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

REQUEST THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMISSIONERS COURT TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION. APPROVED REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, DO YOU HAVE ANY MATTERS TO PULL? I'D LIKE TO PULL 5151.

ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ I'M GOOD.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE ITEM. IT'S 1010. OKAY.

YES. TEN. TEN. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. GOOD. I'M PERFECT.

[00:25:01]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT, SO IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE PULLED ITEM 51.

FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION. AND ITEM TEN. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE?

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

LET US NOW TAKE UP THOSE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM TEN.

[10. Notification of payment to those employees who have accumulated hours in excess of the FLSA maximum level for an estimated amount of $1,223,398 and approval of the appropriate budget transfers in the amount of $265,942.]

COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU. IT'S THE NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT TO THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE ACCUMULATED HOURS IN EXCESS OF FLSA.

MAXIMUM LEVEL FOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $1,223,398.

ON APPROVAL OF THE APPROPRIATE BUDGET TRANSFER, THE AMOUNT OF 206,500 $942.

SHERIFF.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS? YES, SIR.

WE'RE HERE WITH WITH A REQUEST FOR FLSA HOURS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LOWER DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR IN SOME TIME.

SO WHILE IT DOES SEEM TO BE TRENDING DOWNWARD, WE ARE STILL STAFFING UP AS FAR AS OUR NUMBERS ARE GOING.

WE'RE LOOKING GOOD. WE'RE MAKING STRIDES NOT ONLY ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT THIS OVERTIME IS FOR, BUT ALSO ON THE DETENTION SIDE.

WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE STRIDES. THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE EVEN MORE OF AN UPTICK IN CRIME AS WE SPEAK, I'VE GOT DEPUTIES IN PRECINCT FOUR OPERATING A VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE.

AND HERE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, OUR FOLKS HAVE MADE SOME REALLY GOOD ARRESTS.

YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL NARCOTICS RELATED ARRESTS, ALONG WITH HANDLING YOU KNOW, ASSORTMENT, AN ASSORTMENT OF VIOLENT CRIMES COUNTYWIDE. SO WE'RE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO, TO MAKE PROGRESS ON. BUT IT IS AN ONGOING THING FOR US.

SURE. IF YOU COULD JUST ADD ON THE VACANCIES PIECE, I'M GOING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY FALLEN OFF RIGHT AT THE JAIL.

WE'RE DOWN TO LESS THAN 150. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE DETAILS OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY? WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE 90S AS FAR AS UNFILLED VACANCIES YOU KNOW, COUNTING, COUNTING CADETS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE WE'RE AT ABOUT 90 IN THE 90S. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WITH THE STARTING OF ANOTHER CLASS ON MONDAY MORNING, NEXT, THIS COMING MONDAY WITH ABOUT 30. THAT'LL PUT US IN THE 60S AND 70S, WHICH IS SOMEWHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE IN A LONG TIME, AS FAR AS WE CAN REMEMBER. YEAH. SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO, TO MAKE PROGRESS WITH IT FOR SURE.

NO, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. AND THE, THE I'M LOOKING AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MONTHLY VACANCIES.

NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE IN THIS DATA I THINK.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF SHOT UP A LITTLE BIT. BUT IS THAT JUST TURNOVER AND EVERYTHING, OR IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THERE THAT'S BEEN RETIREMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.

AND SO AS AS PEOPLE PROMOTE UP INTO THE HIGHER RANKS, IT HAS A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT AND IT OPENS UP VACANCIES ON THE BOTTOM.

BUT WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WE'VE GOT A LAW ENFORCEMENT TEST COMING UP THIS WEEK.

RIGHT ON THE FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY THERE'LL BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT TEST.

AND WE'VE GOT PROBABLY CLOSE TO 100 PEOPLE SIGNED UP, BOTH EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR APPLICANTS.

AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE STREET TO THE STREETS PROGRAM, WHICH NOW ALLOWS PEOPLE TO CIRCUMVENT WORKING AT THE JAIL, THEY CAN TEST DIRECTLY TO PATROL, BUT STILL GIVING PREFERENCE POINTS TO THOSE THAT CURRENTLY WORK IN THE JAIL.

THAT PROGRAM HAS DONE A GREAT A LOT FOR US. THAT, COUPLED WITH THE PAY RAISES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN, HAS DONE A LOT WITH REGARD TO STAFFING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE HOUSE FOR US.

OH, GOOD TO HEAR. I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE THE MOST RECENT JAIL REPORT HERE.

SO I'M LOOKING AT NUMBERS THAT SAY CURRENTLY WE HAVE 5087 AT OUR JAIL, BUT OUR OUR HEADLINE CAPACITY IS 5075. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SURPASS 5075? HOW DO WE FIT THOSE ADDITIONAL 12 PEOPLE IN OUR JAIL? WELL, WE HAVE TO HOUSE HOUSE OUT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

CURRENTLY, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE HOUSED OUT IN KERR COUNTY AND BURNET COUNTY.

AND AS I BELIEVE MY COMMAND STAFF SPOKE TO SOME OF YOUR STAFFS THIS PAST WEEK, THAT THAT WE'RE BEING OFFERED ADDITIONAL BEDS, THAT AT PRESENT WE HAVEN'T HIT THAT THAT POINT YET WHERE WE ABSOLUTELY NEED THOSE.

BUT IT'S TAKE THEM NOW OR ELSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOLD LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD.

AND KNOWING THAT OUR OUR TREND IS THAT OUR, OUR TREND HAS BEEN AN UPWARD TREND COMING INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS.

[00:30:04]

WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE BEDS. AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO LOCK THEM UP NOW IS WHAT WILL BE I BELIEVE WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO COURT WITH THAT REQUEST IN THE MIDSUMMER.

TO, TO TO ADD THOSE ADD THOSE BEDS IN. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAD ALREADY TALKED ABOUT.

DEPUTY CHIEF JANSEN. OKAY. WELL, I GUESS AND YOU KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD TO MY NEXT QUESTION ABOUT THOSE CONTRACTS.

BUT WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE 213 THAT ARE ALREADY HOUSED OUT, AND WE'RE SHOWING 5087 IN OUR JAIL TODAY, LIKE AT THE ADC. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, LIKE ONCE WE PASS 5075 AT THE ADC, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE USING THE EXTENDING CONTRACTS WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE 12 OVER OUR CAPACITY AT OUR ADC TODAY.

WELL, OUR ACTUAL CAPACITY IS 5200. YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'LL THAT YOU'LL SEE ON A DAILY BASIS THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN BOOKING. AND SO WHILE THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY TAKING UP A BED BED SPACE YET, THEY'RE SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE IN THE OPEN BOOKING FACILITY.

AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS THAT THOSE THAT ARE NONVIOLENT ARE AND ARE AND ARE FINANCIALLY ABLE TO DO SO, FIND THEIR WAY OUT OF THE FACILITY AND EITHER ONTO GPS, MONITOR OR BOND THEMSELVES OUT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SO THERE IS A NUMBER IN THERE THAT AREN'T ACTUALLY TAKING UP BED SPACE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO COUNT THEM AS PART OF OUR CENSUS.

OKAY. AND 5200 HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. OR HAS THAT NUMBER CHANGED BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WE WERE PUTTING OUT THE NUMBER 5075.

OKAY. I'M SORRY SIR. HAS HAS THAT NUMBER CHANGED BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 5075.

AND I'M SORRY, I WAS GIVEN ERRONEOUS INFO JUST NOW, BUT ONE OF THE CHIEFS CLARIFIED THAT OUR NUMBER IS 5075.

YES, SIR. OKAY, SO SOME OF THOSE 12 COULD BE BOOKING OR WHATEVER.

THERE'S KIND OF LIKE TRANSIENT INDIVIDUALS. SO OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS WITH SURROUNDING COUNTIES, BURNETT AND KERR COUNTY. WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AVAILABLE TODAY? AND THEN WHAT'S THAT EXPANSION LOOK LIKE? MAYBE IT'S JUST A PRECURSOR TO BRINGING IT BACK TO COURT.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE COME BACK? SO CURRENTLY IN KERR WE HAVE 70 BUNKS.

AND THEN OVER IN BURNETT WE HAVE 120. THEY ARE OFFERING US AN ADDITIONAL 96 TO BUMP US UP TO 216.

SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I'M HOUSING ABOUT 144 JUST TO OCCUPY SOME OF THOSE BUNKS.

BUT KNOWING THE SIMPLE FACT THAT WE MAY INCREASE OVER THE SUMMER POPULATION WISE.

OKAY. WELL I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS FURTHER, BUT WE NEED TO RE-INSURE THE JAIL REPORT IS IS UP TO DATE.

AND BECAUSE WHAT WHAT IT'S SHOWING TODAY IS WE HAVE 213 HOUSED OUT, WHICH WOULD BE ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT 190.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ALREADY EXPANDED INTO THAT OR WHETHER THERE'S JUST AN ISSUE WITH THE NUMBERS, BUT WELL, CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN VERY MINDFUL OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE.

AND WE'RE BELOW BUDGET. THE LAST FEW MONTHS WE WEREN'T HOUSING THE TOTAL 120.

WE WERE KEEPING IT PROBABLY ABOUT IN THE 60S.

SO I HAD SOME LEEWAY AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IN MID-SUMMER.

AS FAR AS THE FINAL AMOUNT. OKAY. AGAIN, PART OF THIS IS JUST INFORMATION FINDING.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD BECAUSE AS THE SHERIFF SAID, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE THOSE BEDS.

I THINK WE NEED TO LOCK DOWN THESE CONTRACTS.

BUT THERE IS AN ISSUE MAYBE WITH THE DATA, BECAUSE WHAT THE JAIL REPORT IS REPORTING IS THAT THERE'S 213 HOUSED OUT TODAY.

SO I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW WE'VE IDENTIFIED ANOTHER ISSUE IN THAT REPORT PREVIOUSLY, SO.

WELL, IT'S 213, BUT THAT'S A COMBINATION OF THE 100.

I WANT TO SAY IT'S 140 43 PROBABLY. OKAY. THAT'S BEING HOUSED IN BURNETT.

THAT'S ABOUT 23 OVER WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY AGREED WITH.

THE 120 AND THEN 70 EVER OCCUR. SO THAT'S 1 OR 2 OKAY.

OKAY. SO MAYBE THERE'S AN EXPLANATION THERE. WELL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER POINT.

AND I KNOW THIS WILL COME UP LATER IN INDIVIDUAL ITEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE, THE BAIL BOND BILLS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR THAT WE NEED TO START CONSIDERING.

WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'RE OVER CAPACITY. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING INTO PEAK SEASON.

THE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE RATHER THAN DECREASE.

AND THEN WE ALSO FACE YOU KNOW, THESE BILLS ARE LIKELY GOING TO ADD HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL INMATES AT LEAST IN THE, YOU KNOW, FIRST 6 TO 12 MONTHS. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO ON THE SIDE OF OVER CONTRACTING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE, AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM, UNTIL WE SEE WHAT THE THE IMPACTS ARE OF SOME OF THOSE BILLS AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

[00:35:04]

AND I KNOW WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LATER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAPACITY AND BED SPACE RIGHT NOW. YEAH. ANY ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THAT.

I THINK THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT ON TRACK, COMMISSIONER.

I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THE BED HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEDS AND NOT USE THEM.

THEN VICE VERSA. OKAY. THANK YOU, I WISH CALVERT.

THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY, FOR DISTILLING THESE FACTS.

THANK YOU, SHERIFF, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING JOB.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENT THAT HAD THE SHOTS THROUGH THEIR HOME.

I KNOW IT'S TERRIFYING. ANYTIME SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND YOUR PROMPT, YOUR TEAM'S PROMPT RESPONSE IS MUCH APPRECIATED, AS I'M SURE YOU HEARD FROM THE EMAIL AND THE OFFICERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ARE THE CATEGORIES OF CRIME THAT YOU SEE INCREASING.

WELL, GUN CRIME IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE.

YOU KNOW, THESE THESE CAN RANGE MANY TIMES IT'S IT'S RANDOM SHOOTINGS, LIKE WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED BY THAT PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENT THE OTHER DAY, WHERE EITHER THEY'LL RETURN HOME FROM A NIGHT OUT AT DINNER WITH THE FAMILY AND FIND A HOLE IN THEIR IN THEIR LIVING ROOM WINDOW OR WALL. OR SOMETIMES THEY'LL HEAR A BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND WAKE IN THE MORNING TO FIND THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SHOT INTO THEIR HOME AT NIGHT.

NOW, SOMETIMES THESE ARE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE ENGAGED IN A HIGH RISK LIFESTYLE, BUT MANY TIMES THEY'RE FOLKS THAT ARE NOT ENGAGED IN ANY SORT OF A HIGH RISK LIFESTYLE.

THEY AND THEY HAVE NO ENEMIES TO SPEAK OF. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT JUST KEEP TO THEMSELVES, BUT YET HERE THEY ARE BECOMING VICTIMS OF OF POSSIBLE VIOLENT GUN CRIME. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO TRY TO DO IS GET SOME OF THESE ILLEGAL GUNS OFF THE STREET.

AGAIN, WITH THIS VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE OUT CONDUCTING TRAFFIC STOPS AND DOCUMENTING VIOLENT GANG MEMBERS, THEY HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS IN GETTING SOME OF THESE GUNS OFF THE STREET.

BUT FOR EVERY ONE THAT WE GET OFF THE STREET, UNFORTUNATELY, TEN OTHERS ARE STOLEN.

LATER THAT SAME NIGHT, IN BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF THE THE COMMON CRIMES THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE IS BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES WHERE GUNS ARE STOLEN FROM UNDER A SEAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY HERE RECENTLY I WAS AT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE TRYING TO GET CERTAIN BURGLARIES OF VEHICLES RECLASSIFIED AS FELONIES, CERTAINLY WHEN THEY INVOLVE THEFTS OF GUNS OR THE CARRYING OF GUNS.

SO THAT'S THE ENFORCEMENT PART OF THAT. WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO IS BE IS BANG THE DRUM AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT FROM A PUBLIC EDUCATION STANDPOINT, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO SUPPLY CRIMINALS WITH GUNS THROUGH OUR OWN CARELESSNESS AS GUN OWNERS AGAIN.

AND THE LAST, THE LAST ONE OF THE ONES WILL BRING UP IS ASSAULTS.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ASSAULTS ARE CONTINUING TO GO UP AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ARE THERE ANY TRENDS THAT YOU'RE NOTICING IN THE PROFILE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS COMING FOR THE JAIL IN TERMS OF IS IT GANGS, ORGANIZED CRIME? IS IT 16 TO 24? IS IT, YOU KNOW DRUG USERS OF A CERTAIN TYPE OF DRUG? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN TERMS OF ANY KIND OF PATTERNS IN THE PEOPLE WITH THESE GUNS AND THESE VEHICLE ROBBERIES? WELL, WITHOUT HAVING WITHOUT HAVING THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME, COMMISSIONER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT YOUNG MALES IS CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF OUR HIGHER TRENDING GROUPS. AROUND WHAT, AGE? 18 TO 30. 17 TO 25.

18 TO 25. WITHOUT AGAIN WITHOUT THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF ME. JUST ANECDOTALLY SPEAKING, 17 TO 25 CONTINUES TO TO BE THAT NUMBER THAT GOES UP AS FAR AS DRUG TRENDS.

COCAINE, HEROIN CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY WHILE WE TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM MISDEMEANOR MARIJUANA OUT OF THE THE THE THE JAIL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO THEY CONTINUE TO FIND THEIR WAY IN HERE. RECENTLY WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN CASES INVOLVING THE MIXTURE OF DRUGS.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN PRECINCT FOUR, WE MADE AN ARREST WHERE THE ONE SUSPECT WAS USING, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A CONCRETE MIXER TO STORE AND POSSIBLY MIX HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO SEEN PINK COCAINE MAKE ITS WAY INTO SOME OF OUR OUR DRUG CASES.

YEAH, JUST FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS KIND OF INTERDISCIPLINARY TASK FORCE OF OUR OWN WITH PUBLIC HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES TO CRACK DOWN ON THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, THE TRASH, THE HOMELESS CAMPS AND PROVIDE SOME THOUGHT ABOUT LONGER TERM LOOKS TOWARDS WHERE COULD WE DEVELOP SOMETHING LIKE WHAT THEY DID IN DENVER, WHICH WAS FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, MAY HAVE AN AREA, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY AROUND WHERE WE HAVE LIFETIME RECOVERY AND SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMAND. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 300 ACRES HERE, I THINK, AT THE CAREER CENTER AND ALL THOSE ASSETS OF THE COUNTY,

[00:40:03]

BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CAN LOCATE CAMERAS IN THE AREA.

SO I KNOW STAN JORDAN INDICATED HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO DEPLOY SOME MORE IN THESE HOT SPOTS, THAT WE HAVE SEEN PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE NOT IT ACTUALLY KIND OF BOGGLES MY MIND THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE ALLOWING THE FOLKS TO STAY ON THE PROPERTY, AND THAT'S A THAT'S A REAL ISSUE IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY NUISANCE AND COMMUNITY STANDARDS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO TRY TO PUSH THAT THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM AND OTHER WAYS.

BUT WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO OUR NONPROFIT PROVIDERS THAT CAN COME AND HOPEFULLY, ENCOURAGE THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO SEEK A PROPER SHELTER AND AVOID THE THE THE RIGHT OF WAYS OF MANY OF THESE PARKS AND DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE VACANT PROPERTIES.

SO WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STEP IT UP IN TERMS OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT SERVICES, IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT WHAT GROUPS ARE BEST SERVICING A, YOU KNOW, KEEPING FOLKS OUT FROM VIOLENCE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU ALL AND YOUR TEAM DO.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING YOU ALL ON ON OUR END AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU JUDGE. LET US NOW TAKE UP FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.

[51. Approval of a request from Judge Sakai and Commissioner Justin Rodriguez to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of $25,000 for the agencies and amounts listed; as part of County Judge and Precinct 2's contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund.]

ITEM 51. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES FLOOR IS YOURS.

HI. SO THIS ITEM IS FOR $25,000 FROM THE THRIVE WELL CANCER FOUNDATION, 12.5 FROM JUDGE SAKAI AND 12.5 FROM JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ. SO I HAD I ALLOCATED $50,000 FROM MY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FOR THRIVE CANCER FOUNDATION SPECIFICALLY TO GO TOWARDS PEOPLE IN PRECINCT ONE WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH COLON CANCER.

AND THEN I CHALLENGED THE MEN IN THE COURT TO EACH TO MATCH THAT, EACH DONATING 12.5.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK JUDGE SAKAI AND THANK COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER MOODY, I KNOW YOU'VE ALSO COMMITTED I THINK YOUR STAFF ARE WORKING ON THE PAPERWORK THAT MY STAFF SENT THEM. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR HAVING YOUR STAFF WORK WITH MY STAFF AS WELL, FOR THE TOTAL COMMITMENT OF 12 12.5. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A TOTAL OF $100,000 TO THRIVE WELL, FOR COLON CANCER PATIENTS AS WELL AS IN YOU GUYS'S PRECINCT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, LET'S GO BACK AND CONTINUE. WE'RE STILL SHORT OF THE TIME.

CERTAIN AT 10:00. WE'LL TAKE UP THE PSC AT THAT TIME.

BUT FOR NOW, LET US MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, FILING FOR THE RECORD OF FILING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS AND DIRECTING THE

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. FY 25 Budgets for Bexar County Constable's Office Pet. 4 LEOSE Fund 119. b. Precept to Serve directed to Bexar County, Re: Darrell Avery Payne, Case Number: 2025CI01836. (1 of 2) c. Precept to Serve directed to Bexar County, Re: Darrell Avery Payne, Case Number: 2025CI01836.(2of2)]

CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO TAKE ACTION IF NECESSARY.

A, B AND C COURT TAKES NOTE OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.

COMMISSIONER. AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. COMMISSIONER COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH, 2025.

[7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, March 11, 2025.]

MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

DO WE HAVE A HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? NO, CITIZEN.

IS THERE ANY CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? YOU NEED TO SIGN UP.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL THEN PASS ON FROM AGENDA ITEM EIGHT.

WE'RE STILL SHORT OF TIME. CERTAIN. SO LET US NOW MOVE INTO INDIVIDUAL.

WE ARE MOVING ALONG FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO TIME THEIR AGENDA ITEMS. WE ARE NOW IN INDIVIDUAL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE IT.

WELL LET'S SEE. AGENDA ITEM 56. I THINK WE PROBABLY MIGHT HAVE, SO I'LL PASS THAT. I THINK, DAVID, PERHAPS YOUR OFFICE IS PREPARED.

IF FOR SOME REASON, CAN Y'ALL HAVE SOMEBODY TEED UP IF IF WE DON'T, I THINK I UNDERSTAND JUDGE RON HILL IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT ONOMICHI. SO IF ONOMICHI OR SOMEBODY CAN REACH OUT TO ONOMICHI, THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT ADMINISTRATOR.

LET US MOVE ON TO ITEM 57. PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION.

[57. Presentation, discussion, and appropriate action regarding approval of a Request for Proposals to provide harm reduction services to the Bexar County community in an amount not to exceed $100,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund; and Approval of an Interlocal Agreement between Bexar County and the City of San Antonio to accept matching funds to provide harm reduction services in an amount not to exceed $100,000. To include the appropriate budgetary transfer. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (Andrea Guerrero)]

APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO PROVIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES TO BEXAR COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND AND APPROVAL OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

ACCEPT MATCHING FUNDS TO PROVIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 100,000, TO INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY TRANSFER.

[00:45:04]

DOCTOR GUERRERO. GOOD MORNING AGAIN. I AM DOCTOR ANDREA GUERRERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT'S COMING.

WE ARE BRINGING A PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING FOR HARM REDUCTION SERVICES TO BE FUNDED OUT OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.

AND THIS IS A $100,000 REQUEST THAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO APPROVE FROM THIS FUND TO PROVIDE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THAT SHOULD SAY INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, AND IS NOT AN MOU BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND SPECIFICALLY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH THE DIVISION OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND THIS IS INTENDED TO BE COLLABORATIVE FUNDING SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR HARM REDUCTION EFFORTS.

AND THIS WAS BORN OUT OF THE TROUBLE OR THE DIFFICULTY THAT A LOT OF FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE IN PURCHASING SYRINGES FOR NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS THERE, BECAUSE TEXAS OR BEXAR COUNTY HAS A STATE DESIGNATION, AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON OTHER ENTITIES THAT CAN ACTUALLY PURCHASE SYRINGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF NEEDLE EXCHANGE.

AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS UNABLE TO DO THAT. BUT BEXAR COUNTY, BECAUSE OF THE STATE DESIGNATION, IS ABLE TO MAKE THAT PURCHASE. SO AS A CREATIVE SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE.

WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

WHEREAS WE WOULD ALLOCATE $100,000 FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WOULD ALSO ALLOCATE $100,000 FROM THEIR FUNDS.

MAKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY MATCH THAT, GIVE THAT TO BEXAR COUNTY SO THAT WE COULD THEN DISTRIBUTE BEXAR COUNTY, COULD DISTRIBUTE $200,000 IN FUNDS FOR HARM REDUCTION.

AND THEY HAD PLANNED ON BEING HERE. BUT I THINK THE AGENDA IS MOVING BY REALLY QUICKLY. SO THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. THEY'RE AT A COUNCIL SESSION THIS MORNING.

SO BACK IN MARCH OF 2023, THE COURT YOU ALL PASSED A SETTLEMENT FUND POLICY FRAMEWORK, WHEREAS WE OUTLINED ALL OF THE AREAS AND DOMAINS RELATED TO THE PREVENTION OF SUBSTANCE USE AND OVERDOSE.

AND THAT INCLUDED PREVENTION, WHICH IS EDUCATION, STIGMA REDUCTION, NARCAN DISTRIBUTION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF FOLKS THAT WORK IN SUBSTANCE USE, ACTUAL INTERVENTION, RAPID ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES ESPECIALLY, AND INCLUDING OUR THE POPULATIONS THAT WE ENCOUNTER THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY, WHICH ARE A LOT OF JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS TREATMENT AND RECOVERY.

THESE INCLUDE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER REGULAR SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT, BUT ALSO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, PEER SUPPORT, EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING EVALUATION.

THESE ARE ALSO PART OF THE FRAMEWORK TO TO DO REAL EVALUATIONS SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE VALUE THAT IT'S ADDING TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN ALSO ADMINISTRATION, THE, YOU KNOW, HIRING STAFF, SOME OF THE STAFF THAT YOU SEE BEHIND ME AND OVERSEEING OUR COMPLIANCE AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT. SO THIS IS THIS IS PART OF THE POLICY FRAMEWORK THAT YOU ALL APPROVED A WHILE BACK.

SO HARM REDUCTION, WHAT DOES IT INCLUDE. WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING TO FUND WITH THE $200,000 INVESTMENT IF YOU ALLOCATE IT TODAY.

THESE COULD BE ANYTHING FROM ALCOHOL WIPES USED TO STERILIZE SKIN BEFORE INJECTING, WHICH REDUCES THE RISK OF BACTERIAL INFECTION FOR SOMEONE WHO INJECTS OFTEN. COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROVIDING EDUCATION ON INFECTION AND PREVENTION, AND EDUCATING FOLKS ABOUT WHAT HARM REDUCTION IS AND HOW IT CAN PROMOTE THEIR OVERALL HEALTH AND SAFETY, EVEN AS THEY ARE ON A PATH TO TREATMENT.

HYGIENE ITEMS JUST REGULAR HYGIENE ITEMS LIKE SOAP AND HAND SANITIZER.

MAINTAINING PERSONAL HYGIENE IS ESSENTIAL TO JUST PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF BACTERIA ON A DAILY BASIS.

OVERDOSE RESPONSE KITS THAT THIS COURT HAS APPROVED MANY TIMES IN TERMS OF NARCAN PURCHASE NARCAN REVERSES OVERDOSE, OFTEN IMMEDIATELY, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO NOT ONLY JUST OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ENCOUNTERED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE USED IT TO GREAT SUCCESS IN REVERSING OVERDOSE.

PPE, GLOVES, EYE PROTECTION, ANYTHING THAT THAT MIGHT PROTECT SOMEONE FROM WHO IS HANDLING A SUBSTANCE THAT MIGHT BE EXPOSED TO AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR TO AN OVERDOSE JUST BY CONTACT.

A SAFE, SAFE, SAFE SEX KITS, CONDOMS AND OTHER ITEMS THAT PREVENT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS OR OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

BLOODBORNE DISEASES. THESE ARE JUST JUST PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION ALSO WILL LIMIT THE THE INCIDENCE OF OF OR WILL ALSO LIMIT TRANSMISSION FOR FOLKS WHO ARE USING SYRINGES,

[00:50:07]

SMOKE KITS, SAFER SMOKING SUPPLIES. OBVIOUSLY WHAT I'VE DISCUSSED SINCE SYRINGE DISTRIBUTION, PROVIDING STERILE SYRINGES TO FOLKS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS AND THEN WOUND CARE SUPPLIES.

SO THESE ARE ALL TYPES OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES THAT COULD OR WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS RFP.

AND AS WE WRITE THE RFP, WE WOULD INVITE FOLKS TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR EVERYTHING OR JUST ONE PIECE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE ONE ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT JUST WANT TO DO THE HYGIENE KITS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT WANT TO DO THE FULL COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF HARM REDUCTION SERVICES.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT IN TERMS OF HARM REDUCTION, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT HARM REDUCTION FOR FOLKS WHO ARE USING SUBSTANCES, BUT WE OFTEN GET REPORTS, AS YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONER CALVERT MENTIONED, IN SOME OF THE AREAS OF TOWN WHERE WE GO OUT TO DO OUTREACH AND WE SPEAK TO PEOPLE, AND IT'S COMMON TO SEE SYRINGES ON THE GROUND LITTERED IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND THAT THAT PRESENTS POTENTIAL HARM TO FIRST RESPONDERS OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON THAT MIGHT JUST BE WALKING THROUGH THERE.

AND SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE CLEAN SYRINGES AND HYGIENE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER HARM REDUCTION ITEMS, THE MORE LIKELY IT IS THAT WE WOULD PREVENT A FIRST RESPONDER FROM HAVING POTENTIALLY A NEEDLE STICK OR A CHILD WALKING THROUGH A PARK.

THAT THAT COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL NEEDLE STICK THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME INFECTED WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

SO IT REALLY IS HARM REDUCTION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BUT ALSO HARM REDUCTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THE IN THE PAST, JUST REMINDING YOU OF SOME OTHER TIMES THAT THIS COURT HAS APPROVED PURCHASES OF SYRINGES.

THE FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN 2019. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OPIOID OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND WAS CREATED.

AND THERE WAS $80,000 FOR SYRINGES AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE THEN IN 2022.

AND THERE WAS A HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM, PEERS HELPING PEERS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS A $1.2 MILLION SAMHSA GRANT WITH ALMOST $100,000 LOCAL MATCH FROM THE HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM. I MEAN, FROM, I'M SORRY, FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.

AND THEN ALSO IN 2021, THE $100,000 FOR A NEEDLE EXCHANGE PURCHASE.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOC.

CAN YOU JUST. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THERE IS A PERCEPTION AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT GIVING OUT NEEDLES IS SOMEHOW GOING TO DO WORSE THAN MAYBE THE THE REDUCTION EFFORTS. CAN YOU PROVIDE THE FACTS IN TERMS OF THE STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PERCENTAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF USING HARM REDUCTION VERSUS THE OTHER WAY AROUND? ABSOLUTELY. THE REALITY IS, AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STIGMA REDUCTION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE REALITY THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT USE SUBSTANCES AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT INJECT SUBSTANCES.

AND WE HAVE NO MORAL JUDGMENT ON WHAT LED THEM TO A PATH WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.

BUT AS A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH, WE ARE THERE TO PROVIDE ANY SERVICES THAT WE CAN THAT WILL MOVE THEM INTO TREATMENT.

AND WHAT WE KNOW IN THE EVIDENCE BASE REPORTS THAT FOLKS WHO USE HARM REDUCTION SERVICES OF ANY KIND, WHAT ANY ANYTHING ON THAT LIST. IF THEY PARTICIPATE IN A HARM REDUCTION PROGRAM, THEY ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO SEEK TREATMENT AND MAINTAIN RECOVERY THAN IF THEY HAD NOT PARTICIPATED IN HARM REDUCTION.

I ACTUALLY JUST HEARD, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MAYBE JUST LISTENING WITH DIFFERENT EARS.

BUT A STAT THIS MORNING ON THE NEWS ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT USES BUPRENORPHINE.

BUPRENORPHINE. I'M PROBABLY SAYING THAT WRONG.

BUT FIRST RESPONDERS MS THAT USE THAT TO REVERSE OVERDOSES.

AND BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THAT JURISDICTION, THOSE FOLKS ARE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO ENTER TREATMENT AFTER THEIR

[00:55:03]

OVERDOSE. SO HARM REDUCTION HAS BEEN PROVEN TO WORK.

IT IS IT DOES NOT ENCOURAGE CONTINUED DRUG USE.

IN FACT, IT ENCOURAGES SOMEONE TO SEEK TREATMENT.

THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED THE PUBLIC TO HEAR AS TO WHY THIS IS GOOD HEALTH PRACTICE, I HAPPEN TO WORK FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE RUTH JONES MCCLENDON, WHO WAS A LONG ADVOCATE OF GETTING HARM REDUCTION STATEWIDE, PART OF IT. SHE WORKED HERE AT BEXAR COUNTY, I BELIEVE IN PROBATION OR JUVENILE PROBATION OR BOTH, AND HAD SEEN THE BENEFITS FROM STUDIES, AND SHE SERVED ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE.

SO WE YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT HER AT A MOMENT LIKE THIS.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TEAM BRINGING THIS AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I HOPE WE CAN GET SOME OF THE SERVICES UP IN OUR HOTSPOT AREAS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

YES. I JUST WANT TO SORRY. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR.

SO WE'RE PASSING 100,000 AND THEN WHAT'S THE AMOUNT FROM THE CITY? 100,000? 100. OKAY, SO WITH 200,000, ABOUT HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN BE SERVED, DOES IT DEPEND ON WHO IS APPLYING FOR WHAT? IT DEPENDS ON. I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF HARM REDUCTION KITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE VERY INEXPENSIVE, BASIC HYGIENE KIND OF STUFF.

SO YOU CAN PRODUCE MASS PRODUCE HYGIENE KITS FOR VERY LITTLE.

IT JUST SORT OF DEPENDS ON WHICH WHICH ORGANIZATION IS APPLYING AND WHO IS NOT.

BUT MELISSA, HOW MUCH DOES A DOSE OF NARCAN COST? A DOSE OF NARCAN. THE NARCAN IS $55 A UNIT, $55 A UNIT.

SO AND AND WE WOULD BE ACCEPTING IT. AND HOW MUCH IS A UNIT.

JUST ONE OF THOSE LITTLE THINGS. ONE ONE DOSE OF NARCAN IS $55 OKAY.

THAT'S EXPENSIVE OKAY. YOU CAN COME FORWARD, MISS LUCILLE.

YOU CAN COME FORWARD. OH, SURE. SO NARCAN IS AVAILABLE OVER THE COUNTER FOR $55.

SOMETIMES THOSE PRICES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER. BEXAR COUNTY HAS GIVEN AWAY ALREADY 3000 UNITS.

AND WE HAVE THIS HOUSE OVER WITH CHIEF SANFORD'S OFFICE HERE AT THE JAIL, AND THEY DISPERSED IT TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND TO ALL DEPARTMENTS HERE AT BEXAR COUNTY.

I'VE TOUCHED BASE WITH ALL THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DEPARTMENTS, AND THEY ALSO GET TRAINED ON NARCAN.

IN APRIL, WE'RE HAVING PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO INVITE BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES TO GET A FREE UNIT OF NARCAN, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRAIN THEM ON HOW TO USE IT AS WELL.

BUT YEAH, IT IT'S WORKING REALLY WELL. THIS, THIS PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING AND DO WE HAVE STATISTICS ON LIKE HOW THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS PREVENT OVERDOSES. WE FROM WHAT WE HEAR WITH OUR COALITIONS AND FROM OUR NONPROFIT, NONPROFIT REPORTS THAT LAST YEAR THEY GAVE OUT 170,000 SYRINGES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND 160 SYRINGES, DIRTY SYRINGES WERE PICKED UP. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE PROVIDING NARCAN TO OVER 85% OF HIGH UTILIZERS, WHICH IS SAVING LIVES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM.

BEXAR COUNTY IS ON PAR, REALLY COMMENSURATE WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS AS TARRANT COUNTY, DALLAS COUNTY AND HARRIS COUNTY. WE ALL FOUR OF US LAG BEHIND TRAVIS, WHICH IS JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

WE'RE AROUND BETWEEN 22 AND 25 DEATHS FOR TRAVIS IS THE HIGHEST.

TRAVIS IS STILL THE HIGHEST WITH THE THE THE THE COUNTIES THAT LAG TRAVIS ARE ABOUT BETWEEN 21 AND 25 DEATHS PER 100,000 WHICH TRANSLATES IN BEXAR COUNTY TO ABOUT NINE PEOPLE WHO OVERDOSE PER WEEK.

WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. SO IF WE CAN DEPLOY ADDITIONAL HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, THESE WOULD SOME OF THOSE FOLKS CAN BE PREVENTED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MR.. ROGER. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

DOCTOR RAY, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD QUESTION.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I GUESS THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAD UP THERE THAT REFERRED TO OUR PAST INVESTMENTS.

SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE 2022 ALLOCATION, WHICH WAS KIND OF A COMBINATION OF GRANT DOLLARS AND THE LOCAL MATCH. REMIND ME ON THAT. WAS THAT OVER SEVERAL YEARS, OR IS ALL OF THAT MONEY BEEN SPENT ALREADY? IT WAS. AND MELISSA CAN PROBABLY CORRECT ME, BUT IT WAS A MULTIYEAR GRANT.

AND THESE ARE JUST THESE ARE NOT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT WE'VE DISTRIBUTED FROM OPIOID. THIS IS WE WANTED TO MAKE REMIND YOU OF SPECIFIC INSTANCES WHERE WE PURCHASED SYRINGES.

YEAH. WHICH, YOU KNOW, USED TO THAT WAS SORT OF LIKE OUR THE FIRST STEP INTO HARM REDUCTION.

AND NOW WE KNOW THAT HARM REDUCTION IS SO MUCH MORE. IT'S MORE COMPREHENSIVE.

BUT YES, THAT WAS A MULTIYEAR GRANT TO SUPPLY SYRINGES.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THE $96,000 LOCAL MATCH.

OKAY. AND THEN THIS 100,000 IS YOU THINK, GOING TO BE EXPENDED OVER THE COURSE OF JUST ONE YEAR?

[01:00:04]

OR DO YOU THINK IT JUST UNTIL IT RUNS OUT? ESSENTIALLY, BASICALLY UNTIL IT RUNS OUT? I MEAN, THAT'S HOW THE GRANT FUNDING HAS, HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

NOT NOT GRANT FUNDING FOR US, BUT GRANT FUNDING FROM OTHER SOURCES. AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHAT HAS LED TO THIS, IS THAT THERE IS LIMITED GRANT FUNDS TO DO THIS FROM OTHER SOURCES. AND SO THE CITY RECOGNIZED THIS. WE RECOGNIZE THIS.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO COLLABORATE BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES THAT CAN BE LEGALLY BE THE FUNDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF SYRINGES.

OKAY. WELL, LOOK, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. THIS IS THE KIND OF WORK THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED AND UNDERAPPRECIATED.

I KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT TO THE LEGISLATURE IN 2013, I HAD TO BE ADMITTEDLY EDUCATED ON THE VALUE OF NEEDLE EXCHANGE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU MENTIONED THE LATE, GREAT RUTH JONES MCCLENDON, WHO I SERVED WITH IN MY FIRST SESSION IN 2013.

SHE WAS A PASSIONATE AND A STALWART FOR ADVOCATING FOR THESE PROGRAMS, THOSE THAT NEED IT MOST.

SHE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING ME UP TO SPEED ON THE VALUE IN COMMUNITIES AND IN FACT, NOT JUST ME, BUT SHE WAS GREAT ABOUT WORKING ACROSS THE AISLE.

IT TOOK A FEW SESSIONS TO CONVINCE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, I GUESS, ESSENTIALLY MAKING THE CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR THE VALUE OF THESE PROGRAMS. BUT CERTAINLY AS WE TAKE THIS UP TODAY, I'M WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER, THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT SHE WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR AND I THINK WOULD BE PROUD THAT THE COUNTY IS STEPPING UP TO DO THIS.

SO THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODE.

THANKS, JUDGE. I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE THE NARCAN BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE MINE AND APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE NARCAN TO ANY MEMBER OF THE COURT AND PROVIDE TRAINING.

IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT REALLY ANY PERSON THAT INTERACTS WITH THE PUBLIC SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY OR SHOULD POSSESS NARCAN, HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER IT. IT'S MUCH LIKE AN EPIPEN.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IT, BUT WHEN YOU DO, IT CAN SAVE A LIFE.

YEAH, NO. TOTALLY AGREE. AND JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.

SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO ALL FIRST RESPONDERS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OUR ESDS AS WELL.

NOT JUST WITHIN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. YEAH. ESDS SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OUR COURT, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WORKS IN ALL OF THE COURTS.

OKAY. BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE FOLKS OVERDOSED HERE IN THIS COURTHOUSE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BE ADMINISTERED NARCAN AS WELL.

GREAT. SO, LISTEN, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT HERE AND THERE'S MANY THINGS HERE THAT I'VE, I'VE SUPPORTED AND ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH AND HAVE, HAVE SUPPORTED IN COURT MULTIPLE TIMES.

BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHEN WE GET INTO SOME CATEGORIES, LIKE OUR SAFE SEX KITS, SMOKE KITS, SYRINGE DISTRIBUTION. AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND SOME OF THE REPORTS THERE.

THE YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS SETTLEMENT MONEY, TOO, BUT IT'S NOW BECOME PUBLIC MONEY.

AND HAVING THAT PUBLIC MONEY GO TOWARDS CONDOMS, LUBRICANTS AND SYRINGES IS PROBLEMATIC.

I JUST THINK WITH LIMITED RESOURCES, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES TO ADDRESS WHAT WE KNOW IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE CAN FOCUS THOSE RESOURCES ON THE TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE FUNDING SOME WE COULD DOUBLE DOWN ON THOSE RATHER THAN SOME OF THESE CONTROVERSIAL AND QUESTIONABLE EXPENDITURES.

SO I CAN'T SUPPORT THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED.

BUT THE REST OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON THIS FRONT, I DO SUPPORT AND I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DOCTOR. LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH.

I SUPPORT THIS AGENDA ITEM. I BELIEVE THIS SHOWS THAT BEXAR COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE AT THE FRONT END INTO THE ISSUES OF PUBLIC HEALTH HARM REDUCTION, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO THE DRUG OVERDOSE FOR WHICH RECOGNIZED THIS MORNING BY PROCLAMATION.

UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A DOUBLE EDGE THERE.

WE SHOULD PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR WHAT WE TRY TO DO, BUT RECOGNIZE THAT WE STILL HAVE A BIG PROBLEM IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THIS NEEDS A COMMUNITY EFFORT. SO IT'S NOT ONLY A COUNTY INITIATIVE, IT'S ALSO A CITY INITIATIVE, BUT IT ALSO IS A PLEA TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE NEED COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

ALTHOUGH PERHAPS WE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW WE SHOULD DO IT.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, AND FOR THAT I APPLAUD YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROGRAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, IS A TRULY SUCCESSFUL JOINT VENTURE WITH BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY.

[01:05:02]

MY ONLY QUESTION TO YOU, DOCTOR, IS, IS THAT BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR PARTNER AT THE CITY THAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM WORK? BUT I WILL JUST SAY, IF YOU IF THERE'S A SECRET SAUCE TO THAT, PLEASE SHARE THAT.

I WILL SAY THAT IN MANY WAYS, OUR DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH METRO HEALTH.

THE DOCTOR, CLAUDE JACOB, JESSE HIGGINS, WHO'S OUR CHIEF MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER.

AND AT THE STAFF LEVEL, WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM OFTEN, ESPECIALLY ABOUT SUBSTANCE USE.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A PARTNERSHIP AS WELL, WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE A SECRET SAUCE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ENJOY A VERY COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS THERE.

I DO BELIEVE THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO COME OVER THERE, BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THEIR B OR A SESSION OVER AT THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

AND ALSO CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, PASSED A SIMILAR RESOLUTION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND AS SOON AS IF YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS, I'LL THEY WILL TAKE IT TO THEIR CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL VERY SHORTLY.

SO I APPLAUD YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE THE JOINT EFFORTS BETWEEN US.

BEXAR COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I BELIEVE THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LET'S GO BACK TO TIME. CERTAIN.

AND WE'LL GO BACK TO THE INDIVIDUAL DOCKET. SO KIND OF GIVING YOU HEADS UP AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT AT THIS TIME.

[4.a. 10:00 a.m. - Discussion and appropriate action related to granting an exception to Administrative Policy 1.2 to authorize the consideration of the following late filed Agenda Item #4(a)(i). Recess Commissioners Court i. Convene as Board of Directors, Bexar County Public Facility Corporation. (Presentation Time: 15 minutes) (Board) Reconvene Commissioners Court]

THE TIME IS NOW 10:09 A.M.. I WILL CALL A RECESS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND I WILL RECONVENE AS A BOARD OF DIRECTOR OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

COMMISSIONER. I CHAIR THAT, AND SO I WILL CHAIR THIS MEETING AND WE WILL CONVENE.

AS A BOARD TO CONSIDER AN AGENDA ITEM. I WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD.

ACTION TO APPROVE THE FEBRUARY 2020 2025 STATEMENT OF WORK FOR AUDIT SERVICES, THE SSW SUBMITTED BY CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000, AND AUTHORIZING JUDGE PETER SAKAI TO EXECUTE THE SSW ON BEHALF OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION. MR. COHEN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR AUTHORIZATION ON THE STATEMENT OF WORK WITH CLIFTON, ALLEN AND LARSON, WHO'S DOING THE COUNTY AUDIT TO DO THE COUNTY THE AUDIT FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. AS THE JUDGE STATED, THE FEE IS $10,000 AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THIS YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S OUR INITIAL AUDIT AND THERE'S SET UP FEES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

MOVE. APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. I BELIEVE, MR. COHEN, THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA ITEM FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

RIGHT. THAT'S THE ONLY PRESSING MATTER. ALL RIGHT.

THE COURT WILL THEN CLOSE THAT MEETING. THE TIME IS NOW 10:11 A.M., AND WE WILL RECONVENE AS COMMISSIONERS COURT.

SO WE ARE BACK ON AS COMMISSIONERS COURT, I PRESUME I WILL BE PRESENTED A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THAT ACTION BY THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM I BELIEVE 56.

[56. Approval of a request to add additional staff to establish Pre-Indictment Court #2, funding of personnel, technology, equipment and furniture for the second Pre-Indictment Court as outlined in the attached fiscal note in the amount of $1,251,258. With the additional personnel request of two District Attorney Advocate positions and related technology, equipment and furniture in the additional amount of $164,252.50. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (Ron Rangel)]

ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL OF A REQUEST TO ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ESTABLISH PRE-INDICTMENT.

COURT NUMBER TWO, FUNDING OF PERSONNEL, TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE FOR THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT AS OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHED FISCAL NOTE, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,251,258 WITH THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL REQUEST OF TWO DISTRICT ATTORNEY ADVOCATE POSITIONS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNITURE, AND ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $164,252.50.

SO LET ME OPEN. THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT I HAVE STARTED AS A RESULT FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THAT I STARTED WHEN WE HAD THOSE ISSUES OF SHOOTINGS BETWEEN REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AS A RESULT, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS TO LOOK AT THE COURT SYSTEM AS TO HOW WE COULD MOVE CASES ALONG. I'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH JUDGE RON RANGEL, THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE.

[01:10:03]

THREE 79TH, I BELIEVE, IS HIS COURT. AND WE HAD DISCUSSED WAYS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE JAIL POPULATION ISSUE.

IT IS MY BELIEF, BEING A FORMER JUDGE OF THE COURTS, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT IN THE CRIMINAL SIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE, THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS AN INITIATIVE THAT WILL HELP MOVE CASES IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE. I WILL REMIND THE COURT, I THINK IT WAS DONE PRIOR TO ME BEING COUNTY JUDGE.

WITH OUR FIRST PRE-INDICTMENT COURT, WE HAVE JUDGE MIGUEL NAJERA, I BELIEVE IS THE SIGN ASSOCIATE JUDGE, AND HE HAS REPORTED TO COURT AND HAS CONTINUED TO REPORT THE ABILITY TO PROCESS DISPOSITIONS EFFECTIVELY AND SAVE SUBSTANTIAL COUNTY FUNDS THROUGH THAT PRE-INDICTMENT COURT. I BELIEVE IN ADDITIONAL PRE-INDICTMENT COURT WILL COMPLEMENT THE EXISTING ONE AND SERVE AS A RELEASE VALVE FOR THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUBLIC DEFENDERS ASSIGNED TO THE SUPPORTING THE PRE-INDICTMENT COURT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE AVAILABLE, PREPARED TO DO THE WORK. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO ADDRESS JAIL POPULATION.

THERE IS A HIGH NUMBER OF UNINDICTED CASES IN THE JAIL.

BRINGING CASES IN BEFORE INDICTMENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSESS IF THE STATE HAS PROBABLE CAUSE, AND WHETHER PEOPLE SHOULD BE CONTINUED TO STAY IN JAIL DURING THEIR PERIOD OF AWAITING INDICTMENT.

THE OUTCOME OF THE PRE-INDICTMENT COURT IS IF THE STATE IS PREPARED AND PROVES THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE, SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO HOLD WHOLE PEOPLE AND PEOPLE ARE A THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY SHOULD REMAIN IN THE JAIL UNTIL THEIR CASE IS DISPOSED OF IN THE COURT THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO.

UNTIL THAT TIME, THE DA CANNOT PROVIDE THAT EVIDENCE.

THEN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE SHOULD BE RELEASED FROM THE JAIL.

OBVIOUSLY, THE DA CAN THEN BRING THOSE CASES BACK IF AND WHEN THEY HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO HOLD PEOPLE IN THE JAIL.

SO IT'S ALSO A PROCESS TO BE VERY RESPECTFUL OF THE DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HELD IN JAIL.

SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC MAY PRESUME THAT EVERYBODY SITTING IN JAIL IS GUILTY, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY AGAINST OUR CONSTITUTION.

THERE IS A RIGHT OF PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND IS SOMETHING I FUNDAMENTALLY, FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE IN.

BUT BEFORE WE ASK, I THINK FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, COULD I ASK THE BUDGET OFFICE TO HELP PROCESS THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF WHY? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT IS A BIG TICKET ITEM, SO TO SPEAK.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST HAVE THE BUDGET OFFICE BE ABLE TO HELP DO THE BUDGET ANALYSIS.

AND WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THE BUDGET OFFICE IN REGARDS TO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST? SO THE COST OF THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT WOULD BE ABOUT $1.4 MILLION.

JUST BACK OF THE NAPKIN. JAIL SAVINGS. JUST MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS.

WE ESTIMATE BASED ON DISPOSITIONS OF THE CURRENT PRE-INDICTMENT COURT.

I BELIEVE IT'S 2400. AND THEN AT A JAIL COST OF ABOUT $67 A DAY AND AN AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF ABOUT 90 DAYS.

THOSE ARE ALL ASSUMPTIONS. WE ESTIMATE THAT WOULD SAVE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.

SO NET NET GOOD. WELL, WE STILL NEED A PRESENTATION, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. MISS MRS ADAME-CLARK FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS.

I BELIEVE JUDGE RON HILL IS NOT AVAILABLE TODAY.

SO YOU'RE HERE IN HIS STEAD. AND WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS? THANK YOU. JUDGE. LET ME JUST START BY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT, AND ALSO TO SAY THAT JUDGE RANGEL REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY. HE IS AT A SPECIALTY COURT CONFERENCE SO HE COULD NOT BE HERE.

I THINK BUDGET HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING THE SAVINGS.

I SPOKE TO JUDGE NADA YESTERDAY, AND I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF OTHER DATA POINTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO ON AND ON. SINCE JUNE, THE INCEPTION OF THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT, WE HAVE OVER 8000 CASES HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO JUDGE NADA'S DOCKET.

WE KNEW THAT THAT'S THOSE CASES WERE GOING TO BE OVERWHELMING FOR ONE COURT.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, JUDGE SAKAI.

AND YOU KNOW, PUSHING FORWARD THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 12,000 PENDING PRE-INDICTMENT CASES.

SO THOSE ARE ALL CASES. HOW MANY? 12,000. THOSE ARE ALL CASES THAT ARE RIPE TO COME TO JUDGE FOR BOND CHANGES, BOND REDUCTIONS, MOTIONS. SO HE IS FLOODED WITH ALL KINDS OF PAPERWORK FOR THOSE KINDS OF CASES.

OVER 2400 CASES HAVE BEEN DISMISSED AT THE PRE-INDICTMENT STAGE.

WE ESTIMATE ABOUT HALF OF THOSE ARE JAIL CASES.

[01:15:01]

SO BASED ON MY VERY ROUGH NON-BUDGETARY EXPERIENCE CALCULATIONS, I THINK IT'S OVER 3.5 MILLION IN JAIL BED DAYS SAVED SINCE JUNE FOR THIS ONE COURT FOR THAT ONE DATA POINT, WE ARE WORKING WITH BCIT AND THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE TO CONTINUE TO GET MORE DATA POINTS THROUGH TYLER, AND WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE BETTER NUMBERS WHEN THE SECOND IF THE SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT IS FUNDED TO TO BRING YOU EVEN MORE INFORMATION.

SO THERE'S PRETRIAL WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS. THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CUSTODY FOR 90 DAYS WITH NO INDICTMENT.

THOSE KINDS OF CASES WERE NOT CAPTURED IN THAT NUMBER THAT I GAVE YOU AND OTHER MOTIONS FOR BOND REDUCTIONS.

SO I THINK WITH THAT, I'LL JUST WRAP UP AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL PASS TO THE COURT.

BUT BEFORE THAT, DID I EXPLAIN THINGS CORRECTLY? YOU DID, I DIDN'T I DIDN'T SCREW IT UP. IT WAS HALF MY PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. JUST A FEW COMMENTS HERE.

YOU KNOW, LISTEN, AS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE, I APPRECIATE THE THE SAVINGS ARGUMENT, BUT THERE'S ONE ARGUMENT THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN SAVINGS.

RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS? PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO AND I HEARD THE JUDGE AND I KNOW THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE GOT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS THAT AS THIS PRE-INDICTMENT COURT IS DOING THEIR WORK, THAT IN TANDEM THAT THE DA'S OFFICE IS STEPPING UP AND ENSURING THAT THAT WE ARE PROSECUTING IN A TIMELY MANNER THOSE VIOLENT REPEAT OFFENDERS AND ENSURING THAT THE CASES AREN'T BEING DISMISSED BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING PUSHED TOO FAST AND WE'RE DROPPING THE BALL AS A COUNTY OR THE DA'S OFFICE IS RIGHT.

SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WANT TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT, BECAUSE I LOVE TO SEE THE THE COST SAVINGS AND UNDERSTAND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

BUT WE ALSO JUST WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS THAT AS A SYSTEM, WE ARE WORKING TO DEFEND THE PUBLIC.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND AND I WOULD CHARGE THE DA'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH THOSE CASES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T DISMISS CASES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED TO BE HELD IN THE JAIL.

THE OTHER POINT I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE IS GOING BACK TO IMPACT COURTS.

I KNOW WE HAVE TWO IMPACT COURTS TODAY. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF, ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHETHER BOTH THOSE COURTS SHOULD STILL EXIST, WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE, AND OR WHETHER ONE OF THOSE IMPACT COURTS COULD ULTIMATELY TRANSITION INTO THIS PRE-INDICTMENT COURT, YOU KNOW, WITH PERSONNEL MOVING. OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT THE AGENDA ITEM TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING MECHANISM HERE.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WHAT THE DATA SAYS ABOUT OUR PRE KNOW OUR IMPACT COURTS THAT WERE BUILT AND DESIGNED TO HAVE AN IMPACT. AND IF YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE COULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO ONE IMPACT COURT WHICH I'VE HEARD FROM VARIOUS JUDGES THAT COULD. THEN I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING THAT THAT PERSONNEL, THAT INVESTMENT TO A PLACE WHERE IT CAN HAVE A BETTER IMPACT FOR THE COUNTY.

SO I KNOW WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT DECISION TODAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE VOICE IT, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IT. AND IT COULD BE A POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PRE-INDICTMENT COURT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.

I THINK IT'S NOT JUST A EFFICIENCY ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS, BUT I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR JUSTICE AND SWIFT JUSTICE. WE APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE MORE OF A PRACTICAL QUESTION, AND IT MAY BE MORE FOR DAN.

WE ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT SPACE WITHIN OUR FACILITIES.

IS THIS ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHING A NEW COURTROOM? AND IF SO, WHERE IS THAT HAPPENING? I DON'T KNOW, DAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.

HE'S READY. SO, YEAH, SPACE IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW IF. DAN. DAN, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER? OKAY. WELL, GOOD. SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE JUDICIARY MANY, MANY TIMES.

AND I THINK JUDGE RANGEL AND I HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH.

AND WE BELIEVE THERE'S AN APPROACH WHERE WE CAN CONSOLIDATE SOME COURT PROCEEDINGS INTO ONE SHARED COURTROOM SPACE AND FREE UP THAT OPEN SPACE FOR THIS PRE-INDICTMENT COURT.

SO IT WON'T BE NEW SPACE, BUT IT'LL BE KIND OF A RESHUFFLING AND ECONOMIZATION OF SPACE WE HAVE.

OKAY, SO JUST A CONTINUATION OF REALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALREADY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME RESHUFFLING WITH FINDING ALL THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THIS WAS CREATING ANY ISSUES, BUT NO I'M SUPPORTIVE.

[01:20:04]

JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION WITH JUDGE RANGEL ON DOING THE RIGHT THING.

SO THANK YOU. LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH THIS. COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'M TOTALLY AGREEMENT THAT WE ALWAYS MUST KEEP PUBLIC SAFETY AS A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION OF PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC HAS A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT IN OUR SYSTEM OF JUSTICE, THERE ARE PROCESSES AND THERE ARE CONSTITUTIONS, AND THERE ARE RULES, AND THERE ARE LAWS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.

AND ALTHOUGH PERHAPS WE WOULD LIKE TO LOCK UP EVERY PERSON, THAT IS A HARM TO THIS COMMUNITY, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE COUNTY JAIL IS ALSO HOUSING PEOPLE THAT DON'T BELONG THERE.

THEY ARE MENTALLY ILL. THEY ARE MENTALLY INCOMPETENT.

THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE OUR SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM.

SO THE ISSUES AT THE JAIL AND THE ISSUES OF THE COURT SYSTEM AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS ENTIRELY COMPLEX BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING, AS A FORMER JURIST, I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PARTICULAR COURT COMMISSIONER'S COURT DOES THAT.

SO I WANT TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES TO OUR JUDICIARY, RESOURCES TO OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR DUTY TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS FOREMOST.

AT THE SAME TIME, I'M NOT GOING TO COMPROMISE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING A SECOND PRE-INDICTMENT COURT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE A WAY TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE AND AND HOPEFULLY ACHIEVE SOME COST SAVINGS SO THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE INVESTMENTS ARE TRULY IN THEIR BEST INTEREST.

AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER THAN WATCHING THE NEWS AT NIGHT AND TRYING TO POINT FINGERS AS TO WHY THINGS HAPPEN IN A CERTAIN WAY.

SO ANNA, PLEASE TELL THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES THAT APPRECIATE IT.

I WATCHED THE JAIL POPULATION. I KNOW THAT THE JAIL POPULATION IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS ARE AT A AT A LOWER LEVEL FROM EVEN LAST YEAR.

SO YOU ALL HAVE REALLY KEPT UP THE PROCESS OF MOVING CASES AND GETTING PEOPLE THROUGH WHETHER THEIR CASES ARE DISMISSED, WHETHER THEY'RE ADJUDICATED, WHETHER THEY'RE PLACED ON PROBATION, WHETHER THEY'RE SENT TO PRISON. THE SYSTEM WORKS WELL HERE, AT LEAST IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS OF BEXAR COUNTY. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT FINAL STATEMENT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. JUDGE. AND JUST TO SAY THAT THE PRE-INDICTMENT COURT IS JUST TO IDENTIFY EARLY CASES THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY LIKELY BE DISMISSED.

IF THEY'RE GETTING DISMISSED AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER SIX, 60 DAYS DOWN THE LINE WHEN THEY ARE INDICTED OR WHETHER THEY EVEN GET INDICTED.

SO IT'S JUST EARLY IDENTIFICATION. SO I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. LET US NOW GO TO ITEM 58.

[58. Discussion and appropriate action to amend the Funding and Development Agreement, Ground and Facility Lease, and License and Operating Agreement between Bexar County and Arboretum San Antonio (ASA) allowing the purchase of 16.668 acres in three separate tracts in an amount not to exceed $3,800,000. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (Ken McGlamery/Dan Curry)]

DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AMEND THE FUNDING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

GROUND AND FACILITY LEASE. LICENSE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND ARBORETUM SAN ANTONIO RSA, ALLOWING THE PURCHASE OF 16.668 ACRES IN THREE SEPARATE TRACKS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,800,000.

MR.. KEN MCGLAMERY AND I BELIEVE THE ARBORETUM IS IN THE HOUSE.

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE ALL KIND OF STEP FORWARD? AND, KEN, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, AND WE'LL INVITE THE ARBORETUM TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION IF THEY WISH.

GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I'M KEN MCGLAMERY, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PORTION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD WORK THEY'RE DOING WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK ITSELF. SO, OCTOBER 24TH, 2023, COMMISSIONERS COURT APPROVED $7.3 MILLION TO TO DO THE ARBORETUM.

IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND IT ALLOWED FOR SOME PURCHASES OF PROPERTY.

AND OUT OF THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO GET A 17 ISH ACRE PARK, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MASTER PLAN SAYS.

RECENTLY WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE OUR THE ARBORETUM GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE SOME PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW FOR AN ENTRANCE THAT IS ALREADY THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT. WE WANT TO AMEND THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PORTION OF THAT.

THIS IS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE COUNTY. ALL WE'RE DOING IS REALLOCATING THE FUNDS TO ALLOW FOR THIS PURCHASE.

THE THE MOU WITH BROOKS FOR THE THE 17 ACRE PARK IS STILL IN FULL FORCE.

AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WAS WERE VOTED ON, THEY'RE STILL IN FULL FORCE.

THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE REALLOCATION. LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET TO THE.

[01:25:14]

MY PORTION IS AT THE END. OKAY, SO THE $7.3 MILLION INVESTMENT OVERALL. OKAY. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT TO TAKE THAT AND USE THE 3.8 THAT'S REMAINING TO BUY THAT 16.6 ACRE ENTRY PARCEL.

THIS IS GOING TO GIVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THIS AREA.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IN THE IN THE IN THE SLIDE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PURCHASE OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A ENTRANCE.

AND THAT WAS GOING TO COST A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT AND IT WAS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME HERE.

WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THIS PROPERTY FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE THE REMAINING FUNDS, THE 3.8.

AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT'S GOING TO BE FROM A PRIVATE CONTRIBUTOR.

AND WE'RE WANTING TO HOPEFULLY CLOSE THIS ON THE 25TH.

SO HENCE TAKING IT TO COURT. NOW ALL THE SURVEY WORK, ALL THIS STUFF HAS BEEN DONE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING.

IT WAS DONE IN FEBRUARY OF 20 OF THIS YEAR. SO I'M ASKING FOR A APPROVAL TO CHANGE THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR A MOTION? I'LL MOVE.

APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE ARBORETUM WANTED TO DO THE FIRST PART OF THE POWERPOINT.

YOU WANT TO GET THROUGH THAT OR DO YOU WANT US TO? YEAH. WELL, FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLIC DOLLARS, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND LET YOU PRESENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU KEN. GOOD MORNING, MISS QUINONEZ.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE. IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU IN REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF ZOOM.

EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. WE GOT TO MEET IN PERSON.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT.

AND I'M JUST EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME WHICH REPRESENT OUR BOARD, OUR ADVISORY BOARD, OUR CONSULTANTS AND SOME OF OUR OTHER SUPPORTERS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LARGE CONTINGENT HERE WHO ARE THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW OUR TIME IS LIMITED AND JUST GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

WOULD YOU DO THIS JUST FOR THE RECORD? BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME AND PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW YOU IF YOU'LL JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF. SO APOLOGIZE.

I AM ADRIANA QUINONES. I AM THE CEO OF ARBORETUM SAN ANTONIO, AND I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR ONE MONTH, SO THAT IS WHY MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ME YET.

BUT THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME DO THAT. JUST A REAL QUICK HERE.

SO JUST TO ORIENT EVERYONE WHERE WE ARE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO AND RIGHT NEXT TO BROOKS. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE BROOKS SUPPORT AS WELL.

WE HAVE A SITE THAT IS 188 ACRES CURRENTLY. AND WITH THIS NEW PARCEL ACQUISITION, WE WILL BE 200 ACRES.

WE'RE LOCATED ALONG THE SALADO AND VERY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN, THE GREENWAY.

WE HAVE BY ALREADY EXISTING CART PATHS, TREES AND AND A BUS CONNECTION WITH VIA.

WE TOOK OUR PLAN. WE WE HAVE FOUR PARTS OF IT A STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE DID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SITE DESIGN, AND AN OPERATION PLAN.

ALL OF THIS HAPPENED WITHIN 12 MONTHS. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A FINAL MASTER PLAN.

THIS IS JUST A SCHEDULE OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO FAR.

WE ARE AT MARCH 2025 WHERE WE ARE GETTING READY TO FINALIZE OUR MASTER PLAN.

WE'RE HOPING FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU AS WELL, AND WITH THE HOPE THAT IN MAY OF 2025, WE WILL BE ABLE TO REVEAL THAT MASTER PLAN TO THE PUBLIC. WITH OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE DID MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE POP UPS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, FOCUS GROUPS, SURVEYS, SITE TOURS.

WE'RE STILL GIVING SITE TOURS. WE HAVE WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE NET RESULT OF OVER 18,000 PEOPLE BEING ENGAGED IN HELPING US DECIDE HOW OUR ARBORETUM FOR SAN ANTONIO WILL LOOK.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS JUST VERY QUICKLY.

MOST OF THE SITE, 80% IS IN A FLOODPLAIN, WHICH IS WHY THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL ACQUISITION IS SO IMPORTANT.

THE PARCEL THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE IS OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND IS BUILDABLE.

THIS WILL ULTIMATELY SAVE US IN THE LONG RUN WITH BOTH EXPENSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

[01:30:07]

WE HAVE ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL TREES. ALL THE GREEN DOTS ARE RECOGNIZING WHAT WE ARE CALLING OUR HERO TREES.

THESE ARE TREES THAT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 200 TO 300 YEARS OLD.

SO WE TOOK OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLES, OUR VALUES.

WE PUT THEM TOGETHER TO DESIGN THIS PLAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO REVEAL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

AND WE HAD THREE INITIAL CONCEPT PLANS. AND SURPRISINGLY, I WOULD HAVE SAID THE COMMUNITY PLAN WOULD HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST ONE.

BUT ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST ONE WAS WILD SAN ANTONIO, WHICH JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE REALLY DESIRE THESE BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACES THAT THEY CAN GO TO AND ENJOY NATURE IN. WE CAME UP WITH OUR KIND OF DRAFT MASTER PLAN, AND WE ARE TENTATIVELY TITLING IT BRANCHING GENERATIONS, WHICH JUST GOES TO RECOGNIZE JUST LIKE THE TREES HAVE ROOTS, THAT'S WHERE WE COME FROM. BUT ALSO THE BRANCHES OF WHERE WE'RE GOING NOW.

AND SO WE'RE BACK TO HERE. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT VERY, VERY QUICKLY, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO READ OVER IT ALREADY.

AND AND YOU HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS READY FOR ME AND FOR OUR TEAM.

MR. COWAN. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYONE ON THE BOARD FOR COMING THIS MORNING.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE AND LEADERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS ORIGINALLY WAS SLATED NEAR THE TJ MAXX WAREHOUSE, BUT WE NEVER COULD REALLY GET THAT SOLIDIFIED WITH TJ MAXX.

AND SO I THINK THERE WAS MONEY FOR A ROAD IN THE PUBLIC CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE REALLOCATED TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BROOKS, AND IT'S BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNERSHIP FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.

I WAS GETTING CALLS THAT THERE WERE HOMELESS CAMPS COMING ON MY OLD REPUBLIC GOLF COURSE, WHERE I USED TO PLAY AND DO TOURNAMENTS, AND THAT IS A REAL THING THAT WE HAVE TO PREVENT THE EYESORE, IF YOU WILL, OF DEGRADATION WHENEVER WE HAVE PROPERTIES.

BUT WHAT IS ONE MAN'S WASTELAND IS ANOTHER MAN'S RICHES, IF YOU WILL.

AND I THINK ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PRESERVATION OF TREES.

THESE TWO 300 YEAR OLD TREES ABILITY TO EVEN HAVE FRUIT AND OTHER VEGETATIVE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN OF EDUCATION, OF COMMUNITY AIR QUALITY, IMPROVEMENT OF SO MANY SO MANY SPURS THAT WILL COME FROM THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY. SO THE OTHER THE OTHER THING THAT KEN IS HELPING TO SHEPHERD WILL BE THE, THE FINALIZATION OF A COUNTY PARK ON THE 17 OR 18 ACRES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS NOT COME TO FORE YET IS A FULLY ACCESSIBLE PARK FOR THE SOUTH SIDE. THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST SIDE, BUT THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN SECTOR DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE BENEFITS OF WHAT WE HAVE UP IN MORGAN'S WONDERLAND, WITH THE FULLY ACCESSIBLE PARK THERE, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL ABILITIES ALL OVER.

SO WHAT A WHAT A GREAT INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HAS THUS FAR MOVED.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR VISION IN ACQUIRING THIS FRONTAL PROPERTY AND SAVING US INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING DOWN THE ROAD.

SO YOU'VE SAID IT ALL. THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY.

I THINK I'VE MOVED APPROVAL ALREADY. I THINK I MOVED A MOTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COURT COMMISSIONER MOODY, JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS A WHO ARE THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY? THE 16.6 ACRES? I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T I COULDN'T.

THE CURRENT OWNERS OF THE. IS IT BROOKS? NO, NO, IT'S PEDROTTY FORESIGHT GOLF.

OKAY. AND IS THE IS THE 3.8 MILLION THE APPRAISED VALUE OR.

OKAY. OKAY. IT WAS APPRAISED. AND JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, FOR FOR EVERYONE'S AWARENESS, THIS IS NOT AN ASK FOR ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

THIS IS JUST ALLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE USE OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE ALREADY ALLOCATED.

CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAD THE MONEY, SAID THE MONEY HAD TO BE USED FOR THIS. AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS REALLOCATING THAT MONEY TO USE IT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PURCHASE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. UNDERSTAND? OKAY. THANK YOU.

BASICALLY A BUY VERSUS BUILD. THE SELLER IS HERE, MR. PEDROTTY. OH, WHAT DO WE OWE HIM? A DEBT OF GRATITUDE BECAUSE HE MADE THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR THE WHOLE REPUBLIC.

THE WHOLE SITE. AND NOW THIS ADDITIONAL ACREAGE.

WOULD YOU ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD, IF THEY WISH TO ASK HIM FOR ANY.

MR. RODRIGUEZ. YEAH. THANK YOU. JUDGE. IS MR. PEDROTTI COMES UP? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM.

I JUST WANTED TO SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT, I THINK, ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.

[01:35:05]

HAD A GREAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING THERE IN THE FUTURE.

AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR NOT JUST THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT ALL OF BEXAR COUNTY.

I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, OF COURSE, HENRY CISNEROS AND HIS WORK SECRETARY, THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR ADVOCACY. AND TOM AND THE OTHERS DID WANT TO GIVE ANGIE FLORES AN OPPORTUNITY. I KNOW, AS CHAIR OF THE BOARD ACKNOWLEDGE WHO ELSE IS HERE.

AND, ANGIE, IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ON BEHALF OF THE OF THE ARBORETUM BOARD, I WILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND COMMISSIONER TOMMY.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AND, OF COURSE JUDGE PETER SAKAI.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE SO BENEFICIAL TO THE ENTIRE CITY.

IT WILL BE A GEM IN THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT IT WILL BE A BIGGER GEM FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENCE.

OF COURSE, OUR OUR FOUNDER, WHO, YOU KNOW, THE MAN WHO BROUGHT US THE IDEA AND THE VISION, MR. HENRY CISNEROS. AND WE HAVE A OUR PROJECT MANAGER, OUR FORMER CEO, TOM CORSER. THE MASTER PLAN DIRECTOR, ANNA KRAUS.

AND OKAY, I'M GOING TO GET STUCK WITH ALL THE NAMES AND AND ANDY AND ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER FRED.

AND YOU ALREADY MET OUR NEW CEO. WE KIND OF JUST THREW HER UP THERE AND SAID, GO DO THE PRESENTATION.

I MEANT TO GET UP AND INTRODUCE HER TO YOU. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER LEADING ARBORETUM, SAN ANTONIO. SHE'S VERY SKILLED. SHE IS A BOTANIST BY PROFESSION AND KNOWS EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE DNA OF TREES.

AND HENRY, HAVE I MISSED ANYONE? AND OF COURSE, YOU MET MR. DAN PEDROTTI, AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN AGGIE. FOR THOSE WHO CAN APPRECIATE THAT I'M AN AGGIE MOM.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU, DAN, FOR LETTING US KNOW.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR PUTTING THAT CONNECTION RELATIONSHIP TOGETHER.

AND THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MISS CLAY-FLORES.

YES. SO AS COMMISSIONER CALVERT MENTIONED, SO THE INITIAL $7.3 MILLION WHEN WE ALLOCATED THAT WAS IN MY PRECINCT.

AND OF COURSE WE'VE MOVED OVER. AND SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NO LONGER IN MY PRECINCT, IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ON THE BORDER ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT MY CONSTITUENTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE WILL NOT HAVE TO DRIVE LONG WAYS TO DO THAT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO WELCOME YOU, ADRIANA, TO BEXAR COUNTY.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO FLOURISH UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK NORMA DUNHAM FOR HER WORK ON THIS TO TO PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER.

SHE IS A CONNECTOR AND DOES A GREAT JOB AT THAT.

AND HOW IMPORTANT ALSO THIS IS FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO THERE THERE ARE RESEARCH STUDIES THAT TALK ABOUT FOREST BATHING AND THE EFFECTS OF IT AND JUST BEING OUT IN NATURE AND GOD'S CREATION.

SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PUSHING FOR THIS AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND TO THE REST OF THE TEAM, OF COURSE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. HENRY, LET ME ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD AT THE RISK OF HENRY CISNEROS.

YES, SIR. HENRY. LET ME JUST MAKE THIS COMMENT.

WHEN Y'ALL FIRST BROUGHT THIS TO MY ATTENTION, I THINK IT WAS JUST STARTED AS COUNTY JUDGE.

AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE THAT THE PREDECESSOR COURT JUDGE.

WOLFF LED AND AND I BASICALLY WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH AND GET THE MONEY OVER TO Y'ALL.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS FOR THE PUBLIC IS IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY ON THIS PROJECT.

WITHOUT TRYING TO EMBARRASS ANYONE, I THINK OUR FIRST MEETING HENRY BACK IN THE 10TH FLOOR WAS WE SPENT A FIRST MEETING TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT AN ARBORETUM WAS.

RIGHT? AND IT IS TRULY MAGICAL AS TO WHERE THIS PROJECT IS AT THIS POINT AND WHERE IT IS ULTIMATELY GOING TO GO AND ULTIMATELY DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.

OBVIOUSLY, THE SUPPORT STAFF, THE CHAIR DOCTOR TOM AND OBVIOUSLY THE PROJECT MANAGER SASAKI AND AND AND WHAT EFFORTS EVERYBODY. AND THEN ALSO JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. DAN PEDROTTI BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, YOU ALSO SAW THE WORTH TO THIS PROJECT AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY VALUABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. SO HENRY KIND OF ENCAPSULATE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LIMITED,

[01:40:02]

LIMITED TIME THAT WE HAVE TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS.

AND IN FACT, THIS IS A PROJECT OF A NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. JUDGE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MEMBERS OF THE COURT.

THANK YOU. AND WHEN I SAY THANK YOU, NOT JUST FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT FOR THE SEMINAL ROLE THAT THE COUNTY PLAYED, THIS WOULD NOT COME INTO EXISTENCE WITHOUT THE COURT HAVING MADE THAT ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT OF MONEY.

AND THEN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU, JUDGE, WITH MEMBERS OF THE COURT INDIVIDUALLY, YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR DIRECTION, YOUR SUPPORT HAS BEEN KEY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.

ARBORETUMS ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS. WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT IS AN ARBORETUM? WHAT I DO IS I TROT OUT PICTURES OF ARBORETUMS IN OTHER PLACES, AND IT'S JUST A WONDERFUL THING TO GO OUT INTO A FOREST.

THE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES REFERRED TO FOREST BATHING.

IT'S A JAPANESE CONCEPT OF GOING OUT INTO THE FOREST AND LITERALLY BREATHING THE FRESH OXYGEN THAT THE TREES GIVE OFF, AND BASKING IN THE REFLECTED GLORY OF THESE 300 YEAR OLD TREES WHO WERE HERE BEFORE THE ALAMO FELL, WHO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE GROUPED AROUND. AND WHEN WE STAND IN THEIR PRESENCE, WE'RE NOT ONLY STANDING IN A LONG STREAM OF OF OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY, BUT WE'RE DWARFED BY 300FT OF, OF GOD'S CREATION.

AND IT'S ALMOST THE SAME SENSATION YOU GET BEING IN A CHURCH, BEING IN A CATHEDRAL, BECAUSE THESE ARE CATHEDRALS OF NATURE, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY AND THIS REGION.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE NOW ARE GOING TO HAVE A 200 ACRE FACILITY WITH GORGEOUS TREES, THOSE THAT ARE THERE NOW, THOSE THAT WE WILL BRING, AND THEY WILL GROW TO THEIR FULL MATURITY, THE WHOLE RANGE OF PECANS AND CYPRESSES AND LIVE OAKS AND AND BOX ELDERS AND EVERY SPECIES THAT GROWS IN THIS REGION THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO A MUSEUM OR A ZOO.

EXCEPT THESE ARE A UNIQUE KINDS OF CREATURES THAT THAT REALLY INSPIRE US.

WE WERE FORTUNATE WHEN WE WERE SEARCHING. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE STARTED WITH THAT SITE THAT BELONGED TO TJ MAXX AND WE LOOKED AT OTHER SITES.

TOM CORSO LED US ON A, ON A ON A COMPARISON OF SITES ACROSS THE SITE.

AND AS WE WERE IN THAT PROCESS, A GENTLEMAN WITH SHAGGY HAIR.

APPROACHED US AND SAID, I HAVE THE OLD REPUBLIC GOLF COURSE, WHICH IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

I CAN'T SELL IT FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT I WILL SELL IT FOR A GOOD PUBLIC USE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A GREAT BARGAIN AND BUY THE FIRST 170 ACRES.

WE THEN PURCHASED FROM HIM LAND THAT HE HAD SET ASIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS MORE COSTLY, BUT AN ADDITIONAL 18 ACRES. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO PUT RESEARCH BUILDINGS AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN.

THIS LAST PARCEL HE ALSO OWNS AND HAD SLATED FOR APARTMENTS THERE, BUT HE RECOGNIZED, AS DID WE, THAT WE NEEDED PARKING. WE NEEDED ACCESS TO SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE.

WE NEEDED A FRONT AREA TO MAKE THE SITE COHERENT, AND HE HAS BEEN VERY REASONABLE IN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ADDING THAT ADDITIONAL LAND.

SO ONE OF THE UNSUNG HEROES OF THIS PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS THE THE OWNER AND THE SELLER, AND THAT'S USUALLY NOT THE HEROIC ROLE. BUT IN THIS ROLE, HE HAS BEEN HEROIC BECAUSE HE'S BEEN PATIENT AND HE'S BEEN REASONABLE AND HE'S MADE THIS POSSIBLE. WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE HIM TO SAY A QUICK WORD ABOUT THIS.

DAN PEDROTTY. DAN, STEP FORWARD. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

OH, AND LET ME JUST SAY, LET ME JUST SAY TO DESCRIBE THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS.

HE WAS THE HOST FOR ALL THE LIVE MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS IN SAN ANTONIO LAST FALL.

HE ORGANIZED IT. HE RAISED THE MONEY FOR IT. WE HAD 60 MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS THAT HAD FIVE DAYS HERE OF GLORIOUS TREATMENT, WENT TO SCHOOLS, WENT TO HAD HAD NATIONAL STARS COME AND HONOR THEM.

THEY CAME TO SAN ANTONIO. AND LIKE USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE COME TO SAN ANTONIO.

IT'S THE BEST MEETING THEY EVER HAVE. AND THAT'S WHAT DAN CREATED FOR FOR THE MEDAL OF HONOR GUYS.

THANK YOU. HENRY. JUDGE SAKAI, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF THE COURT.

IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THESE FINE PEOPLE.

I WAS REALLY TRYING TO STAY BACK. THIS IS NOT MY SHOW.

IT'S THEIR SHOW. BUT TO TAKE AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF PROPERTY LIKE THIS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT SEE A

[01:45:05]

FOREVER VISION FOR IT AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT'S THAT IT GAINS THE RIGHT SPOT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR COUNTRY.

IT'S BEEN THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME. HENRY IS A VERY HARD BARGAINER.

AND BUT I WAS DELIGHTED AT THE END RESULT. MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS PARTICULAR ACQUISITION IS FROM JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF SALADO CREEK, ALL THE WAY UP TO HOLT CAT'S EPIPHANY PROJECT WILL JUST BE ARBORETUM, NOTHING ELSE.

NO APARTMENTS, NO NO UNAFFILIATED BUILDINGS TO BLOCK THE ACCESS AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE ARBORETUM.

SO IT'S A IT'S A PINNACLE PIECE, IN MY OPINION.

AND I'M REALLY DELIGHTED THAT YOU GUYS, THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN FIT TO SUPPORT IT.

AND I HOPE YOU VOTE ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. IF I MAY JUST. YES, AGAIN, THANK THE COURT.

I WANT TO THANK ANGIE, WHO HAS BEEN EVANGELINA FLORES.

YOU ALL KNOW HER FROM HER CIVIC ACTIVITY. SHE'S BEEN OUR EXCELLENT CHAIR WHO'S LED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS? TOM CORSER, WHO WAS THE VOLUNTEERED CEO FOR ALL OF THIS TIME.

AND THEN WE FINALLY DECIDED HE COULDN'T BE WORKING THIS HARD AND WE NOT PAY HIM.

SO WE MADE HIM THE CEO, AND HE'S BROUGHT US THIS FAR.

ADRIANA QUINONES, WHO IS A NATIONAL QUALITY LEADER OF PUBLIC GARDENS AND ARBORETA.

WE FOUND HER IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WHERE SHE WAS HEADING THE ARBORETUM.

THERE SHE HAS STARTED ARBORETUMS IN NORTH CAROLINA, STARTED IN THE IN THE FIELD IN OHIO.

SO WE HAD A NATIONAL QUALITY PERSON WHO REALLY LOOKS FORWARD TO INTEGRATING INTO OUR LOCAL CULTURE.

THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO ARE HERE, THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF, THE MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF.

THIS IS REALLY A GREAT DAY FOR US. IT TOPS OUT OUR PHYSICAL SITE AND ALLOWS US TO GO FORWARD AND RAISE MONEY.

I CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID, COME BACK TO US WHEN YOU HAVE THE SITE TIED DOWN AND COME BACK TO US WHEN THE MASTER PLAN IS DONE, AND THEN WE'LL JOIN IN WITH PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS.

THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP. COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT FOR FOR DAN.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT OF THAT CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY WEEK.

I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SEVERAL OF THE EVENTS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY. I HOPE WE CAN BRING THEM BACK HERE IN THE FUTURE.

I'M NOT SURE WE FULLY REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THAT, BUT TO ME THAT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EVENT TO HAVE.

I THINK IT WAS OVER 30, RIGHT? IT WAS. IT WAS CLOSE TO 30.

THE PEAK WE HAD WAS 34 OUT OF 61 LIVING RECIPIENTS, OVER HALF OF THE LIVING.

YES YES, YES. MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS WERE HERE FOR A WEEK IN SAN ANTONIO, GOING AROUND TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TALKING TO KIDS, MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAD SOME TREMENDOUS EVENTS AND JUST A TRUE HONOR TO BE A PART OF IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT. THANK YOU. I WAS WITH THEM JUST TWO DAYS AGO AT THEIR.

THERE'S A BRAND NEW NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS, AND THEY OPENED.

IN FACT, IT OPENS TODAY TO THE PUBLIC ON NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR DAY.

I WILL HAVE TO GO. SO THEY WERE THRILLED WITH THE TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO.

THEY DID ASK, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND BRING US BACK AGAIN? I SAID, WE WE NEED TO TAKE A BREATHER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE BEEN HERE FOR A CONVENTION, AND IT WAS ALSO AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THAT FINE GROUP.

YES. GREAT. BECAUSE THIS IS MILITARY CITY, USA.

USAA MADE A CONTRIBUTION ALREADY TO THE ARBORETUM.

IT'S OUTSIDE THEIR NORMAL GIVING PATTERN BECAUSE THEY USUALLY GIVE TO EDUCATION, PRINCIPALLY AND VETERANS MATTERS.

BUT BECAUSE THE ARBORETUM CAN BE A PLACE WHERE VETERANS WILL COME.

THEY ASKED US TO RESERVE A SECTION AS A MEMORIAL TO VETERANS.

SO THERE WILL BE A GROVE OF TREES OR SOME OTHER APPROPRIATE PLACE WHERE WE WHERE WE HAVE A PLACE OF REFLECTION FOR OUR VETERANS.

AND I JUST READ THE OTHER DAY AND SENT TO OUR MASTER PLANNERS, I SAW THAT BEXAR COUNTY IN THE YEARS SINCE 2000 AND THE WARS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE. IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BEXAR COUNTY LOST MORE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN TEXAS.

SO IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE WOULD HAVE SUCH A MEMORIAL AT THE ARBORETUM.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT JUDGE, I JUST WANT TO AGAIN THANK SECRETARY CISNEROS FOR HIS VISION.

I MUST ADMIT, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT AN ARBORETUM WAS.

I READ THE EXPRESS NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE NEED TO DO IT, AND I.

YOU KNOW, I'D NEVER BEEN TO AN ARBORETUM. OR MAYBE I HAVE.

I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T STRIKE ME THAT THAT'S WHERE I WAS.

[01:50:04]

BUT THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER BANNER PROJECT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR IMPACT.

SECRETARY FROM RIVER CENTER MALL AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES AND ELEVATING OUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNYIELDING SERVICE.

TIME AND TIME AGAIN, CHAIRWOMAN FLORES, YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THIS HERCULEAN LEAP. YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT, BUT YOU HAVE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INCREDIBLE SERVICE TO SAN ANTONIO.

TOM, YOU'VE HELD THE SHIP TOGETHER AND IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S SAILING SO STRONG.

AND THE COMMUNITY, FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE, SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.

I THINK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MAY CONSIDER A BOND PROPOSAL TO HELP WITH THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THEY'LL BE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT FROM CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BOND AND A COUPLE OF YEARS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE REMAINING INFRASTRUCTURE.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FROM, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THERE ARE A LOT OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDRAISING THAT WILL CONTINUE.

DAN, YOU KNOW, DITTO TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MOODY JUST SAID.

YOU'RE A GREAT MAN. TWO GREAT AGGIES IN THE HOUSE, AT LEAST TWO, MAYBE MORE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF.

BUT LOVE, LOVE OUR A&M FAMILY NOW. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES BROUGHT TO ME ANOTHER TERM I DIDN'T KNOW, WHICH WAS FOREST BATHING. AND COMMISSIONER MOODIE, I OWE HIM THIS LINE.

HE SAYS YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON WHEN YOU'RE FOREST BATHING.

SO WE'LL HAVE A SIGN OUT THERE FOR ALL OF OUR NEW FOREST BATHERS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COURT, FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THAT.

WITH THAT, COMMISSIONER CALVERT. WITH THAT, I'M CALLING A VOTE.

LET'S LET'S GET THIS THING DONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

CARRY ON. GOOD LUCK. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. FOREST BATHING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I GET IT.

IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S MENTAL HEALTH. I GET IT, I GET IT.

SO, YEAH. YOU'RE 59. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING BEXAR COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IN THE 89TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE.

[59. Discussion and appropriate action regarding Bexar County's Legislative Program and the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature. (Estimated Presentation Time: 15 minutes) (Melissa Shannon)]

MISS SHANNON. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS MELISSA SHANNON, GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER. SO WHAT THOMAS JUST HANDED OUT IS YOUR YOUR PACKET OF REPORTS.

AND JUST TO REMIND YOU WHAT THIS IS, FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES IS A SYNOPSIS OF THE ITEMS THAT I WILL GO OVER.

THE NEXT IS A GROUPING OF ALL ITEMS THAT I'M TRACKING FOR COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND THEN THE LAST NINE PAGES IS ANY ITEM THAT MATCHES UP WITH YOUR CURRENT AGENDA TRACKING THOSE ITEMS. SO AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST SYNOPSES OF BILLS THAT I AM TRACKING FOR THE COURT.

THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER LIST THAT YOU GET WEEKLY ON FRIDAYS.

SO THE SENATE IS SUPPOSED TO GO IN HERE AT 11:00 AND I AM TOLD, OR THE BUDGET IS ON THEIR AGENDA FOR TODAY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING WHICH I'M GOING TO JUMP FORWARD TO THE SECOND PAGE OF YOUR HANDOUT TO TALK ABOUT THE FORENSIC BEDS AND THE STATE HOSPITAL ISSUE WHERE WE WERE SEEKING FUNDING BECAUSE OF THERE. THERE IS INTEL INDICATING THAT A CURRENT SENATOR IS SEEKING HIGHER OFFICE AND WIPED OUT A BUNCH OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNDING OUT OF THE BUDGET, WHICH AHS GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT THE SASH REUSE STUDY MONEY GOT CAUGHT UP IN THAT.

SO NOW THE BUDGET IS UP TODAY. SENATOR HUFFMAN, WHO IS THE FINANCE CHAIR, IS SAYING THAT THE BUDGET WILL BE DISCUSSED TODAY.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT. IT WON'T.

SO THERE ARE SHENANIGANS HAPPENING TODAY AND WILL KNOW MORE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IF THE BUDGET MOVES FORWARD IN THE SENATE TODAY, AND HOW THAT AFFECTS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNDING IN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE A LOT IT WASN'T JUST OUR REQUEST. THERE WAS A LOT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FUNDING THAT WAS COMPLETELY WIPED OUT BECAUSE OF A PARTICULAR SENATOR TRYING TO MAKE A POINT THAT HHS, RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY WHATEVER OUR OPINION IS, RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY, SHE FEELS AS IF HHS IS RUNNING AS IT SHOULD BE, BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.

ALL THINGS ARE GOING WELL AND THEY DON'T NEED ANY MORE FUNDING, IS THE WORD ON THE STREET.

[01:55:05]

SO SO THAT'S THAT'S THE INTEL ON SHENANIGANS THAT ARE HAPPENING TODAY AT THIS MOMENT AT THE CAPITOL.

SO GETTING BACK TO YOUR LIST, THE FIRST ITEM, BUILDING PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THAT. THE STATE REP.

STATE REP CORTEZ HAS ASKED FOR A COMMITTEE HEARING AND WE ARE ALSO PUSHING FOR ONE.

I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS ABOUT A $14 MILLION SAVINGS FOR BEXAR COUNTY WITH THE CURRENT APPROVED PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR BOOKS. SO THIS IS ONE THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING FOR.

NEXT, YOUR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE, ELECTION BILL.

ART AND I HAD MEETINGS LAST WEEK WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND ALSO SENATOR NICHOLS OFFICE, WHO IS FINANCE CHAIR. SO WE FINISHED UP OUR ROUND OF MEETINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET SCHEDULED ON THAT.

I DON'T HAVE GREAT NEWS ON THAT ONE EITHER. I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER POLITICAL PLAY THAT'S IN PLAY, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM AS IF THIS SESSION EITHER.

THIS WILL GET ANY TRACTION ON THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE ELECTION ITEM.

SO GETTING DOWN INTO YOUR POLICIES, THE FIRST ITEM IS SB NINE.

YOU ALSO HAVE A SINGLE PAGE HANDOUT THAT THOMAS GAVE YOU.

SO I THINK IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO. COMMISSIONER MOODY HAD ASKED US TO PULL TOGETHER THE DATA ON THIS.

SO YOU ALL HAVE THIS IN YOUR EMAIL FROM LAST FRIDAY, BUT THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS IN YOUR EMAIL IS NO LONGER VALID.

I SENT ANOTHER ONE OUT TO YOUR CHIEFS YESTERDAY.

I THINK IT WAS. COMMISSIONER MOODY CAME BACK WITH A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND WE MADE AN EDIT TO THIS DOCUMENT.

BUT BOTTOM LINE, SB NINE AND ITS COMPANION IN THE HOUSE, HB 75.

IT WOULD BE AT A VERY MINIMUM, A $7.8 MILLION ANNUAL HIT TO THE COUNTY.

SO THAT BILL HAS SAILED THROUGH THE SENATE, FLEW THROUGH THE SENATE, AND NOW IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THE HOUSE.

AND THAT'S AS FAR AS IT'S GONE IN THE HOUSE. IT HAS NOT BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE YET, AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE HOUSE SINCE THE 20TH.

SO IT'S WE'RE JUST IT IT WILL GET A HEARING, I'M SURE, IN THE HOUSE SIDE, BUT IT'S NOT BEEN REFERRED YET.

LAST COURT MEETING OR MAYBE MY COURT MEETINGS ARE GETTING MIXED UP.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS NEXT ITEM UNDER TWO, A SENATE BILL 910, Y'ALL HAD HAD SOME CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT WAS YOU, JUDGE SAKAI, TALKING ABOUT TIRES BEING AN ISSUE.

SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

SENATE BILL 910. IT'S BEEN ADDED TO YOUR LIST.

WE'RE TRACKING IT AND THAT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.

THE NEXT ONE, SENATE BILL 1555, THAT WAS ONE JUDGE SAKAI THAT NOAH BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO TRACK, AND THAT ONE HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE SENATE COMMITTEE AND IS ON TODAY'S SENATE CALENDAR.

SO IT'LL BE MOVED OUT OF THE SENATE IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

SENATE. SENATE BILL 878 BY BIRDWELL. LET ME LOOK AT MY REPORT.

THAT ONE IS STILL PENDING IN COMMITTEE. IT WAS HEARD IN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 17TH.

IT'S STILL PENDING. SENATE BILL 2384.

THAT ONE HAS BEEN FILED. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT THIS ONE FROM ME.

THIS IS AN AG. WHAT WE FOUND OUT IT'S A PRIORITY FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS SET UP A STATE LEVEL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

SO A DISTRICT ATTORNEY WHO WOULD HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ALL THE OTHER DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, ELECTED OR UNELECTED, ELECTED FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM. I DON'T REMEMBER, COMMISSIONER.

I'M ASSUMING MAYBE THAT FIRST, BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO WITH SOME OF THESE BILLS IS THAT FIRST YEAR THE GOVERNOR WILL APPOINT.

I DON'T REMEMBER IF THAT ONE SAID THIS, BUT IT'S AN ELECTED POSITION.

AND THEN THAT IS IT. SO I'VE ALREADY COVERED THE SECOND PAGE ON THE FORENSIC BED.

SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MOODE. WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR CORRECT USE OF THE TERM SHENANIGANS TO

[02:00:07]

DESCRIBE THE THE DOG AND PONY SHOW THAT'S GOING ON.

I TRY TO KEEP IT CLEAN IN HERE, SO THAT'S AS CLEAN AS I THAT'S AS CLEAN AS I COULD SAY IT WITHOUT MOVING ON.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, MELISSA, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING UP AND FOLLOWING UP IN SHORT ORDER ON THAT DATA REQUEST.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE REAL IMPACT. AND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU, YOU BROUGHT WITH THAT DATA.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU LIKE. YEAH. THAT'S WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE FISCAL ASSESSMENTS THAT BUDGET AND WHATEVER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT OFFICE DEPARTMENT HAS HELPED PUT TOGETHER. AND WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET IT DOWN TO A ONE PAGER THAT IS EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL.

AND IT SHOWS THE IMPACT TO BEXAR COUNTY. GOOD, BAD OR OTHERWISE.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. COMMISSIONER, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MELISSA, AND YOU MAY HAVE COVERED THIS I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL BILLS RELATED TO GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WITH BOND ELECTIONS ISSUING DEBT.

I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING MORE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND WHAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES CAN OR CANNOT USE CHAOS FOR.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY BILL FILED? A NUMBER OF BILLS? OKAY. ANY OF THEM THAT ARE MOVING THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT? NOT YET. THE ONE AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT'S CHAIR MEYER'S BILL BECAUSE HE'S CHAIR OF WAYS AND MEANS. I WANT TO SAY NO. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY IT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GET THE NUMBER WRONG.

OKAY. IT'S NOT BEEN HEARD YET, BUT BASICALLY WHAT THAT BILL IS, IS JUST A CONGLOMERATION OF ALL OF THE CO AND ANTICIPATION NOTES AND ALL OF THOSE BOND TYPE BILLS THROWN INTO ONE BILL.

SO ALL THE BAD JUNK IN ONE PLACE. OKAY. AND I'LL SEND YOU THAT BILL.

YEAH. I'M JUST CURIOUS. I KNOW THE LAST FEW SESSIONS, THEY'VE NARROWED A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE CAN WE CAN USE CODE FOR, SO WE JUST WANT TO BE ON TOP OF THAT. AND THEN THERE IS SOMETHING RELATED TO IT.

MAYBE DOESN'T IMPACT US AS MUCH, BUT IT COULD IF WE DO A VENUE TAX ELECTION DOWN THE ROAD, A THRESHOLD PERCENTAGE FOR BOND ELECTIONS. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? I THINK THE BILL BASICALLY SAID, INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF VOTERS, THAT HAD TO BE TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTERS THERE.

THAT'S RINGING A BELL TOO. YES, I BELIEVE THERE'S YES, AT LEAST ONE OUT THERE IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF BIRD DOG THAT FOR US, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD IMPACT US IF WE WENT.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AT LEAST, ABOUT MAYBE DOING A NOVEMBER VENUE TAX ELECTION, AND I BELIEVE IT WOULD APPLY TO THAT AS WELL.

THERE HAS THERE HAS BEEN, BECAUSE THOMAS AND I HAVE EVEN HAD THAT CONVERSATION TALKING ABOUT THE, THE VENUE TAX ISSUES. THERE WAS ACTUALLY ONE HELD HEARD IN COMMITTEE YESTERDAY.

TEPPER, WHO IS OUT OF LUBBOCK. AND SO THEY'RE STILL MAD AT LUBBOCK FOR SOME OF THEIR COSTS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAY GO BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE STILL THERE, RIGHT.

AND THEY'RE TINKERING WITH THE DEFINITION OF A PUBLIC WORK.

YEAH. PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT AGAIN, WHERE IT GETS INTO DETENTION FACILITIES, JAIL FACILITIES.

I MEAN, IT'S IT'S CUTTING INTO A LOT OF WHAT WE UCOS FOR, BUT THEY HAVE, HAVE THEY BRACKETED THAT TO LUBBOCK COUNTY OR.

NO. NO. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT THAT'S THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE.

IF YOU'RE THAT MAD AT LUBBOCK THEN BRACKET IT JUST FOR LUBBOCK.

YEAH. I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT THAT GOES BACK TO THE SPEAKER.

THE CURRENT SPEAKER. BEFORE HE WAS SPEAKER, THERE WAS AN ISSUE RELATED TO SOME LOCAL PROJECT.

SO HE WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THAT. THAT MAY MOVE, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE THEY CAN JUST BRACKET IT TO CERTAIN COUNTIES.

WELL, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, COMMISSIONER, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT FOR THE RECORD.

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COOK CONFERENCE OF URBAN COUNTIES, THAT IS, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IS THE POLICY CHAIR FOR THE COOK AND WE THAT GROUP, WE WE WORK SO WELL TOGETHER THAT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY ISSUES COMING LEFT AND RIGHT.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER BILL NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE MEET AT THE VERY LEAST DAILY, EVERY EVENING, YOU KNOW, STARTING AT LIKE FIVE TO WHENEVER WE GET OUT OF THE LEAVE THE CAPITAL, WE GO TO THE QC BUILDING AND MEET. AND NOW STARTING TODAY WE'LL MEET DAILY IN THE CAPITAL.

[02:05:04]

SO WE MEET TOGETHER, WE HUDDLE IN THE CAPITAL AND THEN WE HUDDLE AT NIGHT.

YEAH. SO WHAT I'M THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS I MAY NOT REMEMBER EVERY BILL AND AND DISCUSS IT IN, IN THIS FORUM, BUT IT IS ALL IN YOUR REPORT. AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE YES, WE'RE FIGHTING THE URBAN COUNTIES, THE THE FIVE LARGEST URBAN COUNTIES AND THEN EL PASO ALL HAVE SOMEONE ON STAFF LIKE ME THAT IS IN AUSTIN FULL TIME DURING SESSION REPRESENTING OUR RESPECTIVE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

AND THEN ADAM WITH QC AND WENDY, THAT'S THE GROUP THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

AND WE WE BASICALLY SPEND EVERY WAKING HOUR TOGETHER.

AND SO WE ALL BACK EACH OTHER UP AND HELP SHARE INFORMATION.

SO PLEASE KNOW THAT IF YOU CROSS PATHS WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS COURT YOUR COLLEAGUES, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW HOW, HOW WELL THEIR TEAM, THEIR STAFF IS WORKING.

BECAUSE IT'S A LOT. YEAH. AND I TALKED TO ADAM THIS MORNING, AS A MATTER OF FACT.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION, MELISSA, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, PARTICULARLY AT THIS POINT IN THE SESSION THROUGH CINDY, ITS HEAD IS SPINNING.

YES. YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO TO HELP RELAY INFORMATION TO OUR COLLEAGUES BECAUSE ADAM CHECKS IN WITH ME PROBABLY EVERY OTHER DAY OR SO.

BUT THANKS FOR YOUR WORK BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS A LOT, AND IT HELPS THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER.

AND IT'S AMAZING. IT'S REALLY AMAZING. I MEAN, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT GROUP.

YEAH. WELL, WE APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. YES. THANK YOU JUDGE. ANYTHING ELSE? IS THERE ANY ACTION ITEMS YOU NEED? NO, SIR. JUST AN UPDATE.

ALL RIGHT. BUT POSSIBLY, PERHAPS THE NEXT MEETING.

YOU MAY BE ASKING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM THE COURT.

YES, SIR. ON CERTAIN BILLS. YES, SIR. BUT NOT TODAY.

NO, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 60 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING EXPANSION OF CLEAR WATER CREEK SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

[60. Presentation and discussion regarding the expansion of the "Clearwater Creek Special Improvement District" (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) (Manuel Leal)]

MR. LIAO. GOOD AFTERNOON. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. WE TALKED TODAY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CLEARWATER CREEK SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT EXPANSION.

SINCE THEY PULL UP THE POWERPOINT, YOU HAVE THE POWERPOINTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS PROCESS.

PETITION IS SUBMITTED BY THE LANDOWNER, AND THAT LANDOWNER NEEDS TO GET CONSENT BY THE COUNTY, OF COURSE, AND THE CITY, IF APPLICABLE. AND THIS IS APPLICABLE BECAUSE THE PIT IS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ETJ.

THE PIT TAKES A FINAL ACTION UNDER THE WATER CODE.

CHAPTER 49, SUBCHAPTER J AND THE POWERS CARRY OVER FROM THE ORIGINAL PID TO THE EXPANSION.

THIS ONE IS LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR, VERY FAR EAST.

THERE YOU SEE THE YELLOW BORDERS. THAT IS THE EXPANSION.

THE GREEN ONE IS THE ORIGINAL. IT'S A 25 YEAR TERM, 146 ACRES.

AND CURRENTLY, BEXAR COUNTY ONLY RECEIVES $2,900 IN TAX REVENUE.

THIS EXPANSION WILL CREATE 690 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS, 250 PER.

NO MULTIFAMILY, NO COMMERCIAL IS EXPECTED. OF COURSE, THE NORMAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

NOW THIS WILL ALSO AID IN EXPANDING THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL AND WATER LINES IN THE AREA.

THE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL COST 31 MILLION, CREATE A TAXABLE VALUE OF 172.5 MILLION AND THERE ARE THE 25 YEAR REVENUES GENERATED, THE PID WILL GENERATE 20 MILLION.

BEXAR COUNTY GENERAL FUND 10 MILLION. RECOMMENDED MOTION IS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE EXPANSION OF THE CLEARWATER CREEK SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. JUDGE. THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.

CORRECT? THAT IS. THAT IS CORRECT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

OKAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE WORKED COOPERATIVELY OVER THE LAST I GUESS IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO SINCE WE PASSED, MAYBE NOT EVEN THAT LONG. THE ORIGINAL? YEAH.

THE ORIGINAL I THINK 2020. HAS IT BEEN THAT BEEN A WHILE? OKAY. SO. WELL, 2020 WAS LIKE A TIME PORTAL FOR ALL OF US.

SO. YEAH. AND OF COURSE, THIS IS AN AREA THAT HAS LARGELY HAD UNDER DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF SEWER AND WATER CONNECTION.

AND MOST OF THE FOLKS OUT IN THIS AREA ARE ON SEPTIC, AND THERE'S A DESIRE TO MODERNIZE AND PROVIDE FOR REGULAR WATER, IF YOU WILL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF UPSIDE ON THE COUNTY BUDGET.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT UP.

SO WITH NONE HERE TO SPEAK, I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE EXPANSION OF THE CLEARWATER CREEK SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

[02:10:06]

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT POINT OF REFERENCE FOR ME. WHAT'S THE ABOUT? WHERE IS IT? IT'S IN YOUR PRECINCT. BUT ROADS OR GENERAL AREA? WHERE IS IT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EAST CENTRAL.

EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. OKAY. YEAH. IS IT WHERE? IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO CIBOLO CREEK. THE BORDER.

IT'S ABOUT A MILE. MAYBE HALF A MILE. IT'S OUTSIDE 1604, LIKE COMMISSIONER.

WHAT'S THE. WHAT'S THE MAJOR OR MAJOR BEAR PATH? THEY'RE REALLY UNCOMMON ROADS OUT THERE. UNCOMMON? YEAH, WELL, NOT THAT YOU. IT'S BEXAR PATH AND FM 2538.

THAT'S HOW FAR OUT IT IS. ONE OF THOSE ARE IN THE BACK, WHAT THEY CALL BACK ROADS.

YES. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT, MR. MOODY, ANYTHING? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

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

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. LEO. THANK YOU. JUDGE. 61 APPROVAL EXECUTION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY.

[61. Approval and execution of a Professional Services Agreement between Bexar County and San Antonio Lifetime Recovery to provide inpatient/outpatient substance abuse services for adults participating in the Alternatives to Incarceration Program (Diversion Program), beginning October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025 in the amount not to exceed $1,900,150. The provider has been selected and awarded under Texas Local Government Code Section 262.024(a)(4). (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) (Norma Greenfield-Laborde)]

SAN ANTONIO. LIFETIME RECOVERY TO PROVIDE INPATIENT, OUTPATIENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES FOR ADULTS PARTICIPATING IN THE ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION PROGRAM DIVERSION PROGRAM BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,900,150. THE PROVIDER HAS BEEN SELECTED AND AWARDED UNDER TEXAS TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 262 .024, SUBSECTION A, SUBSECTION FOUR. HI, DOCTOR.

GREENFIELD. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO LET MR. FIBBS DO THE PRESENTATION. UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ JUST LEFT.

HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE BACK. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL REMEMBER LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME WHEN WE BROUGHT LIFETIME TO TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, HE DID ASK ABOUT DATA AND OUTCOMES AND STATS, AND I'M PROUD HERE TO SAY THAT THEY HAD BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AT THAT TIME TO DEVELOP A MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WOULD GIVE US A LOT OF THAT DATA.

SO I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY PLEASED WITH THE PRESENTATION. AND OF COURSE, WE'LL ALL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MR. PHIPPS. MR. FORD, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE SAKAI.

AND COMMISSIONERS, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE THIS COLLABORATION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH DOCTOR G AND HER TEAM.

AND I WANTED TO PRESENT MY TEAM. WE HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE AND THERE'S BEEN JUST 1 OR 2 OF US.

AND. BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THE TEAM BEHIND LIFETIME.

WE HAVE CRISTINA MENDOZA. CANTU IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL SERVICES.

ELIANA ESQUIVEL IS OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE.

HAMILTON BARTON IS OUR VP OF ENGAGEMENT AND QUINCY TODD IS OUR CONTROLLER.

AND CURTIS MARTIN IS YOUR BEXAR COUNTY LIAISON.

SO EVERY CLIENT THAT COMES THROUGH FROM THIS PROGRAM HE TOUCHES.

SO WE WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY REPRESENT THE 92 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE AT SOUTH BEND AND AT OUR CROSSROADS LOCATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE BEEN AT THE LOCATION AT SOUTH AUSTIN SINCE 1963.

WE'VE BEEN AT SOUTHLAND SINCE 1969. EXCUSE ME.

WE'VE BEEN A NONPROFIT SINCE 1963. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LONG TERM LEASE WITH YOU ALL, WHICH SHOULD LAST BEYOND MY TIME. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE THE NEGOTIATOR OF THE NEXT LEASE, BUT ANYWAY, PROGRAMS ARE YEAR ROUND, AND WE WE AIM TO REDUCE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH ON THIS COMMUNITY.

SO, AS DOCTOR JES POINTED OUT, WE DID EMPLOY A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

WE HAD BEEN WE HAVE WE ARE OBLIGATED TO USE THE STATE'S CMS SYSTEM, WHICH IS FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY, VERY, VERY HARD TO GET REPORTS OUT, VERY HARD TO GET ANY DATA.

SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING BOTH ON RESIDENTIAL AND OUTPATIENT.

THIS IS ONLY FROM OCTOBER 1ST TO MARCH 17TH. SO THIS IS AS OF AS OF RIGHT NOW OF THE THESE ARE STRICTLY FOR BEXAR COUNTY, NOT THE ENTIRE GROUP. 213 ADMISSIONS CAME FROM BEXAR COUNTY IN OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM.

OF THOSE 89 WERE MALE, 89% AND 9% FEMALE. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'VE JUST SLOWLY ADDED WOMEN TO OUR FACILITY.

THERE'S 24 BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR FEMALES NOW.

AND BY THE END OF JUNE, AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, THEN WILL BE FULLY OPEN FOR A FULL COMPONENT OF FEMALE BEDS.

YOU CAN SEE THE ETHNIC BREAKDOWN IS VERY CLOSE TO WHAT OUR OUR COMMUNITY IS.

THE AGE BREAKDOWN IS 50% BETWEEN 27 AND 40 AND 27 BETWEEN 41 AND 55.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PRIME OF THEIR LIFE, THAT IF THEY'RE RETURNED,

[02:15:01]

THEY CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND RETURN TO THEIR FAMILIES, PERHAPS BEING WONDERFUL TAXPAYERS AS WELL.

SO IT'S A PRIME GROUP, PRIME AGE GROUP THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.

WE'VE ASKED AT THE AT THE TIME OF ADMISSION, WE ASKED WHAT THEIR PRIMARY CHOICE OF DRUG OF CHOICE IS.

THIS IS A SELF-REPORT. SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE ADDICTED TO.

43% ARE AMPHETAMINES, WHICH IS VERY HIGH FOR AND IT'S TYPICAL OF THE COUNTY.

ALCOHOL IS STILL 23% AND OPIOID 14%. THEY ALSO ARE CROSS ADDICTED.

ALMOST ALL OF THESE CLIENTS THAT WE RECEIVE HAVE DABBLED IN MUCH OF THIS.

MANY OF THESE ITEMS. SO IT'S A IT IS AN INTERESTING PROBLEM.

OUR UTILIZATION ON OUR RESIDENTIAL, WE'RE AT 92% GENERALLY FULL UNTIL WE GET THE NEW REMODELING OF THE OLD MAIN BUILDING DONE, THEN WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 60 BEDS AVAILABLE.

THIS WILL GIVE US ABOUT 156 OR 160 ALONG IN THERE.

BUT WE STAY PRETTY, PRETTY FULL. YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN FOR BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTIAL REFERRALS.

THE PRETRIAL WHICH IS THE JAIL DIVERSION CONTRACT.

ALSO, THOSE THAT ARE PENDING COURT ACTION. 82 CLIENTS WERE REFERRED INTO RESIDENTIAL SERVICES BETWEEN THAT TIME PERIOD.

78 WERE REFERRED FROM THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, 35 FROM FELONY DRUG COURT AND THE OTHERS FROM THE OTHER OTHER COURTS.

CAN YOU BREAK THAT DOWN AND TELL ME WHAT THE OTHER COURTS ARE, PLEASE? THE MHC IS SIX AND VETERAN'S COURT AND CAMINO EACH HAD ONE TO A RESIDENTIAL WHICH WOULD BE MENTAL HEALTH. YES. WHICH WHICH MENTAL HEALTH IS THAT JUDGE HUFF OR JUDGE RANGEL OR BOTH? BOTH. HUFF. IT'S. DOCTOR. YEAH. OKAY. HUFF. JUDGE.

HUFF. OKAY. LET ME LET ME WORSE. DOCTOR GREENFIELD, ON THESE REFERRALS. OBVIOUSLY, YOUR OFFICE IS THE MAJOR REFERRAL SOURCE TO LIFETIME, CORRECT? YES, SIR. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE PROBABLY A DIRECT PROCESS OF GETTING PEOPLE OVER THERE THROUGH YOUR STAFF? YES. WHAT ARE THE DYNAMICS OR DAVE, DO YOU KNOW IS THERE? OBVIOUSLY THERE'S WE HAVE MANY OTHER SPECIALTY COURTS.

I ASSUME THEY HAVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES. IS IT A MATTER OF CONTRACTS BETWEEN EACH OF THESE COURTS? I'M TRYING TO. AND I THINK THIS IS ALL PART IN DAVID SMITH.

THIS IS ALL PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF WHEN WE DO THESE CONTRACT SERVICES, WE HAVE ALL THESE COURTS.

IS IT ARE THESE REFERRALS AS A RESULT OF A CONTRACT OR IS THERE OR IS IT THE FACT THAT CERTAIN JUDGES DON'T REFER TO LIFETIME AND THEY HAVE OTHER RESOURCES? I'M TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IS.

LET ME EXPLAIN. WHAT IS THE TRUE DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN OUR COURT SYSTEM? YES, SIR. ARE THERE OTHER COURTS SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF WE DID MORE, THERE WOULD BE MORE REFERRAL SERVICES? YES IT IS. OKAY. THIS IS GENERAL FUNDS. SO IT IS THERE IS A CONTRACT UNDER GENERAL FUND FOR DIVERSION FUNDING, WHICH ANTONIO. BUT I'M TALKING I WANT TO KNOW HOW AND THE OTHER COURTS A HANDLE ON THE CAPACITY.

RIGHT. AND THEN THE SUPPLY DEMAND. AND IF WE WERE TO INCREASE DOES IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE CAPACITY? IF NOT, FINE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE AND THEN WE HAVE THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURTS.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THESE REFERRALS ARE COMING FROM AND WHAT IS TRUE CAPACITY.

WHAT'S TRUE SUPPLY DEMAND IN NUMBERS? YES. DO YOU HAVE THAT? I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNTS. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE OTHER COURTS, THE REASON WHY SOME COURTS DO NOT REFER TO THE DIVERSION FUND IS BECAUSE THEY'RE GRANT FUNDED AND THEY GET GRANT MONIES, AND THEN THEY ALLOCATE WHERE THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF SOME OF THEIR FUNDING, THEN WE THROUGH ANTONIO'S TEAM, WE ALLOW THEM TO USE THE DIVERSION FUNDING. SO YES, IF THERE WERE MORE FUNDING THERE AND DIVERSION THAN MORE COURTS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT FUNDING AS WELL. SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NUMBERS IN YOUR PRETRIAL NUMBERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF CERTAIN SPECIALTY COURTS BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF FUNDING OR LACK OF FUNDING? THOSE NUMBERS, THE MAJORITY ARE COMING OUT OF JUST THE JAIL.

THAT'S ANTONIO'S TEAM WORKING WITH TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF JAIL.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THEY'RE NOT IN ANY TYPE OF SPECIALTY COURT OR ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RELEASE THEM FROM JAIL. SPECIALTY COURTS, THEY'RE USUALLY CONTRACT WITH GRANT FUNDING, AND NORMALLY MOST OF THEM ARE ON PROBATION AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THE COURT THE

[02:20:01]

PROCESS FOR SUCCESS. SO SOMETIMES WHEN THEY RUN OUT OF MONEY AND THEIR GRANT MONIES AND THEY'VE ALLOCATED, LET'S SAY THEY'VE ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING IN THEIR GRANT FUNDING TO LIFETIME AND THEN THEY USE IT ALL UP.

WELL, SOMETIMES THEY WILL CONTACT US TO SEE IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A BED FOR ONE OF THEIR INDIVIDUALS, OR THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOME TYPE OF TREATMENT.

AND THEN WE'LL LOOK TO SEE IF WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY THROUGH THE YEAR.

CAN WE, YOU KNOW, GET HIM IN THAT SLOT. AND THAT'S HOW WE WORK WITH THEM.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE IN LIFETIME WITH THIS, WITH THIS DIVERSION PROGRAM CONTRACT, IT'S PEOPLE COMING OUT OF DIRECTLY OUT OF JAIL INTO ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES OR WITH THEIR TREATMENT.

LET ME ASK DAVE. DAVE, DO YOU HAVE DOES YOU OR YOUR STAFF HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE YOUR REFERRALS ARE COMING FROM? YES. AND I'M TRYING TO I'M I'LL BE REAL BLUNT.

I STILL DON'T HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE. AND BEAR IN MIND, THIS IS WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT COULD UTILIZE YOUR SERVICES AS WELL. AS DOCTOR GEE'S POINTED OUT, SOME OF THE CONTRACTS WITH THE COURTS ARE DIRECT, LIKE REFLEJO COURT. THERE IS A THERE IS A DIRECT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THEM THAT ISN'T THROUGH THE THIS THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT.

BUT MOST OF THAT THAT WE GET THROUGH THIS SYSTEM COME FROM THE COURTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THIS CONTRACT.

THE. SO I THINK THE FLOW. AND IS THERE ANOTHER ONE JUST FOR FLOW REALLY IS THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE CONTRACT.

SO IF THERE AND BEAR IN MIND MANY AND YOU'LL SEE THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES, THE IMPACT FROM THE DRUG COURTS ARE REALLY IN THE OUTPATIENT FACILITY, NOT SO MUCH IN THE FROM THE DRUG COURTS INTO THE BEDS INPATIENT.

YEAH I GUESS THE BUT WE COULD DO MORE. YES. THE BIGGER QUESTION IS AND I'M LOOKING AT BUDGET OFFICE, I THINK THIS IS A DISCUSSION I'M HAVING WITH THEM.

WOULD THERE BE A UTILITY. WOULD THERE BE A COST? WOULD THERE BE MORE EFFICIENT? WOULD IT BE MORE EASIER FOR YOU IF WE WERE TO START TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE ALL THESE CONTRACTS AND TRY TO HARMONIZE IT FOR REIMBURSEMENT RATES? AND I'LL BE REAL BLUNT, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO OPEN THAT.

IS THERE A DIFFERENT REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR DIFFERENT COURTS? AND THEN WHY IS THAT. SO I YEAH UNDERSTANDING THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SENSITIVE ISSUES THAT I DON'T WANT TO OPEN UP FOR NOW, BUT I WANT TO START THAT DISCUSSION. SO IS THAT A WORTHWHILE DISCUSSION? WE ARE HAPPY. YES. WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH OTHER COURTS AS WELL.

IT REALLY HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS. FELONY DRUG COURT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

THEY'VE HAD FUNDING AND THEN THEY RAN OUT OR THEY'VE HAD FUNDING AND IT RAN OUT.

SO WE'VE HAD SOME WITH JUDGE GLENN'S FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY JUDGE GLENN. YES. RIGHT.

BUT IN YES, IN IN RESIDENTIAL THERE'S THERE IS 35.

35. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S GLENN'S THAT'S GOOD. BUT HAS HE HAD HIGHER NUMBERS IN THE PAST DEPENDING ON THE CONTRACT? NOT REALLY. I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.

WE'VE HAD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS COURT.

WE'VE HAD GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL THE COURTS. WE'VE MAINTAINED. WE SEND OUR COACHES IN, WE SEND OUR COUNSELORS IN FOR STAFFING EVERY TIME THAT THEY MEET.

AND SO WE'RE THERE IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER.

THIS PARTICULAR DATA AND YOU'RE IMPATIENT DOES TAKE BOTH MALE AND FEMALES.

YES, YES. FINALLY, FINALLY. RIGHT. YOU WERE ON THE MALE SIDE OF TREATMENT FOR 60 YEARS.

FOR 60 YEARS. AND THAT'S GOING WELL, BY THE WAY.

IT'S I CONSIDER IT LIKE A SOFT OPENING ON A RESTAURANT.

WE'VE, WE'VE WE'VE LIMITED THE FEMALE POPULATION TO ONLY THOSE COMING FROM JAIL DIVERSION RIGHT NOW JUST SO WE CAN GET A HANDLE ON IT.

WHEN THE OTHER BEDS ARE AVAILABLE, THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR OTHER THAN JUST JAIL DIVERSION.

SO DAVID SMITH, WHAT WOULD WHAT WOULD YOUR OFFICE NEED IN ORDER TO START THE CONVERSATIONS TO TRY TO CREATE AN EFFICIENCY? SO IT'S A MUCH BIGGER CONVERSATION. IT'S NOT JUST LIFETIME, CORRECT.

IT'S EVERYBODY. BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THESE DIVERGENT FUNDING STREAMS FROM DIFFERENT GRANTS AND DIFFERENT GRANTING AGENCIES AND SOURCES GOING TO DIFFERENT COURTS, AND SOME STANDARDIZATION WOULD PROBABLY BE WORTHWHILE BECAUSE, AS I HEAR IN MY LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TREATMENT COMMUNITY, IS YOU ALL HAVE PROBABLY UNLIMITED CAPACITY, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE GUARANTEED REVENUE STREAMS. THAT'S CORRECT. IN ORDER TO OPEN THE BEDS UP, SO TO SPEAK.

AND, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEE MAY BE A STRONGER WORD BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE PROVIDED CARE.

WE'VE PROVIDED ALMOST $150,000 WORTH OF UNFUNDED CARE EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND THAT'S THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO, COUNTY OR IN GENERAL, BUT MOST, MOST, MOST OF IT IS THE COUNTY REFERRALS.

BUT BUT THE COUNTY THE COUNTY FUNDS GO SO FAR.

[02:25:01]

AND BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY FOR OUTPATIENT.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL. WE'VE DOUBLED OUR CAPACITY IN RESIDENTIAL.

WE USED TO HAVE I MEAN, IN OUTPATIENT, WE USED TO HAVE 5 OR 6 COUNSELORS.

WE HAVE 14 COUNSELORS NOW. SO THE LIMITING FACTOR THERE IS THE NUMBER OF COUNSELORS AVAILABLE, RATIO FOR THE GROUPS AND THE INDIVIDUALS AND HOW THE FUNDING COMES THROUGH.

SO THAT'S AN UNLIMITED YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WE ONLY HAVE SO MANY BEDS IN OUTPATIENT.

WE CAN WE CAN ADD COUNSELORS IF WE CAN HIRE COUNSELORS OR WE CAN ADD CAPACITY BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A NEW WORLD. WE LIVE IN A NEW WORLD WHERE GRANTS CAN STOP ON A DIME.

RIGHT? DEPENDING ON WHAT A PERSON OR PERSONS WANT TO DO.

AND SO I NEED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CANNOT STAY IN THE SAME PARADIGM.

WELL, I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS IN TEXAS.

WE'VE BEEN IN AUSTIN JUST ALMOST AS MUCH AS MISS SHANNON, AND WE'VE BEEN HEARING THE SAME THING ABOUT STATIC FUNDING FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WHEN WE NEED MORE, GREATER RATES. WE'VE BEEN TELLING THAT FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

SO IT'S IT'S YOU'RE RIGHT. WE JUST HAVE TO GO.

LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION. SO ON THE PRETRIAL, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE USING IT FOR DIVERSION TO BECOME TO COME OUT OF CUSTODY.

THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE UNDER ANY COURT. IT MAY NOT BE A SPECIALTY COURT.

THEY'RE COMING OUT OF JAIL AND WHATEVER COURT, SO THAT ALL THE COURTS ARE USING THAT FUNDING BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM OUT OF JAIL. SO. ALL RIGHT, I'LL GO CONTINUE. DAVID.

I'LL GO QUICKLY. YES. 69% OF TREATMENT COMPLETED, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD FROM A STATEWIDE POINT OF VIEW.

ONLY 5% HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED. WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY OR IF IT'S BECAUSE THEY WERE IN TRIAL, PRETRIAL AND THEN WERE INCARCERATED. I DON'T KNOW, BUT 5% OF THE 252 DISCHARGES OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THAT'S REALLY A GOOD RATE FOR RECIDIVISM. OUTPATIENT.

THERE'S A THERE'S A TYPO HERE. IT'S 370, NOT 170.

I LOOKED AT THAT AND I WENT, WHOA, WE'RE JUST NOT DOING WHAT WE SAID WE'RE DOING.

69% ARE MALE, 30% ARE FEMALE IN IN OUTPATIENT SAME SAME AGE RANGE.

DRUG CHOICE FLIPS A LITTLE BIT WITH OUTPATIENT ALCOHOL.

I THINK THERE'S MORE REFERRALS FROM THE DWI COURT.

AMPHETAMINE IS UP THERE AND CANNABIS IS UP THERE.

WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY EMPLOYED OR HAVE SOME SORT OF FAMILY OBLIGATION OR SOME SORT OF WORK OBLIGATION.

SO ALCOHOL MAY BE THE DRUG OF CHOICE OUT OF THE REFERRALS THAT CAME FROM TO OUTPATIENT.

100 PEOPLE CAME FROM PROBATION, 45 FROM PRETRIAL.

AND HERE'S 31 FROM TRACK D, WHICH IS THE DWI COURT, AND THE CAMINO COURT IS 24.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE MORE IMPATIENT, A LITTLE MORE THAN INPATIENT FROM THE DRUG COURTS FOR OUTPATIENT.

OF THESE TREATMENT COMPLETED IS 54. THAT IS NOT AS GOOD AS WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

THERE ARE SOME NO SHOWS. THERE ARE TREATMENTS THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T COME UP SOMETIME FOR THEIR ADMISSIONS.

MOST OF THOSE HAVE COME OUT OF THEIR PROBATION REFERRALS.

NONE OF THEM HAVE COME OUT OF THE PRETRIAL 1 OR 2, MAYBE AT THE MOST.

OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME, ONLY 2% ARE INCARCERATED FROM THIS GROUP.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GET UP INTO THE 60S, WHICH WE'RE WORKING ON, MAINLY ON WORKING ON THE NO SHOWS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE AN INTEREST OF YOU ALL.

WE WERE NOT ABLE TO DO THIS BEFORE. THIS SHOWS YOU THE REFERRALS THAT CAME THROUGH THIS CONTRACT FROM YOUR PRECINCTS.

THEY'RE ALL PRETTY EVEN. 159 156 144. THE LOWER ONE IS PRECINCT THREE.

BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DEEMED UNHOUSED.

THEY MAY HAVE COME FROM WE MAY HAVE COME FROM DIRECTLY FROM JAIL, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE HOUSING WHEN THEY GOT ARRESTED, OR THEY MAY BE COMING FROM HAVEN FOR HOPE, OR THEY MAY BE JUST REFERRED TO US IN OTHER WAYS AND DON'T DECLARE A HOME ADDRESS.

SO THAT'S IT'S VERY INTERESTING HOW IT'S KIND OF FAIRLY EVEN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE NUMBERS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND I'D BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS CONTRACT.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT THANK YOU JUDGE. CAN YOU CLARIFY THE CO-OCCURRING ISSUES WITH THE UNHOUSED THAT YOU SEE? WELL, YES. WHAT'S AVAILABLE IS WHAT'S CHEAP AND THEREFORE AMPHETAMINES, HEROIN, THAT KIND OF THING IS CHEAP. ALCOHOL IS CHEAPER. YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GET GET THEIR WHOLE GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.

AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS FROM THE UNHOUSED, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN ON THE STREET.

[02:30:03]

MOST OF THE TIME, LIKE THE HARM REDUCTION THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER THAT COMES FROM THAT DIRECT AREA.

AND SO THEY EITHER PICKED UP FROM THOSE AREAS, PUT IN THE JAIL, OR THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'VE GOTTEN ADMITTED INTO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH THAT SYSTEM. BUT IT REALLY IS IT IS A MULTIPLE IT'S WHATEVER'S AVAILABLE WHATSOEVER IN FRONT OF YOU.

CAN YOU GIVE ME A BALLPARK PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION UNHOUSED THAT NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING, LONG TERM ASSISTANCE AND AND THE PERCENTAGE THAT COULD BE RELEASED INTO, YOU KNOW, SELF-SUFFICIENCY? ONE THING THAT I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT PERCENTAGE THAT WAY.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SOBER LIVING HOMES, WHICH MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH OUR RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM MAY GO TO A SOBER LIVING HOME. THERE ARE MALE AND FEMALE SOBER LIVING HOMES. THERE'S LIKE 560 BEDS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

NOW, THESE ARE INDEPENDENT. THEY MAY BE OXFORD HOMES OR WHATEVER.

THEY'RE ALLOWED TO STAY IN THAT HOME. AND I KNOW HAMILTON KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE WITH THE OXFORD AND THE ALUMNI.

BUT IF WE HAD, IN OTHER WORDS, ONCE THEY'RE IN THAT SOBER LIVING HOME, THEY'VE GOT TO GO SOMEWHERE AFTER THAT BECAUSE THERE'S THAT'S THEIR HOME AND THEY STAY SOBER.

THEY GET A JOB. THEY'RE MANDATED TO DO THAT BY THE BY THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HOME.

SO I WOULD I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A FULL 50% OF OUR PEOPLE THAT GO THROUGH RESIDENTIAL HAVE TO GO BACK TO SOME SORT OF HOUSING SITUATION THAT THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE. SO THIS, THIS A SOBER LIVING HOME IS IS A GOOD BRIDGE.

COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. MOODY. JUST ONE QUESTION.

I DON'T HAVE THE SLIDE RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A PORTION OF YOUR RESIDENTS WHO COME FROM OUT OF COUNTY.

DO YOU RECEIVE ANY SUPPORT FUNDING FROM SURROUNDING COUNTIES? A LITTLE NO, I DON'T THINK IT'S STATE FUNDED.

IT'S ANYTHING. ANYTHING THAT'S COMING FROM A COUNTY IS GOING TO BE STATE FUNDED, WHICH IS THE HHC INDIGENT CARE FUNDING.

DOES DOES ACOG OR ANYONE ON THAT SIDE PROVIDE ANYTHING? I'VE PRESENTED TO ACOG AND THEY WERE VERY OPEN.

JUDGE IN MCMULLEN COUNTY. TEEL REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, THERE'S NO FUNDING FROM COMAL OR SOME OF THESE OTHERS THAT WE'RE GETTING DIRECTLY FROM THEIR COUNTY FUNDS.

THEY WOULD GO THROUGH STATE IF YOU COULD PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE OUTSIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY BY COUNTY, JUST AT LEAST FOR MY TEAM. DEPENDING ON RELATIONSHIPS WE MAY HAVE WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES, WE COULD POTENTIALLY REACH OUT.

BE HAPPY TO DO SO. I THINK A LOT OF THE. I HAD I HAD A NUMBER HERE AND I CAN'T FIND IT.

SORRY, BUT WE'LL GET IT TO YOU. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. JUDGE. DAVID, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK YOU. THIS IS A LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION, AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO TO TURN PEOPLE'S LIVES AROUND.

I GUESS MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO OUTCOMES. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT SOME STATS HERE ON OUTCOMES.

PEOPLE THAT HAVE COMPLETED TREATMENT. I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH BEYOND, I GUESS ONCE THEY'RE THERE.

PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT ARE IN FOR IN TREATMENT.

ONCE THEY ARE I GUESS THERE'S AN EXIT INTERVIEW.

HOW LONG DO YOU TRACK THEM POST TREATMENT? JUST TO KIND OF SEE THE EFFICACY OF OF PROGRAMS, LONG STANDING. AND IF THERE'S RECIDIVISM RATES, DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING. OKAY. WHAT WHAT WHAT'S AIDED THAT IS WE WE USED TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL SOMEBODY AT 90 DAYS.

AND IF WE GOT A VOICEMAIL, THAT WAS IT. WE TRIED.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, RIGHT? THE REALLY THE ADVENT OF USING THE RECOVERY PEER COACHES.

PEER RECOVERY COACHES HAS REALLY ALLOWED US TO TRACK PEOPLE FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

WE CAN TRACK THEM FOR CONTRACTUALLY UP FOR A YEAR.

THE COUNTY DOES PAY FOR SOME OF THE OF THE COACHES THAT WE PROVIDE, AND WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THAT CLIENT UP TO A YEAR.

THEY MAY ENGAGE WITH A COACH OR THEY MAY JUST ACCESS RECOVERY SERVICES.

WE ARE TRACKING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON A DIFFERENT SOFTWARE SYSTEM.

BUT THIS IS A VERY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS IS GROWING.

THEY MEET EVERY OTHER WEEK. THEY HAVE A POTLUCK EVERY MONTH.

[02:35:01]

THEY DO ALL SORTS OF ACTIVITIES, SO WE'RE ENGAGING WITH THEM BEYOND TREATMENT.

TREATMENT IS A 90 DAY PROGRAM AND THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH OUTPATIENT IS 6 TO 10 WEEKS AND THAT'S IT.

SO SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO ENGAGE THEM IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALL THROUGH THE THE CONTINUITY OF CARE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ENGAGE WITH OTHER PEOPLE LIKE RICE RECOVERY AND SOME OF THESE OTHERS AS WELL, BECAUSE THE PARTNERSHIP HAS TO BE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

PEER RECOVERY COACHING HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THAT.

YEAH, WELL, I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS AT A CERTAIN POINT.

SURE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT FOLKS THAT YOU'RE SERVICING, I THINK IN BOTH SCENARIOS, OVER TWO THIRDS ARE FOLKS UNDER 40.

YEAH. WHICH MEANS YOU ARE MAKING AN IMPACT IN HELPING PEOPLE TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.

NOT JUST NOW, BUT BUT HOPEFULLY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR, THEIR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY ELSE THAT THEY SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH WITH.

RIGHT. I MEAN FUTURE GENERATIONS IN SOME CASES.

SO, SO YEAH, IF YOU COULD GET US THAT INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE PARTNERSHIP HOW EFFECTIVE IT IS.

AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE THE NUMBERS, TO SEE THOSE SUCCESS STORIES, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ANECDOTALLY, BUT JUST YOU KNOW, REALLY TO TO TELL THE FULL PICTURE OF HOW MAYBE SOMEONE WHO HAD YOU KNOW, AN ISSUE OR MADE A BAD DECISION IN THEIR TEENS OR 20S OR 30S HAVE NOW TURNED IT AROUND.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HEAR THOSE STORIES FREQUENTLY, BUT IT'D BE GOOD FOR US TO SHARE ALSO WITH OUR WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW REALLY THE THE THE THE MONEY, THE RESOURCES THAT WE PUT INTO ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF, OF JUSTICE AND, AND REALLY REINVESTING IN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YES, SIR. WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THIS IS THIS IS DIRECT SERVICES DOLLARS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE HELP ON THE BUILDINGS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THIS GOES STRAIGHT FACE TO FACE TO A CLIENT, AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF THOSE BUILDINGS, THEN WE GIVE YOU SOME MONEY FROM CAPITAL PROJECTS.

ARE THEY ALL DONE? THAT'S DONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. UNDER ON TIME. UNDER BUDGET. THAT'S OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OH, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. I'M SORRY.

YES, I KNOW WE HAD ALLOCATED FUNDING TO EXPAND THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM.

AND YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED THE AMOUNT OF BEDS.

YES. CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT HOW THAT EXPANSION IS GOING AND THE RECEPTION FROM FEMALES WHO NEED THAT? IT'S INTERESTING. WE WE WERE A LITTLE SCARED.

AND YOU WERE SCARED. YEAH, RIGHT. WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A, LIKE A SOFT OPENING FOR A RESTAURANT.

WE JUST TRIED, YOU KNOW, WITH A ONE CASELOAD, CHRISTINA MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL SHE'S DIRECTLY ON ON THE ON THE LINE FRONT LINE.

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD. WE'VE THEY'RE ON THE SAME CAMPUS.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME BEDS THAT PAY IT FORWARD. JUST KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

RIGHT. WELL, IN A WAY. NO DISTRACTIONS ON THE RECOVERY.

BRIEFLY TELL YOU HAVE A MINUTE JUST TO JUST TELL WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE WOMEN.

SO YOU ASKED A QUESTION, AND I DIDN'T HEAR YOUR LAST QUESTION.

HOW THE WOMAN'S EXPANSION PROGRAM IS GOING BECAUSE WE ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THAT.

YES, IT'S GOING WELL. WE BROUGHT IN. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? YOU COULD PULL IT DOWN. WE BROUGHT IN ABOUT WHAT CHANGES DEPENDING SO.

BUT WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 8 AND 12 WOMEN. OKAY.

AT THE SOUTH END LOCATION. AND SO WE INTEGRATED THEM WITH THE MALE PROGRAM.

AND SO. SO THEY'RE TOGETHER. THEY'RE NOT SEPARATE.

THEY ARE TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. OH, INTERESTING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS.

MOTION CARRIES. GOOD LUCK. CARRY ON. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. ITEM 62 DISCUSSION.

APPROPRIATE ACTION TO AWARD VARIOUS PURCHASE ORDERS TO VARIOUS VENDORS RESELLERS IN THE ESTIMATED AGGREGATE AMOUNT.

[62. Discussion and appropriate action to award various purchase orders to various vendors and resellers in the estimated aggregate annual amount of $26,799,310 for the attainment of various information technology (IT) products and services, utilizing the Department of Information Resources (DIR) Cooperative Purchasing Program; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record. (Estimated Presentation Time: 5 minutes) (Gregory Galloway)]

ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 26,000,799 AND $310 FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF VARIOUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, IT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES UTILIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES DIR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM AUTHORIZING PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD. MR. GALLOWAY. GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR.

COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO REQUEST THE AUTHORIZATION AND APPROVAL FOR THE VARIOUS WITH MY PARTNER FROM BCIT.

MARK, EXCUSE ME. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, FOR VARIOUS ENTERPRISE SERVICES, NETWORK SERVICES, ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTYWIDE MR. GAGER.

COME ON UP HERE. TELL US WHAT YOU'RE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? A LOT OF MONEY. GAGER MARK GAGER, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.

FOR THE RECORD. THIS IS AN ITEM PURCHASING TAKES THE COURT EVERY YEAR, USUALLY IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER.

TIME FRAME WITH THE TRANSITION AND PURCHASING AGENTS.

[02:40:03]

THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DELAYED. NOT ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE ARE BCIT ITEMS. IT'S ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES. SO BUT A MAJORITY OF IT IS.

AND SO THESE ARE THOSE ITEMS LIKE THE BIGGER BUCKETS ARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR LIKE OUR CISCO OR MICROSOFT, THOSE KIND OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE BUY THROUGH RESELLERS THAT ARE ON DER CONTRACT.

ANOTHER BIG BUCKET IS LIKE PC REPLACEMENT. ALL OF OUR COMPUTERS, SUPPLIES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT WE REPLACE EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER ITEMS ON THERE THAT ARE FOR SMALLER KIND OF SOFTWARE PACKAGES.

SO NOT EVERYTHING WE DO IS THROUGH DER, BUT WHERE THE VENDORS HAVE A DER RESELLER AND WE'VE BEEN ON CONTRACT WITH THEM.

THIS IS BASICALLY COVERS OUR RENEWALS. SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL VIEW OF WHAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF WHAT OUR BUDGET IS, PLUS SOME ANALYSIS THAT PURCHASING DID ON HISTORICAL SPEND OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SO THIS REALLY JUST COVERS THOSE MORE ROUTINE PURCHASES THAT ARE COMING IN THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE TIMELY RENEWALS SO THAT OUR SOFTWARE DOESN'T GET TURNED OFF OR OUR HARDWARE DOESN'T RUN WITHOUT MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. GREAT.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER. MARK. JUST IF YOU COULD, BECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DOLLAR AMOUNT.

NOT ALL OF THIS YOU'RE SAYING IS FROM YOUR BUDGET.

IT'S BUDGET. A MAJORITY OF IT IS. I THINK THERE'S A FEW MILLION THAT ISN'T FROM OURS, LIKE CANON COPIERS AND PRINTERS.

OKAY. STUFF LIKE THAT. SOME, SOME SOME OTHER SMALLER SOFTWARE.

OKAY. AND SO OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE OPERATING WITHIN YOUR BUDGET.

WHAT WE PUT IN THE IN THE THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

BUT ARE THESE PURCHASES THEN HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT EITHER RENEWING THEY STILL HAVE TO COME TO COURT FOR THE SMALLER CONTRACTS, I WOULD IMAGINE. WHEN THE ARE YOU COMPETING, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THESE PROPOSALS OR HOW ARE YOU MAKING THESE SOME OF THEM ARE COMPETED, BUT THROUGH DER IT'S ALREADY KIND OF A CO-OP.

I MEAN THOSE THOSE CONTRACTS ARE COMPETED. SO I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. LIKE OUR MICROSOFT SPEND IS ABOUT $3.8 MILLION IN HERE.

MICROSOFT ONLY ALLOWS US TO BUY FROM TWO VENDORS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SOFTWARE ONE OR S.H.I.

SO WE GO WITH THE LOWER VENDOR GET THE QUOTES, AND THEY'RE ON DER CONTRACT.

SO THAT COVERS THAT. OUR CISCO HARDWARE AND MAINTENANCE ONLY OFFERS IT THROUGH A COUPLE OF VENDORS.

THEY AGAIN, THEY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC VENDORS WE'RE ALLOWED TO BUY FROM.

CDW IS ONE OF THEM. CDW IS ON HERE. THAT'S ANOTHER 5 OR $6 MILLION.

OUR PC REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. WE USE COMMONWEALTH, WHICH IS A SMALL, MINORITY OWNED LOCAL BUSINESS, AND THAT'S ABOUT $4.8 MILLION IN HERE. SO WE COMPETE WHEREVER WE CAN.

NEW PURCHASES AND NEW CONTRACTS ALWAYS COME BACK TO COURT FIRST.

SO THIS IS THE COVER OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY USING AND JUST MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. LIKE YOU SAID, THIS IS TYPICALLY HANDLED EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

IT'S JUST DELAYED. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS THROWN OFF.

BUT IT'S THE SAME PROCESS YOU'VE DONE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

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

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE GOING TO SOME CONTRACTORS OR HOW MUCH Y'ALL ARE AIMING FOR? ARE YOU GUYS COGNIZANT OF THAT? WELL, OF THIS DIR.

LIST, RENEE LOOKED AT IT. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 31% GOES TO SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.

AGAIN, WE TRY AND USE SMALL, SMALL AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES WHEREVER WE CAN.

SOMETIMES, IF THEY'RE NOT AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER THAT'S APPROVED BY THE VENDOR THAT WE BUY THE SOFTWARE FROM, WE CAN'T DO THAT. BUT WHEREVER WE CAN, WE DO.

OKAY. AND GREGORY, AS A NEW PERSON WITH THE COUNTY, YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT? YES. COGNIZANT OF THAT. LOOKING FOR THAT OKAY.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT. ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S A MOTION. AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

CARRY ON. 60 THREE. IS PRESENTATION DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS?

[63. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding Workforce Solutions Alamo's Local Plan for Program Year 2025 - 2028. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (David Marquez)]

ALAMO LOCAL PLAN FOR PROGRAM YEAR 20 2528. LET ME GIVE THE COURT A HEADS UP.

THE NEXT THREE AGENDA ITEMS WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE.

SO WE'LL TAKE A REAL QUICK BREAK AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

TAKE THE LAST THREE AGENDA ITEMS OF THE MEETING.

SO, MR. MARQUEZ, MR. LOPEZ IS HERE. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, THE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO BOARD IS REQUIRED TO BRING THEIR WORK PLAN TO YOU ANNUALLY.

AND SO THEY'RE HERE TODAY TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

ADRIAN WILL BE THE ONE PRESENTING THE SLIDES.

I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE GROWTH IN OUR ECONOMY, SO I'M HAPPY TO TURN THE SLIDE OVER TO HIM.

THANK YOU. DAVID. ADRIAN. GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD MORNING BILL. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR LOCAL PLAN THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PRESENT.

[02:45:04]

THIS IS FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. AND SO JUST A QUICK SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND ON, ON THE LOCAL PLAN, IT REFLECTS, OF COURSE, THE DYNAMICS OF THE CHANGING LABOR FORCE AND THE 13 COUNTY REGION.

WE OUTLINE OUR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS EMPLOYERS NEEDS AS WELL AS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN LOCAL ECONOMIES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, IDENTIFYING THE IN-DEMAND INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE PARTICULAR EFFORTS.

SOME COMPONENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOCAL PLAN REFLECT NOT ONLY ECONOMIC WORKFORCE ANALYSIS, BUT ALSO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IN REGARDS TO OUR CORE PROGRAMS AND OUR ONE STOP CENTERS.

SO WE HAVE 16 CAREER CENTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE 13 COUNTY REGION.

JUST RECENTLY OPENED ONE AT FORT SAN ANTONIO.

YOU KNOW, THANKS TO COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES FOR ATTENDING THAT GRAND OPENING.

WE ALSO OUTLINED OUR EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS, HOW WE'RE ACTUALLY SERVICING, SERVICING EMPLOYERS AND ANOTHER WORKFORCE, INVESTMENT INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUR TEACHER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

OUR OUR SEO PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR SUMMER EARN AND LEARN WORK WORKFORCE ACADEMY AND MANY OTHER INITIATIVES THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO SOLICIT AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE, TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LOCAL ECONOMIES IN THE 13 COUNTIES AND 13 COUNTIES, RATHER. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS THE DATA SHOW IN REGARDS TO INCREASE IN IN THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE IN DEMAND? WHAT IS THE INDUSTRY SAY IN REGARDS TO THAT AND WHAT ARE OUR STAKEHOLDERS? SO FROM JULY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE'VE BEEN SOLICITING THAT INPUT.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY POST THE FIRST DRAFT OF OUR LOCAL PLAN IN DECEMBER, HAD SOME LISTENING SESSIONS RIGHT AFTER THAT, INCLUDING LISTENING SESSIONS TO THE AREA JUDGES IN JANUARY AND IN SINCE THEN HAVE BROUGHT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT APPROVALS TO THE TABLE.

SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF WHO WE HEARD FROM.

WE HEARD FROM BUSINESS PARTNERS, FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHERS, AND A DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, OF COURSE, THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRYING TO SOLICIT SOME FEEDBACK.

ONE OF THE MAJOR ITEMS THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE LOCAL PLAN IS OUR TARGETS AS IT RELATES TO THE TARGET WAGE.

SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS ONE OBVIOUSLY REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REGION, BUT ALSO TO REFLECT THAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO USE OUR PUBLIC INVESTMENTS TO HOPEFULLY INVEST IN THOSE SUSTAINABLE JOBS THAT PAY, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST A GOOD WAGE.

AND SO THE HISTORY OF THIS FROM 2020 TO 2024 AND THAT LOCAL PLAN, OUR TARGET WAGE WAS $15 AN HOUR IN 2022.

WE AMENDED THAT TO $17 AN HOUR. AND NOW WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THAT TO $19 AN HOUR.

THAT'S AN AVERAGE. SO SOME FOLKS THAT WE WILL SUPPORT WILL MAKE MORE THAN THAT.

OTHERS WILL MAKE A LITTLE LESS. BUT AS LONG AS THE TARGET WAGE IS THE AVERAGE, THEN WE'RE ON TASK.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SIX CLUSTERS, EIGHT INDUSTRY SECTORS, 16 IN-DEMAND INDUSTRIES.

AND THEN WE INCREASED THE TARGET DEMAND OCCUPATIONS FROM 57 UNDER THE LAST PROPOSAL TO 74.

AND THAT'S LARGELY IN REFLECTION TO HOW WHAT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM FOLKS.

RIGHT? SO HERE ARE THE SIX CLUSTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRIES.

SO AEROSPACE, MANUFACTURING, HEALTH CARE AND OTHERS.

THESE ALL REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LOCAL ECONOMIES IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE 13 COUNTIES, IT'S VERY DIVERSE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES, FRIO COUNTY, MCMULLEN, WILSON, KARNES.

LARGE SEGMENT ASSOCIATED WITH OIL AND GAS WHICH IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM OUR HILL COUNTRY COUNTIES LIKE GILLESPIE, KENDALL AND OTHERS. RIGHT. BUT NONETHELESS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE HERE IS HOW WE ARE ACTUALLY LAYING OUT THE PRIORITIES AND ALIGNING THAT WITH THE LOCAL PLAN, AND TO ENSURE THAT WORKFORCE EFFORTS SUPPORT THAT.

ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS, OF COURSE, IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS OUTLINING THE OCCUPATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

THIS, AGAIN, WAS BASED ON RESEARCH THAT WE CONDUCTED HERE INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO ABOUT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM FROM EMPLOYERS IN A NUMBER OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS. SO HERE ARE ALL OF THE INDUSTRIES, OR RATHER THE INDUSTRY AND THE OCCUPATIONS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING.

SOME OF THEM ARE LONG STANDING ONES, SOME OF THEM ARE NEW, AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE SLIDES UNDER HEALTH CARE OCCUPATIONS. AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE THE SAME ONES, SUCH AS REGISTERED NURSES.

IF WE LOOK AT WHAT THE NEED FOR REGISTERED NURSES IN TEXAS IS, IT'S PROBABLY IN THE REALM OF ABOUT 60,000 OR SO,

[02:50:01]

IF NOT MORE. THAT CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE NEED FOR FOR THIS REGION JUST AS WELL.

BUT WE ADDED ADDITIONAL OCCUPATIONS YOU KNOW, THAT WILL REFLECT SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOME OF THE NEW OCCUPATIONS IN INDUSTRIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IT CYBERSECURITY, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, WE RECENTLY OPENED UP OUR PORT SAN ANTONIO LOCATION THAT IS IN DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC EFFORTS.

AND OF COURSE, YOU'LL SEE THE OCCUPATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AS THOSE EMPLOYERS CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE A NEED FOR FOR NEW EMPLOYEES.

CONSTRUCTION AND UTILITIES. OBVIOUSLY, ANYWHERE YOU DRIVE AROUND THE REGION, THERE'S AN EXPLOSION AND A BOOMING ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION.

TONS OF INVESTMENT THAT'S HAPPENING AT LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO FEDERAL INVESTMENT THAT'S COMING INTO MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATIONS SUCH AS THE AIRPORTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO OF COURSE, THESE OCCUPATIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE PARTICULAR EFFORTS.

OIL AND GAS, AS I MENTIONED, IS A MAJOR, YOU KNOW, IS A IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN THIS IN THIS REGION.

BUT WE ALSO INCLUDE WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS.

IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENED, FOR EXAMPLE, ALONG THE I-35 CORRIDOR, YOU SEE AN EXPLOSION OF ALL SORTS OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND ALL SORTS OF CENTERS THAT REQUIRE THESE TYPES OF SORT OF OCCUPATIONS.

FINALLY, ON THE EDUCATION. YOU KNOW, WE ALSO ADDED THE HOSPITALITY OCCUPATIONS.

WE DID HAVE SOME OCCUPATIONS THAT WERE LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH HOSPITALITY IN THE PAST, BUT WE HEARD SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THIS TIME AROUND, AND SO WE ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL ONES IN SUPPORT ABOUT WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING, OF COURSE, NOT ONLY IN BEXAR COUNTY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE REGION IN REGARDS TO TO THESE EFFORTS, THE NEXT STEPS, WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN APPROVALS FROM THE COMMITTEE OF SIX.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK COMMISSIONER MOODY, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OF SIX, AND COMMISSIONER FLORES CLAY-FLORES, WITH COMMITTEE OF SIX AS WELL. THEY APPROVED THIS PLAN ON THE SEVENTH.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED IT LAST WEEK.

OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE TODAY. LATER THIS AFTERNOON, WE'LL BE AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, AND THEN EVENTUALLY CITY COUNCIL ON THE 17TH.

WE DO HAVE AN AREA JUDGES PRESENTATION AND HOPEFULLY APPROVAL TOMORROW MORNING.

AND SO ONCE ALL OF THOSE ARE ALL COMPLETED, THEN WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THE PLAN TO TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.

SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER MOODY. I'LL GO WITH YOU AND THEN COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

NO REAL QUESTIONS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A YOU KNOW, SOME COMMENTS. WE WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO WORK WITH INDUSTRY, WORK WITH ACADEMIA AND OTHER PARTNERS, NONPROFIT AND OTHERWISE, TO BRING REAL, TANGIBLE, MORE TANGIBLE RESULTS AND CONTINUE TO TO WORK TOWARDS THOSE OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES WHEN IT COMES TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

WE DON'T WANT TO JUST THROW MORE MONEY, YOU KNOW, AT THE, AT THE PROBLEM THAT WE KNOW IS THERE.

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING, I THINK, THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO INCREMENTALLY BRING ALL THOSE PARTNERS TO THE TABLE, HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, CONTINUE TO MOVE IT IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND AGAIN, NOT NOT UNDERMINING ANY OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT JUST AS A VISION AND AS A GOAL TO ALWAYS KEEP THAT AS KIND OF OUR, OUR NORTH STAR THAT, THAT WE'RE DOING THIS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT FOR THE EMPLOYERS THAT, THAT NEED THAT WORKFORCE. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN THROUGH THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD, BUT PUBLICLY FOR THE COURT GOING FORWARD. BUT THANK YOU FOR FOR BRINGING THIS BACK.

AND HOPEFULLY WE, WE GET THIS THING ALL SEALED UP HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND CAN MOVE ON.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU JUDGE.

THANK YOU. ADRIAN. I'M LOOKING AT YOUR 74 TARGET DEMAND OCCUPATIONS INCREASE.

I'M INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS. IS THIS AS A RESULT OF BABY BOOMERS RETIRING.

IS THIS AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE NOT STAYING OR ARE STAYING OR COMING INTO THE WORKFORCE? IS IT A RESULT OF GROWING INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION OR ALL THE ABOVE? OR IS THERE? MAYBE IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED, LIKE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH OUR LABOR FORCE IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION, WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT A 12% INCREASE IN THE LABOR FORCE FROM ABOUT 2019 TO ABOUT 2024. THAT'S GOOD. SO THAT MEANS THAT THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD INDICATIONS WHEN YOU'RE AT 3.8% UNEMPLOYMENT AND STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL

[02:55:01]

FOLKS COMING INTO THE LABOR FORCE AND JOB CREATION CONTINUE TO GROW.

IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE FACTORS. AND SO THE ANALYSIS, OF COURSE, IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOOKING AT WHERE THERE'S GROWTH, WHERE HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE AND AND HIGH GROWTH.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE STRATEGIC WITH THESE DOLLARS TO SAY THERE ARE MANY INDUSTRIES THAT ARE GROWING, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE HIGH WAGE OR, YOU KNOW, OR ARE IN HIGH DEMAND.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS IDENTIFYING THOSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, BEXAR COUNTY HAS A PRIORITY ASSOCIATED WITH SUPPORTING ADVANCED MANUFACTURING.

RIGHT. YOU SUPPORT THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN YOUR DOLLARS THAT WE WANT TO ALIGN WORKFORCE DOLLARS AND EFFORTS TO THAT PARTICULAR PRIORITY, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S HIGH DEMAND, HIGH GROWTH AND HIGH WAGE.

HOW DO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IN GENERAL IN OUR SCHOOLS? WHAT'S THE APPROACH THAT YOU ALL HAVE HEARD FROM INDUSTRY ON THAT? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.

WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS. FOR EXAMPLE, WITH REGION 20, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMOTING IS OUR LARGEST FUNDING SOURCE OUT OF THE $180 MILLION THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, IS ABOUT $120 MILLION THAT WE'RE INVESTING INTO CHILD CARE THAT SUPPORTS SUBSIDIES FOR ABOUT 14,000 KIDS TO BE IN IN CHILD CARE EVERY DAY.

BUT IT ALSO SUPPORTS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE AS PART OF THIS PLAN IS THE CAREER PATHWAY ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS, SOMEBODY WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF SORT OF SKILL SET, BUT CAN START OUT AT A CHILD CARE CENTER AND POTENTIALLY MOVE ON TO GETTING CREDENTIALS AND THEN FURTHER EDUCATION TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION SYSTEM.

AND REMIND ME, IS THERE A MEANS TEST? IS THERE A INCOME LIMIT ON THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CHILD CARE CREDITS? YES IT IS. IT IS INCOME ELIGIBLE.

SO WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM FOR A SINGLE PERSON? IT'S UP TO A IT DEPENDS ON SORT OF THE FAMILY SIZE.

I CAN GET YOU THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS BUT FOR A SINGLE PERSON.

YEAH. WHAT'S THAT? I KNOW I ASKED THIS ONE. I'LL REMEMBER THAT.

YEAH, WE CAN GET YOU THOSE. IS IT UNDER 56,000? YOU THINK AT 56, WHICH IS AROUND OUR MEDIAN. I CAN'T REMEMBER.

IT'S OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN GET IT. SORRY. FINAL INITIATIVE.

I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ON YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS FOREVER, BUT THAT'S OUR SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE. I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON A FLIER TO GET MORE, MORE INTERESTED IN IT. WHETHER IT'S THE EMPLOYER BASE THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM, I THINK, THE SUBSIDY.

AND THEN. AND MAYBE YOU COULD ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT IS.

AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS, IS THE STUDENT SCHOOL AGE POPULATION TO GET INVOLVED.

AND DOES IT EXTEND BEYOND 18? I CAN'T REMEMBER IF LIKE WOAH OR WHAT? I'M NOT PRONOUNCING THAT HOWEVER YOU PRONOUNCE IT, WE OH OR WHATEVER YOU SAY.

WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

YEAH. SO AS PART OF OUR WIOA PROGRAM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING IN POPULATIONS THAT WE ARE SERVING.

WE ARE SERVING ADULT POPULATION AS WELL AS THE YOUTH POPULATION.

THE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT YOUTH POPULATION IS BASICALLY 16 TO 24.

THERE ARE SOME INSTANCES THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN HELP OUT 14 YEAR OLDS AS WELL, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH SCHOOL AGE POPULATIONS IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FRONTS.

ONE IS AS IT RELATES TO, FOR EXAMPLE, CAREER EXPLORATION.

SO EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS, WE'RE TEACHING THEM ABOUT SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT INDUSTRIES EXIST OUT THERE, WHAT KIND OF CAREERS, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOOD MONEY? WHAT'S THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS? OUR TEACHER EXTERNSHIP IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

WE HAVE OVER 700 TEACHERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A TEACHER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY APPLY THEIR DAY TO DAY CURRICULUM TO WORKFORCE, RIGHT. SO TO YOUR POINT ABOUT SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, WE RUN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SUMMER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. ONE IS THROUGH OUR SUMMER EARN AND LEARN PROGRAM THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES.

SO THAT 16 TO 22 I BELIEVE. AND SO LAST YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED WITH THAT WITH US ON THAT PROGRAM.

BUT WE ALSO DID OTHER TYPES OF SORT OF SMALLER TYPES OF PROGRAMS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, ATASCOSA COUNTY WITH JUDGE CODE.

WE HAD AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT HE CAME UP WITH.

AND SO WE HELPED SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT OVER A SUMMER.

AND SO THEY GET, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME REALLY GOOD REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS SOME DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO I THINK IN THAT INSTANCE, WE WERE SUPPORTING KIDS FOR ABOUT MAYBE $1,500, ABOUT $2,000 OVER THAT SUMMER PERIOD.

BUT WE DO THAT WITH NONPROFITS. WE DO THAT WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE DO THAT WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY,

[03:00:01]

AND WE'LL SUPPORT THE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN YOU'RE COVERING THE FULL INTERNSHIP, IF YOU WILL.

IN THAT INSTANCE, WE WERE ACTUALLY SPLITTING THE COST BETWEEN THE ATASCOSA COUNTY AND AND US.

SO AND THAT'S THE THAT'S THE TYPICAL SHARE, RIGHT.

IT'S A HALF AND HALF FOR THE BUSINESS. LET'S JUST SAY.

YEAH. FOR IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL THAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT ARE JUST CONSIDERED SORT OF WORK EXPERIENCE OR OJT.

LARGELY THOSE ARE FOR ADULTS. AND SO WITH THOSE USUALLY IT'S A TIME PERIOD.

SO WE'LL SAY WE PAY FOR, FOR LIKE LET'S SAY 90 DAYS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.

AND THEN WITH THE HOPES THAT THAT EMPLOYER WILL OFFER A FULL TIME OPPORTUNITY AFTER THAT.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO ANSWER YOUR INITIAL QUESTION HERE ABOUT FAMILY SIZE.

SO FOR, FOR A FAMILY OF OF ONE, ACTUALLY, YEAH, THIS LOOKS AS A FAMILY OF TWO BECAUSE IT'S GOT TO BE AN INDIVIDUAL AND THEN A CHILD. OKAY. I HAVE TO DO MORE MATH NOW.

IT'S SO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF MONTHLY INCOME IS $1,170.

OKAY. SO I GUESS YOU COULD. THAT'S PRETTY LOW.

YEAH. FOR TWO PEOPLE. YES. AND WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE. GIVE ME A RAW NUMBER. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT OR HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IT.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT. SO TODAY WE HAVE 14,000 KIDS THAT ARE IN CHILD CARE.

EVERY DAY WE HAVE ABOUT 8000 FAMILIES OR SO THAT ARE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE THAT ARE RECEIVING THE SERVICES.

BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER 5000 OR SO KIDS THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST.

AND SO LARGELY WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THE IS THE USE OF RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO GO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE FISCAL. SO WE'RE PROBABLY TALKING ABOUT SOMEWHERE AROUND, I MEAN, I, I CAN'T EASILY CALCULATE THIS, BUT SOMEWHERE AROUND 30 TO 40% OF AMI AND BELOW.

YES. THAT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE AROUND THE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

ON AVERAGE, WE'RE PROBABLY SPENDING ABOUT 800 OR SO DOLLARS OF SUBSIDY FOR FOR A TYPICAL FAMILY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO IT'S JUST A SUBSIDY. SO THEY ARE PAYING SOME INTO THEIR CHILDCARE. THEY MAY FILL THE GAP. CORRECT. THERE IS A SHARED COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

IT'S BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE AND THEIR INCOME AND AND THE SIZE OF OF THEIR FAMILY.

AND SO THEREFORE I SEE WHY SOME PARENTS MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY JUST DON'T, DON'T ENTER THE WORKFORCE BECAUSE IT'S MAYBE CHEAPER TO, TO STAY OUT OF IT.

CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'D VERY MUCH LIKE TO GET WITH YOUR OFFICE TO JUST UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE PRECINCT AND WORK IN SOME OF MY AREAS WHERE THERE'S HIGHER CRIME GOING ON.

WE'VE GOT OUR SECOND CHANCE JOB FAIR THAT WE'D LOVE TO HAVE RESOURCE INFORMATION COMING IN APRIL.

BUT IF WE CAN GET DEEPER INTO SOME OF THESE HIGH CRIME, HIGH POVERTY AREAS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP THE SHERIFF AND OUR JAIL AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT SIR. THERE WAS A MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TAKE A BREAK.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO ABOUT 15 MINUTE BREAK. ALL RIGHT. WHAT? HOW MANY MINUTES? 15. THIS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC)]

OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO 551071 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH COURTS ATTORNEY FOR WHAT? NO, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE NOT ENCLOSED. WE'RE IN OPEN.

WE'RE STILL IN OPEN. I'M JUST. I'M JUST. I'M READING THE READING THE AGENDA WITH THE COURT'S ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.

A PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTERS OF LARA AND PEREZ VERSUS BEXAR COUNTY.

BE LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY OF BEXAR COUNTY AND THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, STATE BAR OF TEXAS CLEARLY, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, SUBSECTION I.

CERTAIN LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY RENEWAL, BEXAR COUNTY'S EXCESS LIABILITY POLICY BE OR.

SUBSECTION TWO, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BEXAR COUNTY CITY SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO SPURS, LLC, AND SUBSECTION THREE. THE DEVELOPMENT AND NEGOTIATED POTENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BEXAR COUNTY, A TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, INC., A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION.

COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.1072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING REAL PROPERTY.

[03:05:07]

LOTS 24 AND 34, BLOCK NINE NCB 12479 GREEN PASTURE SUB PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.51087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION I, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY THE BEXAR COUNTY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS HOLDINGS, LLC. SUBSECTION TWO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BEXAR COUNTY, THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK ACQUISITION AND COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD AT THIS TIME.

THE COURT IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 12:21 P.M..

ALL RIGHT, LET'S BACK. WE'RE BACK IN THE OPEN SESSION. THE TIME IS 1:17 P.M..

WE'VE CONCLUDED THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL NOW TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM 64.

[64. Discussion and appropriate action regarding the renewal or placement of policies to the following firms to provide Bexar County with the purchase of General Liability, Public Officials Liability, Law Enforcement Liability, Business Auto Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Excess Liability, Crime, and Workers' Compensation excess coverage for a one-year period beginning April 1, 2025 and ending March 31, 2026 for a combined annual premium amount of $4,513,400 and providing for two additional one-year renewal options. The renewal recommendations include:]

DISCUSSION OF APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE RENEWAL PLACEMENT OF THE POLICIES TO THE FOLLOWING FIRMS. OH. I'M SORRY. THAT IS THE CURRENT AGENDA ITEM.

LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE AGENDA ITEM IN THE RECORD. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY TO BE PRESENTED WITH THE PURCHASE OF GENERAL LIABILITY, PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIABILITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY, BUSINESS AUTO LIABILITY, EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE LIABILITY, EXCESS LIABILITY, CRIME AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION. EXCESS COVERAGE FOR ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING MAY 31ST, 2026, FOR A COMBINED ANNUAL PREMIUM OF $4,513,400 AND PROVIDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS.

THE RENEWAL RECOMMENDATIONS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE TYPE OF COVERAGE AS LISTED IN OUR AGENDA AT THIS TIME.

I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR JUDGE, I MOVE.

WE APPROVE THE RENEWAL OR REPLACEMENT OF POLICIES FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRMS TO PROVIDE BEXAR COUNTY WITH THE PURCHASE OF GENERAL LIABILITY.

PUBLIC OFFICIALS. LIABILITY. BUSINESS. AUTO LIABILITY.

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. LIABILITY. EXCESS LIABILITY.

CRIME AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION. EXCESS COVERAGE FOR A ONE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING MARCH 31ST, 2026 FOR COMBINED ANNUAL PREMIUM AMOUNT OF $1,573,826 AND PROVIDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF, TO SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LIABILITY RENEWAL OPTION, AND DIRECTING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP BEXAR COUNTY'S LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE POLICY FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS COURT.

SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

MR. SMITH, DEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT ON FOR PUBLIC RECORD? NO, SIR. DOES THE BUDGET OFFICE SUPPORT THIS MOTION? YES, SIR. AND I BELIEVE IN, FROM WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED, THIS WILL BE A COST SAVINGS TO THE COMMUNITY IN REGARDS TO OUR INSURANCE COVERAGES AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TYPE OF COVERAGE FOR ALL OUR EMPLOYEES.

SPECIFICALLY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, ESPECIALLY THE DEPUTIES.

THAT'S CORRECT. LAW ENFORCEMENT? YES. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A CAN I JUST DIRECT THE YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STAFF AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT GOES INTO THIS.

YES. AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION PASSES. WE'LL TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM 65.

[65. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to authorize Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai to negotiate with San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation, and the Coliseum Advisory Board a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the planning of the redevelopment of the Freeman Coliseum, Frost Bank Center, Coliseum Grounds and adjacent properties. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (David Smith)]

DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION. APPROVAL TO AUTHORIZE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKAI TO NEGOTIATE WITH SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, INC., A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION, AND THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE PLANNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FREEMAN COLISEUM. FROST BANK CENTER. COLISEUM. GROUNDS AND ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

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

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. HEARING. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

I'LL JUST SAY IN OPEN COURT HERE. I THINK THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT, THAT WE WE FURTHER THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND OUR EXISTING ASSETS, WHICH INCLUDE THE FROST BANK CENTER, THE FREEMAN, THE RODEO GROUNDS OUT THERE.

I THINK THIS ITEM WILL MOVE TOWARDS THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE EXISTING ASSETS OF BEXAR COUNTY. AS WE GO FORWARD IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.

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

I. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL NOW TAKE UP A AGENDA. ITEM 66 STATUS UPDATE DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY BEXAR COUNTY

[66. Status update, discussion and appropriate action related to a Memorandum of Understanding by and among Bexar County, a Texas political subdivision, the City of San Antonio, a municipal corporation and San Antonio Spurs Holdings, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company owning the National Basketball Association franchise for the professional basketball team known as the San Antonio Spurs. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes) (David Smith)]

AT TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND SAN ANTONIO SPURS HOLDINGS,

[03:10:02]

LLC, A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OWNING THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FRANCHISE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM KNOWN AS THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. MR. SMITH, IS THERE ANYTHING TO PUT ON RECORD? YOU ARE.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO PUT THE. BUT THIS VERSION OF THE MOU HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED.

IT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON BY THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

I BELIEVE IT'S HIS INTENT TO TAKE IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

BUT FOR SURE, WE HAVE ALWAYS SAID WE WOULD TAKE.

YOU HAVE ALWAYS SAID YOU WOULD TAKE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE MOU TO YOUR FULL COMMISSIONERS COURT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU. JUDGE. JUST A FEW COMMENTS HERE.

THE THE UPDATED MOU. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S REALLY MEANINGFUL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE DOCUMENT, BUT AS I INDICATED LAST TIME WHEN WE WE DISCUSSED THE PREVIOUS MOU, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE TIME IS RUNNING OUT HERE.