C. County Judge will call roll, note date, time, and location of meeting, and certify a quorum is present.

[E. PUBLIC COMMENT: This section provides the public the opportunity to address the Commissioners Court on any issues within its jurisdiction. The Commissioners Court may not take formal action on any requests made during the Public Comment period which are not on the Agenda, but can refer such requests to County staff for review if appropriate.]

WOULD YOU SO GOOD AS TO -- I UNDERSTAND I HAVE ONE HAND RAISED, AND TIM I WILL GET TO YOU.

BUT FIRST, THIS MORNING, I HAVE GOT ACTUALLY TIM, YOU ARE FIRST SIGNED UP THIS MORNING. SO YOU DO GET TO GO FIRST.

CONNIE, WILL YOU PLEASE UNMUTE MR. DOWLING, AND ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOUR NAME, TIM, FOR THE RECORD STATE YOUR NAME AND

ADDRESS FOR THE CLERK. >> CERTAINLY JUDGE, TIM DOW DOWNING, 8017. BEFORE I START, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU JUDGE, AND MISS RODRIGUEZ.

THE LEADERSHIP YOU SHOWN IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL TIME OF COVID, HAVE BEEN IMPRESSIVE AND A WISE AND STEADY HAND AND MUCH APPRECIATEMY REMARKS CONCERN REDISTRICTING.

I HAVE BEEN A LAWYER FOR 40 YEARS AND LEARNED MORE ABOUT REDISTRICTING AS PART OF TEXAS ORGANIZATION AND SEMINARS.

I GAVE A TEN-PAGE MEMO FOR EACH OF YOU WHO I HOPE YOU RECEIVED.

I GAVE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND I THINK IT APPLIES TO YOU IF YOU JUST TAKE OUT THE WORD CITY AND PUT COUNTY, I THINK IT WILL WORK. ATTORNEY JOSE GARZA DIRECTLY TOLD YOU ON MAY 28 THAT YOU MUST REDISTRICT.

JULY 20 OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT YOU MUST HAVE A FAIR AND OPEN PROCESS. AS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN THE STATE, THIS BODY IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE SAME OBLIGATION. SO HOW DO YOU DO IT? YOU CAN HAVE AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, AND A PROCESS WITH THE DECISI DECISION-MAKERS OR DO A DEAL STRUCK AT A PUBLIC VIEW. THE BEST WOULD BE GO TO INDEPENDENT COMMISSION CALLED IRC.

I EXPLAINED THAT ON A PAGES 3 TO 6 OF MY MEMO, BUT BIG PICTURE IS INLAND PENT PEOPLE BALANCES DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS. THE PROCESS WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND NO MAP APPROVED WITHOUT BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FROM THE MEMBERS. IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT AND DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION, PLEASE USE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS THAT HAVE OUTLINED IN PAGES 7 AND 9 AND THE MAIN POINT, THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AN ATTORNEY WILL PREPARE PROPOSED MAP THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO SUBMIT MAPS AND IMPROVE ONE OF THE MAPS. SAVE MONEY BY SHARING THE SAME ATTORNEY AND MR. GARZA APPEARS COMPETENT IN HIS JOB.

I READ THE MEMO AND SEEMS LIKE A VERY IMPRESSIVE FELLA.

THE ONLY THING THAT TROUBLES ME THAT I READ LINES DRAWN WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT. WILL MEET WITH EACH COMMISSIONER TO, QUOTE, FIND OUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU WHICH IS HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR LINES DRAWN.

PAGE 4 OF THIS MEMO MAKES CLEAR WHY IT IS PROPOSED FOR THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND AVOID ANY ISSUES WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW. AND DISCUSS COUNTY BUSINESS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE ACT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE OF DISCUSSION WITH MR. GAR ZA AND ANY OTHER LAWYER WHEN IT IS THE COUNTY AND NOT ANY PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER ARE. IF IT DID APPLY, TO SANITIZE A OPEN RECORD VIOLATION. TALK TO COMMISSIONER A AND B.

A SAYS HE WILL MOVE HIS LINE THAT WAY IF YOU MOVE YOUR LINES THAT WAY. ONE CANNOT USE A ATTORNEY TO CIRCUMVENT. I ASK TO YOU APPROVE A IRC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND IF THAT IS NOT POP, FOR THE 2022 ELECTION.

USE IT FOR 2024 AND USE THE TRANSPARENT PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE. NO DOUBT SOME OF THE PROCEDURES IN THE MEMO WILL BE IMPROVED. DON'T LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. A MAP THAT IS PRODUCT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TALKS. AS WHERE THE DEAL STRUCK IN DARKNESS WILL SURELY DEMONSTRATE PUBLIC DISTRUST.

AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY

REMARKS. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL JUST REMIND YOU WE DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT AND AT LEAST I CAN SAY THAT WE HAVE A COPY OF YOUR HANDOUT AND APPRECIATE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. SO I WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO I HAVE LISTED AS BRIAN WATSON.

IF YOU WOULD APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, SIR.

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>> HERE? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, SIR.

THE ONE BACK THERE. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, JUDGE. MY NAME IS BRIAN WATSON.

I LIVE AT 5813 HUGO DRIVE. QUICKLY, I HAVE A HANDOUT FOR EACH OF YOU. MY CONCERN HERE TODAY IS THE SEEMING PREOCCUPATION WITH VETERANS AND THEIR CONTR CONTRIBUTIONS AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT I HAVE SOME INFORMATION HERE ON THE VIETNAM WAR WHICH I WOULD LIKE FOR EACH OF YOU TO LOOK AT. THIS IS A COPY OF A BOOK OF LINDA JOHNSON, A COPY OF THE COVER SO YOU KNOW I AM TALKING TALKING ABOUT THIS. AN EXCERPT OF THE COVER OF THE BOOK "THE SHADOWS OF POWER." THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND AMERICAN DECLINE. AND THEN THE LAST PAGE IS A COPY OF THE -- OF THE BACK -- THE COVER OF THE BOOK "DERELICTION OF DUTY." LYNDON JOHNSON, ROBERT MAK THAT MARA AND THE CHIEF JOINT OF STAFF AND LIVES THAT LED TO VIETNAM. IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AND IF YOU HAVE TIME, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AND SET THE STAGE FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT IT IS THAT VETERANS ARE DEALING WITH AND WHAT THEIR REAL NEEDS ARE.

I CERTAINLY CAN'T BLAME THAT SITUATION ON THEM.

IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. BUT - WAS TO BLAME GOT AWAY WITH IT. I SERVED IN THE NAVY FOR THREE YEARS AS AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THINGS ARE FOR THE MILITARY ALL THE TIME. SO ANYWAY, I WILL LEAVE THIS

WITH TYNER. >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, WITH TYNER. WILL YOU GRAB THAT FOR US.

THANK YOU, SIR. HE WILL MAKE SURE WE GET THEM.

APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT. THE NEXT PERSON WHO SIGNED UP IS DANIEL ZAMORA. JUST SO YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE FOLLOWED BY BOBBY CHESTNUT.

>> MY NAME IS DANIEL ZAMORA. MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE VALLEY VIEW SUBDIVISION ALSO KNOWN AS COUNTY ROAD 52 B AREA FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. BEFORE MAY 19, WE NEVER HAD FLOODWATERS COME INTO OUR HOME. WE EXPERIENCED NORMAL WEATHER EVENTS INCLUDING VERY HEAVY RAINS WITHOUT GETTING WATER INTO OUR HOMES. ON MAY 19 AND THEN AGAIN ON JULY 8 OF THIS YEAR, WATER CAME INTO OUR HOME.

TWICE IN SIX WEEKS. THE DITCHES AND CULVERTS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 52 B ARE BEING CLEANED OUT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK. SOME OF THE CULVERTS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICTED. THIS IS OR SHOULD ABNORMAL ROUTINE OF NUECES COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION SHOULD BE DOING REGULARLY. THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE AREA 52 B WHERE ALL THE WATER RUNOFF FROM THE SUBDIVISION GOES, THERE IS A SINGLE EXIT POINT THAT GOES UNDER A WATER CANAL. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE THREE TO FOUR-FOOT DIAMETER CORRUGATED METAL DRAINAGE PIPE RUNNING UNDER THE CANAL WILL BE REPLACED WITH MUCH SMALLER CONCRETE PIPES. THIS HAS SEVERELY RESTRICTED THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAN GET OUT OF OUR SUBDIVISION.

NOW WHEN THERE IS HEAVY RAINS, WATER LEVELS DO RISE AND THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING THROUGH THOSE SMATTER PIPES.

IN THE LAST 30 YEARS WITH THE SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENTS, WATER LEVELS RISE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING STORMS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY START RECEDING ONCE THE RAIN STOPS.

THAT IS PROBLEM NUMBER ONE, PROBABLY NUMBER TWO, CONSTRUCTION GOING ON NORTH OF OUR SUBDIVISION AND CONSTRUCTION HAS CAUSED DRAINAGE ISSUE BECAUSE THE RUNOFF FROM THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE GOES DIRECTLY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE COMMISSIONER AND THE ENGINEERS THAT THAT PROJECT IS BEING DONE BY THE CITY CORPUS AND THE COUNTY HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE PRO PROJECT. THAT IS THE SECOND PROBLEM.

THE THIRD PROBLEM, SUBDIVISION WEST OF OUR SUBDIVISION, FARM TO MARKET RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THERE.

THAT WATER FROM THAT SUBDIVISION ALSO FLOWS IN THREE AREAS INTO OUR SUBDIVISION. NUECES COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS SAY

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THE LAKE SUBDIVISION START OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THAT THEY HAVE NO JURISDICTION OF THEM EITHER.

WE ARE TOLD THAT THE DRAINAGE ISSUES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF FM 1889 IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND NUECES COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, AGAIN, HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I WOULD THINK THAT THE WATER COMING OVER THE ROAD, FM 1889 WOULD AT LEAST BE A SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO THESE THINGS THAT I JUST INDICATED AND WHAT SEEMS TO BE A LACK OF PLANNING AND INFORMATION BETWEEN NUECES COUNTY, THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THESE ISSUES HAVE CAUSED A DISASTER IN OUR SUBDIVISION.

WE HAVE BEEN GRACIOUSLY PROMISED BY COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE ARE SEEING THEM.

SO WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, MR. ZAMORA. MR. CHESTNUT.

THANK YOU. SO YOU SUPPORT MR. ZAMORA'S COMMENTS. WE WILL NOTE THOSE FOR THE RECORD, SIR. MISS GALLOWAY.

SORRY, PATRICIA GALLOWAY. >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA GALLOWAY, 3628 COUNTY ROAD 52 B.

MAY 19, MY HOUSE WAS FLOODED, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES THROUGH MOST OF THE HOUSE EXCEPT MY TWO BOYS' BEDROOMS. ON JULY 8, MY WHOLE HOUSE WAS FLOODED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BOYS' BEDROOM, TWICE AS MUCH WATER AS IT WAS. I WAS UP AT 3:37.

I GOT UP. I WENT BACK TO SLEEP ABOUT 4 4:45, AND I WAS LAYING ON MY COUCH IN MY LIVING ROOM.

WELL, I GOT UP ABOUT 5:45, SWUNG MY FEET OVER EDGE OF THE COUCH. I WAS ANKLE DEEP IN WATER.

I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING. AND I KICKED MY FOOT AND WATER GOES FLYING ACROSS MY LIVING ROOM.

AND I THOUGHT I AM NOT DRE DREAMING, MY HOUSE FLOODED THAT FAST I WAS ALMOST IN SHOCK TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THE FIRST FLOODING WAS BAD ENOUGH, BUT THE SECOND ONE REALLY DID A NUMBER ON ME. I TEXT MY FAMILY RIGHT AWAY AND I SAID MY HOUSE IS FLOODED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

NOBODY COULD GET TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS FLOODED.

SO ANY WAY MY POINT IS -- ANOTHER POINT IS OTHER THAN THIS HAPPENING TWICE IN TWO WEEKS I MEAN, SIX WEEKS.

WE HAD A MEETING AT -- I AM A NEIGHBOR TO DAN ZAMORA.

WE HAD A MEETING AT HIS HOUSE A COUPLE OF WEEKS -- ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I GUESS. ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS SAID THAT HE HAD CHECKED WITH THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY AND SAID THAT THE VALUE OF OUR HOME HAVE DROPPED SOMEWHERE UP TO 75%.

I AM A WIDOW. I LIVE BY MYSELF.

THIS IS ALL I HAVE IS MY HOUSE, MY CAR AND A RV.

THOSE ARE MY MAIN ASSETS. THE RV -- THE WATER IN THE BACK OF MY YARD WAS TWO-AND-A-HALF FEET DEEP.

ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RV ON THE BACK SIDE.

I AM REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VALUE OF MY HOUSE.

IF I TRIED TO SELL IT TODAY, I DON'T THINK I COULD GET $.10 FOR IT. AND I KNOW THE COUNTY IS OUT THERE WORKING TO DIG THE DITCHES OUT AND EVERYTHING, BUT I HAVE BEEN THERE 33 YEARS. HAVEN'T FLOODED.

AND THIS IS JUST DEVASTATING. IF THEY DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM, WHAT ARE WE TO DO? AND WE CAN'T SELL THE HOUSES.

I KNOW IN MY LINE, THERE ARE SIX HOUSES IN A ROW THAT ARE FLOOD IN THE INSIDE CIRCLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING Y' Y'ALL'S ATTENTION. SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE BECAUSE THIS IS -- THIS IS US.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU EVER HAD YOUR HOUSE FLOODED, BUT IT IS A DEVASTATING THING TO GO THROUGH WITH THE CLEANUP.

ALL YOUR LOSSES. IT IS DEVASTATING.

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SO ANYWAY, -- AND I WILL SEND ALL OF MY REPORT TO -- I BELIEVE IT IS DEANNA DAVIS, I THINK.

>> KING. DEANNA KING, MAN.

>> OKAY. I WILL SEND ALL OF MY -- WHEN I GET BACK TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I LOST MY COMPUTER BACK IN THE FLOOD. WHEN I GET BACK TO SCHOOL, I WILL -- TODAY I WILL SEND ALL THOSE FOLDERS TO HER.

SHE CAN LOOK AT WHAT I AM DEALING WITH.

WE FINISHED THE FIRST FLOOD REPORT INSURANCE AND NOW THEY ARE STARTING ON MY SECOND CLAIM.

ANYWAY, IT IS A MESS. AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LETTING

ME TALK TODAY. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE IS KAREN VAUGHN. AND FOLLOWED BY ROGER POWELL.

AND EXCUSE ME I JUST WANT TO SAY, AGAIN, TO REMIND THE PUBLIC WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN VIEWING.

IN PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST THE RULES OF THE GAME.

WE ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AND WE DON'T SPEAK BACK. DON'T TAKE THAT AS ANYTHING US FOLLOWING RULES, BUT I AM GOING TO INVITE YOU IF YOUR TIME PERMITS TO STAY WITH US. THE NEXT PIECE OF OUR AGENDA WILL DEAL WITH DISASTERS, FLOODS ARE A PART OF THOSE DISASTERS AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO SAY SOMETHING. THAT IS JUST IF YOUR TIME PERMITS. YES, MA'AM, GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU. KAREN VAUGHN, 3627 COUNTY ROAD 52 B. FORTUNATELY FOR ME MY HOME WAS NOT FLOODED. BUT I AM ASKING THE COURT TO CONSIDER THE COMMENTS THAT MR. ZAMORA MADE.

WHEN YOU GET IN YOUR AGENDA -- I NOTICE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE ISSUES THAT YOU JUST ST STATED, JUDGE.

REMEMBER US A AREAS IN NUECES COUNTY THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN TO DO HELP ME AND MY NEIGHBORS.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE NEXT PERSON -- YES, SIR?

ROGER POWELL. >> GOOD MORNING, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME THIS MORNING. I THINK I AM GOING TO ANSWER A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FLOODING OUT THERE.

I ALSO LIVE OFF -- I AM GOING TO READ THIS, JUDGE, AND I WILL GET TO MY ADDRESS IN MY COMMENTS.

I AM JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ IT.

AGAIN, GOOD MORNING. JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU THIS MORNING FOR LISTENING TO ME, BUT I WARN YOU UP FRONT RIGHT NOW JUDGE, YOU ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIKE ME BEFORE I GET THROUGH HERE. YOUR HONOR, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM. AND FOR THE RECORD MY HOUSE HAS BEEN FLOODED FOUR TIMES. IT'S NICE.

BUT AS I WAS SAYING, WE HAD A BIG PROBLEM IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF COUNTY. WHEN I SAY "WE,""US" A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING IN OUT THERE.

AND I MEAN A LOT OF US. JUDGE, IT USED TO BE THE COUNTRY WHEN I MOVED OUT THERE. AND FOR THE RECORD, I LIVE AT 3564 COUNTY ROAD 48, THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 77.

I HAVE LIVED THERE FOR 47 YE YEARS.

AND OUT OF THAT -- AND THAT -- I ACTUALLY LIVE BETWEEN HIGHWAY 77 AND COUNTY ROAD 188. JUDGE, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FLOODING PROBLEM 45 OF 47 YEARS THAT I LIVED THERE.

JUDGE, I AM TIRED OF HAVING WATER COME THROUGH MY HOUSE EVERY TIME IT RAINS MORE THAN FIVE INCHES.

IT IS -- IT IS NOW FLOODING IN PLACES THAT NEVER HAVE FLOODED -- NEVER HAVE. AND IT IS GETTING WORSE.

JUDGE, BY NO MEANS WAS I UNDER ANY IMPRESSION WHEN I MOVED OUT THERE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE ALL ROSES AND STUFF.

I DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE OR NOTHING LIKE THAT.

WE MOVED THERE TO RAISE OUR DAUGHTER.

TO HAVE HORSES. TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND TO BE PART OF THE 4-H AND FAA PROGRAMS. JUDGE, FIRST TIME IT FLOODED OUT THERE, I HAD BEEN THERE TWO YEARS AND THE WATER JUST CAME UP TO OUR ANKLES.

NOW IT COMES UP TO OUR KNEES AND IN SOME PLACES UP TO OUR WASTE. JUDGE, WE CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM IF ONLY SOMEONE WOULD JUST LISTEN TO ME OR US.

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JUDGE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT Y'ALL'S COMMUNITY.

THERE IS A 13-NAME PETITION BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNTY JUDGE BY THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES OFF -- WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY BEHIND THE NEW COUNTY ROAD OF 52.

ANYWAY, IT WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS FLO FLOODING.

THE COUNTY DUG A DITCH TO RELIEVE A PROBLEM.

ONLY, JUDGE, YOU CAN NOT PUT WATER -- IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR ONE COMMUNITY TO PUT WATER DOWN ON ANOTHER COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO US.

WE LIVE DOWNSTREAM FROM Y'ALL. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHEN WE BUILT THE BUILT THE NUECES COUNTY CO-OP DUG ANOTHER DITCH THROUGH A HOLDING POND AND THAT WATER IS NOW COMING DOWN ON US.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN STREAM OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 50, THEY NOW HAVE WATER COME INTO THEIR HOMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT PLUS MINE. MY WIFE AND OTHERS GOT A PETITION OF 150 NAMES. IT WAS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THAT TIME COUNTY COMMISSIONER MCKENZIE WAS OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED, NOTHING. NOTHING MORE THAN BS AND A LOT OF LIP SERVICE. AND JUDGE, HERE WE ARE.

WE ARE STILL FIGHTING THIS PROBLEM.

THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CUT DOWN 1889 FIVE FEET.

THAT HIGHWAY -- FM 189 USED TO STOP THE WATER COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION BUT WHEN THEY CUT IT DOWN FIVE FEET, IT NOW LOOKS LIKE A RAGING RIVER. WHICH ALL OF THAT COMES DOWN ON ALL OF Y'ALL AND ME. THEY ALSO DID THIS ON HIGHWAY 77, YOUR HONOR. WHEN YOU GO TO THE END OF COUNTY ROAD 48 AND 77, THEY HAVE TO BLOCK IT OFF DURING ANY KIND OF RAIN OF FIVE INCHES OR MORE BECAUSE IT FLOODS THAT HIGHWAY OR ACCESS ROAD THERE AND STOPS THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE FROM DOING BUSINESS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN'T GET IN THERE. I HAVE A CALL -- I CALL OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME KAREN VAUGHN, AND YOUR HONOR SHE DIDN'T EVEN RETURN ME THE COURTESY OF RETURNING MY PHONE CALL. THE ONLY PERSON WHOEVER TRIED TO HELP US CASS COMMISSIONER MIKE PUSLY.

EVERY TIME HE TRIED, SOMEONE OR SOMETHING STOPPED ME.

MIKE CAME TO MY HOUSE ONE DAY AND ASKED ME HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND TO HELP HIM -- OR AT LEAST SHOW HIM HOW TO RELIEVE IT. YOUR HONOR, THAT'S ALL I AM ASKING. BY NO MEANS AM I UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WILL STOP THE FLOODING OUT THERE.

I AM ASKING YOU TO DO THE WORK TO RELIEVE IT -- RELIEVE IT SIX INCHES OR SO OR A FOOT. THE OLD FARMERS THAT SHOWED ME IN -- WHAT IT WOULD TAKE AND MR. MOSLEY WAS A FARMER OUT THERE. THAT LAND IS NOW SOLD AND TURFCO GRASS COMPANY THAT GOES UNDER WATER.

JUDGE, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER MR. HERNANDEZ AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE ROADWAY FOREMAN MR. JERRY GARCIA AND I KNOW JERRY FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

HE IS REAL GOOD FRIENDS WITH MY WIFE AND EVERYTHING AND TOGETHER WE STOOD OUT IN A FLOODED ROAD.

AND WE DISCUSS THE HOW TO FIX THIS.

PROBLEM. JUDGE, IT WOULD TAKE THE HELP OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, THE CITY OF ROBS TOWN, THE D.O.T., THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND A LOT OF THE PROBLEM -- A LOT OF THIS PROBLEM IS THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE D.O.T., IT IS THEIR FOUGHT. AND, YES, JUDGE, I AM GOING TO DISCUSS SOMETHING HERE THAT NOBODY LIKES, BUT IT MAY TAKE A RAKE TO RAISE A $.05 ON EVERYBODY'S TAXES TO FORM A FLOOD COMMISSION. THEY HAD SEVERE FLOOD PROBLEMS AND HAVE A FLOODING COMMISSION AND THEY HAVE SOLVED A LOT OF

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THEIR FLOODING PROBLEMS. JUDGE, I KNOW WHEN HAVE TO INCREASE SOMEBODY'S TAXES, PEOPLE SAY HECK NO.

I GUESS WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE KINGS CROSSING AREA OR THE CREEK AREA START HAVING WATER COMING INTO THEIR HOMES AND IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE IT IS COMING -- IT HAS COME VERY CLOSE TO DOING IT. WE MIGHT GET SOMETHING DONE.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE -- IT IS GOING TO DO UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

JUDGE, MARK MY WORDS, FLOODING IS GOING TO GET WORSE.

AND IT IS ALSO GOING TO GET WORSE IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. JUDGE, I WARNED YOU FIRST AT THIS -- OF OUR LITTLE GET TOGETHER HERE TODAY THAT I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE YOU MAD. WELL, WE ARE AT THAT POINT.

JUDGE, I FOUND OUT THE OTHER DAY YOU HAVE SPENT $400,000 TO BUILD A DOG PARK AT HAZEL B BASEMORE PARK.

I HAD TO GO DOWN THERE AND SEE THIS FOR MYSELF.

FIRST OFF, JUDGE, YOU ARE BUILDING THAT PARK RIGHT NEXT TO A PLAYGROUND. MAYBE FOUR TO FIVE FEET, EIGHT FEET FROM A PLAYGROUND. SECOND, YOU ARE ONLY ABOUT FOUR FOOT OR FIVE FOOT FROM A SWING SET.

JUDGE, KIDS ARE PLAYING THERE OR WILL PLAY THERE.

YOU HAVE CREATED, TO ME, A HEALTH PROBLEM.

KIDS -- I GUARANTEE WILL YOU GO INTO THAT DOG PARK.

AND IF YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT THE HEALTH PROBLEM IS, I WILL GET INTO THAT IF YOU WANT ME TOO.

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I AM GOING TO FINISH READING MY SPEECH.

JUDGE, DON'T YOU THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE FOUND BETTER USAGE OF THAT $400,000 FOR FIXING THE FLOODING PROBLEM OR THE VERY LEAST, JUDGE, COUNTY ROADS OUT THERE -- MINE NOW -- I DON'T MEAN POTHOLES. I AM TALKING -- I MEAN TEAR THE FRONT END OF YOUR CAR -- FRONT END OFF.

HOLES IN MY ROAD NOW. THE ONLY GOD SIGN THEY ARE FIXING TO REDO THAT ROAD. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER MESS.

THAT $400,000, I THINK, COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT FIXES A LOT OF PROBLEMS. I BET HALF OF THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU SPENT $400,000 TO ME -- IN A POSITION I AM, THAT IS A STUPID THING TO DO.

THE MONEY COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ELSEWHERE.

JUDGE, I AM ASKING YOU, OUR NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME OUT AND LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO FIXING THIS PROBLEM. JUDGE, YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU MIGHT LEARN ABOUT THAT PART OF THE COUNTY.

I WILL USE MY TRUCK, MY GAS, AND JUDGE I WILL TAKE YOU AND WHOEVER ELSE MIGHT COME. I MIGHT EVEN TAKE YOU OUT TO

LUNCH. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WOULD LIKE

THAT. >> I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH ONE MORE THING, JUDGE. AND I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS BUT I AM. A WISE MAN ONCE SAY BEES DON'T WASTE THEIR TIME EXPLAINING TO FLIES WHY HONEY IS BETTER THAN CRAP. AND, YOUR HONOR, THAT IS WHAT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN GETTING FOR 47 YEARS.

JUST A BUNCH OF CRAP. PLEASE COME OUT AND LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO FIX THIS. ALL I WANT TO DO IS SHOW YOU PERSONALLY OR SOMEBODY, MR. HERNANDEZ.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHOW HIM EXACTLY.

AND OUR PROBLEM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STARTS AT YOUR PLACE AND GOES ALL THE WAY SO VIOLET. THEY GOT TO FIX THE PROBLEM ALL THE WAY TO THERE. BUT AS WELL AS EVERYBODY SITTING HERE KNOWS WHAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE.

MONEY. THAT IS ALL IT TAKES.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. >> TO LISTENING.

HOPE YOU DIDN'T GET TOO MAD AT ME.

>>JUDGE CANALES: NO, I DIDN'T. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND AT THIS TIME, CONCLUDES WHAT I HAVE, TYNER, ON MY SHEET AND I WILL TAKE A QUICK LOOK AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NOBODY -- WELCOME.

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NOBODY ONLINE THAT IS WAITING. IF YOU ARE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND BY USING YOUR VIRTUAL H HAND.

SEEING NONE, I AM GOING TO MOVE TO AT LEAST ASK, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE COURT ROOM AT THIS MOMENT WHO IS HERE IN RECOGNITION OF ONE OF OUR RESOLUTIONS FOR MY FRIEND GUS

CARGILE? >> I WAS TOLD BY HUGO THAT

LINDA IS NOT GOING TO COME. >>JUDGE CANALES: IS NOT CO COMING. FOR JUDGE THAT NEEDS TO -- I WILL POSTPONE THAT LATER IN THE AGENDA.

IT IS IT IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN SKIP IT FOR RIGHT NOW. SO I AM SKIPPING ITEM F 1.

AND I AM GOING TO SKIP, DALE, WITH YOUR BLESSING G 1 AND GIVE BACK TO IT TO GIVE IT ITS PROPER.

AND I WILL GET TO GENERAL INFORMATION REPORTS.

MELISSA, ON A TIME CONSTRAINT AND WILL DO A LITTLE BIT.

LET'S LET ANNETTE GO FIRST TO LET HER GET BACK TO THE PUBLIC PUB BUSINESS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SEE IF YOU TALK OF THE TWO DISASTER DECLARATIONS OF FLOODING.

WHILE THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE HERE, THEY NEED TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WE CAN AT LEAST MAKE SOME COMMENT, ALTHOUGH I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

THANK YOU FOR SIGNING UP. AND NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ADDRESS. I WILL HAVE IT ON A PRESENTATION OF AUGUST 4, AUGUST 4 IS THE NEXT COURT.

I WILL LET YOU MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION AND INVITE THE PUBLIC BACK, PARTICULARLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME.

AND THIS WILL GIVE US SOME TIME TO VISIT WITH THEM INDIV INDIVIDUALLY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A GOAL OF MINE.

IF YOU SIGN UP AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT FLOODING, MELISSA AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU. AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION SO WE CAN PROVIDE WITH YOU ACCURATE, UPDATED, YOU KNOW, INFO.

I AM NOT GOING TO ADDRESS THE DOG PARK BECAUSE THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME. AND I ONLY WISH I HAD THAT KIND OF POWER MOMENTARILY THAT I WOULD DO ALL THESE THINGS ALL BY MYSELF. BUT THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS.

IT TRULY IS A DEMOCRACY UP HERE AND WE GOVERN AS A WHOLE.

BUT I CAN ADDRESS FLOODING AND I AM THE MANAGE MANAGER AND I

[1. Discuss the COVID-19 response, plans for COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, alternative care sites, Governor Orders, Supreme Court Orders, amended Orders, and activities related to are economic recovery, administration of Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP); receive update from the Nueces County Emergency Operations Center.]

WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT IN THE GENERAL INFORMATION REPORT.

ANNETTE, START WITH COVID. AND AGAIN NOT TO CUT YOU SHORT, BUT IF YOU GIVE US THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

WE KNOW WE NEED TO HIT HIGH POINTS.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE US THROUGH THOSE AND GREAT TO DISASTER.

>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. IT WILL BE A QUICK UPDATE.

I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION BUT I WILL MAKE IT QUICK.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ON THE FIRST SLIDE, WHAT I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT FOR NUECES COUNTY, FOR FULLY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE 40.44%, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE UNITED STATES AT 44% AND MORE THAN THE STATE OF TEXAS WHICH IS AT 39%. SO THE GOOD NEWS HERE THOUGH IS THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER 300,000, JUDGE -- 303,000 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED WITH AT LEAST ONE DOSE.

WE JUST NEED FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO GET THEIR SECOND VACCINE AND HAVE MORE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PROTECTED.

NEXT SLIDE. THE OTHER PART OF THAT I WANTED TO MENTION THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET VACCINATED AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IS 12 YEARS AND UP AT 47% OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE IN NUECES COUNTY THAT ARE VACCINATED. THAT IS 47%.

AND THEN FOR THE VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT, 65 YEARS AND UP OR CLOSER TO 72% FULLY VACCINATED. SO WITH THAT SLIDE, I WANTED TO DO A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE HAD OUR FIRST PEEK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. OUR SECOND PEEK WAS IN JANUARY RIGHT AFTER THE VACCINES WERE RELEASED.

AND WE STARTED HURRYING TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE VACCINATED AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS STARTED COMING DOWN AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAD SOME CONTROL OVER THIS VIRUS.

I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, JUNE AND JULY.

IF YOU LOOK AT JUNE AND JULY AND YOU PULL THOSE OUT, IN JUNE, IT LOOKED LIKE WE ARE DOING OKAY, 200, 200, 162.

THEN FOURTH OF JULY WEEK, ABOUT 200 CASES OF COVID-19.

THEN WHAT HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK LATER.

WHAT HAPPENED WAS 100% INCREASE IN COVID CASES.

THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE IN T THEED, -- WHAT WE NOTICED.

WE NOTICED A BLIP AND KEPT A CLOSE EYE ON IT.

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WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WAS ON WHAT WAS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT IS REALLY TROUBLESOME ON JULY 8, WE NOTICED PLATEAUING AROUND 20, 30 HOSPITALIZATIONS A DAY FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO AND WE NOTICED ON JULY 8, WE JUMPED UP TO 42 HOSPITA HOSPITALIZATIONS IN ONE DAY. AND THE NUMBERS CONTINUED TO RISE TO 44, 49, 50, 57 TO 5, AND YESTERDAY THEY WERE AT 69 HOSPITALIZATIONS. SO THE HOSPITALIZATIONS WAS AN INCREASE OF 245% AND THE ICU CASES WAS AN INCREASE OF 155%.

SO THAT IS VERY CONCERNING. SO WHAT WE REALLY BELIEVE IS THAT THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY WAS PROBABLY THE CULPRIT COMBINED WITH PROBABLY A MORE VIRULENT VIRUS THIS IS CIRCULATING HERE WHICH IS THE DELTA VARIANT.

WHILE WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN IDENTIFICATION THAT WE DO HAVE DELTA HERE IN NUECES COUNTY, WE DO BELIEVE THAT LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS THAT DELTA IS HERE AND CIRCULATING IN NUECES

COUNTY. >>JUDGE CANALES: JUST EXPLAIN VERY QUICKLY WHY WE DON'T KNOW. EXPLAIN HOW THE STATE TESTS AND HOW WE DON'T TEST FOR DELTA, HOW IT GOES TO THE STATE.

PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT. >> THAT'S CORRECT.

FOR THE VARIANT -- THERE IS A LOT OF, THE ALPHA, BETA, THE EPSILON, THE -- THERE ARE TEN VARIANTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. WHEN WE TEST, WE TEST AND TELL YOU ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, BUT WE CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT VARIANT YOU HAVE. WE CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE COVID-19. IN ORDER TO KNOW WHICH VARIANT IT HAS TO BE GENE ESEQUENCED AND SENT OFF TO THE STATE AND SENDING OUT FIVE SAMPLES A WEEK AND THE STATE TESTS ABOUT 5% TO 10%. AND NOW MOVED TO 15% AND TRYING TO GET TO 20% OF TESTING OF ALL THE TEST SHE IS RECEIVED WILL DO A SAMPLING FOR G GENOSEQUENCING TO FIND OUT WHICH ONES HAVE THE VARIANT. THEY STOPPED THAT ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW HAVE A CASE AND IT LOOKS CONCERNING AND WE HAVE ONE LIKE FROM A CAMP.

WE HAVE SOME CAMPS OVER THE SUMMER AND THERE WERE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL AND WARRANTED SENDING IT OUT FOR GENOSEQUENCING AND WE STENT TO THE STATE TO DO THAT.

IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR >> IF YOU HAVE BOTH VACCINES FOR PFIZER AND MODERNA, IT LOOKS LIKE ACCORDING TO THE PFIZER STUDIES, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE AT 8% PROTECTION.

IF YOU ONLY HAVE THE ONE VACCINE, YOU ARE CLOSER TO 33% PROTECTION AGAINST THE DELTA. SO NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE. AND WHAT I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS THAT PEOPLE WHO GET VACCINATED CAN HAVE COVID-19.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE WHAT WE CALL A BREAKTHROUGH CASE AND THEY CAN END UP WITH COVID-19. BUT WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE MILD TO MODERATE SYMPTOMS. THAT MEANS THE VACCINES ARE WORKING AND THAT IS THE REALLY GOOD NEWS. SO WHAT WE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW IS -- WE ARE FOLLOWING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN NUECES COUNTY ARE FROM THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED. THOSE 145,000 INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE SEEN 145 BREAKTHROUGH CASES WHICH IS ABOUT .1% OF THE FULLY VACCINATED. OF THOSE 145, 16 HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED. AND FOUR HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED AWAY. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE THAT WE KNOW HAVE PASSED AWAY.

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THEY HAD OTHER -- >>JUDGE CANALES:

CO-MORBIDITIES. >> CO-MORBIDITIES, CANCER, THERE IS ONE THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY THAT WE KNOW OF.

THE VACCINE OF THE 145, 67 RECEIVED MODERNA VACCINE.

51 THE PFIZER AND 26 THE J & J. THAT IS ALL I HAVE IF YOU HAVE

ANY QUESTIONS. >>JUDGE CANALES: I WILL OFFER COMMISSIONERS TO ASK ANY QUESTION AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM MELISSA KNOW.

AND WE ARE STILL VACCINATING EVERY SINGLE DAY AT LA PAP PALMERA MALL. THE MALL IS OPEN, WE ARE OPEN.

AND SO EASY AND CONVENIENT. ALL THREE VACCINES ARE AVAILABLE AND ANNETTE AND I AND THE CITY AND CHRISTUS OUR COUNTY HEALTH PROVIDER ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY AND I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE A PUBLIC MESSAGING CAMPAIGN.

THE WHY. THERE IS ALWAYS A WHY.

WHY YOU DECIDE MAKING THE BEST DECISION FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. WE ARE NOT HERE TO PUSH ANYBODY AND ASK YOU WHAT IS YOUR WHY. WE ALL HAVE GOT ONE AND NICE TO SHARE. THIS PUBLIC MESSAGING CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED VERY SOON. MY HOPE IS NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON IT.

AND WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR CHILDREN.

WE KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO GIVE US GUIDANCE THROUGH THE STATE, THROUGH CDC, AND WE BELIEVE THAT CHILDREN UNDER 12 WILL BE GETTING A VACCINATION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND, THEREFORE, THAT MEANS WE HAVE A NEW ROLE AND A NEW RESPONSIBILITY AND WE NEED FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE

PREPPING FOR THAT. >> YES, FIVE TO 11 YEARS OF AGE LOOKS LIKE MID-SEPTEMBER THE VACCINE WILL BE READY.

FROM SIX MONTHS TO FOUR YEARS OF AGE, LOOKS LIKE MID-WINTER.

YES, WE WILL CONTINUE TO VACCINATE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU, MAGGIE.

OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE AND WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THIS IS A GOOD PRESENTATION.

IT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU, COMMISSIONERS, TO STUDY AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO BRING YOU THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND TRANSPARENT INFORMATION. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, WE WILL PAUSE. AND WE WILL ASK MELISSA TO -- TO COME IN AND ANNETTE, WE WILL DO MORE COVID DISCUSSIONS MOST LIKELY, BUT WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK TO PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND, AGAIN, OUR GRATITUDE. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. JUNLZ JUDGE MELISSA, I AM GOING TO HAVE YOU SKIP ITEMS 2 AND 3 UNDER GENERAL INFORMATION

[4. Discuss and consider May and July 2021 Flooding and Rain Events recovery; receive update from Emergency Management department, staff; and related matters.]

REPORT AND MOVE STRAIGHT TO THE MAY AND JULY 2021 FLOODING AND RAIN EVENTS AND GET THE UPDATE. THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, MELISSA MUGI A EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND SHE WILL WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU HAVE HER NUMBER TO CAPTURE YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA AND SHE CAN BE A GOOD RESOURCE FOR US.

MELISSA, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR ONE MORE MOMENT.

MISS DORSEY I MAY A PROMISE TO A JUDGE AT 10:00.

CAN YOU BUY US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

MELISSA, PLEASE CONTINUE UNTIL I FORCE TO YOU STOP OR PAUSE.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYBODY HERE TODAY REGARDING THE FLOODING IN NUECES COUNTY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE FIRST STEP IS THE DOCUMENTATION SIDE. OBVIOUSLY WE ARE IN A PINCH ON THESE EVENTS AS THEY ARE LOCALLY DECLARED AND VICE PRESIDENT BEEN DECLARED FURTHER THAN THAT BY THE STATE OR OBVIOUSLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

OBVIOUSLY THESE NORMAL PROGRAMS THAT OPEN DURING A FEDERAL DISASTER -- AFTER A DISASTER I SHOULD SAY THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE RECOVERY PROCESS WOULD OPEN AND WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO YOU GO THROUGH THAT.

NOW WE ARE NOT SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE NOT SEEING THESE TWO EVENTS BEING DECLARED OR BEING TALKED ABOUT BEING DECLARED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN -- AND HATE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHERED INTO EVENT.

THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THOSE TROPICAL SYSTEMS AND THERE IS POTENTIAL THERE TO HAVE ANOTHER EVENT WHICH IS GOOD FOR YOU TO BE AWARE OF AND CONSCIOUS OF BUT ALSO KNOW THAT THAT KIND OF BRINGS UP THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO CLUMP ALL OF THESE EVENTS TOGETHER AND GET THAT DECLARATION.

NOTHING ABOUT THAT IS GUARANTEED AND A POSSIBILITY AND WHAT HAPPENED IN 2015 WHEN THE FLOODS WERE FEDERALLY DECLARED. ONE SUGGESTION TO YOU RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE IT IS OPEN, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THAT DECLARATION, YOU CAN GO TO WWW.TETUM.TEXAS.GOV AND START THE INITIAL PROCESS OF UPLOADING PHOTOS AND DOCUMENTATION. ANYTHING YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR AND HAVE THE RECEIPTS, ALL THAT CAN BE UPLOADED.

THAT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU OTHER THAN GET YOU PREPARED IF THERE IS A DECLARATION OR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

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WHERE IT HELPS YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL, IT IS KEEPING YOU IN TRACK ON THE RECOVERY PROCESS ON YOUR OWN.

WE HAVE A GREAT SOCIAL SERVICE AND GREAT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE USED TO HELPING YOU RECOVER AFTER HURRICANES AND VERY SIMILAR DAMAGES FROM STORM SURGE -- EXCUSE ME, FROM STORM SURGE FOR HAVING FLOODWATERS ENTER YOUR HOME. VERY SKILLED ORGANIZATIONS.

AND IN OUR OFFICE WILL HELP YOU IF YOU FIND THAT PROCESS

FRUSTRATING AND OR CHALLENGING. >> ABSOLUTELY.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE BACK PAGE OF MY UPDATE NOTES HERE, I WROTE ALL OF YOUR NAMES, YOUR ADDRESSES AND SOME OF THE STATEMENTS YOU MADE SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS ON FILE IN OUR OFFICE. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO URGE EVERYBODY, WHETHER IT IS THE FLOODING, A HURRICANE, A WINTER STORM. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE.

AGAIN, I AM MELISSA MUGIA, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE COUNTY. WE TRY DO OUR BEST TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMISSIONER.

THEY CALL US WHEN THEY HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ARE, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO REACH OUT TO US.

>> MY OFFICE NUMBER 361-8 361-888-0513.

AND SINCE WE ARE NOT ALWAYS SILTING RIGHT AT OUR DESK, MY CELL PHONE 361-533-2355. AND THIS IS A 24-7 HOUR PHONE.

FEEL FREE AT ANY TIME TO REACH OUT TO US AND GOT MORE INFORMATION SPEAKING IN PUBLIC COMMENT THAN DELIVERED BY PHONE ALWAYS AND COMMISSIONERS TELLING ME THERE IS AREA OF CONCERN. SUPER IMPORTANT OF INDIVIDUALS AND RESIDENTS OF NUECES COUNTY TO REACH OUT TO US.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AT LEAST STARTING THOSE PROCESSES, CONNECT YOU WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, GIVE YOU WHATEVER GUIDANCE GUIDE GUIDANCE YOU CAN AND START THE PROCESS OF GETTING ASSISTANCE. I DON'T WANT TO SEE US HAVE ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, FLOOD OCCURRENCE AND SO VERY LIKELY AND AT THIS POINT WE HAVE TO WILL HE COVER AS INDIVIDUALS AND IF THERE IS ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT OCCURS THAT KIND OF COMPILES AND ADDS TO THIS, THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MORE HELP TO OPEN. BUT AT THIS TIME, THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE, JUDGE. WE DO HAVE SOME RAIN IN THE FORECAST, SCATTERED RAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BUT IT IS NOT LOOKING LIKE IT IS GOING TO DROP A LOT -- A LARGE AM

AMOUNT. >> IF YOU CAN JUST STAY RIGHT THERE. USE OUR FEW MINUTES BEFORE.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK, FOLKS.

BUT LET ME HAVE YOU STAY THERE AND HELP ME ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THIS AUDIENCE WANTS TO HEAR.

NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO HELP YOU.

I AM LOOKING AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO CAME HERE TODAY.

AND IT IS NOT JUST A WANT, IT IS A WANT BACKED WITH ACTION.

SINCE I TOOK OFFICE HERE, OUR -- WE HAD THREE MAIN PRIORITIES. ONE FOR ME WAS MODERNIZATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE SECOND WAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND THIRD WAS DRAINAGE. WE WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY.

DECEMBER 2019, THIS COURT -- NOT EXACTLY THIS COURT, BUT ALMOST THIS COURT BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAKE-UP HIRED AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD OF MASTER DRAINAGE BUT WENT OUT FOR A BIG GRANT.

YOUR PROBLEM IS JUST AS IF PERFECTLY DESCRIBED, YOU SAID THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOODING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

WELL, IT IS EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT.

IT IS THAT WATER SHED IS FL FLOODING THIS WATER SHED THAT IS FLOODING THIS WATER SHED THAT IS FLOODING ALL OF THEM TO BOFFIN BAY. IT TOOK YOU -- MIND YOU WE DID THIS DURING COVID. TOOK US A WHILE AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE SIGNING THAT PAPERWORK.

GETTING $2.7 MILLION, AND WE ARE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WATER FLOW. NOW I KNOW THAT IS NOT THAT COMFORTABLE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT A STUDY AND YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN 3-D MODELING AND SOLVE THE OVERALL PROBLEM LONG TERM. AND THAT'S WHY YOUR IDEA AND NOTIONS ARE VERY FASCINATE BEING A CONCEPT THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED MANY, MANY TIMES WHICH IS A COMPREHENSIVE TRI-COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT THAT DEALS WITH THE WATER SHEDS. WE DO HAVE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS, BUT THEY ARE VERY ISOLATED. I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE HE IS SIGNED UP HERE AND THAT MEANS HE CARES, THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CAME AND WAS GOING -- HE WAS GOING TO KIND OF ANSWER YOU. THAT IS USUALLY NOT HOW WE DO IT. WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS HAVE HIM LISTEN TO YOU, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, AND THEN BRING ALL OF US THE PRESENTATION THAT WILL GET US THE ANSWERS AND ACTION THAT WE NEED. AND THESE FLOODS -- THE REASON MELISSA IS SAYING PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOS BECAUSE I DECLARE A DISASTER. THAT IS THE ROLE I HAVE UNDER THE GOVERNMENT -- TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 418.

WHEN I SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY -- WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN

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MAY AND HAPPENING IN JULY, WE DECLARED LOCAL DISASTERS.

WHY? TO AVAIL OURSELVES OF MORE RESOURCES. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? EQUIPMENT, PUMPS, MONEY. IT MEANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELPING AND NOT HELPING. AND I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY HERE ALL DAY, BUT TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE LATE ON THE AGENDA, CAN TAKE A LOOK, FOLKS FROM NUECES RIVER AUTHORITY AND HELP THE CITY OF DRISCOL AND BANQUETT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROBLEMS TOO. I HAVEN'T VISITED WITH YOU PERSONALLY AND I CAN TELL THAT YOU WE WALKED THOSE STREETS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THIS PHENOMENAL, UNBELIEVABLE HISTORIC TRI-COUNTY, WE DIDN'T DO IT JUST IN ISOLATION. WE GOT IT FROM THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THEY HIRED THEIR OWN FOLKS BECAUSE YOU ARE RIGHT. YOU KNOW WHO IS NEXT? OSO IS NEXT. HOW CLOSE THEY CAME? BY THE HAIR OF THEIR CHINNY CHIN CHIN.

OKAY. I PROMISE YOU I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND THERE ARE QUICK FIXES.

BUT THE BIG FIX IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE A AND VERY DETAILED AND DOES REQUIRE SOPHISTICATED MODELING AND ENGINEERING. WHY? BECAUSE MELISSA IS AN EXPERT IN EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AND WHAT SHE KNOWS AND SHE EDUCATES OUR TEAM ABOUT IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS HOW -- WHY IS IT HE HAS LIVED THERE FOR 45 YE YEARS. ALL OF YOU HAVE LIVED THERE.

DON'T YOU SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT? IT IS A PARTISAN EARN AND A TREND.

AND -- IT IS A PATTERN AND A TREND AND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT. NOT JUST EXTREME WEATHER.

IT IS MORE BUILDING. MORE CONCRETE.

ASK YOURSELF WHY HOUSTON HAS THE CONCRETE FLOODING THEY HAVE. WHAT I AM TRYING TO TELL YOU IS, CHANGE HAS EVOLVED OVER DECADES AND WE EXPECT DIG OUT BY DIGGING CULVERTS. CLEANING YOUR CULVERTS AND OPENING PIPES WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

A ACCOUNT ENGINEER HAS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, VISITED WITH ME WHILE YOU WERE TALKING AND HE WANTS TO COME BACK, INVITE YOU BACK IF YOU WERE WILLING ON AUGUST 4.

IF YOU CAN'T COME HERE, WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE FROM YOUR HOME. ALL YOU NEED IS A COMPUTER OR A PHONE. HE WANTS TO PRESENT SOME ACTION ITEMS HE CAN AT LEAST START. THEY ARE BAND-AIDS.

THE BIG THING WHAT WE ARE DOING AND IT IS REALLY IMPACTFUL AND WE WANT TO YOU GET INVOLVED. IF IT TAKES COMING OUT TO YOU AND SHARING WITH YOU AND WHILE I AM AN ENGINEER, I DRILLED WELLS FOR A LIVING, NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT WE HAVE CIVIL ENGINEERS AS EXPERTS. THE COUNTY WILL BE LISTENING AND IN ACTION MODE AND I AM WORRIED FOR YOU WHAT MELISSA SAID, AS QUICK AS WE WANT TO BE, WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOU OF THE FUTURE FLOODS. THAT IS WHY HAVING HER NUMBER IS CRITICAL. WE CAN'T PUMP OUR WAY OUT OF EVERYTHING, BUT SOMETIMES PUMPS CAN HELP.

CLEANING CULVERTS, OPENING THESE PIPES.

SAME THING HAPPENS IN PORT ARAN US IS.

THE SAME THING -- PORT ARANSUS. THE SAME THING IN LONDON AFFECTING OUR COUNTY THE WAY IT HAS NEVER DONE BEFORE, GRANDE, ROBS TOWN UNDER WATER. WE WERE -- WE HAD OUR HANDS FULL WITHIN THOSE SIX WEEKS. I AM ADVOCATING FOR THE GOVERNOR WHO WILL BE IN TOWN SOON TO DECLARE THIS A DISASTER. WHY? BECAUSE IT KEEPS GOING UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.

WE TALKED TO OUR CONGRESSMAN. THE MORE WE GET THE DECLARATION OF THE COMBINED FLOODS, THE BETTER HELPS US HELP PEOPLE LIKE NUECES RIVER AUTHORITY OR YOU AS INDIVIDUALS, MAKE NO MISTAKE, IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY, NOBODY IS ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. NOTHING IS SAYING HOW MUCH DOES IT COST. WE ARE COMING TO HELP YOU.

WE HAVE HIGH WATER VEHICLES. WE HAVE EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE PREPOSITIONED CONTRACTS, AND WE HAVE A STAFF OF EMERGENCY MA MAJORS INCLUDING MYSELF THAT PUT THEIR BOOTS ON AND WE WILL BE THERE. WE HAVE DONE THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. WE ARE -- WE ARE TRULY HANDS ON. YOU MAY NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO THE REST OF THIS, BUT WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE.

PLEASE MEET MELISSA MOGIA. PLEASE MEET HER AND EXCHANGE

CARDS. >> JUDGE, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE -- WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT ON AN ITEM THAT IS PERTINENT. WE RECEIVED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE -- FOR THE COVID RELIEF. AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS THE GENTLEMAN SAID, EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY AND WE HAVE THESE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE COUNTY, BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY CAN BE USED FOR

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DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND I MET WITH THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USE ON THAT AND SAID IN MY PRECINCT BECAUSE I REPRESENT THE LONDON AREA HAVING -- MAYBE NOT AS BAD AS YOU ARE, BUT HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I AM SURE THE REST OF THE COURT AS TOLD THIS GROUP AND OUR PRIORITY FOR MONEY ARE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS AND WE GOT THEM ALL OVER AND FUNDS AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN USE FOR DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND THAT WE HAVE.

ALSO CONTRACTED TO DO A BIG DRAINAGE STUDY.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE STUDIES AND MORE STUDIES, YOU HAVE TO DO THE STUDIES TO APPLY FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDS AND SOME OF THE FUNDING MECHANISM. DRAINAGE -- I WON'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE. BUT EVERYBODY ON THE COURT SAYS THAT DRAINAGE IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN NUECES COUNTY AND WE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND LOOKING AT SERIOUSLY DOING IT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY NOT AFFECT YOU, BUT HAVE AFFECTED THE LONDON AREA IS THE COUNTY ENGINEER TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO SAID HEY, COMMISSIONER, WE WILL INCREASE THESE STANDARDS WHERE DEVELOPERS CAN'T DEVELOP AREAS WITHOUT DEVELOPING TO A 1 100-YEAR FLOOD. WHICH MEANS ALL THE AREAS BEING DEVELOPED IN NUECES COUNTY NOW INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING TO A F FIVE-YEAR FLOOD WHICH IS WHAT SOME OF HAVE BEEN BEFORE.

HAVE TO DEVELOP TO A 100-YEAR FLOOD.

AND WHAT WE HAVE JUST GOT IT A 150-YEAR FLOOD AND THE RAINS ARE UNBELIEVABLE. WE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN OUR AMOUNT OF RAIN FOR ENTIRE YEAR AND SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT AND NOT MAKING THAT AS AN EXCUSE.

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY YEAR AND WANT THE PEOPLE KNOW NOT ONLY PEOPLE SITTING HERE BUT OUT THERE LISTENING, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOT WORKING ON.

WE ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED AS A COURT OF DOING AND IMPROVING DRAINAGE ALL OVER. AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN.

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A PETITION SINCE MCKENZIE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHEN MCKENZIE WAS IN OFFICE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WITH BOB BARNES.

THIS IS NOT A LIP SERVICE ISSUE FOR US.

WE WILL SEE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SPENT IN THIS COUNTY IMPROVING DRAINAGE, I BELIEVE, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

BUT WE HAD TO GET IT FIRST. WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE FUNDS OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST TO GO -- IT IS NOT TO RAISE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ACTUALLY IT MAY BE A BILLION DOLLAR PROBLEM IN NUECES CO COUNTY.

NOT $.050, IT IS WAY MORE THAN THAT.

WE HAD TO GO AND LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE FUND SOURCES NOT JUST RAISING TAXES BUT OTHER SOURCES.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE HEAR YOU AND WE COULDN'T MAKE COMMENT DURING YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT BELIEVE ME I AM LISTENING NO LIP SERVICE.

I DON'T KNOW PERSONALLY WITH YOUR PROBLEM.

AND I THINK YOU WILL FIND HIM NOT TO BE SOMEBODY TO GIVE YOU LIP SERVICE BUT WORK HIS TAIL OFF.

THAT IS WHAT I FOUND FROM THE TIME I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW HIM.

I HAVE RATION FROM E-MAILS OF PEOPLE IN MY PRECINCT INVOLVING THIS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOCKED IN ON DRAINAGE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU MAY HAVE A QUICK FIX, SIR. AND IF YOU DO, COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ WILL LOOK AT IT AND BRING IT BACK TO US.

WE DON'T HAVE A QUICK FIX FOR THE COUNTY AND SICK AND TIRED OF WATCHING IT. SCHOOLS FLOOD IN LONDON AND NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ME, IT IS TOUGH.

THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HANDLE THE AREA AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AREAS IN THE ETJ, BUT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN US IN AREAS LIKE YOURS FOR FACT THAT THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS THAT HAPPEN IN OTHER PLACES AFFECT, ALL FLOW DOWNSTREAM KIND OF THING AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO DO IT AND JUST NOT SOMETHING WE ARE GIVING LIP SERVICE TOO.

WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON IT. WE SPENT ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF TIME ALREADY AS A COURT, AND, AGAIN, THAT DRAINAGE STUDY MAY BE LIKE HERE WE GO. BUT A 2.7 MILLION DRAINAGE STUDY, JUDGE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE ONCE WE HAVE THAT IN PLACE AND SHOW WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW, BUT WE SHOW IT IN A FORM THAT IS IN A LEGITIMATE STUDY, WE CAN GO APPLY FOR FUNDS WE CAN'T GET RIGHT NOW AND APPLY FOR GRANTS THAT WE CAN'T GET RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE A DRAINAGE STUDY AND AN UP-TO-DATE ONE. THE LAST ONE WAS 15, 20 YEARS AGO. MAYBE MACK IN MCKENZIE, I DON'T KNOW. I AM VERY SORRY FOR YOUR ISSUE AND WE WILL TRY EVERYTHING WE CAN TO HELP YOU.

BUT PLEASE, AS THE JUDGE SAID, PLEASE GET WITH MELISSA.

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NOT A LONG-TERM FIX BUT WAYS TO HELP YOU IF YOU CALL AND LET THEM KNOW TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP ON A TEMPORARY BASIS WHEN THINGS HAPPEN. I KNOW IT IS NOT A LONG-TERM SOLUTION, BUT UNTIL A LONG-TERM SOLUTION GETS IN PLACE WE WANT TO HELP YOU ON THE SHORT-TERM SOLUTION.

>> REAL QUICK ON THAT NOTE, COMMISSIONER.

I WANT TO BRING OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN FOR 2022.

AND THIS IS GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW PARTNERS TO BE ADDED SPECIFICALLY TO THE PLAN.

THIS OPENS UP GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND BRINGS KIND OF A COHESION BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS ON THE PLAN AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN ADD ON.

SO WE ARE REACHING OUT TO THE WATER DISTRICTS, THE NUECES RIVER AUTHORITY TO JOIN IN ON OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN TO MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER AS IT PERTAINS TO FLOODING AND THE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS PUTTING SUMMARIES FOR PROJECTS THAT I BELIEVE.

THESE FUNDS SHOULD GO TOWARD. SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT REALLY DO HAVE TO DO WITH FLOODING AND FLOOD CONTROL.

WE ARE DEFINITELY THINKING ABOUT IT AND DEFINITELY LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL WAYS TO BRING THIS KIND OF COORDINATED EVIDENT TO FIX THE FLOODING HERE IN NUECES COUNTY.

>> I SPOKE TO A LOT OF THESE FOLKS OVER THE WEEKEND AND WALKED THOSE AREAS. AND WE PROMISED Y'ALL THAT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU RELIEF AS BEST AS WE COULD.

WHEN CALLED ME AND SAID I NEED TWO GRADE -- THE ONLY PLACE TO GET THEM WAS IN SAN ANTONIO. WE NEED TO GET THEM THERE.

HE TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE MONETARILY.

I GOT WITH MISS CARMICHAEL AND MISS KING, ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, TOLD ME WHAT I COULD USE.

I CALLED ONE AND SAID -- GET THOSE THERE AND THE MONEY WILL BE PULLED OUT OF THIS BUDGET. I HOPE YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY ARE WORKING OUT THERE AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO ALLEVIATE YOUR PROBLEM. AND ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE RAINY SEASON AND HURRICANES. WE ARE IN THE HURRICANE SEASON.

SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AND WITH ALL OF US.

AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND DO THE BEST WE CAN. THAT I CAN PROMISE.

THANK YOU. >>JUDGE CANALES: MELISSA, THANK YOU AGAIN AND COMMISSIONER CHESNEY FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WHOLE WORKSHOP OF HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE THAT AMERICAN RELIEF PLAN ACT. WE WILL INVITE YOU BACK AND CAPTURE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS IS HAPPENING. COMMISSIONER CHESNEY IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO GIVE COUNTIES MONEY, THEY BASICALLY GAVE US ARENAS.

THEY SAID WATER, WASTEWATER AND BROADBAND FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WAS SO BROAD, IT DIDN'T QUITE TELL US WHETHER DRAINAGE OR DRAINAGE PROJECTS WOULD BE ALLOWED.

BUT I GET TO SAY THIS. YOU ARE HEARING IT AND THEY ARE HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IN CHARGE OF ARPA AND PUT THAT QUESTION TO HIM.

AND HE SAID HE WOULD GIVE US AN ANSWER.

MY PERCEPTION THAT HE FELT VERY STRONG THAT DRAINAGE MADE WHAT WE CALL "COMMON SENSE,"YOU KNOW.

AND HE WAS GOING TO GET US A REALLY FORMAL WRITING, BECAUSE UNTIL I GET THAT PERMISSION, THEN THE AUDITOR WILL SAY YES, TREASURY SAID YOU CAN SPEND ON DRAINAGE, BUT WILL IS HERE TO SPEND ON PROJECT THAT CAN MAKE THE MOST DIFFERENCE TO DO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY, AND AT LEAST -- AND A BIG -- A BIG FACTOR. THE MONEY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATED BUT CHOOSING THE RIGHT WAY TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM AND NOT HURTING SOMEBODY DOWN STREAM IS CRITICAL.

THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE DONE IT WRONG BEFORE.

WE DECIDED THAT WE COMMONS SENSED OUR WAY INTO RETENTION PONDS. AND WE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD OUR WATER SHED. AND THIS IS WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALL OF US AS VOTERS TWO YEARS AGO, VOTED TO PUT $2 BILLION IN THE RAINY DAY FUND THAT FUND GOT AVAILABLE TO COUNTIES ALL OVER TEXAS AND THAT IS THE MONEY WE GOT.

AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW THIS ALL HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED FROM YOUR STATE WHO RECOGNIZES THIS IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN WE ARE NOT FLOODING. YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE? DRY. WE ARE THIS DROUGHT.

SO THEY ARE EXTREME. AND BRENT IS RIGHT.

IT HIT OVER OUR 2015 FLOOD M MARK.

OUR 2015 FLOOD MARK WAS 25 INCHES AND WE HIT 27.

BY THE WAY SCOTT CROSS WITH COASTAL PARKS AND A 911 OF FLOODING THERE AS WELL AND GOT BY WITH THE HAIR OF OUR CHINNY CHIN CHIN WITH THE WATER PUMPS. IF YOU SEE THE CARTOON WHERE

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YOU ARE LITERALLY PUTTING THAT HERE AND IT COMES OUT HERE.

SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS SUPER SERIOUS AND WILL BE MET WITH SERIOUS ACTION. I HOPE THAT OUR WORLD WILL SHOW THAT YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE SHARING OUR STORY AND OUR WORDS MADE A DIFFERENCE THAT WE ARE WITH YOU NOT JUST IN RED RICK, BUT ALWAYS IN AN ACTION PLAN.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT ALL WITH YOU.

>> BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I FEEL LIKE I AM TALKING TO MY CONSTITUENTS ON VICTORY LANE WHEN I HEAR YOU TALKING ABOUT WE ARE THE LAST ONES THAT GET HEARD.

YOU GO TO THE TOP AND BY THE TIME IT GOES DOWN IN OUR AREA, BISHOP, GRANDE. WE GET THE BULK OF EVERYTHING COMING DOWN. WE GET THE BULK OF IT OVER THERE. YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE DEAL WITH? DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUES. I HEAR YOU AND HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. I HEAR FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND I FEEL FOR THEM. I KNOW THE STUDIES ARE GOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT.

IT MAY TAKE THREE, FOUR YEARS, MAYBE NOT.

TWO, THREE YEARS. I WANT SOMETHING NOW.

INFRASTRUCTURE. WHATEVER WE CAN WORK ON NOW.

I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR A TWO TON OR THREE-YEAR PLAN THAT PROBABLY WILL BE GOOD, BUT IF THERE IS SOMETHING -- I WANT -- MY THING IS WHAT CAN WE DO NOW AND I KNOW THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE ASKING. WHAT CAN WE DO NOW EVEN IT IS IT IS A LITTLE BIT. AND I HEAR YOU.

I THINK THAT TXDOT WITH GET INVOLVED AND SHOULD GET INVOLVED. I GOT THEM INVOLVED.

AND WHEN I CALL A MEETING, THEY SHOW UP.

YOU KNOW. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO CALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE, RIGHT. BUT I THINK -- I THINK THAT I -- ALL IN ALL, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THAT DERR WE ARE GOING TO WAIT FOR THOSE CLIENTS, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING NOW AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO, LET'S DO IT MY PEOPLE FEEL IT TOO. I SAY "MY PEOPLE" MY CONSTITUENTS IN MY AREA AND WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM TOO.

WE ARE ADDRESSING DITCHES. MAKING TEN-FOOL DITCHES SO WATER CAN FLOW. -- TEN-FOOT DITCHES SO WATER CAN FLOW. WHATEVER WE TO DO IT LITTLE BY LITTLE. BY THE TIME THE PLAN HAS DONE

WE DO A THIRD OF THE WORK. >> CAN I EXPRESS A LITTLE BIT

OF CONCERN. >> HOLE ON, I AM TALKING.

I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO COME IN.

MR. HERNANDEZ I AM -- PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK WITH YOU.

WITH THE COMMISSIONER, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID.

WE GOT IN MONEY NOT JUST BECAUSE OF SOMETHING GOOD.

EVERYTHING -- IT WAS EVERYTHING HAPPENED THAT WAS BAD, RIGHT.

SO WE GOT THOSE MONEYS OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THE MONEY TO HELP US OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN NOW.

BAD THINGS HAVE TO HAPPEN FOR US TO GET ALL THIS MONEY UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE THE FREEZE, FLOOD, AND COVID.

WE ARE GETTING MONEY BACK FROM THE GOVERNMENT WHICH IS GOOD.

AND WE NEED TO PUT THAT MONEY UP AND PUTTING IT TO WORK.

I DO HEAR YOU. DON'T THINK THAT YOU DON'T.

ANYTHING I CAN TO DO MAKE SURE WITH HERNANDEZ, I'M HERE TO

HELP ALSO. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

>> EXCUSE ME JUDGE, WANT TO ADD ONE THING AND SHAME ON ME FOR FORGETTING. TO GIVE WORK TO THE PUBLIC WORKS CREW AT MY REQUEST WORKING OVERTIME.

THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING OVE OVERTIME.

THANK YOU JERRY GARCIA AND ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS CREWS THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING, TRYING TO GET ALL THIS DONE.

THANK YOU Y'ALL. >>JUDGE CANALES: MELISSA.

I WILL PUT YOU ON A PAUSE JUST BECAUSE I HAD JUDGE KLEIN HERE.

AND TIMES A WOMEN'S INTUITION IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING AND I AM GOING TO PAUSE. AND ASK A LITTLE BIT OF INDULGENCE FOR EVERYBODY. WE -- WE HAVE A NEED AT THIS

[4. EXECUTIVE SESSION: PUBLIC NOTICE is given that the Commissioners Court may elect to go into an Executive Session anytime during the meeting to discuss matters listed anywhere on the Agenda, when authorized by the provisions of the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. To the extent there has been a past practice of distinguishing items for public deliberation and those for executive session, the public is advised that the Court is departing from that practice, and reserves the right to discuss any listed agenda items in executive session when authorized by law to do so. In the event the Commissioners Court elects to go into Executive Session regarding an agenda item, the section or sections of the Open Meetings Act authorizing the Executive Session will be publicly announced by the presiding officer. In accordance with the authority of the Government Code, Vernon’s Texas Codes, Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.0745, 551.076, 551.086, 551.087, the Commissioners Court will hold an Executive Session to consult with attorney(s) including matters related to litigation; deliberate regarding real property, prospective gift(s), personnel matters, including termination, county advisory bodies, security devices, and/or economic development negotiations and other matters that may be discussed in an Executive Session. Upon completion of the Executive Session, the Commissioners Court may in an open session take such action as appropriate on items discussed in an Executive Session.]

TIME, COMMISSIONERS, TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO HEAR A BRIEFING FROM JUDGE KLEIN REGARDING SECURITY AT THE CO COURTHOUSE. AND SO I AM GOING TO ASK EVERYBODY TO CLEAR THE COURT ROOM AT THIS TIME.

I AM GIVING NOTICE THAT COMMISSIONERS COURT MAY ELECT TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THE MEETING TO DISCUSS MATTER ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY PROVISION OF THE OPEN MEETINGS 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND AS AUTHORIZED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, MYSELF, WE

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ARE GOING TO EMPLOY SECTIONS 551, 701, 702, 704, 705, 8.

TO CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEY OF REAL PROPERTY, PERSONNEL MA MATTERS, ADVISORY BODIES, SECURITIES AND ANY OTHER MATTER THAT IS DEEMED NOTICED AS WELL ON EXECUTIVE SESSION.

UPON EGGS COMPLETION, I WILL COME BACK IN AND WE WILL TAKE ACTION IF ANY APPROPRIATE -- IF ANY -- SUCH ACTION IS NEEDED.

AND IS APPROPRIATE ON ITEMS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE CLERK. THE TIME IS 10:22.

MY WILL -- >> QUICK QUESTION.

ARE WE DOING ALL EXECUTIVE. >> MY SWILL ONLY TO DO SECURITY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO EVERYTHING ELSE. IF YOU ARE HERE AS A RESULT OF BEING A RESOURCE FOR US, STAY PUT.

IF NOT, PLEASE CLEAR THE COURT ROOM.

I AM GAVELLING US OUT. 10:22.

AND CONNIE,

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE ARE GOING TO GRAVEL BACK IN AND TIME IS 11:20 A.M. WE DID GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. NO ACTION TO TAKE AT THIS TIME.

MAINLY A DISCUSSION. WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ONE OF OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION AND LATER I WILL GAVEL US BACK IN TO ADDRESS THE REST OF THEM. AT THIS TIME, I AM GOING TO, AGAIN -- I AM SKIPPING AROUND, BUT IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY RECEIVE UPDATE ON THE SPECIAL CALLED

[3. Receive update on 87th First Called Special Texas Legislative Session.]

TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN THAT IS GOING TO BE FOLLOWED BY, I BET, FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE SO YOU CAN BE READY ON DECK. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. YOU WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE JOE ROMEO ON THE LINE. HUGO IS HERE.

HE WAS -- HE WAS -- DEPUTY, WILL YOU LET HIM TO ALSO JOIN US AT THIS TIME. HE IS COMING.

GOOD MORNING, JOEL. IT IS STILL MORNING.

WILL YOU BE STARTING US TODAY? I KNOW THERE IS -- THERE IS A -- MR. VELANGA, WILL YOU BE STARTING? OH, THERE IS JOEL. WE CAN SEE YOU.

HI, JOEL. WILL START US UP ON THE UPDATE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN SESSION SINCE JULY 8, HUGO, AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN BACK TO BACK.

WHY DON'T YOU GIVE THE COURT AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT THIS TEAM HAS BEEN DOING.

>> THANK YOU, JUDGE, COMMISSIONERS.

AS YOU POINTED OUT THE SESSION STARTED -- WE ALREADY HAD CLOSE TO ALMOST 300 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED.

AND OF COURSE THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED UNLESS THEY END UP ON THE GOVERNOR'S CALL. AND EACH -- IT APPEARS THAT THE GOVERNOR IS WHAT I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TOPICS TO THAT.

AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE TO MONITOR THE 300 THAT HAVE BEEN FILED BECAUSE APPEARS IN THE AMENDMENT OR ANYTHING THAT MAY BE MOVING AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME CHANGES IN THE SENATE WITH THE -- WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE JANE NELSON HAS INDICATED SHE IS NOT GOING TO SEEK REELECTION AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS CONVINCED HER TO STAY AROUND UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR. REMEMBER, THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATING ALL THE MONEY COMING DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT WANT THE GOVERNOR TO DO IT BY HIS OWN, SO IT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE PRO PROCESS, SO A TON OF MONEY THAT IS COMING DOWN THAT IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE -- TO THE

COUNTIES. >>JUDGE CANALES: 11 BILLION.

$11 BILLION WILL BE APPROPRIATED AND HE WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS. IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING SESSION AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE GOOD THING IS OUR DELEGATION IS H HERE.

THEY NEVER LEFT. >>JUDGE CANALES: CHAIRMAN --

>> CHAIRMAN, TODD, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MEETING THROUGH ZOOM WITH TODD ON TWYA AND OTHER ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO COME UP KEEPING EVERYBODY KIND OF IN THE LOOP.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CONTINUE TO WORK AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BUSY SESSION AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, CHAIRMAN HUNTER INTRODUCED A BILL IN THE EVENT WE DO NOT HAVE A CENSUS

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DATA IN A PROPER TIMELY MATTER THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD AS THEY ARE TODAY AND ALL DISTRICTS WILL REMAIN THE SAME.

AND NO CHANGES. AND WE WOULD NOT DO REDI REDISTRICTING UNTIL THE NEXT -- UNTIL THE FOLLOWING -- UNTIL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. JUST A BACK-UP MEASURE THAT HE HAS FILED. AND THAT MEANS THATT MAYBE THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, NO CHANGES, ASSUMING WE DO NOT GET ALL THAT DATA IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THAT IS A BACK-UP PLAN THAT THEY HAVE SET OUT.

NOW, AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE -- THE -- THE DEMOCRATS LEFT.

THEY BROKE THE QUORUM. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WORK IS NOT BEING DONE AND CONDUCTED.

THE SPEAKER HAS ALSO MADE IT CLEAR AS SOON AS THEY COME TO BACK AND HAVE A QUORUM, HE IS GOING TO WORK THEM AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THE PRIORITIES THAT HAVE BEEN SET UP.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT THE MOST CONTENTIOUS BILL DEALING WITH THE ELECTION -- I MEAN WITH THE PROCESS OF EARLY VOTING AND SUCH, THERE WAS NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ON ISSUE. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GOT -- A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT GOT REMOVED IS A MUCH BETTER BILL.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE OBJECTING TO DO NOT AFFECT US BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE 24-HOUR DRIVE-BY VOTING.

ONE LITTLE PROVISION IN THERE THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE EARLY BALLOTS ARE GOING TO REACT TO IT. DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, I DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO PUT ON YOUR BALLOT THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

PEOPLE ARE VERY GUARDED ABOUT PROVIDING KIND OF INFORMATION, BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT KIND OF REACTION COMES WITH THAT.

BUT BY AND LARGE, THAT BILL WITH ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT WENT ON, SAFE TO SAY, IT IS -- AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS STILL A GOOD BILL. AND WE MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETELY AGREED WITH EVERYTHING IN IT, BUT I THINK IT WAS -- IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LIVE W WITH.

AND, AGAIN, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PROVISIONS THAT DON'T APPLY. THE OTHER THING IS, AND WE WILL HEAR ABOUT IT LATER ON TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT WITH JIM REAGAN. THERE IS -- IN FACT, A MEETING GOING ON AS WE SPEAK. THERE WAS A GLOBAL ZONE THAT IS OCCURRING. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SETTLED, JUST A MATTER OF WORKING OUT THE FINAL DETAILS.

AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, NUECES COUNTY, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE LARGEST COUNTY IN THE REGION, YOU CAN VERY WELL BE RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO FACILITATE PROGRAMS IN THE OUTLYING AREA BECAUSE WE HAVE A HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND OTHER THINGS IN PLACE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU MAY AS WELL PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF NUECES COUNTY.

THAT WILL NOT ONLY BE A BENEFIT TO THE REGION, BUT ALSO ALLOW NUECES COUNTY TO PLAY A LEADING ROLE.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS BEING DISCUSSED RIGHT NOW INSIDE

SESSION. >> YES.

SO ANYWAY, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOEL.

AND THEN PATRICIA TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.

AND, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT Y'ALL.

AND LOOK FORWARD TO -- TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL START HAPPENING RATHER FAST AND FURIOUS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: JOEL. >> I WILL HAND IT OVER TO PATRICIA AND COME BACK IN AFTER THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: PATRICIA, YOU ARE NEXT.

>> HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU ALL EVEN VIRTUALLY.

HUGO IS RIGHT. THE WORK CONTINUES.

I HAVE BEEN UP TO THE CAPITOL. SOME OFFICES ARE THERE.

HAD GOOD VISITS. THE FOCUS TODAY AND VERY TIMELY. IN THE LAST MEETING, I MENTIONED TWYA AND HOW CLOSELY WILL BE FOLLOWING TWYA THIS SESSION OR WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF CONFERENCE CALLS WITH CHAIRMAN HUNTER AND HAVE SPOKE WITH HIM AS LATE AS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND FORWARDED HIM THE COUNTY'S RESOLUTION THAT WE SUBMITTED ON LINE, BUT TWYA WILL HOLD ITS ACTUAL UNDERRIDING COMMISSION MEETING TO REVIEW THE OBJECTING WAR Y'ALL REPORT AND WHAT THE COASTAL DELEGATION IS CONCERNED ABOUT THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IN PASSING LEGISLATION THIS LAST SESSION WHEN I WAS WITH Y'ALL LAST MONTH.

FOR PASSING LEGISLATION OF TTWYA AND LAW INCREASES.

THAT DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1 AND THE RUSH TO HAVE THE ACTUARIAL STUDY TAKEN UP TODAY AND WE

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ANTICIPATE AND THE REAL FIGHT IN THE AUGUST HEARING WHERE CHAIRMAN HUNTER IS RIGHT IN ASSUMING THAT THEY WILL PROPOSE A RATE INCREASE. WE ARE WORKING WITH CHAIRMAN HUNTER HOPING TO SHORE UP THE COASTAL DELEGATION.

I KNOW HE WORKS CLOSELY WITH MEMBERS FROM THE GALVESTON AREA AND UP AND DOWN COAST AND THAT HAS BEEN PART OF OUR MISSION THERE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTY'S RESOLUTION.

WE WILL BE MONITORING THE CALL AND WILL BE ONLINE.

THEY ARE NOT DOING IT IN PERSON.

IT WILL BE ALL VIRTUAL, BUT WE WILL BE THERE TAKING NOTE ON THAT. OTHER THING THAT I THINK IS WORTH NOTING IS THAT STARTING TO HAVE JUST SOME CASUAL VISITS WITH LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND STAFF IN THE SPEAKER'S OFFICE.

THEY ARE STARTING -- THEY HAVEN'T PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR INTERIM CHARGES YET. AS YOU KNOW BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE ONLY MEETS FOR 140 DAYS PERIOD THIS 18-MONTH PERIOD. THE TEXAS HOUSE AND PARTICULARLY TO THE SENATE SO SOME EXTENT ARE HEAVILY INVESTED IN INTERIM STUDIES WHERE WE VET THOSE ISSUES.

HIS A COUPLE OF CASUAL CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT CHAIRMANS TO START THINKING OF ISSUES THAT ARE COMING UP.

CHAIRMAN HUNTER MENTIONED TO US HE WANTS TO CONTINUE ON SOME OF HIS PRIORITY ISSUES THAT BEING COASTAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BEACH SAFETY, HUMAN TRAFF TRAFFICKING, THOSE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN REPARTICIPATORY WITH HIM ON STARTING TO GET FEELERS ON THOSE ISSUES AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS OF OUR COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION. THOSE ARE TIMELY THINGS WE ARE ANTICIPATING ON. WE CAN ANTICIPATE THE SPECIAL SESSION WHENEVER THIS ONE ENDS. A LONGER AND BROADER LIST OF ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED. SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

WEIRD TO IN THIS LIMBO AND REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY VISIT WITH THESE LEGISLATORS TO BE HERE AND GET PERSPECTIVE ON THESE THINGS. JOEL, DO YOU WANT ME TO UPDATE

ON ANYTHING ELSE? >> I THINK YOU COVERED IT FOR NOW. I WILL JUMP IN HERE.

AGAIN, JUDGE COMMISSIONERS, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE Y'ALL. WE LOOK AT THIS AS KIND OF A GOOD SPORTS ANALOGY, YOU ARE ALWAYS GETTING READY.

THE GAME MAY NOT BE TAKING PLACE BUT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING AND PREPARING AND WHEN THE GAME IS CALLED BACK INTO ACTION, WE WILL BE READY. YOU ARE ONE THE FEW COUNTIES IN THE STATE THAT HAS AN INTERIM LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS WE HAVE BEEN WALKING THAT AROUND THE CAPITOL OVER THE LAST FEW WE WEEKS. I WILL SAY THAT THE GAME DOESN'T END ON FRIDAYS. I KNOW PATRICIA, HUGO AND I SPENT SOME TIME COUPLE OF WEEKENDS AGO FOR WHERE OF URBAN COUNTY OF BAILABLE REFORM. THEY SHARED THOUGHTS AS BOTH BILLS WERE BEING AIDED IN HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES.

THE OTHER THING IS LEGISLATIVE STAFF.

ONE THING AS A FORMER STAFFER IN THIS WORLD IS AS WE WALK THE HALLS, THEY LIKE CONSULTANTS ON BEHALF OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR CLIENTS WITH REGARDS -- WITH REGARD TO THE COUNTY.

AS THEY ALWAYS SAYS IT BETTER WHEN YOU SHOW UP EARLY AND OFTEN THAN THE DAY THE SESSION BEGINS AND WE HAVE TO RUN WITH THIS FAST. WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THE 300 BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN FILED. WE ARE LOOKING ALREADY DEVELOPING AS WE LAST DISCUSSED GETTING READY YOUR LEGISLATIVE FOR 2023 AND REDISTRICT ALSO BE A LOT OF TIME FOR US.

I HEARD YOU HAD OF AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION EARLIER THIS MORNING JUST AS I MENTIONED THAT PART OF THIS IS 90% OF THE TIME SHOWING UP AND BEING IN THE BUILDING.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME GOOD VISITS WITH LEGISLATIVE STAFF AND LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW.

AND THERE ARE -- I WILL SAY THIS, I HAVE -- I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SPEND A LOT MORE TIME WITH LAWMAKERS IN THEIR OFFICES RIGHT NOW AS THEY ARE WAITING FOR THEIR COLLEAGUES TO RETURN WHICH IS TIME WE DON'T GET B BACK.

SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE IN THE BUILDING AND ASSOCIATE THE QUESTIONS OF NUECES COUNTY.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING YOUR 2023 LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. WRAPPING UP THIS SPECIAL SESSION AND GETTING READY FOR THE SECOND ONE AND I CONCUR WITH MY COLLEAGUES, EVERYTHING I AM HEARING ONCE THEY DICK IN THAT NEXT SESSION, EVERYBODY SHUTS UP AND THEY WILL WORK 24-7 NONSTOP AND IT WILL BE CRITICAL FOR ALL OF US TO BE

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THERE AND ATTENTIVE TO OUR DELEGATION AS THEY ALWAYS LIKE TO BE ABLE TO CALL UPON US AND WE ARE THERE IN A MATTER OF

MINUTES IN THEIR OFFICES. >> THE OTHER THING, JUDGE, THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT THE COMMITTEES -- UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE OF CORONAVIRUS AND DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF -- OF INTERIM STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED BECAUSE WE COULDN'T -- WE COULDN'T INTERACT.

OF COURSE, WE MAY GET DERAILED OF THIS THING AGAIN EMERGES.

BUT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE CERTAIN TOPICS THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, WE MAY BE ABLE TO PLUG THEM INTO THE PERSPECTIVE COMMITTEES DOING INTERIM STUDIES AND AT LEAST WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DO THAT.

EARLIER TODAY WE HAD A DISCUSSION OF THE FLOODING PROBLEMS AND WE ARE ALL AWARE BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT HELPING Y'ALL IN SECURING THE GRANTS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT THE OTHER THING THAT WAS MENTIONED IS THAT EVIDENTLY IN COMMISSION -- AND I THINK IT IS PREVALENT IN MOST OF THE DISTRICTS. TXDOT HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS AND THEY ARE CREATING SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS AND I WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH T XDOT, BUT ALSO THE UTILIZATION OF OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, IT WOULD BE VERY EASY -- NOT ONLY THAT BUT COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN OF TRANSPORTATION WHICH IS A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS AND A SOUTH, AND IN NUECES COUNTY, TERRY. A GREAT DISTRICT ENGINEER HERE WHO AT THE SAME TIME MAY NECESSITATE HAVING OUR DELEGATION BE ENGAGED WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONERS COURT, IF YOU HAVE A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ONCE YOU START IDENTIFYING WHO HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY, KERLEY WE CAN GET -- CLEARLY WE CAN GET TXDOT ENGAGED TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF PROBLEMS THEY HAVE CREATED. THEY SAY WE ARE NOT IN THE DRAINAGE BUSINESS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE CONSTRUCTING STREETS AND HIGHWAYS AND WHAT NOT, YOU ARE CREATING PROBLEMS IN SOME OF THOSE LOW LYING AREAS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: RIGHT. AND TO THAT POINT -- AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REMIND EVERYBODY -- WHEN WE GOT -- YOU HELP ME REMEMBER '86 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE SB 7 THAT GOT US THE FIFTH -- THE $2 BILLION RAINY DAY FUND, SB 7 OR

8. >> 7.

>>JUDGE CANALES: 7 COMES WITH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND

WE APPROVE IT. >> RIGHT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THOSE DOLLARS TO THE 254 COUNTIES THEY MADE IT ELIGIBLE FOR. WHOEVER WAS ELIGIBLE IN THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WE ARE -- WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REAPPROPRIATE POTENTIALLY MORE FIFTH FLOODING.

INFRASTRUCTURE FLOODING WHAT FIFTH STANDS FOR AND GET THE PROJECTS FUND IN THE 88TH LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

THAT WORK HAPPENS NOW. WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU PERCEIVE THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NEWS, MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE HAVE MONUMENTAL ISSUES THAT I BUG THESE THREE GUYS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY BECAUSE IN THE MONUMENTAL ISSUE CATEGORY, THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE HARBOR BRIDGE AND WE GET PROTECTED AS A COUNTY OF NOT PAYING ANOTHER $400 MILLION IN OVERAGE, NOR DOES OUR MPO GET STATLED WITH IT.

WE HAVE BIG ISSUE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE COASTAL RESILIENCY FUNDING THAT WE NEED AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE GOVERNOR JUST SET FORTH NEW COASTAL GROUP THAT WILL ALLOW US TO POTE POTENTIALLY GET FUNDING LIKE THEY DID AFTER IKE.

AND WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET COVID-19 FUNDING AND -- BECAUSE THAT WAS $4 BILLION LEFT OVER.

CR 4 $4 BILLION. THIS CONCEPT.

WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THAT, THAT IS NOT TRUE. THERE IS SO MUCH WORK NUECES COUNTY NEEDS. AND THIS INTERIM SESSION IS THE -- IS THE WAY WE GET IT DONE. AND THANK YOU, JOEL OR PATRICIA FOR POINTING OUT WE NEVER GET THESE OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SHARE TIME WITH SO MANY PEOPLE AT THIS TIME WE GET NOW IS CRITICAL AND PRECIOUS. AND I NEED YOU GUYS TO BE ON THE FOREFRONT THAT WE DO GET THESE MEETING WITH TXDOT ON THE HARBOR BRIDGE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION WE NEED LOCALLY AND THE PORT FEELS THE SAME WAY.

AND SENATOR CREIGHTON ALLUDED TO WHAT HE WANTED TO PURSUE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE MANY, MANY ISSUES AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM IN ADDITION TO KEEPING OUR EARS

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OPEN AS TO THE AMENDMENTS THAT COULD BE GAME CHANGERS.

>> THE OTHER ISSUE THAT YOU FAILED TO MENTION IS WE ARE STILL MONITORING AND LOOKING AT -- AS Y'ALL ARE CONSIDERING TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON THE PROVISIONS THAT WHEN THE RIDGE COMES DOWN, THE LAND THAT IS PREVIOUSLY BELONGING TO THE CITY, THE COUNTY AND THE PORT COMES BACK TO THOSE ENTITIES.

>>JUDGE CANALES: LOCAL CON CONTROL.

>>. >>> COME UP WHATEVER MASTER PLAN YOU WANT TO DECIDE TO DO WITH THAT.

WE NEED TO MAKE THEIR THAT TX DOT LIVES UP TO THEIR COMMITMENT AND DO WHAT WE EXPECT THEM TO DO AS YOU WOULD WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THANK YOU PATRICIA AND JOEL.

AND WE WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>>JUDGE CANALES: I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS.

COMMISSIONERS DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF JOEL. EN ON THE LINE.

>> IF THE POSSIBLY EXISTS -- SIN THIS IS THE SESSION BUT THERE IS NO SESSION. IF YOU CAN PROVIDE US THAT LIST OF WHAT -- THE HOURS YOU ARE SPENDING AND THE TIME YOU ARE DOING SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS. YOU HAVE GIVEN US A QUICK R RUNDOWN HERE, BUT HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT.

IF COULD YOU PROVIDE THAT OF SOME SORT OF WRITTEN SUMMARY FORM FROM ONE OF Y'ALL. I DON'T NEED THREE OF THEM BUT ONE OF THEM, HERE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON SPENDING WITH OR

WITHOUT SESSION. >>JUDGE CANALES: JOEL, WILL

YOU TAKE THAT LEAD? >> YES, MA'AM, WE CAN DO THAT.

>> OF EVERYBODY, PLEASE. >>JUDGE CANALES: TAKE THE LEAD FOR EVERYBODY. GREAT.

OKAY. HEARING NO OTHER.

WE WILL MOVE TO A GROUP THAT HAS BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY AND

[1. Receive presentation from the League of Women Voters on “Lead Contamination Potential in Our Communities Drinking Water."]

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT PATIENCE.

AND THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 3. 8.1.

A PRESENTATION FROM THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF LEAD IN THE CONTAMINATED OF THE CITY WATER. FOR CLERK, PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR ORGANIZATION ONCE AGAIN, AND YOU MAY PROCEED WHENEVER YOU ARE READY.

IF YOU NEED MISS CONNIE TO ASSIST.

CONNIE, SHE WANTS TO HAND YOU SOME THINGS.

ARE THOSE FOR US? >> YES.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WE WILL TAKE THAT AS A HANDOUT.

OKAY. GREAT.

>> SORRY, I HEARD SOMETHING. HELLO.

ARE YOU READY, JUDGE? >>JUDGE CANALES: YES, YES, I

AM. >> MY NAME KATHERINE OHLER OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA.

THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS A NONPARTISAN, GRASS-ROOTS CIVIC ORGANIZATION THAT ENCOURAGES INFORMED AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNMENT. WORKS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AND INFLUENCES PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY. LEAGUE PROGRAM OF ISSUES AND ADVOCACY BY MEMBERS TO EMPOWER VOTERS AND DEFEND DEMOCRACY.

THE WORD "PROGRAM"HAS A SPECIAL MEANING IN THE LEAGUE.

NOT A MEETING OR SERIES OF SPEAKERS.

LEAGUE PROGRAM IS THE GOVERNMENT ISSUES SELECTED BY LEAGUE MEMBERS FOR STUDY AND AFTER CONSENSUS IS REACHED, ACTION. WITH ME TODAY IS JULIE ROGERS, AND SHE'S THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAM STUDY AND ADVOCACY FOR LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREAS.

TOGETHER, SHE WAS TAKING THE LEAD FOR THE LEAD STUDY THAT THE COMMITTEE COMMENCED. IN 2017, THEY.

WE STARTED A STUDY OF LEAD IN DRINKING WATER OF CORPUS CHRISTI RESIDENTS. WITH FLINT, MICHIGAN IN THE NEWS BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN THE WATER, MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS PROPOSE THIS.

FOUR YEARS. IT TOOK US FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY. THIS IS HOW COMPLEX IT WAS AND TO FIND ALL INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED TO COME TO CONSENSUS ABOUT AND SO IN MAY 21 THAT WAS COMPLETED.

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WE THANK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY TO JUDGE CANALES AND COUNCILMEN FOR OUR FINDINGS BECAUSE OF THE RECENT STUDY BY THE COUNTY BY THE TEXAS HEALTH INSTITUTE ANDS AS A AND ASENSURE FOR EQUITY IN NUECES COUNTY AND WE WANT AMERICA'S MOST WANTED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION IN OUR STUDY AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH THAT. YOU MAY KNOW THAT LEAD WAS IDENTIFIED AS A TOXIC SUBSTANCE OVER 100 YEARS AGO BUT NOT UNTIL 1948 THE FIRST FEDERAL WATER ACT ON WATER QUALITY.

YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY OTHERS, 1972 CLEAN WATER ACT. 1984 CLEAN DRINKING WATER ACT.

'96, LEAD CONTAMINATION CONTROL ACT.

1988. 1991, LEAD AND COPPER 2011.

2020, THE UPDATE TO THE LEAD AND COPPER RULE WITH A DEFINITION OF WHAT LEAD-FREE MEANS.

ALL THESE ACTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LEAD POISONING IN THE WATER THAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY HAVE ACCESS TO. SO FROM THAT, SOME THE FOCUS FINDINGS -- IF YOU WILL GO TO -- IF YOU WILL TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND OUT IN GATHERING THE INFORMATION.

WE SAW THAT -- AND SAW VERY IMPORTANTLY THAT THE HIGHEST INCIDENT OF AT RISK GROUPS WERE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN, THEY ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO LEAD POISONING. THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF LEAD IN DRINKING WATER. NONE, ZIP.

THERE IS NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL.

THAT IS A GUIDELINES THAT THAT IS HEALTH BASED.

BY HEALTH BASED, WE MEAN IT HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HEALTH.

THERE IS NO EPA MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL GOAL EITHER BECAUSE ALL LEAD IS TOXIC. NO TEXAS WATER SYSTEM HAS HEALTH-BASED LEAD STANDARDS. NO ONE.

IT IS NOT BASED ON THAT HEALTH BASE LEVEL.

THERE IS NO MAXIMUM LEAD LEVEL COMING FROM FEW SUTS SETS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, AND THINK ABOUT IN HOMES AND KITCHEN SINKS IN PARTICULAR. RIGHT NOW THE ACTION LEVEL FOR LEAD IN WATER IS 15 PARTS PER BILLION.

THIS IS A LEVEL THAT IS NOT HEALTH-BASED.

WE KNOW THAT ANY AMOUNT OF LEAD IS TOXIC AND INPINGES ON GOOD HEALTH. 15 PARTS PER BILLION THAT WATER SYSTEMS HAVE TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTION FOR COMPLIANCE OF THE AMOUNT OF LEAD IN WATER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, MAXIMUM LEAD LEVEL IN BOTTLED WATER IS FIVE PARTS PER BILLION.

THAT IS HEALTH BASED. CORPUS CHRISTI WATER SYSTEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH LEAD. THE HIGHEST LEVEL THEY HAVE EVER RECORDED WAS 23.8 PARTS PER BILLION IN JULY 2012.

THE NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI APPEARS TO NOT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LEAD REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

THE HIGHEST LEVEL, 395 PARTS PER BILLION IN AUGUST OF 2013 WAS REPORTED THERE. AND THEN REGRETFULLY, 115 -- 150 PARTS PER BILLION IN OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS

LIGHT AS MAY OF 2019. >>JUDGE CANALES: I DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT, BUT LATER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO FOOTNOTE THESE SO I KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THE DATA?

>> SURE, WILL BE HAPPY TO. THE ZIP CODES ARE KEY TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN POTENTIALLY AT RISK.

THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, SO WE KNOW WHAT AREA AND WHAT -- TO DISCOVER WHAT IS HAPPENING THERE.

SO -- NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS -- TO COME TO YOU, THIS IS THE POSITION WE CAME TO AS A LEAGUE AND WE ADOPTED IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR NO TEXAS PUBLIC DRINKING WATER THAT USES A HEALTH-BASED STANDARD FOR LEAD CONTAMINATION.

IN AMOUNT OF LEAD IS SAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

AND MOST VULNERABLE, INFANTS, PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN.

WHY THAT? PREGNANT AND NURSING WOMEN?

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BECAUSE IF MOTHERS INGEST -- THAT THEY DO HAVE LEAD IN THEIR SYSTEMS AND THIS CAN BE PASSED ON TO INFANTS IN THE WOMB AND AFTERWARDS IF THEY ARE NURSING, THEY CAN ALSO BE RECEIVING INTO THEIR BLOOD VIA A MOTHER'S M MILK.

THE CHILDREN IN NUECES COUNTY, MOST EXPOSED TO LEAD POISONING RESIDE IN 78415 AND 78380. MAKES IT DRAW CLOSER TO HOME WHERE THESE ARE. LEAD SOURCE DATA SHOULD ADDRESS SUB STANDARD HOUSING, UNREMEDIATED LEAD PAINT AND FOOD. WE DO NOT KNOW AND CAN'T GET AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE CASES OF LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIALLY OF MEDICAL RECORDS. THESE ARE ALL CONTAMINANTS THAT CONTAIN LEAD AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL AND PERHAPS IN FUTURE STUDIES. OUR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE UTILITY ACTION LEVEL OF 50 PARTS PER BILLION, AGAIN, IS NOT HEALTH BASED AND NOT PROTECTIVE OF HUMAN HEALTH AND SHOULD BE REFOLLOWED. WE BELIEVE.

WE URGE THAT FURTHER EVALUATION TAP LEVELS, WHEN TAP LEVELS EXCEED FIVE PARTS PER BILLION. THIS MEANS ON THE HOME OR IN WATER FOUNTAINS. THE HEALTH-BASED LIMIT FOR LEAD AND BOTTLED WATER. AND NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS WITH BURN-OUT EVENTS. AND BURNOUT WITH LEAD RELEASE AND GETTING INTO THE PIPES. THE WATER SUPPLY PIPES.

WE RECOMMEND EASY -- WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EASY AFFORDABLE STEPS TO REDUCE LEAD AT -- AT THE TAP.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE -- WE DID ASK 44 ZIP CODES FROM NUECES COUNTY TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, AND THE RESULTS -- THESE ARE THE TOP 12 THAT WE GOT BACK. AND THESE ARE THE HIGHEST.

THESE ARE THE ZIP CODES WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CHILDREN IF YOU TESTED POSITIVE FOR LEAD POISONING.

THINK.THIS. THAT TOTAL IF YOU TOTAL UP THE INSTANCES OF CASES, THAT IS 400 CASES OF CHILDHOOD LEAD PO POISONING IN NUECES COUNTY. WOULD DO YOU A CLICK PLEASE.

IF YOU WERE UNSURE WHERE THOSE TWO ZIP CODES ARE, THIS IS A ZIP CODE MAP FOR NUECES COUNTY, THE PURPLE.

IT IS THE 783 -- AND THE LIGHT GREEN IS THE 78415.

AND THE 78415 FALLS IN ONE OF A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA IN CORPUS CHRISTI AND IN THIS NUECES COUNTY.

YOU CAN CLICK BACK. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THESE STATISTICS AND SAMPLES THAT WE GET IS THAT THERE ARE FEWER THAN 3%, I WOULD SAY, 1.9 OF THESE SAMPLES OF THE NUMBER CHILDREN THAT WERE TESTED.

NO IDEA WHAT -- WHAT THE PATH TO THAT TESTING WAS.

WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING DISCOVERED BY PARENTS.

WAS THIS DISCOVERED BY A TEST. BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT POPS UP REGULARLY. AND IF YOU -- IF YOU TAKE THIS AND EXTRAPOLATE, THERE COULD BE HUNDREDS MORE OF CHILDREN IN NUECES COUNTY THAT HAVE LEAD POISONING TO SOME DEGREE.

VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THAT WITH LEAD POISONING IN CHILDREN, IT CAN CAUSE DIFFICULTIES WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

ALSO IN -- IN CONTROLLING EMOTIONS, IT CAN IN TERMS OF -- OF THEIR BEHAVIOR IT CAN ALSO CHANGE THEIR PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOL AND THEIR ABILITIES TO LEARN.

AND EVEN IN LATER YEARS, THESE SITUATIONS CAN CONTINUE, BECAUSE THE LEAD -- ONCE IT IS IN YOUR BODY IT IS NOT EASILY -- YOU CAN'T GET RID OF IT EASILY.

THERE ARE PROCEDURES TO DO T THAT.

YOU CAN EAT CERTAIN FOODS THAT CAN HELP REDUCE THOSE LEVELS, AND BY AND LARGE, THOSE EFFECTS CAN REMAIN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT

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YOUR LIFE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE ADVERSE HEALTH CONDITIONS.

THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME THING, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN GO GET A VACCINATION TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, AND WE ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, IN THESE ZIP CODE AREAS THAT HAVE SUCH A HIGH NUMBER. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE SO HIGH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE, WHETHER IT IS THROUGH THE WATER OR IF IT IS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER CARRIERS OF LEAD LIKE PAINT AND -- AND -- SO THAT -- THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCOVERED AND MOVED ON. BUT WE WILL HAVE A WARYNESS OF THAT NOW AND WE THINK THAT IS CRITICAL.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

OKAY. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND THE PARTS PER BILLION, THIS IS CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, ACTION LEVEL -- THIS IS FROM THE -- THIS IS FROM THE -- THE TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR LAND, AND THIS IS A GOVERNMENT -- AGAIN, A GOVERNMENT STUDY THAT WAS DONE.

AND SO, AGAIN, IF -- IF CHILDREN TEST FOR -- IT IS CALLED -- MICROGRAMS PER DESOLITER.

BLOOD LEVELS FOR CHILDREN IF IT IS AT 5 -- AT THAT STAGE FROM 5 TO 10, THEY WILL NEED TESTING AND MONITORING AND EDUCATE WHAT TO DO. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IF YOU ARE -- IF THE PIPES IN YOUR HOME, YOUR RESIDENCE ARE LEAD-BASED.. -- THERE ARE MANY THINGS TALK DO AND THE LEAGUE RECOMMENDS THESE LIKE TURNING ON TAP FOR 30 SECONDS BEFORE YOU DRAW WATER.

SO MANY THINGS THAT -- THAT CAN REDUCE THAT RISK.

IF THE BLL, THE BLOOD LEVEL FOR CHILDREN IS 10 MICROGRAMS PER DESOLITER THEN YOU NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT AND LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEAD INVESTIGATION.

YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THAT THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, THE DATA ON CHILDREN, ON -- FOR -- I LOST MY PLACE NOW, THAT IN 2000 -- BETWEEN 2012, THEY ONLY HAD 2 263. REMEMBER, AGAIN, THAT IS NOT A TOTAL. JUST FOR THE REPORTED ONES OF KIDS WHO WERE -- WERE TESTED. SO THE NUMBER WHO MAY HAVE LEAD POISONING IS PROBABLY HIGHER. THE SAME GOES IN 2012-2018, THERE WERE 401 AND EVEN MORE AND HOPEFULLY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE UNDERSTANDING -- BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT ON AVERAGE IF YOU TAKE THIS, THE ESTIMATE OVER 55 CHILDREN ARE BEING LEAD POISONED ABOUT, BUT IF YOU FACTOR THE SAMPLE FOR THIS IS MANY, MANY MORE AFFECTED BY THIS.

IF YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE. SOME OF THINGS -- THE OPTIONS PROTECTED THAT PARENTS -- PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL PARENTS AND GOOD IANS CAN TO DO GUARD AGAINST THIS IS TO ESTABLISH LEAD MONITORING PROGRAMS ANNUALLY FOLLOWING THE EPA TRAIN, TEST AND TAKE ACTION PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE, AGAIN, FLUSHING THE DRINKING WATER BEFORE STUDENTS AND FAMILY DRINK OUT OF A FOUNTAIN AND OUT OF A FAUCET.

WORK WITH THE WATER SYSTEM OF BEING MODIFIED WHEN BURNOUTS TAKE PLACE. THE DISINFECTANTS DON'T STOP AT SERVICE LEVEL AND ESTABLISH THE LEVEL OF LESS THAN 5% PARTS PER BILLION FROM WATER FAUCETS AND FOUNTAINS PARTICULARLY IN SCHOOLS. REMEMBER THAT IT WASN'T UNTIL 1986 THAT LEAD PIPES WERE OUTLAWED.

MANY BUILDINGS IN NUECES COUNTY INCLUDING SCHOOLS THAT HAVE

PIPES THAT ARE LEAD-BASED. >>JUDGE CANALES: DO YOU HAVE A

LISTING OF THOSE SCHOOLS. >> WE DON'T BUT ONE OF OUR MEMBER ELLIS HAWKINS IS BOARD MEMBER AND SHE HAS BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS TO THEM ABOUT THIS. THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. NEED TO HAVE REFORM OVER MONITORING THE RATES. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UP WITH OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THIS THAT THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI HAS BEGUN A RESIDENTIAL LEAD TESTING PROGRAM.

SO WE WERE ABLE, AT OUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND DISCUSSIONS WE HAD WITH THEM BECAUSE OUR STUDY WAS BASED STRICTLY IN CORPUS CHRISTI. THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.

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THEY WORK WITH US AND PIONEERS AND WE DID THE PRELIMINARY TEST TRIALS FOR THEIR GET LEAD OUT PROGRAM.

WE SERVED AS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS IF YOU WILL.

DID WATER TESTING AN SENT THEM OFF.

AND THEY ARE PREPARING TO DO THAT TO MAKE AVAILABLE OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF CORPUS CHRISTI. AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON GETTING THOSE -- YOU KNOW, GETTING EVERYTHING SET IN PLACE BASED ON OUR PARTICIPATION IN THAT.

AND THAT IS ONE STEP THAT WE FULLY APPLAUD AND HOPE TO IDENTIFY MORE CHILDREN WHO HAVE LEAD POISONING OR MAY BE AT RISK OF LEAD POISONING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. REMEMBERING THAT THERE ARE THOSE AT RISK GROUPS. PARTICULARLY AGAIN THOSE WHO ARE MOST AVAILABLE ARE INFANTS, CHILDREN AND NURSING MOTHERS.

SO ALSO REMEMBER IN TERMS OF INFANTS, IF THEY ARE ON FORMULA AND THAT IS BEING MIXED UP WITH TAP WATER, THAT CONTAINS LEAD, THAT IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER DELIVERY METHOD THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF. AGAIN, FLUSH LINES UP TO 30 SECONDS. DON'T USE HOT -- THIS IS A BIG ONE. HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU TURN ON THE WATER HOT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE TIME TO BOIL IT. USE THAT IN COOKING.

DON'T DO THAT. HOT WATER CAN LEACH THE LEAD OUT OF PIPES. BE SURE TO USE ONLY COLD DRINK WATER FOR DRINKING OR FOOD PREPARATION.

BE AWARE THAT WATER SOFTENERS ALSO INCREASE RISK.

IT CAN REMOVE MANY OF THE PROTECTIVE CHEMICALS INSIDE PIPES. AND POINT OF USE APPROVED FOR LEAD REMOVAL, FOSSIL FILTERS WITH AT RISK GROUPS AND THESE ARE AVAILABLE AT PLACES LIKE HOME DEPOT IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

AND THEN, ALSO, THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ALERTED TO IF WATER SYSTEM DOES EXPERIENCE BURN OUT WITH BACTERIOLOGICAL OR DISINFECTANT AND CORPUS CHRISTI IN NUECES COUNTY WE HAVE HAD BURN OUTS IN RECENT RECOMMENDRY I AM SURE.

IN TERMS OF NEXT -- NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING AS FAR AS NUECES COUNTY AND THE OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN TO DO ADDRESS T THIS.

WE SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS A MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES TO BE INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN WITH BLOOD LEVELS AND BASED ON THE IDENTIFIED ZIP CODES THAT THE CDC HAS AND ALSO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SCIENCES.

AND ALSO TO KEEP THE CITY OFFICIALS AND RESIDENTS THE STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH ELEVATED LEVELS BY ZIP CODE.

THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRACK AND SEE IF REMEDIATION EFFORTS ARE HELPING AND IF THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE ACTIVE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES LIVING IN THESE ZIP CODE AREAS WHERE THE LEAD LEVELS ARE HIGH AND EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF NUECES COUNTY WILL BE A BIG BOOST IN TERMS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT HOW REAL AND DEVASTATING EXCESSIVE LEAD IN BLOOD LEVELS FOR CHILDREN IS. AND SO AGAIN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT NOT AT THE HOME, BUT AT THE FOOD -- CHILD AT SCHOOLS OR CHILD CARE CENTERS THOSE OPTIONS -- THAT THOSE FACILITIES ALSO ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE -- THAT THE WATER IS SAFE.. COMES TO WHAT WE FOUND AND NUECES COUNTY ADDS 50 CHILDREN A YEAR TO THE POISON CHILD ROLLS. WE ESTIMATE HIGHER BECAUSE THE SAMPLES THAT WE HAVE ARE ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WE BELIEVE ARE LIVING IN THESE HIGH EXPOSURE AREAS. SPECIFIC ZIP CODES AND ONLY AVAILABLE VIA THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST.

EDUCATION IS KEY TO PROTECTING AT-RISK GROUPS.

WATER SYSTEMS INCLUDE SCHOOLS AND DAY-CARE CENTERS AND LEAD IN MONITORING PROGRAM. JUST ASSIST DATA BY ZIP CODES

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ISSUES WHERE YOU LIVE OR POTENTIAL ARE LOOKING TO BUY AND LIVE. AND REVIEW AND VERIFY THE WATER DATA. WE -- THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE THINK PARTICULARLY BASED ON THE STUDY THAT YOU COMMISSIONED TO PERHAPS USE SOME FUNDING FROM AMERICAN RELIEF PLAN TO INCLUDE WATER QUALITY. AND THE PREVENTION OF LEAD CONTAMINATION SO THAT YOU ARE ADVANCING EQUITY OF HEALTH CARE IN NUECES COUNTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

>>JUDGE CANALES: ALL MY QUESTIONS -- I THINK I WILL SCHEDULE A MEETING TO HAVE WITH YOU OFF LINE.

>> SURE. >>JUDGE CANALES: BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT HEADS UP. OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO READ THE WHOLE REPORT. YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THE CITATIONS AND THE FOOTNOTES AND THE DATA.

I WANT TO SHARE THE REPORT WITH CITY-COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH.

I IMAGINE YOU HAVE GIVEN PRESENTATION -- I THINK YOU SAID IT -- TO THE CITY. SO OBVIOUSLY AS THE PURVEYOR OF THE MAIN UTILITY, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, WATER SOURCE FOR UTILITY. BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, MANY JURISDICTIONS THAT WE HAVE SOME IMPACT.

WE CAN HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACT. WATER DISTRICT NUMBER 3 COMES TO MIND. AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO VISITING WITH YOU WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE HEALTH EQUITY OF THE COMMUNITY IS PARAMOUNT AND WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES.

AND BASED ON YOUR WORK, I WILL HOOK YOU UP WITH THE FOLKS THAT DID THE SOCIAL DETERMINE NANCE HEALTH EQUITY.

THEY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO INTERVIEW YOU AND TALK WITH Y YOU. AND I THINK TODAY IS A GOOD OVERALL PRESENTATION AND I ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME AND HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK FOR A DIALOGUE FOR SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT YOU PRESENT.

BUT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT TEXAS HAS NO STANDARD.

AND, THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD -- WE SHOULD LOOK TO. ANY JURISDICTION OF WATER QUALITY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. >> COMMISSIONER MAT OMAREZ.

>> MAYBE YOU ALREADY SAID THIS AND I APOLOGIZE IF YOU DID, IS THE LEAD SAMPLING BEING TESTED IN THE SUPPLY END OR OUT OF THE FAUCET? ARE YOU NOTICING A DIFFERENCE AND COMING FROM PIPES. AT WHAT END, COMING IN THE WATER SOURCE AND NATURALLY OCCURRING? OR DO WE SEE A DRAMATIC INCREASE ONCE IT HITS.

YOU HAVE THE LEAD SERVICE LINE COMING FROM THE MAIN LINE INTO THE HOMES. I KNOW THAT IS A BIG CHALLENGE, AND A LOT OF THE HOMES ARE SURE A CHALLENGE IN OUR COMMUNITY COMPARED TO OTHERS, BUT ARE YOU ALL NOTICING A JUMP IN NUMBERS FROM MAYBE WHAT IS TESTED ON THE ORIGINS, THE ORIGINAL END TO THE FINAL END OUT OF OUR TAP?

>> WELL, FIRST OFF, ONE OF FIRST THINGS WE NOTICED A HUGE DATA GAP IN EVERYTHING. THAT IS WHY THIS QUESTION IS HARD TO ANSWER. PRESIDENT CITY LINE AND THE HOMEOWNER LINE. AND THE CITY CAN'T GO AND CHECK OUT THE HOMEOWNERS LINE WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION BUT CAN CHECK OUT THE OTHER HALF. IN 1997, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THAT CHECK AND IT HAVEN'T BEEN FINISHED YET.

>>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE LINES AND PURCHASED THERE.

AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TESTING LINES WHAT WE CAN DO ON THE STATE END AND OUR END TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO THIS.

THANK YOU. >> LET ME JUST ADD THAT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS OF IS OFFER SUGGESTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DO HAVE THEIR HOME WATER LINES THAT ARE LED BASED. CERTAINLY IN THE PERFECT WORLD THEY WOULD GO IN AND REPLACE THOSE LINES, BUT THAT CAN BE EXPENSIVE IF ANYONE IS -- HAVE BEEN AROUND PLUMBERS AND THAT IS NOT REALLY A OPTION IN MANY PLACES AND AS YOU KNOW THE HIGH

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LEVEL ZIP CODES. MANY OF THOSE IN SOME OF THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN AND PROBABLY NOT BEEN ANY REMEDIATION MULTIFACETED ISSUE AND ADDRESSING IT GETTING TO KNOW MORE OF THE FACTS AND HAVING ACCESS TO THAT WHICH AS A COUNTY YOU HAVE MORE ACCESS THAN WE DO.

WE HAVE A REGIONAL HEALTH BOARD ANDS TATE I HAS DECLINED AND WE HAVE NOT. AND THAT IS GOOD THING.

THIS IS PERHAPS -- IT IS NOT A BIG SURPRISE THAT OUR PUBLIC HEALTH FOCUS BECAME DOMINATED BY COVID-19.

IN ADDITION TO ALL THE OTHER IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH, YOU KNOW, TOPICS THAT WE DEAL WITH INCLUDING ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS, WEST NILE, ETC. HOWEVER, I THINK THAT WE ARE FORMING A BETTER HEALTH -- ACTUALLY THE COURT FORMED A BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES TASK FORCE THAT WE ARE USING FOR SOCIAL DETERMINANT AND ACADEMIA REPRESENTS HALF OF THAT BOARD AND SO WANT TO YOU KNOW THAT WITH ACADEMIA IN THE US IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COORDINATOR AND GET YOU A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL SEE WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE.

I THINK TODAYS IS A GRATITUDE, A MOMENT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WHO CONTINUE TO BRING IN A NONPARTISAN WAY THE ISSUES THAT MOVE OUR COMMUNITY FORTH IN A BETTER WAY. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE QUALITY AND UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF TIME, RIGHT.

THE QUALITY OF YOUR TIME. AND I KNOW THAT AS YOU KNOW, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS BEING DEBATED AND HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE PUT FORTH IN ARPA IN ADDITION TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WILL GIVE US DOLLARS AND AS YOU MENTIONED OUR OWN FUNDING AND OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT IN OUR DOMAIN AND YOU HELPED US DO THAT TODAY AND I WILL USE THE REGIONAL ADVISORY BOARD TO HELP ME AND THE BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES WILL HELP SEE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE.

>> FANTASTIC. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: AGAIN COMMISSIONER MAREZ REPRESENTS THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE. OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT REPRESENT ALL AREAS OF THE COUNTY ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THE PRIORITY CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE THAT BIG PURPLE SPOT.

>> INDEED. >>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY.

WE THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE IT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR

LADIES? >>COMMISSIONER MAREZ: THANK

YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY.

>> THANK YOU, LADIES. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AM GOING TO GO BACK AND TRY TO MUSTER UP SOME.

[2. CONSENT AGENDA: The following Agenda Items are of a routine nature, and the Commissioners Court has received supporting materials for consideration. All of these Agenda Items will be passed with one vote without being discussed separately, unless a member of the Commissioners Court or the public requests that a particular Agenda Item be discussed. If so, that Agenda Item will be pulled from the Consent Agenda and discussed as part of the regular Agenda at the appropriate time. One vote will approve the remaining items on the Consent Agenda.]

I WANT TO TRY TO FINISH OUR CONCEPT.

THERE ARE ITEMS, COMMISSIONERS, ON ITEM NUMBER 2-A-0.

AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO PASS THIS CONSENT

AGENDA. >> JUDGE, I THINK ON THE SPECIAL MOTIONS LIST, WE WANTED TO PULL ROBERT DURANT TO

REORGANIZE THAT SPECIAL MOTION. >>JUDGE CANALES: IT WON'T BE CONSIDERED THIS COURT, UNDERSTAND.

>> ITEM 53 OF THE SPECIAL MOTIONS LIST BE TABLED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: OKAY -- >> SO MOVED.

>>JUDGE CANALES: A MOTION, SECOND AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THAT TABLE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED SAME SIGN. HOW ABOUT 0-0, COMMISSIONERS.

CAN I GET A MOTION? >> SO MOVED.

>> AND A SECT SECT SECOND A. >>JUDGE CANALES: WOULD YOU LET ME GET A MOTION BESIDE L AND P.

THERE IS NO P. I MAY BE USING AN OLD ONE.

I GOT MY AGENDA -- HOLD ON A SECOND JUDGE, AS I STATED EARLIER, WE WILL LIKE TO TABLE O.

>>JUDGE CANALES: YOU TOLD ME THAT ONE.

>> PULLING A, O, AND P. >>JUDGE CANALES: I AM GOING THROUGH AN OLD ONE AND GOES THROUGH Q.

>> MOTION A-Q AND PULL L, M, P. >> AND THE FIRST IS JOHN'S

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AMENDED MOTION IF THAT IS OKAY FOR L AND P.

>>JUDGE CANALES: WAIT A SECOND.

WAIT A SECOND. WAIT A SECOND.

WHY ARE WE PULLING"L", TYNER. >>JUDGE CANALES: OH, HE REQUESTED IT. WHEN YOU SAY PULL -- MY BAD.

OKAY, SO L AND P. SO LET'S DO THE TABLE CORRECT.

TO THE TABLE IS ON O. >> DO THAT FIRST.

[O. Approve University of Michigan, BASIC Project's use of county leased space; approve agreement.]

MOTION TO TABLE O. >>JUDGE CANALES: AND I WILL SECOND. THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.

BY THE WAY, KARA, AUGUST 4 ON BASIC.

WE THINK WE WILL HAVE IT FIGURED OUT BY THEN.

>> MY MOTION, JUDGE, TO APPROVE ITEMS A-Q WITH THE EXCEPTIONS

OF -- >>JUDGE CANALES: L AND P.

>> AND O. >>JUDGE CANALES: SECOND ON THAT. SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED. LET'S TACKLE L, THE HAZARD

[L. Ratify the submission of a grant application to the Texas Division of Emergency Management for the DR-4332 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for a Hazard Mitigation Action Plan (HMAP) Update.]

MITIGATION GRANT. PROGRAM.

>> WANT AN UPDATE ON THAT. WHAT -- WHAT IS THE HAZARD MITT CONGRATULATIONS GRANT EXIT PLAN.

WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL MITIGATION PLANS, BUT WHICH IS THIS ONE PARTICULARLY?

>>JUDGE CANALES: FOR THE APPLICATION PLAN, MARIA, WILL

YOU ADDRESS? >> EVERY FIVE YEARS THE COUNTY IS REQUIRED TO DO A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE WHICH BASICALLY HAS ALL THE PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS, THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES IN NUECES COUNTY. WE ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT AS MELISSA HAD MENTIONED EARLIER LOOKING TO EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

WE WERE GIVEN THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RESUBMIT THIS GRANT APPLICATION. WE MITTED THIS BACK IN DECEMBER 2018 BEFORE JUDGE NEIL HAD LEFT.

IT WAS NOT FUNDED IN THE FIRST ROUND.

HAVE REACHED OUT TO NUECES COUNTY TO SEE IF WE WERE INTERESTED IN RESUBMITTING THE APPLICATION WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING. THE UPDATE IS DUE IN 2022, SO IT IS ACTUALLY KIND OF PERFECT TIMING FOR THIS TO RESUBMIT

THIS APPLICATION. >> WILL GO UNTIL 2022?

>> WE RESUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.

IT WILL BE BACK UP FOR RECONSIDERATION.

THE LIKELIHOOD IS PRETTY HIGH. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO UP TO R. F.

P. LIKE IN 2017 TO HAVE SOMEONE ASSIST US IN UPDATING OUR PLAN.

>> THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE T THAT.

>>JUDGE CANALES: THAT IS THE ONE THAT MELISSA SAID WE WILL BRING IN THE OTHER JURIS JURISDICTIONS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY QUALIFY. AND THAT'S -- YOU KNOW, THAT IS

OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT. >> THANK YOU, MARIA.

APPRECIATE IT. >>JUDGE CANALES: WAIT A SECOND. GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT.

>> SO MOVED. >>JUDGE CANALES: AND SECOND.

>> SECOND. >>JUDGE CANALES: ALL IN FAVOR

[P. Authorize adoption of a resolution/order approving the financing and the project solely for purposes of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, related to the Rosebud Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation loan from Frost National Bank and subsequent loan to Richard Milburn Academy for the purposes of financing/refinancing the cost acquiring, equipping, constructing, improving, expanding and/or renovating its Corpus Christi campus and paying certain expenses in connection with the issuance; Approve fee-related to processing related documents pursuant to Chapter 18 of the Texas Local Government Code and any other relevant statutes.]

SAY AYE. OPPOSED.

AND P? >> I AM CONFUSED ARE WE GIVING

MONEY? >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MAKE $2500 ON THIS DEAL WITH I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY AND NOT

-- >> MAKE ME UNDERSTAND IT

CORRECTLY TOO. >> SO ACTUALLY I MET WITH COMMISSIONER HERNANDEZ. HE HAD NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE. BLAKELY FERNANDEZ WAS HELPING THE COUNTY ATTORNEY WITH THIS ITEM.

THERE IS NO LIABILITY ON PART OF THE COUNTY.

I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH. THE COUNTY HAS DONE ABOUT FOUR OF THESE IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. AND WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A MECHANISM FOR THIS INCIDENT TEE TO ISSUE TAX-FREE DEBT. AND BLAKELY IS JOINING RIGHT NOW. AND SHE CAN EXPAND WITH THIS BE THIS SUBJECT MATTER, AND ACTUALLY THERE IS NO LIABILITY TO THE COUNTY. IT IS MECHANISM FOR THEM TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENT AT THE RICHARD MILLBURN ACADEMY.

SEVEN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THEY HAVE 2,000 STUDENTS THAT THEY BENEFIT. AND BLAKELY IS ON AND SHE MAY WANT TO EXPAND ON THIS ITEM A LITTLE BIT.

>> I THOUGHT THEY HAD GONE UNDER AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING WHY WE -- I JUST WANTED TO KNOW OUR CONNECTION.

BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT LOANS HERE WHATEVER.

BUT I UNDER STAND THEY HAD -- THAT THEY WERE GOING UNDER.