Jun 10, 2025 Commissioners Court

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WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR JUNE 10TH,

[1. Opening Prayer: Rev. Dr. Melvin Wilson Jr Bethel A.M.E Church]

SO, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, I YIELD THE FLOOR FOR YOU TO INTRODUCE FATHER RICARDO AND TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. JUDGE. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THIS MORNING ON BEAUTIFUL TUESDAY. I HAVE THE HONOR OF INVITING FATHER RICARDO RAMIREZ TO THE PODIUM. FATHER, IF YOU COULD COME UP AS YOU AS YOU DO, LET ME SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT FATHER RICARDO.

HE'S AN IMMIGRANT, PROUD IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO.

IMMIGRATED TO THE US WITH HIS FAMILY DURING CHILDHOOD.

HE LATER ATTAINED A BACHELOR'S FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD AND A MASTER'S FROM OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.

HE WAS THEN ORDAINED TO THE PRIESTHOOD FOR THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAN ANTONIO DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020.

HE WAS FIRST ASSIGNED AS A PRIEST AT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE IN HELOTES.

HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO SAINT ANN'S, WHERE HE SERVED AS PASTOR FOR THREE YEARS AND AS DEAN OF THE NORTHWEST URBAN DEANERY.

HE NOW SERVES AS PASTOR OF SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IS ALSO ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

FATHER RICARDO, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND BLESSING US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.

IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US IN PRAYER AND THEN WE WILL DO THE PLEDGE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. FOR OUR PRAYER THIS MORNING, I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF ADAPTING THE WORDS FROM THE FIRST GREETING OF POPE LEO THE 14TH UPON HIS ELECTION. LET US PRAY. RISEN LORD JESUS, GOOD SHEPHERD, WHO LAID DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR THE FLOCK.

YOU GREETED US WITH THE WORDS, PEACE BE WITH YOU.

LET THIS GREETING OF PEACE ENTER OUR HEARTS. MAY IT REACH OUR HOMES, OUR FAMILIES, OUR CHILDREN, OUR CITY AND COUNTY. ALL PEOPLES IN EVERY PLACE.

GRANT US THE PEACE THAT ONLY YOU CAN GIVE. A DISARMING AND HUMBLE AND PRESERVING PEACE BORN OF YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR US.

LET YOUR PEACE TAKE ROOT IN US, THAT WITH YOUR HELP WE MAY BUILD BRIDGES WITH DIALOG AND ENCOUNTER.

SO WE CAN ALL BE ONE PEOPLE ALWAYS IN PEACE. AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.

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

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

THANK YOU FATHER. THANK YOU. FATHER. HEY, FATHER, WOULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR? YES, SIR. WOULD YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF OUR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE OUR PRESENTATION.

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SO ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THAT PROCLAMATION, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE? NO. THAT'S IT.

WE GOT ALL THAT CREW BACK THERE. COME ON. CREW. COME ON UP HERE.

THIS IS Y'ALL'S PROCLAMATION. WELL, I'LL READ AS Y'ALL COME FORWARD.

IN THE NAME OF THE AUTHORITY. BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF BEXAR COUNTY. PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THIS CITY BY WORKING, CAREGIVING, VOLUNTEERING, ACTIVELY, ACTIVELY PRESERVING CUSTOMS, RITUALS, TRADITIONS.

AND WHEREAS AS WE AGE, INCLUDING MYSELF. WE BUILD MOMENTUM BY ACCUMULATING KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, INSIGHT AND WISDOM THAT CAN BE SHARED TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS ABUSE OF OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS A COMMUNITY CONCERN AFFECTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS TEXAS, ABUSE AFFECTED MORE THAN 123,852 OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN TEXAS IN 2024, AND WHEREAS ABUSE OF OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS GROSSLY UNDERREPORTED BECAUSE OF SOCIAL STIGMA, EMBARRASSMENT AND FEAR. ADULT ABUSE AFFECTS MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL INCOME AND ABILITY LEVELS, ALL CULTURAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS IN ALL COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS ELDER ABUSE IS EVERYONE'S BUSINESS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR EFFORTS TO PREVENT, REPORT AND ADDRESS ELDER ABUSE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND PROCLAIMS JUNE 2025.

AS ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH AND URGES ALL RESIDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

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WELCOME, AND LET'S GIVE AN APPLAUSE TO THOSE THAT ARE HERE TO PROTECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE.

GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. AND COMMISSIONERS, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE BEXAR COUNTY'S DESIGNATION OF JUNE 2025 AS ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH. ELDER ABUSE IS A WIDESPREAD CONCERN ACROSS THE NATION, AND IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN OUR COUNTRY, WITH 10,624 ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION INTAKE REPORTS IN BEXAR COUNTY IN 2024.

THIS ISSUE DEMANDS OUR COLLECTIVE ATTENTION. IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS HIGH REPORTING RATE REFLECTS A COMMUNITY THAT IS ENGAGED AND CONCERNED FOR ALL OLDER ADULTS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS WE ARE ALL AGING TOGETHER.

WE ALL DESERVE TO LEAD HAPPY AND HEALTHY LIVES FREE FROM ABUSE AS WE AGE.

ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES REMAINS COMMITTED TO OUR PARTNERING TO PROTECT INITIATIVE, FOSTERING STRONG COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS STATEWIDE TO ENHANCE RESOURCES AND ENABLE SAFE AGING IN PLACE. ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES IN THE SOUTH TEXAS APS COMMUNITY BOARD REMAIN COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS.

WE THANK THE BEXAR COUNTY FOR ITS UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND OUR PROTECTIVE MISSION, ESPECIALLY FOR SUPPORTING JUDGE VASQUEZ EFFORTS TO GET A SENIOR JUSTICE ASSESSMENT CENTER ESTABLISHED IN OUR COUNTY. INTEGRATING LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUDICIAL POWERS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES WILL STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY SUPPORTS AGAINST ELDER ABUSE. OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE ALSO EXTENDS TO THE CITY COUNCIL, JOINT COMMISSION ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR PROBATE COURTS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEIR CRUCIAL LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN ADDRESSING ELDER ABUSE.

THESE COLLABORATIONS ARE VITAL IN BUILDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT NETWORKS AND SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING ELDER ABUSE.

WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE STEP FORWARD FOR A PICTURE AND A PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION? WHY DON'T Y'ALL COME? UP.

HERE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

PRESENTATION. PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING HAVEN FOR HOPE'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY.

COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, JUDGE JACKIE. AND YOUR TEAM.

IF YOU COULD COME UP, THOSE WHO ARE HERE FOR THE HAVEN FOR HOPE PROCLAMATION.

AS YOU DO THAT, I WILL I WILL BEGIN READING THE PROCLAMATION.

GOOD MORNING JACKIE. THE PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS THIS YEAR, 2025, MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF HAVEN FOR HOPE, AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CONTINUOUSLY TRANSFORMED THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY THROUGH COMPASSIONATE, COORDINATED AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE. AND WHEREAS HAVEN FOR HOPE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2006 BY BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADER BILL GREEHEY, WHO RECOGNIZES THE URGENT AND GROWING CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS, LED THE EFFORT TO CREATE AN INDEPENDENT 501 C3 TO SUPPORT CITY AND COUNTY LEADERSHIP.

AND WHEREAS, FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON MORE THAN 200 SHELTERS ACROSS THE NATION, HAVEN FOR HOPE LAUNCHED AN INNOVATIVE ONE STOP CAMPUS MODEL, BRINGING TOGETHER DOZENS OF SERVICE PROVIDERS IN A SINGLE LOCATION TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS SINCE BECOMING FULLY OPERATIONAL IN JUNE 2010, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS SERVED MORE THAN 53,000 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS AND DELIVERED OVER 1.7 MILLION SERVICES, INCLUDING HOUSING, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, RECOVERY SUPPORT, MENTAL HEALTH CARE, EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND CASE MANAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS, FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, HAVEN FOR HOPE HAS SERVED AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR COLLABORATIVE AND COMPASSIONATE SOLUTIONS TO HOMELESSNESS. WITH THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP OF CHAIRMAN EMERITUS BILL GREEHEY, A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A COMMITTED LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND MISSION DRIVEN STAFF SUPPORTED BY STRONG COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZE HAVEN FOR HOPE'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES. SIGNATURES SIGNED WITH THE SEAL BY THE COUNTY JUDGE AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.

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AND LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BY THE WAY, BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR REMARKS, JACKIE, THIS IS KIND OF A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL BACK IN 2010 AT THE RIBBON CUTTING WHEN IT WAS OPENING.

AND TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND THE LIVES THAT YOU'VE TOUCHED OVER THE YEARS IS A CREDIT TO NOT JUST YOUR LEADERSHIP, BUT YOUR VOLUNTEERS AND YOUR STAFF. SO THANK YOU.

AND PLEASE, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS, FOR THIS SPECIAL RESOLUTION.

I'M JACKIE BUSH HAVENS, INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CEO.

OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS, HAVEN HAS SERVED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY HAVEN AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE TRANSFORMED THOUSANDS OF LIVES.

WE COULD NOT DO OUR WORK WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND FUNDING PARTNERS SUCH AS THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT.

HOMELESSNESS CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE AT ANY TIME AND IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE.

AS A CERTIFIED TRAUMA INFORMED CARE AGENCY, WE MEET OUR CLIENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND CONNECT THEM TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO FIND STABLE AND SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING.

WE OPERATE A LOW BARRIER SHELTER AND A TRANSFORMATIONAL CAMPUS, AND IN THE PAST 15 YEARS, WE'VE HELPED MORE THAN 17,000 PEOPLE MOVE INTO HOUSING OR INTO A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE.

ON BEHALF OF HAVEN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, LEADERSHIP ADVISORY COUNCIL, STAFF, PARTNERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND MOST ESPECIALLY OUR CLIENTS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AS WE CONTINUE TO SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

WE SHOULD ALSO, BEFORE YOU COME UP FOR A PICTURE, WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION SHE WOULD BE HERE.

CERTAINLY. AND SHE'S HERE IN SPIRIT. MARY ROSE BROWN, WHO WAS A SIGNIFICANT ADVOCATE FOR THE HAVEN.

I KNOW WE LOST HER RECENTLY, BUT WE MENTIONED BILL GREEHEY AND A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THIS PROCLAMATION.

BUT MARY ROSE NOTHING HAPPENED WITHOUT HER STAMP AND HER PUSH.

SO WE SHOULD ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE HER PRESENCE AND HER SPIRIT TODAY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW? OKAY. WE GOT SUCH A WONDERFUL SMILE ON YOUR FACE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MOODY, PROCLAMATION OF BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT RECOGNIZING 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

ARMY IN THE HOUSE. OH, THERE YOU GO. YES, SIR.

ARMY STRONG. MR. MOODY, THESE ARE YOUR TROOPS.

TO DO ALL OF THIS. BUT WE APPRECIATE IT. OH. THAT'S RIGHT.

WAS IT MARINES? MARINES? I WASN'T GOING TO TAKE ANY SHOTS.

UNITED STATES ARMY TODAY, BUT A PROCLAMATION FROM BEXAR COUNTY.

WHEREAS THE CONTINENTAL ARMY WAS ESTABLISHED ON JUNE 14TH, 1775, PROVIDING A VITAL ROLE IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN NATION AND SETTING THE ROOTS FOR A PRESENT DAY UNITED STATES ARMY.

AND WHEREAS OLDER THAN THE NATION IT DEFENDS, THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE HISTORY AND FOUNDING OF AMERICA.

AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES ARMY HAS PROTECTED OUR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF PEACE AND IN TIMES OF CONFLICT TO DEFEND THE FREEDOM AT HOME AND ABROAD, ALL WHILE DEFENDING AND DEVELOPING ALLIED NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS, THIS YEAR WE CELEBRATE HOW AMERICA'S ARMY HAS CHALLENGED, EMPOWERED AND EQUIPPED OUR SOLDIERS.

BECAUSE BE ALL YOU CAN BE IS MORE THAN JUST A SLOGAN.

IT'S THE ARMY WAY OF LIFE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES JUNE 14TH, 2025, AS THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS. AS YOU KNOW, BEXAR COUNTY IS HOME TO 173,000 VETERANS AND MAKES US THE LARGEST COUNTY IN THE STATE OF

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AND NONE OF THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT STARTING IN MILITARY SERVICE.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, HAS JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO HAS THE LARGEST MILITARY POPULATION IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

AND SO AS WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE SUPPORT AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AND THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO OUR GUESTS, I'D LIKE JUST TO ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS SERVED OR IS SERVING IN THE ARMY IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, PLEASE RISE. AND IF YOU'RE NOT, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

OH. I'LL CALL YOU GUYS UP. SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE.

WE HAVE ROBERT FUENTES, WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FOR 26 YEARS.

AND HERE, HERE, HE PUTS EVEN NAVY NEEDS HEROES.

SO THERE'S ONE. AND THEN WE HAVE ANDREW NADEAU, WHO SERVED TEN YEARS IN THE ARMY.

WE HAVE SHANNON WASHINGTON, WHO SERVED FOUR YEARS IN THE ARMY.

AND WE HAVE WARREN HOLT, WHO SERVED 23 YEARS, 23 YEARS IN THE ARMY.

SO THANK YOU TO THOSE TAX ASSESSOR, COLLECTOR EMPLOYEES WHO.

JUDGE. AS YOU KNOW, THE MILITARY IS WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IT BEGAN WHEN MARTINDALE ALARCON LED AN EXPEDITION HERE TO ESTABLISH THE PRESIDIO DEL BAR, AND IT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND, AS I SAID, WOVEN INTO OUR FABRIC SINCE THE BEGINNING OF OUR TIME.

AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THEM, AND WE COULD ASK FOR NO BETTER FRIENDS TO THE DEPARTMENT AND FRIENDS TO THE COMMUNITY THAN THE LEADERS AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.

NOW, I'LL TELL YOU, JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO'S COMMANDER IS AN AIR FORCE GENERAL, AND THAT WASN'T ACCEPTABLE FOR US TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.

SO WE'VE WE'VE ASKED OUR GOOD FRIEND COLONEL MAURICE SLACK TO COME IN.

SHE COMMANDS THE 502ND FORCE SUPPORT GROUP. SHE'S BROUGHT HER COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR, HER RIGHT HAND MAN, COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR JEREMIAH DEL RIO. AND THEN WE HAVE OVER HERE MISS SERAFINA DE LOS SANTOS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OF THE WING. SO I'M SORRY, OF THE GROUP.

SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COLONEL MARIE SLACK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KEITH. WE APPRECIATE IT. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

JUDGE SAKAI, COMMISSIONERS CLAY-FLORES RODRIGUEZ MOODY, MY MARINE BROTHER, WHO TURNS 250 IN NOVEMBER.

AND CALVERT COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SO IT'S A TRUE HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS WE CELEBRATE THIS EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE, THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

FOR TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES, THE ARMY HAS DEFENDED THIS NATION AND ITS IDEALS, BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND SELFLESS SERVICE FROM THE CONTINENTAL ARMY IN 1775 TO THE ALAMO IN 1836, ALL THE WAY TO OUR GLOBAL FORCE IN 2025, SOLDIERS HAVE ANSWERED THE CALL TO PROTECT FREEDOM, UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT DEFINED US AS AMERICANS.

THIS MORNING ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE ARMY'S PAST.

IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THAT HISTORY POSSIBLE OUR FAMILIES, OUR SERVICE MEMBERS, OUR VETERANS, OUR FAMILIES, AND IMPORTANT TODAY OUR AMAZING COMMUNITIES THAT SUPPORT THEM.

YOUR DEDICATION IS HUMBLING. THANK YOU. HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE PROUD TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION.

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO IS A CRITICAL HUB FOR DEVELOPING THE FUTURE OF OUR FORCE.

WHETHER IT'S TRAINING COMBAT MEDICS AT FORT SAM HOUSTON, PREPARING AMERICA'S PILOTS AT RANDOLPH, OR SHAPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AIRMEN AT LACKLAND, JBSA PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE, BUT NONE OF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

BEXAR COUNTY, YOU HAVE BEEN A STEADFAST ALLY, AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO TODAY, AS WE REFLECT ON 250 YEARS OF ARMY HISTORY, WE ALSO LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN OUR SHARED STORY OF SERVICE, SACRIFICE AND PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING WITH US. AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO BE A PART OF OUR MISSION.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AND AN EVEN GREATER PRIVILEGE TO DO SO WITH THE SUPPORT OF A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS.

HAPPY 250TH BIRTHDAY TO THE ARMY, AND MAY WE ALL CONTINUE TO SERVE WITH HONOR.

BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE. THIS WILL DEFEND. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU JUDGE.

THANK YOU KEITH. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY, FOR DOING THIS PROCLAMATION.

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I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT OBVIOUSLY, HEADLINES HAVE GIVEN A KEEN INTEREST WITH ARMY NORTH AND ARMY SOUTH COMMAND UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW. I KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL RALLY TO PROTECT THOSE MISSIONS.

AND ANYTHING SERAPHINA THAT YOU ALL NEED. WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE TO HELP GET THOSE COMMANDS WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.

RIGHT HERE IN THE GREAT MILITARY CITY, USA. MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE HOMELAND SECURITY ROLE THAT ARMY NORTH AND ARMY SOUTH SERVE FOR THE ENTIRE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS.

AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO THINK BACK ON THE LEGACY OF OF FORT SAM AND THE ARMY.

WHEN WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPORT OF POLO, WHICH WAS USED FOR MILITARY OFFICERS AND THEIR WEAPONS TO THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HAVING SOME OF THEIR FIRST FLIGHTS OFF THE HILLS THERE AT GOVERNMENT HILL.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR INNOVATION TO THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS WHO WERE THE NINTH CAVALRY.

WE WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS SERVED WITH SUCH DISTINCTION AND HONOR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 250 YEARS GROWING THAT LEGACY OF THE ARMY. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR TODAY. APPRECIATE YOU JUDGE.

WOULD YOU ALL COME FORWARD FOR A PICTURE? THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU NANCY. THANKS AGAIN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU GET TO INTRODUCE THE NEXT TWO.

OH, THESE ARE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE. FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZING THE LEGACY AND THE WORK OF MISS DEBORAH KNAPP.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS OR WHOEVER ELSE YOU WANT, COMMISSIONER CALVERT? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THOUGHT THAT THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF A PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENT LIKE DEBORAH KNAPP COULD NOT BE UNDERSTATED.

THANK YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR FAMILY FOR COMING TODAY TO HAVE THE COUNTY CELEBRATE YOU.

I MENTIONED YOU WERE A JEWEL, AND I HATE TO BREAK THE BUBBLE, BUT THIS IS A JEWELRY BOX FROM THE COUNTY, A CUSTOM JEWELRY BOX. SO I'M GOING TO ASK RAMONE IF YOU'LL PROVIDE THIS TO DEBORAH.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD THESE. DEBORAH. YOU'RE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON. SO THIS IS A CUSTOM COUNTY JEWELRY BOX.

OF COURSE, FOR THE ROYALTY THAT YOU ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE FOURTH ESTATE IS AN IMPORTANT CHECK ON GOVERNMENT AND ON BUSINESS.

AND YOU HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXEMPLAR OF THE FOURTH ESTATE FOR 50 YEARS.

WE WE'RE GOING TO SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T AGED AT ALL.

SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND JUST THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THAT YOU HAVE EXEMPLIFIED.

YOU AND I OFTEN SEE EACH OTHER FOR VARIOUS THINGS WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AT THE SAINT NICHOLAS BALL, OR AT THE CONSERVATION OF THE MISSIONS THAT YOU ARE SO DEDICATED TO.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THOSE ACTS OF CHARITY THAT YOU DID IN SEEING PROGRAMS AND AND BEING A BOOSTER, WHETHER IT WAS A JERRY LEE LEWIS TELETHON OR WHATEVER.

OVER THE YEARS, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU GAVE YOUR ALL TO ALL OF US.

AND THIS PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS MISS DEBORAH KNAPP HAS DEDICATED NEARLY FIVE DECADES TO JOURNALISM, BEGINNING HER CAREER AT KSAT 12 IN 1977 BEFORE BECOMING A TRUSTED AND ENDURING PRESENCE AT KENS 5 IN 1978, WHERE SHE ANCHORED THE NEWS WITH PROFESSIONALISM, WARMTH AND DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.

AND WHEREAS MISS KNAPP REMAINED A CORNERSTONE OF THE STATION UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN.

WELL, YOU'RE STILL A CORNERSTONE. IN MAY OF 2025, EARNING THE ADMIRATION OF VIEWERS AND COLLEAGUES ALIKE FOR HER JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY AND DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, MISS KNAPP MENTORED ASPIRING JOURNALISTS,

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AND WHEREAS, DEBORAH KNAPP HAS BEEN A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPY, ESTABLISHING SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND ALAMO COLLEGES, AND FOUNDING THE KENS FIVE EXCEL AWARD TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS.

A MEMBER OF THE SAN ANTONIO WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME AND A RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER FUNDRAISER AWARD, SHE HAS DEDICATED DECADES OF VOLUNTEERISM AND LEADERSHIP WITH INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE ALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION AND THE OLD SPANISH MISSIONS.

AND WHEREAS MISS KNAPP RETIRES AS NOT ONLY A LEGENDARY JOURNALIST, BUT AS A CIVIC LEADER WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE ENRICHED THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE LEGACY AND WORK OF MISS DEBORAH KNAPP.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. DEBORAH. GIVE HER A BIG ROUND. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND JUDGE SAKAI. COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I'M VERY. I'M HUMBLED. AND I'M JUST SO HONORED BY THIS RECOGNITION.

IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE OF A LIFETIME TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES, TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND SHARE THEIR STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS AND TRY TO CONNECT THIS COMMUNITY.

AND EVEN THOUGH I'M STEPPING AWAY FROM THE ANCHOR DESK, MY HEART IS FULLY INVESTED IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO GIVE BACK TO THIS PLACE THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND FOR THIS JEWELRY BOX.

WHAT A TREAT. I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. WORDS DON'T SUFFICE.

THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY HERE THAT COME WITH YOU HERE.

WHAT'S THAT? OH, OKAY. WELL, WHO ARE THESE GOOD LOOKING GUYS? ARE YOUR BODYGUARDS? THIS IS MY SON AND HIS HUSBAND.

HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU DOING? SO-SO. HOW ARE YOU? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO Y'ALL WANT.

HIGH COMMISSIONER. THE PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZING ELENA DE LA GARZA VILLAREAL ORTIZ'S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE IN COURT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WE COME ON UP. COME ON UP. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GOOD MORNING. WE. THE PROCLAMATION READS. WHEREAS ELENA DE LA CRUZ VILLARREAL ORTIZ, BORN IN ZARAGOZA, COAHUILA, MEXICO, HAS BEEN A CHERISHED RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO FOR MUCH OF HER DISTINGUISHED LIFE.

ELENA NENA ORTIZ IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF DON JOSE ANTONIO DE LA GARZA, WHOSE PIONEERING SPIRIT LAID THE VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS HER ANCESTRAL LINEAGE BOASTS A RICH HISTORY, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GARZA MINT, WHERE THE FIRST COIN MINTED OUTSIDE OF SPAIN WAS PRODUCED BY THE DE LA GARZA FAMILY.

SHE HAS ACTIVELY PERPETUATED THIS LEGACY, SHARING INVALUABLE ARTIFACTS AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND AUDIENCES WITH THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN OF SPAIN, STRENGTHENING CULTURAL TIES AND ILLUMINATING OUR SHARED HERITAGE.

AND WHEREAS ELENA NENA ORTIZ'S DEDICATION TO CULTURAL PRESERVATION AND EXCHANGE IS FURTHER EXEMPLIFIED BY HER LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH CASA DE ESPANA AND CASA DE CANARIAS, ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF SPANISH AND CANARIAN CULTURES.

SHE HAS GENEROUSLY LENT HER EXPERTISE AND PASSION TO TRADE MISSIONS ACCOMPANYING OUR CITY LEADERS TO THESE REGIONS, THEREBY FORGING STRONGER DIPLOMATIC AND ECONOMIC BONDS THAT BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY.

AND WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE ELENA NENA ORTIZ AS A LIVING EMBODIMENT OF SAN ANTONIO, WE CELEBRATE HER REMARKABLE LIFE,

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SHE IS A BELOVED WIFE AND CONTINUES TO ENRICH OUR CITY AS A DEVOTED MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

ELENA ORTIZ HAS INSTILLED IN SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS THE VALUES AND TRADITIONS OF SAN ANTONIO DE BÉJAR, ENSURING THE CONTINUATION OF ITS RICH CULTURAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL HERITAGE.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES AND CELEBRATES THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF A GUARDIAN OF HISTORY AND A BEACON OF ITS ENDURING LEGACY. ELENA DE LA GARZA. VILLARREAL. ORTIZ.

WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 10TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT.

I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD LIKE TO START, BUT WE'LL OPEN IT UP.

YEAH. HI. THANK YOU SO MUCH, TOMMY. AND AND JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS TODAY.

I'M JOINED HERE BY WITH MY WIFE, PAMELA ORTIZ SWAGIT, AND THE DAUGHTER OF NINA.

AND SHE WOULD BE WITH US TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT 100 YEARS OLD, HER LITTLE YOUNG SISTER OF ONLY 87 YEARS OLD TOOK HER OUT SHOPPING ALL DAY YESTERDAY. SHE GOT HOME LATE. AND SO SHE'S JOINING US VIA VIDEO.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HONORING ME SWAGIT MY WIFE'S MOTHER AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS.

IT'S EMBLEMATIC OF HER LIFETIME OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND IT SIGNALS TO HER CHILDREN, HER GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN THE THAT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS IN THEIR DNA. I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, I'M NEW IN TOWN.

I'VE ONLY BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO ABOUT 40 YEARS.

BUT I REMEMBER AT THE ORTIZ HOUSEHOLD OVER IN GRAMERCY YOU KNOW, IN THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR REMINDS ME OF THIS PAULA ELIZONDO AND AND ALL OUR POLICYMAKERS WERE FREQUENT VISITORS AT THE ORTIZ HOUSEHOLD.

AND WHEN I'D WALK THROUGH DOWNTOWN WITH MY KIDS, WHERE GEEKDOM IS RIGHT NOW, THE RAND BUILDING SAY, THIS WAS THE MINT, YOU KNOW, JOSE ANTONIO DE LA GARZA, OR WE WOULD BY THE BY CITY HALL AND THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION WAS HIS HOME.

OR WHEN EVEN WHEN WE WERE RAISING CATTLE A QUARTER OF A CENTURY AGO, WE HAD THE SANTA GERTRUDIS CATTLE.

MY MOTHER IN LAW WOULD SAY, OH, YEAH, YOU KNOW, GERTRUDE, THAT WAS MY GREAT GREAT AUNT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE KING RANCH BEFORE THEY MARRIED INTO THE KLEBERG'S AND SUCH, AND ALL THIS SORT OF STUFF WAS JUST SORT OF THE FABRIC OF THE FAMILY.

AND SO WE WERE REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT THAT THIS MOMENT HONORING, OF COURSE, MY MOTHER IN LAW, WHO'S SHARP ENOUGH TO REALLY FULLY APPRECIATE THE GRAVITY OF THE MOMENT.

BUT BUT THE MESSAGE IT SENDS TO INTERGENERATIONALLY THE VALUE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND I REALLY WANT TO HONOR ALL OF YOU FOR HONORING HER.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR THIS PRIVILEGE.

THANK YOU. HI. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING MY MOM'S 100TH BIRTHDAY.

SHE REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE. SHE SENDS ALL OF HER BLESSINGS, AND SHE WANTED TO MEET ALL OF YOU.

SHE JUST TOLD ME YESTERDAY SHE NEEDED YOUNGER FRIENDS.

BECAUSE SHE ONLY HAS 1 OR 2 THAT CAN MAKE HER BIRTHDAY PARTY.

SO SHE'S REALLY SHE'S REALLY SAD. SHE COULDN'T JUST GET UP TODAY.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RECOGNIZING HER.

IT'S A IT'S A HUGE HONOR. AND OUR WHOLE FAMILY, THE WHOLE ORTIZ FAMILY THANKS YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WOULD YOU COME FORWARD FOR YOUR PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE? HERE WE GO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:]

REQUESTS OF COMMISSIONERS COURT, IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. IS THERE ANY MATTERS TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO PULL 41, 66 AND 67. OKAY. HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

ONE. 41. DID I HEAR THE NEXT ONE WAS 4166 AND 67. 66.

AND 67. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER MOODY I'D LIKE TO PULL 47. 47. NOTHING TO ME.

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JUDGE. YES. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PULL AND DEFER ITEM 68.

ALL RIGHT. THOMAS HAS ASKED, IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO PULLING COMMISSIONER? AGENDA ITEM 68. I BELIEVE THAT'S YOURS, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. I'M FINE WITH THAT. THEY ALREADY TALKED TO MY OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. 68 WILL BE DEFERRED TO A LATER DATE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINING MATTERS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR APPROVAL? SECOND. MOTION BY MR. CLAY-FLORES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM 74.

COMMISSIONER MOODY HAS ABSTAINED ON ITEM 74. ALL RIGHT.

NOW, I DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, SO I HAVEN'T FORGOT.

I'M GOING TO PICK YOU UP. BUT THE ITEM, 66 IN PARTICULAR HAS BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL.

I'LL CALL YOU AND ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK BEFORE WE TAKE THAT UP.

[41. Authorizing the County Auditor to pay Fiscal Year 25 invoice(s) for Bexar County Sheriffs Office for services for NEC Corp. America (Repair & Maint Computer) for $54,708.48. ]

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, DO YOU WANT TO OPEN THAT DISCUSSION HERE, SHERIFF? OR SO I DON'T THINK. PURCHASING UNDER SHERIFF.

RIGHT. NOT PURCHASING. DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE SHERIFF IS HERE OR ONE OF HIS DEPUTIES? I'LL READ THE AGENDA ITEM AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO PAY FISCAL YEAR 25 INVOICES FOR BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

FOR SERVICES FOR NECK CORE AMERICA REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE COMPUTER FOR $54,708.48.

THANK YOU. HI. GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN. I JUST NOTICED THAT THIS CONTINUES TO BE ON THE AGENDA, AND I KNOW I THINK I PULLED IT LAST YEAR, AND IT JUST KEEPS COMING UP.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUSH THIS FORWARD, BECAUSE WE KEEP DOING MONTH TO MONTH.

AND I THINK IT'S BEEN THOMAS, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN? IT'S BEEN LIKE TWO YEARS MAYBE. CORRECT. SO CAN YOU GUYS SPEAK TO THAT? YES. GOOD MORNING. GEORGE. NICE HAIRCUT. THANK YOU.

I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS. WHAT ABOUT LARRY? LARRY'S NOT MY CONSTITUENT, BUT NICE HAIRCUT.

LARRY. I'M PARTIAL TO PRECINCT ONE RESIDENT. YES, SIR.

I'M SORRY. YOU'RE TALL. SO CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, YOU ASKED ME TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AS FAR AS NSC IN THE CONTRACT.

CURRENTLY, THEY DID GO TO RFP. THEY DID. THEY GET THEY DID GET SELECTED AS THE VENDOR.

AND CURRENTLY THE DA IS PREPARING A CONTRACT TO SO THAT WE CAN GET IT SIGNED AND GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY. SO WE CAN FINALLY SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. IT SHOULD BE DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MOTION SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

[47. Approval and execution of an agreement between Bexar County and Recovery Capital Group, Bridge SA, in the amount not to exceed $826,812 from the Bexar Cotmty Opioid Settlement Fund. This funding will be used to expand Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) substance use-related services in Bexar County. The Agreement will be effective for one (1) year, beginning on the date of execution of this Agreement. To include a budgetary transfer. ]

COMMISSIONER MOODY ALERTS YOU IT'S APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY RECOVERY, CAPITAL GROUP BRIDGE S.A.. THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $826,812 FROM THE BEXAR COUNTY OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND.

THIS FUNDING WILL BE USED TO EXPAND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT MAT SUBSTANCE USE RELATED SERVICES IN BEXAR COUNTY.

THE AGREEMENT WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, TO INCLUDE A BUDGETARY TRANSFER. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

I APPRECIATE IT, JUDGE. I JUST HAD WANTED TO KIND OF BRING SOME SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL HERE TO THIS ITEM. SO I KIND OF WANTED TO GET A OVERVIEW OF THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT AND HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY UTILIZING THAT WITH ANY OF OUR PARTNERS AND OR WITHIN THE JAIL.

MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF SCIENCE THAT'S GOING INTO SOME STUDIES.

BUT ALSO GIVEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH WITHIN THE JAIL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE OUR FOLKS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHO CAN SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE FROM PRESENT.

BUT IF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WANTED TO COME BACK OUT MAYBE THEY COULD SPEAK TO IT, BUT COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FROM OUR PARTNERS THAT WE CURRENTLY WORK WITH?

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NEXUS SAN ANTONIO NEXUS CONNECTION IS ANOTHER AND I DON'T HAVE THE LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT IS, IS A REALLY VALUABLE TOOL ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS THAT ARE BEING RELEASED FROM DETENTION.

AND IT IS PART OF AN OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROTOCOL.

THAT'S PRETTY WIDELY USED. AND I HAVE THE FOLKS HERE THAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT, MAYBE SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF FORMERLY DETAINED PEOPLE.

BRIEFLY. YEAH. DOCTOR JEFFREY BUTTS, I'M THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR RECOVERY CAPITAL GROUP BRIDGE CLINIC. I DO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY THAT OFFER MEDICATIONS FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER AND OTHER ADDICTIONS, BUT OUR GOAL WITH THE BRIDGE CLINIC IS TO NUMBER ONE BE A REFERRAL SOURCE FOR CLIENTS THAT POTENTIALLY ARE COMING OUT OF ESPECIALLY COURT SITUATION, MAYBE DUE TO A RELAPSE WHILE ON PROBATION INSTEAD OF REFERRING THAT PERSON TO TREATMENT. IN A LOT OF SITUATIONS, WE CAN START THAT PERSON ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS ON MEDICATIONS, AND WE ARE FUNDED TO DO, TO ADDRESS THOSE PATIENTS.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN NETWORKING WITH DOCTOR TAYLOR AND THE JAIL SYSTEM, AND OUR HOPE IS TO EVENTUALLY DEVELOP AN URGENT TREATMENT PROCESS IN THOSE FIRST CRITICAL HOURS WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN AND THEY'RE ENTERING OPIATE WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS, THEY DIDN'T INITIALLY BRING IT UP. BUT WHILE THEY'RE IN THE HOLDING CELL THEY PRESENT AS SOMEBODY IN ACUTE WITHDRAWAL.

IT IS POSSIBLE FOR OUR PROVIDERS TO DO A CONSULTATION VIA TELEMEDICINE OR ON SITE AND START THAT PATIENT ON TREATMENT.

THE JAIL ALREADY HAS BEGAN TO OFFER MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT IN JAIL.

I'M NOT TRYING. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THAT.

WE JUST WANT TO REALLY START A PILOT PROGRAM.

SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. YES, I BELIEVE IT DOES.

AND SO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I WAS JUST GOING TO DEFER TO THEM.

SO MATT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED BY US WITHIN THE JAIL? YES. JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT. YES. OKAY. YES.

AND YES, US IS PROVIDES THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT SERVICES WHILE SOMEONE IS DETAINED.

AND THEN WE HAND OFF TO OUR PARTNERS AT CHCS WHO ALSO PROVIDES MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT IN ADDITION TO OTHER PARTNERS LIKE RECOVERY CAPITAL AND NEXUS CONNECTION, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CONTINUITY OF CARE WHEN FOLKS ARE RELEASED.

OKAY. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA.

I JUST WANTED TO TRY TO HAVE A LITTLE CONVENING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS THIS AS A TREATMENT OPTION TO TRY TO PREVENT OVERDOSES WITHIN THE JAIL AFTER THE JAIL, AND OBVIOUSLY TRY TO REDUCE THE DEPENDENCY AND ADDICTIONS THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

YEAH, AND THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF BEING ABLE TO CONVENE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS LIKE THIS ONE, LIKE THIS, THIS GRANT WOULD DO IS REALLY TO CONVENE ALL OF THE PARTNERS TOGETHER THAT ARE WORKING ON SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE.

AND THERE'S A TIGER TEAM ABSTRACT THAT'S CONVENED ON A REGULAR BASIS, NOT JUST FOR OPIOID USE, BUT FOR ANY KIND OF SUBSTANCE USE. BUT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONNECTIVITY, THERE'S COMMUNICATION, THERE'S COHESION IN THE ECOSYSTEM OF ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WORK IN THIS SPACE.

SO I'LL JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, THOUGH, AND PROBABLY TO OUR TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES HERE TODAY.

ARE THERE DO WE FEEL THERE'S GAPS RIGHT IN THE SCREENING PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, WE STILL SEE SOME OF THESE INCIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO OVERDOSES OR RELATED TO ADDICTION, HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN THE JAIL.

ARE THERE BETTER WAYS OR OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD ADD WITHIN THAT SCREENING PROCESS TO POTENTIALLY CATCH SOME OF THESE ITEMS BEFORE THEY SURFACE.

WELL, COMMISSIONER, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SO I THINK WITH THIS TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT, AS FAR AS A COLLABORATION AND WHATNOT, I DEFINITELY THINK WE COULD ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN THE JAIL.

OKAY. ALL FAIR. I WILL MOVE FOR APPROVAL. JUST WANTED TO TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO

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WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. 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.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT MATTER IS ITEM 66, I BELIEVE,

[66. Approval of a request from Commissioner Rebeca Clay- Flores, Precinct I, to appoint the following individuals to the listed board and commissions for the terms specified:]

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPEN OR WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO ASK THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, TO COME FIRST? THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. ALL RIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP IS ANDREW GARZA.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, BRIAN FIGHT.

GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. COMMISSIONERS. I'VE GOT A LITTLE STATEMENT WRITTEN DOWN I'M GOING TO READ FOR Y'ALL.

ONE MOMENT PLEASE. OKAY.

MY NAME IS ANDREW GARZA. I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE BEXAR COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 4978, REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE WITHIN PRECINCT ONE, SPECIFICALLY THE ONES FOR THAT WORK FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER TWO ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF BEXAR COUNTY. AND THIS IS A LETTER PUT TOGETHER BY THE ASSOCIATION AND APPROVED FOR ME TO READ.

WE'RE WRITING THIS LETTER TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST RESPECT TO SUPPORT FOR MR. BRIAN FITE, WHO SERVED AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR DISTRICT TWO FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM JUNE 4TH, 2019, UNTIL HIS RECENT UNEXPECTED REPLACEMENT. DURING THIS TIME SERVING ON THE BOARD, MR. FITE DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEDICATION AND A CLEAR VISION FOR ADVANCING DEPARTMENT THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION.

WITH HIS HELP, THE DISTRICT SAW THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF EMS TRANSPORT A SIGNIFICANT STEP EXPANDING THE SCOPE AND RESPONSIVENESS OF EMERGENCY CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DISTRICT TWO. HE TOOK ON THE ROLE OF PROJECT MANAGER FOR EMS VENDORS, SKILLFUL COORDINATING, SKILLFULLY COORDINATING EFFORTS RELATED TO SUPPLIES, BUILDING SPECIAL FUNDING AND EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, READINESS AND PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY.

SINCE LAUNCHING EMS DISTRICT TWO, FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE LEADING AGENCIES FOR EMS IN SOUTH TEXAS.

HIS INSIGHT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO A MAJOR LEAP IN THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE AND RESPONSE TO OUR COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE IMPROVEMENT OF ISO RATING, WHICH IS IMPORTANT HOW WE'RE GRADED AS BASICALLY OUR WORTHINESS AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM A ISO FOUR. SO RIGHT NOW, AN ISO ONE RATING, WHICH IS A MILESTONE THAT REFLECTS THE THE DEPARTMENT'S TOP TIER CAPABILITIES IN FIRE PROTECTION. THE DISTRICT ACHIEVED THE CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR NEW FIRE STATIONS AND ACQUIRED LAND AND THE PLANNED EXPANSION FOR TWO MORE.

REINFORCING INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE FAST GROWING COMMUNITY. WEST BEXAR COUNTY IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AREAS IN ALL OF STATE, IN ALL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. MR. FIGHT HAS BEEN A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR THE PEOPLE WEARING THE BADGE.

HE FOUGHT FOR COMPETITIVE PAY AND IMPROVING BENEFITS, RECOGNIZING THAT FAIR COMPENSATION AND SUPPORT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENTED, COMMITTED PROFESSIONALS, ESPECIALLY DURING A TIME WHEN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ACROSS THE FIELD IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.

IT IS WITHOUT HESITATION THAT THE LOCAL 4978 AFFIRMS MR. FIGHTS CHARACTER, LEADERSHIP AND ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISTRICT TWO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HIS LEGACY IS ONE OF INTEGRITY, PROGRESS AND UNWAVERING SERVICE TO BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

WE BELIEVE HIS ABSENCE ON THE BOARD IS A SIGNIFICANT LOSS AND SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED.

SINCERELY. THE LOCAL 4978. THANK YOU, MR. BRIAN FIKE.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SIR.

GOOD. HONORABLE JUDGE SAKAI AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS BRIAN FITE. I'VE PROUDLY SERVED ON ESD TWO BOARD FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS.

DURING THAT TIME, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED NATIONAL DISTINCTION, INCLUDING AN ISO RATING OF ONE, PLACING US IN THE TOP 1% OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS NATIONWIDE.

THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE THE RESULT OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. YESTERDAY I WAS INFORMED, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE OR EXPLANATION THAT I AM TO BE REPLACED ON THE ESD TWO BOARD.

TODAY I WAS TOLD ONLY THAT A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN MADE.

YET I'VE RECEIVED NO DETAILS, NO OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, AND NO FORMAL DOCUMENTATION.

THE ISSUE APPEARS TIED TO MY ROLE AS A HOMEOWNER IN THE VILLAGES OF WEST CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHERE I'VE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.

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NEVER, NEVER AS AN ESD COMMISSIONER. DESPITE THIS, I FACED HARASSMENT AND NOW APPARENT RETALIATION.

ADDING TO THE CONCERN, THE PERSON NOMINATED TO REPLACE MY TO TO REPLACE ME CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE SECRETARY OF THE SAME HOA BOARD, RAISING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT MOTIVE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

I HAVE DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUDGET MANAGEMENT AND LARGE TEAM LEADERSHIP.

MY REMOVAL COULD JEOPARDIZE CONTINUITY AND EFFECTIVENESS AT A TIME WHEN TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, NEITHER WITH RELEVANT EXPERIENCE BACKGROUNDS, ARE BEING APPOINTED TO THE BOARD.

ONE, RECENTLY APPOINTED IN APRIL, HAS YET TO ATTEND A SINGLE MEETING OR BE SWORN IN.

TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 77 5.0 34G CALLS FOR ESD COMMISSIONERS WITH RELEVANT FIRE PREVENTION AND OR EMS EXPERIENCE FOR APPOINTMENT. APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT THIS EXPERTISE UNDERMINES THE INTENT OF THE LAW AND POTENTIALLY THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WHILE I RESPECT COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AUTHORITY, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY AND DUE PROCESS IN THESE APPOINTMENTS.

I HAVE SERVED HONORABLY AND WITHOUT ISSUE FOR SIX YEARS, YET I HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO REASON FOR MY REMOVAL.

AT MINIMUM, I DESERVE TO KNOW HOW QUESTIONING MY HOA AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN JUSTIFIES REMOVAL FROM AN UNRELATED PUBLIC BOARD.

ADDITIONALLY, 775034D OUTLINES THAT SUCCESSOR APPOINTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE ON JANUARY 1ST.

DEVIATION FROM THIS PROCESS WITHOUT CAUSE ERODES PUBLIC TRUST.

I AM HERE TODAY NOT JUST FOR MYSELF, BUT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE SYSTEMS. I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT WITH ME MORE DETAILED COPY OF THIS STATEMENT, THE TRANSCRIPT PRESENTED AT THE HOA MEETING, AND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL 4978. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

I REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I HAVE THOSE DOCUMENTS HERE FOR A COPY FOR EACH OF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. PIKE. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

SO NUMBER 66, I'M HAPPY TO BE APPOINTING LYNETTE BRADLEY FOR THE ESD TWO.

SO THESE APPOINTEES THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF APPOINTING AS COMMISSIONERS FOR FROM CAB BOARD, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, TO OUR ESDS SERVE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

THIS PARTICULAR POSITION WAS A LONG TIME HOLDOVER APPOINTED BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE.

I MET WITH EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE ESD BOARD TO TO INTERVIEW THEM, SAW THAT THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB, DECIDED TO LEAVE THEM THERE FOR MY FIRST TERM.

NOW, IN MY SECOND TERM, WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENTS.

BEING THAT THIS IS A LONG TERM HOLDOVER WE CAN APPOINT WHENEVER WE DEEM NECESSARY.

SO I AM EXCITED TO BRING ON LYNNETTE BRADLEY, WHO WILL BE THE ONLY FEMALE.

THERE ARE NO FEMALES ON. THERE WILL BE THE ONLY FEMALE ON THIS BOARD.

MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

POINT OF ORDER, COMMISSIONER. SO YOU'RE ON ITEM 66.

YOU ARE. WE ARE APPOINTING LYNETTE BRADLEY. IS THAT? YEAH, IT'S ALREADY ON THERE. I'M JUST MOVING FOR APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. DOES THAT NEED AN AMENDMENT IN LIGHT OF THE AGENDA? NO, NO, IT'S ALREADY ON HERE. OH. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY I MISSED.

I WAS MISREADING IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT CORRECTLY.

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. WE'LL NOW TAKE UP CONSIDERATION.

[67. Approval of a request from Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, Precinct 1, to appoint the following individual(s) to the listed board and commissions for the terms specified: ]

PLEASE STAND. I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A NEW ANOTHER NEW APPOINTEE FOR THE BOARD.

MARIANA, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO WITH SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE GOOD WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO IN THE DOING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WALTER MARTINEZ, WHO I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU WERE IN CITY COUNCIL, YOU HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH GETTING SOME BEATS TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW, SO THANK YOU.

THAT IS NOT FORGOTTEN THE HISTORY AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR FOR FOR MY GENERATION.

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

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME ALSO COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES JUST I WANT TO RECOGNIZE CINDY GABRIEL FOR HER.

I BELIEVE SHE IS THE CURRENT CHAIR OF THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD.

AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD HER AND THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN REGARDS TO THE REDEVELOPMENT THERE ON THE COLISEUM GROUNDS, THE FREEMAN AND THE FROST BANK CENTER. SO THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THAT PLAN THAT THE COUNTY WILL BE DEVELOPING.

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SO THE APPOINTEES ON ALL OF OUR BOARDS, FROM SWIM TO SD TO CAB ARE SO VITAL IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR SERVING AS OUR AS OUR VOICES ON THOSE BOARDS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 68 HAS BEEN DEFERRED.

AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU JUST ON 74.

YES. LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT YOU ABSTAINED. THOMAS, IS THERE ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT WE HAVE? NOT. ALL RIGHT, THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT ITEM. LET US NOW GO BACK TO TIME CERTAIN I.

[4. TIME CERTAIN ITEM{S): (Part 1 of 2)]

I'M ASKING THE COURT FOR APPROVAL TO RECONVENE AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, THE PSC, AND WE WILL HAVE A PSC MEETING REGULAR MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2025 AT 10 A.M.

IN THE DOUBLE HEIGHT COURTROOM IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 100 DELA ROSA, SUITE 2.01, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 7205. DULY NOTICED AND POSTED, ACCORDING TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

I GUESS HE WANTS TO SPEAK AFTER THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT OBJECTIONS, LET US NOW TAKE UP THE BOARD AGENDA OF THE BEXAR COUNTY PSC.

APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS APRIL 23RD, 2024. BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION MEETING MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE B ACTION TO APPROVE THE WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS IN THE FORM SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORIZING THE ENGAGEMENT OF KOHEN RABINOWITZ PLC AND THE SCOPE OF WORK AS DEFINED IN THE RESOLUTIONS.

MR. COHEN, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

FOR THE RECORD, I'M ANDREW COHEN AND THE COUNSEL TO THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

SO THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT KIND OF DEFINES THE SCOPE OF OUR WORK OUTSIDE OF SPECIFIC TRANSACTIONS, SO THAT WE CAN ASSIST WITH COMPLIANCE WITH LAW AND OTHER GENERAL ISSUES RELATED TO PUBLIC FACILITY, CORPORATION AND AFFORDABILITY ISSUES. COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH, JUST A QUESTION.

SO THIS DOESN'T AFFECT US FINANCIALLY, THE COUNTY LEVEL.

ANYTHING. RIGHT. SO FROM TIME TO TIME THERE THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE WILL PROVIDE ADVICE.

AND SO IT'S JUST TO PAY FOR THAT TIME. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE WAS A COST, IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE BEXAR COUNTY BUDGET.

IT WOULD BE PAID FOR FROM THE FEES GENERATED THROUGH THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION.

SO IT DOES NOT COME OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, OR WE DON'T HAVE ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO THIS.

CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. HAPPY TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

AND JUST REAL QUICK WE HAD, I THINK, LAST YEAR SOME TIME APPROVED.

I THINK IT WAS THE CONTRACT WHEN YOU SWITCHED FIRMS. AND SO THAT WAS MEMORIALIZED AT THAT TIME. BUT THIS IS AGAIN JUST TO GIVE YOU AUTHORIZATION TO DO WORK OUTSIDE OF THAT CONTRACT.

IF THOSE THINGS COME UP FROM TIME TO TIME, ONE OFFS, THAT KIND OF WORK.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THOSE FEES WILL COME OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS.

THAT'S CORRECT. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YES. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I THINK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

LET US NOW TAKE UP ITEM ONE C ACTION TO APPROVE THE WRITTEN RESOLUTIONS IN THE FORM SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PERTAINING TO THE APPROVAL OF THE EXTENSION OF THE PROJECT.

COMMENCEMENT DEADLINE FOR THE SHOWROOM APARTMENTS.

WE'LL TAKE THAT UP. LET ME JUST REMIND THE COURT THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT THE COURT HAS PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED AND I HOPE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

TODAY, WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE AN EXTENSION TO HIXSON PROPERTIES FOR THE PROJECT, COMMENCEMENT OF THE SHOWROOM, APARTMENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE URBAN CORE.

MR. KERWIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? NO, YOUR HONOR, JUST SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A TWO YEAR EXTENSION TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE MARKET TO FIRM UP AND FOR MORE CERTAINTY TO COME INTO THE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT ARENA SO THAT WE CAN FUND AND START THIS VERY VITAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT A LATER DATE.

THANK YOU, JUDGE ANDY. JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE PROJECT OVER OFF OF LOWER BROADWAY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR. AND SO THE EXTENSION, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES RELATING TO FINANCE.

AND SO THIS IS JUST GIVING THEM MORE TIME TO GET THE, THE CAPITAL STACK TOGETHER.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

YES. SO WHAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE 89TH LEGISLATURE WAS HOUSE BILL 21, WHICH REGULATES IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION DEALS AND WITH PARTIAL GRANDFATHERING.

SO THERE WAS SOME RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF CHANGES IN LAW IN THAT ARENA.

THERE WERE SIMILAR BILLS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEES OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATIONS.

THOSE DID NOT ADVANCE. SO THERE ARE NO CHANGES RIGHT NOW TO THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION TRANSACTIONS, BUT THERE IS INCREASED SCRUTINY AT THE STATE LEVEL OF THESE TYPES OF AFFORDABLE DEALS AND THE EXEMPTIONS.

BUT SUBSTANTIVELY, AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, OBJECT.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS GIVING THEM MORE TIME. THAT'S THE SUMMATION OF IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. COMMISSIONER? YES. MOTION TO APPROVE. JUDGE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

JUDGE. I'LL SECOND IT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

CALVERT. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COURT FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAD A VERY SLEEPY DOWNTOWN A DECADE AGO WHEN I CAME INTO OFFICE, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE, WHICH HAVE HELPED US TO GET CAUGHT UP. WE WERE PROBABLY 30 YEARS BEHIND MOST MAJOR CITIES WITH RESPECT TO REINVESTING IN OUR HISTORIC, OLDER AREAS. AND SO WE ALL KNOW THE CHALLENGES OF INTEREST RATES AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE CAPITAL STACK ON DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COURT'S MOVING TO HELP THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT JUST GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO SECOND IT. THANK YOU.

JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODY. SO AM I CORRECT. THIS IS A SECOND EXTENSION.

IS THAT RIGHT? HAVE WE EXTENDED THIS PREVIOUSLY? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT WAS A TWO YEAR EXTENSION.

THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. WELL THERE WAS A ONE YEAR BUILT IN.

SO THIS THIS PARTICULAR DEAL GOT AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PREVIOUSLY.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE YES. SECOND THESE EXTENSIONS WERE BUILT INTO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT.

THE FIRST TWO WERE THE FIRST TWO SIX MONTH EXTENSIONS WERE.

THEN THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR GRANTED A YEAR AGO.

AND NOW THIS WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT TWO YEAR PERIOD.

OKAY. I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS, AND I'M ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SOME FLEXIBILITY AND UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, BUT AT WHAT POINT YOU KNOW, WILL WILL THE COURT AND THE PFC HAVE TO KIND OF REASSESS THE, THE DEAL? SO THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE OF THE DATE WAS ADOPTED? IS GRANDFATHER, GRANDFATHER FROM THE APPLICATION OF HOUSE BILL 2071, WHICH MODIFIED SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC FACILITY CORPORATION PROGRAM.

ACCORDINGLY, THERE'S THERE'S EXPIRATION DATE ON THE ON HOW LONG THOSE KIND OF APPROVALS WILL LAST FROM A GRANDFATHERED BASIS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY FORESTALL ANOTHER EXTENSION WITHOUT SOME GREATER CLARITY FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OR THE COURTS.

SO BASICALLY THIS TWO YEAR EXTENSION WOULD BE THE THE TERMINATION.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, MR. COHEN, AS ATTORNEY TO ATTORNEY, THIS IS GRANDFATHERED IN, WHICH MEANS IT'S ALLOWED PRIOR TO THE PRIOR STATUTE.

BUT BECAUSE OF SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, SOMETHING LIKE THIS MAY NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE FUTURE.

CORRECT? YES. THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THIS OF THE APPROVALS FOR THIS PROJECT THAT ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 303 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO, YES, THE THE WAY IT STANDS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TODAY.

I PRESUME YOU'RE HELPING ALL THE DEVELOPERS IN TOWN THAT ASK FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE BEXAR COUNTY PSC TO UNDERSTAND THE NEW RULES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ADHERED TO. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. I DON'T WANT ANY MISUNDERSTANDINGS, MR. COHEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. COHEN. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE MINUTES.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT TO ADJOURN THE POC. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MEETING ADJOURNED.

TIME 10:13 A.M.. LET US NOW REOPEN TO COMMISSIONERS.

COURT WILL TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, FILING FOR THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS.

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. Cooperative Agreement between the City of San Antonio, Texas, The County of Bexar and the San Antonio River Authority to complete the Rivers, Creeks, and Parks Capital Improvement Program, approved April 29, 2025. b. FY 2025 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (May 28, 2025 and June 5, 2025). c. Citation directed to Bexar County Commissioners Court, Judge Peter Sakai, Re: Robert Stewart vs Bexar County et al et al, Case No. 2022CI15203. d. Citation directed to Bexar County Commissioners Court, Judge Peter Sakai, Re: Robert Stewart vs Bexar County et al et al, Case No. 2022CI15204. e. Citation directed to Bexar County Commissioners Court, Judge Peter Sakai, Re: Robert Stewart vs Bexar County et al et al, Case No. 2025CI07061. f. Constables Office Precinct 2 Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education (LEOSE) fund, June 5, 2025.]

[7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, May 27, 2025. ]

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

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AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

LET US NOW. WE'RE STILL NOT AT TIME CERTAIN. 1030.

JUST ALERTING Y'ALL. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. LET US NOW GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

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

YOU ARE IN THE ROOM, CONSTABLE. GOOD MORNING.

I WAS NOT AWARE HOW BUSY Y'ALL WERE GOING TO BE THIS MORNING.

JUDGE SAKAI. COMMISSIONERS. I'M JUST WANTING TO COME BY AND THANK JUDGE SAKAI FOR BEING ABLE TO MEET WITH US WITH ALL THE CONSTABLES AND DISCUSS CHANGES THAT ARE COMING TO THE LAWS ABOUT SQUATTERS, ABOUT THE EVICTIONS, THE AMOUNT OF DAYS THAT ARE BEING GIVEN TO US TO SERVE PROCESS.

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT JUDGE SAKAI IS GOING TO MEET WITH US.

AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ALSO EXPLAIN LATER ON TO THE BUDGET OFFICE OF THOSE TYPE OF CHANGES THAT ARE COMING.

SO BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, JUDGE. I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MOODY. CONSTABLE. JUST A QUESTION.

AND MY CONSTABLE HAD HAD HIGHLIGHTED, I BELIEVE, THIS LAW AS WELL.

IS THIS THE ONE THAT'S REDUCING THE TIME TO SERVE THOSE PAPERS TO FIVE DAYS? IS THAT. YES. IT NORMALLY EVICTION PROCESS IF AN OFFICER HAS AROUND TEN DAYS TO SERVE, BUT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT TO FIVE AND FROM THEN. SO THAT'S GOING TO EXPEDITE COURT WITH THE JP COURTS.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'LL PUT A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS ON THE OFFICERS TO TRY TO TO SERVE THE PROCESS.

I DEVELOPED AN AFTERNOON SHIFT TO FOCUS ON ATTEMPTS DURING THE DAY AND THEN ATTEMPTS IN THE AFTERNOONS ALSO.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CATCH UP WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT MIGHT CHANGE SOME OF THE REQUESTS OF THE AMOUNT OF STAFF.

SO IT'S GOOD THAT JUDGE SAKAI IS GOING TO MEET WITH US AND WE CAN KIND OF DISCUSS ALL THESE THINGS, BUT APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT THAT REDUCTION IN TIME IS, IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO MEET. BUT THANK YOU.

YEAH. AND THE, THE TO GET PEOPLE THAT ARE SQUATTING IN HOMES IT'S BECOMING DANGEROUS BECAUSE REALTORS ARE TRYING TO SELL HOMES AND PEOPLE ARE JUST MOVING IN.

SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHO WHO IS INSIDE THAT HOME.

SO WE NEED TO DISCUSS THAT ALSO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONSTABLE. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING. MARIO OBLEDO, JUNIOR.

FOOD BANK. YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE. I HOPE YOU GOT SOME GOOD NEWS, MARIO.

GO AHEAD. YOU GOT THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUDGE.

GOOD MORNING. BY THE WAY, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY MANAGER AND COUNTY STAFF.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARIO GALLARDO, JUNIOR CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

AND ON BEHALF OF ERIC COOPER, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO, JUST THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THIS GREAT COUNTY.

YOU ALL MIGHT REMEMBER, WE'RE ONE OF 200 FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ONE OF 20 IN OUR GREAT STATE.

WE COVER 29 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE SENIORS, KIDS, VETERANS, AND THE DISABLED. NOW, MORE THAN EVER, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ALL BOND TOGETHER, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WITH OUR FEDERAL FRIENDS AND PROPOSED CUTS TO NUTRITION PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS AND MEDICAID, IS GOING TO CAUSE A GREAT IMPACT, A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE, NOT ONLY IN THE URBAN SETTING, BUT IN THOSE RURAL COUNTIES AND TOWNSHIPS.

AND SO I COME HERE TODAY TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE GIVEN US IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, BUT ALSO FOR THE U.S. SENATE. THAT'S TAKING UP THE BUDGET TAX BILL.

IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE OUR FEDERAL FRIENDS OR TALK TO THEM, ENCOURAGE THEM, ADVOCATE FOR NO CUTS TO SNAP AND MEDICAID AND OTHER NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO IMPACT NOT ONLY OUR COUNTY RESIDENTS, TEXANS, BUT AMERICANS AS WELL.

SO I LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE DYESS COMMISSIONER? CALVERT? I WOULD JUST SAY THANK YOU, MARIO. YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

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SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WE'VE GOT WALTER HERE WHO'S ON OUR FEDERAL LOBBY TEAM.

SO HE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. AND I KNOW HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB IN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH SENATOR CORNYN AND SENATOR CRUZ THE IMPORTANCE TO JUST KEEPING OUR FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, MY AREA, WHICH REPRESENTS THE TOURISM DISTRICT OF DOWNTOWN AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERFLOW OF ENCAMPMENTS, IF YOU WILL.

THIS HAS BEEN A GRAVE CONCERN FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF BEXAR COUNTY.

BUT A LOT OF HOUSING ADVOCATES ARE VERY ACUTELY AWARE.

AND WE TALKED IN COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THE LAST MEETING, JUDGE SAKAI AND I, ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE HOUSE BILL ELIMINATES THE CDBG AND HOME PROGRAMS. WITH THOSE, WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE STREETS.

IF PEOPLE THINK THEY'VE SEEN MORE UNHOUSED, AND NOW THEY'LL SEE EVEN MORE IN THE DAYS AHEAD IF THESE BILLS PASS.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR TOURISM AND TO OUR HEARTS THAT WE DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND WE MAY HAVE TO BE THE ONES THAT SHORED UP.

SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY. THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THIS IN TANDEM.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE WARNING. THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR THE TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MA'AM.

COMMISSIONER, DID YOU WANT TO SAY OKAY. PENNY? PENNY? PENNY. PENNY. MISS PENNY.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, HONORABLE JUDGE SAKAI AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

YESTERDAY I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SARS AND THE COUNTY ON A WATER SYSTEM WATER PIPING THAT THEY WANT TO PUT IN OFF OF BRAUN ROAD AND TO GO THROUGH BEVERLY HILLS, UP THROUGH SUNSET VALLEY, RANCHETTES, INTO WHAT WAS FORMERLY THE MCRAE SUBDIVISION.

FIRSTLY, THE SUNSET VALLEY RANCHES EASEMENT WAS ILLEGALLY TRANSFERRED BY YOU GENTLEMEN, THE COMMISSIONERS, PERHAPS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ON AT THE TIME AND THAT'S THAT'S BEING LITIGATED.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE WHEN THEY PUT IN THE WATER, THEY'RE GOING TO TEAR UP THE STREET THAT GOES INTO BEVERLY HILLS.

THERE IS ALREADY TRAFFIC, TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM THE MCRAE SUBDIVISION BEHIND.

I COUNTED IN TWO HOURS OVER 400 CARS IN THE MORNING, GOING THROUGH COMING OUT OF MCRAE'S SUBDIVISION AND GOING THROUGH SUNSET VALLEY, RANCHETTES AND THROUGH BEVERLY HILLS OUT ONTO BRAUN ROAD.

NOW THIS WATER SYSTEM COULD BE TAKEN UP 15 60 TO THE SUBDIVISION THAT IS ON THE OLD HALPENNY SUNSET VALLEY RANCH AND TAKEN IN IN THE BACK END OF THE SUBDIVISION, AND IT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTING BEVERLY HILLS ROADWAY. IT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTING ANYBODY ELSE'S ROADWAY.

IT WOULD BE A MUCH SIMPLER AND A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE SAFE ROUTE FOR SAWS AND THE COUNTY.

BEXAR COUNTY TO TAKE. I ALSO WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS YOU GENTLEMEN AND LADIES AS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THAT THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE POPPING UP EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW, Y'ALL KNOW THEY ARE, BECAUSE Y'ALL HAVE TO APPROVE THEM.

Y'ALL NEED TO BE DEMANDING ZERO LANDSCAPE ON THESE PEOPLE.

THEY ARE TAKING OUR WATER, COUNTY WATER, AND ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO USE THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR GREEN YARDS TO SAVE AND YADA YADA YADA.

IF THE COUNTY TAKES THE INITIATIVE OF SAYING ZERO LANDSCAPE, IT WILL SAVE EVERYBODY'S WATER AS WELL, AS THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM OF PEOPLE TRYING TO KEEP GRASS GROWING WHEN THE GRASS DOESN'T GROW.

WHEN YOU HAVE OUR TEMPERATURES HERE IN TEXAS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

YES, MISS HALPENNY. THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE.

JUST. WE DON'T NORMALLY GET INTO A DIALOG, BUT I JUST WANTED TO.

I THINK YOU'RE EITHER IN MY PRECINCT OR RIGHT CLOSE BY IN PRECINCT THREE.

AM I SURE AM. YEAH. SO WE SHARE. WE SHARE THAT THAT BOUNDARY.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH OUT THERE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE MY STAFF WHEN YOU STEP OUT, MEET WITH YOU.

I KNOW YOU'VE VISITED. I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

ALREADY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. YOU MAKE SOME GREAT POINTS.

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BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE GREAT. AND WE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU AND SAWS AND ANYONE ELSE, EITHER THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OR CITY HELOTES, TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR ISSUES.

SO FRANCESCA IS GOING TO STEP OUT AND GET MORE INFORMATION FROM YOU.

OKAY. AND TO TAKE UP ABOUT THAT EASEMENT THAT WAS ILLEGALLY TAKEN OVER.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PENNY.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, BUT YOU ALL HAVE SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM FOUR B, WHICH WE WILL. WE'RE JUST MINUTES AWAY. BUT LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP.

THEN WE'LL GO TO INDIVIDUAL. SO. MR. MARQUEZ AGENDA ITEM 75

[75. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding an Incentive Application submitted by Sanko Texas Corporation for proposed tax abatement with Bexar County. ]

SO I'M HOPING YOU WE HAVE GIVEN YOU TEN MINUTES.

I HOPE YOU CAN STAY WITHIN THAT TEN MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN GET TO OUR TIME CERTAIN AND JUST ALERTING THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR TIME CERTAIN WE'RE WE'LL LET ALLOW ALL CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT THAT TIME. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON A TAX ABATEMENT APPLICATION.

I WANT TO POINT OUT WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATION TODAY FROM ONE OF THE APPLICANTS.

OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IS REPRESENTED BY DAVID DIAZ, THEIR VICE PRESIDENT FOR CORPORATE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF GREATER SACHSE CARLOS HARKIN AND JAMIE BLOODSWORTH.

BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, SANCO TEXAS CORPORATION WILL BE A MANUFACTURER OF PLASTICS LOGISTICS MATERIAL HANDLING PRODUCTS USED ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES.

THEY PLAN TO ESTABLISH MANUFACTURING PRESENCE IN NORTH AMERICA BY PARTNERING WITH OUR LOCAL OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION TO BUILD A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY. THIS IS TO SERVE THEIR CLIENT BASE THAT'S IN NORTH AMERICA AND HOPEFULLY TO EXPAND IT ON THEIR BEHALF.

THEY INTEND TO INVEST $39,800,000 AND CREATE A MINIMUM OF 50 NEW JOBS, WITH THE BASE WAGE OF THOSE BEING OUR LIVING WAGE AT $20.54. THE LOCATION IS IN PRECINCT ONE. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AT 16 472 WATSON ROAD, JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CORPORATE OR THE NONPUBLIC ENTRANCE OF TOYOTA'S PLANT.

THIS IS A TYPE OF PRODUCT THAT SANKO SANCHO MANUFACTURERS.

JUDGE SAKAI, YOU'LL RECALL WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THEM ON OUR RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN AND SAW MANY OF THE PRODUCTS THAT THEY USE.

THIS IS A B2B TYPE OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FACTORY OF THE TYPE OF FACTORY THAT THEY WOULD BUILD AND THE LOCATION THERE. YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF CATTY CORNER TO TOYOTA, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING THAT'S GROWING AND BOOMING IN THAT AREA. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A TEN YEAR, 75% TAX ABATEMENT ON REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY INVESTMENTS, AND USING THOSE INVESTMENTS, THE INCENTIVE VALUE WOULD BE ESTIMATED AT $824,848.

SO OUR REQUEST IS TO NEGOTIATE FOR PERMISSION TO NEGOTIATE THAT TAX ABATEMENT WITH SANCO TEXAS CORPORATION.

OKAY. YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING NEW JOBS TO THE PRECINCT AND CONTINUE TO WORK AND SUPPORT WITH THE COMPANIES WE ALREADY HAVE, LIKE TOYOTA. SO THAT WAS A PROMISE TO MY CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE I FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO I AM HAPPY TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

AND AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS JUST FOR BEXAR COUNTY TAX ABATEMENT.

CORRECT? NOT. THAT'S CORRECT. JUST OUR DISTRICT.

I'M SORRY. YES, SIR. JUST OUR TAX RATE. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. LET ME PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I TRAVELED TO JAPAN LAST YEAR.

WAS IT JULY? I THINK ABOUT NEARLY A YEAR AGO.

AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS I WANT THE COURT TO BE AWARE AND THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE IN REGARDS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF POTENTIAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

AND SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, I GUESS, THE CEO EQUIVALENT OF SANCHO AND HAD A GREAT, GREAT DISCUSSION IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE HIM TO BEXAR COUNTY.

IT WAS ON HIS RADAR. BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THAT MEETING SOLIDIFIED BECAUSE AFTER THAT HE AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER TEAM CAME TO SAN ANTONIO. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO START AND ASK FOR THE COURT'S APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION, BECAUSE THE GENESIS OF THIS SANCHO AGREEMENT WAS BUILT ON THIS TRIP, AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF SANCHO AND WITH THE COURT,

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SO THERE IS A LOCAL COMPONENT TO THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

I WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD AND BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT THAT IN EXCHANGE FOR A 75% ABATEMENT OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAXES, SANCHO WILL INVEST NEARLY $40 MILLION IN REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND CREATE A MINIMUM OF 50 NEW FULL TIME JOBS WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

WE ARE SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF MANUFACTURING IN OUR COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SOUTH SIDE.

AS WE KNOW WE HAVE THE ANCHOR, SO TO SPEAK, WITH TOYOTA MANUFACTURING TEXAS DOWN THERE, AND THEY'RE EXPANDING A $500 MILLION EXPANSION. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FROM TOYOTA, TEXAS.

WE KNOW THAT JCB HAS BROKEN GROUND. AND, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED WITH JCP FROM UK AND BEEN TO UK TO DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP WITH. I BELIEVE THAT, LORD BAMBERGER.

SO YOU'RE WHAT'S THAT? BAMFORD. BAMFORD SO YOU YOU MAY BE PART OF THAT ROYALTY OVER THERE.

ME? YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'M A PROUD IMMIGRANT. YOU'RE JUST A PROUD IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO.

ALL RIGHT. BUT I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTY TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.

AND, DAVID SMITH, WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

WE DO NEED GROWTH. SO I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE MAY FEEL WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS? THIS IS ALL PART AND PARCEL OF A THRIVING AND GROWING COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN THEN SUPPORT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.

BECAUSE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, ESPECIALLY IN PRECINCTS ONE AND FOUR, Y'ALLS AREAS ARE BOOMING ON YOUR FAR ENDS OF THE COUNTY, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. AND THOSE ARE BIG TICKET ITEMS, SO TO SPEAK.

WITH ROAD DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET BUILT OUT THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO I AM ASKING THE COURT FOR UNANIMOUS SUPPORT ON THIS MOTION.

SO IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I MADE THE MOTION.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE CARLOS HARKIN FROM GREATER SAC.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO. I KNOW I'VE BEEN ON A TRIP WITH YOU TO MEXICO TO JUST CONTINUE TO ATTRACT THAT.

AND SO JUST WANTED TO CORRECT I THINK I SAID I'M AN IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO.

I AM THE DAUGHTER OF A PROUD IMMIGRANT FROM MEXICO AND HOLD DUAL CITIZENSHIP AND REALLY EXCITED WHEN I GET TO USE MY MEXICAN PASSPORT WHEN I TRAVEL TO MEXICO.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, IF I COULD YES. SOMEONE WHO'S NOT HERE WHO CERTAINLY DESERVES TO SHARE THE CREDIT AS JIRO WATANABE.

THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, HE SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME WORKING WITH MR. GOTO, AS YOU KNOW.

SO I DON'T WANT TO FAIL TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND HIS IMPORTANT EFFORTS ON THE TEXAS JAPAN OFFICE.

GOOD. ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MENTIONED MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIES.

LET'S CARRY ON. GET GET THEM UP AND RUNNING. AND MAX NAVARRO SENDS HIS REGARDS TO ALL OF YOU.

HE'S UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, LET US NOW TAKE UP TIME. CERTAIN 10:30 A.M.

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THE RENOVATION REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FREEMAN COLISEUM GROUNDS, ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TWO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA PROJECT LOCATED IN OR AROUND DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO TO SERVE AS THE FUTURE HOME OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, AND STATES THAT THE PROPOSED METHODS OF VENUE PROJECT FINANCING FOR BOTH PROPOSED VENUE PROJECTS AS CONTINUING THE EXISTING MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX AT A RATE OF 5%, AND INCREASES THE COUNTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE FROM 1.75% TO 2.0%. AND IF APPROVED, AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE RESOLUTION TO TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONERS COURT TO REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3.34022.

MR. SMITH, LET ME ASK YOU TO TAKE THE PODIUM, OPEN THIS UP, AND THEN I WILL THEN GO TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

AND THEN I WILL THEN DIRECT THE CONVERSATION BACK TO THE COURT FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUES.

THANK YOU. JUDGE WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AT THIS COURT BEFORE IS A LETTER TO COVER A PROPOSED

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THIS IS NOT THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THAT ELECTION.

THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL AUGUST, BUT IT IS THE FIRST STEP ON THE WAY TOWARD THAT ELECTION.

THIS RESOLUTION ENVISIONS TWO POTENTIAL PROPOSITIONS IN NOVEMBER.

ONE PROPOSITION WOULD FOCUS ON INVESTING OUR ADDITIONAL HOT TAX, AS WELL AS MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX FOR PROJECTS ON THE FREEMAN GROUNDS, UP TO AND INCLUDING NEEDED REPAIRS TO THE FROST BANK CENTER.

THE SECOND PROPOSITION WOULD BE TOWARD FUNDING THOSE SAME TWO FUNDING SOURCES TOWARDS A NEW SPURS DOWNTOWN ARENA. BOTH PROPOSITIONS PROPOSE RAISING OUR EXISTING HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FROM 1.75% SENT TO THE LEGALLY ALLOWABLE 2%. IF EITHER PROPOSITION IN NOVEMBER WERE TO PASS, THEN THE HOT TAX WOULD BE RAISED TO 2%. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION, AND IT'S A LONG ONE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY APPROVING THESE TWO DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. LET ME GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP TO THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE COURT FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE PETER JOHN HOLT JR.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.

I FIRST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE SPURS STAFF AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.

WE WE TRIED TO GET THE COYOTE HERE, BUT HE'S IN HIBERNATION BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE NOT IN THE PLAYOFFS.

BUT MAYBE NEXT TIME. WELL, LISTEN, I JUST FIRST WANT TO EXPRESS, EXCUSE ME.

TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO THE COUNTY. WE'VE BEEN JUST AN AMAZING PARTNER FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

AND THE SUCCESS AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE FROST BANK CENTER HAS ENABLED THE SPURS TO HAVE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

AND ALSO, I THINK, ALLOWED FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE TREMENDOUS BENEFIT.

AND THE SPURS EXIST IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE OF GREAT PARTNERSHIPS LIKE THIS.

AND I THINK WITH THIS VISIONARY NEXT STEP THAT JUDGE SAKAI AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY MANAGER HAS WORKED REALLY DILIGENTLY ON, THIS NEXT PHASE WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP, WILL CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS AND ENSURE THAT THE LEGACY THAT WE'VE HAD FOR DECADES CONTINUES TO BE A LIVING LEGACY.

AND OUR COMMITMENT FROM THE SPURS IS THAT ANYTHING THAT WE DO IS OF COMMUNITY, POSITIVE IMPACT FIRST AND MUTUAL BENEFIT FIRST.

AND SO WE VERY MUCH ARE COMMITTED TO THE LEGACY AND FOUNDATION OF THE FROST BANK CENTER, AND ENSURING THAT THIS PROJECT ALLOWS FOR THAT TO THRIVE, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE NEXT PHASE OF THIS JOURNEY, WHICH IS A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY CENTER AND AN ARENA DOWNTOWN THAT WILL ALLOW THE SPURS TO THRIVE AND, WE HOPE, WILL ENABLE SAN ANTONIO TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BEXAR COUNTY TO HAVE TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND WE'RE HERE TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAMS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS IMPACTFUL IN AN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE WAY AND BENEFICIAL TO ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ.

GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ARTURO RODRIGUEZ, AND I'M A THIRD GENERATION SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT FROM SAINT MARGARET MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ALSO A COPS METRO LEADER.

AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING US HERE THIS MORNING.

COPS METRO CONSISTS OF 31 INSTITUTIONS AND REPRESENTING OVER 50,000 MEMBERS.

WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES SOME REAL CHOICES ABOUT WHERE THE $488 MILLION WILL BE SPENT. THIS MONEY COULD BE USED IN WAYS THAT COULD LIFT UP THE RESIDENTS OF BEXAR COUNTY.

WE NEED A REAL INPUT, PROCESS AND DISCUSSION ON THIS, NOT WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED.

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AND THE THIRD POOREST CITY AND COUNTY AREA HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE'S BEEN LITTLE INVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE TIRED OF THIS SAYING THAT. BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME.

TOO OFTEN THEY DON'T COME. WE ARE JUST CONTINUING CORPORATE WELFARE INDEBTING THE TAXPAYER TO GIVE IT TO THE WEALTHY. WE CONTINUE TO WRITE CHECKS FOR THE UBER WEALTHY, INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT REALLY NEED OUR HELP AND OUR ASSISTANCE TO THRIVE IN THOSE AREAS.

THE SPURS ORGANIZATION HASN'T SAID ANYTHING PUBLICLY AT THIS POINT HOW MUCH THEY'RE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS? WE HAVE NO IDEA. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE PENNY THAT'S BEEN DESCRIBED TO BE PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.

THERE'S NO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS DOING AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE ARE GIVEN A BLANK CHECK TO THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AS RESIDENTS TO KNOW. WHY ARE WE FAST TRACKING THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO LIVE HERE? WHY AREN'T WE DOING THAT? WHY AREN'T WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED WITHIN OUR COUNTY, WITHIN THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. DEBORAH GARRETT. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS DEBORAH GARRETT. I'M A COPS METRO LEADER WITH HOLY REDEEMER CATHOLIC CHURCH.

COPS. METRO IS HERE TO SAY NO BLANK CHECK WITH PUBLIC MONEY FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.

WHY ARE WE FAST TRACKING THIS? COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE SAKAI, EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU SAID YOU WOULD NOT CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING FOR A VENUE TAX PROPOSAL DUE TO THE LACK OF SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC INPUT AND THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY REGARDING COST AND A FUNDING FRAMEWORK, WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PUTTING IN SUBSTANTIAL EQUITY.

WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN? THERE'S BEEN A TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND COPS.

METRO CONTINUES ITS POSITION OF NO TO ANOTHER ARENA WITH PUBLIC MONEY.

MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING LAYOFFS FROM THEIR JOBS, AND FAMILIES ARE BEING SQUEEZED WITH CUTS TO SNAP AND MEDICAID.

AND HERE YOU ARE PROPOSING A VENUE TAX FOR YET ANOTHER ARENA.

SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY CONTINUE TO BE A LOW WAGE AREA, A PLACE OF HIGH FOOD INSECURITY, UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND NOT ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO WHAT DOES THIS ADD UP TO? THE THIRD POOREST LARGE CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHY IS THIS? BECAUSE WE GIVE OUR MONEY AWAY INSTEAD OF TAKING CARE OF OUR FAMILIES.

WHERE IS THE VENUE TAX FOR OUR FAMILIES? HERE'S OUR COUNTER PROPOSAL.

INVEST IN A LIVABLE WAGE BY RAISING COUNTY WAGES TO $20 PER HOUR.

MOST COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS.

WHAT BETTER INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN PUBLIC SAFETY? ADDRESS HOUSING NEEDS. CURRENTLY, 65,000 PEOPLE ARE ON THE WAITLIST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

FUND THE $5 BILLION IN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 50 YEARS FOR SIDEWALKS.

WE HAVE A HISTORY OF USING THE VENUE TAX FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY IMAGINATION FOR OUR FAMILIES? INVEST IN US. THANK YOU. MR. BERRY.

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PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY. TRISH DEBERRY, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTRO SAN ANTONIO.

ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD, OUR STAFF AND OUR ALMOST 400 MEMBERS, WE APPLAUD THE VOTE THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO TAKE TODAY.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

ONE, WE WILL WELCOME AND HERALD THE SPURS BACK INTO DOWNTOWN.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL BRING EQUITY AND INVESTMENT TO THE EAST SIDE, WHICH HAS LONG BEEN LACKING.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE RODEO OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ELEVATE THAT EXPERIENCE WITH WESTERN HERITAGE IN DOWNTOWN AND BENCHMARKED AGAINST CALGARY, CANADA. NASHVILLE. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN LAS VEGAS? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE, REALLY, IN THE FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS? THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, REALLY, TO MAKE THE EAST SIDE A SHOWCASE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STOCK SHOW AND RODEO.

SO WE BELIEVE IN THE VISION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

AND AS A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO AND ALSO THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTRO SAN ANTONIO, I HAVE BEEN TO MANY A GAME.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD AT THE HEMISFAIR ARENA, WHICH WAS THE LOUDEST ARENA IN THE NBA.

RIGHT. THANKS TO A VERY BOISTEROUS BASELINE BUM'S ORGANIZATION.

SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT ENERGY BACK INTO DOWNTOWN.

YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE BASEBALL DISCUSSION.

SO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO BOOK IN DOWNTOWN WITH NOT ONLY A BASEBALL STADIUM TO THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN, BUT BRING THE SPURS ARENA TO THE NEAR EAST SIDE OF DOWNTOWN.

AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BOOK IN DOWNTOWN? OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT OCCURS.

RIGHT. AND NOT ONLY FOR THE HOSPITALITY, ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT ALSO HOUSING.

AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT HOUSING, I MEAN ALL FORMS OF HOUSING, AFFORDABLE, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE, MARKET RATE, YOU NAME IT. WE HAVE TO CREATE A DOWNTOWN THAT IS GOING TO BE A BRIGHT LIGHT FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS. WE HAVE CULTIVATED MANY SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE IN DOWNTOWN.

AND WHEN PEOPLE CELEBRATE THOSE CHAMPIONSHIPS, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THEY DID NOT HONK THEIR HORNS AND WAVE THEIR FLAGS AROUND THE AT&T CENTER OR THE FROST CENTER. WHERE DID THEY COME? THEY CAME INTO THE SOUL OF OUR CITY, WHERE WE STAND TODAY IN DOWNTOWN TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SOUL LIKE NO OTHER.

AND OUR JOB AND YOUR JOB AND I HAVE BEEN IN THAT SEAT, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

AND SO I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT OUR JOB COLLECTIVELY IS TO REVIVE THE HEARTBEAT OF AT DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO, AND I BELIEVE THE VOTE THAT YOU ALL TAKE TODAY WILL MEAN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? YOU HAVE TO SIGN UP. SO JUST IF YOU SIGNED UP AND I HAVEN'T CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE LET US KNOW OTHERWISE.

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, YOU'VE ASKED FOR THE FLOOR. YOU HAVE? YEAH.

GOOD MORNING. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO KNOW WHERE'S MY SHIRT? OKAY. SO A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY. THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO SIGN UP TO BE HEARD.

SO, MY FORMER COLLEAGUE, IT WAS NICE TO HAVE TWO WOMEN ON THE COURT.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, COMMISSIONER. SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING DOWNTOWN, I ALWAYS CAME DOWNTOWN BLOWING MY HORN.

THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I DIDN'T MIND BEING STUCK IN TRAFFIC.

AND I OFTEN THOUGHT IN THOSE MOMENTS WHEN I SAW ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND ME HANGING OUT THEIR WINDOWS.

IT WAS OLD PEOPLE AND YOUNG PEOPLE. BLACK PEOPLE, WHITES, MEXICANS, ASIANS, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, RICH AND POOR. AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, I THOUGHT, WOW, THE SPURS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT CAN BRING THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER.

AND NOW, AS COMMISSIONER. FRANKLY, IT'S BEEN KIND OF SAD TO SEE THAT EVERYTHING'S POLITICIZED, FROM CLASSICAL MUSIC TO SOMETHING LIKE THE SPURS.

BUT STILL, I SAY THE SPURS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT BRINGS THIS TOWN TOGETHER.

GROWING UP HERE AS A SPURS FAN, I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE LOVE OUR SPURS.

AND SO THE REASON THAT I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THIS IS BECAUSE WE WANT OUR SPURS TO STAY IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO IT'S THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING. LOOKING AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA AND THINKING, IF PEOPLE HAD ONLY IF MORE PEOPLE HAD ONLY VOTED THEIR CONSCIENCE.

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SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT IS UP TO OUR CONSTITUENTS IN NOVEMBER TO VOTE AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING IS BECAUSE THE VENUE TAX, AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU ALL SAID.

I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR MY PRECINCT TO HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MORE FUNDING AND EDUCATION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE TAXES THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE TODAY CAN ONLY BE ON THE SPECIFIC VENUES THAT ARE PUT FORTH. THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED A VENUE TAX.

A HOT TAX. A HOTEL TAX. AND TO BE CLEAR TO MY CONSTITUENTS, WE ARE NOT RAISING TAXES ON MY CONSTITUENTS.

THIS IS A TOURIST TAX FOR PEOPLE WHO COME INTO TOWN.

THEY'RE PAYING FOR OUR PUBLIC ARENA. IT'S NOT A PRIVATE ARENA.

IT'S A PUBLIC ARENA. JUST LIKE THE FROST BANK CENTER BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS ON COUNTY GROUNDS.

THE SPURS, THE RODEO. I KNOW I THINK I SAW CODY'S HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DEREK. I SAW FROM THE FREEMEN.

DEREK. SOMEWHERE I SAW HIM. THANK YOU. AND, OF COURSE AUDREY IS ALSO HERE FROM THE RODEO.

SO THE RODEO, THE FREEMEN, THE SPURS, THEY ARE OUR TENANTS.

BUT THIS IS COUNTY FUNDING. COUNTY GROUNDS. SO I AM HAPPY TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION FOR THIS. I WILL READ IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF LEGAL LEGALITIES IN THIS.

APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 334 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL LEGALLY REQUIRED ELEMENTS, AS WELL AS DESCRIBES THE FOLLOWING TWO PROPOSED VENUE PROJECTS ONE.

THE RENOVATION AND REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FREEMAN COLISEUM GROUNDS, ASSOCIATED FACILITIES AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TWO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA ARENA PROJECT, LOCATED IN OR AROUND DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO TO SERVE AS A FUTURE HOME FOR THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, AND STATES THE PROPOSED METHODS OF VENUE PROJECT FINANCING FOR BOTH PROPOSED VENUE PROJECTS AS CONTINUING THE EXISTING MOTOR VEHICLE RENTAL TAX AT A RATE OF 5%, AND INCREASES THE COUNTY HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX RATE FROM 1.75% TO 2%, AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE RESOLUTION TO THE TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER THREE.

34.022. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. LET ME ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I KNOW IN THE PAST, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THIS WE GET KIND OF DOWN IN THE WEEDS.

AND I WANT TO KIND OF OVERSIMPLIFY THIS BECAUSE I'VE GOT A SIMPLE MIND.

SO, SMITH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO HELP WITH THIS. SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION LAST TIME, AND WE GOT WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM BEFORE WE VOTED ON THIS.

BUT I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIGH LEVEL VIEW.

THIS IS NOT A FINAL DECISION TODAY THAT IS GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING.

SO LET ME JUST TALK ABOUT, I GUESS, THAT TIMELINE SO PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.

AND EVEN FOR US, IT'S A REFRESHER. SO THIS IS NOT A AGAIN, NOT A FINAL VOTE.

THIS ESSENTIALLY KEEPS THE TRAIN RUNNING DOWN THE TRACKS.

THIS GIVES THE CONTROLLER THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IN COMPLIANCE.

AND, DAVID, THEY HAVE WAS IT 30, 40 DAYS TO DO THAT? IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS, I GUESS WE'D HEAR IT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.

I MEAN, WE CAN ASK OUR ATTORNEYS, I BELIEVE IT'S 30 DAYS.

AND THEN IF THEY HAVE OBJECTIONS, THAT WOULD ADD 15, I BELIEVE, TO THE TIMELINE.

SO SO WE'RE WE'RE SITTING HERE IN EARLY JUNE MY READING OF THE STATE STATUTE AS IT RELATES TO THE ELECTION TIMELINE FOR NOVEMBER IS THAT THE COUNTY OR ANY JURISDICTION REALLY HAS UNTIL AUGUST 18TH TO CALL AN ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER.

SO AGAIN, A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT'S GOING TO BE A PRETTY FRENETIC PACE.

A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE WE HAVE, THE COMMUNITY HAS BEFORE HOPEFULLY WELL BEFORE AUGUST 18TH, IF WE DECIDE TO CALL THE ELECTION, THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED AT THAT POINT.

IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? THAT IS. AND JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRY AND GET TO THE RESOLUTION OF THOSE,

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RIGHT. AND SO ON THAT NOTE, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROCEEDS, THE USE OF FUNDS. THIS IS A SPECIAL PURPOSE VENUE TAX.

I THINK IT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN THE 90S. FOR US TO AT THAT TIME, IT WAS TO TO PAY FOR WHAT WAS THEN THE SBC CENTER, I THINK, OR I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED BACK THEN. BUT AGAIN, SPECIAL PURPOSE.

THIS IS NOT COMING FROM THE TAXES COLLECTED BY PROPERTY OWNERS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

NO, WE CANNOT USE AD VALOREM TAX PROCEEDS TO PAY BACK THIS VENUE TAX DEBT.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. WE CANNOT. OKAY. SO THIS IS COMING FROM A TAX THAT IS COLLECTED FROM VISITORS WHO RENT VEHICLES IN OUR COMMUNITY, STAY IN HOTELS AND MOTELS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PREDOMINANTLY VISITORS, I SHOULD SAY. CORRECT.

OKAY. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS FORWARD BECAUSE IT KEEPS HOPE ALIVE WITH RESPECT TO SOME SOLUTION FOR WHAT DO WE DO AT THE END OF THE THE TERM OF THE LEASE WITH THE SPURS? AND LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE, PETER, JOHN, CORINA, THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AT THE COUNTY NOW FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX YEARS, AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SPURS IS PROBABLY UNLIKE ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, AND I EXPECT THAT GOING FORWARD. AND THEY'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT.

AND ARSENAULT IS HERE AS WELL. AND SO I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ AND OUR FRIENDS FROM COPS METRO. NO RELATION, BY THE WAY.

NOT THAT I KNOW OF, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THAT DO WE NEED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I NOTED THAT YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT WERE FAIR WAGES, INCREASED WAGES INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALKS IN COMMUNITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THOSE ARE PRIORITIES FOR ALL OF US.

AND I THINK IT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, BUT IT'S ALMOST SEPARATE FROM A VENUE TAX VEHICLE BECAUSE WE CANNOT USE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR THOSE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS. AT THE SAME TIME, DO WE BEAR RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE COUNTY? ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO INVEST AND MAKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS BETTER.

I DO ALSO AGREE, IN LARGE PART, THAT THE SPURS ARE NOT JUST PART OF OUR FABRIC IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DRIVERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW WE JUST HAD ONE A FEW MINUTES AGO. WHEN WE INCENTIVIZE, WHETHER IT'S COMPANIES COMING FROM AFAR OR THOSE THAT ARE HERE ALREADY IN SAN ANTONIO TO EXPAND THEIR BASE.

WE LOOK AT THOSE AS INVESTMENTS IN OUR PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSIVE NETWORK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE, NOT JUST IN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO IN OUR PEOPLE.

AND I SEE THIS IN MUCH THE SAME WAY. THE SPURS ARE PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

I'VE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF BEING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD.

EVEN WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE, WE TOOK SOME OF THESE DIPLOMATIC TRIPS TO HUNGARY AND CROATIA AND MEXICO CITY.

ANYWHERE YOU GO, THE THE THE THING THAT REALLY IS KIND OF THE OPEN OPENS THE DOOR FOR FOLKS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OR THE POLITICAL WORLD IS THE SPURS. THAT'S THE COMMON DENOMINATOR.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU GO IN THE WORLD, WHERE THE SPURS ARE.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY'VE PLAYED SOME INFLUENCE IN PUTTING SAN ANTONIO ON THE MAP WHEN IT COMES TO DESTINATIONS FOR FOLKS TO LAND COMPANIES AND MAKE INVESTMENTS.

SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THAT AS WELL.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION HERE IN THE NEXT, LIKE I SAID, 60 DAYS OR LESS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS THAT THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO DECIDE, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT VOTE ON THIS IN NOVEMBER, WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A WISE INVESTMENT.

SOME OF THE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS THAT THAT WE DON'T KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, DAVID, IS HOW MUCH PRIVATE INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, 2 OR $300 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE COUNTY VENUE TAX IS NOT GOING TO BUILD A NEW ARENA, NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO BUILDING A NEW ARENA. SO HOW MUCH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO PUT INTO THIS, HOW MUCH THE SPURS AND THEIR PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOING TO PUT INTO THIS? ALL QUESTIONS FOR ANOTHER DAY. BUT I THINK SIMPLY MOVING THIS FORWARD GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY AND REALLY ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND BEING AT THE TABLE TO BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

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I THINK THEY DESERVE THAT AND I'M COMMITTING TO DOING THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. JUDGE, COMMISSIONER MOODY. WELL, THANK YOU, JUDGE.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM FROM SPURS ORGANIZATION AND FROM THE RODEO FROM CAB.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN BEEN DONE ON THIS THESE PROJECTS, THIS NEGOTIATION, BOTH FROM COUNTY STAFF, FROM OUR COURT FROM THE CITY AND ALL THE PRIVATE ENTITIES INVOLVED.

LISTEN, BOTTOM LINE IS I SUPPORT THE THE RODEO EXPANSION PLAN.

I'VE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THAT. AND I SUPPORT THE SPURS AND THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF A DEAL ON A NEW ARENA, BUT I CAN'T SUPPORT THE VENUE TAX INCREASE THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE TODAY.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RODEO FIRST. LISTEN, I'VE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH CODY AND HIS TEAM.

I GREW UP ON A FARM, HAD MY OWN COW CALF OPERATION, WAS INVOLVED IN FOUR H.

I THINK THE RODEO IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO CONTINUE TO TO LEVERAGE THAT SPACE OVER THERE TO EXPAND ON THE RODEO PROGRAMING. I THINK WE HAVE A STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO UP TO FORT WORTH.

SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I THINK THERE'S REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR OUR RODEO.

FOR SALE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL PROGRAMING INTO TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATE SALES EFFORTS TO DETAIL PLAN THAT IS REALISTIC FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE, BUT STILL ACCOMPLISHES THEIR OBJECTIVES. I KNOW THAT ORIGINALLY WE HAD SOME, SOME REALLY HIGH DOLLAR PROPOSALS, BUT BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY TRIM THAT DOWN AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE ON THAT EFFORT.

BUT I FULLY SUPPORT THIS INVESTMENT IN THE RODEO GROUNDS.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN THE MARKETPLACE.

SO THE SPURS. SAN ANTONIO LOVES THE SPURS. IT'S A KEY PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BRAND, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW DRAFT WEEK PLAYS OUT HERE SHORTLY.

I THINK THERE'S WHOEVER'S PICKING THE NUMBERS THESE DAYS, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.

SO LET'S LET'S KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK ON THAT FRONT.

BUT THE I THINK THAT THE, THE MIX OF INCREDIBLE YOUNG TALENT AND SEASONED VETS REALLY BODES WELL FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS AND EXCITED TO SEE THEM CONTINUE TO GET BETTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MY OFFICE HAS HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE SPURS ORGANIZATION ON NORTH PARK, WHICH IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE ACROSS FROM THE ROCK THE SPURS PRACTICE FACILITY.

THAT'S GOING TO TO EXPAND SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE THERE, INCLUDING A NEW PLAYGROUND, WORKOUT AREA, PICNIC AREA, ADDITIONAL PARKING.

I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'VE BEEN PROUD TO LEAD ON THAT, WORKING WITH THE SPURS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COMING COMING MONTHS.

I'VE REALLY BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TOWARDS A BALANCED DEAL THAT INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE COST IS BORNE BY THE TEAM.

I'LL BE VERY CLEAR. I WAS WILLING TO SUPPORT TODAY REALLOCATION OF THE EXISTING VENUE TAX THAT FULLY FUNDED THE MAINTENANCE FOR THE EXISTING ASSETS LIKE THE FROST BANK CENTER, THE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE RODEO GROUNDS AND THE REMAINING FUNDS COULD GO TOWARDS THE COUNTY'S INVESTMENT IN A NEW SPURS ARENA.

HOWEVER, THIS RECOMMENDATION AND MOTION TO EXPAND INCREASED THE VENUE TAX TO 2% AS A BRIDGE TOO FAR FOR ME.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE BOTH PROJECTS ARE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THIS VENUE TAX INCREASE, ESPECIALLY IF ALTERNATE LOCATIONS WERE STILL CONSIDERED, SUCH AS UTSA, LA CANTERA AREA OR THE 35 1604 AREA ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN, WHICH IN MY ESTIMATION, WOULD SAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS AND PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS.

ULTIMATELY, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE UP TO THE VOTERS AND THEY CAN MAKE THE CALL IN NOVEMBER.

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I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE COULDN'T MAKE A MORE SERIOUS EFFORT TO REACH CONSENSUS ON SUCH A MASSIVE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN MY PROPOSAL WAS MORE THAN FAIR BY JUST REALLOCATING THE EXISTING VENUE TAX, WE COULD HAVE FUNDED 100% OF ALL FROST BANK CENTER MAINTENANCE.

100% OF ALL SALE REQUESTS FOR RENOVATION AND NEW BUILDINGS.

AND 75% OF THE SPURS INVESTMENT THAT'S IN THIS MOTION.

IN CLOSING, I'LL JUST REITERATE I SUPPORT SALE IN OUR RODEO.

I SUPPORT CAB AND I SUPPORT THE I SUPPORT THE SPURS ORGANIZATION, BUT I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT A VENUE TAX INCREASE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT THANK YOU JUDGE.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING. THANK YOU.

COPS METRO AS WELL FOR RAISING THE CONCERNS OF A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.

I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS, DAVID, THAT I THINK EVERYONE IS WANTING TO KNOW.

SO, DAVID, IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO INVEST IN A MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA PROJECT DOWNTOWN.

WHAT IS OUR ROLE WITH THAT ARENA? WHAT IS OUR MANAGEMENT OF THAT ARENA? IS IT THE SAME AS THE FROST BANK CENTER? THAT IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED BETWEEN THE THREE PARTIES THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE SPURS, THE TEAM? WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW MODEL IN PLACE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION THAT WILL OVERSEE THE BASEBALL PROJECT. THAT MIGHT BE A POSSIBLE MODEL, ALTHOUGH WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE LEGAL LEGWORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE REIMBURSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. WHO'S DOING THAT? ALL THOSE MECHANICS WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.

ALL RIGHT, SO BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WATCHES CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, CAN WE OUTLINE WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO INTO A DOWNTOWN ARENA? I, I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.

COMMISSIONER, I DON'T KNOW. DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR THE SPURS? THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE POLLED QUESTION. WHAT ARE THEY POTENTIALLY PUTTING UP FOR AN ARENA? I DO NOT. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS TO ABIDE BY PUTTING THEIR FUNDING ON A NOVEMBER BALLOT. ARE THEY UNDER THE SAME TIMELINE? WE ARE. THEY WOULD NEED. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY WANTED TO FUND VIA A GENERAL OBLIGATION ELECTION, IF THEY WANT IT IN NOVEMBER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE BALLOT LANGUAGE IN AUGUST.

ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING AT PUTTING UP FOR INVESTMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN VENUE, OTHER THAN INFRASTRUCTURE? LIKE I HEARD, HOUSING IS NOW ON THE BALLOT POTENTIALLY.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER. I THEY'VE NOT SHARED THAT BALLOT LANGUAGE WITH ME SO I DON'T KNOW.

SO WE HAD SOME GOOD TALKS THIS WEEKEND. ABOUT THAT I HAD WITH THE CHAIR OF THE COLISEUM BOARD, PAT FROST, WHO'S HERE MINISTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES OF SOCIAL ACTION.

DEREK ABOUT REALLY A 21ST CENTURY ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH RESPECT TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE RODEO, THE COMMUNITY AND THE SPURS.

I HOPE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE SPURS AS WELL.

WE'RE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM IT. WE'RE A VERY, VERY LONG WAY AWAY FROM IT.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I, I JUST HAD IN TERMS OF, AND IT MAY REQUIRE SOMEONE FROM SPURS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT AND JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD REPRESENT THEM RIGHT NOW, BUT SOMEONE MAYBE FROM THEIR FOUNDATION.

IS IT THE CASE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING AROUND THE ORDER OF $28 MILLION IN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1998 TO THE PRESENT? IS THAT NUMBER SOUND ACCURATE? I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE CAN ANSWER.

I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. OKAY. BOBBY, YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

YES, JUDGE. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COURT, BOBBY PETTIS, SAN ANTONIO SPURS COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WITH RESPECT TO OUR HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR MAYBE 33RD YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR SPURS GIVE.

AND WE'VE PROBABLY TALLIED THAT NUMBER ABOUT 25 TO $30 MILLION.

BUT I THINK BECAUSE YOU RAISED THE QUESTION, I PROBABLY WANT TO HIT A COUPLE OF OTHER HIGH POINTS WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY

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ONE OF THE COUNTY'S REQUESTS WAS TO DETERMINE HOW DO WE PARTNER WITH SMALL WOMEN, MINORITY OWNED COMPANIES? AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN IT.

WE WORK HARD ON IT. WE GOT A LOT OF OUR TEAMMATES ARE HERE THAT SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THOSE EFFORTS.

AND I THINK IF WE TAKE SBC CENTER, WE TAKE THE ROCKET LOCK, AND WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT $100 MILLION IN HIRING SAN ANTONIO OWNED COMPANIES, SAN ANTONIO PEOPLE, SAN ANTONIO JOBS.

SO THE 28 MILLION SIGNIFICANT, NOT INSIGNIFICANT, SHALL I SAY.

BUT THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER LEVERS IN PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CREATED WITH BEXAR COUNTY.

AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THEM. NOT NOT TO MENTION, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE ABOUT 500 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND A FEW REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.

CITIZENS, JOBS, VOTERS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS ALSO A BYPRODUCT OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY CIRCA 1999. SO JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER DATA POINTS, COMMISSIONER.

I APPRECIATE THAT, BOBBY. THANK YOU FOR FOR ANSWERING. SO. SO.

YEAH. HEY, BOBBY. BOBBY, WHY DON'T YOU STAY UP THERE? THERE'S PROBABLY MORE QUESTIONS TO COME. YEAH.

COMMISSIONER KELLER, YOU STILL HAVE. YEAH. NOT A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS TO COME UP.

LOOK I OUTLINED A NUMBER OF THINGS IN THE LAST MEETING WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS AND COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS.

THOSE HAVE BEGUN WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS, NOT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.

THOSE INCLUDE THE BONDING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS HELD UP FOR A LONG TIME.

I KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF GROWING SMALL BUSINESS CAPACITY, THERE HAS BEEN AN OFFER THAT THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS INCREASE THE BONDING CAPACITY TO HELP THOSE SWIMS THAT I THINK IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO THE CAPACITY GROWTH.

IT'S NOT REALLY THE SPURS HOLDING THAT UP. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S EITHER HELD IN THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHY THIS PROGRAM IS BEING HELD UP, BUT IT WOULD HELP TO GROW THE CAPACITY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT GROWING THE CAPACITY OF THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

THOSE KINDS OF STEPS ARE 21ST CENTURY STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO REBALANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP IN SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.

I'M NOT THE ONE WHO BROUGHT THE 30 YEAR OLD PHOTO OF FOLKS WORKING ON THE FROST BANK CENTER.

TO ME, IT WAS A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP WHO HAD CONCERN THAT THE FOLKS WHO BUILT THE ARENA DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE EAST SIDE.

AND WHEN WE GOT THE PHOTO, THAT'S THE WAY IT APPEARED.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE A NEW CHAPTER.

WE HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP AT THE SPURS ORGANIZATION, AT THE RODEO AND AT THE COUNTY.

AND THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON TOGETHER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M COMMITTED. I KNOW YOU'RE COMMITTED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU ALL CAN TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF THE NEEDS.

WE HEARD COPS, METRO OUTLINE A LOT OF VERY IMPORTANT NEEDS.

THIS IS PART OF WHY IN YEARS AGO, BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, THE ADVOCACY THAT THE COMMUNITY GAVE TOWARDS THESE NEEDS WAS SO STRONG AND ACUTE. PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WHEN COSTS ARE WHAT THEY ARE, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THEIR BENEFIT.

SO THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE ONGOING IN ORDER TO GET US TO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST, WHICH WAS A MUCH MORE UNIFIED COMMUNITY AGREEMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS SITTING DOWN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THERE.

WHAT ARE THE PIECES OF THE PUZZLE? WE'RE NOT THERE YET. WE'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO, BUT PEOPLE ARE WORKING TO GET THERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.

THIS PARTICULAR YOU KNOW, COMMITMENT THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE RODEO IS AN IMPORTANT LONG TERM INVESTMENT IN THE IN THE COLISEUM AND FROST BANK CENTER GROUNDS.

WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT NOT TO HAVE THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY TURN INTO AN ASTRODOME AND JUST DETERIORATE.

THERE'S A LOT MORE WE CAN DO FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HOLDS THE MOST CARDS IN THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION.

SPECIFICALLY, I THINK COUNCILMAN JALEN MCKEE.

RODRIGUEZ HOLDS A LOT OF POWER OVER THE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS THAT HAPPEN, WHETHER AT WILLOW SPRINGS OR ON THE COLISEUM GROUNDS, BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NATURE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS POWERS OVER ZONING, OVER BUILDINGS,

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AND I THINK LISC, OUR LISC ORGANIZATION, HAS SOME DISPLACEMENT PLANS THAT THEY HAVE A DESIRE TO BRING TO OUR BODY AND TO THE CITY ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON DISPLACEMENT ISSUES, WHICH HAPPEN DOWNTOWN AS WELL.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT I REPRESENT ABOUT 95% OF DOWNTOWN AND BEEN SITTING DOWN WITH KING WILLIAM, PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH SOME OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS AND THEIR PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD WORK AT CENTRO, AND IN ADDRESSING THOSE, CITY HAS SOME WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF ITS RESPONSIVENESS AND HOW PEOPLE PERCEIVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S RESPONSIVENESS.

CENTRO HAS DONE A STELLAR JOB IN TERMS OF GETTING THE CONFIDENCE OF A LOT OF A LOT OF FOLKS.

AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK TOWARDS HOW DO WE WORK WITH SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP IN IN PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR FOR ALL PEOPLE, DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE? I STILL BELIEVE THAT THE LACK OF CONVERSATION AT A STAFF LEVEL ON HOW DO WE HELP THE EASTSIDE DEVELOP IS IT ALMOST MAKES YOU GO CROSS-EYED.

IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE CITY STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF CANNOT GET TOGETHER TO WORK ON A MONTH BY MONTH PLAN, WHERE STAFF IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO TO FOLLOW AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I STILL HOLD, I STILL HOLD HOPE, AND I WILL STILL WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE STAFF THAT REPORTS BACK ON A SIX MONTH BASIS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE X, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING X.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS URGENT DESIRE TO GET THAT DONE IN A VERY RAPID MANNER.

I PLEDGE TO YOU TO WORK VERY HARD, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE BACK CHANNEL OF OF POLITICS THAT HAS NOT BEEN PUT IN GEAR YET. SO THE WORK IS AHEAD. THE THERE ARE VERY FEW OPTIONS THAT PEOPLE GET IN TERMS OF DEMOCRACY A FULL REFERENDUM. THIS WILL BE A FULL REFERENDUM.

THIS IS NOT MY VOTE. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE FORM OF DEMOCRACY TO ALLOW THE VOTERS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS STRONG, WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SHARING OF SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES BENEFITING.

I HAVE I'VE HEARD SOME OF IT IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT IT HAS NOT FELT DEEPLY SHARED.

WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE ON THE RESTAURANT AND, AND AND BAR AND BUSINESS INCLUSION.

WE'RE WORKING ON THE CONING OFF OF THE COMMUNITY.

I APPRECIATE DEREK AND HIS LEADERSHIP IN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.

PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONES ARE NOT THERE.

SO MY VOTE IS IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO HASH THIS OUT WITH EVERYONE AND MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD.

SO THANK YOU, JUDGE, FOR THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES TO COME BACK AROUND. I HAVE A QUESTION. I GUESS THIS IS MORE FOR LARRY.

SO USUALLY WHEN I GO VOTE, I'M ANNOYED THAT THE LANGUAGE ON THE BALLOT IS OFTEN CONFUSING.

I OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING FOR, BUT I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT CONSTITUENTS WHERE THE WORDING IS CONFUSING.

SO TALK TO ME ABOUT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO GET THAT DONE BY AUGUST.

SO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORDING IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND TO MAKE SURE IT'S FOR ABLE FOR OUR FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS TO UNDERSTAND IN AN EASY MANNER. ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I'M GLAD YOU ASKED IT, BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT LANGUAGE IN CONJUNCTION AT THE SAME TIME THAT IT'S KIND OF ALL OF THESE MOVING PARTS.

DAVID'S WORKING ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS BOND.

COUNSEL IS ACTUALLY IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW. HE'S PREPARED SOME DRAFT LANGUAGE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT PROBABLY WILL BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.

IT WILL NOT BE EASY, BUT IT WILL BE CONFUSING AND WE ARE ON TRACK.

I THINK THAT LANGUAGE HAS BEEN SHARED WITH OUR OTHER OUTSIDE COUNSEL WITH GT.

THERE ARE ALSO HERE TODAY AND THEY'RE REVIEWING THAT, SO WE'LL BE ON TRACK TO GET THAT.

IT HAS TO BE. IT'LL BE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND THAT WILL BE READY FOR THE ORDER CALLING THE ELECTION.

IF THE COURT CHOOSES TO CALL THE ELECTION, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT PREPARED IN AUGUST.

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AND IT WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

SO I'M GLAD YOU ASKED. LESS CONFUSING. WELL, WE'LL WORK WITH BOND COUNSEL TO MAKE IT AS LESS CONFUSING AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT IT HAS TO HAVE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT IS IT'S IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO BOND COUNSEL REALLY QUICK.

HE'S HERE ACTUALLY, IN THE AUDIENCE. BILL AVILA OH, I'LL DEFER TO HIM, BUT IT WILL MAKE IT AS, AS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. BUT A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO PUT THE LANGUAGE AS EASY TO READ AS POSSIBLE TO, TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE POINT ACROSS. COMMISSIONER, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I WAS POINT OF ORDER.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR PURPOSES OF TRYING TO KEEP CLARITY FOR TODAY.

WE'RE NOW TALKING ABOUT A NOVEMBER ELECTION THAT WE HAVE YET TO COMMIT TO.

WE ARE TAKING ONE STEP TOWARDS THAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO CAUTION THE COURT TO GET INTO THE WEEDS, SO TO SPEAK, FOR PURPOSES OF TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR TODAY.

I THINK IT MAY NOT MAKE IT CLEAR. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO GO IN A ORDER.

WE NEED PROCESS. AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIRST I NEED TO CALL A VOTE, AND WE NEED TO GET THE VOTE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE PUT A RESOLUTION TO THE CONTROLLER THAT WILL GIVE ITS APPROVAL IN ORDER.

THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CALL ELECTION THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR WE HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO A DEAL.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THINGS IN A PROCESS.

SO ULTIMATELY WE CAN HAVE A VOTE TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS ARENA ISSUE, AND I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY IS SO FOCUSED ON THAT.

WE AIN'T THERE YET. ALL THE COUNTY HAS DONE TO THIS POINT IS BE VERY CLEAR.

THE COUNTY HAS SAID HOW MUCH MONEY IT CAN RAISE, HOW IT CAN RAISE IT, WHAT IT CAN BE DEDICATED FOR.

WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNTY FACILITIES, THE EASTSIDE COMMUNITY, IS INCLUDED ACCORDING TO STATUTE BECAUSE THAT TAX CAN ONLY BE USED FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING LEFT OVER, THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THE SPURS IN SAN ANTONIO.

THAT'S ALL THIS THING IS RIGHT NOW. BUT ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE ONE STEP TO GET THERE.

AND SO LET ME CAUTION EVERYBODY NOT TO MAKE THIS MORE COMPLICATED.

THE PUBLIC AND I'M GOING TO I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A NEW MAYOR AND HAS A NEW COUNCIL MAJORITY.

SO FOR THOSE THAT SAY, WELL, HOW COME WE HAVEN'T HAD CLARITY? WELL, WE NOW HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP THERE, AND WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL OF WHAT THAT NEW LEADERSHIP WILL COME TO THE TABLE, SO TO SPEAK. SO, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION AS TO WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL DO TO COMMIT TO THE EAST SIDE AND THAT PROMISE FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND HOW WE CAN INVEST MORE.

BUT WE'RE FAR FROM IT. SO LET ME CAUTION EVERYBODY TO GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF THIS.

SO, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I'M GOING TO LET YOU PURSUE.

FINE. I'LL JUST TALK TO LARRY ABOUT IT LATER. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MOODY, COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SO LET ME ASK BOBBY BACK UP.

DEREK. CODY, GET BACK UP HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

AND, DAVID, YOU STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS.

SO, DAVID, LET'S MAKE IT REAL CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT ONLY THOSE IN THIS ROOM, BUT THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING.

AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WILL BE REPORTED THROUGH OUR MEDIA.

ALL WE'RE DOING IS SENDING A PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT IS PART OF TODAY'S AGENDA.

CORRECT. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES HAS READ THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT PEOPLE MAY HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING.

BUT ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING THAT WE HAVE PERMISSION TO PUT A REFERENDUM IN REGARDS TO THE COUNTY VENUE TAX FOR THIS FALL. IS THAT ALL WE'RE DOING TODAY? OR I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE SO THAT NOBODY SAYS, WELL, JUDGE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HEARD.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND IN THOSE TWO THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO REFERENDUMS TO THE TO THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST ONE IS WILL THE VOTERS IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE COMPTROLLER'S LANGUAGE.

AND THEN WE VOTE TO PUT THIS ON THE BALLOT SOMETIME THIS SUMMER FOR A POSSIBLE NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHATEVER THAT DESIGNATED DATE IS. THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT COULD PERHAPS BE ASKED IS ONE IS HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE DEDICATED

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CORRECT. APPROXIMATELY $80 MILLION, I BELIEVE, FOR MAINTENANCE AND FOR PEOPLE THAT SAY, WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? IT'S LIKE IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN HOUSE, YOU DON'T KEEP IT AND GO INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR.

IT PROBABLY NEEDS A NEW ROOF. IT PROBABLY NEEDS ELECTRICAL, IT NEEDS PLUMBING, IT NEEDS HVAC, IT PROBABLY NEEDS TECHNOLOGY. RIGHT, BOBBY? AND OBVIOUSLY, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE NEEDED AS THE SPURS CONTINUE TO PLAY.

THIS IS NOT A ZERO SUM THAT WANTS THIS MONEY'S IS PASSED, THEN THE SPURS ARE LEAVING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG TERM PROCESS, CORRECT, BOBBY? THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO ONE IS WE'VE GOT TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO THE FROST BANK CENTER.

TWO IS WE HAVE NOW AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE FREEMEN AND THE COLISEUM GROUNDS.

WE HAVE TWO TENANTS OVER THERE NOW, THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS AND THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION.

RIGHT, CODY? AND YOU TAKE UP ONE MONTH OF EACH YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY, PROBABLY THE BEST SUCCESSFUL RODEOS NATIONWIDE.

AND YOU BRING IN HOW MUCH MONEY ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE MONTH THAT YOU HAVE, THE ACCESS TO THOSE FACILITIES? NEARLY $400 MILLION OF ACTUAL REVENUE COMING BACK.

AND NOW WHAT WE JUST GOT AT OUR LAST COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING IS THAT THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD, THAT DEREK CARR IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CODY DAVENPORT FOR THE RODEO SAYS, IF WE INVEST IN THOSE GROUNDS AND YOU'VE ASKED FOR OVER WHAT'S DAVID? WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? IT'S ABOUT 194 MILLION. SO EVERYBODY CAN START DOING THE MATH SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE COUNTY IS DOING THAT.

WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL OUT AND BE VERY CLEAR AS TO WHAT IF WE HAVE THAT TAX INCREASE.

AND I UNDERSTAND, COMMISSIONER, I RESPECT THAT.

BUT WE CAN'T BE PENNY WISE POUND FOOLISH IF WE'RE TO REALLY INVEST INTO THE EAST SIDE AND HOPEFULLY GIVE A CONTRIBUTION TO SPURS.

HOW MUCH IS THE YIELD OF THIS COUNTY VENUE TAX WITH THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASE? WITH THE PROPOSED INCREASE, IT WOULD BE JUST SHORT OF 450 MILLION.

SO JUST BY MATH, MR. SMITH, WE CAN START THE PUBLIC CAN CAN START UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO TO PROTECT ITS INVESTMENT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TENANT THAT WILL REMAIN ON THOSE FACILITIES CAN HAVE A SUCCESS.

AND THAT'S WHY, CODY, YOU NEED TO TAKE SOME OF WHAT WE CALL THE BARNS ON THOSE CURRENT FACILITIES, AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT MULTI-USE. YOU HAVE SUGGESTED AND PUT IN A PROPOSED DESIGN THAT YOU PUT OUT LAST, AND I BELIEVE THE EXPRESS NEWS, BY WAY OF ITS EDITORIAL, SUPPORTS THE FACT THAT YOU NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN A RODEO YEAR ROUND AND TO BRING A BASICALLY AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, SO TO SPEAK, THAT COULD HOPEFULLY SUSTAIN THE BUSINESSES, THE HOUSING. WHAT OTHER THINGS WE CAN BUILD UP IN THE EAST SIDE? CODY? IS THAT A IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT THAT YOU MADE TWO WEEKS AGO? AND TO THE EXPRESS NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD? SURE IT IS.

AND ALSO TO DEREK HOWARD, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD THAT RUNS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR LACK, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE EVENTS, BUT YOU HAVE CAR SHOWS, YOU HAVE COMIC-CON, YOU HAVE GRADUATIONS, YOU HAVE A BUSY FACILITY OUT THERE, BUT WITH AN INCREASED INVESTMENT, YOU CAN ALSO THEN INCREASE YOUR INVESTMENT BECAUSE WHEN, IF AND WHEN THE SPURS LEAVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN AND THE COST OF THAT FACILITY, ENTIRE FACILITY, INCLUDING THE FROST BANK, IS A HUGE AMOUNT THAT THE RODEO AND THE CAB ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SUSTAIN.

CORRECT. SO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN AND A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PLAN, WE'RE SET UP TO FAILURE TO HAVE TO HOLD A COUNTY FACILITY THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO ULTIMATELY CARRY THE BILL.

ISN'T THAT THE REALITY? DEREK HOWARD OUT THERE WITH THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WHERE I'M TRYING TO GET THIS THING DOWN TODAY, IS THAT ALL WE'RE DOING IS WE ALSO HAVE PUT OUT THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S A REDEVELOPMENT. IT'S SEVEN AND A PART, BUT I PUT IT ON THE TABLE THAT THE WILLOW SPRINGS GOLF COURSE THAT THE CITY OWNS.

IF WE COULD PUT THAT INTO THIS ECONOMIC PACKAGE.

WE HAVE ABILITY TO MAKE A GAME CHANGING EVENT OUT THERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY.

BUT I'VE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY AND I'VE HEARD IT IN THE PAST.

JUDGE, THIS IS A CORPORATE WELFARE AND I GET THAT.

I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT PERSPECTIVE, I RESPECT IT.

BUT WE PASSED IN A EXCUSE ME, AN AGENDA ITEM 75.

WE GAVE A TAX ABATEMENT AND PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED AS CORPORATE WELFARE.

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AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH SIDE, COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, ALL THOSE BIG MANUFACTURING COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PRIMED BY TAX ABATEMENTS FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND WHATEVER FUNDING SOURCES.

SO THIS IS NOT A ZERO SUM. THIS IS NOT WE CAN'T DO THIS OR THAT.

WE MUST FIND A WIN WIN SOLUTION HERE. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I PUSHED BACK, TO SAY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO KEEP THE SPURS IN TOWN.

AND THEY HAVE INDICATED AND THEY ARE A BUSINESS, AND THEY'VE INDICATED THEY FEEL THAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL, THROUGH THEIR ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS, SAYS THAT THEY SHOULD BE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS SAID, YEAH, THAT WE GO WITH THAT.

BUT WHAT CAUSES THE QUESTIONS AND THIS THE REASON WHY I'M ALSO SAYING, AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE MISINTERPRETED, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO JUST GOT NEW LEADERSHIP.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO START THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AS TO WHAT EXACTLY THEY COULD DO.

BUT WHAT I'M PROUD IS THIS COURT HAS BEEN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT.

WE HAVE BY MAJORITY VOTE, MOVE THIS CASE FORWARD.

AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT WE VOTE ON THE DICE.

IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT THE VOTERS OF THIS BEXAR COUNTY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THEY VALUE THE SPURS, WHAT THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS AND COST METRO.

YOU'RE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS. SO I'M NOT LETTING THE SPURS OFF THE HOOK, SO TO SPEAK.

BOBBY, YOU'VE GOT A LOT TO PROVE TO THE COMMUNITY WHY YOU SHOULD GET WHATEVER PUBLIC FINANCING WE CAN GIVE.

BUT THIS PUBLIC FINANCING IS NO HOMEOWNER PROPERTY TAX.

IT WILL NOT FALL UPON THE SENIORS. IT WILL NOT FALL ON THE VETERANS.

IT WILL NOT FALL ON THE DISABLED. IT WILL NOT FALL ON THE FIXED INCOME.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL THE TOURIST TAX. AND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES HAS ELOQUENTLY PUT THAT OUT AND I UNDERSTAND I DON'T WANT A TAX INCREASE, BUT THIS IS A TAX THAT IS ON THE VISITORS THAT COME TO OUR CITY.

AND I GET IT, THERE'S THERE'S PROBABLY LOCAL PEOPLE THAT STAY IN HOTELS AND THEY'RE PROBABLY RICH AND POOR, I GET THAT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS IS NOT GOING TO FALL ON THE HOMEOWNERS PROPERTY TAX.

AND THAT WAS THE TEMPLATE, DAVID SMITH, THAT WE DEVELOP FOR THE BASEBALL STADIUM.

NO HOMEOWNER, PROPERTY TAX, SUBSTANTIAL EQUITY BY THE PRIVATE INVESTORS, AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE LOCAL OWNERSHIP OF THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY.

AND THAT IS CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED TEMPLATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR THIS NEW ARENA.

IS THAT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS DAVID SMITH IS COUNTY MANAGER, IS DOING THE NEGOTIATION AND AND TALKING TO THE TO THE TEAMS, TO THE SPURS, TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

SO I GET EVERYBODY WANTS ANSWERS. I GET EVERYBODY WANTS THINGS THE WAY THEY WANT IT.

BUT IN THIS WORLD, IN ORDER FOR US TO SUCCEED, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING THE COURT TO DO NOW.

I AM SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. I'M NOT GUARANTEEING ANYTHING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUM OF MONEY, IF ANY, SPURS I CAN GIVE YOU.

ALL YOU CAN DO IS YOU CAN START DOING THE MATH.

AND DAVID SMITH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE.

AND DERRICK AND CODY, YOU'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

THE OTHER PART IS CODY, YOU HAVE ALSO PUT OUT THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INVESTED IN THE EAST SIDE WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, WITH YOUTH ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

CORRECT. YOU GOT A SCHOLARSHIP EVENT COMING UP THIS WEEK, DON'T YOU? AND YOU'VE GOT KIDS THAT ARE GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS TO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES, CORRECT? AND THE KIDS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH KIDS THAT ARE IN FOUR H AND FFA.

CORRECT. AND IS IT YOUR PLAN, CODY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EAST SIDE IS GOING TO BE INCLUDED? YOU'RE LOOKING AT EQUINE TYPE PROGRAMS. YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRAIL PROGRAMS. WE'RE LOOKING AS TO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT.

HOPEFULLY WILL SPRINGS GOLF COURSE WITH THE SALADO CREEK TO SEE HOW WE CAN TRULY ENHANCE THE EAST SIDE AND FULFILL THE PROMISE THAT WE MADE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND WE DON'T NEED TO REVISIT THAT.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE NEVER MOVED, AND I'M ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE THIS SO THAT WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY TO MAKE A GAME CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCE AN EVENT FOR THE EAST SIDE, AND ALSO HELP THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, WHO I'M CONVINCED, GIVE BACK MORE THAN THEY GET.

AND I'LL STAND ON THAT PREMISE AND I'LL I'LL PUSH BACK ON ANYBODY SAY SO.

I RESPECT THE ROBUST DISCUSSION. I RESPECT PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE.

I RESPECT FOR PEOPLE THAT SAY, NO WAY, DON'T DO THIS.

BUT I SEE THE FACT THAT WE MUST EITHER GROW OR WE DON'T GROW AND DON'T GROW IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME AS A COUNTY JUDGE.

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ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING I.

I. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

ON TO THE NEXT BUSINESS. YOU GUYS HAVE WORK TO DO.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE BACK TO INDIVIDUAL. PRESENT.

[76. Presentation, discussion and Permission to Negotiate Economic Development Innovation Grant in the amount of$87,500 to Geekdom in support of five "Startup Bootcamp" events in Bexar County. (Estimated Presentation Time: 10 minutes)]

INNOVATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,500. TO GEEKDOM IN SUPPORT FOR FIVE STARTUP BOOT CAMP EVENTS IN BEXAR COUNTY.

MR.. MARQUEZ, IS THAT YOU? WE GOT DONE WITH WORK YESTERDAY.

IT WAS A BAD PENNY, MAN. JUST KEEPS TURNING UP.

OKAY, CAN YOU GET THAT? AND I'LL CLARIFY TODAY.

YEAH. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE AN APPLICATION WE RECEIVED FROM GEEKDOM FOR A STARTUP BOOT CAMP AS PART OF OUR INNOVATION FUND.

BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE FUND WAS CREATED TO HELP SMALL, INNOVATIVE COMPANIES MOVE OPERATIONS TO BEXAR COUNTY, ASSISTING LOCAL INNOVATORS TO TAKE THEIR AND SCALE THEIR IDEAS, FUND TALENT DEVELOPMENT COMPETITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING OR BRAND BUILDING, ETC.. RIGHT NOW, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR GEEKDOM, CHARLES WOODEN, WHO WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING US TODAY. AND IT WAS GREAT TO WATCH WHAT WE JUST WATCHED.

AND I'M SORRY I HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE I'VE TALKED TO MOST OF YOU IN THE PAST, BUT GEEKDOM IS HERE TO BUILD SAN ANTONIO ONE ENTREPRENEUR AT A TIME.

AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING WHERE WE HELP INDIVIDUALS IDEATE, CULTIVATE, SHAPE AND GROW THEIR IDEAS INTO NEW COMPANIES THAT WE CAN ALL SEE LIVE AND GROW HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. I WANT TO SHARE A REALLY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER WITH YOU ALL.

BACK IN 2020 1ST OCTOBER, I CAME OUT WITH A WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A PRETTY AUDACIOUS GOAL.

BACK AT THAT TIME TO LAUNCH THE NEXT 500 STARTUPS, WITH 75% OF THEM CALLING SAN ANTONIO HOME.

WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE HELPED LAUNCH OVER 517, WHICH MEANS WE BLEW THAT NUMBER OUT OF THE WATER.

AND HOW WE DID THAT WAS THROUGH ONE SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM IN PARTICULAR, WHICH IS OUR STARTUP BOOT CAMP PROGRAM, WHICH YOU ALL HELPED FUND JUST ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET THESE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF OVER 140 NEW COMPANIES LAUNCHED WITHIN THIS ECOSYSTEM. HERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THOSE STORIES.

WE HAVE TWO NONPROFITS HQ, RUN BY ZACH BROWN AND ALBERTO CARRASCO.

I ALWAYS SAY HIS NAME WRONG, I APOLOGIZE. AND WASTE AWAY, RUN BY MELISSA MARTINI.

BOTH OF THEM HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND BOTH HAVE CONTINUED ON WITH THEIR JOURNEY TO END UP RECEIVING FUNDING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY FUND.

REPRESENTING ABOUT $50,000 OF INVESTMENT INTO THOSE.

AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO GROW HERE LOCALLY.

HERE ARE SOME NUMBERS JUST ON THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT COMES WITH THIS. BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE GRAPH AND FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCTS AND THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WE HAD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THIS INITIAL LAUNCH WAS TO HOST AT LEAST ONE OF OUR SESSIONS IN EACH ONE OF THE PRECINCTS.

AND THOSE WERE REALLY GREAT SUCCESSES. A LITTLE BIT HARD TO COORDINATE AT TIMES.

BUT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT SUCCESS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE.

HERE'S JUST A COUPLE PICTURES TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE EXCITEMENT THAT COMES ALONG WITH THOSE.

ONE OF THOSE IS HOSTED OUT OF GEEKDOM, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS HOSTED AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE UNIVERSITY.

AT YOUR PRECINCT. JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ, OUR COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SO TODAY I COME IN FRONT OF YOU TO ASK FOR FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FIVE BOOT CAMPS TO TAKE PLACE, IDEALLY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. MAYBE ONE OF THEM MAY TAKE PLACE THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, BUT WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR GETTING US TO ABOUT 75 NEW COMPANIES LAUNCHED JUST THROUGH THIS PROGRAM ALONE REPRESENTING ABOUT $1,166 PER COMPANY FORMED. AND THIS ALL HAPPENS JUST FOR QUICK CLARITY TO ALL WITHIN ONE WEEKEND, 54 HOURS OF TIME WITH EACH ONE OF THESE COMPANIES GOING THROUGH THEIR.

MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND, SECOND DISCUSSION.

YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS DID EVENTS IN EACH PRECINCT.

I KNOW MINE WAS AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AND I DID ATTEND.

ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DO IT IN EVERY PRECINCT AGAIN THIS YEAR? WITH SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT WE HAD WITH SCHEDULING THOSE THIS LAST YEAR, WE DECIDED FOR AT LEAST THESE FIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR, THAT WE WERE JUST GOING

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HOWEVER, I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH ALL YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHOW UP TO THE EVENT.

YEAH. SO I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS MAYBE DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT MAYBE THE I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY TOO MANY ISSUES AT TEXAS A&M.

IS THAT RIGHT, MARSHALL? SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE EASIER ONES.

WE JUST HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT WITH THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR.

OKAY. WELL I'D LIKE TO SEE AN EFFORT MADE. I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE AN EFFORT MADE TO KEEP ONE OF THESE IN PRECINCT ONE, IF YOU HAVE IF YOU NEED MY STAFF TO HELP WORK WITH THOSE WITH THOSE LOGISTICS AND LET ME KNOW.

MARSHALL. OKAY. MARSHALL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY? JUST GOING BACK TO SLIDE NINE HERE ON YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS.

DO YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS BECAUSE FIND THE PIE GRAPH KIND OF CONFUSING WITH THE YOUR YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING SOME CATEGORIES, BUT SO WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES VERSUS THE TOTAL NUMBERS? I GUESS THE TOTAL NUMBERS, I DON'T HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT IF I COULD FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST HAPPENED TO KIND OF ADD UP TO CLOSE TO 100% AND ENDED UP THAT WAY, OR WHAT THE OTHER AUDIENCES AND DEMOGRAPHICS LOOK LIKE.

YEAH, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE, MR. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK.

CHARLES, I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU. I KNOW WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE ON THE WEST SIDE, AND PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO HAVE US. I GUESS THE ENERGY OF POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP OVER THERE.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND CERTAINLY WE'LL WORK WITH YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO LOOK AT ALSO DOING THEM AGAIN WITHIN THE PRECINCTS, WE'LL EITHER ACCOMMODATE THE LAKE OR MAYBE SOME OTHER.

I KNOW IT WAS A LITTLE BIT HARD TO PARK AND FIND IT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU.

AND I THINK THERE'S, I THINK A COMMITMENT TO MAKE SURE THE WEST SIDE HAS SOME ACCESS.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANKS. IN LIGHT OF THE LAST CONVERSATION.

CHARLES, WHAT ARE YOU ALL ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT ECONOMIC RETURN WE GET FOR THIS? I MEAN, NOT ALL THESE BUSINESSES WILL MATRICULATE, CORRECT? AND AND FORM INTO SOMETHING. AND THEY CERTAINLY NOT ALWAYS BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS.

RIGHT. THEY. I THINK SOUTH TEXAS DOES PARTICIPATE.

IS THIS THE ONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SOUTH TEXAS? WE'VE HOSTED A COUPLE OF THESE DOWN IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, IN PARTICULAR, FUNDED BY SOME OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY PARTICIPANTS, PRIMARILY BROWNSVILLE. SO WE'VE HOSTED A COUPLE DOWN THERE.

THESE NUMBERS DO NOT REPRESENT THAT, THOUGH. HOWEVER, I DON'T HAVE ECONOMIC IMPACT JUST YET.

THIS IS WHAT I LOOK AT AS KIND OF TOP OF FUNNEL WORK FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AND GIVE YOU ANY IMPACT THAT WE CAN, COMING PARTICULARLY FROM THIS PROGRAM.

JUST AS AN FYI, THIS I THINK AS THINGS TIGHTEN UP, SO TO SPEAK, ECONOMICALLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT EVERY PARTICULAR EXPENDITURE. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU GET.

MUCH AS I SAID IN THE LAST DISCUSSION, HEY, IF I SEE I GET A RETURN ON PUBLIC MONEY, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EVEN LOOK TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE. A LITTLE MORE.

ALL RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. I'VE BEEN THERE.

I'VE BEEN AT YOUR OPENINGS. I'VE BEEN THERE AT YOUR CLOSINGS.

AND SO, YEAH, IT'S THERE'S A DEFINITE EXCITEMENT THAT YOU AND GEEKDOM CREATE OVER THERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ECONOMY.

ALL RIGHT. JUDGE? YES, COMMISSIONER MOONEY. AND MAYBE I CAN DEFER TO DAVID ON THIS, BUT I KNOW I'VE DOVE INTO THESE BEFORE, THESE THESE PITCH COMPETITIONS. THERE ARE, LIKE, OTHER COMMITMENTS THAT ARE MADE WITH, WITH THE PRIZE MONEY IN TERMS OF JOBS AND, AND A PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY NEED TO STAY IN BEXAR COUNTY.

CORRECT. WE DO THAT WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER INNOVATION FUND GRANTS.

THIS ONE, THE COMPANIES ARE NOT YET FORMED AND SO WE DON'T QUITE HAVE THOSE IN THERE YET.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THIS, EVEN IF THEIR COMPANY DOESN'T FORM, STAY IN THE ECOSYSTEM, THEY MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A DIFFERENT COMPANY.

SO THERE'S AN INTRINSIC VALUE BEYOND SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT PUT ON A CONTRACT FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO BE HERE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME.

BUT WE HAVE PUT THAT BEFORE IN WHICH WE HAVE.

THAT'S THE YEAH, WE DO THAT IN OUR PITCH COMPETITION, WHERE THOSE COMPANIES ARE FARTHER DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE THAT CHARLES SHOWED YOU IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS SLIDE DECK, THEN THEY'RE MORE READY FOR THEY'RE MORE IN THE, YOU KNOW, SHAPE AND GROWTH GROW PHASE. SO IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE AND IMPORTANT THAT WE ANCHOR THEM AT THAT STAGE.

THIS IS IN THE EARLY STAGE. SO IT'S A LITTLE EARLY FOR THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT.

BUT IN OTHER LATER STAGE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES LIKE TECH FUEL AND THE BEAR BIO THAT WE DO.

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ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

GOOD LUCK TO Y'ALL. 77 PRESENTATION. DISCUSSION.

[77. Presentation discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of the Eighth Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement between Bexar County and the San Antonio River Authority for the Construction of the San Pedro Creek Improvements Project for additional construction costs and associated soft costs for the completion of the construction of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park in the amount not to exceed $1,559,146.]

MY NAME IS TONY CANEZ. I'M WITH THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. I'M ALSO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR FOR THE SAN PEDRO CREEK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WITH ME TODAY IS MR. RICK TRESSLER. HE'S THE DEPUTY GM FOR THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.

AND HE'S GOING TO START GIVING A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE SAN PEDRO CULTURE PARK.

SAN PEDRO CREEK CULTURE PARK PROJECT THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED. THANK YOU TONY.

GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, ON BEHALF OF THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THE INVESTMENTS YOU'VE MADE FOR SAN PEDRO CREEK CULTURE PARK.

I TRULY BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A TRANSFORMATIONAL, TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

LIKE TONY SAID, I'M GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF KIND OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO TONY.

JUST A QUICK UPDATE FOR CONSTRUCTION. IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, WE'VE COMPLETED PHASES ONE AND TWO AND 4.2 ALL BY OCTOBER OF 2023. PHASE THREE HAS BEEN THE MOST RECENT AND FINAL STAGE AND FINAL PHASE OF SAN PEDRO CREEK.

ONE, WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT THE ARTWORK WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, AND WE FINALLY PERSEVERED AND GOT THROUGH THE END OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD BRIDGE HERE IN JANUARY 2025. AS OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL SITE WORK TO COMPLETE THE FINAL PHASE OF PHASE THREE. EXCUSE ME. JUST A QUICK REMINDER.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HERE THE DIFFERENT PHASES. WE STARTED UP AT THE TUNNEL INLET THERE AT I-35.

CONTINUED PHASE ONE TO CESAR CHAVEZ CONTINUED THROUGH PHASE TWO WORK.

AND THEN THE FINAL STRETCH HERE, YOU'LL SEE HERE, SOUTH, SOUTH ALAMO TO CONFLUENCE WITH PHASE THREE THAT WE JUST CELEBRATED THE OPENING FOR.

BUT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM A PROGRAMMATIC STANDPOINT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACTIVITY AND THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO ACTIVATE THIS GREAT PUBLIC SPACE. YOU'LL SEE HERE, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN MONITORING TRAIL COUNTS.

SO YOU'LL SEE EACH OF THESE BLUE DOTS IS A PLACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TRAIL COUNTER IN PLACE TO REPORT THE TRAFFIC THAT YOU'RE SEEING ALONG THE CREEK.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE'VE GOT A VERY, YOU KNOW, STEADY MONTHLY AVERAGE OF CITIZENS AND FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE UTILIZING THESE SPACES. WE EXPECT THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, THAT THAT NUMBER WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM WHERE WE SAW IN 24 OF OVER 270,000 TRAIL COUNT HITS FOR THAT PERIOD. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

BUT ALSO, WE'RE DOING A LOT WITH OUR STAFF AND WORKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ACTIVATE THE SPACES ALONG THE CREEK.

HAVE TWO EXAMPLES FOR YOU TODAY. WE MONTHLY HAVE A NIGHTLY YOGA ON THE SAINT JAMES CULTURAL CULTURE PARK CROSSING.

THAT SPACE HAS BEEN GREAT. JUST LAST MONTH WE HAD OVER 90 PARTICIPANTS IN THE IN THE MONDAY NIGHT YOGA.

ADDITIONALLY, THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING QUARTERLY DRUM CIRCLE.

AND SO RIGHT THERE AT THE REIGNS OF HEAVENS WATER FEATURE, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND THAT FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND PEOPLE HAVE JUST DEMONSTRATED THEIR APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF THAT GREAT PUBLIC SPACE.

MOVING ON. JUST KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND THANK THE JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OUR GRAND FINALE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD ON MAY 15TH HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRESS CONFERENCE THAT RECOGNIZED A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FOLKS THAT WERE IN THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TO BE PART OF THAT INVESTMENT AND HAD THE VISION TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WHAT IT IS TODAY.

AND WE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE NEW PHASE THAT WE'VE OPENED UP AND HAD VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THAT WERE HELD THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

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CELEBRATION. THIS IS YOUR CELEBRATION.

BRING GOOD TIMES. COME ON. CELEBRATE. GOOD TIMES.

COME ON, LET'S CELEBRATE. THERE'S A PARTY GOING ON RIGHT HERE.

A CELEBRATION TO LAST LASTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SO BRING YOUR GOOD TIMES AND YOUR LAUGHTER TOO.

WE GONNA CELEBRATE YOUR PARTY WITH YOU. COME ON NOW.

LET'S ALL CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. SAD BREAK.

WE GONNA CELEBRATE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. IT'S TIME TO COME TOGETHER.

IT'S UP TO YOU. WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD.

COME ON. SORRY FOR THE SURPRISE VIDEO THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH MORE CREATIVE PEOPLE THAN MYSELF.

PUT THESE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER. SO I WOULD SAY, TONY, YOU REALLY NEED TO SET US UP NEXT TIME AND LET US KNOW THAT SOMETHING'S COMING.

YEAH, BECAUSE Y'ALL DIDN'T PLAY THAT MUSIC WHEN I WAS THERE.

NO, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT AND DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALONG THE CREEK.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. CANEZ FOR THE MEAT OF THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER.

YEAH, LET'S FINISH IT. TONY. THANK YOU. NOW I REALIZE WHY THAT THAT THAT POWERPOINT WAS 187,000,000KB.

BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS A VIDEO IN THERE. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT. SO AS WE'RE MOVING TO CLOSE OUT THE SAN PEDRO CREEK PROJECT WE ARE BRINGING AN ITEM TO RECONCILE THE PROJECT BUDGET AND FOR YOUR APPROVAL. SO THE FINAL PORTION OF THE CREEK TRAIL TO CONNECT PHASE TWO WITH PHASE THREE WAS TO REPLACE THE UNION PACIFIC BRIDGE.

THAT'S SOUTH OF SOUTH ALAMO. THE WORK INVOLVED SHUTTING DOWN ALL RAIL TRAFFIC FOR 75 HOURS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DEMOLISH AND REPLACE THE BRIDGE, AND IT WAS A COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX SERIES OF ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRED CLOSE, CLOSE COORDINATION WITH UNION PACIFIC.

THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INVESTIGATION AND EXPLORATION NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUES DURING THE CURFEW. SO DURING THIS PROCESS, WE DISCOVERED UTILITIES IN THE UPPER RIGHT OF WAY THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY UNDOCUMENTED.

IT HAD TO BE RELOCATED. WE ALSO ENCOUNTERED ADDITIONAL TESTING AND MONITORING REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED. SO WE HAD WE NEGOTIATED AND WE HAD SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS THAT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO BE FINALIZED. AND GO BACK TO THIS ONE. I'M SORRY. AND THAT ADDED SIGNIFICANT TIME TO THE PROJECT.

IN TOTAL, OUR CONTRACTOR HAD TO INCORPORATE CLOSE TO 17 WEEKS OF ADDITIONAL TIME OR 17 MONTHS ADDITIONAL TIME INTO THE SCHEDULE.

AND SO THIS SLIDE DESCRIBES THE ADDED COSTS THAT WERE UNANTICIPATED PRIOR TO THE ENGAGEMENT WITH UP.

TO UPHOLD THE 75 HOUR DEADLINE, WE HAD TO PERFORM UTILITY RELOCATIONS PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE BRIDGE.

THERE WERE INSPECTIONS AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE WORK IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY.

AND OF COURSE, THERE WAS ADDED TIME BY OUR CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK.

SO SARAH HAS BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON OUR BEHALF TO REDUCE THE ACTUAL COST TO THE COUNTY ON MUCH OF THESE OVERRUNS, BY SHARING THE BURDEN BETWEEN THE CONTRACTOR STUNT SAWS AND THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

WE ARE BRINGING THE EIGHTH AND FINAL AMENDMENT TO COMMISSIONERS COURT FOR APPROVAL.

THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE AMENDMENT ARE RELATED TO THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE BRIDGE, AND ASSOCIATED OVERSIGHT AND TESTING THAT WENT ALONG WITH THAT. AS I MENTIONED, THE RIVER AUTHORITY IS WILLING TO ACCEPT $835,000 OF THE COST, LEAVING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,559,000.

BEFORE I GO INTO THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, I WOULD I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE OVERALL OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS FIRST AND FOREMOST A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT BY WIDENING AND DEEPENING THE CHANNEL AND BY REPLACING NINE BRIDGES, INCLUDING THIS LAST UP BRIDGE. WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE 30 ACRES OF PROPERTY FROM THE FLOODPLAIN.

AND WE'VE ALSO CREATED AN AMENDMENT FOR DOWNTOWN THAT VISITORS AND RESIDENTS WILL ENJOY.

IT PROVIDES THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY, TO VIEW ART INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, AND TO ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST TO PRESENT THE FINAL FIGURES ABOUT THE COST TO BUILD THE CREEK,

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BUT ALONG WITH THE INVESTMENT, THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM SAN PEDRO CREEK CULTURE PARK IS ESTIMATED TO BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.3 BILLION.

AND SO, AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK THE COURT FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN A LONG PROJECT FOR ME. I'VE BEEN AT IT FOR TEN YEARS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

BUT WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND RIVER AUTHORITY TO REPLACE THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD BRIDGE AND COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAN PEDRO CULTURAL PARK. AND I'LL STOP FOR QUESTIONS.

GO BACK TO THE MOTION. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU. JUDGE. TONY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM'S OVERSIGHT, THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT.

AND IT'S JUST A IT HAS BEEN REALLY, AS PROMISED, A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT.

SOME OF THAT TRANSFORMATION IS STILL ONGOING.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CONTINENTAL APARTMENTS ARE STILL GOING UP, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION.

AND I APOLOGIZE. I COULD NOT BE THERE FOR THE FOR THE CEREMONY.

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE LOOKED LIKE JUDGE WOLFF WAS THERE.

AND APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES REPRESENTING AS WELL.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CONSIDERED INFRASTRUCTURE OR PART OF THE AMENITIES.

THE AME CHURCH PROJECT. I KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME PRIVATE FUNDRAISING FOR THAT.

WHERE ARE THINGS? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC AIM SITE THERE.

RIGHT BY THE THE ALAMEDA, NOT FAR FROM THE ALAMEDA.

RECENTLY RICK MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BUT THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION IS LEADING A FUNDRAISING EFFORT TO TO DEVELOP ACTUALLY FABRICATE AND INSTALL THAT THAT PIECE OF ART. I BELIEVE THAT THE PIECE ITSELF IS IN, IN PRODUCTION, FABRICATION.

THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, AS RECENTLY AS OF LAST MONTH INDICATED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CERTAINLY ARE STILL IN FUNDRAISING MODE.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY MADE LAST BUDGET CYCLE.

WE STILL HAVEN'T RESOLVED THAT. RIGHT, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT MY LAST MEETING WITH WAS THERE WAS A SHORTFALL THERE.

AND I NEED TO. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS.

I THINK THEY WERE ASKING FOR SOME COUNTY PARTICIPATION IN THAT.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH THE MONEY YET, BUT THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT I MEAN, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT WAS KIND OF DISCOVERED AS THE PROJECT WENT ALONG AND HAS SIGNIFICANT TIES, PARTICULARLY TO OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE. SO I HOPE WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.

BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF. DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? YEAH. I THINK TONY IS EXACTLY RIGHT.

THE FOUNDATION, THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT AND ACTIVELY TRYING TO CLOSE THE GAP ON THE FUNDRAISING.

AS OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE CONFIRMATION THAT THE FABRICATION OF THAT SHADE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS MOVING TOWARDS BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT A PERMIT REQUEST TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO HOPEFULLY HAVE THAT INSTALLED THIS FALL.

OKAY. AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT PROJECT UNDERWAY, WE EXPECT THAT TO TAKE AT LEAST 3 TO 4 WEEKS TO HAVE THAT FINALIZED.

OKAY. WELL, KEEP US POSTED ON THAT. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I KNOW THAT I PERSONALLY MADE A COMMITMENT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL. BUT IN TERMS OF THIS GOES I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS TODAY.

JUDGE. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND.

BY COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. COMMISSIONER. CLAY-FLORES. YES. SO LAST TIME I MET WITH YOU GUYS, I BELIEVE THEY HAD SAID THAT THE ART PIECE WAS DONE.

AND I THINK I ALLOCATED. DO YOU KNOW, TONY, I THINK I ALLOCATED A SMALL AMOUNT FROM MY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS TO GO TOWARDS.

I WASN'T AWARE THAT YOU HAD THE, THE YEAH. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT, BUT, I MEAN, THEY NEED A LOT MORE. I'M JUST I'M JUST SAYING.

SO. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF. I SEE YOU HAVE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ONE POINT SOMETHING 1.3 BILLION ANNUALLY. CORRECT? ANNUAL IMPACT. YES. THIS IS THIS IS A STUDY DONE BY DOCTOR STEVEN NIVEN AND HE IDENTIFIED SO OBVIOUSLY THIS I MEAN IT'S A LINEAR PARK. IT'S A CULTURE PARK. BUT IN THE END IT WAS REALLY CREATED AS FLOOD CONTROL.

SO DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY HOMES OR INFRASTRUCTURE IT SAVES WHEN THERE'S BEEN FLOODING? HAVE WE BEEN ABLE TO TEST THAT YET? SO THE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS 38 STRUCTURES.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER OF HOMES THAT IS VERSUS OTHER OTHER BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR HISTORICALLY.

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NOW, THAT WASN'T BEFORE, BUT I'M SAYING I WONDER HOW MUCH OF THE OF THE 1.3 BILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT IS ALSO PART OF THE FACT THAT THINGS AREN'T FLOODING ANYMORE BECAUSE OF IT.

IS THERE ANY WAY IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO MEASURE THAT, I'D APPRECIATE. YOU CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AND SEE HOW THAT METRIC WAS DEVELOPED TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IT WAS. AND SO I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.

THE COUNTY AGREED TO TAKE ON TO TAKE ON THIS.

WELL, THIS IS A COUNTY PROJECT. AND AS WE GET TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR, INTO MY PRECINCT, AS USUAL, WE RUN OUT OF MONEY. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE COMING BACK.

I DID TALK TO DAVID SMITH. IT'S IT'S ALREADY THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROVING TODAY.

IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED. CORRECT, DAVID, FOR SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO BECAUSE OF, I GUESS, THE LACK OF COOPERATION AND AGREEMENT WITH THE HOTEL OWNERS.

CORRECT. ON CESAR CHAVEZ. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, THE NUMBER OF VISITORS INTO MY PRECINCT FOR SAN PEDRO CREEK IS A LOT LESS. AND PART OF THAT IS IT DOESN'T CONNECT.

YOU HAVE TO GO UP, WALK OVER THE STREET AND GO DOWN. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THAT'S ONE ONE CAUSE BUT I THINK IT'S MORE I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.

THOSE, THOSE COUNTERS WEREN'T ADDED AS MORE RECENT AS THE OTHERS.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE ADDED BEFORE THE COUNT WAS SO FULL.

SO IT MAY NEED ANOTHER CYCLE. YEAH. HIGHER NUMBERS.

OKAY. IF YOU CAN KEEP ME UPDATED ON THOSE NUMBERS.

ABSOLUTELY. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PART THAT'S NOT BEING CONNECTED, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AMPLE SIGNAGE, NOT JUST A LITTLE SIGN, NOT JUST ONE LITTLE SIGN, BUT A LOT OF SIGNS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT IT CONTINUES INTO THE SOUTH SIDE.

YEAH. WE MADE A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SIGNAGE WAS THE SAME SIGNAGE.

BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN LOOK AT IT, MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SAYING THE SAME. I THINK WE NEED WELL, BETTER.

YEAH, WELL, BETTER SIGNAGE, BUT. YEAH, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE SIGNAGE, IT CONTINUES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CONTINUES. YEAH. YOU, YOU KIND OF NOT WHERE IT STOPS. SO WE NEED TO HAVE BETTER SIGNAGE. PERHAPS THE BEXAR COUNTY SIGN THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT. THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD. BUT WE CAN WE CAN LOOK LATER TO SEE IF THERE'S AMPLE ROOM FOR THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SIGNAGE.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR BOARD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ON.

ALSO, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S VISIBILITY TO HOW PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE THAT JOURNEY DOWN THE CREEK.

AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO TO MAKE SIGNAGE CLEAR TO GET DOWN.

BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE PORTALS THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THE CREEK. SO DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU YOU GET ON, YOU KNOW THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE TO NAVIGATE THE COMING UP TO THE STREET LEVEL.

BUT TONY IS ALSO RIGHT THAT WE DO EXPECT THOSE TRAIL COUNTS TO INCREASE.

BUT THE DATA WE HAVE IS JUST A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES I.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. WELL, I'LL AGREE ON THE SIGNAGE THING.

I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT $260 MILLION INTO A PROJECT, PEOPLE SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW IT'S THERE.

SO LET'S LET'S TRY TO DO THAT. I'M JUST TRYING TO RECONCILE THE NUMBERS.

SO ON ONE SLIDE, YOU HAVE THE MITIGATION ACTIONS AND TOTAL IMPACTS FOR 4.8.

AND THEN YOU HIGHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THESE COSTS WERE ABSORBED BY DIFFERENT ENTITIES.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SIDE. WE HAVE KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE BRIDGE, SOFT COSTS, RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE REMAINDER, I GUESS, GOING TO THE COUNTY.

BUT I'M TRYING TO RECONCILE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES, THE, THE 4.8 IMPACT VERSUS KIND OF THE 2.3 ON THE NEXT PAGE.

SO THESE WERE PROVIDED BY THE RIVER AUTHORITY. AND I, I KNOW THAT AGAIN, AS THEY'RE DESCRIBING THERE, THERE WAS $4.8 MILLION IN UNANTICIPATED COSTS THAT BETWEEN THE, THE THE CONTRACTORS CONTRACT, THEY HAD A NUMBER OF UNUSED QUANTITIES AND ALLOWANCES THAT WERE USED TO TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT, THAT DIFFERENCE. AND THEN WE NEGOTIATED WITH WITH THE RIVER WITH THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM TO TO TAKE ON THE COSTS THAT THEY HAD FOR THE, FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE UTILITY. THAT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND AND THEN THE AMOUNT THAT, THAT THE RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE SUN ABSORBED AS AS JUST.

OKAY. ADJUSTMENTS. WE MADE AN EFFORT OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THIS PROJECT AS WE WERE WORKING WITH UP TO, TO MONITOR VERY CLOSELY THE, THE, THE COSTS TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING TO OVERRUN.

AND WE HAD AT SOME POINT RECENTLY WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY DO THE ACTUAL WORK GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE REALIZED THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE BUDGET.

SO BUT WE HAD WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH SARAH ON A, ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WE, WE MONITORED THE BUDGET AND AGAIN, THE PROJECT JUST STARTED TO TAKE ITS OWN, ITS OWN FORM WHEN WE WHEN WE GOT TO THE ACTUAL

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THAT'S I GUESS, WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET THE, THE WHAT'S LEFT THE THE 2.3.

YEAH. WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE 4.8. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT'S LEFT OF THE 4.8 THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ABSORB, THAT WASN'T ABSORBED BY SAW OR SAW. YEAH, IT ACTUALLY WAS WHAT SARAH AND THE AND THE COUNTING WAS ASKING TO.

OKAY. AND SO YOU DIDN'T COME THROUGH WITH ANY.

I HAVE NO COMMENT ON. WELL, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION.

ARE YOU GOING TO. YEAH. SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE NOT FINALIZED ALL INVOICES FROM UP.

WE DO HAVE A SMALL HOPE THAT THEY WON'T FULLY BILL THE AMOUNT THAT THEY ANTICIPATED THE COST TO BE ON THE FRONT END.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING HARD TO KIND OF CHALLENGE THEM TO BRING IN ALL THEIR INVOICES SO WE CAN HAVE A FULL PICTURE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THIS WORK, I MEAN, THE STAFF HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A WORST CASE SCENARIO.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. AND SO GOING BACK TO KIND OF ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION ON HOW THAT TOTAL IMPACT, WE YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT TOTAL IMPACT HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF EFFORTS TO TRY TO FIND DIFFERENT WAYS.

AND SO WE YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN TEN YEARS, THERE'S A LOT OF RECORDS TO GO THROUGH.

SO IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF LAST CALENDAR YEAR, WE SPENT A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING OUT ALL THE TRANSACTIONS AND PAYMENTS TO SUN.

AND SO WE KIND OF GOT TO THE BOTTOM LINE. WE TOLD SUN, THIS IS YOUR CONTRACT LIMIT.

AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND THEY CONCEDED A LITTLE BIT.

WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE SOME COSTS WITH SORES ON THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND UNEXPECTEDLY.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE THAT WE'RE COMING TO THE TABLE RECOGNIZING THAT WE WANTED TO BE PART OF KIND OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL HAD A GOOD TASTE IN OUR MOUTH WHEN WE FINISHED THIS PROJECT. WELL, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO BE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER AND TRY TO.

YEAH, WE'VE WE'VE CERTAINLY ASKED THEM THAT THAT MESSAGE IS NOT LOST ON US, I PROMISE.

OKAY. AND JUST REALLY QUICK, CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME OF THE 263 MILLION THAT IS, WHAT'S THE FUNDING STACK THERE? THROUGH GENERAL FUND BONDS. SO THE THE FIRST.

YEAH, IT'S IT'S AGAIN A LONG, A LONG PROJECT, BUT WE HAD A FLOOD CONTROL DOLLARS THAT STARTED THE PROJECT.

AND THEN WE THE REST OF IT WAS, WAS WE HAD GOTTEN REIMBURSED FROM THE MISSION REACH BY THE BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

AND THAT'S WHERE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS WERE, WERE ALLOCATED.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING, DAVID? IS IT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT 50, 60 MILLION FROM FOR THE MISSION REACH.

THAT'S 67 MILLION, $67 MILLION. 67 MILLION WAS REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUR EXPENDITURES ON THE MISSION.

REACH FROM THE FEDERAL SHARE, IF YOU WILL, AND THEN THE REST WAS PRIMARILY COUNTY ISSUED BONDS.

AND YOU MENTIONED WHO WHO HAD DONE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.

CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THE JOBS CREATED? AND WHAT KIND OF RADIUS ARE THEY USING THERE? THAT SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF JOBS. ARE THESE INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION JOBS OR.

THESE ARE GO FORWARD JOBS THAT ARE MY UNDERSTANDING IS A MIXTURE OF BOTH.

AND SO THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLISTICALLY ACCOUNT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

AND SO WE CAN SHARE THIS KIND OF HANDOUT THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE, THE THE THE LIMITS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.

BUT DOCTOR FROM SAINT MARY'S DID A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE INITIAL 2013 STUDY, BUT THEN REFRESHED IT BASED ON SOME ACTUAL DATA THAT THEY'VE HAD. SO THIS IS AS OF, I BELIEVE, 2023, BUT CONSTRUCTION JOBS, SOME OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE JOBS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THOSE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS. BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE FULL REPORT IF YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, IF THAT'S HELPFUL. I'D LIKE TO SEE IT JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE COUNTING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

BUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE, LET ME JUST MAKE THIS COMMENT.

IN LIGHT OF ALL THE PRIOR COMMENTS, THIS WAS A HUGE CAPITAL PROJECT, CORRECT, MR. SMITH, AS IT ALL TURNS OUT. 250 MILLION OR 63 MARCEL MENTOS.

AND I RECALL, BECAUSE I WAS A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HERE, I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF PUSHBACK, OR AT LEAST SOME COMMENT OF WHY DID WE NEED TO DO THIS.

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AND JUDGE WOLFF, AS I RECALL, THAT WAS THOSE WERE THE LEADERS THAT SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO TAKE THAT DRAINAGE DITCH, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL IT WAS, AND SAID, LET'S TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING OF IT.

I THINK THE PUBLIC HAD AT THAT TIME, MUCH LIKE PERHAPS THE PUBLIC HAS TODAY.

WHY DO WE WHY DID WE WANT TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT? LET'S JUST LEAVE IT TO BE A DRAINAGE DITCH. BUT AS WE CAN SEE, WHAT, OVER TEN YEARS AGO NOW, AND THAT'S HOW LONG THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMISSIONER PAUL ELIZONDO, YOUR PREDECESSOR, JUSTIN JUDGE NELSON WOLFF. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO INCLUDE TRACY WOLFF, WHO HELPED RAISE THE FUNDS.

THEIR LEADERSHIP CREATED SOMETHING THAT REALLY IS EXTRAORDINARY AND HAS NOW DOCUMENTED THAT WE'VE GOT ECONOMIC RETURN, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS WE SEE UTSA BUILD UP ALONG THERE AND ALL THOSE OTHER PROGRAMING THAT YOU'RE RUNNING ALONG THE RIVERWALK.

I'VE ASKED MY STAFF TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE USE AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR COUNTY EMPLOYEES CAN LEARN THAT THEY CAN GET OUT AND GO DO SOME WALKING DURING A BREAK OR LUNCH, AND USE THAT SAN PEDRO CREEK TRAIL.

WE KNOW THAT WE GOT A BASEBALL STADIUM AT THE HEADWATERS, AND THEN COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, I THINK AS IT GETS TO ON THAT SOUTH END, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL SOME WORK TO DO BECAUSE I THINK WE DIDN'T MAYBE MENTION IT, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WE COULDN'T WORK OUT SOME OF THE EASEMENTS WITH THE HOTELS THAT RUN ALONG THE CREEK.

SO SOME OF THAT TRAIL WILL HAVE TO GET BACK UP ON THE STREET.

I BELIEVE IT'S THE HOPE OF SARA THAT WE CAN HOPE TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT WE COULD PUT THAT TRAIL BACK ON THE CREEK, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT TOO, IN LIGHT OF THE COMMENTS MADE ON THE PRIOR AGENDA ITEMS. SOMETIME WE GOTTA. WE JUST GOT TO LEARN THAT WE WE CAN'T JUST BE SO SCOPED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SPEND IT. SOMETIMES WE NEED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT INSIGHT TO FORESEE, ENVISION WHAT TRUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD DAVID SMITH, TONY CANEZ AND DAN CURRY AND WHOEVER ELSE SUNK CORPORATION AND OBVIOUSLY SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. AND I KNOW I'M MISSING OTHER PEOPLE, BUT PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS CAUGHT ME, ESPECIALLY AS COUNTY JUDGE IS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE HARD WORK.

AND I EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAVE LEFT, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ALL THOSE THAT MADE THIS CREEK HAPPEN AN APPLAUSE.

ALL RIGHT. COULD I CALL THE VOTE? YES, YES, WE GOT IT RIGHT.

DID WE VOTE? ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE GOT THE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. WE NOW GO TO 78 DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY PROFILE TECHNOLOGIES,

[78. Discussion and appropriate action authorizing the execution of an agreement between Bexar County and Kofile Technologies, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $15,547,223.27 for the preservation and digitization of the County Clerk's records archives, as requested by the County Clerk's Office; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record. This action is in accordance with Texas Local Government Code Chapter 271, Subchapter F. 271.102( c ), Cooperative Purchasing Program Participation; procuring goods and/or services under this subchapter satisfies any state law requiring the local government to seek competitive bids for purchase of the goods or services.]

THIS ACTION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, CHAPTER 271, SUBCHAPTER F 271 .102, SUBSECTION C, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAMING.

PURCHASING PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, PROCURING GOODS AND AND OR SERVICES UNDER THE SUBTASKS SATISFYING ANY STATE LAW REQUIRING LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SEEK COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR PURCHASE OF THE GOODS OR SERVICES. MR. GALLOWAY AND MISS ADAME-CLARK RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

I'M GREG GALLOWAY, YOUR PURCHASING AGENT FOR THE COUNTY HERE TO INTRODUCE AGENDA ITEM 78 ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE HONORABLE LUCY ADAME-CLARK.

WE ARE. THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND FILE TECHNOLOGIES, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,547,223.27 FOR THE PRESERVATION AND DIGITIZATION OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S RECORDS AND ARCHIVES. MISS CLARK HAS SOME SLIDES FOR YOU TO REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU GREGORY. GOOD AFTERNOON, JUDGE, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

WE'RE EXCITED TO PROPOSE OUR SECOND PROJECT FOR PRESERVATION FOR THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

THAT WILL BRING US CLOSE TO 70, 70% COMPLETION OF THE DIGITIZATION, SCANNING AND PRESERVATION WORK OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY CLERK IS ALSO THE RECORD MANAGEMENT OFFICER AND IS IN CHARGE WITH DOING ALL THE HISTORICAL WORK IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

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THE FOLLOWING RECORDS MUST BE RETAINED AND PERMANENTLY KEPT IN RECORDS.

ALL CASE PAPERS DATED BACK TO 1950 OR EARLIER, AND TRIAL DOCKETS CONTAINING ENTRIES DATED TO 1950 OR EARLIER ARE PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT PART, BUT FULL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE $50 MILLION PROJECT WAS ALSO APPROVED WITH THE TEXT MASS, THE TEXAS MULTIPLE AWARD SCHEDULE, SCHEDULE, PROGRAM. AND I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO GREGORY FOR THE HIS STAFF AND THE BUDGET TEAM AND FACILITIES WAS HELPING US WITH A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS. THE ELECTED COUNTY OFFICERS SHALL IDENTIFY AND TAKE ADEQUATE STEPS TO PRESERVE RECORDS THAT ARE PERMANENT VALUE.

THERE IS NO PRICE TO THESE RECORDS. THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

I CAN'T EVEN PUT A PRICE FOR THESE RECORDS. WHEN THEY ASK, WHAT PRICE DO THESE RECORDS HAVE? THEY ARE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE RECORDS TO RETAIN IN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, THE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, PROBATE, MENTAL HEALTH MINUTE AND DOCKET BOOKS IN THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE DID, THE 18 POINT PLUS PRESERVATION PROJECT, THE RECORDS WERE IN VERY BAD CONDITION AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE $15 MILLION PROJECT.

WE'RE FINDING MORE RECORDS THAT NEED A LOT OF ATTENTION, AS WE'VE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED ODYSSEY INTO OUR CRIMINAL AND CIVIL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE RECORDS PAST 1950 ARE ALSO IN OUR RECORDS AND PRESERVED.

AS YOU MOVE ON TO THE ACTUAL BILL OF SALE, SHADOW LAND RECORDS.

THESE RECORDS, ACTUALLY, IT'S KIND OF IT'S ALSO HISTORICAL INFORMATION, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE SHADOW RECORDS, YOU ALSO HAVE THE RECORDS OF THE SLAVERY INFORMATION THAT WERE ENSLAVED DURING THAT TIME.

SO C-CAM HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF TAKING A LOT OF OUR HISTORICAL RECORDS AND DISPLAYING THEM IN THEIR MUSEUM.

SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO FIND SHADOW AND LAND RECORDS IN OUR COUNTY CLERK RECORDS.

YOU ALSO HAVE THE VITAL RECORDS THAT THE COUNTY CLERK HAS, HIS POSSESSION OF THOSE RECORDS, AND THEIR HISTORICAL RECORDS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED FOR GENEALOGY RESEARCH.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE LIQUOR LICENSE RECORDS AS WELL TO GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS.

WE HAVE DEPUTATION INDEX BUDGET RECORDS THAT WE HAVE COME ACROSS AND OLD ELECTION RECORDS MANUALLY ENTERED ELECTION RECORDS.

SO THOSE ARE PRETTY INTERESTING. THE COURT DOCKET RECORDS OR THOSE WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE JUDICIAL SIDE AS WE MOVE ON.

YOU WILL ALSO HAVE PRESERVATION IMAGING, INDEXING OF CIVIL, CRIMINAL, PROBATE AND MENTAL HEALTH.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, RESTORATION PRESERVATION IMAGING INDEXING, AND BINDING OF GOVERNMENTAL, VITAL AND HISTORICAL RECORDS. INDEXING IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST DO DIGITAL AND PRESERVATION WORK.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE INDEX OR THE ACTUAL RECORD BY OCR OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THESE RECORDS, YOU CAN FIND THEM IN OUR DIGITAL RECORDS, PROVIDING DIGITAL IMAGES AND INDEXES IN FORMAT APPROPRIATE TO LOADING INTO THE CLERK'S EXISTING GROWING RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT BY OTHER COUNTY CLERKS AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND THEN HERE IS AN ITEMIZED PRICE LINE ITEM WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THESE RECORDS.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS YOU CAN ASK ME AFTER.

WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT IS ALSO YOU WERE ABLE TO ALSO SEE WHEN THE DISTRICT CLERK CAME IN, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO GO INTO HER COLLECTION BECAUSE THE COUNTY CLERK AND DISTRICT CLERK HAVE NEVER GOT ALONG.

VERSUS REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. SO WHEN MISS GLORIA MARTINEZ CAME IN, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY TEAM IN THERE AND DO AN INVENTORY OF HER COLLECTION AND HER COLLECTION. WE FOUND A HUGE COLLECTION THAT BELONGED TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE THAT HAD NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, TO BE INDEXED, PRESERVED IN THE PAST. SO NOW, MOVING FORWARD, CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF ARMY MILITARY IN HER COLLECTION, WE FOUND A BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT OLD BOOK THAT BELONGED TO THE COUNTY CLERK.

AND THAT COLLECTION IS INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION.

I GET GOOSEBUMPS THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I COULDN'T I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS FOUND UNDER DUST AND IN THE BACK OF THE RECORD CENTER.

BUT COUNTY CLERK AND DISTRICT CLERK NEVER CROSSED OVER EACH OTHER.

BUT IT ALL COMES TO UNITY AND COMMUNICATION, AND WE FOUND THAT COLLECTION AS WELL, TOO, AS WORKING TO COMPLETE THE PERMANENT RETENTION.

THE PRESERVATION IS REQUIRED BY TEX SLACK. THAT'S TEXAS STATE LIBRARY ARCHIVES COMMISSION,

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WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH BCIT AND BCIT, HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN STAYING ON TOP OF THIS PROJECT WITH US, SO WE KEEP THEM INFORMED. OUR RECORDS GO BACK TO 1700S AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE ALSO AS THE RECORD MANAGEMENT OFFICER AND SAVE THE GENERAL FUND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OTHER COUNTY ELECTEDS AND OTHER COUNTY DIRECTORS.

AND THAT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUDGET TEAM.

SO JASMINE AND TANYA AND DAVID SMITH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND THEN IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ALL TODAY.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING. HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU ALL MY STAFF, BECAUSE WE'RE VERY HONORED TO SEE THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND TAKE US TO 70%.

COME ON, GUYS, WE'RE READY TO GO. COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, LET'S GO.

ALL RIGHT LUCY, YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT 79 DISCUSSION.

[79. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of budgetary transfer in the amount of $2,278,939 to pay for inmate housing from Burnet and Kerr County for the remainder of the fiscal year.]

WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE REQUESTING COURT'S APPROVAL OF A BUDGET TRANSFER.

MOVING 2.2 JUST OVER 2.2 MILLION FROM CONTINGENCIES INTO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BUDGET TO PAY FOR THE HOUSING OF INMATES IN BURNET AND KERR COUNTIES. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, COMMISSIONER MOODY.

GO AHEAD. SO WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR NEXT YEAR? IF. ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE CHANGE WITH BAIL? THAT'S COME OUT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. DO YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS AT THIS POINT ON JAIL POPULATION? ON ON WHAT THE COSTS WILL BE IN TERMS OF HOUSING OUT INMATES NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THERE'S NO THERE'S A NEW LAW THAT WOULD HAVE SAID, OH, WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT HERE IN COURT SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT.

SOME INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR BAIL GOING FORWARD.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL INMATES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE HOUSED OUT GOING FORWARD, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE MADE THROUGH THE DA OR OR OUR PROCESSES.

NO, WE HAVEN'T MADE AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE.

I'D JUST ADVISE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT, DAVID, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE.

I KNOW THE LAST TIME I CALCULATED IT BASED ON I THINK IT WAS 300.

THAT WOULD BE $7 MILLION FOR THE YEAR. IF IF THOSE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TAKE PLACE, THEN, YOU KNOW, IS THAT GOING TO BE 400, 500, 600. YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE A BIG NUMBER.

SO OBVIOUSLY AS WE GO INTO BUDGET, I THINK TRYING TO GET A HANDLE ON WHAT THAT ESTIMATE SHOULD BE IS IMPORTANT.

I WOULD ALSO I DON'T THINK THE DA IS HERE. OBVIOUSLY THE SHERIFF'S GOT SOME OF HIS TEAM HERE.

I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY AND MEMBERS OF THEIR COURT, AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR POPULATION IN THEIR JAIL AS WELL. AND THEY HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'M GOING TO TRY TO REACH OUT AND SEE IF WE CAN COME TOGETHER BETWEEN THE THE DETENTION DEPUTY CHIEFS, THE DA, AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND A TIME TO SIT DOWN AND SHARE SOME OF THE THE PRACTICES THAT THEY FOUND HELPFUL IN TARRANT COUNTY.

THANK YOU. LARRY. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. 80.

[80. Discussion and appropriate action regarding Bexar County's Legislative Program and the 89th Session of the Texas Legislature.]

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NOT A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE.

THE AS YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE HAS SINE DIE, SO THEY ARE OUT OF SESSION.

THEY'VE ADJOURNED. SO, COMMISSIONER MOODY, TO YOUR POINT, TO THE QUESTION TO TINA, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH BILLS NOW.

SO AND DEFENSE OF HER TEAM, WE'VE NOT EVEN GIVEN THAT REPORT TO ANYONE YET.

SO WE WE KNOW WHAT BILLS WE HEAR IN THE NEWS, WHAT BILLS HAVE BEEN SIGNED, BUT WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH IT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, A MONTH OR TWO AGO, YOU HAD COME UP WITH AN INITIAL ESTIMATE THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT.

IT WAS HUNDREDS. SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE SOONER THE BETTER THAT WE KIND OF GET THAT INFORMATION INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS.

YES, SIR. YEAH. I DID I TALKED TO SOME OF TONYA'S TEAM YESTERDAY AND SHARED THE BILLS THAT HAVE GONE TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT. I THINK THERE'S LIKE 1100 BILLS THAT ARE THAT ARE OUT THERE NOW.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PARSE THROUGH THOSE, FIGURE OUT WHICH ONES 100% DO AFFECT THE COUNTY AND WHAT OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS THEY HAVE. THEY TOUCH. SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT NOW, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH A FULL REPORT TO Y'ALL.

WITH THE MAJOR ONES THAT ARE MAJOR HITS TO US FISCALLY.

SO MELISSA, IN SPEAKING WITH ADAM AND AND THE URBAN COUNTIES FOLKS THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSE OF RELIEF THAT IT WAS OVERALL A DECENT SESSION FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES.

A LOT OF THE BIG BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE HAMSTRUNG US IN CERTAIN AREAS, IN PARTICULAR THE CEOS AND SOME OTHERS, THAT THAT ALL ENDED UP OKAY. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU SHARE THAT ASSESSMENT AS WELL? YES, SIR. DEFINITELY. THAT WAS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND YOU'RE ALWAYS WAITING FOR THE, THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S COMING NEXT. AND EVERY DAY THAT WENT PAST, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, WE HELD IT UP IN COMMITTEE.

ANOTHER ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER DAY. SO YEAH. TO COMMISSIONER'S POINT THE CEO BILLS THOSE ANTICIPATION NOTES, THOSE GOT HELD UP, DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE OR DIDN'T MAKE IT OFF OF THE OUT OF THE SENATE OR THE HOUSE FLOOR.

THERE WAS ALSO SOME BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE AFFECTED US, LIKE IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE DO PERMITTING AND, AND SUCH AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THAT WOULD REALLY HAVE HAMSTRUNG US SO THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ONES WHERE THE COUNTIES CAME TOGETHER. DIDN'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE CITIES, NECESSARILY.

AND I THINK THAT IS ONE THING TOO, THAT I WILL MENTION.

I THINK IT SEEMS TO US THAT MAYBE WE ARE STARTING THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN CITIES AND COUNTIES, BECAUSE IT ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE WE COUNTIES WOULD GET LUMPED IN WITH THE CITIES, AND WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO WHAT STATUTE TELLS US.

AND SO THAT THAT SEEMED TO HELP US. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME, SOME ISSUES THAT WERE JUST STRICTLY CITIES AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN.

BUT YEAH, ALL IN ALL, IT DIDN'T SEEM AT THE FINAL HOUR IT DIDN'T SEEM AS BAD AS WHAT WE HAD THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE.

ANY ANY DISCUSSION. I SAW SOMETHING RECENTLY ABOUT POTENTIALLY A SPECIAL SESSION ON ON REDISTRICTING. AGAIN, I THINK IT'S JUST A POLITICAL THING.

HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT. NO, I I'M NOT.

AND I WAS ACTUALLY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY. YEAH, YEAH. THERE WAS SOME CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY, BUT I'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE. YOU KNOW, FROM THE LIEUTENANT, BECAUSE USUALLY IT'S A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THAT COMES OUT WITH, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL SESSIONS. HE'S USUALLY THE ONE CALL ONE.

EXACTLY, EXACTLY. SO HE'S KIND OF PUSHES FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

BUT NO, SOCIAL MEDIA DIDN'T. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT THAT I'VE HEARD FROM LEADERSHIP ABOUT IT.

I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET US A REPORT. I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT LET ME LET ME JUST THANK YOU.

I WOULD SAY YOU AND YOUR TEAM, BUT IT'S IT'S A ONE PERSON TEAM.

FOR ALL YOUR WORK UP THERE, I KNOW I MADE IT A FEW TIMES UP TO AUSTIN, AND IT'S A CRAZY PROCESS.

AND ENJOYED WORKING WITH ADAM. THIS THIS SESSION AS THE POLICY CHAIR, BUT APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

THANK YOU. AND GOING BACK AND FORTH AND KEEPING US POSTED.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FINAL REPORT. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER MOODY. I'LL JUST ECHO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND HELP. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN UP THERE TO AUSTIN AS WELL, AND WHETHER IT'S TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT OR WHETHER IT'S CONNECTING US WITH THE RIGHT FOLKS, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE DISCUSSION RELATED TO AN EXCEPTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING LIGHT FILE AGENDA

[81. 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 #81 a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of accepting a donation in the amount of $118,000 from the Hidalgo Foundation for the benefit of Bexar County BiblioTech, with these resources to be dedicated to funding unbudgeted BiblioTech services and content, the support of GED testing programs, and assistance for the next BiblioTech fundraising gala in 2025.]

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APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL. ACCEPTING A DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $118,000 FROM THE HIDALGO FOUNDATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF BEXAR COUNTY, BIBLIOTECH. WITH THESE RESOURCES TO BE DEDICATED TO FUNDING UNBUDGETED BIBLIOTECH SERVICES AND CONTENT TO SUPPORT THE GED TESTING PROGRAM AND ASSISTANCE FOR THE NEXT BIBLIOTECH FUNDRAISING GALA IN 2025. MR. GUEVARA I UNDERSTAND MISS COLE IS TO KELSO.

THANK YOU. JUDGE. FOR THE RECORD. THOMAS GUEVARA, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER.

THE HIDALGO FOUNDATION RAISED 60,000 FOR THE GALA, AS WELL AS ANOTHER 58,000 FROM TOYOTA FOR GED TESTING.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ACCEPTANCE OF OF THIS DONATION.

MR. RODRIGUEZ SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO TRACY WOLFF. AND FOR THE DONATION BY THE BY THE HIDALGO FOUNDATION FOR PURPOSES OF BIBLIOTHEK.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE POWER THROUGH AND GET THIS EXECUTIVE SESSION OPEN?

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

SO, STAFF, Y'ALL. WE GOT FOOD TO EAT, SO DON'T BE RUNNING OFF.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO NOW AND I'M GOING TO JUST GO AHEAD I'M GIVING PERMISSION STAFF WHEN WE GO TO EXECUTIVE LET ALL THOSE STAFF THAT HAVE TO STAY IN HERE.

THE REST OF Y'ALL GO EAT, ALRIGHT AND START LUNCH.

ALL RIGHT, SO THE TIME IS NOW 12 12:30 P.M.. THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 55107 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE WITH THE COURT'S ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS A LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING.

MATTERS IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH CHAPTER 551 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION I, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DEPUTY SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION OF BEXAR COUNTY AND CHAPTER 174, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AT THIS TIME, THE COURT WILL NOW GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION STAFF.

REMEMBER, GO EAT LUNCH. WE GOT A LOT OF FOOD.

I DON'T WANT TO EAT THAT. TIM IS TAKING IT HOME.

NO. YEAH, BUT WE'RE NOT BROADCASTING. WE'RE LIVE, ARE WE? LIVE? WE'RE LIVE, WE'RE LIVE. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO ADJOURN BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES, IS THERE ANY LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF BARBARA TARNOWSKI AND SYLVIA ANN CARDENAS? SYLVIA AND CANEZ WAS A LONG TIME COACH AT HARLANDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. JUDGE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF BRUCE J.

HENDON. AND ALSO THIS. THIS ONE'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY A PRECINCT FOUR RESIDENT, BUT I SERVED WITH JAMES HOWARD ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SA ISD FOR THREE YEARS, AND HE WAS A 20 YEAR MEMBER OF THAT SCHOOL BOARD, A CHAMPION FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE. BUT OUR FRIEND JAMES HOWARD PASSED AWAY. YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF SAM GUIDO. HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND PILLAR OF THE ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

MANY FOLKS WILL KNOW HIM FROM CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ITALIAN SOCIETY AND HIS SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU. JUDGE MELINA MCINTYRE.

PRISCILIANO GONZALEZ. AND I WANT TO JOIN COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ IN HONORING JAMES HOWARD.

TRACY MARSHALL, FATHER OF RAQUEL MARSHALL WEIDMAN, DOCTOR CHARLES GUNTER AND REMEDIOS AGARWAL.

REMI, THE WIFE OF B.P AGARWAL. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO ADJOURN ON BEHALF OF FERNANDO POLANCO, WHO IS THE FATHER OF MATTHEW POLANCO, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, DOCTOR DAVID SEGUIN, A DENTIST IN OUR COMMUNITY AND DEACON OVER AT SAINT MARK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH. AND IS THERE WE HAD A MOTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

GO EAT LUNCH. WE HAVE LUNCH. LUNCH. DON'T LEAVE THAT FOOD.

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