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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT MEETING FOR JUNE 24TH, 2025.
UH, AT THIS TIME IS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE MOST RECENT FLOODS.
SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL JUST ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
COMMISSIONER CLEEF FLORES, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR AS APPOINTED PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
SO WE OFFER OUR PRAYERS TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DECEASED, AND IN THEIR, UM, MEMORY, I'M GONNA READ THE 13 NAMES.
THE 13TH NAME, UM, IS NOT PUBLIC YET.
SO I'LL BE READING THE 12 NAMES BECAUSE WHEN WE ADJOURN AT THE END OF COMMISSIONER'S COURT, A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T HERE.
AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE HONOR THEIR MEMORIES BY READING THIS.
AND DURING THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK IF THE BAILIFFS WILL HOLD THE DOOR OUT OF RESPECT.
ROSEANNE COBB 41, CARLOS VALEZ II 67.
MARTHA RE, 55, VICTOR MANUEL MACIA CASTRO, 28, MATTHEW ANNO, 51.
CHRISTINE GONZALEZ, 29, RUDY GARZA, 61 RE 28TH, ANDREW SANCHEZ 60.
I ASK THAT YOU'LL, UH, KEEP THEIR FAMILIES IN YOUR AFFAIRS.
[1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Tyler Herschell, Grace Bible Church]
ALL RIGHT.ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER MOODY, I'D LIKE TO INVITE PASTOR TYLER HERSCHEL OF THE GRACE BIBLE CHURCH TO PROVIDE OUR VOCATION TODAY.
PASTOR HERSCHEL IS A US ARMY VETERAN WHO MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO FOLLOWING HIS MILITARY SERVICE, WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE TRACY, HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND NOW THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
AS THE ASSOCIATE PASTOR AT GRACE BIBLE CHURCH, TYLER IS INVOLVED IN TEACHING DISCIPLESHIP AND PASTORAL CARE FAMILIES.
PASTOR HERSCHEL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOUR HONOR, PLEASE STAND, PLEASE BOW WITH ME AS I OPEN US IN PRAYER.
ALMIGHTY GOD AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE THE SOVEREIGN JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH.
YOU ARE PERFECTLY RIGHTEOUS, PERFECTLY JUST, AND ABOUNDING IN MERCY AND TRUTH.
YOUR WORD DECLARES THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT FOR YOU, AND THAT THOSE WHICH EXIST ON EARTH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY YOUR WILL.
AND SO WE HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR GUIDING HAND UPON THESE PROCEEDINGS TODAY.
GRANT WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, INTEGRITY AND TRUTHFULNESS TO ALL HERE TODAY, MAY ALL WHO PARTICIPATE DO SO WITH HUMILITY AND A CLEAR SENSE OF ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT ONLY BEFORE MEN, BUT BEFORE YOU, OUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGE.
WE ASK AS WELL FOR YOUR PROTECTION UPON ALL WHO SERVE IN THE CAUSE OF THE LAW, FOR THE JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, OFFICERS OF THE COURT, AND THOSE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, ALL WHO LABORED DAILY TO UPHOLD WHAT IS RIGHT IN A WORLD CORRUPTED BY SIN THROUGH THE WISDOM.
THOUGH THE WISDOM OF MAN IS FINITE AND FLAWED, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU, OH LORD, HAVE ORDAINED THESE INSTITUTIONS FOR THE RESTRAINT OF EVIL, PRESERVATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THE ORDERING OF OUR SOCIETY.
MAY THIS COURTROOM TODAY REFLECT THAT DIVINE PURPOSE AND SERVE AS A PLACE WHERE TRUTH IS HONORED AND JUSTICE DONE ABOVE ALL.
FATHER, WE REMEMBER THAT FINAL JUSTICE BELONGS TO YOU.
EACH ONE OF US ONE DAY WILL STAND BEFORE YOUR HOLY THRONE, WHERE NOTHING WILL BE HIDDEN AND WHERE PERFECT JUDGMENT WILL BE RENDERED.
WE THANK YOU OH GOD, THAT IN YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST, WE NOT ONLY FIND JUSTICE, BUT MERCY, GRACE, AND THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHO TRUST IN HIM, HE IS OUR ADVOCATE, OUR REDEEMER, AND THE ONE IN WHOM TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FOUND.
WE HUMBLY ASK ALL THESE THINGS ACCORDING TO YOUR WILLOW FATHER, AND IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, OUR SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE
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FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC.TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, GOD IN THIS LIBERTY KING, JUSTICE, JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[3. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S):]
WE'LL OPEN UP OUR CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION, PROCLAMATION, PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF MR. COURT, RECOGNIZING JULY 5TH, 2025 IS WORLD HERITAGE DAY IN BEX COUNTY.LET ME ASK KEN GLARY FROM OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT, MIGHTY THOMAS FROM OUR HERITAGE CENTER, WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD ALONG WITH WHATEVER OTHER GUESTS HAVE INVITED FOR THIS PRESENTATION? AND I'LL READ AS EVERYBODY'S GATHERING AT THE PODIUM.
WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY LED THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE INSCRIPTION OF THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS.
AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE NELSON WOLFE LED A DELEGATION OF 22 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION IN BOND GERMANY.
AND WHEREAS THE PROCESS INVOLVED NINE YEARS OF SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH, WHICH NOMINATED FIVE SPANISH FRONTIER MISSION COMPLEXES LOCATED ALONG SAN ANTONIO RIVER, RESULTING IN THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS BEING DESIGNATED A WORLD HERITAGE SITE ON JULY 5TH, 2015.
AND WHEREAS THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE MISSIONS ARE THE ONLY UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ONLY ONE OF 25 IN THE UNITED STATES, NOW THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION AND DECLARE JULY 5TH, 2025 AS WORLD HERITAGE DAY IN BEXAR COUNTY, WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 24TH DAY OF JUNE 25, SIGNED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THOSE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN, AND I WISH A HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY.
SO, MR. GLARY, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UH, THANK YOU, JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO DO WITH IT BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND IF Y'ALL HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE, TO THE, UH, MISSIONS, UH, DEFINITELY NEED TO GO.
IT'S LIKE WALKING BACK IN HISTORY.
UH, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TODAY ARE BECAUSE OF THOSE MISSIONS.
ASAKI IS THE WATER RIGHTS WE HAVE IN TEXAS.
AND THE, THE, THE ENGINEERING ALONE IS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
UM, DR. PAUL RINGER, CHRISTINE JACOBS, WHO WE'LL HEAR FROM HERE IN A MINUTE, UH, BETTY BOUCHER, SHE'S NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
UH, NANCY, UM, AVALARA, KATE ROGERS FROM THE ALAMO, VINCENT MICHAEL FROM THE, UH, CONSERVATION SOCIETY, LEWIS VETER, UH, FROM THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY.
NICK MATER FROM THE LOS MISSY OWNS, THEY, UM, MAINTAIN A LOT OF THE MISSION STUFF.
UH, THE, THE ACTUAL CHURCHES, UH, MURPHY EMETT MONDS FROM MISSION HERITAGE PARTNERS, UH, OUR OWN BELINDA FROM THE, UM, BELINDA G VALS VALS, THANK YOU FROM THE, UH, BEAR COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, STEPHANIE STATS AND REBECCA BOON FROM, UH, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE.
UH, WE HAVE RAMON VASQUEZ AND BRENDA PACHECO, ALSO ON THE BEXAR COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, AND ALSO PART OF, UM, A IT CORRECT.
SO, AND THEN KENDALL HAYES FROM THE RIVER AUTHORITY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF THINGS WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP THESE MISSIONS UP AND RUNNING AND PROMOTING VISITATION TO THIS AREA.
SO, CHRISTINE, SAY A FEW THINGS.
I OFTEN SAY I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, WHICH IS TRUE, I GET TO BE SUPERINTENDENT FOR SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, WHICH, UH, THANK YOU JUDGE.
AKA AS YOU RECOGNIZE AS THE FIRST AND ONLY UNESCA WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS.
TO BEGIN, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UM, ACKNOWLEDGES THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER IS Y IGUANA OR SPIRIT WATERS IN PE AND THE LANDSCAPE WE NOW KNOW, UH, WE NOW CALL SAN ANTONIO AS THE ANCESTRAL HOMELAND OF NUMEROUS DISTINCT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM TIME SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL.
UM, THIS, UH, RECOGNITION UNDERSCORES THE CONTINUAL CONNECTION THAT THE DIRECT DESCENDANTS WHO ARE AMONG US TODAY HAVE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS.
THEY ARE QUITE LITERALLY HOME.
UM, MANY PEOPLE, UH, I THINK DO NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS A LONG AND SIGNIFICANT HISTORY WITH UNESCO.
UM, TO INCLUDE THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS THE VERY FIRST NATION TO RATIFY THE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION IN 1972.
SO TOGETHER WITH THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, THE ALAMO TRUST, THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY, THE
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ARCHDIOCESE, BAYER COUNTY, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO MISSION, HERITAGE PARTNERS, AND MANY OTHERS, QUITE LITERALLY, THE MANAGEMENT OF THIS WONDERFUL WORLD HERITAGE SITE IS DONE THROUGH A VERY UNIQUE AND COMPLEX PARTNERSHIP.I THINK YOU SEE THAT BEFORE YOU TODAY, BUT I CANNOT UNDERSCORE ENOUGH THE ESSENTIALNESS OF OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER, TO PROTECT THIS INTERNATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PLACE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILDREN TODAY WHO ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE MISSIONS IN EVERY SINGLE FOURTH AND SEVENTH GRADE CLASSROOM, BUT TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD.
I YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED SAY? NO, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD.
I THINK WE WERE GONNA, I, I, I JUST WANTED FOR THE, UH, VIEWING PUBLIC TODAY, I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR.
RIGGEN BUCKER BECAUSE HE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE APPLICATION, UH, THAT GOT US THE STATES ONLY WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION.
AND HE JUST TOLD ME HE'S ABOUT TO TURN 90.
AND, UH, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM HERE.
AND I WANT TO JUST SAY THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, THE HERITAGE AND LEGACY THAT YOU'VE PASSED ON IN SUCH A, UH, A TENDER WAY AND ALSO, UH, AN INCLUSIVE WAY.
SO THANK YOU DOC FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND ALL THE TEAM THAT HELPED YOU WITH IT AS WELL.
ANYBODY ELSE? ALRIGHT, COULD YOU PLEASE STEP FORWARD, ACCEPT YOUR PROCLAMA PROCLAMATION, AND LET'S TAKE A PICTURE, COMMISSIONER.
HOW ARE YOU? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.
SEE YOU TO SEE Y'ALL DOING APPRECIATE.
HEY RAMON, HOW ARE YOU TO SEE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.
HEY CHRISTINE, HOW ARE YOU? HI GUYS, HOW ARE YOU? ALRIGHT, LET'S GO.
CAN WE GET EVERYBODY IN THERE? ALRIGHT.
SECOND PRESENTATION TO THE MORNING WILL BE A PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZED THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF METHODIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST COMMISSIONER CALVERT, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE HONORS? THANK YOU JUDGE OF READING CONFIRMATION FOR JOINING US AT THE, UH, CELEBRATION AT THE METHODIST SLIDE OAK.
WE'VE GOT SOME OF OUR GREAT PERSONNEL RUNNING THE OPERATIONS.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A BROADER AUDIENCE TO CELEBRATE.
WHAT I SAID WAS, LOOK, UH, LORDY LORDIE WHO LOOK WHO'S 40, AND, UH, IT'S OUR NORTHEAST METHODIST HOSPITAL.
THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS METHODIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST WAS FOUNDED 40 YEARS AGO WITH A VISION TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY COMPASSIONATE HEALTHCARE TO THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST BEARD COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND HAS STEADFASTLY UPHELD THE COMMITMENT OVER FOUR DECADES.
AND WHEREAS THE HOSPITAL IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF LIVE OAK AT THE CROSSROADS OF INTERSTATE 35, AND JUDSON ROAD HAS GROWN ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING REGIONS IN THE COUNTRY, EXPANDING AND RENOVATING ITS FACILITIES TO BETTER SERVE THE EVER EVOLVING NEEDS OF BEAR GUADALUPE AND COLE MILE COUNTIES.
AND WHEREAS METHODIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND VITALITY OF NORTHEAST BEAR COUNTY, ATTRACTING HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, CREATING JOBS AND STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH ITS CONTINUED AND PLANNED INVESTMENTS IN HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL FACILITIES.
AND, UH, WHEREAS THE HOSPITAL IS WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR ITS DEDICATION TO PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE IN A COMPASSIONATE AND CARING ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ITS MISSION OF SERVING HUMANITY TO HONOR GOD BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL AND COST EFFECTIVE HEALTHCARE, UH, ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.
AND WHEREAS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY MARKS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE IN ITS LEGACY OF SERVICE, INNOVATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT SO PROUDLY SERVES NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES JUNE 16TH, 2025 TO BE A DAY OF OBSERVANCE OF THE, FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF METHODIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST WITNESS.
OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE IS 24TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025.
SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU JUDGE SHAKI AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS MEANINGFUL PROCLAMATION.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JUDGE SHAKI
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AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR BEING WITH US LAST WEEK AS WE CELEBRATED OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY.YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SPEAK ENOUGH THEN, SO I'LL TAKE JUST A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS TODAY.
MY NAME IS JE GEORGE, AND I SERVE AS THE CEO OF METHODIST HOSPITAL NORTHEAST.
AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
THE OUTPOURING OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED DURING THIS MILESTONE IN SAN ANTONIO'S HEALTHCARE HISTORY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND IT'S A POWERFUL REMINDER OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND WORKING, WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY AS THAT WORK IMPACTS GENERATIONS TO COME.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE SERVE AS A VITAL HEALTHCARE CL UH, HUB IN NORTHEAST BEAR COUNTY, BUT ALSO SERVE MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND ARE THE CLOSEST HEALTHCARE, UM, RESOURCE FOR OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING LIVE OAK, CONVERSE, SELMA SHIRTS AND WINDCREST.
IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE, WE SERVED OVER 112,000 PATIENTS WHO CAME THROUGH OUR DOORS AND PROVIDED ALMOST $90 MILLION IN CHARITY CARE.
WE'RE THE PROUD HOME OF OVER 1200 EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME.
OUR GOAL IS TO MEET PATIENTS WHERE THEY NEED IT AND WHEN THEY NEED IT TO SERVE THEIR HEALTHCARE NEEDS.
AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE, WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR $146 MILLION EXPANSION.
THIS NEW THREE STORY TOWER THAT WILL ADD OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FEET TO OUR CAMPUS WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE GROWING NORTHEAST BEAR COUNTY COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO PROVIDE PRIVATE CARE WITH, UH, THE ELIMINATION OF OUR SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS. THIS IS NOT ONLY JUST AN EXPANSION OF BRICK AND MORTAR, IT'S TRULY A COMMITMENT TO OUR CONTINUED EXCEPTIONAL CARE FOR THE POPULATIONS WE SERVE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR TIRELESS, UH, WORK TO ADVOCATE FOR THE HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, SO COME FORWARD, TAKE A PICTURE.
ACCEPT FOR PROCLAMATION THERE.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THREE C WILL BE DEFERRED.
IS THAT CORRECT, KATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, WE'LL GO ON TO D PRESENTATION PRO JUDGE COMMISSIONER MOODY.
YEAH, IF I COULD JUST SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, WAS IT YES, THIS THREE C THIS PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSION'S COURT RECOGNIZED SAN ANTONIO AS HOME AS TEXAS CYBER COMMAND.
COMMISSIONER MOONEY OF THE FLOOR.
AND, AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND DEFER THIS ITEM, UH, NOW, BUT JUST AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, UH, THIS IS A, A HUGE WIN.
IF, IF EVERYONE IS NOT AWARE, TEXAS CYBER COMMAND IS COMING TO SAN ANTONIO.
THAT WAS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT.
UH, WE HAVE A HUGE CYBER PRESENCE HERE IN IN SAN ANTONIO.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BUILD UPON THAT.
AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S A, IT'S A WIN FOR SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
UH, ONCE WE GET SOME MORE INFORMATION AND MORE DETAIL, WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO COURT WITH A FINAL PROCLAMATION.
PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER COURT, RECOGNIZED JUNE 23RD, 2025 AS DRA SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY.
SO, UM, ELAINE IS THE PRESIDENT OF VILLAGES OF WEST CREEK, WHICH IS MY LARGEST HOA AND, UM, ELAINE, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO BRING AWARENESS TO, UM, TO THIS SYNDROME.
AND THE PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS, WHEREAS DRAVET SYNDROME BEGINS IN INFANCY AND PROCEEDS WITH ACCUMULATING SYMPTOM BURDEN THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIME AND CURRENTLY HAS NO CURE.
AND WHEREAS DRAVET SYNDROME IS A DEVASTATING FORM OF INFANT ONSET EPILEPSY THAT IS CHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENT AND UNCONTROLLED SEIZURES, A RESISTANCE TO MEDICATION AND OR THERAPIES AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.
AND WHEREAS DVA SYNDROME OFTEN GOES UNDIAGNOSED OR MISDIAGNOSED, MAKING INITIATIVES THAT INCREASE
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PUBLIC AWARENESS, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, THE DRAVET SYNDROME FOUNDATION URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THE SEARCH FOR A CURE AND ASSIST THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO DEAL WITH THIS CHALLENGING DISEASE ON A DAILY BASIS.NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEAIRD COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY PROCLAIMS JUNE 23RD AS DRAVET SYNDROME AWARENESS DAY.
ELAINE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
UM, TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
UM, FIRST, LET ME BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY HEARTFELT THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING DRAVET SYNDROME AWARENESS WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
YOUR SUPPORT MEANS MORE THAN I CAN FULLY CONVEY.
MY GRANDDAUGHTER, BAILEY, IS SIX YEARS OLD.
SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DRAVET SYNDROME, OFTEN CALLED DS WHEN SHE WAS JUST NINE MONTHS OLD.
OUR JOURNEY BEGAN WITH A 15 DAY STAY IN THE PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
DURING THAT TIME, BAILEY WAS INTUBATED AND GIVEN MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO STABILIZE HER SEIZURES.
WHEN SHE FINALLY CAME HOME, IT WAS WITH THE DEPENDENCE ON OPIOIDS, AND SHE REQUIRED METHADONE TO WEAN OFF THEM.
THAT WAS OUR TERRIFYING INTRODUCTION TO A LIFE WITH DRAVET SYNDROME.
DRAVET SYNDROME AFFECTS ROUGHLY ONE IN EVERY 15,700 BIRTHS.
AND IN ALL CASES, IT'S CAUSED BY A MUTATION OF THE SCN ONE A GENE.
THIS GENE HELPS CONTROL SODIUM CHANNELS IN THE BRAIN.
MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW CERTAIN MEDICATIONS THAT ARE COMMONLY PRESCRIBED TO TREAT EPILEPSY.
SPECIFICALLY SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE DS WORSE.
THESE DRUGS CAN TRIGGER PROLONGED SEIZURES KNOWN AS STATUS EPILEPTICUS, WHICH CAN LAST FOR MINUTES OR EVEN HOURS, AND DON'T STOP ON THEIR OWN.
BAILEY'S LONGEST SEIZURE LASTED 58 MINUTES, ONE HOUR.
I DON'T THINK THERE ARE WORDS FOR WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO WATCH AND UNFOLD.
KNOWING EVERY SECOND COUNTS BEYOND THE SEIZURES, THE COMPLICATIONS, MOUNT BAILEY IS DEVELOPMENTALLY DELAYED BY ABOUT TWO YEARS.
SHE HAS A DHD AND CROUCH GAIT, AND THAT MAKES WALKING MORE DIFFICULT, TROUBLE REGULATING HER BODY TEMPERATURE, WHICH IS BRUTAL IN THE SOUTH TEXAS HEAT.
AND FOR HER AGE, SHE WORKS HARD EVERY DAY WITH SPEECH, OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
BUT WITH EVERY SEIZURE THREATENS TO UNDO THAT PROGRESS.
TOTAL SEIZURE COUNT FROM 2019, 168.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF AWARENESS AND RESEARCH.
HER LONGEST SEIZURE WAS 58 MINUTES.
TREATMENT OPTIONS ARE FEW FAMILIES LIKE OURS LIVE ON HIGH ALERT BAILEY TAKES FOUR MEDICATIONS TWICE A DAY.
AND EVEN THEN, SEIZURES DON'T STOP.
THE EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL TOLL ON BOTH PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IS A CONSTANT AND PROFOUND.
THE RISK WE LIVE WITH IS REAL TO CHILDREN WITH DS FACE, A 15 TO 20% MORTALITY RATE DUE TO SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY, AS WELL AS PROLONGED SEIZURES AND SEIZURE RELATED INJURIES.
MANY FAMILIES LIKE OURS RELY ON SEIZURE MONITORING DEVICES AT NIGHT.
MANY OF US DON'T SLEEP DEEPLY.
WE CAN'T RAISING AWARENESS AND EDUCATION IS IMPERATIVE.
EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS NEED TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO DRAVET SYNDROME.
AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, THEY NEED TO LISTEN TO US PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BECAUSE WE KNOW WHICH MEDICATIONS HELP AND WHICH CAN MAKE THINGS WORSE.
AND IN THOSE MOMENTS, TIME IS EVERYTHING.
WE'VE BEEN INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE IN BEXAR COUNTY, DR.
EK AND HER TEAM AT THE BEXAR COUNTY.
SD TWO HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THEY TRAINED THEIR FIRST RESPONDERS ON BAILEY'S SPECIFIC NEEDS.
THEY CREATED A SEIZURE PROTOCOL JUST FOR HER.
THEY COORDINATED WITH HER SCHOOL NURSE AND STAFF TO ENSURE THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE'S A PLAN.
THEIR DEDICATION HAS NOT ONLY MADE BAILEY SAFER, IT'S GIVEN US PEACE OF MIND.
MY HOPE, OUR HOPE IS THAT ONE DAY A GENE THERAPY CURE WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING.
UNTIL THEN, WHAT FAMILIES LIKE OURS NEED IS UNDERSTANDING, COMPASSION AND SUPPORT.
THIS PROCLAMATION IS A POWERFUL SIGN THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, THAT WE ARE BEING SEEN THAT OUR CHILDREN MATTER.
THANK YOU SINCERELY FOR STANDING WITH US AND FOR HELPING TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR DRAVET SYNDROME.
COME FORWARD, ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND TAKE A PICTURE FOR IT WITH US.
LET INVITE LEX LARO, DIRECTOR OF THE PRICE CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, AND ANY GUEST TO THE PODIUM.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING THIS MORNING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT BERK COUNTY IS AN EXCLU INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES AND CELEBRATES OUR DIVERSITY.
COMMISSIONER CA WOULD YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE COURT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S MY HONOR TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU AS
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WELL.THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THIS MONTH, BEXAR COUNTY COM COMMEMORATES CELEBRATES AND PROMOTES THE PROGRESS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE LGBTQIA PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT SPARKED BY THE UPRISING IN JUNE OF 1969 AT THE STONEWALL INN IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND WHEREAS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE OUR LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING FAMILY MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND THEIR PERSEVERANCE TO LIVE A LIFE OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING L LGBTQIA PLUS RIGHTS AND RAISING THE PRIDE FLAG IN SOLIDARITY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
AND WHEREAS WE FURTHER RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE L GT LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY TO OUR, UH, COUNTY'S ECONOMY, OUR HEALTHCARE EDUCATION, AND ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND WHEREAS WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON DETERRED TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY BY COMMITTING TO REPRESENTATION AND SUPPORT FOR ALL LGBTQIA PLUS MEMBERS.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THAT PROCLAIMS A MONTH OF JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS OBSERVANCE AND ENGAGE THE LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY TO BUILD BRIDGES.
WITNESS OUR SIGNATURES AND SEAL OF OFFICE'S 24TH DAY OF JUNE, 2025, SIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, YOUR HONOR.
COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH.
IT IS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
THEY, AND SHE, I WAS ONCE A YOUNG LGBTQ PLUS PERSON GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
MY FATHER WAS STATIONED AT FORT SAM HOUSTON.
I WAS ONCE A DEEPLY CLOSETED YOUNG PERSON THAT DIDN'T SEE A PATH FORWARD FOR MYSELF AS AN LGBTQ PLUS PERSON.
AND TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO PRIDE CENTER, GETTING TO CELEBRATE BEAR COUNTY'S RECOGNITION OF PRIDE MONTH.
I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO KNOW THAT AT A TIME IN WHICH LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US TO SEE BEXAR COUNTY STAND FIRM IN ITS DECISION TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THIS PROCLAMATION SO BEAUTIFULLY SAYS, WHICH IS THAT LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE MAKE RICH AND MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WHEN LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE THRIVE, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THRIVES.
AND THIS PROCLAMATION HONORS THAT BEAUTIFULLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY HONOR THAT THOUGH I STAND UP HERE BY MYSELF TODAY.
I HAVE BEHIND ME A RICH AND VIBRANT AND BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY OF LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE, PLUS THEIR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND LOVED ONES.
I'D LIKE TO HONOR THRIVE YOUTH CENTER AND FIESTA YOUTH HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, SAN ANTONIO AND OUR AMAZING LGBT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO WORK TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO NAME THAT EVEN IN THIS PAST WEEK, LAST WEEK ALONE, WE SAW MULTIPLE ATTACKS TO LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS.
WE SAW THE ELIMINATION OF THE PRESS THREE OPTION THAT ALLOWS LGBTQ PLUS YOUTH TO GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED FROM THE NATIONAL 9 8 8 SUICIDE HOTLINE.
WE SAW UPHELD CHALLENGES TO LGBTQ PLUS YOUNG PEOPLE'S ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.
AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE CHALLENGES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT TODAY IS A MOMENT OF HOPE AND JOY AND SOLIDARITY BECAUSE WE GET TO HAVE MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHERE WE ARE REMINDED THAT BEAR COUNTY HAS OUR BACK, THAT THE HONORABLE JUDGE AKA AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE OUR BACK.
AND THAT THE L-G-B-T-Q PLUS COMMUNITY IS GONNA BE CONTINUED, CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED IN BEXAR COUNTY AND BEYOND.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR RECOGNITION AND THANK YOU, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH WITH US.
I HOPE WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY IN THIS COURTROOM OUT AT A NUMBER OF THE PRIDE MONTH EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, CULMINATING IN OUR PRIDE FESTIVAL THIS SATURDAY.
TODAY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN A MAJOR PART OF OUR COUNTY JUDGE TEAM, SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN MORE THAN TWO DECADES OF SERVICES HERE WITH THE COUNTY, SOMEONE
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WHO IS ON THE CUSP OF RETIREMENT.I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP SERGEANT ROSIE JOHNSON OF THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO THE PODIUM AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF MY TEAM.
SERGEANT ROSIE JOHNSON IS A 26 YEAR VETERAN OF THE BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
SERGEANT JOHNSON STARTED HER CAREER IN THE DETENTION CENTER, THEN TRANSFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AS A PATROLMAN BEFORE BEING PROMOTED BY A TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION INVESTIGATOR, AND THEN TO SERGEANT.
SHE'S CURRENTLY SIGNED AS THE COURT SECURITY SERGEANT, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE PROTECTION UNIT, EPE SUPERVISOR, WHERE SHE MANAGES THE EXECUTIVE PROTECTION FOR MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE SERGEANT JOHNSON, HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS, AND THE WHOEVER ELSE IS HERE IN SUPPORT OF SERGEANT JOHNSON.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SARGE.
AND THEN I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME GIFTS FOR YOU TODAY.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, UM, TO MY EXECUTIVE PROTECTION BROTHERS, UM, YOU AND THE JUDGE AND JUDGE'S STAFF WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY UNDYING LOYALTY AND DEDICATION.
UH, PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND ME, BEHIND ME.
CAN YOU PULL A MIC A BIT DOWN? THERE YOU GO.
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT STAND BEHIND ME, UM, Y'ALL HAVE MEANT THE WORLD TO ME AND, UM, I COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT WITHOUT EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
SO WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY TO US? WHO'S HERE WITH YOU, SARGE? YES, I WOULD LOVE TO.
UM, THIS IS MY HUSBAND ROBERT JOHNSON, MY ROCK.
UM, AND THIS IS MY LIEUTENANT, MY SERGEANTS, MY OTHER SERGEANTS THAT ARE BACK HERE.
AND, UH, TO MY FATHER WHO IS WATCHING ON THE LIVE FEED.
UM, ALSO MY OTHER DAUGHTER, STEPHANIE IS BACK THERE WITH MY GRANDCHILD, EMERSON, THE ONE THAT'S BEEN MAKING ALL THE NOISE.
SO LA LA IS HERE, HUH? OKAY, SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME GIFTS.
DO YOU HAVE THE FIRST GIFT? SURE.
UH, WE ASKED REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA COOPER HAWKINS TO FLAG, FLAG OVER THE TEXAS CAPITAL IN YOUR HONOR.
SO HERE'S THE FLAG AND THE CERTIFICATE.
AND DO WE, WE HAVE UNDERSTAND THE SECOND GIFT.
MS. IRENE CHAVEZ FROM CONGRESSMAN GREG KASSAR'S OFFICE.
I'M IRENE CHAVEZ, I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR FOR CONGRESSMAN GREG CASAR IN DISTRICT 35.
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS UNITED STATES FLAG FROM WASHINGTON DC AND THIS LETTER OF COMMENDATION THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR OUR DISTRICT.
AND DO WE HAVE MORE GIFTS? LETICIA GARCIA, MY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE.
SHE'S A LADY OF FEW WORDS, RIGHT?
WE AIN'T GONNA DO THIS ONCE, RIGHT? SARGE, HERE WE GO.
WE'VE GOT SOME MORE GIFTS COMING IF YOU WANNA SEE A FEW WORDS.
GOT SOME MORE? I TOLD YOU WE GOT SOME.
WE WE'RE ONLY GONNA DO THIS ONCE FOR SARGE.
ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS? COME ON.
UM, LUCY, I CLARK THE COUNTY CLERK OF BE COUNTY SERGEANT JOHNSON.
I'VE KNOWN HER SINCE I STARTED AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN 1997, AND WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER AND GETTING ELECTED AND COMING TO THE COURTHOUSE.
IT WAS AN HONOR TO SEE HER WORK HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE BESIDE MANY OF US WHO WORK WITH HER BACK IN CID AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.
YOU'RE RETIRING, YOU'RE STILL YOUNG, I WHY YOU LEAVING US? BUT I WANNA THANK YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE WE TAKE AWAY A LOT OF OUR TIME FROM OUR CHILDREN.
AND AS A MOTHER, YOU TRY TO JUGGLE ALL THE EVENTS, ALL THE, UH, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR FAMILY.
BUT 26 YEARS IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET, AND WE WON'T FORGET YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THANK YOU JOHNSON FOR SUPPORTING HER AND GIVING HER ALL THE SUPPORT YOU DID, BECAUSE IT TAKES AN ARMY AND IT TAKES, UH, A PARTNERSHIP TO WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
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SO, SARGE, LET, LET ME, LET ME SAY THIS.I, FOR THOSE THAT ARE AWARE, THEY HAD ROLL CALL THIS MORNING HERE IN DOUBLE HEIGHTS.
THERE, THERE WAS, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ROLL CALL FOR THE COURT SECURITY.
SO THIS COURTROOM WAS FULL OF ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN COURT SECURITY.
AND I TOLD HIM THAT I DON'T USUALLY REPORT TO ROLL CALL.
BUT TODAY I MADE A SPECIAL EFFORT, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR SERGEANT JOHNSON'S LAST ROLL CALL.
CORRECT SARGE, YOUR LAST ROLL CALL FOR TODAY FOR YOUR CAREER.
AND I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK COURT SECURITY.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE, THAT'S PROBABLY THE DEPARTMENT THAT'S OFTENTIMES JUST KIND OF TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
'CAUSE THEY JUST, THEY THEY WORK HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE AND THEY JUST MELD IN.
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I CALL SERGEANT JOHNSON'S SPECIAL ABILITY WAS TO BE ABLE TO FIT IN, SO TO SPEAK.
BECAUSE IN THIS COURTHOUSE, YOU HAVE A ROOM FULL OF, UH, UH, A COURTHOUSE FULL OF ELECTEDS.
AND THE PERSONALITIES AND EGOS THAT GO WITH THAT, UH, THEY HAVE TO WORK, UH, AND SUPERVISE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN EITHER IN THE COURT SYSTEM OR THE PROTECTION UNITS FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT ALL YOU CAN IMAGINE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE EAGLES AND PERSONALITIES, ELECTEDS, AND THEN HAVING TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.
SOMETIMES THAT NEEDS TO, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THEM IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES.
AND WE KNOW THAT THE, UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE WHO COME TO THE COURTHOUSE SOMETIMES COME WITH A LOT OF ISSUES AND A LOT OF PROBLEMS. IN FACT, AS I WALKED OVER HERE THIS MORNING TO THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT FOR, WE HAD SOMEBODY THAT HAD EMS AND THEY WERE HAVING TO TAKE SOMEBODY OUT.
AND SO, UH, I PRAY FOR THAT PERSON THAT SHE'S IN GOOD HEALTH, BUT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WORK COURT SECURITY, DO A FANTASTIC JOB, AN UNSUNG JOB, UH, PROTECTING THIS COURTHOUSE.
SO WHENEVER THERE ARE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE COURTHOUSE NEEDS TO PROTECT IT, THEN THE COURT SECURITY KICKS IT IN GEAR.
WHENEVER AN ELECTED HAS ISSUES OR THREATS, AND I I WILL PUT ON RECORD, ELECTEDS OFTENTIMES HAVE THREATS, UH, TO THEIR, TO THEMSELVES AND TO THEIR FAMILIES.
THAT JUST COMES PART OF THE JOB.
AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT.
SO FOR ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN, AND SERGEANT JOHNSON, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE YOU.
AND I ASK THAT THE AT ROLL CALL THAT THEY LOOK TO SERGEANT JOHNSON AS SOMEBODY THAT IS EXEMPLIFIED WHAT I CONSIDERED THE ROLE MODEL FOR COURT SECURITY.
SOMEBODY THIS KIND OF NEVER SEEKS ATTENTION, NEVER WANTS ATTENTION, BUT JUST GETS THE JOB DONE.
AND FOR THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND ALL FIRST RESPONDERS.
CAN WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE? IN FACT, I'LL STAND AND AND APPLAUD Y'ALL.
SO EVERYBODY WHO'S HERE, CLEAN STAFF ARE TEAMS. ALL RIGHT? COME ON.
PLEASE THANK CONGRESSMAN KASAR.
THANK BARBARA, GOVERNOR HAWKINS FOR THE STATE FLAG.
THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
OKAY, SARGE, GO GIVE 'EM HELL.
[4.a. Presentation of the award winners of the 2025 San Antonio 90 Second Newbery Film Festival sponsored by BiblioTech and H-E-B Read 3.]
RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP SPECIAL PRESENTATION FOUR, A PRESENTATION OF AWARD WINNERS OF THE 2025 SAN ANTONIO 92ND NEWBURY FILM FESTIVAL, SPONSORED BY BIBLIOTE AND HEB RE THREE, LA COLT, AND ALL THOSE WITH THE SAN ANTONIO 92ND NEWBURY FILM FESTIVAL.GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, BIBLIOTECH HAS PARTNERED WITH HEB READ THREE TO PRODUCE THE 92ND NEWBURY FILM FESTIVAL.
IF, UH, YOU MAY RECALL, UH, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR JAMES KENNEDY.
IT'S A PROGRAM IN WHICH YOUNG FILMMAKERS TAKE THE ENTIRE STORIES OF NEWBERRY WINNING BOOKS, DISTILL THEM DOWN, AND MAKE VIDEOS THAT ARE LAST ABOUT 90 SECONDS.
UH, VIDEO TECH PRODUCED ITS VERY FIRST
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92ND NEWBERRY FILM.UH, WE, WE CREATED OUR OWN, WE DID IT IN 2000 AND WE, I GUESS WE PRESENTED IT OUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY IN 2014.
UH, SINCE THEN, WE FOUND AN EXCITED, ENTHUSIASTIC PARTNER IN HEB READ THREE, UM, THAT WITH THE SPONSORSHIP OF HEB READ THREE, WE CAN AWARD CASH PRIZES TO THE LIBRARIES OR SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WINNING FILMS. THE FESTIVAL HAS GROWN EVERY YEAR SINCE THEN.
UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD 116 ENTRIES FROM NINE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS MCKINNEY AND HOUSTON.
SO, UH, WORD IS GETTING OUT, IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE FUN EVERY YEAR.
I KNOW THAT, UH, MANY OF YOU COULDN'T BE THERE THIS YEAR.
SO I WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A RE SHORT RECAP VIDEO OF THE EVENT SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUN IT IS AND PRIORITIZE MAY 9TH NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY.
AS WELL AS I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE TWO WINNING VIDEO VIDEOS IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION AND, UM, THE, UM, SENIOR DIVISION AS WELL AS I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE TODAY THAT HELPED US ALL.
SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE CUE THE RECAP VIDEO.
WHAT GAVE ME THE IDEA OF MAKING A 92ND NEWBURY FILM FESTIVAL? YES, ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO, I WAS HANGING OUT WITH MY COUSIN, UH, WHO WAS LIKE NINE OR 10.
SHE WAS REALLY INTO A WRINKLE IN TIME, AND I THOUGHT, WOULDN'T IT BE FUN TO MAKE A WRINKLE IN TIME MOVIE WITH HER AND HER FRIENDS? SO WE PUT IT ONLINE AND, UM, AND THEN IT KIND OF WENT SEMI VIRAL.
SO I THOUGHT, WHAT IF I MADE A FILM FESTIVAL, WHICH SHE TOOK OTHER BOOKS THAT WON THE NEWBERRY MEDAL AND MADE A FILM FESTIVAL ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT WAS GREAT THIS YEAR, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY FLAWLESS IN TERMS OF A PRODUCTION.
AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE REALLY PARTICIPATING HEAVILY IN THE, IN THE SHOW ITSELF, WHICH IS SO FUN.
ALSO, THANK YOU TO HEB AND TO, UH, UH, BLIO TECH FOR PUTTING THIS ON BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THIS AND TO GET THIS AMAZING SPACE.
YEAH, THE ENVIRONMENT, THE VIBE, THE EVERYTHING, UM, THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS WHAT IT WAS TODAY REALLY ELEVATED IT FOR ME.
AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE A AH, MOMENT.
THE FILM FESTIVAL ALWAYS BEEN REALLY COOL.
YOU KNOW, BEING CREATIVE IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS TO DO.
SO TO SEE THEM DO, UH, SUCH AMAZING THINGS AT SUCH YOUNG AGES, IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE.
UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME REALLY PROUD, AS HARD AS IT IS FOR ME.
I ALWAYS ENJOY EVALUATING THE FILMS. I ENJOY WATCHING THEM.
I ENJOY SORT OF PICKING THEM APART, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TEAM.
AND WE LOOK AT THOSE QUALITIES THAT MAKE THEM REALLY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL.
I THINK JUST BEING ABLE TO BE CREATIVE.
I JUST THINK IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
SO I THINK IT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE THAT I, I HAD PROBABLY IS THIS, THERE'S HAD MANY PEOPLE HERE.
UM, IT'S JUST A GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE IN.
I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE FILMMAKERS.
OUR QUALITY GOES UP EVERY YEAR.
AND I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO'S INTERESTED NOT TO BE INTIMIDATED BY THAT STATEMENT EITHER, RIGHT? THE QUALITY GOES UP EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'LL GET BETTER WITH EACH TAKE WITH EACH TRIAL EACH TIME THAT YOU DO IT.
SO WE ALSO HAVE, UM, IT FEELS VERY EXCITING AND I WANT TO THANK MY TEACHER AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED ME DO IT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN AS ALL OF US ARE SENIORS.
THIS ADDS TO THE, THE, THE FINALE OF NEWBERRY FOR US.
IT'S LIKE A CRAZY JOURNEY TO SEE LIKE ALL THE FILMS THAT DEVELOP
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OVER THE YEARS.UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I, I FAILED TO MENTION, A CORE TENET OF BIBLIO TECH'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE READING AS RECREATION.
AND, UH, THIS FILM FESTIVAL REALLY ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO READ QUALITY LITERATURE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS WE GOT INVOLVED IN IT.
UM, SO THE FIRST VIDEO I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS THE WINNING VIDEO IN THE ELEMENTARY DIVISION.
THIS WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY A FAMILY.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THIS FAMILY WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY DUE TO A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE, UH, BEARS ON HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN.
THE BEARS ON HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN BY ALICE DAG.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HOW YOU SAY IT.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A BEAR? YES, I HAVE.
HOW MANY YEARS AGO? IT WAS WAY BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.
DO YOU THINK I WILL EVER SEE A BEAR? WAIT, FIND OUT 20 OF THEM.
GIVE THEM BIG HEARTY STEW AND FILL THEM UP AND GIVE THEM COOKIES TOO.
I KNOW YOUR AUNT EMMA
LET THEM THEN HAD TO GO ON A JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.
BUT THIS WOULD BE NO EASY TASK.
ON THE SNOWY DAY, I CAME TO SEE YOU, AUNT, DO YOU COME ALL ALONG OVER HAWK MOUNTAIN? YES.
WHY? 'CAUSE BECAUSE WHY? BECAUSE NOTHING WHERE SHE STINKS.
YOU MUST BE HER HUNGRY COMING ALL THE WAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE A COOKIE? YES, PLEASE.
SHE ATE HER COOKIES DELIGHTFULLY.
BUT THE SECOND PART WASN'T GONNA BE AS EASY AS THE FIRST ON THE JOURNEY BACK, SHE APPROACHED A BEAR NOT TO HIDE.
HE STAYED IN THE POT THE WHOLE NIGHT UNTIL MORNING.
JONATHAN, WHAT A FIGHT YOU GAVE US.
WHY WERE YOU OUT ALONE? I WAS COMING OVER HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN.
THE BIRDS AND SQUIRREL FROM THE RABBITS HELP ME.
HOW COULD THEY HELP YOU? THEY'RE SO TINY 'CAUSE THEY'RE NICE.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE WE SHALL HAVE BEAR STEAK TONIGHT.
THERE ARE NO BEARS ON HEMLOCK MOUNTAIN WITH THE BEAR SADDLE.
OF COURSE THERE ARE NO BEARS ON HEADLOCK MOUNTAIN.
WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE? I CAME TO SEE YOU AUNT.
MM-HMM
THE BIRDS, THE RABBITS AND THE SQUIRRELS HELP ME.
HOW COULD THEY HELP YOU? THEY'RE SO TINY BECAUSE OF COOL.
THEY'RE BEARS THE WINNER IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION IS THE WESTING GAME.
EACH OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF SAM WESTY THE GAS PRIZE.
I SAM WESTING HEREBY SWEAR THAT I DID NOT DIE OF NATURAL CAUSES.
MY LIFE WAS TAKEN FROM ME BY ONE OF YOU.
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WE KNOW IT'S YOU.SQUID, WHATEVER WESTING THING.
AND SINCE YOU GUYS WERE TOGETHER, YOU DESERVE THIS.
SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THIS IS OUR BIGGEST PROGRAMMING EVENT OF THE YEAR.
IT'S SOMETHING WE WORK ON ALL YEAR LONG.
THE BIBLIO TECH STAFF, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, UM, PUTS IN ALL THEIR EFFORT THAT UH, IT'S JUST AMAZING.
PARTICULARLY I WANNA RECOGNIZE CARLOS SALCEDA AND HIS OUTREACH TEAM, IF THEY WOULD PLEASE STAND.
THIS IS ROMEO ROSA BRA CARILLO.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE BIBLIO TECH FOLKS.
WE'VE GOT HAILEY, UM, HAILEY GOLDSMITH, AND UM, AMAD LOZADO, UM, WHO ALSO PUT IN TONS OF WORK ON THIS EVENT.
UM, ALSO WE HAD SOME EXTRA HELP THIS YEAR.
WE, UH, HAD HELP FROM THE ALAMO FILM GROUP WHO HELPED US EVALUATE FILMS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAN VALE, ARTHUR KER KIRLAND, AND YVONNE FALCO.
I'M THE CEO AND, UH, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OF ALAMO FILM GROUP.
UH, WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE FILMMAKING IN SAN ANTONIO AND TO UPLIFT SAN ANTONIO AS A FILMMAKING DE A DESTINATION, UH, FOR LARGER PRODUCTIONS.
AND WE DO THAT THROUGH EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH AND BY PROVIDING TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR THEM.
SO, UH, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH BIBLIO TECH WAS REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY DO MORE OF THAT.
AND WE'RE JUST HAP HAVING TO BE HERE.
AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE WINNERS HERE FOR THE, UH, MIDDLE SCHOOL SENIOR DIVISION FROM THE WESTING JUAREZ.
YOU WANNA INTRODUCE EVERYBODY? YES.
UM, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE WESTERN GAME MOVIE YOU JUST SAW.
AND NOW I'M GONNA INTRODUCE EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE, UM, MENORAH, CERV, JERUSALEM, CERVANTES, GABRIELA RE, AND CARLOS MUNOZ.
ARE WE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE? ARE WE TAKING A PICTURE? LAURA, LET'S GO.
CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY WHO'S INVOLVED? LET'S GO.
ALRIGHT, LEMME TAKE THE PICTURE FIRST.
YEAH, I WANNA GO ON THAT SIDE.
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CERTAIN FIVE A ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS ROUND 2, 20 25, SLIM DOWN SHOWDOWN, WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGES AND SUPPORT OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR ALL BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.NICOLE, ALL BRING ALL YOUR WINNERS UP HERE.
THEY DON'T KNOW YET, SO I'M GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT
SO GOOD MORNING JUDGE COMMISSIONERS.
I'M NICOLE HALL, THE BERK COUNTY WELLNESS PROGRAM MANAGER.
AND IN JANUARY I CAME HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR ANNUAL SLIM DOWN SHOWDOWN WELLNESS CHALLENGE FOR EMPLOYEES.
BUT UNLIKE ANY OTHER YEAR, THIS YEAR WE HOSTED A TWO-PART CHALLENGE TO FURTHER PROMOTE LONG-TERM HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES.
SO TODAY I'M EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS FOR ROUND TWO OF THIS CHALLENGE.
HOWEVER, BEFORE I ANNOUNCE THOSE WINNERS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, TO TAKE A MINUTE TO CONGRATULATE EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AND CONTINUED THEIR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES BY FINISHING OUT THE 12 WEEKS OF THIS CHALLENGE AND SHOW A SHORT VIDEO WE PUT PUT TOGETHER OF THE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THIS CHALLENGE.
SO WE DO HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, SO MANY DEPARTMENTS CAME TOGETHER TO MOTIVATE ONE ANOTHER TO ACHIEVE THE GREATEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM STARTED 11 YEARS AGO.
THIS YEAR AS A WHOLE, WE HAD 678 EMPLOYEES ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE ACHIEVING A TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT LOSS OF 2,875 POUNDS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED THIS YEAR.
AS IT WAS EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH, WE HAD THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF WEIGHT LOSS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN ANY OF THESE CHALLENGES.
WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF ROUND TWO.
SO AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY, IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME JOIN US AT THE PODIUM AND THEN STAY UP HERE SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
SO IN THIRD PLACE, WINNING $125 TO HEB, WE HAVE MATTHEW DEVIA FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND WE ALSO HAVE IN THIRD PLACE OUR VERY OWN COUNTY CLERK HERSELF, MS. LUCY AL CLARK.
ALRIGHT, IN SECOND PLACE, WINNING $250 TO HEB.
WE HAVE REUBEN AVALOS FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHO COULD NOT BE HERE WITH US TODAY, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM AND KRISTA OCHOA FROM PRECINCT TWO CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, AND THEN IN FIRST PLACE WINNING $400 TO HEB.
WE HAVE KIRSTEN HERRERA FROM THE JUST JUSTICE OF THE PEACE PRECINCT ONE AND NICHOLAS LAPOINTE FROM THE KADEN SERVICE CENTER.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED AS IT'S TRULY INSPIRATIONAL TO SEE THE DEDICATION AND EFFORT THAT EVERYONE PUT FORWARD THROUGHOUT THESE PAST 12 WEEKS.
AND WE HOPE TO SEE THOSE HEALTHY HABITS CONTINUE, UH, FOR LONG-TERM CHANGE.
I ALSO WANNA PERSONALLY THANK THE 50 EMPLOYEES THAT VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO BE TRAINERS AS IF THEY DIDN'T VOLUNTEER, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT THEM.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORTIVE WELLNESS.
IT REALLY DOES INCUR ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WILL BE HOSTING A CELEBRATION EVENT THIS FRIDAY AT 4:00 PM IN THIS COURTROOM.
SO ANYONE THAT PARTICIPATED, OR IF ANY OF Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO COME, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
WE WILL HAVE SNACKS, WE WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PRIZES, AND THEN WE'LL JUST BE CELEBRATING EVERYONE'S CONTINUED SUCCESS.
SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
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HOLD ON.FIVE B UH, PROPOSED REPROGRAMMING ACTION UTILIZING UNENDED PROGRAM YEAR 2023, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG FUNDS TO A PUBLIC WARTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PRECINCT TWO AND SUBSECTION TWO.
PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, $3,160,136.
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS $894,248 AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, $250,040 PROGRAM FUND FOR THE 25 26 PROGRAM YEAR.
AND MR. RENA, GOOD MORNING, JUDGE LAKAY AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS LARA EZ AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MR. ROBERT RENA, WHO IS OUR PROGRAM DIRECTOR WHO'S UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY.
AND I'LL BE GIVING TODAY'S PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR PRELIMINARY SELECTION OF CDG HOME AND ESG PROJECTS FOR THE UPCOMING PROGRAM YEAR.
OUR DIVISION ADMINISTERS THREE GRANTS THROUGH THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND THE ESG EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS BE COUNTY RECEIVES THESE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS FROM HUD AND LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $3.9 MILLION.
THIS UPCOMING CYCLE, WE ANTICIPATE TO RECEIVE 4.3 MILLION.
THE CDPG GRANT IS OUR LARGEST FEDERAL PROGRAM, AND OUR TEAM UTILIZES THESE FUNDS TO DEVELOP URBAN IOWA, EXCUSE ME, VIABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES AND EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED BEARD COUNTY.
AND THE 14 PARTICIPATING CITIES.
BASED ON A REVIEW FROM OUR SCORING COMMITTEE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS FOR FUNDING $77,000 TO THE SUMMERSET SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES, $75,000 TO GRASP A SENIOR CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM.
$90,000 TO THE EACH ONE TEACH ONE HYBRID LEARNING PROGRAM AND $150,000 TO THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK SENIOR MEAL DISTRIBUTION.
WITH RESPECT TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS A HUNDRED, UH, EXCUSE ME, $58,000 TO THE CITY OF CONVERSE FOR THEIR PUBLIC, UH, LIBRARY IMPROVEMENTS.
$161,000 TO THE CITY OF CONVERSE FOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
$118,000 TO THE CITY OF KIRBY FOR THE SENIOR CENTER REPAIRS $590,000 TO THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY FOR SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT.
$480,000 TO THE CITY OF UNIVERSAL CITY STREET IMPROVEMENTS, $310,000 TO MERCED HOUSING TEXAS FOR THE CASITAS AND MERCED APARTMENTS IMPROVEMENTS AND $415,000 TO ALSO MERCED FOR THEIR OWNER OCCUPIED REPAIR PROGRAM.
WITH RESPECT TO CDBG REPROGRAMMING, WE ARE RECOMMENDING $304,000 BE REPROGRAMMED FROM STAFF, UH, SALARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, OVERAGES TO A PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO.
THIS DOES ALIGN WITH OUR POLICY OF DIRECTING CDBG REPROGRAM FUNDS TO A PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT WHILE ENSURING FUNDS ARE EXPENDED QUICKLY AND PROVIDE DIRECT BENEFITS TO THE COUNTY.
OUR SECOND GRANT IS THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM OR HOME.
THE PURPOSE OF THE HOME PROGRAM IS TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO EXPAND THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR FAMILIES EARNING NO MORE THAN 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME FOR HOMEOWNERS AND 60% OF A MI FOR RENTERS ELIGIBLE FUNDS.
UNDER HOME CAN INCLUDE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING, REHABILITATION OF EXISTING UNITS, AND DEMOLITION OF DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ALLOCATING $135,000 IN HOME FUNDS TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITIES FOR TUNA PORT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO AND ALSO $669,000 TO NRPS LATEST, UH, MULTIFAMILY PROJECT IN PRECINCT ONE KNOWN AS THE 3 0 1 LOFTS PROJECT.
OUR THIRD AND FINAL GRANT IS THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT, WHICH IS UTILIZED BY OUR DIVISION TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TO REGAIN HOUSING STABILITY.
ELIGIBLE ESG ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EMERGENCY SHELTER, HOMELESS MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.
RAPID REHOUSING AND STREET OUTREACH STAFF RECOMMENDS ALLOCATING A HUNDRED AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVEN FOR HOPE STREET OUTREACH PROGRAM TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE PRO, UH, THE SCREE OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM INITIALLY FUNDED THROUGH ARPA AND ESG 2024 FUNDING.
WE ALSO RECOMMEND ALLOCATING $137,000 TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES FOR THEIR HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM.
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AND HERE ARE RECOMMENDED MOTIONS POINT.IS THIS, ARE WE ASKING TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS HERE, LARRY? YES.
IS THERE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS HERE? A AND BI THINK, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, JUDGE.
I THINK WE NEED, UM, ONE FOR THE CDBG, WHICH IS A, AND I'D MAKE THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REPROGRAMMING OF CDBG FUNDS TO A PROJECT IN PRECINCT TWO.
SO THAT, AND THEN WE NEED A SEPARATE MOTION FOR THE HOME.
ALRIGHT, LET'S TAKE IT, UH, ONE AT A TIME, UH, IN REGARDS TO MOTION.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLARK FLORES.
COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, DID YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENT? NO.
J JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU LOUDER FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I KNOW, UH, WE'VE MET, UH, WITH YOU AND ROBERT AND THE TEAM OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS AND THESE ARE ALWAYS MEANINGFUL DOLLARS THAT GO INTO COMMUNITIES, UH, AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY I SHOULD SAY, THAT ARE, UM, IN MUCH NEED.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
ALSO THE, THE OUTREACH AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE KNOW, I THINK IN EVERY PRECINCT YOU'VE HAD SOME, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING OR AT LEAST SOME OUTREACH.
UH, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING THESE DOLLARS TO WORK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CALVERT? OKAY, I ALSO HAVE, OKAY, BECAUSE WE, I'M LOOKING AT THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, SO I WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, BRIAN ROLAND FOR KIRBY, YOU'RE ASKING THAT WE, UH, SPEAK ON SUBSECTION TWO, WHICH WE WILL DO SHORTLY, I BELIEVE MAYOR JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ, YOU'RE PRESENT, YOU'VE ASKED FOR, UH, SPEAK ON ITEM 48.
AND SO FOR POINT OF CLARIFICATION, LANA 48 IS THE APPROVAL AND CONSENT ON THE MOU BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY, CITY, BALCON, SIDE HAVEN FOR HOPE.
IS THIS MOU TIED TO THIS? NO, THAT'S TWO SEPARATE THINGS SIR.
THAT IS A SEPARATE ITEM, JUST ONE.
SO MAYOR RODRIGUEZ, I'LL GET TO YOU, UH, IN SHORTLY.
AND BRIAN RO I'LL GET TO YOU SHORTLY WHEN WE TAKE UP THE APPROPRIATE MATTER HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, UH, MOTION ON A, ANY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
WE WILL NOW TAKE UP THE SECOND MOTION APPROVAL OF, UH, PRELIMINARY SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COWARD.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
LET ME ASK BRIAN ROLAND ON CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, UH, RESIDENCE.
I'M THE CURRENT INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THE, UH, BIG CITY OF KIRBY, TEXAS.
I COME BEFORE YOU JUST TO, UH, PROVIDE, UH, GRATITUDE AS YOU ALL, UH, REVIEW THIS PRELIMINARY ALLOCATIONS FOR, UH, THIS KIRBY SENIOR CENTER IS ONE OF THE ALLOCATIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT 118 HUNDRED $20,000.
AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY GRATEFUL, UH, IF YOU WOULD APPROVE THIS FOR, UH, OUR FY 25 CBG.
WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, TAX DOLLARS AND, UH, DEPLOY THEM IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER.
ROLAND CITY OF KIRBY'S GOT A BIG PARTY? YES.
UH, THE FIREWORKS IN THE PARK CITY OF KIRBY, JUNE 28TH, COME OUT THIS SATURDAY FROM FIVE TO 10.
UH, IT'S $5 TO COME IN THE PARK, BUT IT'S FREE CARNIVAL FREE FIREWORKS.
SO COME PLEASE JOIN US AND AND CELEBRATE COMMUNITY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVER? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
ROLAND? THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES FIVE B SUBSECTIONS ONE AND TWO.
WE'LL NOW GO TO SUBSECTION FIVE C.
DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF A FINANCIAL DONATION AMOUNT OF $765 FROM CAVENDER CARES IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY VETERAN SERVICES PATRIOT WALL TO INCLUDE DESIGNATION OF THE USE OF FUNDS.
COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS QUICK OPPORTUNITY.
WE JUST WANTED TO TAKE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS, THIS, UH, ACTIVITY.
SO, AS YOU KNOW, BEXAR COUNTY HAS THE LARGEST POPULATION OF VETERANS IN THE STATE.
UH, IT'S THE LARGEST IN THE STATE.
IT'S THE FOURTH LARGEST COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.
WE NOW HAVE NINE OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
JUDGE, YOU TALK ABOUT BRINGING THE COUNTY TO THE PEOPLE.
WE'VE GONE OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ENGAGING OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND I WANNA HIGHLIGHT CAVENDER, UH, AUTO GROUP
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AND ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT AND ADVOCATE FOR US TO CHAMPION WITH US, UH, ADD EVENTS, UH, IN SUPPORT OF FAMILIES, VETERANS AND SERVICE MEMBERS.AND SO A SMALL TOKEN, UH, FROM THEM IS, IS SOME ART TO HANG IN ONE OF OUR OFFICES.
WE'RE GONNA PLACE THIS AT THE WEST SIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER, UH, HOME OF THE EDGEWOOD DISTRICT VETERANS, UM, ONE OF THE LARGEST POPULATIONS, UH, IN THE COUNTY.
UH, AND THEN THE NORTHEAST SIDE AS WELL.
AND SO, UH, WE HAVE FRAMED DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, AND THEN THE UNITED STATES SEAL AND THE FLAG, UH, THAT THIS WILL GO TOWARDS.
SO WE APPRECIATE CABINET AUDIO AUTO GROUP GIVE THIS, AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO DINA, UH, TO, TO MAKE A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF CAVENDER.
HOW ARE YOU? UH, AS KEVIN, AS YOU KNOW, AT CAVENDER AUTO GROUP, WE'RE HUGE SUPPORTERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT, WE ACTUALLY RUN, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CAMPAIGNS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR VETERANS AND RETIREES WHO COME IN AND PURCHASE VEHICLES FOR US.
THAT'S JUST A SMALL GIVE BACK.
UH, WE LOVE BEING PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR OUR, WE'RE ON OUR FOURTH GENERATION RIGHT NOW OF LEADERS WITH CAVENDER AUTO GROUP, AND WE LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
CAN I, DINA, IT'S FREE OIL CHANGES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL, RIGHT?
UM, IT CAN BE GASOLINE OR DIESEL, AND WE, WE RUN THAT THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH ALL OF OUR BRANDS.
SO WE, WE, THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL THING, UH, TOKEN TO GIVE BACK TO OUR VETERANS.
MY, MY EYEBROWS RAISED WHEN I HEARD IT, SO I THOUGHT IT, IT WAS A GREAT THING.
SO I'LL SEE YOU LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOUR NEW CAR
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? SO MOVED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
SECOND BY MR. KAY, CLAY FLOORS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ATTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[6. Request of Commissioners Court to identify items from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion and to approve remaining Consent Agenda items.]
ON WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.REQUEST FOR COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO IDENTIFY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND APPROVE RENAME REMAINING CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOORS.
ANY MATTERS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? I'D LIKE TO PULL 50 AND 20.
COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? UH, JUDGE, IT WON'T TAKE LONG, BUT SINCE MAYOR RODRIGUEZ IS HERE, LEMME GO AHEAD AND PULL ITEM 48.
COMMISSIONER MOODY, I WANTED TO PULL ITEM 44 AND 47.
SO LET ME MAKE SURE, OKAY, WE PULLED ITEM 20, WE PULLED ITEM 44, 47, 48, AND 50.
[CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:]
TO PROVE ALL OTHER REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA? CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO MOVED.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? SINGLE BY SAYING AYE.
[48. Approval and execution of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Bexar County, the City of Balcones Heights, and Haven for Hope of Bexar County to facilitate coordination of street outreach services between the City and Haven for Hope of Bexar County.]
DO, I'M GONNA TAKE UP FOR POINT, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.LET'S TAKE A 48, UH, WHICH IS APPROVAL AND EXECUTION.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MOU BETWEEN BEX COUNTY, CITY OF BELCON HEIGHTS HAVEN FOR HOPE.
BEXAR COUNTY FACILITATE COORDINATION OF STREET OUTREACH SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY AND HAVEN FOR HOPE FOR BE COUNTY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
UM, MAYOR RODRIGUEZ, UH, YOU'VE ASKED FOR, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
MAYOR, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? UM, I'M NOT GONNA SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
AND, AND IN PARTICULAR, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, AND THANK ALSO THE JUDGE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP ON THIS, UH, TO, TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF OUR SUBURBAN CITIES AND, UH, HOMELESSNESS, OUTREACH AND MAKING SURE FOLKS GET SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
UH, SO, UH, CERTAINLY WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, BUT, UH, WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE JUDGE.
I'M, I'M SORRY, FROM THE MAYOR.
THERE'S A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
UH, HONORABLE, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND PRESENT THIS.
AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PACO HEIGHTS, THE CITIZENS, WE WANT TO SAY A GREAT BIG HUG.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PROVIDING THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY
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AND HAVEN FOR HOPE.IT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS CATALYST TO HELP US CONTROL SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE WITH HOMELESSNESS AND THE NEEDS AND SERVICES THAT THEY REQUIRE TO FIND RELOCATION SERVICES FOR THEM.
SO WE EMBRACED THIS COMPLETELY WHEN WE SAW IT, AND I'M GLAD TO BE PART OF IT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND LETTER OF SUPPORT JUDGE, AKA WE WERE VERY, UM, UM, FORTUNATE THAT WE RECEIVED THE $850,000 GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR THROUGH CONGRESSMAN JOAQUIN CASTRO'S OFFICE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE TO FINALIZE THAT AND RELEASE THE MONIES TO US.
BUT THAT'S GONNA BE A TREMENDOUS HELP TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS COMMUNITY CENTER THAT WE'RE REIGNITING AND PART OF OUR REBRANDING.
WE INVITE YOU JULY 18TH TO OUR JAZZ FEST, WHICH JUDGE
YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO COME IN THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING COLLABORATION WITH YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[20. Approval and execution of purchase orders for food items and kitchen supplies to Ben E. Keith Foods in the estimated amount of $620,000 and Labatt Food Service, LLC, dba Institutional Supply Company in the estimated amount of $185,000, as requested by the Bexar County Adult Probation Office; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record.]
BACK UP TO THE FIRST MATTER FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.ITEM 20, APPROVAL EXECUTION AND PURCHASE ORDERS FOR FOOD ITEMS. KITCHEN SUPPLIES BENT TO BEN EKE FOODS IN THE AMOUNT OF 620,620 A HUNDRED THOUSAND LABAT FOOD SERVICES, L-L-C-D-B-A INSTITUTIONAL SUPPLY COMPANY AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $185,000 AS REQUESTED BY BEXAR COUNTY ADULT PROBATION OFFICE AUTHORIZED IN PERSON AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENT FOR RECORD COMMISSIONER CLIFF FLORES.
YEAH, I JUST HADN'T SEEN, UM, AN ITEM LIKE THIS BEFORE, SO I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS.
UH, MR. GALLOWAY, SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES IN THIS AND WHO ACTUALLY HAS THE LABATT FOOD CONTRACT? I, UH, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE, UH, MR. AN ANDERSON AND MR. ANGELES, LIKE, COME ON UP AND SPEAK, UH, FROM ADULT PROBATION TO SPEAK TOWARDS THESE, UH, CONCERNS.
UH, I'M MANUEL ANGELES REPRESENTING COMMUNITY.
I'M MANUEL ANGELES REPRESENTING COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
I'M THE ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR AND IT DIRECTOR FOR OUR AGENCY.
I'M SORRY, FOR WHAT? FOR THE ADULT PROBATION? YES, MA'AM.
WE'RE ALSO KNOWN AS COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE AND THEN LEBEC FOOD, WHO, WHO HAS, WHO'S THAT CONTRACT WITH, IS THAT WITH BEAR COUNTY? UH, THE LEBEC FOODS.
THE LEBEC FOODS VENDOR IS WITH, UH, CSCD.
IT'S WITH, OUR AGENCY IS WITH ADULT PROBATION.
SO IT'S NOT WITH BEXAR COUNTY.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE? AND IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE ALL IT'S FUNDED BY THE STATE COMMISSIONER.
AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE TWO CONTRACTS? WHAT THEY'RE BIG, WHAT THEY'RE DOING? UH, I'M HAVING PROBLEM.
IS THERE A BAILIFF WHO CAN CONTROL THE DOOR? THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF, UM, NOISE THAT'S DISRUPTING COMMISSIONER'S COURT, PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.
UM, IF YOU CAN KIND OF RESTATE YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO CONTRACTS? YES.
OH, ONE OF THE CONTRACTS OF FOCUSES ON THE ASPECT OF THE INDIVIDUAL INGREDIENTS THAT WE, WE RECEIVE TO PREPARE MEALS FOR ALL OF THE ADULT PROBATIONERS WHO RESIDE AT THE APPLEWHITE RECOVERY CENTER AND SUCH.
IT'S, AS YOU KNOW, UM, A 24 7, UH, FACILITY.
UH, THE COUNTY ITSELF IS BREAKING GROUND IN A NEW BUILDING THAT WE HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
BUT CURRENTLY NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 210 INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RECEIVING 24 CARE FOR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AND SUCH.
AND SO, AND WHICH, WHICH ONE IS THAT? THAT'S AT THE APPLE WHITE IONS NUMBER? NO, WHICH CONTRACT? THAT'S A 180 5 OR THE SIX 20? BOTH, BOTH CONTRACTS FACILITATE THE, THE SUPPLIES AND FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR, UM, DISPENSATION TO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE RECOVERY CENTER.
SO IS IT, SO THE, THE AMOUNTS ARE LEFT LISTED SEPARATELY.
SO IS THAT ONE CONTRACT OR THAT'S TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS? TWO SEPARATE CONTRACTS.
SO BOTH OF 'EM ARE TO SUPPLY FOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS AT APPLEWHITE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MA'AM.
FOOD, UM, ITEMS THAT WE, THAT ARE USED IN PREP IN PREPARATION FOR ALL THE FOODS, PLATES AND THE LIKES, MA'AM? YES.
SO THE 180 5 IS FOR PLATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE SIX 20 IS ACTUAL FOOD SERVICE? THAT'S CORRECT.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOORS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUDGE? JUDGE, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S THAT VOICE COMING FROM?
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I, I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS.UM, THERE'S, THERE'S THESE TWO CONTRACTS.
SO THESE ARE ONLY FOR THE 210, UM, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE IN THE APPLEWHITE FACILITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WHAT, WHAT HAS THAT COME OUT TO YOU IN TERMS OF LIKE A COST PER MEAL AND, AND HAS THIS BEEN BID OUT? IT, IT'S ON A CO-OP COMMISSIONER, SO IT'S A STATE CONTRACT AT THAT RATE? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER, IS THIS REIMBURSED? OKAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT CAME TO MIND, AND, AND I KNOW WE REACHED OUT AND YOU GUYS PROVIDED SOME ANSWERS ABOUT IT, BUT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE BUNDLE WITH OUR EXISTING OTHER FOOD CONTRACTS, UH, LIKE WE HAVE AT THE, UH, THE JAIL TODAY.
IS THAT, IS THAT NOT AN OPTION OR, UH, ARE THESE TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FOOD SERVICE I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S CORRECT, COMMISSIONER.
SO WE CAN'T COMBINE BOTH OF THOSE, UH, THOSE CONTRACTS.
IS IT BECAUSE IT'S A STATE CONTRACT OR WE JUST, UH, CAN'T, BECAUSE I'LL JUST SAY I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT JUST LIKE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, UH, THE, THE JAIL, UH, VIDEO CONFERENCES AND, UH, TELEPHONE SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY WE DECIDED TO GO OUT AS A COURT AND STILL PURSUE, YOU KNOW, UM, BUNDLING THOSE SERVICES.
SO, BECAUSE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A, A LOWER, UH, LOWER COST FOR BEXAR COUNTY.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO ENSURE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT AN OPTION FOR US, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO LOOK AT BUNDLING THE TWO FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTS.
BUT I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING SOURCES, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION AT THIS TIME.
I WILL TAKE, TAKE THAT BACK AND, AND TAKE A LOOK, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE STATE FUNDING PORTION THAT WE CANNOT COMBINE THOSE.
UH, I, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE STAFF AND, UM, OUR, OUR DIFFERENT, UH, ENTITIES, RIGHT? LIKE PROBATION TO CONSIDER, TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND, AND THINK ABOUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO LOWER COSTS.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS, UH, OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT HAVE EXCESS FOOD SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS THE FOOD BANK, SUCH AS MEALS ON WHEELS AND, AND OTHERS THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO LOWER COST, BUT I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE IT.
WE, WE WILL, UH, TAKE ALL THE, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS AVENUE PURSUE ALL AVENUES FOR LOOKING AT REDUCING COSTS THAT AFFECT DIRECTLY THE BUDGETS OF THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AS WELL.
UM, LOOKING TO RESEARCHING THE AVAILABLE VENDORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US VIA BEX COUNTY CDMS SYSTEM AND THE LIKE IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE BEXAR COUNTY PURCHASING DEPARTMENT.
LET, LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION.
MAY, MAYBE IT'S TO, TO DAVID FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WHAT I'M PICKING UP AND, AND WHAT I'M, WHEN I LOOK AT THE A CF, THIS THING NEEDS TO BE MORE CLEAR, IN MY OPINION.
I'M GIVING A MORE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO THIS, AS YOU SAID, IT'S A, IT'S A CO-OP PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY IN BEHALF OF THE BEXAR COUNTY ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL CARE FOR ALL THOSE PROBATIONERS THAT ARE IN, NAMELY THE APPLEWHITE FACILITY.
MR. GALLOWAY? YES, YOUR HONOR.
AND SO THAT I THINK SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR.
'CAUSE I MEAN, FOR PURPOSES, I GOT NO IDEA WHERE, WHAT THIS IS FOR.
I MEAN, THERE COULD BE AN ARGUMENT, WELL, AM I FEEDING ALL THE EMPLOYEES OVER AT THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT? OF COURSE NOT.
BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS IS FOR INSTITUTIONAL CARE.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND, AND, AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I STARTED WITH DAVID, DAVID, THE, THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, ALTHOUGH COUNTY DEPARTMENT IS THE FUNDING SOURCE IS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND WE GET REIMBURSED.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CAN'T GET BUNDLED IN WITH ALL THE COUNTY CONTRACTS, NAMELY AT THE BEXAR COUNTY ADULT DETENTION FACILITY.
ISN'T THAT WHAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL OF THIS IS AN APPLE AND ORANGES CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, JUDGE.
OH, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT COULDN'T BE SUCCESSFULLY BUNDLED AND COMPETED AS A PACKAGE.
I JUST NEED IT MORE CONFUSING.
THAT'S MORE, THAT'S MORE CONFUSING FOR ME NOW.
I, I DON'T RECALL SEEING THIS ITEM ON IN PREVIOUS YEARS ON THE JUNE, SO IT WAS APPROVED IN
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2018.SO APPROVED IN 2018 AND THEN EXTENDED, UH, THROUGH 2020.
AND THEN THAT WAS THE LAST EXTENSION, UH, ON CONTRACT.
AND THEN WE WENT TO CO-OP PURCHASES FROM THERE.
YEAH, WELL, I HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE.
I HAD JUST SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND YOU.
DO Y'ALL, WHO, WHO ARE Y'ALL WITH? I MEAN, WHAT ARE Y'ALL? MY NAME IS, UH, LUPE GARZA.
I RUN THE APPLE BAR RECOVERY CENTER.
AND OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER, BIANCA GARZA.
WELL THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU GUYS DO.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
SO IS THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE AS FAR AS, I, I PRESUME WE'RE, IT WAS ON CONSENT THAT I, IT'S NOT MY INTENT TO MAKE IT MORE CONFUSING, BUT THESE ARE THINGS, MR. GALLOWAY, I'LL BE REAL BLUNT, THESE ARE THINGS THAT PERHAPS BEEN DONE FOR AGES YEARS, AND YOU AS A MERG PURCHASING AGENT NEED TO LET ME KNOW.
WELL, JUDGE, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE CAN KEEP DOING IT.
OR WE NEED TO LOOK AT ARE THERE BETTER WAYS, MORE EFFICIENT WAYS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES, ESPECIALLY SO THAT THE COURT, TO BE REAL BLUNT WITH YOU, WE, AS, AS, AND I'M PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD, I I WANT TO HAVE FULL FAITH IN THE STAFF.
WHEN YOU BRING MATTERS ON CONSENT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UNCONTESTED.
IT'S JUST PERFUNCTORY, IT'S MINISTERIAL TO GET THE BILLS PAID.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO A FIDUCIARY DUTY OF ANY USE OF PUBLIC MONIES, THE TAXPAYER MONEY.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WHAT WE'RE GETTING AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN RETURN.
AND JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THE CONTRACT FOR MANY YEARS, DOESN'T MEAN IT CONTINUES TO BE.
SO, MR. GALLOWAY, I'M GONNA ASK THAT YOU AND THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE REPORT BACK THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT NEW BUDGET YEAR, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND NEEDS TO BRING A REPORT TO THE COURT WITHIN THE BUDGET.
SO I EXPECT YOU TO, TO BRING THAT BACK TO US ALONG WITH WORKING WITH PROBATION, BEXAR COUNTY ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT AS TO WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
AND WHAT OTHER MATTERS ARE WE ALSO HELPING SUPPORT OUR ADULT PROBATION DEPARTMENT? ALRIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR STATE BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[44. Approval and execution to amend the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Missions agreement and increase the award amount by $38,850. Utilizing grant funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for the KFY 2021 Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma''' for the Bexar County ReCAST Program Grant. The term of this agreement is September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2025.]
TO CONSIDER FOR INDIVIDUAL WAS 44.UH, COMMISSIONER MOODY TEEING IT UP, APPROVAL EXECUTION TO AMEND AMERICAN INDIANS IN TEXAS AT THE SPANISH COLONIAL MISSIONS AGREEMENT, INCREASED THE AWARD OF $38,850, UTILIZING GRANT FUNDING FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, SAMHSA FOR THE FY 2021 RE RESILIENCY IN COMMUNITIES AFTER STRESS AND TRAUMA FOR THE BEXAR COUNTY RECAST PROGRAM.
GRANT, THE FORM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SEPTEMBER TERM, EXCUSE ME.
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024 TO SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025.
DR. GUERRERO OR COMMISSIONER MOODY, DID YOU WANT TO, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR WITH YOU.
I, I GUESS FIRST OF ALL, UM, THE DETERMINATION OF THE, UH, ADDITIONAL AMOUNT HERE AND UNDERSTANDING LIKE THE, UH, THE NEED OR THE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, THE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO, TO SERVE, UH, WITH THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.
AND THEN I ALSO, WE'LL COVER THAT FIRST, AND THEN I ALSO HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, BEING ABLE TO SERVE ACROSS THE COUNTY WITHIN PRECINCT
SO, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT, CAN CAN YOU REPEAT THAT FIRST QUESTION? IT'S, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR YOU.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, UH, WAS, WAS THAT BASED ON A SPECIFIC, UM, NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS THAT THE ORGANIZATION PLANS TO SERVE? OR, OR HOW WAS THAT AMOUNT DETERMINED? UH, IF THOSE WERE BUDGETS, THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT, SO THE, THIS ADDITIONAL, THESE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE A RESULT OF A CARRYOVER OF UNSPENT GRANT FUNDS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.
SO WE'VE HAD, THIS IS THE NINTH YEAR, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD THIS GRANT.
SO THERE HAS BEEN UNSPENT FUNDS IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND SO SAMHSA APPROVED A $250,000 CARRYOVER, UM, TO BE USED BY OUR CURRENT GRANTEES.
THE LIMITATIONS ON THE FUNDING IS THAT THE, THE CARRYOVER CAN ONLY BE PROVIDED TO CURRENT GRANTEES.
SO, UM, GRANTEES ARE ALREADY FUNDED AND APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UM, AND THAT IT IS, THEY CAN'T BE, THEY CAN'T COMPLETELY CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UM, BUDGET.
IT WAS PRESENTED TO US FROM A IT.
SO WE BASICALLY LET EACH OF THE, UM, ORGANIZATIONS SUBMIT A BUDGET
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TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH CARRYOVER FUNDS.AND THIS WAS PRESENTED TO US BY A IT.
AND SO PART OF THIS WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF SERVICES, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO FUNDING, UM, A CONFERENCE.
AND SO, UM, THE LIMITATIONS ON THE GRANT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE GRANT, THE RECAST GRANT, IT'S SPECIFICALLY INTENDED FOR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY PERIODS OF CIVIL UNREST THAT ARE IN, UM, NEED OF, IN, IN, HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AS HISTORICALLY IN NEED OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE INCEPTION OF THE GRANT AND THE, AND THE SUBJECT MATTER.
UM, SO WHEN THE GRANT WAS WRITTEN, WE WERE FOCUSING MOSTLY ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND PROMISE ZONES, WHICH WERE MOSTLY, UM, IT STARTED OUT JUST IN PRECINCT FOUR.
AND THEN LAST YEAR WE EXPANDED THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE PRECINCTS ONE AND TWO.
UM, SO REALLY JUST TO ESTABLISH NEED AND TO COMMU OR ARTICULATE TO SAMHSA OUR FUNDER, UM, WHAT THAT NEED WAS, WE WENT WITH WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND THE PROMISE ZONES.
DOES THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION? UM, NOT EXACTLY.
SO, SO THEY SUBMITTED A BUDGET FOR THE ADDITIONAL 38,000 AND THEY BELIEVE THAT, THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE THAT.
WHAT IS THAT SPECIFICALLY? UM, AND I, I HAVE THE FOLKS FROM IT HERE, MR. GREG MARSHALL.
HE IS OUR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS, AND HE CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE USED FOR.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS TIME AND THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO IT'S REALLY NOT A CONFERENCE, IT'S A TRAINING.
SO WE'RE WORKING NOT ONLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT IT'S REALLY FOCUSED AROUND THE YOUTH.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IN PEOPLE ALONG WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE STUDENTS ADDRESSING DATING VIOLENCE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH, THESE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING OUR YOUTH TODAY AND CREATING THIS, THIS COMMUNITY OF STRUCTURE, INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTION THAT REALLY LEADS TO HEALING.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? UM, TO SOME EXTENT, YES.
CAN WE JUST GO, UM, TO SPECIFICALLY THE, THE SERVICE REGION? YOU MENTIONED THAT THE START IN PRECINCT BEFORE, UM, IT'S BEEN EXPANDED INTO PRECINCT ONE AND TWO, BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THIS AND OTHER PROGRAMS, UH, UNDERSTAND WE'RE TRYING TO TARGET OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT THERE ARE LIKELY INDIVIDUALS IN EVERY PRECINCT, IN EVERY ZIP CODE WHO, UH, HAVE NEED OF, OF SERVICES.
UM, SO HOW DO WE GO ABOUT ENSURING THAT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE SERVING EVERYONE WHO NEEDS THE, UH, THE HELP AND ASSISTANCE.
SO OVER OUR TENURE OF 30 YEARS, WE HAVEN'T REJECTED ANYBODY FOR SERVICE.
WE HAVE A COMPLETELY OPEN DOOR POLICY.
SO THE QUESTION BECOMES, FOR THIS GRANT, WE MIGHT, OR THIS OPPORTUNITY, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RECORD THOSE NUMBERS IN OUR SUBMISSION OF, OF RESULTS, BUT EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO ATTEND THE, THE TRAINING, RIGHT? SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ADULTS AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE YOUTH.
LET, LET ME ALSO, UH, JUST CHIME IN ON THAT.
SO, UH, BEVERLY WATTS DAVIS WROTE THE GRANT AND I HELPED WRITE THE GRANT NINE YEARS AGO.
SO COMMISSIONER, WE CAN WORK WITH YOU, UM, ON FINDING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION FOR LESS RESTRICTIVE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER SERVICES.
COUNTY IS FUNDED FOR ALL PRECINCTS.
UH, BUT I, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A FORMER CLIENT OF MINE, SAMHSA, SO, UM, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU LIAISE THAT FEDERAL, UH, FUNDING.
NO, I APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER CALBERT, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU, UH, DON'T TURNING ONE AWAY.
I, I GUESS JUST GOING BACK TO, TO COUNTY STAFF, AS WE THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS, THERE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC NEEDS AND SPECIFIC OPPORTUNITY ZONES WITHIN EVERY PRECINCT.
SO I WOULD NOT HIGHLIGHT IT AS A PRECINCT THING, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY, BUT RATHER, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE BROADLY, UH, WHERE WHEREVER THE, THE NEED IS, UH, AS LONG AS THEY QUALIFY UNDERNEATH THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE, UH, THE GRANT PROGRAM.
AND I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT, THAT IT IS A, A SKILL AND AN EXPERTISE THAT MANY OF OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS HAVE TO SORT OF LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW, SOME GRANTS ARE JUST RESTRICTED GRANTS AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FUNDERS.
DIFFERENT FUNDERS HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY HAVE BECOME VERY SKILLED, UM, ESPECIALLY LATELY, UM, IN BEING ABLE TO, TO WEAVE, UM, AND LEVERAGE SOURCES
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OF FUNDING SO THAT NO ONE THAT ENTERS THEIR DOORS GOES UNSERVED.IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU RECORD THAT PARTICIPANT'S UNIT OF SERVICE.
UM, BUT AS IT RELATES TO, TO THIS GRANT, UM, THE, THIS EXPANSION HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE UNITS OF SERVICE THAT ARE COVERED FROM, FROM SAMHSA, BUT THEN ALSO THE TRAINING THAT IS OPEN TO ANYONE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
WE'LL JUST TRY TO, UH, TRY TO INCLUDE, UH, THAT MORE BROADLY FOR ALL THE COUNTY AND, AND NOT LEAVE OUT ANY PRECINCTS IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL BASED ON WHAT I'VE HEARD.
SO, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
[47. Ratification of a signed agreement for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP), previously signed by David Marquez, Executive Director, of Economic and Community Development (ECD) for two amendments to increase the budget for the existing CEAP FY25 contract in the amounts of $1,142,172 and $1,266,302 for a total agreement amount of $11,286,156.]
FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION IS 47 COMMISSIONER MOODY TEEING YOU UP RATIFICATION OF A SIGNED AGREEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SEAT PREVIOUSLY SIGNED BY DAVID MARCUS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ECD FOR TWO AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THE SEAT FY 25 CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1,142,000 $172 AND 1,000,266 $302 FOR TOTAL TOTAL AGREEMENT OF $11,286,156.UH, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS VIRGINIA JIMENEZ AND I, UH, AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
LET ME, LET ME JUST PASS TO COMMISSIONER MOODY.
YOU HAD PULLED THIS, SO LEMME ASK COMMISSIONER MOODY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO STAFF? YEAH.
SO THIS IS THE COUNTY ADMINISTERED PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES, SIR, IT IS.
AND THIS IS THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS? THE, THE FUNDING MECHANISM? YES.
IT'S THROUGH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
THERE WAS ALSO A PROGRAM THROUGH ARPA, CORRECT? UH, YES, SIR.
IT WAS A SLAHI PROGRAM THAT WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT LAST YEAR.
UH, WE EXPENDED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT PROGRAM BACK IN FEBRUARY.
SO DOES THAT PROGRAM STILL EXISTS OR IT'S JUST UNFUNDED OR WILL IT BE FUNDED IN THE FUTURE? UH, FOR US IT WAS JUST APPROVED THROUGH FEBRUARY.
SO, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, WAS ALLOCATED AND EXPENDED, UH, IN FEBRUARY.
UH, SO I, I BELIEVE THE COUNTY, UH, ITSELF STILL HAS SOME ARPA FUNDING.
AND THERE'S A CPS PROGRAM AS WELL, IS THERE NOT, UH, YES.
IT'S THE, UH, REAP PROGRAM, RESIDENTIAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CPS ENERGY AND BEAR COUNTY.
AND THAT IS SPECIFIC, SO JUST, SORRY.
THERE'S, UH, THERE'S THE RE PROGRAM, WHICH IS CITY AND CPS.
THERE'S A-C-C-A-P PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY THAT'S STATE FUNDED, ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY, AND THERE WAS A FEDERAL PROGRAM CALLED SLA HEAP, UH, THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH ARPA DOLLARS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, AND, AND SO THE CITY HAS THEIR OWN, UH, OPERATIONS AND OVERHEAD FOR THE REAP PROGRAM, CORRECT? YES.
SO THE, THE AMOUNT THAT'S GIVEN TO THE CITY IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE, UH, INSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, OUR PORTION IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE SAN ANTONIO CITY LIMITS, WHICH INCLUDE THE 26 SUBURBAN CITIES AND THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY.
UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT BACKGROUND.
SO I THINK THE, THE POINT TO BE MADE HERE IS WE, WE HAVE THREE PROGRAMS, BOTH CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND FEDERAL, ALL TRYING TO, UH, ASSIST IN THIS AREA WITH THREE DIFFERENT, UH, SETS OF OVERHEAD, UH, IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE PROGRAMS. I THINK THAT'S JUST, JUST BAD POLICY AND I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER, UH, IN THE FUTURE IF WE TRY TO STREAMLINE THESE AND, AND PULL THEM TOGETHER.
I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, IF, IF, UH, THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU KNOW, RE REDUCED, UH, PROPERTY TAXES ON, ON OUR, UH, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE LESS NEED OF THIS PROGRAM, AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO FUND THE, THE PROGRAM AS MUCH AS THEY DO.
OR, UH, SAME THING WITH, UH, WITH CPS.
IF WE, UH, IF WE REDUCED RATES, THEN, UH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FUND ANOTHER PROGRAM WITH OVERHEAD TO TRY TO ASSIST 'CAUSE OF THE NEED, UH, TO, TO HELP FUND UTILITY BILLS AND, AND SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED.
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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE, THE POINT HERE ABOUT THE REDUNDANCY, THE REDUNDANCY IN THE OVERHEAD, AND, UH, ULTIMATELY THERE'S A, THERE'S A BETTER PATH HERE WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY, BUT, UH, THESE ARE TEXAS FUNDS, UH, DESTINED FOR BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS.SO I'M NOT GONNA STAND IN THE WAY OF THAT.
JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO MAKE THE POINTS FOR THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? CALL FOR A VOTE.
ANY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
[50. Approval of an allocation to the San Antonio Book Festival in the amount of $100,000 for educational programming.]
GO DOWN TO ITEM 50.UH, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES, HE ASKED FOR APPRO, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL ALLOCATION TO SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING.
MS. LAURA COLE, UH, MS. COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES, YOU HAVE A FLOOR? YEAH, I THINK SINCE, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE, WE GIVE THIS TO THE BOOK FESTIVAL EVERY YEAR, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO WHAT KIND OF RECOGNITION DO WE GET AS THE COUNTY? ARE WE, IS OUR LOGO ON ON THAT? WE, YEAH.
OUR LOGO IS PLACED ON ALL PROGRAMS. IT'S PLACED ON SIGNAGE.
UM, AS A MATTER OF FACT, LAST WEEK, UM, MATTHEW POLANCO OF THE JUDGE'S OFFICE, AND I JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THE SAN ANTONIO BOOK FESTIVAL TO, UM, TO SORT OF DISCUSS HOW WE MIGHT GET MORE VISIBILITY AND HOW WE MIGHT GET, UM, UH, MORE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, THINGS LIKE, UH, A LINK ON THEIR WEBSITE FOR BIBLIOTECH, UM, UH, AUTHOR VISITS, WHICH THEY HAVE DONE FOR US IN THE PAST, BUT THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN, UH, YOUTH, UH, YOUNG ADULT AUTHORS FOR US.
UM, AND SO, AND WE GET GOOD VISIBILITY AT THE FESTIVAL, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
RIGHT? THAT'S, YES, I KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE IT WAS NOT THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S WHY EVERY YEAR I QUESTION IT.
THAT IS SO IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT IT'S GOTTEN BETTER.
BUT IS IT WHAT WE NEED? I THINK THAT WE'RE TAKING STEPS FORWARD TO GET EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
SO HOW DO, HOW DO WE DO THAT? DO WE CUT FUNDING FOR A YEAR? UM, DO WE GET IT IN WRITING? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA DO? I THINK WE NEED TO, BECAUSE I, I ASK THESE QUESTIONS EVERY YEAR AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET IT IN WRITING, COMMISSIONER.
SO CAN YOU DO THAT FOR US? ABSO ABSOLUTELY.
I'D LIKE A COPY OF THAT IN MY OFFICE, YES.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
COMMISSIONER MOODY HAS THE FLOOR.
I, I JUST, UH, I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES'S, UH, COMMENTS THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UH, COMMITMENTS FROM THE COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S VALUE THAT'S BEING CREATED FOR, UH, FOR BEXAR COUNTY, UH, THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING.
I, I THINK, UM, THAT CONVERSATION COULD BE HAD ON SOME OTHER ITEMS AS WELL AS WE GO FORWARD.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY, SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
DID I MISS ANY, DID I GET ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS? YES, SIR.
[7. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. Citation directed to Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai and Bexar County Attorney Larry Roberson, Re: Derick Voigt vs. Bexar County et al, Case Number: 2025CI11154. b. Plaintiffs' Original Petition and Request for Injunctive Relief, Re: Derick Voigt v. Bexar County et al, Cause No. 2025CI11154. c. Summons in a Civil Action directed to Bexar County Judge Sakai, Re: Ashley Marie Salas v. Bexar County et al, Civil Action No. 5:25-cv-l 18-XR. d. Witness Subpoena/Subpoena Duces Tecum, Re: Parrish Armstrong vs. John Longoria et al, Cause No. 2025CI07740. e. Notice of Claim Under Texas Tort Claims Act, submitted by Bias H. Delgado, P.C., Re: Ruben Camron. f. FY 2025 Budget for Sheriffs Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund - 312 (June 13, 2025). g. Memorandum of Understanding among Bexar County, the City of San Antonio, and the San Antonio Spurs L.L.C., approved February 4, 2025. h. Memorandum of Understanding among Bexar County, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc. and the Bexar County Community Arenas Board, approved March 25, 2025. i. Notice of Claim to Owner and Original Contractor Notice of Unpaid Balance and Demand for Payment for Labor Performed and/or Materials Delivered, submitted by Consolidated Service Company, Re: CMC Development & Construction Corp. j. Plaintiffs Motion to Enforce Subpoena and Compel Documents from Third Party Bexar County Sheriffs Office, Re: Maribel Crystal Chavez vs. Hi-Serve Inc and Ugalde Elias Soto, Cause No. 2024-CI-26820. k. Presentation of Claim submitted by Mata-Cortes Law Firm, P.C., Re: Jesse Moreno.]
LET US NOW MOVE TO ITEM AGENDA, ITEM SEVEN, FILING FOR THE RECORD FOLLOWING LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, DIRECTING THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.STATE ACTION IF NECESSARY FOR THOSE LIE ITEMS. A THROUGH K COMM, UH, AGENDA
[8. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, June 10, 2025.]
ITEM EIGHT COMMISSIONER'S, COURT MINUTES FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2025.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES
[9. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak.]
COMMUNICA.AGENDA ITEM NINE, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, SIGNED UP TO REGISTER, SPEAK.
WE'LL START WITH MR. JACK FINGER.
WELL, JUDGE
MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO WAS IT THAT SLIPPED IN ITEM NUMBER THREE E ONTO THE AGENDA.
THE CEREMONIAL RECOGNIZING JUNE AS PRIDE MONTH.
IT, IT WASN'T THERE AS A FEW DAYS AGO, JUDGE.
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PRIDE MONTH.JUST WHAT DOES IT MEAN, JUDGE? UH, PRIDE IN ONE'S SELF.
NO, IT'S, IT MEANS PRIDE IN, UH, A PERVERSE LIFESTYLE.
HOMOSEXUALITY, LESBIANISM, YES.
THE TRANSGENDERED, UH, WHATEVER.
AND YES, YOU HAD TO, UM, SNEAK IT IN BECAUSE IT WASN'T THERE EARLIER.
AND I KNOW MS. CLAY FLORES HAS LEFT THE, THE ROOM AS WELL.
AND WHAT DID Y'ALL DO? Y'ALL, Y'ALL LOTTED THE, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE REPRESENTING THAT COMMUNITY.
I'M, I'M ESPECIALLY ASHAMED OF YOU.
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO INTRODUCED THE DARN THING.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE DO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
I SAY IT DOES BECAUSE IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN MARRIAGE, OUR SOCIETY IS DOOMED.
THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY DOES NOT REPRODUCE ITSELF.
RECRUIT YOUNGSTERS UNDER 18 TO JOIN THEM IN THAT LIFESTYLE.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH ANYBODY HERE? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY SCRUPLES? I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY DENOUNCING IT, BUT IT'S OBVIOUS Y'ALL DON'T THINK HIGHLY ENOUGH OF IT BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE SNUCK IN.
IT'S NOT JUST SAD, IT'S OUTRAGED.
NONE OF YOU, NONE OF YOU DESERVE THE OFFICE YOU HAVE HERE BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY IT IS GOD-GIVEN YOU SUPPOSEDLY HAD AN INVOCATION THIS MORNING OBSERVING THE ALMIGHTY WHO GIVES YOU THIS POWER AND WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU PEOPLE ARE AN OUTRAGE.
YOU NEED TO STOP IT OR YOU NEED TO.
THERE'S A RHONDA FLORES AND A CANON PETERSON.
DO Y'ALL WISH TO SPEAK ALL THREE SEPARATE? SO RON, OR DID Y'ALL WISH TO PULL YOUR MINUTES? YEAH, RHONDA AND CANDY ARE YIELDING SOME TIME TO ME AND TO ELIANA.
SO THE TWO OF US ARE SPEAKING.
SO YES, THEY'RE ALL YIELDING TO YOU.
UH, RHONDA'S YIELDING TO ME AND CANDY'S YIELDING TO ELIANA.
SO THEN IT'LL BE YOU AND ELIANA SPEAKING.
GOOD MORNING JUDGE ZAKA AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
UM, IN HONOR OF CIVIC SEASON, WHICH RUNS FROM JUNETEENTH TO THE 4TH OF JULY, I'M PROUD TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT YOUTH DO VOTE AS ITS FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SHARE UPDATES FROM THE 2024 AND 25 SCHOOL YEAR RELATED TO OUR POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT.
TODAY I AM ALSO HERE WITH ONE OF OUR STUDENTS AND ELECTION JUDGES, CANDY PETERSON AND RHONDA FLORES, WHO HAVE HIRED MULTIPLE STUDENTS FOR MULTIPLE ELECTIONS.
YOUTH DEVOTES PROGRAMS ARE EXPERIENTIAL, NOT TRANSACTIONAL, THEY'RE INTERGENERATIONAL.
OUR PROGRAMMING WOULD NOT EXIST WITHOUT THE INTERGENERATIONAL WORK OF OUR VOLUNTEER DEPUTY REGISTRARS, MANY OF WHOM ARE RETIRED EDUCATORS WHO VISIT DOZENS OF HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO HELP STUDENTS REGISTER TO VOTE.
THROUGH OUR POLL WORKER RECRUITMENT, WE ALSO PAIR UP DOZENS OF STUDENT ELECTION CLERKS WITH ELECTION JUDGES WHO ARE OFTEN RETIREES FROM THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO THE JUNE MAYORAL RUNOFF YOUTH DO VOTE, RECRUIT, RECRUITED, PREPARED AND PLACED MORE THAN 40 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WORK WITH DOZENS OF ELECTION JUDGES THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY IN ALL FOUR PRECINCTS.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP OUR FIRST FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION, WHICH HELPED US RECRUIT COLLEGE STUDENTS TO SERVE AS POLL WORKERS.
THIS GRANT FUNDING FURTHER ESTABLISHED YOUTH TO VOTE AS A RESOURCE FOR STUDENT POLL WORKERS IN BEXAR COUNTY.
NOW I WANT TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT THAT I RECENTLY LEARNED FROM SENIOR EX ELECTION SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AT THE US ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.
HE STATED TO ME THAT COMPARED TO OTHER STATES, TEXAS IS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER WITH ITS POLL WORKER APPOINTMENT PROCESSES.
IN MOST STATES, POLL WORKERS ARE RECRUITED AND APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY AND THROUGH THE
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LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE.HOWEVER, PER TEXAS ELECTION LAWS, ONLY THE PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGE FOR EACH VOTE CENTER IS ALLOWED TO HIRE CLERKS FOR THEIR SITE.
THIS MEANS THE BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT CAN RECRUIT AND TRAIN CLERKS, BUT IS UP TO THE JUDGES TO HIRE THE CLERKS.
AND WHAT THIS MEANS IS THE WORK THAT YOU TWO VOTE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO GET STUDENTS RECRUITED, HIRED, AND PLACED AT VOTE CENTERS THROUGHOUT BEXAR COUNTY IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT AND CRITICAL.
THIS IS WHY I'VE SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS ALSO RECRUITING ELECTION JUDGES WHO ARE WILLING TO HIRE STUDENTS.
EACH ELECTION I MAKE A POINT OF VISITING NEW VOTE CENTERS AND INTRODUCING MYSELF TO THE PRESIDING JUDGE AND TELLING THEM ABOUT OUR WORK AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO HIRE STUDENTS.
I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT TO DATE 30 PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGES HAVE HIRED HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS RECRUITED BY YOUTH TO VOTE FROM AS FAR SOUTH AS THE VOTE CENTER AT TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO, TO AS FAR NORTH AS THE CODY LIBRARY AND LEON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY VOTE CENTERS.
I'VE NEVER HAD A JUDGE REGRET HIRING A STUDENT.
AND LET ME TELL YOU, THE VOTERS LOVE SEEING YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE VOTE CENTER.
WE NOW HAVE STUDENTS WHO WORK THREE TO FOUR ELECTIONS WITH THE SAME ELECTION JUDGE AND SEVERAL WHO ARE READY TO BECOME ELECTION JUDGES THEMSELVES.
WE ALSO HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY WHO WORKED TWO ELECTIONS WHILE SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE'S NOW ENROLLED AT UT AUSTIN, BUT STILL REGISTERED TO VOTE IN BEXAR COUNTY, WHICH MEANS SHE CAN BE A JUDGE HERE.
ELIANA ARIAGA IS A GRADUATE OF BRANDEIS HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE TEXTED ME IN MARCH TO SAY SHE WAS GOING TO BE WORKING AS A PRESIDING JUDGE FOR THE MAYORAL ELECTION AND SHE WANTED TO HIRE A STUDENT.
NOT ONLY DID SHE HIRE STUDENT CLERKS, SHE ALSO CONNECTED.
I ALSO CONNECTED HER WITH THE RETIREE TO SERVICE HER ALTERNATE JUDGE FOR THIS PAST ELECTION.
ON JUNE 7TH, ELIANA AND HER TEAM FLIPPED THE SCRIPT.
AS WE HAVE HEARD FOR YEARS THE AVERAGE AGE OF ELECTION JUDGE IS IN THEIR SEVENTIES.
ELIANA'S VOTE CENTER HAD TO BE ONE OF THE YOUNGEST AND MOST ENERGETIC ON ELECTION DAY.
I'LL LET HER TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HOW SHE HANDLED HER VOTE CENTER WITH QUOTE GRACE AND AUTHORITY.
AS HER ALTERNATE JUDGE RETIREE MARY FLANAGAN DESCRIBED TO ME AND THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT TO CLOSE.
I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO OUR FOURTH, FOURTH, NOT ANNUAL, OUR FOURTH YOUTH VOTER AND POLL WORKER FEST HAPPENING SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20TH AT OUR LADY LAKE UNIVERSITY.
ALL OF YOU AND YOUR STAFFS HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND THIS YEAR WE ARE PROUD TO COLLABORATE ON THIS EVENT WITH THE CIVIC CENTER, BEXAR COUNTY ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND UP PARTNERSHIP TO HOST STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS FROM ALL AREAS OF BEXAR COUNTY TO KICK OFF HIGH SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION WEEK, WHICH RUNS SEPTEMBER 22ND THROUGH THE 26TH.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT SUPPORTING BEXAR COUNTY'S YOUNGEST VOTERS AND POLL WORKERS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND BEYOND.
SO HEATHER, YOU UH, USED, IS IT RHONDA FLORES'S TIME THEN? YES.
AND THEN IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING I ELIANA ARGA, YOU'LL SPEAK AND YOUR AND CANDACE PETERSON, YOU'RE YIELDING YOUR TIME TO ELIANA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELIANA ARGA AND AS HEATHER KINDLY INTRODUCED, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING TWICE NOW AS A PRESIDING ELECTION JUDGE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT IT ALL STARTED THANKS TO HEATHER.
THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE, ESPECIALLY AS A FIRST TIME USER.
BUT WHEN I DISCOVERED YOUTH DO VOTE, HEATHER WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS. SHE HELPED ME GET STARTED AS A STUDENT CLERK AND INTRODUCED ME TO ELECTIONS AND WALKED ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.
TO THIS DAY, SHE STILL CHECKS UP ON ME.
DURING ELECTION SEASON, I TRULY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE AS A PRESIDING JUDGE WITHOUT HER GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM HER ORGANIZATION.
BEING AN ELECTION JUDGE CARRIES A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I LOVE IT BECAUSE I GET TO SET THE TONE FOR VOTERS AS THEY ARRIVE.
I REMEMBER HOW INTIMIDATING IT FELT THE FIRST TIME I VOTED WHEN I TURNED 18.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTOOD THE PROCESS, THE ENVIRONMENT STILL FELT STALE AND UNINVITING.
I BELIEVE POLLING PLACES SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST A TRANSACTIONAL STOP FOR CIVIC DUTY.
THEY SHOULD BE A CELEBRATION OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT SIMPLE ASKS, LIKE ASKING VOTERS HOW THEIR DAY WAS AND THANKING THEM FOR COMING OUT TO VOTE HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AT MY POLLING SITE, VOTERS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ENGAGING WITH MY TEAM AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND FEELING MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE.
OVERALL, I WAS ABLE TO HIRE TWO OF MY COLLEGE FRIENDS AS CLERKS AND IT HAS BECOME A PERSONAL MISSION, PERSONAL MISSION OF MINE, TO SHOW OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND EYE-OPENING TO WITNESS WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THE SCENES OF ELECTIONS.
IN A TIME WHERE MISINFORMATION IS EVERYWHERE.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO IS TO TRULY UNDERSTAND HOW OUR DEMOCRACY WORKS.
IT'S EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND YOU WHO MAKE OUR ELECTIONS RUN FAIRLY AND SMOOTHLY.
NOT ONLY WAS MY TEAM ABLE TO CREATE A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE, BUT
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WE WERE ABLE TO ADD SOME FUN AS WELL.IF YOU'VE EVER WORKED AN ELECTION, YOU CAN KNOW THE ALL TOO COMMON STICKER SHORTAGE THAT WE FACE.
ONE OF MY CLERKS CAME WITH A UP WITH A CREATIVE SOLUTION.
SHE HAND DREW DOZENS OF I VOTED STICKERS.
AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW EXCITED THE VOTERS WERE TO WEAR THEM.
MANY OF THEM LAUGHED AND SMILED MORE THAN THEY WOULD'VE WITH THE ORIGINAL STICKERS AND THEY WORE THEM WITH PRIDE.
THESE LAST TWO ELECTIONS HAVE TAUGHT ME HOW I WANT TO LEAD WITH WARMTH, KINDNESS, AND JOY.
ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S POLITICALLY DIVIDED CLIMATE.
WE NEED MORE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER.
AND I BELIEVE VOTING IS ONE OF THOSE UNIFYING MOMENTS, SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO AND CAN TAKE SIGNIFICANT PRIDE IN.
OF COURSE, I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE ANY OF THIS WITHOUT MY INCREDIBLE TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE BLAST ELECTIONS I'VE SERVED.
BUT THIS LAST ELECTION FOR THE MAYO RUNOFF, I HAD MY AMAZING ALTERNATE JUDGE MARY FAGAN AND TWO CLERKS JASMINE SHORES, THE ARTIST AND SOPHIA GO THEIR ENERGY, CREATIVITY, AND POSITIVITY THROUGHOUT OUR POLL POLLING SITES MADE IT A PLACE OF JOY AND NOT JUST A RESPONSIBILITY TO CLOSE.
YOUNG PEOPLE DESERVE TO BE PRESENT WHERE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE.
WE ARE THE NEXT GENERATION SHAPING OUR COMMUNITIES.
THAT JOURNEY BEGINS BY ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO NOT ONLY VOTE, BUT TO WORK IN ELECTIONS AND STEP BEHIND THAT CURTAIN, TO LEARN THE PROCESS AND DEMYSTIFY DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES.
AND IT STARTS WITH CIVIC EDUCATION AND PROGRAMS LIKE YOUTH DO VOTE THAT GIVE STUDENTS LIKE ME THESE LIFE CHANGING OPPORTUNITIES.
CAN WE GIVE 'EM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE? THANK YOU.
UH, LAST SPEAKER IS MARA LEVY AND THERE'S A TOM SPURGEON.
IS THAT TWO, IS THERE IS THAT TWO SEPARATE? ARE Y'ALL ASKING TO SPEAK AS ONE? WHAT WAS THAT? IS IT ONE SPEAKER? UH, IT'S, I'M INTRODUCING HIM.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE'LL GIVE YOU SIX MINUTES.
COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS MYRA LEVY AND I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT EACH ONE.
TEACH ONE PLAYS A VITAL WORLD IN BEXAR COUNTY AND ITS UNINCORPORATED AREAS.
BY PROVIDING ADULT LITERACY AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO SOME OF OUR MOST UNDERSERVED RESIDENTS.
OUR PROGRAMS NOT ONLY IMPROVE READING, WRITING BASIC MATH SKILLS, GED, PREPARATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
OUR VOLUNTEER TUTORS TRULY DO IT ALL.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, AND CONTRIBUTE MORE FULLY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S THAT? EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IS THE STABILIZER.
IT ENSURES THAT ALL RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BACKGROUND OR CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
EACH ONE TEACH ONE EMBODIES THAT MISSION BY CLOSING THE LITERACY GAP AND OPENING DOORS TO BRIGHTER FUTURES.
THE IMPACT OF ILLITERACY IS FAR REACHING.
IT AFFECTS ECONOMIC MOBILITY, HEALTH, AND ACCESS TO COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
EACH ONE TEACH ONE IS ADDRESSING THIS CHALLENGE HEAD ON WITH A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS.
INVESTING IN ADULT LITERACY IS INVESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND FAMILY STABILITY.
WITH ME TODAY IS OUR ESTEEMED BOARD PRESIDENT AND VOLUNTEER TUTOR WHO WILL SHARE A FEW WORDS.
MR. TOM SPER YOUNG, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
TOM MYRA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M, UH, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD, HAVE BEEN FOR, UH, THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
I'VE BEEN TUTORING WITH EACH ONE, TEACH ONE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF WITH ME.
ALSO OUR, UH, TWO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.
UH, MIRIAM DOUGLAS, HE'S OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
JOE JESSE IS A RETIRED EDUCATOR.
UM, AND MIRIAM IS, IS RETIRED US ARMY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HAVE ALL THEM.
AND ALBERT HERRERA IS ALSO OUR PROGRAM MANAGER.
SO THEY'RE ALL HERE AT REALLY TO THANK YOU ALL.
YOU'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ON THE ITEM WHERE YOU'VE PROVIDED $90,000 TO CDBG FUNDS.
FOR US, THAT'S CRITICAL TO US.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS.
OF COURSE THE VOLUNTEERS DON'T GET ANYTHING, BUT WE DO HAVE A STAFF THAT SUPPORTS THE VOLUNTEERS AND HELPS COORDINATE FOR THE SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENTS THAT WE HELP.
WE TRY TO HELP EVERY YEAR, ET CETERA.
SO, I I I JUST WANT TO KIND OF END REAL QUICKLY JUST
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TO THINK IN YOUR OWN MIND.'CAUSE WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR US IS CRITICAL, PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
'CAUSE I DO KNOW CDBG MONEY IS COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS CRITICAL FOR US.
BUT, BUT TO END WITH REALLY A QUESTION, AND THAT IS REALLY FOR ALL OF US IN THE ROOM TO THINK WHERE WOULD YOU BE, UH, WHAT WOULD YOUR LIFE BE LIKE IF YOU DID NOT KNOW HOW TO READ? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO FOR ADULTS, THAT AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT THEY JUST DIDN'T GET THE ABILITY TO READ THAT, THAT MOST OF US IN THE ROOM GET TO DO.
AND JUST ONE QUICK PERSONAL ASIDE, COMMISSIONER CALVERT, YOU SPOKE TO, UH, MASTER'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO.
MARY AND I WERE, WERE BOTH IN THAT ROOM AND, AND HE GAVE A VERY PASSIONED, UM, TALK TO ALL OF US AS WE WERE KIND OF LEARNING BOARD SERVICE, UM, AND ABOUT YOUR OWN PUBLIC SERVICE AND THINGS FOR US TO THINK.
AND AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, YOUR SUPPORT OF EACH ONE TO EACH ONE.
ALRIGHT, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I'D LIKE TO JUST COURT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME, PLEASE.
UH, ITEM 42, UH, KEITH WILSON, ARE YOU STILL HERE? IF HE IS, WHY DON'T YOU COME? I JUST WANTED TO PUT A SPECIAL NOTE AND RECOGNITION FOR WHAT WE DID TODAY BY CONSENT AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN REFERENCE TO TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION FUNDS FOR VETERAN ASSISTANT GRANTS, A RENEWAL AWARD OF FY 25 26 APPROVAL TO ACCEPT AN AWARD OF $425,000 FOR THE HELP TO VETS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANT TO PROVIDE RENT, MORTGAGE, UTILITY, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR A 14 MONTH PERIOD, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2026.
BE APPROVAL AND ACCEPT AN AWARD OF 300,000 FOR THE HELP TO VETS PEER SUPPORT GRANT TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS AND THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITIES FOR A 14 MONTH PERIOD.
JULY 1ST, 2025, ENDING ON AUGUST 31ST, 2026.
BUT KEITH, I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD TO THANK YOU, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN REGARDS TO OUR MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES.
THIS, THIS PROGRAM, I BELIEVE HAS A DIRECT IMPACT, UH, TO HELP THOSE MOST IN NEED.
AND THAT'S THE VETERANS WHO NEED THIS TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.
CAN YOU JUST QUICKLY GIVE US A SUMMARY OF HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS, HAS SUCCEEDED AND, UH, AND AS FAR AS FAR EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS CORRECT JUDGE AB? ABSOLUTELY.
SO THE ORIGINAL GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR WERE $300,000 EACH FOR OUR PEER SUPPORT AND OUR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
IN ABOUT FIVE MONTHS, WE AWARDED AND DEPLETED ALL OF THE DIRECT ASSISTANCE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WE HAD.
WE WENT BACK TO THE STATE AND THEY APPROVED ANOTHER $125,000, WHICH ALL ALLOWED US TO RECEIVE JUST LAST MONTH.
THE STATE RENEWED BOTH OF THOSE GRANTS FOR A TOTAL OF $725,000 TO OUR OFFICE.
OVER THAT GRANT PERIOD, WE AWARDED OVER $275,000 TO VETERANS IN NEED.
70% OF THAT MONEY WENT TO HOUSING.
THAT WAS RENT AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE, LITERALLY KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES, IN SOME CASES, GOING TO THE EVICTION COURT HEARING AND PLEADING WITH THE JUDGE AND THE LANDLORD TO ALLOW US TO ASSIST IN THEM ACCEPTING THAT 22% OF THAT ASSISTANCE WENT TO UTILITIES.
I TELL FOLKS, WE'RE KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.
WE'RE KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND WE'RE KEEPING THE WATER RUNNING.
ADDITIONALLY, ON PEER SUPPORT, WE HAVE ALREADY ASSISTED OVER 170 CLIENTS.
THOSE ARE OUR MOST AT RISK AND CHALLENGED VETERANS JUSTICE INVOLVED, HOMELESS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE THIS GRANT CONTINUE INTO THIS NEXT WINDOW.
AND I'VE GOT A WONDERFUL GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THE VETERANS, THE FAMILIES, THE SERVICE MEMBERS WE'RE ASSISTING.
AND SO WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S SUPPORT IN ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE.
SO KEITH, LEMME JUST SAY THIS, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, BUT LET'S NOT, LET'S NOT PUT IT ON CONSENT.
LET'S PUT IT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR SPECIAL PRESENTATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, METRICS DATA TO SHOW WHAT, HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THESE GRANTS ARE MAKING FOR OUR, OUR MIL MILITARY VETERANS MOST IN NEED.
AND, AND WE PLAN THE, THE GRANT WINDOW FOR THIS ONE CLOSES THIS MONTH.
AND SO WE PLAN ON COMING BACK IN AUGUST AND DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION TO Y'ALL TO SHOW YOU THE RESULTS AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE VETERANS THAT WE'VE ASSISTED HERE TO TELL THEIR PERSONAL STORIES.
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GOING TO INDIVIDUAL ITEM 60 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS REORGANIZATION FOR EFFICIENCY SERVICE DELIVERY ENHANCEMENTS, INCLUDING REALIGNMENT OF CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS.[02:05:02]
DR.GURA, ALL GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
I'M GOING TO, UH, PASS IT TO THOMAS TO KIND OF SET US UP FOR WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SO, UH, WHAT WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS REALLY A REALIGNMENT OF SOME SERVICES.
UH, JUST A BRIEF BIT OF BACKGROUND, IF WE CAN PULL THE PRESENTATION UP.
SO PRIOR TO 2019, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS WERE PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN THEY WERE REORGANIZED IN 2019 TO A STANDALONE DEPARTMENT IN 2022 WHEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS CREATED.
UH, THE, THE DEPARTMENT ASSUMED OPERATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
AND WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO, UH, TODAY IS ABOUT REALIGNING SOME OF THOSE FUNCTIONS BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS.
SORT OF THE HISTORY ON THIS IS REALLY PROBABLY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AGO, DR. GUERRERO AND I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS.
UM, WE NOTICED A FEW AREAS OF OVERLAP IN OUR SERVICES AND SORT OF A FEW INCONSISTENCIES IN HOW WE RESPOND.
AND SO CONCURRENT WITH THAT, I WAS ALSO LOOKING INTERNALLY, UM, AT OUR OPERATIONS AND HAD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
SO COMBINED WITH THOSE THAT I'LL MENTION HERE IN A MINUTE, WE WANTED TO BRIEF THE COURT ON SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
WE THINK THAT IN TURN WILL CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES IN HOW WE RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCES AND VOID, SOME DUPLICATION IN SERVICES, THINGS LIKE OUR, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SEPTIC.
UH, WE BOTH HAVE CURRENTLY FUNCTIONS BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
UH, ALSO AIR QUALITY IS A BIG AREA OF OVERLAP.
THOSE OF YOU THAT SERVE ON OUR MPO KNOW ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, AIR QUALITY REQUIREMENTS, UH, ILLEGAL DUMPING.
BOTH DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY DO THAT, AS WELL AS BULKY COLLECTION ITEMS. UH, SO WE BOTH HAVE PROGRAMS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THE KIND OF COORDINATION COMPLEXITIES, BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ON, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHO TO, WHO TO CALL FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE DO HAVE A STORMWATER PROGRAM THAT BOTH DEPARTMENTS CURRENTLY SHARE AND FUNCTIONS, AND THAT'S REALLY AS A RESULT OF OUR STATE PERMIT THROUGH TCEQ.
UH, SO WHAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DOING, AND I'LL ASK DR. RAY TO, TO COME UP HERE IN A SECOND, UM, IS THAT ON THE SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE AREAS IN ORANGE, WE'LL BE MOVING OVER TO, TO PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THAT'S OUR SANITARY AND OUR SEPTIC, UH, REVIEWERS AS WELL AS OUR CO COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS, OUR AIR QUALITY AND OUR SOLID WASTE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
A TO KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT.
SO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS IT EXISTS, UH, OR AS IT EXISTED, UM, WHEN I FIRST CAME ON TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UM, INCLUDED, UM, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, THAT WAS FORMERLY IN THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, UM, AGRO LIFE, OUR TEXAS A AND M, UM, EXTENSION AGENT, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THESE FUNCTIONS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE TASKED WITH CREATING A NEW DIVISION OF, UH, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH, WHICH WE HAVE DONE SINCE THEN.
UM, AND SO YOU SEE HERE, UM, AND AS ART MENTIONED, WE STARTED HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS REALLY JUST BY WAY OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATION, IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND HOW WE RESPOND TO BOTH OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS.
UM, AND THE CONVERSATION REALLY EVOLVED INTO, UM, HOW HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BEING DUPLICATED AND HOW MUCH OF THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO REALIGN BACK TO, UH, TO, TO PUBLIC WORKS AS IT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT MY DEPARTMENT AND, AND WHAT THE CURRENT STATE IS, UM, IT INCLUDES THOSE OTHER DIVISIONS THAT I MENTIONED, BUT ALSO THE SANITARIAN, WHICH IS SEPTIC OSSF PROGRAM, AIR QUALITY CODE COMPLIANCE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
SOLID WASTE IS OUR RESIDENTIAL, UH, TRASH PICKUP THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN PRECINCT FOR PRIMARILY.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROLS.
THAT INCLUDES THE ANIMAL CARE FACILITY, UM, SO THE SHELTER, AND THEN ALSO MOBILE HEALTH PERMITS.
SO AS WE, AS WE WERE LOOKING AND SORT OF CONCEPTUALIZING AND REIMAGINING WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, IF WE WERE TO REALIGN THOSE FUNCTIONS BACK TO PUBLIC WORKS, THIS WOULD BE WHAT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS VERSUS WHAT IT PREVIOUSLY SORT OF WAS WHEN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, UM, IS, IS PART OF PUBLIC, UH, HEALTH.
SO THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WOULD STILL INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, WOULD STILL INCLUDE AGRILIFE, UM, AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH.
UM, AND THEN ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, UM, WOULD COME UNDER ONE TEAM.
SO THE ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS THAT WORK IN THE FIELD THAT GO AND PICK UP STRAY DOGS, THAT DO INVESTIGATIONS THAT, UM, INTERACT MOSTLY WITH, UH, OUT IN THE FIELD WITH THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE BECOME PART OF AND CREATE A COHESIVE TEAM WITH THE STAFF THAT ARE AT THE ANIMAL CARE FACILITY AT THE SHELTER.
UM, AND THIS IS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN AN ANIMAL OR WHEN THE, UH, ANIMAL CARE OFFICERS ARE PERFORMING THEIR FUNCTION IN THE FIELD, WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THOSE ANIMALS, UM,
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AS THEY CONTINUE ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SHELTER IS THE FINAL DESTINATION.AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME, SOME EFFICIENCIES IN COMMUNICATION TO MAKE WHAT WAS A FRAGMENTED TEAM COHESIVE AND, UM, COME UNDER, UNDER ONE UMBRELLA SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES RELATIVE TO ANIMAL CARE.
SO AS WE LOOK AT PUBLIC WORKS, SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS CREATING A, A NEW DIVISION WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS CALLED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
UH, SO THAT'LL BE THE, THE NEW FUNCTIONS YOU SEE THERE ON THE SCREEN IN ORANGE.
AND AS PART OF THAT, WE'LL BE ROLLING OVER OUR STORMWATER QUALITY PROGRAM TO BE PART OF THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
CURRENTLY IT'S PART OF OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT THERE IS THAT OVERLAP.
THAT'S REALLY YOUR CONSTRUCTION REVIEW AND PERMITTING PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEN THE ONGOING PERMITTING WILL BE, UH, DONE AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS.
UH, SO THAT'S KIND OF AT THE HIGH LEVEL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE.
NOW, REALLY, UM, AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, UH, WE MENTIONED, AND I'LL, I'LL SHOW A FISCAL IMPACT HERE IN A SECOND, BUT, UM, THIS WILL BE THE, THE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
SO, UH, THE, THE SERVICES ON THE LEFT ARE THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM SERVICES, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WILL BE, UH, WHEN OUR STORMWATER PROGRAM COMES IN.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, AT THE, AT THE TOP OF THIS DIVISION, THERE'S A DIVISION MANAGER LEVEL POSITION.
AND THAT'S REALLY, UH, TAKING THE VACANCY THAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY CREATED THROUGH THE, THE PAST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND DOWNGRADING THAT TO A MORE APPROPRIATE LEVEL FOR A DIVISION MANAGER.
AND THEN ALSO WE ARE EXPECTING SOME EFFICIENCIES.
AND WE HAVE A COUPLE STORMWATER INSPECTOR VACANCIES THAT WE'LL BE REDUCING AS PART OF THIS.
THOSE POSITIONS ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW.
UH, SO THERE'S NO IMPACT TO ANY, ANY PERSON OR, OR, UH, SALARY AS A RESULT OF THAT.
BUT WE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING COMBINED EFFICIENCIES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO THE FISCAL IMPACT AS A RESULT OF, OF THIS OPERATION.
AND THERE'S A 16 INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE TRANSFERRING OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS.
AGAIN, NO IMPACT TO SALARY OR PAY OR ANYTHING.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING DOWNGRADING THAT DIRECTOR LEVEL POSITION TO DIVISION MANAGERS.
SO THERE'S SAVINGS THERE AS WELL AS, UH, REDUCING THOSE TWO INSPECTOR POSITIONS.
SO ANNUALLY THERE'LL BE A NET SAVINGS TO THE COUNTY AND OUR TAXPAYERS OF ABOUT $145,000 A YEAR AS A RESULT OF THIS.
NOW, CONCURRENT WITH THIS PROCESS, UH, WE'VE ALSO BEEN PUBLIC WORKS, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS HR ON LOOKING AT EXTENSIVELY ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
AND THERE WERE A FEW, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSING IN ON OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
AND THEN THOSE ARE SUMMARIZED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
SO OUR CIVIL ENGINEER ONES, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENGINEERING COMPONENT OF, OF PUBLIC WORKS, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR UPWARD MOBILITY.
WE HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEER CATEGORY THAT'S WHETHER YOU'RE, UH, AS A, A LICENSED ENGINEER FOR ONE YEAR OR A HUNDRED YEARS, UH, THERE'S NO UPWARD GROWTH WITH OUTSIDE OF MY ROLE IN ONE OR TWO OTHER, UH, POSITIONS.
SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING, AGAIN, WORKING WITH HR, UH, WE'VE COME UP WITH A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER POSITION AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN OUR DEPARTMENT SEVEN DIFFERENT ROLES, UH, POSITION ROLES IN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WILL SERVE AS THIS.
SO, UH, WE'RE RE RECOMMENDING CREATING THAT POSITION, AND THAT'LL BE A E 10 POSITION.
CURRENTLY, OUR ENGINEERS ARE E NINE, SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UPWARD MOBILITY.
WITH THAT COMES ADDED RESPONSIBILITY, SOME, SOME STAFF OVERSIGHT, AS WELL AS GETTING INTO HELPING, UH, WITH BUDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS YOU GROW IN YOUR CAREER.
UM, ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING A GREAT CHANGE ON, UH, IS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ENGINEER.
SO THIS IS THE DIVISION MANAGER LEVEL FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUNCTION.
I THINK ALL OF Y'ALL KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH RESPONSIBILITY HAS GROWN FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEWS IN THE COUNTY OVER THE LAST DECADE AND REALLY OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND SO THIS IS RECOGNIZING THAT LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY AND ALIGNING IT MORE ACCORDINGLY WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND THE LAST TWO ARE SOME POSITION DETAIL, UH, SORT OF CLEANUP AND LOOKING AT OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
SO WE'RE COMBINING SOME TRAFFIC OPERATION SERVICES INTO TWO DIFFERENT, UH, STRUCTURES.
THAT'LL BE A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN ONE AND A TRAFFIC OPERATIONS TECHNICIAN.
TWO, THERE'S SOME FUNCTIONS THERE THAT WE OUTSOURCE NOW, SUCH AS OUR TRAFFIC COUNTING.
UH, SO WE'RE BETTER ALIGNING THESE SERVICES AND REWRITING THOSE JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS OUR PAVEMENT MARKING TECHNICIAN.
SO RIGHT NOW TO, TO PUT THE STRIPES ON OUR ROADS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CDL FOR SOME OF THE POSITIONS.
AND SO WE'RE RECOGNIZING THAT REQUIREMENT AND UPGRADING IT FROM ANY ONE TO ANY TWO.
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITIONS IN PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THERE IS AN IMPACT TO THIS.
AS PART OF THIS, THERE'LL BE A ANNUAL INCREASE, UH, TO OPERATIONS OF $70,000.
UM, AND ONE THING I ALSO WANNA STRESS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A START.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR POSITIONS.
THERE'S OTHER AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, THAT WE'LL TAKE, UH, FORWARD IN THE FUTURE AT, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES.
SO AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS GO, UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, TO BRIEF THE COURT ON THIS UPDATE.
UH, SOON WE'LL BE BEGINNING THE TRANSITION.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME PRELIMINARY MEETINGS WITH STAFF ON THIS EXPLAINING KIND OF THE, THE NEED FOR THIS AND THE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES IT CREATES.
UH, WE'VE STRESSED TO THEM THAT THERE'S STILL DETAILS TO BE WORKED OUT AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, BUT FROM A HIGH LEVEL, IT MAKES SENSE ORGANIZATIONALLY.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY,
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WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD.UH, SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I WANNA FOCUS ON STORMWATER FOR A SECOND.
OUR, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CAME TO THE COUNTY MAYBE FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO TO EXPRESS.
YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF 'EM AT THAT TIME.
SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, STORM WATER INSPECTORS AND THE, UH, ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND, AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO AVOID GETTING INTO THAT SIMILAR SITUATION.
UM, SO JUST KIND OF BREAK THOSE STAFF PIECES DOWN.
HOW MANY DID YOU HAVE? HOW MANY WERE IN THE PREVIOUS ITERATION SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THIS EFFICIENCY THING? YEAH, SO YOU, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THE STORMWATER PROGRAM IS STILL AN AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UH, ON, ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS STAFFING.
WE FILLED THE, THE LEAD OF THAT GROUP, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE A BI, BI-MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL.
AND, UH, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO LOOKED AT OUR METRICS FROM THIS LAST MONTH, AND WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER ON PERMITTING.
WE'RE NOW APPROVING MORE PERMITS AND RECEIVING.
UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A HEAVY BACKLOG THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING DIGGING THROUGH, BUT THAT'S ON THE FRONT END.
THAT'S THE PUBLIC WORKS FUNCTION.
UM, WE HAVE INSPECTORS WHEN THINGS GO TO CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE OUT THERE INSPECTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTORS HAVE THE APPROPRIATE, UM, SILT FENCING AND OTHER BMPS AS WE CALL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE FIELD.
UM, WHERE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FUNCTION COMES IN, THAT'S MORE LONG TERM, UH, POST CONSTRUCTION.
SO AS THAT'S THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AFTER THINGS HAVE BEEN BUILT, UH, AND COUNTY ASSUME MAINTENANCE FOR CERTAIN THINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, ET CETERA, AS, UH, IF THERE'S VIOLATIONS FOR ILLICIT DISCHARGES OR ILLEGAL DUMPING, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE COLLABORATION HAPPENS.
AND EVEN AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, UM, KIND OF LEADING TO SOME OF THE CONFUSION, WE'LL GET CALLS, UH, SOME OF YOUR OFFICES GET CALLS AND THEY HEAR STORM WATER AND THEY THINK, OKAY, WE'LL SEND IT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT REALLY IT'S MORE OF A, IT'S NOT A CONSTRUCTION ASPECT, IT'S A, IT'S A BUILT THING.
AND SO THERE'S THAT CROSS COLLABORATION AND AS GOOD AS THE TEAMS WORK, THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS THAT GET LOST IN THAT.
SO THAT'S PART OF THIS REORGANIZATION AS WELL.
BUT SPECIFICALLY, HOW MANY STAFF PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ON THE PERMIT PROCESS? AND THEN HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ON THE POST ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKUPS? YEAH, SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN THE WORK CHART.
SO ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THAT'S OUR PERMITTING KIND OF PROCESS.
WE HAVE SIX, UH, CURRENT STORM WATER INSPECTORS WILL BE TWO.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING THE TWO THAT WE'RE REDUCING.
WE HAVE OUR LEAD INSPECTOR, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR, UH, ENGINEER THAT'S OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE GROUP AS WELL AS AN ENGINEERING ASSISTANT.
SO ALTOGETHER, WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S ROUGHLY NINE FOLKS.
UH, CERTAINLY I'M HEAVILY INVOLVED FOR BETTER OR WORSE IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.
UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ARE, UH, PROVIDING A GOOD SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, MORE OF THE, THE BUILT, UH, ENVIRONMENT, SOLID WASTE INVESTIGATORS.
UH, THERE IS SOME OVERLAP IN, UM, THE CURRENT SOLID WASTE INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS THE STORMWATER INSPECTOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSPECTOR.
UH, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S SIX FOLKS TOTAL.
AIKEN CORRECT ME IF, IF I'M WRONG, AND THEN AS THE, AS WELL AS THE MANAGER.
SO, UH, JUST, I'VE GOTTA DO MY DUE DILIGENCE HERE.
SO WE'VE HAD A SLOW DOWN IN CONSTRUCTION SLIGHTLY, UH, OVER SOME YEARS IN THE PAST.
UM, BUT I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL BE, UH, THIS WAY.
FOUR, LET'S JUST SAY, I'LL SAY FOUR YEARS, THREE, FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, I KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS INCREASE IN ANOTHER BUDGET, BUT YOU FEEL AS IF YOU CAN REDUCE NOW AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA OVERBURDEN THE STAFF.
AND, UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, ADDING BACK, SO JUST A REMINDER TO COURT, COURT DID APPROVE SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF THIS LAST, UH, CYCLE FOR INSPECTIONS.
SO THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S CYCLICAL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
AND IN THE FUTURE, IF WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'LL DO SO.
UM, SO, UH, LET ME JUST KIND OF ASK A MACRO LEVEL QUESTION.
SINCE WE JUST HAD THE DISASTER THAT WE HAD, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON THE FLOODING STORM WATER, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY IN THE CITY, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE COUNTY AS YOU KNOW.
UM, YOU FEEL THAT OUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE BOTH SIDES ENFORCEMENT AND THE, AND THE PERMIT SIDE WITH, UH, ALL OF THE GROWTH.
AND JUST, YOU FEEL, I'M JUST, PEOPLE MIGHT JUST WONDER ABOUT THE OPTICS.
I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ASK THE QUESTION.
WELL, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THERE'S SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS.
WHEN YOU TALK STORM WATER, YOU TALK QUANTITY AND QUALITY.
SO THIS GROUP IS REALLY ABOUT THE QUALITY.
UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT
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THE, THE QUANTITY, IF YOU WILL.THIS IS THE GROUP MAKING SURE THAT CONSTRUCTION SITES HAVE PROPER BMPS TO REDUCE SEDIMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, WE HAVE DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT REVIEW THE QUANTITY ASPECT.
SO WHEN PE, WHEN DEVELOPER DEVELOPERS COME IN, UM, THEY'RE REVIEWING THE PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S CHANNELS THAT ARE SIZED CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S, UH, OUTSIDE OF THIS, THIS, UH, GROUP HERE.
UM, SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A DECADE, WELL, WE'VE HAD A LONG TIME WITH A DIRECTOR POSITION, UH, OVER ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK AMONGST THE COURT ABOUT IT STANDING ON ITS OWN.
UM, SO YOU, BUT YOU AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, YOU'RE WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT ADDED RESPONSIBILITY OF IN ESSENCE, DIRECTORSHIP, OR ARE YOU GIVING THAT TO A DEPUTY, OR WHO'S GONNA BE DIRECTING? I KNOW YOU HAVE IT AS A, I WOULD, DO YOU CALL IT A COORDINATOR OR SERVICES DIRECTOR? NO, NO.
YOU HAVE IT AS A DIVISION CHIEF, SO, YEAH.
SO THERE WILL BE A, A MANAGER THAT OVERSEES THIS GROUP.
UH, THAT'S A VACANT POSITION RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL RECRUIT FOR THAT.
UM, AND REALLY IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT I FEEL, IT'S ABOUT WHAT WE THINK IS THE MOST, UH, APPROPRIATE WAY TO DELIVER THESE SERVICES.
SO, UH, I WOULDN'T BE UP HERE IF I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH IT IN, IN TAKING ON THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK AT THIS, UH, THERE'S JUST, I MENTIONED THERE'S STILL A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS THE DETAIL LEVEL, UM, AND, AND THINGS TO WORK OUT AS PART OF THIS.
BUT FROM A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL, IT WAS PART OF PUBLIC WORKS BEFORE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
AND I, AND I THINK WE'LL MAKE IT THAT WAY AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
AND, UM, YOU, UM, INDICATED BEFORE IN RESPONSE TO, UH, THE, WAS IT THE, THE FOUR, I CAN'T REMEMBER, IT WAS O-S-E-S-I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE THE FOUR, UH, THE, THE POSITIONS, THE OFFICE ASSISTANT, UH, FOR POSITION THAT, UH, THERE IS NOT A REDUCTION THERE OR THERE IS OR WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE DEAL THERE? CORRECT.
THERE'S NO REDUCTION TO FILLED POSITIONS OR SALARY CHANGES.
AS PART OF THIS, THERE'S, UH, TWO VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING REDUCED.
UM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF COMBINED DEFICIENCIES.
AND THEN ONE VACANT, UH, POSITION, THAT'S THE DIRECTOR GOING DOWN TO A MANAGER.
BUT FOR ANY FIELD POSITION, THERE'S NO IMPACT TO SALARY OR JOBS.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO SAY, SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON THIS, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST PRESENTING IT TO, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
WE, WE WANTED TO BRIEF COURT, YES.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNI, UM, COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE, DAVID BEING TRANSPARENT.
'CAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT DAVID HAS THE AUTHORITY.
HE COULD HAVE JUST TAKEN CARE OF THIS.
BUT INSTEAD, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS MEETING WITH ME.
I'M SURE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR DISCUSSING THIS WITH US BEFOREHAND.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY TO BRING IT FORTH TO PRESENT TO COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
YEAH, JUST, UH, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT ART AND, UH, DR.
A THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, I, I GOT, I THINK WE ALL GOT SOME INFORMATION LATE LAST WEEK FROM, I GUESS SOME EMPLOYEES.
AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, IF YOU COULD, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, WE'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU, BUT I THINK, UH, CONTINUE TO SEEK INPUT FROM, UH, THOSE WHO MAY BE IMPACTED.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS OF THAT, UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND MENTION THAT PUBLICLY, UH, SINCE WE ARE, UH, TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT HERE, THAT THERE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUMPS ALONG THE WAY WHEN YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THIS COMPREHENSIVE.
BUT TO THE EXTENT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WORK, UH, WITH OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE, UM, I THINK ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE UNDERSTOOD AND THAT MOST IMPORTANTLY TOO, UM, THE CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE BEING SERVED, UM, HAVE, UH, I GUESS A, A MINIMAL IMPACT OR, OR JUST THAT IT, THAT IT IS, UM, AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
[61. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain and approval of an Order declaring a necessity for the acquisition of a 0.8527-acre Permanent Drainage Easement; a 0.0875-acre Temporary Construction Easement; and a 0.0535-acre Temporary Construction Easement, out of a 20.00-acre tract situated in Bexar County, Texas, and being that same tract conveyed to Odie L. Dawson and Henrietta C. Dawson and being of record in Volume 8297, Page 356 of the Official Public Records of Bexar County, Texas; said 20.00-acre tract being more particularly described by metes and bounds and shown in Exhibit "A" attached to the Order, being located near 3483 Grosenbacher Road is necessary to advance and achieve the public use of improving existing drainage, to include roadway, culverts and channel improvements that will safely convey the ultimate development 100-year storm event along and across a portion of Grosenbacher Road, to help increase public safety and enhance regional mobility on Grosenbacher Road, and authorizing the institution of condemnation proceedings to acquire these rights. Precinct Number 1.]
TO AGENDA ITEM 61.ART REINHART, STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE AT.
I'M SORRY,
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, TO SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGE IS NEVER EASY, RIGHT? I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY.
UH, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE FROM WHAT YOU PRESENTED, THIS IS A WIN-WIN, RIGHT? 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S AGREEMENT AND ALIGNMENT THAT THIS MAKES SENSE, UH, IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE, UH, BUT IT ALSO CAN, CAN SAVE OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY.
AND SO I THINK IN THAT REGARD, IT'S A, IT'S A WIN-WIN.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN A, IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER, WHICH YOU ALREADY ARE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, GET TO THE FINISH LINE.
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THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, LET'S MOVE ON.
AGENDA ITEM 61, PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE POWER OF IN DOMAIN APPROVAL OF AN ORDER DECLARING A NECESSITY FOR ACQUISITION OF A 0.0527 ACRE PERMANENT DRAINAGE EASEMENT AT 0.0875 ACRE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT AND A 0.0535 ACRE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT OUT OF A 20 ACRE TRACK SITUATED IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
BEING THAT SAME TRACK CONVEYED TO OIE L DAWSON, HENRIETTA C DAWSON BEING OF RECORD IN VOLUME 82 97, PAGE 3 56 OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS SAID, 20 ACRE TRACK BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BY MEETS AND BOUNDS AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED TO THE ORDER BEING LOCATED NEAR 8 34 83, GROSS IBACA ROAD IS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE AND ACHIEVE THE PUBLIC USE OF APPROVING EXISTING DRAINAGE TO INCLUDE ROADWAY CULVERTS CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL SAFELY CONVEY THE ULTIMATE DEVELOPMENT OF A HUNDRED YEARS STORM EVENT ALONG AND ACROSS A PORTION OF GROSSEN BAER ROAD TO HELP INCREASE PUBLIC SAFETY ENHANCED REGIONAL MOBILITY ON GROSSEN BAER ROAD, AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO REQUIRE THESE RIGHTS.
AND THEN WE GOT A SECOND ONE RIGHT AFTER THAT, CORRECT, JUDGE? YEAH.
ART REINHARDT, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
SO THIS IS RELATED TO OUR GROSSEN BAER ROAD LOW WATER CROSSING PROJECT.
UH, WE ARE DOING A LOW WATER, UH, PROJECT TO REPLACE A LOW WATER CROSSING TO MAKE IT PASSABLE FOR THE 100 YEAR EVENT.
THE PROJECT IS IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, JUST NORTH OF, UH, I 90.
UH, SO MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS PARCEL IS, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH THE ACQUISITION.
THERE IS NOT AN ASSIGNED, UH, OWNER YET TO, TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENTS GOING THROUGH PROBATE.
AND WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE THINK THAT THE PROBATE PROCESS COULD TAKE ANOTHER YEAR PLUS, AND THAT WILL DELAY THE PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, THE, THE APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT MENTIONED, AS WELL AS OUR TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT TO REPLACE THE ROADWAY CROSSING MR. RONN.
SO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH.
APPROVAL? UM, SO BOTH OF THESE ARE MY PRECINCT AND WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT IT, AND I RECOGNIZE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY FORESEE DRAMA.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY? ALRIGHT.
NO, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SINGLE BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 62.
[62. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain and approval of an Order declaring a necessity for the acquisition of a 1.580-acre Permanent Drainage Easement and a 0.083-acre Temporary Construction Easement, out of a 50.01-acre tract situated in Bexar County, Texas, and being that same tract conveyed to Ivest, L.P. in Document Number 20140040368 of the Official Public Records of Bexar County, Texas, said 1.580-acre tract and 0,083-acre tract being more particularly described by metes and bounds and shown in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, being located near 3960 Grosenbacher Road is necessary to advance and achieve the public use of improving existing drainage, to include roadway, culverts and channel improvements that will safely convey the ultimate development 100-year storm event along and across a portion of Grosenbacher Road, to help increase public safety and enhance regional mobility on Grosenbacher Road and authorizing the institution of condemnation proceedings to acquire these rights. Precinct Number 1.]
I'M NOT GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ IT, BUT THAT'S SELF-EVIDENT AT MR. REINHARDT.JUST TELL ME WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN I WHAT WE JUST PASSED AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
APPROVAL ON AGENDA ITEM 62, WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE SAME PIECE OF PROPERTY ON GBA ROAD, UH, OWNED BY THE, IS IT DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT OWNERS? IS THAT WHAT IT IS? THAT'S CORRECT, JUDGE.
ALL RIGHT, MO MOVE FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR YOU CALL EFFICIENCY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR THE MOTION SIGNAL BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[63. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding authorizing the execution of an agreement with Vets Securing America for Countywide Security Guard Services for a (3) three-year term and providing for up to two (2) one-year renewal options with the total amount for the initial term of $8,806,887.69 as requested by the Facilities Management Department; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record and approval of a budgetary transfer.]
ITEM 63 PRESENTATION DISCUSSED APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH VETS SECURING AMERICA FOR COUNTYWIDE SECURITY GUARD SERVICES FOR A THREE YEAR TERM, PROVIDING UP TO 2, 2 1 YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF INITIAL TERM OF $8,806,887 69 CENTS, AS REQUESTED BY THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENT FOR RECORD AND APPROVAL OF A BUDGETARY TRANSFER.I'D LOVE IT WHEN YOU READ THE MOTIONS FOR ME, JUDGE.
TODAY WE'RE HERE TO, TO FINALIZE THE EVENT 10 69.
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024, YOU GAVE US AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH BSA RE REGARDING, UH, COUNTYWIDE SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.
THE NEW COUNTYWIDE SERVICES AGREEMENT INCLUDES 64 POSTS, 58, UH, ARMED SIX UNARMED WITH A TOTAL NUMBER OF HOURS OF 112,000 AT 27 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
UH, THE CURRENT AGREEMENT, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, HAS ONLY 51 POSTS, A HUNDRED, 2000 HOURS, AND 21 LOCATIONS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE ADDING POSTS, ADDING LOCATIONS TO THIS CURRENT CONTRACT.
THE CONTRACT TERMS AS YOU, UH, WELL NOTED IS A THREE YEAR INITIAL TERM, UH, TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.
DURING OUR NEGOTIATION PERIOD, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH VSAA STEP LADDER AGREEMENT, SO WE GOT A DISCOUNT IN YEAR ONE.
WE'RE KIND OF BASELINE YEAR TWO, AND THEN A MARKED INCREASE IN YEAR THREE TO MAKE SURE THEY KEEP UP WITH, UH, UH, THE RATE OF EMPLOYMENT, THE RATE OF, OF
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COST OF LABOR, ET CETERA.SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
WE'RE, WE BELIEVE THEY'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
UH, THE INITIAL TERM AGREEMENT IS $8.8 MILLION, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, UH, UH, POST TO BE OUTLINED EARLIER.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, MOTION AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH VSA FOR A THREE YEAR INITIAL TERM, UH, FOR 8.8, UH, MILLION $6,877 AND 69 CENTS, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLOS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUST HAD A QUESTION.
UH, DAN, DOES THIS INCLUDE KEEPING THE TWO SECURITY, UH, GUARDS AT THE PRECINCT FOUR SATELLITE? SO, SO CURRENTLY THE, THE SOLICITATION WE PUT OUT IN THE POST PRECINCT FOUR, THE NEW PRECINCT FOUR FACILITY, DOES NOT HAVE ANY POSTS CURRENTLY IN THIS AGREEMENT.
WE CAN AMEND THE AGREEMENT TO ADD THOSE POSTS AT THE COURT'S DISCRETION.
ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER? YES.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, YOU KNOW, DAN, YOUR ANSWERS TO, TO STAFF'S QUESTIONS ON THIS, BUT CAN YOU JUST, UH, BRIEFLY TELL US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IN NUMBERS AND EVERYTHING? AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS HAS LOOKED LIKE OVER TIME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE OBVIOUSLY A PRETTY, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GUARDS THAT WE'RE FUNDING AT THE COUNTY.
UH, LIKE WHAT'S BEHIND THAT? WHAT'S DRIVING THAT? UH, WELL, WE ADDED SEVERAL POSTS, UH, DURING THIS NEXT AGREEMENT.
WE ADDED A POST FOR ROVING POSTS FOR OUR PARKING GARAGES.
AGAIN, WE WERE SEEING A LOT OF VANDALISM, AND I DON'T WANNA SAY NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR, BUT IN OUR PARKING GARAGES OVERNIGHT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, VEHICLE PATROLS WITH VSA THAT GOES AROUND TO OUR FOUR GARAGES AND MAKE SURE THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, UH, TO AVOID, UH, VANDALISM AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE CURRENT COSTS ON.
UM, AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE INCREASES ARE RELATED TO THE MARKET RATES.
TO BE HONEST, COMMISSIONER, OUR AGREEMENT BEFORE THIS WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, SO THE LABOR RATES WE WERE PAYING BACK THEN, WE'RE NOT UP TO DATE WITH CURRENT LABOR RATES.
SO WE'RE KIND OF RESETTING AS WE DO NEW AGREEMENTS, LABOR RATES.
AGAIN, BSA WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH RETENTION, UH, AT THE CURRENT RATES THAT THEY WERE PAYING THEM.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS NEW RATE KEEPS THEM, UM, THOSE THAT ARE AT APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION RATE TO KEEP THOSE PEOPLE ENGAGED.
I, I JUDGE, JUST A FINAL COMMENT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE, UH, DAN, WITHOUT OBJECTION FROM THE COURT TO BRING BACK AN AMENDMENT.
IT'S A PRETTY MINOR COST TO ADD THE PRECINCT FOUR SATELLITE OFFICE, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE IT'S WORKING WELL TO HELP KEEP THE PEACE THERE.
BUT, UM, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY WORK ON THAT.
I, I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TEMPORARY SERVICES TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AGAIN, ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'LL BE SOME ACTION BY THE COURT ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEP.
ALBERT, WE'RE A BIG USER OF THE, UH, OF THIS COMPANY AND I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WITH DAN, 'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS THEY'RE ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY.
WE DISCUSSED THIS, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PASS SOME OF THE INCREASE ONTO THE GUARD, RIGHT? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? THAT THEY DID GIVE HIM A PAY INCREASE? Y YEAH, WE, WE'VE, AGAIN, UM, I, WITHOUT TAKING TOO MUCH TIME, UH, ALBERT TR TEXAS ACCESSOR COLLECTOR HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF REVIEWING THIS PROCESS.
HE WAS ON THE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR US AS UA.
HE'S A, HE'S A LARGE USER OF THESE SERVICES, AND HE WAS REALLY INTENT ON MAKING SURE THAT THE INCREASED BILLING RATE ALSO MAKES ITS WAY DOWN TO THOSE EMPLOYEES.
AND SO THAT IS A BIG DRIVER FOR US.
AND WE'VE GOT GUARANTEES FROM BSA THAT, THAT, THAT MONEY'S BEING TRANSLATED DOWN TO THEM IN THE, IN THE ACTUAL INCREASED HOURLY RATES FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.
[64. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding a Grant and Development Agreement between Bexar County and the University of Texas at San Antonio in the amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for the construction of the Roadrunner NEST, Volleyball and Basketball Practice Facility to be located at the main campus of the University of Texas at San Antonio, to include the appropriate budgetary transfer.]
ON TO ITEM 64 PRESENTATION.DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING A GRANT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO, AND THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD RUNNER NEST VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT THE MAIN CAMPUS OF UTSA TO INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE BUDGETED TRANSFER.
MR. UH, MR. CURRY, GOOD MORNING.
I'VE BEEN WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE, UH, ITEM RELATED TO THE NURTURING ELITE SPORTS TALENT, VOLLEYBALL AND PRACTICE FACILITY AT UTSA.
IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE ROAD RUNNER NEST PROJECT.
UH, WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE NICK TOTTLE, WHO'S VICE PRESIDENT OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, AND LISA COMPOST, WHO'S OUR, UH, WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AT UTSA.
UM, THE, UM, COMMISSIONER'S COURT MET LAST YEAR TO, UM, UH, HEAR FROM THE UNIVERSITY ABOUT, UH, A PROJECT TO, UM, BUILD A NEW VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY AT THE MAIN CAMPUS.
UM, AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING,
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THE COMMISSIONERS DID AUTHORIZE, UM, US TO GO INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH UTSA FOR A GRANT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION.UM, FUNDING WAS, UM, IDENTIFIED FROM PRECINCT THREE.
COMMISSIONER MOODY, UH, ALLOCATED, UH, A PORTION OF HIS, UH, CAPITAL PROJECT ALLOCATION TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND AS, UH, FURTHER, UH, EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS, UH, THE UNIVERSITY IS ACCEPTING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, UH, THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THE, UH, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, OF COURSE, GATHERING ALL THE FUNDS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO ANY COST OVERRUNS RELATED TO THE PROJECT.
THE COUNTY HAS THE RIGHT TO INSPECT CONSTRUCTION, UM, TO MAKE SURE IT ADHERES TO THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.
AND UPON COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, UTSA WILL OWN IT, MANAGE IT, OPERATE IT, AND MAINTAIN IT, UM, AND WILL OVERSEE THE FACILITIES ACCORDING TO A OPERATING AGREEMENT.
THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
UM, HERE'S A COUPLE OF, UH, IMAGES DEPICTING THE, UH, WHERE THE BUILDING WILL BE LOCATED, UM, AND WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.
UH, IT WILL BE ON THE MAIN CAMPUS ADJACENT TO THEIR, UH, RECENTLY COMPLETED ROADRUNNER ATHLETIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.
THE RACE FACILITY, UM, THE BUILDING IS PROGRAMMED TO BE ABOUT 51,000, 51,900 SQUARE FEET.
UM, AS OF VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL TRAINING FACILITY, IT WILL HOUSE THE OPERATIONS OF THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AND THE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS. UM, IT'LL BE INCLUSIVE OF PRESS PRACTICE FACILITY AMENITIES ASSOCIATED WITH TOP TIER, UH, NCAA, UH, DIVISION ONE BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL PROGRAMS. UH, IN ADDITION, THIS FACILITY WILL PROVIDE, UH, COUNTY RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO NEW EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT WILL IMPROVE AND ENHANCE ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
THEY'LL BE AVAILABLE LOCALLY, UH, BY ALLOWING THEM THE COMPLETION OF CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS, DEGREE PROGRAMS, AND OTHER HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. AT UTSA, UH, IN ADDITION, UH, THERE'LL BE PUBLIC ACCESS AVAILABLE FOR, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UH, ATTEND EVENTS AND DO, UM, ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITIES.
UH, THAT'LL BE, UH, SPELLED OUT IN THE OPERATIONS AGREEMENT.
UM, AND SO I'LL, UH, PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS, BUT THEN I HAVE THE, UH, THE, UH, RECOMMENDED MOTION OF APPROVAL OF THE GRANT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY AND UTSA FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5 MILLION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROADRUNNER NEST VOLLEYBALL AND BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY TO BE LOCATED AT THE MAIN CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO.
COMMISSIONER MOONY, I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF YOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, SAW YIELD OF THE FLORIDA U YES, JUDGE.
I'LL MOVE APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MOODY, SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY? YES.
UM, TONY, COULD YOU JUST SPEAK FOR, FOR THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS, RIGHT? THE, UH, THE ACCESS AND PART OF THE OP OPERATIONS AGREEMENT THAT YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IN THE LAST BULLET.
THAT THIS WILL ALSO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLIC USE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH UTSA ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, UH, PROJECTS IN THE PAST.
AND SO WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM ON, UH, PARK WEST.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT IS VERY SIMILAR IN THAT IT, IT DOES PROVIDE, UH, ACCESS TO THE FACILITY.
WE HAVE A COUNTY DAYS AS WE, AS WE HAVE, HAVE USED IN, IN OTHER, OTHER, OTHER, UH, UH, PROJECTS WITH THEM, UH, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO, UM, REQUEST A REDUCED RATE OR, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, UM, RENT FREE TYPE DAYS THAT THAT CAN BE USED FOR, UH, PUBLIC EVENTS.
THE COUNTY CAN, CAN, CAN, UH, ALSO, UH, UH, PROPOSE TO USE THE, THE, THE, THE DAYS, UH, FOR EVENTS THAT WE, THAT WE, UM, SPONSOR.
HOW MANY DAYS IS THAT? UH, IT'S FIVE DAYS TOTAL.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IF, UM, WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, UH, AND EXPECTATION IS THAT THE, THE, UH, THE FACILITY WILL ALSO SERVE AS A HUB FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UM, UM, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR, UH, UM, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE, THE UNIVERSITY HAS.
AND SO THIS, UH, WILL, UM, SERVE FOR, UH, KINESIOLOGY, UH, THE SCHOOL OF DATA, ATHLETIC DATA, DATA ANALYTICS, UH, SPORTS MEDICINE.
ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WILL BE ENHANCED BY THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO, UH, OPERATE IN THIS FACILITY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, TONY.
UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO SAY I, YOU KNOW, UTSA IS SUCH A, UM, PREMIER INSTITUTION, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS PROVIDED, UH, SO MUCH GROWTH AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONSOLIDATION, THE, THE MERGER WITH UT HEALTH, I THINK IS, IS A, A HUGE WIN AS WELL.
AND, AND THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE, THE, UM, UNIVERSITY GOING FORWARD.
AND THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP THERE TOO, WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MILITARY.
UT HEALTH HAS HAD A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH UHS AND WITH BAMC AND, AND OUR MILITARY MEDICINE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO, I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK UTSA
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HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER.UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE LISA THERE.
SORRY, I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, TO BRINGING YOU BACK AND, AND HAVING A, A CELEBRATION OF OUR MEN'S BASEBALL TEAM.
AND THEY'RE A BIG REGIONAL WIN.
BUT, UH, FOR TODAY, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED ABOUT MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND, UM, YOU KNOW, URGE AND, AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
LISA, WHY DON'T YOU COME FORWARD? CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL YEAR, RIGHT? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, IT, IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR.
COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT ALL OF YOU, WITHOUT THE, UH, THE COUNTY, THE CITY.
SO APPRECIATE EVERYONE, UM, SUPPORTING AND BELIEVING IN THE MISSION OF UTSA AND UTSA ATHLETICS.
ALRIGHT, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
NEXT YEAR WE GOTTA KEEP GOING, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE THE MOMENTUM.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[65. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding awarding delivery orders for the purchase of 895 portable radios and accessories for the P25 Public Safety Radio System in the combined amount of $7,267,303.30, through the State of Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Purchasing Cooperative Contract # DIR-CPO-5433 and Alamo Area Regional Radio System (AARRS) # 4600016992, as requested by Bexar County Information Technology; and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record. a. 800 replacement Law Enforcement Radios with accessories from Dailey Wells for $5,801,728 b. 95 replacement OEM and FMO radios with accessories from Motorola for $1,205,575.30 c. Staff augmentation allowance for deployment in the amount of $260,000]
PRESENTATION.DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING AWARDING DELIVERY ORDERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 895.
PORTABLE RADIOS, ACCESSORIES FOR THE P 25 PUBLIC SAFETY RADIO SYSTEM IN A COMBINED AMOUNT OF $7,267,303 30 CENTS THROUGH THE STATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES, PURCHASING COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AND ALAMO AREA REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM, AS REQUESTED BY BEXAR COUNTY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATE WAR DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.
A 800 REPLACEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIOS WITH ACCESSORIES FROM DAILY WEALTH FOR $5,000,801 7 2720 $8 95 REPLACEMENT O-E-M-F-M-O RADIOS WITH ACCESSORIES FROM MOTOROLA FOR $1,205,575 30 CENTS, AND A C SELF OCCUP AUGMENTATION ALLOWANCE FOR DEPLOYMENT AMOUNT OF 260,000.
IS THAT GONNA BE ONE MOTION? ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO, WE FILE AS ONE MOTION GUYS? WE SEPARATE 'EM 'CAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT PURCHASE ORDERS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. GAUGER, DO YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO, SO QUICK BACKGROUND, UH, FOR THOSE WERE WHO WERE HERE, UM, IN 20 18 20 17 TIMEFRAME, WE PARTNERED WITH CPS IN THE CITY, UH, AS PART OF THE, UH, OURS, WHICH IS THE ALAMO, UH, AREA REGIONAL RADIO SYSTEM, UH, PROJECT TO BUILD A NEW RADIO, UH, NETWORK, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THAT'S A SHARED COST.
UH, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL ENTITY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PURCHASING THEIR OWN RADIOS.
UH, SO WE MET, WE REPLACED ALL OF OUR, UH, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIOS AND FIRE RADIOS AT THAT TIME.
UH, SO THERE WAS A LARGE PURCHASE OF ABOUT 2,800 RADIOS, UH, THAT WAS MADE BACK THEN.
UM, SO THOSE RADIOS, THE LIFES LIFESPAN ON THOSE RADIOS IS ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.
UH, INSTEAD OF COMING BACK TO COURT WITH A APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLION PROJECT RIGHT NOW TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM, WE KNOW WE CAN GET MORE LIFE THAN SEVEN YEARS OUT OF THEM.
BUT WE WANTED TO START A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR PCS.
SO THE IDEA WITH IS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO REPLACE ONE SEVENTH OF OUR FLEET EVERY YEAR.
UH, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST, UH, UM, APPROVED BUDGET FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN THIS YEAR, UH, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE, THE SECOND SEVENTH, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO START THAT PROJECT LAST YEAR DUE TO RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON, STEVEN SAMPLE, WHO'S BEHIND ME IS OUR, UH, TECH LEAD OVER PUBLIC SAFETY.
HE'S THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN PROGRAM THOSE RADIOS AND ROLL 'EM OUT, AND HE'S RUNNING OPERATIONS, RIGHT? SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO SUBMITTED AN EARMARK FOR, UH, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, I THINK CONGRESSMAN CASTRO IS STILL MOVING THAT EARMARK UP THE CHAIN, AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO OFFSET OF THE 7 MILLION, 3.6 MILLION OF THAT IF THAT GETS APPROVED.
UM, SO WE WERE KIND OF SEEING WHERE THAT WENT TOO.
UM, BUT WE'RE AT THE STAGE NOW WHERE WE NEED TO REPLACE THESE RADIOS.
UM, SO AGAIN, UH, 800 OF THESE RADIOS ARE GONNA BE USED BY, UH, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS TO REPLACE TWO YEARS WORTH OF THAT, UH, REPLACEMENT.
UH, AND THEN THE OTHER 95 TO REPLACE SOME OF OUR FIRE RADIOS, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT RADIO, UM, THAT'S MORE RUGGED.
UH, SO THE IDEA HERE IS, UH, TO ALSO BRING IN A STAFF AUGMENTATION, UH, RESOURCE THAT CAN HELP US OVER A 12 MONTH PERIOD REPLACE THESE RADIOS, PROGRAM THESE RADIOS, AND GET 'EM DEPLOYED.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDED MOTION, UM, IS AWARDING AND DELIVERY ORDERS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 895 PORTABLE RADIOS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NEED ME TO READ IT.
SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE REC RECOMMENDED MOTION, WHICH IS TO REPLACE THAT RULE 800 LAW ENFORCEMENT RADIOS WITH ACCESSORIES FROM DAILY WELLS FOR 5,801,728.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COWER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
DID I HEAR THAT? ALL TOGETHER? ALL TOGETHER.
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HEARING NONE.SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
66, JUST TO CLARIFY YES, FOR THE RECORD, UH, 'CAUSE I THINK COMMISSIONER COBERT ONLY READ THAT PART A, SO I THINK WE BETTER JUST CLARIFY THAT.
YEAH, IT WAS FOR THE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ BOTH THEN.
UH, UH, MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEMS B AND C IN THE RECOMMENDED MOTION.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR NOW INCORPORATED IN ALL THREE, UH, SUBSECTIONS.
A, B, C, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? I'LL ASK FOR A REVO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SECOND BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[66. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of the ratification of a contract awarded to 5-Star Hauling for the abatement of property 8111 Chipping to include the demolitions of the one remaining standing wall, removal, disposal of debris to the foundation, and the hauling of material on the property in the amount of $25,000.]
66, PRESENTATION.DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL, RATIFICATION OF A CONTRACT AWARD TO FIVE STAR HAULING TO THE A PROPERTY DROP.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA DROP THAT OUT.
JUST REAL POINTING INQUIRY REAL QUICK.
WHAT, WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH THE LANGUAGE? UH, WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO, COMMISSIONER, IS WE NEED TO PUBLISH THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE, UH, THE DEMOL UH, UH, THE DEMOLITION COMPONENT OF THIS.
SO WE'LL MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT, UH, COURT MEETING IN JULY.
WE'LL, UH, AND WE'LL PROPERLY AGENDIZE THIS WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN FOLLOWED BY THE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
SO THAT'LL BE, BE BROUGHT BACK AT THE NEXT HEARING OR WHENEVER SET.
UH, ITEM 67 68 OR LATE FILE, CAN I HAVE A ONE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE LATE FILES ON FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FOREST, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ TO ACCEPT LATE FILE FOR ITEM NUMBER 67 68.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGN SAYING AYE.
[67. 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 #67a. a. Approval of renewal of property policy with Affiliated FM Insurance Company through Frost Insurance Agency to provide Bexar County with the purchase of Property Insurance Coverage for a one-year period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, with an annual premium amount of $1,375,463 and providing for two additional one-year renewal options, as requested by the Risk Management and Compliance department, and authorizing executive and filing of the appropriate renewal documents for record.]
GO BACK TO 67.A APPROVAL OF A NEW RENEWAL OF PROPERTY POLICY WITH AFFILIATED FM INSURANCE COMPANY THROUGH FROST INSURANCE AGENCY TO PROVIDE BEXAR COUNTY WITH A PURCHASE PROPERTY INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR ONE YEAR, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2025, AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 WITH AN ANNUAL PREMIUM AMOUNT OF $1,375,463 AND PROVIDING FOR TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AS REQUESTED BY RISK MANAGEMENT COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING EXECUTIVE AND FILING OF THE APPROPRIATE RENEWAL DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD.
MS. SMITH, DEAN, GOOD AFTERNOON JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.
TINA SMITH, DEAN WITH COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE REQUESTING THE COURT'S APPROVAL OF, UH, RENEWAL OF OUR PROPERTY INSURANCE WITH AFFILIATED FM INSURANCE COMPANY.
UM, WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THIS WILL BE $1.375 MILLION, WHICH IS 18% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S PREMIUM.
SO WE ARE GONNA COME WITHIN THE BUDGET, WE'RE GONNA POWER THROUGH.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO EXECUTIVE, WE'RE GONNA MOTION TO APPROVE JUDGE MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JUDGE, COULD I ASK, ASK A QUESTION.
UM, HAVE, HAVE WE EXPLORED KIND OF THE, UH, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DEDUCTIBLES WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROPERTY INSURANCE? I'M JUST WONDERING RIGHT.
AS, AS WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR LIABILITY INSURANCE AND TAKEN MORE OF THAT, UH, RISK IN HOUSE, UH, JUST 'CAUSE IT MADE FINANCIAL SENSE FOR THE COUNTY.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THERE'S, THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY INSURANCE THAT BY INCREASING OUR DEDUCTIBLES WE'D BE ABLE TO TO BRING DOWN THAT, THAT TOP LINE PREMIUM? YES, SIR.
WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S, UH, RENEWAL.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ALRIGHT, ALL THOSE FAVOR? MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[68. 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 #68a. a. Approval of a request from Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of $5,000 for the agencies and amounts listed; as part of Precinct l's Contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund.]
A APPROVAL OF REQUEST FROM COMMISSIONER REBECCA CLIFF FLORES TO ALLOCATE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FOR AGENCY AND AMOUNTS LISTED AS PART OF PRECINCT ONE'S.CON CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES FROM A GENERAL FUND.
IS THERE A MOTION OR COMMISSIONER CLIFF FLORES MOTION FOR APPROVAL MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORES.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
ANY AB, ANY OPPOSITION? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.
[69. Discussion and appropriate action regarding a status update for a Memorandum of Understanding by and among Bexar County, a Texas political subdivision, San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc., a Texas non-profit corporation, and the Coliseum Advisory Board regarding the planning of the redevelopment of the Freeman Coliseum, Frost Bank Center, Coliseum Grounds and adjacent properties.]
[70. Discussion and appropriate action related to progress of the items in the approved Memorandum of Understanding by and among Bexar County, a Texas political subdivision, the City of San Antonio, a municipal corporation and San Antonio Spurs Holdings, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company owning the National Basketball Association franchise for the professional basketball team known as the San Antonio Spurs, to include community engagement and funding considerations.]
69 70, OUR MATTERS TO TAKE UP AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.[EXECUTIVE SESSION]
11:57 AM THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.EXECUTIVE ITEMS MAY BE DISCUSSED IN ACTIVE QUANTITY OF APPROPRIATE AND OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0 7 1.
THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE COURT'S ATTORNEY FOR ADVICE REGARDING THE FOLLOWING MATTERS PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE MATTERS OF MACIAS VERSUS BEAR COUNTY SMITH VERSUS BEAR COUNTY FUND, TEXAS CHOICE VERSUS JOE GONZALEZ, SARAH VICTORIA, TV BEAR COUNTY.
LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE FOLLOWING MATTERS IN WHICH THE D DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY FOR BURKE COUNTY UNDER THE TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF STATE BAR TEXAS CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT.
A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AND AMONG BERK COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO,
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SAN ANTONIO PARISH HOLDING TWO.A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BUYING OF MON BEAR COUNTY, THE SAN COUNTY LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD.
MARSHALL REDDICK REAL ESTATE AS MANAGING AGENT FOR TITLE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LLC VERSUS ALICIA M LOWEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.087 TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATIONS REGARDING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS, SPECIFICALLY SUBSECTION ONE, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY AMONG BEAR COUNTY, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, SAN ANTONIO SPURS HOLDINGS TWO MEMORANDUM UNDER STANDING BY AMONG BEARER COUNTY SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION AND COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 5 1 0.072 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING REAL PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY N CCB 1 5 8 4 9 BLOCK 23 LOT 17.
WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND I DO BELIEVE COURT WE HAVE LUNCH, CORRECT? CAKE? YEAH.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE OF JOYCE ANN FOX AND LINDA ZA AGUIRE AND LINDA ROSE.
COMMISSIONER MOODY, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? APPARENTLY NOT.
I THINK HE HAD A HARD STOP AT ONE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF BRETT HOWARD RILEY, VICTORIA AVILA AND LINDA DELEON.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN BEHALF OF COACH SYLVIA ES 79 HARLANDALE GRADUATE HEAD VOLLEYBALL COACH AT OUR ALMA MATER UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 2016.
AND ALSO J JEROME, JERRY SIMON, ATTORNEY OF LAW GRADUATE OF ST.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT, UH, MY STAFF DIDN'T KNOW, BUT CHAD MUELLER, ALSO AN ATTORNEY OF LAW HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.
THERE'S ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MEETING ADJOURNED.