISTED FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AT YOUR LEISURE SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHERE THE FUNDING WILL BE TARGETED TOWARD.

AND OUR WE ARE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL BE HAPPENING WITH THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH THE SMITHSONIAN. WE HAVE A THREE DAY EVENT PLANNED ONE BEING THE 15TH, ONE BEING THE 16TH, WHICH IS FATHER'S DAY, AND THEN ENDING ON THE 17TH.

AND WE'RE PARTNERING WITH SAINT PHILIP'S COLLEGE FOR THIS ACTIVATION.

AND THEN WE'LL END WITH OUR CELEBRATION AT THE TOBIN, AS WE DID LAST YEAR WITH OUR THEME BEING FREEDOM.

THIS YEAR, PARTNERING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO ORCHESTRA, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL MUSICIANS AND CHOIRS FROM AROUND THE CITY.

AND AS WE CONCLUDE, A YEAR WAS SPENT WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS TO GAIN TRUST FOR THIS PROCESS, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER FLORES.

AND WE HAVE STARTED A BETTER AT A BETTER TIME FRAME.

SO NOW I FEEL LIKE WE WILL HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME.

AND WE HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD FROM 2023.

SO 2025, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.

AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE FOR BUDGETARY NEEDS, AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

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IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL OF SAN ANTONIO AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED HERE THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND IT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

YES, SIR. ARE WE PROVIDING.

I DIDN'T SEE IF WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE THE BYRON MILLER'S JUNETEENTH.

YES, SIR. IT'S THERE.

HOW HOW IS HOW IS THAT? IT SHOULD BE LISTED UNDER THE PRAYER BREAKFAST.

AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF ENTITIES HAVE THAT HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED THEIR PAPERWORK.

NOW, WHAT DATE AM I LOOKING AT? BUT AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I SEE IT HERE.

AND BYRON MILLER AND MISTER VICKS HAVE NOT SUBMITTED THEIR PAPERWORK FOR THEIR FUNDING.

SO THEY'RE NOT LISTED YET.

THEY'RE NOT LISTED YET? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION. 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.

MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I'VE BEEN ASKED AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK THE COURT FOR THEIR INDULGENCE.

[66. Discussion and appropriate action authorizing the County Manager's Office to negotiate an agreement with the University of Texas at San Antonio for the Roadrunner NEST (Nurturing Elite Sports Talent) in an amount not to exceed $5 million, providing all Bexar County precincts with public access for competitive events and youth sports]

COMMISSIONER MOODY, I BELIEVE DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO FOR THE ROADRUNNER NEST, NURTURING ELITE SPORTS TALENT, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION, PROVIDING ALL COUNTY PRECINCTS WITH PUBLIC ACCESS FOR COMPETITIVE EVENTS AND YOUTH SPORTS.

COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

GO AHEAD. LISA, COME ON UP WITH THE ROADRUNNERS.

OH, THERE THEY ARE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. JEAN STILL HERE? JEAN IS STILL HERE.

OH, THERE YOU ARE.

WELL LISA, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WALK US THROUGH THIS? I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THIS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH UTSA.

I THINK UP FRONT, WE CAN JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS WAS PART OF OUR PRECINCT THREE BUDGET ALLOCATION TOWARDS CAPITAL PROJECTS.

BUT I THINK LISA CAN PROBABLY SPEAK TO THIS MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN.

AND JUST THE THE HISTORY AND AND THE VALUE ADD TO THE COMMUNITY THAT COMES WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP.

SO FEEL FREE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND GOOD MORNING.

TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO TO THE JUDGE.

WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.

AND WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES TO WATCH OUR GOVERNMENT IN ACTION.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE OUR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

EXCUSE ME AS THEY ARE SUCH A DIRECT BENEFIT OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS.

HELLO, I'M AYESHA, I'M FROM SAN ANTONIO, AND I'LL BE STUDYING CYBERSECURITY.

GOOD MORNING, I'M SIDNEY LOAV AND I'M GOING INTO MY JUNIOR YEAR AND I'M MAJORING IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

HI, MY NAME IS LEAH GIROUX.

I AM A SENIOR AND I AM MAJORING IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

LOOKING TO GO THE PRE-LAW ROUTE.

HI, I'M EMILY DEWALT.

I AM THE ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH.

GOOD MORNING. I'M KAREN ASTON.

I'M THE HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. HELLO.

MY NAME IS NICK BOWMAN, AND I'M AN ASSISTANT MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH.

THANK YOU. HEY, I'M.

HEY, I'M AUSTIN CLAUNCH.

I'M THE HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH.

I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

WELL. THANK YOU.

EXCUSE ME. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.

AS COMMISSIONER MOODY TALKED ABOUT, JUST TO DEMONSTRATE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND THE GREAT BENEFIT FOR BOTH THE BEXAR COUNTY AND FOR UTSA. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE CLICKER.

IS THAT OKAY? GREAT. THANK YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THAT THIS WILL BENEFIT PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL AS THE UTSA DIVERSE STUDENTS PARTICULARLY OUR STUDENT ATHLETE POPULATION, WITH THE FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE WOMEN'S SPORT PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THOSE GUYS, GIVEN THE PARTNERSHIP AND GIVEN THE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT FUNDS, FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, ATHLETICS REALLY RELIES ON ATHLETICS, AND TEXAS REALLY RELIES ON THESE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DEMONSTRATE AGAIN HOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN OUR PAST PROJECTS AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THIS PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS IS A GREAT HISTORY OF THE AGAIN, THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP STARTING IN 2003, HOW THE BOTH THE CITY AND BEXAR COUNTY HAVE HELPED MAKE THESE FACILITIES BECOME A REALITY.

AND THEN ALSO HELPING THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY, TO ENJOY THESE FACILITIES AND CONTINUE ADVANCING UTSA

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YOU CAN SEE IT WAS STARTING IN 2003, BEXAR COUNTY PROVIDED A BOND TO HELP US WITH PARK WEST TO MOVING TO 2023, OPENING OUR PARK WEST FIELDHOUSE THIS PAST SUMMER THAT BENEFITS OUR TRACK AND FIELD STUDENT ATHLETES AND WOMEN'S SOCCER.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING OUR NURTURING ELITE SPORTS TALENT, THE NEST.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL TRAINING FACILITY THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, AS WELL AS VOLLEYBALL.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS WILL BE LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO OUR ROADRUNNER ATHLETIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH WAS OPENED IN AUGUST 2021.

WE ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN A 35 AND $40 MILLION PROJECT.

WE HOPE TO START CONSTRUCTION IN IN JANUARY OF 2025, WITH COMPLETION IN DECEMBER OF 2026.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THE BENEFITS OF THE COUNTY SUPPORTING THIS.

AGAIN, UTSA WHAT'S GOOD FOR UTSA, WE BELIEVE IS GOOD FOR BEXAR COUNTY AND VICE VERSA.

WE KNOW UTSA IS A PROSPERITY ENGINE FOR OUR REGION.

WE KNOW THAT ALMOST 50% OF OUR UTSA DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION IS FROM BEXAR COUNTY HAILING FROM ALL FOUR BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCTS.

AND WE KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR GIRLS AND WOMEN'S ATHLETICS IN BEXAR COUNTY, FURTHERING THE MISSION OF TITLE NINE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT UTSA, AS WE HAVE PROMISED WITH OTHER FACILITIES AND HAVE COME THROUGH WITH THAT PROMISE, WE WILL ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITY FOR COMPETITIVE EVENT AND YOUTH SPORT PROGRAMS. UTSA WILL ALSO PARTNER WITH SAN ANTONIO SPORTS AND OTHER SPORTING EVENTS TO HELP BEXAR COUNTY, AND THEN ALSO UTSA WILL ABSORB ALL OPERATING COSTS AND MAINTENANCE TO THE FACILITY, WHICH WILL BE MORE ABOUT A OVER A HALF $1 MILLION INVESTMENT ANNUALLY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO JUST TO GIVE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AT RACE AGAIN, THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

OUR COMMITMENT AGAIN WAS TO MAKE IT A PUBLIC USE.

IN PARTICULAR, I LOVE BEING ABLE TO BRING YOUTH ONTO A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

WE KNOW THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IF YOU GET ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS VERY YOUNG, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO ENVISION YOURSELF ATTENDING COLLEGE.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WORK WITH WHETHER IT'S MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BRINGING THEM ONTO THE UTSA CAMPUS THROUGH SPORT, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE MYRIAD OF OTHER EVENTS THAT WE'VE HELD AT RACE IN OUR SHORT TIME OF BEING OPEN FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, PARK WEST.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

AGAIN THESE ARE JUST A SAMPLING OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC EVENT ACCESS EVENTS.

WE'VE HAD AGAIN REALLY FOCUSED ON YOUTH FOCUSED ON SPORT AND THEN HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, JUDGE SAKAI HAVING A COMMUNITY EVENT THERE. COMMISSIONER MOODY HAVING THE GEEKDOM TECH STARTUP BOOT CAMP.

SO A LOT OF GREAT SYNERGIES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU ALL.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS BRINGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY AND TO BEXAR COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE WILL AGAIN BE HOSTING THE MEN'S FINAL FOUR HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT UTSA PER NCAA.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

IN ADDITION TO OTHER FINAL FOURS, WE'VE HOSTED OTHER REGIONAL EVENTS FOR NCAA.

SO THAT IS A BIG CONTRIBUTION, OBVIOUSLY, TO BEXAR COUNTY AND TO THE CITY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AGAIN. WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE TRULY SUPPORT ALL THE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN.

WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A FUN PICTURE OF CELEBRATING UTSA 210 DAY.

AND AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT'S GREAT FOR UTSA IS GREAT FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THIS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, THANK YOU LISA.

I APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US THROUGH THAT.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY TO TO BE A PART OF THIS.

JUST AGAIN, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU HAD ALL THESE PUBLIC ACCESS EVENTS.

RIGHT. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE ACTUAL PARTNERSHIP TAKING PLACE.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT UP FRONT, BUT YOU ALL HAVE REALLY FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THAT.

AND THAT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO OUR OUR PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD.

I THINK IT IS JUST IMPORTANT AGAIN TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT THIS IS NOT ONLY A UTSA ASSET, IT'S REALLY A COUNTY ASSET.

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I ALSO JUST WANTED TO MENTION, AND I HOPE IT'S NOT SENSITIVE, BUT THE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, THE THE IDEA THAT THE, THE COUNTY WOULD, WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THIS 5 MILLION, BUT THAT THE CITY WOULD ALSO CHIP IN AS WELL.

AT THAT LEVEL. SO WE'RE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO UTSA, BUT ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO JUST THANK JEAN DAWSON BACK THERE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS PROJECT, CONTINUING TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

LISA, OBVIOUSLY, YOUR SUCCESS AT UTSA AND CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THERE AND TO ALL OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND COACHES, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GIVING THESE OPPORTUNITIES TO THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO EXCEL AND GROW AS AS INDIVIDUALS.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF JUDGE.

SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE SUNSHINY FACES HERE IN THE ROOM.

SORRY YOU HAD TO ENDURE THROUGH ALL OF THIS GOVERNMENT STUFF.

I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THE SAME LINE OF QUESTIONS I ASKED TEXAS A&M, SAN ANTONIO WHEN WE HELPED SOME OF THE FIELDS DOWN THERE.

ONE OF THE VERY IMPORTANT THINGS, IF WE HERALD THE 50% OF THE MINORITY STUDENTS THAT COME THROUGH UTSA, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AS THEY BECOME ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS AND IN CONSTRUCTION, THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOU KNOW, WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES? WHERE ARE THE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFORDED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO AND SOME OF THE THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE? DO YOU KNOW SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHO WHO IS BENEFITING FROM THOSE? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THERE'S A GREAT BENEFIT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

AGAIN, THE PUBLIC ACCESS, WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A LOT OF WHETHER IT'S CONTRACTORS, WHETHER IT'S SMALL BUSINESSES ACTUALLY UTILIZE THE FACILITY FOR THEIR MEETINGS TO TO SHOW OFF SAN ANTONIO, WE ACTUALLY HAD A NATIONAL CONVENTION OF A CONTRACTOR ASSOCIATION WHO WAS REALLY PROUD OF OF THE RACE FACILITY.

AND THEY HAD THEY HAD OTHER CONTRACTORS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE TO SHOW OFF THAT THAT FACILITY.

SO WE'VE DEFINITELY HAVE OPENED THIS UP FOR FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, JUST THE ECONOMIC DRIVER OF BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE JOBS, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN THE ROADRUNNER ATHLETICS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE WAS OPEN.

WE LITERALLY BROKE GROUND THE DAY THAT COVID HIT.

THANK GOODNESS CONSTRUCTION WAS NECESSARY OR VITAL.

AND AND TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT THROUGHOUT COVID, TO BUILD THAT AND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND JOBS FOR THOSE FOR SAN ANTONIO WORKERS WAS IMPORTANT.

WELL, IT'S IT'S IT'S THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE LIST OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE THE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, BUT I WILL REACH OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ANYTIME PUBLIC DOLLARS ARE IN, EVERYBODY IN THE PUBLIC IS PARTICIPATING IN THE FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THESE OF THESE PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS THAT IT IT IS AN INCLUSIVE PROCESS.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR YOUR GRADUATES AS THEY BECOME ENTREPRENEURS IN THE FUTURE.

AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS BUSINESS LEADERS.

SO WE'LL, WE'LL GO AND WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION YOU KNOW, SOMETIME AFTER THIS MEETING.

BUT AS YOU BRING US THESE PARTICULAR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, DO KNOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE TAXPAYERS THAT THERE'S INCLUSION LOCALLY OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING OUT THERE AND JOINING THE COMMUNITY AS THEY HAVE THE BENEFIT AND THE STUDENTS OF THE ROADRUNNER PRIDE. AND I'M SURE THIS NEST WILL BE SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US WILL BE VERY PROUD OF.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU.

JUDGE. DOCTOR CAMPOS, GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.

AND WELCOME TO THE STUDENTS AND THE REST OF THE ATHLETIC FAMILY.

I KNOW THE MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH IS RELATIVELY NEW, RIGHT? IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WE HIRED HIM, AND THEN HE HE WAS AN ASSISTANT AT ALABAMA, AND THEY DECIDED TO GO ON A RUN TO THE FINAL FOUR.

SO THAT WAS FUN WATCHING.

BUT HE FINALLY GOT IN TOWN MAYBE A WEEK AGO.

TWO WEEKS AGO. AUSTIN.

ALMOST TWO WEEKS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WELCOME COACH.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SOME EXCITING ROADRUNNER BASKETBALL, BOTH ON THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SIDE COMING UP HERE.

SO, DOCTOR CAMPOS, LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS.

THE FACILITY, THE NEST IS ABOUT 35 MILLION.

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RIGHT. AND THAT CAN MOVE PROBABLY ON THE HIGHER END WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH FINANCING AND INTEREST COSTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO CURRENTLY YOU'VE GOT IF THIS GOES THROUGH, YOU'VE GOT THE 5 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM THE COUNTY.

YOU HAVE THE 5 MILLION ALREADY SECURED FROM THE CITY AS WELL.

WE DO. THAT WAS THROUGH A BOND.

YES. OKAY. SO THEN THE BALANCE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE PRIVATELY RAISED, OR IS IT GOING TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE INSTITUTION? YEAH. WHERE'S THE REST OF IT COMING FROM.

SO BOTH. SO WE HAVE DOCTOR RAIMI, YOU KNOW, AS HE TALKS ABOUT ATHLETICS AS THE FRONT PORCH OF THE UNIVERSITY, HE HAS HIM AND VERONICA SALAZAR HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY TO FIND OTHER REVENUE STREAMS. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SALE OF, OF PROPERTY THAT WILL THE PROCEEDS WILL COME BACK TO THIS FACILITY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PRIVATE FUNDRAISING WILL BE THE REST OF THE THE BALANCE.

OKAY. OKAY. SO SO YOU'RE PLANNING THEN TO YOU THINK BREAK GROUND ON THIS WHEN.

YEAH. WE ANTICIPATE JANUARY OF 2020.

FIVE. WE WILL BREAK GROUND 2025.

OKAY. WELL, I DEFINITELY WANT TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

I AGREE WITH SOME OF COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S QUESTIONS AND SENTIMENTS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE TO HOW SOME OF THE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS MINORITY BUSINESSES ARE ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT.

WE HAD A DISCUSSION EARLIER, MUCH SMALLER DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT IT WAS ABOUT HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IN THE SAME LIGHT WHEN WE HAVE THESE LARGER OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE DOLLARS ARE STAYING HERE AND GOING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY.

SO IF YOU CAN WORK WITH OUR COMMISSIONER, CALVERT, I'D BE HAPPY TO, TO TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

WHEN YOU GET IT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

I'M SURE THE REST OF THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.

BUT AGAIN I KNOW IT'S THRIVING OUT THERE.

AND AS A BUSTLING UNIVERSITY, THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO RELY ON PARTNERS LIKE THE CITY AND COUNTY TO GET WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CLAY-FLORES. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FEMALE ATHLETES IN THE ROOM.

THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S ABOUT TIME, MORE RECENTLY THAT FEMALE ATHLETES ARE STARTING TO GET THE ATTENTION ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL THAT OTHER ATHLETES HAVE GOTTEN.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO SPEAKS TO ATHLETICS.

IT'S NOT JUST AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY ACTIVITY.

IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING LIFELONG LOVERS OF PHYSICAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HEARD IT, ALL LOCAL STUDENTS HERE WITH US TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, I HEARD.

GREAT. YEAH. OKAY.

I THOUGHT WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU ALL.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PULL UP ITEM NUMBER 68.

[68. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a purchase order to ECM Today! for the purchase of case file digitization/conversion of hardcopy case files to electronic documents of record for the combined amount of $980,233 through BuyBoard Contract #661-22, in accordance with Texas Local Government Code §262.024, Discretionary Exemptions (a)(2) and §271.102, Cooperative Purchasing Programs, and as requested by the Criminal District Attorney's Office; and approval of any necessary and appropriate budget transfer; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute the contract and file the appropriate award documents for record]

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 262.024 DISCRETIONARY EXEMPTIONS, SUBSECTION A TWO AND ARTICLE 271 .102 COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAMS AND AS REQUESTED BY THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND APPROVAL OF ANY NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE BUDGET TRANSFER, AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.

MR. GONZALES. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

HAPPY FIESTA. I I WILL NOTE THAT I SEE A NUMBER OF YOU OUT THERE ENJOYING THE FESTIVITIES THIS WEEK, SO SO THAT'S FANTASTIC.

JUDGE. WE WERE HERE ORIGINALLY REQUESTING THE COURT TO TAKE SOME ACTION, BUT THESE ARE ONE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE WHERE WE PRESENT AN ISSUE OR A PROBLEM TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COME TO YOU WITH A SOLUTION.

AND SO WE ARE NOW NOT ASKING YOU TO TAKE ANY ACTION, BUT BUT MERELY INFORMING YOU OF OUR PLAN.

WE YOU SEE, BEHIND ME ARE SOME MEMBERS OF MY ADMINISTRATION.

BUT I'VE ALSO ASKED KENT, WHERE DID YOU GO? COUNTY IS COUNTY CLERK LUCY ADAME-CLARK TO STAND WITH ME BECAUSE SHE IS THE SOLUTION.

COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE, LET ME TELL YOU THAT WHY WE'RE HERE IS RECENTLY, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, KEN PAXTON, HAS PROMULGATED A RULE FOR THE TOP 22 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN TEXAS REQUIRING THAT WE PROVIDE COPIES OF OF OUR FILES UNDER CERTAIN SPECIFICATIONS IN

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WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER 50,000 OF THOSE FILES.

THAT IS 50,400 AND AND SO ODD.

FILE. SO IT WOULD BE MONUMENTAL TASK TO, TO PROVIDE THESE FILES BECAUSE THEY'RE ASKING US TO IDENTIFY ISSUES OR ELEMENTS OF THE, OF THE CASE THAT WE DON'T TRACK, FOR EXAMPLE, SELF-DEFENSE, DEFENSIVE PROPERTY, DEFENSE OF OTHERS.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, A OVERBURDENING TASK.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS RULE WITHOUT BASICALLY OUTSOURCING, WITHOUT HIRING SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THE DA'S OFFICE TO COMPLY WITH IT.

BECAUSE TO DO OTHERWISE WOULD MEAN THAT OUR MISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD COME TO A SCREECHING HALT.

AND OF COURSE, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED AGAIN, WHAT WE'D HAVE TO DO IS PULL THOSE FILES, MAKE COPIES OR SCAN THEM, THEN DIGITIZE THEM.

WE WOULD HAVE TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY.

THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD COST THIS COUNTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT $1 MILLION.

BUT AS I SAY, WE HAVE A SOLUTION.

AND THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL TODAY.

OUR COUNTY. BECAUSE SHE HAS GRACIOUSLY STEPPED UP AND OFFERED $1 MILLION OF HER RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR THIS COMPLIANCE.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF HIRING AN OUTSIDE COMPANY TO DIGITIZE, DIGITIZE THESE FILES.

AND SO I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HER FOR BEING SO GRACIOUS AND WILLING TO BE A TRUE PARTNER IN THE COUNTY.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL HAS COME TO THE RESCUE OF ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL, AND WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU, LUCY, FOR DOING THIS.

AND I WANTED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS TO, TO TO DO THIS.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT HER HER POSITION ABOUT THIS IS IT'S NOT JUST AN ATTACK ON DA'S.

THIS IS AN ATTACK ON LOCAL CONTROL, NOT ONLY OF BEXAR COUNTY, BUT OF THOSE OTHER 21 COUNTIES.

AND AND FOR THAT, I AGAIN, I APPLAUD OUR COUNTY CLERK AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE HER DOING THAT.

THANK YOU. CAN WE GIVE A ROUND? YES. THANK YOU, MISS LUCY.

GOOD MORNING, COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

AS THE RECORD MANAGEMENT OFFICER, WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF FUNDING TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

WE HAVE GIVEN ABOUT 8,566,000 SINCE I CAME INTO OFFICE.

AND WE CONTINUE TO BUILD A PLATFORM IN PARTNERSHIP.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE COME DIRECTLY TO ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL.

AS HE SAID, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER.

WHEN WE'RE AFFECTED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IT IMPACTS THE WHOLE COUNTY.

WE ARE THE FOURTH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CONNECTED AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO MODERNIZE, DIGITIZE, SCAN AND MAKE EVERYTHING AUTOMATICALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO, DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GONZALEZ, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO NOT ONLY OFFER THE FUNDING THROUGH THE RECORD MANAGEMENT RECORD ARCHIVES AS THE RECORD OFFICER, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORDS ARE DONE CORRECTLY.

SO DA JOE GONZALEZ, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A LOT OF RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. COURT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO, JOE, ARE YOU ASKING ANY ACTION ITEM OR.

WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

LARRY. JUDGE, THERE IS FOR THE BUDGET TRANSFER.

THERE'S A BUDGET TRANSFER INVOLVED, SO WE'LL NEED SOME ACTION.

OKAY, SO WHAT'S THE MOTION? JUDGE. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TRANSFER OF $980,233 FOR THIS PURCHASE.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST ONE THING.

I'LL MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE THAT'S COMING THAT, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT TAXPAYER, HARD EARNED TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND PROPERTY TAXES HAS TO GO TO AN UNFUNDED MANDATE OF THE STATE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU MAKE. I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER, A JUDGE, IF I MAY.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A TRANSFER OF $1 MILLION TO MAKE SURE IT COVERS ANY OTHER COSTS.

SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE $1 MILLION IN PLACE OF THE 900.

AND SO SUCH COMING FROM MY BUDGET.

THAT'S NOT WHAT'S POSTED HERE.

LARRY. LARRY, CAN WE JUST MAKE THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY, SO I WOULD MAKE AMEND MY OWN MOTION TO $1 MILLION EVEN.

OKAY. SO I WOULD AMEND THE MOTION TO REFLECT A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION FOR THE BUDGET TRANSFER.

IS THAT APPROVED BY THE SECOND? NO. NO. YES.

WHAT'S $1 MILLION AMONG FRIENDS COMMISSIONER MOONEY? WELL, LUCY THANK YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY AND BEING.

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BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION TO TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST MADE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING A LOT OF DIGITIZATION AND CONVERSION OF RECORDS, RIGHT? WAS THAT NEVER PART OF THE THE THE PLAN THAT THE DA WOULD ALSO BE MOVING TO DIGITAL RECORDS? CASEY. HE'S HE'S BEEN VERY HUMBLED ACTUALLY.

HIS DEPARTMENT'S BEEN VERY HUMBLED IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE.

ACTUALLY, THE ONE THAT I'VE GIVEN THE MOST MONEY TO IS A DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

I GAVE THEM $1,015,000.

SO EVERYBODY HAS REQUESTED $1 MILLION, $80,000 OR SO ON.

THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY HAS ALWAYS REQUESTED FUNDING, BUT I ACTUALLY HE DID REQUEST THIS.

I ACTUALLY APPROACHED HIM BECAUSE ALL OF THE RECORDS FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CRIMINAL COURTS ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

SO BECAUSE IT'S A BIG CIRCLE OF RECORDS, I, AS A RECORD MANAGEMENT OFFICER, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE AND RESPECTFULLY COME TO THEM TO SUPPORT THEM WITH THE RECORD MANAGEMENT FUNDING, THAT THAT'S OUR DUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY.

NOW, APPRECIATE THAT, OF COURSE, BUT I'D LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, IF I COULD, SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE IN 2019, WE HAVE BEEN DIGITIZING OUR FILES.

I THINK ON THE FELONY LEVEL, WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 2004.

AND ON THE MISDEMEANOR SIDE, WE'RE UP TO 2016.

WHAT WE'RE EFFECTIVELY HAVING TO DO IS STOP THAT AND COVER THE PERIODS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS REQUESTING FROM 2021 TO NOW.

SO THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH UNTIL I CAME INTO OFFICE, THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO WE'RE HAVING TO CATCH UP AND IF I MIGHT, ULTIMATELY, IF I MIGHT.

BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ASKED YOU TO DO THAT YOU WERE NOT DOING, NOT PLANNING TO DO.

CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THAT'S WHAT THAT IS REQUIRING US TO DO, IS MANUALLY PULL THE FILES AND GO THROUGH THE FILES TO IDENTIFY THOSE SELF-DEFENSES, THOSE OTHER TYPES OF DEFENSES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE NOT TYPICALLY TRACKED.

SO YES, WE'RE HAVING TO DO EXTRA WORK.

OKAY, WELL, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO GET INTO THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT'S ADDITIONAL VERSUS WHAT WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE EVENTUALLY, WHETHER IT'S A CHANGE IN TIMELINE FOR FOR PRIORITIZATION AT THIS POINT.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE THAT POINT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ON AMENDED MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED, ANY ABSTENTIONS? ONE ABSTENTION, ONE ABSTENTION.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO BACK AND TRY TO FINISH OUT SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY MATTERS.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO AGENDA SEVEN FILING FOR THE RECORD, FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS AND DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE

[7. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. Notice of filing of Proposed Sale Order, Re: Barretts Minerals Inc., et al, Chapter 11, Case No. 23-90794 (MI). b. FY 2024 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (April 9, 2024). c. Bexar County Auditor's Office audits for Federal Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certifications and Chapter 59 State Asset Forfeiture Reports. d. Motion for Reconsideration to Appoint Counsel Criminal Consumer Criminal Prosecutor in the Alternative, Motion of Extended Time to Obtain Forensic Evidence, Re: Carlos Antonio Raymond v. lvest Properties, LLC, et al, Case No. 5:20-cv-00965. e. Chapter 381 Grant Agreements with one (1) non-profit organizations, approved November 28, 2023: i. SATX Inner City Development, Inc.]

EIGHT COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2024.

[8. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, April 9, 2024.]

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

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

FIRST ONE IS JOHNNY HERNANDEZ.

JOHNNY, DID YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND TALK SOME MORE? OTHERWISE, I PRESUME YOU MADE YOUR PRESENTATION.

JOHNNY HERNANDEZ, YOU'RE ALSO TWO.

I HAVE DONNA WALZ OR WALLACE.

I BELIEVE SHE MADE THE PRESENTATION.

OR DID YOU WANT TO COME BACK FOR PALO ALTO? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.

BUT COULD SOMEBODY GET A PHOTO FOR ME JUST SO I CAN SEND IT BACK TO EVERYBODY I WORK? OKAY, SO WE WANT A PICTURE.

THANKS. SO WE WANT A PICTURE OF YOU.

OH, YOU WANT OR YOU WANT TO COME IN FRONT AND WE'LL.

CAN WE SIT OR DO WE WANT TO COME DOWN.

COME. MR. CLAY-FLORES OR DO YOU JUST WANT COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES? WHY DON'T YOU. WHY DON'T YOU KEEP.

SHE WANTS PROOF.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

THAT WAS THERE, I WAS HERE.

I THINK YOU'RE ON THE. I THINK YOU'RE ON THE MINUTES NOW, MISS WALLACE.

ALL RIGHT. DID MISS WALLACE TAKE HER THREE MINUTES? THOMAS. ALL RIGHT, JUDGE, I THINK HER TIME IS UP.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GRACE.

ROSE. GONZALES.

GRACE. ROSE. SHE LEFT.

KRIS KOBACH.

KRIS KOBACH, HE WAS THERE.

WERE THERE KRIS. OKAY.

OKAY. JASON.

ARTIAGA. THERE YOU ARE.

THERE'S JASON.

GOOD. WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY MORNING.

IS IT MORNING STILL? IT'S STILL MORNING BY A MINUTE.

ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE.

I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON ITEM NUMBER 67.

WOULD YOU PREFER I SPEAK THEN OR RIGHT NOW? THAT IS YOUR CALL.

YOU WANT TO. YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL 67? I CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK NOW.

ON IT. YEAH. GO, IF YOU WISH TO DO.

MY NAME IS JASON ARAKGI.

I AM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NRP GROUP.

REGARDING REGARDING ITEM 67, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BE A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION IN DISCUSSING OUR PRIORITIES.

ACCORDING TO THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, 95,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS COUNTY DO NOT HAVE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT MEET THEIR NEEDS OR BUDGET, WITH OVER 40,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THAT NUMBER MAKING LESS THAN 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME, OR ROUGHLY $21,000 A YEAR.

THE NRP GROUP, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BEXAR COUNTY, IS READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON OZO APARTMENTS, LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY, FULLY IN THE COUNTY, ON 16 ZERO FOUR THIS YEAR.

THIS 336 UNIT DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE ONE, TWO, THREE AND FOUR BEDROOM UNITS FOR THOSE HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING THE 30% FAMILIES WITH STELLAR RESIDENT SERVICES, INCLUDING OUR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, FOOD PANTRIES, SUMMER CAMPS AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS SCREENINGS IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR PREVIOUS FUNDING ASSISTANCE IN THE PAST FROM THIS COMMISSIONERS COURT TO HELP WITH THESE HOMES AND SERVICES, ENABLING US TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHERTZ HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR 300 HOMES ON 1518 AND THE SAN ANTONIO TRUST FOR 324 HOMES AT LOS ARCOS JAVIER. CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS REQUIRE THE SAME, IF NOT MORE, ASSISTANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS OSO AND OTHERS.

THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL CALLED THIS FIRST QUARTER OF 2024 AS THE WEAKEST QUARTER IN 15 YEARS FOR MULTIFAMILY STARTS, AND INDICATED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE HURDLES TO DEVELOPING NEW HOUSING OF ALL KINDS, BUT ESPECIALLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BOTH BE TO BOTH LEVERAGE AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS.

AS WE WERE THE FIRST AGENCY TO EXPEND ALL THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US OR TO GIVEN TO THE PROJECT AND TO THE PARTNERSHIP AT, AT LOS ARCOS, ARPA FUNDS OF LESS THAN 2 MILLION CAN HELP ENSURE AN $85 MILLION DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS OSO, CAN BE BUILT AND MAINTAINED FOR YEARS TO COME.

COMMISSIONERS. WHILE WE CELEBRATE THE RESIDENT SERVICES OFFERED AT OSO APARTMENTS AND THE OTHERS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WILL BE FELT BY FAMILIES WHO HAVE FINALLY HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE PLACE TO CALL HOME FROM CHILDREN THRIVING IN SCHOOL.

WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, PARENTS FINDING STABLE EMPLOYMENT AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY FLOURISHING, THESE ARE THE LONG TERM BENEFITS THIS PROJECT WILL DELIVER.

WITH ARPA FUNDS, WE CAN ENSURE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE NRP GROUP AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BEXAR COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU TO MAXIMIZE THIS IMPACT.

PLEASE PRIORITIZE ARPA FUNDS FOR FOR DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THESE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS WHEN THE THANK YOU WHEN IT COMES UP.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CONSTABLE MARK VOJVODICH.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAKAI, COMMISSIONERS COURT.

ONE OF THE FIRST. THANK YOU ALL.

FIRST, FOR THE CONSIDERATION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN.

CONSTABLE'S IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING.

BUT WE APPRECIATE THE DEGREE OF PROFESSIONALISM AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE.

YOU'RE RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT CONSTABLES ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN THEIR PRECINCTS, JUST AS YOU ARE THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITHIN YOUR PRECINCT AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. WE BROUGHT A PROPOSAL FORWARD NOW IN THE VERY BEGINNING STAGES FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ALL FOUR CONSTABLES HAVE AGREED TO.

I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN AT THE MEETINGS WHERE WE'VE DISCUSSED IT TWICE.

I'VE RECONFIRMED IT WITH THEM LAST NIGHT.

THAT OR THEIR CHIEF DEPUTIES, AS WELL AS WITH COMMISSIONER BROWN THIS MORNING IN A PHONE CALL A FEW MINUTES AGO.

COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT INCLUDES TWO COMPONENTS.

ONE IS BASICALLY WORKING WITH THESE 80,000 POUND PLUS 18 WHEELERS, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LEVEL.

AND THE BIGGER PROBLEM FOR US, PROBABLY ON COUNTY ROADS AND ROADS THAT ARE BRIDGES THAT ARE WEIGHTED FOR WEIGHT LIMITS ARE OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES,

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AND THEY CAN THEY THEY DAMAGE THE ROADWAYS ON ENTRY OR EXIT.

IF YOU'VE SEEN THOSE RUTTING AND THAT TYPE OF THING IN AREAS, THAT'S A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.

THAT'S PROBABLY OVERWEIGHTED.

SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S DIRECTED TOWARDS.

ALL FOUR PRECINCTS HAVE CONSIDERABLE HIGHWAYS AND COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC THROUGH THEM.

VERY HEAVY IN PRECINCT ONE, VERY HEAVY IN PRECINCT FOUR AND THREE, AS WELL AS TWO.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPTION TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON A COUNTY WIDE PROBLEM.

IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S AN ADVANTAGE IF WE CAN HAVE PRECINCT TWO AND FOUR WORKING TOGETHER AT A CERTAIN TIME, HAVING A SECOND OFFICER OUT THERE SO THAT THEY CAN, ONE CAN CONDUCT THE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ONE CONDUCTS THE WEIGHING TO HELP SPEED THAT ALONG AND MOVE IT FORWARD.

THERE WAS A QUESTION ON THE ELIGIBILITY OF CONSTABLES WHICH TO PERFORM THESE DUTIES.

THERE'S A SPECIFIC LAW, SIX 621 465, WHICH SPECIFICALLY ADDS CONSTABLES TO THAT LIST WITH COMMISSIONERS COURT PERMISSION FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES WITHIN 200 MILES OF THE BORDER, WHICH WE MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

AND IT THEN DIRECTS YOU TO 644 OF THE TRAFFIC CODE FOR ALL THE OTHER PORTIONS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT IN THAT AREA.

IT'S NOT A SINGULAR OFFICE.

IT'S NOT ONE OFFICER.

IT IS DESIGNED IN THE PLURAL FOR MULTIPLE OFFICERS, AS IT IS IN MANY COUNTIES AS IT WOULD BE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS THE PREPARATORY FOR US RIGHT NOW IS TO GET THAT IN AND GET INTO THE TRAINING FOR IT, TO HAVE THE OFFICES AUTHORIZED TO BE WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT.

AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO SUBMIT A NAME TO DPS TO HAVE AN OFFICER TRAINED.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO THE OFFICER IN ADVANCE BECAUSE THESE OFFICERS HAVE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAINING MATH ABILITIES AND TO BE ABLE TO REASON THROUGH A MYRIAD OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND STATE LAWS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

IT'S DOABLE. JUDGE TO CONTINUE.

CONSTABLE. I'M SORRY.

KEEP GOING. OKAY.

WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY TO GO OVER THINGS THAT ARE OF SPECIFIC INTEREST.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW BEFORE THAT SESSION.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

OR AFTERWARDS, IF IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL RESEARCH.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LOADING.

THEY MAY BE CARRYING PROPANE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, OR THEY CAN BE PASSENGER VEHICLES.

IF THEY'RE NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, THEY'RE A THREAT TO US AND TO OUR ROADWAYS.

I HAVE REQUESTED THE DATA FROM OUR ROADS AND BRIDGES TO ASK THEM ABOUT WEIGHT LOADED AREAS FOR ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES SO WE CAN PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL ATTENTION.

I'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM PRECINCT ONE AND FOUR AND THE ONES THAT I'VE SEEN IN THREE.

WE EVEN HAVE THAT AREA ON YOUNG ROAD WHERE YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES CUTTING THROUGH ON A COMMERCIAL ZONE, WHICH IS WAY OVER LIMITS FOR COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

OR IF THERE'S A QUESTION NOW, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT.

WE'LL TAKE IT UP ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

GO AHEAD. I'LL LET COMMISSIONER MOODY'S POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

YEAH, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I JUST WANT TO THANK CONSTABLE RADOVICH FOR BEING HERE, FOR HELPING ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND SORTING THROUGH, YOU KNOW THE, THE TERMINOLOGY, THE STATUTES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH IT.

ALSO BRINGING UP THE THE CONSIDERATION AROUND NAMES VERSUS THE TIMELINE FOR TRAINING.

RIGHT. NEED TO GET THE OFFICES APPROVED FIRST SO THEY CAN SEND SOMEBODY TO TRAINING.

SO THEN WE HAVE A NAME CORRECT THAT WE CAN WE CAN CERTIFY.

BUT I AGAIN APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD, YOUR INITIATIVE LEANING INTO IT.

AND YOU KNOW, CLEARLY I THINK THERE'S THERE'S VALUE FOR, FOR THE COUNTY TO PROTECT OUR ASSETS, OUR ROADWAYS AND CONSTABLES ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT OUT THERE.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN WE CAN MOVE THIS THING FORWARD.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND SHARING THE INFORMATION YOU DID.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SIR.

THANK YOU COUNSELOR. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS THAT THOUGHT THEY SIGNED UP OR ANYBODY RETURNED THAT WE CALLED OUT EARLIER? ANY CITIZEN TO BE HEARD? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL NOW TAKE UP INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. I UNDERSTAND THAT LARRY ON ITEM 62 IS A MATTER IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER.

BECAUSE IT CHOSE TO TAKE IT UP.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL TAKE IT UP IN EXECUTIVE AND THEN WE'LL IT IS SET FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION AT THE CONCLUSION EXECUTIVE SESSION.

CORRECT. THAT WAS DISCRETION.

ALL RIGHT. THEY WILL PASS ON TO 63 DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATIONS OF AN AGREEMENT WITH MERIWETHER

[63. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a request to authorize negotiations of an agreement with Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services for broker/administration services for the Small Business Contractor Development and Bonding Program, as requested by the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Department (SBED). Contingent upon successful negotiations, the agreement will be brought to Commissioners Court at a later date for consideration and award.]

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CONTINGENT UPON SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS, THE AGREEMENT WILL BE BROUGHT TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AT A LATER DATE FOR CONSIDERATION AND AWARD.

MISS WATSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON. RENEE WATSON, DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE WORKING WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, THE RFP FOR EVENT 1070, THE BROKER ADMINISTRATION SERVICES WAS ISSUED ON JANUARY 16TH, 2024.

THEY RELEASED THE RFP.

RESPONSES RECEIVED WAS ONE RESPONSE TO THE RFP.

WE DID EXTENSIVE OUTREACH, THE SURETY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO.

WE HAD THE RFP ISSUED THROUGH OUR CDMS CAMPAIGNS.

WE MET WITH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE ALSO MET WITH THE CURRENT INCUMBENT FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S SIMILAR PROGRAM.

WE MET WITH UTSA INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRY AND TRADE GROUPS.

THIS IS A SPECIALIZED SERVICES.

SO WE WERE NOT SURPRISED WOULD BE RECEIVING A FEW BEDS.

OUR EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS COMPRISED OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WHO EVALUATED THE SOLE RESPONSE AND INTERVIEWED THE FIRM DAN CURRY, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, MARK GAGER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ART REINHART PUBLIC WORKS, AND KEN MCGLAMERY FROM PARKS AND RECREATION AND MYSELF.

AS A RESULT OF THIS EFFORT, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE IS REQUESTING TO PROCEED WITH NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE NATIONAL FIRM OF MERRYWEATHER AND WILLIAMS INSURANCE SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

THE TEAM IS HERE.

MISS INGRID MERRYWEATHER IS HERE TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROGRAM.

IF SO, DIRECTED BY THE COURT, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? OTHERWISE, WE CAN TAKE A MOTION AND JUST PROCEED TO NEGOTIATIONS.

WHY? TO HEAR FROM MISS MARY MR. CALVERT. CAN WE HEAR FROM MISS MERRIWEATHER? YOU WANTED TO. SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM MISS MERRIWEATHER.

OKAY. MAIMONA.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE SAKAI.

COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS INGRID MERRIWEATHER.

I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MERIWETHER AND WILLIAMS INSURANCE SERVICES.

AND IN DEFERENCE OF TIME, I'LL APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK FAST.

TO TRY TO GET THROUGH WHAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OF WHAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TODAY, STARTING WITH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BACKGROUND AND OUR QUALIFICATIONS. WE HAVE DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED AND ADMINISTERED SIMILAR PROGRAMS PROVIDING EQUITY OF RESOURCES AROUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CONTRACTOR DEVELOPMENT, BONDING, AND CONTRACT FINANCING.

FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS, WE'VE BUILT SUSTAINABLE MODELS.

OUR LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 27 YEARS.

THE LENGTH OF TIME THE FIRM HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS, AND OUR LARGEST PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR 19 YEARS.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE COME FROM CALIFORNIA, WHERE WE HAVE ALSO SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REALIZE PARTICIPATION OF ALL CONTRACTORS THROUGH THE MEANS OF SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT IS OUR LOSS RATIO.

SO FROM OUR INDUSTRY WHERE WE HAIL FROM, WE CALCULATE LOSS RATIO BY THE DOLLARS AT RISK AND HOW MUCH OF THOSE DOLLARS WERE LOST.

WE'RE GLAD TO SAY WE HAVE A LOSS RATIO OF LESS THAN 1% THAT WE HAVE SUSTAINED FOR 27 YEARS.

WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO CONTRACTORS EVER FAIL TO FULLY COMPLETE THEIR CONTRACTS OUT OF ABOUT 1800 TRANSACTIONS? THAT'S WHERE WE CALL THIS ALIGNED RISK MANAGEMENT.

WE'VE ENABLED CONTRACT FINANCING FOR PROGRAMS ENROLLED IN THE CONTRACTORS.

WE LOOK TO DO THE SAME IF A PROGRAM IS IN PLACE PUT BY THE COUNTY.

OUR PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY A NUMBER OF FOUNDATIONS.

ONE JUST RECENTLY WAS PART OF THE NORWALK METRO FINANCE LAB THAT RECOGNIZED OUR PROGRAM AS A SOLUTION TO BONDING AS WELL AS ACCESS TO CAPITAL.

AND I ALSO HAPPEN TO BE IN THE ARENA IN A NUMBER OF PLACES AROUND EQUITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR OUTCOMES AND OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. WE'VE HAD JUST SHY OF 400 CONTRACTORS ENROLLED.

WE'VE DONE 1100 TRANSACTIONS.

WE'VE HAD $219 MILLION IN BOND GUARANTEES APPROVED.

THAT'S THE FIRST GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO REMOVE THE BARRIER OF BONDING THAT ALLOWS FIRMS TO COMPETE.

OF THAT JUST SHY OF $60 MILLION OF BOND GUARANTEES WERE ISSUED.

WE'VE CAPTURED $23 MILLION IN CONTRACT SAVINGS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALIZED FROM THIS PROGRAM IS WE'RE ESSENTIALLY INCREASING THE POOL OF CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ABLE TO COMPETE.

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AND WE'RE ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT LOW BID COST SAVINGS.

WE'VE DONE ABOUT $1 BILLION IN BONDS TO DATE.

CONTRACTORS IN OUR PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN AWARDED $345 MILLION IN AWARDED CONTRACTS ON AN ADJUSTED BASIS.

THAT'S 353 MILLION AFTER CHANGE ORDERS.

WE'VE DONE $23 MILLION OF SUPPORT FOR CONTRACT FINANCING AND JUST SHY OF $5 MILLION IN LOANS WHERE WE'VE HAD ZERO DEFAULTS.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THE PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED.

IT STARTS WITH CONTRACTOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

NO, TWO CONTRACTORS ARE THE SAME.

WE START WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT AND WORK PLAN OF EACH CONTRACTOR, IDENTIFYING WHERE THEY ARE IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF THEIR BUSINESS, WHERE THEY NEED ADDED SUPPORT TO BETTER POSITION THEMSELVES TO COMPETE AND PARTICIPATE ON COUNTY CONTRACTS.

OBVIOUSLY BONDING AND CONTRACT FINANCING, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL EQUITY OF RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY FINANCIAL RESOURCES.

SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY CORE TO THE PROGRAM EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

WE KNOW THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS SOMETHING IN PLACE AROUND CONTRACTOR TRAINING.

WE WOULD LOOK TO SUPPLEMENT, AUGMENT AND INTEGRATE THAT.

AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH PRIME CONTRACTORS.

SO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CONTRACTORS WE WORK WITH WILL BE AS SUBS.

AND WE SEE THE APPLICATION OF THIS PROGRAM BENEFITING PRIME CONTRACTORS WHO ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT RISK MITIGATION.

AND SO THE TOOLS THAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE FURTHER HELP THEM ENGAGE SMALL FIRMS THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP WITH MORE ABOUT TRAINING AND EDUCATION. THIS IS ALSO A FORUM FOR OUTREACH.

SO EVERY TIME WE DO A TRAINING, WE ARE CASTING THE NET WIDE TO BRING CONTRACTORS INTO YOUR PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE A SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE IN TERMS OF TRAINING, BECAUSE WE UPLOAD ALL THE TRAININGS ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT THEY CAN VIEW THESE TRAININGS KIND OF AT WILL.

AND THEN REALLY JUST TO KNOW THAT EACH PROGRAM WE HAVE IN PLACE, WE REALLY TAILOR IT FOR THAT ENTITY.

THIS IS NOT THE MERIWETHER AND WILLIAMS BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THIS BECOMES THE IDENTITY OF THE SPONSOR THAT PUTS THE PROGRAM IN PLACE.

AND EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS IS REALLY ADAPTED TO THE AGENCY, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE GOALS, THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WORKS WELL WITHIN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION AND VENUE.

WE CUSTOMIZE REPORTS.

WE CAN PRETTY MUCH SLICE AND DICE DATA ANY WAY YOU ALL MIGHT WANT TO SEE IT.

THE EARLIER WE KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, THE BETTER, BUT WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST CRM SYSTEM WHERE WE TRACK REALLY LITERALLY EVERY CONTACT WITH A CONTRACTOR. WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AS WELL AS TRACKING AND MONITORING ANY KIND OF BOND COLLATERAL OR OUTSTANDING FINANCING THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED? WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CREATING A COLLATERAL POOL HERE WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

WE KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH.

AND WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN THE PAST.

AND PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CDFIS TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES, YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY ADD A GREATER VALUE.

WE'VE GOT SOME ABILITY TO DO THAT, HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 27 YEARS, WE'VE WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF SURETY BONDING COMPANIES IN THAT TIME PERIOD, MANY OF THE SAME WE EXPECT TO WORK WITH HERE, AND THEY'VE REALLY NEVER HAD A LOSS.

AND SO WHAT THAT'S TRANSLATED TO IS OUR ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE THE LOWEST LEVEL OF BOND GUARANTEE COLLATERAL SUPPORT.

IN SOME CASES, WE'VE HAD IT AS LOW AS 3%.

THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR, THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE A LOT OF RISK MITIGATION, THAT THAT BENEFITS THEM.

AND THEN REALLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE GOAL MIGHT BE TO KIND OF EXPAND THIS TO A MORE REGIONAL PROGRAM.

WE KNOW THAT TO SUPPORT THE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY, THE BEST SCENARIO IS FOR THEM TO ACCESS CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE REGION.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, BEXAR COUNTY BEING ONE OF THOSE AGENCIES.

BUT IN OTHER PLACES, THIS PROGRAM OPERATES UNDER WHAT'S CALLED SHARED RESOURCE, SHARED COST MODEL.

RECOGNIZING YOU MAY HAVE A MULTITUDE OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT WANT TO BRING THE SIMILAR RESOURCES TO THE CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT ELSEWHERE IN OUR OPEN TO DOING THAT WITH BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. MERRYWEATHER? QUESTIONS, MR. CLAY-FLORES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

RENEE, WHY DO YOU THINK WE ONLY GOT ONE RESPONSE? BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK.

WHEN WE MET WITH THE SURETY ASSOCIATION AND OTHER GROUPS AROUND TOWN, AROUND THE STATE THEY OUGHT TO PREMIER PROVIDER OF THESE

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THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO RECEIVED TWO SUBMITTALS WHEN THEY DID THEIR PROGRAM.

MERRIWETHER WILLIAMS AND A LOCAL FIRM.

THEY WE'RE JUST NOT WE DID NOT GET THE RESPONSE.

OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.

WELL, THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE FOR THREE YEARS, SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER.

CHANGER FOR OUR SWIM BEES TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE LARGER COMPANIES.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER MOODY JUST TO CLARIFY, AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT.

SO IS THE CONTRACT AROUND SETTING UP THE PROGRAM, AND THEN WE OPERATE THE PROGRAM USING THAT POOL OF COLLATERAL FUNDS GOING FORWARD, OR IS THIS AN ONGOING CONTRACT? JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY WHAT'S OWNED BY BEXAR COUNTY VERSUS THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE CONTRACTING FOR.

YES. SO TYPICALLY WE DESIGN, IMPLEMENT AND ADMINISTER.

SO IF YOU WILL, WE ACT AS YOUR RETAIL REPRESENTATIVE IN ENGAGING THE CONTRACTOR COMMUNITY, ASSESSING THEIR FINANCIAL POSITION, MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHO WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE BOND COLLATERAL SUPPORT.

AND THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE ONE, YOU TO DISCUSS SURETY OR BONDING WITH CONTRACTORS, YOU HAVE TO BE LICENSED.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS WE FOUND THAT CONTRACTORS YOU YOU ARE BASICALLY THEIR PROSPECT.

THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

SO WE'RE KIND OF A THIRD PARTY THAT WE CAN GET INTO THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS WITH THEM MORE COMFORTABLY THAN MAYBE THEY WOULD DO IN A DIRECT BASIS.

NO, IT MAKES SENSE, COMMISSIONER.

OUR ROLE WOULD BE MORE OF THE OUTREACH, OKAY.

AND HELPING TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO BRING IN THE PARTNERS BECAUSE PART OF THE PROGRAM, WHEN WE MET WITH THE SURETY ASSOCIATION WE HOPE TO DESIGN THAT IF THEY ALREADY HAVE SOMEONE AS A CLIENT THAT THEY THEY WON'T BE REPLACED, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM.

ANOTHER SURETY COMPANY.

YEP. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, RENEE, FOR BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO US.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS FIVE.

YEAH. 2013.

YEAH. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT FEELS AT LEAST LIKE SIX YEARS, BUT 2013 IS A LONG TIME.

AND I THANK THE MERRIWEATHER ORGANIZATION FOR THEIR STELLAR TRACK RECORD.

I'VE RESEARCHED IT.

YOU'VE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY, AND I HOPE YOU WILL WORK WITH OUR COALITION OF BANKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE COLLATERAL POOL, PROBABLY IN 2014 OR 2015, I SHOULD SAY.

I MET WITH OUR ABOUT 14 DIFFERENT BANKS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING FOR THE COLLATERAL POOL, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE COUNTY GET THEIR CASH IN MOTION FIRST. SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT, IT'S TIME FOR US TO MEET TOGETHER AND BRING THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT OFFICERS THAT ARE PART OF THAT POTENTIAL GROUP THAT WILL HELP US SHEPHERD THE BANKS TO PARTICIPATE AND EXPAND THE COLLATERAL POOL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT LEADERS CAN DO IS OBVIOUSLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND SO I'LL COMMIT TO HELP IN THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, ANOTHER ENTITY THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THE COUNTY HAS PUT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF DOLLARS INTO IS THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.

WE NEED THEM AT THE TABLE BECAUSE THE TRACK RECORD OF INCLUSION HAS NOT BEEN WITH THE COMMUNITY, EXPECTED SO MUCH TO THE FACT THAT IT'S REACHED THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN TERMS OF THE LACK OF INCLUSION.

SO WE WANT TO SEE THE PROJECTS WE WERE DOING ON TRAILS AND CREEKS HAVE A GREATER IMPACT, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOW HANGING FRUIT, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.

BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY OUR PARKS DIRECTOR WAS PART OF THAT, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CAN BE SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE PUT AT A, AT A PRICE POINT THAT MANY OF OUR CONTRACTORS CAN PARTICIPATE IN.

SO WE LIVE IN A DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT AROUND SMALL BUSINESS.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS OPEN TO ALL SMALL BUSINESSES, WE SHOULD BE JUST FINE IN PASSING THEM CONSTITUTIONAL LEGAL MUSTER THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORLD AS WE LIVE IT, IN IT.

AND SO I THANK YOU FOR FINALLY GETTING THIS OVER THE FINISH LINE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REALLY THE KIND OF GROWTH BOTH IN THE COLLATERAL POOL AND IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

WELL, LET ME GO AHEAD AND MAKE FINAL COMMENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, RENEE HAS NOTED, YOU KNOW, THIS MATTER.

THIS AGENDA ITEM WAS FIRST DISCUSSED BACK IN 2013, AND APPARENTLY IT NEVER CAME TO BE.

AND SO I AM VERY PLEASED AND HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS VOTE TODAY.

I'M PRESUMING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FAVORABLE VOTE AND MOVE THIS THING FORWARD, SO I WON'T PUT ON THE RECORD.

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I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC THAT CONSTRUCTION BONDING ASSISTANCE IS A CRUCIAL TOOL TO AID FIRMS BIDDING ON LOCAL PROJECTS TO INCREASE THEIR BONDING CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO BID ON LARGER PROJECTS.

WHICH MEANS RENEE.

NO BOND, NO BID, NO WORK, RIGHT? ONCE WE TAKE THE STEP TO INVEST THE $3 MILLION IN THE COLLATERAL POOL, OUR NEXT MOVE WILL BE TO WORK WITH THE OTHER MAJOR PUBLIC PURCHASERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO ADD FUNDING AND EXPAND THE COLLATERAL POOL.

THIS WILL BE A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT.

THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE ACCESS TO PUBLIC CONTRACTS, SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES, AND HELP BUILD AN INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

SO I'M AGAIN, I AM PUTTING ON RECORD THAT I SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OH, COMMISSIONER, WE CAN HAVE THE VOTE.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

ONCE THIS PROGRAM GOING TO START.

SO WE WILL BE BACK FOR APPROVAL FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT AT THE NEXT COURT MEETING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR THE NEGOTIATION.

AND THEN WE HOPE TO KICK IT OFF IN JUNE, THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE OR SO.

AND THEN IS THERE SOME KIND OF PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE RURAL AREAS HEAR ABOUT IT? YES. TAKE ADVANTAGE.

YES WE WILL.

ALL OF THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE ARE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THEM SUBURBAN CITIES EVERYWHERE WE CAN FIND A CONTRACTOR.

WE MOST RECENTLY PULLED PERMITS FILED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR ALL CONSTRUCTION FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TO THE DATA TO TO WHO'S GETTING CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, ALL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS, OUR COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS.

WE'RE GOING TO THOSE DATA POOLS SO WE CAN GO IN AND REALLY GET FACE TO FACE WITH ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS WE KNOW, BECAUSE AFTER COVID, WE KNOW THAT THESE THESE FIRMS NEED THIS HELP. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE I THINK THAT UTSA AND TEXAS A&M, WE SHOULD ALSO PULL THEM IN SINCE WE'VE PROVIDED SO MANY PUBLIC DOLLARS AND SEE IF THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE COLLATERAL POOL, MAYBE A REGENT CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE WITH THEM.

YEAH. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? I CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. GET GOING.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 64.

[64. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of the Engineering Services Agreement between Bexar County and Lamb-Star Engineering, LLC, for Construction Engineering and Inspection Services in an amount not to exceed $3,210,995.62 for fees related to the Talley Road Phase II (MPO) - Wiseman Boulevard to Tamaron Pass Project, Precinct 1.]

MR. REINHARDT GREAT, THANK THANK YOU JUDGE.

SO IN THE THEME OF SMALL BUSINESS, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO LAMB STAR ENGINEERING.

THEY ARE A SMALL NATIVE AMERICAN OWNED FIRM HEADQUARTERED IN FRISCO WITH ABOUT 20 FOLKS HERE IN TOWN HAVE ADAM ELLIS AS WELL AS CHRISTINA CRUZ HERE WITH ME TODAY.

JUST SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT ITSELF.

THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING INSPECTION SERVICES RELATED TO THE TALLEY ROAD PHASE TWO PROJECT.

IT'S ABOUT A TWO AND A HALF MILE LONG PROJECT STARTING FROM WISEMAN ROAD IN PRECINCT ONE, GOING NORTH TOWARDS CAMERON PASS.

SO THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT THROUGH THE MPO.

WE'LL BE EXPANDING A TWO LANE ROADWAY TO FOUR LANES, ALONG WITH DRAINAGE, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THE CONSTRUCTION COST IS ROUGHLY $31 MILLION, WITH 80% OF THAT REIMBURSABLE TO TO THE BEXAR COUNTY.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY RELATED TO THE ACTION TODAY.

SO IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, WE ISSUED AN RFQ FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

WE RECEIVED AND EVALUATED 14 FIRMS AND MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO COURT, WHO ULTIMATELY APPROVED THE PROCEEDING OF NEGOTIATIONS TO LAMB STAR ENGINEERING BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

THE CONTRACT THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR TODAY IS FOR THE SCOPE OF SERVICES YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION SERVICES, WHICH CONSISTS OF INSPECTING THE WORK TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, MAKING SURE THE WORK IS DONE IN A WORKMAN LIKE MANNER, TRACKING CHANGE ORDERS, REVIEWING SHOP DRAWINGS, PAY ESTIMATES AND SO FORTH.

THE TEAM, AS I MENTIONED, IS HEADED BY LAMB STAR ENGINEERING, ALONG WITH RABA, KISTNER, AND JMT, AS WELL AS FORESITE ENGINEERING.

SO THE MOTION WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TODAY WITH IS PROCEEDING WITH THE CONTRACT AWARD TO LAMB STAR.

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IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

I THINK THAT'S IN PRECINCT ONE, BUT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY.

JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS.

FIRST OF ALL.

I WAS I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURE HERE, AND THEN I PULLED IT UP ON GOOGLE MAPS, AND NOW I REALIZE I THINK IT WAS A DATED IMAGERY, BECAUSE ALL THE GROWTH AND AND THE, THE HOMES AND COMMUNITIES THERE ALONG TALLEY ROAD.

SO I GET IT. IT MAKES SENSE.

I JUST WANTED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MPO HERE, THE THE COST SHARE AND APPRECIATE YOU LEANING INTO THAT.

AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS, BUT WHENEVER WE CAN LEVERAGE THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR OUR COUNTY PROJECTS, I THINK IT'S A WIN FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN TAKING A WHILE, SO I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING.

SO OBVIOUSLY I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT IT.

BUT. WELL, I WANT TO TAKE A PERSONAL POINT OF PRIVILEGE, THOUGH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND SINCE ART'S HERE.

TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR TEAM.

I KNOW IT HAPPENED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE YOU GOT HERE.

AND ACKNOWLEDGED DAVID WEGMAN, WEGMAN'S WORK AND JUST STAFF AT PUBLIC WORKS IN GENERAL.

BUT WE RECEIVED, I SAY WE BECAUSE IT'S IN 211, THE 211 PROJECT RECEIVED A NATIONAL AWARD, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL IN THE ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION WORLD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED WORK OF YOUR STAFF.

AND YEAH, SHOUT OUT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. GET THE JOB DONE, MR. REINHART. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 65, PRESENTATION BEXAR COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION STATUS TWO YEARS AFTER INCEPTION.

[65. Presentation of Bexar County Parks and Recreation status two years after inception.]

GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS TO TAKE THIS UPDATE, IS IT? NO. NO, SIR. OH, GOOD.

THANK YOU. GOING TO BE PRETTY QUICK.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THERE WE GO.

GO OVER A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

WE STARTED PARKS AND RECREATION IN 2015.

OUR 2000, 22, 15TH FEBRUARY 2022 WAS PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES.

BACK IN THE 90S, WE BECAME FACILITIES MANAGED PART OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT IN OH SIX AND THEN THE BEXAR HERITAGE AND PARKS FROM 2016 UNTIL 2022.

THE DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW WE HAVE ABOUT WE HAVE 59 EMPLOYEES.

WE PARK OPERATIONS HAS 55 AND THE HERITAGE CENTER HAS FOUR.

Y'ALL WALK THROUGH THE HERITAGE CENTER HOPEFULLY EVERY DAY.

WE HAVE EIGHT HARD STAFFED PARKS AND WE HAVE 11 TOTAL PARKS.

WITHIN THAT WE HAVE A PARK MAINTENANCE CREW.

WE HAVE A LAWN CREW.

AND WE FACILITATE.

WHAT WE REALLY DO IS WE FACILITATE BETWEEN 32 AND 3600 EVENTS PER YEAR.

THOSE ARE BIRTHDAYS.

QUINCEANERAS REUNIONS.

WE ALSO DO LARGE EVENTS.

SOME OF THEM LIKE THE JUNETEENTH THE PAELLA CHALLENGE THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY.

WE WE DO THOSE BIG COMMUNITY EVENTS WITHIN OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE 20 RENTABLE PAVILIONS AND SIX COMMERCIAL KITCHENS AND THREE CIVIC CENTERS, AND WE GENERATE ABOUT 400 K ANNUALLY IN REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WE WELCOME ABOUT 54,000 VISITORS TO THE HERITAGE CENTER ANNUALLY.

THE APPROACH. WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OVER, OUR APPROACH WAS TO LOOK AT SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY.

FIRST, THERE WERE MANY AREAS OF THE PARKS THAT WE COULDN'T GET TO THAT WERE THAT WERE IN DISREPAIR, SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY.

WE ALSO WANT TO BE THE PARK SYSTEM OF YES.

IF SOMEBODY COMES TO US AND WANTS TO HAVE AN EVENT, WE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SAY YES.

AND WE ALSO WE ALSO WANT TO ACHIEVE PARITY WHERE POSSIBLE, A PARITY FOR EVENTS, FOR EVENTS WITHIN THE PRECINCTS AND ALSO AS WE RENOVATE OUR PARK SYSTEMS. AND WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT PARK UPGRADES AND EQUIPMENT WILL LAST.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING DIFFERENTLY IS THE ASPHALT ROADS ARE REAL ROADS.

THEY'RE NOT CHIPSEAL ANYMORE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY ROADS THAT ARE GOING TO LAST.

WE WANT A 20, 25 YEAR LIFESPAN.

ALSO WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO GET ON THEIR PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN PUT IT IN THERE SO WE CAN DO THE PMS ON THOSE THINGS.

THE SOFT FALL MATERIALS THAT YOU SEE ON THE PLAYGROUNDS, WE THOSE HAVE A LIFESPAN OF ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS.

AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS THEN WE OVERLAY THEM WITH ARTIFICIAL TURF TO GET ANOTHER 5 TO 7 OUT OF THEM SO THAT THE SOFT FALL MATERIAL EQUALS THE PLAYGROUND LIFESPAN.

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EVERYTHING THAT WE PURCHASE IS IPEMA.

WE JUST DON'T GO TO HOME DEPOT AND BUY THE HARDWARE.

THERE ARE SPECIAL CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PURCHASE, SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT THINGS.

WE ALSO PERFORM OUR MAINTENANCE ON TIME.

WE DO A WE HAVE A PM PROGRAM FOR OUR OUR FACILITIES AND OUR EQUIPMENT, AND WE PROVIDE DUAL USAGE FIELDS AND COURTS WHERE POSSIBLE.

PICKLEBALL, TENNIS.

OKAY. THAT'S PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS IS A BIG THING.

AND WHERE WE CAN WE'LL DO THAT.

SAME WITH OUR UPCOMING SPORTS FIELDS.

THERE'LL BE SOCCER FOR DIFFERENT AGES, AGE GROUPS AND POTENTIAL AND FLAG FOOTBALL AS WELL.

AND WE WANT TO LEAVE A MASTER PLAN PARK SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GONE ONE DAY, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE CAN CONTINUE TO PLAY.

WE ALSO WANT TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

SO WE WE WATCH WHAT THE MONEY WE SPEND, AND WE TRY TO FIND SAVINGS WHERE WE CAN.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

SOME OF THE CHANGES MADE SINCE WE TOOK OVER, WE'VE UPDATED ALL OUR CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.

WE'VE HAD THERE WERE SOME AGREEMENTS THAT WERE OUT OF DATE WITH THE ITC AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE'VE DONE THAT. WE ENSURE ALL OUR OBLIGATIONS WERE PAID.

WE DON'T OWE ANYBODY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

WE STREAMLINED SOME INTERNAL PROCESSES AS FAR AS RESERVATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE REALIGNED SOME JOB DUTIES.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE DOING WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO IN THE RIGHT AREA.

WE WE OVERHAULED OUR WEBSITE.

THE WEBSITE WAS KIND OF GETTING STALE, AND SO WE OVERHAULED THAT.

AND NOW IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND, AND AND IT HAS PICTURES OF EVERY ONE OF OUR PARKS IN THERE.

PLUS OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR GOT CERTIFIED THROUGH BCIT TO ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE CHANGES ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGILE ON THOSE THINGS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A LONG TIME.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE CHANGES PRETTY QUICKLY.

WE ALSO CHANGED OUR RECRUITING PRACTICES.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAD WAS A LOT OF FIRST DAY RESIGNATIONS.

SO NOW WE GET ON THE PHONE WITH THEM, WE TALK TO THEM, WE GET AN INTERVIEW WITH THEM, THEN WE SEND THEM TO A PARK AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO.

THEY MEET WITH THE PARK FOREMAN TO GET THE WARM FUZZY FROM THAT.

THEN WE BRING THEM IN FOR AN INTERVIEW.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HIRE GOOD QUALITY PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE LONG TERM, THAT CARE ABOUT THE PARKS.

WE ALSO CREATED A RECREATION COORDINATOR, SECURITY COORDINATOR AND REINSTATED THE PARKS SECTION CHIEF POSITIONS.

AS WE'RE GROWING, WE NEED THESE THINGS.

PART OF THE PART OF THE RECREATION IS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WAS STARTED, WAS THE RECREATION SINCE THE RECREATION COORDINATOR.

AND SHE'S BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

HEY, KEN, IT'S DAVID.

ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO REMIND THE COURT IS WHEN I HIRED KEN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEXAR COUNTY HAD JUST KIND OF.

HERE'S A PARK.

YOU USE IT.

WHAT I ASK KEN TO DO WAS TO ACTIVATE OUR PARKS TO START PROGRAMING EVENTS IN OUR PARKS, NOT JUST BE PASSIVE PROVIDER OF GREEN SPACE. AND I THINK HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB AT THAT.

SO THANK YOU.

SOME OF THE THE MORE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, WE'VE AGGRESSIVELY SOUGHT OUT THE TOUR COMPANIES, SENIOR GROUPS AND SCHOOLS, INCREASING VISITORS TO THE HERITAGE CENTER.

THERE USED TO BE JUST A FEW PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THERE.

NOW THERE ARE TOURS WHEN YOU HOP ON A TOUR HERE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THEY THE HERITAGE CENTER IS A STOP.

AND WE'VE ALSO WE'VE GOT TOUR GROUPS THAT ARE KIDS THAT COME THROUGH THERE.

WE'VE GOT SCHOOL GROUPS THAT COME THROUGH THERE QUITE A BIT.

WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO PARKS FOUNDATION.

THEY'RE A MATTER OF FACT. THEY'VE GOT, THEY'VE WE'VE GOT SOME GRANT MONEY FROM THEM FOR HILDALGO PARK.

PARK OUT IN THE SOUTH SIDE.

WE'VE STRENGTHENED TIES WITH VARIOUS GROUPS IN AREAS THAT DO SIMILAR THINGS, SUCH AS SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

WE WORK WELL WITH THOSE GUYS, AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON PARALLEL PATHS.

WE ALSO CLOSED THAT OLD CAPITAL PROJECTS AND COMBINED OTHERS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MYRIAD OF.

OF CAPITAL MONEY.

AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD FOCUS ON WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND THEN WE ALSO REESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND SAID, HEY, HERE WE ARE.

WE WANT TO WE WANT TO GO FORWARD TOGETHER WITH YOU ALL.

AND THEN WE ALSO CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED TRAINING PLAN FOR STAFF AND EQUIPMENT.

SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS IS KIND OF TECHNICAL.

WE HAVE A BUCKET TRUCK, WE HAVE A STAGE.

AND SO CURRENTLY THAT STAGE IS IN PROGRESS OF BEING INSPECTED.

AND WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN CONJUNCTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FREEMAN COLISEUM, FOLKS.

SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE COMPLETED WE'VE RENOVATED RODRIGUEZ PARK PAVILION ONE.

NOW, A LOT OF THESE ARE IN HOUSE.

WE RENOVATED A PAVILION ONE THERE.

WE DID CONCRETE.

WE NOW IT'S ADA ACCESSIBLE, AND WE REPAINTED IT.

WE REPAVED THAT LARGE PARKING LOT AREA AND RESTRIPED IT.

WE'VE ADDED WI-FI TO EVERY ONE OF OUR PARKS.

WE HAVE WI-FI IN ALL OUR PARKS NOW.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THING WE STARTED.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE FINISHED THE TRAILS AT HOT WELLS.

THERE ARE HOT WELLS PARK WAS STARTED SOME TIME BACK.

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WE CREATED A FITNESS TRAIL AT MISSION TWO.

WE ALSO CREATED FARMERS MARKETS AREAS.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.

WE DID A 1.2 MILLION GRANT TO THE NEW GENERATION SPORTS ACADEMY.

THAT'S A SPORTS ACADEMY THAT TARGETS AT RISK YOUTH.

WE PURCHASED THE OLD WOOD LAKE GOLF COURSE, AND NOW THAT IS NOW THE NEWEST COUNTY PARK, WHICH IS A LOT OF MOWING.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET OUT THERE, MOW WITH US.

HE HAS YET TO DO THAT. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT DAVID SMITH, THE COUNTY MANAGER, DID MOW WITH US.

SO WE REPAVED.

EXCUSE ME. I GOT OUT THERE.

YEAH, IT WAS GREAT. SO ONE OF.

YEAH, I TOLD ONE OF HIS STAFF AS I WAS LEAVING, HEY, I'D RATHER DO THIS ANY DAY.

IT'S THE DOWNTOWN STUFF THAT GETS TO ME.

SO WE DO HAVE A NICE SUSPENSION SEATS ON OUR MOWER.

SO IF ANY OF Y'ALL ARE READY, READY, WILLING AND ABLE, LET US KNOW.

WE REPAVED RAYMOND RUSSELL MAIN TRAVEL ROAD COMING IN, AND WE REPAID THE ROAD AND APPROACHED TO COMANCHE TWO ALONG WITH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE SAW THERE WAS A THERE WAS A MOTHER WITH A CHILD, AND SHE HAD TO CARRY HIS TRICYCLE BECAUSE HE HE COULDN'T RIDE HIS TRICYCLE ON SOME OF THE PAVING. AND SO WE GOT A COMMISSIONER CALVERT HELPED WITH THE FUNDING ON THAT AND GOT US SOME MONEY, AND WE WENT AND REPAVED THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

WE DESIGNED SERVICES FOR RODRIGUEZ PARK.

RODRIGUEZ PARK IS GOING TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL AREA.

WE'RE WORKING WITH KOSA AND THE REGIONAL PARK ACROSS THE STREET SO THAT WE DON'T DUPLICATE SERVICES.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HOME OF BEXAR COUNTY YOUTH SPORTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOCCER FIELDS OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE KIDS PLAYING GALORE.

IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY NEAT PROJECT.

IN ADDITION TO THE ACROSS THE STREET OLD HIGHWAY 90, TXDOT IS GOING TO RENOVATE THAT ROAD AS WELL.

SO THAT WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE RENOVATED.

THE COMANCHE PARK LOW WATER CROSSING.

WE'RE DOING THAT OUT OF SAFETY.

THAT'S THAT WATER. LOW WATER CROSSING WAS FAILING.

PEOPLE COULDN'T CROSS IT SAFELY.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.

THAT'S IT'S BEEN A LONG TERM PROJECT.

THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAD TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT FACILITIES, FACILITY MAINTENANCE IS MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH THAT.

WE'RE MASTER PLANNING OR SINGER WERE MASTER PLANNING.

MACARTHUR. THE MONUMENT SIGN AT HOT WELLS.

WE'RE REVIEWING THAT RIGHT NOW.

DESIGN SERVICES FOR FOR MCDONOUGH PARK.

THAT WAS CDBG HELPED US OUT GETTING SOME INITIAL FUNDING WITH THAT.

AND THEN COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES HELPED GET SOME MORE FUNDING FOR THAT.

THE REST OF THE TO FACILITATE THE RENOVATION OF THAT PARK.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE EASEMENT AT WOODLAKE UNDER FM 78.

THERE IS A SMALL IT'S A CHANNEL, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT THAT'S HOW WE GET ACROSS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH.

THE EASEMENT WITH THE WITH THE STATE HAS EXPIRED, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING THAT DONE.

WE HAD WE'RE ABOUT 60% READY TO GO ON THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO MASTER PLAN WOODLAKE.

WE'RE DEVELOPING SCOPE FOR THAT.

SO SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS RAYMOND RUSSELL RESTROOM AND SEWAGE MODIFICATIONS AND MASTER PLAN FOR PHASE TWO.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY ON THAT PLETZ PARK PHASE TWO.

WE'RE ABOUT TO FINISH. WE'RE ABOUT TO GET STARTED ON THE SPORTS COURTS, THE ASPHALT AND THE PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE WITH THE VENDORS, MISSION PARK SECURITY CAMERAS.

WE'RE ABOUT TO INSTALL THE SECURITY CAMERAS OUT THERE AT MISSION PARK.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO BE SECURITY CAMERAS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ABLE TO COUNT PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GOOD THING, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO AN INFERRED COUNT.

WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT OF THE PARKS.

IT'S GOING TO HELP US SAY WHAT WE DO.

BULLETS, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS, LOTS OF WALKERS OUT AT BULLIS.

NOW. THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK ALL THE WAY AROUND THERE WITHOUT TRIPPING OR ANYTHING.

ADA RENOVATIONS FOR SOUTH SAN CIVIC CENTER.

WE JUST RECENTLY GOT A FEDERAL EARMARK, $750,000 FROM CONGRESSMAN CASTRO'S OFFICE.

TO GET THAT RENOVATED.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT A A FIRM TO HELP US WITH THAT DESIGN.

SO MELISSA SHANNON IN HER TEAM WAS HELPED HELPED US START THAT.

AND THAT CAME THROUGH.

THERE'S SOME WAYS THAT WE SAVE MONEY.

TALKED ABOUT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

WE UTILIZE IN-HOUSE LABOR WHERE POSSIBLE, WHEREVER WE CAN.

THERE'S A QR CODES THAT WE HAVE OUT IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE THAT DIRECT US, THAT DIRECT PEOPLE TO SOME OF THE NICE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THAT GOES TO OUR WEBSITE SAN ANTONIO.

A RIVER AUTHORITY SPENT A TON OF MONEY ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND WE DID IT FOR LIKE 2600 BUCKS ALL IN HOUSE.

THE FITNESS TRAIL AT MISSION TWO.

CURRENTLY IT COSTS ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS A MILE.

WE DID IT FOR $613,000.

WE DESIGNED IT IN HOUSE, AND WE USED IDIQ CONTRACTOR TO GET IT DONE.

WATER HEATER AT MCARTHUR.

WHENEVER YOU DO A COMMERCIAL WATER HEATER, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLUMBING COMPANY.

WELL, WE DID IN HOUSE STAFF.

WE USED OUR IN HOUSE STAFF.

WE WENT AND PURCHASED IT.

WE WE PUT IT IN WORKS GREAT LOT LESS THAN $10,000 IS THE GOING RATE WE DID IT FOR I THINK ABOUT 2300, $2,400.

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WE HAVE SOME MOWERS THAT ARE 25, 26 YEARS OLD.

AND SO THE LAWN CREW TURNS INTO OUR SEATED POWER EQUIPMENT CREW, MAINTENANCE CREW.

DURING THE WINTER WHEN NO GRASS IS GROWING AND ANY MINOR PARK MAINTENANCE WE DO IN HOUSE, OUR STAFF WILL PAINT, OUR STAFF WILL TAKE CARE OF ELECTRICAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SOME OF THE NEXT THINGS WE NEED TO DO IN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS.

WE NEED TO ESTABLISH OUR OWN PARKS AND RECREATION BUILDING.

WE'RE CURRENTLY UPSTAIRS OVER HERE.

IT'S KIND OF A CRAZY PLACE FOR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO BE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE AN OLD SHOPPING CENTER OR OTHER LARGE BUILDING.

OR MAYBE WE BUILD IN A CURRENT PARK.

WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT WE NEED TO MEET OUR CUSTOMERS NEAR WHERE THEY USE OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW.

IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO COME MAKE A RESERVATION, THEY HAVE TO PARK IN THE PARKING GARAGE, WALK OVER, CONDUCT A TEN MINUTE TRANSACTION, AND THEN WALK ALL THE WAY BACK.

THEY HAVE TO COME DOWNTOWN.

IDEALLY, THEY WE SHOULD BE IN A PARK OR SOMEPLACE OUT IN THE AREA WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING, OR THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO FIGHT DOWNTOWN TO MAKE A RESERVATION.

CURRENTLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE TO USE THE INTERNET, THAT DON'T HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT, THAT LIKE TO USE CASH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE THAT WINDOW FOR.

THE NEW HOME WILL BE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE WANT TO HAVE AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND ON THE PREMISES.

WE WANT TO HAVE CIVIC CENTER SPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OPEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR COURT.

SPORT COURT SPACE.

SO WHEREVER WE GET THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO DO THAT.

ALSO, THE CIVIC CENTER SPACE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PLACES FOR, LIKE THE VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE AND COUNTY CLERK WHEN THEY DO THEIR RECORDS, THINGS THAT WE'LL HAVE SPACE FOR THEM TO USE, PLUS RENTABLE VENUE SPACE.

WE WANT TO RENOVATE MISSION PARK PLAYGROUND.

THAT'S WE'RE SPEEDING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S THAT THAT GOT TORE UP PRETTY QUICK.

SO WE'RE SPEEDING THAT UP TO GETTING IT DONE NOW, AND WE'RE MASTER PLANNING COMANCHE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME MONEY THAT WE HAVE NOW AND GO AHEAD AND START THE MASTER PLAN FOR COMANCHE.

BECAUSE COMANCHE CAN BE REALLY A GEM.

WE JUST NEED TO DO SOME THINGS OUT THERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESIGN PARKS.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START OVER AGAIN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NEXT PHASE OF PARK DESIGN.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS THING GOING.

SOME OF THE MASTER PLAN INFORMATION BEXAR COUNTY WANTED TO MAINTAIN A 0.0 ACRES PER THOUSAND LEVEL OF SERVICE, PER DATA FROM 2008.

WELL PARK LAND IN 2021 WAS 1398 ACRES TOTAL.

THAT WAS A 0.70 PER THOUSAND.

WELL, THE RECENT CENSUS INFORMATION HAS A CURRENT POPULATION OF OF OVER 2 MILLION.

AND IT'S GROWING.

SO OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE HAS DROPPED TO 0.66 PER THOUSAND.

THE ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 922 ACRES ARE GOING TO NEEDED BY 2030.

SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED A FEW DOLLARS HERE AND THERE.

USAGE BY PRECINCT PRECINCT ONE.

THIS MEANS THAT 26% OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT PRECINCT GO TO THE PARKS.

PRECINCT TWO IS 16%.

THAT'S A LITTLE LOW, BUT HE'S ONLY GOT ONE PARK AND COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ PRECINCT.

BUT 16% OF THE PEOPLE GO TO THAT PARK.

AND ALSO, THAT PARK HAS THE HIGHEST LOYALTY.

34% OF THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE PARK DO NOT GO TO ANY OTHER PARKS.

IT'S GENERATIONAL PEOPLE.

THEY SAY, MY, I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN.

REMEMBER MY GRANDPARENTS TOOK ME HERE.

PRECINCT THREE IS ABOUT 26% AND PRECINCT FOUR IS ABOUT 27%.

SO BASICALLY A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION COME TO THE COUNTY PARKS.

THAT'S A LOT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ SO.

OH, SORRY. IT'S OKAY.

I'LL BE BRIEF. KEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.

I, I KNOW THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE.

IT'S NOT AN ACTION ITEM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS.

FIRST, NUMBER ONE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I THINK YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND IS DAVID SMITH MENTIONED I THINK IN PARTICULAR ACTIVATING THE PARK.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PARKS IN, IN AND AROUND THE CITY.

I BELIEVE RODRIGUEZ PARK IS GOING TO BE THERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND I KNOW THAT 16% IS GOING TO BE SKYROCKETING BECAUSE IT IS, QUITE FRANKLY, WHEN I GOT ON COURT IN 2019 AND WENT AND VISITED YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO OVERSTATE IT, BUT IT WAS KIND OF AN EMBARRASSMENT.

I MEAN, AND AND IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I WAS PROUD TO HAVE THE COUNTY FLAG ON BECAUSE IT REALLY NEEDED A LOT OF LOVE, AND IT STILL NEEDS A LOT OF LOVE.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE COMMITTED THIS COURT TO OVER $10 MILLION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO, TO UPGRADE THAT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, KEN, IT'S GOING TO BECOME, I THINK, A REGIONAL DESTINATION AREA IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE DISTRICT SIX CITY PARK NEARBY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THAT PARTICULAR PART OF PRECINCT TWO.

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AND BUT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR WE HAVE SOME LOYAL FOLKS IN PRECINCT TWO.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND YOU KEN, ON AS SMITH MENTIONED, THE ACTIVATION, I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME FREE SOCCER CAMPS FOR FOLKS OUT THERE.

THE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER BY THE TIME.

HOPEFULLY WE HAVE OUR NEXT ONE.

BUT I KNOW WE HAD A REALLY HIGH PARTICIPATION RATE WITH THAT.

I STILL STILL SEE FOLKS IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR DOING THAT.

THEY GIVE THAT IT GAVE PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LITTLE BREAK AND PUT THEIR KIDS IN A, IN A SOCCER CAMP THAT WAS FREE TO THEM OVER THE SUMMER.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR INNOVATION.

ALSO, LET ME JUST COMMEND YOUR TEAM, THE THE PARKS AND REC MEN AND WOMEN THAT THAT WORK FOR YOU.

I KNOW SOMETIMES WE ASK THEM TO DO EXTRA THINGS ABOVE AND BEYOND.

IN YEARS PAST, YOU ALL HAVE HELPED WITH OUR WITH OUR TURKEY DISTRIBUTION AROUND THANKSGIVING.

THEY'RE ALWAYS WITH A SMILE, WILLING TO, TO STEP UP AND AND HELP WITH THAT.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK.

AND REALLY I THINK IT COMES FROM YOUR LEADERSHIP, KEN, AND YOUR STYLE.

WE LOOK FORWARD IN PRECINCT TWO TO WORKING WITH YOU.

ON I THINK IT'S HALF AND ASSOCIATES IS DOING THE THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE RODRIGUEZ PARK AND THEN HOPEFULLY IN SHORT ORDER, WE'LL GET SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I WOULD SAY AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH YOUR OWN STAFF, YOU'VE DONE SOME, SOME UPGRADES INDIVIDUALLY WITH WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT OR THE PAVILION.

AND IT MAKES IT A LOT I GUESS MORE MORE AMENABLE FOR FOLKS TO GO AND WELCOMING, I SHOULD SAY, FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY.

LASTLY, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS IS GREAT.

I KNOW I GOT FOLKS PART OF THAT LOYAL MAJORITY THERE IN PRECINCT TWO THAT TEXT ME OR MESSAGE ME.

AND AS SOON AS I GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY OUT THERE ADDRESSING IT.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK OUR PARKS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

JUDGE THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SOCCER CAMPS AGAIN IN JULY THIS YEAR.

SO. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOUR LEADERSHIP.

LIKE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ SAID, YOU'RE VERY RESPONSIVE TO ME AND MY STAFF WITH AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PARKS IN OUR PRECINCT, AND YOUR YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE JUST VERY RESPONSIVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE IN HOUSE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

I KNOW ONE OF THOSE WAS THE NEW TRAIL THAT WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING FOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HIRE OUT SOME OF YOUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO SAVE US SOME MONEY.

BUT I WANT TO GO BACK.

IF AV IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT TALKED ABOUT THE EARMARKS, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE TALK ABOUT THE THE $750,000 FOR SOUTH SAN.

THESE AREN'T NUMBERED, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT NUMBER THAT IS, KEN? IT IS.

HE WAS AT THE BOTTOM, Y'ALL, OF ONE OF THE SLIDES AT 757, I BELIEVE.

SLIDE SEVEN.

YEAH. THANK SO.

IF THEY'VE GOT OR NOT. I CAN DO IT HERE.

OKAY, THERE THEY GO. ONE MORE.

ONE MORE. ONE MORE.

THERE YOU GO. THERE IT IS. YEAH.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT.

SECURED $750,000 IN FEDERAL EARMARK DOLLARS FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN CASTRO'S OFFICE ON THIS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.

AND WE HAD A REALLY GOOD PRESS CONFERENCE.

JUDGE SAKAI CAME OUT, AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MELISSA THOMAS MANUEL AND OUR FEDERAL LOBBYIST WALTER SARDINHA, FOR GETTING TAKING CARE OF THIS.

AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE THAT THE PROCESS WORKS IF WE FOLLOW THE PROCESS.

LIKE I SAID, IT TOOK A COUPLE YEARS, BUT FINALLY WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE SENIORS AT THAT CENTER ARE REALLY EXCITED AND THEY'RE ALREADY ASKING, WHEN'S IT GOING TO GET STARTED? I TELL THEM BY THE END OF THE YEAR, SO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND THANK THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM FOR WORKING ON THAT AND THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND, AND WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH CAN, I KNOW, BE FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

JUST ECHO MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS.

APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP, YOUR RESPONSIVENESS AND, AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU ON, ON PROJECTS AND PRECINCT THREE.

I THINK WE HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS ON THE TABLE.

WE HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT SEWER CONNECTION FROM RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK AT SOME POINT.

YES, WE WILL. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. WE JOINED THE PLAUDITS.

AND THANK YOU ALL THE COUNTY PARK STAFF FOR WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF LAND THAT WE HAVE AS REALLY

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SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PLANS AND STANDING WITH YOU IN THAT.

I WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR THE AMAZING JOB AT THE EASTER EGG HUNT.

3000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT WOODLAKE, AND WE LITERALLY HAD NO IDEA IF ANYBODY WAS GOING TO SHOW UP BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE DOING IT.

SO THAT'S A CREDIT TO YOUR TEAM.

AND A LOT OF WORK GETTING 4000 EASTER EGGS FILLED.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START EARLY NEXT YEAR TO RAISE THE FUNDS IN ORDER TO DO IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A HUGE TRADITION. WE WANT TO THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON AROUND JUNETEENTH, AS WELL WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

AND JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE CUTTING EDGE THINGS YOUR TEAM IS WORKING ON.

SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

AND OUR RECREATION COORDINATOR, COORDINATOR AND ELISA REYNOSO, SHE'S THE ONE THAT DID THE EASTER EGG HUNT AND THE STAFF INTERNALLY.

THEY HELPED US STUFF THE EGGS AND DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

SHE'S ALSO THE ONE THAT COORDINATED THE EARTH DAY FEST WE JUST HAD.

WE'RE ABOUT TO START MOVIES IN THE PARKS.

SO SHE'S THE ONE THAT ALSO DID THE THE SPORTS CAMPS.

WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A BASKETBALL CAMP HERE SHORTLY IN PRECINCT ONE OVER AT AT CONCEPCION.

AND THEN JUANITA FIERRO, SHE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT DESIGNED THE THE TRAIL AND DID THE IN-HOUSE DESIGN ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS FOR THE PARKING LOT, AND THAT SHE SHE UTILIZED IDIQ CONTRACTORS AND THEN MY MAINTENANCE TEAM.

LOUIS MARTINEZ, HE'S THE GUY RUNNING THAT THAT TAKES CARE OF ALL THAT IN-HOUSE MAINTENANCE.

AND THEN TOMAS CORTEZ, HE'S THE FOREMAN FOR THE LAWN CREW, THAT WE ALSO TAKE CARE OF 14 GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND THEN THERE ARE THE GUYS THAT ALSO MAINTAIN OUR MOWERS AND STUFF IN THE OFF SEASON.

SO WE DO HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, AND I DO APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

ALSO SAY THANK YOU, KEN.

I'LL TAKE UP YOUR OFFER TO JUMP ON A MOWER.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU.

KEN, LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 67 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING BEXAR COUNTY'S AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND

[67. Presentation and discussion regarding Bexar County's American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund priorities and fund balance.]

THAT DAVE OR THOMAS? OH, THERE HE IS.

I WAS WONDERING WHERE YOU WENT.

I MADE THE FULL ROUNDS THERE, JUDGE.

FOR THE RECORD. THOMAS GUEVARA, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER.

THE PURPOSE OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO UPDATE THE COURT ON AVAILABLE, UNALLOCATED FUNDING AND CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION ON HOW BEST TO PRIORITIZE AHEAD OF THE UPCOMING OBLIGATION DEADLINE IN DECEMBER.

JUST A QUICK RECAP ON THE COURT'S PRIORITIES.

CURRENTLY, THE COURT HAS $17.7 MILLION IN UNALLOCATED FUNDING FOR NEW PROJECTS.

AGAIN, THE ATTACHED IS A TABLE OF THE COUNTY'S CURRENT INVESTMENTS AND COMMUNITY WIDE ARPA CATEGORIES.

JUST AS A REMINDER, LAST YEAR COUNTY STAFF PRESENTED CONSIDERATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REPROGRAMING UNALLOCATED FUNDING TO HOPEFULLY MINIMIZE THE TIME FRAMES HERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU MAY ADD FUNDING TO EXISTING ARPA AGREEMENTS.

WHERE WHERE WITH THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS THAT ARE ON TRACK AND, AND ON AND ARE IN GOOD STANDING.

WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNTY OFFICES TO REVIEW EACH CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS.

WERE YOU MIGHT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD TO FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION.

AGAIN, AS WE DISCUSSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR TODAY, WE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON TIME FRAMES FOR NEW SOLICITATIONS AND VETTING BASED ON THE LOOMING TREASURY OBLIGATION DEADLINE IN 2024.

JUST A JUST TO KICK OFF THIS DISCUSSION COURT, YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE OF EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES.

YOU DO HAVE ABOUT 10.1 MILLION AND UNFUNDED WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RFP THAT HAS $138 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS. LET'S CAN WE CAN WE STOP THERE FOR A SECOND? BECAUSE ARE YOU SAYING WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR RFPS OUT ON WATER AND THOSE BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD RESPONDENTS.

THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE UNFUNDED PROJECTS.

COMMISSIONER, IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE BROUGHT THE WATER SEWER PROGRAM, WE HAD ABOUT THREE PROJECTS THAT WE FUNDED AT THAT TIME WITH UNALLOCATED FUNDING.

YOU DO HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED AT THAT TIME THAT COURT CAN CONSIDER.

AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR PACKET.

THERE. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE STILL OUT THERE.

THEY'RE OPEN FOR CONSIDERATION.

UNDER THAT PARTICULAR NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU ALSO RECALL, COMMISSIONER, THERE WERE TWO PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY UTSA AT THAT TIME.

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AND COULD, YOU KNOW, THE COURT WANTED TO, TO CONSIDER MOVING ON THAT 17 MILLION.

YOU'D HAVE THAT TO CONSIDER POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES JUST IN TALKING ABOUT OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS WITH WITH YOUR TEAMS AS WELL, ARE HEARING FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS, AS COURT MEMBERS.

YOU COULD EXPAND THAT WATER AND SEWER.

NOFA. YOU COULD DIRECT STAFF TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO, TO TO INCLUDE THOSE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LIMITS.

THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITY.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I KNOW THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING AND HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST.

WE JUST HEARD FROM NRP BUT TO CONSIDER THOSE PROJECTS OR THE REVISED HAYES STREET PROJECT, WE'D NEED TO OPEN UP A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

SO AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES WHERE COURT COULD START CONSIDERING PRIORITIZING THE $17.7 MILLION.

I HAVE. JUST.

OH, JUST NEXT STEPS.

COURT. I KNOW THIS IS A STATUS UPDATE JUST TO KICK OFF THAT CONVERSATION.

TRY TO BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, DECEMBER 2024 IS COMING UP PRETTY QUICK.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OFFICES AND APARTMENTS AND WORK WITH THIS COURT TO PROVIDE YOU STATUS UPDATES THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT AT SOME POINT, WE WILL NEED DIRECTION ON WHERE THE COURT WOULD LIKE TO GO.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP NEW NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A CATEGORY A PRIORITY AREA.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT DOES TAKE TIME.

WE WILL BE ASKING THE COURT, IF YOU DO WANT TO OPEN UP A NOFA.

WE WOULD ASK THAT THE COURT ALLOW STAFF TO TO REDUCE THAT 60 DAY TIME FRAME TO 30 DAYS.

THE FEDERAL THROUGH TWO CFR DOES ALLOW FOR THAT.

BASED ON, AGAIN, THIS TIME CRUNCH THAT WE'RE UNDER TO OBLIGATE THESE DOLLARS.

SO WE WOULD ASK THAT I'VE INCLUDED THAT MEMO IN YOUR BACKUP FOR CONSIDERATION AS WELL TO REDUCE THAT TIME FRAME.

AGAIN, GIVE THE COURT AS MUCH LEEWAY AND LEAD TIME BEFORE THAT TIME FRAME.

AGAIN. WE'LL BE CUTTING IT CLOSE.

IF WE HAVE ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE.

FINAL OBLIGATIONS.

WE'RE ASKING THIS COURT TO MAKE DECISIONS BY NOVEMBER.

THAT'S STILL A VERY TIGHT TIME FRAME TO TURN AROUND CONTRACTS TO OBLIGATE THOSE DOLLARS.

BUT WE'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH LEAD TIME AS POSSIBLE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH WITH OUR ARPA UNALLOCATED FUNDING.

STAFF'S AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SO IF WE GO, CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE TWO? I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

SO WE HAD ALLOCATED 25,000, I'M SORRY, 25 MILLION FOR THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.

BUT WE ONLY ENDED UP NEEDING OR USING 13 MILLION.

SO THE DIFFERENCE OF THAT IS PART OF THE 17 MILLION.

THAT IS CORRECT. WE CLAWED BACK THAT FUNDING AFTER WE EXECUTED THAT SECOND AMENDMENT AND THAT WENT BACK INTO YOUR BUCKET TO ALLOCATE IN OTHER PRIORITY AREAS. OKAY.

AND SO THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT WE STILL NEED TO DECIDE AS A COURT WHAT TO ALLOCATE FOR FROM THE LEFTOVER ARPA DOLLARS IS 17,711,000. YES, MA'AM.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. I THINK, THOMAS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A SIDE BY SIDE ON THAT PRIORITY LIST.

THE THE ONE THAT WAS JUST UP THERE.

I'M SORRY. ON HOW MUCH WE WERE OVERSUBSCRIBED ON EACH CATEGORY.

NOT NOT THAT THAT SHOULD BE A SOLE DETERMINANT, BUT I THINK IT'D GIVE AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE NEED OUT THERE.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, IF IF, YOU KNOW, WE ALLOCATED 24 MILLION ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I THINK THAT'S ONE WHERE YOU SAID IN HERE YOU DON'T HAVE A NUMBER ON THAT ONE, BUT HOW MUCH WAS THE REQUESTED FUNDING? RIGHT. I MEAN, WAS IT MAYBE THAT ONE AS AN EXAMPLE? WAS IT WAS IT DOUBLE? WAS IT 50 MILLION IN REQUESTS? ANYWAY, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, I THINK, TO KNOW AS A FILTER, NOT NECESSARILY A SINGLE INDICATOR OF WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD DIRECT MONEY.

BUT IF YOU CAN MAYBE GET THAT TO US, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST FOR ME.

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I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT PROBABLY ENOUGH INFORMATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF FOLKS WHO HAVE PUT IN REQUESTS FOR WHATEVER REASON, MAYBE, MAYBE CAME UP SHORT BECAUSE, AGAIN, MAYBE WE HAD ALLOCATED AS A COURT X AMOUNT AND IT WAS OVER THAT AMOUNT.

SO WE PROBABLY HAVE SOME SOME QUALIFIED PROJECTS THAT THAT ARE READY TO GO.

I DO THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON AND SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE OF THE CLIMATE IN FINANCING PROJECTS, A LOT OF THESE ARE COMING UP SHORT OR FINDING SOME CHALLENGES WITH RESPECT TO CLOSING FUNDING GAPS.

AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR FOR YOU OR FOR FOR SMITH.

LAST TIME WE WERE ABLE TO PUT SOME SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS AWAY IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT THAT ALLOWED US SOME FLEXIBILITY.

YOU KNOW, BOTH WITH YOU KNOW, TERMS OF, OF, OF USE, BUT ALSO TIMELINES.

IS THAT STILL A POSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT TO PUT SOME OF THIS IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT AND THEN IT WOULD THEN FREE US UP POTENTIALLY IN THE NEXT BUDGET TO, TO TO UTILIZE THE MONEY IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE CAPACITY, COMMISSIONER, ONE THING THAT WE WILL BE DOING AND WORKING WITH BOTH.

GUIDE HOUSE. AND THEN OUR TEAM, OUR AUDITOR TEAM.

IT'S JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE STILL WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME TO TO TO TURN THAT INTO REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

OKAY, I KNOW THAT WE DO THAT YEAR YEAR OVER YEAR.

I DON'T THINK WE DID IT LAST YEAR.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY WITH.

RIGHT, I THINK IT WAS THE CONSULTANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD STILL BE ALLOWED TO, TO DO THAT.

BUT AT THIS MOMENT, YES, THE CAPACITY EXISTS.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST JUST FOR DISCUSSION SAKE SO SO I THINK THE OTHER AREA REMIND ME ON THE, ON THE JUSTICE SUPPORT CATEGORY, THOMAS, IT'S ABOUT 5.5 MILLION.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THOSE INVESTMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE THAT HANDY? I THINK SOME OF THAT WAS OUR ON TIME CONNECT.

FUNDING FOR FOR DOCTOR GREENFIELD.

IF YOU CAN JUST GET IT TO ME LATER.

YEAH. THAT'S FINE. I KNOW WE'LL GET YOU THAT BREAK.

BREAKOUT. YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY MAKING A DECISION TODAY, BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AS I, AS I MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET, TO HAVE THOSE SIDE BY SIDES OF, OF WHAT THOSE APPLICATIONS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF TOTAL DOLLARS.

I KNOW WE STILL HAVE SMALL BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT THAT ARE HURTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT PROBABLY WOULD WOULD HELP, WOULD HELP IF WE COULD MAYBE DO MORE SMALL, SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.

BUT I GUESS OVERALL, I THINK THAT $17 MILLION IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY.

I MEAN, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT'LL GO PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS WE HAVE TO HAVE A KIND OF A COURT CONSENSUS ON WHETHER IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO MAKE SMALLER INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS. A MILLION HERE, 2 MILLION HERE, OR IF IT MAKES A BIGGER IMPACT TO, SAY, TAKE 2 OR 3 BIG PROJECTS AND, AND PUT IN 5 MILLION OR SO EACH ON THOSE PROJECTS.

SO I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, I GUESS, TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME DIRECTION, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I REALIZE THAT WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY PRESSED FOR TIME, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

WE CAN'T STRING THIS OUT THROUGH THE SPRING AND SUMMER.

WE'VE GOT TO PROBABLY MAKE DECISIONS IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO.

IS THAT ACCURATE STATEMENT? YES, SIR. OKAY, I'LL LISTEN TO THE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, I'LL JUST REITERATE TWO POINTS THAT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ MADE.

FIRST OF ALL, I, I'VE ASKED THE SAME QUESTION AROUND REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY IN OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD.

IF WE HAVE CAPACITY TO USE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS IN THAT REGARD.

AND THEN AGAIN, JUST THE TIMELINE.

RIGHT. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS.

WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION AS FAR AS WHERE WE GO FROM HERE.

BUT BEFORE I GIVE MY, MY THOUGHTS ON PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL. SO 17.7 TODAY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MOVING TARGET.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE DOLLARS RETURNED.

DO WE HAVE LINE OF SIGHT INTO ANY OF BIGGER RETURNS COMING BACK OR, OR FUNDS THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY BEING SPENT AT THIS POINT, AT THIS MOMENT? COMMISSIONER, WE'RE WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OFFICES, DEPARTMENTS.

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THE BIGGEST ONE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WAS OUR SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM.

BUT THAT'S COMING IN PRETTY HEALTHY.

I THINK THERE'S ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY'LL BE ON POINT.

IF NOT, WE WOULD COME BACK AND RECOMMEND CLAWING BACK THAT FUNDING.

BUT ASIDE FROM THAT THAT WAS THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT WE'D PROBABLY HAVE A LOT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE TO, TO CLAW BACK, BUT THOSE ARE MOVING PRETTY PRETTY GOOD. OUR CURRENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS ARE ALSO MOVING IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I KNOW THERE'S ONE PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN PARTICULAR TO GET IT BACK ON POINT, BUT AT THIS MOMENT, NO, THERE ISN'T A PROJECT THAT I COULD POINT TO TO SAY, HEY THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND CLAWING BACK AT THIS MOMENT.

OKAY, WELL, I JUST BRING THAT UP AS WE THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF DECEMBER, YOU KNOW KNOWING THAT WE COULD DO THIS TODAY AND ALLOCATE 17.7, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT COME BACK IN AUGUST AND IN OCTOBER AND MAYBE EVEN IN DECEMBER.

AND HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THOSE LAST DOLLARS AND THE FLEXIBILITY THAT WE NEED TO STILL BE ABLE TO SPEND THEM AS WE GET TO THE END OF THE YEAR? ALSO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DOES THE 17.7 INCLUDE THE 3.6 DISCUSSION AROUND UTILITY ASSISTANCE THAT I HAD BROUGHT UP? NO, SIR, THAT THAT 3.3 IS OBLIGATED.

IT'S IT'S IN YOUR FUNDING PRIORITY CATEGORIES RIGHT NOW.

SO AT THIS MOMENT, WE'RE CONTINUING CONTINUING TO PRESS FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AS IS AND AS DIRECTED BY COURT.

OKAY. WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS ON THAT ITEM BECAUSE AS, AS I MENTIONED MULTIPLE TIMES, I THINK THAT SHOULD COME BACK TO THE COURT.

WE ALSO HAVE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY.

SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE, THE ABILITY TO FUND SOME OF THESE ITEMS BETWEEN THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS VERSUS ARPA DOLLARS.

RIGHT. AND FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO I THINK. YOU SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE FOR ALL THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS WILL ACTUALLY BE.

BUT THAT'S, I THINK, SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND.

DO YOU KNOW THE TIMELINE FOR THAT? SO THERE ISN'T A TIMELINE PER SE ON WHEN WHEN TO USE OPIOID DOLLARS, LIKE THERE ARE ARPA DOLLARS? I WILL SAY, COMMISSIONER, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT $138.8 MILLION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH UNFUNDED PROJECTS, IF BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WITH AN OPIOID LENS, YOU WOULD REDUCE THAT TO ABOUT $121 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS.

SO SO WE HAVE STARTED LOOKING AT THAT.

A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT SHORTLY ON THE OPIOID FUNDING THAT YOU DIRECTED, DOCTOR ANDREA A COUPLE OF COURT MEETINGS AGO.

SO I THINK THEY'RE READY TO PUSH THAT OUT HERE SHORTLY.

BUT, THOMAS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOUR TERMINOLOGY.

WHEN YOU SAY 108 MILLION OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS, YOU MEAN THERE WAS 108 MILLION IN THAT CATEGORY THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU MEANT THAT THEY GOT MONEY AND THEY DIDN'T SPEND IT, BUT YOU'RE SAYING, OKAY, GOT IT.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL JUST COME BACK TO ME TODAY.

IF I WAS TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE NUMBER FOR REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

LIKE WHAT? THE CAPACITY THERE IS.

AS WE'VE DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES UP HERE, THE WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE CATEGORY, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS EXISTING TODAY.

I BELIEVE THAT IF WE REOPENED, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY INSIDE COASTAL LIMITS, THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT COULD COULD COME OUT OF THAT.

AND WE COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION HERE IN COURT.

BUT I KNOW THE TIMELINE MATTERS.

SO I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I WOULD I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND THEN I KNOW THAT FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH DISCUSSION WE HAD RECENTLY, THERE WAS STILL $2.7 MILLION THAT WAS UNALLOCATED. AND I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE COURT'S DIRECTION THAT DOCTOR, A BRING THAT BACK TO THE COURT.

SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE THREE THINGS TOP OF MIND FOR ME REVENUE REPLACEMENT RFP FOR WATER AND SEWER AND, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HEALTH REMAINING FUNDS BEING SPENT.

BUT I THINK WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT THIS HOLISTICALLY AS, AS DOLLARS CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND WE MAINTAIN THAT FLEXIBILITY.

AND THEN THE INTERACTION WITH THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE.

SO, THOMAS, I JUST WANT TO BACK CAST FOR A SECOND.

SO ALL FUNDS MUST BE SPENT BY 2026.

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RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THAT WE HAVE THIS ALBATROSS AROUND OUR NECK AS THE LARGEST CITY WITH A POPULATION OF A MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE LEAST EDUCATED POPULATION, I JUST I THINK THAT THE POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ISSUES ARE THINGS WE HAVE NOT REALLY MOVED THE BAR ON WITH OUR ARPA FUNDS NOW IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY.

I THINK THE FOUNDATION OF THAT IS THE HOUSING.

YOU'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE STABILIZED IN HOUSING FIRST.

AND SO I COMMIT AGAIN, FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.

BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO GO BACK INTO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT ENGORGING OURSELVES, AND I'M GONNA CALL IT THAT, ENGORGING OURSELVES IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT.

AND WHY IS IT ENGORGING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR, HE'S INDICATED THAT THE COUNTY HAS COLLECTED 50 MORE MILLION DOLLARS THAN WE PROJECTED.

SO ARE WE REALLY NEEDING REVENUE REPLACEMENT? I'M NOT SO SURE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY BUDGET RICH, SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE PUBLIC'S GOING TO LOOK AT THAT IF WE TAKE THAT MONEY.

THE, THE PARTICULAR NOFAS THAT WE HAD WHERE ORGANIZATIONS APPLIED, BASICALLY.

IS IT TRUE THAT THOSE ARE STILL OPEN? I MEAN, THOSE ARE I MEAN, WE HAVE THOSE APPLICATIONS.

WE COULD REVIEW THOSE GROUPS THAT APPLIED AND, AND LOOK FOR ONES THAT COULD BE SPENT IN A EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.

IS THAT HOW WE COULD OPERATE THE TWO NOFAS THAT WE DID UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE FINAL RULE, WHICH WERE THE WATER, SEWER AND AND HOUSING PREVENTATIVE HEALTH THOSE ARE ELIGIBLE.

THE STUFF THAT CAUGHT STARTED OFF THE PATHWAY WHEN WE FIRST GOT STARTED WITH ARPA.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THOSE.

WHY WHY WHY IS THAT NOT DONE? THE LANGUAGE IN THOSE NOFAS AGAIN.

WE DID NOT WORK THAT THROUGH THE FINAL RULE OR EVEN THE INTERIM RULE AT THAT TIME PERIOD.

WE ENDED UP FINDING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THAT WERE AWARDED.

JUST TRYING TO QUALIFY THEM TO GET THEM INTO ARPA ELIGIBILITY.

IT ENDED UP TAKING MORE STAFF TIME.

STAFF WORK TO TO PUT THOSE TO, TO RIGHTSIZE THOSE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES INTO AN ARPA ELIGIBLE CATEGORY.

SO FOR THOSE WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND.

THAT'S WHY WE'VE STARTED THIS PROCESS WITH OUR POLICIES TO TO OPEN UP NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WITH THE APPROPRIATE TREASURY TERMINOLOGY AND REQUIREMENTS.

AND THERE SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING THE NOFAS THAT ARE STILL OPEN ARE THOSE WATER AND SEWER, WHICH WE DID CORRECTLY, AS WELL AS THE PREVENTATIVE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.

NOW THERE WERE SOME VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S EXPECTATION ON EQUITY.

AND WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT.

I THINK, IN SOME OF THESE.

CAN YOU GO BACK OVER THAT FOR THE COURT? I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, LIKE THERE WAS A PARTICULAR GUIDANCE THAT WAS RELATED TO EVEN BIDS AND HOW BIDS HAD TO HAVE AN ELEMENT OF EQUITY TO THEM FOR THESE ARPA FUNDS.

THE ADMINISTRATION WAS VERY PRESCRIPTIVE IN THAT YOU RECALL ANY OF THAT.

NOT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

I MEAN, I KNOW THE THE LENS OF ARPA DOES WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT PARTICULAR QUALIFIED CENSUS TRACKS, ETC., THAT MAKE CERTAIN PROJECTS ELIGIBLE.

BUT EVERYTHING ELSE YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN WITH THAT TREASURY GOT GUIDELINES.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. SO SO A LOT OF THE MONEY HAS I GUESS GONE BACK TO THE COUNTY AND SOME KIND OF WAY IN TERMS OF WHETHER IT'S MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING GIVEN TO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE CONTRACT WITH FOR WHETHER JUDICIARY OR WHATEVER, CAN WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF HOW MUCH HAS GONE TOWARDS LIKE GOVERNMENTAL, CONNECTED AGENCIES? THOSE ARE ONES THAT WE, YOU KNOW, REGULARLY FUND AND IN FURTHERANCE OF JUSTICE OR HEALTH OR WHATEVER, THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE COURT SYSTEM.

THEY'RE PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR CONTRACTS, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE WHERE WE COME OUT IN TERMS OF LIKE THINGS THAT JUST BENEFIT THE COUNTY AND THEN THINGS THAT BENEFIT THE LARGER COMMUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO BREAK THAT OUT.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BREAK THAT OUT.

JUST BASED ON THOSE CATEGORIES AND WHO WE WHO WE'VE CONTRACTED WITH.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE, AS STAFF, HAVE RECOMMENDED AS PART OF OUR REPROGRAMING, YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE INTERNAL PROGRAMS THAT THAT AS LONG AS THEY'RE ARPA ELIGIBLE, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE A PROGRAM WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT WE'RE OPERATING, YOU CAN PUT MONEY INTO THAT

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BUT YES, WE WE CAN WORK THAT OUT.

COMMISSIONER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER JOB? YOU KNOW, POVERTY STAIR STEP PROGRAMS THAT THE STAFF HAS RECEIVED TO THAT WE COULD INVEST IN AS WELL? NO, SIR. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S ALL FOR ME, JUDGE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE SAW TODAY WITH THE THE AUDIT.

BUT I THINK THERE'S A NEAR-TERM PICTURE, BUT THERE'S A MID-TERM AND LONG TERM PICTURE.

IN THE NEAR TERM PICTURE, WE MAY BE COLLECTING ADDITIONAL RESERVES, BUT MY GUESS, NOT REALLY EDUCATED GUESS IS THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THOSE RESERVES BECAUSE WE SEE A MIDTERM AND A LONG TERM PICTURE THAT IS NOT NEARLY AS FAVORABLE.

AND SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE WE'RE BUDGET RICH IN THE MID TO LONG TERM.

I THINK WE HAVE TO TO BE MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A $400 MILLION INJECTION IN FEDERAL DOLLARS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND AS I'VE SAID, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME SOME TOUGH DECISIONS ON THAT FRONT.

BUT I KNOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A BROADER DISCUSSION AROUND DEBT AROUND OUR, OUR BOND RATING.

AND WHAT, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD INTO BUDGET SEASON.

BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT.

AND NOT JUST WHAT THIS BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 10 YEARS? I YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT THAT YOU MAKE A VERY VALID POINT.

I WILL SAY THAT AS A GUY WITH AN ECONOMICS BACKGROUND, IT'S A CLASSICAL IT'S A CLASSICAL ECONOMICS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHETHER GOVERNMENT IS A BETTER PURVEYOR OF THAT OR THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

AND I FIND MYSELF IN A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, AN ODD POSITION.

WELL, I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED IN STIMULATING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT MODELS OUT THERE.

MOST, MOST. CONSERVATIVE ECONOMIST WOULD, WOULD LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE SECTOR AS THE AS THE ENTITIES THAT WOULD DO BETTER TO STIMULATE THAT, THAT BUT IN ANY EVENT, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK.

MR. CLAY-FLORES ARGUMENT.

SORRY, MR. COWARD. ALL RIGHT, MR. CLAY-FLORES. SO GOING BACK TO REVENUE REPLACEMENT, I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST GOT THESE ARPA DOLLARS I HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE PUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN REVENUE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A DEADLINE.

DID WE NOT DO THAT? I THOUGHT WE HAD.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING WE STILL HAVE MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY.

WE PUT ABOUT 78 MILLION.

SO WE DIDN'T PUT THE MAX THAT WE COULD MAX AT THAT POINT.

AND EVERY YEAR WE CAN DO THAT CALCULATION.

I THINK WE'RE ABOUT I THINK AND I COULD BE SPEAKING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I THINK YOU'RE SAYING EVERY YEAR IT CHANGED.

EVERY YEAR WE WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE FINANCIALS TO TO SEE WHAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BALANCE IT AGAINST THE ACTUAL REVENUE YOU GOT.

SO IF YOU GOT HIGHER REVENUES AND YOU HAD ALREADY REVENUE REPLACED IT, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO CLAW THEM BACK.

SO SO AT THE TIME WE PUT IN THE MAXIMUM WE COULD NO NO, NO.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH.

NOT YET. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'VE RECEIVED THE DIRECTION TO GO WORK ON IT AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT ESTIMATE OKAY.

THANK YOU. THOMAS LEAMY.

I HOPEFULLY I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IS JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION.

BUT I THINK THIS DISCUSSION IS REFLECTIVE OF THE COMPLEXITY AND THE DIFFICULTY OF HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO LET ME JUST KIND OF, AS I TRY TO DO IN CLOSING, IS TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE FROM THE DAIS AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION. ONE IS, IS THAT OBVIOUSLY THESE ARE SPECIALLY DEDICATED FUNDS THAT ARE.

RESTRICTED UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IMPOSED TO IS.

THE BEXAR COUNTY HAS DONE ITS VERY BEST TO TRY TO DISPERSE THIS MONEY, AND AS AS BEEN NOTED, IT'S BEEN A BIG SUM OF MONEY, AND TO SOME EXTENT WE'VE HAD THOSE DIFFICULTIES OF HOW WE GET THOSE MONIES OUT.

WE'RE NOW IN THE DIFFICULT SITUATION OF WE'RE GETTING UP TO TIMELINES AND WE GOT A HARD STOP, SO TO SPEAK, IN DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE IT DESIGNATED, THEN IT'S GOING TO GET CLAWED BACK.

AND SO WE LOSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THOSE MONIES THAT WE COULD DO.

OBVIOUSLY TODAY, I THINK THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD PERHAPS MAKE AN ACTION ITEM TODAY.

AND I REALLY ASK STAFF NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE I IT'S IT'S BECOME SELF-FULFILLING THAT WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY IS A PUBLIC POLICY

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AND I THINK WE DO PERHAPS HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, BUT I THINK WE'LL HAVE DIFFERENCES IN PRIORITIES AND DIFFERENCES OF HOW WE ALLOCATE MONIES.

AND SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK THIS OUT AND AND TALK IT TO DEATH, SO TO SPEAK.

AND SO I'M ADVISING THE COURT THAT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO GIVE DIRECTION AND SPECIFICITY TO STAFF.

OTHERWISE WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS, AND STAFF WILL GO AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHATEVER REQUEST OR WHATEVER COMMENTS THAT WE MAKE.

AND SO AT SOME POINT, WHAT I SEE IS AND WHAT I NEED FEEDBACK FROM YOU, THOMAS, OR FROM DAVID OR STAFF IS WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD? I PRESUME WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY WHAT SPECIFIC PROJECTS WE NEED TO RELOOK AT.

IF THEY WEREN'T FUNDED OR IF THEY PERHAPS WERE UNDERFUNDED.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS THAT WERE FUNDED AND HAVE NOT YET BEEN EXPENDED.

AND THEN THE QUESTION IS, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO CLAW BACK? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TELL THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WE NEED THE MONEY AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO GO? DOES IT GO AND GET REALLOCATED TO THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OR DO WE NEED TO PULL IT TOTALLY OUT AND THEN REPROCESS IT WITH THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING TODAY? AND SO THE REASON WHY I'M HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS WE NEED TO GIVE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF.

AND SO MY QUESTION, PERHAPS MORE TO DAVID SMITH, IS IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A DISCUSSION WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE AT EVERY MEETING.

WHERE ARE WE AT? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AND WHAT DO YOU NEED AND DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE NOFAS, THE NOTICE OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE PROJECTS? BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT PERHAPS THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS WE NEED TO REVISIT, OR AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER HAS RAISED THAT, THAT WE NEED TO RELOOK AT IT, WHICH MEANS THEN WE GOT TO GO BACK AND AMEND ALL THOSE NOTICES, WHICH REQUIRES TIME, WHICH MEANS WE SHOULD BE DOING IT NOW IF WE REALLY ARE GOING TO MEET THE DEADLINE.

AND SO, DAVID, WHAT WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM AS STAFF? SO I AGREE WITH YOU.

THIS SHOULD BE A STANDING ITEM UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED.

MY QUESTION FOR THOMAS AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AFTER STARTING IN JANUARY OF 25, WHAT IF WE FIND OUT THEN THAT SOMEONE'S NOT GOING TO SPEND THEIR MONEY? IT GOES BACK TO TREASURY.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION NOW.

WE NEED TO ALSO, IN FAIRNESS TO DUE PROCESS, WE NEED TO GIVE THOSE RECIPIENTS NOTICE.

NOTICE THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO EXPEND THIS MONEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN DONE THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY HAD TO GET THIS MONEY OUT.

AND IN FACT, WHEN I HAVE RECIPIENTS CALL, I TELL THEM THEY NEED TO GET THE MONEY OUT OR ELSE THEY'RE SUBJECT TO CLAWBACK.

I JUST DO THAT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

BUT WE HAVE SO MANY RECIPIENTS THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FEEL THAT THEY WEREN'T GIVEN DUE PROCESS BECAUSE NOBODY TOLD THEM, AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK ON THE COUNTY IN REGARDS TO EITHER HARD FEELINGS OR THREATS OF LITIGATION OF YOU DIDN'T TELL US AND WE'RE WE DESERVE WE ARE OWED THAT MONEY.

SO I'M TRYING TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY AVOIDS ANY LIABILITIES AND OBVIOUSLY ANY, AND MAKE SURE WE ALSO AREN'T SUBJECT TO AUDIT REVIEW AS WELL.

WE'VE HAD TODAY AND HAVE ANY ISSUES OF AUDIT THAT MAY SUBJECT TO US TO FURTHER LIABILITY.

SO SO, DAVID, YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE A DISCUSSION OF OUTSTANDING OBLIGATION, BUT WHAT DO WE DO TODAY? AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, JUDGE, GREAT POINT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT HAMMER AND.

HITTING THE NOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH EVERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT WHO'S MANAGING AN ARPA AGREEMENT.

IN ONE OF THOSE EXPANDED CATEGORIES, WE'RE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW.

THEY HAVE TO BE HONEST CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WILL THOSE PROGRAMS SPEND DOWN BY 20, YOU KNOW, BY 2026? AND IF NOT, WE NEED TO KNOW NOW SO THAT COURT CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS DURING THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.

SO AGAIN, JUST USING AN EXAMPLE OF THE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH, THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM'S BEEN DOING WITH DOCTOR ANDREA'S TEAM.

TALKING TO THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE I WANT TO QUIT TALKING I WANT TO ACTION GUYS.

YEAH. SO SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING JUDGE I HAVE TWO.

TAKE US. LET ME GET LET ME I WANT TO FINISH MY CONVERSATION.

I'LL PASS BACK TO THE TO THE DAIS.

GO AHEAD DAVE, THE ONE THING YOU YOU CAN HELP US HELP YOU IS BY EACH OF YOUR OFFICES ASKING FOR THE SPECIFIC.

IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROJECT YOU WANT INFORMATION ON, LET US KNOW SO YOU CAN START TO REVIEW IT AND FORM YOUR PRIORITIES.

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OTHERWISE WE KEEP COMING BACK AND KEEP TALKING.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THANK YOU, JESSE.

I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT IN THE RECORD.

TO THAT END, I WANT TO JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ABOUT I JUST HAVE TWO SMALL THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD ON.

ONE IS PROJECT THE NRP OSO PROJECT.

I THINK IT'S A $1.7 MILLION REQUEST THAT IS A PRIORITY.

THE OTHER IS JUST REALLY JIM PLUMMER FINISHING UP THE PAPERWORK WITH RESPECT TO THE LAND BANK ON THE DIGNITY PROJECT, AND THAT HAS BOTH GENERAL FUND MONEY AND ARPA MONEY.

AND SO IF WE CAN GET JIM TO WRAP UP THE PAPERWORK, THE LAND BANKING IS A PERMISSIBLE USE OF ARPA FUNDS.

SO I THINK THAT'S JUST UNDER 2 MILLION AS WELL IN ARPA FUNDS.

SO THOSE TWO I CAN SAY WE NEED TO GET I WOULD SAY WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE BECAUSE WE TALKED TO JIM ABOUT GETTING THAT PAPERWORK READY FOR THE COURT TO BRING THE BEXAR COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION'S CONSIDERATION.

SO MAYBE IN 30 DAYS HE CAN HE CAN HAVE THAT PREPARED FOR THE COURT SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE FUNDS OUT.

MR. MOODY. WELL, I'M.

I'M IN FAVOR OF, YOU KNOW, SETTING A HARD DEADLINE, YOU KNOW? AND EVERYONE UP HERE SHOULD PROVIDE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY THEY STILL WANT TO BRING FORWARD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, TO THE THINGS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN ALIGNMENT.

YOU'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO US WITH THE REVENUE REPLACEMENT LIKE CAPACITY IF WE WANT TO GO THAT DIRECTION.

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY FEEDBACK OR ANYONE ELSE SPEAK TO THE 2.7 MILLION, BUT I ASSUME THAT THAT WAS ALREADY OUR PLAN TO TO HAVE THE THE FOLLOW ON.

YES, DOCTOR. ANDREAS, I THINK SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT COURT MEETING TO BRING HER RECOMMENDATIONS HERE IN THE NEXT COURT MEETING OR TWO.

ALL RIGHT. SO CALL THAT GOOD.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT THAT I HAD MENTIONED AGAIN, WAS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AND, YOU KNOW, REOPENING THAT IN ORDER TO, TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE EVERYTHING. AND ULTIMATELY, IF THE THE COURT DECIDES THAT NOT TO GO FORWARD ON THAT FRONT, THEN I DON'T THINK WE'VE WE'VE LOST ANYTHING.

BUT WHAT WE ARE LOSING IS TIME IF WE DON'T GO AHEAD AND PUT THINGS FORWARD.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT LEAST PROBABLY A TWO MONTH TIMELINE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

SO IF THERE'S NOT PUSH BACK FROM THE COURT, THEN THEN I THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD STEP FORWARD.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, I I CONCUR WITH, WITH YOUR STATEMENT.

I THINK AND MAYBE IT'S THE NEXT COURT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER, BUT SOMETIME SOON, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME FINALITY TO THIS, RIGHT? IF WE KEEP PUTTING IT AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES.

SO I KNOW IN THE THE WATER AND SEWER BUCKET, I BELIEVE THERE WAS ABOUT CONNIE'S HEIGHTS PROJECT THAT I'M GOING TO CHECK WITH ART AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS.

THEY WERE GOING TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE IF IT WAS ONE THAT WAS REALLY HIGHEST AND BEST USE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT.

AND I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY IN MY DISTRICT.

I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT LIST, BUT I KNOW THAT THE ONE COMMISSIONER CALVERT MENTIONED I THINK IN HIS PRECINCT THAT IS KIND OF TEED UP FOR NRP AS A PARTNER IS A WORTHY PROJECT, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONER MOODY IS SAYING OPEN UP THE PROCESS ALTOGETHER OR JUST OPEN IT UP IN THE SENSE THAT WE HAD A PROCESS AND WE HAD PROJECTS THAT WERE SCORED QUOTE UNQUOTE, THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT FOR WHATEVER REASON.

I WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN FAVOR OF LOOKING RELOOKING AT THE ONES THAT WERE ON THAT FRINGE IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, WATER AND SEWER AND, AND HOUSING TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS READY TO GO THAT WE COULD GET OUT ASAP.

AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T HAVE A LIST ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT THIS MOMENT.

WE THERE'S NOTHING WE DID NOT HAVE A NO.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM NRP AND REVISING THE LAND BANK IDEA THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IF THIS COURT DIRECTS US TO OPEN UP A NOFA, THOSE TWO PROJECTS COULD SUBMIT AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PROJECT FOR EVALUATION.

SO THE ONLY TWO NOTES THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE, OR THERE'S PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT FUNDED WERE THE PREVENTATIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NOFA AND THAT

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MAYBE I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE WANT TO BE CREATIVE IDEA HERE AND I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY SOME PROJECTS ARE NOT GOING TO VIOLATE THE NEW THINGS THAT WERE PUT FORWARD BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

AND IT JUST MAY HAPPEN THAT THE PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY OSO AND THE LAND BANK DON'T REALLY GET INTO A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET US IN ANY KIND OF TROUBLE. SO I WOULD SAY THAT YOU MAY LOOK BACK AT THAT BECAUSE THEY DID SUBMIT, AND IF YOU DON'T SEE ANY RED FLAGS FOR THOSE, AND I CAN JUST SAY FOR THOSE TWO HOUSING ONES, THEN MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO OPEN UP ANOTHER THING.

MAYBE WE CAN JUST SAY WE'VE LOOKED AT IT WHAT IT IS.

IT SEEMS VERY PERMISSIBLE.

IT FOLLOWS THAT EVEN THE NEW GUIDANCE, JUST THE THOUGHT AND I AND MAYBE IT WAS MORE OF AN INFORMAL PROCESS BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE WE WERE ALL KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND WHEN THIS FIRST CAME OUT, I WASN'T THERE.

YEAH, YEAH. WE CAN'T BLAME JUDGE SAKAI, BUT IF YOU RECALL, WE DID RECEIVE UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS.

THAT'S CORRECT. DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE STAND.

I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, IF THOSE ARE STILL WORTHY PROJECTS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY ARE IN NEED OF FUNDING.

BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH REFERENCE TO THOSE THAT WERE IN QUEUE.

RIGHT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY A LIST INTERNALLY IN MY OFFICE OF THE ONES FROM PRECINCT TWO.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

THOSE SEEMINGLY AT THE TIME WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE ELIGIBLE SHOVEL READY, SO TO SPEAK.

BUT WE WE JUST DID NOT ALLOCATE ENOUGH DOLLARS IN THAT BUCKET AT THAT TIME SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN VISIT OFFLINE.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

THANKS, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FINAL COMMENT? YEAH.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT INITIATIVES THAT WE ALREADY PUSHED FOR AND SUPPORTED.

AND BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE DELAY, THE COST AND CONSTRUCTION, THEY MAY NEED MORE FUNDING.

SO I NEED TO GET THE SPECIFICS OF IT.

I'M NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFICS.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT US NEEDS SOME MORE ARPA ARPA DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE PUBLIC HEALTH BUILDING THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM ON.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT.

AND ALSO TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T NEED TO OPEN ANY NOFAS.

CORRECT. WE CAN JUST ALLOCATE IT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIME COMMITMENT THAT WE ONLY HAVE, WHAT, EIGHT MONTHS LEFT? MY MY RECOMMENDATION, COMMISSIONER, IS THAT IF IT'S A NEW THESE ARE NEW PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT RECEIVED IN, IN A NOFA THAT WE OPEN UP A NOFA BASED ON THIS BODY'S REQUEST.

BUT IF THERE IF THAT'S PREVIOUSLY IF THEY RESPONDED TO A PREVIOUS YES, IF THEY RESPONDED TO AND WERE NOT FUNDED, THEN THEY DO NOT NEED TO REAPPLY.

THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR COURT'S CONSIDERATION.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AND ALSO JUST TO BE MINDFUL THAT SOME OF THESE NOFAS WERE OPENED UP 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.

SO TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE ALLOCATE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PROJECT THAT WAS REQUESTED 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO DIDN'T ALREADY GET FUNDING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

DAVID, LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOUR DELIBERATIONS MAY BE MADE EASIER ONCE WE'VE DONE THE REVENUE REPLACEMENT CALCULATION, BECAUSE THEN YOU DISPENSE WITH THE NOFA, THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS REQUIREMENT THAT TREASURY IMPOSES AND DEADLINES AS WELL.

SO WE'LL WE'LL EFFORT THAT RIGHT AWAY AND GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR OFFICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

GREAT. AND I'LL CLOSE AGAIN.

I AS AS THE LAWYER IN ME TELLS INSTRUCTS STAFF, PUT EVERYTHING IN WRITING WITH SPECIFICITY AND DEADLINES AND CAUGHT YOUR.

IF YOU GET THOSE NOTICES, YOU'RE GIVEN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

AND THAT WAY WE DON'T HOPEFULLY HAVE TO KEEP DISCUSSING AND HAVE STAFF DO THINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED.

OTHERWISE, IF WE STILL HAVE.

AND MY THOUGHT IS IF WE HAVE DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS, THEN WE NEED TO BRING IT TO A VOTE.

AND THAT WAY IT'LL BE VERY SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT STAFF NEEDS TO DO.

I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY CLEAR WAY WE GET TO THE FINISH LINE, SO TO SPEAK.

AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, COMMISSIONER, THAT WAY THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND.

I'M TRYING TO LEAD Y'ALL OUT OF THIS AND LET'S GET THIS THING DONE.

SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, THANK YOU.

THOMAS, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE DISCUSSION AND THE DIFFICULTIES WE FACE.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE AGENDA MATTERS.

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[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

B LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR BEXAR COUNTY ON THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

ONE PROPOSED PROVISION OF PRISONER EXTRADITION AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BY U.S.

CORRECTIONS, LLC, AS REQUESTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THROUGH THE PURCHASING AGENT.

TWO INVOICES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY PTS OF AMERICA US CORRECTIONS PRISONER TRANSPORT.

THREE ISSUES RELATED TO THE DESIGNATION OF CONSTABLES AS WEIGHT ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PER THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 621.4015 AND UNDER PERSONNEL MATTERS OF 551.07 FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF KERRY MALLON FOR THE POSITION OF THE BEXAR COUNTY CHIEF PUBLIC DEFENDER, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER OVERSIGHT BOARD.

SO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE MOTION ON THE JUST JUSTIN, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TAKE THE MOTION.

OKAY OKAY.

I BELIEVE THE WE'RE BACK IN SESSION.

THE TIME IS 237.

THE COURT HAS CONCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WILL TAKE UP NOW.

ITEM 62, DISCUSSION.

[62. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the appointment of Keri Mallon for the position of the Bexar County Chief Public Defender as recommended by the Bexar County Public Defender Oversight Board.]

IS THERE A MOTION? JUDGE I MOVE, JUDGE, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF KERRI MALLON FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOTIFY MISS MALLON THAT SHE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WILL BE UP TO HER TO WORK OUT THE CONTRACT DETAILS.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF HEATHER MOLINA AND CARLOS ALVAREZ.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU.

JUDGE, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH AND YOLANDA SOBREVILLA SALINAS.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, JUDGE, ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF CARLOS ALVAREZ AND JANE SMITH.

SHELTON. ANYBODY IN YOUR BEHALF? NO. I'LL ASK THAT WE ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF ALSO CARLOS ALVAREZ, A GREAT MAN AND PHILANTHROPIST IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HE'S TRULY BEEN A TREASURE.

AND HE WILL BE MISSED.

I'LL ASK THAT. WILLIAM LEYENDECKER BUSTILLO, HE'S THE BROTHER FREDDIE BUSTILLO, WHO IS A GRADUATE OF THE SOUTH SIDE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES OF HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HIS FAMILY GOES BACK TO THE CANARY ISLANDERS.

AND SO HE'S PART OF THAT BUSTILLO FAMILY AS A FAMILY HERE.

WOULD YOU ALL COME FORWARD AND JUST.

I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE WILLIAM BASTILLE.

AND JUST KIND OF SHARE WITH US THE STEEL FAMILY.

HELLO, MR. FREDDY, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.

IN MEMORIAL TO MY BROTHER.

WE WERE BORN ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON BUSTELO DRIVE.

AND COMMISSIONER FLORES PRECINCT RAISED THEIR OUR ENTIRE LIFE.

OTHER THAN WHEN I MOVED OUT OF TOWN.

MY BROTHER LIVED AT 115 KELLY DRIVE, WHICH IS AT THE CORNER OF KELLY DRIVE AND BUSTELO DRIVE ON PROPERTY.

THAT WAS A LAND GRANT TO OUR ANCESTORS FROM THE KING OF SPAIN.

AND WE STILL MAINTAIN SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THAT AREA.

AND AND AS WELL AS YOU MOVE INTO SOUTH SIDE.

WE BOTH GRADUATED FROM HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

MY BROTHER WENT ON TO SAINT PHILLIPS COLLEGE.

I WENT ELSE PLACES AND ENDED UP IN AUSTIN AT THE SMALL SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.

BUT WE WE HAVE ALWAYS COME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO.

WE LOVE THE CITY.

MY BROTHER LOVED THE CITY.

AND WE'VE JUST BEEN VERY ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE CIVIC COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT SAN ANTONIO.

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THANK YOU. JUDGE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

CALL IT A WRAP. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.