Nov 18, 2025 Commissioners Court

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 18TH, 2025. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES,

[1. Opening Prayer: Pastor Joe Martinez, Saved by Grace Church]

GOOD MORNING. PASTOR MARTINEZ, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

I IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE. I'VE BEEN TO HIS CHURCH SEVERAL TIMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

I ALSO WANT TO WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIS WIFE IS HERE WITH HIM.

SENORA VELA. I BELIEVE TWO OF HIS DAUGHTERS ARE HERE.

AND. JUANITA, IF YOU CAN STAND. JUANITA. JUANITA WORKS WITH US ON THE 10TH.

ON THE 10TH FLOOR. AND THIS IS HER PASTOR WHERE WE HAVE WORSHIPED TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PASTOR JOE MARTINEZ HAS SERVED AS PASTOR AT SAVED BY GRACE CHURCH SINCE 1977.

SAVED BY GRACE CHURCH IS A VIBRANT, FAMILY ORIENTED CONGREGATION THAT HAS BEEN FAITHFULLY SERVING THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

HE IS MARRIED TO MARY HELEN MARTINEZ AND THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS AND TWO SONS.

HE IS A GRADUATE OF LANIER HIGH SCHOOL AND EVOKES IN THE ROOM OKAY, AND HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN THEOLOGY FROM ANDERSONVILLE SEMINARY. WITH A HEART FOR THE COMMUNITY, PASTOR JOE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT LIVING OUT THE CHURCH'S MISSION OF SERVING OTHERS, BUILDING FAMILIES, AND GROWING TOGETHER. PASTOR LO PUEDES AHORA EN ESPANOL.

INGLÉS EN LOS DOS. PLEASE JOIN ME. PLEASE STAND.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS DAY.

THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY OF LIFE. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS, FOR YOUR MERCY, FOR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS. AND BECAUSE YOU ARE FAITHFUL.

LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU GIVE US THAT WE CAN COME BEFORE YOU WITH OUR PETITIONS.

I ASKED TODAY, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS MEETING TODAY.

NOT ONLY THAT, LORD, BUT THAT YOU MIGHT GIVE THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING DECISIONS WITH THE CLARITY, WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM YOU.

WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD HELP THEM TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY, AND IN THE PROCESS, GIVE YOU THE HONOR AND THE GLORY.

AND WHEN, LORD, WHEN THESE BLESSINGS DO COME, THAT EVERYONE MAY BE MINDFUL THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOU.

WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN. GRACIAS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS WILL BE TAKE UP THE CONSENT AGENDA.

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

I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM 20. I'M SORRY, 2020. GOT SOME REVERB, PLEASE.

CAN YOU FIX THAT? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER KELLY SAID NONE. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES NONE. JUDGE. YES.

KATE. KATE. OH, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 17.

CORRECT. IS AN IS NEEDS A CORRECTION? IT'S THERE SHOULD BE A BUDGETARY TRANSFER INCLUDED WITH THAT ITEM.

CAN WE GET THIS REVERB FIXED, PLEASE? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. WHAT WAS THE REQUEST, KATE? THERE'S A BUDGETARY TRANSFER.

CORRECT. THE BUDGET. THE CAPTION SHOULD ALSO SAY THIS ITEM INCLUDES A BUDGETARY TRANSFER AFTER THE LAST SENTENCE.

YES, SIR. SO, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? LARRY. JUDGE, I THINK JUST A CORRECTION IS FINE.

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE CORRECTION AS PROPOSED? SO NOTED, SO ORDERED. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO.

I'M SORRY. I'VE GOT TO PULL BACK. COMMISSIONERS BEFORE THE VOTE.

WE DO HAVE SOME CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON THE CONSENT, AND I DO NOT.

I REALLY WANT THEM TO BE HEARD. SO BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE ROBERTO TREVINO, SAN ANTONIO

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GOOD MORNING. HONORABLE JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS I JUST WANT TO COME UP HERE AND SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE HELP AND SUPPORT OF THE COUNTY.

AGAIN, JUST A QUICK, BRIEF HIGHLIGHT OF THE MANY THINGS THAT THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC HAS DONE OVER THE LAST SEASON.

WE HAD INCREDIBLE CONCERTS. CLASSICS ONE, CLASSICS TWO.

WE ALSO HAD A JUAN GABRIEL TRIBUTE, WHICH WAS AN OUTSTANDING TRIBUTE AS A WORLD PREMIERE.

OF COURSE, NOW YOU SEE THAT ON NETFLIX, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY WE WORKED WITH THE FAMILY TO GET THAT DONE.

WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR ON THE WEST SIDE.

WE HANDED OUT A LOT OF GREAT SUPPLIES. THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR FOR HELPING US WITH THAT.

WE HANDED OUT ABOUT 900 KIDS, RECEIVED INCREDIBLE SUPPLIES FROM FROM THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC.

MANY MUSICIANS CAME OUT AND HELPED US. WE EVEN HAD A UNIQUE CONCERT CALLED THE MUSICA LIBRE, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF LUCHA LIBRE AND MUSIC.

FREE, FREE TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS A HIT. AND OF COURSE, DECEMBER 18TH WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AVENIDA GUADALUPE TO TO HELP DO THEIR CHRISTMAS EVENT WHERE MANY KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD GET FREE GIFTS.

WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT. WE WILL BE PRESENTING A CONCERT OUT THERE AS WELL.

AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE MUSICIANS AND OUR BOARD, OUR STAFF JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.

IT MEANS THE WORLD TO US. WE'RE WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD TO BE PRESENTING THESE WORLD CLASS CONCERTS BEFORE YOU.

THANK YOU. DAVIS.

GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD MORNING JUDGE. GOOD MORNING. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC.

I AM A SAN ANTONIO NATIVE, BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO ATTEND EDGEWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO BE EXPOSED TO CLASSICAL MUSIC AT A VERY EARLY AGE.

I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THAT EXPOSURE IS WHAT LED TO MY INTENSE AND PASSIONATE SUPPORT OF THE ARTS AND MUSIC IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. I ALWAYS GO OUT AND I SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS, SUPPORT LOCAL MUSIC, AND I ALSO ENCOURAGE MY COMMUNITY TO DO THE SAME.

SINCE I HAD THAT EXPOSURE AT A YOUNG AGE, I LOVED TO BE.

I LOVE BEING IN THIS POSITION WITH THE SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC AS A DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, HELPING TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

BACK IN OCTOBER, WE HAD OUR YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS, WHERE WE PROVIDED FREE PERFORMANCES TO OVER 2000 STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF TWO DAYS. AND I JUST WANTED TO READ A QUICK LITTLE THANK YOU CARD THAT WE GOT FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS THAT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT THAT THAT MUSIC HAS ON YOUNG PEOPLE.

DEAR SAN ANTONIO PHILHARMONIC, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SEE THE CONCERT.

I ENJOYED IT A LOT. I HAVE TWO FAVORITE PIECES AND THOSE ARE A NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN AND THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE.

I HAVE A FACT TO TELL YOU. AND THAT IS WHEN MY MOM'S UNCLE WITH A DISABILITY DIED.

THEY PLAYED SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW AT HIS FUNERAL BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS.

I JUST WROTE TO SHARE SOME FACTS ABOUT ME THAT CONNECT TO THE ORCHESTRA.

SINCERELY, A YOUNG LADY FROM BULVERDE CREEK SCHOOL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT JUST THE SORT OF CONNECTION THAT OUR MUSIC AND OUR PERFORMANCES HAVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND JUST ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IMPORTANT WORK AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE.

JUST AS MUCH AS MY EXPERIENCE AT EDGEWOOD FINE ARTS ACADEMY INSPIRED ME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NICHOLAS BUKOWSKI ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 89 ON CONSENT.

NICHOLAS HRABOWSKI ZBA K O W K I. YOU SIGNED UP.

WHERE ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. COMMISSIONER.

MOODE. FOR THE RECORD, I'D LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON.

ON 54 AND 55. I STILL WANT TO SEE ADDITIONAL PROGRESS MADE ON SUSTAINABILITY FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOTED. ALL RIGHT. LET US TAKE UP THE ONE ITEM THAT GOT PULLED, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL DONATION OF FIVE SURPLUS DESKTOP COMPUTERS TO RIVER CITY BELIEVERS ACADEMY.

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STUDENT FAMILIES. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1263.152, SUBCHAPTER D, SUBSECTION FOUR BC. DISPOSITION IS SALVAGE OR SURPLUS PROPERTY AUTHORIZING PERSON AGENT TO UPDATE THE BEXAR COUNTY INVENTORY RECORDS, AS WELL AS FILE THE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD WITH THE COUNTY CLERK.

MR. GALLOWAY, LET ME PASS THE COMMISSIONER. YEAH.

JUST TO TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS ITEM, THIS IS REALLY RECYCLING COUNTY PROPERTY TO A NONPROFIT AND NO COST. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING, IS HAS THIS BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE, OR IS THIS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE.

OFTEN WE RECEIVE REQUESTS LIKE THIS COMMISSIONER WHERE WE'LL WORK WITH BCIT.

OBVIOUSLY THE ASSET HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED FOR FOR SALVAGING OR DISPOSAL.

RIGHT. AND SO THE ACADEMY REACHED OUT. THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THESE LAPTOPS FOR, FOR THEIR PURPOSES. AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE SCRUB IT.

IT'S BEEN SANITIZED. AND THEN WE REQUEST THE COURT'S PERMISSION TO RELEASE THAT TO THE ACADEMY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE ALL OF OUR NON-PROFITS OUT THERE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE THOUSANDS OF COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, ON A YEARLY, EVERY OTHER YEAR BASIS THAT, THAT GET YOU KNOW, SCRAPPED AT THE COUNTY THAT WE TRY TO USE THOSE, RECYCLE THEM, ALLOW NONPROFITS TO USE THEM.

THEY STILL HAVE PLENTY OF USEFUL LIFE, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMUNITY REALIZES THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE THAT MORE GROUPS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THE FUTURE.

ABSOLUTELY. I MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT ITEM. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. LET'S GO TO SPECIAL CEREMONY ITEMS. FOR A PRESENTATION.

[4. CEREMONIAL ITEM(S)]

JUDGE. IF I COULD GET MY MARINES TO COME FORWARD HERE.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MARINES IN THE HOUSE? NOT SEEING ANY.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MARINES.

250 YEARS. CONGRATULATIONS.

A QUICK ANECDOTE TO TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S A SMALL MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN MULLEN, WHO'S THE INI INSTRUCTOR HERE WITH THE RESERVE UNIT.

AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE BASIC SCHOOL, AND WE'RE IN THE SAME COMPANY TOGETHER 20 YEARS AGO.

SO IT'S A SMALL WORLD. LET ME JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THIS PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, ESTABLISHED ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 1775, HAS EMBODIED THE AMERICAN SPIRIT FOR TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES, FIGHTING TO PRESERVE OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE WITH EVERY VICTORY.

AND WHEREAS THE MARINES ARE FORGED BY THE FIRES OF THE CRUCIBLE, TURNING EVERYDAY CITIZENS INTO ADAPTIVE WARFIGHTERS WITH PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AND A WILLINGNESS TO WIN AGAINST ANY ADVERSARY. AND WHEREAS NEARLY 38,000 MARINES ARE DEPLOYED AROUND THE GLOBE MAKING SURE THEY ARE FIRST ON SCENE, FIRST TO HELP, AND FIRST TO FIGHT ANYWHERE FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HAS PRIDED ITSELF ON EXEMPLIFYING ITS MOTTO OF SEMPER FIDELIS, OR ALWAYS FAITHFUL. FOR 250 YEARS, MARINES STAND ALWAYS READY TO PROTECT OUR NATION AND EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF ONCE A MARINE, ALWAYS A MARINE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025, AS THE 250TH BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

SIGNED YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. JUDGE. IT IS MY HONOR TO ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS AND THE MARINES OF BEXAR COUNTY. AS MENTIONED FOR 250 YEARS, THE MARINES HAVE ANSWERED WHEN THE NATION CALLED.

MEMBERS OF THIS COURT, MEMBERS OF THIS COUNTY, AND THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS HAVE BEEN THE STAUNCHEST PARTNERS, BOTH IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM DURING THAT TIME. THIS PROCLAMATION MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO US, AND IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT WE ACCEPT.

SEMPER FIDELIS. SEMPER FI. MARINES.

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO THE PRESENTATION OF BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT IN RECOGNITION OF HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK.

I UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK CLOSE TO HOME.

HAVEN FOR HOPE. IF YOU ALL COULD COME STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, I WILL READ THE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR DECADES TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE SOCIAL HARMS OF HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AND TO GALVANIZE PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THEIR UNDERLYING CAUSES, WHICH CAN INCLUDE LACK OF ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, UNEMPLOYMENT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS. AND WHEREAS HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS ARE PREVALENT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE COMBATTED EVERY DAY BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS, NONPROFIT ENTITIES, FAITH COMMUNITIES, AND COUNTLESS COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.

AND WHEREAS, HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS ARE CURRENTLY AT RISK AND BEING EXACERBATED IN BEXAR COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION DUE TO FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS TO THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET, INCLUDING CUTS TO SNAP MEDICAID. SOMEBODY PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT THE VERY GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, DID WE PAY OUR LIGHT BILL, INCLUDING CUTS TO SNAP MEDICAID, INCREASED BARRIERS TO ACCESS.

AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY HAS MADE AND WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO EXPAND SHELTER CAPACITY, FACILITATE HOMELESS OUTREACH PROGRAMS, CATALYZE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, AND FUND WORKFORCE PROGRAMS THAT INVEST IN ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO DISTRIBUTING FOOD, PROVIDING SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS BEXAR COUNTY COMMENCED THE MANY COMMUNITY PARTNERS DEDICATED TO COMBATING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HAVEN FOR HOPE, THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, CLOSE TO HOME, AND THE MANY AFFILIATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT COLLABORATE ON THE MISSION TO MITIGATE HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES COMMEMORATES NOVEMBER 16TH 22ND, 2025 AS HUNGER HOMELESS AWARENESS WEEK. ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES OF HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS, AND TO VOLUNTEER SUPPORT THE INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT CONNECT OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WITH FOOD, SHELTER, HOUSING AND BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES. SIGNED BY ME AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK.

I THINK RECENT EVENTS HAVE REMINDED ALL OF US THAT TOO MANY FAMILIES IN SAN ANTONIO ARE FACING AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE BETWEEN FOOD AND HOUSING.

AND WE CANNOT ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITHOUT ADDRESSING HUNGER.

AND WE CANNOT ADDRESS HUNGER WITHOUT ENSURING WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE HOUSED.

THE WORK IS DEEPLY CONNECTED. OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS IT STARTS AT HOME, AND IT'S A REMINDER THAT THE WORK OF ENDING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS STARTS IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE IS SHIFTING, AND IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAT WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.

THIS WEEK IS A REMINDER TO SHOW UP FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS A PLACE TO CALL HOME AND FOOD ON THE TABLE. AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, SO WE ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO CHECK OUT OUR CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK.

LEARN MORE. VOLUNTEER AND DONATE THIS WEEK TO A NONPROFIT THAT IS WORKING HARD TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, AND YOU CAN TUNE IN TO OUR PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY AT 11 A.M.

TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

COUNTY MANAGER, COUNTY STAFF MARIO GALLARDO, JUNIOR CHIEF OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO IS ERIC COOPER.

AND SO ON BEHALF OF ERIC, OUR BOARD, OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR TEAM, JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU PROVIDE TO US.

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WE HAVE SOME GREAT PARTNERS HERE, OBVIOUSLY. KATIE WITH CLOSE TO HOME, BUT BUT ALSO HAVEN FOR HOPE AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PARTNERSHIPS.

I MEAN, WITHOUT PARTNERSHIPS, WE CAN'T GET THINGS DONE. AND SO COMMISSIONERS JUDGE, YOU ALL SUPPORT US TO HELP FAMILIES IN YOUR PRECINCTS AND OVERALL.

AND JUDGE SAKAI, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR PICKING UP THE ISSUE AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COUNTY.

AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON SOME THINGS TOGETHER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE COUNTRY, 42 MILLION AMERICANS STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE IN OUR GREAT STATE, UNFORTUNATELY, NEARLY 5 MILLION FOLKS.

RIGHT? 5 MILLION FOLKS STRUGGLING TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

WE'RE SERVING OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS IN ANY GIVEN WEEK.

AND YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, FEEDING AMERICA, MAP THE MEAL GAP NEARLY 19% OVERALL POPULATION IN THE COUNTY ARE FOOD INSECURE. SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE STANLEY CYRIL, WHO HELPS ME IN THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SHOP AT THE FOOD BANK.

I THINK IT'S VERY FITTING. STANLEY HELPS ME OUT WITH PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY, BUT ALSO HAS A PERSONAL STORY.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY FITTING FOR STANLEY TO SAY A FEW WORDS REGARDING THAT STORY AND HE HAS A BIG HEART.

SO THANK YOU, MARK. GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND JUDGE.

I'M THE PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY MANAGER AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK.

AND HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING THAT I DEALT WITH GROWING UP HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

GROWING UP, MY FAMILY STRUGGLED WITH IT, BUT THAT'S DRIVEN ME.

THAT CARRIES ME FORWARD IN THIS WORK EVERY DAY AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK, AND AS WELL AS MY WORK ON A NATIONAL LEVEL WITH THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS AT THE FOOD BANK, WE SEE HOW HUNGER AND HOUSING GO HAND IN HAND.

TOO OFTEN, PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING FOR FOOD AND PAYING FOR RENT, AND A LOT OF TIMES, RENT EATS FIRST. BY HELPING FAMILIES PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, WE CAN EASE SOME OF THAT FINANCIAL PRESSURE, FREEING UP RESOURCES TO HELP THEM PUT A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS AND KEEP THAT ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. THAT'S WHY PROGRAMS LIKE SNAP AND WICK ARE SO CRUCIAL.

AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY'RE NOT JUST FOOD PROGRAMS, THEY'RE HOUSING STABILITY PROGRAMS. BECAUSE EVERY DOLLAR SAVED THAT'S NOT GOING TOWARDS FOOD. THEY CAN USE THAT TO PAY FOR RENT, PUT A DEPOSIT DOWN AND SO ON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AND FOR YOUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO BUILDING A BEXAR COUNTY, WHERE NO ONE HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD AND KEEPING A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. CALVERT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU ALL DO.

THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AS THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS HAVE BEEN HELPING A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE ONES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT JUST RECENTLY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THANKSGIVING DINNER, WHICH SERVES AN INCREDIBLE BIG HEART OF SAN ANTONIO AND NEED COMMISSIONER MOODY AND I ARE TODAY SPONSORING THE SAN ANTONIO COALITION FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES, AND A LOT OF THEIR REQUESTS IS ABOUT THE FACT THAT A LOT OF SOLDIERS FAMILIES ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW, AND WE KNOW WE WANT TO TRY TO BE RESPONSIVE WITH ANYTHING WE CAN, WHETHER IT'S MEAL CARDS OR WHATEVER. BUT WE'VE ALSO GOT OTHER GROUPS IN THE LEXICON OF FOOD BANKS, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE HELPING FROM EAGLES FLIGHT, WHICH DOES A GREAT JOB AND HAS LITERALLY SHOWN PICTURES OF EMPTY SHELVES OF FOOD WHERE THEY NORMALLY HAVE IT. AND LATER ON TODAY, I HOPE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT WILL APPROVE SOME EFFORTS TO STABILIZE RENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE VERGE OF EVICTION. WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE DOING SOME RESEARCH LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'VE RISEN TO NUMBER TWO IN THE STATE WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE COUNTED UNHOUSED. I FOUND THE CASE THAT ARTICLE, WHICH POINTED OUT OUR POINT IN TIME, PUTS US JUST UNDER DALLAS. SO WE UNDERSTAND THE STRAIN THAT IS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW.

AND I'VE BEEN GETTING INSURANCE PAPERS SHOWING, FOR EXAMPLE, A LADY NAMED MISS RANGEL, WHOSE INSURANCE TODAY SHE PAYS $25 A MONTH. BUT STARTING JANUARY, SHE'LL PAY $457 A MONTH.

AND SHE'S LITERALLY WONDERING, DO I PAY FOR MY HEALTH INSURANCE OR DO I PAY MY RENT? SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THE CONNECTIVITY OF ALL THESE THINGS HELPS US TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T GOING UNHOUSED, AREN'T GOING UNFED. SO THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE REMINDER OF WHAT WE'RE FACING IN THIS ECONOMY.

APPRECIATE YOU, JUDGE, FOR PUTTING THIS ON THE AGENDA. LET ME JUST ALSO CONCLUDE AND THANK MY COLLEAGUES, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU'VE STEPPED UP FOR FOOD INSECURITY.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT FOR TODAY WILL DEAL WITH HOUSING INSECURITY.

THOSE ARE REAL ISSUES HAPPENING NOW, AND BEXAR COUNTY IS PROUD TO PARTNER WITH OUR VALUABLE NONPROFITS,

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SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THEN ASK YOU TO PLEASE STEP FORWARD FOR A PICTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR.. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. YOU GUYS CAN HOLD THIS, TOO.

IN THE PICTURE. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE THIRD PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. COURT RECOGNIZED THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE FOR SAN ANTONIO DEBATE TEAM. COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU JUDGE. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. FOR THOSE THAT ARE HERE FROM NI, IF YOU COULD MAKE YOUR WAY TOWARDS THE PODIUM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND START READING THE PROCLAMATION.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME YOUNG FOLKS WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE BIG TROPHY THERE.

SO THIS IS A PROCLAMATION THAT I'LL READ AND IT READS.

WHEREAS THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE NI HAS PROVIDED OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR MORE THAN 45 YEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OVER 30 YEARS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

AND WHEREAS WE PROUDLY RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SAN ANTONIO FRESHMAN FROM 23 AREA HIGH SCHOOLS WHO EARNED FIRST PLACE AT NHI'S FLAGSHIP STATEWIDE GREAT DEBATE COMPETITION AT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND SECOND PLACE AT AUSTIN COLLEGE, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE TOP HONORS IN MOCK TRIAL, ORATORY AND CROSS EXAMINATION EVENTS. AND WHEREAS, REPRESENTING ALL FOUR BEXAR COUNTY PRECINCTS.

75 SAN ANTONIO STUDENTS TRAINED FOR MORE THAN SIX MONTHS UNDER THE MENTORSHIP OF NIJ ALUM COLLEGE STUDENTS AND VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY COACHES.

THEY COMPETED AGAINST PEERS FROM AUSTIN, BROWNSVILLE, CORPUS CHRISTI, DALLAS, EL PASO, HOUSTON, MONTERREY, GUADALAJARA, AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

TOGETHER, THEY EMERGED AS SOME OF THE MOST DECORATED STUDENTS IN THE COMPETITION, AND WHEREAS FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES, NIJ AND SAN ANTONIO HAS HELPED PREPARE OUR CITY'S YOUTH TO LEAD, THE PROGRAM HAS REACHED MORE THAN 5000 LOCAL STUDENTS, BUILDING CONFIDENCE, VISION AND LIFELONG LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

IN 2025 ALONE, OVER 200 SAN ANTONIO STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THREE INTENSIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERS. AND WHEREAS, THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT PROUDLY COMMEND THESE REMARKABLE YOUNG LEADERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE AND EXTEND OUR WARMEST CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE BEXAR COUNTY COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONERS COURT HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. GREAT DEBATE CHAMPIONS. A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

SIGNED BY YOUR COMMISSIONERS COURT. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FOLKS HERE, INCLUDING ANITA, WHO'S MY MY APPOINTEE ON THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND ALCO.

AND OF COURSE, HE SHE'LL PLEASE SHARE A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP.

SURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS MICHELLE GONZALEZ. I'M A PARTNER AND CO-FOUNDER OF OCI GROUP, A MAJORITY LATINO OWNED SOCIAL IMPACT CONSULTING FIRM.

BUT TODAY WE STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AS A VOLUNTEER.

AND YOU JUST MENTIONED TWO OF MY PARTNERS, ANITA AND AND ALCOHOL ARE ALSO HERE WITH ME TODAY BECAUSE WE MET THROUGH THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE AND CONTINUE TO VOLUNTEER.

SO ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE AT SAN ANTONIO AND THE SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THIS INCREDIBLE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ AND HIS STAFF.

THESE STUDENTS REPRESENT THE NEXT GENERATION OF THINKERS, ADVOCATES, CHANGEMAKERS, AND OVER THE SUMMER, THIS TEAM THAT WAS MADE UP OF 25 HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SAN ANTONIO TRIUMPHED OVER A LOT OF WHAT YOU HEARD TODAY, JUST BEING LIKE I SAID, CHANGE MAKERS. ULTIMATELY, THE MOST SPECIAL THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM AND ABOUT THE SUCCESS IS THEY'RE LED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THEIR COACHES ARE SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS AND SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL, SOME OF WHICH ARE HERE TODAY SUPPORTING THEM IN THEIR CELEBRATION.

BUT THEY ALSO CONTINUE WITH OTHER PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL HISPANIC INSTITUTE PROVIDES.

THE GREAT DEBATE IS NOT JUST ABOUT A COMPETITION OF WORDS.

IT'S A JOURNEY OF LEADERSHIP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND IDENTITY.

AND OUR STUDENTS LEARN TO RESEARCH COMPLEX ISSUES, BUILD PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS, AND SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE FUTURE THEY WANT TO

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THEIR VICTORY IS A REFLECTION NOT ONLY OF THEIR TALENT AND DEDICATION, BUT ALSO OF THE EDUCATORS, PARENTS, MENTORS, SOME OF WHOM ARE HERE TODAY AS WELL, THAT WE'D LIKE TO THANK BECAUSE WE CHEER THEM AND PREPARE THEM ALONG THE WAY.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HONORING THEIR ACHIEVEMENT TODAY AND FOR CONTINUING TO UPLIFT THE YOUTH HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, JULIE, DO YOU WANT TO TURN THEM AROUND? READY? ONE, TWO.

THREE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.

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2025 A CELEBRATION OF HONOR OF ALL OUR NATION'S MILITARY SERVICES.

MILITARY VETERANS. MR. KEITH WILSON. JUDGE SAKAI COMMISSIONERS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS KEITH WILSON, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BEXAR COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERANS SERVICES. I'M A RETIRED SOLDIER.

I'M A VETERAN. IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO LEAD BEXAR COUNTY VETERANS DAY CEREMONY.

AS WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR AMERICA'S HEROES. BEXAR COUNTY HEROES.

OUR HEROES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF OUR NATIONAL AND STATE COLORS BY A JOINT COLOR GUARD REPRESENTING THE SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL, NAVY JUNIOR ROTC, AND THE CLARK HIGH SCHOOL AIR FORCE JUNIOR ROTC.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY GUARDIANO.

MOTHER. AND FATHER.

AND NEXT. PLEASE. HELLO.

OH, AND YOU SEE, BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT.

WHAT SO PROUDLY WE HAILED. AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING.

WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT, O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED. WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING.

AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR.

GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.

O SAY, DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE.

O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.

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THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. THESE YOUNG STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE WORKED TOGETHER.

SELDOM DO YOU SEE JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAMS WORK AS A JOINT FORCE.

AND SO TO HAVE THEM COME TOGETHER THIS MORNING, DO A QUICK REHEARSAL.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE. AND THEN DEPUTY GUARDIANO ALWAYS MAGNIFICENT VOICE AND ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT DOES.

SO WE APPRECIATE HER BEING HERE TODAY. STANDING WITH ME TODAY ARE MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM A FEW OF THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE AN ARRAY OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY, COMMITTED TO OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO POINT TO MY LEFT FROM JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, SERAFINA DE LOS SANTOS.

OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT TO VETERANS AS THEY LEAVE THE MILITARY STARTS WITH OUR ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH THEM WHILE THEY'RE STILL IN THE UNIFORM.

THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO IS STRONG, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF SERAFINA.

SO WE VALUE THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE FRIENDSHIP, AND WE APPRECIATE HER BEING HERE TODAY.

TONY FUENTES AND HIS TEAM FROM THE SAN ANTONIO COALITION FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES CONSISTENTLY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR VETERANS, RANGING FROM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER TYPES OF SUPPORT.

ISABELLA SCARGILL FROM OK BUS TOURS. THEY PROVIDED A BUS THAT ALLOWED MANY OF OUR COUNTY STAFF TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VETERANS DAY PARADE, WHEN THEY OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S STILL HERE. HE HAD TO LEAVE. MARIO ROBLEDO FROM THE FOOD BANK AND KATIE WILSON, YOU JUST RECOGNIZED THE CHALLENGES OF HOMELESSNESS AND FOOD INSECURITY.

TOUCH OUR VETERANS JUST AS OUR NON-VETERANS. AND SO THE PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH THEM AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS IS STRONG AND IMPORTANT. REBECA VALENCIA FROM WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, REPRESENTING ALL THE INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING THAT ALLOW VETERANS TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY FAMILIES TO STAY CONNECTED TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THEN PAUL BERNAL FROM AMERICAN G.I. FORUM NATIONAL VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT THEY DO IS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO HOMELESS AND AT RISK VETERANS THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF SERVICES.

WE DEPEND UPON THEM TO HELP HOUSE MANY OF THE VETERANS WE ENCOUNTER, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE THEM HERE TODAY.

NO SINGLE ENTITY CAN PROVIDE THE ARRAY OF CARE, SERVICE AND SUPPORT THAT OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES DESERVE.

IT IS ONLY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS QUALITY ARRAY OF SERVICES AND RESOURCES.

AND FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS HERE, THERE ARE DOZENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OUT THERE PROVIDING THE SAME LEVEL OF CARE AND SUPPORT TO OUR VETERANS AND OUR MILITARY FAMILIES. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM BEING HERE TODAY.

IN PREPARATION FOR THIS CEREMONY, WE COLLECTED PHOTOS TO HELP US CAPTURE PORTRAITS OF COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO ONCE WORE THE UNIFORM OF OUR COUNTRY AND NOW WEAR VARYING UNIFORMS OF OUR COUNTY TO MAINTAIN THAT SEMBLANCE OF SERVICE.

AT THIS TIME, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS.

THERE ARE HEROES AMONG US. THIS VIDEO REPRESENTS THE THOUSANDS OF CURRENT AND FORMER BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES WHO SERVED THEIR NATION IN THE UNIFORM OF ITS ARMED FORCES BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AS BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

SOME STILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE RESERVES.

WE CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR ONE, A WAR THAT ENDED ON THE 11TH HOUR OF THE 11TH DAY OF THE 11TH MONTH IN 1918. THE FIRST VETERANS DAY, KNOWN AS ARMISTICE DAY, WAS DECLARED A NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON IN 1919. OVER TIME, WE HAVE GONE FROM RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO SERVED IN ONE WAR TO A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR AMERICAN VETERANS FROM ALL WARS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO SERVED IN TIMES OF PEACE AND STOOD READY TO ANSWER THE CALL OF FREEDOM.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THEM.

OUR MILITARY IS A WONDERFUL SLICE OF AMERICAN SERVICE.

MEMBERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.

THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS.

THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS.

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THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST OF US. THE MILITARY DOES AN AMAZING THING BRINGING THESE MEN AND WOMEN TOGETHER, GIVING THEM EXTREMELY CHALLENGING REQUIREMENTS WITH FINITE RESOURCES, AND EXPECTING THEM TO PERFORM EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

SOMETIMES, AS IF THEIR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS DEPENDS UPON IT, AND SOMETIMES IT DOES.

AND THEY DO. THEY DO SUCCEED. THEY SUCCEED BECAUSE THEY PUT OTHERS BEFORE FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY SUCCEED BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEDICATION TO DUTY.

THEY HAVE COURAGE, PRIDE, COMMITMENT. THEY HAVE HONOR AND INTEGRITY.

MANY ARE HERE STANDING WITH ME TODAY, REPRESENTING THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

ON AVERAGE, THEY TEND TO BE OLDER. OFTENTIMES THEY'RE MARRIED.

SOME ARE DIVORCED, SOME DIVORCED MULTIPLE TIMES.

MANY HAVE CHILDREN. MOST HAVE DEPLOYED TO COMBAT.

MANY HAVE DEPLOYED MULTIPLE TIMES. SOME EXPERIENCED THE PHYSICAL TRAUMAS OF WAR.

SOME CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE INTERNAL DEMONS OF WAR.

AND YET, ALL ARE EXCEPTIONAL. THE VETERANS DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN TODAY AND STANDING BEHIND ME, REPRESENT THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WORE THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION IN SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, AND INSTEAD OF RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS AFTER MILITARY SERVICE, THEY PURSUED OTHER ROLES OF SERVICE.

SERVICE TO OTHERS. OUR VETERANS ARE COUNTY EMPLOYEES, THEIR CITY EMPLOYEES, THEIR POLICE OFFICERS, SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, FIREFIGHTERS, THEIR TEACHERS, NURSES, ADMINISTRATORS, STORE CLERKS.

IN MANY WAYS, SOME OF THEM APPEAR JUST AS ORDINARY CITIZENS, BUT IN REALITY, THEY ARE EXTRAORDINARY CITIZENS.

THEY ARE AMERICA'S VETERANS. THEY ARE AMERICA'S HEROES.

THEY ARE AMERICA'S FUTURE. AND WE AS A COUNTY ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR FUTURE.

WE CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES AS A COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE THOSE STANDING BEHIND ME FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR SERVICE MEMBERS, OUR VETERANS, AND OUR MILITARY FAMILIES.

OUR MILITARY IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE SUPERB TRAINING, THE BEST EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE AND GREAT LEADERS.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR THE MILITARY UNIFORM HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AND EVERY CHANCE WE GET, WE SHOULD HONOR THEM AND THE SACRIFICES THEY MADE, NOT JUST ON VETERANS DAY, BUT EVERY DAY. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SACRIFICES THAT OUR VETERANS MAKE FOR US? WHAT DO THEY GIVE UP? THEY GIVE UP TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY SO THAT OTHERS MAY ENJOY TIME WITH THEIRS.

THEY MISS OUT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS LIKE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES, THEIR CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAYS, DANCE RECITALS, AND FOOTBALL PRACTICE. THEY MISS OUT ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS SPRING BREAK.

THEY MISS OUT ON TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE THEY ARE SERVING IN FARAWAY LAND TO PROTECT OTHERS.

HOW CAN WE SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR VETERANS? ONE IS TO SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU. THAT'S EASY. IF YOU LEARN OF SOMEONE THAT SERVED IN THE MILITARY OR USED TO SERVE WITH THE MILITARY.

JUST SAY THANK YOU. WE CAN ALSO HONOR OUR VETERANS AND NOT JUST WHAT WE SAY, BUT MAYBE MORE IMPORTANTLY IN WHAT WE DO.

SO IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HONOR THE SACRIFICES THAT OUR VETERANS AND OUR MILITARY MAKE, FIND A WAY THAT YOU CAN SERVE OTHERS.

FIND A WAY THAT YOU CAN GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

FIND SOMETHING TO DO THAT HELPS OTHERS. THAT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN DO TO HONOR OUR VETERANS.

VETERANS DAY IS SET ASIDE TO REMEMBER EVERY MAN AND WOMAN WHO HAS STOOD UP TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY.

WE HONOR EVERY SOLDIER, SAILOR, AIRMAN, MARINE, COAST GUARDSMAN, AND GUARDIAN WHO HAVE GIVEN SOME OF THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES TO THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY SO THAT WE CAN SAFELY LIVE OUR LIVES.

PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ONCE SAID THAT A NATION REVEALS BILLS ITSELF NOT ONLY BY THE PEOPLE IT PRODUCES, BUT ALSO BY THE PEOPLE IT HONORS, THE PEOPLE IT REMEMBERS.

OVER 173,000 VETERANS WALK AMONG US IN BEXAR COUNTY.

AND ON THIS DAY, BEXAR COUNTY HONORS THEM ALL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE A VETERAN IN THE AUDIENCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE TO BE RECOGNIZED?

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MY NAME IS KEITH. THESE ARE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

WE'RE VETERANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO.

COME FORWARD AND TAKE A PICTURE.

LISTEN. TO.

JUDGE. SAKAI. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU.

I'M JUDGE DOMINGUEZ. I PRESIDE OVER COUNTY COURT NUMBER SIX AS WELL AS THE MISDEMEANOR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT. ONE OF OUR CASE MANAGERS IS ALSO A VETERAN WHO'S GOING TO PASS OUT OUR TVC. THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2024.

SINCE I'VE TAKEN THE BENCH IN 2023, I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR ON WHAT THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT IS DOING IN FULL TRANSPARENCY, AND ALSO FOR SOME SUPPORT IN THE REPORT, YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE SECOND PAGE THAT THIS IS 32 VETERANS TREATMENT COURTS THROUGHOUT TEXAS, WHERE WE ARE AND THERE ARE 42 COUNTIES THAT ARE SERVED SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE INVITE IS.

ON PAGE 11, YOU WILL SEE THAT BEXAR COUNTY MISDEMEANOR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT HAS SERVICED OVER 200 OR SERVICED 210 VETERANS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

WE ARE PROJECTED THIS YEAR TO BE OVER 250 FOR 2025.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE LIFETIME RECOVERY WITH DAVID PHIPPS, SAN ANTONIO COALITION FOR VETERANS FAMILIES WITH TONY FUENTES, BEXAR COUNTY MILITARY AND VETERAN SERVICES KEITH WILSON, AS ALSO MENTIONED, AMERICAN GI FORUM CROSSPOINT ENDEAVORS.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE USE.

NEXT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ROBERTO TO DO THE STATS FOR OUR CURRENT 2024 YEAR, AND THEN I WILL DO A CLOSING ARGUMENT.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. COUNTY COMMISSIONER, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MY NAME IS ROBERTO RUIZ.

I SERVE AS THE PROJECT DIRECTOR FOR THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT.

CONTINUING ON WITH THE STATISTICS THAT ARE PRESENTED BY THE TEXAS VETERANS COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.

WE DID SERVE 205 VETERANS THAT FISCAL YEAR. AS THE JUDGE STATED WE HAVE A 98% RETENTION RATE, WHICH SPEAKS TO THE PART OF THE SUCCESS OF HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM IS.

WE HAVE 93 OUT OF THE 205 WHO GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY.

THAT'S 44% SO FAR, 112 REMAIN IN THE PROGRAM.

SO THEY'VE BEEN CARRIED OVER TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR.

AND THEY THESE ARE THE ANTICIPATED GRADUATES FOR 2026.

WE HAVE ONLY HAD 2% WITH UNSUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES FIVE OF 205 WHO JUST DECIDED TO VOLUNTARILY WITHDRAW FROM THE PROGRAM FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.

IF WE LOOK AT THE LAST TEN YEARS HERE IN BURKE COUNTY REGARDING THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, WE SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN A GROWING TREND OF NUMBER OF REFERRALS THROUGHOUT THE LAST TEN YEARS, WITH A DIP IN 1920, FISCAL YEAR 1920. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE COVID ONSET.

BUT SINCE THEN, WE SEE A GROWING TREND, STEADILY GROWING TREND WITH 165 NEW REFERRALS THIS MOST CURRENT FISCAL YEAR,

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WE DO SEE A GROWING TREND WITH ONLY THREE FISCAL YEARS THROUGHOUT THE LAST TEN YEARS WHERE THERE WAS A SLIGHT DIP, BUT THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NEW ENROLLMENTS. WAS THIS THE MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR OF 2425, WITH 133 NEW ENROLLMENTS THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.

IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF VETERANS SERVED. ONCE AGAIN, WE SEE THIS GROWING TREND SINCE 2015, 2016, TEN YEARS AGO TO NOW IT'S BEEN VERY STEADY WITH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THIS MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR OF 2425.

HAVING SERVED 252 VETERANS IN IN BEXAR COUNTY, MILITARY CITY, USA.

IN SERVING THESE VETERANS AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE PRIMARILY FOCUS ON THE HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED. WHEN WE SPEAK OF RISK LEVELS, WE'RE SPEAKING OF THE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF THEM RECIDIVATING RECIDIVATING OR NOT BEING SUCCESSFUL THROUGH CONVENTIONAL SUPERVISION, SUCH AS REGULAR PROBATION OR PRETRIAL.

THEY NEED ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION SUPPORT FROM THE JUDICIARY, FROM THE SUPERVISION COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM AND OTHER RESOURCES. WHEN WE SPEAK OF NEEDS, IT SPEAKS TO THE NEED FOR CLINICAL TREATMENT, WHETHER IT'S FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS OR MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS, OR BOTH. SO OUR CURRENT CENSUS, THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, YOU CAN SEE THAT 63% OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR VETERANS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM ARE HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED. AND TO YOUR TO YOUR LEFT OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT QUADRANTS ON HOW THE EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE DICTATES ON HOW TO BEST SUPERVISE AND ADDRESS THEIR NEEDS IF THEY'RE IN HIGH RISK, HIGH NEED.

WE HAVE FOLLOWED, ALONG WITH THE BEST PRACTICES PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DRUG COURT PROFESSIONALS, AND WE HAVE A BETTER MANAGE OUR DOCKETS BY BREAKING THEM INTO MINI MANY DOCKETS BASED ON THEIR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS.

SO WE HAVE A CHARLIE ALPHA AND A CHARLIE BRAVO DOCKET, WHICH ADDRESSES THOSE VETERANS NEEDS WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BOTH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS. THEY HAVE A CO-OCCURRING DIAGNOSIS.

AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR OF OUR INDIVIDUALS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH, ARE EITHER IN THE BRAVO OR THE ALPHA, MEANING THAT THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSIS OF BOTH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL HEALTH.

WE'VE ALSO TAKEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DRUG PROFESSIONALS AND DONE AND SEPARATED THE FEMALES FROM THE MALE.

DURING THE COURT DOCKET SO THAT WE CAN BETTER FOSTER A MORE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE COURT.

SO THAT IS OUR DOCKET WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR FEMALE VETERANS.

WE ALSO HAVE A MIKE DOCKET. THOSE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ONLY A MENTAL HEALTH ILLNESS.

SO THEIR NEEDS, THE WAY THE JUDGE ADDRESSES THEM, IS FOCUSED ON MENTAL HEALTH.

AND ALSO THE SIERRA DOCKET, WHICH IS ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THOSE VETERANS WHO HAVE A DIAGNOSIS FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ONLY.

SO THAT'S THE WAY WE'VE BROKEN DOWN OUR POPULATION TO BETTER SERVE AND FACILITATE AND TIME MANAGE THESE VETERANS.

WHEN IT COMES TO MILITARY BRANCHES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE VETERANS WHO ARE MARINES OR THEY SERVED IN THE MARINES.

TEN OF THEM, 41 SERVED IN THE AIR FORCE, 67 THE MAJORITY SERVED IN THE ARMY, 15 IN THE NAVY, ONLY ONE IN THE COAST GUARD, FOR A TOTAL OF 134, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT OUR CURRENT TOTAL POPULATION AS OF NOVEMBER THE 18TH OF THIS MONTH OF THIS YEAR. AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, HOW ARE THEY BEING SERVED? WELL, IN PRECINCT ONE WITH COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES, WE HAVE 43 ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT CURRENTLY FOR COMMISSIONER JUSTIN RODRIGUEZ IN YOUR PRECINCT, SIR, WE HAVE 31 VETERANS CURRENTLY ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING AND ENGAGED IN THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT.

COMMISSIONER GRANT MOODY, YOU HAVE 24 CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT THAT WE ARE SERVING, AND COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT, WE HAVE 28 CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE VETERANS COURT THAT WE ARE ALSO SERVING AS ONE AS PART OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THIS IS JUST THIS YEAR'S CENSUS. BUT IF WE WERE TO LOOK BACK AT PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON COLLECTING THE DATA SO THAT MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN PRESENT TO YOU THE THE TEN YEAR TREND, IF YOU WILL, OF NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS FROM YOUR SPECIFIC PRECINCTS.

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SO THEY'RE NOT IN BEXAR COUNTY. YEAH. GOT IT. YEAH.

OR OR UNINCORPORATED. COUNTY. IF THEY WERE THE OUTSKIRTS, THEY'RE NOT COUNTY RESIDENTS.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO JUDGE DOMINGUEZ.

I'M HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE OUR VETERANS TREATMENT COURT CONTINUES TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN DEMAND.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE ARE BEING FORCED INTO DECISIONS THAT CONTRADICT OUR MISSION, OUR VALUES AND OUR COMMITMENT THIS COUNTY HAS HISTORICALLY MADE TO VETERANS.

RIGHT NOW, OUR PROGRAM IS MANAGED, AS HAS MANAGED THE LARGEST VETERANS TREATMENT COURT IN ALL OF TEXAS.

OUR NUMBERS ARE CLIMBING EVERY MONTH. THE NEED IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.

IT IS INCREASING. BUT OUR RESOURCES ARE NOT INCREASING WITH IT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT, WE ARE PREPARING TO START A WAIT LIST BECAUSE THE DEMAND FOR TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION NOW EXCEEDS OUR STAFFING CAPACITY. THIS IS NOT A THEORETICAL PROBLEM.

THIS IS A PRACTICAL ONE WITH CONSEQUENCES. VETERANS WHO ARE READY FOR TREATMENT CANNOT START.

VETERANS WHO NEED EARLY INTERVENTION WILL WAIT FOR SERVICES, AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY SUFFERS WHEN HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT STABILIZED.

EARLY ON VETERANS DAY ALONE, WE COUNTED 159 VETERANS SITTING IN THE BEXAR COUNTY JAIL.

AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE ARE OVER 160 VETERANS BEHIND BARS IN THIS COUNTY.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH SERVICES, SERVICE HISTORIES, TRAUMA HISTORIES, AND OFTEN TREATABLE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CONDITIONS TIED DIRECTLY TO THEIR TIME IN UNIFORM. SAN ANTONIO IS A MILITARY CITY, USA.

YET WE FIND OURSELVES UNABLE TO OFFER TIMELY ACCESS TO A PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THOSE WHO SERVED.

WE HAVE REPEATEDLY SOUGHT SUPPORT TO MEET THIS DEMAND, INCLUDING THE REQUEST FOR A MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO MANAGE LOW RISK DOCKETS AND HELP US RESPONSIBLY EXPAND CAPACITY. THOSE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY DENIED.

THE REALITY IS, THE BEXAR COUNTY'S BUDGET DECISIONS ARE NOW LIMITING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY.

AND WHILE OUR TEAM WORKS EXTREMELY HARD WITH WHAT WE HAVE, WE CANNOT CONTINUE EXPANDING SERVICES WITHOUT STRUCTURAL SUPPORT.

I ALSO WANT TO ALERT THE COURT TO A CRITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

ONE OF OUR PRIMARY GRANTS IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL STILL FUND PERSONNEL IN OUR PROGRAM.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

THAT MEANS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE MAY BE REQUESTING GENERAL FUNDS SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL STAFFING.

WITHOUT THE SUPPORT, WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO REDUCE SERVICES AT THE MOST VULNERABLE TIME THAT WE NEED TO HELP OTHER VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

EVERY VETERAN WHO HAS ENTERED OUR COURTROOM HAS ALREADY RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND AND MADE A PROMISE TO SERVE THIS COUNTY, THIS COUNTRY. AND NOW WE HAVE RAISED OUR HAND TO SERVE THEM IN OUR COUNTY.

THIS MORNING, I'M ASKING THE COURT TO CONSIDER WHAT PROMISE WE AS A COUNTY ARE WILLING TO MAKE TO THEM.

WE NEED FUNDING TO MAINTAIN CRITICAL POSITIONS, SUPPORT TO ADD A MAGISTRATE JUDGE TO MANAGE LOW RISK CASELOADS, RESOURCES THAT MATCH THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF VETERANS WE ARE BEING ASKED TO SERVE.

THESE REQUESTS ARE NOT EXCESSIVE. THEY ARE ESSENTIAL.

BEFORE I CONCLUDE, I WANT TO PRESENT EACH OF YOU WITH THE VETERANS TREATMENT COURT CHALLENGE COIN.

CHALLENGE COINS ARE A LONG STANDING MILITARY TRADITION, A REMINDER OF COMMITMENT, SERVICE, AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. I OFFER THESE TO YOU NOT JUST AS A SYMBOL OF APPRECIATION, BUT AS A CHALLENGE.

AS A CHALLENGE TO HELP US SERVE THOSE WHO ONCE SERVED ALL OF US.

A CHALLENGE TO ENSURE NO VETERAN IS LEFT BEHIND.

WAITING FOR TREATMENT. A CHALLENGE TO LIVE UP TO THE TITLE MILITARY CITY, USA.

ALSO IN YOUR PACKET WAS AN INVITATION TO OUR COMMENCEMENT FOR DECEMBER 5TH.

IT IS AT 230 HERE HELD IN YOUR COURT. WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM WILLING TO TAKE THEM.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU JUDGE DOMINGUEZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR TEAM'S WORK.

WHAT IS THE REQUEST AMOUNT FOR THE REGISTRATION? HOW MUCH IS THAT? WHEN WE WE DID DO A BUDGET REQUEST LAST CYCLE.

IT WAS NOT FUNDED. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS AROUND 90,000.

IT WAS AN ASSOCIATE POSITION. AND YOUR REQUEST ON RESOURCES THE ADEQUATE RESOURCES.

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SO URINE COLLECTIONS, CUPS SERVICES. WE PARTNER WITH LIFETIME RECOVERY ON THAT.

THOSE ARE COMING OUT OF OUR PROGRAM. INCOME THAT WE ARE TAKING AS A PARTICIPANT COMES INTO THE PROGRAM.

I CAN GET A NUMBER FOR YOU. COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO TRY TO BE HELPFUL, TO CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH THE INCREASES THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

JUST KIND OF FROM A CRIMINAL LOGIC STANDPOINT, WHY DO YOU THINK WE'RE SEEING THE KIND OF INCREASES? IS IT JUST THE OVERALL GROWTH? IS IT? SOMETIMES WHEN I'M TALKING WITH COMMANDERS THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHANGES OF THE SOLDIERS WHO ARE IN OUR MILITARY TODAY AND THE ISSUES THAT COMMANDERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

NOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS A WHAT DO YOU SEE AS SOME OF THE PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF THE INCREASE? COMMISSIONER CALVERT I'M SEEING MORE OF THE MILITARY AS MORE ZERO TOLERANCE TYPE JOB.

AND SO WHEN THE PARTICIPANTS ARE A VETERAN IS GETTING ARRESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY, SERVICES AREN'T GIVEN TO THEM.

INSTEAD, IT'S AN EJECTION FROM THE MILITARY. I'VE SEEN DD214 WHERE A PARTICIPANT HAS NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A DRUG TREATMENT PLAN OR A DRINK.

YOU KNOW, AN ALCOHOL PLAN, AND THEY'RE GETTING KICKED OUT FOR THAT REASON. AND THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM THE MILITARY OR GETTING DISCHARGED.

AND THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE COMMITTING THE SAME CRIMES THAT THEY WERE COMMITTING IN THE MILITARY. SO BEING ABLE TO GIVE THOSE SERVICES TO THEM FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GET IN THE MILITARY IS WHAT I'M SEEING MOSTLY.

WHEN WHEN DID THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY SHIFT HAPPEN? A YEAR ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR IS WHEN I STARTED SEEING MORE DISCHARGES FOR THE MILITARY MEMBERS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUDGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. OH, ONE MORE QUESTION.

NO, I JUST I MEAN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK OF THE COURT.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL. HAPPY VETERANS DAY, HAPPY VETERANS DAY, AND I APPRECIATE THE THE DATA THAT YOU PROVIDED.

I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, ALSO TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT'S COMMENT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN BREAK THAT DOWN FURTHER, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, GENERATIONS DIFFERENT CONFLICTS, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT POST 911? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT VIETNAM VETERANS, GULF WAR, LIKE HOW THAT CHANGES OVER TIME AND THE CRIMES THAT THAT WE'RE SEEING COME THROUGH THE COURT? I THINK THE MORE GRANULAR WE CAN GET WITH THAT DATA, THE BETTER WE CAN TELL THE STORY, WHETHER THAT'S APPLYING FOR GRANTS OR WHETHER THAT'S COMING BACK TO COMMISSIONERS COURT AND SAYING THERE'S A NEED.

BUT I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO COLLECT AS MUCH DATA AS YOU CAN ON THAT FRONT.

AND IF WE CAN BE HELPFUL, WE WILL. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE UP PHI C PRESENTATION.

COMMISSIONER COURT RECOGNIZES THE WINNER OF THE 2025 BEXAR COUNTY HOLIDAY ARTWORK CONTEST, WHICH FOCUSED ON THE THEME OF VINTAGE OLD FASHIONED HOLIDAYS.

THIS, I BELIEVE, IS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE STAFF TO PRESENT ON THE 2025 HOLIDAY ARTWORK CONTEST.

I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY STAFF FOR ORGANIZING THE GREAT CONTEST, AND RECOGNIZE ALL THE PARTICIPANTS WHO DEMONSTRATED THEIR TALENTS IN SUBMITTING THEIR ARTWORK. OR YOU WANT ME TO ANNOUNCE THAT Y'ALL ARE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER? WE'LL ANNOUNCE IT. ALL RIGHT. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

MISS CYNTHIA FROM MY OFFICE STAFF. OKAY. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE BEXAR COUNTY HOLIDAY ARTWORK CONTEST WINNER.

AND MY NAME IS CYNTHIA KOS. I'M WITH THE OFFICE OF BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE PETER SAKAI.

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU. GOOD MORNING, DEEDEE VELASQUEZ WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.

GOOD MORNING TO MISS PARKS AND RECREATION HERITAGE.

ARIEL CORRALES, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER.

MONICA RAMOS, COUNTY PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.

AND WE'RE THE HOLIDAY ARTWORK COMMITTEE, A SELECTION COMMITTEE.

BEXAR COUNTY HAS ALMOST 6000 EMPLOYEES. AND SO MANY OF THEM HAVE TALENTS OUTSIDE OF WORK THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THE EMPLOYEES THE, THE TALENTS THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE.

IN 2024, WE DID A CALL OUT TO EMPLOYEES FOR MUSICAL TALENT, AND WE ENDED UP INCORPORATING THREE OF THEM INTO OUR COURTHOUSE AND TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY LAST YEAR. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR TALENTS.

THIS YEAR WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO DO A FOCUS ON ARTISTIC SKILLS, AND WE DID A CALL OUT FOR ARTWORK SUBMITTALS.

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ALL THE FORMATS WERE PERMITTED. ANYTHING FROM PHOTOGRAPHS, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, COMPUTER ILLUSTRATIONS, SCULPTURE, MIXED MEDIA. THE ONLY THING THAT WE, WE DID NOT ALLOW WAS AI GENERATED ARTWORK.

AND WE RECEIVED SIX SUBMITTALS. AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO CHOOSE.

THEY WERE ALL VERY UNIQUE PIECES. AND WE JUDGE BASED ON FOUR CRITERIA, WHICH WERE CREATIVITY AND ORIGINALITY, QUALITY OF EXECUTION, APPROPRIATENESS FOR USE AS A HOLIDAY CARD, AND SUCCESSFUL INCORPORATION OF THE OF THE THEME.

AND THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS A OLD FASHIONED OR VINTAGE HOLIDAYS.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCREENS, YOU'LL SEE THE ARTWORK SUBMITTALS THAT WE RECEIVED.

WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE EACH OF THESE EMPLOYEES FOR THE WORK AND CREATIVITY THAT THEY PUT IN TO MAKE THESE PIECES.

THEY'VE JOINED US TODAY. I'M GOING TO CALL THEM IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY LAST NAME, TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WE SHOW EACH OF THEIR PIECES.

FIRST, WE HAVE BRANDI CORONA FROM THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.

OKAY. OKAY. SO I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ABOUT BRANDI'S WORK.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. BRANDI USED CANVA TO CREATE THIS, AND SHE WAS INSPIRED BY A VINTAGE STAMP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, NEXT WE HAVE NINA ELIZONDO AND CRIMINAL FILING.

NO. OKAY. SO, NINA, A WORK IS CALLED A BERRY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. LOOK AT THAT. ISN'T THAT ADORABLE? AND IT WAS SKETCHED OUT WITH PENCIL AND THEN ILLUSTRATED DIGITALLY WITH A STYLUS ON A COMPUTER.

NEXT WE HAVE AUTUMN HERRERA.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE AUTUMN'S GRAPHIC UP HERE WITH SANTA CLAUS OVER THE COURTHOUSE IN FRONT OF LADY JUSTICE FOUNTAIN.

AND SHE USED THIS USING PHYSICAL MEDIUM USING PRISMA PENCILS AND PAPER.

SHE USED THIS ACTUALLY REQUIRED OVER 60 LAYERS OF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN THAT'S REALLY COMPLICATED.

TO ACHIEVE THIS IMAGE. AND SHE DESCRIBES THIS AS HER VISION OF THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE REIMAGINED ON THE COVER OF A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND NEXT WE HAVE THIS WAS A JOINT ONE.

THIS WAS NAOMI LONGORIA AND BARBARA CASTILLO.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE CONTEST ON BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY FUN AND WE ENJOYED THAT.

THANK YOU. AND NOW NAOMI'S. NAOMI, TOGETHER WITH HER COWORKER BARBARA CASTILLO, DREW THIS FREEHAND WITH PAPER AND IN A SKETCHPAD. SHE COLORED IT IN WITH COLORED PENCILS AND MARKERS, AND SHE USED THE OLD FASHIONED NOSTALGIC THEME TO INCLUDE IT TO INCLUDE A LIGHTED UP BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE, A VINTAGE FORD TRUCK CARRYING A FRESHLY CUT TREE FOR CHRISTMAS, AND A TEXAS COWBOY SNOWMAN.

BECAUSE HOW PROUD ARE WE? WE ARE REALLY OF OUR CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON THE WEST SIDE IN PRECINCT TWO.

CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. LIKE THAT.

PERFECT. AND THEN WE HAVE EDWARD MORALES MIRELES.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, FOR ACCEPTING MY HEART.

IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS TO DO THAT ONE, BUT IT'S AN HONOR TO DO IT.

AND IT'S BASED ON THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO THAT I TOOK IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JOHN. AND THEN WE HAVE ANDREA RAMIREZ.

MY PIECES ARE CERAMIC. I CAN ENVISION A PIECE HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK BEFORE I EVEN PAINT IT.

I ALREADY KNOW THE TECHNIQUE, THE COLORS THAT I'M GOING TO USE. AND I JUST LOVE TO PAINT.

I'VE BEEN PAINTING SINCE I WAS 17, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THE HOLIDAY ARTWORK COMMITTEE REVIEWED ALL THE ENTRIES.

IT WAS REALLY A DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE CHOSE.

OH, STAGING WAS DRUMMER. BASED ON THE CRITERIA, WE CHOSE

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ADAM, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SORRY, I GOT NERVOUS EARLIER.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

THEY DID REALLY BEAUTIFUL WORK. I JUST WANTED TO ALSO SAY CREATIVITY IS IMPORTANT.

IT CONNECTS US, OUR IMAGINATION. IT CONNECTS US.

ARTWORK IS IMPORTANT. ART IS IMPORTANT. AND I REALLY ENJOYED DOING THIS CHALLENGE WITH EVERYBODY.

AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING ME TODAY AND I HOPE IT REPRESENTS BEXAR COUNTY WELL.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN I JUDGE CAN I SAY SOMETHING? ARTWORK WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL POSTCARD THAT EMPLOYEES CAN ACCESS ON SIDEKICK.

SO THIS WILL BE THE OFFICIAL BEXAR COUNTY HOLIDAY CARD.

AND PEOPLE CAN EMAIL THAT TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

YOU'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AND PRINT IT AND MAIL IT IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONTEST, WE ARE GOING TO PRINT AND DISPLAY THEIR ARTWORK IN THE BASEMENT TUNNEL AS WELL.

AND MADDIE HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO TO SAY AS WELL.

IT WAS A VERY TOUGH DECISION TO CHOOSE THE WINNER.

SO MANY GREAT SUBMISSIONS. HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO RECOGNIZE THE RUNNER UP, MR. EDWARD MIRELES, WHO CREATED THE OLD CHRISTMAS NIGHT AT THE BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

THIS PIECE CAPTURED THE FEELING OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1897 AND DESIGNED BY JAMES RILEY GORDON.

WE WILL BE PRINTING POSTCARDS WITH HIS ARTWORK AND MAKING THEM AVAILABLE AT THE BEXAR HERITAGE CENTER FOR VISITORS IN ANY, BEXAR COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHO MAY WANT A COPY. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. JUDGE SAKAI, I JUST I JUST WANTED TO SAY THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY NICE.

AND THOUGH Y'ALL CAN COME FORWARD, EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT AN ARTIST, I SUPPORT ART.

AND MY STAFF AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A PICTURE OF THE COURTHOUSE BECAUSE WE WERE WORKING ON SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS, AND I THINK WE JUST FOUND ONE, SO I HOPE THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION SO MARCUS CAN GET THE COPIES, AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THEM.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU JUST HELPED MY STAFF ON SOME OF THEIR WORK.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB EVERYBODY.

GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB BETTY. I KNOW, I SAID.

SIGN ME UP. OH, JUST HOLD IT. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.

I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE COUNTY.

OKAY, YOU CAN TAKE IT. IT'S YOUR RECORD. ALL RIGHT.

I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHAT DOES THE WINNER GET? DO THEY GET, LIKE, A FREE DAY OFF OR MONETARY? OH, NO. I'M SERIOUS. THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN ACTION ITEM.

DO THEY GET ANYTHING ELSE? Y'ALL SHOULD TALK TO THE MANAGER ABOUT GETTING AN EXTRA DAY OFF.

MY MY $0.02. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT, LET'S CONTINUE WITH AGENDA NUMBER SIX.

[6. Filing for record the following legal and administrative documents and directing the Criminal District Attorney's Office to take action, if necessary: a. FY26 Budget Discretionary Fund 113 - Fire Marshal LEOSE Fund. b. Summons in Civil Action directed to Bexar County, Texas, Re: Mary Covert individually, and on behalf of the Estate of Ed Penix v. Bexar County, Texas, Civil Action No. 5:25-cv-1271-XR. c. FY 2026 Budget for Sheriff s Office State Asset Forfeiture Fund -312 (October 27, 2025 and November 6, 2025).]

[7. Commissioners Court minutes for Tuesday, October 28, 2025.]

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH CITIZENS TO BE HEARD AT THIS TIME UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. (Part 1 of 2)]

GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD MORNING, SAN ANTONIO. MY NAME IS CARLOS DE LA CRUZ.

I'M A HUSBAND. I'M A FATHER, AND I'M RUNNING FOR US CONGRESS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

NOW, I CAME HERE TO ADDRESS A MATTER OF THE HIGHEST NATIONAL URGENCY THAT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US, AND THAT IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY.

YOU KNOW, BEFORE MY WIFE AND I OPENED A KICKBOXING GYM HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, I SERVED 20 YEARS IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE,

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I KNOW A THREAT WHEN I SEE ONE. AND I'M DEEPLY TROUBLED BY WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR YOUTH IN THIS COUNTRY.

THEY'RE GROWING UP IN A CULTURE THAT TELLS THEM TO QUESTION THEIR OWN WORTH, AND TO TURN AWAY FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT GIVE LIFE MEANING, SUCH AS FAITH IN GOD. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. NOW, I KNOW THESE CHALLENGES AREN'T EASY, BUT IF WE KEEP IGNORING THIS CRISIS, WE'LL LOSE MUCH MORE THAN OUR ECONOMY.

WE'LL LOSE OUR KIDS AND WITH THEM, OUR COUNTRY.

NOW, I SEEN FIRSTHAND THE DIFFERENCE THAT DISCIPLINE, FAITH, AND MENTORSHIP CAN MAKE.

AND I WANT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO KNOW THREE THINGS.

THAT YOUR LIFE MATTERS. THAT GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU AND THAT YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU.

NOW, EVERY PARENT WANTS THEIR CHILD TO INHERIT A COUNTRY STRONGER THAN THE ONE THAT THEY FOUND.

AND THAT IS WHY I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS. AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL JOIN ME IN THIS EFFORT.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CARLOS DE LA CRUZ. I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. WE HAVE NICHOLAS BUKOWSKI.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, MR. SABOLSKY. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS COURT.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I THOUGHT I HAD MISSED IT EARLIER. IF THIS IS THE CORRECT ITEM AGENDA, I'M UNDER ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

MY GENERAL CONCERNS ARE WITH REGARDS TO ARTICLES 2.18 AND ARTICLES 2.19 OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.

SPECIFICALLY, ARTICLE 2.18 SAYS THAT WHEN A PRISONER IS COMMITTED TO JAIL BY A WARRANT FROM A MAGISTRATE OR COURT, HE SHALL BE PLACED IN JAIL BY THE SHERIFF. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, READING OR INTERPRETATION OF THIS ARTICLE, THAT WOULD AT LEAST SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE BEING COMMITTED TO JAIL ARE BEING COMMITTED TO JAIL BY WARRANTS AND NOT WITHOUT WARRANTS.

AND I BASE THAT OFF OF ARTICLE 2.9, WHICH SAYS ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH, THE SHERIFF SHALL GIVE NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE DISTRICT OR COUNTY ATTORNEY, WHERE THERE BE ONE AS TO ALL PRISONERS IN HIS CUSTODY NAMING THEM, AND OF THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH HE DETAINS THEM.

SO TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE AUTHORITY UNDER WHICH HE'S DETAINING THEM WOULD BE A WARRANT.

OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER AUTHORITY THERE WOULD BE.

BASED ON THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

IN THE UNFORTUNATE EVENT THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING COMMITTED TO JAIL WITHOUT WARRANTS, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMMITTED TO JAIL BY WARRANTS ESPECIALLY IF IT'S CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED, EITHER BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION OR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO PRISCILLA CAMACHO, YOU SIGNED UP FOR AGENDA ITEM 100, WHICH IS INDIVIDUAL. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW OR DID YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL THAT IS CALLED UP? WHAT'S THAT? OKAY. UNDERSTAND? WE'RE GOING TO WAIT.

WE'LL CALL IT UP AT THE TIME. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD UNDER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP FOR INDIVIDUAL WILL CALL YOU UP WHEN THOSE MATTERS ARE CALLED.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO INDIVIDUAL. ALL RIGHT.

[91. Discussion and appropriate action regarding direction to staff to develop programmatic recommendations for a housing stability program and identify funding from Housing Finance Corporation revenues in the amount of $500,000.]

IDENTIFY FUNDING FROM THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION.

REVENUES IN THE AMOUNT OF 500,000 COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FLOOR, BUT I DO BELIEVE NICHOLAS ZABLOCKI YOU SIGNED UP FOR 91.

THANKS, ROBERT. AS ROBERT, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OKAY, OKAY. HE'S WAVING IT. ALL RIGHT. ROBERT RIJINO TO GIVE US SOME INFORMATION.

JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS ROBERT RIJINO WITH THE BEXAR COUNTY ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THIS AFTERNOON, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY OUTLINE THE HOUSING CHALLENGES MANY FAMILIES ARE FACING AND A PROPOSED APPROACH TO HELP PREVENT AVOIDABLE EVICTIONS.

AS YOU KNOW, MANY HOUSEHOLDS IN BEXAR COUNTY ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL STRAIN DUE TO ECONOMIC FACTORS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.

HOUSING COSTS ARE RISING FASTER THAN WAGES, AND FAMILIES ARE HAVING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE ESSENTIAL EXPENSES WHILE STAYING CURRENT ON THEIR RENT.

EACH OF YOUR OFFICES IS HEARING FROM RESIDENTS SEEKING ASSISTANCE, BUT THE COUNTY'S COVID RENTAL RELIEF FUNDS HAVE BEEN FULLY EXPENDED.

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AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SHUTDOWN IN JANUARY IF FULL YEAR APPROPRIATIONS AREN'T RESOLVED, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE COUNTY BE PREPARED. EVICTION DATA FROM JANUARY THROUGH OCTOBER ILLUSTRATES THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM.

THERE WERE 22,116 16 FILINGS COUNTY WIDE. DURING THIS PERIOD, APPROXIMATELY 82% OCCURRED WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHILE 18% INVOLVED RESIDENTS IN UNINCORPORATED BEXAR COUNTY AND SUBURBAN CITIES.

THESE ARE HOUSEHOLDS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CITY'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

THE AVERAGE ARREARAGE WAS $2,747.62, AN AMOUNT MANY FAMILIES CANNOT REASONABLY COVER ONCE THEY FALL BEHIND.

THESE EVICTIONS ALSO PLACED ADDED PRESSURE ON SHELTERS SUCH AS HAVEN FOR HOPE.

SO TO HELP ADDRESS THIS GAP, JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT ARE PROPOSING A SHALLOW RENTAL SUBSIDY UP TO $3,500 PER HOUSEHOLD FOR THOSE EARNING UP TO 80% OF THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME. AND THIS PROGRAM WOULD BE FUNDED WITH $500,000 FROM THE HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, WITH ZERO IMPACT TO THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND.

IF THE COURT WISHES TO PROCEED, STAFF WILL RETURN WITH A DETAILED PROGRAM DESIGN, LIKELY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO HELP STABILIZE FAMILIES AND PREVENT AVOIDABLE HOMELESSNESS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK AND WELCOME THE COURT'S INPUT BEFORE MOTION IS MADE.

COMMISSIONER CALVERT JUDGE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CO-SPONSORING THIS REALLY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE.

ROBERT, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. YOU'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO GET INITIATED.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE SEEING IN THESE NUMBERS ABOUT 20% OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHOUSED THAT WE SEE OUT HERE, 1 IN 5 ARE FROM THE COUNTY. AND IT'S REALLY NOT BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE FUNDED, BUT WE ARE SEEING THE PINCH OF NOT ONLY HIGH FOOD COSTS AND RENT COSTS AND SOON INSURANCE COSTS.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS A COURT TO HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX THE ABILITY TO COMBAT AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING UNHOUSED ESPECIALLY AS WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A REAL A REAL CHALLENGE WITH WITH PEOPLE'S COST HAVING NO RELIEF, PARTICULARLY ON THE INSURANCE FRONT AND JUST GETTING BEHIND, AS YOU NOTED IN YOUR DATA, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE PARTICULARLY CATALYTIC MONTHS, IN PART BECAUSE OF FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL.

A LOT OF THE EXPENSES THAT COME WITH HIGH SUMMER UTILITY BILLS AND FEELING LIKE SUMMER.

NOW, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING DOWN NECESSARILY.

WE SEE THAT FAMILY HOMELESSNESS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER 17 INCREASED BY 11% LAST YEAR, MAKING IT THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION GROUP.

SO WE ARE AHEAD OF HOUSTON, AUSTIN AND FORT WORTH.

WITH RESPECT TO THE NUMBERS, AT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT AND WE VERY MUCH NEED TO HELP OUR SUBURBAN CITIES, OUR UNINCORPORATED AREAS NOT BECOME A HAVEN FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT AND SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. AND, JUDGE, THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FORWARD.

HI. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT HOW ARE PEOPLE? HOW ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO ADVERTISE THIS? HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO FIND OUT AND QUALIFY? WELL, $500,000 IS A RELATIVELY SMALL PROGRAM. SO WE WORK WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND YOU CAN REFER CLIENTS TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND THEY'LL TAKE THE LEAD FROM THERE.

OKAY. SO IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER HOW CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

YES. OKAY. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DOCTOR PIPER.

I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU'RE HERE TODAY, BUT I KNOW YOU AS A PROFESSOR.

AND ALSO YOUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES DO A LOT OF WORK FOR HOUSING.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE. THANK YOU, JUDGE ROBERT.

THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

AND WHAT YOU DO IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO JUDGE AND COMMISSIONER CALVERT FULLY SUPPORTIVE.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO HELP FOLKS WITH JUST BASIC SHELTER, RIGHT? I MEAN, PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING. I WANTED TO ASK ROBERT, AND MAYBE YOU MAY NOT HAVE IT NOW, BUT I KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SHARED WITH US ON THE PIE CHART.

PRECINCT TWO IS UNFORTUNATELY, THE HIGHEST ON THE LIST IN TERMS OF OF EVICTIONS.

I WOULD IMAGINE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF RENTERS IN BALCONIES, HEIGHTS AND LEON VALLEY,

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CAN YOU GET THAT TO ME IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT NOW, WHICH ONES ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SUBURBAN CITIES WITHIN PRECINCT TWO? YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. WOULD YOU WOULD YOU? I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THIS, BUT WOULD YOU AGREE THAT THERE ARE PROBABLY REPRESENTED IN LARGE NUMBERS IN THESE PRECINCT, TWO NUMBERS, BALCONIES, HEIGHTS AND LEON VALLEY JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND RENTERS IN THAT AREA. I WOULD AGREE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN PRECINCT FOUR, WHICH IS WHY YOU ALSO SEE 20% OF THE EVICTION FILINGS ALSO IN PRECINCT FOUR.

I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THERE'S A 22% AND RESPECTIVELY IN PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT THREE.

SO IT'S SPREAD OUT PRETTY EVENLY ACROSS THE COUNTY.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT A LOT OF FOLKS.

RELATED TO THIS, BUT BUT ALSO KIND OF AN ASIDE, I KNOW WE HAD THE THE HOUSING FRAMEWORK DISCUSSION A FEW WEEKS BACK.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REALLY IF WE CAN KICK THAT INTO THE NEXT GEAR AS IT RELATES TO POTENTIALLY USING THESE HFC DOLLARS, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE NOT INFINITE. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF SEED DOLLARS TO HELP US WITH STRATEGIES, NOT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED LIKE THIS, WHICH ARE EMERGENCY TYPE RESPONSE, BUT ALSO BEING PROACTIVE WITH, I THINK, THE JUDGE'S GOAL IN CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR FOLKS.

AND SO THAT THAT SEED MONEY, I THINK IS IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND $3 MILLION OR SO, MAYBE LESS NOW AFTER THIS.

BUT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK YOUR ADVOCACY AND YOUR POLICY WORK IS IMPORTANT, ROBERT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HOPEFULLY IN THE NEW YEAR 2026, WE CAN START STRATEGIZING ON HOW WE CAN USE THOSE AS EITHER SEED DOLLARS GAP FUNDING DOLLARS TO MAKE MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS A REALITY FOR FOLKS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY.

SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION. ROBERT, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING HFC DOLLARS.

THANK YOU. JERRY. YES, SIR. THANK YOU, JUDGE.

AND ROBERT, APPRECIATE THE THE PRESENTATION HERE.

SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

THE I KNOW YOU PROVIDED MY STAFF SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK ON THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD.

I GUESS IT WAS RELATED TO TO COVID AND ARPA DOLLARS, BUT CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A FEW SPECIFICS ON THAT? AND IS THAT PROGRAM CLOSED OUT OR DOES THAT CONTINUE? SO THAT WAS A COVID ERA PROGRAM CALLED THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, OR IRA.

WE RECEIVED TWO TRANCHES OF FUNDING FROM THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. ONE WAS ROUGHLY 13 MILLION, AND THE SECOND TRANCHE WAS ROUGHLY $7 MILLION.

AND I BELIEVE WE HELPED 5000 FAMILIES, BUT THAT IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM.

THERE WAS SOME RED TAPE THAT WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH. SPECIFICALLY, WE HAD TO APPROVE A PANDEMIC RELATED HARM.

SO FOR THIS NEW PROGRAM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TO DO THAT, JUST THAT THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.

WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO APPLY TO THAT PROGRAM NO LONGER EXISTS.

ALL THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED. ALL THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXPENDED.

THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO. YOU MENTIONED CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

THEY'RE GOING TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM OR THEY'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY.

YES. SO THEY WOULD BE A SUBRECIPIENT AGENCY. SO WE WOULD ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO ADMINISTER THE FUNDING.

OKAY. SO I'M JUST DOING SOME OF THE QUICK MATH HERE, WHICH SOMETIMES I DO FROM THE DAIS.

RIGHT. BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2000 EVICTIONS PER MONTH AND THE AVERAGE ARREARS ARE 2500 TO 3000, THAT'S THAT'S 5 TO $6 MILLION PER MONTH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE EVICTIONS, ASSUMING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BEING EVICTED FALL WITHIN YOUR QUALIFICATION LIMITS, WHICH I ASSUME THEY WOULD.

I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO SAY. THEY'RE PROBABLY UNDER THE 80% INCOME LEVEL.

YES, BELOW 80% AMI. SO I JUST BRING THAT TO TO BRING A SENSE OF REALITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM. WE CAN WE CAN SOLVE FINANCIALLY FROM COUNTY PERSPECTIVE.

JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SOLVE IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S GOT TO BE OTHER WAYS THAT WE THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MAKE A DENT IN IT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS OUT THERE IN TERMS OF TRYING TO IMPROVE PERMITTING PROCESS AND REMOVE RED TAPE AND REMOVE REGULATION

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RIGHT? HOPEFULLY WITH INTEREST RATES FINALLY COMING DOWN, THAT WILL HELP WITH AFFORDABILITY AS WELL.

BUT I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT STARTING A NEW PROGRAM.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

AND SECOND OF ALL YOU KNOW, IF IT EXPANDS, THEN THEN IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO CREATE A BIGGER AND BIGGER CHUNK OUT OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS GOING FORWARD. AND I THINK THAT THAT THIS IS NOT A COUNTY FUNCTION.

AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT CAN HELP ADDRESS THIS, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED.

SO I HOPE THAT WE TRY TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT THAT ARE IN OUR PURVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITY.

THE OTHER THING I'LL JUST SAY, IF THE COURT DECIDES TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROGRAM, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT WE LOWER THE INCOME THRESHOLD BECAUSE YOU HAVE A YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM HERE IN TERMS OF SELECTION AND I MEAN, YOU DIDN'T REALLY GET INTO THE DETAILS THERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE 2000 EVICTIONS PER MONTH AND YOU CAN ONLY HELP 200 PEOPLE TOTAL IN THIS PROGRAM YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HELP A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TO SELECT. AND IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY AT 80% INCOME VERSUS SOMEBODY AT 20% OF THE THE MEDIAN INCOME, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO HELP SOMEBODY WITH MORE NEED, RIGHT. SO I WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BECOME SIMPLER IF YOU JUST LOWERED THE THE CAP ON INCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. RIGHT.

OUR IDEA WAS TO FUND 80% AMI AND BELOW, BUT PRIORITIZE 50% AMI AND BELOW.

WE PRIORITIZE THE LOWER INCOME. I MEAN, THAT MAKES SENSE.

YOU MAY EVEN WANT TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER THAN THAT.

YOU KNOW, AND PROVIDE POINTS OF THE LOWER YOU ARE ON THAT, THAT INCOME SCALE.

BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A THIS IS AN ISSUE WE TALK ABOUT A LOT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN CAN WE DO BESIDES HELPING THE FREE MARKET SOLVE PEOPLE'S HOUSING PROBLEMS? BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S AN ENDLESS NEED THAT WOULD CONSUME OUR ENTIRE COUNTY BUDGET IF WE TRY TO TO TO BAIL OUT EVERY, EVERY, EVERY HOMEOWNER WHO FELL BEHIND.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE HONEST TRUTH. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.

BUT THANK YOU. YES, I HAVE COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER.

SO IS IT AM I READING THIS CORRECTLY? THAT PRECINCT ONE HAS THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF FILED EVICTIONS? I THINK WE'RE CLOSE TO PRECINCT THREE. RIGHT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, IT SHOWS THAT PRECINCT ONE HAS THE LOWEST AMOUNT.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

BUT PRECINCT ONE AND PRECINCT THREE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT, PERCENTAGE WISE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE FUNDS. THAT MIGHT BE FOR PRECINCT THREE FOR MY CONSTITUENTS, IF Y'ALL NEED TO DO THAT.

ON THE RECORD. YES. THIS IS THE COUNTY'S ATTEMPT TO PARTNER UP TO DEAL WITH HOUSING INSECURITY.

OUR CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM HAS SEEN AN INFLUX OF REQUESTS FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

BEXAR COUNTY MAKES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN SHELTER CAPACITY, STREET OUTREACH, AND SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSITORY HOUSING.

NOW IS AN IMPORTANT TIME TO MAKE AN UPSTREAM INVESTMENT AND WORK TO KEEP FAMILIES IN PLACE.

WE KNOW KEEPING FAMILIES IN PLACE IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN SHELTERING.

THAT IS WHY COMMISSIONER CALVIN AND I HAVE PARTNERED ON THIS ONE TIME FUNDING FOR HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

I AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS WELL POSITIONED TO HELP ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF WORKING WITH THEM AND KNOW THEY HAVE A CAPABILITY TO DO THIS.

SO TODAY'S ITEM GIVES THE STAFF THE DIRECTION TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED PLAN FOR COURT ACTION.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF GIVING THAT DIRECTION TODAY.

SO I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

YOU MADE THE MOTION SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. RIJINO. THANK YOU. MR.. SINCE WE ONLY HAVE ONE MEETING IN DECEMBER, IT'D BE GOOD TO COME BACK IN DECEMBER IF YOU CAN, BECAUSE THIS JANUARY HIT I THINK IS GOING TO BE REAL.

OKAY. JUDGE, SOMEONE SIGNED UP. ELIZABETH SAID SOMEONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM.

ON WHAT? 91. I DID, I CALLED HIM MR. ZABLOCKI, AND HE WAIVED.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 92. DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF 23,714 HOURS OF PAID OVERTIME FOR UNIFORMED OFFICERS WHO WORK

[92. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval for 23,714 hours of paid overtime for uniformed officers who worked mandatory overtime hours (MOT) in the Adult Detention Center between October 18, 2025, and January 31, 2026.]

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GOOD MORNING JUDGE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING US IN. BEAR WITH ME. MY VOICE IS I'VE GOT THE THE SAME JUNK EVERYBODY ELSE HAS GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO. YES, SIR. THIS MORNING WE'RE IN TALKING ABOUT MO MONEY OVERTIME FOR OUR, FOR OUR DEPUTIES THAT ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK AT THE JAIL.

I'M SURE YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR SOME NUMBERS AS FAR AS PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING, I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S TWO FACTORS THAT THAT REALLY COME TO BEAR ON THIS, ON THIS ISSUE WITH REGARD TO BRINGING THE MONEY DOWN THE JAIL POPULATION, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. WE'RE KIND OF ALONG WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

AND WHAT IT DOES IN MOVING THOSE NUMBERS FOR US.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, STAFFING. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT BOTH OF THOSE NEEDLES ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR US WITH REGARD TO OUR STAFFING.

WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT 104 VACANCIES RIGHT NOW. HOLDING STEADY, FACTORING IN ATTRITION FACTORING IN THE TEN NEW POSITIONS THAT WE WERE BLESSED TO GET WITH WITH REGARD TO THE SERGEANTS ABSORBING THOSE IN WE'RE AT ABOUT 104 VACANCIES RIGHT NOW WITH ABOUT 51 CADETS CURRENTLY IN THE DETENTION ACADEMY SPREAD OUT AMONG THREE CLASSES. AND THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING STARTING ANOTHER CLASS HOPEFULLY OVER 20 PEOPLE IN EARLY DECEMBER.

AND THEN SOON THEREAFTER, WE'LL BE STARTING ADDITIONAL CLASSES AS OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS CONTINUE.

WITH REGARD TO POPULATION. ASSISTANT CHIEF JOEL JANSEN IS HERE WITH ME TODAY.

HE'S PREPARED TO GIVE MORE DETAILED NUMBERS, IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS ISSUE IS THE HOUSING OUT.

COMMISSIONER MOODY. I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT. HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AT ONE POINT WE HAD ABOUT 310 PEOPLE HOUSED OUT IN SEPTEMBER.

NOW THAT NUMBER IS DOWN TO ABOUT 200 209, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT DOWN BELOW 170 HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO AS THROUGH ATTRITION, WE'RE WE'RE AS TDC IS PICKING UP PAPER READIES FROM THAT.

THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE HOUSED OUT, WE'RE NOT REPLACING THEM WITH THE SAME NUMBER TO AGAIN CONTINUE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE BACK UNDER UNDER ROOF.

AND AGAIN, ASSISTANT CHIEF JOEL JOHNSON HAS MORE DETAILED NUMBERS ON ALL OF THESE THINGS.

IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. A FEW QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CIRCLE BACK ON THE KIND OF REPORTING BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS SOME TURNOVER AND STAFF ON THE BCSO SIDE IN TERMS OF WHO WAS PROVIDING SOME OF THE DATA AND THE THE GRAPHS AND EVERYTHING TO ME AND MY TEAM.

SO I'D LIKE TO GET BACK TO THAT. I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION.

SO LET'S JUST TALK OFFLINE LINE ABOUT THAT WITH YOUR TEAM.

THE I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET WITH THE SHERIFF'S.

RIGHT. BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE.

WE'RE NOT SEEING THOSE THOSE POSITIONS HAVE OVERTIME BECAUSE WE HAVE FULLY STAFFED THOSE POSITIONS GOING FORWARD WITH THE RECENT BUDGET.

SO I JUST WANTED TO TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. AND THEN TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES HOUSING THE INMATES AND. I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, AS I'M SURE YOU DO.

I DON'T TRACK IT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT I HAD SEEN THE NUMBERS COME DOWN IN TERMS OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY AT THE JAIL AND WANTED TO YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT IF WE HAVE PROJECTS GOING ON, LIKE RENOVATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE FLEXIBILITY OF THOSE YOU KNOW, CLOSED WING OR FLOOR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IT MAKES SENSE IF THERE'S A REASON FOR IT.

I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND. BUT IF THERE'S NOT A REASON FOR IT, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT THAT NUMBER IS, THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND TRY TO CONTINUE TO PULL BACK AS MANY INMATES AS WE CAN TO STAY AT THAT, YOU KNOW, 95%, 97%, WHATEVER THAT CAPACITY CONSTRAINT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH.

YES, SIR. THAT WAS MY MINDSET, MY THOUGHT PROCESS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT NUMBER IS IN TERMS OF WHERE THE JAIL SHOULD BE FILLED TO? IF THERE IS NOT LIKE ONGOING FACILITIES MAINTENANCE, THAT'S LIKE REQUIRING US TO HOUSE OUT.

RIGHT. SO CURRENTLY WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE ANNEX FIRST, AND THE ANNEX IS GOING TO BE ROUGHLY 48 INMATES PER UNIT.

BUT ONCE THEY MOVE TO THE MAIN JAIL, THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING TO CLOSE FOUR UNITS AT A TIME.

EVERY UNIT OVER AT THE MAIN JAIL, IT COULD RANGE FROM 70 78 TO 88 INMATES.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT 300 PLUS INMATES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE HOUSED OUT.

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OKAY. AND WHEN IS THAT STARTING? THEY DON'T HAVE A SET DATE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE CURRENTLY BRINGING INMATES BACK.

BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR A KICKOFF, AND THEN WE'LL DEFINITELY MEET WITH YOUR OFFICE AND GIVE YOU A BRIEFING ON IT.

OKAY. WELL, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN FACILITIES AND I SEE DAN IN THE BACK, RIGHT.

AND AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOT NOT HERE TO MICROMANAGE THE THE DAY TO DAY, WEEK TO WEEK MANAGEMENT.

BUT MY GOAL AND MY DIRECTION WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LET'S TRY TO MINIMIZE THE COST OF HOUSING OUT.

AND SO IF WE HAVE A PROJECT GOING ON AND WE NEED TO KEEP THAT SPACE AVAILABLE, I GET IT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IF WE DON'T, THEN LET'S MAKE SURE WE WE TRY TO BRING BACK AS MANY INMATES AS WE CAN.

YES, SIR. JUST REST ASSURED, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO TRY TO TAKE THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR OUR, FOR OUR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW, ALSO BEARING IN MIND AS A CAVEAT.

ONCE WE PULL BACK FROM THOSE CONTRACTS, LET'S SAY IN THE SPRING OR IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE A POPULATION EXPLOSION.

WELL, THOSE THOSE BEDS ARE PROBABLY ALREADY GONE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. ONCE WE ONCE WE STEP OUT OF THOSE.

SO WE'VE ALSO GOT TO BE CAREFUL HOW FAR WE PULL BACK BECAUSE WE MAY NEED THOSE BEDS BACK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT AGAIN, REST ASSURED WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION BEING BUDGET CONSCIOUS AS WELL.

YEAH. AND SO OBVIOUSLY I WAS NOT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPECIFICS OF THOSE CONTRACTS.

IF THEY'RE NOT WRITTEN WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY IN MIND, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT AS WELL.

SURE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SEASONALITY.

THERE'S GOING TO BE TIMES WHERE WE NEED EVERY BED THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED SPACE FOR, AND THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER TIMES WHERE WE PROBABLY DON'T.

BUT I CAN I CAN PROMISE YOU THE FEDS WILL COME ALONG AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR THOSE SAME BEDS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL THAT WE'VE ALWAYS GOT ACCESS TO THEM, JUST IN CASE WE DO HAVE A POPULATION EXPLOSION FOR WHATEVER REASON.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. IS THERE A MR., MR. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK, JUDGE. SHERIFF.

THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE. WHAT WAS THE NUMBER YOU SAID ON THE THE CURRENT VACANCIES 100? YOU SAID THERE'S 100 OR 100 AND FOR UNFILLED VACANCIES.

YES, SIR. AND THAT THAT INCLUDES. I KNOW I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM AT I THINK IT WAS JULIETT CLASS GRADUATION A WEEK, A WEEK OR SO AGO. THAT WAS ABOUT 26 OR SO THAT DAY.

IS THAT RIGHT? OKAY. SO DOES THAT INCLUDE THE 26 THAT HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED AND ARE NOW WORKING? YES, SIR. SO IT'S STILL A NET 100 OR SO. YES, SIR.

ABSOLUTELY. THE, THE THERE'S 51 THAT ARE THAT'LL BE GRADUATING WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

WE'RE HOPING TO START ANOTHER CLASS. I'M SHOOTING FOR AT LEAST 20 IN THE NEXT CLASS IN EARLY DECEMBER.

OKAY. AND THEN SOON THEREAFTER, WE'RE HOPING TO START ANOTHER CADET CLASS EVERY EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS.

IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, BY THE WAY, THOSE NEW GRADUATES AND THEIR FAMILIES REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF YOUR DEPARTMENT.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WITH THAT YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

I WANTED TO ASK, I GUESS, DAVID OR BUDGET STAFF, WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? NUMBER ONE FOR THIS THIS PAYMENT. AND I GUESS THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

SECONDLY, I GUESS THIS IS THE FIRST PAYMENT OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND WHAT BUDGET STAFF'S RECOMMENDING.

SO THE NUMBER, FIRST OF ALL, AND ARE YOU GUYS IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS ITEM AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT? WE ARE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT. AND THE NUMBER I BELIEVE IS 1.2 MILLION.

OKAY. AND SO SO IF YOU'RE IN AGREEMENT, I WOULD ASSUME THEN IT'S WITHIN THE BUDGETED AMOUNT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OR IT'S IT'S TRENDING. I KNOW IT'S THE FIRST ONE.

SO YEAH. WE HAVEN'T BLOWN THE BUDGET YET. YEAH, I HOPE NOT IN THE FIRST FIRST QUARTER.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. AGAIN. AND, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, SHERIFF, I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE RECRUITING, AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING YOUR BEST TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES, SO KEEP DOING THAT.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. JUDGE. SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SHERIFF.

THANK YOU JUDGE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. ITEM 93 DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING REQUIREMENTS OF TEXAS ELECTION CODE 42.05,

[93. Discussion and appropriate action regarding requirements of Texas Elections Code 42.005 whereby county election precincts may not contain territory from more than one congressional district as a result of redistricting maps approved by the 89th Legislative 2nd Special Session.]

GOOD MORNING, JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS COURT. BEFORE YOU, WE BROUGHT SEVERAL PRECINCTS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THIS 89TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT WAS

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WE HAD THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN THE SPREADSHEET THAT I PROVIDED FOR YOU.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS I DO HAVE WITH ME.

JOHN FISHER. JOHN FISHER WORKED PREVIOUSLY FOR BEXAR COUNTY FOR 21 YEARS, 17 YEARS IN THE ELECTIONS OFFICE, RETIRING IN 2020. BUT WE WERE LUCKY TO REGAIN HIM BACK, NOT ONLY FOR THE REDISTRICTING BUT ALSO TO HELP US WITH VOTER REGISTRATION IMPLEMENTATION.

JOHN HAS SOLELY TACKLED THIS REDISTRICTING MAP REQUIREMENT THAT WAS SENT OVER TO US.

WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND JUST SO THAT YOU ALL ARE ALL ARE AWARE WITH THE DIFFERENT COLORS THAT WERE ON THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU, THERE WERE SEVERAL CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, PARTICULARLY WITH THOSE THAT HAD ZERO PRECINCTS, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE 0 TO 100 REGISTERED VOTERS IN IT.

CHANGES IN THE LINES. WE WERE ALLOWED TO CLEAN UP OUR MAPS DUE TO THIS LEGISLATIVE CHANGE, AND ALSO WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT RENUMBERING IN THE GAPS IN THE GAPS, MEANING THAT WHEN PRECINCTS WERE ELIMINATED, THOSE NUMBERS WERE LEFT AVAILABLE SO THAT WE HAVE CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED PRECINCTS.

AND IN PRECINCT ONE, WE IDENTIFIED TWO PRECINCTS THAT HAD THE SAME NUMBER THAT WERE OVERLOOKED PREVIOUSLY.

SO WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THOSE AS WELL, AND ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

MICHELLE, LET ME LET ME, START JUST A CLARIFICATION.

SO THIS IS AS IS STATED IN THE AGENDA ITEM, AS A RESULT OF THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS THAT THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED THIS SUMMER. CORRECT? YES, SIR. SO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE STILL BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT? AND I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WHAT I HEAR ANY ANY DAY NOW, THERE COULD BE SOME FINDING ON THAT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENT THAT THESE ARE APPROVED TODAY? AND THEN THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND CHANGE IT BACK.

SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, SPOKE TO THEIR LEGAL DIVISION ABOUT IT, ABOUT THIS EXACT CHALLENGE THAT COULD TAKE PLACE.

AND THEY ENCOURAGED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MAKING THESE CHANGES NOW, NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING SO, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS A FILING PERIOD HAPPENING WITH BOTH PARTIES FOR THE PRIMARY.

AND THESE NEW PRECINCTS WILL NEED TO BE FILLED WITH PRECINCT CHAIRS.

SO. SO EVERY COUNTY IMPACTED BY THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS HAS TO DO THIS BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME.

IS THAT WHAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS? YES, SIR. AND THE SECOND REASON WOULD BE, IS THAT IN DECEMBER OF THE ODD YEARS, WE HAVE TO MAIL OUT NEW VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS, AND THESE CHANGES HAVE TO GO INTO EFFECT SO THAT THE VOTERS THAT ARE AFFECTED, WHICH, LIKE I SAID, IS 43% OF OUR REGISTERED VOTERS RECEIVE THE CORRECT CARD AND TO ELIMINATE ANY POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO DO IT AGAIN.

OKAY. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ASK LARRY TO CHIME IN.

I KNOW YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AS WELL. WHAT WHAT FEEDBACK YOU HAVE, LARRY.

SO COMMISSIONER, ACTUALLY, THE AGENDA ITEM IS ONLY TO CHANGE THE PRECINCTS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.

NOT ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT MISS CAREW IS LISTING.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT SHE HAD RECOMMENDED, BUT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS SPECIFICALLY LIMITED TO THE CHANGES BASED ON ELECTION CODE 42 005.

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CHANGES SHE'S REQUESTING, BUT THAT DOES NOT FIT WITHIN THIS CAPTION.

THIS CAPTION IS SPECIFIC TO THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE THE PRECINCTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING.

OKAY, THAT'S THE ONLY ITEM THAT SHOULD BE UP FOR CHANGE TODAY.

NOT ALL OF THE OTHER RENUMBERING AND ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS. THOSE WERE JUST CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I DID COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON PRIOR TO TODAY, THAT IT WAS JUST THERE WAS A COUPLE ADDITIONAL BULLET POINTS JUST TO DISCUSS. AND YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY, AS LARRY MENTIONED. SO THAT'S NOT PART OF AN ACTION ITEM TODAY.

CORRECT. THAT'S THAT'S FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.

YES. ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS THE CHANGES TO THE PRECINCTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY THE NEW MAPS.

THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I GOT, JUDGE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS.

MR.. MOODE, JUST AS FAR AS THIS, I'M NOT LOOKING AT A RECOMMENDED MOTION, BUT IF THIS IS MAKING CHANGES BASED ON THE NEW APPROVED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, IF FOR SOME REASON THE COURT CHALLENGE STRIKES IT DOWN OR PUTS IT ON PAUSE, THEN WE WOULD STILL REVERT BACK TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

CORRECT. CAN WE JUST MAKE. I'M JUST THINKING AHEAD THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT CHANGES POTENTIALLY OCCUR OUT THERE,

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I THINK WHAT THE COURT WILL DO, THE FEDERAL COURT WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW MAPS PENDING THE THE LITIGATION.

AND THEN AS A RESULT OF THE LITIGATION, I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME NEGOTIATIONS, BUT THAT'LL BE THAT LITIGATION WILL TYPICALLY BE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO THEY'LL IMPLEMENT THE MAPS THAT WERE ADOPTED.

AND THIS WILL AFFECT THAT CHANGE. AND THEN THE OUTCOME OF THAT LITIGATION.

WELL WE'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT THEN. OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS IN THE FEDERAL COURTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T OR I GUESS THE JUDGE COULD I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WOULD DO.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY DID THE LAST TIME. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A, FOR EXAMPLE ON HERE TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE SPLITTING AND AND COMBINING.

SO I WANT TO LOOK AT PRECINCT 4037 WHICH IS BY COMANCHE PARK.

IT SAYS SPLIT AND CREATE A NEW PRECINCT. SO IN LOOKING AT, I THINK THE NEW ONE IS GOING TO BE 40, 35, RIGHT? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. SO 4035 USED TO BE IN 4037, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, THEY CREATED A NEW ONE.

IS THAT BASICALLY WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING? JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE WAS ALSO INCLUDING THE COMBINED.

SO THOSE NUMBERS, PRECINCT NUMBERS WILL CHANGE.

IF WE DON'T COMBINE ANY PRECINCT NUMBERS, WE'LL HAVE TO JUST ADD SEQUENTIALLY NEW NUMBERS.

SO IF WE'RE NOT COMBINING THAT NUMBER, WON'T THE FOUR 4030.

COULDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART OF WHAT YOU SAID. YOU REPEAT THAT. SO IF WE'RE NOT COMBINING ANY NEW ANY PRECINCTS, WE DON'T GIVE UP 4035 FROM ANOTHER PRECINCT. SO WE WILL SEQUENTIALLY NUMBER FROM THE LAST NUMBER THAT WE HAVE.

OKAY. SO IT'LL BE 42 SOMETHING. 4232 4232 YEAH.

COMMISSIONER THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THE DOCUMENTS THAT THE ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR GAVE YOU REFLECT NUMEROUS CHANGES THAT SHOULDN'T BE UP FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.

IT SHOULDN'T. WE SHOULD ONLY BE TALKING ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVELY THE CHANGES THE LEGISLATURE LATER MADE AS A RESULT OF THE REDISTRICTING, THE REDISTRICTING, AND WHAT THE DOCUMENTS REFLECT THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU INCLUDE COMBINED PRECINCTS.

THE I GUESS, DELETION OF PRECINCTS. ALL GOOD ISSUES, BUT NOT FOR DISCUSSION TODAY.

SO THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. OKAY. SO I THINK, MICHELLE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF WE COULD SCHEDULE AT THE ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT, I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE MAYBE ON A SATURDAY, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO, TO WORK WITH ME ON THIS FOR PRECINCT CHAIRS WHO MAY BE WORKING IN THE DAYTIME. SOME EXPLANATION OF, YOU KNOW, BREAKDOWN TO LOOK AT HOW ALL THESE LAWS CHANGES, ETC., AS WELL AS JUST KIND OF DEBRIEF ON ELECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR TEAM JUST TO SET THAT UP.

BUT SO TODAY WE ARE BASICALLY GETTING INFORMED THAT THE ACTUAL PRECINCT LEVEL PRECINCT CANNOT HAVE MULTIPLE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

THAT'S BASICALLY THE BRIEF AND WHOLE. THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING ACTION ON. WELL, IT'S HIS APPROVAL TO CHANGE ELECTIONS DISTRICTS FROM CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO THE NEW. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY IT'S PROFORMA, RIGHT? IT'S PROFORMA REALLY THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE HAVING TO GET THIS BRIEFING.

SO IN ANY EVENT WHAT WE MAY DO TO HELP CLARIFY IS MAYBE THERE'S TWO OR AT LEAST 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT MAY HAPPEN.

YOU THINK THE FINAL DEADLINE WILL BE SOMETIME BY DECEMBER 8TH, BASICALLY, RIGHT? WELL, WE ARE REACHING A DEADLINE SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THIS INTO THE NEW TEAM SYSTEM, RIGHT? SO SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU ALREADY. WHAT? THE DEADLINE.

I SAID WE HAVE MANY DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE TO REACH.

ONE OF THEM IS HAVING THIS BROUGHT TO COURT TO DISCUSS IT AND AND MAKE THESE CHANGES DUE TO THE REDISTRICTING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MAP, SO THAT WE CAN THEN GO INTO AND DO THE PROCESS AND TEAM, WHICH IS THE NEW THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM THAT WE ARE USING.

AND THEN ONCE WE DO THAT, WE HAVE ANOTHER DEADLINE, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE DEADLINE TO MAIL OUT THE NEW VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS THAT HAVE TO BE SENT OUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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SO THE PARTIES WILL NEED TO FILL THESE WITH PARTY CHAIRS AS WELL.

RIGHT. AND THIS IS WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE FILING PERIOD FOR THAT.

OKAY. SO I THINK MAYBE IF WE COULD JUST GET A ONE PAGER ON THE CALENDAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF TAKE THESE TO A MEETING MAYBE IN DECEMBER ON A SATURDAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN JUST KIND OF GET PEOPLE UP TO DATE ON THESE CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUDGE. APPRECIATE IT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH I JUST WANT TO BE CONCISE. SO WHAT COMMISSIONER CALVERT WAS SAYING BASICALLY VOTING PRECINCTS HAVE BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, JUDGE, JUST BECAUSE THIS IS AN ELECTION ISSUE, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT MOTION IS.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS JUST TO CHANGE THE PRECINCTS AS A RESULT OF TEXAS ELECTIONS.

CODE 42 005. JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR.

THAT IS MY MEMBERSHIP. SO STIPULATE. ALL RIGHT.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MY VOTE IS A NO. BECAUSE OF THE PREMISE OF HOW THE STAR STARTED THE CHAOS TO CREATE FIVE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. SO THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING. NO. THANK YOU.

MOTION CARRIES ITEM NUMBER 94. DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.

[94. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval the use of Fire Code funds in the amount of $1,100,000 for the purchase of wildfire suppression and support equipment (D5 Dozer, Skid Steer, Truck, Trailer, and related upfit) to enhance the County's wildfire mitigation and response capability in partnership with local Emergency Services Districts and approval of a budgetary transfer.]

MR. MORELAND. GOOD MORNING, JUDGE. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONERS. MICHAEL MORELAND, DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE BEXAR COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. I ALSO HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF JOHN ORTEGA JUNIOR WITH THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.

TODAY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE PURCHASE APPROVAL AND FIRE CODE BUDGET TRANSFER TO PROCURE HEAVY EQUIPMENT, FIRE DOZER, SKID STEER, TRUCK AND TRAILER, ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE ESDS TO BUY BETTER, EQUIPPING BEXAR COUNTY TO RESPOND TO WILDFIRE THREATS.

THIS NOT ONLY HELPS US HERE LOCALLY BUT HELPS THE REGION.

THAT MAY LACK THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR HOURS FOR STATE SUPPORT, AND MAY ALREADY BE RELYING ON BEXAR COUNTY RESOURCES.

WILDFIRE RISK IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE AREA IN BEXAR COUNTY.

MOST RECENTLY, WE'VE HAD TWO LARGE FIRES IN SOUTH BEXAR COUNTY THIS YEAR ALONE THAT HAVE RESULTED IN EVACUATIONS AND LOCAL FIRE RESPONSE HAD TO RELY ON PRIVATE DOZERS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ASSIST THEM. THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM FURTHERS YOUR SUPPORT IN MAKING BEXAR COUNTY SAFER.

APPRECIATE IT. ANY QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A POINT OF CLARITY.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP IN SUCH A PROMPT MANNER.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE BULLDOZER ISSUE. THIS IS THE BULLDOZER.

BECAUSE I DON'T SPEAK ALL THE FIRE MARSHAL LANGUAGE.

OKAY. YES, SIR. THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO FAST.

WE'RE OBVIOUSLY IN A DRY SPOT. WE'RE IN A SEVERE DROUGHT, SO WE'VE GOT TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING.

ESPECIALLY COMING UP ON THE JANUARY NEW YEAR KIND OF TIME, TIME FRAME.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONER MOODY.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY. FULLY SUPPORT THIS ITEM.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND BETWEEN OUR ISDS AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE, WHAT IS THAT BALANCE IN TERMS OF RESOURCES WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE, YOU KNOW, MITIGATION AND OR, YOU KNOW, FIGHTING A FIRE? SURE. SO, I MEAN, THE ISDS ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO FIGHT FIRE.

RIGHT. AND THERE THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AND DEPLOY ACROSS THE STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY'VE BEEN IN CALIFORNIA FIGHTING WILDFIRES.

SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES AS FAR AS RESPONDING AND FIGHTING THE FIRE.

THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL DEFENSIBLE SPACE FOR THOSE FIRES IN WHICH WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE, WHICH THIS EQUIPMENT WILL HELP IN THAT RESPONSE.

GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST WANT TO ALSO JOIN IN INTO IN REGARDS TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, WE'VE SEEN THE WILDFIRES DOWN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, PRECINCT ONE BOARDING WITH ATASCOSA COUNTY.

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THIS IS A NEED FOR BEXAR COUNTY, CORRECT, MR. MORELAND? YES, SIR. SO AS WE SEE THE INCREASE IN THE VARIETY, SEVERITY, FREQUENCY OF NATURAL DISASTERS HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS TO ENHANCE PREPAREDNESS AND PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, CORRECT? MR.. YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION? MOTION CARRIES.

I JUST GO BY THOSE EQUIPMENT. MR.. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE ORTEGA BECAUSE HE'S STANDING THERE AND HE'S MY CONSTITUENT.

THANK YOU. AND MR. MORELAND, WE STILL GOT A BURN BAN, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND WE STILL HAVE HAVE HIGH KNEES. GIVE US A QUICK REPORT ON THAT.

YES, GEORGE. THE BURN BAN IS IN PLACE UNTIL FEBRUARY 9TH.

UNLESS WE GET RAINFALL. THAT BRINGS US OUT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

BUT WE SHOULD GIVE CREDIT TO OUR CITIZENS OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN HEEDING TO THE BURN BAN AND THE TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL.

ABSOLUTELY, JUDGE. YEAH. SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OF THE BURN BAN BACK IN AUGUST, THE OVERALL NUMBER OF FIRES GRASS FIRES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS HAVE DECREASED.

AND AS I RECALL, MR. MORELAND, MR. ORTEGA, WHEN WE PUT A BURN BAN, USUALLY RAIN HAPPENS.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S THE TRADITION. YES, SIR. LET THE RAIN GODS FLOW.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUDGE.

[95. 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 in fee simple title to Lot 24, Block 9, NCB 12479, Green Pastures Subdivision, Unit 1, in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, according to plat thereof recorded in Volume 5870, Page 14, of the Deed and Plat Records of Bexar County, Texas, and Lot 34, Block 9, New City Block 12479, Green Pastures Subdivision, Unit 1, in the City of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, according to plat thereof recorded in Volume 9602, Page 89, of the Deed and Plat Records of Bexar County, Texas, along with all improvements located thereon, to advance and achieve the public use of establishing the Precinct 2 Satellite Office to house various county services and departments and authorizing the institution of condemnation proceedings to acquire these rights. Precinct Number 2.]

FOR A FEE. SIMPLE TITLE. LOT 24, BLOCK NINE, NCB 12479 GREEN PASTURES SUBDIVISION, UNIT ONE AND CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN 5870.

PAGE 14 OF THE DEED AND PLAT RECORDS OF BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS.

LOT 34, BLOCK NINE, BLOCK 12479, GREEN PASTURE SUBDIVISION, UNIT ONE, IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 9602, PAGE 89 OF THE DEED AND PLAT RECORDS OF BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS, ALONG WITH ALL IMPROVEMENTS LOCATED THEREON TO ADVANCE AND ACHIEVE THE PUBLIC USE OF ESTABLISHING THE PRECINCT TWO SATELLITE OFFICE TO HOUSE VARIOUS COUNTY SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE THESE RIGHTS.

PRECINCT NUMBER TWO. MR. REINHART, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

GOOD MORNING. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO REQUEST AUTHORITY, SHOULD WE NEED IT TO ENTER IN AN AUTHORIZATION FOR CONDEMNATION FOR THE REFERENCE PROPERTY. JUST A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY.

THE BUILDING IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND LOOP 410.

IT'S A FIVE STORY BUILDING. THERE'S TWO PARCELS IN QUESTION. THE BUILDING SITS ON A THREE ACRE PARCEL, AND THERE'S AN ADJACENT ONE ACRE PARCEL WITH A PARKING LOT.

JUST MORE INFORMATION. YOU CAN SEE THE PARCELS OUTLINED HERE IN RED AND A PICTURE OF THE BUILDING. AGAIN, IT'S A FIVE STORY BUILDING. A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND HERE.

AS AS THE JUDGE MENTIONED, THE TEAM HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES OVER THE BETTER PART OF THE LAST YEAR TO CONSOLIDATE MULTIPLE LEASE SPACES FOR PRECINCT TWO SERVICES.

AFTER A THOROUGH REVIEW, THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE BEST SUITED PARCEL TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

SO WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST AUTHORITY SHOULD WE NEED IT.

AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, BUT THE END RESULT WILL BE A FACILITY THAT BETTER SERVES THE PUBLIC FOR PRECINCT TWO.

SO I'M SORRY, WERE YOU DONE? YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO MOVE TO THE MOTION.

OKAY. THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSOLIDATING.

AS ART MENTIONED, ALL OF THE PRECINCT, TWO OFFICES.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CONTINUING TO TALK WITH THEM.

NO ONE'S GOING TO BE PUT OUT ON THE STREET, BUT THIS IS JUST A TOOL TO FURTHER THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, I GUESS. IS THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? QUESTION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU, MR. REINHARDT. ITEM NUMBER 96. PRESENTATION.

[96. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the approval of the Engineering Services Agreement between Bexar County and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $1,482,854.68 for professional engineering services in connection with the Windfield Subdivision project, Precinct 4.]

IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,482,854.68 FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE WINFIELD SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION PROJECT, PRECINCT FOUR. MR. REINHART. THANK YOU.

JUDGE. SO THE ITEM HERE TODAY IS TO REQUEST APPROVAL TO APPROVE CONTRACT FOR DESIGN SERVICES.

COURT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED US BACK IN APRIL TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS.

BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHAT THIS IS FOR.

IT'S SUPPORTING OUR OVERALL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

AND JUST A BRIEF REMINDER TO THE COURT ON OUR STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

SO WE RATE EVERY STREET FROM A 0 TO 100 SCALE USING A, A LIDAR BASED VAN.

AND WE BREAK OUR MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS DOWN INTO THREE BASIC PROGRAMS. THAT'S OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE FOR THE STREETS THAT ARE IN THE FAIR TO GOOD RANGE REHABILITATION WHICH IS YOUR MILL AND OVERLAYS IN FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION FOR THE STREETS THAT NEED TO BE REHABBED. AND LASTLY, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF TODAY'S CONVERSATION, THE RECONSTRUCTION FOR OUR STREETS THAT ARE FAILING.

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THE REALLY THE KEY TO FOCUS ON IS THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE.

SIMPLE. FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU INVEST COULD SAVE YOU 6 TO $10 IN THE FUTURE BY PROLONGING THE LIFE OF THE PAVEMENT.

THE COUNTY, HISTORICALLY PUBLIC WORKS HAS HAD A VERY ROBUST PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

THAT'S WHY OUR STREETS COUNTYWIDE ARE RATED ABOUT A 85, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD SCORE.

BUT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY IS WE NEED TO START INVESTING MORE IN OUR REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT. SO SPECIFIC TO THE WINFIELD SUBDIVISION, AS YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN OUR WORK SESSION YESTERDAY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER $100 MILLION OF FAILED STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO THIS SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF NORTH FOSTER ROAD AND BENZENE IN PRECINCT FOUR.

THE PROJECT WILL CONSIST OF COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTING OUR STREETS, INCLUDING INCIDENTAL DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, ADA RAMPS WHERE NEEDED, AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT, WILL BEGIN DESIGN SERVICES. WE SHOULD WRAP UP DESIGN IN ABOUT A YEAR, BY DECEMBER OF NEXT YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL BE REQUESTING SEEING CONSTRUCTION FUNDS AS PART OF OUR BUDGET NEXT YEAR. SO AS I MENTIONED, COURT PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE NEGOTIATION, AND WE'VE DONE THAT.

WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT.

THE SERVICES YOU SEE HERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT TO FULL ENGINEERING SERVICES, SURVEY, DRAINAGE ANALYSIS, GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AND PREPARING THE BID DOCUMENTS AND THEN MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDED MOTION IS APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE $1.4 MILLION WITH KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES.

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

COMMISSIONER MOODY ONE QUESTION. ART. YOU KNOW, AS YOU GUYS GO AROUND THE COUNTY AND YOU LOOK AT YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT OVERALL CONDITION, WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE'RE LIKE AT A STABLE RUN RATE IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE COSTS, OR ARE WE BEHIND THE POWER CURVE AT ALL? JUST THINKING AHEAD TO FUTURE YEARS IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE COSTS, ARE WE AT A STEADY RUN RATE AT THIS POINT? SO I'LL GO BACK TO THIS.

THIS GRAPH KIND OF SUMMARIZES IT. AS I MENTIONED, PUBLIC WORKS HISTORICALLY HAS HAD A VERY ROBUST PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

DOING TREATMENTS LIKE OVERLAY OR NOT OVERLAYS, CRACK CEILING, FOG CEILING, ETC.

TO KEEP OUR STREETS ON AVERAGE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.

BUT WHEN WE LAST RAN OUR NUMBERS OF THE ABOUT 1500 MILES OF STREETS THAT WE ASSESSED AT THAT TIME, THERE'S ABOUT 20 MILES OF PAVED STREETS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO START INVESTING IN REBUILDING THOSE THOSE STREETS ARE LOCATED PRIMARILY IN PRECINCT FOUR AND PRECINCT ONE.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY AS TO AS WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH COURT HAS APPROVED FUNDS FOR, WE NEED TO START APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR THE REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES.

I HAVE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY.

[100. 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 #100a. a. be Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to modify the Bexar County Parks Master Plan for Precinct 3 to reallocate existing Precinct 3 park funds, cancel non-feasible park projects, and create new park projects for Precinct 3. Specifically, $15,232,994 from the Raymond Russell Park Floodplain Project and the New Conservation Area Project will reallocated to six new Precinct 3 park projects. The recommended reallocation includes $4.5 million for Raymond Russell Park Improvements, $3,732,994 for North Park Improvements. $2 million for Sports Fields at Alamo Community College Campus, Northwest Education and Training Center (NWETC), and in future years the following projects: $2 million for MacArthur Park Pavilion/Kitchen Renovations, $2 million for Raymond Russell Park Pavilion/Kitchen #2 Renovations, and $1 million for Raymond Russell Park Low Water Crossing. To include appropriate budgetary transfer.]

IS THAT CORRECT, COMMISSIONER MOODY? IT'S A LATE FALL, SO WE NEED THE FOLLOWING ACTION.

DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATED TO GRANTING AN EXCEPTION. ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1.2 TO AUTHORIZE THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOLLOWING LATE FILE AGENDA.

ITEM NUMBER 100 A IS THERE A MOTION? SO CAN I.

CAN I MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL THE LATE FILED ITEMS TO BE HEARD? ANY OBJECTION ON ALL ADA FILE APPROVALS? HEARING? NONE. WHO'S THE SECOND? COMMISSIONER CALVERT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DISCUSS ALL THE LATE FILES SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

LET'S TAKE UP NOW 100 A DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL TO MODIFY THE BEXAR COUNTY PARKS MASTER PLAN FOR PRECINCT THREE.

TO ALLOCATE THE EXISTING PRECINCT THREE PARK FUNDS.

CANCEL NON-FEASIBLE PARK PROJECTS. CREATE NEW PARK PROJECTS FOR PRECINCT THREE, SPECIFICALLY $15,232,994 FROM THE RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK FLOODPLAIN PROJECT, AND THE NEW CONSERVATION AREA PROJECT WILL BE REALLOCATED TO SIX NEW PRECINCT THREE PARK PROJECTS.

THE RECOMMENDED REALLOCATION INCLUDES 4.5 MILLION FOR RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

03,732,900 AND $994 FOR NORTH PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

2 MILLION FOR SPORTS FIELDS AT ALAMO COLLEGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS, NORTHWEST EDUCATION TRAINING CENTER, AND IN FUTURE YEARS, THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS 2 MILLION FOR MACARTHUR PARK PAVILION KITCHEN RENOVATIONS, 2 MILLION FOR RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK PAVILION, KITCHEN NUMBER TWO RENOVATIONS, AND 1 MILLION FOR RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK LOW WATER CROSSING TO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE BUDGET TRANSFER. BEFORE YOU START MR. MCGLAMERY, WE HAVE A CITIZEN TO BE HEARD. PRISCILLA CAMACHO, DO YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COURT AT THIS TIME? YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS.

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AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SITES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO TRY TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBILITY TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING ALL ACROSS OUR COUNTY.

AND WE ACTUALLY SERVE EIGHT COUNTIES. SO WE'RE PROUD THAT WE HAVE SUCH A STRONGHOLD IN BEXAR COUNTY, AND WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE SEVEN OTHER COUNTIES THAT WE ARE PART OF OUR SERVICE AREA. THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOODY, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SUPPORT, IS GOING TO ADD RECREATIONAL AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO ONE OF OUR NEWEST SITES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 145 ACRES IN THE LEMON CREEK AREA.

THIS IS PRIME LOCATION, HUGE AMOUNTS OF GROWTH.

OUR BOARD WAS ASTUTE TO BUY THE PROPERTY MANY YEARS AGO, AND WE ARE SEEING THE FRUITS OF THAT VISION AND THAT LABOR.

WE BELIEVE, ACTUALLY, THAT THIS LOCATION CAN BE A FUTURE COLLEGE CAMPUS IN MANY YEARS TO COME.

AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE A LITTLE OVER 88,000 STUDENTS DISTRICT WIDE.

WE ARE PROJECTED TO BE 100 MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO, WHICH IS WHY THE CITIZENS OF BEXAR COUNTY ARE VERY PROUD, SUPPORTED OUR BOND PROPOSITIONS. AND THIS THIS PARTICULAR CENTER IN PARTICULAR IS BEING LED BY NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE.

SO NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE IS OUR LEAD COLLEGE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.

IT WILL HOUSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INCLUDING CYBER, SOME MANUFACTURING AND HEALTH CARE.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO ADD SOME MORE ACCESSIBILITY TO THAT PART AND THAT CORNER OF THE COUNTY.

AND AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS NEXT STEP MOVING FORWARD IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND OTHER AREAS THAT NEED TO BE HAPPEN FOR THE PARKS THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT THIS PARTICULAR SITE FOR THE ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL RETURN A MINUTE OF TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS CAMACHO. MR. MCGLAMERY, COME ON BACK FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

OR, COMMISSIONER MOODY, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE FLOOR? WELL LET ME JUST HIGH LEVEL.

AND. PRISCILLA, THANK YOU FOR FOR SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALAMO COLLEGES.

AND I KNOW KEN CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT WE HAD TWO PARK PROJECTS WITHIN PRECINCT THREE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO REPURPOSE WITH THIS TO OTHER PARK PROJECTS WITHIN PRECINCT THREE.

PRISCILLA JUST MENTIONED ONE OF THOSE, WHICH IS SOME ADDITIONAL YOUTH ATHLETIC FIELDS AT THE NEW CAMPUS THAT'S BEING BUILT THERE FOR ALMA COLLEGES. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER INVESTMENTS IN OUR EXISTING PARKS, RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK AND MACARTHUR PARK THAT YOU CAN GET INTO.

AND THEN ALSO A NEW PARK, WHICH IS WE'VE CALLED IT NORTH PARK, BUT WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE ROCK.

AND, BOBBY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL.

JUDGE COMMISSIONERS COURT BOBBY PEREZ, SAN ANTONIO SPURS COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IF THE COURT REMEMBERS, THIS IS PROBABLY THE THIRD YEAR THAT WE HAVE BEEN PERMITTED TO OPERATE THE LARGEST COUNTY DOG PARK IN BEXAR COUNTY AT NORTH PARK, THAT IS RIGHT ADJACENT TO OUR NEW PRACTICE FACILITY.

WE BUILT THAT. WE CONSTRUCTED IT. WE CAME TO THIS COURT IN 2020, 2021 FOR THAT APPROVAL.

AND NOW WE'RE GLAD TO SAY IT'S IT'S VIBRANT, IT'S ACTIVE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER MOODY, HIS TEAM, ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND PARK OPERATIONS.

IT'S 21 ACRES, PLUS OR MINUS OF A COUNTY PARK THAT IS ADJACENT TO SOME OF THE GREENBELTS AND ALSO HOME TO THAT LARGER DOG PARK.

THIS ALLOCATION THAT WE'RE ASKING THE COURT TO APPROVE TODAY WOULD BE THAT CONTINUED PLAN AND OPERATION TO EXPAND HEALTH AND WELLNESS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, WITH A FOCUS IN THIS QUADRANT, THE COMMISSIONERS QUADRANT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE'VE HAD SOME GREAT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMPONENTS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE HOPEFUL FOR APPROVAL AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FUTURE EXPANSION OF PARKS AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES IN BEXAR COUNTY.

APPRECIATE IT. BOBBY. YEAH. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR I DON'T KNOW, YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AND KIND OF AN INITIAL DESIGN THERE WITH NORTH PARK.

AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A PHASED APPROACH.

RIGHT? CAN'T CAN'T DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN PHASE ONE, BUT WITH THE PLAYGROUND AND SOME ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE THERE, IT'LL BE A GREAT START IN TERMS OF A NEW, NEW PARK THAT HAS ACCESS AGAIN TO THE TRAIL SYSTEM, TO THE DOG PARK, AND TO THE ROCK, WHERE WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY COME OUT AND ENJOY THE THE PROGRAMING THEY HAVE THERE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL JUST TURN IT OVER TO KEN TO PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AND RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES REALLY QUICK.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, KEN MCGLAMERY, PARKS AND RECREATION.

THERE WE GO. BASICALLY, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHERE WE CAME FROM IS THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN WE HAVE WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2021.

AND TO IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS, WE HAD VISITOR ASSESSMENTS, WE HAD VISITOR FEEDBACK, WE HAD IN-PERSON ASSESSMENTS AND INTERCEPTS.

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BUT THE FUNDING FOR THE TWO EXISTING PARK PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO REPURPOSE IS GOING TO BE THE RAYMOND RUSSELL FLOODPLAIN PROJECT FOR 5.1 MILLION AND THE NEW CONSERVATION AREA PROJECT FOR 10.4. THE REASON WE WANT THAT THESE ARE NOT FEASIBLE IS THAT THEY'RE FIRST OF ALL, THERE IS NO PLAN, THERE IS NO PROPERTY AVAILABLE AT THAT PRICE POINT, AND THAT WE COULD DEVELOP THAT AS CONTIGUOUS TO THE RAYMOND RUSSELL PARK OR IN PRECINCT THREE. AND SO IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE TO DO. WE'D RATHER SPEND THAT MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.

AND THEN THE NEW CONSERVATION AREA WAS GOING TO BE A 600 ACRE NATURE PRESERVATION PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTY, BUT THE RESTRICTED THE COVENANTS WERE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT IT COULDN'T SUIT.

IT WOULDN'T SUIT A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR A PARK.

SO WE FIGURED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO USE THE MONEY FOR WHAT WE NEED.

SO THE MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED PROJECTS WOULD BE RAYMOND RUSSELL AND MACARTHUR PARK AND RAYMOND RUSSELL.

WE WOULD ADD AND EXTEND THE WALKING TRAILS. WE'D ADD DOG FRIENDLY AMENITIES, EXTEND THE TRAIL THROUGH THE PARK AND CONNECT TO THE GREENWAY.

THE LEON THE HOWARD CREEK GREENWAY IS IN THAT AREA, THE LEON CREEK SECTION OF IT.

AND THEN WE WOULD REPLACE THAT LOW WATER CROSSING AND THEN REPAIR TO THE WOOD FRAME LEGACY BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE SOME OLD PAVILIONS UP THERE THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED OF OF RENOVATION.

AND THEN IN MACARTHUR PARK ITSELF FOR TEN AND NACOGDOCHES AREA, WE WOULD REPAIR THE ROT AND DAMAGE TO WOOD FRAME LEGACY PAVILIONS AND IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE THROUGHOUT. CURRENTLY, THERE'S A SMALL CREEK THAT IT'S A DRAINAGE EASEMENT, BASICALLY, BUT IT RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE PARK.

SPECIFICALLY SPORTS COURTS, DOG PARK, THE WALKING TRAILS AND THE NEW PAVILION OUT THERE AT RAYMOND RUSSELL, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $4.5 MILLION TO DO THAT PROJECT.

AND THIS IS A CONCEPT WE HAVE FOR RAYMOND RUSSELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE REDUCED THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.

WE'VE ADDED SPORT COURTS AND MORE THINGS THAT THE PUBLIC HAS WANTED THROUGH OUR MASTER PLAN.

INTERCEPTS. THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT RAYMOND RUSSELL IS A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE ANY TYPE OF RAIN WE GET CUTS THE PARK IN HALF. AND SO WE HAVE A BACK ENTRANCE AND A FRONT ENTRANCE.

IT'S CRITICAL FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ACCESS AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND AND A GREENWAY CONNECTION, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE GREENWAY IS GOING TO CONNECT ACROSS THAT CREEK AND GO UP TO THE FRONT OF THE PARK, WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT TO BE $1 MILLION. RAYMOND RUSSELL PAVILION NUMBER TWO IN THE BACK IS IN NEEDS A PAINT JOB AND IT NEEDS SOME TOUCH UP STUFF. AND THE KITCHEN AREA IS NOT STABLE.

THESE ARE OLD STRUCTURES THAT ARE CEDAR, CEDAR, PEAK, BONE BEAM AND POST.

THE ROOF DECKING IS ROTTED OUT, THE PAVILION INSULATION IS COMING DOWN AND WE NEED SOME ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.

OFTENTIMES PEOPLE HAVE IN THEIR PARKS. THEY DO THEY DO.

THEY SERVE FOOD AND THEY CAN'T WARM UP THINGS BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL POWER IS NOT THERE.

IT NEEDS ROOF REPAIRS AND RATING AND PAINTING, AND IT'S NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE.

SO THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT IS AROUND 2 MILLION.

MACARTHUR PARK. WE WANT TO RENOVATE ALL FOUR PAVILIONS.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE TEMPORARY WALLS. RIGHT NOW THAT YOU HAVE TO INSTALL, WE HAVE TO INSTALL.

WE WANT TO REPLACE THOSE GARAGE DOORS CREATING YEAR ROUND USE SO WE CAN OPEN AND CLOSE THEM, HEAT IT PAINT AND REROOF THEM. AND THE KITCHEN NEEDS REPAIRS.

WE HAVE SOME SOME OF THE BARBECUE PITS THAT ARE ROTTING OUT FOR, FOR A LOT.

THEY GET LOTS OF USE. AND THEN WE WANT TO REPLACE THE FENCING AROUND THE PARK.

WE HAVE SOME FENCING THAT IS JUST IT'S IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND IT NEEDS IT NEEDS AN UPGRADE. ESTIMATED COST.

THAT'S AROUND 2 MILLION. JUST WHAT YOU HEARD PRISCILLA TALK ABOUT FROM ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES THERE.

WE'VE GOT AN MOU WITH THEM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US ABOUT 18 ACRES.

AND THE CONCEPT RIGHT NOW IS TO BE ABLE TO PUT TWO QUADS IN THERE OF BASEBALL AND THEN SOME SOCCER FIELDS.

WE NEED TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO.

AND THAT'S THE NEXT STEP. SHOULD THIS PASS AND THEN NORTH PARK, AS YOU JUST HEARD, TALK ABOUT IT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY.

IT'S OPERATED BY THE SPURS. THIS IS THE AREA BETWEEN THE FAMILY DOG PARK AND THE ROCK.

THE. OKAY. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THERE IS ADDING A PLAYGROUND AND SOME RESTROOMS AND CREATING A PICNIC AREA, AND EXPAND PARKING FOR THE DOG PARK. ONE OF THE DOG PARK IS VERY POPULAR.

PEOPLE PARK ALONG THE ROAD. THEY PARK IN AREAS THEY SHOULDN'T AND IT'S KIND OF MAKES IT CONGESTED.

AND THEN IT'S ALSO MAKE IT A TRAILHEAD FOR THE WALKERS AND RUNNERS.

THAT PORTION OF THE LEON CREEK GREENWAY GETS A LOT OF USE.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THAT IS ABOUT 3.7 MILLION.

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SO BASICALLY WE WANT TO WE WANT TO DO 3.7 MILLION FOR NORTH PARK.

WE WANT TO DO 2 MILLION FOR THE ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SPORTS FIELDS.

4.5 MILLION FOR RAYMOND RUSSELL. WE WANT TO DO A LOT OF RAYMOND RUSSELL AND 1 MILLION FOR THE LOW WATER CROSSING, 2 MILLION TO RENOVATE THE PAVILION AND THEN 2 MILLION AT MACARTHUR.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? COMMISSIONER.

MOODE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT. AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK KEN.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THESE FOR A LONG TIME. OBVIOUSLY, WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE THESE ARE THESE ARE THE CONCEPTS.

THESE ARE THE IDEAS. BUT IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTUAL ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES, WE HAD TO GO BACK AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET AND REALLOCATING THE FUNDING THAT'S EXISTING IN PRECINCT THREE.

BUT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO DATE, AND I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. AGAIN, I THINK THE THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS JUST AN INTERNAL PRECINCT THREE REALLOCATION.

I KNOW THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS HERE, BUT WE WANTED TO GET THIS ALL CLEANED UP AT ONCE.

AND SO I WOULD ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER MOODY. THIS IS ONE WHERE YOU WERE YOU BRIEFED MY OFFICE.

AND SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF TODAY'S MOTION TO DO THIS REALLOCATION, AND I THINK WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION YESTERDAY'S WORK SESSION.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OUR COLLEAGUES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REALLOCATION OF CAPITAL PROJECTS GOING SMOOTH AND INFORMED WAY.

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ANY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT A LAST MINUTE CITIZEN TO BE HEARD.

[8. Communications from citizens who signed the register to speak. (Part 2 of 2)]

I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT MATTER WAS APPROVED, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET YOU HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.

WHERE'S DOCTOR PIPER? SHE'S STANDING UP. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE BEING SHOT. I'M SORRY. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

WHY DON'T Y'ALL ALL COME FORWARD? DOCTOR? PIPER, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT ITEM 77 WAS APPROVED BY CONSENT.

BUT YOU HAVE YOU SIGNED UP? SO. YES YES, YES.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AS CHAIR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, REVEREND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR COMMISSION, WE REALLY THANK AND APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOUR OFFICE INITIATED THE THE ASK, AND I WANT TO ALSO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO COMMISSIONER REBECA CLAY-FLORES BECAUSE OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSION.

WE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO RAISE MONEY THIS YEAR.

PURSE STRINGS ARE TIGHT BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORK AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMISSION WILL PUT ON IN JANUARY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO BACK THEN TO INDIVIDUAL, I

[97. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding approval and execution of a purchase order to the lowest, most responsive bid submitted by Catamount Constructors, Inc. in the base bid amount of $10,623,134.34 plus contingency in the amount of $100,000 plus allowance in the amount $200,000 for a total award amount of $10,923,134.34 to provide for the construction of a new animal care facility at 6841 Cagnon Rd., as requested by the Facilities Management Department; authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute and file the appropriate award documents for record, and approval of a budget amendment and a budget transfer.]

97 PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE ORDER TO THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIVE BID SUBMITTED BY CATAMOUNT CONSTRUCTORS INC..

AND THE BASE BID AMOUNT OF $10,623,134.34, PLUS CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000, PLUS THE ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF 200,000, FOR A TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT OF $10,923,134.34.

TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ANIMAL CARE FACILITY AT 6841 CANYON ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, AUTHORIZING THE PERSON TO EXECUTE AND FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE AWARD DOCUMENTS FOR RECORD AND APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND BUDGET TRANSFER.

MR. KIRK. THANK YOU. JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS DAN CURRIE, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, FOR THE RECORD.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT THE AWARD OF AN EVENT 1171, WHICH IS THE NEW ANIMAL CARE FACILITY AT CAGNON ROAD.

TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, ON FY 22 CAPITAL PROJECT ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COST WAS MUCH LOWER THAN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.

[02:25:02]

SO YOU AUTHORIZED US IN APRIL OF 2024 TO ADD SOME DOLLARS TO THIS PROJECT TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF THOSE KENNELS BY DOUBLE SO WE WENT BACK TO THE CONSULTANT TEAM WE WE CRUNCHED OUR NUMBERS. WE DID AS MUCH VALUE ENGINEERING AS WE CAN ON THE DESIGN PIECE, AND THE EXPECTATION WAS WE WERE GOING TO DELIVER A FACILITY WITH UP TO 96 DOG CAPACITY.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE OVERPERFORMED, WHETHER GOOD OR BAD.

SO WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED A BUILDING THAT WE SQUISHED AND WE WE CONSOLIDATED AND WE GOT CAPACITY FOR 132 DOGS AT THIS CURRENT DESIGN.

SO THAT WAS THE CHOICE WE MADE CONSCIOUSLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MAXIMUM APPROACH AND EXPOSURE, BECAUSE WE HEARD FROM THE COURT CAPACITY IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. AND FROM THE OPERATORS IT IS ABOUT A 17,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BOX IS THE STAFF OFFICES.

WE KEEP THOSE VERY TIGHT, MINIMALLY REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURE ROOMS, ADOPTION SPACES AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS CRITICAL TO THE ANIMAL CARE OPERATION. AND THE TWO RED BOXES ARE THE KENNELS AGAIN, OUR FIRST SET OF KENNELS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE EXPANDED BECAUSE WE KEPT THE SAME LENGTH OF THE ACTUAL METAL BUILDING FOR THE SECOND ROW OF KENNELS AND GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE CAPACITY.

THAT'S WHERE WE GREW TO THE 132 NUMBER. WE HAD GREAT COVERAGE ON THIS BID.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR THE MARKET, BUT WE HAD FANTASTIC PARTICIPATION PATIENT ON THIS.

SO WE HAVE LOTS OF BIDDERS. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME NAME BRANDS IN HERE FROM FROM THE REGION FROM GUIDO TO JORIS TO CATAMOUNT WHO ARE GOING TO ASK FOR AWARDING TODAY.

THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT PROVIDED BIDS THAT DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE BID COMPONENTS IN IT, AND THE PURCHASING AGENT VERIFIED THAT THEY WERE NON-RESPONSIVE.

SO THE TWO LOWEST NUMBERS DIDN'T HAVE THE KENNEL KITS, WHICH ARE THE GUILLOTINE DOORS AND THE DOORS THAT ACTUALLY CREATE THE KENNEL SPACES IN THE BIDS. SO THOSE WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE BY THE PURCHASING AGENT.

SO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BID IS CATAMOUNT CONSTRUCTORS AT $10.9 MILLION.

SO AGAIN, AS A REMINDER, WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ABOUT $8.5 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO I WANT TO STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND TELL YOU GUYS, WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE? BECAUSE I KNOW THOSE ARE GOING TO BE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND SO WHAT I'VE ADDED HERE, AND IT IS A CHART FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIC DATA GROUP THAT BASICALLY SHOWS SINCE IT'S 2021, 2022. THERE'S BEEN A SHARP RISE IN LABOR IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO A UNIT, THEY USE A BASKET OF GOODS SCENARIOS.

LET'S SAY I NEED LABOR TO PUT IN SEVEN ELECTRICAL OUTLETS.

WHAT DOES THAT COST IN 2021? WHAT DOES THAT COST IN 2025? AND WHAT THIS GRAPH IS SHOWING YOU IS THAT THAT PRICE WENT UP 30% JUST IN LABOR IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE. WE LOOKED AT JUST CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN CONCRETE, AND THOSE ROSE IN THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME, ALMOST 39%. SO WE'RE SEEING REAL CONSTRAINTS AND REAL RISES.

THAT'S THAT'S RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS OF SHARP INCREASES IN LABOR AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PRICING.

SO WE'RE CHASING ON THESE OLDER PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO.

CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS OF PRICING. AND WE'RE WE'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH THOSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE 2 TO 3% PER YEAR ESCALATION THAT WE FACTORED IN AT THE PROJECT'S INCEPTION. SO SOME OF THE OTHER COST DRIVERS ON THIS PROJECT WERE, OF COURSE, THE LABOR INCREASES.

WE ALSO ADDED ENHANCEMENTS TO THIS FACILITY. AS WE LEARNED FROM THE KIRBY KENNEL FACILITY.

EPOXY FLOORING IS WAY EASIER TO CLEAN. POLYURETHANE DIVIDING WALLS HELPS WITH DISEASE CONTROL AND PEST MANAGEMENT WHEN THEY HAVE OPERATORS IN THERE.

SO THESE THINGS ARE ENHANCEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO GIVE US A MUCH BETTER USABLE FACILITY FOR THE OPERATOR.

THE KENNEL KITS, WE WENT IN AND REPAIRED THOSE AFTER THE FACT.

AGAIN, WE'RE USING A BETTER QUALITY KENNEL KIT THIS TIME AND AGAIN, WE'VE ASKED THE MASONRY DIVIDING WALLS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND OTHER THINGS THAT ANIMAL CARE DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS. THAT GIVES THEM THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR THIS FACILITY.

WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A STATE OF THE ART SPACE FOR THEM.

SO AGAIN, TO FUND SOME OF THOSE STRATEGIES, WE HAD A WORK SESSION LAST YESTERDAY AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THIS? SO AGAIN, WHAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IS WE KNOW THAT WE NEED $10.9 MILLION TOWARD THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE FUNDS REMAINING IN THE ACTIVITY. WE HAVE 3.3.

$4 MILLION THAT YOU GUYS GRANTED TO US IN ADDITIONAL, WHAT WE CALL NEW MONEY IN AIR QUOTES.

WE HAVE SAVINGS FROM CLOSED PROJECTS, FROM AN EXERCISE WE DID WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE.

THAT'S ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. AND I HAVE A LIST OF THOSE SEPARATELY ON A ONE PAGER, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE ARE.

BUT THEY ARE THEY'RE MOSTLY SMALL PROJECTS AT THE JAIL THAT WE HAVE EXTRA SAVINGS.

$30,000 HERE, $40,000 HERE. THERE IS ONE PROJECT FOR THE JJA THAT'S REALLY NOT FEASIBLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE SCRAPING ABOUT $497,000 FROM THAT PROJECT.

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WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TRAINING, THE THE STAFF AT BCSO, THEY HAVE AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION FOR THAT TRAINING ACADEMY DELIVERY THROUGH A LEASED FACILITY. AND SO THIS RENOVATION WON'T BE REQUIRED FOR THEM.

SO WITH ALL THAT IN TOLD, THOSE ALL THOSE DOLLARS ADD UP TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO AWARD THIS PROJECT TODAY.

SO AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO READ THE MOTION BECAUSE YOU DID JUST A GREAT JOB AT THE BEGINNING OF IT, JUDGE. BUT WE'RE ASKING APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED MOTION. COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES. SO BASICALLY YOU FOUND FUNDING FOR THE GAP, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THANK YOU FOR WORKING THROUGH THAT.

THE PEOPLE THAT WHO WON THE BID, ARE THEY LOCAL? I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE. CATAMOUNT IS HERE. WANT TO BRING THEM UP AND THEY CAN SPEAK TO HIM.

HI. SO, ARE YOU GUYS LOCAL? WE ARE. WE HAVE A LOCAL OFFICE HERE.

WE ARE BASED OUT OF DENVER, COLORADO IS OUR IS OUR HOMETOWN.

BUT WE'VE BEEN IN OPERATION HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 15 YEARS, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 100 EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO, YES, WE HAVE. SO SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY MY PRECINCT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT LOOKING AT NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES, BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SUBBING WITH SMALLER LOCAL, MINORITY OWNED, WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.

AND ABSOLUTELY, WE'VE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR A LONG TIME AND VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SUBCONTRACTOR TRADE FORCES.

WELL, SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER'S CHANGED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REPRESENTING.

WELL IN MY PRECINCT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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

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

COMMISSIONER MOODY ALMOST NEEDED. ALMOST. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE MADE TO TRY TO BRING DOWN THE COSTS. TO SOME EXTENT, I STILL THINK THIS IS EXORBITANT FOR AN ANIMAL CARE FACILITY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO DO MORE. AND I HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ASKED TO LOOK AT PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK WE NEED TO DO A SERIOUS EFFORT TO LOOK OUTSIDE, THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND THINK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY.

THINK ABOUT PARTNERING WITH WITH NONPROFITS. WHAT DO WE NEED VERSUS YOU KNOW, WHAT WE MAY WANT? THERE'S JUST LIMITS, RIGHT? AND IF EVERY TIME WE BUILD A COUNTY FACILITY, IT'S TEN, 15, $20 MILLION.

I MEAN, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO TO, TO CONSTRUCT AT THAT LEVEL.

SO, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

DO I WISH WE COULD HAVE DONE IT A LOT CHEAPER? YES. BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE DONE WHAT WE CAN TO TO TRY TO TRIM AROUND THE EDGES.

AND I THINK IN ORDER TO MAKE MORE SIGNIFICANT CUTS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT NEW WAYS TO PARTNER AND HOW WE DO BUSINESS IN THIS SPACE. THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT EVENT.

IT WAS A LOT. WERE YOU INVITED THE GIRL SCOUTS AND THEY DID A PROJECT FOR THE THE ANIMAL SHELTER THERE IN KIRBY.

OBVIOUSLY GOT TO VISIT IT. YEAH, WE NEED A NEW FACILITY.

AND I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS FACILITY AND THE VISION AND THE WORK DUE DILIGENCE THAT DAN KERR YOU PUT IN IN REGARDS TO THE DESIGN.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR APPROVED CONTRACTOR HERE, UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL NEEDS AND COMMISSIONER WANTS ISSUES AND CONCERNS.

WITH THAT, WE'LL CALL A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

98 PRESENTATION DISCUSSION. APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF TASK ORDER NUMBER THREE OF THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY,

[98. Presentation, discussion and appropriate action regarding the First Amendment to Task Order No. 03 of the Cooperative Agreement between Bexar County, the San Antonio River Authority, and the City of San Antonio for the completion of the Creeks and Trails Capital Improvements Program; to provide additional funding for replacement of the Zarzamora Creek Trail Extension (Alderete to Tierra del Sol), in an amount of $4,708,719.25, for a total amount not to exceed $11,108,719.25; and approval of the appropriate budgetary transfer to reflect these funding authorizations, to be filed for record.]

MR.. CURRY. OH. MR.. CAN I JUST THIS IS THE SAME ONE WE DID YESTERDAY, RIGHT? YES. SO YOU'LL YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PRESENTATION.

THIS IS JUST MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT. YES. THANK YOU TONY, WE'LL GO QUICK.

YES. SO GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TONY CANEZ. I'M WITH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE WITH ADA RIVERA HE'S, WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGER WITH THE RIVER AUTHORITY.

[02:35:04]

SO WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT ON THE THE ITEM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT YESTERDAY, THE ZARZAMORA CREEK TRAIL.

AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON THIS FIRST AMENDMENT FOR THE TASK ORDER THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE INTO CONSTRUCTION. I'LL TURN IT OVER AGAIN, AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH A FEW SLIDES AND THEN WE'LL ASK. YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. COUNTY JUDGE SAKAI AND COMMISSIONERS THE SAMURAI CREEK TRAIL PROJECT IS A 2.2 MILE.

IT'S A TEN FOOT WIDE CONCRETE TRAIL. IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE WP GREENWAY SYSTEM WITH TRAILHEADS AT MONTEREY PARK AND ELDORADO PARK. THE ORIGINAL COUNTY PROJECT FUNDS ARE $6.4 MILLION.

IS CONTRIBUTING AROUND $1.1 MILLION FOR TREE FORESTATION AND LIGHTING.

AND THIS REQUEST IS TO INCREASE COUNTY FUNDS BY $4.7 MILLION.

AND THIS IS FOR THE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COST.

THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HAD WE RECEIVED BIDS IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, NEGOTIATED WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN OCTOBER.

WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT HASN'T BEEN FINALIZED.

IT WILL BE FINALIZED BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

WE'RE HOPING TO START CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER.

AND THIS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS, SO DECEMBER 2027 TO FINISH CONSTRUCTION.

AND SOME OF THE REASONS WHY THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE INCREASED, OTHER THAN THE LABOR AND CONSTRUCTION INCREASES, IS ALSO TOPOGRAPHY, HYDRAULICS, PROPERTY CONSTRAINTS THAT REQUIRE THE ALIGNMENT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON THE CHANNEL.

THERE WAS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL LOW WATER CROSSINGS THAT WERE NEEDED, AS WELL AS RETAINING WALLS DUE TO THE STEEP GRADES.

WE ALSO FOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS AND TRAILHEADS WITH AMENITIES.

AND THE BID WILL EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THIS MONTH. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN.

SO WITH APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, THE BUDGET WOULD BE AMENDED TO ADD THE CITY FUNDS THAT EAGLE MENTIONED.

THEY WERE APPROVED. CITY COUNCIL APPROVED ADDING FUNDING TO THIS PROJECT TO PROVIDE SOME LIGHTING AND SOME ADDITIONAL TREES TO MAKE FOR BETTERMENTS TO THIS PROJECT.

AND AS WE DISCUSSED, THE COUNTY IS ASKED TO FUND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER CITY TRAILS FUNDING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY WOULD NOT SPEND MORE THAN $83.4 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMMITTED TO THE CITY'S TRAILS.

SO OUR PORTION WOULD BE INCREASED TO $11.1 MILLION ON THIS ON THIS TRAIL PROJECT.

COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. YEAH. AND GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD AND FINISH. SO THIS IS JUST TO REVISIT THE SLIDE THAT WE SHOWED YESTERDAY.

THIS IS A PROPOSED FUNDING STRATEGY THAT WE PRESENTED, AND THIS IS A WAY THAT WE WOULD ALLOW TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESS ON THIS SECTION OF THE ZARZAMORA CREEK WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE BUILT ALONGSIDE THE CITY HAS A SECTION THAT WILL CONTINUE ALL THE WAY TO GRAHAM ROAD, SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO CONNECT MUCH FURTHER.

AND AS MENTIONED YESTERDAY, WE WOULD CONTINUE TO OUR COORDINATION WITH THE BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE CITY TO DEVELOP THIS LOT OF CREEK TRAIL THAT WOULD CONNECT WITH THE BENEFIT OF THE MPO MONEY. SO WE WOULD WE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THAT.

SO I'LL PUT THE MOTION UP AND WE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU TONY. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

YOU ALSO MENTIONED IT YESTERDAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE COMMIT TO FINISHING THE WEST SIDE CREEK PROJECTS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE A LONG COMMITMENT TO THE INNER CITY WEST SIDE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SAME AMENITIES IN PARTICULAR ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH DISPARITIES. SO THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE THIS.

I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND MAKE SURE I'M STATING THIS CORRECTLY, THAT THE THE SALADO CREEK CONNECTION SHAUN IS STILL GOING TO BE MADE WHOLE. AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES AS CHAIR OF MPO FOR FOR MAKING SURE THAT IS GETTING DONE SO THAT BOTH BOTH PROJECTS WILL BE DONE.

IT'S JUST A KIND OF MOVING MOVING MONEY AROUND A LITTLE BIT FROM DIFFERENT BUCKETS.

SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THAT. AND I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.

CLAY-FLORES ANY FURTHER COMMENT? QUESTION. CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY EXTENSION? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. NOW.

THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO THE LATE ITEMS WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN APPROVED FOR CONSIDERATION.

[99. 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 #99a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of a request regarding international travel from December 1 through December 4 to Mexico City for Bexar County Commissioner Clay-Flores + one staff member and coordinated by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones will also be a part of this delegation. The trip will spotlight commerce, culture, and culinaria, celebrating Bexar County and San Antonio's global identity and to develop the Counties future partnership with Mexico City. Travel estimate: $8000. (Presentation Time: 10 minutes) ]

COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES ONE STAFF MEMBER AND COORDINATED BY THE SAN ANTONIO HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MAYOR JEAN ORTIZ JONES WAS ALSO BE PART OF THIS DELEGATION.

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JUDGE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD. THOMAS GUEVARA WITH THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY MANAGER.

AGAIN, THIS DELEGATION TRIP CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS IN BOTH TRADE AND INVESTMENTS, IN PARTICULAR WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH, BEXAR COUNTY IS GEOGRAPHICALLY WELL-POSITIONED TO SERVE AS A HUB FOR CROSS-BORDER ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TRADE MISSION DOES.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDS A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY. ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN UP 100 A WE'LL GO TO 101 A DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL OF REQUEST BY COMMISSIONER TOMMY CALVERT.

[101. 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 #101a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of a request from Commissioner Tommy Calvert, Precinct 4, to allocate outside agency funding in the total amount of $47,500 for the agencies and amounts listed; as part of Commissioner Tommy Calvert, Precinct Contributions to Outside Agencies from the General Fund.]

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES.

TAKE UP 102. A DISCUSSION, APPROPRIATE ACTION REGARDING APPROVAL TO RECEIVE PETITION.

[102. 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 #102a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to Receive petition and approval of a Resolution of Intent regarding the "Real Road Special Improvement District" in Bexar County Precinct 4.]

PRECINCT FOUR. COMMISSIONER CALVERT. THANK YOU.

MELISSA. I THINK IS GOING TO GET IT TEED UP FOR US.

THANK YOU. MELISSA. JUDGE AND COMMISSIONERS, MELISSA SHANNON, COUNTY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

BOTH ITEMS 102 AND 103 ARE ARE NORMALLY JUST CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO WE DON'T DO PRESENTATIONS ON THESE. THESE THIS IS JUST OUR THIS IS NOT MANDATED BY STATUTE.

THIS IS JUST OUR NORMAL PRACTICE THAT WE DO WITH THE CITY TO INDICATE THAT WE INTEND TO CREATE THE PYD. SO THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST STEP IN BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. THEN IT PULLS THE TRIGGER FOR THE CITY TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THEIR AGREEMENTS.

DO YOU WANT TO ASK THE DOCTOR? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS KEVIN ORTIZ MCKNIGHT, 112 EAST PECAN STREET.

REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPER DAN MULLINS.

HI, DAN MULLINS WITH MULLINS RANCH, SEGUIN 16, LLC.

TWO. 17 TOTAL SAN ANTONIO. DID YOU JUST WANT TO SAY KIND OF WHAT YOUR APPROACH IS, WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE? OH, YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER.

THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT THAT WE ARE PURSUING IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE ROUGHLY 425 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES LOCATED IN PRECINCT FOUR.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PRECINCT FOUR AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA ABOUT BRINGING HOUSING TO THIS AREA, HOUSING THAT WILL MEET NEEDED DEMAND THAT IS COMING TO THE AREA AS WE SEE INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE COMING TO THIS AREA.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND AS MELISSA MENTIONED, THIS IS THE INITIAL STEP IN THE CREATION OF THE SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND ALLOWS US TO PROGRESS TO THE CITY TO START NEGOTIATIONS TO OBTAIN THE CITY'S CONSENT. IF WE GET CITY CONSENT, WE ARE LOOKING AT COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY FOR ULTIMATE CREATION.

IN THE EARLY PART OF 2026. OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE APPROVAL OF 102.

A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. SECOND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SEEING BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS. MOTION CARRIES. CARRY ON 103 A DISCUSSION.

[103. 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 #103a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval to Receive petition and approval of a Resolution of Intent regarding the "Chasin Heights Special Improvement District" in Bexar County Precinct 4.]

I MOVE APPROVAL OF 103, A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. MOTION CARRIES. 104. A DISCUSSION APPROPRIATE ACTION TO REGARD APPROVAL OF RATIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC GRANT.

[104. 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 #104a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval of a ratification, of an electronic grant application to the Office of the Governor for the Texas Anti-Gang - BCSO Helicopter Project for the Texas Anti-Gang (TAG) Pilot Program in the amount of $3,000,000, and acceptance of funds if awarded. The grant term is October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026.]

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FOR THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG TAG PILOT PROGRAM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 MILLION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS.

IF AWARDED. THE GRANT TERM IS OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.

SHERIFF. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, JUDGE. COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS OUR POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT PURCHASING A HELICOPTER THANKS TO STATE GRANTS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ENTER THIS NEW ERA AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD PREVIOUSLY.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO RELY UPON OTHER PARTNERS TO TO BORROW THEIR EQUIPMENT.

AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, WHENEVER WE REALLY, TRULY NEED IT, THEY REALLY, TRULY NEED IT ON SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

AND SO NOW THIS THIS CERTAINLY OPENS US UP TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER POSSIBILITIES.

SO WE'RE HERE TODAY AND OF COURSE WE'VE GOT I'VE GOT FOLKS THAT ARE HERE THAT CAN ANSWER WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE ON THIS LINE ITEM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ? NO QUESTIONS. JUDGE, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS DURING THE BUDGET, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MOODY? SHERIFF, JUST TO CLARIFY, BASED ON THE LANGUAGE HERE, IT'S THE GRANT AND THE PILOT PROGRAM ARE WITH TAG, BUT IT'S BCSO ASSET. IT'S A BCSO ASSET THAT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF THE TAG, WHICH THE TAG TOUCHES. BASICALLY, ALL OF OUR CASES HAVE SOME SORT OF A CONNECTION TO IT.

AND SO THIS THIS WILL BE A THIS WILL BE A BCSO MARKED AND BCSO OPERATED HELICOPTER.

OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD FULL ACCESS TO IT AT THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, ACROSS LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YES, SIR. CAN YOU FLY IT ANYWHERE? WE CAN EXPLORE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, CALL FOR A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION BY SAYING AYE? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTION. GO GET THAT HELICOPTER.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE WELCOME. 105.

[105. 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 #105a. 106. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval related to authorizing Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai to execute the Texas Department of Transportation - Traffic Safety Electronic Signature Authorization Form which is necessary to receive funding under the norefusal program which provides blood draw supplies to the nurses at JIAA for blood draws in DWI cases and funds books for prosecutors.]

MR. ROBERSON. JUDGE, I THINK THIS IS JUST A FORMALITY.

I THINK THIS IS PART OF THE GRANT SUBMISSION.

AND THE AWARD. IT REQUIRES YOU TO EXECUTE A FORM TO RECEIVE THAT FUNDING, AND I'M SUBMITTING IT ON BEHALF OF THE DA'S OFFICE.

THIS ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVED.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER 106 A DISCUSSION.

[106. 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 #106a. a. Discussion and appropriate action regarding approval and execution to amend the San Antonio Lifetime Recovery agreement and revise the compensation structure from a staffing-based reimbursement model to a per-bed, per-diem reimbursement model, with a total not-to-exceed amount of $900,000. The term of this agreement is from June 10, 2025, to June 10, 2026.]

THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FROM JUNE 10TH, 2025 TO JUNE 10TH, 2026.

DOCTOR. HI, DOCTOR. ANDREA GUERRERO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR BEXAR COUNTY.

THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A CONTRACT THAT THE COURT APPROVED BACK IN JUNE.

IT IS FUNDS. IT IS FUNDED OUT OF THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS.

THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE METRIC BY WHICH WE ARE MEASURING THE WORK OF LIFETIME RECOVERY.

WE'RE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH WITH THE ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE THE METRIC FROM STAFFING AND SOME OVERHEAD TO A METRIC THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BED DAYS.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, $150 PER CLIENT PER DAY. IN TERMS OF STAFFING, IT REALLY IS A MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY.

IT'S RELATED TO QUALITY OF CARE AND PATIENT OUTCOMES, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO LIFETIME AS THEY ARE EVALUATING THEIR OWN WORK. BUT FOR US, WE WANTED THE SPECIFICITY OF MEASURING BED DAYS BECAUSE IT GOES TO UTILIZATION.

IT GOES TO CAPACITY, DEMAND AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF WHAT BEXAR COUNTY INVESTMENT IS REALLY DOING.

AND IT ALSO ADDS CONSISTENCY FOR WHAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHO CONTRACT WITH LIFETIME ARE ALSO MEASURING.

YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE USES BED DAYS.

THE $150 PER CLIENT PER BED DAY WOULD INCLUDE ROOM, BOARD, MEALS, GROUP INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING MEDICATION AND PSYCH SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT AND RECOVERY COACHING, WHICH IS ALL PART OF THE TREATMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL CLIENTS.

BUT REALLY, IT'S ENCAPSULATED IN THAT MEASUREMENT.

MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CALVERT.

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

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE WE'VE COME UP TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

KATE, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LET THE STAFF START HAVING LUNCH? AND WHILE WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE? I PRESUME WE'LL CONTINUE TO GO.

WE DON'T NEED A BREAK. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, THE TIME IS 1155.

AS IT RELATES TO ITEM 108 BEFORE CONVENING EXECUTIVE.

AND UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN DETERMINATION FOR ATTORNEY, WHICH THE COURT HAS RECEIVED, THE COURT MUST UNANIMOUSLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DELIBERATE.

AN OPEN MEETING WOULD HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE POSITION OF COMMISSIONERS COURT IN THE NEGOTIATION OF BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL ISSUES WITH THE COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD AND SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, INC.. ALL RIGHT.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO TAKE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND WE NEED A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

IS THAT CORRECT? IS THERE A MOTION SO MOVED? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MOODY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THE COURT WILL NOW CONVENE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSIONS MAY BE DISCUSSED AND ACT UPON, IF APPROPRIATE, IN OPEN SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551071.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION (DISCUSSION ONLY: CLOSED TO PUBLIC)]

SETTLEMENT OFFERS IN THE FOLLOWING MATTERS OF PACHECO VERSUS CALDERON PURSUANT TO 551.0725 TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE FOR DELIBERATION REGARDING A CONTRACT BEING NEGOTIATED SPECIFICALLY TO DELIVER A BUSINESS.

FINANCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO THE NEGOTIATION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT PROPOSED TO BE NEGOTIATED BETWEEN BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS POLITICAL SUBDIVISION COLISEUM ADVISORY BOARD AND THE SAN ANTONIO LIVESTOCK EXPOSITION, INC., A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF FREEMAN COLISEUM COMPLEX.

GROUNDS AND FACILITIES. ALL RIGHT. THE COURT IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

ALL RIGHT. LET ME GO BACK. ALL RIGHT. 12:49 P.M..

THE COURT MET IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, TOOK NO ACTION.

BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND VOTE, I JUST ASK FOR THE RECORD THAT THE.

I BELIEVE THE CLERK, THE COUNTY CLERK, ASKED THAT THE ARTWORK OR WINNER BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD.

AND SO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT ON THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CLAY-FLORES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ. COMMISSIONER. YEAH, I HAVE SOME SAD.

ALL OF OUR ADJOURNMENTS ARE SAD, BUT SOME PARTICULARLY SAD ONES.

A SENIOR AT SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT ON THE NEWS.

SHE WAS A STAR PITCHER FOR GIRLS VARSITY SOFTBALL SOFTBALL TEAM.

SHE DIED OF CANCER. SO ALSO, HER NAME IS ANGELINA.

TERESA'S ALSO ADJOURNING IN MEMORY OF HENRY CASTRO, WHO WAS AN ARMY AND AIR FORCE VETERAN FROM THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ALSO DANTE MONTOYA, WHO WAS A TEACHER AND DEFENSIVE FOOTBALL COACH AT SOUTH SAN ISD.

MR. RODRIGUEZ, THANK YOU, JUDGE, I DO HAVE A FEW CONSTITUENTS TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF EMMANUEL ZAMORA, OLGA PORTER AGUILAR AGUILAR, ELIA ROSARIO MENDOZA, LINDA MARIE GRACIA, VICTORIA ZAMBRANO, MAUREEN THERESA VAIL, AND OF COURSE YOU PROBABLY HAVE THIS ONE TO JUDGE.

FORMER COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM PRECINCT TWO, TOM STOLHANSKE, THE THE FATHER OF JUDGE TOMMY STOLHANSKE, WHO PASSED AWAY IS DAD TOM, LEGENDARY FORMER UT FOOTBALL PLAYER, NFL PLAYER, WAS A JP AND THEN SERVED IN THIS SEAT FOR 16 YEARS, I THINK, BEFORE COMMISSIONER ELIZONDO.

SO HE PASSED AWAY AS WELL. SO NOTED. COMMISSIONER MOODE.

YES. I ALSO WANTED TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF TOM SLANSKY AS AS COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ ALREADY MENTIONED HIS LEGACY AND AND SERVICE TO THE COUNTY.

AND ALSO JIM AVILA, LONGTIME JOURNALIST AND BROTHER OF NEWS FOUR REPORTER J.

EVELYN COMMISSIONER. YES, I JOINED IN RECOGNITION OF FORMER MEMBER OF THIS BODY, COMMISSIONER STOLHANSKE AND JANICE WALKER. AND I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN IN THE NAME OF ARTHUR RICKLIN, A STATESMAN AND COMMUNITY ACTIVIST HERE.

FATHER RAN, RICHLAND ATTORNEY. I'LL JOIN IN WITH THE COMMISSIONER, TOM STOLHANSKE.

AND ALSO JOHN BUD SMOTHER, THE SPOUSE OF PAT, PATRICIA PAT SMOTHERS.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.