Nov 17, 2025 Commissioners Court Work Session

WELL AT THIS POINT FATHER SCHAEFFER, YOU HAVE SIGNED UP AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

AND SISTER BERNICE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

SO DO YOU WISH TO COMBINE OR SPEAK INDIVIDUALLY? COMBINE, WE'RE TOGETHER.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU SIX MINUTES TOTAL.

EVEN TO OUT OF CITY OR OUT OF COUNTY.

I'M SISTER BERNIE BARRETT, UH, COPS METRO LEADER AT, UH, THE HOLY SPIRIT SISTERS ON THE EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

COPS METRO APPLAUDS THE RECORD NUMBER OF BEXAR COUNTY VOTERS WHO CAME OUT TO THE POLLS AND MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD ON PROPOSITIONS A AND B IN NOVEMBER.

WE RESPECT THE WILL OF THE VOTERS AND THE FINAL OUTCOME.

AS THE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD ON PROPOSITION A, WE EXPECT TO SEE TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING PROP A PROJECTS.

WE EXPECT CLEAR TIMELINES FOR PRO FOR THOSE PROJECTS, FOR CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES, AND FOR EXPECTED COMPLETION DATES.

WE CALL FOR A COMMUNITY BENEFITS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WILL MONITOR PROGRESS, REVIEW FINANCES, PROVIDE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORT TO THE PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP ON SAID COMMITTEE SHOULD INCLUDE 20 PEOPLE, FOUR FROM EACH COMMISSIONER DISTRICT AND JUDGE AKA'S OFFICE MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE INTEREST AND APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE IN THESE PROJECTS.

COPS METRO EXPECTS PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AS PLANS TO REVITALIZE THE EAST SIDE INTO A MORE VIBRANT DESTINATION MOVE FORWARD.

WE EXPECT THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

ESPECIALLY EAST SIDE RESIDENTS LOFTY IDEALS HAVE FAILED TO MATERIALIZE IN THE PAST.

THEY WERE ASPIRATIONAL AND NOT BACKED UP BY CONCRETE PLANS.

THERE MUST BE ACCOUNTABILITY THIS TIME AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BEAR COUNTY WORK OUT THE TERMS FOR THE ARENA.

THE NEXT PHASE IS CRITICAL COPS METRO WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC MONEY IS DIRECTED TO PUBLIC GOOD.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS CRITICAL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

I LIVE THERE, I KNOW AND WE WILL WORK TO REPRESENT THE PRIORITIES OF OUR FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE INCLUDE LONG OVERDUE INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD AND FLOOD CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY SCHOOLS, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR BOTH PROPS A AND B.

WE EXPECT THAT LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS WILL HAVE PRIORITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING CONTRACTS WITH WORKERS PAY AT INDUSTRY PREVAILING LIVING WAGES.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THESE CONTRACTS GO TO OUT-OF-STATE DEVELOPERS AND WORKERS AND MAYBE NOT

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WE HAVE CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS HERE.

SO WHAT DO TAXPAYERS GET IN RETURN FOR THEIR INVESTMENT? THERE MUST BE SOME RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE QUITE, WE DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT THE CITY HAS A TERM PAPER THAT CALLS FOR NEGOTIATING A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT.

BUT WE'VE HEARD NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT THE COUNTY CBA OR THE PROCESS THEY ARE USING TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY IN THE BENEFITS AGREEMENT NEGOTIATION, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.

WE WANT TO SEE OUR TAX DOLLARS WORK FOR OUR FAMILIES.

A RESPONSIBLE ECONOMIC MODEL WOULD CREATE LIVING WAGE JOBS AND WOULD PROTECT LOCAL CONTRACTS FOR WORKERS.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL TAKE UP ONE B DISCUSSION.

APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED CANVASSING THE RETURNS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CERTIFYING THE RESULTS OF THE JOINT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

GENERAL SPECIAL AND BOND ELECTION HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS BY THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSION'S COURT CANVASSING AUTHORITY AND ASSURING ALL APPROPRIATE POST-ELECTION ACTIONS AND ORDERS ARE ADOPTED AND APPROVED IN RELATION TO THE CANVAS AS REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS ELECTION CODE, INCLUDING ADOPTING AN ORDER CANVASING RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF A VENUE PROJECT ELECTION HELD IN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED DATE AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THERE WITH MS. CARU.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER'S COURT.

HOLD ON, LET, LET ME MAKE SURE THAT, ALRIGHT, PROCEED, MICHELLE.

SO BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE THE CANVAS AUTHORITY REPORT.

UH, WHAT I'M GOING TO GO OVER FOR YOU TODAY WILL BE OUR PROCEDURES, EQUIPMENT USED NUMBER OF BALLOTS THAT WERE MAILED AND ACCEPTED.

BUT I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH JUST THE REPORT ITSELF IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU SHOULD HAVE A SUMMARY RESULTS REPORT.

TWO OF THEM.

ONE IS A 13 PAGE AND THE OTHER IS A TWO PAGE.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS START WITH THE STATE PROPOSITIONS.

SO, UM, STATE PROPOSITION ONE PASSED IN BEXAR COUNTY WITH SEVEN 6.85% VOTING FOR PROP TWO PASSED WITH 63.574 PROP TWO, PROP THREE, IT PASSED WITH 63.15.

PROP FOUR PASSED WITH 65.82.

PROP FIVE PASSED WITH 60.95%.

PROP 6 52 0.13%.

PROP SEVEN PASSED WITH 85.11%.

PROP EIGHT PASSED WITH 70.73%.

PROP NINE PASSED WITH 65.27%.

PROP 10 PASSED WITH 88.53%.

PROP 11 PASSED WITH 75.56%.

PROP 12 PASSED WITH 62.48%.

PROP 13 PASS WAS SEVEN 5.11%.

PROP 14 PASS WAS SEVEN 6.08%.

PROP 15 PASSED WITH 69.34%.

PROP 16 PASSED WITH 69.19%.

AND PROP 17 PASSED WITH 53.05% GOING INTO BEXAR COUNTY PROP A PROP A PASSED WITH FIVE 5.91% AND PROP B PASSED WITH 52.14%.

AND THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE, UH, RACES ON THE BALLOT FOR TODAY'S CANVAS.

BEFORE I MOVE ON TO, UM, ELECTION EQUIPMENT USED OR IS THERE ANY TYPE OF BREAKDOWN YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO PROVIDE FOR YOU? MINUTES COMMISSIONER COVER? THANK YOU, JUDGE.

UH, THANK YOU MS. CARU.

I DID HAVE, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT A DOZEN FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY ASKED ME WHY WERE THE ELECTION NIGHT, UH, RESULTS REPORTED WITH YOU WITH A BIG CHIEF YELLOW THING.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR COMPUTATIONAL EFFORTS ONLINE? HOW COME THOSE DIDN'T DIDN'T PROVIDE THE RESULTS? THE RESULTS WERE NOT PROVIDED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK BECAUSE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK WE HAD OVER 3000 VOTERS STILL IN LINE WAITING TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

I CONSULTED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND THEY PROVIDED ME WITH TWO PROVISIONS IN THE ELECTION CODE.

AND ONE OF THEM IS SECTION 1 2 7 0.131 THAT SAYS, UM, AFTER THE AUTOMATIC COUNTING OF BALLOTS IS COMPLETED, THE PRESIDING JUDGE OF CENTRAL COUNT SHALL PREPARE THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR EACH PRECINCT IN EACH POLLING LOCATION AND

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SIGN THE RESULTS TO CERTIFY THE ACCURACY.

BUT AS YOU MOVE DOWN, IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, GIMME ONE MOMENT.

WELL, I I I GUESS THE QUESTION, I, YOU DIDN'T COME WITH THE BIG CHIEF UNTIL ABOUT, AFTER EIGHT 40, SO THE POLLS HAD THE LINES SUBSIDED, WHICH IS THE LAW.

WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO CAN YOU, BUT IT, IT APPEARED AS IF THERE WERE ISSUES ONLINE PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO GET.

THERE WAS, THERE WAS AN INITIAL UPDATE ONLINE AND THEN IT TOOK A BASICALLY THE NEXT MORNING OR DAY TO, TO GET THE UPDATES ONLINE.

UM, SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CONFIGURABILITY BETWEEN THE ONLINE SYSTEM THAT WE REPORT? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE REPORTING THE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, JUST IN PERSON, OUR FINAL NUMBERS WERE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AT 11:12 PM SO I'M NOT CERTAIN WHERE THEY GOT THAT THE INFORMATION WASN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING, BUT WE WERE COMPLETELY COUNTED 100% SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 PM AND POSTED SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER.

SO WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE ELECTRONIC, UH, RESULTS? I MEAN, IF THEY CAN BE? WELL, WE POSTED 'EM EVERY 25%.

SO AS OUR, EVERY ONE OF OUR ELECTION JUDGES AND ALTERNATE JUDGES HAS TO COME BACK TO OUR LOCATION TO BRING BACK IN THE VOTED BALLOTS ALONG WITH THE TABULATION MATERIAL THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO DO THE TABULATION.

SO THE WAIT PERIOD JUST HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES THEM TO SHUT DOWN, DO THEIR PAPERWORK, AND THEN COME INTO THE POLLING LOC OR TO THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS.

I GUESS IT'S JUST A GENERAL QUESTION, UH, IS PEOPLE ARE WONDERING LIKE, WHY WEREN'T THEY UPDATED ON A, ON A, THEY, THEY WERE UPDATED AT THE EARLY AND THEN AT THE 25 AND THEY HELD FOR PROBABLY TILL, YOU KNOW, AFTER 11 AS YOU SAID.

UH, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAD A CONSISTENT BEAT EXCEPT FOR YOUR REPORTS.

WAS THERE AN ISSUE? WELL, I'M, I'M GOING TO SAY NO, THERE WASN'T AN ISSUE BECAUSE EVERY TIME I STEPPED OUT TO SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, THAT INFORMATION WAS PASSED OVER TO, UH, ONE OF MY MANAGERS IN THE OFFICE WHO POSTED IT ONLINE AT THE SAME TIME THAT I WAS REPORTING IT TO THE MEDIA.

SO I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THEY WERE UNABLE TO SEE THE NUMBERS, BUT EVERY TIME I REPORTED TO THE MEDIA, ONE OF THE MANAGERS UPDATED OUR WEBSITE.

MR. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH, JUST A, A FOLLOW UP ON THAT, MICHELLE.

UM, SO I GUESS TWO, TWO CLARIFICATIONS.

ONE, UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, FOLKS HAVE AN EXPECTATION ON ELECTION NIGHT.

'CAUSE IT IN YEARS PAST, IT'S KIND OF FLUCTUATED WHERE, YOU KNOW, AT 7 0 1 THE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS ARE POSTED.

UM, SOMETIMES IT'S SEVEN 15 IN, IN THIS CASE IT WAS AFTER EIGHT.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THIS WAS IN SOME SENSE, A, UM, IT'LL BE A LOWER TURNOUT THAN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2026, FOR EXAMPLE.

RIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT, UH, SURE.

IT'S A MIDTERM.

SO JUST SO THE, THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS, UH, YOUR, YOUR INTERPRETATION OF, OF THE ELECTION CODE IS THAT, UH, YOU, YOU CANNOT POST OR YOU WILL NOT POST THE EARLY VOTE RESULTS UNTIL EVERYBODY HAS VOTED.

IS THAT YOUR, YOUR INTERPRETATION? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE HAD PRESS CONFERENCES, THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ABOUT EARLY VOTING NUMBERS.

I WAS ASKED, WHEN WILL THE NUMBERS BE OUT? AND I SAID, AS SOON AS EVERYONE HAS CAST A BALLOT.

SO I DID LET THE MEDIA KNOW SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT THIS, THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS WOULD NOT BE RELEASED UNTIL EVERYONE HAD CAST A BALLOT.

SO POTENTIALLY IN, IN, IF WE HAVE A HUGE TURNOUT OR, OR ON PAR WITH A MIDTERM, UM, IT COULD BE THAT EARLY VOTE NUMBERS AREN'T OUT, UH, UNTIL AFTER NINE OR 10:00 PM I MEAN, IF, IF THERE ARE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN LINE, IT IT, I MEAN, IT COULD HAPPEN.

THAT'S CONCEIVABLE.

RIGHT? OKAY.

YES, BECAUSE I JUST, I JUST, UM, WASN'T USED TO THAT, I GUESS.

AND, AND, AND I THINK, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT.

YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPRESS PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN LINE TO VOTE BY RELEASING EARLY VOTE NUMBERS, BUT SOMEHOW IT'S WORKED IN THE PAST.

SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, AND MAYBE IT'S A, MAYBE IT'S A MATTER OF, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVING, UH, KIND OF REPROGRAMMING FOLKS TO KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYBODY THAT THAT'S KIND OF, UH, BEEN AROUND BEXAR COUNTY POLITICS FOR, UH, A COUPLE OF DECADES IS USED TO KIND OF HITTING REFRESH AT 7 0 1 SURE.

7 0 3.

BUT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING, AND AGAIN, I I GUESS YOU HAVE SOME DISCRETION THERE.

'CAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CODE IS, UH, ONCE THE POLLS CLOSE, YOU COULD, UH, UH, POST THOSE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS.

BUT THE POLLS WERE STILL OPEN.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE VOTERS WHO ARE WAITING IN LINE, THE POLLS ARE NOT CONSIDERED CLOSED UNTIL THE LAST PERSON IN CASTER VALLEY UNTIL THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE BUILDING.

SO AGAIN, I I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF, UM, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO MESSAGE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW I WAS CALLING YOU THAT NIGHT, IT'S 'CAUSE I'M GETTING CALLS FROM, FROM, UH, CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE SAYING, HEY, WE'RE THE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS.

'CAUSE

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SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF WE HAVE A HUGE TURNOUT ELECTION, UH, YOU'RE NOT GONNA POST THOSE EARLY VOTE NUMBERS UNTIL ALL THE LINES ARE GONE AND EVERYBODY'S BASICALLY THAT IS TRUE.

AND LEGISLATION JUST CHANGED.

SO EARLY VOTING NUMBERS CANNOT BE RELEASED AT ALL.

RIGHT.

UNTIL ALL THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN COUNTED.

SO COME 2026, THE RULES GOING TO CHANGE.

THE LAW HAS CHANGED TO WHERE WE CAN'T RELEASE ANYTHING.

SO EARLY VOTING NUMBERS WON'T BE OUT AT SEVEN.

UH, I, I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, I THINK A FOLLOW UP TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT IS, UM, AND MAYBE IT'S A MATTER OF HOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, RUNNING THE OFFICE, BUT, UH, I I SEEM TO RECALL ELECTION NIGHT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, YOU WOULD HAVE AN UPDATE FOR THE MEDIA AND THEN I GUESS IT WAS SOON THEREAFTER THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE UPDATED ON, UH, ONLINE.

IS THAT HOW YOU INTEND TO, TO ROLL OUT NUMBERS IN THE FUTURE? 'CAUSE IT USED TO BE THAT P IT WOULD JUST BE UPDATED ONLINE AND, AND, AND THEN IT WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE UPDATED.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR PREFERENCE IS TO UPDATE THE MEDIA AND THEN, UH, UPDATE 'EM ONLINE.

IS THAT, I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE.

IF I DIDN'T MEET WITH THE MEDIA IN THE EVENING TIME, IT WOULDN'T HURT MY FEELINGS ONE BIT.

BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE MEDIA.

I, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

'CAUSE I HAD THE SAME, UM, FEEDBACK THAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT HAD IS, IS THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE UPDATED, UH, THROUGH THE MEDIA AND THEN, UM, IT WASN'T INSTANTANEOUS.

IT WOULD BE SOMETIME LATER IT'D BE POSTED ONLINE.

SO AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A SURE.

I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE NEW, YOU'RE NEW TO THE COUNTY.

UM, AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S ALSO GETTING USED TO THESE NEW, UM, UH, LAWS AND HOW NUMBERS ARE ROLLED OUT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, MY, UH, MY TEAM, MY OFFICE HAS RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK FROM ELECTION JUDGES AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TRY TO COMPILE THAT AND SHARE THAT WITH YOUR OFFICE AND YOU PERSONALLY.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT.

PROBABLY IN THE COMING DAYS, WE'LL, WE'LL REACH OUT.

UH, BUT I HOPE, YOU KNOW, AS WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND TRY TO IMPROVE UPON PROCESSES AND, AND MAKE THINGS RUN MORE SMOOTHLY, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE, UH, MAKE SOME STEPS FORWARD ON THAT FRONT.

I'M JUST GLAD WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN OUT TO VOTE FOR THIS TYPE OF ELECTION.

BUT MORE PEOPLE NEED TO VOTE.

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO GET REGISTERED.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

I DO, IS THERE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY FLORIDA.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE ANY FURTHER RE OH, I'M SORRY.

WERE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR REPORT? OH, NO, CONTINUE THERE.

YOU GOT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? I JUST WANTED ADD.

YEAH, I, I DO WANNA ADD SOMETHING ELSE.

SO, ON THE REPORT, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY THE NUMBERS, RIGHT.

FROM EVERYONE THAT CAME IN.

AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTION EQUIPMENT AND HOW MANY BALLOTS.

AND THAT'S ALL GOOD AND GREAT.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF TWEAKS I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THIS REPORT IN THE FUTURE.

AND, UM, FOR NUMBER ONE, WE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION EQUIPMENT USED, AND IT BREAKS DOWN BY THE NUMBER OF BALLOT BY MAIL BALLOTS THAT WE RECEIVED, WHICH WAS 5,161, HOW MANY ELECTRONIC BALLOTS WE USE.

BUT SOMETHING I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THE COURT MOVING FORWARD IS FOR US TO ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW MANY POLL PADS WE USED.

RIGHT? WE HAD NEW EQUIPMENT AT THE POLLING LOCATION, WHICH WAS THE POLL PAD AND HOW MANY TIMES DEF LINK WAS USED, BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TOPICS THAT CAME UP WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE TO BEXAR COUNTY.

UM, ALSO, UM, AS WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH IT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED ME TO HIT THE BULLET POINTS, BUT EARLY VOTING WE HAD 55 51 EARLY VOTING SITES, 285 ELECTION DAY SITES.

AND, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ELECTION DAY SITES, WHICH I'VE EMAILED YOU ALL ABOUT.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD OUR OVERSEAS AND MILITARY VOTERS, THE NUMBER OF PROVISIONALS.

UM, ON BULLET POINT NUMBER TWO, UNDER PROVISIONAL BALLOTS, WE DID HAVE 166 PROVISIONAL BALLOTS CAST ON ELECTION DAY, WHICH ONLY 54 WERE COUNTED.

AND BASED UPON THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED FROM THE EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD, A MAJORITY OF THOSE PROVISIONAL BALLOTS WERE VOTERS IN OTHER COUNTIES WANTING TO CROSS OVER TO VOTE ON PROP A AND PROP B.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, UH, WE HAD A REALLY GREAT ELECTION.

I FEEL THAT ALTHOUGH MAYBE THE EARLY VOTING NUMBERS DIDN'T COME OUT AS EVERYONE HAD PLANNED, WE WERE STILL ABLE TO REPORT SHORTLY AFTER 11 O'CLOCK, I WAS ABLE TO GET, GATHER SOME DATA FROM OTHER LARGE COUNTIES.

WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST IN TEXAS, AND WE WERE THE FIRST ONE TO REPORT THAT DAY, AND WE HAD MORE POLLING LOCATIONS THAN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

SO WE DID, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO REPORT SHORTLY AFTER 11.

TARRANT COUNTY REPORTED AT ALMOST TWO O'CLOCK DALLAS AT ALMOST THREE O'CLOCK IN HARRIS AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.

SO ALTHOUGH THE NUMBERS WERE ROLLING OUT SLOW, I FEEL THAT MY TEAM DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE VOTERS AND THE PUBLIC WERE ABLE TO

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GET THEIR INFORMATION BEFORE GOING TO BED AT NIGHT.

AND THAT'S OUR GOAL AT EVERY ELECTION.

SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MR. , UH, JUST, JUST ONE QUESTION.

I, I KNOW PREVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, THE TEAMS VO TECH VR UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CONTRACT.

OBVIOUSLY TEAMS, UM, GOT US THROUGH THE ELECTION.

UH, WE REDUCED THE BACKLOG, WE ELIMINATED THE BACKLOG VOTER REGISTRATIONS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK AT SOME POINT, UH, IN THE COMING WEEKS REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTIONALITY OF TEAMS AND, AND, UH, ANY ISSUES, UH, THAT MAYBE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, WE OBVIOUSLY EXECUTED THE ELECTION WITH TEAMS AND, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY GAPS THAT WE STILL THINK NEED TO BE FILLED.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE ELECTION USING THE TEAM SYSTEM.

IT WASN'T PERFECT BECAUSE IT'S STILL NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETED.

SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVED, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT YOU GUYS DID TOO, WAS THAT OUR WEBSITE WASN'T WORKING WHEN IT CAME TO THE GIS MAPPING WHEN IT CAME TO FIND MY VOTING LOCATION.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION WAS CONNECTED TO OUR LAST VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, WHICH WE NO LONGER USE.

AND TEAM DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT CURRENTLY.

NOW, WHETHER IT DOES IN THE FUTURE, I'M NOT SURE OF, I DID HEAR THIS PAST WEEK THAT THE, UM, SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE WAS LOOKING AT DECERTIFY VO TECH BECAUSE VO TECH DID, DOES STILL HAVE SOME CLIENTS THAT USE THEIR 1.0 SYSTEM AND WE WERE 2.0.

AND SO THEY'RE ABOUT TO DECERTIFY THAT, WHICH MEANS ALL THOSE COUNTIES NOW HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PROGRAM TO USE COME PRIMARY.

AND OUR PRIMARY DEADLINES ARE FAST AHEAD.

THEY'VE CHANGED THE PRIMARY DEADLINES TO WHERE WE HAVE TO DO OUR LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING.

THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY, THE LAST TIME WE COULD DO IT, IT'S THE SECOND WEEK IN JANUARY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

AND THERE WERE JUST SOME THINGS IN THE TEAM SYSTEM THAT DID NOT SUPPORT, UM, THIS PAST SELECTION.

AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR, UM, ANY OTHER ENTITY, ENTITY THAT'S USING IT, BUT I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH, UM, SOMEBODY FROM ONE OF THE PARTIES THAT WAS IN CENTRAL COUNT AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GO IN.

AND WHEN YOU ARE SIGNING UP TO BE ON THE BALLOT, THEY HAVE FIVE DAYS TO HAVE YOU IN THEIR SYSTEM AND THEIR SYSTEM'S NOT COMPLETED EVEN FOR THE PARTY SIDE OF THINGS.

SO I KNOW THE TEAM IS WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO BRING ON 13 ADDITIONAL COUNTIES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THEY'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT AGAIN.

SO THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUES THAT WE SAW UP UNTIL THE, UP UNTIL THIS ELECTION, WE'RE GOING TO SEE AGAIN FOR THE PRIMARY AND JUDGE, JUST ONE THING, I WAS NOT ABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE OF THE TEAM'S, UH, SITUATION.

INITIALLY, I HAD TO WAIT, UH, QUITE A LENGTH OF TIME THAT WOULD HAVE, I ALMOST LEFT BECAUSE I, I HAD TO GET TO ANOTHER MEETING, I VOTED ON THE FIRST DAY, BUT BECAUSE, UH, THINGS WERE NOT QUITE SYNCED, UM, I ALMOST WAS ASKED TO VOTE PROVISIONALLY.

SO IT IS NOT, UM, IT IS NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM.

AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THE NUMBER OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS THAT YOU SEE LISTED, UH, SOME OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO CHECK IN TO VOTE, IF YOU LIVED ON NORTH MAIN STREET, IT WOULD SAY 1, 2, 3 NORTH, NORTH MAIN STREET STREET.

AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MATCH THE VOTER'S ADDRESS, THE JUDGES HAD THEM FILL OUT STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE AND IT WASN'T EVEN AN ISSUE.

THEY, THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT BECAUSE THAT IS A PROCESS, IF IT DOESN'T MATCH, EACH VOTER SHOULD FILL OUT A STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE.

SO THAT UPTICK IN THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE TEAM SYSTEM.

AND IT'S NOT PERFECT AND THEY DIDN'T CLAIM FOR IT TO BE PERFECT, BUT IT DID WORK FOR US IN THIS ELECTION.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.

IT WORKED.

UM, NOTHING'S EVER GONNA BE PERFECT AND WE NEED TO LIKE, FIX THE THINGS THAT ARE STILL BROKEN.

I WOULD ASK YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND FIGURE OUT WHEN THAT FUNCTIONALITY WILL BE ADDED.

'CAUSE I KNOW THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ADDING, UH, A LOT, LOT OF, UH, NEW TOOLS TO IT, BUT, UM, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA GET IF WE GET INTO A NEW CONTRACT EITHER.

TO THE LAW, DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PUT IN A POWERPOINT, UH, OR BE ABLE TO SH HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.

AND THERE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE BUGS THAT COME WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW SYSTEM.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANYTHING ELSE? UM, MICHELLE, LET ME JUST MAKE SOME FINAL COMMENTS HERE.

UM, AS WHAT'S NOTED, THIS ELECTION SAW RECORD TURNOUT WE'RE GRATEFUL.

OUR COMMUNITY MADE IT OUT TO THE POLLS AND MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

UH, I WANT TO PUT ON RECORD, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC THAT I, AS THE CHAIR OF THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION HAS CALLED FOR A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20TH.

THIS THURSDAY.

UH, IT'S BEEN POSTED, UH, AT 5:30 PM IN THE DOUBLE HEIGHTS COURTROOM.

THIS COURTROOM TO RECAP THE RECENT ELECTION HERE, A ONE YEAR REPORT FROM ADMINISTRATOR MICHELLE CARU, EXCUSE ME.

AND TO SPEAK TO THE NEXT STEPS TOWARD THE MARCH, 2026 JOINT PRIMARY ELECTION.

AND SO, UH, MICHELLE, UH, YOU'VE BEEN ASKED QUESTIONS.

I'D ASK THAT YOU, UH, ESPECIALLY THOSE CITATIONS

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I THINK PERHAPS ONE LESSON LEARNED, UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ HAS POINTED OUT IS WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY DONE A BETTER JOB ABOUT EXPLAINING HOW THOSE RESULTS WE'RE GOING TO DO.

AND, AND WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THOSE ISSUES THAT IF THE POLLS HAVE NOT CLOSED, THE LAW DOES REQUIRE CERTAIN THINGS.

SO WE JUST NEED TO HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND IN LIGHT OF THE PAST HISTORY OF THOSE RESULTS COMING OUT RIGHT AT 7:00 PM ALL RIGHT.

YES, SIR.

SO LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GET THAT FOR ELECTIONS COMMISSION.

UH, OBVIOUSLY I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION DID NOT MEET FOR A LONG TIME AND THAT THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION, WHICH CONSISTS OF OUR COUNTY CLERK, LUCIA DIAMOND CLARK, OUR TAX ASSESSOR COLLECTOR ABU ESTE, THE TWO PARTY CHAIRS, UH, CHRIS C***S AND MICHELLE LOS SOLI, UH, ARE AND MYSELF CONSIST OF ELECTIONS COMMISSION AND BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING.

AND, UH, YOU MAY WELL HAVE MANY MORE QUESTIONS, MICHELLE.

WILL TAKE UP ITEM TWO, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING CITIZENS WHO SIGNED TO REGISTER TO SPEAK ON ITEMS AGENDAS FOR OUR COURT.

ALRIGHT.

AND SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, UH, UH, SIGNIFY VOTE SAYING AYE.

AYE.

ANY POST, ANY EXTENS MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL NOW RECESS AS THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT COUNTY SET AUTHORITY AND RECONVENING.

THE TIME IS 10 28.

AS THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT

[2. Immediately following Item 1b: Communications, including citizens who signed the register to speak on items agendized for Commissioners Court.]

AND I BELIEVE I HAVE THREE WHO SIGNED UP, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR THREE, THEIR THE THREE, UH, TIME SLOTS FOR JASON LEVI LAR LEVI DON TOSKI ON, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SO IF Y'ALL ARE, UH, YIELDING TO JASON, WHY DON'T Y'ALL THREE COME UP AND I'LL GIVE JASON NINE MINUTES.

GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS COURT TODAY.

AND TO SHARE MY INSIGHT, I'M A RETIRED MILITARY COMBAT VETERAN, BUT CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANYON CROSSING PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

WE ARE LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST BEAR COUNTY PRECINCT ONE.

I REPRESENT ABOUT 3000 RESIDENTS, BOTH HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.

THE WORK YOU DO HERE SHAPES THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS, AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THE DEDICATION AND RESPONSIBILITY YOU BRING TO THIS CHAMBER.

THE PROBLEM, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SINKING ROADS, SHIFTING UNSAFE SIDEWALKS AND EXPOSED SEWER MANHOLE COVERS.

SMALL REPAIRS WERE MADE TWO YEARS AGO BY PUBLIC WORKS BUT DIDN'T LAST.

THE RESULT WAS THAT BEXAR COUNTY CITIZENS THIS YEAR SUFFERED VEHICLE DAMAGE TO THE EXTENT OF SLICE TRANSMISSIONS AND ENGINES WITH FLUIDS ALL OVER THE GROUND.

WE WERE TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT DUE TO A LACK OF FUNDING.

WE EVEN TOOK OUR STRUGGLE TO CASE AT 12 NEWS, WHICH AIRED OUR STORY ON OCTOBER 2ND OF THIS YEAR.

EVEN AFTER THE NEWS STORY, THERE WERE NO PLANS TO REPAIR OUR ROADS.

AN INTERNAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND SAW AS OVER LIABILITY YIELDED A STALEMATE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAD TO BEAR.

IT WASN'T UNTIL WE TOOK OUR FIGHT TO THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE LATER IN OCTOBER THAT WE SAW RELIEF WORKING WITH THE CHIEF OF STAFF, MATTHEW POLANCO AND THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, NOAH BARHOP, THEY BROUGHT OUR SITUATION TO THE ATTENTION OF JUDGE SAKA AND WE FINALLY SAW ACTION ON THE GROUND TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS FROM A PUBLIC ROAD THREAT THAT HARM THE VEHICLES AND LIVELIHOODS OF HARDWORKING FAMILIES.

THESE FAMILIES HAVE STRUGGLED TO PAY FOR TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT DUE TO OUR FAILING ROADS.

I ADVOCATED ON BEHALF OF ONE SUCH VICTIM AND HELPED HER NAVIGATE THE COUNTY CLAIM PROCESS TO REIMBURSE HER REPAIR COSTS ON BEHALF OF THE CANYON CROSSING COMMUNITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE FOR DELIVERING THE MUCH NEEDED REPAIR AND PREVENTING FURTHER DAMAGE AND LOSS.

YET AS WE CELEBRATE THE RECENT ROAD REPAIR, WE REMAIN MINDFUL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT LIE BEFORE US.

HOW DID WE GET HERE? TALKING WITH VARIOUS OFFICIALS, I HAVE LEARNED THAT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BY INSPECTORS FALLING SHORT OF PROPER CONSTRUCTION.

PURPORTED LEAVE AND SAN ANTONIO INSPECTORS WERE CALLED INTO COMPLETE INSPECTIONS DUE TO COUNTY MANPOWER SHORTAGES WITHIN THE CANYON

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CROSSING SUBDIVISION.

THE SIDEWALKS ALONG ALAMO CANYON ROAD WERE CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT THE INCORPORATION OF REBAR OR METAL WIRING.

THEY ARE WITHOUT STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT.

COMBINE THIS WITH CLAY SOIL AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE SHIFTING CONSTANTLY, CREATING A HAZARD TO PEDESTRIANS FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO WALK ON THEM.

THE ROADS ALONG BUTCH AND RED CANYON THAT WERE A SEVERE THREAT ARE BEING WORKED ON.

AS WE SPEAK BY BEXAR COUNTY.

PUBLIC WORKS WITH A TEMPORARY REPAIR.

AFTER THAT, THE SIDEWALK SECTIONS THAT PRESENT A THREAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REPAIRED NEXT, BUT THEY WILL SHIFT AGAIN VERY QUICKLY.

THIS IS AN UNENDING CYCLE OF CATCH UP.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN PLAYING BECAUSE OF IMPROPER INSPECTIONS ACCEPTANCE IN OUR AREA, AND A LACK OF FUNDING.

IN ADDITION, OUR ROADS HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD FOAM INJECTED BELOW TO TRY TO STABILIZE.

THIS TOO DID NOT HAVE ANY LASTING SUCCESS.

OUR ROADS ARE SINKING MASSIVELY.

CANYON CROSSINGS.

ROADWAYS NEED COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION AS ASPHALT PATCHES HAVE REPEATEDLY FAILED.

MY CONCERN IS TWOFOLD.

BEXAR COUNTY IS EXPERIENCING RAPID DEVELOPMENT IN A HISTORY OF ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BEING ACCEPTED WITHOUT PROPER INSPECTIONS WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN A HIGH RISK OF PREMATURE HEAVING SHIFTING AND STRUCTURAL FAILURE.

THIS HAS RESULTED IN A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

OUR FIGHT TOOK TWO YEARS AND ENDED AT THE COUNTY JUDGE'S OFFICE TO RECEIVE RELIEF FOR BEXAR COUNTY CITIZENS SUFFERING CATASTROPHIC VEHICLE DAMAGE.

LACK OF FUNDING WAS CITED AS AN OBSTACLE TO REPAIR, REPLACE, AND PROPERLY BUILT INFRASTRUCTURE.

MY QUESTIONS TO THE COURT ARE, WHAT CAN THE COUNTY DO TO ENSURE PROPER INSPECTION TAKES PLACE AT ALL IMPORTANT STAGES OF ROAD AND SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION TO PREVENT THE STRUCTURAL FAILURES WE'RE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FILL COUNTY INSPECTOR SHORTAGES? TWO, HOW WILL THE COUNTY KEEP UP WITH THE CURRENT FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE? HOW WILL THE COUNTY MITIGATE TO PREVENT DAMAGE EVEN AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE YEARS IN ADVANCE? THREE, IS THERE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH THE FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE? IN CLOSING HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU DELIBERATE ON THE IMPORTANT MATTERS BEFORE YOU, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.

I HUMBLY ASK THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT TO PLAN AND ALLOCATE FUNDS TO PLAN FOR THE INEVITABLE ROAD REBUILD FROM THE GROUND UP IN CANYON CROSSING.

IT IS ANYBODY'S GUESS HOW LONG THIS RECENT REPAIR WILL LAST BEFORE FAILING.

I ASK FOR FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF ALAMO CANYON ROAD TO BE BUILT PROPERLY WITH SUPPORTING REBAR, METAL WIRE MATERIAL FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL PEDESTRIANS, ELDERLY FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND PETS WHO UTILIZE THIS MAIN SIDEWALK FOR MORNING, AFTERNOON, AND EVENING WALKS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING SOLUTIONS DELIVERED TO THE RESIDENTS OF CANYON CROSSING PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION IN ALL OVER BEXAR COUNTY.

ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STATUS UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2026, CAPITAL PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT, IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTY ASSETS SUCH AS BUILDING ROADS, PARKS AND TECHNO TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

ALL RIGHT, IS THAT CONCLUDES CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? ARE THERE ANY CITIZENS THAT THOUGHT THEY SIGNED UP? 'CAUSE YOU NEED TO SIGN UP.

HEARING NONE.

WE'LL THEN GO TO

[3. Immediately following Item 2: Discussion regarding a status update on the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Program, which includes the acquisition, construction or improvement of County assets, such as buildings, roads, parks and technology infrastructure.]

UH, MS. GUYTON, BUT BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT WHY THIS CONVERSATION AND THIS WORK SESSION IS SO IMPORTANT FOR TODAY.

ONE IS WE WANT TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE COUNTY AND MAINTAIN OUR BOND RATINGS.

THIS COURT HAS INFORMALLY AGREED NOT TO ISSUE NEW DEBT AND WORK TO REDUCE OUR DEBT PER CAPITA.

WE KNOW THAT BEXAR COUNTY IS HIGH ON THIS METRIC FROM PAST MAJOR PUBLIC WORK PROJECTS AND THE RATING AGENCIES HAVE ADDED MORE WEIGHT TO THIS METRIC.

WHILE WE AREN'T ISSUING NEW DEBT, WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE PRESSING CAPITAL NEEDS FOR THE COUNTY AND BROADER COMMUNITY.

THIS CONVERSATION PROVIDES A WINDOW INTO WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS NOW AND WHAT PRO PROJECTS MAY NEED TO BE REPRIORITIZED.

WHILE THIS IS A DISCUSSION ONLY ITEM, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN NEAR FUTURE TO TAKE ACTION.

I WANT TO UNDERSCORE MY KEY PRIORITIES IN THIS DISCUSSION OF CAPITAL ALLOCATION.

THERE ARE PRESSING COUNTY FACILITY NEEDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THE NECESSARY INVESTMENTS TO PROVIDE A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR STATUTORY FUNCTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

WE ALSO KNOW THERE ARE GREAT COMMUNITY NEEDS FROM FLOODING INFRASTRUCTURE TO NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.

THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S A PROCESS FOR THE ROUTINE STREET MAINTENANCE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO FAILED STREETS, THE DECISION MAKING COMES DOWN TO COURT DISCRETION AVAILABILITY AT CAPITAL DOLLARS.

THIS IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED $130 MILLION OF CAPITAL NEEDS FOR FAILED STREETS.

I BELIEVE

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WE SHOULD DEVELOP A PLAN AND TO PLAN TO TARGET THE AREAS OF THE HIGHEST NEED AND A PROCESS TO BETTER STRESS FAILED STREETS AND KEY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS.

FURTHERMORE, WE NEED TO START WORKING ON A NEW MULTI-YEAR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE KNOW THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN A SIMILAR POSITION.

THEY'RE EVALUATING GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HARDENING FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE AND PLANNING TO FUTURE INVESTMENTS.

AGAIN, THIS FLOODING INFRASTRUCTURE IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, THERE ARE MANY MERITORIOUS THIRD PARTY CAPITAL REQUESTS.

IF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE AWARE OF PROJECTS THEY BELIEVE MAY WARRANT CAPITAL REALLOCATION, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE ARE COMMUNICATED TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE COURT AND THAT COMMISSIONERS MAY CLEAR THEIR PRIORITIES FOR REALLOCATION.

MS. GATAN, THE FLOOR.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS TANYA GATAN, BUDGET AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU AND THE PUBLIC WITH AN UPDATE OF OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS REQUESTED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

THIS CURRENT GRAPH RIGHT HERE IS OUR DEBT RETIREMENT SCHEDULE.

UH, THE COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS ABOUT $2.5 BILLION IN ISSUED OUTSTANDING DEBT, WHICH INCLUDES GENERAL OBLIGATIONS AND OUR VENUE BONDS.

WITHOUT ANY NEW BONDS, THE COUNTY IS SET TO PAY OFF ALL OF THEIR DEBT BY 2049.

THIS GRAPH HERE SHOWS OUR DEBT FORECAST AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, COMPARING THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THE FUNDS REQUIRED, WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY HEALTHY DEBT FUND.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE ABLE TO PAY OFF OUR CURRENT DEBT, UM, AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE.

UH, SO WE HAVE SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO PAY OFF OUR CURRENT DEBT.

SO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT WORKED WITH A FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, DEPART THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WORKED WITH THEM TO ASK THEM TO PLACE CATEGORIES IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF THEIR PROJECTS.

THE FIRST CATEGORY IS NOT STARTED, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTIVE CONTRACTS, MEANING THAT THESE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO REALLOCATE TO OTHER PROJECTS.

THE SECOND, UM, PROJECT OR SECOND PHASE IS THE DESIGN PHASE, WHICH INCLUDES PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN, UH, PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

THESE PROJECTS COULD BE STOPPED AT THIS PHASE, AND IF IT'S DETERMINED BY THE COURT, YOU CAN ALSO REALLOCATE FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

THE THIRD CATEGORY IS CONSTRUCTION.

THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY AND ARE PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETED.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS COMPLETE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND IF THERE'S ANY AVAILABLE FUNDS, ONCE THAT PROJECT HAS BEEN CLOSED, THOSE ALSO CAN BE REALLOCATED AS WELL.

SO OVERALL, FOR OUR CURRENT CAPITAL PROJECT, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIVE TWO, UH, 247 ACTIVE PROJECTS.

51 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

56 OF THOSE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, 82 ARE UNDER DESIGN, AND 58 HAVE NOT BEGUN.

SO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS THE CASH THAT SUPPORTS THESE PROJECTS.

IN OTHER WORDS, THE DEBT ISSUANCE BEHIND THOSE PROJECTS, ABOUT $106 MILLION OF DEBT FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN SPENT.

THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN AS THEY'RE CATEGORIZED HERE ON THE TABLE, UM, HAVE APPROXIMATELY $180.6 MILLION IN AVAILABLE CASH, WHICH OFFSETS THE OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT BEGUN, OR RATHER THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO OVERALL WITH OUR PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE THE CASH TO SUPPORT ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO THIS JUST SIMPLY REALLOCATING THE DEBT FINANCE PART BEHIND THE PROJECTS.

I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO TONY CONEZ FROM THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND HE WILL GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR THE CREEKS AND TRAILS.

GOOD MORNING JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, MY NAME IS TONY CANAS.

I'M WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

UM, I ALSO HELP FACILITATE THE COUNTY'S CREEKS AND TRAILS PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

UH, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CREEKS AND TRAILS PROGRAM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING ON A STRATEGY TO MAXIMIZE THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S GREENWAYS TRAIL.

UM, WITH ME, I HAVE, UH, AMY ZOLA, WHO'S, UH, THE MANAGER OF OUR, OF THE, OF SARAH'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

UH, CONNIE GONZALEZ, WHO'S THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER AT BROOKS AND VICTORIA SHOEMAKER, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

SO THANK THEM FOR COMING.

UM, SO I'LL GET INTO IT.

UM, SO THIS IS A LISTING OF, OF, UM, ALL THE, UH, COSA TRAILS PROJECTS.

THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE INCLUDED IN OUR COUNTY TRAILS AND CREEKS AND TRAILS PROGRAM.

AND THEY ARE, UM, PROJECTS

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THAT THE COUNTIES AGREED TO FUND FOR THE CITY.

UH, THEY ARE BEING DESIGNED AND BUILT TO THE CITY'S SPECIFICATIONS, AND ONCE THEY ARE COMPLETED, THEY'RE TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITY TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AS PART OF THEIR HOWARD PEAK GREENWAY TRAIL SYSTEM.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE NINE PROJECTS OVERALL.

UH, WE HAVE ONE THAT IS ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION, THE ZAMAR CREEK TRAIL, WHICH IS, UH, ITEM 98 ON THE AGENDA TOMORROW.

AND I WILL COME BACK AND PROVIDE A LITTLE, LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT IN A FEW MINUTES.

UH, THERE ARE THREE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN INITIATED AS TASK ORDERS.

UH, THEY ARE IN DESIGN, UM, THE KBRA CREEK TRAIL EXTENSION AT THE TOP OF THAT.

THAT NEXT GROUP IS ALSO OUT FORBID, CURRENTLY THROUGH SARAH, THE TWO LEON CREEKS SECTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN DESIGN, UM, HAVE A BIT LONGER TIMELINE TO BE COMPLETED.

UM, AND THERE'S ONE PROJECT THAT IS, UH, PART OF THE WEST SIDE CREEKS CORRECT ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION THROUGH THE ARMY CORPS.

THAT'S THE MARTINEZ CREEK.

SO THAT WILL HAVE A TASK ORDER IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, RELATED TO THE, UH, COUNTY'S, UH, MATCH TO THE, UH, UH, THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

UM, AND THEN THERE'S UH, FOUR PROJECTS THAT ARE ALSO COASTED TRAILS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN STARTED YET.

THEY HAVE NOT, UH, GONE INTO ANY KIND OF DESIGN OR TASK ORDER.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE EXTENT OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE BUILDING.

UH, IT IS A NETWORK OF TRAILS THAT REACHES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.

UH, THESE ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, PARKS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NETWORK.

UH, THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S GREENWAY TRAILS IS FOCUSED ON HELPING THEM COMPLETE THE LOOP.

UH, THAT'S THE, UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE GREENISH LOOP THAT PRETTY PROMINENT ON THE, ON THE NORTH SIDE.

IT DOES START TO, TO BUILD IN ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

UM, AND WE ARE, WE'RE PART OF, OF SEVERAL OF THOSE, THOSE, UH, CONNECTIONS.

UM, SO, UH, WE HAVE A, UM, AN EFFORT TO, UH, COMPLETE SECTIONS OF THE LEON SATO AND MEDINA CREEKS AND, UH, TO INTERCONNECT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY INVESTMENTS AT THE, TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND TO THE VIA THE MUSEUM REACH AND THE MISSION REACH, AND THEN TO THE WEST SIDE CREEKS, UH, TRAILS.

UH, THE CITY HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING ON VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL SYSTEM VIA THEIR, THEIR 22 BOND PROGRAM.

UH, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TRAIL THAT THE COUNTY'S BUILDING TO HELP THEM AGAIN, COMPLETE THE LOOP.

THAT'S, THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT'S UNDERWAY.

SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BACKGROUND UNDER THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY AND WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

UM, IT'S TO, UH, AND ALSO TO PROPOSE A FUNDING STRATEGY ON, UM, TO ADDRESS GETTING PROJECTS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.

UM, SO WE ENTERED INTO, UH, AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE, WITH THE PARTIES, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF 22.

UM, IN THAT AGREEMENT, UH, THE COUNTY IS THE COUNTY'S INTENDED COMMITMENT, UM, IS APPROXIMATELY $83.4 MILLION.

THAT WAS GONNA BE, UM, GO TOWARDS THE CITY'S GREENWAY TRAILS.

UH, WE PROVIDED UPDATES, UH, RECENTLY TO EACH PRECINCT OFFICE ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'VE BEEN USING.

UM, THEY WERE A BIT OUTDATED, UM, AND WE REALIZED THAT THE COUNTY'S $83.4 MILLION, UH, UH, FUNDING MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO COMPLETE ALL THE, THE COSA TRAILS AS CONTEMPLATED IN THE ILA.

WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, UH, RIVER AUTHORITY OF THE CITY, UH, UM, HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO, UH, FUND A STRATEGY FOR FUNDING STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE CURRENT SHORTFALLS, UM, FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

UM, SO WITH THIS STRATEGY, THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT IS STILL LIMITED TO THE $83.4 MILLION.

UM, UM, AND WE WOULD, UH, BE ASKED TO, UH, FUND PROJECTS THAT ARE SHOVEL READY.

UH, AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT A PROJECT CANNOT BE COMPLETED, THAT'S, THAT'S ON THE, UH, THE COUNTY'S, UH, CREEKS AND TRAILS PROGRAM, THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPING THAT PROJECT.

SO WITH THIS APPROACH, UH, UH, THE CITY HAS A PROPOSED FROM PRIORITY, A PRIORITY OF FUNDING FOR THE NINE TRAILS, NINE COAST TRAILS.

SO THIS LIST IS, UH, INTENDED TO HELP US INFORM WHICH CITY PROJECTS WOULD BE STARTED NEXT.

UM, WE WOULD STILL NEED TO DO, UH, GROUNDWORK, UH, ON RESEARCHING RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER PRE-DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ON PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T STARTED.

UH, BUT WE PROPOSE THAT THE NEXT POTENTIAL TASK ORDER, UH, MIGHT BE THE SATO CONNECTION TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, UH, WHICH IS A TRAIL EXTENSION THAT WILL CONNECT THE EXISTING CITY TRAIL HEAD ON SOUTHEAST MILITARY THROUGH THE SITE OF THE NEW ARBORETUM AND TO THE MISSION REACH VIA, UH, THE BROOKS CITY BASE.

SO IN THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM, THE SATO CREEK CONNECTION TO THE RIVER WAS CONTEMPLATED TO BE BUILT IN TWO PHASES, UH, BECAUSE IT IS A VERY COMPLEX AND, AND LONG STRETCH OF TRAIL THAT WAS BEING CONTEMPLATED.

UM, BUT SINCE THIS PROJECT WAS CONCEIVED, UM, WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS INTENDED BY THE PROJECT.

UM, AND WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ABOUT A MODIFIED SATO CREEK CONNECTION TO THE MISSION REACH.

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THIS APPROACH WOULD LEVERAGE OF $7.4 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE ALAMO AREA, UH, MPO, AND CONNECT THE ARBORETUM TO THE WORLD HERITAGE SITES.

UH, THE COUNTY FUNDING COULD BE COMMITTED AS A MATCH THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE TO, FROM THE BDA AND SARAH.

AND THE CITY WOULD STILL REMAIN PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE WOULD CONTINUE OUR COORDINATION AND THIS PARTNERSHIP COULD SAVE THE COUNTY, UH, BETWEEN FIVE AND 7 MILLION.

SO, UH, IN CLOSING THE FINAL, I'M SORRY, THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER 98 ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA IS FOR THE APPROVAL OF, OF AN AWARD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF OURS OF MOORE TRAIL, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE FIRST PROJECT TO GO TO BID THROUGH THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

UM, THE ITEM INCLUDES A REQUEST TO, FOR A BUNCH OF TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT OF $4.7 MILLION TO COVER COST ESCALATION.

UM, AND WE'RE PRESENTING THIS STRATEGY, THIS IS A STRATEGY TO, AS AN OPTION TO FUND THE ZAMO CREEK TRAIL THROUGH THE SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD REALIZE, UH, FROM A MODIFIED SATO CREEK CONNECTION TO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER, UM, BY PARTNERING WITH BROOKS AND LEVERAGING THE AWARD THROUGH THE MPO.

UH, SO THIS RELOCATION OF FUNDS WOULD COVER THE COST OF THE OSMO TRAIL TRAIL AND LEAVE $7.6 MILLION AS A MATCH TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT THAT WOULD CONNECT THE SATO CREEK TRAIL FROM I 37 TO THE MISSION REACH.

THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

I'LL, UH, STOP FOR QUESTIONS AND, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, JUDGE COMMISSIONER .

AND THERE'S, UM, THANK YOU, TONY.

SO ON NUMBER SLIDE 10 WHERE IT SAYS ANYTHING THAT GOES OVER THE 83.4 MILLION REQUIRED CODE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING.

SO THEY, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT COMMITMENT.

IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT.

SO THE, UM, THE UH, AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE WORKING THROUGH COURT FOR THE, FOR THE TRAIL IDENTIFIES THAT AS A, AS A, AS A COMMITMENT BY THE CITY.

SO THAT THAT HAS .

SO THEY WILL BE DOING THAT.

TO THINK MORE STRATEGICALLY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER VER UM, THANK YOU TONY.

UM, SO IT WAS, UM, SORT OF, UM, NEW TO ME TO HAVE THE BROOKS MPO PARTNERSHIP, UH, ISSUE.

UH, AND, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD TO BE SURPRISED IN THIS MEETING THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

BUT LET ME JUST KIND OF GIVE THE F FORCE FOR THE TREES KIND OF THING THAT'S HAPPENING TO THE COUNTY ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY ON ROADS.

WE HAVE 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE MOVING INTO EAST CENTRAL CHURCH, UNIVERSAL CITY C LOW SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOUTH SIDE ISD, ET CETERA.

THEY'RE SOUTHWEST ISD IN, IN PRECINCT ONE AND OTHER, UH, AREAS IN THE UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY.

AND I JUST WANT THE STAFF IN THE COURT TO TAKE A 10,000 FOOT LEVEL, LOOK FOR A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO FUND THE SUPER STREET AT SOUTHEAST MILITARY, WHICH WOULD HELP TRAFFIC PEOPLE JUST AREN'T USING OUR, OUR CREEKS AND STREAMS AS A MULTIMODAL MODE OF TRANSPORT.

AND I'M SUGGESTING TO THE COURT THAT WE REALLY, UH, TAKE A STRATEGIC LOOK AT WHERE THE CHOKE POINTS OF CONGESTION CAN BE, UH, AMELIORATED BY ROAD CONNECTIVITY.

UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO, IF, IF WE INVEST MILLIONS IN THE CREEK PROJECTS BEFORE WE LOOK AT ALL OF THESE THOUSANDS OF PERMITS THAT WE ARE APPROVING, PIS THAT WE'RE APPROVING, ALL THIS IS CREATING THOUSANDS OF NEW CONGESTION POINTS.

UM, AND, AND I ALSO HEARD THE PEOPLE WHO CAME IN, I HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES.

I HAVE ROADS, LIKE I WAS DOWN WOODLAKE PARKWAY, WHICH WE JUST REDID, UH, DRIVING IT.

AND IT IS, I CAN'T BELIEVE WE JUST REPAVED IT.

LIKE, I, I REALLY HAVE TO CHECK.

UM, MY, MY MEMORY, I, I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN WE JUST DID THIS JUST WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND IT IS, I MEAN, FOR THERE NOT TO BE REBAR, WE'VE GOT AN INSPECTION ISSUE POTENTIALLY.

I WANNA ASK ART TO COME, UH, UP AND TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT THE, THE, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, IF YOU WERE TO ASK VOTERS, DO YOU PREFER THAT WE TAKE CARE OF SOUTHEAST MILITARY AS A CONGESTION POINT WITH THE COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS, $2 MILLION MATCHED BY TXDOT DOING A LARGER PROJECT OR DO A $7 MILLION CREEK WAY? I'M, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN, AND I WILL PUT THE SURVEY OUT SO THAT WE ACTUALLY KNOW THE ANSWER.

I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THEY'RE GONNA SAY, FIX SOUTHEAST MILITARY.

SO I JUST, THAT'S THE BIGGEST POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE TODAY IS, UH, WE'VE GOT CLAY, UH, IN A LOT OF THE SOIL ACROSS THIS COUNTY, AND THESE ROADS ARE FAILING, THESE SIDEWALKS ARE FAILING.

THERE'S SOME MAJOR ISSUES.

SO IN ANY EVENT, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO LEVERAGING THE DOLLARS IN THIS WAY, BUT I DO WANT US

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I HAVE PROPOSED SOME MONEY FOR THE CREEK CONNECTION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT COSTS AS MUCH.

UH, SOMETIMES IF YOU USE THE RIVER AUTHORITY, IT MIGHT BE MORE THAN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US GET THERE.

UM, WE NEED TO PUT IT OUT FOR A COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN THE TWO, I THINK, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH MONIES BEING AS TIGHT AS THEY ARE.

SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, UH, FOR THAT BROOKS AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M WORKING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE FIRST PARK FOR FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE WHOLE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS OFF OF SOUTHEAST MILITARY ADJACENT TO THE ARBORETUM.

UM, I JUST THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE PARODY.

I THINK THEY'VE BEEN PROMISED THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHEAST SIDE'S BEEN PROMISED A LOT OF THINGS AND THEY'VE HAD THE RUG PULLED FROM UNDER THEM.

UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT TO PUT IT IN THE BOND.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

UM, AND WE CAN MAKE THAT REAL NOW.

THEY'VE BEEN VANDALIZED AT BROOKS WITH THE PROPERTY.

UH, THERE'S A REQUEST TO HAVE SECURITY STATIONS PUT AND REPAIR OF THE EXISTING FACILITIES, WHICH HAD COPPER AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF STOLEN FROM THEM.

UM, THOSE KINDS OF FUN FUNDAMENTAL CORE OFFICE SPACE SO THAT EYEBALLS CAN WATCH THIS PROPERTY AT THE COUNTY PARK AND THE ARBORETUM.

AND I'M GONNA TALK TO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ABOUT RENAMING IT FOR A SPECIAL PERSON IN HIS PRECINCT TONIGHT.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE I UNVEIL IT, BUT I THINK YOU'LL, I THINK YOU'LL LIKE IT.

BUT IT'S SOMEONE WHO, UH, IS THE CREATOR OF BROOKS, UM, AND, UH, HAS NOT GOTTEN THE CREDIT THAT THEY DESERVE, UH, FOR CREATING BROOKS.

AND I WANT TO, I WANNA NAME THIS PARK, THE COUNTY PARK AFTER THEM.

SO IN ANY EVENT, UH, I KNOW WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT FOR ME TO SAY.

UM, THERE THE INTERSECTION THAT HAS A LOWE'S HOME DEPOT, SUPER, HEB AND SUPER WALMART ALL IN ONE, ONE CORNER IS 2 81 AND 1604 IN PRECINCT THREE AND SOUTHEAST MILITARY AND 37 IN PRECINCT FOUR.

IT, THEY ARE JUGGERNAUTS OF TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE GRIDLOCKED AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO FLOW.

ONE OF THEM IN THE NORTH SIDE HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF RELIEF IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

WE'RE STILL FIGHTING A BATTLE.

I THINK WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE TDOT, UH, PUTTING MORE RESOURCES IN THIS DISTRICT THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, IN THE SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD SOME REGIONAL MOBILITY, UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST AREN'T DOING IT ON OUR, ON OUR CREEK.

SO SOME OF THE SATO STUFF I'M WITH, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UH, SECURE THE PARK SPACE FIRST, BUT LET'S TAKE CARE OF OUR ROADS.

I THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG ISSUE, IS WE ARE GOING TO, VERY SOON AS I LOOK AT THAT DEBT CURVE GOING OUT AND NOT US NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY, IF WE DON'T START PUTTING MONEY INTO ROADS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF ANGRY CONSTITUENTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IT WILL NOT BE LONG, IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THEY WILL COME AND SAY, HEY, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE EXPANDED THESE ROADS.

YOU APPROVED ALL OF THESE PERMITS AND ALL THESE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMING OUT AND WE HAVE TERRIBLE CONGESTION DURING SCHOOL ZONE PERIODS.

UM, WE NEED MORE MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY EVEN THE SOUTH TEXAS, UM, WHATEVER THEY CALL THAT THING FROM, FROM TOYOTA OVER TO 37, THE SOUTH TEXAS PARKWAY, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA WORK TO GET THAT FUNDED? THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR REGIONAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND AND ECONOMY.

UM, THE RMAI THINK NEEDS TO LOOK MORE AT, UH, THE VARIOUS MODALITIES OF FUNDING THAT IT CAN, UH, PRODUCE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY TIME FOR A 10,000 FEET LEVEL QUESTION, UH, Q AND A BASED UPON THE GROWTH THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE IN BEAR COUNTY A DECADE AGO THAT WE NOW KNOW IS GONNA HAPPEN.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU JUDGE, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS BRIEFING.

COMMISSIONER MOODY.

WELL, I, UH, APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND SOME NOTES, UH, AND SOME OF IT'S MORE RELATED TO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM OVERALL AND SOME OF IT'S SPECIFIC TO CREEKS AND TRAILS.

BUT I'LL START WITH JUST REITERATING WHAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT SAID.

I THINK WE DO NEED TO PUT MORE FOCUS ON OUR ROADWAYS AND UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION OR SOMEBODY FROM BUDGET, LIKE IN THE 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN, HOW MUCH WAS A PORTION FOR, FOR ROADS VERSUS CREEKS AND TRAILS? I THINK THE CREEKS AND TRAILS WAS 240 MILLION ISH.

YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.

I HAVE TO LET, DO YOU KNOW THE ROADS BUDGET? I CAN GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU QUICKLY RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW IT WAS LESS THAN THE CREEKS AND TRAILS COUNTRY.

YES, I THINK YOU'RE CORRECT.

SO I I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S BACKWARDS IN, IN MY OPINION TOO.

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SO, UM, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION, RIGHT? WE, WE WANT PARKS, WE DEFINITELY WANT SOME, SOME TRAILS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO USE, BUT YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DO WE NEED? HOW MANY MILES DO WE NEED? HOW OFTEN ARE THEY BEING UTILIZED? WHERE ARE THOSE AREAS THAT REALLY, UH, NEED ADDITIONAL, UH, INVESTMENT VERSUS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON ROADS AND, AND THE GROWTH THAT, THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.

SO, UM, I THINK THAT, THAT, I'LL JUST START WITH THAT COMMENT.

UM, ONE THING WITH THE DEBT RETIREMENT SCHEDULE.

SO IS THAT BASED ON WITH THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE, THE CAPITAL, UH, AND BONDS, OR IS THAT JUST LIKE OUR EXISTING DEBT TODAY, LIKE BEING PAID OFF? THAT'S JUST OUR EXISTING DEBT TODAY WITH NO NEW DEBT ISSUANCES.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT 10 YEAR PROGRAM THAT THE COURT ADOPTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO THERE'S STILL FUNDING THAT WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, UH, WHICH I POINTED OUT IN THE POWERPOINT, WE STILL HAVE $106 MILLION TO SPEND.

SO WE HAVE 106 LEFT.

AND THEN HOW MUCH OF THAT 620 MILLION STILL HASN'T BEEN, UH, BONDS HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, I BELIEVE WE FUNDED, UH, THROUGH YEAR THREE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

SO WE WE'RE ABOUT YEAR THREE, YEAR FOUR, PROBABLY 300, 400 MILLION PROBABLY LIKE AROUND THERE.

NOW THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, UM, FLIPPING THROUGH.

SO ONE THING WITH THE, UH, SLIDE FIVE, THE CAPITAL OVERVIEW PROJECT STATUS.

UM, SO I LIKE THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE FOUR GROUPS, BUT WITHOUT THE KIND OF 10 YEAR PLAN, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S BEHIND TIMELINE, RIGHT? LIKE WHICH, WHICH OF THESE PROJECTS IN DESIGN AND NOT STARTED WERE SUPPOSED TO START IN FY 2223, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T STARTED.

WHY HAVEN'T THEY STARTED? UM, AND IS THAT 'CAUSE THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN OUTTA THE CAPITAL PLAN OR IS THAT SOME OTHER, UH, CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND OUR CONTROL THAT, THAT HAS DELAYED THE PROJECT, BUT YOU KNOW, CLEARLY WE CAN'T TELL LOOKING AT THIS WHETHER, UM, THERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE 2, 3, 4 YEARS BEHIND TIMELINE OR WHETHER THEY WERE A PLAN FOR FY 28 OR 30 AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T STARTED YET.

SO I ASSUME THERE'S, THERE'S ONES IN THAT DESIGN AND NOT STARTED CATEGORY THAT FALL INTO BOTH CAMPS, BUT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY JUST CAN'T BREAK THAT OUT.

LOOKING AT THIS.

UM, SLIDE SIX.

SO LET ME JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS.

SO THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OR ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION ARE OVER BUDGET, THE $74 MILLION? UH, UH, NOT TECHNICALLY OVER BUDGET, BUT THE CASH FUNDING IT.

SO WHEN WE ISSUE DEBT, WE ISSUE IT BY, IT'S A GENERAL AMOUNT.

BUT WE TRACK IT BY PROJECT INTERNALLY.

AND THEN THE OTHER A HUNDRED, 180 MILLION IS FUNDS THAT WERE ISSUED FOR DESIGN, UM, BUT HAVEN'T BEEN UTILIZED TO DATE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

BUT THIS IS MORE ABOUT A CASH MANAGEMENT THAT'S CORRECT, FOR SURE.

THAN THE ACTUAL BUDGETING FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS.

MM-HMM .

UM, I'LL GO TO CREEKS AND TRAILS AND THEN COME BACK.

SO WITH THE 83 MILLION, I, I KNOW UP FRONT YOU SAID WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COVER I, AND IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS IT'S BECOME MORE DEFINITE THAN THAT.

WE CAN'T COVER ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR WITH 83 MILLION.

IS THAT FAIR? NOT LIKELY.

'CAUSE AGAIN, WE, WE WE'RE, WE HA WE'RE STARTING TO BID PROJECTS, WE'RE STARTING TO GET A BETTER COST PER LINEAR FOOT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE, THE COST OF TRAILS.

BUT, UM, I THINK, UM, RIVER AUTHORITY'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT, ABOUT UPDATING THOSE MODELS.

AND, AND, AND THE REASON THAT WE PRESENT, UH, TO YOU ALL PERIODICALLY IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THE, THE, THE, UH, THE UPDATE AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THE CITY.

IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, IN AN FORMATIVE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO UH, DELIVER WHAT WE, WHAT WE COMMITTED.

BUT, UH, AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DECISIONS NEED TO BE MADE.

UH, A LOT OF PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO BE.

UM, UM, SO I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET AT HOW SHORT ARE WE? SO IF WE, UH, INITIATED CONSTRUCTION ON ALL THESE PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR YEARS TODAY, WHAT WOULD WE ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE? CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? THIS IS AMY ZOLA .

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SO I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SHOWED YOU THERE WAS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD'VE PROBABLY FALLEN IN THIS 83.4 THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE QUITE ENOUGH TO FUND.

AND IN THE SEQUENCING, CAN I MOVE IT TO THE SEQUENCING SLIDE? OKAY.

HOW DO I DO THAT? AND I, I DON'T EXPECT A PERFECT ANSWER, BUT IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ARE WE, ARE WE 10 SHORT? ARE WE 40 SHORT? ARE WE 20 SHORT? LIKE, I THINK WE, WE ARE LESS THAN 10 MILLION AT THIS POINT.

CUT.

SO BASED ON ZARZA MORA BID, THAT WAS, WE WERE 25% SHORT.

AND THERE WAS, SO LET ME I GUESS GET TO THAT ONE TOO.

SO OVERALL, UM, WE, FOR THESE 83.4 THAT WE WERE GONNA DEDICATE TO ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE LISTED, UM, RIGHT NOW, IF WE DID THIS SEQUENCE, MUD CREEK, WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH.

AND IT'S, MUD CREEK, I BELIEVE WAS LIKE 6 MILLION, 11.1.

I'M SORRY, 11.1.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND PART OF IT.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE CITY ABOUT FUNDING THE DESIGN OF IT WHILE THEY ARE WORKING ON WHETHER IT'S IN A BOND OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.

THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT CAME UP THAT, UM, TONY TALKED ABOUT IS THE LEVERAGING THE GRANT FUNDING WITH SATO CREEK.

SO I THINK A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, I WOULD'VE SAID WE WERE MORE LIKE 11, $12 MILLION SHORT.

BUT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE LEVERAGING THE EXTRA 7 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE SALON FROM BROOKS, WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF MOVE THAT DOWN THE LINE.

UM, AND WE ARE HOPING THAT THAT'S GONNA, THAT TYPE OF MOMENTUM IS GONNA CONTINUE.

THE AMORA PROJECT DID COME IN OVER BUDGET, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF THAT WAS, THERE'S VERY DRASTIC GRADE CHANGES IN THAT PROJECT THAT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE PLANNING STAGES.

AND IT HAS TO CROSS, UM, FROM ONE SIDE OF THE CREEK A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHICH ALSO, LIKE WHEN YOU PLAN A PROJECT OUT, THE PERFECT ALIGNMENT IS YOU GO ON ONE SIDE OF THE CREEK THE WHOLE WAY.

UM, BUT BECAUSE OF REAL ESTATE CONSTRAINTS, UM, FLOOD CONSTRAINTS, OTHER ISSUES, WE HAD TO GO ACROSS THE CREEK BECAUSE IT'S REALLY STEEP.

IT'S A, IT'S A LOT MORE CONCRETE THAN JUST UP AND DOWN.

AND THEN THERE'S RETAINING WALLS THAT HAVE TO BE PUT IN.

SO THERE WAS A BIG SHORTFALL IN THE FUNDING FOR THAT ONE.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IS FOR COLLAB CREEK, WHICH IS OUT FOR BID NOW, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT BID TO COME IN UNDER, BECAUSE THE PLANNING FOR THAT HAD A MORE ROBUST TRAIL, LONGER TRAIL WITH TRAIL HEADS.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT SCOPE FOR THAT ONE.

SO THAT ONE SHOULD COME IN UNDER.

SO WHILE YES, ZARZA, MOURA IS PROBABLY NOT THE BEST ONE I'D LIKE TO START WITH.

I WOULD'VE RATHER COME TO COLLA WITH COLLIBRA FOR YOU TO SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THE SAVINGS.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING THAT AS WE ARE GETTING INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED OUT IN 2021, THAT THE COST ESTIMATES WE ORIGINALLY HAD PER PROJECT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN QUITE ON TARGET, BUT WE'RE HOPING WE REALLY CAN MAXIMIZE THAT FULL PROGRAM BUDGET OF THE 83.4 TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND WORKING WITH THE CITY, THEY'RE RIGHT ON BOARD WITH THE, OKAY, LET'S GET ALL THESE MAXIMIZED AND THEN WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO COME IN FOR, FOR FUNDING.

UM, APPRECIATE THAT.

SO NOT SURE, MAYBE THAT'S FIVE TO 10 TO 15, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, BUT IT MAY JUST BE ONE PROJECT, NOT MULTIPLE PROJECTS.

THAT HAVE TO END UP BEING PUNISHED TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

WHICH COMES BACK TO FIGURING OUT, LIKE WHAT MAKES SENSE IN TERMS OF WHAT PROJECT GETS, GETS PUSHED BACK TO THE CITY.

UH, 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY DIVIDE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PROJECTS ACROSS MULTIPLE PRECINCTS.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO, UH, TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

UM, I THINK MY, LET'S SEE IF THERE HAD ANY OTHER NOTES HERE.

GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

SO MY TAKEAWAY FOR, FOR THIS SPECIFICALLY IS THAT, I MEAN, WE NEED TO HOLD THE LINE AT 83 MILLION.

UH, WE, WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S COST SAVINGS AND STUFF, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRY TO FIND THAT.

UM, IF THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH, WITH BROOKS AND IT MAKES SENSE, OR THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ENTITIES AND IT MAKES SENSE, LET'S, LET'S GO AHEAD AND LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS.

BUT LET'S NOT GO OVER OUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE, WERE, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE TODAY ABOUT OUR CONCERNS IN INVESTING IN OUR ROADS AS WELL.

UM, OH, I HAD ONE, ONE OTHER COMMENT.

THE, UH, THE LEON CREEK TRAIL EXTENSION OF RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK.

LINE IS AN ORANGE LINE THAT IS A CINDY CITY FUNDED PROJECT THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

THAT IS LISTED IN THERE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS A CITY FUNDED PROJECT THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON TODAY.

THERE IS, LET ME GO BACK TO THE MAP AND I WILL POINT OUT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

SO, UP ON THE TOP, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE, BUT THERE IS A RED LINE, WHICH IS THE LEON CREEK.

RAYMOND RUSSELL, RIGHT BELOW THAT, CONNECTING TO THE GREEN

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SO THEY'RE BOTH LEON AND THAT'S WHERE THESE ONES GET HARD.

'CAUSE ALL THE, THE NAMES ARE THE SAME.

SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE LEON CREEK TRAILS.

THAT'S ACTUALLY BROKEN UP INTO TWO PROJECTS.

ONE THE CITY IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT, THE NORTHERN PART OF IT IS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

BUT WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, YES.

SO THAT, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT LEVERAGING DOLLARS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE GOT WORD THAT WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THE A MPO FOR FUNDING ON THAT TO, UH, AND AGAIN, THAT IS PERFECT FOR THIS COST SHARE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD JUST BE, UH, UH, IN, UM, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATCH AND SO TAKES IT OFF OUR BOOKS OR TAKES 80% RIGHT.

80% OF THE CONSTRUCTION OFF OUR BOOKS.

STILL GOTTA PUT IT IN DESIGN, BUT YEAH, EXACTLY.

SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS AND CERTAINLY WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

SO MAYBE I JUST SAVED YOU SOME MORE.

UM, OKAY, GETTING BACK TO, TO HIGH LEVEL.

UM, SO I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS A, THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION.

AS YOU POINTED OUT, TANYA, WHEN WE STARTED, YOU KNOW, I ASKED FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR CAPITAL PLAN DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

ACTUALLY, I'VE ASKED FOR IT MULTIPLE TIMES, GOING BACK PROBABLY A YEAR OR MORE.

UH, BECAUSE I KNOW FROM THE CORPORATE WORLD, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

THAT'S BEST PRACTICE, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T HAVE A 10 YEAR PLAN AND, AND NOT GO BACK AND REVISIT IT, NOT LOOK AT IT.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION, BUT THIS IS ONLY COVERING ONE SMALL PIECE OF OUR BROADER CAPITAL PLAN.

UM, I MEAN, 83 MILLION IS ONLY LIKE 15% OF OUR TOTAL CAPITAL BUDGET.

SO WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR TALKING ABOUT ROADS, TALKING ABOUT OUR FLOOD CONTROL, TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES AND OPENING THE BOOK UP AND REVIEWING THOSE AS WELL.

SO, UM, COMMISSIONER, JUST TO CIRCLE BACK TO YOUR INITIAL QUESTION, UM, THE ROADS, UH, PROJECT BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS AT 187 MILLION.

UM, AND RIVERS IS AT 2 47, 240 7 MILLION, WHICH CONFIRMS THAT THE PROJECTS NOW, UM, ROADS CONSISTENTLY GETS, DID YOU MEAN FLOOD? FLOOD CONTROL? YOU SAID RIVERS? UH, I DON'T HAVE FLOOD CONTROL, BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, COMMISSIONER.

BUT RHODES IS 187 MILLION.

AND YOU SAID RIVERS AS IN CREEK AND STREAMS AT 2 47.

2 47, YES, SIR.

AND, UH, FLOOD'S A SMALL IS PROBABLY THE SMALLEST OF THE GROUP BECAUSE WE DID A PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROGRAM WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WHICH WAS OVER 15 YEARS AGO.

UM, IT WAS A HALF BILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM.

SO, UM, I, I, ARTS AND THE ART IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS CONSISTENT LOOKING AT NEW PROJECTS.

UM, SO I WOULD HAVE TO, I THINK PUBLIC WORKS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST PER GROUP TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FUTURE PROGRAMMING OF THE PROJECTS, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PUBLIC WORKS DECISION.

I, I THINK IT'S MAYBE FOR COUNTY STAFF COURT.

I THINK HE'S ASKING, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER IS ASKING WHAT'S, WHEN ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE REST OF THE CAPITAL PROGRAM? NOT NECESSARILY A NEW 10 YEAR PROGRAM, ALTHOUGH ANOTHER COURT MEMBER HAS SUGGESTED THAT AS WELL.

SO I'LL LEAVE MY QUESTION, I GUESS UNANSWERED, BUT I BELIEVE WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST THE COURT WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.

I GUESS, LET ME ASK TANYA REAL QUICK ON, AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOTTA PUT IN SOMETHING HERE THAT'S ASPIRATIONAL, BUT THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE DEBT, UM, UH, RETIREMENT, SO TO SPEAK, UH, I KNOW THAT ASSUMES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO ISSUE ANY NEW DEBT.

AND COMMISSIONER, I'M JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE , SO WE DO HAVE THAT TABLE THAT YOU SAW, WE HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS, SO WE DO HAVE A CLEAR LIST OF THE PROJECTS.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EASILY PROVIDE IN THE COURT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PRESENTATION OR JUST PROVIDE, BUT I THINK WE PROVIDED, UH, YOUR OFFICE SPECIFICALLY FOR PRECINCT THREE PROJECTS THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED AS WELL, BUT NOT THE OVERALL.

THANK THAT YOU'RE ASKING.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

UM, I GUESS LEMME START WITH TONY AND THEN I'LL GO TO TANYA.

UM, TONY, THANKS FOR, I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CREEK AND TRAIL PROGRAM, AND I THINK, I THINK WHEN WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH, UH, THE CITY MOVING THE AQUIFER PROTECTION MONEY, UM, I THINK PROBABLY JUST COMMISSIONER CALVERT AND I WERE ON THE COURT AT THAT TIME.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

UM, AND, AND I DO AGREE THAT WE SHOULD FULFILL THAT COMMITMENT, UM, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, SELFISHLY AS IT RELATES TO, TO SOME OF THE WEST SIDE CREEKS.

AND, AND, AND THAT IS AN AREA THAT, UM, LACKS IN GREEN SPACE, AS YOU KNOW, AND, AND HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST INCIDENTS OF, UM, HEALTH RELATED ISSUES.

SO I THINK MORE GREEN SPACE IN PARTICULAR ON THE WEST SIDE IS IMPORTANT.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN WORK, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH COMMISSIONER CALVERT IN YOUR OFFICE AND, AND, UH, THE BROOKS AND THE MPO ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS AND MAKE BOTH PROJECTS WHOLE, THEN IT'S A WIN-WIN.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

UM,

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AND, AND I THINK, UM, WHAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, I GUESS, REMIND OURSELVES, BUT ALSO FOR THE PUBLIC IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN YEARS PAST, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY AND PAY OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THAT DOWN, BUT WE ALSO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS WITH RESPECT TO BEING ABLE TO PAY THOSE OBLIGATIONS BACK ON A TIMELY BASIS, UH, REFUND WHEN WE NEED TO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LOWER INTEREST RATES.

AND OF COURSE, UH, THE, THE HIGH CREDIT RATING.

SO IT COSTS, UH, US AND TAXPAYERS, UH, LESS.

BUT WE'VE HEARD A LOT THIS MORNING ABOUT THE NEEDS IN, IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I, UH, DON'T DISAGREE WITH A LOT OF THOSE, UH, SENTIMENTS THAT, THAT WE'VE GOT GROWING PARTS OF THE, OF THE COUNTY.

A LOT OF IT IS AN UNINCORPORATED, UH, BEXAR COUNTY.

UM, I THINK GEOGRAPHICALLY I'VE GOT THE SMALLEST, UH, AREA OF UNINCORPORATED.

SO I, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT FOUR AND, AND REALLY ALL, ALL THE OTHER PRECINCTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE GROWTH.

WE HEAR IT IN, IN A SMALL PART OF PRECINCT TWO, BUT I KNOW THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE MOUNTING AND WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW TO, WE CAN BE DISCIPLINED ABOUT, UM, CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THAT.

UM, AND ON THAT NOTE, UH, WE TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT THE FLOOD CONTROL.

I KNOW JUDGE, YOU'VE, UH, AND OTHERS HAVE, HAVE CHIMED IN ON THAT.

I KNOW WE'VE DONE, UH, SOMETHING THIS LAST BUDGET CYCLE WITH RESPECT TO, UH, WARNING SYSTEMS, BUT, UM, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, TANYA, THAT, UM, THE COUNTY DID THE KIND OF FIRST ROUND OF FLOOD CONTROL REGIONAL PROJECTS THAT IS A CORE, UH, COUNTY RESPONSIBILITY.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE, HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIAL NEW PROJECTS AND, AND WE JUST FRANKLY DON'T HAVE, I MEAN, AS HEALTHY AS WE ARE IN A GROWING COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS WITHIN OUR BUDGET YEAR TO YEAR BUDGET TO PAY FOR SIGNIFICANT, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE'VE GOTTA BE, BE VERY DISCIPLINED ABOUT A DEBT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT SHOWS PAYING OFF ALL OF OUR DEBT BY WHATEVER, 2050.

I THINK REALISTICALLY, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A SCHEDULE THAT SHOWS HOW CAN WE BE DISCIPLINED ABOUT TAKING CARE OF THE NEEDS, UM, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO FIGURING OUT HOW WE PAY OFF SOME OF THAT LONGER TERM, UM, DEBT.

SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DISCUSSION.

I KNOW WE COULD PROBABLY SPEND HOURS ON THIS.

UM, I THINK IN, IN TERMS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS PROBABLY, UM, AFTER PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE'S, THE, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT NEED AND PROBABLY THE CALLS WE RECEIVE THE MOST ON, IN, IN, UH, THOSE GROWING AREAS.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I GUESS JUDGE WILL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD ON THIS, BUT I THINK AT THE, AT SOME POINT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION WITH BUDGET STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THAT, UM, THE FLOOD CONTROL NEEDS IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A, AS A REGION, AND HOW WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THAT BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERM.

BUT, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

AND TANYA, THANKS FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

MR. 24.

UM, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? YES.

SO TONY, I APPRECIATE YOU, UM, HEARING ME.

I OFTEN FEEL LIKE A BROKEN RECORD.

SO AS YOU SAID, THE NORTHERN SECTION IS CONNECTED, THE GAPS ARE IN THEIR SOUTHERN SECTION AS USUAL, RIGHT? SO THE CITY STARTED THIS PROJECT RAN OUTTA MONEY, CONVENIENTLY AS USUAL GROWING UP HERE, SEEING THIS ONCE THEY GET TO THE SOUTHERN SECTOR.

AND SO THE AGREEMENT TO TAKE ON THIS TRAIL PROJECT FROM THE CITY HAPPENED BEFORE I GOT HERE.

MM-HMM .

SO THIS IS SOMETHING I INHERITED.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND SEE THAT THE SOUTHERN SECTOR ISN'T CONNECTED, OF COURSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CONTINUOUSLY FIGHT FOR.

UM, AND SO I WANNA THANK OUR CONSTITUENTS FOR COMING OUT.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MY OFFICE AND THE JUDGE'S OFFICE, BUT SO THAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN SEE THE REAL NEEDS IN THE UNDER CORPORATE AREAS, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

AND I'M ON THE MPO COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S, ALSO AN, THE MPO COMMISSIONER.

MOODY IS ALSO ON THE NM PO I'M CURRENTLY CHAIR.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE MPO IS ABOUT.

THIS IS ABOUT LEVERAGING, I'M WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE, CONNIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH BROOKS.

IT'S ABOUT LEVERAGING, I BELIEVE, CONNIE, HOW MUCH WAS IT? WAS IT 7.4 MILLION? 7.4 MILLION THAT WAS PASSED FROM MPL TO HELP LEVERAGE THIS? AND THAT'S

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WHAT THE MPL IS FOR, TO HELP LEVERAGE, BECAUSE MPL DOESN'T, THEY HAVE A LOT.

WE, WE ALLOCATE A LOT OF, LOT, A LOT OF MONEY, AND THE COUNTY HAS WHAT IT HAS, UM, TRYING TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

BUT WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER TO LEVERAGE, THIS IS HOW WE GET MORE THINGS DONE.

UM, I'M CONTINUOUSLY TALKING TO ART ABOUT MORE FUNDING AND MORE STUDIES FOR THE ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PRECINCT, SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTHERN SECTOR AS OUR CONSTITUENTS SPOKE ABOUT, UM, HAS JUST REALLY BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR SO LONG.

AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, AND THESE ARE GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T HERE WHEN WE AGREED TO, TO THIS, BUT NONETHELESS, THESE ARE GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE TO KEEP.

SO, UM, JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OVERVIEW AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UM, FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU, .

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

UM, SO I, I APPRECIATE EVERY COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS.

I THINK I ECHO ALL OF THEM.

AND I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, UM, EVERY COMMISSIONER KNOWS WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR DISTRICT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UM, I SUPPORT COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ GETTING HIS, UH, CREEKS DONE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DONE.

I MEAN, MY COMMENTS ARE NOT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND HOW THEY FEEL, BUT I DID HAVE, COMMISSIONER MOODY AND I BOTH HAD BASICALLY 13 PEOPLE DIE IN OUR PRECINCT, UH, IN, IN FLOODING.

UM, THAT HAPPENED ALONG BY OAK CREEK, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY DELVED INTO THAT.

I AM AWARE, OF COURSE, OF THE 2007 TO 2017 $500 MILLION FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM.

I OPENED A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS WHILE, UM, BEING A COMMISSIONER.

UM, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, I THINK DAVID, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DOWNSIZING OF THE VITAL CREEK PROJECT, NOT BECAUSE OF NECESSARILY COUNTY STAFF, BUT COMMUNITY INPUT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT AS MUCH DISRUPTION TO A CHURCH THAT WAS IN THE AREA.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHURCH IS STILL EVEN THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME MAYBE THIS IS A CHANCE, UH, FOR ART AND PUBLIC WORKS.

UM, I, I HAVE SOME HIGH LEVEL KNOWLEDGE OF THE VITAL CREEK CONVERSATION, BUT EVERY ONE OF US IN THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT KNOWS THE WATERSHED HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE OF, UH, OF IMPERVIOUS CO COVER THAT HAS HAPPENED.

UH, THAT IMPERVIOUS COVER, UM, HAS SPED UP THAT WATER FEEDING, UH, INTO FIVE MILE RADIUS AROUND BY CREEK.

AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FLOOD CONTROL SLOWING DOWN OF, OF, YOU KNOW, AND CREATING PARK SPACES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHERE DO YOU SEE THE CITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTY, THE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE? IT, IT STILL LOOKS PRETTY TORN UP OVER THERE.

ART, YEAH, COMMISSIONER? SO FOR THE RECORD, ART REINHARDT PUBLIC WORKS, UM, SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BATTLE CREEK.

UH, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, BUT THE CITY DID RELEASE THEIR DETAILED REPORT ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

UH, THEY HAD THEIR THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT BRIEF THEM ON THE, ON WHAT OCCURRED, UH, AND, AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THERE.

AND PRIMARILY, UH, IT'S WHAT, WHAT YOU AND OTHERS HAVE SEEN, THERE WAS A LOW POINT IN THE ACCESS ROAD OF FOUR 10 VEHICLES GOT SWEPT OFF IN, IN, UH, DOWN TLE CREEK.

IT WASN'T NECESSARILY ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PAST FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS ALONG BIAL CREEK.

UH, THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT MAINTENANCE AND, UH, INCREASED MAINTENANCE, UM, THROUGH, UH, REMOVING VEGETATION AND OTHER THINGS.

SO, WELL, IT BASICALLY SAID TO RAISE IT AT THE BRIDGE POINT, I MEAN, RIGHT, IT SAID RAISE ON THE FOOT OR SOMETHING.

THE THE FRONTAGE ROAD ITSELF, YES.

POTENTIALLY AS A FUTURE PROJECT.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED DOWNSTREAM AT VICAR ROAD.

THERE WERE PAST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT COMPLETELY CLOSING THAT ROAD AND REMOVING IT.

THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LEAVE IT OPEN.

I BELIEVE, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THAT ROAD WILL BE ULTIMATELY CLOSED AND REMOVED NOW.

UM, AND THEN YOU TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LARGER PICTURE FLOOD CONTROL.

SO JUST A BRIEF REMINDER, A COUPLE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AGO, THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD CREATED A STATEWIDE REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN PROGRAM.

BEXAR COUNTY, UH, THROUGH DAVE WEGMAN SERVES AS OUR LOCAL LEADER ON THAT.

THE RIVER AUTHORITY SPONSORS IT.

UH, SO THERE IS A REGIONAL FLOOD PLAN.

WE HAVE A DOZEN OR SO PROJECTS AS PART OF THAT.

WE'VE SOUGHT FUNDING OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

UH, ONE OF THE PROPOSITIONS THAT PASSED JUST RECENTLY WAS INCREASED FUNDING THROUGH THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UH, FUND, UH, TO INCREASE STATEWIDE FLOODING.

SO THERE IS THAT STUFF IN THE WORKS.

UH, CERTAINLY AS YOU AND OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, THERE'S A NEED TO DISCUSS LOCALLY.

NOW, WHAT DO WE DO FOR THAT NEXT PHASE OF REGIONAL FLOOD CONTROL PROGRAM? BUT ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICES PASSED BY COUNTIES, BIG COUNTIES, URBAN COUNTIES LIKE BEXAR COUNTY AND PUT MOST OF THE MONEY INTO RURAL COUNTIES? WE, WE, WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE, WHAT, 14 SPOTS IN BEXAR COUNTY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT FOR FLOOD CONTROL ISSUES.

UM, WELL, COUNTYWIDE, UH, I BELIEVE THE 14 MAY BE THE CITY'S NUMBER.

UH, EACH

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AGENCY SUBMITTED PROJECTS, BUT THERE WERE, THERE WERE DOZENS OF PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

I THINK ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE'VE SEEN LOCALLY IS A LOT OF INVESTMENT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE YEARS.

AND SO, UH, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, THERE HASN'T BEEN.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE SEEING GETTING FUNDING.

NOW.

NOW, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME BE, UM, CLEAR.

I THINK WE'RE NOT UTILIZING ALL THE TOOLS IN THE COUNTY'S TOOLBOX.

UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UH, WHEN HARRIS COUNTY WAS HIT WITH SOME OF ITS HURRICANE AND FLOODING ISSUES, THEY WENT TO THE VOTERS TO APPROVE BONDS FOR FLOOD CONTROL.

DON'T WE HAVE AN OPTION TO GO TO THE VOTERS FOR EITHER, UH, FLOOD CONTROL PACKAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY TO BE FUNDED AND SAY, HEY, WOULD YOU LIKE A BOND FOR FLOOD CONTROL? YEAH, I'LL, I'LL DAVID SPEAK TO EARLIER, DAVID.

SHORT ANSWER IS YOU CAN GO TO THE VOTERS, UM, IT'LL BE UP TO THE NUMBERS AND THE NUMBERS CRUNCHING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE TAX RATE TO DO THAT OR NOT.

BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I WILL SAY THIS, I'VE SAID THIS IS THE COURT AND I WILL GO BACK AND DO A SURVEY, UH, WHEN, IN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE AREAS IN MY DISTRICT AND DISTRICT 10 IN THE NORTHEAST SIDE BY NORTHERN HILLS AND UP, UH, NACODOCHES ROAD, I'VE LITERALLY ALREADY ASKED THE QUESTION, IF WE HAD TO GO TO THE VOTE A VOTE FOR FLOOD CONTROL, WOULD YOU BE FOR IT? AND THEY SAY YES, BECAUSE THEY ARE FEARFUL OF GOING INTO SOMEWHERE AROUND VITAL CREEK, QUITE FRANKLY.

THEY, THEY'VE ACTUALLY SAID YES.

AND THESE ARE VERY, THESE ARE ALL REPUBLICANS, OKAY? THESE ARE, THESE ARE NOT DEMOCRATS.

AND SO I, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THAT, I MEAN, I KNOW MY AUDIENCES , I I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE HOTSPOTS, PARTICULARLY IF WE'VE SEEN A LACK OF RESOURCES FROM THE STATE.

UM, MAYBE THE INCREASE GIVES US A BETTER CHANCE, BUT YOU ALL HAVE TO GET SOME BACK CHANNELS, UH, TO TRY TO, TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

BUT I, I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THIS COMMUNITY, BY AND LARGE, HAS ALL BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED.

AND I THINK THERE IS A, A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT PRIORITIES.

UM, AND FLOOD CONTROL HAS TO BE AT THE TOP.

UM, AND THEN PROBABLY RIGHT UNDER THAT IS, IS THE ROAD TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIVITY.

SO AGAIN, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT TOOL OF GOING TO THE VOTERS POTENTIALLY SO WE CAN DO MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE DON'T HAVE, UH, TOLLING AUTHORITY HERE, RIGHT? SO WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE A LOT LESS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GETTING FUNDED THAN SOME OTHER PLACES.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE TOOLS.

WE'VE CUT TAXES A LOT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW EXEMPTIONS AS WELL.

AND SO IN SOME CASES YOU HAVE SEEN, BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT IS IN THE, IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NORTHEAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WENT TO THE VOTERS AND SAID, WE NEED A VOTER APPROVED TAX RATE INCREASE.

VOTERS APPROVED IT BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDED SOME RESOURCES TO DO X, Y, AND Z THINGS.

SAME THING WOULD PROBABLY WORK IF WE HAD A GOOD FLOOD PROGRAM, UH, ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SO COURT, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT.

NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE RIVER AUTHORITY, UM, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT MY MEMORY, DID WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE MPO AND THE BROOKS CONNECTIVITY? DID THAT, DID I FORGET OR SOMETHING? NO, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

THIS CONVERSATION, UM, HAS MOVED VERY QUICK AND FAST, UM, WITH BROOKS.

SO WE, LIKE, WE HAD THE CONVERSATION LAST WEEK ABOUT WHO'S GONNA DO WHAT AND HOW'S THIS GONNA WORK? OKAY.

SO, UM, IT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF CAME UP AND WE'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO MOVE ON IT.

ANOTHER QUESTION FROM, I DID REACH OUT TO YOUR OFFICER AND TO TRY TO SCHEDULE A MEETING, I THINK IT WAS AROUND LAST MONDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, AGAIN TRYING TO, TO CATCH UP ON EVERYTHING, BUT YES.

UH, TO THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

I REMEMBER CONGRESSMAN CASTRO HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR SMALL BUSINESS NUMBERS.

WHERE ARE YOU ALL AT IN TERMS OF SMALL BUSINESS INCLUSION AS A, AS A ENTITY IN TERMS OF CONTRACTING AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? YES.

SO WE HAVE REALLY BEEFED UP OUR PROGRAM, UM, FOR TRACKING THAT WE'VE, UM, WE'RE USING THE SAME PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IS USING.

IT'S CALLED B TWO G TWO.

YEAH, B TWO G, I'M FAMILIAR MM-HMM .

AND SO WE ARE TRACKING ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR VENDORS NOW, NOT JUST ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE IN PROJECTS THAT ARE IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY, BUT ALL OF OUR VENDORS, I AM NOT THE APPROPRIATE EXPERTISE TO SPEAK ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET INFORMATION ON THAT.

RIGHT.

YEAH, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

MAYBE IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAN WE HAVE.

UM, THANK YOU JUDGE FOR, UH, THIS CONVERSATION.

I, I, I DO THINK THE, I MEAN, I, I DON'T THINK I'M SPEAKING OUTTA LEFT FIELD WHEN I SAY THE VOTERS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH PRIORITIZE CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

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SO WE JUST NEED TO, WE NEED TO TAKE A 10,000 FEET UP, LOOK UP IN THE AIR AND SEE IF WE CAN DEAL WITH THE CHANGING WATERSHED AND THE, THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD, WHICH IS REALLY SERIOUS, UM, AND HOW IT'S AFFECTED.

UM, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE I SAID, I'VE GOT DEATH AT TRADITION ELEMENTARY OFF OF 1518.

I'VE GOT DEATH AND PARA VIAL.

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DYING ON OUR ROADWAYS ALL ACROSS PRECINCT FOUR.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOME FLOOD CONTROL.

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

I THINK THE PURPOSE TODAY WAS TO START THE DISCUSSION.

AS WE CAN SEE, WE JUST FOCUSED ON CREEKS AND TRAILS ON A, ON A MICRO LEVEL, CORRECT.

DAVID SMITH.

PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE IT'S AGENDIZED FOR TOMORROW TO TAKE ACTION.

THAT CORRECT STATEMENT, DAVID.

AND PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING MECHANISM WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND THEY NEEDED TO GET A CLEAR INDICATOR SIGNAL ACTION FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT AS TO WHAT CREEK PROGRAMS AND WHAT FUNDING SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THE WHOLE CREEKS AND TRAIL PROCESS COULD MOVE FORWARD.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE KIND OF HAD A SUBSET TODAY WITH THE CREEKS AND TRAILS.

NOW PART OF THIS STRATEGY FROM THE COUNTY JUDGE PERSPECTIVE IS THIS, AND COMMISSIONERS, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S INPUT.

IT TELLS YOU THE DIFFICULTIES AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF HOW WE ARE GONNA ALLOCATE THE LIMITED RESOURCES.

UH, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL DO VERY GOOD AND VERY WELL OF PROTECTING YOUR PRECINCTS, BUT IAS COUNTY JUDGE REPRESENT ALL FOUR PRECINCTS, AND I HAVE TO ULTIMATELY MAKE A DECISION AS FAR AS MY VOTE AS TO THESE PRIORITIES, UH, FLOOD CONTROL, ROADS, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHATEVER OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS WE HAVE ON THERE.

SO, UH, I REALLY AM ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER AS TO WHAT PROJECTS YOU HAVE PRIORITY WITH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN HAVE, AGAIN, WE'LL POSSIBLY HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION.

NOW, LET ME KIND OF CLOSE WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE, WHETHER THAT'S DAVID OR TANYA.

I THINK THE KEY IS WHAT'S THE PROCESS? SO I THINK, DAVID, YOU, WE AGENDIZE THIS AS A WORK SESSION TO START IT, AND I THINK WE, I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS, HAS CREATED A ROBUST DISCUSSION AS TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY.

SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR Y'ALL, DAVID? SO SOME OF THAT WILL START TOMORROW.

POTENTIALLY.

THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE OVER BUDGET THAT REQUIRED YOUR ATTENTION AND DIRECTION.

SO WE'LL BEGIN TO, YOU HAVE ONE, YOU DISCUSSED ONE OF THEM TODAY, SERGEANT AND, AND WHAT'S THE OTHER ONE? IT IS THE NEW PROPOSED NEW ANIMAL CONTROL FACILITY.

WE HAVE FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR BOTH.

THEY RELY ON REALLOCATING BUDGETED FUNDS FROM OTHER PROJECTS TO THEM, BUT THAT'S A BIGGER DISCUSSION I HAVE HEARD FROM MULTIPLE OFFICES.

IN FACT, ALMOST ALL OF OF YOU, IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR CAPITAL PLAN THAT ARE NOW LESS OF A PRIORITY THAN SOME OTHER PROJECTS AND SHOULD HAVE FUNDING MOVED FROM PROJECT A TO PROJECT B.

AND BASICALLY, I'VE HEARD SOME VERSION OF THAT FROM ALMOST ALL COURT OFFICES.

SO WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO GET THE EXISTING CAPITAL STACK OR LIST OF PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL, CLEANED UP PRIOR TO INITIATING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH FOR US STARTS REALLY IN THE SPRING.

MM-HMM .

BECAUSE WE ARE CARRYING PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T MOVED IN YEARS.

AND IT WOULD, I THINK, HELP THE COURT DELIBERATE TO SEE, OKAY, DO WE REALLY STILL NEED THIS PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FIVE YEARS AGO? BUT IT IS IT STILL A PRIORITY IN EACH OF YOUR PRECINCTS? AND SO IT WOULD HELP US TO GET THAT WORK DONE BETWEEN NOW AND THE SPRING.

COULD I ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO WEIGH IN AS TO WHAT FEEDBACK YOU'D GIVE THE BUDGET OFFICE AS TO WHAT YOU WOULD WANT THIS PROCESS TO LOOK LIKE? JUST IN A, AS WE'VE SAID, HIGH OVERVIEW LEVEL SO THAT THE BUDGET OFFICE CAN HOPEFULLY MEET THE NEEDS OF EACH COMMISSIONER AND ULTIMATELY TO ME AS COUNTY JUDGE SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE REALLOCATION, UH, OR THE RE DESIGNATION OF THESE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

COMMISSIONER , SO I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE,

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I THINK THE IDEAL PLAN WOULD BE FOR US TO MEET WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH PARKS AND REALLOCATION.

SO I MEET WITH THE DIRECTOR WITH KEN AND OR IF YOU MEET WITH DAN OR WITH WHOEVER, UM, FOR EACH COMMISSIONER TO MEET WITH COUNTY STAFF TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND STAFF CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WHEN WE COME TO COURT, WE CAN HAVE A QUICK CONCISE TO THE POINT PRESENTATION AND VOTE.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

YEAH, NO, I AGREE, JUDGE.

I THINK SOME OF THESE, UH, CONVERSATIONS CAN BE HAD BETWEEN OUR INDIVIDUAL OFFICES AND BUDGET STAFF AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AT SOME POINT, UM, IN 20, EARLY 2026, WE CAN HAVE MAYBE ANOTHER COLLECTIVE MEETING, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS BUDGET STAFF KNOWS WHICH OUR PRECINCT TWO PROJECTS, WHICH ONES, YOU KNOW, ARE EITHER, UH, SHELVED OR NEED TO BE, UH, REALLOCATED.

SO I THINK JUST HAVING THOSE, UH, THAT THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS INDIVIDUALLY WOULD WORK FOR ME.

YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD, I MEAN, WE COULD, WE COULD DO IT EITHER WAY.

I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENTLY HERE IN COURT IN A WORKING SESSION WHERE WE WORK THROUGH ONE SECTION OF PROJECTS, NEXT SECTION OF PROJECTS AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE I THINK WOULD PROVIDE THE MOST LIKE TRANSPARENCY AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE EVERYBODY STANDS ON THESE THINGS.

BUT, BUT ULTIMATELY I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO GET DONE, UH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

UM, I THINK THAT A STARTING POINT IS WHAT I HAD SUGGESTED.

YOU KNOW, YOU BROKE OUT WHERE THOSE PROJECTS STAND, BUT IF WE LOOKED AT THE 10 YEAR, WE COULD EASILY HIGHLIGHT IN, READ A PROJECT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS, THREE YEARS, TWO YEARS DELAYED.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAS NOT GONE ANYWHERE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, RIGHT? SO WE COULD HIGHLIGHT ALL THOSE AND, AND DISCUSS THEM.

CLEARLY.

THERE'S PROBABLY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FUTURE PER THE PLAN, BUT STILL ARE IN THE SAME BOAT WHERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT THE POLITICAL WILL TO CONTINUE WITH THEM AND WE PROBABLY NEED TO DISCUSS THOSE AS WELL.

BUT THE PRIORITY WOULD BE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE PLANNED FOR FY 22, 23, 24 AND HAVEN'T MOVED.

UM, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.