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GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT.[1. Opening Prayer: Minister Jeremy Jennings, Groups Minister at Oak Hills Church]
GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR JUNE 18TH, 2024.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.
AS JUDGE SAKAI WAS SAYING, I JUST WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT TOMORROW IS.
SO OFTEN WE TRY TO SWEEP UNDER THE RUG OUR HISTORY AND HOW MY ANCESTORS.
SLAVE TRADE WERE TREATED LESS THAN ANIMALS.
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.
COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
LIFT UP YOUR HEADS, O YE GATES.
LIFT UP YOU ANCIENT DOORS, THAT THE KING OF GLORY MAY COME IN.
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WHO IS HE? THIS KING OF GLORY, THE LORD ALMIGHTY.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)]
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, THANK THE COURT. YOU PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN MY SUCCESS.
YOUR POINT? A WONDERFUL BOARD OF MANAGERS.
AND OVER THE YEARS THAT THAT BOARD HAS PROVIDED ME GREAT ADVICE.
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.
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DO AT UNIVERSITY HEALTH.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.
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.
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.
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WE WE'VE BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS.
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.
I JUST WANTED TO. GEORGIA WANTS TO SAY WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN TO WORK WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR COUNTY.
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.
I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR DAY, BUT I KNOW ED, YOU'RE LEAVING IT.
ED BANOS IS TAKING OVER HUGE SHOES TO FILL.
BUT, GEORGE, AGAIN, TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
CONGRATULATIONS. JOB WELL DONE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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.
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.
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.
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IT'S A GREAT DEBT TO.YOUR FAMILY FOR LENDING THEM TO US.
I THINK THAT YOUR HALLMARK AS A LEADER HAS BEEN AS A COMMUNITY CHAMPION.
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.
AND IT'S WHERE I'M SURE YOU'VE WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A LONG TIME.
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.
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.
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.
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GEORGE.
SO YOU TELL ERIC HE'S SIGNALING.
SIGNALING. EVERYBODY COME UP HERE THAT GEORGE.
HE'S IN FRONT OF ME. ANYBODY IN HERE? YEP.
TOM THOMAS, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. OKAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO GIVE IT R.GONZALEZ HERE.
DAY TWO HERE FOR GILBERT R.GONZALEZ.
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WHERE ARE YOU? GILBERT, BRING YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR TEAM.I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT OUR.
MY WORK TEAM IS YOUR WORK TEAM.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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THAT'S A BIG THING FOR US.GILBERT, YOU HAVE HELPED THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE WITH SO MANY THINGS AND SO MANY SERVICES.
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.
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.
WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
LIKE GEORGE, YOU'VE GOT A VIDEO SERIES THAT YOU COULD PUT ON NATIONWIDE, AS YOU HAVE.
SO MANY ANGELS ARE LOOKING DOWN ON YOU SAYING THANK YOU AND SINGING YOUR PRAISES.
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.
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.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK YOU'RE YOU ARE DOING.
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.
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YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH KUDOS UP HERE TO TELL YOU ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE CHANGED HELPED CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LIVES HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.AND YOU'VE HELPED CHANGE THAT CONVERSATION, TOO.
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.
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.
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 SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S ASIAN.
EVEN THEN, JUDGE COMMISSIONER JUDY, YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLY KIND HEART.
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.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEN SENATOR BARACK OBAMA TO PRESENT ALONGSIDE JANET NAPOLITANO AND KENNEDY PATRICK KENNEDY.
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.
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.
JUST THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND DEEPLY FELT.
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I WILL WORK FOR. I WILL.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.
WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL DAY.
SORRY, WE'RE HUSTLING AND BUSTLING HERE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ANY JOB. AND I'M A BUSINESS OWNER IN JAPAN.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING WOMEN UNLIMITED SAN ANTONIO.
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.
I THINK IN THE WORDS OF WAYNE'S WORLD, I'M NOT WORTHY.
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.
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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THANK YOU FOR SEEING OUR VALUE.SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE? THERE'S 14,000 OF US.
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.
WE ARE HONORED TO HELP MANY BUSINESSES, BOTH HERE AND AROUND THE WORLD AS WE EXPAND INTERNATIONALLY.
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.
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.
AND IT IS WITH IMMENSE GRATITUDE THAT WE STAND HERE TO TODAY RECOGNIZE FOR OUR EFFORTS.
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.
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.
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.
MY CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN, ALLOWING ME TO SEIZE NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR ALL THIS, I AM TRULY THANKFUL FOR WOMEN UNLIMITED.
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.
IT'S NOT BASED ON THEIR FEARS, BUT THEIR FEARLESS PURSUIT OF THEIR DREAMS. THANK YOU. A GENTLEMAN WITH US.
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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WE HAVE WATCHED HER GROWTH SOAR NOT JUST IN HER OWN ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVORS, BUT IN HER LABORS OF LOVE FOR BEXAR COUNTY AREA SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGH WOMEN UNLIMITED, WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WOMEN UNLIMITED CONTINUE TO CONNECT WOMEN AND WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO HELP THEIR OWN LABORS OF LOVE FLOURISH AS WELL.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.
SO THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR US.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH.
BECAUSE IN PROTOCOL, WE NEED TO HURRY UP.
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.
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.
LUCY ADAME-CLARK, THE COUNTY CLERK OF BEXAR COUNTY.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH MISS BRENDA.
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.
AND SHE HAS REALLY GROWN THIS ORGANIZATION.
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.
THANK YOU. COURT. THANK YOU, CALVERT COMMISSIONER CALVERT, FOR GIVING THEM THIS PROCLAMATION.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR HER TO RECEIVE BOTH CERTIFICATES.
AND HERE IS A FLAG THAT WAS FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO.
LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. COME ON UP.
RIGHT HAND ON SHOULDER IS OUR SIGNATURE MOVE FOR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT. RIGHT HAND ON SHOULDER.
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START.THANK YOU. OH, I WOULD LOVE TO, BUT I GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK.
PEOPLE ARE WAITING TO SEE YOU GUYS.
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.
HE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, ALL OVER 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.
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.
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ONCE AGAIN. ONCE.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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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A BED OF HIS OWN.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.
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.
THIS FLAG WAS FLOWN OVER THE ALAMO ON FEBRUARY THE 9TH OF 2019.
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.
OH, MY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THE PRESENTATION AND PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF.
MR. RODRIGUEZ. TURN YOUR LIGHTS DOWN.
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THANK YOU. JUDGE. DO WE HAVE SOME NATIONAL CHAMPS IN THE HOUSE? I KNOW I SAW DOCTOR CHAVEZ IN THE BACK.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.
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.
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.
ALL RIGHT. JUST MAKING SURE. THANK YOU, COACH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, DOCTOR CHAVEZ.
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.
AND LET'S DO THIS AGAIN PLEASE.
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.
HEY, GUYS! OVER HERE. I'M AT THE UNIVERSITY.
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MONEY.I'VE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE NEXT PROCLAMATION.
I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY TO DO THE PRESENTATION.
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.
I'M A VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
AND WITH ME FROM STANDARD ARROW IS MR. JAMES GARDNER.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A COMPANY DOING AMAZING WORK IN SAN ANTONIO.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.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO, THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THANK YOU TO STANDARD ARROW.
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.
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 WHAT? YOU'LL KNOW FOR SURE THAT.
SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
ALL RIGHT. WHAT DO YOU SAY, SIR? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK.
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 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.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.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.
AND SO WE HAVE LOTS OF GREAT THINGS PLANNED.
MY NAME IS MADELINE BINGHAM AND I'M QUEEN ELECT OF THE 80TH ANNUAL FLORESVILLE PEANUT FESTIVAL.
HI EVERYONE, I'M KING ELECT MATTIS CANTU.
HI EVERYONE. I'M FIRST RUNNER-UP PRINCESS ELECT MACIE TALLEY.
MY NAME IS SALIMAN. I AM PRINCE ELECT.
I'M PRINCESS ELECT DESIREE CORDOVA.
HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M PRINCE ELECT JAKE SILVA.
I'M PRINCESS ELECT AVA SALAZAR.
HI, I'M PRINCESS ELECT CHLOE ZAVALA.
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
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CUMULATIVE PROGRESS REPORT FOR 2019 TO 2023, AND STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2024 THROUGH 2028.Y'ALL HAVE HAD AN EVENTFUL MORNING TODAY.
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.
THANK YOU FOR WELCOMING US BACK.
AND TODAY, WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL ON OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.
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SO THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.BUT I'LL DO THE BEST THAT I CAN.
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.
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.
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.
WE PREPARE THIS ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE.
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.
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.
WE ALSO WORKED TO ENHANCE THE JUSTICE SYSTEM PROCESS AS IT PERTAINS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES.
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IT ALSO PROVIDES COMPLIANCE SERVICES WITH COURT ORDERS, INCLUDING THOSE REGARDING FIREARM POSSESSION PROHIBITIONS.YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE NAVIGATION LINE THAT WE CREATED THROUGH THE CCTV AS WELL.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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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PROGRAM, WHICH YOU ALL MAY COMMONLY KNOW AS TRIPLE P.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.
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.
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.
AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DROP.
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN NUMBER ONE AGAIN.
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.
THANK YOU FOR THAT IMPORTANT WORK.
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GOOD, BUT WE NEED A LITTLE MEAT ON THESE BONES ON THE, ON ON WHAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING.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.
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.
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.
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.
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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AND THEN IT HAS LIKE RULES SET OUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, ADULTS SHOULDN'T HIT ADULTS, CHILDREN SHOULDN'T HIT THEIR PARENTS.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.
WELL, IT WOULD BE AWESOME IF WE COULD TELEVISE THESE PARENTING CLASSES AND MAGNIFY THEIR.
RIGHT, SO PARENTS COULD TUNE IN.
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.
ARE WE TALKING SUBSTANCE ABUSE? ARE WE TALKING. POVERTY.
ARE WE TALKING ALL OF IT? YEAH, ALL OF IT.
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.
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.
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.
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.
STAR STANDS FOR SAFETY TEAM, ACTIVE RESPONSE PAGES.
OUR PROGRAM MANAGER MISS PAGE GONZALES.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE ONBOARDED THE REMAINING STAFF.
SO WE HAVE 15 PEOPLE, 12 CASE MANAGERS AND TWO SUPERVISORS PLUS PAGE.
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.
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 THE PROCESS IS BASICALLY WHEN BCSO RESPONDS TO A SCENE AND THERE IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PRESENT.
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.
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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SO THE THE OUTCOME IS THE SAME AS CONNECTING THE INDIVIDUAL TO SERVICES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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RESOURCES OF CASE MANAGERS, WE ALSO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS, FOR INSTANCE, ASSISTANCE WITH HELPING THEM MOVE OUT, FOR INSTANCE, VOUCHERS TO HOTELS, TAXI VOUCHERS, WHATEVER ASSISTANCE THEY MAY NEED.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.
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.
SO OBVIOUSLY I JUST WANT TO THANK THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND OF COURSE, THE PEACE INITIATIVE.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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I JUST THINK THAT IT WAS WORKING.AND DOCTOR ANDREA THEN HAD TO PUT OTHER RESOURCES IN ENERGIES TO TRY AND.
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.
WHO APPOINTED YOU ALL TO THAT POSITION? BUT TELLS YOU HOW LONG WE'VE ALL BEEN AROUND.
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.
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.
SO GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY, SO I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE BEXAR COUNTY ARTS INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
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.
SO I HAVE WITH ME ANGELA GARCIA, SHE'S THE COORDINATOR FOR THE PROGRAM.
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.
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.
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, 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.
AND SO I GIVE HIS REGARDS TO YOU.
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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THE FREEDOM THIS GRANT OFFERS MAKES THIS PROGRAM VERY UNIQUE TO SAN ANTONIO.OUR TEN SELECTED INTERNS THIS YEAR ARE ALL AMAZING STUDENTS WITH SPECTACULAR.
BACKGROUNDS. WE HAVE OUR FROM OUR BEXAR COUNTY STUDENTS.
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.
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.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI.
I'M THE GENERAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF OPERA SAN ANTONIO.
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.
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.
THE CONTEMPORARY IS THE FIRST AND LONGEST NONPROFIT SPACE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE HOST 12 EXHIBITIONS EVERY YEAR.
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.
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.
THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, WHAT ORGANIZATION WAS THIS? THIS IS THE CONTEMPORARY AT BLUE STAR.
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
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.
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SAN ANTONIO. AND AS A NATIVE SAN ANTONIAN, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM BE A PART OF THE TEAM.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.
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 BLESSED WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO.
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.
SO WE HAVE WE SERVE OUR EDUCATION, OUR OUR STUDENTS THROUGH EDUCATION.
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.
WHEW! BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL PLAN TO SEE US IN THE 2425 SEASON.
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.
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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THE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF INCARNATE WORD AT THE DIANE BENNETT HALL.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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU.
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LOVE. AND I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE DOING UNTIL THE REST OF MY LIFE.THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
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.
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.
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.
ARE WE WE HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.
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 DID YOU ALL WANT A PICTURE? YES, YES. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL STAND. AND Y'ALL COMING FOR THE.
IT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME ADDRESSING.
ALRIGHTY. THANK Y'ALL, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK Y'ALL.
JORDAN DAVIS HAD TO RESCHEDULE ANY LONGER.
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.]
I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.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.
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.
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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.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.
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.
THERE'S A MOTION TO TABLE 4749.
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IS THERE A SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.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.]
COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.YOU ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
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.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.
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.
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.
SO WE'RE PROUD TO BE THE HOME BASE FOR SOME FANTASTIC INNOVATION.
AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE INVESTMENT THAT'S TO COME.
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.
AS THE COMMISSIONER SAID, I'M SUZANNE KOUZOUNAS.
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.
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.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THIS POTENTIAL PROJECT.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
THOSE IN OH, ONE MORE INDIVIDUAL, COMMISSIONER MOODY.
[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.]
ONE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION OF BEXAR COUNTY, SHERIFF BEXAR COUNTY AND THE COUNTY OF BEXAR TO ALLOW THE ROLLOVER OF EXCESS VACATION AND HOLIDAY LEAVE ON OCTOBER 1ST, 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.
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ABILITY TO CARRY THAT OVER INTO THE NEW FY.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 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.
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.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO WORK KNOWING THAT YOUR BOSS HAS YOUR BACK, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO DO 110%.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONERS, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING I'VE MISSED, I WILL NOW GO BACK TO TIME.
[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.]
UTILIZING PROGRAM YEAR 2122 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CDBG FUNDS FROM VARIOUS PROJECTS TO PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN PRECINCT ONE. LET ME HAVE I HAVE A CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, I BELIEVE SO LET ME HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.[02:35:03]
I HAVE A REBECA MAUREEN REBECA.YOU SIGNED UP FOR FIVE A? ARE YOU IN A ROOM? OKAY, THERE YOU ARE.
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER AND JUDGE.
I'M FROM THE CITY OF SOMERSET.
THIS YEAR, WE'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING FOR OUR CITY SOLAR LIGHTING PROJECT.
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI. AND COMMISSIONERS.
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.
$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 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.
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WE RECOMMEND ALLOCATING $723,000 IN HOME FUNDS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY'S FOR TUNA COURT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO.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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.]
THE COURT WILL NOW TAKE UP FIVE BE DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.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.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO PAUSE BEFORE THE VOTE.
COULD WE HAVE STEPHANIE, WEEZY OR WISE?
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STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.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.
DAVID, ROBERT AND LAURA ARE ALL FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR OUR NEXT DEVELOPMENT.
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.
OUR RANCHO CARLOTTA IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT YOU HELPED FUND IN PRECINCT ONE.
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.
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.
MOTION. AND IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MY FRIEND.
THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO THIS MONEY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP TREMENDOUSLY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALLOWING US TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED.
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.
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]
SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE UP SEVEN FILING TO RECORD FOR, FOR RECORD THE FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.[8. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, June 4, 2024.]
COMMISSIONERS COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH, 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]
LET ME READ INTO THE RECORD.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.
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551.087 AT THIS TIME, THE COURT GOES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.WE'RE NOW BACK IN OPEN SESSION, 12:43 P.M.
[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.]
PARTICIPATION IN SAN PEDRO CREEK PARK DISTRICT PROJECT AND AMENDMENT TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY ARENA.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.
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.
WE'LL GO BACK UP INTO INDIVIDUAL.
[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.]
ITEM 73 DISCUSSION.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.
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, 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.
BUT TODAY HE COULD NOT BE HERE.
SO I'VE COME ALONG TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
I'VE GOT CHIEF JOEL JANSEN, ASSISTANT CHIEF DEPUTY.
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.
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.
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.
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.
BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK HAPPENED IN THIS TRANSITION.
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AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T I DON'T BLAME THE DEPARTMENT AT ALL FOR THAT.I MEAN, WE HAVE COUNTIES ACROSS THE NATION THAT ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE SOFTWARE THEN.
I MEAN, THAT THAT IS TROUBLESOME.
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.
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.
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.
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 JUST THE SUMMER SURGE OR OUR COURTS ARE BACKED UP OR SLOW RIGHT NOW.
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.
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TRANSFER THEM TO A PRISON.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.
THEY'RE NOT JUST GRABBING 50 PEOPLE.
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.
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.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HAVE COME UP.
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 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.
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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AND THEN IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACTS, MAKING THEM FLEXIBLE AND IN TERMS OF I WOULDN'T GO LONGER THAN 90 DAYS ON ON THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GET LOCKED INTO THAT. WHEN, YOU KNOW, OUR JAIL SITTING WITH, WITH BEDS AVAILABLE.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.
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.
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.
WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS? DO WE HAVE THOSE? YES, SIR.
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.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S NOT PRESSURE FROM THEM TO GET PAID TODAY.
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.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
IS THERE A 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.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET ONE IN PLACE AND WE NEED SOME INFORMATION FOR THAT.
OKAY. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, WE DO NEED A CONTRACT.
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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AND I WONDER IF WE CAN GET AN MOU WITH TDCJ, IF THEY WILL JUST ALLOW US TO BUST THEM TO THE STATE PRISON. THAT'S CHEAPER THAN HOUSING THEM IN NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, RIGHT? I MEAN, COULD COULD WE JUST GET THEM ON THE PHONE AND SAY, HEY, WE'LL BUS THEM OVER AND CALL OUR FRIENDS AT V.A., CALL WHOEVER GREYHOUND, V.A.WHOEVER THE ONES THE GOVERNOR USES, WHOEVER WE CAN FIND.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE CHEAPER.
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.
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.
IT'S IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE PLAN.
THE PLAN THAT WE COME BACK WITH.
WE'LL WE'LL GET THE WE'LL GET THE BUSSES.
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.
I'M NOT PREPARED TO APPROVE THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM AS IT'S WRITTEN.
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.
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.
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.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COUNTIES AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTATION? ALSO TO. I HAVE A QUESTION ONCE THESE PAPER READY.
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.
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.
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PRISONERS MOVED OUT, IF THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.YOU NEED AN IMMEDIATE RELIEF VALVE.
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.
PLEASE. I RESPECT WHAT Y'ALL DOING.
SO I BELIEVE THERE'S A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER MOODY I APPRECIATE THE THE COMMENTS.
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.
BUT THAT'S LESS THAN 150 SHIPPED OUT AT THE 150.
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.
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.]
FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX KOMATSU W-A 278 WHEEL LOADERS IN THE AMOUNT OF 1 MILLION 1300 1300 THOUSAND $30.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.
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.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.
[75. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to adopt an Order Restricting Outdoor Burning, effective on the date of adoption of the Order.]
DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL TO ADOPT AN ORDER RESTRICTING OUTDOOR BURNING.EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF ADOPTION OF THE ORDER.
COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
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BUT WE'VE MADE THE MOTION FOR A BURN BAN.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.
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.
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.
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.
YES. AND THEY'LL PROBABLY KEEP GOING DOWN.
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.
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.
MARIELA TAFOYA AND OSCAR DUENAS.
COMMISSIONER. MOODY. COMMISSIONER.
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.
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.
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 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.