Jun 18, 2024 Commissioners Court

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

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[1. Opening Prayer: Minister Jeremy Jennings, Groups Minister at Oak Hills Church]

ALSO WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT TOMORROW IS THE COUNTY HOLIDAY.

SO YOUR EMPLOYEES IN THE ROOM, YOU'RE CERTAINLY FREE TO COME TO WORK, I GUESS, BUT IT IS A HOLIDAY, AND IT IS A DAY THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE IN REGARDS TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH AND JUNE 19TH BEING THE FEDERAL HOLIDAY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN APPROVED OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO IS THERE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE? I THINK, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

AS JUDGE SAKAI WAS SAYING, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT TOMORROW IS.

NOT ONLY A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, BUT WHEN I CAME TO COURT AS COMMISSIONER THREE YEARS AGO, I ALSO ADVOCATED FOR IT TO BE A COUNTY HOLIDAY.

AND SO I HOPE THAT OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES DON'T JUST LOOK AT IT AS A DAY OFF, BUT IT REALLY IS A TIME OF REFLECTION.

SO OFTEN WE TRY TO SWEEP UNDER THE RUG OUR HISTORY AND HOW MY ANCESTORS.

DURING THE.

SLAVE TRADE WERE TREATED LESS THAN ANIMALS.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE FREED AND THAT'S THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH, THERE'S A RACIST MENTALITY THAT STILL REMAINS.

I JUST EXPERIENCED SOME A FEW WEEKS AGO AT THE HANDS OF THE LEADERSHIP OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AND SERVE.

AND THERE ARE COMMENTS.

BASED ON IGNORANCE, LACK OF EDUCATION AND RACISM THAT ARE CONTINUING TO BE MADE ON A DAILY BASIS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE TAKE THIS DAY NOT ONLY AS A DAY OFF, BUT A TIME TO REFLECT AND UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE AS HUMANITY AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. ALL RIGHT.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THE MINISTER FOR OPENING PRAYER AND DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE PASTOR JEREMY JENNINGS WITH US FROM OAK HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE HE'S THE GROUP MINISTER THERE.

PASTOR JENNINGS HAS BEEN IN STUDENT MINISTRIES FOR ALMOST A DECADE.

AS THE CURRENT GROUP MINISTER HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING WITH THE COACHING COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE POOR IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN READY TO PRAY FOR THE NEEDS OF OF SAN ANTONIO.

WE WELCOME YOU TODAY.

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE RISE.

IT IS WITH HONOR AND JOY THAT I COME TO THIS MOMENT AT BEXAR COUNTY, AND I HUMBLY COME BEFORE OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WITH THIS PRAYER. LET US BOW.

LORD, IT IS YOU WHO GUIDES ALL THINGS.

AND WITH ALL HUMILITY AND GRACE, WE ARE THANKFUL.

FOR WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DO.

LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU SEE US.

THAT YOU KNOW US, THAT YOU LOVE US AND THAT YOU CARE FOR US.

LORD, WE KNOW THAT HUMANITY OFTEN STRUGGLES AND FUMBLES THROUGH THE WAY THAT WE LOVE AND CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

BUT YOUR SON JESUS GAVE US AN EXAMPLE THAT WHEN ALL ELSE SEEMED TO BE FALLING AWAY, WHEN THINGS IN THIS WORLD SEEM TO BE CHAOTIC.

FOR SUCH A TIME.

YOUR SON CAME AND GAVE US AN EXAMPLE OF LOVE, OF PEACE, AND EVEN TO THE POINT OF DEATH, DEATH ON THE CROSS.

IN OBEDIENCE AND HUMILITY.

HE OFFERED US AN EXAMPLE.

SO, LORD, I READ THIS PSALM OUT OF PSALM 24 THAT DAVID WROTE.

IT SAYS THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S AND EVERYTHING IN IT, THE WORLD AND ALL WHO LIVE IN IT.

FOR HE FOUNDED IT UPON THE SEAS AND ESTABLISHED IT UPON THE WATERS.

WHO MAY ASCEND THE HILL OF THE LORD? WHO MAY STAND IN HIS HOLY PLACE? HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS AND A PURE HEART.

WHO DOES NOT LIFT UP HIS SOUL TO AN IDOL OR SWEAR BY WHAT IS FALSE.

HE WILL RECEIVE A BLESSING FROM THE LORD AND VINDICATION FROM GOD HIS SAVIOR.

SUCH IS A GENERATION OF THOSE WHO SEEK HIM, WHO SEEK YOUR FACE, O GOD OF JACOB.

LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O GATES.

BE LIFTED UP, YOU ANCIENT DOORS.

THAT THE KING OF GLORY MAY COME IN.

WHO IS THIS KING OF GLORY? THE LORD, STRONG AND MIGHTY.

THE LORD MIGHTY IN BATTLE.

LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES.

LIFT UP YOU ANCIENT DOORS, THAT THE KING OF GLORY MAY COME IN.

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HE IS THE KING OF GLORY.

AND WE ASK YOU, KING OF GLORY.

WITH GRACE AND MERCY AND PEACE, THAT YOU WOULD LOOK OVER US, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US, THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT US, AND THAT THE PEACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST MAY REST IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MINDS TODAY AS WE CONTINUE THIS DAY.

WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND ALL THE GLORY.

IT'S IN THE NAME OF JESUS I PRAY.

AMEN. THANK YOU, PASTOR JENNINGS.

NOW, IF EVERYONE COULD JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

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

[3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]

I'M GOING TO GO A BIT OUT OF ORDER.

WE'RE GOING TO START. SO I'M GOING TO ALERT.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION WILL BE HIDALGO WARD, ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKAI, RECOGNIZING GEORGE P HERNANDEZ JR FOR HIS 43 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP, A UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.

AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING GILBERT R GONZALES, BEXAR COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, ON HIS UPCOMING RETIREMENT.

OVER 40 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT.

AND THEN WE'LL GO AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE REST OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE COURT TO PLEASE STEP DOWN.

WE'LL COME DOWN. AND GEORGE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU AN AWARD FOR YOUR LONG YEARS OF SERVICE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, GEORGE THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY AMONG MANY DAYS THAT YOU HAVE SERVED FOR BEXAR COUNTY, ESPECIALLY AS CEO FOR THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM.

AND I KNOW YOU'RE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE. IS YOUR FAMILY HERE, TOO? WHY DON'T YOU HAVE THEM COME UP, COME ON UP, FAMILY? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WITHOUT Y'ALL, GEORGE WOULD NOT BE THE PERSON HE IS.

RIGHT, GEORGE? OKAY.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM BOARD IS HERE.

WHY DON'T YOU ALL STAND BEHIND THE FAMILY IF YOU ALL WANT MR. ADAMS. MR. HASSLACHER, ANYBODY ELSE HERE? PAT HOSSA, ANITA FERNANDEZ.

ANITA. YEAH.

I THINK. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I GUESS I SHOULD ASK, DID THE WHOLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM COME TODAY NEARBY, GEORGE? BECAUSE I SAID, ARE THEY ON THE BACK WALL THERE? WELL, IT'S MY HONOR AND GREAT DISTINCTION TO BESTOW ONE OF THE HIGHEST HONORS WE CAN BESTOW ANY INDIVIDUAL IN BEXAR COUNTY.

AND THAT'S A HIDALGO DE SAN ANTONIO DE BÉJAR.

SO I'D LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD, GEORGE, IN THE NAME AND BY AUTHORITY, COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY, TO WHOM ALL THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME.

GREETINGS. KNOW YE THAT GEORGE P HERNANDEZ IS HEREBY APPOINTED HIDALGO DE SAN ANTONIO DE BÉJAR, UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COUNTY OF BEXAR, WITH ALL RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND EMOLUMENTS APPERTAINING TO SAID OFFICE, WITNESSED BY MY SIGNATURE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND ALSO ATTESTED TO BY OUR COUNTY CLERK, LUCY ADAME-CLARK GEORGE.

JOB WELL DONE.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK THE COURT. YOU PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MY SUCCESS.

YOUR POINT? A WONDERFUL BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THAT IS MY GOVERNANCE.

AND OVER THE YEARS THAT THAT BOARD HAS PROVIDED ME GREAT ADVICE.

AND SO YOUR ROLE IN APPOINTING GREAT PEOPLE IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH.

IT'S NOT A ONE MAN GAME.

NEVER HAS BEEN.

IT'S A IT'S A HUGE OPERATION.

WE HAVE OVER 11,000 EMPLOYEES AND WE HAVE A $3.2 BILLION BUDGET.

I AM HUMBLED BY THIS RECOGNITION.

IT REMINDS ME OF A SITUATION WHEN I FIRST BECAME CEO, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE ROLE.

I WAS RAFFLED OFF FOR A UNITED WAY EVENT, AND FOUND MYSELF UNABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT A SECRETARY COULD

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SO WE'VE CREATED A GREAT DEAL OF OF HUMILITY IN ME TO BE ABLE TO REMEMBER THAT I WAS BLESSED TO BE IN THE POSITION I WAS, AND THAT I NEEDED EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE.

WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO DO THE JOB THAT TAKES CARE OF THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY.

I'D LIKE THE WHOLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM TEAM THAT'S HERE TO STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THAT SUCCESS.

COME ON. I SEE, I SEE THEM, I SEE THEM, THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE RIGHT THERE. COME ON UP AND STAND RIGHT BEHIND THE BOARD.

THERE. THERE YOU GO.

Y'ALL ARE ONE BIG FAMILY.

UNDER UNDER ED'S LEADERSHIP, IN THE YEARS TO COME, YOU WILL SEE TWO COMMUNITY HOSPITALS, TWO MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDINGS, TWO COMMUNITY CLINICS MAYBE AN ADDITIONAL TWO OTHER MOBS THAT WERE STILL ON THE DRAWING BOARD AND HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY. AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE WELL SERVED BY THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME.

FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY.

ADELE WHO HAS PUT UP WITH ME FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG TIME.

AND THEY GIVE HER THE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS.

AND IT'S AND THEN I HAVE THREE WONDERFUL KIDS, AND TWO OF THEM ARE WORKING, SO THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT.

BUT MY DAUGHTER ELISA, WHO IS ALSO WORKING.

BUT SHE BUT BUT BUT BUT WAS ABLE TO, TO PEEL AWAY SOME TIME.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR AND I, I APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

I JUST WANTED TO. GEORGIA WANTS TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN TO WORK WITH YOU.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH DONE TOGETHER MY FIRST TERM, AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS TAKING MY CALLS AND AND WORKING WITH ME.

AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND ALSO TO YOUR BOARD, EVEN THOUGH PAT WAS MY APPOINTEE, I CALL ALL OF THEM AND THEY HAVE ALL JUST BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND SO I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT LEAVING SAN ANTONIO, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BOTHER YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COUNTY.

THANK YOU. GEORGE.

LET ME ALSO JUST JOIN IN CONGRATULATING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

ADELE. ELISA, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS.

I KNOW THIS IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE IT'S BITTERSWEET FOR ME.

I KIND OF WANT TO TAKE THIS BACK BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN KEEP THEM AROUND A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

BUT HE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST A GREAT FRIEND, A CONSTITUENT AND PRECINCT TWO, BUT REALLY HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND, I MEAN, AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY, I WAS TEXTING GEORGE ABOUT SOME ISSUE AT THE HOSPITAL WITH A CONSTITUENT.

AND HE IS ALWAYS RESPONSIVE.

THE I THINK THE MEMORY THAT I WILL REMEMBER THE MOST WAS DURING COVID WHEN WE HAD ALL OF THE COVID VACCINATIONS HAPPENING.

BY THE WAY, THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH TEAM WAS EXEMPLARY WHEN IT CAME TO RESPONDING TO THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

BUT GOING UP TO WONDERLAND THROUGH THE SNOW AND SEEING GEORGE THERE DIRECTING LINES OF TRAFFIC OF PEOPLE.

I MEAN, HE DOES EVERYTHING FOR THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, BUT REALLY MORE I KNOW, BECAUSE IT CHANGES THE LIVES OF PEOPLE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO, GEORGE, CONGRATULATIONS.

JOB WELL DONE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR DAY, BUT I KNOW ED, YOU'RE LEAVING IT.

THE HOSPITAL IN GREAT HANDS.

ED BANOS IS TAKING OVER HUGE SHOES TO FILL.

ED, WE HAVE SOME THINGS IN COMMON BECAUSE I FILLED SOME BIG SHOES HERE AS WELL AT COMMISSIONERS COURT.

SO WE'LL COMPARE NOTES.

BUT, GEORGE, AGAIN, TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

CONGRATULATIONS. JOB WELL DONE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WELL, GEORGE, I JUST WANT TO ECHO COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH.

IT'S YOU'VE LEFT A LEGACY THERE THAT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TO, TO MEET.

I'D ALSO JUST LIKE TO ECHO YOUR RESPONSIVENESS, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ALWAYS TAKE A CALL, SIT DOWN FOR BREAKFAST.

IT MEANS A LOT. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE WE'VE CHATTED ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES, BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT AND WILLING TO TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN IN RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DEVOTING YOUR LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. IT STARTED EVEN LONG BEFORE YOU CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY.

YOUR SERVICE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

MANY OTHER ENDEAVORS.

WE OWE THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY.

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YOUR FAMILY FOR LENDING THEM TO US.

FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.

I THINK THAT YOUR HALLMARK AS A LEADER HAS BEEN AS A COMMUNITY CHAMPION.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT CHAMPIONING OF COMMUNITY, WITH YOUR DEEP ROOTS HERE ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND JUST BEING IN TOUCH WITH EVERY SEGMENT OF EVERY COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED WHAT SUCCESS CAN HAVE.

WHEN WE BELIEVE IN UPLIFTING EVERYBODY IN.

I KNOW IT'S A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO CHAMPION THE SOUTH SIDE HOSPITAL.

IT'S WHERE YOUR ROOTS ARE.

AND IT'S WHERE I'M SURE YOU'VE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND YOU HAVE AND YOU WILL.

AND THAT LEGACY WILL LIVE LONG AFTER ALL OF US ARE OFF THE SCENE.

AND YOU SHOULD BE SO PROUD OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED A TEAM OF COWORKERS AND COLLEAGUES ACROSS INDUSTRY THAT REALLY APPRECIATE WHO YOU ARE.

THAT CAN COUNT ON YOU ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT.

AND IT'S A SMALL THINGS TO THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS MENTIONED WHEN FOLKS ARE IN THE HOSPITAL NEEDING HELP WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES THAT MAY HAVE ARISEN. YOU DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.

YOU TAKE IT FROM A SENSE OF COMMUNITY CHAMPION.

TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

AND IF WE HAD MORE LEADERS WHO JUST TRY TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, WE'D HAVE A MUCH BETTER WORLD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISION AND YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN THERE WHEN YOU FACED $51 MILLION DEFICITS AND YOU'VE COME UP WITH BRILLIANT IDEAS TO INVEST IN VARIOUS MEDICAL THINGS THAT WOULD HELP THE BUDGET OF THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM NOT BE AT A DEFICIT.

YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO THE GROWING NEEDS OF A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN FACED BY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN HEALTH CARE IN 100 YEARS, AND YOU HAVE DONE IT WITH FLYING COLORS FROM THE WONDERLAND MALL PANDEMIC VACCINATIONS TO THE SPREAD OF NEW CLINICS AND CREATING A SYSTEM THAT IS THE TOP MOST COUNTIES.

WE'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT IT DESERVES BEING SAID NOW, MOST COUNTY HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. ART. ART? NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES OF CHOICE.

BUT UNIVERSITY IS.

AND THE PARTNERSHIP YOU'VE BUILT WITH THE MILITARY, THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITIES, I'LL SAY THAT, PLURAL, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE IS A VERY HIGH BENCHMARK.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED WISDOM.

GOD'S NOT THROUGH WITH YOU YET.

THERE WILL STILL BE NEW CHAPTERS, BUT I HOPE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPREAD THAT TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND TO MANY OTHERS IN LEADERSHIP SEEKING TO COME INTO SERVICE AND HEALTH AND IN OTHER INDUSTRIES AND LAW.

YOU HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS THAT YOU COULD WRITE, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL BE EMPOWERING NEW LEADERS TO FOLLOW IN YOUR INCREDIBLE FOOTSTEPS.

A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GEORGE.

GEORGE, DO YOU WANT.

THIS IS YOUR PICTURE.

SO YOU TELL ERIC HE'S SIGNALING.

SIGNALING. EVERYBODY COME UP HERE THAT GEORGE.

JUST.

SIT OVER HERE. YES.

HE'S IN FRONT OF ME. ANYBODY IN HERE? YEP.

TOM THOMAS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALRIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO GIVE IT R.GONZALEZ HERE.

DAY TWO HERE FOR GILBERT R.GONZALEZ.

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I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT OUR.

MY WORK TEAM IS YOUR WORK TEAM.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.

WE HAVE COME TO SUPPORT GILBERT.

CONGRATULATIONS. I DIDN'T COME HERE TO SUPPORT YOU.

ALRIGHT. AND THEY ALL WORE GREEN.

OKAY. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE GILBERT R.GONZALEZ.

HE IS ANOTHER LONG TIME LOYAL, DEDICATED, HARD WORKING AND EMPLOYEE WHO I BELIEVE IS GOING TO RETIRE.

MUCH TO OUR CHAGRIN.

BUT WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM TODAY.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS GILBERT GONZALES HAS SERVED FOR OVER 40 YEARS IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, CRISIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROVISIONS AS A CLINICIAN, UNIVERSITY FACULTY, PROGRAM DIRECTOR, POLICY ADVISOR.

AND WHEREAS, HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A PSYCHOLOGIST FOR HARRIS COUNTY, MH, MRA, PROVIDING TREATMENT TO INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY SETTING, AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP IN MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS.

AND WHEREAS, GILBERT SERVED AS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF BEXAR COUNTY, COUNTY BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR COMMUNITY WIDE JAIL DIVERSION SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WHO ENCOUNTER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FOR JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS WITHIN BEXAR COUNTY, AND WHEREAS, AS THE DIRECTOR OF DIVISION INITIATIVES, THE JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM RECEIVED THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION'S GOLD AWARD FOR PROGRAM INNOVATION AND THE NATIONAL PROGRAM SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE.

AND WHEREAS RETIREMENT FROM PUBLIC SERVICE SIGNIFIED THE PINNACLE OF A MEANINGFUL CAREER AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ADVENTURE, ONE THAT WE HOPE IS EQUALLY ILLUMINATING AND JOYFUL.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED, THAT THE BURKE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND COMMENTS OR COMMENDS GILBERT R GONZALEZ FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY, AND EXPRESSES PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE TO OUR BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY.

WE EXTEND OUR CONGRATULATIONS AND WISHES TO GILBERT, WIFE ROSIE AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.

SIGNED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

GILBERT, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

JUDGE. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT MR. GONZALES. I'M DOCTOR ANDREA GUERRERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT GILBERT'S CAREER, HE WAS START HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO AND STARTED HIS CAREER IN THE US MILITARY.

HE WAS IN THE US ARMY, FOURTH BATTALION, 54TH MECHANIZED INFANTRY.

AND IN 1978 RECEIVED THE ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL.

HIS EDUCATION INCLUDES A BACHELOR'S IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM TRINITY UNIVERSITY, A MASTER'S IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY FROM TRINITY UNIVERSITY, AND A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC SERVICE FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY.

HE DID BEGIN A GOOD PORTION OF HIS CAREER IN HARRIS COUNTY.

WHEN HE RETURNED FROM MILITARY SERVICE.

BUT THEN VERY QUICKLY CAME BACK TO SAN ANTONIO IN THE YEAR 2000 TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM OF THE CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

HE JOINED BEXAR COUNTY IN 2013 TO LEAD THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND THEN JOINED THAT ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, JOINED THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH UNDER MY LEADERSHIP ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO TO HAVE HIM THERE.

HIS CV HAS MANY PUBLISHED ACADEMIC PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS.

HE HAS BEEN A COMMANDER, A PROFESSOR, A CLINICIAN, A RUNNER OF MARATHONS, A DIRECTOR OF MANY, MANY, MANY THINGS.

BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IN HIS RESUME THAT MAYBE GETS OVERLOOKED WAS IN 1992, HE WAS NAMED AS ONE OF GEORGE BUSH'S 1000 POINTS OF LIGHT.

HE IS SEEMINGLY UNLIMITED CAPACITY FOR KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND EMPATHY.

THESE TRAITS HAVE FACILITATED A VERY LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO HAVE BEEN THE MECHANISM FOR HEALING FOR SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

HE HAS BEEN A VERY IMPORTANT MENTOR TO ALL OF US IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AS WE'VE BEEN ABLE, AS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GILBERT.

YOU DESERVE AN HONORARY DOCTORATE IN ALL OF THE THINGS.

SO, DOCTOR GONZALEZ, THANK YOU.

GILBERT. GILBERT, I THINK OUR COUNTY CLERK HAS SOMETHING TO PRESENT TO YOU TO.

IT'S CRAZY. GOOD MORNING.

COURT. I'M LUCY ADAME-CLARK, THE COUNTY CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE AS GILBERT GETS A PROCLAMATION FROM BEXAR COUNTY.

BUT ALSO, PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE BOTH COME FROM THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

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GILBERT, YOU HAVE HELPED THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WITH SO MANY THINGS AND SO MANY SERVICES.

SINCE THE FIRST DAY I WALKED IN TO THE OFFICE, WE HAVE UTILIZED GILBERT ACROSS THE NATION TO DO CONFERENCES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE.

SINCE THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS THE NON-CRIMINAL MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

ALSO, WE HAVE CLERKS AND SPECIALTY COURTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

SO GILBERT WILL NEVER FORGET YOU.

I HAVE YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER, SO I STILL CAN CALL YOU, BUT HERE'S A COIN FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE AND ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE FIXED.

AND HERE'S A CERTIFICATE FROM THE ALAMO SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION.

AND THE CERTIFICATE IS AUTHENTICITY FROM A FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN IN THE BEAUTIFUL ALAMO OF OUR BEAUTIFUL BEXAR COUNTY AREA.

CONGRATULATIONS, GILBERT.

I JUST WANT TO KICK OFF THE COURT COMMENTS BY.

BUT. OH, I'M BLOCKING THE RECEIVER.

OKAY, THERE WE GO. GILBERT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU ARE A LUMINARY.

YOU ARE A PERSON WHO HAS, AS GEORGE BUSH, OUR PRESIDENT NOTED, BEEN A LIGHT UNTO THE WORLD.

AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT AFTER YOUR MILITARY SERVICE AND YOUR SERVICE IN HARRIS COUNTY, YOU BLESSED BEXAR COUNTY WITH JUST A WONDERFUL SMILE, A ALWAYS ENCOURAGING WORD AND INCREDIBLE TRANSFORMATIVE WORK.

AND I KNOW YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW MENTAL HEALTH HAS EVOLVED AND TRANSFORMED SINCE THE EARLY DAYS WHERE PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY PUT DOWN BECAUSE THEY HAD MENTAL HEALTH, THE DAYS OF STIGMA.

DAYS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR SCHOOLS AND IN OUR JAILS.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN PART OF CARRYING THE THE MOVEMENT OVER YOUR BACK, ON YOUR BACK, AND TO A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WHEN YOU BEGAN IN THIS FIELD.

AND SO WE'RE A GRATEFUL NATION, A GRATEFUL COUNTY AND GRATEFUL AS FRIENDS WHO HAVE APPRECIATED.

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN THERE WHEN WE'VE CALLED.

JUST THIS WEEK, YOU HELPED SOMEONE WHO WAS IN MENTAL DISTRESS, A CONSTITUENT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY WERE A CONSTITUENT OF MINE, BUT I KNEW THEY WERE IN IN NEED.

AND YOU WERE THERE AND YOUR TEAM HAS BEEN THERE.

AND SO WE CAN WE CAN.

WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

WE WE WANT TO STAY IN TOUCH.

LIKE GEORGE, YOU'VE GOT A VIDEO SERIES THAT YOU COULD PUT ON NATIONWIDE, AS YOU HAVE.

AND GILBERT HAS BEEN A NATIONWIDE AUTHORITY ON MENTAL HEALTH SPEAKING AND TRANSFORMING OTHER COUNTIES.

SO MANY ANGELS ARE LOOKING DOWN ON YOU SAYING THANK YOU AND SINGING YOUR PRAISES.

KEEP UP THE LEGACY.

KEEP UP THE LIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. WELL, GILBERT, I JUST WANT TO TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR COUNTY, AND TO OUR STATE.

DON'T HAVE AS LONG A HISTORY WITH YOU AS AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.

BUT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER AND GREAT TO WORK WITH AND HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOU OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

GILBERT, YOU ARE MY CONSTITUENT, SO I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO TO BOTHER ME FOR WHATEVER YOU NEED.

BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

WE'VE MET A LOT OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS.

AND JUST THANK YOU FOR BEING A HUGE ADVOCATE.

AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH WORK IN BEXAR COUNTY IS LOOKED AT BY AND IS AN EXAMPLE TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE YOU ARE DOING.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO.

AND THANK YOU FOR JUST WORKING WITH ME ON SO MANY MENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL BASED PROJECT THAT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS.

SO CHEERS TO YOU.

GILBERT AGAIN.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KLEENEX DAYS, RIGHT? EVERYBODY'S LEAVING.

AND WE'RE ALL CRYING BECAUSE WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE HERE, GILBERT, I KNOW YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE I MET WITH WHEN I CAME TO THE COURT IN 2019 AND THEN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LOSING GEORGE, JUST A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE IN PUBLIC HEALTH THE ARENA AND.

DOCTOR A AND YOUR TEAM AND ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND YOU, GILBERT, I KNOW, ARE BENEFICIARIES OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND YOUR GOODWILL AND YOUR MENTORSHIP THAT ARE GOING TO HELP LEAD US INTO THE NEXT CENTURY HERE AT BEXAR COUNTY.

BUT I WOULD SAY THIS I MEAN, YOU YOU KNOW, THIS GILBERT, WITHOUT ME SAYING IT.

THE WORK WE DO IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AT THE COUNTY LEVEL IS FOUNDATIONAL TO CHANGING PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.

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AND YOU'VE HELPED CHANGE THAT CONVERSATION, TOO.

AND DOCTOR A AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY WHERE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH IS ALWAYS BEEN SILOED ALONGSIDE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.

AND TO SEPARATE THE TWO AND TO HUMANIZE IT, I THINK, IS PART OF YOUR LEGACY.

GILBERT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.

WE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE AROUND.

AND PLEASE MAKE THAT A TWO WAY STREET CALL UPON US, EVEN IF IT'S JUST TO HAVE LUNCH OR COFFEE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RETIREMENT AND IN CELEBRATING YOU.

BUT AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

GILBERT. THANK YOU. I WILL NEVER FORGET THE THE INDIVIDUALS HERE THAT HAVE THAT HAVE TOUCHED MY LIVES.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

EARLY 2000, YOU HAD THE BEST CANDY IN CONGRESS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AND WE WOULD GO TO YOUR OFFICE CONSTANTLY BECAUSE THAT WAS HOME.

YOU WELCOMED US, AND WE GOT THE FIRST JAIL JAIL DIVERSION PROGRAM LAW PASSED IN THE STATE.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT EVERY TIME WE MET WITH YOU, I HAD A GREAT TIME BECAUSE I WOULD SAY, MAN, THIS.

SHE'S FOR REAL.

JUDGE. VERY EARLY ON, MY SISTER TOLD ME, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M VOLUNTEERING WITH THIS JUDGE AND IN THE FAMILY COURT, AND HE'S SO SWEET AND HE'S SO NICE AND HE'S JUST CARING, OF COURSE, BUT DON'T CROSS HIM.

AND I SAID, OH.

AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S ASIAN.

OH, JUDGE SAKAI.

YES. THAT'S HIM.

EVEN THEN, JUDGE COMMISSIONER JUDY, YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLY KIND HEART.

AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE SO FOCUSED ON STATS AND DATA, YOUR HEART COMES OUT THROUGH, AND WE ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO DO THAT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I WISH.

I WISH THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNEW HOW MUCH YOU CARE ABOUT THEM AND THE LENGTHS TO WHICH YOU GO TO TO GET THEM ANY KIND OF HELP THAT'S WITHIN YOUR POWER TO HARNESS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WITH THE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, I REALLY HAD SOME INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES.

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEN SENATOR BARACK OBAMA TO PRESENT ALONGSIDE JANET NAPOLITANO AND KENNEDY PATRICK KENNEDY.

AND CONSTANTLY AS I, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WENT TO NEW YORK, TO WASHINGTON TO RECEIVE THE AWARDS ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY.

I WAS ABLE TO SUBSEQUENTLY, AFTER THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY, INVITED TO PRESENT IN THE WAR ROOM OF THE WHITE HOUSE TO EXPLAIN WHAT BEXAR COUNTY WAS DOING ACROSS THE BOARD.

I WANT TO JUST VERY QUICKLY THANK DAVID SMITH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT IN 2013 TO SERVE THOMAS GUEVARA, WHO ALWAYS WORKS SO HARD AND TO THIS DAY DRIVES THE SAME TRUCK.

AMAZING. I WANT TO THANK.

I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR GUERRERO, WHO MADE THE LAST TWO YEARS THE MOST INCREDIBLE OF MY LIFE.

I MEAN, THIS, SHE IS WICKED SMART AND ALL OVER AND THIS IS WONDERFUL.

LETICIA DOMINGUEZ, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER IN HER OWN RIGHT, ABLE TO LEAD 18 ARPA CONTRACTS AT A SINGLE BOUND.

MELISSA LUCIO ALSO HELPED.

JUST THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND DEEPLY FELT.

THANK YOU FOR.

YESTERDAY. ARE YOU?

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I'LL WORK FOR. ALL RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT NEXT TWO.

ON BEHALF. COURT RECOGNIZING AND PROCLAIMING 1824 UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL.

AND FOLLOWING THAT TRADITION OF PROCLAMATION.

COMMISSIONERS. COURT RECOGNIZING THE.

HIS YOUNGEST, MARIACHI MATEO ALBERTO LOPEZ, AND CELEBRATING THE MARIACHI MUSIC TRADITION.

COMMISSIONER. BRENDA ARNTZ AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS FROM WOMEN'S UNLIMITED.

IT'S A LARGE DELEGATION.

WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL DAY.

WE HAVE SPEAKERS.

ALL OF YOU COME UP HERE.

EVERYBODY COME FOR YOU.

YOUR SPEAKER. YOUR SPEAKER.

SORRY, WE'RE HUSTLING AND BUSTLING HERE.

IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SPEAKER. OKAY.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY.

COME CLOSER AND IT READS WHEREAS DOCTOR MORENO COME UP HERE.

WOMEN ARE UNLIMITED.

INTERNATIONAL IS A 501 C, THREE MINORITY BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EMPOWERING WOMEN BUSINESSES BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS BEXAR COUNTY, LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND WHEREAS, WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL'S MOTTO, LEAVE NO WOMAN BEHIND GUIDES THEIR CORE MISSION OF PROVIDING CRUCIAL RESOURCES TO ALL WOMEN, WHETHER BUSINESS OR NOT, TO HELP WITH ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GOALS OR OVERCOMING CHALLENGES.

AND WHEREAS, WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL FOSTERS A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS BY NETWORKING LIKE NONE OTHER AND PROVIDING A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE THAT ANYONE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL LEADS.

MIKE. BUT RIGHT HERE WE GO.

WHEREAS WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL BELIEVES AND THE POWER OF COMPLEMENTING INSTEAD OF COMPETING THROUGH EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, THROUGH CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATION AND LIFTING WOMEN AND HELPING THEM ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS AND SERVING AS BUSINESS BESTIES.

IT IS NOW.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY RECOGNIZES JUNE 18TH, 2024, AS WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL.

THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE 2024 BY YOUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

HI, HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS BRENDA OWENS, OWNER OF WOMEN UNLIMITED.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THIS PHONE IS GOING TO YOU.

WE HAVE A BUSINESS ALL THE WAY FROM JAPAN, AND SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU HERE IN A MOMENT, SO HERE YOU GO.

YEAH, SHE SHE'S LIKE, I WANT SHE'S LIKE, I WANT TO TALK TO HIM.

PUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LOUDER HERE I OH LET ME SEE OKAY OKAY.

YEAH. IS THIS THE FIRST.

OKAY. GO AHEAD AND TALK.

ANY JOB. AND I'M A BUSINESS OWNER IN JAPAN.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING WOMEN UNLIMITED SAN ANTONIO.

THIS PROCLAMATION.

THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND FOR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE MINE TO THRIVE EVEN AS FAR AS WAY AS TOKYO, JAPAN, WHERE I LIVE AND WORK.

MY BUSINESS, WOMEN UNLIMITED SAN ANTONIO, HAS AFFORDED ME SO MUCH FRIENDSHIP, SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE.

THESE LADIES AND YOUR SUPPORT HAVE MADE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK IN THE WORDS OF WAYNE'S WORLD, I'M NOT WORTHY.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

SHE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TRAVELING HERE TO MEET ALL OF US FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SO YOU KNOW, WE CAME OUT AS WOMEN UNLIMITED, YOU KNOW, HELPING SAN ANTONIO.

AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS NO CHOICE BUT TO GO INTERNATIONAL BECAUSE WE FOUND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA WE WERE HELPING SO MANY PEOPLE.

SO I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS OF WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, FOR OUR PROCLAMATION TODAY.

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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE OVER AND ABOVE THAT YOU DO, YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR SUPPORT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES.

WE ALSO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE COURT AND THE COUNTY JUDGE AND EVERYONE WHO HAS GONE OVER AND ABOVE TO ASSIST US.

SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE? THERE'S 14,000 OF US.

WE JUST COULDN'T FIT IN HERE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY, ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE HELPED ALONG THE WAY.

WE HAVE SO MANY STRONG, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE THEIR STORIES ABOUT WHY WOMEN UNLIMITED MEAN SO MUCH TO THEM.

SOME OF YOU HAVE SHARED YOUR STORIES BEFORE, WHILE OTHERS ARE PROUDLY HERE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SHARE THEIRS.

WE ARE HONORED TO HELP MANY BUSINESSES, BOTH HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD AS WE EXPAND INTERNATIONALLY.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR VOLUNTEERING TIME TO SERVE OTHERS.

WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY CLERK, LUCY ADAME-CLARK, AND JUDGE STEPHANIE BOYD FOR, YES, FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO RENEE WATSON.

WHERE'S RENE? YES.

FOR NOT HESITATING TO HELP OUR WOMEN UNLIMITED COMMUNITY BY GUIDING BUSINESSES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THESE THREE LADIES ARE THE MOST POWERFUL LADIES, ESPECIALLY TOGETHER.

OH MY GOD. BUT WE'RE EVEN MORE POWERFUL WITH 14,000 OF US.

YES. SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS JOURNEY AND SUPPORTING THE MISSION OF WOMEN UNLIMITED.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE A FEW OF THE LADIES HERE THAT ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH LORI.

HI. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.

TODAY WE GATHER TO CELEBRATE A REMARKABLE MILESTONE WHEN WOMEN UNLIMITED HAS ALWAYS STRIVED TO EMPOWER AND UPLIFT WOMEN.

AND IT IS WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE THAT WE STAND HERE TO TODAY RECOGNIZE FOR OUR EFFORTS.

THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS NOT ONLY JUST FOR US, BUT FOR EVERY SINGLE WOMAN WHO DARES TO DREAM, ACHIEVE AND INSPIRE.

WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE A DEDICATED DAY FOR EVERY WOMAN, A TESTAMENT TO OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH AND OUR PERSEVERANCE.

LET THIS DAY REMIND US OF ALL OF OUR LIMITLESS POTENTIAL AND THE INCREDIBLE FUTURE WE ARE SHAPING TOGETHER TODAY.

WE DECLARE THAT JUNE 18TH FROM HERE ON OUT IS WOMEN UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL DAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN OUR VISION.

AND THEN WE HAVE LINDA.

LINDA IS ON OUR ADVISORY BOARD.

HELLO EVERYONE. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

I FIRST ATTENDED WOMEN UNLIMITED WHEN I WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT TWO YEARS AGO.

AS SOMEONE NEW TO THE ENTREPRENEURIAL WORLD AND NETWORKING, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE OR HOW TO FIND SUPPORT WITHIN MY OWN INDUSTRY.

MEETING BRENDA AND BECOMING PART OF WOMEN UNLIMITED WAS A CATALYST FOR MY GROWTH IN BUSINESS.

THE SUPPORT I RECEIVED FROM OTHER WOMEN HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE.

PUSHING MYSELF AS A NEW MOM HAS PRESENTED MANY CHALLENGES, BUT THE WOMEN I'VE MET THROUGH WOMEN UNLIMITED HAVE PROVIDED ME IMMENSE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, ENHANCING MY SKILLS IN COMMUNICATION, NETWORKING, EVENT MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING.

MY CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN, ALLOWING ME TO SEIZE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES.

I CONTINUE TO EXPAND MY BUSINESS, ADDING NEW SERVICES THAT ENABLE ME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE ECONOMY.

FOR ALL THIS, I AM TRULY THANKFUL FOR WOMEN UNLIMITED.

THIS RESOURCES AND SUPPORT I'VE GAINED HAVE HELPED GROW ME SO MUCH AS A MOTHER, WIFE, SISTER, FRIEND, AND NOW AS A WOMAN BUSINESS OWNER.

FOR THAT I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU ALL WHO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WOMEN UNLIMITED AND MAKING THIS DAY A REALITY.

TODAY WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN UNLIMITED.

MORE THAN JUST A NETWORKING GROUP, THEY HAVE FOSTERED TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER A COMMUNITY THAT IS CONSTANTLY UPLIFTING AND REALLY ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO HELP EACH OTHER'S SUCCESS.

THEY HAVE GATHERED ME WITH MANY RESOURCES AND HAVE HELPED ME ALONG MY WAY.

AND MANY WOMEN ACROSS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOMEN.

THAT HAS NO LIMITS.

IT'S NOT BASED ON THEIR FEARS, BUT THEIR FEARLESS PURSUIT OF THEIR DREAMS. THANK YOU. A GENTLEMAN WITH US.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANDRÉS FARIAS, AND ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUE MICHELLE BARKER, WE ARE FROST COMMUNITIES.

FROST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

ON BEHALF OF FROST, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE WOMEN UNLIMITED ON THEIR PROCLAMATION DAY.

BRENDA IS A GRADUATE OF OUR FROST BUSINESS BUILDING SERIES WHERE SHE, ALONG WITH OTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OF THE COHORT, GAINED KNOWLEDGE FROM A VARIETY OF BUSINESS ACCELERATORS AND NONPROFITS AS TO HOW TO ELEVATE THEIR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL OF GROWTH.

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CONGRATULATIONS, BRENDA.

AND THEN WE HAVE JUDGE STEPHANIE BOYD.

THANK YOU. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ATTORNEYS USUALLY TALK A LONG, LONG TIME.

I'M NOT. YEAH, I AM NOT I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

AND I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS A DIVERSE ORGANIZATION, AS YOU CAN SEE.

IT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN TO COMMIT MISTAKES, TO LEARN, TO GROW AND TO SOAR.

SO THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR US.

AND I'VE KNOWN ALL OF THESE LADIES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND TO SEE THEM GROW IS JUST AWESOME AND FANTASTIC.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH.

RENEE WATSON, PLEASE.

RENEE WATSON. RENEE.

TO THE FRONT.

LUCY IS THE LAST ONE. OH.

BECAUSE IN PROTOCOL, WE NEED TO HURRY UP.

OKAY. RENEE WATSON, I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEPARTMENT FOR HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR ALL YOU DO TO SUPPORT AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO ESTABLISH, GROW AND TO HELP MANAGE AND INSPIRE THESE WOMEN AND WOMEN UNLIMITED. WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE HELPING WITH YOUR BYLAWS, HELPING WITH YOUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO HAVE A ORGANIZATION THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR.

OKAY. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER.

OUR WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BEXAR COUNTY CLERK, LUCY ADAME-CLARK.

YOU HAVE BEEN AWESOME AND AMAZING FROM THE VERY GET GO.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING COURT AGAIN.

LUCY ADAME-CLARK, THE COUNTY CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH MISS BRENDA.

ACTUALLY, THE FIRST YEAR THAT I WALKED IN AS A COUNTY CLERK, I WAS BRINGING IN THE RECORD TO THE RUN.

AND I HAD A LADY WITH A CAMERA ALL OVER ME, AND I SAID, I HAVE A STALKER.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? SO THAT'S HOW WE MET AT THE PRECINCT ONE LOCATION WHERE WE MET AT PRECINCT ONE LOCATION IN 2019.

SHE TOOK OVER AFTER THAT.

AND SHE HAS REALLY GROWN THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND I'VE SEEN MOMS THAT WERE STAY AT HOME MOMS WHO NEVER WORKED A DAY IN THEIR LIFE, OPENED UP THEIR BUSINESS AS A COUNTY CLERK IN 254 COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE ARE THE ADMINISTRATORS OF SMALL BUSINESS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO ALL CITIES AND ALL RURAL COUNTY AREA, INCLUDING SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS FOR THIS YOUNG LADY. SO HERE I AM TO PRESENT A BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FOR A FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO.

BECAUSE OUR ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO GROW AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR ECONOMY AND DEVELOP OUR COMMUNITY TO SO MUCH MORE.

BRENDA OWENS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL, WOMEN'S UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL, AND ALSO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS.

THESE WOMEN DON'T GET PAID.

THERE'S A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS BACK HERE THAT DO A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WOMEN UNLIMITED CONTINUES TO GROW, EVEN TO JAPAN.

SO THAT'S AMAZING.

THANK YOU. COURT. THANK YOU, CALVERT COMMISSIONER CALVERT, FOR GIVING THEM THIS PROCLAMATION.

IT MEANS A LOT TO THEM.

THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S AN HONOR FOR HER TO RECEIVE BOTH CERTIFICATES.

BRENDA. HERE YOU GO.

AND HERE IS A FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. COME ON UP.

ONE. TWO. THREE. THANK YOU.

THERE. GOOD TO MEET YOU.

I AM BRENDA I.

I THINK. ARM AND SHOULDER.

RIGHT HAND ON SHOULDER IS OUR SIGNATURE MOVE FOR COMMUNITY.

ALRIGHT. RIGHT HAND ON SHOULDER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

CONGRESS. I'M GOING TO

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. OH.

THANK YOU. OH.

THANK YOU. OH, I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK.

PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO SEE YOU GUYS.

HE SAID. LIKE.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP.

YOU JUST HOLD IT HIGH.

JUST HOLD ON TIGHT. HI.

OKAY, WELL, ALL THE LADIES ARE GOING TO STAY FOR A VERY PROUD MOMENT WITH MATEO.

BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO THROW US OUT. I LOVE THE SPIRIT YOU GOT TO GIVE.

THEY GOT A LOT OF SPIRIT, A LOT OF ENERGY.

GREAT JOB LADIES.

NOW, SPEAKING OF SPIRIT AND A LOT OF ENERGY, I SAW THIS YOUNG MAN ON THE KELLY CLARKSON SHOW DOING A DUET.

HE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, ALL OVER THE WORLD.

LATIN MUSIC IS THE HOTTEST NUMBER ONE MUSIC, AND HE IS THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IN AMERICA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

WE ARE SO HONORED TO GIVE A PROCLAMATION HONORING YOUR WORK, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU'RE NEVER A PROPHET IN YOUR OWN LAND, BUT YOU ARE A PROPHET, AND YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS DESERVING OF THIS COMMUNITY'S RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE A STAR ALREADY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RISE.

AND I HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU.

AND IT READS PEREZ MATEO LOPEZ WAS HAS EXTRAORDINARY TALENT AND PASSION FOR MARIACHI MUSIC, WHICH HE BEGAN DEVELOPING AT THE TENDER AGE OF FOUR WHEN HE IMPRESSED THE JUDGES ON MÉXICO TEEN TALENTO, MEXICO'S GOT TALENT IN TOLUCA, MÉXICO, EARNING A GOLDEN BUZZER AND SECURING A PLACE IN THE FINALS.

AND WHEREAS MATEO GAINED INTERNATIONAL NOTORIETY WHEN HE PERFORMED ON NBC'S LITTLE BIG SHOTS, SANG THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE MLS, THE MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER ALL STAR GAME, PERFORMED THE AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM FOR THE BOSTON RED SOX AT FENWAY PARK, LOS ANGELES LAKERS, AND LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS. MATEO HAS PERFORMED WITH MARIACHI LEGENDS MARIACHI VARGAS DE TECALITLAN.

I WAS CLOSE AND MARIACHI CAMPANAS DE AMERICA AND HAS TAKEN THE AMERICA.

AND WHEREAS MATEO PERFORMED AND WAS RECOGNIZED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS LA CHAUX DE RECORDS IN MILAN, ITALY, EARNING A PLACE IN THE GUINNESS WORLD BOOK OF RECORDS AS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST PROFESSIONAL MARIACHI SINGER AT THE AGE OF FOUR YEARS AND 236 DAYS.

MOST RECENTLY, MATEO PERFORMED WITH KELLY CLARKSON AND THE HISTORIC STUDIO SIX A AT 30 ROCKEFELLER CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY.

AND WE'RE AS KEEPING THE LEGACY OF MEXICAN MUSIC ALIVE IS PART OF MATEO'S DNA, HANDED DOWN TO HIM FROM HIS LATE GRANDFATHER, LEO LEOCADIO LOPEZ.

MATEO HAS A GREAT LOVE AND PASSION FOR HIS MEXICAN HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS.

AND WHEREAS MATEO'S TALENT HAS BEEN CELEBRATED BY MEDIA OUTLETS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING MINGPAO, HONG KONG NEWS, PEOPLE MAGAZINE, USA TODAY, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, TEXAS MONTHLY, NOTICIERO UNIVISION WITH JORGE RAMOS AND MULTIPLE OUTLETS IN THE HOMETOWN OF SAN ANTONIO.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES WORLD'S YOUNGEST MARIACHI MATEO LOPEZ.

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TITO. TITO.

TITO. AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE HIS AMAZING TALENT, HARD WORK, AND EFFORTS TO HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE MARIACHI MUSIC TRADITION AND KEEP THE HERITAGE OF MEXICAN MUSIC ALIVE.

AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR FATHER, WHO HAS WORKED HERE AT BEXAR COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND, MOM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND ALL THE FAMILY.

I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD HEAR FROM YOU, MATEO.

CONGRATULATIONS, BUDDY.

BUENOS DIAS.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY JUDGE, AND EVERYBODY HERE, ESPECIALLY YOU, MR. CALVERT MR PROFUNDAMENTE HONRADO Y AGRADECIDO DE RECIBIR ESTA PROCLAMACION HOY EN MI NOMBRE TAMBIÉN DICE MARIACHI.

MARIACHI REPRESENTA ALGO MAS GRANDE DE CAYO REPRESENTA A PERSONA EN EL MISMO AMOR Y POR NUESTRA MUSICA.

ENTONCES EN NOMBRE DE TODOS MIS HERMANOS Y HERMANAS, MARIACHIS ACCEPTED ESTA PROCLAMATION.

ESTA RECONOCIMIENTO SIGNIFICA MUCHO PARA ME.

ME SIENTO POR EL APOYO Y EL AMOR.

I AM DEEPLY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY, ALTHOUGH IT HAS MY NAME ON IT.

IT ALSO SAYS MARIACHI.

MARIACHI REPRESENTS SOMETHING LARGER THAN ME.

IT REPRESENTS EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT HAS THE SAME LOVE AND PASSION FOR OUR MUSIC.

SO ON BEHALF OF ALL MY MARIACHI BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

THIS RECOGNITION MEANS THE WORLD TO ME AND I AM HUMBLED BY THE SUPPORT AND LOVE.

FIRST, I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANKS TO THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MY JOURNEY GINO RIVERA, DAVID GONZALEZ AND MICHELLE QUINTERO.

YOU KNOW, IN AMERICA, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN MY BIGGEST SUPPORTERS FROM THE BEGINNING.

YOU ALL ARE MY FIRST TEACHERS, THE FIRST TO BELIEVE IN MY TALENT AND HELP ME GROW.

FOR THAT, I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.

MR. DAVID, THE SWEETEST GUITAR TEACHER WITH SO MUCH WISDOM.

THANK YOU FOR GUIDING ME THROUGH EVERY CHALLENGE AND HELPING ME GROW AS A MUSICIAN AND AS A PERSON.

MY MAESTRO OF MAESTROS, MISS MICHELE, YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT HAVE GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE AND VOCAL ABILITIES THAT I HAVE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR INSTRUCTION, AND YOUR BELIEF IN ME.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY MY PARENTS, FOR ALWAYS BEING MY BIGGEST FANS.

THIS PROCLAMATION IS NOT JUST A RECOGNITION FOR ME, BUT FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS SUPPORTED OUR MARIACHI MUSIC.

IT'S THE PROCLAMATION NUESTRO RECONOCIMIENTO PARA ME SINO PARA TODOS EN LA COMUNIDAD KIMLEY-HORN APOYADO A ME IN NUESTRA MUSICA DE MARIACHI.

I SHARE THIS HONOR WITH ALL OF YOU AND I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS MOMENT.

THANK YOU. AND EVERYBODY WHO HAS BROUGHT AN INSTRUMENT TODAY, PLEASE COME UP AND PLAY LA NEGRA AND SOL.

BESIDES, BOTH APPEARED ON AN EPISODE OF STARRED OPPOSITE ORLANDO AND HE.

WAS HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR THE SOAP OPERA.

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THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COURT.

OH. GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THESE AMAZING MARIACHIS.

GOOD MORNING. COURT. LUCIA ADAME-CLARK, THE COUNTY CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WHILE MATEO, WHILE YOU WERE WHAT, LIKE FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN YOU CAME TO MY OFFICE? WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED? NO IDEA. YOU KNOW, WHEN WILL I HAVE THE HONORS OF KNOWING THE PARENTS? JANELLE AND ALBERT? ACTUALLY, ALBERT AND I USED TO WORK AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CAME TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MATEO IS A CHAMPION OF THE COMMUNITY AND HAS DONE SO MANY THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT'S AN HONOR TO PRESENT HIM WITH THIS BECAUSE MY MOTHER IS A MEXICAN AMERICAN.

HER FATHER WAS BORN IN JALISCO.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MARIACHI WHO WAS TORIBIO ALBA MARTINEZ.

AND IT'S AN HONOR TO GIVE AS A GRANDDAUGHTER TO A MARIACHI FROM JALISCO, MATEO LOPEZ WAS AWARDED THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST MARIACHI AT THE AGE OF FOUR YEARS OLD AND 236 DAYS ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH OF 2019, MATEO HAD TWO PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS FOR SINGING AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY ON VALENTINE'S DAY AT A CONCERT AND THE GUADALUPE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER NOCHE DE ROMANCE.

HIS MOTHER, JANELLE, IS A CEO, A COO OF THE METHODIST AS WELL.

SO SHE'S A VERY PROFESSIONAL WOMAN.

AND TO SEE THE DIVERSITY OF THAT FAMILY IS AMAZING.

MATEO, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM THE ALAMO SAYING, MUCHAS GRACIAS, MARIACHI MATEO LOPEZ FROM THE HONORABLE LUCIA ADAME-CLARK, LA FIRST ESPADA, FIRST LATINA EVER IN HISTORY.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO.

HERE YOU GO, SIR.

THIS FLAG WAS FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH OF 2019.

SEEING. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

HERE YOU GO. AND A COIN TO REPRESENT HOW BIG BEXAR COUNTY WAS.

MIJO, YOU KEEP BEING THE CHAMPION OF BEXAR COUNTY AND OF THE NATION.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO AGAIN.

GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS.

THANK YOU. COURT.

SURE. THANK YOU. COME ON.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

WORK HERE.

OH, MY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF.

RECOGNIZING THE OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SAINTS SOFTBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE FIRST NAIA WORLD SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

MR. RODRIGUEZ. TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN.

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AND THE LADY SAINTS.

MARLEY AND BLAKE, WHO MADE HER WAY UP, WOULD MAKE HER WAY UP.

I WILL START READING THE PROCLAMATION IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND IT READS.

WHEREAS OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY HAS ROBUST ATHLETIC AND ACADEMIC OFFERINGS, AND WHEREAS THE OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL TEAM IS LED BY COACH BRUCE LENNINGTON AND SUPPORTED BY A TEAM OF BEST IN CLASS FEMALE ATHLETES AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STAFF.

AND WHEREAS, THE GRIT, PERSEVERANCE AND DETERMINATION OF THE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT COMPRISE THE OLDYOU SOFTBALL TEAM LED TO A 45 GAME WINNING STREAK AND CULMINATED IN WINNING AN NAIA SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND WHEREAS, THIS NAIA WORLD SERIES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS THE FIRST NATIONAL TITLE.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS HAS ACHIEVED IN ANY SPORT, AND WHEREAS THE NAIA NAMED CASSANDRA VALDEZ OF THE SAINTS SOFTBALL ALL AMERICAN AND NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE YEAR THE FIRST TIME IN OLDYOU STUDENT ATHLETE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND WHEREAS THE OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY SOFTBALL TEAM IS WELL POSITIONED FOR FUTURE SUCCESSES IN COLLEGIATE ATHLETICS NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE 43RD NAIA SOFTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND THE FIRST HERE AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY.

SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT ON THIS 18TH DAY OF JUNE 2024.

LET'S GIVE OUR LADY SAINTS THE PRIDE OF THE WEST SIDE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

FIRST FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US HERE.

THIS IS THE FANFARE FROM FROM BEGINNING TO END HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE.

AS YOU SAID IT, YOU KNOW, THE PRIDE OF THE WEST SIDE.

OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY.

IT'S BEEN A BADGE OF HONOR TO REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO AND THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

AD AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, DOCTOR CHAVEZ HERE WITH US TODAY.

LIKE I SAID, WHAT THESE LADIES HAVE DONE AGAIN, SHORT OF REMARKABLE HOT MIC BUT.

YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LADIES, Y'ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? YOU WANT TO JUST INTRODUCE YOUR PLAYERS REAL QUICK? YES. SHE'S HERE WITH YOU.

LEFT TO RIGHT. KAYLA DREES, OUTFIELDER, HIT OVER 400.

MADDIE GARZA OUTFIELDER, INFIELDER, UTILITY.

AND. ARI. ARI.

ALEJANDRO. YES.

ALL RIGHT. JUST MAKING SURE. THANK YOU, COACH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DOCTOR CHAVEZ.

I KNOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN PRESIDENT FOR A FEW YEARS, AND ALREADY YOU'VE DELIVERED A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS, DOCTOR CHAVEZ, ON BEHALF OF YOUR GREAT UNIVERSITY ON THE WEST SIDE, I APPRECIATE YOU.

COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS, COURT JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR.

BUT STUDENT ATHLETES, WE DO THIS FOR YOU.

THESE STUDENT ATHLETES, COMMISSIONERS NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE HIGH PERFORMING GPAS INSIDE THE CLASSROOM, THEY ARE FIRST CLASS CITIZENS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY ABSOLUTELY MAKE ME PROUD EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND THEY THEY REMIND ME WHY I AM HERE.

THANK YOU, STUDENT ATHLETES.

I SO APPRECIATE YOU.

KEEP UP YOUR YOUR GREAT WORK.

AND LET'S DO THIS AGAIN PLEASE.

AND BY THE WAY, I THINK PROBABLY PROBABLY FIRST WORLD SERIES OR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WEST SIDE.

DON'T KNOW. CHECK ME ON THAT.

WELL, WE WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GO HONKING ON WEST COMMERCE TO CELEBRATE THIS, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

IF YOU COME UP AND AND DO THE HONOR OF TAKING SOME PHOTOS WITH US, WE'D CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT.

DANBURY HIGH SCHOOL. I'M FROM HOUSTON.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, HERE IS A PICTURE.

HEY, GUYS! OVER HERE. I'M AT THE UNIVERSITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO.

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I'VE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

I. COME BACK.

OKAY. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION.

PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING STANDARD ARROWS 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN SAN ANTONIO.

I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT.

PROCLAMATION FOR STANDARD ARROW.

IF YOU GUYS COULD JUST COME UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS STANDARD AERO, A GLOBAL LEADER IN AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL SERVICES, ESTABLISHED ITS OPERATIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 1999, AND WHEREAS ESTABLISHED MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, STANDARD AERO IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING NAMES IN AEROSPACE, WITH A GLOBAL SERVICE NETWORK OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE MODERNIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE US, CANADA, EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA.

STANDARD AERO CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR IN BUSINESS IN 2011, MARKING A LEGACY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL AND MILITARY AVIATION AND A RENOWNED STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. AND WHEREAS STANDARD AERO, UPON ITS ARRIVAL IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 1999, WAS AMONG THE FIRST PRIVATE SECTOR ENTERPRISES ESTABLISHED AT PORT SAN ANTONIO, THE SITE OF THE FORMER KELLY AIR FORCE BASE.

TODAY, THANKS TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH AND STEADY GROWTH OF ENTERPRISES SUCH AS STANDARD AERO PORT, SAN ANTONIO IS ONE OF THE NATION'S FASTEST GROWING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION DESTINATIONS. AND WHEREAS STANDARD AERO'S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND UNPARALLELED CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS EARNED IT A STERLING REPUTATION IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY, ENHANCING EVEN FURTHER BEXAR COUNTY'S GLOBAL PROFILE AS A HUB OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE AND EXPERTISE.

AND WHEREAS THE EMPLOYEES OF STANDARD AERO IN BEXAR COUNTY EXEMPLIFY THE COMPANY'S SUCCESS, SHOWCASING PROFESSIONALISM, EXPERTISE AND STRONG WORK ETHIC, THEREBY ENRICHING THE WORKFORCE OF THE BEXAR COUNTY AREA.

AND WHEREAS STANDARD ARROW'S PRESENCE IN BEXAR COUNTY HAS BOLSTERED THE LOCAL ECONOMY THROUGH JOB CREATION AND INVESTMENT, AS WELL AS FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, FURTHERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN THE AEROSPACE SECTOR.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF STANDARD ARROW'S OPERATIONS IN BEXAR COUNTY. SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE SAKAI.

MEMBERS OF THE COURT, I DO APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION AND THE RECOGNITION OF THIS 25 YEAR MILESTONE FOR STANDARD ARROW.

MY NAME IS DAN GONZALES.

I'M A VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.

AND WITH ME FROM STANDARD ARROW IS MR. JAMES GARDNER.

JAMIE HE'S AN EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING IN A NEW THE NEWEST DIMENSION LINES FOR STANDARD ARROW.

25 YEARS AGO I CONVERTED FROM BEING A KELLY AIR FORCE BASE EMPLOYEE.

I WORKED AT KELLY AIR FORCE BASE FOR 12 YEARS.

MOVED TO STANDARD ARROW FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.

IT WAS A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY 25 YEARS AGO, CONVERTING A MILITARY BASE INTO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

BUT IT'S BEEN A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY.

WE STARTED WITH ABOUT 450 EMPLOYEES.

TODAY, WE'RE AT ABOUT 850 EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO ABOUT 1300 EMPLOYEES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

NOW, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT MR. GARDNER IS WORKING ON WITH US TODAY.

SO I KIND OF REPRESENT THE THE ORIGINAL WORKFORCE.

I WAS GOING TO SAY OLD.

WE REPRESENT THE ORIGINAL WORKFORCE.

MR. GARDNER REPRESENTS THE FUTURE WORKFORCE.

AND WE COULDN'T HAVE MADE THIS JOURNEY WITHOUT A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH THE CITY AND MOST CLOSELY WITH PORT SAN ANTONIO, THE PORT SAN ANTONIO TEAM THAT'S HERE TODAY.

IT'S ONLY THROUGH THAT TIGHT PARTNERSHIP THAT THAT TIGHT COMMUNICATION THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUCCEED AND WEATHER THE ECONOMIC LOWS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER 25 YEARS AND THE ECONOMIC HIGHS.

I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT TODAY THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR STANDARD AIR AT PORT SAN ANTONIO FOR FOR DECADES TO COME, BECAUSE OF THE NEWEST ENGINE LINE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN THE LEADING EDGE AVIATION PROPULSION ENGINE.

IT'S CALLED THE LEAP ENGINE.

THAT'S THE ENGINE THAT MR. GARDNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING DOWN FOR US AND GETTING STARTED, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING TODAY.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING ADDITIONAL HUNDREDS OF JOBS.

AND LITERALLY IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENCE AT PORT SAN ANTONIO FOR DECADES TO COME.

SO THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IN THE FIRST BLOCK. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE FOURTH? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT STANDARD ARROW.

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THE LEAP ENGINE THEY'RE WORKING ON IS THE MOST ADVANCED AIRCRAFT ENGINE IN THE WORLD.

WE'VE THE MOST POPULAR AIRCRAFT ENGINE IN THE WORLD.

BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY, DAN MENTIONED THAT HE GREW UP JUST NOT TOO FAR FROM PORT SAN ANTONIO, AND THE COMPANY TODAY IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN CREATING THOSE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

THEIR PROGRAM THAT THEY DEVELOPED, MODELED AFTER BASIC MILITARY TRAINING.

12 TO 16 WEEKS OF TAKING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET.

THEY HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 18 AND AS OLD AS 60 AND STARTED THEM IN A CAREER THAT'S GOING TO LAST FOR DECADES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THANK YOU TO STANDARD ARROW.

I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH NOT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S WHAT STANDARD ERROR REPRESENTS.

WE'RE SO PROUD. WE ALL LIKE, SAY YOU'RE NOT A TENANT, BUT YOU'RE TRULY A PARTNER.

FOR DAN TO BE HERE THAT 25 YEARS WE HAVE WHAT WE SAY JOBS OF TODAY AND JOBS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

BUT WE'RE MORE PROUD OF IS THAT THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE LIFE WAGE JOBS AND LIFE WAGE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME.

AS YOU SAID, WE'VE HAD OUR AS YOUNG AS 18 ALL THE WAY TO 60 PLUS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

WELL, THAT'S A REMINDER TO US IS WE HAVE THE TALENT IN SAN ANTONIO TO FULFILL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE WANT TO THANK STANDARD ARROW AND ITS ENTIRE TEAM FOR BELIEVING IN SAN ANTONIO, FOR BELIEVING IN SAN ANTONIANS.

SO WHAT? YOU'LL KNOW FOR SURE THAT.

EVERY AREA THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT, THERE IS A STANDARD ERROR AND OR PORT SAN ANTONIO PARTNER THAT'S THERE.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

AND LET'S JUST SAY LET'S JUST KEEP CREATING THOSE 18,000 PLUS JOBS AND $6 BILLION IMPACT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YES. YEAH I HAVE.

ONE FOR YOU.

OKAY.

IF I JUST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU SAY, SIR? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE THE.

I THINK WE HAVE ROYALTY IN THE HOUSE.

OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZING.

PROCLAIMING. OCTOBER 8TH, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 12TH, 2024, AS PEANUT FESTIVAL DAYS IN FLORESVILLE, TEXAS, THE OFFICIAL PEANUT CAPITAL OF TEXAS.

WOULD Y'ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD? AND AS YOU DO THAT, I WILL READ OUR PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF FLORESVILLE, TEXAS, IS CELEBRATING ITS 80TH ANNUAL PEANUT FESTIVAL FROM OCTOBER 8TH, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER 12TH, 2024. AND WHEREAS, ON OCTOBER 5TH, 1938, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVENT IN TEXAS WAS RENAMED THE FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL, AND WHEREAS THAT SAME YEAR, EVERY CITIZEN OF FLORESVILLE AND WILSON COUNTY WAS ASKED TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE FARMING COMMUNITY AND ITS ANNUAL PEANUT HARVEST, THEY NAMED ELIZABETH SHEEHY AS QUEEN TUNA, PEANUT BUTTER SPELLED BACKWARDS TO HONOR HER FATHER, JOE SHEELY, AS THE PEANUT KING OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS.

AND WHEREAS THE CARNIVAL BEGINS THE WEEKEND FESTIVITIES, FOLLOWED BY A KIDDY PARADE AND PERFORMANCE BY BANDS AT A STREET DANCE IN DOWNTOWN FLORESVILLE.

AND WHEREAS, THE FESTIVAL CONCLUDES ON OCTOBER 12TH WITH A DAY LONG CELEBRATION BEGINNING WITH THE FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL'S GRAND PARADE, CONTINUE WITH ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AROUND THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE, AND CULMINATES IN A CONCERT AND STREET DANCE HELD ON THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL GROUNDS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS OCTOBER 8TH TO OCTOBER 12TH, 2024, TO BE PEANUT FESTIVAL DAY, CELEBRATING FLORESVILLE AS THE PEANUT CAPITAL OF TEXAS SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WELCOME. THANK YOU.

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I'M BETTY FRAZIER.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION.

JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL AND ALL OF BEXAR COUNTY TO ATTEND THE FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER.

IT IS OUR 80TH.

AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT THINGS PLANNED.

I HAVE WITH ME TODAY THE ROYAL COURT, THE COURT OF ROOTED LEGACIES, AND I AM GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR HAVING US AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS MADELINE BINGHAM AND I'M QUEEN ELECT OF THE 80TH ANNUAL FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL.

COURT OF ROOTED LEGACIES.

HI EVERYONE, I'M KING ELECT MATTIS CANTU.

HI EVERYONE. I'M FIRST RUNNER-UP PRINCESS ELECT MACIE TALLEY.

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS SALIMAN. I AM PRINCE ELECT.

I'M PRINCESS ELECT DESIREE CORDOVA.

HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M PRINCE ELECT JAKE SILVA.

HELLO, EVERYONE.

I'M PRINCESS ELECT AVA SALAZAR.

HI, I'M PRINCESS ELECT CHLOE ZAVALA.

AND I'M PRINCE JACOB SILVA.

I WANT THAT HAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO.

WELCOME. YEAH, WE DO, I KNOW.

IT'S A LONG DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG DAY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS. WE'LL PROCEED TO SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOR A PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE COLLABORATIVE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KDVS

[4. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS ITEM(S)]

JUDGE DIAS, WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

Y'ALL HAVE HAD AN EVENTFUL MORNING TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

I'M JOINED BY GOOD MORNING I'M MARIA VILLAGOMEZ.

I'M THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, PATRICIA CASTILLO, PEACE INITIATIVE.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING, NANCY SANFORD WITH BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM HERE.

BUT I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR AGENDA, SO WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US BACK.

WE WERE JUST HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON OUR ANNUAL STATISTICAL DATA REPORT.

AND TODAY, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.

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IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, I AM VERY PREGNANT, SO BE PATIENT WITH ME AS I STRUGGLED TO BREATHE WHILE I PRESENT.

BUT I'LL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE. OKAY.

THE REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO EACH OF YOU.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE A COPY AGAIN TODAY? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO.

FIRST, IT'S A BRIEF PRESENTATION LESS THAN TEN MINUTES.

WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE BACKGROUND OF THE CCTV AND OUR COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH.

IN 2019, THE CCTV WAS FORMED, AS WE ALL KNOW, UNDER A SPECIAL ORDER BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE PETER SAKAI, WHEN HE WAS OUR LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.

THE CCTV ADOPTED COMPONENTS IN 2019, WHEN WE WERE CREATED, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLAN THE SAME YEAR TO CREATE A COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE RECENTLY INTRODUCED A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECOSYSTEM MODEL.

THIS ILLUSTRATES THE COMPLEX SYSTEM IN WHICH OUR GROUP AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN BEXAR COUNTY FUNCTION.

THIS ECOSYSTEM IS BEST ILLUSTRATED THROUGH STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS THAT INFLUENCE FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT WE WILL COVER TODAY.

THOSE FOUR LEVELS ARE INDIVIDUALS AND RELATIONSHIPS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES, SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS, AND SOCIETAL AND CULTURAL. TO IMPROVE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION, RESPONSE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM.

THE CCTV AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS COLLECTIVELY OPERATE, OF COURSE, IN ALL OF THESE LEVELS.

BUT BY DESIGN, THE CCTV'S FOCUS IS PRIMARILY IN SPECIFICALLY ON THE TWO MIDDLE LEVELS OF THIS ECOSYSTEM THE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES AND SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS WE FORMERLY CONVENED LOCAL LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT, THE JUDICIARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, NONPROFITS, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES, AS I MENTIONED, WE PRESENTED TO YOU OUR ANNUAL STATISTICAL DATA REPORT.

WE PREPARE THIS ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE.

THE CUMULATIVE PROGRESS REPORT RANGES FROM 2019 TO 2023 AND REPRESENTS OUR WORK THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECOSYSTEM.

THE FIRST SET OF HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR REPORT.

IT IS LENGTHY. WE HAVE DONE A LOT Y'ALL, SINCE 2019, SINCE WE WERE CREATED.

A LOT OF THAT WORK IS WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE REPORT IN DETAIL.

ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE NOT COVERING TODAY.

ONE THING WE DID OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WAS IMPROVE THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROCESS.

IN 2020, WE FORMED WORK GROUPS THAT FOCUSED ON ENHANCING AND IMPROVING THE PROTECTIVE ORDER PROCESS.

THE GROUPS FOCUS ON EXECUTING SERVICE OF PROCESS ON RESPONDENTS, STREAMLINING DOCUMENTATION OF SERVICE AND DATA COLLECTION, AND ENFORCING PROTECTIVE ORDERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED TO EXPAND LEGAL SERVICES.

AGAIN, WITH YOUR SUPPORT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE COVID 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ACCELERATED THE KHEDIVE'S EFFORTS IN A FOURTH AREA, WHICH IS MAKING THE PROTECTIVE ORDER SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY, THE FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER CREATED ONLINE DIGITAL PROTECTIVE ORDER INTAKE APPLICATION CCTV.

MEMBERS ALSO SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO YOU ALL IN 2020, AND SUCCESSFULLY SECURED COUNTY FUNDING FOR A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FELLOW POSITION TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF LEGAL SERVICES FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS VIA A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TROLLIES PRO BONO PROTECTIVE ORDER PROJECT AND SAN ANTONIO LEGAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION. 17 ATTORNEYS PROVIDED PRO BONO SERVICES IN 2021.

IN 2023, OUR MEMBERS COORDINATED ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO APPLY FOR GRANTS TO DELIVER LEGAL SERVICES TO THOSE IMPACTED BY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

TRALLA WAS AWARDED ARPA FUNDS ISSUED THROUGH THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU. TO PROVIDE FAMILY LAW LEGAL SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE THROUGH A PROGRAM CALLED THE SAN ANTONIO VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM.

WE ALSO WORKED TO ENHANCE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROCESS AS IT PERTAINS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.

WE WORK TO SUPPORT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNTY'S FIRST EVER CIVIL FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, WHICH WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.

THAT PROGRAM PROVIDES REHABILITATIVE, WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES TO VICTIMS, PEOPLE WHO USE HARM AND THEIR CHILDREN.

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YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NAVIGATION LINE THAT WE CREATED THROUGH THE CCTV AS WELL.

WE HELPED LAUNCH THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATION LINE IN 2021, FUNDED BY UNIVERSITY HEALTH, FOR USE WHEN RESPONDING TO 911 CALLS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THAT LINE CONNECTS BCSO TO A 24 OVER SEVEN CALL CENTER TO ASSESS A SURVIVOR'S LEVEL OF RISK FOR SERIOUS HARM OR DEATH, AND YOU ALL HAVE GRACIOUSLY TAKEN UP THE FUNDING AND THE CONTINUATION OF THAT LINE.

BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CREATED THROUGH THE CCTV.

LASTLY ON THIS SLIDE IS THE CRISIS INTERVENTION MODEL.

IN 2020, SAPD BEGAN A TRANSITION TO A VICTIM CENTERED MODEL.

THIS NEWLY CONFIGURED APPROACH SEEKS TO MINIMIZE RETRAUMATIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS BY PROVIDING THE SUPPORT OF CRISIS ADVOCATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPOWERING SURVIVORS AS ENGAGED PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROCESS, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AS LONG AS THEY NEED IT. ALSO UNDER THE SYSTEMS AND INSTITUTIONS SECTION, WE HAVE WORKED TO INCREASE DATA SHARING, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS AND SERVICE DATA, ESPECIALLY OUR FUNDING PARTNERS LIKE THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

THE CCTV REGULARLY PRODUCES PROGRESS AND STATISTICAL REPORTS TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY AND TO SHARE DATA ACROSS COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

WE HAVE WORKED TO IMPROVE IDENTIFICATION OF RISK.

IN 2021, BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IMPLEMENTED THE DANGER ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS DALE, WHICH IS A TOOL THAT HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT QUICKLY AND RELIABLY DETERMINE THREAT POSED TO SURVIVORS.

IT ALSO PROVIDES VITAL INFORMATION TO VICTIM SERVICES AGENCIES.

AND LASTLY, ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT THE FIREARM PROHIBITIONS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IN 2020.

THE CCTV ASSEMBLED SUBCOMMITTEES TO DEVELOP A FIREARM TRANSFER PROCESS THAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL JUDICIARY MAY UTILIZE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE OF THEIR COURT ORDERS REGARDING INELIGIBILITY TO POSSESS FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION AND FAMILY VIOLENCE CASES.

WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY SECTION OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ECOSYSTEM, WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN ANNUAL, VERY SUCCESSFUL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS SYMPOSIUM THAT HAS BEEN VIRTUAL AND VERY WELL ATTENDED, THAT FACILITATES COMMUNITY LEARNING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STRATEGIES.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT SINCE 2020.

EVERY YEAR WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN THIS OCTOBER.

THESE EVENTS ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN A SHARED EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND AND FOSTER USE OF CURRENT BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT, INTERVENE IN, AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST TO SURVIVORS, THAT IS ALSO TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE HARMED AS WELL.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN.

THE CCTV STRATEGY FOR IMPACTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS TO RAISE COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE TO FIND RESOURCES AND CHANGE THE SOCIAL ATTITUDE TO REDUCE TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENCE.

WE DID THIS BY PARTNERING WITH THE CITY, WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.

WE'VE HOSTED VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS ON LOCAL TV STATIONS THAT REACHED A TOTAL OF 63,000 PLUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE'VE ALSO OUR PARTNERS HAVE DISTRIBUTED OVER 10,000 DECALS TO RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FROM 2020 TO 2022 TO HELP PEOPLE QUICKLY IDENTIFY LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

AND LASTLY, ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE WORK TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE COLLABORATED IN 2021 WITH UNITED WAY TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE GUIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAS UPDATED IN 2023.

THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS BASIC NEEDS, LEGAL AID, MENTAL HEALTH AND COUNSELING, CARE AND CLINICS FOR WOMEN, HOUSING AND SHELTER, AND EMPLOYMENT, AND CHILDCARE. AND OUR LAST SECTION OF HIGHLIGHTS IS WITHIN THE SECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND RELATIONSHIPS.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO DELIVER PARENTING CLASSES AIMED AT PREVENTING CHILD ABUSE.

FROM 2021 TO DECEMBER 2022, THE PEACE INITIATIVE, WHICH WE HAVE PATRICIA CASTILLO HERE WITH US TODAY, AND METRO HEALTH, WHICH WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM METRO HEALTH WITH US ALSO TODAY WORKED TOGETHER TO DELIVER PARENTING TRAINING TO MORE THAN 3000 PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS USING THE EVIDENCE BASED POSITIVE PARENTING

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THE CCTV COLLABORATED WITH EMPOWER HOUSE IN 2022 TO DELIVER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FOR 333 PARENTS IN THE PARTNERS IN PEACE PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE ALSO FOCUSED ON HELPING TRAIN THE WORKFORCE.

IN 2023, WE COORDINATED TRAININGS FOR LOCAL JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, ADVOCATES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROFESSIONALS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

THAT TRAINING SERIES HAS INCLUDED, IN PART, SERVICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY THE USE OF EXPERT WITNESSES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES, CAPACITY BUILDING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AS WELL.

AND THAT'S JUST SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

WE ALSO I, OVER THE PAST YEAR HAVE WORKED ON A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN WITH THE IMPACT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. WE FOUND AS A GROUP THAT THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAD CHANGED.

CCTV MEMBERS COLLABORATED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UTSA, AND FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY AREA FOR 2024 THROUGH 2028.

THIS STRATEGIC PLAN CONSIDERS THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SETS OUT A MULTI-SECTORAL APPROACH TO PREVENT AND INTERVENE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER TYPES OF VIOLENCE. IN DECEMBER OF 2023, OUR MEMBERS ADOPTED STRATEGIES FROM THAT NEW REGIONAL PLAN FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. THE GROUP'S EFFORTS WILL CENTER AROUND THESE STRATEGIES GOING FORWARD FROM NOW UNTIL 2028.

THE THREE MAIN GOALS OR STRATEGIES, RATHER THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON ARE ONE.

DATA UTILIZATION, MEANING IMPROVING DATA ACQUISITION, SHARING AND UTILIZATION.

TWO A COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN IMPLEMENTING AN ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN, AND HARNESSING THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO DO SO, IN PART.

AND LASTLY, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS FOCUSING ON INCORPORATING EDUCATION ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EARLY IN LIFE.

THOSE THREE STRATEGIES WILL SERVE AS THE PILLARS OF OUR WORK OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THE MR. CALVERT JUDGE, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS COME AND THEIR LONG, MANY YEARS OF WORK.

THANK YOU JUDGE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I HAVE JUST ABOUT TWO QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU CONTEXTUALIZE WHERE BEXAR COUNTY IS IN COMPARISON TO THE STATE AND THE NATIONAL STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE? JUST GIVE US A LITTLE CONTEXT.

THE CONTEXT IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BACK IN 2018, WE WERE NUMBER ONE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOMICIDES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP.

WE HAVE NEVER BEEN NUMBER ONE AGAIN.

I BELIEVE WE ARE NUMBER THREE RIGHT NOW, AND WE CAN PRETTY CONSISTENTLY REMAIN THIRD IN THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.

THE THAT IS JUST A STATISTIC REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMICIDES.

AS YOU KNOW, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A DIFFICULT CRIME TO MEASURE.

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST, IF NOT THE MOST UNDERREPORTED OFFENSES.

SO USING THAT GAUGE, WE REMAIN IN ABOUT THE THIRD PLACE IN THE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS, WHICH.

MOSTLY CORRESPONDS TO POPULATION SIZE AS WELL.

THE THE MATRICES OF SUCCESS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THE DROP.

WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THOSE TO? IT'S VERY HARD TO SPECIFICALLY PINPOINT SOMETHING, BUT WE WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IN PART AT LEAST, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A COMMUNITY HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, NOT JUST THROUGH THE CCTV AS AN ENTITY, BUT THROUGH ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS, DOES PLAY A ROLE IN THAT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT WE WE KNOW THAT IN THE LAST STATISTICAL DATA REPORT THAT WE COVERED WITH YOU ALL, THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WE KNOW COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO FOLKS BEING MORE COMFORTABLE WITH REACHING OUT AND HAVING MORE ACCESS TO AVAILABLE RESOURCES JUST AS MUCH AS IT COULD BE.

POPULATION GROWTH, NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTIVE OF AN INCREASE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE BELIEVE OUR WORK IS WORKING.

WE CAN YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO BRING UP PATRICIA OR SOME OF OUR FOLKS THAT HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND THAT THAT ALSO BELIEVE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN BEXAR COUNTY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WELL, YOU YOU HAD A GREAT SEGUE.

I WAS GOING TO BRING UP MAMA PATRICIA BECAUSE YOU YOU'VE BEEN PARENTING TO 3000 PARENTS, AND THAT IS A YEOMAN'S WORK IN AND OF ITSELF.

THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT WORK.

AND IN TERMS OF THOSE 3000 PARENTS THAT YOU WORKED WITH HELP THE COURT, ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE THE STRATEGIES AND THE BULLETS ARE

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WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE COMMON THAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT PARENTING THAT LEADS TO VIOLENCE? AND HOW IS HOW HOW ARE THOSE TRAINING COURSES YOU'RE DOING IMPROVING THAT? WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

WE USE THE TRIPLE P CURRICULUM, POSITIVE PARENTING PROGRAM BECAUSE IT'S EVIDENCE BASED.

IT'S A CURRICULUM THAT IS USED ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND IT'S TRANSLATED IN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LANGUAGES, BUT THE KEY TO THAT PROGRAM IS COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.

AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK MAKES IT SO POWERFUL IS THAT IT STRESSES THAT CONNECTION, THAT BOND, THAT SENSE OF BELONGING FOR THE CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.

AND IT TEACHES THE PARENTS HOW TO DIALOG WITH THEIR CHILD, HOW TO COMMUNICATE, HOW TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES. AND THEN THEY MODEL THAT BEHAVIOR SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN.

SEND IT BACK TO THEM.

RIGHT? THEY REPLICATE THE BEHAVIOR.

AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR OF THAT CURRICULUM IS THAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.

THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FACTOR.

MUCH OF THE VIOLENCE AND ABUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE EXPERIENCING IS ROOTED IN GROWING UP IN HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES WHERE THERE WAS A LOT OF HITTING, A LOT OF STRIKING OF CHILDREN, A LOT OF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY CALL IT SPANKING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IN MANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS, IT TURNS INTO HORRIBLE VIOLENCE.

AND BECAUSE PARENTS ARE ANGRY, PARENTS ARE UPSET.

AND AND SO THEY'RE ANGRY AND THEN THEY STRIKE WITH THAT LEVEL OF FORCE.

AND AND SO THAT PUTS OUR CHILDREN IN DANGER.

BUT WE REALLY ARE LOVING THAT CURRICULUM.

MY EDUCATOR THAT IS DOING THAT PROGRAM IN THE PEACE INITIATIVE DOES CASEWORK WITH THEM, DOES CRISIS INTERVENTION, DOES SHORT TERM COUNSELING, DOES ONE ON ONE, YOU KNOW, PHONE CALLING, CHECKING ON THE PARENTS? I MEAN, IT'S GOT A LOT OF FOLLOW UP AND A LOT OF DIALOG AND A LOT OF CHECKING ON PARENTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT PARENTS NEED, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE NOT BORN WITH THE SKILL OF OF BEING ABLE TO BE A GOOD PARENT.

IT'S STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT TO LEARN.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE PEACE INITIATIVE.

AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES BECAUSE SHE RECENTLY PROVIDED FOR THE THAT PROGRAM AT $30,000 GRANT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP US KEEP GOING.

WITH THAT PROGRAM, IT'S MUCH NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERY SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY IN SAN ANTONIO SHOULD BE TEACHING PARENTING CLASSES.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

AGREED. LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS JUST ABOUT THE THINGS THAT POLICY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THIS OPEN FLOOR, YOU HAVE SEEN SOME CHANGE.

BUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS A LEADING PRACTITIONER IN THIS WORLD, FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T DO THIS EVERY DAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW AND HELP RESOURCE IN ORDER TO KEEP THESE NUMBERS GOING IN A DIFFERENT IN A IN A BETTER DIRECTION? WELL LIKE I SAID, IT'D BE AWESOME IF WE COULD OFFER THESE PARENTING CLASSES WAY MORE THAN WE DO.

WE NEED ALSO TO GET PARENTS AND FAMILIES CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES.

A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE OUT THERE STRUGGLING.

THEY'RE FLAILING.

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW THROWING THEIR ARMS UP IN DESPAIR BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATIONS THAT THEY'RE DEALING WITH.

I FEEL LIKE IF WE COULD DO MORE OUTREACH TO THOSE FAMILIES AND WE NEED TO CHALLENGE, YOU KNOW, OUR CULTURAL NORMS TO, YOU KNOW, AND TALK ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW, HITTING CHILDREN IS NOT A GOOD THING THAT WE NEED TO STOP THAT AS PART OF OUR CULTURE.

IT'S AMERICAN CULTURE, YOU KNOW, TO TO HIT OUR CHILDREN AS A FORM OF DISCIPLINE IN NEW ORLEANS, THE BISHOP, THE CATHOLIC BISHOP IN NEW ORLEANS CREATED WHAT THEY CALL NO HIT ZONES ALL OVER THE CITY IN EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNS AND RUNS SOME KIND OF PROGRAMING OR SERVICING, THEY'RE THEY THEY HAVE SIGNS UP THAT SAY, NO, THIS IS A NO HIT ZONE.

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PARENTS, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HIT THEIR CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, JUST PUTTING THE WORD OUT THERE.

WE HAVE TO STOP HITTING EACH OTHER EVERYWHERE, NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE.

THAT BEHAVIOR MUST END BECAUSE IT IS THE SOURCE.

IT IS THE THE ROOT OF US, YOU KNOW, RESORTING TO THE HORRIBLE LEVELS OF VIOLENCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES.

WELL, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE COULD TELEVISE THESE PARENTING CLASSES AND MAGNIFY THEIR.

OH, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, AND AND GET THEM OUT, YOU KNOW, ON CITY CHANNELS, ON COUNTY CHANNELS, ON ALL THE CHANNELS.

RIGHT, SO PARENTS COULD TUNE IN.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOUND THAT ZOOM HAS BEEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THIS WITH PARENTS BECAUSE PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL SOMEWHERE.

PARENTS DON'T HAVE TO FIND CHILD CARE FOR THE KIDS THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE HOME.

PARENTS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY CAN JUST GET ON THEIR PHONE AND TUNE IN AND PARTICIPATE AND DIALOG WITH SOME WITH AN EXPERT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO HELP THEM FIGURE IT OUT.

AND THEN THE LEADING CHARACTERISTICS THAT END UP IN THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE HAVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

ARE WE TALKING SUBSTANCE ABUSE? ARE WE TALKING. POVERTY.

ARE WE TALKING ALL OF IT? YEAH, ALL OF IT.

POVERTY. SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

HISTORY. YOU KNOW, I THINK I'VE STATED IT BEFORE THAT IN, IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE'RE LOOKING AT MINIMUM FOUR GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES LIVING IN SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THAT'S WHY I KEEP MENTIONING THE FACT THAT OUR CULTURE NEEDS TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE.

YOU KNOW, THAT IS SO TOLERATED, SO ACCEPTED.

SO, OKAY, I MEAN, JUST LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS THAT HAS ITS SOURCE AND ITS ROOTS IN HOME AND FAMILY VIOLENCE.

NOW A VERY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK, ALL OF YOU.

OF COURSE. THANK YOU AND THE COURT FOR THIS CONVERSATION, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

THANK YOU. JUDGE.

I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

AND THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE IN THIS AREA.

BUT I WANTED TO GO BACK ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE TO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

LINE THAT WE HAVE.

COULD YOU GO BACK? I BELIEVE LAST FALL, WE SPLIT THAT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY.

IS THAT CORRECT? I AM NOT THE BEST PERSON TO SPEAK TO THAT.

I KNOW WE HAVE DOCTOR GUERRERO HERE.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NAVIGATION LINE.

OKAY. THE NAVIGATION LINE AND THE SPLIT GOING BACK TO WAS THE LAST FALL.

YES. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE.

SINCE YOU APPROVED THE $3.9 MILLION TO CREATE OR STAND UP OUR OWN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NAVIGATION LINE, WE HAVE CREATED THE STARS PROGRAM.

STAR STANDS FOR SAFETY TEAM, ACTIVE RESPONSE PAGES.

OUR PROGRAM MANAGER MISS PAGE GONZALES.

SHE WE HAVE IN IN A VERY SHORT SIX WEEKS, WE ONBOARDED ABOUT FIVE FOLKS, INCLUDING THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND A COUPLE OF SUPERVISORS.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE ONBOARDED THE REMAINING STAFF.

SO WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE, 12 CASE MANAGERS AND TWO SUPERVISORS PLUS PAGE.

SO 16 PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND CREATING THEIR POLICY AND PROCEDURES OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

THEY HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF TWO WEEKS TO GO IN, IN TRAINING AND JUST BECOMING FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT PROGRAM.

AND WE HAVE A GO LIVE DATE OF JULY 1ST.

OKAY. DID SOME OF THOSE EMPLOYEES COME FROM THE CITY ALREADY? THE PREVIOUS SOMEONE DID.

HOW MANY DID MYSELF AND TWO OTHERS.

THREE TOTAL. THREE.

WE HAVE HAD WE'VE HAD FOLKS FROM JUVENILE PROBATION, PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO THE SPACE.

WE HAVE A REALLY DIVERSE WORKFORCE TEAM.

WE HAVE HOW MANY SPANISH SPEAKERS? EIGHT, WE PRIORITIZED THE ABILITY TO SPEAK SPANISH.

SO THAT PROGRAM, WHEN WE SAY GO LIVE, IT'LL BE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WITH 24 HOUR A DAY ON CALL FOR BCSO TO REACH OUT.

SO THE PROCESS IS BASICALLY WHEN BCSO RESPONDS TO A SCENE AND THERE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRESENT.

THEY WILL CONTACT MEDCOM.

MEDCOM WILL DO THE ASSESSMENT FOR DANGER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND THEN CATEGORIZES EITHER AT RISK OR HIGH RISK AND THEN CONNECT TO OUR OUR TEAM.

OKAY. AND IS THAT THE SAME PROCESS THAT THE CITY IN TERMS OF USE OF THE THE NAVIGATION LINE.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHEN THE OFFICER NEEDS ASSISTANCE AT THE SCENE WITH A CRISIS INTERVENTION SPECIALIST THAT WILL CONTACT OUR METRO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T HAVE THE LINE THE WAY THAT THE COUNTY IS USING BECAUSE OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYBODY ON THE SPOT.

BUT COULD YOU GIVE ANY MORE BACKGROUND ON THE SPLIT LAST FALL? IN TERMS OF THE COMBINED LINE AND NOW WE HAVE A CITY AND A COUNTY LINE, COULD YOU, FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THE THE DRIVERS THERE? SURE. SO WHEN WE STARTED THE NAVIGATION LINE, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO USED ONE OF OUR GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO FUND THAT AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE COUNTY.

SO THERE WILL BE HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH STRACK, WHO IS THE PROVIDER OF THE OF THE NAVIGATION LINE.

THE CITY AT THE TIME WAS ALREADY USING A LETHALITY ASSESSMENT MODEL BECAUSE WE RECENTLY TRANSITIONED TO THAT.

SO WE ALREADY HAD THE SERVICES IN TERMS OF CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES.

IT WAS SOMETHING NEW TO THE COUNTY THAT WE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STRACK.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNTY.

SO AGAIN, THE OUTCOME IS THE SAME, BUT THIS THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED.

STRACK SUPPORTS THE COUNTY, AND THE CITY USES METROHEALTH TO CONNECT THOSE VICTIMS TO SERVICES.

OKAY. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO TO TO BELABOR MY POINT, I WOULD JUST HOPE AT SOME POINT WE COULD REVISIT THESE ARE THERE'S SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THIS THAT HAVE COME UP IN COURT WHERE THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY, I BELIEVE, AND YOU TAKE THOSE SAME RESOURCES AND YOU COMBINE THEM AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY GO FURTHER.

OR YOU COULD SERVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WITH WITH FEWER RESOURCES.

SO ANYTIME THAT I THINK WE CAN DO THAT, WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO THAT AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY.

WELL, IN ORDER TO TO, TO STREAMLINE THOSE SERVICES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE WITH THESE NAVIGATION LINES, I THINK THERE ARE SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT CAME UP WHEN MR. EPPLEY WAS HERE, AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STRACK LAST TIME AS WELL.

BUT I WOULD ASK BOTH, BOTH SIDES, CITY AND COUNTY, TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND EXPLORE THAT AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY BRING THAT BACK TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, JUST BRIEFLY.

JUDGE. YES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALWAYS GREAT AND SUCCINCT WITH PROVIDING THESE UPDATES.

INFORMATIVE. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS RELAY OUR THANKS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE WORK IS ONGOING.

AND DESPITE SOME OF THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE THIS IS STILL A SCOURGE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO DO A LOT MORE.

I WANTED TO JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I NOTICED, AND I KNOW THAT JUST AN OBSERVATION.

I KNOW THAT CRIME IN GENERAL DOES NOT KNOW PRECINCT BOUNDARIES.

IT DOESN'T KNOW CITY COUNCIL BOUNDARIES.

BUT MY OBSERVATION IS OF THE TOP TEN ZIP CODES, FIVE HAPPEN TO BE IN PRECINCT TWO.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT TARGETING RESOURCES IN AREAS OF NEED.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR YOU OR PATRICIA.

BY THE WAY, PATRICIA, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ONGOING WORK.

I KNOW YOU CONTINUE TO DO THIS DAY IN AND DAY OUT, BUT I GUESS JUST IN GENERAL MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU SEE THAT DATA, WHEN YOU SEE THAT THIS IS WHERE MAYBE IT'S RECURRING OR THERE ARE NEW OFFENSES.

HOW ARE WE TARGETING THOSE AREAS IF WE ARE AT ALL TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC NEEDS? I CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY SPECIFICALLY AND WHERE THE COUNTY'S RESOURCES ARE BEING TARGETED.

I KNOW YOU ALL INVEST TREMENDOUSLY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, NOT JUST WITHIN THE CCTV.

THE WORK OF THE CCTV DOES NOT GENERALLY TARGET JUST SPECIFIC AREA CODES, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.

REGARDLESS OF YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU LIVE, YOUR GENDER, YOUR WEALTH, YOUR AGE OR ANYTHING.

HOWEVER, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS HAVE MORE TARGETED WORK.

SO IF I, I DO INVITE SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, PERHAPS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.

GREAT. COMMISSIONER, AS WE EXPANDED THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE DID AN ANALYSIS, AS YOU MENTIONED, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND INCIDENTS BY ZIP CODE.

AND AS WE EXPANDED OUR CRISIS CASE MANAGERS TO ASSIST THOSE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WE FOCUS THAT EXPANSION BASED ON THOSE ZIP CODES.

SO THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE WE SEE THAT THERE IS MORE NEED, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE CITY IN ADDITION TO TO THE

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AND WE FOCUS THAT BASED ON ON THOSE ZIP CODES WHERE WE SEE A HIGH NUMBER OF OF INCIDENTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED, WHAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A SOME PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISCUSSION OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS THAT ARE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, MAYBE IT'S SOCIOECONOMIC, MAYBE IT'S YOU KNOW, FAMILY CIRCUMSTANCES THAT SEEM TO BE I HATE TO CALL THEM HOT SPOTS BECAUSE THAT'S OVERUSED, BUT I THINK JUST AREAS OF NEED AND THOSE FAMILIES, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE REACHING, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND LET US KNOW.

JUDGE WHAT ELSE YOU NEED TO TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM.

AND I'M NOT SAYING RIGHT NOW YOU GOT TO SPELL IT OUT NOW, BUT JUST AT SOME POINT KEEP US POSTED ON WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED AND CONTINUING TO PUT RESOURCES IN TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. SINCE YOU MENTIONED THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BUDGET REQUEST WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, SEE HOW I DID THAT? SERVED IT UP FOR YOU? YOU DID.

THANKS. JUDGE. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? DOCTOR? JUST TO SPEAK TO YOUR DATA PIECE.

SO AS AS WE ARE RAMPING UP OUR OPERATIONS, WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO DATA AND DATA COLLECTION, NOT JUST FROM THE THE VICTIMS OR THAT THAT WE SEE, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BCSO AND CHIEF NANCY SANFORD HAS BEEN A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE DATA SHARING PIECE, SO THAT WE ARE CREATING THIS BASELINE.

WE HAVE SOME HISTORICAL DATA FROM PRE COUNT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE COUNTY NAVIGATION LINE.

BUT REALLY TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE BECAUSE I THINK HAVING BCSO DATA SHARED WITH US ESPECIALLY ON THE PERPETRATORS SIDE, I THINK WE CAN CREATE SOME OFFER SOME REALLY INTERESTING INSIGHTS INTO HOW WE CAN BETTER CREATE JUST PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS POPULATION.

MR. CLAY-FLORES. YEAH.

SO OBVIOUSLY I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND OF COURSE, THE PEACE INITIATIVE.

I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW I APPRECIATE WHERE IT'S LOCATED ACROSS FROM BRACKEN RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I WENT.

AND I JUST THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STAY IN THE IN THE INNER CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO.

AND I WAS HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

MISS VILLAGOMEZ, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

AND I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, WE OFTENTIMES WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NEED TO WORK TOGETHER IN CERTAIN INITIATIVES.

SO THIS HOTLINE THAT WE WERE WORKING TOGETHER ON.

AND THEN IT SEEMED RATHER ABRUPT, AT LEAST IN THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT.

AND I'VE TRIED TO ASK, YOU KNOW, WHY THAT HAPPENED? HAVEN'T REALLY GOTTEN A GOOD ANSWER.

BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY WAS PAYING A GOOD CHUNK OF CHANGE TO CONTINUE THAT.

SO WHEN WE DO HAVE PROGRAMS WHERE THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE WORKING TOGETHER, I WOULD THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO INVEST IN.

INSTEAD, WE HAD TO HAVE THIS ABRUPT CARE FOR OUR CLIENTS.

AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY DIFFICULT.

I THINK IT DID MORE OF A DISSERVICE.

SO, SO SO WHY WEREN'T WE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT WHEN THE COUNTY WAS WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

SO WHEN WE STARTED THE NAVIGATION LINE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY SECURE A GRANT THAT OFFERED TO THE COUNTY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.

THE GRANT HAD AN EXPIRATION DATE.

SO WE PROVIDED NOTICE IN TERMS OF NEEDING FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE THE SERVICE.

WE HAD INTERNALLY PLANNED TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES TO ALL OF OUR SUBSTATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHERE WE HAVE SEEN MORE CALLS AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE TEMPORARILY UTILIZE TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY.

OUR PLAN WAS TO MOVE THEM TO UTILIZE OR TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT THOSE SPECIFIC ZIP CODES.

SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THERE WAS THERE WAS IT WAS PLANNED IN TERMS OF THE TRANSITION TO THE COUNTY.

AND THERE WAS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, NO DISRUPTION TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

I BELIEVE THE CITY AND THE COUNTY HAVE WORKED VERY WELL TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE COMMUNICATE FREQUENTLY AND WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

THERE'S NO BOUNDARIES WHEN IT COMES TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY AND THEIR EFFORTS AND WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE WHENEVER WE NEED ASSISTANCE THE COUNTY ENTITIES HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO PROVIDE US WITH THAT.

WITH THAT. SO I ASSURE YOU THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE IN OUR BEST INTEREST IS ON THOSE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ALSO TRYING TO COME UP WITH PROGRAMS THAT WILL PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE.

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AND DOCTOR ANDREA THEN HAD TO PUT OTHER RESOURCES IN ENERGIES TO TRY AND.

YOU KNOW, OVERNIGHT.

PUT IT TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY.

A HOTLINE FOR THE COUNTY, WHICH WE DID.

BUT I JUST THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S IT'S A I THINK IT'S MORE OF A DISSERVICE TO THE CLIENT.

SO I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT. SO THANK YOU.

ANY FOR COMMENTS? WELL, LET ME THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

JUDGE DIAZ, MARIA GOMEZ FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THANK YOU FOR BEING THE CO-CHAIRS.

LET'S SEE, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

WHO APPOINTED YOU ALL TO THAT POSITION? BUT TELLS YOU HOW LONG WE'VE ALL BEEN AROUND.

SO LET ME THANK THE ENTIRE COMMISSION AND ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL HAVE DONE OVER THESE YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY, A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE.

OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE NO QUICK SOLUTIONS.

I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE INCIDENCES.

MY ISSUE WHEN I STARTED THE CCTV WAS TO GIVE A VOICE TO THE VICTIMS. AND SO MY CHARGE TO YOU ALL IS NEVER, EVER FORGET THE VOICE OF THE VICTIMS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE GIVEN DIGNITY AND RESPECT THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM.

AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP WORKING TO DO THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I WISH YOU ALL WELL.

I'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT REPORT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THOMAS LET'S QUICKLY DO THE PRESENTATION.

INTRODUCTION TO 2024 GENERATIONS.

NEXT BEXAR COUNTY ARTS FUND INSURANCE PROGRAM.

HI. OH, NICOLE.

SO GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH THE COUNTYWIDE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING, AND IS WONDERFULLY MANAGED BY THE TOBIN CENTER.

THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TEN LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH A 110 WEEK INTERNSHIP.

SO THIS INTERNSHIP IS SUPPOSED TO HELP THESE LOCAL ARTS ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THEIR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS FOR THEM TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN ALSO TEACH THEM VALUABLE SKILLS. AND SO THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2013.

BEXAR COUNTY HAS FUNDED 119 INTERNSHIPS.

AND SO LET ME INTRODUCE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE HERE FROM THE TOBIN CENTER AND THEN THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR INTERNS.

SO I HAVE WITH ME ANGELA GARCIA, SHE'S THE COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM.

WELCOME. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONERS. KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT NICOLE HAS ALREADY SAID.

I AM HERE REPRESENTING GENERATION NEXT AND THE TOBIN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.

WITH ME TODAY IS OUR CEO, MICHAEL FRISCHER.

OUR EDUCATION DIRECTOR, DOCTOR KIMBERLY STEVENSON.

SHE'S SOMEWHERE HERE, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE, OUR BOARD CHAIR IS HERE, PHILIP GREEN.

THANKS TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT, THIS ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GIVES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ON THE JOB TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WITH A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

WITH THIS PAID TEN WEEK GRANT FACILITATED BY GENERATION NEXT, WE ARE ABLE TO FOSTER FUTURE LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY FOR THE ARTS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I WAS AN INTERN, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THIS PROGRAM, BUT I WAS WITH SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART.

AND I CAN SAY PERSONALLY, IT'S REALLY HELPED WITH MY CAREER.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM.

AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL FRISCHER, OUR CEO.

THANK YOU, ANGELA.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SACCHI.

GOOD MORNING. I'M AS SHE SAID, MIKE FISCHER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE TOBIN CENTER.

AND I WANT TO START WITH A THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY IN THIS OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TOBIN CENTER FOR EVERYTHING YOU ALL THE COUNTY DID TO GET THE BUILDING BUILT AND TO TO GET IT PUT US IN A GOOD POSITION TO LAUNCH.

PHIL GREEN, OUR BOARD CHAIR, WAS HERE EARLIER, BUT HE HAS A MEETING WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE, SO HE HAD TO LEAVE.

AND SO I GIVE HIS REGARDS TO YOU.

THE TOBIN IS PROUD TO TO FACILITATE THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH CONTINUES TO EXPAND EVERY YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE HAD OVER 20 APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS COMPETING FOR TEN POSITIONS, OR TEN, TEN INTERNS EACH YEAR, THE NUMBER OF APPLICANT ORGANIZATIONS GROWS, WHICH KIND OF DEMONSTRATES THE VALUE.

EVERY YEAR, MORE AND MORE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING TO GET INTERNSHIP HELP.

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OUR TEN SELECTED INTERNS THIS YEAR ARE ALL AMAZING STUDENTS WITH SPECTACULAR.

BACKGROUNDS. WE HAVE OUR FROM OUR BEXAR COUNTY STUDENTS.

THEY STUDY AT THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THE SCHOOL OF ART IN CHICAGO, THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, AND MANY MORE.

AND WHO ALL WHO ARE PRESENTED HERE TODAY DEMONSTRATE THE DIVERSE BACKGROUND THAT EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE BRINGING TO BEXAR COUNTY.

THIS KIND OF IMPACT IS IMMEASURABLE AND SHOWS OUR COUNTY'S SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS.

I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ANGELA BACK AGAIN, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR WORKING WITH US TONIGHT ON THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION THAT WILL BE AT THE TOBIN CENTER.

WE'RE THRILLED TO BE PARTNERING WITH YOU ALL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE.

AND ALSO ON JULY 30TH WE WILL RECOGNIZE THE INTERNS AT A LUNCHEON THAT ALL OF YOU ARE, OF COURSE, INVITED TO.

WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHIN THIS INTERNSHIP AND SHOW THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FOR NOW, GENERATION NEXT IS PLEASED TO INVITE EACH REPRESENTATIVE TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM, INTRODUCE THEIR ORGANIZATION AND THEIR INTERN.

THE INTERN WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT AND WHERE THEY ARE STUDYING, AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF THEM THROUGH THIS INTERNSHIP WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AFTER WE ARE DONE, OF COURSE.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, COMMISSIONERS WE WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH WITH OUR 2024 CANDIDATES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI.

I BELIEVE YOU ALL KNOW ME.

MY NAME IS LAUREN MEEKER.

I'M THE GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF OPERA SAN ANTONIO.

IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU.

AS I BELIEVE YOU KNOW, OPERA SAN ANTONIO PRODUCES GRAND OPERA AT THE TOBIN CENTER, ALONG WITH A WHOLE HOST OF COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL EVENTS THAT HAPPEN YEAR ROUND. ALEX CHARNEY IS OUR INTERN THIS SUMMER, AND HE'S DOING AN ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS JOB WITH OUR MARKETING.

THANKS TO HIM, OPERA SAN ANTONIO HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION THAN EVER REGARDING OUR SUMMER CONCERTS, WHICH ARE PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE.

IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE ARE HOLDING OVER 20 FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CONCERTS ACROSS THE CITY.

THOSE LOCATIONS ARE HAPPENING AT PLACES LIKE SAN ANTONIO, PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, ALONG WITH THE TOBIN CENTER.

AND ALEX IS HELPING TO PROMOTE ALL OF THOSE EVENTS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL BLASTS AND THROUGH NEWSLETTERS.

AND I PROMISE YOU THAT WITHOUT THIS INTERNSHIP AND WITHOUT ALEX, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SHARE SO MANY EVENTS SO WIDELY WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

SO OUR DEEPEST THANKS TO THE WHOLE COURT FOR SUPPORTING THIS INTERNSHIP.

ALEX. HELLO COURT, I AM ALEX CHARNEY.

I AM A STUDENT AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY STUDYING A DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION, AND I AM SO INCREDIBLY THRILLED AND HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE I'M ABLE TO USE MY CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS AND LOVE FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING TO PROMOTE A NONPROFIT AND HELP. THANK YOU.

HELLO, COURT. NICE TO SEE YOU ALL.

LET ME SHAKE MY NERVES OFF, BECAUSE THIS IS MY FIRST APPEARANCE AS THE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS MANAGER AT THE CONTEMPORARY.

THE CONTEMPORARY IS THE FIRST AND LONGEST NONPROFIT SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE HOST 12 EXHIBITIONS EVERY YEAR.

MOST RECENTLY WE OPENED CHICKEN X, WHICH IS A EXHIBITION THAT FOCUSES ON CHICANO ARTWORK, WHICH IS A LOT OF IT HAD ITS ROOTS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND THIS SUMMER WE'RE WORKING WITH ELLA BRENTZEL HERE WHO'S WORKING OUR MOSAIC PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN AFTER SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR ARTISTIC CAREERS.

HELLO, I'M ELLA.

I AM A STUDENT AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO.

I AM ON TRACK FOR BFA AND I AM STUDYING STUDIO ART AS WELL AS ART ADMINISTRATION.

I'M SO THRILLED TO BE WORKING WITH THE CONTEMPORARY, AS I WAS ONCE A PART OF THE MOSAIC STUDENT PROGRAM, SO I'M SUPER GLAD TO BE BACK.

AND AS WELL AS ASSISTING WITH THE STUDENT ARTIST PROGRAM, I AM ALSO WORKING WITH JUAN AND WORKING WITH EVENT AND PROGRAMING.

THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, WHAT ORGANIZATION WAS THIS? THIS IS THE CONTEMPORARY AT BLUE STAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. APOLOGIES.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS JOEY PALACIOS.

I'M THE ENGAGEMENT PRODUCER AND INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR AT TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO, AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AGAIN FOR I'VE ACTUALLY LOST COUNT HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN A PART OF IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

THIS INTERNSHIP IS HELPING US FUND AN ARTS AND CULTURE DESK INTERN WHO WE HAVE HERE.

SAMUEL ROCHA, THE FOURTH, WHO WILL BE COVERING THE INTERSECTION OF ARTS AND ACTIVISM PRIMARILY, BUT ALSO FOCUSING ON WHAT MAKES SAN ANTONIO,

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LAST WEEK, SAM HAD DONE A STORY ON THE PASSING OF JOHNNY CARNALIS, WHICH I AM VERY HAPPY TO LET YOU KNOW, WAS PICKED UP NATIONALLY BY NPR AND WAS BROADCAST IN THE 7:00 CENTRAL TIME HOUR ON THURSDAY EVENING.

SO HE'S ONLY BEEN HERE ABOUT FOUR DAYS OR FOUR DAYS AT THE TIME, AND HAS ALREADY HAD A NATIONAL STORY ON NPR AND HIS STORY ON TPR.

ORG FEATURED ON NPR.ORG.

SO HE'S ALREADY MAKING SOME INCREDIBLE WAVES AT THE STATION, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HE IS GOING TO BRING TO TPR AND BEXAR COUNTY.

AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SAM.

HELLO, GORDON. MY NAME IS SAMUEL ROCHA.

I'M A STUDENT AT A&M SAN ANTONIO, AND I DO GRADUATE NEXT SEMESTER AND IN THE DECEMBER.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE.

IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BLESSED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO.

IT'S WAS ONE OF MY GOALS TO WORK AT A PUBLICATION LIKE THIS ONE, AND I'M JUST HAPPY TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND START MY CAREER OUT RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

MY NAME IS MARIANA VELA, AND I'M THE MEDIA AND MARKETING MANAGER AT CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THIS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY, FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND ABLE TO OFFER OUR INTERNSHIP POSITION TO AMETHYST CHAGOYA.

CLASSICAL MUSIC INSTITUTE IS DEDICATED TO OFFERING TOP QUALITY PERFORMANCE AND MUSIC EDUCATION TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE HAVE WE SERVE OUR EDUCATION, OUR OUR STUDENTS THROUGH EDUCATION.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR 210 FESTIVAL HOSTED AT THE EDGEWOOD FINE ARTS STEM ACADEMY.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 70 PLUS STUDENTS CONTINUOUSLY DEDICATED TO STUDYING UNDER OUR FACULTY.

SO AMETHYST HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PART OF THE TEAM, AND SHE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPLYING HER SKILLS THROUGH THE MEDIA TEAM AND HAS BEEN JUST INCREDIBLE AND LEARNING REALLY QUICKLY AND APPLYING HER SKILLS.

SO I WILL LET AMETHYST TAKE OVER.

HELLO, MY NAME IS AMETHYST CHAGOYA.

I'M A STUDENT AT THE SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY ACCELERATE MY OWN CAREER, BUT ALSO HELP WITH THE OUTREACH OF OTHER CHILDREN WHO ARE ALSO STUDYING THE ARTS.

OH, I STUDIED RADIO, TELEVISION, AND FILM, SO IT'S SUPER GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER CHILDREN YOU KNOW, FROM THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT I'M FROM BE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THEIR OWN CAREER AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.

THANK YOU. HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M CHRISTINA CASELLA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CLASSIC THEATER OF SAN ANTONIO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN RESIDENCE IN THE HISTORIC SAN PEDRO PLAYHOUSE.

I'M SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ISAIAH PERKINS, WHO HAS BEEN SERVING AS A PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT INTERN.

WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION FOR THE BOYS IN THE BAND RIGHT NOW, WHICH I TELL YOU TO GET YOUR TICKETS, BUT IT IS TOTALLY SOLD OUT.

WHEW! BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL PLAN TO SEE US IN THE 2425 SEASON.

WE'RE KICKING OFF IN THE CLASSIC THEATER, A BILINGUAL PRODUCTION OF THE FANTASTICKS, WHICH IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

ISAIAH HAS BEEN VERY CRITICAL IN OUR PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ISAIAH.

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ISAIAH PERKINS.

IN 2021, I GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS IN FILM.

AND I AM PROUD TO SAY I AM CONTINUING MY JOURNEY THROUGH STORYTELLING AT NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE, AND I AM STUDYING THEATER AND HOW WE CAN ENRICH LIVES THROUGH SHARED EXPERIENCES AND STORYTELLING IN ALL FORMS. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK AT THE CLASSIC THEATER, WHERE I HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF ALL KIND TO ENRICH THEIR LIVES THROUGH STORYTELLING AND SHARED EMOTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR THIS ABILITY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DO MORE WITH IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

I'M RENEE DAVIS, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CACTUS PEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL.

WE'VE BEEN AROUND 28 YEARS AND OUR FESTIVAL KICKS OFF IN JULY ON THE 13TH IN SAN ANTONIO.

WE'LL HAVE 15 WONDERFUL, EXTRAORDINARY ARTISTS AND FIVE MAJOR PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR, ALL OF OUR CONCERTS ARE COMPLETELY FREE.

IT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WANTED TO TRY TO REACH AND A GOAL AND BENCHMARK, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND JUST TAKE DOWN ALL BARRIERS SO THAT ANYONE AND EVERYONE CAN ATTEND THE FESTIVAL.

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WE ALSO HAVE NINE YOUNG, YOUNG ARTISTS THIS YEAR OUT OF OUR AUDITIONS, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

OUR INTERN THIS YEAR IS TYLER BROWN, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY BECAUSE HE'S ALSO A CELLIST AND HAS A PERFORMANCE.

SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE FOR THIS.

BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TYLER.

TYLER WAS ALSO A PREVIOUS YOUNG ARTIST FOR US BACK IN THE DAY, SO WE'RE EXCITED.

HE IS AN ALAMO COLLEGE STUDENT AND GETTING READY TO HEAD OFF TO EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC TO MAJOR IN CELLO PERFORMANCE.

HE HAS ALREADY HIT SOME GREAT BENCHMARKS FOR US BECAUSE HE WAS A YOUNG ARTIST BACK IN THE DAY.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PUT HIM ON WAS HELPING TO FILL SEATS AT THESE FREE CONCERTS THAT WE'RE DOING, AND THE YOUNG ARTISTS HAVE A MAJOR PERFORMANCE ON JULY 21ST, AND IT'S COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, FREE BUT REGISTERED, SOLD OUT CONCERT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR THESE INTERNSHIPS OVER THE YEARS.

CACTUS PEAR MUSIC FESTIVAL HAS HAD A NUMBER OF INTERNS FROM BEXAR COUNTY COURT, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A GREAT RETURN OF INVESTMENT FOR US.

JUST IN ONE INSTANCE, ONE OF THE YOUNG INTERNS FROM THE PAST IS NOW ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

SO OUR YOUNGEST BOARD MEMBER FOR CACTUS PEAR SHE WAS AN AWESOME INTERN.

BUT WE SEE THAT THOSE INTERNS KEEP COMING BACK.

SO YOUR GIFT OF GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY IS A GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.

SO THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SACCHI AND COMMISSIONERS COURT.

MY NAME IS LISA HALPH, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTPACE SAN ANTONIO.

ARTPACE IS A NONPROFIT RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND ALSO AN EXHIBITION SPACE IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.

EVERY YEAR, ARTPACE ENGAGES AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY AND BEYOND IN FREE ARTS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING, AND GLOBAL ART EXPERIENCES.

AND WE DO IT WITH A REALLY SMALL STAFF.

SO I AM THRILLED AND VERY GRATEFUL TO INTRODUCE CATALINA MITCHELL, WHO IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE ARTPACE TEAM IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. HIGH COURT.

I'M CATALINA MITCHELL.

I GO TO TUFTS UNIVERSITY AND I STUDY ART HISTORY.

I REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND GIVING ME THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH SUCH AN ESTABLISHED ARTS NONPROFIT, SUCH AS ARTSPACE ARTPACE.

I AM CONTINUALLY EXCITED TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING OF OUR BIG GIVE SAN ANTONIO CAMPAIGN 2024, AS WELL AS ASSISTING IN THE OPENING OF OUR NEXT EXHIBITION, UNDERCURRENTS, FEATURING THE WORK OF VINCENT VALDEZ, ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL.

FOR YOU. TUFTS UNIVERSITY.

YES. GO, JUMBOS.

YES. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.

URBAN, 15 IS GRATEFUL, THANKFUL AND BLESSED THAT OUR LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ART SERVICE BASE EMANATES FROM THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING PRECINCT IN THE COUNTY, PRECINCT ONE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE YOU PROUD WITH THIS PROGRAM VERY MUCH.

URBAN 15 DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER.

ALL WE CAN DO IS PROVOKE HIGHER LEVELS OF CREATIVITY AND INVOKE CLARITY OF THOUGHT.

THAT MAKES VIRTUOSO ARTIST.

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE REGISTERED VOTER PREROGATIVE HERE.

AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HONORING GEORGE HERNANDEZ TODAY, A FELLOW CLASSMATE, CLASS OF 70 CENTRAL CATHOLIC, AND BRING UP ONE OTHER PERSON THAT WAS DOMINANT IN THAT WHOLE COVID VACCINATION PROGRAM, OSCAR MONTEMAYOR, THE MANAGER OF WONDERLAND.

CROSSROADS MALL, ANOTHER CLASSMATE, CLASS OF 70, CENTRAL CATHOLIC.

AND THOSE TWO GUYS SAVED A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WOULD NOT BE ALIVE IF THERE HADN'T BEEN THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND PRIVATE BUSINESS, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TODAY.

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR INTERN, KARINA TREJO FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN.

HELLO. THANK YOU.

I MY NAME IS KARINA TREJO.

I'M CURRENTLY ATTENDING.

OH. THANK YOU.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, AND I'M A SENIOR IN THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEPARTMENT, FOCUSING ON LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU.

THE COURT, OF COURSE, THE TOBIN CENTER AND OF COURSE, URBAN 15 FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE IN MY FIELD AND GIVING ME A CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY JUDGE, JUDGE SAKAI.

IT'S LOVELY TO SEE YOU ALL THIS MORNING.

MY NAME IS KATIE KINDER DE BUSH, AND I AM REPRESENTING THE YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, WE SERVE 500 STUDENTS THROUGH 12 TIERED OR LEVELED ORCHESTRAS.

AND WE SERVE AN ADDITIONAL 2000 STUDENTS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.

WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH JACOB EDDY, WHO'S FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND A YOSA ALUM AS WELL.

AND MOST EXCITINGLY, I THINK THE THE STUDENT FROM CACTUS PEAR ISN'T ABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON TOUR WITH YOSA.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN GERMANY AND WILL BE SOON VISITING OUR SISTER CITY DARMSTADT SOON, SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT GIVE IT AWAY TO JACOB.

HELLO, COMMISSIONER, COURT AND JUDGE SAKAI.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY IN PROVIDING THIS INTERNSHIP WHERE I CAN REALLY EXPAND MY INTERESTS IN MARKETING AND NETWORKING, WHICH I BELIEVE ARE SO IMPORTANT IN THE MUSIC COMMUNITY TODAY AS CLASSICAL MUSIC IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THROWN ON THE BACK BURNER THESE DAYS.

MARKETING AND NETWORKING.

WHAT I DO AT YOSA REALLY HELPS ME ADVANCE MY CAREER, AND ESPECIALLY WITH KATY AND EVERYONE I WORK WITH IN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE TEAM AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM AT YOSA IN THE YOSA OFFICE. AS WE PREPARE FOR OUR SUMMER SYMPHONY CAMP COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND OUR NEW SEASON 20 2425 SEASON AT THE TOBIN CENTER AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE WE HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

SAN ANTO CULTURAL ARTS.

BENJAMIN SORIANO, HE IS A STUDENT AT UTSA.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ARTISTS ARE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, SO UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

BUT THAT'S ONE OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO DID YOU ALL WANT A PICTURE? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL STAND. AND Y'ALL COMING FOR THE.

OVER HERE. NICOLE.

RIGHT. THREE.

IT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING.

THERE WE GO.

ALRIGHTY. THANK Y'ALL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK Y'ALL.

JORDAN DAVIS HAD TO RESCHEDULE ANY LONGER.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WITH PERMISSION OF THE COURT, I AM GOING TO JUMP DOWN.

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

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.

REQUEST OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

I'D LIKE TO PULL 59, PLEASE.

5959 YOUR IT WILL TAKE IT UP FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6161.

ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER CALVERT? ALL RIGHT, LET'S IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING ITEMS ON CONSENT, JUDGE.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

I'M SORRY. YES.

STAFF IS REQUESTING A DEFER ITEMS 47 UNDER PUBLIC WORKS IN ITEM 49 UNDER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 47 AND 49 ARE PULLED TO BE RESET FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AT A LATER DATE.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NOW, WITH THOSE CONSENT ITEMS REMAINING, IS THERE THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

I JUST WANT TO MOVE TO TABLE 47 AND 49.

JUST FOR. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE 4749.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION TO TABLE IS PASSED.

ALL RIGHT, LET US NOW TAKE UP LET'S GO TO ITEM 59.

[59. Approval of a Tax Abatement and Grant Agreement between the County of Bexar and Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas, Inc. (TMMTX) for a 10-year, 100% abatement of County ad valorem taxes on qualified real and personal property and Skills Development Grant up to $250,000.]

YOU ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE HERE FROM TOYOTA.

IS THAT CORRECT? DAVID? YES, MA'AM. IS THE PRESIDENT HERE? YES. SUZANNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I KNOW TIME IS VERY VALUABLE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.

I THINK SOME OF OUR COMPADRES SUPPLIERS ARE HERE, AND IT'S JUST SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THAT LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN.

AND AGAIN, THANK TOYOTA FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT TO WORK WITH SMALL, MINORITY OWNED, WOMAN OWNED, VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A LOCAL GROUP OF OUR INITIAL SUPPLIERS. AND SO WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS, TO EXPAND TOYOTA AND CONTINUE TO BUILD A CAREER PATH, NOT JUST JOBS, BUT A CAREER PATH FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE, NOT ONLY IN PRECINCT ONE, BUT IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. GOOD.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONER. MOODY.

COMMISSIONER. I'LL JUST SAY I'D LIKE TO SAY PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR TOYOTA'S INVESTMENT IN BEXAR COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU GOING FORWARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR WORKFORCE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE JOBS, THE TRAINING, THE LIVES CHANGED.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE THE RISING PHOENIX IN THE SOUTH SIDE COME UP AND AND JUST GLOW ALL OVER TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES.

SO WE'RE PROUD TO BE THE HOME BASE FOR SOME FANTASTIC INNOVATION.

AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT'S TO COME.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.

ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

SUZANNE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? I DO, IF I MAY AND I HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT SHE IS THE NEWEST PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA HERE, SO THANK YOU.

BUT SHE'S BEEN WITH TOYOTA FOR A LONG TIME.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI, THE COMMISSIONERS AND BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.

AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, I'M SUZANNE KOUZOUNAS.

I'M PRESIDENT OF TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, TEXAS, AND WE'RE THE EXCLUSIVE HOME OF THE TOYOTA TUNDRA AND THE ALL HYBRID SEQUOIA.

WE EMPLOY OVER 3700 MEMBERS AND OUR ON SITE SUPPLIERS, SOME OF WHOM ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, EMPLOY AN ADDITIONAL 5600 MEMBERS. AND OUR PLANT, OF COURSE, IS IN PRECINCT ONE.

SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT.

TOYOTA HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CULTURAL FABRIC IN THE UNITED STATES FOR OVER 65 YEARS, AND WE'VE CREATED A TREMENDOUS VALUE CHAIN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS POTENTIAL INVESTMENT AND JOB GROWTH DEMONSTRATES OUR STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO JOB STABILITY, LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT, AND REINVESTING OUR PROFITS INTO NORTH AMERICA'S MARKET AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR OPERATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

WE'VE BEEN IN BEXAR COUNTY OVER 20 YEARS, AND BEXAR COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO MANUFACTURING, PARTICULARLY AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR SUCCESS.

AS DEMONSTRATED TODAY.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN AND SAY WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTY SUPPORT, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL THEN.

WE'VE NOW TAKEN UP CONSENT.

THOSE IN OH, ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

AGENDA ITEM 61.

[61. Approval of the Second Amendment to the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County and the Sheriff of Bexar County and the County of Bexar to allow for the rollover of excess vacation and holiday leave on October 1, 2024, for uniformed officers of the Sheriff's Office.]

COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND TINA, I DON'T I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO TO PULL THIS ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT IT.

AND RON, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ALSO BEING WILLING TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON IT THIS IS ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME. RIGHT? AND THE WHEELS OF GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES TURN SLOWER THAN THAN WE'D LIKE.

BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY.

I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS APPROVED.

FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T KNOW, THIS IS AROUND THOSE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WHO HAVE EXCESS VACATION TIME AT THE END OF THE FY, ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE AN

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THE YOU KNOW, THE SITUATION AT THE JAIL OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY STRAINED.

AND WITH THE MANDATORY FORCED OVERTIME, IT'S MADE IT EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FOR SOME OF THESE DEPUTIES TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR VACATION TIME, THUS LEADING TO THE SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE HAVING EXCESS VACATION HOLIDAY TIME THAT IS BEING SWEPT AWAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.

SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS FIX GOING FORWARD.

AND I THINK IT'S IT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR, OUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS.

I THINK IT'S DESERVED.

I THINK THAT IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS.

AND I'M GLAD THAT THAT THIS COURT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS.

AND, RON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYBODY FOR THIS.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THE EMPLOYEES AND THE EVENTS OF THE LAST MONTH OR SO WITH THE DETENTION DIVISION AND STUFF, SHOWS YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE QUALITY PEOPLE.

AND LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU REALLY LIKE TO THANK THIS LADY RIGHT HERE FOR CRACKING THE WHIP, BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN ON MY REAR END FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ABOUT GETTING THIS DONE. IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THE MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MY PEOPLE THAT AND OUR PEOPLE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY OUR PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW THEY'RE APPRECIATED.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO WORK KNOWING THAT YOUR BOSS HAS YOUR BACK, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO 110%.

IF YOU GO TO WORK KNOWING THAT YOUR BOSS DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO MAYBE DO 5% AND FAKE THE REST OF THE WAY.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU, RON, FOR FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT DSBC.

AND, AND TO THOSE COMMENTS, TINA AND COUNTY STAFF, THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THIS AND GETTING IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE HERE TODAY.

WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND MOTION, COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, I HAVE COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS ON CONSENT SOMETIMES GET UNDER THE RADAR.

SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT SAYS THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT.

IT TOOK US ABOUT TWO YEARS.

RIGHT, TINA, TO GET THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE SHERIFF'S UNION AND YOU HARDLY EVER SEE.

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GOING TO DO ANY AMENDMENTS, PERIOD, MUCH LESS A SECOND AMENDMENT.

WHICH I HAVE SUPPORTED ALL OF THEM.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR SHERIFF AND HIS EXECUTIVE TEAM, INCLUDING MY CONSTITUENT CHIEF, RAUL GARZA, AND THE SHERIFF'S UNION, AND HOW SUPPORTIVE WE HAVE BEEN.

BECAUSE YOU DO NOT OFTEN SEE THE SECOND AMENDMENTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR Y'ALL'S WORK, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

I THINK IT'S ALL BEEN SAID.

I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO SAY IS TO THE RANK AND FILE.

THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

BECAUSE YOU'VE HAD SOME VERY TRYING DAYS AND LONG HOURS THAT YOU FELT UNDERAPPRECIATED.

AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE HUNG IN WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

AND I APPRECIATE THEM HELPING US MAKE THINGS BETTER AND BETTER.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD BECAUSE THE WORK IS NEVER DONE.

THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT ARE EVOLVING WHEN YOU'RE IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO BE RESPONSIVE AND INNOVATE AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGES THAT YOUR YOUR TEAM NEEDS.

IT'S ALL ABOUT TEAM.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, BOTH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IN DETENTION.

Y'ALL'S HARD WORK IS NOTED, AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION TODAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING I'VE MISSED, I WILL NOW GO BACK TO TIME.

CERTAIN. WE'LL GO BACK TO AGENDA ITEM FIVE A, WHICH IS DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING PROPOSED REPROGRAMING

[5.a. 11:00 a.m. - Discussion and appropriate action regarding proposed reprogramming utilizing Program Year 2021-22 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from various projects to a Public Works infrastructure project in Precinct 1.]

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YOU SIGNED UP FOR FIVE A? ARE YOU IN A ROOM? OKAY, THERE YOU ARE.

AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

REBECA. OKAY.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE.

AND I AM REBECCA MODINE.

I'M FROM THE CITY OF SOMERSET.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THE CDBG GRANT.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR OUR CITY SOLAR LIGHTING PROJECT.

IT'S DARK OUT THERE WHERE WE ARE AT, AND IT WILL JUST HELP ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, FOR VISIBILITY AND REDUCE HAZARDS.

AND ALSO, SINCE IT'S SOLAR, IT'LL BE POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO REDUCING REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY OF SOMERSET TO THANK YOU GUYS.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT.

ROBERT.

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI. AND COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROBERT REINA WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

THIS MORNING, I PLAN TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF CDBG HOME AND ESG PROJECTS FOR THE UPCOMING PROGRAM YEAR.

SO MY DIVISION ADMINISTERS THREE GRANTS THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT.

BEXAR COUNTY UTILIZES THESE PROGRAMS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER PUBLIC FINANCING TOOLS TO SUPPORT INITIATIVES WHICH DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY. BEXAR COUNTY RECEIVES THESE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

IN PROGRAM YEAR 2023, WE RECEIVED $3.4 MILLION FROM HUD, AND IN PROGRAM YEAR 2024, WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING $3.9 MILLION, WHICH REPRESENTS A 15% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, OR CDBG, IS OUR LARGEST FEDERAL PROGRAM.

MY TEAM UTILIZES CDBG TO DEVELOP VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES AND EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY AND 13 PARTICIPATING CITIES.

CDBG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SERVICES, AND A BROAD RANGE OF OTHER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES.

SO, BASED ON A REVIEW FROM AN INDEPENDENT SCORING COMMITTEE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS FOR CDBG FUNDING.

$45,000 FOR THE SOMERSET MULTI-PURPOSE CENTER.

$30,000 FOR THE GREATER RANDOLPH AREA SERVICES PROGRAM.

$90,000 FOR EACH ONE TEACH ONE.

$150,000 FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

$20,000 FOR THE SOCIETY OF NATIVE NATIONS.

WITH RESPECT TO CDBG INFRASTRUCTURE, WE RECOMMEND AN ALLOCATION OF $700,000 FOR THE CITY OF BALCONES HEIGHTS, $219,000 FOR THE CITY OF KERBY, $293,000 FOR THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, $195,000 FOR THE CITY OF SOMERSET FOR THE SOLAR STREET LIGHTING PROJECT.

$406,000 FOR THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY AND $190,000 FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF BEXAR COUNTY.

THIS YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE REPROGRAMING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $295,000.

THIS FUNDING COMES FROM UNUTILIZED STAFF SALARIES AND PROJECTS THAT WERE UNABLE TO FULLY EXPEND THEIR ALLOCATIONS DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO ALLOCATE THE REPROGRAMING FUNDS TO A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT IN PRECINCT ONE.

THIS ALIGNS WITH OUR POLICY OF DIRECTING CDBG REPROGRAM FUNDS TO A PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT, WHILE ENSURING THE FUNDS ARE EXPENDED QUICKLY AND PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFITS TO THE COUNTY.

FOR REFERENCE, IN 2022, WE REPROGRAMED $235,000 TO A SOLAR STREET LIGHTING PROJECT IN PRECINCT FOUR, WHICH WAS A RESOUNDING SUCCESS, AND WE HOPE TO REPLICATE THAT IN PRECINCT ONE.

OUR SECOND GRANT IS A HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM OR HOME.

THE PURPOSE OF THE HOME PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, EARNING NO MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR HOMEOWNERS AND 60% AMI FOR RENTERS.

ELIGIBLE HOME ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING, REHABILITATION OF EXISTING UNITS, AND DEMOLITION OF DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.

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OUR FINAL GRANT.

THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, OR ESG, IS UTILIZED BY OUR DIVISION TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TO REGAIN HOUSING STABILITY.

ESG ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTER, THE HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM, HOMELESS PREVENTION, RAPID REHOUSING, AND STREET OUTREACH. THAT SAID, STAFF RECOMMENDS ALLOCATED $130,000 TO HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS INITIALLY FUNDED THROUGH ARPA.

ADDITIONALLY, WE RECOMMEND ALLOCATING $70,000 TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REPROGRAMING ACTION USING PROGRAM YEAR 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS TO A PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN PRECINCT ONE.

AND SECONDLY, APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH CDBG HOME AND ESG FUNDS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2024, WHICH WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

I'M HAPPY TO LET ME JUST FOR PURPOSE OF THE RECORD, I WANT TO WE'RE ONLY TAKING UP FIVE A, WHICH I THINK IS YOUR FIRST MOTION.

SURE. THEN WE'LL PAUSE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE AND THEN WE'LL TAKE UP FIVE B.

ALL RIGHT. SO HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR PRESENTATION IN REGARDS TO FIVE A? I ASSUME YOU'VE ALSO INCLUDED FIVE B IN YOUR PRESENTATION JUST NOW.

YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT OF A IN PRECINCT ONE.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES? YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOUR TEAM FOR BEING SO INNOVATIVE TO THINK OF THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW WHEN WE MET ABOUT IT, IT'S IT'S I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK WE HAVE OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FROM SOMERSET, JESSE VIDALES IS HERE.

SO THANK YOU. ARE ANY OF THE OTHER ALDERMEN HERE? OH, AND SOME OF OUR STAFF AND OF COURSE THE BEAUTIFUL NAME OF REBECA.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION, MR. RODRIGUEZ, NO COMMENTS ON THE FIRST ITEM.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, JUST ONE QUESTION.

WITH THE THE RETURNED FUNDS ARE ANY QUICK BACKGROUND ON THOSE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND THOSE ENTITIES? I MEAN, WERE THERE CHALLENGES I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM AMOUNT WAS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DID THEY SPEND 95% OF IT? BUT THEY JUST CAME UP A LITTLE SHORT.

AND SO WE'RE ROLLING OVER THE EXCESS FUNDS, OR WERE THERE ANY CHALLENGES THAT WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF GOING FORWARD WITH ANY OF THOSE.

YES. SO THEY WERE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT WERE RECAPTURED FROM BEAT AIDS AND COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.

AND SO THEY WERE RECAPTURED BY THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE FULLY EXPENDED.

AND SO THEY GO INTO A REPROGRAMING POOL OF FUNDING.

AND OUR POLICY IS TO ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TO A PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

THAT WAY IT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE COUNTY.

AND WE CAN ALSO EXPEND IT QUICKLY BECAUSE THESE FUNDS ARE SUBJECT TO EXPENDITURE RATIOS.

SO WE HAVE TO SPEND THEM OR WE RISK LOSING THEM.

AND SO THAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND ALLOCATING THEM TO PUBLIC WORKS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM FIVE A? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFIED BY SAYING I, I ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

[5.b. 11:10 a.m. or immediately following item 5a.: Discussion and appropriate action regarding the preliminary selection of projects to be funded with Community Development Block Grant ($2,924,639), HOME Investment Partnerships ($803,924.24), and Emergency Solutions Grant ($217,135) Program funds for the 2024-2025 Program Year.]

BLOCK GRANT $2,924,639.

HOME INVESTMENT PURCHASING PARTNERSHIP $803,924.24 AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT $217,135.

PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE 2024 2025 PROGRAM YEAR.

IS THERE A MOTION JUDGE? I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH CDBG HOME AND ESG FUNDS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 20 2425, SUBJECT TO A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY.

FURTHER, FLORES, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? I SHOULD POINT OF ORDER HERE.

WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY SIGN UP.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PAUSE BEFORE THE VOTE.

COULD WE HAVE STEPHANIE, WEEZY OR WISE?

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THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI.

COMMISSIONERS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE WISE, VICE PRESIDENT AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR HOME FUNDING.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR INVESTMENT IN HOME OWNERSHIP IN THE COUNTY.

THERE'S SUCH A NEED. AS WE ALL KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK OF THE ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

DAVID, ROBERT AND LAURA ARE ALL FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH.

WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S IN FOR. IT'S CALLED FORTUNA COURT DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S IN BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCT NUMBER TWO ON THE WEST SIDE.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT HABITAT, WILL PROVIDE 28 FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES THE ABILITY TO BUILD AND PURCHASE THEIR VERY OWN AFFORDABLE HOME IN THE COUNTY.

THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO STREETS, SIDEWALKS, DRAINS, WATER, SEWER MAINS FOR THE 28 HOUSES.

ADDITIONALLY, THESE FUNDS WILL HELP US LEVERAGE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM INDIVIDUALS, FAITH ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIC GROUPS AND BUSINESS THAT HELP US SPONSOR THE HOMES.

SO WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION.

AT THIS TIME, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON PROJECTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE GOING IN THE COUNTY.

OUR RANCHO CARLOTTA IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU HELPED FUND IN PRECINCT ONE.

THAT'S GOING WELL.

WE'RE ON ON SCHEDULE AND CONTINUED TO BE BUILDING THAT OUT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AND YUCCA STREET IN PRECINCT FOUR WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

THAT'S ON SCHEDULE.

THIS IS A GREAT REUSE OF VACANT LAND.

THAT'S IN AN EXISTING EASTSIDE COMMUNITY.

WILL BE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IN 2025 AND THEN STARTING THE HOMES IN 2026.

SO WE JUST SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STEPHANIE. ANTONIO FERNANDEZ YOU HAD SIGNED UP FOR CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, BUT I THINK YOU'RE ACTUALLY WANTING TO HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR.

MOTION. AND IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MY FRIEND.

THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

WITH ARPA MONEY GOING AWAY AS IT HAS GONE FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, WE ACTUALLY ARE STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO NEED HOUSING.

MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY RENT TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED.

SO THIS MONEY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP TREMENDOUSLY.

BESIDES THAT, WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF NEWCOMERS WHO ARE COMING TO SAN ANTONIO OR THROUGH SAN ANTONIO TO OTHER CITIES.

BUT WE HAVE SEEN A BIG INCREASE OF PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO THESE DAYS WHO ARE COMING OUT TO FOOD, TO FOOD PANTRIES AND CLOTHING ROOMS THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING US TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.

AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, REBECA AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD AS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU ANTONIO.

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

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

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ROBERT. THANK YOU JUDGE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE.

OH, LET'S FINISH OUT THE MORNING AND WE'RE COMING UP ON THE NOON SESSION.

LET ME FLAG FOR THE STAFF THAT AFTER I FINISH SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE, WE WILL THEN TAKE UP AND GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION DURING THE NOON HOUR.

ALL RIGHT. SO I'M JUST FLAGGING FOR Y'ALL WHERE THE COURT IS GOING.

[7. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary]

SUBSECTIONS A, B, C, D.

TAKE UP ITEM EIGHT.

[8. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, June 4, 2024.]

MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

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

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD THAT SIGNED UP THAT WE DID NOT CALL? WE ALLOWED THE CITIZENS TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC ITEMS. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE CITIZEN TO BE HEARD? ALL RIGHT. WE THEN NOW WILL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS NOW 1151.

THE COURT WILL RECESS TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

EXECUTIVE SESSION MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION, WE WILL BE 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING SUBSECTION A, SUBSECTION I.

CHINCHILLA VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY TWO.

SALAS VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THREE TRINITY PHARMACIES AND ALSO SAN PEDRO CREEK PARK DISTRICT PURSUANT TO

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ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION, 12:43 P.M.

THE COURT IS GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 76, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT REGARDING THE COUNTY'S

[76. Discussion and appropriate action authorizing the County Judge to negotiate and execute a letter of intent regarding the county's participation in the San Pedro Creek Park District Project; and an amendment to the Bexar County Community Arena Freeman Coliseum Agreement.]

FREEMAN COLISEUM AGREEMENT.

IS THERE A MOTION? YES, JUDGE.

I'D MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION TO BE EXPLICIT.

I MOVE THAT THE COURT AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY JUDGE TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LETTER OF INTENT REGARDING THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE SAN PEDRO CREEK PARK DISTRICT PROJECT AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY ARENA.

FREEMAN COLISEUM AGREEMENT.

SECOND, IT'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL GO BACK UP INTO INDIVIDUAL.

WE'LL TAKE UP NOW.

[73. Discussion and appropriate action related to a status update regarding jail population at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center; and the conditional approval of pending Interlocal Cooperation Agreements between Bexar County and Burnet County in an amount not to exceed $3,504,000 and Kerr County in an amount not to exceed $711,750 for the costs of care and housing individuals convicted of criminal offenses in Bexar County and awaiting transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the Burnett and Kerr County Jails and authorization for the County Judge to execute the agreements on behalf of Bexar County once approved by Burnet County and Kerr County, to be effective once executed by the County Judge.]

APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO A STATUS UPDATE REGARDING JAIL POPULATION, BEXAR COUNTY ADULT DETENTION CENTER, AND THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF PENDING INTERLOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY, BURNET COUNTY AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,504,000 AND KERR COUNTY, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $711,750 FOR THE COST OF CARE.

HOUSING. INDIVIDUALS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES IN BEXAR COUNTY AWAITING TRANSFER TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE BURNET AND KERR COUNTY JAILS.

AUTHORIZATION FOR THE COUNTY JUDGE TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF BEXAR COUNTY, ONCE APPROVED BY BURNET COUNTY AND KERR COUNTY TO BE EFFECTIVE ONCE EXECUTED BY THE COUNTY JUDGE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

JUDGE. MY NAME IS JAMES SERRATO.

I SERVE AS THE CHIEF DEPUTY FOR OUR SHERIFF, JAVIER SALAZAR.

HE IS AWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, UNABLE TO ATTEND.

THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR HIM.

BUT TODAY HE COULD NOT BE HERE.

SO I'VE COME ALONG TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I'VE GOT CHIEF JOEL JANSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY.

HE'S THE BUREAU COMMANDER OVER THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE THE QUESTIONS AND THE POINTS THAT MIGHT COME UP.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I'M NOT ONE OF THE FOLKS WHO BELIEVES THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS TO BLAME FOR THE THE BACKUP THAT WE HAVE IN THE OVERCROWDING IN THE JAIL. I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY TROUBLES THAT HAVE HAPPENED ARE RELATED TO JUST THE TRANSITION ISSUES THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THAT TECHNOLOGY.

AND I GUESS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE COUNTY.

I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE GOT TO DO BECAUSE IT'S STATUTORY, BASICALLY.

BUT I REALLY FEEL LIKE THIS 3.5 MILLION SHOULD BE ON TYLERS BACK RATHER THAN THE, THE TAXPAYERS OF, OF BEXAR COUNTY.

I MEAN, DIDN'T DID WE GET HERE BECAUSE WE HAD THIS HUGE TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITION? IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE WHO NEEDED TO GO OUT.

OR ARE WE HERE BECAUSE OF A SPIKE IN CRIME OR I MEAN, HOW DID WE GET HERE? IS MY IS MY QUESTION.

THIS WASN'T ANTICIPATED.

I'M SORRY. IT WASN'T ANTICIPATED.

WELL, ACTUALLY, THE WHOLE REASON WHY WE STARTED DEVELOPING THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, WHERE WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE ELECTRONICS PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO BEGIN IN JANUARY.

THE WITCH PROJECT, THE ELECTRONICS PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE REPLACING SLIDERS, INTERCOMS, ADDRESS SYSTEM.

SO IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE FOUR UNITS AT A TIME.

THIS WAS DONE HAND IN HAND WITH DAN CURRY.

DAN CURRY COULD COME UP AND ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THIS PROJECT.

WITH THAT SAID WE HAD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE AGREEMENTS.

THAT IS TRUE. WE DID HAVE A SPIKE IN OUR JAIL POPULATION.

I'D BE REMISS TO STAND HERE AND SAY IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION.

BECAUSE OF THE THE NEW TRANSITION.

WE DID SEE AN UPTICK BECAUSE OF THE DURING THE DURATION OF THAT TRANSITION OF THE PROGRAMING.

BASICALLY, WE WENT FROM ROUGHLY ABOUT 4700 TO ABOUT 5000.

SO BUT I WOULD SAY THIS AFTER WE'VE CLEANED UP THE BACKLOG, WE'RE STILL ABOUT 5000 OR SO, WHICH IS OUR WHICH IS OUR CAPACITY.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LOSE CAPACITY BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION.

YES. WELL, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY WE WE'VE WE'VE GOT TO DO THESE CONTRACTS AND HAVE THEM IN PLACE.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT IT.

BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK HAPPENED IN THIS TRANSITION.

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I MEAN, WE HAVE COUNTIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE SOFTWARE THEN.

I MEAN, THAT THAT IS TROUBLESOME.

BUT IN ANY EVENT YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE GOT HERE, HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO GET OUT OF IT.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IS THERE ADDITIONAL BED CAPACITY THAT'S CREATED FROM THE RECONSTRUCTION? NOT REALLY. NO.

ACTUALLY, IT'S GOING TO DECREASE IT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

YEAH, WELL, POST THE CONSTRUCTION.

OH, NO, THIS IS JUST IMPROVE THE TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I'M STILL TRYING TO TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND THE CURRENT SITUATION.

I WAS TRYING TO GET MY MY STAFF TO GET KIND OF A JAIL POPULATION GRAPH OVER THE LAST, YOU KNOW, 90 DAYS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT'S LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, OVER SUMMERTIME.

AND THERE'S TYPICALLY A RAMP UP.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHAT THAT, THAT JAIL POPULATIONS LOOK LIKE AT LEAST OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS.

AND WHAT WHAT OF THE CURRENT INCREASE IS DUE, IN YOUR OPINION, TO THE IT SITUATION VERSUS SUMMER SURGE VERSUS ANY OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED? WELL SUMMER SURGE IS BASICALLY WHERE YOU WERE ABLE TO APPOINT AS EXACTLY WHY THE INMATE POPULATION HAPPENED, BECAUSE GRADUALLY WE'VE BEEN INCREASING FROM JANUARY TO MAY ABOUT 15%.

SO WE'VE GONE FROM ABOUT 4200 UP TO MAY WAS 4600.

AND THEN JUNE IS WHEN WE SPIKED TO THE 4900.

SO IF I HAD A POINT TO SOMETHING, I MEAN, WE'RE GRADUALLY INCREASING INTAKES, WE'RE INCREASING RELEASES.

WE'RE GOING DOWN. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE DRIVER IS THE THE SUMMER SURGE? IT'S JUST BEEN INCREASING.

WHAT? AND LET ME ADD ONE OTHER POTENTIAL DRIVER IN ALL OF THIS, THE THE THE BACKSIDE OPERATIONS IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE INMATES MOVE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND BE, YOU KNOW, TAKEN TO A TEXAS JAIL PRISON.

YES. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL PAPER READY.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 298 INMATES THAT ARE WAITING TO BE TAKEN TO TDC.

WHEN WE HOUSED OUT THOSE INMATES, 150 OF THEM ARE BEING SENT TO KERR AND BURNET.

SO WHAT WAS THE LAST NUMBER? 150. SO 30 WENT TO KERR AND 120 WENT TO BURNET.

OF THE TOTAL PAPER READY OF 298.

SO YOU DID SHIP 150 INMATES BETWEEN THOSE TWO COUNTIES ALREADY? YES, SIR. OKAY.

THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.

SO AGAIN, JUST RETURN TO MY QUESTION, THOUGH.

IF WE'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE DRIVERS OF THE SITUATION OF ENDING UP OVER 5000.

HOW DO YOU ASCRIBE THE RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN THE SURGE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, NOT PICKING UP TDK VERSUS IT? WHERE'S WHERE'S THE PROBLEM? I MEAN, WHERE, WHERE SHOULD WE BE LOOKING? WHAT SHOULD WE BE TRYING TO FIX? WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM BEFORE WE CAN TRY TO FIX IT.

WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO SIT THERE AND START POINTING FINGERS UNLESS WE ACTUALLY GO BACK AND ACTUALLY DO A THOROUGH ANALYTICAL DRIVE ON THIS TO SEE EXACTLY IF THERE WAS AN INTAKE INCREASE.

BECAUSE ALL I HAVE THE DATA IS UP TO ME.

OKAY. WELL, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY DIRECT THAT WE DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHETHER, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON AUSTIN AND TDCJ.

I NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON IT.

I NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON JUST THE SUMMER SURGE OR OUR COURTS ARE BACKED UP OR SLOW RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE ROOT CAUSES OF THE SITUATION WE FIND OURSELVES IN UNTIL WE GET THAT KIND OF ANALYSIS AND MORE INFORMATION, BUT I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

I AGREE. COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER, COULD I JUST ADD FROM MY EXPERIENCE, 300 PAPER READIES IS A LOT.

YES. WE NORMALLY I'M USED TO SEEING 150 TO 200.

AND THEN A CHAIN COMES AND IT DROPS.

300 IS HISTORICALLY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, PRETTY HIGH.

YOU WANT TO BREAK THAT DOWN FOR THE LAYMAN WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.

PAPER READY? PAPER READY ARE CONVICTED INMATES WHO ARE BEEN SENTENCED TO STATE PRISON, AND THE STATE HAS 48 DAYS TO COME PICK THEM UP AND

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THEY ARE.

THE INFORMATION I'VE GOTTEN IS.

WHEREAS THEY WOULD USUALLY JUST COME AND GET A BATCH OF PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BEEN 48 DAYS OR NOT.

NOW THEY'RE WAITING RIGHT UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE, AND THEY'RE TAKING ONLY THE AMOUNT THAT ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT DEADLINE.

THEY'RE NOT JUST GRABBING 50 PEOPLE.

I UNDERSTAND. NO.

AND THAT'S A GOOD CONTEXT.

I WAS GOING TO ADD SOME OF THAT MYSELF BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO THE JAIL COMMISSION, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE JAIL COMMISSION.

SO HAVE THOSE 298 PAPER READY? HAVE WE SHARED THOSE AGAIN WITH TDCJ? WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE HAVE YOU RECEIVED AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO CONNECT THE DOTS ON COMMUNICATION.

I REACHED OUT TO MY CONTACT AT THE JAIL COMMISSION.

HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GET WITH TDCJ.

THEY WERE GOING TO PUT BEXAR BACK ON THEIR LIST TO TRY TO SEE WHO THEY COULD, COULD PICK UP AND WIN, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WERE GOING TO TIE THAT BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE ADULT DETENTION CENTER.

SO AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT CHAIN THIS WEEK, WE HAVE A CHAIN OF 63 GOING OUT OF THAT 298.

HOW MANY WAS ON THE LAST TRIP? IT WAS IN THE 120.

SO WE DID GET OUR LARGE CHAIN OUT THE PRIOR WEEK.

OKAY, SO MAYBE SOME PROGRESS ON THAT FRONT WITH GETTING SOME OF THOSE REMOVED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADDITIONAL PAPER READY LOOKS LIKE, THE INFLOW VERSUS THE OUTFLOW, AND WHETHER THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO COME DOWN WITH THAT ADDITIONAL 60 GOING OUT, OR WHETHER YOU'RE GETTING MORE THAN 60 NEW PAPER READY INMATES ON A WEEKLY BASIS, IT REALLY JUST COMES DOWN TO THE COURTS WHENEVER THE COURTS ARE ADJUDICATED.

AND THEN THEY SEND US THE PIN PACKETS.

OKAY. I DID WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

I MEAN, WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT JAIL CAPACITY, AND THE POPULATION DID NOT KNOW THAT THE JAIL WAS ALREADY SHIPPING OUT THESE INMATES TO THESE COUNTIES.

AND ULTIMATELY, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A CONTRACT SIGN IF INMATES ARE GETTING GETTING ON THE BUS AND GOING TO THOSE PRISONS.

CORRECT? NO, IT WAS A IT WAS A AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SHERIFFS.

OKAY. I JUST THINK ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER, LET ME GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THAT.

SO OUR JAIL, MAXIMUM POPULATION BED SPACE 5075 TAKES LOOKS AT IT AND SAYS YOU SHOULD CARRY ABOUT 90% AT THE PEAK OF THIS.

NOW, OF COURSE, THEY SURGE AND EBB AND FLOW.

BUT AT THE PEAK OF THIS WE WERE AT 99% CAPACITY, AND WE WERE TO THE GILLS.

SO AT THAT POINT, THE SHERIFF EXERCISED HIS PREROGATIVE TO REACH OUT AND SAY, LOOK, CAN SOMEBODY TAKE THESE? BECAUSE WE WILL BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE IF WE GO BEYOND OUR CAPACITY TO HOUSE THEM ACCORDING TO THE RIGHT CLASSIFICATION AND SO ON.

SO WE REALLY HAD TO TAKE THAT LIKE A PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE EFFORT AND ALL THE PAPERWORK IS FOLLOWING UP BEHIND IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP.

BUT WE HAD TO TAKE THAT MEASURE TO KEEP FROM FALLING OUT OF COMPLIANCE JUST BECAUSE OF POPULATION OR CLASSIFICATION OR JUST WE RAN OUT OF ROOM.

YEAH, WELL, LET ME LET ME JUST SAY I UNDERSTAND THE IN A CRISIS SITUATION, EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY IS IMPORTANT.

AND, YOU KNOW WHAT HAS TO BE DONE IS DONE.

HOWEVER, I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE AND AGREEMENT THAT'S BROUGHT BEFORE THIS COURT IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES ARE AND THAT WE GET, YOU KNOW FLEXIBLE CONTRACTS IN PLACE IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE HIT 95%.

YOU KNOW, THE COURT'S NOTIFIED, WE HIT 98%, THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START SHIPPING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO SO WE DON'T GET TO THAT 98, 99%.

AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE TO A SOLUTION.

I THINK THAT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FROM FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.

I WOULD ALSO, JUST AS THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN UP.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS JUST HOW WE TYPICALLY WRITE UP OUR AGENDA ITEMS, BUT.

THIS IS WRITTEN UP ON AN ANNUAL COST, BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE NEED THIS PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE FOR 365 DAYS.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE APPROVE IT FOR, YOU KNOW, 90 DAYS AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO REEVALUATE WHERE WE ARE POST SUMMER. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO COME BACK OR WE NEED TO TO TALK ABOUT EXTENDING IT, WE COULD DO IT AT THAT POINT.

BUT THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IN MY MIND.

YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH A PLAN IN THE FUTURE FOR THESE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES.

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SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

YES, SIR. WELL TAKEN.

AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

AND YOU HAVE OUR ASSURANCES THAT WE WILL NOT BE HOUSING OUT IF WE DON'T ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE NEED TO IT WOULDN'T JUST BE SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE OFF THE SHELF AND USE IT IF IF WE DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR IT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S AVAILABLE, IT.

WE WON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. CHIEF.

I JUST WANTED TO GET A FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE AMOUNTS THAT THE SHERIFF IS ASKING FOR TODAY.

IT'S 3.5 ROUGHLY AT BURNET AND A LITTLE OVER 700,000 AT KERR COUNTY.

AND THOSE ARE BASED ON EXISTING NUMBERS, OR ARE THOSE BASED ON PROJECTIONS OR BOTH? SO THOSE WERE EXTRAPOLATED OUT FOR A YEAR.

FOR A YEAR. OKAY. AND WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THOSE BACK DOWN.

THERE'S TWO RATES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

ONE IS AT $80 PER DAY PER INMATE.

ONE IS AT 65.

WHICH ONE IS 80? 80 IS BURNET AND 65 IS KERR.

OKAY. WHY DON'T WE SEND MORE TO KERR? GOOD POINT, SIR.

SO RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS BURNET CAN HOUSE UP TO 120, AND KERR CAN TAKE LIKE, 30.

NOW THEY'RE WORKING TO SEE IF THEY CAN JUGGLE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS.

BUT THEY ALSO CAME WITH THEIR LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THEY'VE GOT AVAILABLE.

SO. SO IS THERE A DISTINCTION HERE, CHIEF, ON, I GUESS WHAT WE ACTUALLY OWE THEM AS OF NOW OR I MEAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THIS NUMBER, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY YOU'RE ALREADY MOVING SOME, SOME INMATES OVER THERE.

IS THERE A NUMBER OF IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY SAID, HEY, HERE'S AN INVOICE ON WHAT WE'VE HELPED YOU OUT WITH SO FAR.

WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? DO WE HAVE THOSE? YES, SIR.

WE WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE.

WE CAN COME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

HOW MANY DAYS HAVE BEEN THERE WHEN WE SHIP THEM OUT? BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SHIP THEM ALL OUT AT ONCE.

YEAH, WE HAD TO SEND THEM OUT IN WAVES BECAUSE OF OUR BUSSING SYSTEM AND HOW THEY COULD ACCEPT THEM.

SO WE COULD COME UP WITH THAT.

BUT THIS IS NOT REFLECTIVE OF THAT.

THIS WAS NOT INTENDED TO COME AND BE SUCH A BIG ASK.

THE CONTRACT THAT WAS SENT BACK WAS PUSHED OUT FOR ONE YEAR TO LOCK IN THE RATE.

BUT IT WAS NOT AN ASK FOR THAT MUCH MONEY.

OKAY, SO THEY THESE COUNTIES AND I GET IT.

THIS IS I MEAN, FROM WHAT I RECOLLECT, BECAUSE WE GET THOSE DAILY NUMBERS FROM YOU GUYS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE CAN SINGULARLY BLAME THIS ON A TECHNOLOGY MIGRATION.

THOSE NUMBERS WERE TICKING UP FOR SOME TIME.

AND SO THERE'S, I THINK MORE HERE THAN THAT.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE PLAN IS.

I GET IT, YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS JUDGE, ANY OBJECTION TO JUST BRINGING THIS BACK IN TWO WEEKS? GET MORE INFORMATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU DON'T HAVE I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THESE COUNTIES HANGING BECAUSE THEY'RE HELPING US OUT.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NOT PRESSURE FROM THEM TO GET PAID TODAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BEFORE WE WRITE A ALMOST LIKE A BLANK CHECK, WE UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THESE KIND OF OVERAGES.

AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ALWAYS SAY THE SUMMER, IT TICKS UP.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE TREND HISTORICALLY.

SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE MY SUGGESTION, JUDGE.

I KNOW THERE'S OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT BUT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS TO THE NEXT COURT MEETING.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

SO NO ONE'S HERE FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.

BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT CORRECT WITH THESE COUNTIES YET.

SO HOW DO WE.

IT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE WE WOULD PAY THEM OR EVEN BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITHOUT CONTRACTS.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET ONE IN PLACE AND WE NEED SOME INFORMATION FOR THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO GET ONE, BUT WE NEED SOME DIRECTION AND SOME INFORMATION TO DO THAT.

OKAY. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, WE DO NEED A CONTRACT.

OKAY. AND I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME QUESTIONS THAT THE SHERIFF SHOULD PROBABLY ANSWER, AND I UNDERSTAND HE'S NOT HERE.

SO SO, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO TO SUPPORT THE TABLING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, Y'ALL.

SO, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, GO AHEAD.

YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSING AROUND HERE IN TEXAS.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF INSPIRATION FOR BUSSING.

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WHOEVER THE ONES THE GOVERNOR USES, WHOEVER WE CAN FIND.

I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER.

I MEAN, I'M SERIOUS, THOUGH.

WE I MEAN, WHY WHY TAKE THEM AND HOUSE THEM WHEN THERE'S 300 READY, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHIP THEM? YEAH. I MEAN, I'M JUST COMMON SENSE HERE.

SO TO ADDRESS THAT, I BELIEVE THE SHERIFF HAS MADE THAT OVERTURE TO TDCJ BEFORE.

THANK YOU. AND SAID WE WILL WE'LL BRING THEM TO YOU.

AND WHAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT IS, IS THEY GO LOOK, IT'S A FUNCTION OF OUR BED SPACE AND A FUNCTION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE'VE GOT AS.

GUARDS FOR THAT SPACE AND HOW MANY WE CAN ACCEPT BASED ON THE TIMELINES LIKE MR. SMITH BROUGHT UP, EVEN IF WE CONTRACTED WITH, LIKE US, MARSHALL OR ANOTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR MANNING, THEY WOULD STILL BE CHEAPER.

I MEAN, I CAN CHAPERON TWO, BUT I MEAN, I'M NO USE TO MOST PEOPLE.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE GET SOME TEMPORARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IT'S ALL CHEAPER THAN HOUSING THEM FOR MONTHS.

IT'S IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE PLAN.

THE PLAN THAT WE COME BACK WITH.

AND IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY WE'LL MAKE IT EASY ON YOU.

WE'LL WE'LL GET THE WE'LL GET THE BUSSES.

SO LET'S LET'S LOOK AT IT.

LET'S LOOK AT IT. I THANK THE SHERIFF FOR THINKING ABOUT IT.

YES, SIR. WE'LL VISIT THAT AGAIN.

IT DIDN'T GO THE LAST TIME, BUT WE'LL VISIT IT AGAIN.

CHIEFS, LET ME LET ME JUST SAY LET ME WEIGH IN.

FIRST I SUPPORT THE TABLE.

I'M NOT PREPARED TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM AS IT'S WRITTEN.

I'M GOING TO BE REAL BLUNT.

YOU'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS ON THERE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

I NEED TO Y'ALL NEED TO GIVE ME THE BACK UP ON IT.

HOW DID YOU FORMULATE THAT? OBVIOUSLY, I'VE ALREADY POINTED OUT ONE COUNTY IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN THE OTHER.

I UNDERSTAND FROM A CAPACITY VIEWPOINT.

SO ARE THESE THE ONLY TWO COUNTIES? SO ONE IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE THE FISCAL NOTE ATTACHED, WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE IN ORDER SO THAT I CAN SEE HOW THE FORMULA THESE NUMBERS CAME ABOUT.

CAN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A SHORTER TIME PERIOD? I THINK, COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE IT A MONTH TO MONTH TYPE PROCESS UNTIL WE GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT YOUR JAIL POPULATION KNOWING THAT WE'RE IN SUMMERTIME.

SO I KNOW THAT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE, THOSE CANCELLATION RATES WILL PROBABLY BE FOR SURE INCREASING.

AND SO I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE THAT YOUR JAIL POPULATION IS GOING TO BE STILL SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY DEAL WITH ON A REALLY MAYBE EVEN ON A MEETING TO MEETING BASIS OF GETTING A REPORT ON JAIL POPULATION.

SO I WANT TO SEE WHY THOSE RATES.

I'LL BE HONEST.

WHAT WHY IS BURN IT SO MUCH DIFFERENT FROM KERR? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEIR COSTS, FIXED COSTS ARE ARE SO MUCH DIFFERENT.

IF IT IS, WE'LL FIND.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNTIES AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTATION? ALSO TO. I HAVE A QUESTION ONCE THESE PAPER READY.

INMATES ARE MOVED.

IS THERE A PROCESS OF ARE WE HAVING TO BRING THEM BACK TO BEXAR COUNTY IN ORDER FOR THAT THING GET ON THE BUS TO TDCJ? OR HAS THAT EVEN BEEN DISCUSSED? BECAUSE I'LL BE REAL BLUNT.

I TAKE IT WE'RE WE'RE INCURRING THE COSTS OF TRANSPORT.

AND THEN IF IF TDCJ IS GOING WELL, YOU GOT TO BRING THEM BACK TO BEXAR.

THEN WE GOT TO BRING THEM BACK.

SO I'M WANTING TO SEE WHAT THE TRUE COST AMORTIZATION IS ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

ARE WE GOING TO ARE WE ALSO ARE WE WAIVING THE TIME PERIOD.

IS THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYING, WELL, THEY'RE THEY'RE HAVE YOU THEY HAVE A 4845 DAY PERIOD.

BUT NOW THAT YOU MOVED THEM, DOES THE CLOCK START OVER? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE STATE OWES US MONEY ONCE THOSE PRISONERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE STATE IS MEETING THEIR ARE THEY MEETING THEIR OBLIGATION TO GET THEM OUT IN THESE TIME PERIODS.

OTHERWISE I WOULD EXPECT THEY OWE US MONEY FOR PRISONERS SITTING IN THERE.

OF THE 298, THEY'RE WELL BELOW THE 45 DAYS.

BUT IN PRIOR TIMES THERE HAS THERE BEEN ANY INMATES THAT HAVE OVERSTAYED THEIR WAIT? I WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT, BECAUSE IF THAT TELLS ME THAT THE STATE IS VERY SENSITIVE TO THE COUNTY, THAT MEANS THEY, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD WILL HAVE ALL THOSE 300

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SO I GET IT.

YOU NEED AN IMMEDIATE RELIEF VALVE.

SO I'M NOT CRITICIZING THAT.

I'M JUST LOOKING AT FROM A LONG TERM PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO COST.

I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF COST.

SO IF Y'ALL COULD DO THAT, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I THINK THE MAIN THING IS WORKING WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE SO THAT I CAN GET A HANDLE AS TO WHAT THE COST ARE SO THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT ON THE LONG TERM, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME I GOT TO I GOT TO GIVE YOU ALL $4 MILLION.

I'M NOT PREPARED TO DO THAT TODAY BECAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT? SO PLEASE BE.

PLEASE. I RESPECT WHAT Y'ALL DOING.

I'M NOT CRITICIZING THAT.

I'M SAYING I NEED MORE.

SO I BELIEVE THERE'S A MOTION.

COMMISSIONER MOODY I APPRECIATE THE THE COMMENTS.

AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THE TABLING HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, MAINLY FOR THE THE POINTS I BROUGHT UP AROUND JUST UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM BETTER.

RIGHT. AND THEN TRYING TO BE ABLE TO, TO HELP IN, IN SOLVING IT.

THREE OF THE ITEMS I THINK WE BROUGHT UP HERE, THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT.

AND FROM A DATA PERSPECTIVE AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT, THE JAIL POPULATION GRAPH OVER THE LAST 90 DAYS TO SEE WHAT THAT, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TDC SHIPS BY MONTH.

RIGHT. HAS THAT SLOWED DOWN? IS THAT CONSISTENT? SO THAT WOULD BE THE SECOND DATA POINT I WOULD ASK FOR.

AND THEN THE THIRD I THINK THE JUDGE WAS GETTING AT IS THAT AVERAGE SHIP WEIGHT.

SO IF THAT WENT FROM 15 DAYS AVERAGE WEIGHT FOR EACH YOU KNOW, PRISONER BEING SHIPPED TO 40 DAYS, THEN THAT JUST INCREASED OUR JAIL POPULATION ACROSS THE BOARD, BECAUSE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE SPENDING MORE DAYS AND MORE NIGHTS IN THOSE JAIL CELLS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY. SO SEEING HOW THAT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR WOULD BE IMPORTANT IN DETERMINING, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BEING DRIVEN BY A CHANGE IN TIMELINE AT THE STATE VERSUS OUR OWN INTERNAL, YOU KNOW DRIVERS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE THINGS I'D ASK FOR.

PLEASE, SIR. AND JUST FOR MY PURPOSES, HOW HOW MUCH HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THE JAIL RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S YOUR JAIL POPULATION TODAY? UNDER HOUSE, WE'RE AT 4872.

SO 4840 800.

BUT THAT'S LESS THAN 150 SHIPPED OUT AT THE 150.

WE'RE THERE WILL BE AT 5022.

OUR CAPACITY IS AT 5075.

ALL RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE CIRCUMSTANCE.

THERE'S A MOTION. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL IN TWO WEEKS AND HOPE THAT HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU ALL CHIEFS.

ALL RIGHT. YOU GOT TO GO.

YOU GOT TO GO. WE'LL TAKE UP 74 WARNING THE DELIVERY ORDER TO WAUKESHA PIERCE INDUSTRIES INC.

[74. Awarding a delivery order to Waukesha-Pearce Industries, Inc. for the purchase of six (6) Komatsu WA270-8 wheel loaders, in the amount of $1,013,030.00, that includes a trade-in allowance in the amount of $255,000, through Buy Board Cooperative Contract #685-22; and authorizing the trade-in and removal of six (6) surplus units: #1493, #1495, #1529, #1530, #1533, #1534 from the fixed asset inventory record, as requested by Public Works; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.]

THAT INCLUDES A TRADE IN ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF 255,000 THROUGH THE BY BOARD COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER 68422, AND AUTHORIZING THE TRADE IN AND REMOVAL OF SIX SURPLUS UNITS 1493 1495, 1529, 1530, 1533, 1534 FROM THE FIXED ASSET INVENTORY RECORD AS REQUESTED BY PUBLIC WORKS, AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.

YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

JUDGE JONATHAN PRICE, SENIOR CONTRACT SPECIALIST WITH THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX NEW KOMATSU W-A 270 WHEEL LOADERS TO BE UTILIZED BY PUBLIC WORKS FOR CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF COUNTY ROADS AND ALSO FOR THE TRADE IN OF SIX SURPLUS UNITS, AS YOU MENTIONED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO PROCUREMENT, I CAN FILL THOSE.

AND PUBLIC WORKS IS HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO EQUIPMENT BEING PURCHASED OR TRADED IN, IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER. MOODY. COMMISSIONER.

CALVERT. COMMISSIONER.

CLAY-FLORES. HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

GO PURCHASE THOSE.

WHAT? WHEEL LOADERS.

ALL RIGHT. ART. OKAY.

75 PRESENTATION.

[75. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to adopt an Order Restricting Outdoor Burning, effective on the date of adoption of the Order.]

EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDER.

MR. CHRIS LOPEZ.

YES, SIR. JUDGE.

COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I KNOW THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FORECASTED RAIN COMING FROM THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT'S BUILDING, AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE AS WE'VE KIND OF HAD IN THE PAST,

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WE GET RAIN. SO I'M KIND OF HOPING THAT THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES TODAY.

BUT WITH THAT SAID WE'RE ALREADY BACK ABOVE 500.

SO WE HAD GONE DOWN WITH THE LITTLE RAINS THAT WE'VE GOT THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN WE'RE ALREADY BACK UP TO 504.

BUT THIS ORDER IF IT IS PASSED BY BY YOU ALL TODAY ON OUR RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WE STILL WANT TO RECOMMEND, THAT WE DO HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY COMING UP WHICH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE FIREWORKS AND ALL OF THE, THE DANGERS THAT COME WITH THAT.

AND WE WOULD IT WOULD BE EXPIRING 90 DAYS FROM TODAY, WHICH WOULD PUT IT AROUND SEPTEMBER THE 16TH.

BUT WE JUST WE MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE COURT TODAY BECAUSE WE DO FEEL THAT IF WE DON'T GET THE TYPES OF RAIN THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE MAY, THEY'RE FORECASTED WE STILL ARE GOING TO HAVE WITH THE RAINS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, THE GROUND FUELS HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY.

MANY OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THOSE AROUND THE COUNTY.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TALL GRASS AND WEEDS, AND IF WE END UP GETTING BACK AROUND THAT 575 AND HIGHER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SOME DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OUT THERE FOR THE GROUND FUELS.

IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES I'LL SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. CHRIS, IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THE 504 METRIC, WHAT IS THAT METRIC YOU'RE REFERENCING? SO IT IS THE THE KBDI, WHICH IS THE KEETCH.

BYRUM. DROUGHT INDEX.

IT BASICALLY GOES FROM 0 TO 800.

AND WHENEVER WE GET ABOVE THAT 575 AREA, AS FAR AS THE AVERAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY, WE CONSIDER THAT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT IS IN 352, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU ALL, WITH IT BEING THE POSSIBILITY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE SO CLOSE, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT IT'S REFERENCING.

BUT IF WE DO GET SUBSTANTIAL RAIN AND IT PUSHES US BACK DOWN ON THAT DROUGHT INDEX AND THE DANGER IS NOT THERE, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION. OR EVEN THE JUDGE COULD SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THE BURN BAN.

SO IF WE IF YOU GUYS DO PASS IT TODAY AND WE DO GET RAIN BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND IT DROPS IT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY, ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO IS SAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO.

BUT CHRIS, YOU'RE YOU'RE MESSING UP YOUR TRACK RECORD BECAUSE YESTERDAY IT WAS 100% CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW.

NOW IT'S DOWN TO 70.

YES. AND THEY'LL PROBABLY KEEP GOING DOWN.

SO. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT A MOTION I HAVE. GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER CHRISTIAN. ORTEGA, YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? NO, MA'AM, YOU'VE BEEN AT ALL.

AND IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL YOU UP.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I DON'T HAVE ANY ADJOURNMENTS, BUT FOR COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR PRECINCT TWO TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF OVEN. EVANGELINA GAMBOA.

ELIDA TORRES.

PABLO LEDESMA.

MARIELA TAFOYA AND OSCAR DUENAS.

COMMISSIONER. MOODY. COMMISSIONER.

CALVERT. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. I HAVE MARJORIE STRAYER, MARY LOPEZ, NORMA FALBO, SIGMUND ALEXANDER, AND CHRISTOPHER HEBEL.

FIREFIGHTER, LONG TIME COMMUNITY LEADER.

ALL RIGHT I WILL ASK TO MOVE TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF THE TEJANO LEGEND, JOHNNY CARNALIS.

THE ONE AND ONLY.

GROWING UP IN THE VALLEY, I WAS ABLE TO WATCH HIM ON TV, AND HE IS A TRUE TRIBUTE.

ALSO, I WANT TO. I DON'T HAVE THE CORRECT NAME.

NOAH. YOU DIDN'T PICK IT UP.

JUDGE KATHY TORRES STAHL'S MOM.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S I WANT JUDGE STAHL.

I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT HER MOM PASSED AWAY AND PUT HER AS PART OF THE ADJOURNMENT.

ALL RIGHT THERE'S A MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

HAPPY? WE HAVE A HOLIDAY TOMORROW.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.